JR Tokai will run a collaboration campaign with The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi from June 20 to September 23, 2026, celebrating the series' 20th anniversary. The campaign includes a key visual of Haruhi, Mikuru, and Yuki in train worker uniforms, an original voice drama written by Nagaru Tanigawa, quizzes with smartphone wallpaper rewards, and a stamp rally in Nishinomiya.
Kyoto Animation is producing an anime film based on John Tarachine's manga The Credits Roll Into the Sea, with a release set for 2027. Taichi Ishidate, the director of Violet Evergarden and Beyond the Boundary, will helm the project. The announcement arrived with a teaser trailer. The manga ran in Akita Shoten's Mystery Bonita magazine from 2020 through November 2025 and spans eight volumes. Dark Horse Comics publishes the English edition. The story follows Umiko Chino, a 65-year-old widow who returns to a movie theater for the first time since her husband's death. There she meets Kai, a young film student, and the two bond over a shared habit of watching the audience more than the screen. Umiko soon enrolls in the same art school, where she navigates the currents of a much younger generation of filmmakers. The production committee credited is The Credits Roll Into the Sea Production Committee, with copyright held by John Tarachine and Akita Shoten.