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Higurashi When They Cry New Anime Announced: PV Revealed, Original Cast Returns, and Studio Deen Reunites with the Franchise

Higurashi When They Cry is officially returning with a brand new anime project. Alongside the announcement,...

HUNTER × HUNTER Returns With a New Chapter After 18 Months, Volume 39 Set for July 3 Release

HUNTER × HUNTER will publish its latest chapter in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 31, scheduled for release on Ju...

Akane Banashi Season 2 Confirmed for January 2027, New Apprentice Training Arc PV Revealed

Akane Banashi Season 2 has officially been announced and is set to premiere on the TV Asahi network in Janu...

Summer 2026 Anime List: Continuously Updated with the Latest Information on New Anime (broadcast in Japan)

This page features a complete list of anime premiering in Summer 2026 (starting in July).

Star Detective Precure! Episode 21 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Who Is Cure Eclair? The Eliza Kurusu Arc Begins

The story and preview images for Episode 21 of the new anime Star Detective Precure!, have been revealed. T...

Chainsaw Man Gets Its First Mobile Game as Assassin Arc PV Reveals New Characters

Chainsaw Man is expanding beyond anime and manga with its first full scale mobile game, while a new promoti...

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 Culling Game Part 2 Reveals Teaser PV, Takeru Sato Appointed as New Director

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4: Culling Game Part 2 has unveiled its teaser promotional video and new scene cuts. ...

Ace of Diamond act II Second Season Episode 12 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Can Sawamura Shut Down Sankou?

The story and preview images for Episode 12 of the TV anime Ace of Diamond act II Second Season have been r...

Wistoria: Wand and Sword Episode 23 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Elfaria and Zeo Clash in a Fierce Battle

The story and preview images for Episode 23 of the TV anime Wistoria: Wand and Sword have been revealed. Th...

[Final] Nippon Sangoku Episode 12 Story & Preview Cuts Released: The Battle Between Seii and Yamato Reaches Its Final Phase

The story and preview images for Episode 12 of the TV anime Nippon Sangoku have been revealed. This episode...

[Final] Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home! Episode 12 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Their Relationship Dissolves, What Are Their ...

The story and preview images for Episode 12 of the TV anime Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home! have been revea...

Yowayowa Sensei Episode 11 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Hiwamura Sensei Fully Dedicated to Caring for Abikura kun

The story and preview images for Episode 11 of the TV anime Yowayowa Sensei have been revealed. This episod...

Witch Hat Atelier Episode 12 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Agott and Richeh Face the Second Test

The story and preview images for Episode 12 of the TV anime Witch Hat Atelier have been revealed. This epis...

[Final] Do You Like Big Girls? Episode 12 Story & Preview Cuts Released: Kaoru and Sota Return to the Dorms the Next Morning

The story and preview images for EP 12 of the TV anime Do You Like Big Girls? (Ookii Onnanoko wa Suki desu ...

Kagurabachi Anime Casts Tomokazu Seki as Kunishige Rokuhira, Reveals Character Visual and Trailer

Kagurabachi has announced that veteran voice actor Tomokazu Seki will play Kunishige Rokuhira, the father o...

Red River Episode 1 Story & Preview Cuts Released: A Young Girl Summoned Across Millennia to the Ancient Orient

The story and preview images for Episode 1 of the TV anime Red River have been revealed. This episode will ...

Latest ORICON Japan Weekly Light Novel Ranking Jun 22 2026

Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly Light Novel ranking for the week of Jun 22 2026.

Latest ORICON Japan Weekly Manga Ranking Jun 22 2026

Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly manga ranking for the week of Jun 22 2026.

You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Reveals Third PV, Ending Theme Announced as Mega Shinnosuke’s “Unmei no Kimi”

You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 has released its third promotional video ahead of the anime’s broadc...

"Wait, THAT Character is in it?!" That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Drops 2nd Cour Trailer—OP by Daoko, ED by Az...

Following the upcoming broadcast of the second cour of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensura) Se...