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World Trigger Manga Goes on 1-Month Hiatus Due to Creator’s Health – News

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The staff for Daisuke Ashihara‘s World Trigger manga announced on Saturday that the manga will take a one-month break due to the author’s poor health, and will not publish a new chapter in the upcoming issue of Shueisha‘s Jump SQ. magazine on May 2. The manga is scheduled to return in the magazine’s July 2026 issue, which will ship on June 4.

 The series took a one-month break last year in January to allow Ashihara to then work on the manga’s next compiled book volume. The break extended to another month in February due to Ashihara’s poor health. The manga published a new chapter in Jump SQ.‘s April issue on March 4. The manga took another one-issue break in August due again to Ashihara’s poor health, and returned on September 4. The manga took a one-issue break this past January due to the author’s health.

Ashihara debuted the World Trigger manga in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2013. The manga went on hiatus in November 2016 due to Ashihara’s poor physical health, and returned in the magazine in October 2018 for five issues before moving to Jump SQ. magazine in December 2018. The manga’s 29th compiled book volume shipped in Japan on December 4.

Viz Media and MANGA Plus both publish the series simultaneously in English digitally. Viz Media also publishes the manga in print.

The manga’s anime adaptation is getting a “Reboot Project” that will re-adapt the original manga from the first chapter and will include the Border Enlistment Arc, Large-Scale Invasion Arc, and B-Rank Wars Arc. Toei Animation will continue to produce the anime, and the anime’s staff stated it will be a “powered up World Trigger 1st Season.”

The first World Trigger television anime season from Toei Animation premiered in October 2014, followed by a sequel season in October 2015. Crunchyroll began streaming the English dub of the anime in February 2020.

The second season of the anime premiered in January 2021 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

The third season of the anime premiered in October 2021 on TV Asahi‘s NUMAnimation programming block. Crunchyroll streamed the season as it aired in Japan. The second and third seasons also have an English dub.

The series’ first stage play adaptation ran in November to December 2021. The second stage play ran in August 2022, and the third stage play ran in August 2023. The fourth stage play adapted the “Galopoula Invasion” arc, and ran in October and November 2024 in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. The fifth stage play adapted the “B-Rank Wars Final Match” arc, and ran from April to May 2025.

Source: World Trigger‘s official X/Twitter account

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Fatal Fury City of the Wolves Game’s New Animated Trailer by Masami Ōbari Highlights Kim Kaphwan – News

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SNK began streaming on Thursday an animated trailer for its Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game featuring DLC character Kim Kaphwan, who joined the game’s roster on the same day. Masami Ōbari (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, The King of Fighters XV, Battle Arena Toshinden), who directed previous animated trailers for the game, was again the director and creative producer. Studio G-1 Neo produced the animation.

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The company also streamed Kim’s character guide and background music (BGM):

Kim’s Character Guide


Kim’s BGM


June Yoon voices the character in English and Kunihiro Kawamoto voices the character in Japanese.

Season 3 launched on July 23 with six characters joining the roster. Rick Strowd joined the game on July 23. Duck King launched on August 27. Manjiro Sano and Ken Ryuguji from the Tokyo Revengers anime will join the game as Season 3 DLC characters in October. The game will add Laocorn in November, as well as a mystery character in December. SNK teased new characters in an animated trailer in July.

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The game debuted in April 2025 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The game will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 digitally on October 22 and physically in January 2027.

The game’s crossover with Street Fighter includes characters Ken and Chun-Li. Both characters are a part of the game’s Season Pass 1. The game launched Andy Bogard as a playable character in June 2025, added Ken as a playable character in August 2025, introduced Joe Higashi as a playable character in October 2025, debuted Chun-Li in November 2025, and launched MR. BIG in December 2025.

Kim Jae Hoon, the first DLC character for the game’s Season Pass 2, launched on January 22. Nightmare Geese launched on February 26, and Blue Mary debuted on March 26. Wolfgang Krauser debuted in the game on April 24, coinciding with the game’s first anniversary. DLC character Mr. Karate launched on May 27. Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star debuted in the game on June 28.

The game added real-life DJ Salvatore Ganacci, professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, and Hokutomaru. Other returning characters include Terry Bogard, Rock Howard, Tizoc, Hotaru Futaba, Marco Rodrigues, B. Jenet, Kevin Rian, Billy Kane, Mai Shiranui, Kim Dong Hwan, and Gato. The game also includes the new characters Preecha and Vox Reaper.

