Latest from the anime world:
Bandai Namco Filmworks released a teaser and key visual for Promise Me the Spotlight, announcing its main cast and staff. The anime will air on TV Tokyo and six affiliate channels.
The television anime based on Yurie Sekiya’s Pero Pero★Sparkles characters will premiere in January on TV Tokyo. Its website announced four cast members, the staff, and a new key visual on Wednesday.
Shueisha's Jump SQ. confirmed that the climax of Shō Aimoto's Kemono Jihen is imminent. The series will end in its next volume.
Keigo Maki will launch a manga adaptation of the Witch on the Holy Night anime film on November 11. The film opens in Japan on November 20, alongside the original visual novel's smartphone release.
Kaeruno Erefante launched Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star Reiwa Era Edition on October 30 on Shinchosha’s Kurage Bunch website.
Julietta Suzuki’s Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite is getting a television anime. ShoPro Entertainment revealed a teaser video and visual on Wednesday.
A teaser visual revealed a March 19, 2027 release for the live-action film of Hajime Kōmoto's Mashle: Magic and Muscles manga.
Watari Sakou's spy romance manga Honey Trap Method will end in Ane Friend's next issue on December 1. The series launched in March.
Makana Watari's manga adaptation of Yuuri Seo's light novels ends Thursday in B's-LOG COMIC. Seven Seas will also release the first light novel volume in English that day.
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign will conclude in the December 4 issue of Jump SQ. The manga previously announced that its 37th collected volume would be its last.
Scores for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the live-action Resident Evil reboot and the mobile game Monster Hunter Outlanders are nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
HIDIVE will launch the English dub of Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden on November 18. The service also announced November departure dates for 10 titles.
The Hollywood Reporter says Sony will co-finance Lionsgate’s live-action Naruto adaptation and distribute it internationally following multi-studio bidding. The film has approval to begin production in spring 2027.
Idea Factory International will bring Compile Heart’s Hyperspace Neptunia: Unlimited to the West in 2027 on Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PS4, and Steam. It is the series’ first mainline installment in more than 10 years.
HIDIVE announced Tuesday that it will begin streaming I'm Dating a Dark Summoner Omake Shorts on Friday and released an English-subtitled trailer for the 12-episode spin-off.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 has released music videos for “Watson” and the Marlon Hoffstadt remix of “High Forever.” The anime premiered on Netflix on October 20.
Toei will release Girls Band Cry the Movie on May 21, 2027. A teaser and key visual debuted Tuesday, while the anime’s website confirmed returning cast and staff and announced a stage production.
Orange Inc. announced eight exclusive manga releases for emaqi in November, saying five will join its monthly Premium subscription. Naruto and four other Viz Media series have also joined Premium.
Mari Okada and Makoto Ojiro's Sistar Resistar manga will end in two chapters. The finale is set for November 23 in Big Comic Spirits, if there are no delays.
A fan book for Kōcha Agasawa's The Ramparts of Ice will ship on January 4, featuring an exclusive new epilogue chapter set after the manga's final chapter.
Square Enix's Manga UP! began publishing the final chapter of I'm Not Even an NPC In This Otome Game!, written by Gyokuro and illustrated by Meno Himeno, on Tuesday.
Five more cast members have joined the second season of The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World. Announced on Tuesday, they will appear in the fifth episode on Thursday.
Quiztopia, Netflix's eight-episode live-action adaptation of Reiichi Sugimoto and Shinkichi Kato's National Quiz (Kokumin Quiz) manga, premieres on December 17. Netflix Japan unveiled its main trailer and key art on Tuesday.
Emi Ishikawa's manga adaptation of Urban Myth Dissolution Center ended in the December issue of Shueisha's Ribon magazine, released on Monday.
Kuraku Ichikawa's Drama Queen manga will conclude in four chapters. MANGA Plus publishes the series in English.
Trigun Manuscript, a new novel by series creator Yasuhiro Nightow and Trigun Stampede writer Takehiko Oxi, is due this winter. It will draw on the world of Trigun Stampede and Trigun Stargaze.
Television producer and distributor Sandy Frank died on October 20 at age 97. His company brought the anime adaptation Battle of the Planets to U.S. audiences in 1978.
Takarazuka Revue’s celebrated all-female theater company will bring Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka’s My Happy Marriage light novels to the stage, with Flower Troupe performances in Hyōgo and Tokyo.
