Toei Animation announced a brand-new Digimon TV anime set to premiere in 2027, marking the franchise's 30th anniversary alongside a fan-voted retrospective series launching in October.
Crunchyroll and Starz launched a joint streaming bundle on Amazon Prime Video for $16.99 per month, offering over 23 percent savings and marking Crunchyroll's first US bundle deal.
Manga creator Afro's Laid-Back Camp and mono series are both going on indefinite hiatus after the stress of simultaneous serialization worsened the creator's health.
Bestselling Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino, whose novel The Camphorwood Custodian was adapted into an anime film by A-1 Pictures earlier this year, has died of colorectal cancer at age 68.
Netflix will stream Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames on August 27, bringing the compilation film with newly animated scenes to global audiences.
Disney Twisted Wonderland The Animation Season 2, Episode of Savanaclaw, will premiere exclusively on Disney+ in December 2026 with a new teaser visual and returning cast.
KonoSuba Season 4 was unveiled at the franchise's 10th anniversary event with a 2027 premiere, a studio change to ENGI, and Takaomi Kanasaki returning as chief director.
Akira Kasugai's Millennium Family manga about seven immortal siblings is getting an anime adaptation at studio PartsCraft, directed by Masato Jinbo and airing on TBS.
Assassination Classroom: Our Time, a new film adapting previously unadapted manga chapters and reuniting Class 3-E as adults, is now streaming on Crunchyroll with an English dub.
Kodansha USA announced eight new manga licenses at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, headlined by Gamon Sakurai's The Pool and Shuichi Shigeno's Subaru and Subaru, all set for Spring 2027.
The 46th Doraemon film, Nobita's Steam Time Locomotive, will transport the gang to Victorian London in spring 2027 with a new director and screenwriter.
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island debuted at number one in Japan with 2.24 billion yen and over 1.5 million admissions in its opening weekend.
MAPPA's Ranma 1/2 Season 3 will premiere October 3 on Nippon TV and Netflix, adding Masako Nozawa, Jun Fukuyama, Mayumi Tanaka, Saori Hayami, and Minami Tanaka to its cast.
Toei Animation announced a new Galaxy Express 999 theatrical anime with director Rintaro returning to craft the original story, marking the franchise's first new film in 28 years.
The fifth live-action Kingdom film opened at number one in Japan, earning approximately 1.58 billion yen in its first three days and selling nearly one million tickets.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya FINALE will premiere as a TV anime in 2027, bringing Silver Link's 13-year magical girl franchise to its conclusion.
Bandai Namco Filmworks confirmed Kenji Kamiyama as director of Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, a wholly new Gundam universe launching in 2027 from studio SOLA ANIMATION.
Hirokazu Kore-eda's live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back manga will compete in the main competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival this September.
Netflix revealed Parasyte: TAMIYA, a live-action series starring Shioli Kutsuna as Ryoko Tamiya that retells the classic manga from the parasite's perspective, set to premiere globally in 2027.
GKIDS has released an English-subtitled trailer for wartime anime film Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood, directed by Yukimitsu Ina at Studio Sasayuri, ahead of its September 4 North American theatrical debut.
ippatu's post-apocalyptic manga Tsugumi Project will receive a TV anime adaptation from East Fish Studio, with a teaser PV and initial cast already revealed.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun will return to Square Enix's G Fantasy magazine on August 18 after a nine-month hiatus caused by creator AidaIro's medical treatment.
Kyoto Animation's Sparks of Tomorrow has earned widespread critical praise for its painterly Meiji-era Kyoto and layered characters, though some reviewers flag tonal friction between glossy designs and impressionistic backgrounds.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 - The Culling Game Part 1 launches on Netflix worldwide on July 22, bringing the MAPPA-produced series to the platform with dubbed versions after its Crunchyroll simulcast.