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'Go for It, Nakamura!' Anime Casts Kappei Yamaguchi, Junko Takeuchi
Yamaguchi, Takeuchi play characters in in-story BL manga that protagonist Nakamura reads
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Hayate Moves Into Production with Lay-duce Acquisition
Hayate, a joint venture established by Aniplex and Crunchyroll, has acquired all outstanding shares of animation studio Lay-duce, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The transaction marks Hayate's first equity investment in an animation production studio and signals a strategic shift towar
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'Doko yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e' Announces Main Cast, Additional Staff, Second Teaser Trailer
The official website of the Doko yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e (To You in the Beyond) movie revealed the main cast, additional staff, a teaser visual (pictured right), and a second teaser trailer on Sunday. The anime movie adapting Akiko Abe's mystery romance novel will premiere in theat
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Oshi no Ko's April Fool's Day Joke Becomes Reality
Kana Arima is now a pirate captain
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Opens With US$372 Million Worldwide
Biggest 2026 openings so far in N. America, internationally
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KLab Reveals My Hero Academia Mobile Game's United Survival Title, 2026 Launch
Game launches worldwide excluding Mainland China
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To You in the Beyond Anime Film's Teaser Reveals Cast
Hiiro Ishibashi, Anna Nagase, Simba Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Tamaki star in coming-of-age fantasy
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 Casts Mai Nakahara
High mage Clairie Serah appears in April 12 episode
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Devil's in the Lunch Deals Manga Review
This tale of an outcast goddess of death who makes delicious food and tries to do good deeds as penance for being, you know, a goddess of death, is prickly and weird, and I think I love it.
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All Pokémon Centers in Japan Cancel Most Events in April
Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo remains temporarily closed after worker was stabbed to death on March 26
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The Promised Neverland Manga Gets Stage Musical This Winter
RKX International to hold musical in Tokyo to commemorate franchise's 10th anniversary
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The Detective Is Already Dead Anime Unveils Season 2's 1st Video, Switch Game
1st promotional video previews new character Noches
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Sailor Guardians Take on a Modern Threat in Stunning New Musical Show
In a world that demands perfection insofar as we're creating algorithms to streamline the humanity out of art, the cast sings that "imperfection is fine" and that it's what is necessary to make us human.
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Japan's Video Game Rankings, March 23-29
<cite>Pokémon Pokopia</cite> stays at #1 for 4 weeks straight; <cite>Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection</cite> debuts at #2
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Japan's Video Game Rankings, March 16-22
<cite>Crimson Desert</cite> PS5 version debuts at #2
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86's Asato Asato Launches New Light Novel Series in June
necomi draws illustrations, Imari Ozaki draws worldview illustrations for "spiritual techniques x near future action" story
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Inklore Announces New Titles, Previews at Anime Boston
Company reveals licenses of <i>Her Tale of Shim Chong</i>, <i>The Red Sleeve</i>
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Star Detective Precure! Anime Gets Film Opening on September 18
Latest series in <cite>Precure!</cite> franchise debuted on February 1 with Crunchyroll streaming
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Japan's Iconic Licca-chan Doll Makes American Debut
With crossovers with <i>Frieren, Detective Conan</i>, Sanrio characters
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Ize Press Licenses 4 Webtoons for English Print Release
<cite>Special Civil Servant, On the Way to Meet Mom, Reunion, Merry Marbling</cite> to debut in print in late 2026
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