Demon Slayer: Akaza Returns Tops ¥25.7B ($171M), Ranks 4th All-Time in Japan. In Japan, it has surpassed Frozen and continues to gain momentum, on track to exceed Demon Slayer: Mugen Train in both box office revenue and audience numbers. us.oricon-group.com/news/5802/

80 Years After War: How Japanese Animation Depicts the Unforgettable us.oricon-group.com/news/5673/

Suikoden's first major exhibition opens Dec 6 in Tokyo! Life-size statues, weapons, rare materials & more to celebrate 30 years. #Suikoden #幻想水滸伝 us.oricon-group.com/news/5672/

Medalist x Grand Prix Series / Final 2025 collab announced! Special event with cast & skaters at SUMMER FES on Aug 14. #Medalist us.oricon-group.com/news/5671/

Barefoot Gen Is Still Angry, a documentary on the manga’s legacy, hits theaters this November. BS12’s first film production brings Gen’s message to the big screen. #BarefootGen us.oricon-group.com/news/5670/

Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4 Episode 42 Story and Preview Images Released: Ruka stirs chaos on Kazuya’s family trip to Hawaiians! #RentaGirlFriend #Kanokari us.oricon-group.com/news/5663/

Tomica and Initial D team up for detailed mini cars and sets! December release includes AE86, Tofu Shop & more. Preorders open now. #Tomica #InitialD #AE86 #頭文字D us.oricon-group.com/news/5659/

SEGA × Timberland collab launches Aug 9! Sonic yellow boots (¥38,500) limited to 30 pairs Exclusive T-shirts at Shibuya PARCO #SEGA #Timberland #SonicTheHedgehog us.oricon-group.com/news/5656/

Vampire Knight: Memories ends after 9 years! Final vol. releases Dec 5 with voice edition. Art exhibition to be held Nov 21–Dec 7. #VampireKnight #VampireKnightMemories us.oricon-group.com/news/5655/

"Mother, I might die tomorrow." A star brings life to war anime Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise, conveying its tragedy. #ペリリュー #Peleliu us.oricon-group.com/news/5652/

Medalist and Tears of a Withered Flower top LINE Manga's 2025 First Half Rankings! Discover the most-read titles from Jan–Jun. #Medalist #TearsOfAWitheredFlower #Manga Full Results👉 us.oricon-group.com/news/5645/

Demon Slayer: Akaza Returns enters Japan’s all-time top 10! ¥17.6B ($119.98M) in 17 days with 12.5M viewers. Now ahead of Mugen Train’s pace. #DemonSlayer us.oricon-group.com/news/5638/

🔥See what's hot in Japan this week!🔥 Japan Weekly #Manga Sales Ranking (Aug 4, 2025 via Oricon) 🥇1st: #MyDressUpDarling vol.15 🥈2nd: #SpaceBrothers vol.45 🥉3rd: #Kingdom vol.76 🔗Full Top 10: us.oricon-group.com/news/5590/

Gamera turns 60 in 2025! Three classic Showa-era films will be digitally restored in 4K, supervised by Shinji Higuchi & Shunichi Ogura. #Gamera us.oricon-group.com/news/5609/

GGGP × RAGE tournament announced! Nov 2–3 at Bellesalle Akihabara featuring Gundam Extreme Vs. 2 Over Boost. Prize pool of ¥10M planned for 2026! #GGGP #RAGE #GundamWing us.oricon-group.com/news/5598/

Keihan Railway × Sound! Euphonium 2025 visual revealed! Starting Oct 1, the collab features an everyday outing on Uji Line. Details to come in September. #Euphonium #Keihan us.oricon-group.com/news/5597/

Pretty Cure goes virtual! Hello! Pretty Cure Call app launches this fall with voices from You and Idol Pretty Cure♪. Try morning calls, mini-games & more! #PrettyCure #プリキュア us.oricon-group.com/news/5595/

◤Episode 18 Story Preview◢ #TOBEHEROX Episode 18 Story & Preview Stills Released: What will become of Little & Big Johnny!? us.oricon-group.com/news/5585/

