Madoka Magica is closing on its own record and the thirteen-year line erases three seasons
Walpurgisnacht Rising has passed 1.8 billion yen and is closing on the 2.08 billion that Rebellion took in 2013. The line selling it - the first Madoka in thirteen years - erases three seasons of television anime and a broadcast run that finished last autumn.
September 26, 2026 12:54 pm
Magic Knight Rayearth Is Back on 7 October, and TMS Is Not Animating It
The new Magic Knight Rayearth is being written up as TMS returning to CLAMP after thirty years. TMS is not animating it, and the last Rayearth anime came out in 1997.
September 24, 2026 12:33 pm
The Autumn 2026 Anime Calendar, With the Simulcast Dates and the Fake Season Numbers Removed
The autumn 2026 anime calendar is full of dates that are not premiere dates and seasons that are not seasons. Here is what actually airs when, in Japan and everywhere else.
September 19, 2026 8:38 am
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Is Not Season Two, and Imaishi Is Not Directing
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 arrives on 20 October with new characters, a new director and no David. The official title does not contain the word season, and that is the point.
September 16, 2026 12:16 pm
Look Back Has Now Been Adapted Twice in 26 Months
A 143-page manga has now been adapted twice in 26 months, by two directors, in two media. The animated version holds 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The live-action one opens today.
September 11, 2026 12:20 pm
Pokemon is making a movie about the card game, and OLM is not animating it
Pokémon: Wild Card was announced on Monday at the World Championships in San Francisco — the franchise's first new animated feature since 2020, arriving in 2027. Two things about it break with 29 years of precedent: it is animated by CloverWorks, not OLM, and it is about the card game.
September 4, 2026 4:50 pm
Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf season 2 lands in 2027
The official site for Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf dropped a second teaser visual on Monday along with the season 2 window: 2027. Passione is animating again, and Kevin Penkin is back on the score.
August 31, 2026 4:40 pm
The Irregular at Magic High School movie is getting a North American theatrical run
The Yotsuba Succession Arc film has been confirmed for cinemas in the United States and Canada this November, after opening across Asia earlier in the year.
August 27, 2026 2:04 pm
