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Focus: 'Noragami' Team Returns to Produce 2025 Anime 'Gachiakuta'

Ten years ago, three companies came together to create the Noragami anime: publisher Kodansha, studio Bones, and producer Avex. The result was an anime series that was wildly popular both at home and abroad―Noragami is currently ranked as the 21st most popular franchise on MyAni...

Jul 19, 6:03 PM by Kineta 25 Comments

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Science SARU Produces New 'Ghost in the Shell' TV Anime for 2026

A new Koukaku Kidoutai (Ghost in the Shell) television anime was announced by production company Bandai Namco Filmworks on Saturday. The new television anime adapting Masamune Shirow's sci-fi action manga is scheduled for a 2026 airing. The anime was unveiled through an announcem...

May 25, 7:53 AM by Vindstot 66 Comments

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Manga 'Ao no Miburo' Receives TV Anime Adaptation

A television anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's Ao no Miburo (The Blue Wolves of Mibu) manga was announced by publishing company Kodansha on Thursday. Yomiuri Telecasting simultaneously opened an official website, revealing the main staff, a visual for the protagonist Nio (pic...

Sep 13, 2023 6:45 PM by Vindstot 6 Comments

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Manga 'Tasogare Out Focus' Receives TV Anime

Kodansha opened an official Twitter for a television anime adaptation of Janome's Tasogare Out Focus (Twilight Out of Focus) manga on Monday, revealing the main cast members. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sasaki to Miyano) and Yuuma Uchida (Given) are starring as Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi...

Jul 3, 2023 9:44 AM by Hyperion_PS 26 Comments

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Manga 'Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai' Gets TV Anime in 2024

Publisher Kodansha opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Megumi Morino's Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai (A Condition Called Love) manga on Wednesday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). The television anime is set to premiere in 2024. Morino began drawing...

Jun 7, 2023 9:27 AM by Hyperion_PS 22 Comments

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Kodansha Launches K Manga Distribution Platform in the US

Publishing company Kodansha announced the launch of K Manga—a new manga distribution service—on Tuesday. The platform will be available exclusively as a smartphone app in the United States on May 10, with a website version to follow at a later date. K Manga will launch with appro...

Mar 22, 2023 12:50 AM by Vindstot 12 Comments

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Light Novel 'Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!' Gets TV Anime in 2023

Publisher Kodansha opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of FUNA's Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! (I Shall Survive Using Potions!) light novel on Friday and revealed the main cast and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime is set for a 2023 premiere. Cast Kao...

Feb 23, 2023 9:11 PM by Hyperion_PS 19 Comments

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Manga 'Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange' Gets TV Anime in 2023

Publisher Kodansha opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Masahito Soda and Kuro Tomiyama's Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange manga on Thursday and announced the main staff. The anime is scheduled to premiere in 2023. Masahiko Murata (Fumetsu no Anata...

Dec 14, 2022 10:57 AM by DatRandomDude 13 Comments

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Entertainment Company Disney, Publisher Kodansha Expand Strategic Partnership

The Walt Disney Company announced at the Asia-Pacific content showcase in Singapore on Wednesday that it is expanding its partnership with Japanese publishing company Kodansha. The company intends to co-produce and distribute an expanding slate of original titles for its Disney+...

Nov 30, 2022 12:11 AM by Vindstot 34 Comments

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Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan Invest in MyAnimeList Through Third-Party Allotment

MyAnimeList Co., Ltd (MyAnimeList) announced on Thursday that the company plans to issue new shares, increasing its capital by a total of 1,200 million yen (approximately US$11.33 million). Japanese publishing companies Kodansha Ltd. (Kodansha), SHUEISHA Inc. (Shueisha), Shogaku...

Feb 17, 2021 11:02 PM by ImperfectBlue 52 Comments

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MyAnimeList Launches Digital Manga Store

MyAnimeList, LLC, the company which operates the anime and manga catalog website of the same name, has announced that it is launching an English-language digital manga store in partnership with North American manga publishers VIZ Media and Kodansha Comics. The MyAnimeList Manga...

Mar 7, 2018 11:30 PM by arsonal 27 Comments

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Tokyopop To Lose All the Kodansha Titles

According to Mangablog, Tokyopop announced that Kodansha has decided to let all the licensed of manga granted to Tokyopop to expire. Tokyopop will not be allowed to complete the ongoing series nor reprint the sold-out titles. Tokyopop's out of print list Kodansha established a ne...

Aug 31, 2009 9:48 PM by dtshyk 53 Comments

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