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Kadokawa used a Saturday announcement to lock in an October 4 debut for the TV anime adaptation of Hiro Oda's light novel series Yowaki MAX Reijo nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no…
A livestream event held Saturday for Shin Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo—the upcoming anime based on Osamu Akimoto's long-running Kochikame manga—revealed its core cast, staff lineup, a new promotional video…
Retailers and streaming outlets rolled out a fresh wave of anime and manga titles across North America during the week of August 30 through September 5.
The anime adaptation of Puuzaki Puuna's adult doujin manga The Shy Snow Woman and the Cursed Ring (Hitozukiai ga Nigate na Miboujin no Yuki Onna-san to Noroi no Yubiwa) will…
NIS America confirmed Friday that it will publish The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster (Shinigami Hime to Ishokan no Kaibutsu) outside Japan in 2027, bringing the picture-book-styled side-scrolling adventure…
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF), which grew out of the earlier Tokyo Anime Award held as part of the Tokyo International Anime Fair from 2002 to 2013, has wrapped…
The official website for Soko Kihei Votoms Haiiro no Hexe—two new films expanding the Armored Trooper Votoms franchise from Sunrise and Production I.G—revealed cast details, character art and a 30-second…
Kakao Entertainment confirmed Friday that Crocodile, a new action-noir webtoon pairing writer MEEN with Hellbound artist Kyoo-seok Choi, will begin serialization on Kakao Page starting September 5—the first project the…
Naver Ventures, the U.S. investment arm of WEBTOON Entertainment parent company NAVER, disclosed Wednesday that it has taken a strategic stake in Baobab Studios, the ten-time Emmy-winning transmedia animation house…
LOCUS Animation Studio announced in late August that its theatrical film Guardians of the Video Game, based on the webtoon by Gasfard, will open across South Korean cinemas in October,…