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The television anime of Tsumuji Yoshimura's Just Like Mona Lisa manga received its first main trailer and main visual on Wednesday, and the official website confirmed a 2027 premiere. The trailer announces and previews the ending theme "Mayoi wa Hikari" by singer-songwriter imase. Seven cast members were added: Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Snow Man member Daisuke Sakuma, Chiharu, Kakeru Hatano, Haruna Mikawa and Shion Wakayama. The site did not say which characters they voice. Chika Anzai plays protagonist Hinase Arima, a third-year high school student still genderless at eighteen. Character visuals went out for Hinase and classmates including Shiori Takayama, Ritsu Kaga, Aoi Shirogane, Chiaki Kurokawa, Tamaki Beppu, Rui Kinosaki and Mahiro Goshiki. Kana Shundo directs at SHAFT, with CyberAgent managing production. Nobuhiro Sugiyama designs the characters and shares chief animation director duties, Yuki Hayashi composes, and Katsuhiko Takayama oversees series scripts.
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The TV anime adaptation of Yoshimura Sen's manga Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e. will air in 2027. The first main visual and first main PV are out, the PV featuring part of imase's ending theme "Mayoi wa Hikari" and animation by Shaft. Chika Anzai plays protagonist Hinase, joined by Yoshino Aoyama, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Daisuke Sakuma, Chiharu, Sho Hatano, Haruki Mikawa and Shion Wakayama. The manga has passed 1 million copies in circulation.
Oct 6
NEOLAVI began distributing a demo version of the PC game "Are You Curious About What's Inside Your Oshi?" on Steam on October 6, 2026. Players take the role of a rookie security guard at the entrance of the VTuber agency Stellaria, deciding whether to allow or deny visitors entry. The guard is a longtime listener of the agency's VTuber Hoshino Luna, having followed her since her debut, and took the job to protect her from close range. Players inspect entry passes, schedules, affiliation certificates, and other documents. Inspection items increase as days pass, adding anti-counterfeit logo verification, X-ray baggage inspection, voice authentication, and emergency response to suspicious individuals. Visitors include agency staff, stream-related personnel, VTubers, and unidentified individuals. Players can interrogate those who seem suspicious. The game is in development for Windows on Steam. The demo supports Japanese.
Jul 13
Aguri Kurita's manga Midari ni Tsukasete wa Narimasen ended with its final chapter in Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age August issue, released July 9. The second compiled volume will ship in September. The series, which follows an unemployed man who encounters a ghost resembling a shrine worker, launched in November 2024. Kurita also writes My Wife is a Little Intimidating, which began in 2021 and has 14 volumes.
May 24
The television anime adaptation of Akira Ozaki's manga "Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen" has revealed additional cast members, theme song performers, and a second promotional video. The series is scheduled to premiere on July 4 at 12:00 a.m. on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, BS11, and other stations, running for two consecutive cours. Voice actors Daisuke Ono and Aya Endou join the cast as Isao Narita and Saho Narita, respectively. The opening theme "Aikotoba" is performed by the band DISH//, while singer-songwriter Reira Ushio performs the ending theme "Clover." Both songs are previewed in the new promo. Hitoshi Nanba directs the series at studio Lay-duce, with Megumi Shimizu handling series composition, Shiori Hiraiwa designing characters, and Gin composing the music. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret in January 2020, and its 14th volume was published in July last year, with the 15th volume due June 25.