Anime and Light Novel Blog Posts That Caught My Eye This Week (November 7, 2025) It's hitting me that the anime I'm watching this season are hitting their halfway point now. I can't believe that we're basically six weeks into the Fall 2025 anime season already, because it doesn't seem like that…

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Otaku USA Magazine is switching from 4 to 2 issues a year, and it is taking a break during this schedule change

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199: Episode 12 – “Frulul’s Day Off” At the end of the previous episode, pushing the Yamato's motion core past its limit activated all of the dormant Iscandarian warships that were seen in the previous episode. There were also a couple of other discoveries,…

Rei Nakashima to Release the OP for the TV anime Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord Up and coming singer Rei Nakashima, winner of the InuCon! 2022 grand prix, will be releasing her highly anticipated third single “Okirakuze~shon” on February 18, 2026! The song was produced by…

Skechers x Spy x Family Sneaker Collaboration – Season 2 | Available Now If you’re locked in on the latest season of Spy x Family on TV, while you’re tuning into the next episode, you can sport your Forger family favorites with the latest fashion footwear capsule from the Skechers x Spy x Family…

They're back! ✨ The first two installments in the Rebuild of Evangelion series are back in print on Blu-ray. 💥 Order now: brnw.ch/21wXehK

Detective Conan: Curated Episode Collection (Drop #3) On November 1, 2025, TMS Entertainment released a third batch of specially curated episodes of the Detective Conan anime on Netflix and Crunchyroll. Unfortunately, when November 1 rolled around, only Netflix had the third episode drop available…

Tokyopop Expands E-Commerce Strategy to Canada Publisher Tokyopop announces the availability of products ordered directly through its website to fans and readers in Canada. This marks an expansion of its e-commerce strategy and includes a broad catalog of manga, light novels, art books, and…

OSHI NO KO Season 3 New Main Visual, Trailer, and Six Main Character Visuals Revealed KADOKAWA CORPORATION has announced that the main visual and accompanying first trailer for OSHI NO KO Season 3 have been officially released! Watch the New Released Trailer for OSHI NO KO Season 3 OSHI NO KO…

The CyberNews cybersecurity news outlet has reported that hackers have claimed to have stolen 250GB worth of corporate data from Viz Media, including e-mails, NDAs, employee info, licensing agreements, and more.

A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace Episode 5 – “My Senpai Calls Herself My Rival” If there's one thing that you may be wondering while watching this show (assuming you're someone who only follows the story through the anime), I'm sure it's probably nothing along the lines of "someone else is…

Manga Mavericks Books Debuts the Sci-Fi Manga One-Shot Great Metal God Manga Mavericks LLC, a new manga publisher serving North America, announces the digital debut of the sci-fi fairy tale one-shot GREAT METAL GOD, on November 19, 2025. A print edition will debut on December 16, 2025. The new…

Spy x Family Season 3: Episode 5 – “The Mommy-Friends Scheme” This episode has a strong focus on Yor, which starts with her heading out to shop and asking Anya what she wants. Anya mentions the tea snacks that Housemaster Henderson gave her in the previous episode, but she has no idea what brand…

Mori Calliope Releases Music Video for Gachiakuta Second Cour Opening Theme “LET’S JUST CRASH” Mori Calliope, a VTuber artist known for her bilingual Japanese-English lyrics and outstanding rap skills, has released a music video for her latest song, “LET’S JUST CRASH.” Directed by Yohei Kameyama,…

Ranma 1/2 Season 2: Episode 5 – “It’s Fast or It’s Free” Well, this new anime adaptation of Ranma 1/2 did something a little unexpected this week. Instead of directly following the order of the stories in the manga, it was decided to skip over two stories in order to adapt the Miss Martial Arts…

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The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.

KAIJU NO. 8 THE GAME UPDATE: Main Story Chapter 5: Dimensional Identified Kaiju A Available Now KAIJU NO. 8 THE GAME, co-produced by Akatsuki Games, TOHO, and Production I.G, has announced that Main Story Chapter 5 “Dimensional Identified Kaiju A” is now available! Celebrate the chapter release…

🔎 New Detective Conan episode now on Crunchyroll! Conan, Ran, and Kogoro go bird-watching and discover a dead body in a house deep in the forest. Why was the victim, who had just returned to Japan, killed? As the investigation continues, another incident occurs! bit.ly/3WAZAD1 #DetectiveConan

Anime and Manga Blog Posts That Caught My Eye This Week (October 31, 2025) Happy Halloween! Appropriately, this week's list includes some posts featuring horror or spooky vibes. Here are the anime and manga blog posts that grabbed my attention this week: 5 Classic Psychological Horror Anime For…

🗓️ Mark your calendars for the turn of the ̶c̶e̶n̶t̶u̶r̶y̶ month! Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century premieres on November 1st! youtu.be/6PSmGPo0SFk #DetectiveConan #ConanCinemaSaturdays

Fantagraphics has launched a new East Asian comics imprint titled Takumigraphics, which will release Wandering Son in 2-in-1 omnibus format.

