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Cross Infinite World Announces 4 New Light Novel Licenses, 2 AudiobooksLight NovelsThe Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon EmperorThe Abandoned Heiress Gets Rich with Alchemy and Scores an Enemy General!Revolutionary Reprise of the Blue Rose PrincessThe Inconvenient Life of an Arousing PriestessAudiobooksI’d Rather Have a Cat than a Harem!Even Dogs Go to Other Worlds: Life in Another World with my Beloved HoundYen Press Licenses Honobu Yonezawa’s Award-Winning Black Dungeon Castle NovelStreaming Announcements
Crunchyroll Adds Liz and the Blue Bird, Maquia, Isekai Quartet: Another World, The Wonderland, Penguin Highway, More Anime FilmsCrunchyroll Announces Release Schedule for Winter 2023 Anime SeasonNew Anime
Kyūri Yamada’s AI no Idenshi Sci-Fi Manga Gets TV Anime at Madhouse2.5 Dimensional Seduction Manga Gets TV AnimeNijisanji VTuber Duo ChroNoiR Get Short AnimeJokaku Gattai Oshirobots Project Gets Short Anime Directed by Masami ObariSpy×Family Anime Gets 2nd Season, Film in 2023New Manga/Novel
You’re Under Arrest Manga Gets 1st New Chapter in 3 Decades on December 23Junji Ito Launches New Short Manga Series in FebruaryTV/OVA Release Dates
ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister! Anime’s 2nd Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, January 5 DebutLupin III vs. Cat’s Eye Anime’s Video Reveals More Cast, Theme Songs, January 27 Amazon DebutCardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress Season 2’s Video Reveals More Cast, Opening Song, January 14 PremiereNew Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Anime’s Season 3 Unveils More Cast, Theme Songs, January 18 Debut in VideoTokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown Anime Announces Ending Song Artists, January 7 DebutKubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible Anime’s 2nd Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, January 10 DebutHeat the Pig Liver Anime Reveals Main Cast, Visual, 2023 PremiereGolden Kamuy Anime’s 4th Season Restarts in April 2023 With 1st EpisodeAssassin Anime Buddy Daddies’ Reveals Character Promo Video, January 6 PremiereDemon Slayer Anime’s Swordsmith Village Arc Premieres in April With 1-Hour TV Special (Updated)Oshi no Ko Anime Reveals Teaser, Cast, April 2023 TV DebutGorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense!Technoroid Overmind Anime Premieres on January 4The anime was delayed from July because its production company Doga Kobo had been temporarily closed in April due to rapid increase in staff members diagnosed with COVID-19.Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime’s 1st Part Ends on December 26 With 1-Hour SpecialJujutsu Kaisen Anime’s 2nd Season Character Intro Video Reveals July 2023 DebutBOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense. Season 2’s 2nd Video Unveils January 11 DebutDr. Stone: New World Anime’s New Promo Video Confirms April 2023 Debut (Updated)Mashle: Magic and Muscles Anime Reveals New Key Visual, Promo Video, April 2023 PremiereFilm Release Dates
GKIDS Releases Giovanni’s Island Anime Film on BD, Digitally on February 21Crunchyroll Releases Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume Film Outside Asia Starting on April 12Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? Film Opens in Japan on July 14, 2023Studio Ponoc’s The Imaginary Film Opens in Winter 2023Series Ending
Suzuhito Yasuda’s Yozakura Quartet Manga Enters Final ArcDebuted 2006Children of the Whales Manga Ends Serialization in Next ChapterDebuted 2013Adachi and Shimamura Novel Series Ends With 12th VolumeSpace Brothers Manga is in Final Stage With Ending Planned ‘Soon’Gege Akutami Hints at Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Ending ‘Probably’ Within 1 YearDelays
Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Anime’s 1st Part Ends on January 8 Due to Special ProgrammingFate/Strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- TV Anime Special Delayed From December 31Cutie and the Beast Manga Resumes After 11-Month HiatusBlack Clover Manga Takes 2-Week Break Due to Production CircumstancesMy Hero Academia Manga Takes 1-Week Hiatus Due to Creator’s HealthSales
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Earns Estimated US$502,000 in 1st 3 Days in the U.S.Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume Becomes #16 All-Time Top Anime Film in JapanMisc
Lupin III Won’t Bother Stealing Your McDonald’sCrunchyroll: Some Home Video Releases May Be Unavailable While SKUs RefreshVendor Hospitalized After Anime NYC Accident, GoFundMe Campaign UnderwayHideaki Anno’s Legendary Gundam Doujinshi Gets Reprint at Comiket 101Inu-Oh, Drifting Home, ‘Goodbye, Don Glees!’ Confirmed Eligible for OscarsRight Stuf President, Co-Founder Shawne Klecker Leaves Right Stuf/CrunchyrollBandai Namco, Dragon Ball’s Akira Toriyama Tease SAND LAND ProjectAkira Toriyama’s SAND LAND Manga Gets Screen Adaptation in 2023HIDIVE: Some Temporarily Unavailable Series Expected to Return to HIDIVE in Early 2023Crunchyroll Awards Changes Up Categories for 2023FromSoftware Announces Armored Core VI Game for 2023Elden Ring Wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2022Penguin Random House CEO Resigns Following Unsuccessful Attempted Acquisition of Simon & SchusterKen Akamatsu Says Japan’s Controversial Invoice System Can’t Be StoppedSinger Ichiro Mizuki Passes Away at 74Ichiro Mizuki’s Last Recorded Performance to Air on January 3Jump Festa ’23 Event on December 17-18 to Feature Livestreams Worldwide, in English for 1st TimeMy Hero Academia Collab Launches in Fortnite on December 16Inu-Oh Anime Film Receives Golden Globes NominationNetflix to Produce Hollywood Live-Action My Hero Academia Film with Writer Joby HaroldViz Media Raises Shonen Jump Service’s Subscription Price to US$2.99Local Manga Localization Company Struggles to Settle Debts By December 31 DeadlineLocke the Superman Manga Creator Yuki Hijiri Passes Away at 72One Piece Film Red Original Character Uta to Appear in One Piece TV Anime on ChristmasVic Mignogna flashes junk during podcastRight Stuf Top 10 Best Sellers of the Week
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