The Cat and the Dragon Anime Sets June 27 Streaming Debut
The announcement locks in a concrete release date and expands the cast, moving the adaptation from pre-production into its final launch window.
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MAPPA Releases 15th Anniversary Movie With New PEOPLE 1 Song
The anniversary movie and song mark MAPPA's first formal 15th anniversary project, using original production materials to highlight the studio's internal creative process rather than its finished series.
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New Ahare! Meisaku-Kun Anime Reveals Theme Song, July 5 Premiere
The new five-minute shorts continue the long-running gag anime franchise, which has sustained itself through television seasons, crowdfunding, and a global YouTube channel since 2016.
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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Anime Gets 17th Season on July 12
The 17th season extends one of the longest-running horror anthology anime series, maintaining its distinctive kamishibai-inspired short-story format for over a decade.
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Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers 2nd Part Previews Ending Theme in New Video
The new video confirms the July 7 start date for the second half of the sequel and introduces five additional cast members, fleshing out the villain side of the revived franchise.
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Sekiro: No Defeat Theatrical Anime Sets September 4 Nationwide Release
The announcement confirms a wide theatrical rollout for a game adaptation that is being positioned as a prestige hand-drawn project, with an Annecy festival slot backing its artistic ambitions.
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MAPPA Produces Beat & Motion Anime for Netflix in 2027
The Beat & Motion anime is the direct fulfillment of a competition prize from Shueisha's Million Tag program, making it a rare case where a reality-show-style creator development project resulted in a major studio production and global streaming deal.
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Dorohedoro Season 3 Teaser Trailer Debuts at MAPPA 15th Anniversary Event
The teaser confirms that MAPPA is actively producing the third season while the second season is still airing, a rare overlap that suggests the studio is maintaining momentum on a series that had a four-year gap between its first and second seasons.
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MAPPA Produces Fall in Love, You False Angels Anime for 2027
This marks one of MAPPA's rare shojo anime projects, following 2018's Banana Fish and the 2025 Rose of Versailles film, signaling the studio's continued investment in the demographic after its recent award-winning shojo manga adaptation.
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MAPPA Reveals Jimoto Saiko! Anime for Netflix Release
MAPPA's adaptation of a gritty, socially charged manga for a global Netflix release signals a continued push into darker, more adult-oriented original content.
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Hell Mode Season 2 Adds Yui Horie, Ending Song by ChoQMay
The new cast and music details complete the main creative lineup for the second season ahead of its July premiere.
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A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even Anime Adds Asami Seto, Kenji Akabane
The casting additions fill out the supporting antagonist roles ahead of the July premiere, with REMOW handling global licensing and a preview at Anime Expo.
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Chainsaw Man: Assassin Arc PV Released, Smartphone Game Announced
The simultaneous PV, smartphone game, and opening theme announcements signal MAPPA is expanding Chainsaw Man into a multiplatform franchise beyond the anime and film.
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Super Kaguya Hime! Revival Screenings Set for September With Enhanced Formats
The revival screenings extend the commercial life of what sources describe as an unprecedented hit, with the film crossing 2.5 billion yen in box office revenue during its initial run.
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Dr. Stone Voice Cast Reflects on the Series in New Interview
The interview offers a rare, personal look at the cast's emotional connection to the show and their characters as the anime nears its end.
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Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 Culling Game Arc Part 2 Teaser PV Released
The promotion of assistant director Takeshi Sato to director signals a shift in creative leadership for the franchise's climactic arc.
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New Ranma 1/2 Anime Season 3 Trailer Reveals October Netflix Premiere
The third season continues MAPPA's adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's classic manga with largely the same creative team, maintaining the production consistency that defined the first two seasons.
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MAPPA Produces Koi seyo Mayakashi Tenshi-domo Anime
This marks MAPPA's first full romantic comedy series, a genre departure from the action-heavy hits the studio is known for, and signals the studio's expansion into shoujo-adjacent romance territory.
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MAPPA 15th Anniversary Exhibition MAPPA EXPO Set for Tokyo This Fall
The exhibition marks MAPPA's first large-scale retrospective since its founding in 2011, using its three most commercially prominent titles to anchor a two-month event that will later travel across Japan.
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MAPPA to Produce Local Is Best! Anime for Netflix
The adaptation pairs a dark-comedy social-media-born manga with a major studio and a global streaming platform, signaling continued investment in niche, creator-driven properties by both MAPPA and Netflix.
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Mahou Shoujo no Majo Saiban Teams With h.NAOTO for 1st Anniversary Pop-Up
The collaboration ties the game's dark magical-girl aesthetic directly to a real gothic fashion brand, with the brand's founder personally designing the costumes that appear on the event goods.
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Victoria of Many Faces Anime Previews Victoria and Jeffrey in New Promo
The promo and advanced screening give the first extended look at the lead pair ahead of the July premiere.
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The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects Anime Adds Cast, Sets Prime Video Debut
The streaming-first release on Prime Video, a week ahead of broadcast, is an unusual distribution pattern for a TV anime that shortens the gap between online and traditional airing.
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Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games Anime Adds Four Cast Members in New Trailer
The July 7 premiere date and full cast reveal confirm the long-delayed adaptation is finally on track, with a staff lineup that includes a notable novelist and a real fighting game community figure.
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