Can’t stop thinking about the guy who’s named his pecs “Andy and Frank” and won’t stop talking to them.

Second Installment of Detective Conan Episode Selection Coming to Crunchyroll and Netflix Starting Saturday, November 1, 2025, a second wave of mysteries is joining the Episode Selection lineup for the timeless Detective Conan TV series! The new selection “Rivals of the Great Detective” highlights…

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199: Episode 11 – “Sasha, A Reunion Across Time” The episode opens on the planet Barth, one of the territories occupied by the Bolar Federation. Three people are commenting on the state of the planet, where the soil is frozen and on the verge of death. It's…

Spooky season is almost over, but Detective Conan Cinema Saturdays is still going strong! Mark your calendars for these exciting upcoming releases! #DetectiveConan #ConanCinemaSaturdays

Part of my dinner tonight.

TV Anime Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Comes to Lucca Comics & Games 2025 KADOKAWA has announced that with over 13 million copies of the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- light novel and original series sold worldwide (including e-books), and following the global success of…

the youtube thumbnail for nadesico on youtube is just gekigangar AND it has the subtitle "gekigangar 3". the thing is, they're right. gekigangar 3

MANGA MIRAI Debuts First-Ever Official English Translations from TO BOOKS MANGA MIRAI announces the exclusive launch of the first-ever official English translations from publisher TO BOOKS, debuting with I Want to Be Pampered by the Marquis of Ice! ~Reincarnated as a Girl with a Depressing Story~,…

Anime Film Review: Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween is the 25th film released for the franchise. Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween Directed by: Susumu Mitsunaka Written by: Takahiro Okura Starring: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Rikiya…

This news was a little surprising, but I think this is something that needs to be done. I see this change improving the quality of the anime in the long run.

A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace Episode 4 – “It’s a Job I Can’t Do Alone” Before I get into the writeup I typically do, I just wonder: how similar is the mangaka process to the graphic novelist process? Someone correct me if I'm incorrect, but I believe that in some instances, graphic…

AnimEigo Announces Episode 9 of the Ongoing Documentary Series – The Anime Business Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD have released a new episode of The Anime Business on YouTube. The latest installment of the ongoing documentary series about pioneers of the Western anime…

Spy x Family: Episode 4 – “Behind the Scandal / The Path to an Imperial Scholar” It's interesting to note that the first story, "Behind the Scandal," is an unusual story for Spy x Family, because none of the Forgers appear in it. Technically, Loid appears briefly in one of Handler's flashbacks,…

The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn 35th Anniversary Blu-Ray Boxsets I and II Coming in 2026 The third installment of the popular Brave series, The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn, will be released as a Blu-ray boxset to celebrate its 35th anniversary since its TV anime debut. All 46 episodes will…

Ranma 1/2 Season 2: Episode 4 – “Naval Engagement” While the episode opens with a brief explanation of the series' concept, it was depicted as being a museum exhibit that Akane is looking at. I thought this was another creative way for the series to pull this off, and it was more interesting than…

Made it through the movie without losing power. Yay!

Wind storm is predicted for later this evening, but hoping it'll hold off until after we finish watching the Netflix premiere of Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween!

Official Merchandise for Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Will Be Available in North America KAIJYU WORKS LLC (headquartered in California), a company engaged in the planning, manufacturing, and sales of professional sports and character IP merchandise, has announced the launch of the official…

Get ready for another spook-tacular mystery with Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween! Put on your favorite halloween costume and join the watch party tomorrow night! youtu.be/A5XPf8XJEkU #DetectiveConan #ConanCinemaSaturdays

Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Blog Posts That Caught My Eye This Week (October 24, 2025) When the most recent Space Battleship Yamato film dropped in Japan on October 10, I was expecting Crunchyroll to drop the next batch of episodes not too long after that. But noooo... the next four episodes of…

Hayao Miyazaki's Academy Award-winning THE BOY AND THE HERON returns to theatres for the first time since its original record-breaking run November 15-19. 🪽 Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wWOAs

What I'm having for dinner.

Shunsuke Takeuchi Is Set to Voice Adult Jūzō Ōgami in KILL BLUE DMM.com LLC has announced that acclaimed voice actor Shunsuke Takeuchi will bring the adult version of legendary hitman Jūzō Ōgami to life in the upcoming anime adaptation of KILL BLUE. The series, set for 2026, adapts Tadatoshi…