The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Koi’s Is the order a rabbit?manga confirmed that a new feature-length anime film is in the works. The main cast and staff of the Is the order a rabbit? anime film were also revealed with a new key visual.
Hiroyuki Hashimoto is the chief director of the film, with Tensho directing the film at Bibury Animation Studio. Munenori Nawa is the assistant director, and Akane Yano is the character designer.
The anime film’s cast members include:
Ayane Sakura as Cocoa
Inori Minase as Chino
Risa Taneda as Rize
Satomi Satō as Chiya
Maaya Uchida as Sharo
Sora Tokui as Maya
Rie Murakawa as Meg
Koi launched the manga series in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in 2011, and Yen Press is releasing the manga in English. The manga would go on to receive three seasons of anime, a special episode, and an OVA. The anime series is streaming on Crunchyroll.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via Yen Press:
A whole year has passed since Cocoa first stepped foot in Rabbit House Café, and now the school year has come to a close. But the end of the term brings a new set of adventures! Each day is packed with fun and excitement as the girls hunt for treasure, have tea parties, and row around in boats. But when Cocoa starts acting strange, Chino and Rize can’t help but worry—why is she suddenly working so hard?!
A new website opened on Christmas to confirm that a TV anime adaptation of Ryon’s Jirai nandesu ka? Chihara-san (Are You a Jirai Girl, Chihara-san?) manga is in the works. The Are You a Jirai Girl, Chihara-san?anime will premiere in 2026, and the anime’s main cast and staff were revealed.
Yasuaki Fujii directs the anime at studio Synergy SP. Keiichirō Ōchi oversees the series scripts, Majiro is the character designer, and Arisa Okehazama is composing the music at King Records.
The anime’s main cast includes Sayumi Suzushiro as Mai Chihara and Kazuki Ura as Kuroki. These cast members are reprising their roles from earlier voice comic adaptations.
To celebrate the announcement of the Are You a Jirai Girl, Chihara-san? anime, Ryon and Majiro released new illustrations:
Ryon launched the manga on the GANMA! service in June 2021. The manga would go on to win the “Next Impact Comic” award at the second Rakuten Kobo E-book Awards in 2024.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via MangaDex:
The girl sitting next to me at the start of the new semester is the rumored “landmine” girl… but… is Chihara-san really the “landmine” that everyone says she is?
A girl’s life turns around when she meets a mermaid who pledges to eat her in the new This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the This Monster Wants to Eat Me anime, including the release dates and schedule for all episodes.
In This Monster Wants to Eat Me, Hinako lives alone by the sea and drifts around through life after losing her family years ago. Eventually, she meets a mermaid named Shiori, who saves her from a monster and says she’s come to eat her. However, Shiori doesn’t plan to eat Hinako just yet. Instead, Shiori will stay by her side and keep her safe. Hinako is moved by Shiori and hopes that she will receive the ending she’s been waiting for.
This Monster Wants to Eat Me Anime Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New This Monster Wants to Eat Me episodes will release on Thursdays at 6:30 a.m. PST / 9:30 a.m. EST on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs. This Monster Wants to Eat Me will air for 13 episodes this season.
Here are the release dates and schedule for This Monster Wants to Eat Me (subject to change):
Episode 1 – October 2 – OUT NOW
Episode 2 – October 9 – OUT NOW
Episode 3 – October 16 – OUT NOW
Episode 4 – October 23 – OUT NOW
Episode 5 – October 30 – OUT NOW
Episode 6 – November 6 – OUT NOW
Episode 7 – November 13 – OUT NOW
Episode 8 – November 20 – OUT NOW
Episode 9 – November 27 – OUT NOW
Episode 10 – December 4 – OUT NOW
Episode 11 – December 11 – OUT NOW
Episode 12 – December 18 – OUT NOW
Episode 13 – December 25 – OUT NOW
New episodes of This Monster Wants to Eat Me will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
Pacific Standard Time (PST): 6:30 a.m.
Mountain Standard Time (MST): 7:30 a.m.
