Dragon Ball Super Beerus is not season two and Toei says so in its own press copy
Dragon Ball Super Beerus is not season two and Toei says so in its own press copy
The biggest Dragon Ball return in eight years premieres on 11 October, and a very large number of people are expecting it to continue the story. Toei's own English press copy calls it an enhanced edition of episodes that aired in 2015.
Madoka Magica is closing on its own record and the thirteen-year line erases three seasons
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.
We Are Aliens opens today with a Cannes laurel that contradicts its own brackets
We Are Aliens opens today with a Cannes laurel that contradicts its own brackets
The first anime feature of the autumn opens in Japan today carrying a laurel that reads OFFICIAL SELECTION - CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, with Directors' Fortnight in brackets underneath. Those two things cancel each other out.
Magic Knight Rayearth Is Back on 7 October, and TMS Is Not Animating It
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.
Youjo Senki II Ends Tonight, and It Was Not Directed by the Man Everyone Credits
Youjo Senki II Ends Tonight, and It Was Not Directed by the Man Everyone Credits
Youjo Senki's second season ends tonight after a nine-year wait. English listings still credit the director of the first season and the film — who did not direct this one.
Chainsaw Man’s Reze Arc Has Made 29.7 Billion Yen, and One Headline Rounded It Down to 20
Chainsaw Man’s Reze Arc Has Made 29.7 Billion Yen, and One Headline Rounded It Down to 20
The Reze Arc film reached Prime Video on 19 September carrying a worldwide gross of ¥297億. That is ¥29.7 billion, not ¥297 billion — and one outlet's headline undersells its own body by about ten billion yen.
Roujin Z Is Back in 4K, and Katsuhiro Otomo Did Not Direct It
Roujin Z Is Back in 4K, and Katsuhiro Otomo Did Not Direct It
Roujin Z returns in 4K on 18 December, and the English-language write-ups will call it Katsuhiro Otomo's film. The Japanese announcement bills three names, and Otomo's is not the one next to 監督.
Psyren Was Never Cancelled, and Its Chapter Count in English Is Wrong Too
Psyren Was Never Cancelled, and Its Chapter Count in English Is Wrong Too
Psyren gets its anime on 5 October, sixteen years after it ended. The fandom consensus that it was cancelled has no source — and the chapter count English articles keep repeating does not match Shueisha's own archive.
The Autumn 2026 Anime Calendar, With the Simulcast Dates and the Fake Season Numbers Removed
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.
The Dangers in My Heart Ran Eight and a Half Years and Only Four Issues of It Were in a Magazine
The Dangers in My Heart Ran Eight and a Half Years and Only Four Issues of It Were in a Magazine
The Dangers in My Heart ended on 15 September after eight and a half years. Four of those issues were in Weekly Shonen Champion. The rest were on a website that changed its name twice while the series was running.