FX Senshi Kurumi-chan Anime Sets October 1 Broadcast Start
The FX manga adaptation locks in an October 1 broadcast, an opening theme performed by its lead voice actor, and a pre-broadcast screening event, completing its launch plan.
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Busan Film Festival Adds Japanese Animation Special with 13 Films
The new section gives Japanese animation a dedicated out-of-competition slot at BIFF, pairing 1958 to 2004 classics with four 2026 titles.
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Episode 6 Pulls a Breaking Dawn Part 2
The episode's fake-out future sequence and the Uryu-Jugram fight finally getting substantial screen time are the week's notable developments.
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Optimus Prime: Awakening Short Reveals Cast, Staff, New Screening Regions
The short carries Peter Cullen's final performance as Optimus Prime, announced days after his death, which gives the 4K re-release of The Transformers: The Movie a memorial dimension.
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Kotaro Koizumi, Dori Sakurada Guest Star in Doraemon Birthday Special
The annual birthday special brings in two guest stars, with Koizumi playing the billionaire whose stolen gem puts a bounty on Doraemon.
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Red River Anime Reveals Second Cours Theme Songs and Nana Mizuki as Ursula
The second cours of the Red River anime gets its theme song artists, with Nana Mizuki doubling as the opening singer and the voice of Ursula, a false goddess impersonating Ishtar.
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Though I Am an Inept Villainess Episode 8 Reveals Gabi as the Real Villain
The episode reframes the series' conflict by identifying Shu Gabi, not Keigetsu, as the true villain, recasting Keigetsu as a manipulated victim rather than a genuine villainess.
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One Piece Episode 1176 Review: Movie-Quality Animation in a Weekly Broadcast
The review argues episode 1176's execution is so strong it reads as theatrical despite being a weekly broadcast, with the supporting Straw Hats and Gunko's fight carrying the episode.
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Goodbye, Lara Episode 9 Reads Light as a Double-Edged Fairy Tale Force
The review frames episode 9 as an inversion of Andersen's gender roles, with the princess as the aggressor and the prince uninterested, while tying the episode's white birds to the mermaid's transformation into a spirit of the air.
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Sirotan TV Anime Premieres October 3 in TV Asahi's PicoAni Block
The premiere gives the seal mascot a broadcast slot in TV Asahi's new short anime block, with the YouTube short's voice actor returning for the series.
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Girls und Panzer das Finale Film 5 Trailer Sets October 9 Opening
The fifth film is the penultimate entry in the six-part series, and the trailer confirms the finals matchup against St. Gloriana while the October 9 date brings the series' first Dolby Cinema screenings.
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Oha Suta's Identity V Segment Gets Four-Episode Short Anime
The short anime turns the show's game-playing segment into a school-life story, carrying Identity V's characters into the children's programming format that airs weekday mornings on TV Tokyo.
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Kenny Omega Enters AEW All In: London With All Might Tribute
The entrance extends Omega's habit of anime-themed wrestling entrances, and this one brought in the character's original Japanese voice actor for the narration.
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Jaadugar Review: Boraqchin Outmaneuvers Sitara as Empire Plot Collapses
The review positions Boraqchin, not Sitara, as the series' central force, with the collapse of Sitara's plan marking the story's real turning point.
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Daemons of the Shadow Realm Episode 21 Lands the Emotional Climax
Episode 21 reframes the series' central deception as one without malice and grounds Asa's obsessive attachment to Yuru in a decade of isolation, making the siblings' trust the emotional core.
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Luv Letter Studios Founder Details Indie Path Into Anime at Anime NYC
A studio founded in 2023 with a black-and-female-led team has already built a portfolio across major anime and American animation studios, and its Anime NYC panel laid out the practical realities of breaking into the industry.
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Thunder 3 Episode 8 Finally Starts Converging Its Plotlines
Episode 8 finally gives the maligned Thunder 3 adaptation forward motion, as plotlines converge and the supporting cast carries the action while the Small Three remain peripheral.
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Aoashi Producer Explains the Bird's-Eye View Behind the Soccer Anime's Animation
The production method mirrors the story: the animators plan every play with the same total spatial awareness that Ashito Aoi learns to use on the pitch.
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Mushoku Tensei III Episode 10 Ends Nanahoshi Quest with a Letdown
The review argues the episode resolves its central quest too quickly but uses the resulting fight to show Rudeus acting for a friend rather than himself, which the reviewer reads as the arc's real payoff.
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Sparks of Tomorrow Episode 9 Review Criticizes Homophobic Framing
The review argues that episode 9 pairs a gay character with a child-predator role, a combination the reviewer calls overtly homophobic, and that the episode's central conflict collapses under any honest conversation between characters.
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Pluto TV Adds Mononoke, Terror in Resonance, Kabaneri, More Anime
Pluto TV is treating anime as a core retention driver, citing that adults 18 to 34 make up nearly half of anime viewing hours and anime viewers spend nearly three times as many hours on the service.
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Sparks of Tomorrow Panel Details the Series' Deliberate Aesthetic Choices
The panel reveals that Sparks of Tomorrow's distinctive look is a system of small, deliberate choices, from color palettes to furniture placement, rather than a single visual gimmick.
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100 Girlfriends Season 3 Hot Springs Episode Spreads Focus Across the Cast
The review reads the episode as the season's way of giving its expanding cast room to breathe after a stretch of increasingly crowded rooftop introduction scenes.
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My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked Anime Adds 3 Cast Members
The ninth episode introduces three new characters, expanding the cast as the series moves past its first month on air.
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