Central Standard Time (CST): 8:30 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST): 9:30 a.m.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): 2:30 p.m.
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Yoshino
Hinako Yaotose (VA: Reina Ueda)
Yoshino performs the opening theme song “nie (Sacrifice)” and Reina Ueda performs the ending theme song “LiLy.”
The cast includes:
Reina Ueda as Hinako Yaotose
Yui Ishikawa as Shiori Oumi
Fairouz Ai as Miko Yashiro
Naoyuki Kuzuya is the chief director alongside director Yūsuke Suzuki at Studio Lings. Mitsutaka Hirota oversees and writes the series scripts, and Nozomi Ikuyama is the character designer. Ryōsuke Naya is the anime’s sound director, and Keiji Inai is the music composer.
Crunchyroll will stream This Monster Wants to Eat Me in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Southeast Asia. In Japan, the anime will be airing on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS NTV.
What is This Monster Wants to Eat Me About?
Sai Naekawa launched the manga in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine in 2020. Lastly here’s an overview of the manga, via publisher Yen Press:
“I’ve come to eat you.” So softly utters the mermaid Shiori as she emerges from the sea and takes high school girl Hinako by the hand. Hinako lives alone in a town by the sea and possesses an unusually delicious body that is irresistible to nearby monsters. To ensure that she matures to the best condition, Shiori seeks to protect Hinako—all so that someday, she can devour every piece of her. What will become of Hinako’s feelings as this looming unjust death closes in on her…?
The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Suisei’s There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Herlight novel series revealed a new key visual celebrating Christmas and announced the anime’s special ending theme song. Momo Sakurai (from ≠ME) and Aimi Ozawa (from ≒JOY) are also joining the cast as Shike and Misaki, respectively. Sakurai, Ozawa, and Iori Noguchi perform the special ending theme song “YES! Summer Love.”
— TVアニメ「勇者パーティーにかわいい子がいたので、告白してみた。」公式 (@yuukawa_anime) December 25, 2025
There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her premieres on January 6 at 11:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX, HBC, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting, and BS11, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Yoshino performs the opening theme song “Lavish!!” and Hiyori Omiya performs the ending theme song “Kimi Kōryaku Game (Capturing You Game).”
The cast includes:
Kōhei Amasaki as Yōki
Kana Hanazawa as Cecilia
Ryōhei Kimura as Yūga
Yūko Natsuyoshi as Mikana
Toshiki Masuda as Duke
Minami Tanaka as Seek
Iori Noguchi as Happiness
Ayumu Murase as Raven
Yasutaka Yamamoto is the chief director of the There was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her anime at animation studio Gekkou. Tomonori Mine is the director, Yukie Sugawara is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Mina Ōsawa is the animation character designer.
Additionally, Satoru Kōsaki and MONACA are composing the music, and Ryō Aizawa is the producer at Starry Cube. Kairi, the author of the manga adaptation, is credited for the original work of the anime.
Lastly, here’s a synopsis for the series, via Crunchyroll:
Reincarnated as a mid-tier demon, Youki had one job: Crush the hero’s party. Then he saw the party’s priestess, Cecilia, and fell for her hard. Now this lovestruck demon vows to confess his feelings, even if it means betraying the Demon King. Will love bloom between these two sworn enemies?
Kadokawa has released a new music video for anime film adaptation of Nowaki Fukamidori’s Whoever Steals This Book novel, which opens in theaters on December 26 in Japan, in the film’s latest trailer. The music video features the Whoever Steals This Book theme song “Share” by vocalist YUKI.
