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The Blue Lock 5th Stage play revealed a Neo Egoist League key visual and 23 character visuals ahead of its October 2026 run in Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi.
The Kagurabachi Anime World Tour Part 2 brings a 20-minute Episode 1 preview to Comic Con Africa and PAX Aus ahead of the anime's April 2027 premiere.
Black Bullet returns after 12 years with Black Bullet: New World Order, a reboot novel project launching in November 2026 with two simultaneous volumes.
A roundup of Fall 2026 anime updates: premiere dates, trailers and visuals for Chii Fuyo, Hotel Inhumans S2, Magic Repo Man, Firefly Wedding and more.
Attack on Titan Day 2026 brought 99 announcements: new Hajime Isayama art, theatrical returns for the compilation films, an AoT 3 game visual and a YouTube channel.
Crunchyroll's New York Comic Con 2026 lineup features The Apothecary Diaries S3, Black Clover S2, Sentenced to Be a Hero and Black Torch panels.
Godzilla Minus Zero streamed an IMAX trailer and set same-week Japan (Nov 3) and North America (Nov 6) openings, a first for the Godzilla series.
Naoki Azuma has launched GLITCH WITCH, a new manga set in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell world, on Kodansha's YanMaga Web.
Shin'ichi Abe, a pioneering figure of confessional watakushi-manga and creator of That Miyoko Asagaya Feeling, has died at the age of 76.
The Junket Bank TV anime, directed by Seiji Kishi at CUE, has been delayed from its October 6 premiere with no new date announced.