Live-Action Blue Lock Opens at #8 in Japan While a Cartoon Mascot Holds #1
The live-action Blue Lock film opened at only #8 in Japan, earning ¥277,648,800 (roughly $1.74 million) across its August 7–9 debut weekend. The top...
Afro Samurai Creator Takashi Okazaki Wins an Emmy for Star Wars: Visions
Takashi Okazaki has won a 2026 juried Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, recognising his character design on the Star Wars: Visions short...
Marvel’s Avengers #1 Teases a Dead Avenger — and Something Redacted About Tony Stark
Marvel's Avengers #1 solicitation, released this week for a November 4, 2026 on-sale date, teases the death of an Avenger and censors two details...
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1 Puts Him Back in Brooklyn — and Back in the...
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1 launched on August 12, 2026 from writer Bryan Hill and artists Nico Leon and Val De Landro, resetting Marvel's second...
Lanterns Episode Schedule: All 8 Episodes and When They Release
The Lanterns episode schedule runs weekly on HBO and HBO Max from August 16 to October 4, 2026. All eight episodes drop on Sundays,...
Yang Can’t Live Alone Ends Today After Square Enix Admits Editorial Failure
Yang Can't Live Alone ends today, August 13, 2026, with chapter 15-3 on Square Enix's Manga UP! platform. The publisher cancelled the serialisation after...
Crunchyroll and Sony Acquire Makoto Shinkai’s Next Film for Worldwide Release
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment have acquired global distribution rights to Makoto Shinkai's next film, the companies announced on August 11, 2026. The deal...
Shueisha’s MANGA MILLION Puts 400 Manga Online Free in 100+ Languages
MANGA MILLION is Shueisha’s new free digital manga platform, launched August 6, 2026. It offers roughly 400 series — around one million pages —...
Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery Sets October 23 Release With New Trailer
Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery opens in Japanese theaters on October 23, 2026. The main trailer, released August 6, confirmed the theme song —...
Mushoku Tensei Season 3’s Chaos Breaker Arc Starts August 16
Mushoku Tensei Season 3’s Chaos Breaker arc begins with Episode 8 on August 16, 2026. A trailer released August 10 introduced three new cast...
