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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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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…
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,…
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 2024
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Leviathan: Giant airships, bio-engineered beasties, and an alt-history that’ll blow your gears off (TV).
Hold on to your top hats and goggles, folks! Leviathan is storming onto Netflix in 2025, and it’s bringing an entire airship full…
January 2024
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Robotech: Mecha Magic and Galactic Grit from the 1980s (video).
Robotech, the American sci-fi franchise that took the ’80s by storm and left us all wondering if we could one day pilot our…
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Studio Ponoc and Netflix: a magical partnership in the world of anime? (news).
Studio Ponoc, the Tokyo-based animation powerhouse, has just inked a multi-film deal with Netflix, ensuring that their upcoming animated features will stream globally…
December 2023
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The Boy and the Heron: Mark Kermode’s anime film review.
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, is here to review the new anime movie The Boy and the Heron – watch it…
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Howl’s Moving Castle gets a walking model (kit news).
Here’s a piece of kit to tickle the fancy of all you anime fans out there. This new Moving Howl Castle model offers…