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Ghost in the Shell: Arise.
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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 of some magnitude, because the industry has spent 2026 quietly digging up every single thing you watched as a teenager and putting it back on a cinema screen.

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Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
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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

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Studio Ghibli release splendid anime backgrounds for Zoom conferencing (news).

Are you still using fake billion-dollar apartment pictures as your Zoom background to make work colleagues jealous? That’s so last

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Altered Carbon anime coming soon to Netflix.

You thought that Altered Carbon was over? Not so, dear viewer, for Netflix has a new anime feature movie in the

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Star Wars the 80s anime.
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Star Wars the 80s anime.

At last, see the original Japanese science fiction TV series that inspired George Lucas to shoot a live action movie

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From Up on Poppy Hill (movie review).
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From Up On Poppy Hill (movie review).

Goro Miyazaki, son of the famous animator Hayao Miyazaki, makes his own animated film. This is a straight drama with

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Star Wars anime.
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Star Wars the anime.

You like the Star Wars, yes? You like the anime? Certainly. Then blend the two and get this fine slush

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Doctor who anime.

Did you know that there was an anime version of Doctor Who created by Japanese fans as a tribute? Well,

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Anime powers.
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The best anime powers?

It’s a thorny question for sure. Just what are the top ten anime powers of all time. Being able to

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