Anime
A new TV anime based on the smartphone action RPG Monster Strike, titled Mera x Death: The Grim Reaper and My Abnormal Love, begins broadcasting on Tuesday, January 5, 2027. It will air on TOKYO MX and nine other terrestrial stations (10 total, planned), with streaming on various video services also lined up. A key…
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Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho is getting the figure treatment in Banpresto’s large-scale MAXIMATICPLUS line. It starts rolling out Tuesday, September 29, 2026, and stands roughly 24cm tall. The catch: it’s a crane game prize, so there’s no list price. Your options are winning it in an arcade or buying it on the secondary market….
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A brand-new original series for Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra (MadoDora), “Puella Magi Sorana Magica ~Our Fates, Our Futures~”, kicks off on Sunday, October 4, 2026. It’s set in the year 2225, an era in which humanity has spread across the entire solar system, and it runs five chapters long with full voice acting….
GUNDAM
If somebody puts a gun to your head and says “pick exactly one Gundam game,” the answer is SD Gundam G Generation F. Released for the PlayStation by Bandai on August 3, 2000, this single disc is a genuinely unhinged strategy game that crammed 38 different series and more than 1,000 units onto one piece…
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The new short anime Future GPX Cyber Formula ASURADA hits theaters across Japan starting Friday, February 19, 2027. Positioned as the direct sequel to the fourth OVA series, Future GPX Cyber Formula SIN (1998), it’s a roughly six-minute short depicting “a new year of Cyber Formula,” meaning a new Grand Prix season. It screens as…
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2027 for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime breaks down into a two-stage rollout: a spinoff in April, the main series in July. The TV anime of the official revenge spinoff That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Clayman REVENGE begins airing in April 2027, and Season 4’s third cour begins in…
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If you want the one Naruto game that lets you actually taste the world of Naruto itself, the answer is the Xbox 360 exclusive “Naruto: Rise of a Ninja.” Walking through the Hidden Leaf Village (Konoha) on your own two feet, sprinting across the rooftops, taking odd jobs from the villagers — this is the…
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Fall 2026 is shaping up to be a season where keeping up with the sequels takes more work than sampling the new shows. The third seasons are what really stand out. The Apothecary Diaries, Ranma ½, and As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World are all rolling into…
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The “2nd STAGE” and “3rd STAGE” of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run anime began streaming September 25, 2026, as a Netflix worldwide exclusive early release. New episodes land every Friday from here, with 11 episodes planned in total. The wait is over. And what a wait it was. Episode 1 of the 1st…
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I never expected that theatrical cut to turn into eight full episodes. SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT, the anime based on FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, has been confirmed for a TV broadcast starting in January 2027. Eight episodes total. It will follow the story of the theatrical version while rebuilding it with a large number of…
