Detective Conan's Kazuha Toyama is Japan's favorite ponytail character of 2026. She took about 11 percent of the vote in Anime Anime's latest reader poll, well clear of Sailor Moon's Sailor Jupiter at 4 percent and Jujutsu Kaisen's Maki Zenin at 3 percent. The survey, back after a two-year gap, drew 351 responses.
Dreamland, the French shonen manga by Reno Lemaire that has sold more than 800,000 copies in France, is getting a TV anime. It premieres in …
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 has released the synopsis, staff credits, and 10 scene stills for Episode 87, "Fuon na Keha…
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3 has released preview stills and a synopsis for episode 27, …
Love Live! has been voted the anime fans most associate with Tokyo in Anime Anime's 2026 reader poll, jumping from seventh place two years a…
Mercedes and the Waning Moon, the vampire fantasy light novel by Firehead, is getting a TV anime that premieres in January 2027. Anna Nagase…
Rudeus is about to become Roxy's student again. The synopsis and advance stills for Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Episode 4…
From Far Away, Kyoko Hikawa's 1990s shōjo isekai classic, is finally getting an anime. The Studio DEEN adaptation premieres October 4, 2026 …
Shueisha put a huge slice of its manga catalog at half price on Amazon Japan's Kindle store, with a publisher coupon cutting 50% off complet…
Blue Box, the sports-romance manga by Kōji Miura (三浦糀), has ended its five-year run in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump with chapter 250, publi…
Amazon Japan's Kindle store has cut a big slice of Shueisha's manga catalog to half price through July 13, 2026. The coupon campaign covers …
Talentless Nana is over. The suspense manga by Looseboy and artist Iori Furuya published its final chapter in Monthly Shonen Gangan on July …
My Hero Academia's final battle is being reborn as traditional ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Takezasado, a Kyoto workshop founded in 1891, has p…
Haikyu!! has launched a second collaboration protein with Japanese brand be LEGEND, and the flavor is a fan in-joke: it recreates Gungun Yog…
Sendai confectioner Kasho Sanzen is bringing its Haikyu!! collaboration back to Tokyo. Limited-edition Hagi no Tsuki custard cakes and zunda…
Japanese entertainment company HIKE has launched CRAFTALE, a new brand pairing traditional Japanese craftsmanship with anime, and its first …
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea lined up four stage greetings across three Tokyo theaters for Febr…
A receipt-covered Reggie Star statue over 2 meters tall is coming to the Shibuya Modi shopping building from July 17 to 20, 2026. Visitors p…
The Dr. Stone anime is getting a dressed-up goodbye. A new visual for STONE FES. 2026, the series' finale event, puts Senku and his crew in …
Haikyu!! creator Haruichi Furudate has drawn a second key visual, Josō (Shoyo Hinata), for the manga's third original art exhibition, and th…
Naruto and Ikimonogakari are teaming up again. Shueisha's Jump Channel will premiere official collab music videos for 'Hotaru no Hikari' and…
Shueisha's Jump Channel premieres two new My Hero Academia music videos built entirely from Kohei Horikoshi's original manga art on July 15,…
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 has locked in its ending theme: "Romantic ga Hoshii nara" (If You Wish for Romance), a new song from Bocchiboro…
Kingdom: Tamashii no Kessen, the fifth live-action film based on Yasuhisa Hara's manga, opened in Japanese theaters on July 17, 2026. A surv…
Demon Slayer villain Doma has won Japanese anime news site Anime Anime's annual "rainbow character" reader poll for the second year running,…
Blue Box ended its five-year Weekly Shonen Jump run on July 13, 2026, with chapter 250, and the finale led Oricon's most-read anime news of …