Anime
The 1986 animated feature The Transformers: The Movie opens in Japan on Friday, November 27, 2026, screening at 30 Lawson United Cinemas locations nationwide. The film will be shown in a Japanese-dubbed version, and this marks the first time it has ever played in regular Japanese movie theaters. Mubichike digital advance tickets are priced at…
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A live-action Crazy Taxi movie is officially happening, announced as the opening salvo of a new partnership between Netflix and Sega. There’s no release window yet, but the script is locked in with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, the duo behind 2025’s The Naked Gun. And Crazy Taxi isn’t the only thing this deal put…
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Episodes 1 through 5 of the TV anime PERSONA5 the Animation (the Persona 5 anime from here on) go up for free on Atlus’s official YouTube channel starting Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 19:30. One episode premieres every day at 19:30 through Saturday, September 19. Each one stays up until 23:59 two weeks after it…
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Kenji Kamiyama’s new Gundam TV anime, Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO (pronounced “Alex Zero”), will premiere on television in April 2027. SOLA ANIMATION is handling animation production, with Kamiyama serving as both director and series composer. The show’s official website announced the premiere window on September 14, 2026, and published an interview with Kamiyama at…
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The TV anime Ghost in the Shell (THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) wrapped its 10-episode run in September 2026. Animation was handled by Science SARU, with Mokochan directing and Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist Toh EnJoe on series composition and scripts. The source material is Shiro Masamune’s manga Ghost in the Shell (published by Kodansha under its…
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Released on January 30, 2026, Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash – Circe’s Witch (Kirke no Majo) is the second chapter of a planned trilogy. In its first 29 days in theaters it pulled in 2.24 billion yen and 1.34 million admissions, already surpassing the final tally of Part 1. But box office isn’t why this…
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The best Dragon Ball game you can play right now is Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO. Released on October 10, 2024 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, it lets you play as 241 characters (after the July 2026 DLC), the biggest roster in series history, and it topped 3 million copies sold worldwide within 24…
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You know the name Ghost in the Shell — you just have no idea where to start. And while you’ve been stuck on that question, a brand-new anime series, Ghost in the Shell: THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (produced by Science SARU), began airing on July 7, 2026. The franchise stretches from the legendary 1995…
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CLAMP is an all-women manga creator collective made up of four members: Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona. Since their commercial debut in 1989, they’ve kept turning out masterpieces across a huge range of genres, from shojo to seinen. Their catalog of anime adaptations now runs to more than ten titles. “I want…
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There’s a phrase in anime fandom: “the Obari pose.” Hips low, fist thrust toward the camera, a machine surging with life in a single frame. When Masami Obari draws a robot, it stops being a hunk of metal and becomes something with a soul. Masami Obari, born in 1966, is an animator, director, and mechanical…
