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trapezium Anime Film Streams New Trailer on Day Before Premiere https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/trapezium-anime-film-streams-new-trailer-on-day-before-premiere/.210644 Idol film premieres in Japan on Friday

Live-Action Stardust Telepath Show Reveals AKB48 Cast https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/live-action-stardust-telepath-show-reveals-akb48-cast/.210629 Momoka Itō, Airi Satō, Sora Yamazaki, Maho Ōmori play main 4 cast members

Blue Archive Anime to Release in North America in 'Near Future' https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-05-09/blue-archive-anime-to-release-in-north-america-in-near-future/.210631 The official English Twitter account for Yostar and Nexon Games' Blue Archive smartphone role-playing game announced on Thursday that Blue Archive The...

Takako Shimura's Awajima Hyakkei Manga Gets Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/takako-shimura-awajima-hyakkei-manga-gets-anime/.210630 Wandering Son creator's manga about girls in opera school ran from 2011 until this past March

Seven Seas Licenses The Second Alpha, My Kitten is a Picky Eater, A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO, More https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/seven-seas-licenses-the-second-alpha-my-kitten-is-a-picky-eater-a-tale-of-the-secret-saint-zero-more/.210627 The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him, 100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Death manga also licensed

Shin Megami Tensei Designer Kazuma Kaneko Works on Project Mask at Colopl https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/shin-megami-tensei-designer-kazuma-kaneko-works-on-project-mask-at-colopl/.210620 Smartphone game themed on creating 'god' from Shironeko Project's company

Gakuen Idolm@ster Game Reveals May 16 Launch, Opening Animation https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/gakuen-idolm@ster-game-reveals-may-16-launch-opening-animation/.210621 Game slated for iOS, Android devices

Saint Young Men Manga Gets 1st Live-Action Film on December 20 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/saint-young-men-manga-gets-1st-live-action-film-on-december-20/.210626 Kenichi Matsuyama, Shōta Sometani return as Jesus, Buddha; Yūichi Fukuda again directs, pens script

27th Detective Conan Film Stays at #1, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at #2 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/27th-detective-conan-film-stays-at-no.1-godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-at-no.2/.210586 HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle jumps back to #3

North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 5-11 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/north-american-anime-manga-releases-may-5-11/.210550 Mob Psycho 100 III, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World anime; Star Wars: Visions: The Manga Anthology, Mobsters in Love manga ship

Live-Action Film of Risa Itou's Hey Hey Pitan! Manga Reveals More Cast, New Trailer https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/live-action-film-of-risa-itou-hey-hey-pitan-manga-reveals-more-cast-new-trailer/.210527 Film premieres on June 21

Banished from the Hero's Party Light Novels End With 15th Volume https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/banished-from-the-hero-party-light-novels-end-with-15th-volume/.210601 Light novel series launched in 2017

Moyashi Fujisawa, Kumakuzu's Watashi no Arika Manga to End in 6th Volume https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/moyashi-fujisawa-kumakuzu-watashi-no-arika-manga-to-end-in-6th-volume/.210600 Manga started its final arc in March

Kagiji Kumanomata's Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Manga Goes on Hiatus https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/kagiji-kumanomata-sleepy-princess-in-the-demon-castle-manga-goes-on-hiatus/.210595 Manga to return in June with new arc

Sega Announces Sonic Rumble Battle Royale Mobile Game https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/sega-announces-sonic-rumble-battle-royale-mobile-game/.210613 Trailer reveals winter release, closed beta test on May 24-26

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga Goes on Another Hiatus https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-05-08/frieren-beyond-journey-end-manga-goes-on-another-hiatus/.210594 This year's 24th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's...