“Golden” from KPOP Girls! Demon Hunters hits No.1 on Oricon’s Rapid Growth chart with a 67.9% streaming boost. Jungkook & Yujin highlighted the song in July. #Golden us.oricon-group.com/news/5586/

LE SSERAFIM shares stories with My Melody & Kuromi! Their song “Kawaii (Prod. Gen Hoshino)” shines as the Netflix series hits global TOP10. #LESSERAFIM #MyMelody #Kuromi us.oricon-group.com/news/5580/

A tsunami warning has been issued in Japan. If you are in Japan, do not go near the sea under any circumstances! 日本已发布海啸警报。 在日本的朋友请务必不要靠近海边！ 일본에 쓰나미 경보가 발령되었습니다. 일본에 계신 분들은 절대 바다에 가까이 가지 마세요! NHK WORLD NEWS www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Can Akaza become the new “¥50B man”? Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Arc hits ¥12.8B in 10 days, echoing Rengoku’s “¥40B man” trend. #DemonSlayer #鬼滅の刃 Read More👉 us.oricon-group.com/news/5552/

🔥See what's hot in Japan this week!🔥 Japan Weekly #Manga Sales Ranking (July 28, 2025 via Oricon) 🥇1st: #Kingdom vol.76 🥈2nd: #ONEPIECE vol.112 🥉3rd: #JOJOLands vol.6 🔗Full Top 10: us.oricon-group.com/news/5473/

Netflix’s My Melody & Kuromi starts streaming July 24, 4 PM! Director Tomoki Misato and Sanrio’s Shuhei Yamada discuss the making of this 12-episode stop-motion series. #MyMelody #Kuromi #Sanrio #Netflix us.oricon-group.com/news/5464/

Demon Slayer: Akaza Returns earns ¥7.31B ($49.7M) in 4 days, surpassing Mugen Train’s opening record! #DemonSlayer #DemonSlayerInfinityCastle #鬼滅の刃 us.oricon-group.com/news/5433/

AiNA THE END will perform at Manga Barcelona 2025 (Dec 5–8), featuring her hit anime song "On the Way" from #Dandadan S2. #MangaBarcelona #31MangaBCN us.oricon-group.com/news/5404/

Joe Hisaishi’s Studio Ghibli Film Concert finale at Tokyo Dome featured 11 films’ music, 130,000 seats sold out, and special performances. #JoeHisaishi #StudioGhibli us.oricon-group.com/news/5401/

🔥See what's hot in Japan this week!🔥 Japan Weekly #LightNovel Sales Ranking (July 21, 2025 via Oricon) 🥇1st: #RascalDoesNotDream of a Beach Queen+ 🥈2nd: #Kirby: Waddle Dee's Great Babysitting Battle!! 🥉3rd: #Roshidere vol.10 🔗Full Top 10: us.oricon-group.com/news/5376/

🔥See what's hot in Japan this week!🔥 Japan Weekly #Manga Sales Ranking (July 21, 2025 via Oricon) 🥇1st: #ONEPIECE vol.112 🥈2nd: #DaemonsoftheShadowRealm （Yomi no Tsugai） vol.10 🥉3rd: #Dandadan vol.20 🔗Full Top 10: us.oricon-group.com/news/5375/

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback earns ¥14.4B ($97M) in 90 days! Over 10M admissions for 2nd year in a row—new record in Japan! #DetectiveConan #名探偵コナン us.oricon-group.com/news/5383/

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Arc – Part 1 opens July 18! TOHO Shinjuku schedules 40 showings. How High Will the Box Office Go? #DemonSlayer #鬼滅の刃 us.oricon-group.com/news/5381/

Live-action How to Train Your Dragon reveals Japan-only trailer & poster! Opens in Japan Sept 5. Global earnings already over $561.6M. #HowToTrainYourDragon #HTTYD us.oricon-group.com/news/5380/

WIND BREAKER live-action film hits theaters Dec 5! Koshi Mizukami stars as Haruka Sakura. Teaser visual and special video now available! #WINDBREAKER us.oricon-group.com/news/5379/

