Sony Pictures revealed an R-rated animated Bloodborne feature film at CinemaCon, co-produced by PlayStation Productions, Lyrical Animation, and content creator JackSepticEye.
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway earned a franchise-record 3.52 billion yen in its opening weekend, debuting at No.1 in Japan with 2.318 million admissions.
Studio KAI, the ADK Emotions subsidiary behind Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2, has entered insolvency after posting a 565 million yen net loss in fiscal 2025.
Kohei Kadowaki's original anime film We Are Aliens, produced by NOTHING NEW and Miyu Productions, has been selected for the 79th Cannes Directors' Fortnight screening in May 2026.
Kaeru Chohokiteki's Witch and Mercenary light novels will receive a TV anime adaptation from Studio 8-Bit in 2027, airing on NTV with Shinpei Ezaki directing.
Crunchyroll's English dub of Agents of the Four Seasons Dance of Spring is live on the platform with Caitlin Glass directing the adaptation, which drops weekly on Saturdays alongside the subtitled simulcast.
Live-action One Piece star Mackenyu, Kamen Rider Black actor Tetsuo Kurata, and Kiki's Delivery Service author Eiko Kadono are among the confirmed guests for Anime NYC 2026 at the Javits Center from August 20 to 23.
Fathom Entertainment and Viz Media will bring the first three episodes of Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War The Calamity to US theaters from June 25 to 29, with both subbed and dubbed versions plus a conversation with series creator Tite Kubo.
Bushiroad announced a new Cardfight Vanguard television anime for 2027 to mark the franchise's 15th anniversary, alongside a theatrical film that closes the current DivineZ arc on October 2 in Japan.
Detective Conan Fallen Angel of the Highway opened to 3.5 billion yen and 2.32 million tickets across its first three days in Japan, breaking the previous opening record set by last year's One-eyed Flashback film.
MyAnimeList user scores as of mid-April 2026 put Witch Hat Atelier at the top of the Spring 2026 season with an 8.74 community score, followed by Re:Zero Season 4 at 8.69 and Dr. Stone Science Future Part 3 at 8.30.
The cozy slice-of-life anime Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi premieres on Rakuten Viki, Ocean Veil, ADN, and the It's Anime YouTube channel on April 12 across North America, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.
Prime Video and Netflix launched an English dub of Kill Blue on April 11, matching the subtitled debut on the same day. Bang Zoom Studios is handling the dub for the Spring 2026 Shonen Jump adaptation.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4's premiere week delivered the highest opening among new Spring 2026 TV anime, with a 3.1% Kanto household rating. One Piece and Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 followed.
Crunchyroll will start streaming an English dub for The Beginning After the End Season 2 on April 15, with Amber May voicing Arthur and Christopher Wehkamp returning as Grey.
Wit Studio apologized on April 10 for using generative AI in background art for the opening sequence of Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 and confirmed it will redraw the affected cuts before the second episode airs.
The Spring 2026 romantic comedy Yowayowa Sensei debuts on Ani-One India at 6:30 p.m. IST on April 11, with HIDIVE handling an uncensored international stream alongside the Japanese AT-X broadcast.
Akira returns to UK and Ireland cinemas April 17 in a 4K IMAX re-release from Anime Limited, with both IMAX and standard bookings open through major UK chains in subtitled Japanese and English dub formats.
Beyblade X moves from TV Tokyo to the official Beyblade YouTube channel on April 17, debuting the True Future arc with a double-episode premiere and Aoen's new ending theme Youth.
Blue Lock chapter 343, titled 'Vivien Hugo,' releases April 14 at 11 a.m. ET on K Manga, continuing the tied France match from chapter 342 as Isagi reconsiders his role on the Blue Lock side.
Cardfight!! Vanguard will get a new TV anime in 2027 for its 15th anniversary, and Divinez's theatrical finale Unmei Seisen-hen opens October 2, 2026 with Kinema Citrus animating and CLAMP designing characters.
Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi began streaming April 12 on Rakuten Viki, OceanVeil, ADN, and the It's Anime YouTube channel, covering North America, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania on launch day.
Japan's trade ministry is targeting a 6 trillion yen anime overseas market by 2033, nearly tripling 2024 export value and rewriting studio subsidy rules to reward larger productions and broader localisation.
Japan's household TV anime ratings for the week of March 30-April 5 show Sazae-san, Detective Conan, and Chibi Maruko-chan leading, with Slime Season 4 at #4 and Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 at #7.