Utano☆Princesama Live Emotion Game Launches on June 12 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/utano-princesama-live-emotion-game-launches-on-june-12/.210612 Video previews ST☆RISH's "KIR☆MEKI EMOTION" performance

Gundam Breaker 4 Game's Trailer Reveals August 29 Release https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/gundam-breaker-4-game-trailer-reveals-august-29-release/.210610 Game gets Digital Deluxe/Ultimate Editions

Manga Up! Global Adds Ikuno Tajima's Victoria's Electric Coffin Manga in English https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/manga-up-global-adds-ikuno-tajima-victoria-electric-coffin-manga-in-english/.210572 Manga launched in May 2021, launched in English on April 2

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Speedrun Challenge Game Announced for Switch https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/nintendo-world-championships-nes-edition-speedrun-challenge-game-announced-for-switch/.210609 Game featuring 13 NES titles launches on July 18

Crunchyroll Adds English Dub for Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/crunchyroll-adds-english-dub-for-natsume-book-of-friends-season-5-anime/.210583 Season 5 originally aired in October 2016

Mamoru Oshii, Yoshitaka Amano's Angel's Egg Anime Gets 4K Remaster https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/mamoru-oshii-yoshitaka-amano-angel-egg-anime-gets-4k-remaster/.210588 Remaster celebrates 40th anniversary with new scan of 35mm film print

Why Nobody Remembers My World? Anime Reveals More Cast, Key Visual, 1st Character Video https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-08/why-nobody-remembers-my-world-anime-reveals-more-cast-key-visual-1st-character-video/.210574 Lynn, Hana Hishikawa join cast of July anime

Bandai Namco Filmworks Releases Aura Battler Dunbine 'Experimental Video' With New Footage https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/bandai-namco-filmworks-releases-aura-battler-dunbine-experimental-video-with-new-footage/.210587 "SIDE L" video reimagines original anime's opening, ending sequences with upcoming "SIDE R" video planned

French-Japanese Film Ghost Cat Anzu's Trailer Unveils More Cast & Staff, Theme Song, July 19 Debut https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/french-japanese-film-ghost-cat-anzu-trailer-unveils-more-cast-and-staff-theme-song-july-19-debut/.210584 Munetaka Aoki, Miwako Ichikawa, Keiichi Suzuki, others join cast

Uru Okabe's Good Night World End Prequel Manga Ends on May 21 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/uru-okabe-good-night-world-end-prequel-manga-ends-on-may-21/.210567 Manga launched on August 1

Netflix Adds Sonic Mania Plus Game on iOS/Android on May 7 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-05-07/netflix-adds-sonic-mania-plus-game-on-ios-android-on-may-7/.210582 Netflix revealed on Tuesday that it has added Sega's Sonic Mania Plus game on iOS and Android devices through the Netflix Games service. Sega released...

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Game Gets PS5, Xbox Series, PC Releases https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/master-detective-archives-rain-code-game-gets-ps5-xbox-series-pc-releases/.210580 Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE+ ships on July 18

Re: Sukeban Deka Manga Heads to Final Chapter https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/re-sukeban-deka-manga-heads-to-final-chapter/.210568 Modern remake of Shinji Wada's Sukeban Deka launched in 2021

Detective Conan Author Gōshō Aoyama's Yaiba Manga Gets New Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/detective-conan-author-gosho-aoyama-yaiba-manga-gets-new-anime/.210523 Series previously inspired 52-episode anime in 1993

Bokura no Sennen to Kimi ga Shinu Made no 30-ka Kan Manga Ends in June https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/bokura-no-sennen-to-kimi-ga-shinu-made-no-30-ka-kan-manga-ends-in-june/.210559 Manga part of multimedia project launched in June 2021

Jujutsu Kaisen, Berserk Deluxe, Spy x Family Manga Rank on NYT May Bestseller List https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-05-07/jujutsu-kaisen-berserk-deluxe-spy-x-family-manga-rank-on-nyt-may-bestseller-list/.210571 Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen, Kentarou Miura's Berserk Deluxe, and Tatsuya Endō's SPY x FAMILY manga ranked on The New York Times' monthly Graphic Books...

