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Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Anime Film Reveals More Cast, Main Trailer https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/batman-ninja-vs-yakuza-league-anime-film-reveals-more-cast-main-trailer/.216835 Ayane Sakura, Akio Otsuka, Romi Park, more join cast

Alice in Wonderland Anime Gets DVD Release https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/alice-in-wonderland-anime-gets-dvd-release/.216851 1983 series gets DVD with English audio only on February 11

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Game Reveals Vegeta (Mini), Glorio DLC; Kakarot/Xenoverse 2 Games Add Goku (Mini) https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/dragon-ball-sparking-zero-game-reveals-vegeta-glorio-dlc-kakarot-xenoverse-2-games-add-goku/.216855 Vegeta (Mini), Glorio to join Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero's 2nd DLC pack

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Game Reveals 3 More Titles, February 27 Release https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/yu-gi-oh-early-days-collection-game-reveals-3-more-titles-february-27-release/.216853 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction

Orlando's Universal Epic Universe Theme Park with New Super Nintendo World Attractions Opens on May 22 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/orlando-universal-epic-universe-theme-park-with-new-super-nintendo-world-attractions-opens-on-may-22/.216852 Orlando's Super Nintendo World to feature Donkey Kong Country area, Yoshi ride

Gonzo to Reveal New Promo Video for 'SAMURAI cryptos' NFT/Blockchain Project https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/gonzo-to-reveal-new-promo-video-for-samurai-cryptos-nft-blockchain-project/.216850 Animator Ai Yokoyama directs "SAMURAI RELIGION" video

'Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!' TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Songs, January 2025 Debut https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/welcome-to-japan-ms-elf-tv-anime-reveals-more-cast-theme-songs-january-2025-debut/.216847 New visual also revealed

Guri to Gura Children's Book Author Rieko Nakagawa Dies at 89 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/guri-to-gura-children-book-author-rieko-nakagawa-dies-at-89/.216840 Nakagawa wrote lyrics to songs for Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro film

Yama Wayama's Let's Go Karaoke!, 'Captivated, by You' Manga Both Get TV Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/yama-wayama-let-go-karaoke-captivated-by-you-manga-both-get-tv-anime/.216843 Asami Nakatani directs anime at Doga Kobo

Aquarion: Myth of Emotions Anime Reveals Staff, Setting, Visual, January 2025 Premiere https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/aquarion-myth-of-emotions-anime-reveals-staff-setting-visual-january-2025-premiere/.216820 Santa Company's Kenji Itoso directs anime at Satelight

Actor Toshiyuki Nishida Dies at 76 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/actor-toshiyuki-nishida-dies-at-76/.216837 Actor voiced roles in A Letter to Momo, acted in 2010 live-action Space Battleship Yamato

Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Smartphone Game to End Service on December 17 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/hachigatsu-no-cinderella-nine-smartphone-game-to-end-service-on-december-17/.216836 Game launched on iOS, Android in 2017

New The Rose of Versailles Anime Film Reveals Additional Cast https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/new-the-rose-of-versailles-anime-film-reveals-additional-cast/.216817 Shunsuke Takeuchi, Takuya Eguchi, Miyu Irino join cast

Seven Seas Licenses IDOL x IDOL STORY!, 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40, Virgin Marriage: A Maiden Voyage into Passion's Embrace, 4 More Titles https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/seven-seas-licenses-idol-x-idol-story-10-things-i-want-to-do-before-i-turn-40-virgin-marriage-a-/.216815 Also licensed: Natsume Wants to be Trained, Tokyo Revengers: Brilliant Full Color Edition & S ...

Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hōgen Sugite Tsurasugiru Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals 4 New Cast Members https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/okinawa-de-suki-ni-natta-ko-ga-hogen-sugite-tsurasugiru-anime-2nd-promo-video-reveals-4-new-cast-/.216798 Yamato Kinjo, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Risa Tsumugi, Yuko Gibu join cast of 2025 anime

Natsume's Book of Friends Art Director Yukihiro Shibutani Dies at 63 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/natsume-book-of-friends-art-director-yukihiro-shibutani-dies-at-63/.216818 Shibutani also worked on Patlabor, Detective Conan, Kamichu, To Your Eternity, Archdemon's Dilemma, more

Trillion Game Anime Announces English Dub's Cast, October 17 Premiere https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/trillion-game-anime-announces-english-dub-cast-october-17-premiere/.216814 Cody Savoie, Chase Kloza, Katelyn Barr, Campbell Cooley, Bryan Massey, Jacob Browning star

Crunchyroll Adds Planetes Anime With English Dub https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/crunchyroll-adds-planetes-anime-with-english-dub/.216813 Crunchyroll to release series on BD on November 5

North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 13-19 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-13-19/.216737 NieR:Automata Ver1.1a, Panzer World Galient anime; Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History manga ship

Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo Shinsei-ban Drops to #5, Wonderful Precure! Film Stays at #8 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/kitaro-tanjo-gegege-no-nazo-shinsei-ban-drops-to-no.5-wonderful-precure-film-stays-at-no.8/.216780 Fureru. drops to #10

FuRyu's Team Noir Starts New Project After Monark https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/furyu-team-noir-starts-new-project-after-monark/.216785 Monark game launched in Japan in October 2021, U.S. in February 2022

BEASTARS Creator Paru Itagaki Launches New Horror Manga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/beastars-creator-paru-itagaki-launches-new-horror-manga/.216777 Ushimitsu Gao debuted on October 16

Manga Planet Licenses Tomo Serizawa's Color Collection Manga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/manga-planet-licenses-tomo-serizawa-color-collection-manga/.216772 Series debuted in 2021

Corpse Party II: Darkness Distortion Game Delayed to 2025 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-10-16/corpse-party-ii-darkness-distortion-game-delayed-to-2025/.216808 Horror game originally scheduled for fall 2024

Laid-Back Camp Creator Afro's mono Anime Casts Aoi Koga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/laid-back-camp-creator-afro-mono-anime-casts-aoi-koga/.216800 Koga plays An Kiriyama in 2025 anime about high school photography/movie club

Japanese Voice Actors Form Group Against Unauthorized Use of Generative AI https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/japanese-voice-actors-form-group-against-unauthorized-use-of-generative-ai/.216796 Ryūsei Nakao, Kōichi Yamadera, Yūki Kaji, Daisuke Namikawa, Jun Fukuyama, Romi Park, more appear in "No More Mudan Seisei AI" video

TOHO Acquires 6% Stake in Makoto Shinkai's Studio CoMix Wave Films https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/toho-acquires-6-percent-stake-in-makoto-shinkai-studio-comix-wave-films/.216783 TOHO has distributed Makoto Shinkai's films since The Garden of Words in 2013

Bloomberg: Bandai Namco Cuts Staff After Halting Projects, Including for Naruto, One Piece, Nintendo https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-16/bloomberg-bandai-namco-cuts-staff-after-halting-projects-including-for-naruto-one-piece-nintendo/.216781 About 100 have reportedly resigned

Sakamoto Days Anime Unveils Cast of ORDER Assassins in Videos https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-15/sakamoto-days-anime-unveils-cast-of-order-assassins-in-videos/.216779 Natsuki Hanae, Taku Yashiro, Saori Hayami voice ORDER members in January series

TOHO to Acquire N. American Animation Distributor GKIDS as Its Subsidiary https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-15/toho-to-acquire-n-american-animation-distributor-gkids-as-its-subsidiary/.216776 TOHO aims to grow outside of Japan, with GKIDS maintaining its management team

GTO: Paradise Lost Kai Manga Ends https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/gto-paradise-lost-kai-manga-ends/.216741 Manga relaunched on April 1 earlier this year after more than 1 year in hiatus

I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History Anime's English Dub Reveals Cast, October 15 Premiere https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-15/ill-become-a-villainess-who-goes-down-in-history-anime-english-dub-reveals-cast-october-15-premiere/.216751 Celeste Perez, Kamen Casey, Landon McDonald, Eduardo Vildasol, more star in dub on Tuesday

Duel Masters LOST Tsuioku no Suishō Sequel Anime Debuts This Winter https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-10-15/duel-masters-lost-tsuioku-no-suisho-sequel-anime-debuts-this-winter/.216744 The November issue of Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comic magazine revealed on Tuesday that the anime adaptation of Shigenobu Matsumoto and Yō Kanebayashi's manga...

