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Deadline: Celsius Ent. Accuses China's iQIYI of Streaming Oldboy Film Without License https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/deadline-celsius-ent-accuses-china-iqiyi-of-streaming-oldboy-film-without-license/.210697 Streaming service accused of streaming Chan-wook Park's film for years after license expired

The Idolm@ster Shiny Colors Anime's 2nd Season Previewed in 'Interlude' Video https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/the-idolm@ster-shiny-colors-anime-2nd-season-previewed-in-interlude-video/.210699 2nd season to play as 3 films starting in July before fall TV debut

2.5 Dimensional Seduction TV Anime Reveals New Visual, Theme Song Artists, July 5 Debut https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/2.5-dimensional-seduction-tv-anime-reveals-new-visual-theme-song-artists-july-5-debut/.210695 Meichan performs opening theme for show's 1st half

Gebeka Int'l Acquires Worldwide Sales Rights to 4K Remaster of Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/gebeka-intl-acquires-worldwide-sales-rights-to-4k-remaster-of-mamoru-oshii-angel-egg-anime/.210692 Remaster celebrates 40th anniversary with new scan of 35mm film print

Smile Down the Runway Manga Creator Writes Gakuen Idolm@ster Game's Manga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/smile-down-the-runway-manga-creator-writes-gakuen-idolm@ster-game-manga/.210679 Smile Down the Runway creator Kotoba Inoya writes, composes manga launching this year

Harinezumi no Luchika Picture Books Get Short Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/harinezumi-no-luchika-picture-books-get-short-anime/.210684 New short is part of Kodansha's "Animehon" project adapting picture books into commercials, short anime

Dungeon People Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/dungeon-people-anime-reveals-more-cast-staff/.210686 Naomi Kusumi, Nobuo Tobita, Hōchū Ohtsuka, M.A.O join cast

Yoshimi Sato's Kakushite! Makina-san!! Risque Manga About Android Girl Gets 2025 TV Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/yoshimi-sato-kakushite-makina-san-risque-manga-about-android-girl-gets-2025-tv-anime/.210682 Anime adapts manga by Crossing Time creator

Akira Konno's Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo Comedy Manga Gets Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/akira-konno-kujima-utaeba-ie-hororo-comedy-manga-gets-anime/.210648 Recently ended manga follows middle school student living with mysterious bird-looking creature

K2 Pictures Video Production Company Establishes Film Fund With Creators Including MAPPA https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/k2-pictures-video-production-company-establishes-film-fund-with-creators-including-mappa/.210672 K2 Pictures aims to promote entry of investors into Japanese film industry with "K2P Film Fund I"

Bottom-Tier Baron's Accidental Rise to the Top Artist Parabora Launches New Series https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/bottom-tier-baron-accidental-rise-to-the-top-artist-parabora-launches-new-series/.210625 Yamu ni Yamarenu! debuts on June 7

Hiiro Kisaragi Launches Shikkoku no Neko wa Dekiakisuru Series on June 7 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/hiiro-kisaragi-launches-shikkoku-no-neko-wa-dekiakisuru-series-on-june-7/.210622 Prologue published in Puchi Puchi Comic on May 8

Resident Evil Makes 2024 Video Game Hall of Fame https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/resident-evil-makes-2024-video-game-hall-of-fame/.210670 Also: Ultima, Sim City, Myst, Asteroids

Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus Game Heads West on October 1 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/master-detective-archives-rain-code-plus-game-heads-west-on-october-1/.210671 Trailer streamed for Plus version with 4K compatibility, 5 new substories

Tomodachi Game Manga Ends with 26th Volume https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/tomodachi-game-manga-ends-with-26th-volume/.210624 Final volume ships in fall

FuRyu's Reynatis Game Launches in West on September 27 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/furyu-reynatis-game-launches-in-west-on-september-27/.210668 Game gets collaboration with NEO: The World Ends with You

KLab Announces New Bleach 'Hybrid Casual' Game https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/klab-announces-new-bleach-hybrid-casual-game/.210667 Klab to announce more details soon

Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime Premieres on June 27 With 1-Hour Special https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/sword-of-the-demon-hunter-tv-anime-premieres-on-june-27-with-1-hour-special/.210666 Hiroshi Shirokuma, Yui Kondou join cast

Kaiju No. 8 Anime Casts Nene Hieda, Mayuko Kazama https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/kaiju-no-8-anime-casts-nene-hieda-mayuko-kazama/.210664 Voice actresses play Defense Force members in 3rd division

Kogitsunemaru's Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time Light Novels Get TV Anime in January 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/kogitsunemaru-possibly-the-greatest-alchemist-of-all-time-light-novels-get-tv-anime-in-january-2025/.210651 Main cast, staff, teaser visual, video revealed

Manga Creator Kia Asamiya States Eye Cataract Surgeries Were a Success https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/manga-creator-kia-asamiya-states-eye-cataract-surgeries-were-a-success/.210647 Manga creator will be able to attend Steam Detectives anime screening on Saturday with goggles

Anime Expo Hosts World Premiere Screening of 1st Episode of GoHands' Momentary Lily Original Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-09/anime-expo-hosts-world-premiere-screening-of-1st-episode-of-gohands-momentary-lily-original-anime/.210646 1st episode debuts at July convention ahead of anime's January 2025 premiere

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