At Anime Expo, English manga publisher BluPetal announced licenses for Last Heaven and The Black World is Dyed in White Chalk, a marketing deal with Kaiohsha’s Gush Comics imprint, and an upcoming sub
Bandai Namco Pictures has announced Aikatsu Stars! Hoshiboshi no Progress, a new anime film celebrating the series’ 10th anniversary, set to open in early spring 2027.
A new trailer for Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, the limited anime series spinoff, debuted at Anime Expo, confirming an August 5 premiere on Disney+ and Hulu.
Amato Dam’s award-winning light novel Mamono Tsukai no Musume is getting a TV anime. The first teaser visual and three main cast members have been announced.
Aniplex of America unveiled an English-dubbed trailer and full dub cast for original anime Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus at Anime Expo, with a same-day English dub launching on Crunchyroll from July
Koenashi no Lorelei, a new manga by Satou Tomo, Fei, and YURI, began serialization on Comic Seymour on July 3, following a girl mocked as “voiceless” who dreams of becoming a singer.
Naohito Fujiki has been cast as Nishina, homeroom teacher of protagonist Kazuki Tsukigase, in the To You in the Beyond anime film, set to open in Japan on October 9.
A Blu-ray BOX release event for classic anime Fushigi Yuugi is set for November 21, 2026 in Tokyo, featuring voice actors Midorikawa Hikaru and Seki Tomokazu, plus newly drawn Digijacket art by Studio
TV anime “Toaru Anbu no Shoujo Kyousei (ITEM)” drops its main PV, reveals OP/ED artists, and confirms an October 9, 2026 premiere on TOKYO MX.
Volume 1 of the manga adaptation of KK’s novel — about a priest unjustly expelled from the Holy Church who is then followed by the very goddess he worships — goes on sale 3 July 2026.
TMS Anime’s official YouTube channel begins streaming all 51 episodes of the 2006 TV anime Purururun! Shizuku-chan for free, running from July 3 through September 14, 2026.
Aniplex unveiled a new trailer for Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 3 at Anime Expo, confirming a January 2027 premiere for the Tri-Magicathalon Divine Visionary Final Exam Arc.
The TV anime Nigejozu no Wakagimi Season 2 has dropped its main PV, showing Tokiyuki’s group mobilizing to reclaim Kamakura. Nakajima Kento sings the new OP “Onigoto.” Premieres July 17, 2026.
The Ramparts of Ice TV anime announced a second season at the end of its 14th episode, set to premiere on October 1 on TBS and 27 affiliated channels in Japan.
A second “baton-touch” illustration has been revealed for the Akazawa Koucha Anime Year collaboration, showing Koyuki handing off to Suzuki as Season 2 begins in July 2026.
Horai Kanna’s new manga series “Hatta Miran no Seishun ni Jōtō!!” launched July 3 on Magazine Pocket, following a fujoshi freshman whose secret BL notebook gets discovered by its real-life subject.