Microsoft Closes Tango Gameworks Studio https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/microsoft-closes-tango-gameworks-studio/.210575 Microsoft closes several studios to "reprioritize its titles and resources"

Orange Inc. to Release e-Bookstore Service emaqi Featuring Manga This Summer https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/orange-inc-to-release-e-bookstore-service-emaqi-featuring-manga-this-summer/.210484 Service to use Orange Inc's AI-translation technology

Yura Urushibara's Tougen Anki Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/yura-urushibara-tougen-anki-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2025/.210490 Anime will star Hiroshi Kamiya, Kotaro Nishiyama, Kotaro Nishiyama

Kadokawa Establishes New Anime Studio Bellnox Films https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/kadokawa-establishes-new-anime-studio-bellnox-films/.210570 New studio starts operations on July 1

Nintendo to Announce Switch Successor by March 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-07/nintendo-to-announce-switch-successor-by-march-2025/.210569 Switch has sold 141.32 million units

Live-Action Dear Sa-chan Show Adds 3 Cast Members https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/live-action-dear-sa-chan-show-adds-3-cast-members/.210556 Ren Ishikawa, Hinano Nakayama, Dori Sakurada join cast of June series

Happy Kanako's Killer Life Comedy Manga Gets Live-Action Show https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/happy-kanako-killer-life-comedy-manga-gets-live-action-show/.210555 Non, Kis-My-Ft2's Taisuke Fujigaya star in winter show about woman who unwittingly starts assassin work

Adachi and Shimamura Novels Will Not End in 12th Volume https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/adachi-and-shimamura-novels-will-not-end-in-12th-volume/.210522 Series planned up to characters' high school graduation

Minoji Kurata's The Apothecary Diaries Manga Adaptation Goes on Hiatus After Artist Gives Birth https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/minoji-kurata-the-apothecary-diaries-manga-adaptation-goes-on-hiatus-after-artist-gives-birth/.210538 Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Mao Mao no Kōkyū Nazotoki Techō manga to return in summer

Illustrator Acky Bright, Macross Creator Shōji Kawamori, More Attend Anime Expo https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/illustrator-acky-bright-macross-creator-shoji-kawamori-more-attend-anime-expo/.210534 Voice actress Sayaka Ōhara, scenario writer Ryukishi07 also to attend

I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince Anime Reveals Additional Cast in New Trailer, New Visual https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/i-was-reincarnated-as-the-7th-prince-anime-reveals-additional-cast-in-new-trailer-new-visual/.210498 Assassins' Guild arc begins on May 13

Tomorrow I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend Manga Creator Hinao Wono Announces New Manga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/tomorrow-ill-be-someone-girlfriend-manga-creator-hinao-wono-announces-new-manga/.210499 Wono's series debuts on Cycomi in 2024

Ayumi Komura Launches New Shūmatsu Yarakashi Meshi Manga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-04/ayumi-komura-launches-new-shumatsu-yarakashi-meshi-manga/.210502 Heartwarming cooking series launched on May 3

Shonengahosha's Nekopanchi Magazine Switches to Bimonthly Release; Asa Kuwayoshi Launches New Manga in Next Issue https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/shonengahosha-nekopanchi-magazine-switches-to-bimonthly-release-asa-kuwayoshi-launches-new-manga-in-/.210508 Kuwayoshi launches Mofu Mofu Yashiki no Neko to Ore manga in magazine's 213th issue on July 22

BLUELOCK Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in October https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/bluelock-anime-2nd-season-premieres-in-october/.210535 Anime's 1st season premiered in October 2022

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Drops to #5 in 6th Weekend, SPY×FAMILY Code: White Drops to #16 in 3rd Weekend in U.S. Box Office https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-drops-to-no.5-in-6th-weekend-spy-family-code-white-drops-to-no.16-in-/.210531 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire earns US$9.8 million in international box office this weekend

Yū Shimizu, Asagi Tōsaka's The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Novels End in 16th Volume https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/yu-shimizu-asagi-tosaka-the-demon-sword-master-of-excalibur-academy-novels-end-in-16th-volume/.210514 Novel series launched in 2019

Crunchyroll to Stream Re:Zero's 3rd Season, Nina the Starry Bride, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-re-zero-3rd-season-nina-the-starry-bride-tying-the-knot-with-an-amagami-/.210513 All 3 anime stream in N. America, C. America, S. America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Middle East, CIS