Winter TV Anime Roundup: Shooting Santa and Monstrous Mermaids
Columnist Andrew Osmond looks in on some of the top current shows, including ‘Sanda,’ ‘The Monster Wants to Eat Me,’ and ‘Touring After the Apocalypse.’
Columnist Andrew Osmond looks in on some of the top current shows, including ‘Sanda,’ ‘The Monster Wants to Eat Me,’ and ‘Touring After the Apocalypse.’
In the upcoming season, a war between worlds ignites as Dante must battle the only force that mirrors his own: his estranged twin brother Vergil; premieres May 12, 2026.
Ufotable director Haruo Sotozaki and DOP Yuichi Terao discuss how their work on the hugely successful, Golden Globe-nominated animated film was meaningless unless they could tap into the maximum level of emotion and deep feeling a character would express and bring that onto the screen for the audience.
The legendary game creator will executive produce the new series, now in production and set to stream in 2027, that will tell a completely new story in the video game franchise.
The director of GKIDS’ new sports anime feature, based on Uoto’s manga, discusses his mix of live-action and different styles of animation, and his approach to visually depicting runners’ speed, preparation, and crushing anxiety; in theaters October 12.
Anime adaptation of the popular mobile game franchise about a high school student whisked away to a world of magic debuts October 29.
The studio’s programming celebrates both series with special guest panels, booth pop-ups, card giveaways, an autograph raffle, and others.
The new app will include a library of fan favorites like ‘One Piece,’ ‘Jujutsu Kaisen,’ ‘Daemons of the Shadow Realm,’ and ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ from multiple publishers.
Multiple anime series, including ‘Solo Camping for Two,’ ‘One Piece,’ ‘My Hero Academia’ Final Season, ‘Spy X Family’ Season 3, and others, will continue through the Fall 2025 season.
Highlights include ‘Dan Da Dan’ and ‘Trigun Stargaze’ panels; ‘You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!’ set to premiere.
The announcements and first look reveals were made during a talk show which featured Keisuke Itagaki, creator of the ‘BAKI’ manga series, and Paru Itagaki, creator of ‘BEASTARS,’ as part of Netflix’s 10th anniversary in Japan celebration.
New information on the anime series will be revealed during a special September 23 event in Tokyo, with global live streaming available.
Anime columnist Andrew Osmond looks at the history of Japan’s oldest and largest animation studio that began as Nihon Doga before making seminal hits that include ‘Sailor Moon,’ ‘Mazinger Z,’ ‘Candy Candy’ and many others.
The final season of the critically acclaimed anime series, based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi, premieres with new weekly episodes starting October 4 exclusively on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia.
Watch the making-of from the anime adaptation of the manga by Mokumokuren, which follows a boy who experiences strange incidents with an entity impersonating his best friend; now streaming on Netflix.
Deal adds 20 new adult animated and live-action titles, including ‘Your Name,’ ‘Shin Godzilla,’ ‘Perfect Blue,’ ‘The Colors Within,’ and ‘Summer Wars,’ many to stream for the first time in North America; select titles will debut in 4K.
The first film in a 3-part cinematic trilogy will hit IMAX and premium large format theatres in the U.S. and Canada on September 12.
Starting this October, participating theaters across the U.S. will feature fan-favorite films, curated television episodes, anniversaries, classic titles, and exclusive previews of upcoming streaming series from Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment's anime libraries.
Based on the manga by Keigo Shinzo, the series follows the carefree Hiroto Ikuta, who doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future, and couldn’t be happier.
Crunchyroll’s October home entertainment releases also include ‘Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation’ Season 2, ‘Frieren: Beyond Journey's End’ Season 1 Part 2 Limited Edition, ‘RoboTech - The Macross Saga,’ and ‘My Hero Academia’ Season 6.
Based on the novels and manga created by Yuu Tanaka, the second season of the isekai anime series will premiere as part of the streamer’s Fall 2026 simulcast season line-up.
Upcoming anime film is set in a dystopian 2026 where outcasts duel for fame and survival on a deadly live streaming platform; Yui Tsukada, Kengo Kawanishi, and Ayane Sakura star.
The special screening of select English dub episodes from ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ Season 1 hits select U.S. theaters for one day only on July 21.
The series will stream exclusively in October on the anime service from AMC Networks; Episode 1 world premiere set for Anime NYC 2025 this August.
Adapted from the WEBTOON serialized webcomic, the story follows Jiwoo Seo, a kind-hearted boy with hidden powers, and Kayden, a solitary Awakened being who, after being gravely injured, takes refuge as a stray cat.