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 television anime of Rokuro Uraji’s novel series Zombie no Afureta Sekai de Ore Dake ga Osowarenai is set to debut in January 2027 and will air on the premium channel AT-X. The official website released the main promotional video,…
A second season of Berserk of Gluttony is coming in 2027, and the production has locked in its staff. A teaser promotional video released on Friday confirmed the returning cast, the returning crew, and one notable change at the top.…
Aniplex has set a January 8 premiere for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, the anime adaptation of Sumiko Arai’s manga. The announcement came with a first promotional video, five new cast members, more staff,…
WHITE FOX is adapting Daken’s How I Became King by Eating Monsters as a television anime. The studio announced the project on Friday and set a 2027 debut. No cast, staff, or narrower release window has been revealed yet. The…
The TV anime of Haka Tokura’s light novel Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! now has a trailer, a key visual, and a firm premiere date. Crunchyroll showed the new material at New York Comic Con…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising- is coming to theaters in the United States. Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment announced at New York Comic Con that the film will run exclusively in U.S. cinemas from January 16…
JH’s webtoon The Boxer is getting a TV anime. Crunchyroll revealed the adaptation with a special announcement trailer, the main cast, and the production staff during its panel at New York Comic Con 2026. Koki Uchiyama voices Yu, the protagonist,…
Crunchyroll announced at New York Comic Con on Thursday that The Remarried Empress is getting a television anime. TROYCA is animating the adaptation of HereLee and SUMPUL’s webtoon, which itself adapts Alphatart’s original web novel, and it is set to…
Bandai Namco Filmworks has shown the first proper trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO, the prequel to the 2024 film Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM. The trailer confirms the release plan: the film opens in Japanese theaters on…
MediaOCD has struck a sales deal with Aniplex of America to carry select anime on Blu-ray Disc through its own online store. The first wave went live on Wednesday. It leans on two established favourites: Gurren Lagann and Mashle: Magic…
Kenichirō Katsura, an animator whose career stretched from the 1980s through this year’s Gintama film, died on September 30. He was 59. He had been receiving medical treatment for an illness, and his wife, animator Satoko Miyachi, announced his death…
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Stories will shut down on December 7, 2026, closing a run of about four and a half years. The development team also confirmed that an offline Memorial Version is in the works so…