Anime
Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi Manga Gets TV Anime in April 2027 – News
Shueisha‘s “Jump Press” livestream on Monday announced that Takeru Hokazono‘s Kagurabachi manga is getting a television anime adaptation that will debut in April 2027. The anime will star Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira.
The event also revealed a teaser visual, teaser video, and main staff.
©Takeru Hokazono/SHUEISHA,Project Kagurabachi
Tetsuya Takeuchi (From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated! director; key animator for Naruto and Naruto Shippūden) is directing the anime at Cypic (The World Is Dancing). Keigo Sasaki (character designer for Blue Exorcist, Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray) is designing the characters. Shochiku and CyberAgent are on the production committee.
The anime will have a “world tour” event starting this summer that will show the first 20 minutes of the first episode at various anime events. The world tour will end in Japan in spring 2027 where the full first episode will be screened.
© Takeru Hokazono, Shueisha
Toyo Keizai Online, the website tied to the finance magazine Weekly Toyo Keizai, had reported in December 2024 that the manga was getting an anime adaptation at Cygames Pictures, through a joint production by CyberAgent and Shochiku. Both CyberAgent and Shochiku declined to comment at the time.
Hokazono debuted the Kagurabachi manga in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in September 2023. Shueisha will publish the manga’s 11th compiled volume in Japan on May 1. The manga surpassed 2.2 million copies in circulation as of May 2025, and Monday’s announcement revealed the manga now has 4 million copies in circulation.
Viz Media‘s Shonen Jump service and Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service are releasing the Kagurabachi manga digitally in English. MANGA Plus describes the story:
Young Chihiro spends his days training under his famous swordsmith father. One day he hopes to become a great sword-maker himself. The goofy father and the serious son–they thought these days would last forever. But suddenly, tragedy strikes. A dark day soaked in blood. Chihiro and his blade now live only for revenge. Epic sword battle action!
Viz Media is also releasing the manga in print and will release the seventh volume on May 5.
The manga topped the print category in the Next Manga Awards 2024. The manga was nominated in December 2024 for the 70th Shogakukan Manga Awards, and was nominated for the 49th annual Kodansha Manga Awards in April 2025. The manga was also nominated for the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The manga ranked at #13 in January for Da Vinci’s top manga titles of 2025.
CyberAgent established Cygames in 2011, and the company has produced games such as Rage of Bahamut and Granblue Fantasy. Cygames established an anime division in March 2015 and the anime production subsidiary Cygames Pictures in April 2016.
Source: Jump Press livestream
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Anime
Future GPX Cyber Formula’s New Anime Short Reveals Cast, Staff, Screening on February 19 – News
Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Saturday that its planned new anime short for the Future GPX Cyber Formula series will screen alongside a new HD remastered “movie edition” of the Future GPX Cyber Formula: Early Days Renewal compilation OVA in Japan starting on February 19, 2027. The new short anime is titled Shin Seiki GPX Cyber Formula ASURADA, and is a direct sequel to the 1998 Future GPX Cyber Formula Sin anime.
Character designer Hirokazu Hisayuki and chief mechanical animation director Satoshi Shigeta drew the below poster for the new anime short.
© SUNRISE
Series director Mitsuo Fukuda is overseeing the new “movie edition” of Future GPX Cyber Formula: Early Days Renewal.
The main staff for the new Shin Seiki GPX Cyber Formula ASURADA short includes:
The returning cast for the short includes:
According to the staff, the upcoming short uses hand-drawn animation and no CG.
Shōji Kawamori designed the previously revealed completely new Cyber Machine “Zenith Asurada AKF-S0/G” for the short. Bandai Namco Filmworks also revealed on Saturday Kawamori’s design for the “Hō・Ōga AA-1” machine (name romanization not confirmed).
© SUNRISE
Additionally the company revealed four stills from the new anime short.
