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The Global Producer: Making Animation Across Borders at Anime Expo 2025

This year's Anime Expo hosted a panel dubbed The Global Producer: Making Animation Across Borders, dedicated to the realities and challenges of modern anime production. The featured panelists (listed below) shared their experiences working in the Japanese animation industry, while especially focusing on working in Japan as foreigners.

Tamara Lazic • July 17

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Snowball Earth TV Anime Announced

Yuhiro Tsujitsugu's Snowball Earth manga is getting a TV anime adaptation by studio KAI. The anime is slated to premiere in 2026. Munehisa Sakai will be directing with Takeshi Iwata as the assistant director.

Tamara Lazic • July 17

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Golden Kamuy Announces Two Movies, Sets Final Season Premiere Date

Golden Kamuy anime is getting two prologue anime films this October, covering the Sapporo Beer Factory Arc. The movies premiere on October 10 and October 31 in Japan. The final, fifth season of the Golden Kamuy anime is scheduled to premiere in January 2026.

Tamara Lazic • July 16

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht - Rising Unveils February 2026 Premiere Date, Trailer

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht - Rising movie revealed a February 2026 release date, new key visual, and trailer. The information was revealed during today's stream dedicated to 100 days of the EXEDRA game.

Tamara Lazic • July 15

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My Hero Academia Season 8 Reveals Key Visual

My Hero Academia Final Season (Season 8) revealed a new key visual ahead of the October 4, 2025, premiere date. The anime unveiled a teaser trailer in June of this year.

Tamara Lazic • July 15

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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Movie 2 Reveals Trailer, Release Date

The previously announced new movie from the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (TenSura) series revealed a trailer, key visual, and a February 27, 2026, premiere date in Japan. The movie is titled Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Soukai no Namida Hen (Tears of the Blue Sea).

Tamara Lazic • July 15

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Interview With the Team Behind KILLTUBE

Anime Atelier had the opportunity to speak with some of the production staff behind the upcoming "Edopunk" film KILLTUBE: the director Kazuaki Kuribayashi, animation producer Kenichi Shimada, and animation producer Fuuko Noda.

Sarca • July 14

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Junji Ito Crimson Anime Announced

A new work based on the works of Junji Ito was announced at this year's Japan Expo in Paris. The new anime will be titled Junji Ito Crimson. Details such as the studio and cast weren't announced, but we do know that the anime will stream on Crunchyroll when it premieres.

Tamara Lazic • July 14

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Kusunoki's Garden of Gods Anime Announced for 2026

Kusunoki's Garden of Gods is getting an anime adaptation, which is slated to premiere in 2026. No information outside of the release date and a teaser/announcement visual has been announced.

Tamara Lazic • July 14

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Rumiko Takahashi's Mao Gets Anime Adaptation by Sunrise

Rumiko Takahashi's MAO manga is getting an anime adaptation by studio Sunrise, slated to premiere in Spring 2026. This is the first adaptation of the manga that began serialization in 2019 in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine.

Tamara Lazic • July 14

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Aniplex, A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio Announce Grow Up Show Original Anime

ANIPLEX × A-1 Pictures/Psyde Kick Studio announced a new original anime project, titled Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus, for a 2026 premiere date. The announcement was teased yesterday and coincides with Sunflower Day in Japan.

Tamara Lazic • July 14

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Gachiakuta World Premiere: Review

Gachiakuta is the latest studio Bones title, a highly anticipated adaptation among the fans of the original manga and marketed as one of the best new shows in recent years. But does it live up to the expectations?

Tamara Lazic • July 12

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Kaiju No. 8 Shows Off Ending Theme Song in New Trailer

Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 revealed a new trailer, titled "The Will Lives On" earlier today, showcasing the ending theme song “Beautiful Colors” by OneRepublic. The same band performed the ending theme song for the first season, "Nobody."

Tamara Lazic • July 11

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Fate Rewinder Announces Anime by Studio Bones

Fate Rewinder manga series is getting a TV anime adaptation by Bones Film. Rie Matsumoto (Pokémon Special Music Video "Gotcha") is directing the series. Teaser video has been revealed:

Tamara Lazic • July 10

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Turkey: Time to Strike Anime Reveals Surprising Time-Travel Plot Twist With Premiere

The Turkey! Time to Strike original anime premiered earlier today revealing a surprise twist: instead of a bowling club setting, the story is actually a time-travel saga set in the Sengoku period.

Tamara Lazic • July 08

The Global Producer: Making Animation Across Borders at Anime Expo 2025

Snowball Earth TV Anime Announced

Golden Kamuy Announces Two Movies, Sets Final Season Premiere Date

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht - Rising Unveils February 2026 Premiere Date, Trailer

My Hero Academia Season 8 Reveals Key Visual

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Movie 2 Reveals Trailer, Release Date

Interview With the Team Behind KILLTUBE

Junji Ito Crimson Anime Announced

Kusunoki's Garden of Gods Anime Announced for 2026

Rumiko Takahashi's Mao Gets Anime Adaptation by Sunrise

Aniplex, A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio Announce Grow Up Show Original Anime

Gachiakuta World Premiere: Review

Kaiju No. 8 Shows Off Ending Theme Song in New Trailer

Fate Rewinder Announces Anime by Studio Bones

Turkey: Time to Strike Anime Reveals Surprising Time-Travel Plot Twist With Premiere

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