Gundam Silver Phantom VR Anime Streams 2nd Promo Video https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-15/gundam-silver-phantom-vr-anime-streams-2nd-promo-video/.216750 Anime feature debuted on Meta Quest 2/3 on October 3, before Quest 3S's launch on Tuesday

Ishura Season 2 Reveals 4 More Cast Members https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-15/ishura-season-2-reveals-4-more-cast-members/.216748 Yurika Kubo, Hiroaki Hirata, Wataru Takagi, Kappei Yamaguchi join cast of season 2 in January

Live-Action Baban Baban Ban Vampire Film's Teaser Unveils February 14 Opening https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/live-action-baban-baban-ban-vampire-film-teaser-unveils-february-14-opening/.216740 Cast also previewed in costume in poster visual

GoHands' Momentary Lily Anime Streams New Character Video https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/gohands-momentary-lily-anime-streams-new-character-video/.216739 Anime to premiere next January

Taito Milestones 3 Game Collection Slated for December 10 in West https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2024-10-14/taito-milestones-3-game-collection-slated-for-december-10-in-west/.216701 Game publisher ININ announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday that Taito Milestones 3, the third installment of the Taito Milestones game collection...

Disney+ Canada Adds 4 More Macross Anime https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/disney-canada-adds-4-more-macross-anime/.216700 Macross 7, Macross Zero, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Game Previews Class System, Combat in New Overview Video https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-game-previews-class-system-combat-in-new-overview-video/.216736 Game launches for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam/Windows on November 14

Demon Lord, Retry! R Original Author Explains Changes in Anime Sequel's Cast https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/demon-lord-retry-r-original-author-explains-changes-in-anime-sequel-cast/.216702 Change was due to scheduling conflicts, with Kanzaki making personal request that at least Kenjirō Tsuda return

Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister Anime's English Dub Reveals Cast, October 15 Premiere https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/tying-the-knot-with-an-amagami-sister-anime-english-dub-reveals-cast-october-15-premiere/.216735 Branden Loera, Hayden Daviau, Monica Rial, Abigail Blythe, Kenny Green star in dub

Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Game's Character Trailer Previews Soi Fon https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/bleach-rebirth-of-souls-game-character-trailer-previews-soi-fon/.216726 3D arena fighting game slated for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, PC in early 2025

Harvey Awards Induct Late Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama Into Hall of Fame https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/harvey-awards-induct-late-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-into-hall-of-fame/.216711 Ceremony to be held at NYCC on Friday

Bungo Stray Dogs: Another Story - Yukito Ayatsuji vs. Natsuhiko Kyogoku Manga Resumes After 2 Years https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-14/bungo-stray-dogs-another-story-yukito-ayatsuji-vs-natsuhiko-kyogoku-manga-resumes-after-2-years/.216706 Oyoyo's manga of Bungo Stray Dogs spinoff novel went on hiatus due to illness

Battle in 5 Seconds Manga Enters Hiatus https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-13/battle-in-5-seconds-manga-enters-hiatus/.216699 Remake series debuted in 2015

Pokémon Developer Game Freak Reports Data Breach https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-13/pokemon-developer-game-freak-reports-data-breach/.216703 Employees' names, email addresses leaked, with unconfirmed claims of unannounced titles also leaked

Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Creator's Health https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-13/yankee-jk-kuzuhana-chan-manga-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-creator-health/.216698 Series launched in March 2020

Woman Charged for Allegedly Defaming Ranking of Kings Creator Sōsuke Tōka on Twitter https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-13/woman-charged-for-allegedly-defaming-ranking-of-kings-creator-sosuke-toka-on-twitter/.216688 Police: Suspect called Tōka pedophile, online right-winger in July 2022 post

One Piece Anime's Egghead Arc Resumes Next April https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-13/one-piece-anime-egghead-arc-resumes-next-april/.216689 Fan Letter special, special edited version of Fish-Man Island arc to air until then