The Bloody Paint Ver. is a re-release of an existing POP UP PARADE L size figure with a new paint scheme, a common strategy for extending a product line without a new sculpt.
The documentary frames Ultraman's legacy through Kore-eda's personal connection, showing how the franchise's moral complexity influenced a filmmaker known for humanistic stories.
The casting reunites the Love Alarm leads in a webtoon adaptation centered on a fake relationship that conceals a shared, painful past.
The column frames anime and manga as catalysts for real-world creativity, a recurring theme in ANN's weekly discussions.
The film brings the popular Naver Webtoon series Reawakened Man to the big screen, with a release date set for late September in South Korea.
The episode's alternate-history divergence, with Tanya substituting for the Bismarck, shifts the Empire's strategic position and may force Idola into the conflict.
The demo's reveal coincides with the 40th anniversary of Gundam video games, commemorated by a new special site and a 'My Gundam Game Resume' campaign, tying the title's first playable appearance to a franchise milestone.
Spike Chunsoft is moving the Switch 2 physical release to a game-key card, a cartridge that unlocks a digital download, while cancelling and re-opening US pre-orders for the package.
The film brings the manga's alien-search story to theaters with Nakagawa voicing every alien, a role that also connects to her performance of the theme song.
The film assigns a dedicated dance supervisor to each lead character, treating each performer's style as a distinct creative element rather than a single unified choreography.
The adaptation lands as the source webtoon, which ended in January after a seven-year run, is set to return this fall with side stories, keeping the property in front of its audience.
Konishi's casting completes the eldest-sibling role in a family drama about seven immortal siblings, giving the ensemble its senior anchor as the anime heads toward its TBS broadcast.
The Chiikawa film's sustained #1 position through its fifth weekend, alongside the Crayon Shin-chan film's climb, shows the current strength of family-oriented anime releases at the Japanese box office.
The review identifies Subaru's new powers as derived from Regulus' Authority of Greed, adding a new layer to his abilities and the series' larger mystery.
A long-running band with the same name is taking legal action over the most streamed film in Netflix history, putting the weight of a major trademark dispute behind a massive franchise.
The figure's release date and price point, set for March 2027 at over 25,000 yen, indicate Wing's positioning of this as a premium collector item rather than a mass-market one.
This release uses the POP UP PARADE SP line to push beyond the standard POP UP PARADE size and detail, giving Overlord collectors a larger, more premium Momon figure than the line typically offers.
The one-shot closes the Saejima Arc of a GTO spinoff that resumed serialization under a new title after being dropped from its original magazine.
The dub cast reveal completes the English-language rollout of the Zeami origin story, which HIDIVE has been streaming since late June ahead of its July television broadcast in Japan.
The adaptation, which launched in August 2024, closes with its fourth volume, giving the English-language release a complete story arc.
The pairing of Numa's writing with Kuroki's art puts two former Jump serial creators back in the magazine in a youth love comedy, one week after Chojo's anime was confirmed for October.
The adaptation of the eighth Bungo Stray Dogs light novel has been running since January 2025, and the second compiled volume is still set for release on September 25 despite the pause.
Persona 4 Revival brings back the 2008 PlayStation 2 classic with MAPPA cutscenes and a new English cast, and the February 2027 release date is now set.
The casting of Hinao and Char brings two key supporting characters into the anime's fold, expanding the cast beyond the initial trio and signaling the production's progress toward its April 2027 premiere.