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.
GKIDS will release the anime film of Uoto’s 100 Meters on Blu-ray Disc on December 1. The distributor announced the home video date on Wednesday, and pre-orders are open only through the GKIDS online store. What is in the release…
Crunchyroll Manga is now live in a dozen more markets. Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini announced the expansion during his closing remarks at the company’s first Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum in New York. Where it is available now Fans in the…
Sony Pictures Entertainment introduced a new production division on Wednesday. Crunchyroll Storyworks will adapt global stories into anime and anime into live-action, and the company announced the move during the Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum in New York. Tohru Iokibe, a…
The studio Plott, best known for short anime it distributes on YouTube, is moving into traditional television. On Tuesday the company announced it will enter the terrestrial TV anime business next year, initially running three short anime series one after…
2B and A2 have entered The Fog. Behaviour Interactive launched a NieR:Automata collaboration in Dead by Daylight on Tuesday, bringing the game’s androids into the asymmetrical horror title as cosmetic outfits. The studio had teased the crossover on Saturday with…
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The long-running Battle Spirits franchise has a new television anime, and Crunchyroll is streaming it. Battle Spirits [Re] Zekkai no Kū premiered on Tuesday at 11:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX and other channels, giving the card-game series its first…
A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special is back, and English-speaking viewers will not have to wait for it. Season 2 premiered in Fuji TV’s “+Ultra” programming block on Wednesday, and the new season is getting a same-day English dub on…
The anime adaptation of The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival (Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyō Survival) now has its first teaser, its main staff, its first cast member, and a premiere window. The English-subtitled promotional video and a visual…
The anime adaptation of Kuzushiro’s The Moon on a Rainy Night (Amayo no Tsuki) has its first trailer and its main cast. The production revealed the promo video together with the two lead voice actors on Wednesday, and confirmed the…
Grotesqqque, the original anime film from director Atsushi Nishigori and CloverWorks, is getting a U.S. premiere. The Japan Society announced on September 27 that it will host the film’s U.S. debut in New York City on October 8, in collaboration…
The Apothecary Diaries is heading back to Universal Studios Japan. The anime and the theme park announced an all-new attraction that will open on February 10, 2027, with a story set during the events of The Apothecary Diaries movie, which…
The newest Sgt. Frog anime is now streaming in English. Crunchyroll added Keroro Gunsō ☆, an all-new Sgt. Frog television series, to its service with English subtitles, streaming it under the title KERORO☆. The show is available worldwide except in…