The cast includes:
Rin Kataoka as Mifuyu Mikura
Sora Tamaki as Mashiro
Nao Tōyama as Hirune Mikura
Junichi Suwabe as Ayumu Mikura
Shizuka Itō as Keiko Yosano
Shimba Tsuchiya as Takafumi Haruta
Romi Park as Tamaki Mikura
Shigeru Chiba as Junichirō Kaname
Ryōta Suzuki as Tanbi Che
Reina Ueda as Natsume Harada
Tomokazu Seki as Osamu Kikuchida
Rie Takahashi as Shiori Haruta
Yō Taichi as Kakihara
Makoto Koichi as Hiroda
Yumiri Hanamori as Takayama
Hitomi Ueda as Osanai
Manaka Iwami as Uhara
Jun Fukuyama as Mysterious Man
Daisei Fukuoka directs the anime at Kagome Company (Kagokan). Yasuhiro Nakanishi writes the script, and Michiru Ōshima composes the music. Keiko Kurosawa is the film’s animation director and the character designer. Further, Kagokan founder Yūji Higa is the animation producer, and Kadokawa Animation distributes the film.
Additional staff members include:
Color Key Artist: Eriko Murata, Tarō Kaguchi
CG Director: Kōji Ichikawa
2D Design: Aya Kubota
Compositing Director of Photography: Yuichiro Tozawa
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Animation Producer: Yūji Higa
Kadokawa first published the novel in 2020. Moreover, a manga adaptation by Kakeru Sora was serialized in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine from 2021 to 2023. Yen Press distributes both the novel and the manga in English.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via Yen Press:
Descended from a long line of book collectors, high school student Mifuyu is surrounded by books in every aspect of her life. Her great-grandfather established the famous Mikura Hall, a library in the heart of town, and even the townspeople are all avid readers. There’s just one problem—Mifuyu hates books!
But when a thief in Mikura Hall triggers an ancient curse, she’s left with no choice but to reclaim the stolen books herself…by entering the very stories she despises! With the help of the mysterious Mashiro, will she be able to restore her great-grandfather’s collection and save her town from a magical doom?
Happinet has announced the TV anime adaptation of Susumu Maeya’s The Food Diary of Miss Maidmanga series will premiere in April 2026. A new “winter break” key visual was revealed, depicting Suzume eating a “Chun-man” bun.
The main cast of The Food Diary of Miss Maid includes:
Kana Ichinose as Suzume Tachibana
Chihiro Sunou as Ricotta Fresca
Maki Kawase as Nana Komatsu
Ryōsuke Senbo is directing the new anime adaptation of The Food Diary of Miss Maid at EMT Squared and Magic Bus ahead of its April 2026 premiere. Natsuko Takahashi and Saeka Fujimoto are overseeing the series scripts, and Chiaki Abe is designing the characters. Moreover, Katsutoshi Kitagawa from ROUND TABLE is the music composer.
Maeya launched The Food Diary of Miss Maid on Kodansha’s Comic Days website in December 2019, and the manga series is still ongoing with its digital serialization. Kodansha published the manga’s fourth compiled book volume in March 2022, and Kodansha USA Publishing released the fourth volume digitally in February 2023 in English.
Lastly, here’s a description of the manga’s story in English, via Kodansha USA:
What’s a maid to do when she finds herself suddenly stuck in Japan for a year? Eat, of course! Follow maid-in-training Suzume Tachibana as she tries all sorts of Japanese food, from sweets like taiyaki and melon bread to savory snacks like takoyaki and onigiri! Be warned, though—while Suzume sates her appetite through delicious treat after delicious treat, she might just end up whetting yours!
A new promotional video for the short anime adaptation of Hiroshi Kurao’s Elegy of the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star (also known as Fist of the North Star: Elegy of Ken-Oh’s Army Grunts) spin-off manga was released. The promotional video shows how FrontierWorks and Do-Raku’s Animatica label are recreating the manga panels for the five-minute comedy shorts.
The Elegy of the Henchmen: Fist of the North Star anime premieres on January 5, 2026 on AT-X and Tokyo MX channels in Japan.
Takuma Hase and Yūma Saitō are technical directors and editors for the anime at Do-Raku. Daisuke Miura is the animation director, and Mirai Iwai is the art director and the color key artist. Sayoko Itō is the compositing director of photography, and Seiji Miura is the music composer.
Female unit Itsuka Saisei performs the opening theme song “Blacker Co., Ltd.”
