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Gachiakuta: Kei Urana’s rubbish-tip shonen climbs back out of the Pit on 11 November.
Kei Urana's Gachiakuta manga returns from its research hiatus on 11 November in Weekly Shonen Magazine, while anime season two waits in the…
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October 2026
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Fate/EXTRA Record: The moon’s Holy Grail War finally clocks in for January, rivals and all (trailer).
Fate/EXTRA Record's new Rival's Side trailer parades Rin, Rani and an Arcueid Berserker ahead of the long-delayed remake's 28 January 2027 launch.
NewsAnime/manga
Bagpuss of Destruction: Dragon Ball Super Wakes Up Looking Rather Better
Toei's redrawn remake of Dragon Ball Super's opening arcs has premiered, with a purple god of destruction, sharper faces and far less padding.
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Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos – Paramount+ Sends the Water Tribe’s Wild Child on a Gap Year
Paramount+ orders Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos, a teen romp for the doomed Water Tribe Avatar, and renews Seven Havens for Books 3…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 – Night City Recruits a Fresh Batch of Victims
Trigger and CD Projekt Red return to Night City with ten new episodes, four new misfits and a washed-up legend who has lost…
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Devils’ Crest: the Sword Art Online creator’s latest game doesn’t trap you inside, it comes to visit (trailer)
Reki Kawahara's Devils' Crest becomes a Production I.G television anime, streaming exclusively on Prime Video from 6 November 2026.
September 2026
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Donguri’s pull-back Ohmu keyrings: a small ecological uprising for your desk (merchandise).
Donguri's pull-back Ohmu keyrings from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind come in calm blue and furious red, move at different speeds,…
RoundupAnime/manga
Everyone you loved in 1979 is back, and most of them have brought a mecha (anime and manga news roundup).
We have not run a proper anime and manga news roundup since last October, which turns out to have been a scheduling error…
August 2026
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Ghibli Park is growing a Toxic Jungle, and we demand a full-size Pirate Airship (news).
Studio Ghibli has apparently looked at its enormous park in Aichi, looked at the millions of people already wandering around it pretending not…
October 2025
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October 2025 anime & manga news digest.
Demon slayers, vending machines and celestial slime: SFcrowsnest’s autumn anime & manga digest If you thought anime had peaked when Tanjiro beheaded a…
September 2025
FeatureAnime/manga
KPop Demon Hunter: Dancing with Demons? (article)
Some films sound like they were dreamed up during a late-night pub crawl after one too many pints. KPOP DEMON HUNTER is precisely…
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Demon slayers, vending machines and lurking librarians (September 2025 anime & manga news round-up).
Infinity castles, kaiju, and vending machines with more personality than half the Hollywood slate — it’s been a busy old fortnight in anime-land.…