Some announcements hit you like a freight train. Others sneak up and you realize ten minutes later that you’re already planning your 2027 watchlist around them. How I Became King by Eating Monsters (Monster no Niku wo Kutteitara Oi ni Tsuita Ken) is firmly in the second camp for me. The official word is out:…
Some anime announcements make me shrug. This one made me sit up. Now That We Draw, or Kakunaru Ue wa in Japan, just confirmed that shallm will perform its opening theme, ‘Kimiiro Hirari’. The title translates roughly to Fluttering in Your Colors, or The Light of Your Color, depending on how poetic your translator is…
Okay. Deep breath. Because I need to talk about what happened at the Crunchyroll Showcase at NYCC 2026. The Remarried Empress is getting an anime. A real TV series, slated for 2027, with a teaser, character art, a full voice cast and a staff list that made me double-check I wasn’t reading some fan-made fantasy…
Fall 2026 is stacked, and I’ll admit that when I scrolled the season chart, The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom didn’t make my must-watch pile. Josei fantasy, seven brothers, a lot of diplomacy talk. My brain filed it under ‘maybe later.’ Then the cast announcement dropped, and now I’m refreshing the episode page like…
I’ll admit it: when I first saw the words ‘Apothecary Diaries movie,’ my stomach dropped a little. Anime veterans know the feeling. A beloved TV series gets a theatrical release, and you brace for one of two outcomes. Either it’s a lazy recap with fresh paint, or it’s a standalone story written by people who…
Okay, I need to talk about this, because the Horror Collector (Kyoufu Collector) cast news just dropped and my brain has been buzzing ever since. The anime premieres October 10, 2026, which is literally tomorrow, and Studio Palette and the production committee chose now to reveal three new regular cast members plus guest stars for…
The Fall 2026 season kicks off today, October 9, and I haven’t been this nervous about a premiere in a while. The reason is Firefly Wedding (Hotaru no Yomeiri). Right before the first episode airs, the team released a character trailer for its male lead, Shinpei Goto, and I’ve now watched it more times than…
I’ll say it plainly: the best thing about the new The Vermilion Mask announcement isn’t the cast or the trailer. It’s the calendar. The anime premieres October 10, 2026, runs 12 episodes, and then comes back in April 2027 for its second cour. No ‘season 2 announcement’ teaser followed by two years of silence, no…
Okay, deep breath. Let me say it properly: the Skull Dragon’s Precious Daughter anime is happening, it has a trailer, and Studio Doga Kobo is behind it. If you’ve been hiding in the ‘found family but make it fantasy’ corner of the manga fandom like I have, you know how long we’ve been waiting for…
I’ve been writing about anime long enough to distrust hype. Most trailers get me for about a day. Then I remember how many ‘next big shonen’ announcements have quietly turned into three-cour disappointments. Kagurabachi is making that hard to do. On October 2, 2026, Shochiku and CyberAgent confirmed that Yuichi Nakamura will voice Soshiro Azami….