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks ©SUNRISE
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks ©SUNRISE
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks ©SUNRISE
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks ©SUNRISE
Bandai Entertainment released the Future GPX Cyber Formula anime as a complete collection on DVD in November 2003. The company described the story:
Cyber Formula is the future of Grand Prix auto racing where a mix of skilled driving and advance technology ultimately determines who wins and loses. Kazami Hayato is thrust into the fast paced world of Cyber Formula racing when he accidentally becomes imprinted to Team Sugo’s Asurada GSX after recovering the racecar from would-be thieves. Now he must prove to himself and to his teammates that he can compete with the best racers in the world. Step into the world of Cyber Formula and prepare yourself for the fast lane.
The Future GPX Cyber Formula television anime aired in Japan in 1991. The anime had four OVA sequels: Future GPX Cyber Formula 11 beginning in 1992, Future GPX Cyber Formula Zero in 1994, Future GPX Cyber Formula Saga in 1996, and Future GPX Cyber Formula Sin in 1998. A compilation OVA titled Future GPX Cyber Formula: Early Days Renewal debuted in 1996.
The anime has inspired games that were originally created as fan works without copyright, but are now authorized and advertised on the official site.
A new game in the series is also in the works titled Future GPX Cyber Formula Spiral. The new racing game features an original storyline with supervision by the series’ general director Mitsuo Fukuda.
Source: Press release
Disclosure: Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. (Sunrise) is a non-controlling, minority shareholder in Anime News Network Inc.
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Starbucks Japan and Pokémon announced a new, and apparently first ever, collaboration on Thursday. The collaboration will begin with tumblers on September 30.
©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. © 2026 Starbucks Coffee Company.
Also coming to your corner shop(s) is a new Pikachu Honey Cream Latté and a series of Pokémon x Starbucks merchandise items: tumblers (including one with a Pokéball-shaped lid), bottles, mugs, drip coffee maker pots, kettles, ceramic canisters, milk foamers, aprons, keychains, stickers, postcards, posters, tote bags, and cup pouches. The Pikachu Honey Cream Latté is priced at 690 yen (about US$4.50) and merchandise items between 1,500 yen and 6,600 yen (about US$10 to US$42).
©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. © 2026 Starbucks Coffee Company.
 ©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. © 2026 Starbucks Coffee Company. |
 ©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. © 2026 Starbucks Coffee Company. |
 ©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. © 2026 Starbucks Coffee Company. |
As of press time, Pokémon and Starbucks have not announced when the collaboration will end.
Pokémon is no stranger to tie-ins with fast food restaurants and food product collaborations. Recently the franchise has partnered with American doughnut chain Krispy Kreme for a line of Pokémon-inspired doughnuts in celebration of Pokémon‘s 30th anniversary. Pokémon has also partnered with South Korean Spam distributor CJ CheilJedang, under license from Hormel Foods, for Pokémon Spam sets for the Chuseok harvest festival on September 24-26.
Life-Sized Golden Pikachu Goes on Display
Along with the Pokémon x Starbucks collaboration, Japanese gold and gold product retailer SGC announced it has created a life-sized golden Pikachu statue for its Yokohama Dai Ōgon Ten (Yokohama Grand Gold Exhibition). The statue stands at 50cm (about 20 inches) tall and was made using nearly 200 pieces of gold leaf.
©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc.
SGC is also exhibiting and selling 24K gold Gholdengo statuettes. The Gholdengo statuette stands around 6 centimeters tall (about 2.5 inches) and weigh nearly 15 grams (about 0.5 ounces) and retails for 1,540,000 yen (about US$9,730).
©Pokémon. ©Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc.
The Yokohama Dai Ōgon Ten will take place at the Yokohama Takashimaya 8th Floor Exhibition Area between September 30 and October 5. The exhibition will be open between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and entrance is free of charge.
Sources: Pokémon‘s X/Twitter account, Starbucks Japan’s X/Twitter account (link 2), Starbucks Japan’s website, SGC’s website, PR Times via Nijimen
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