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The official website and accounts for Sekiro: No Defeat, an upcoming anime adaptation of the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice game developed by FromSoftware, today announced a three-week theatrical run starting September 4 in Japan. A main visual featuring "To live and die, together" as the tagline was also unveiled. Crunchyroll previously announced that it will stream Sekiro: No Defeat in the future worldwide, excluding Japan, China, Korea, Russia and Belarus. Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Main Visual Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Trailer Kenichi Kutsuna ( The Fire Hunter opening director) directs Sekiro: No De...

The official website and accounts for The World's Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country's Notice Seeker anime today revealed a July 5 at 22:00 JST start date for Japanese television, while also unveiling a key visual that depicts the party supported by Arihito. The World's Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country's Novice Seeker Anime Key Visual The currently confirmed cast of The World's Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country's Novice Seeker is as follows: Arihito voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Vash in TRIGUN STARGAZE ) Terejia voiced by Aoi Koga (Kaguya in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War ) Kyoka voi...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the serialization of manga artist Kazuki Takahashi’s masterpiece Yu-Gi-Oh! , the first-ever exhibition of his original artworks, titled "Kazuki Takahashi Original Art Exhibition: YU-GI-OH! ART WORKS," is scheduled to be held in Tokyo this winter. The official website and X (formerly Twitter) for the exhibition opened today, releasing a teaser visual featuring the protagonist Yugi Muto and the Millennium Puzzle, an important item in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The site also features messages from Shunsuke Kazama, who voiced Yugi Muto in the TV anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel...

The official website for the Space Battleship Yamato remake anime series posted a main trailer and visual today for the upcoming sixth chapter of Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 , subtitled "Aoi Meikyu" (translated as "The Azure Labyrinth"). The sixth chapter is set to release theatrically in Japan on June 26, 2026 . Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199 Chapter 6 Main Trailer Nobuteru Yuki, who has handled the character designs for the Yamato remake series, provided the newly-drawn main visual. The tagline on the visual reads: "Gather, at the Azure Labyrinth. It is a place whe...

In its fourth weekend of May 1-3, Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway earned 932 million yen (5.94 million USD) on 649,000 admissions, dropping one spot from the previous weekend to rank third, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The official website for the 29th installment in the Detective Conan anime feature film series announced that the film surpassed 7.4 million admissions and exceeded 10.88 billion yen (69.35 million USD) in box office gross in 27 days through May 6, the final day of the Golden Week holiday period. The 27-day gross was 96.28% of the four-week gross ( 11.3 billion y...

Tekkonkinkreet , the 2006 anime film adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s 1993-1994 manga (also known as Black & White ), is officially coming back to theaters. GKIDS announced its acquisition of the North American rights to the film, with plans to screen the 4K remastered version in celebration of its 20th anniversary on May 31 and June 1. The landing page is now live along with ticket sales, so check your local theater to see if it’s playing. Michael Arias directed Tekkonkinkreet , with Anthony Weintraub on the script, Shojiro Nishimi adapting character designs and Plaid handling music for the ST...

The Draw This, Then Die! anime has officially jotted down a July 3 premiere date, and with that comes the first full trailer and the opening theme song artist. Tatsuya Kitani will kick off the series with the opening theme “Isho,” and you can check out some of what’s to come and sample the song in the video below. Draw This, Then Die! First Trailer The cast of Draw This, Then Die! now includes: Ai Yasumi voiced by Akira Sekine Rei Teshima voiced by Saori Hayami Kokoro Fujimori voiced by Saya Hitomi Sachi Akafuku voiced by Kanon Fujimura Hikaru Sekiryu voiced by Inori Minase Pokota voiced by No...

Image via Tatsuo Sato on X (formerly Twitter) Anime producer Fumio Kaneko announced on the official NAGOMI anime studio X (formerly Twitter) account on May 7 that award-winning director Tatsuo Sato passed away on April 24. According to the statement, Sato passed away from liver failure at 61 years old, for which he was undergoing treatment. The post also noted that Sato was working on an in-production series at the studio. The statement also confirmed that a funeral with close friends and family was held, but a “farewell party” hosted by NAGOMI will be held in the future to celebrate Sato’s li...

The latest entry in Detective Conan ' s long-running film franchise is breaking its own records at the box office! The new film, titled Fallen Angel of the Highway , has surpassed the 10 billion yen mark, and all sorts of cool bonuses are dropping in celebration! According to the movie's official website , the film reached the 10 billion yen mark on May 4: appropriately on Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa's birthday. This also marks the fourth consecutive film in the franchise to gross more than 10 billion yen, alongside the previous entries of Black Iron Submarine (2023), The Million-dollar Pentag...

North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment had an extra-stacked batch of announcements this week, including two audiobooks, two light novels and five new manga licenses. From an audiobook for Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex to spinoff manga The Dangers in My Heart: The Romantic Comedy Won’t Start , here’s more of what you’ll see from Seven Seas this year and beyond. Betrothed to My Sister's Ex Audiobook - Siren Imprint by Tobirano and Mai Murasaki, with narration by Jennifer Sun Bell June 11, 2026 Synopsis: Marie has always been an afterthought. Her parents treat her like a servant, and her...