Demon Slayer reveals new Awa Odori festival art by ufotable! Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira appear in traditional dance attire. #DemonSlayer #AwaOdori #鬼滅の刃 Read More us.oricon-group.com/news/5359/

Kodansha's Young Magazine USA drops Aug 21 with 19 new titles. Global vote to decide next serial hits. #YoungMagazineUSA #Kodansha Read more us.oricon-group.com/news/5357/

My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON airs Oct 4! Deku vs. Shigaraki key visual revealed. Vote now for top scenes from 42 characters! #MyHeroAcademia #ヒロアカ #MHA us.oricon-group.com/news/5353/

Yuki Kaji’s 3D LIVE Soyogi EXPO concludes his Soyogi Fractal project. Set for Mar 8, 2026, with visual by Kohei Horikoshi. #SoyogiFractal #YukiKaji #KoheiHorikoshi Read More👉 us.oricon-group.com/news/5349/

Special Feature: Looking Back at #DemonSlayer by the Numbers Read More👉 us.oricon-group.com/news/5308/

Rumiko Takahashi's MAO anime hits NHK in spring 2026! Animated by Sunrise, with Yuki Kaji, Natsumi Kawaida & more. PV and teaser visual now revealed. #MAO #アニメMAO Read More👉 us.oricon-group.com/news/5334/

Gundam GQuuuuuuX × Monster Strike collab starts July 15! Get Machu, Shiiko Sugai, Char Aznable & more. Theme: “Plazma” by Kenshi Yonezu. #GQuuuuuuX #MonsterStrike Read More👉 us.oricon-group.com/news/5333/

Demon Slayer's Infinity Castle – Part 1: Akaza Returns A massive visual of the Hashira and Tanjiro has appeared at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya ahead of the July 18 premiere. #DemonSlayer #InfinityCastle #鬼滅の刃 👉Read More us.oricon-group.com/news/5332/

Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 drops “Inheritance of Will” PV! Kotono Mitsuishi joins as Hikari. ED: “Beautiful Colors” by OneRepublic. Premiering July 19. #KaijuNo8 #怪獣8号 #OneRepublic us.oricon-group.com/news/5310/

Pokémon Sleep x Tsukuba Univ. study finds irregular sleep may cost Japan ¥1 trillion ($7B) yearly. Data from 79k users shows link to reduced productivity. #PokemonSleep us.oricon-group.com/news/5309/

🔥See what's hot in Japan this week!🔥 Japan Weekly #Manga Sales Ranking (July 14, 2025 via Oricon) 🥇1st: #ONEPIECE vol.112 🥈2nd: #Dandadan vol.20 🥉3rd: #BLUEGIANT Momentum vol.5 🔗Full Top 10: us.oricon-group.com/news/5292/

Fate Rewinder anime announced! Directed by Rie Matsumoto, produced by Bones. Free manga for 72 hrs & character poll now live! #FateRewinder #運命の巻戻士 us.oricon-group.com/news/5296/

DIGIMON BEATBREAK airs Oct 2025! Miyu Irino plays Tomoru Tenma and Megumi Han voices Gekomon. Character visuals inspired by the anime’s world are now out. #DIGIMONBEATBREAK #Digimon us.oricon-group.com/news/5295/

Momo and Okarun from Dandadan appear on the non-no Sept 2025 SPECIAL EDITION cover! Bonus manga panel stickers included in all versions. #Dandadan #nonno us.oricon-group.com/news/5294/

Shield Hero Season 4 non-credit OP video now streaming! Hear "Resolution" by MADKID and watch the newly released scenes. #ShieldHero #盾の勇者の成り上がり us.oricon-group.com/news/5291/

Ultraman Series 60th Anniversary Project begins July 10! New TV series, app game, YouTube streaming & global campaigns to follow. #Ultraman60th #Ultraman

Kodansha concluded its Russian copyright lawsuit over Attack on Titan and 17 other titles. IQ Art Management LLC was ordered to pay damages. us.oricon-group.com/news/5282/