Anime
Unison Square Garden Enters Hiatus Following Drummer Takao Suzuki Departure
Japanese rock band Unison Square Garden announced on Monday that drummer Takao Suzuki will leave the band following their live performance titled Sentimental Period on July 15 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall in Chiba. Along with his departure, the band will also enter an indefinite hiatus.
According to the official statement from their agency Sony Music Artists, the decision comes after ongoing discussions about the future direction of the band. The members explained that differences in artistic direction and personal expression led to the conclusion that continuing as a three-member unit was no longer possible. As a result, Suzuki’s departure marks the end of the band’s current formation, leading to a suspension of all activities.
In a message to fans, the band members expressed sincere appreciation of loyalty and acknowledged that they had been able to stay together for 22 years due to fan support. They apologized for the sudden announcement and asked for continued warm support for Kousuke Saitou (vocals/guitar), Tomoya Tabuchi (bass), and Takao Suzuki.
Saito also commented on the decision, explaining that the band had spent years trying to maintain the group in its current form but they eventually realized that it was impossible to work with different artistic vision of members. He emphasized that the choice to enter a hiatus rather than disband came after consideration of many voices who wished for Unison Square Garden to continue in some form.
The Japanese rock band signed to Toy’s Factory formed in July 2004 and made their major debut in July 2008 with the single Sentimental Period. They gained steady popularity through albums such as Cider Road, Catcher in the Spy, Dr. Izzy, Mode Mood Mode, and Ninth Peel, which made it into the top spot of the Oricon charts. The band has also had milestone concert events, namely their 20th Anniversary Live “ROCK BAND is fun” in Nippon Budokan in 2024.
Unison Square Garden’s contributions to anime music include theme songs for Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront), Blue Lock, 3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season (March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season), Ballroom e Youkoso (Welcome to the Ballroom), and Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru (Run with the Wind), among others.
Source: Music Natalie
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The television ratings above are an estimate of the percentage of the population that watch a given program, based on data from a survey of households in Japan’s Kanto region. The ratings do not count recordings that viewers watch later.
Source: Video Research (Kanto region)
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Based on story in 27th manga volume
The “Stone Fes. 2026” event announced on Saturday that production has been green-lit on Dr. Stone Terraforming, a sequel to the television anime of Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi‘s Dr. Stone manga. The new anime will adapt the “Terraforming” sequel story, set after the main story, from the 27th manga volume.
The first television anime premiered in July 2019. Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired, and Funimation streamed a dub of the season. The anime premiered on Toonami in August 2019.
Dr. Stone: Stone Wars, the anime’s second season, premiered in January 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide except in Asia, and Funimation streamed an English dub. The anime debuted on Toonami in May 2021.
The one-hour Dr. Stone: Ryusui anime special aired in July 2022.
The first cours (quarter of the year) of Dr. Stone: New World, the third Dr. Stone anime season, premiered in Japan in April 2023, and ended with its 11th episode. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub. The anime began running on Toonami in June 2023. The anime’s second cours premiered in Japan in October 2023. The 22nd and final episode of Dr. Stone: New World aired in December 2023.
The first cours of Dr. Stone: Science Future, the fourth and final season of the original Dr. Stone anime series, debuted in January 2025. The season’s second cours premiered on July 10, 2025 and ended on September 25, 2025. The Dr. Stone: Science Future season ended after its third part on June 25.
Boichi (Sun-Ken Rock) and Riichirou Inagaki (author of Eyeshield 21) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in March 2017, and ended the series in March 2022. Viz Media published the manga digitally and in print. MANGA Plus also published the manga digitally in English.
Source: Comic Natalie
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A marathon re-airing of the 10th season of the live-action A Solitary Gourmet series aired on TV Tokyo on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:20 p.m., and it earned a 4.5% rating.
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The television ratings above are an estimate of the percentage of the population that watch a given program, based on data from a survey of households in Japan’s Kanto region. The ratings do not count recordings that viewers watch later.
Source: Video Research (Kanto region)
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