SNK announced the new game at the EVO fighting game tournament in 2022. It is the first new game in more than two decades since the last installment. 

Fatal Fury (known as Garō Densetsu in Japan) is one of SNK‘s most iconic fighting game franchises, and is the origin of some of the company’s most recognizable characters, including Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Mai Shiranui, Blue Mary, Geese Howard, and more. Fatal Fury: King of Fighters debuted in arcades in 1991, and the latest installment, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, debuted in 1999. SNK‘s separate fighting game franchise The King of Fighters initially began as a crossover fighter for SNK‘s Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting franchises, and their characters have been mainstays in the long-running series until today.

The series inspired the Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf OVA in 1992, Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle OVA in 1993, and Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture in 1994. All three feature Masami Ōbari‘s character designs, with Ōbari also directing the third anime. Discotek Media has released all three anime.

Sources: SNK Official’s YouTube channel

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Disney+, Hulu Raise Monthly Pricing on Streaming Plans in U.S. Again – News

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Standalone subscription prices rise to US$12.49 with ads, US$21.49 without ads following last year’s increase



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Disney+ raised its price for monthly subscriptions to its streaming platform on Wednesday. The price for the subscription tier with ads increased from US$11.99 to US$12.49, while the Disney+ Premium ad-free tier increased from US$18.99 to US$21.49. Hulu subscriptions with and without ads feature the same price increases. The price for the Disney+ and Hulu bundle with ads remains at US$12.99, while the Premium bundle for both services without ads rose from US$19.99 to US$21.99. The Disney+, Hulu and ESPN Select Bundle increased from US$19.99 to US$21.99, and the Premium bundle’s price rose from US$29.99 to US$32.99.

The updated prices apply to new subscriptions as of Wednesday. Current subscribers will get a price change on or after October 21.

The streamer previously raised its prices in October 2025, and before that raised its price in October 2024. Disney+ also raised its prices and revealed plans to restrict password sharing for accounts in October 2023.

Disney+ announced in August 2025 that it is “fully integrating” the Hulu streaming service, along with a new singular app with both Disney+ and Hulu services, which will launch in 2026. The subscription services will remain standalone, but both Disney+ and Hulu will be accessible from the unified app. Disney already offers bundles including both Disney+ and Hulu. In addition, a significant amount of content, including anime, from the Hulu library already streams on the Disney+ for subscribers of both.

Disney owns 100% of Hulu, after acquiring Comcast‘s 33% stake in Hulu for US$8.61 billion in 2023.

Before Disney acquired the entirety of Hulu, anime that streamed on Disney+ internationally would stream in the U.S. on Hulu instead. Currently, anime still stream on Hulu, but now also stream on Disney+ for subscribers of both services.

Sources: Disney+, Hulu


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Crunchyroll Screens Dive in Wonderland Film on November 16 in U.S. as Part of Anime Nights Program – News

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English-subbed trailer streamed for anime inspired by Alice in Wonderland



Crunchyroll revealed last week that it will screen Dive in Wonderland (Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland-, or With Alice in Wonderland: Dive in Wonderland-), which the staff initially described as Japan’s first anime film adaptation of Lewis Carroll‘s classic children’s novel Alice in Wonderland, in select theaters for one day only on November 16 as part of its “Crunchyroll Anime Nights” program dedicated to screening anime across the U.S. The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer:


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The film’s story centers on Rise, a modern-day girl who somehow stumbles into Wonderland and meets Alice.

The film opened in August 2025.

The cast includes:

Toshiya Shinohara (Black Butler, A Lull in the Sea, The aquatope on white sand) directed the film at P.A. Works. Yūko Kakihara (Blue Box, Urusei Yatsura 2022, The aquatope on white sand) penned the script. Shochiku and TBS are listed as production coordinators.

Other staff members include:

SEKAI NO OWARI perform the film’s theme song “Zukan” (Guidebook).

Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland book centers on a girl named Alice, who one day follows a talking white rabbit into a rabbit hole, and ends up in a strange Wonderland where she has surreal encounters with its mercurial rules and denizens. The book has become one of the most referenced works of literature in pop culture, with elements and motifs appearing in virtually every medium, including anime, manga, and video games.

The book previously inspired Nippon Animation and Apollo Film‘s 1983-1984 television anime adaptation.

Source: Crunchyroll‘s YouTube channel


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