The cast of Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- includes:
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Kenshiro
Daiki Yamashita as Bat
M.A.O as Rin
Wataru Takagi as Jagi
Tsuguo Mogami as Toki
Taiten Kusunoki as Raoh
Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Fist of the North Star manga was serialized from 1983 to 1988 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. In 1984, a TV anime adaptation began and popularized the franchise. Undoubtedly, Fist of the North Star influenced and inspired many popular anime and manga works over the many decades.
Coamix has revealed a new trailer, teaser visual, and main cast and staff of the TV anime adaptation of Norishiro-chan and Sakana Uozumi’s Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? (Otaku ni Yasashii Gal wa inai!?) manga. The Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!? anime is set to premiere in 2026.
Shin Mita is directing the series at TMS Entertainment’s number 6 Studio. Kazuhiko Inukai is handling the series scripts. Rion Matsuda is the character designer and chief animation director, and Kō Satō is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
Art Director: Teruhiko Niita
Color Key Artist: Ayaka Iwamoto
CG Director: Atsushi Kimura
Compositing Director of Photography: Yūsuke Noguchi
Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
Norishiro-chan and Uozumi launched the manga series in Coamix’s Monthly Comic Zenon magazine in August 2021. Norishiro-chan writes the manga with art by Uozumi. Coamix is releasing the manga series in Japan.
Yen Press licensed the manga in English, and its first volume will be released in English on October 28. Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via Yen Press:
Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. Since they’re people from different “castes,” you wouldn’t expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favorite anime, and Amane…is rather quick to correct him. She says she’s not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be…a fellow geek?!
Nagoshi Studio has updated its official Steam page for Gang of Dragon, the studio’s first new Japanese action game, which stars South Korean and American actor Ma Dong-seok. The Steam page for Gang of Dragon features new in-game screenshots, serving as an extended preview following the game’s reveal at The Game Awards 2025.
Here’s an overview of the game, via the official Steam page
An action-adventure set in Kabukicho, the iconic nightlife district of Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Shin Ji-seong — portrayed by renowned Asian actor Ma Dong-seok — is a high-ranking member of a Korean crime syndicate based in Kabukicho. As he explores the streets of Shinjuku, Shin becomes entangled in underworld conflicts and forges intense, human connections that push him to confront his own sense of purpose.
Combat unfolds from a third-person perspective, centered on Shin’s overwhelming physical power. Engage enemies through brutal hand-to-hand strikes, precise blade attacks, gunplay, and high-impact vehicle action across the city.
Forge your own path through a story where violence and human bonds intertwine.
Nagoshi Studio was founded in November 2021 as a subsidiary to NetEase Games, led by former SEGA COO and Yakuza series director Toshihiro Nagoshi. Former SEGA and Yakuza staff also joined the studio, such as producers Daisuke Sato and Kazuki Hosokawa. The studio aims to deliver high-end games with worldwide releases as their primary focus.
Gang of Dragon is coming to PC, and no other platforms have been confirmed thus far.
Spike Chunsoft has announced that the digital version of tri Ace-developed JRPG Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky will be delisted on January 1, 2026 at 12:00 a.m. JST on PlayStation 4 and January 5 at 12:00 a.m. JST on PlayStation Vita in Japan. Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky (base game) and its DLC will both be affected, and Spike Chunsoft notes that production of the game’s physical edition is also ending in Japan.
『イグジストアーカイヴ -The Other Side of the Sky-』 PS4 / Vita版の販売終了に関するお知らせ
Existi Archive: The Other Side of the Sky launched on December 17, 2015 on Japan for both PS4 and PS Vita. Publisher Aksys Games released the game in the west on October 18, 2016. Aksys Games did not announce whether the publisher will be delisting the game in regions outside Japan.
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky is an RPG where Kanata and various others have been imbued with pieces of the dark god, Yamatoga’s soul and are sent to Protolexa, for reasons unbeknownst to them.
Battle enemies and the armies of Chasseur as you search out for your other teammates, complete quests and side events, and learn the truth of why you have been chosen.
