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 next Code Geass anime has a title, a first look and a release window. The franchise’s official YouTube channel has begun streaming a teaser trailer for Code Geass: Star Chaser Aspal (Code Geass Hoshi Oi no Aspal), and the…
The official X account for the Senren * Banka anime opened on Thursday, and with it came the news that the adaptation will be a television series rather than an OVA or a film. The same post announced that Yuzu…
WWWave Corporation announced on Friday that its Deregula label is producing a television anime of Rui Takato’s Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight!, and that it will premiere in January 2027. The Japanese title is Hagure Idol Jigokuhen.…
Digital Shokunin announced on Friday that it is producing an anime adaptation of Amahara’s manga 33-sai Dokushin Onna Kishi Taicho, which translates roughly to 33 Years Old Single Girl Knight Captain. The announcement came with a music video, not a…
Bandai Namco Filmworks released a main trailer, a new visual, the theme song artists and five more cast members for the Fool Night anime on Thursday. The series arrives all at once on Netflix on November 26. The trailer plays…
The Dangers in My Heart is coming back for a third season in April 2027. The official website opened the announcement on Friday with a teaser promotional video and a new visual, and that April window is the first solid…
A live-action film of Hajime Komoto’s Mashle: Magic and Muscles will open in Japan on March 19, 2027. The film’s official X account posted an early teaser visual on Wednesday, and a teaser video and the lead casting followed on…
HIDIVE has two pieces of November news that matter to subscribers. The English dub of Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden starts November 18, with new episodes going up on Wednesdays. Ten other series are leaving the platform before the month…
I’m Dating a Dark Summoner is getting a second, much smaller show. HIDIVE announced it will stream I’m Dating a Dark Summoner Omake Shorts, a 12-episode chibi series, starting November 6. The shorts are exclusive to the platform and arrive…
A 164-centimeter Marin Kitagawa is now available to pre-order. Prime 1 Studio announced the life-size figure of My Dress-Up Darling‘s lead on October 23, opened pre-orders the next day, and priced it at 1.32 million yen including tax, which Anime…
Princess Mononoke started as a different film. A feudal-Japan take on Beauty and the Beast, with a young woman and a protective animal companion, closer to something warm than to the film that opened in Japanese theaters in 1997. The…
Reincarnated as a Sword has reached its next arc, and the show has finally shown it. The anime’s official website posted a third promo video, a second key visual and five new cast members on Thursday, all for the Seedrun…