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Gals Cant Be Kind to Otaku Anime Premieres April 8 on TMS Entertainment
Gals Cant Be Kind to Otaku premiered April 8 at 11:45 p.m. on TV Asahi, with TMS Entertainment animating and Crunchyroll streaming globally including India.
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newsApril 10, 2026
Go for It Nakamura Adds Veteran Voice Actors Yamaguchi and Takeuchi
Veteran voice actors Kappei Yamaguchi and Junko Takeuchi joined Go for It Nakamura as in story manga characters, with the anime now streaming on Crunchyroll worldwide.
newsApril 10, 2026
Rilakkuma Anime Debuts on TBS April 4 With YOASOBI Vocalist Lilas Ikuta Narrating
A new Rilakkuma short anime debuted April 4 on TBS, animated by Production I.G with YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta narrating and performing the theme song stay with me.
listsApril 10, 2026
Three New Manga Series Debut in Weekly Shonen Jump Across April 2026
Weekly Shonen Jump is launching three new manga series across April 2026, including a horror comedy from Agravity Boys creator Atsushi Nakamura and a fantasy comedy from Gintama creator Hideaki Sorachi.
newsApril 10, 2026
Slime Season 4 Premieres April 3 With Five Cour Run Confirmed
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 premiered April 3 on Crunchyroll with a five cour, 60 episode order, the longest single season run in the franchise's history.
trendingApril 10, 2026
The Weeknd to Present Anime of the Year at 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Grammy winning artist The Weeknd will present the Anime of the Year award at the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo on May 23, with voting open through April 15.
newsApril 10, 2026
Wind Breaker Season 2 Lands on Netflix April 2 With CloverWorks Animation
Wind Breaker Season 2 launched on Netflix worldwide on April 2, 2026, with CloverWorks animation and director Toshifumi Akai returning for a 13 episode run.
newsApril 10, 2026
Wistoria Wand and Sword Season 2 Adds Mai Nakahara to Voice Cast
Mai Nakahara joins Wistoria Wand and Sword Season 2 as high mage Clairie Serah, with the season set to debut April 12 on TBS and Crunchyroll worldwide.
newsApril 9, 2026
Even a Replica Can Fall in Love Brings Sci-Fi Romance to Crunchyroll
Even a Replica Can Fall in Love, a sci-fi romance about an artificial being who develops real human emotions, has premiered on Crunchyroll from studio Voil.
newsApril 9, 2026
The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch Launches April 12 for Two Cours
The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch, a fantasy anime about a girl learning magic from a cursed talking cat, debuts on Crunchyroll on April 12 for a continuous two-cour run.
newsApril 9, 2026
Doraemon Film Holds Japan Box Office Crown for Sixth Straight Weekend
Doraemon: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil has held the number one spot at the Japan box office for six consecutive weekends since its late February release.
listsApril 9, 2026
Japan Weekly Manga Chart: Solo Leveling Vol. 24 Leads April Sales
Solo Leveling Vol. 24 topped Japan's weekly Oricon manga chart with over 50,000 copies sold, while One Piece Vol. 114 and The JOJOLands Vol. 8 also placed in the top 10.
newsApril 9, 2026
The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Premieres on Crunchyroll
The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King, a romance between a captured knight and a surprisingly refined barbarian king, premieres today on Crunchyroll from studio Jumondo.
newsApril 9, 2026
Eren the Southpaw Brings an Artist's Struggle to Life This Spring
Eren the Southpaw, a drama about a struggling artist and a gifted painter whose paths intertwine, has premiered on Crunchyroll from studios Signal.MD and Production I.G.
newsApril 9, 2026
Nippon Sangoku Launches on Prime Video as Spring's Darkest New Anime
Nippon Sangoku brings a post-nuclear Japan divided into three warring kingdoms to Prime Video, streaming exclusively in over 240 countries with new weekly episodes.
newsApril 9, 2026
Snowball Earth Brings Post-Apocalyptic Mecha Action to Crunchyroll
Snowball Earth, a new anime about a pilot awakening to a frozen world after eight years of cryosleep, has premiered on Crunchyroll with a 13-episode first season.
newsApril 9, 2026
Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 5 Begins Streaming With New Arc on Crunchyroll
Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 5 has started streaming on Crunchyroll, continuing the long-running romantic comedy with TMS Entertainment returning to animate the latest arc.
newsApril 9, 2026
Detective Conan Film Opens in Record 526 Theaters and Shatters Screening Record
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway opens in a franchise-record 526 theaters across Japan, with T-Joy Yokohama scheduling 59 screenings on opening day to break the previous record.
trendingApril 9, 2026
WIT Studio Faces AI Art Backlash Over Bookworm Season 4 Opening
Fans have accused WIT Studio of using AI-generated background art in the Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4 opening, with the studio's producer stopping short of a direct denial.
trendingApril 9, 2026
Netflix Confirms JoJo's Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage for Fall 2026 With Weekly Episodes
Netflix has confirmed that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run will return with its 2nd Stage in fall 2026, airing one new episode per week after weeks of fan anxiety over the release schedule.
listsApril 9, 2026
Every Anime Coming to Netflix in April 2026 From Elbaf to Dandelion
Netflix is adding over a dozen anime titles in April 2026 including One Piece's Elbaf arc, Dorohedoro Season 2, Wind Breaker Season 2, and the original Dandelion series.
trendingApril 9, 2026
Genshin Impact Anime Shows New Character Designs in Ufotable Teaser
Ufotable's 30th anniversary promotional reel included new footage of the Genshin Impact anime with redesigned characters, though the project remains categorized as a future title beyond 2026.
newsApril 9, 2026
Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 Premieres April 12 With New Cast
Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 debuts on April 12 on MBS and TBS with SILVER LINK returning to animate the spy family's Silver Rank Exam arc and Kaito Ishikawa joining the voice cast.
newsApril 9, 2026
Blue Lock Gets Season 3 Anime and Live-Action Film Releasing August 7
Blue Lock Season 3 will adapt the Neo Egoist League arc while a live-action film produced by Credeus hits Japanese theaters on August 7, timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup summer.