The latest anime news, as it happens — new series announcements, season renewals, cast and staff reveals, trailers, delays and industry updates out of Japan, explained without the filler.
The TV anime for Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jōgakuin School Idol Club now has a date, a key visual and a new class of characters. The official website announced on Sunday that the series premieres January 10 at 10:30…
Felix Film quietly changed a job listing over the weekend after the original wording made the studio look like it wanted new animators who draw with generative AI. The listing, aimed at students graduating next spring, had asked for applicants…
Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film opened at No. 1 in the United States over the weekend, pulling in an estimated $31 million domestically according to studio estimates reported by Anime News Network. Add another $20.1 million from 65 overseas…
The Ave Mujica prima aurora film has a second trailer, and BanG Dream! has released a short video for “God’s Blood,” one of the new songs from it. The track will also appear on the group’s mini-album, which arrives on…
Crunchyroll started streaming an English dub for The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 on Friday, one day after announcing it. Emi Lo voices Maomao and Kaiji Tang voices Jinshi. The dub is the part of the season a lot of viewers…
OceanVeil is adding 19 anime from Media Blasters, with the first titles arriving on Monday. The streaming platform announced the partnership on Thursday, and a handful of the licenses include English dubs. The rollout is spread across the next few…
We Are Aliens won the Anima’t Award for best feature-length film at Sitges, the 59th Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya, which wrapped this week in Spain. The film is directed by Kohei Kadowaki and produced by NOTHING NEW,…
Aikatsu Stars! Hoshiboshi no Progress finally has a date. Bandai Namco Pictures showed the full trailer and a new key visual at a fan meeting for the film on Saturday, and the trailer confirms the movie opens in Japan on…
Firefly Wedding has added another name to its anime cast. The show’s official X account announced on Thursday that Kanon Amane will voice Yukari, a courtesan at the Isekichi brothel. Yukari is a supporting role, and the announcement did not…
The Japan Actors Union has published its first set of rules on generative AI and voice recordings. The union presented a 21-page document at a press conference on Thursday, titled “Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI on Vocal Audio…
The third and final Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club film has a date. A teaser posted on the trilogy’s official website confirms that Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen Saishūshō opens in Japan on February 5, 2027. The…
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War has one promotional video left in it, and the franchise used it. The official YouTube channel posted “the last” PV for The Calamity, the fourth and final part, on Friday, closing out the run with a…