Yoshio Obara, a recording engineer and sound mixer whose anime credits include Summer Wars and Neon Genesis Evangelion, died on October 28.
Crunchyroll added an English dub for the first season of Gunma-chan last Wednesday. The television anime is based on Gunma Prefecture's mascot.
Kōhei Kadowaki and NOTHING NEW's anime film We Are Aliens (Ware Ware wa Uchūjin) won the Kau Ka Hōkū (Shooting Star) Award on Sunday at the 46th Hawai'i International Film Festival in Waikiki.
The new Nippon Anime Awards aims to build a lasting anime award that represents Japan. Its launch was announced during Tokyo Anime Next.
Voice actor Ryūji Nakagi died of pneumonia on October 20 at age 89. His credits included Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, Master Keaton and The Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
NTT Solmare announced on Thursday that Comic CMOA had partially reopened after almost two weeks of maintenance following unauthorized external access. Members must reset their passwords to use the restored features.
Kyūri Yamada’s The One-Seventh Survivor (Nanabun no Survivor) launches on Monday. It follows a high school student whose difficult daily life is interrupted by a catastrophic earthquake.
Writer Toshimichi Uzō and artist Yuitsu will launch I Want to Kill My Bride in a Dungeon (Yome wo Dungeon de Koroshitai) on Shogakukan's Manga ONE platform on Tuesday.
The Bloodthirsty Bride Devours the King will receive a television anime in 2027. Its dark romantic fantasy follows a princess with vampiric powers whose arranged marriage is threatened by her attraction to her husband's blood.
Nico Nicholson's new manga, Yosojito Konkatsu, will launch in Kodansha's Be Love magazine on December 1.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s new Resident Evil film has reached US$400 million worldwide, Variety reports, becoming the highest-grossing entry in the live-action horror franchise.
Voltage and Toei Animation are developing the otome game Kakan Ruirui: The Caged Lantern of Yomi for a digital Nintendo Switch release in 2027 under Voltage's AmuLit console brand.
Nagoshi Studio Inc., founded by Yakuza/Like A Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has been officially dissolved. NetEase had previously confirmed plans to stop financing the studio.
TOMOO will sing "Fūmizekka," the ending theme for Hirayasumi. The television anime will debut in Japan in January 2027 on NHK General.
Claymore creator Norihiro Yagi launched BARTLET FAIRY BASSLET on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ on Monday. English editions are available through MANGA Plus and Viz Media's Shonen Jump service.
Akaneshinsha's Opera manga magazine will move to digital publication, with its first digital-only issue scheduled for spring 2027.
The five winners of the 2026 Today's Korean Comics awards will each receive 7 million won (about US$5,000). The ceremony is scheduled for November 3 during the annual Comics Day celebration.
Young King Ours has indicated that Nobuyuki Takahashi's Parallel Leap Syndrome manga will end in two chapters.
Attack on Titan 3 will adapt the anime's entire story and launch on December 10 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Shun Saeki, the artist behind Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, has ended a longstanding exclusive contract with Shueisha and is accepting inquiries about new projects.
Hello! Pikmin has released its first two episodes, with another due later this month and monthly installments starting in December. Nintendo also previewed additions to Pikmin 4 and Pikmin Bloom.
Sazae-san led the listed animated programs on Japanese television for October 19–25 with an average household rating of 7.9%, followed by Detective Conan at 6.0%.
Famitsu published its weekly Japanese game sales ranking for October 19–25.
Aki Hamaji's Bocchi the Rock! manga is getting a film in 2027. It will adapt a special prologue about Seika, Nijika Ijichi's older sister.
Jun Kirarazaka has announced that Blobtopia (Buyotopia) will end in three chapters. The comedy follows a former hero whose failure left the world overrun with blobs.
Hiromasa Okujima has announced that Shijūkara ga Naku Koro ni will conclude with its eighth chapter.
Charisma will premiere on TBS and 27 other affiliate channels on January 7. A separate short anime series arrives on November 4, while Shinnosuke Tachibana and Tomohiro Ōno join the television anime's cast.
Hiroshi Fukuda, creator of Rock is a Lady’s Modesty, will launch Koko wa Kagari no Territory in Comic Heaven's next issue. The announcement hints at a story involving identity and mystery.
Idoly Pride will end its online service on March 1 and receive an update adding an offline version. The mobile game debuted in June 2021.