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Matsurika Kanriden Manga Starts 2nd Part – News

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5 hours ago

May 6, 2026

Manga’s 2nd part starts on Thursday

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Akita Shoten‘s Monthly Princess magazine announced on Wednesday that Waka Takase‘s manga adaptation of Rinne Ishida and Izumi’s Matsurika Kanriden (The Tale of the Scholar-Official Matsurika) light novel series is returning in the magazine’s June issue on Thursday. The manga begins its second part with the “Sāra Kingdom Arc.”

The manga’s first part ended in October last year.

The fantasy romance novels, inspired by Chinese history, center on the titular Matsurika, a court lady serving at the emperor’s inner palace, who is known for her good memory. One day, she receives a request to serve as a practice partner for the marriage meeting for the son a certain noble house. But when she arrives to meet this noble scion, it turns out to be none other than Emperor Hakuyō himself. The emperor falls in love with her at first sight, but tells her to come to him once she passes the state’s scholar-official civil service exam.

Takase launched the manga adaptation of the novels in Monthly Princess magazine in August 2018. Akita Shoten published the manga’s 12th compiled book volume on October 16.

Ishida published the first light novel in the series in July 2017, with illustrations by Izumi. The 18th and most recent volume shipped on October 15.

The novels are inspiring an upcoming television anime adaptation that will premiere in January 2027.

Source: Monthly Princess magazine’s X/Twitter account

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Star Fox 64 Game Gets Remake on Switch 2 on June 25 – News

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14 minutes ago

May 7, 2026

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Game retains original level layout with new graphics, art style, cinematic briefings, gameplay modes

Nintendo announced a new game in the Star Fox series, simply titled Star Fox, during a special Nintendo Direct stream on Wednesday. The game is a remake of Star Fox 64, with new graphics, new art style, a multiplayer option, and other gameplay additions. The game will launch on the Switch 2 on June 25.

The game will retain the layout and general mechanics of the 1997 Star Fox 64 Nintendo 64 game. The remake adds new cinematic briefings and fully voiced dialogue to the game’s Campaign Mode, as well as a new orchestral soundtrack. The campaign will have three difficulty levels. The game adds a Challenge Mode, where players can replay already completed levels with additional objectives, and in two different difficulty levels. Both Campaign and Challenge Mode are compatible with Joy-Con 2 Mouse Controls, and allows two different players to cooperate in piloting and gunnery duties either on the same system, or GameShare via GameChat.

Star Fox will have a multiplayer Battle Mode that allows for 4-on-4 fights on three different game types. The game will support online matchmaking, private custom matches, and online play via GameShare via GameChat.

Star Fox 64, itself a reimagining of the 1993 SNES Star Fox game, released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. The game already has two remakes: Star Fox 64 3D for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, and Star Fox Zero for the Wii U in 2016. Nintendo released the game digitally on Switch via its Nintendo Classics service in 2021.

Star Fox series protagonist Fox McCloud appeared in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which opened on April 1.

Sources: Nintendo of America YouTube channel, BusinessWire

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Always a Catch! Anime Casts Asaki Yuikawa – News

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23 minutes ago

May 7, 2026

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The staff for the television anime of Mayo Momoyo‘s Always a Catch! (Nigashita Sakana wa Ōkikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ōkisugita Ken) light novel series announced on Thursday that it has cast Asaki Yuikawa as Maria’s little brother, Teodorico. The character appears in episode 7, which airs on May 13.

Cast image for Teodorico — Image via Always a Catch! anime’s website

Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the manga adaptation in English and describes the story:

A zany romantic comedy starring a duke’s daughter, who’s more of a fighter than a lady, and a prince who happens to be into that!

Maria, the daughter of a duke, grew up believing she would one day inherit her father’s dukedom. Accordingly, she focused her attentions on honing her martial arts prowess, while thoughts of marriage fell by the wayside. But the arrival of a baby brother in her family means she’s losing her role as heir! Now that she’s decided it’s time to marry after all, she’s arrived a little late to the game! Are there even any eligible bachelors left?

Upon going to study abroad in a neighboring country where she might still stand a chance at getting hitched, she’s bewildered when the crown prince there declares before all that his engagement to her is null and void! Wait…what engagement?!

Apparently, he’s mistaken her for the wrong girl! But once that’s all cleared up and he catches sight of her knocking out a whole pack of bandits, it turns out that this prince may have a thing for ass-kicking young ladies after all…

The anime stars:

Akira Oguro (Giant Beasts of Ars, Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena-) is directing the anime at TROYCA. Michiko Yokote (Ao-chan Can’t Study!, Call of the Night) is in charge of series scripts and Isamu Suzuki (Shinobi no Ittoki) is designing the characters.

HoneyWorks feat. Airi Suzuki perform the opening theme song “Chikai wa Kyun to.” Singer Yoshino performs the ending theme song “DEAD OR LOVE.”

The anime premiered on April 1
on Tokyo MX and BS 11 at 24:00 JST (effectively Thursday
at 12 midnight).

Momoyo launched Nigashita Sakana wa Ōkikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ōkisugita Ken as a short story on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (Let’s Become Novelists) website in 2020. Momoyo started the story’s sequel series on the website in 2020. Square Enix started publishing the novels with illustration by Mito in 2021.

Kaki Nagato launched the manga adaptation on Square Enix‘s Manga UP! service in April 2022.

The novels’ seventh volume and the manga’s 10th compiled book volume both shipped on April 7.

Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global, Kadokawa‘s BookWalker Global Store, and Comikey publish the manga digitally in English.

Sources: Always a Catch! anime’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie

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Suzuka Stellagi’s Dō ka Kimi ni Abakaretai Manga Ends With 3rd Volume – News

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4 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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Manga’s final volume ships on July 3

Kadokawa is listing the third compiled book volume of Suzuka Stellagi‘s Dō ka Kimi ni Abakaretai (I Want You to Expose Me) manga as the final volume, which will ship on July 3.

The manga’s story centers on Hayama, an unsuccessful painter, who is always repelled by his subjects because of his intimidating gaze. One day, he saves a cross-dressing man named Hanae, who collapsed on the street. Hanae is the first person Hayama meets who his not afraid of his intimidating gaze, and he is bewitched by Hanae’s beauty at the same time, and they end up living together.

Stellagi launched the manga on Kadokawa‘s Young Ace Up! manga website in January 2025. Kadokawa published the manga’s first volume in May 2025, and the second volume on December 4.

Stellagi launched the ongoing manga adaptation of writer Mary Doe and illustrator Hūna Kuga‘s Proud to be the Villainess (Akuyaku Reijō no Kyōji) light novels on Square Enix‘s Manga UP! service in October 2023. Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global service also publishes the manga in English.

Source: Kadokawa

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