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Crunchyroll Manga Adds 23 Kodansha USA Catalog Titles, Dricam!! From Shueisha – News

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Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday it is partnering with Kodansha USA to add manga titles from Kodansha‘s back catalog to the Crunchyroll Manga app on May 18. Crunchyroll will also add You Chiba’s Dricam!! from Shueisha to the app on the same date. Crunchyroll Manga is adding the following Kodansha titles:

The Crunchyroll Manga app launched on iOS and Android devices in the United States and Canada on October 9, with the browser version launching on October 15. The ad-free app is separate from the main Crunchyroll streaming service.

Pre-existing subscribers to Crunchyroll‘s Ultimate Fan subscription tier are able to use the service at no additional cost. The Fan and Mega Fan tiers can add access to the app for an additional cost.

Crunchyroll describes the service as being “powered by Link-U Group,” the Japanese media company that operates such services as digital manga site Comikey, digital manga store Compass, webtoon company Studio Moon6, and VTuber and streaming production company Romanz.

Partner publishers for the service include AlphaPolis, Compass, Square Enix, Viz Media, Yen Press, Shueisha, J-Novel Club, and ThirdlineNEXT.

Features for the app include mobile, tablet, and browser compatibility; downloading chapters for offline reading; light and dark mode; full page spreads; and the ability to create a personalized reading list with recommendations.

This is not the first time that Crunchyroll has offered manga, with the company launching the first Crunchyroll Manga service in October 2013. The service was simultaneously publishing (simulpub) titles from Kodansha USA Publishing in over 170 countries. Crunchyroll removed 14 simulpub titles in February 2018 and removed 10 catalog titles in March 2018. Kodansha USA Publishing then removed a number of its manga titles from Crunchyroll in January 2023. Kodansha had issued a statement to Crunchyroll, saying that its suspension of simulpub updates was due to “changes” in its simulpub distribution program.

Crunchyroll ended its first Crunchyroll Manga service in December 2023.

Source: Press release


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‘Odebu Akujo ni Tensei shitara, Nazeka Last Boss Oujisama ni Shuuchaku sareteimasu’ Reveals Additional Cast, Staff, First Promo, Winter 2027 Premiere

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The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kotoko and Kaname Hanamiya‘s Odebu Akujo ni Tensei shitara, Nazeka Last Boss Oujisama ni Shuuchaku sareteimasu (The Final-Boss Prince Is Somehow Obsessed with the Chubby Villainess: Reincarnated Me) web manga revealed additional cast, staff, a first key visual (pictured), and the first promotional video on Wednesday. The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX, BS Nippon, AT-X, CBC TV, and other stations in January 2027.

Voice actors Shunichi Toki (Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu) and Fuuka Izumi (Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.) are joining the cast as Louis and Adele, respectively.

Staff

Art Director: Yuri Takagi (Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!), Keito Watanabe (Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri!)

3D Art Setting: Jishiro Shida

Color Design: Taeko Mizuno (Ragna Crimson)

2D Design: Suguru Shiga

Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara (Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi)

Editing: Hitomi Sudou (Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki)

Sound Director: Ryousuke Naya (Hanaori-san wa Tensei shitemo Kenka ga Shitai)

Sound Effects: Yuka Kazama (Haibara-kun no Tsuyokute Seishun New Game)

Music: Tsubasa Itou (Osananajimi to wa Love Comedy ni Naranai)

Naoyuki Kuzuya (Eiyuuou, Bu wo Kiwameru Tame Tenseisu) is directing the anime at Studio Lings, with Shuusaku Katou (Sorairo Utility (TV) episode director) serving as the assistant director. Mitsutaka Hirota (Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu) is handling the series composition and script. Fumino Kakihata (Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! chief animation director) and Yukiko Sekita (Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? animation director) are designing the characters.

Kotoko and Hanamiya began serializing the fantasy romance web manga on the Mecha Comic and Comico Japan in April 2023. Kadokawa Shoten released the fifth volume on February 14.

NHN comico Corp. originally licensed the manga for digital release in English through their Pocket Comics platform in September 2024. The series has been licensed by Manga Mirai since October 2025.

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Source: Comic Natalie

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Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Anime Streams 1st Promo Video – News

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The staff for the television anime of Isle Osaki‘s Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kōryaku, or Clear the world like a game with the zero believers goddess) light novel series started streaming the anime’s first promotional video on Wednesday. The video previews the opening theme song “Mirai no Ashiato” (Footprints of the Future) by artist 310 (read as Satō).


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J-Novel Club licensed both the novel series and its manga adaptation, and it describes the story:

Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite. Makoto’s stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates’…he’s even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he’s given only ten years to live!

Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto’s dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah’s blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she’s been trapped. By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end!

The anime will star:

Riki Fukushima (Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls, Skate-Leading Stars, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. season 2) is directing the anime at HORNETS. Tōko Machida (Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls, My Master Has No Tail) is writing and supervising the series’ scripts. Noriko Itō (Undead Murder Farce) is designing the characters, while Minoru Tanaka is the sub-character designer. Itō and Tanaka are also the chief animation directors along with Yoshihiro Nagamori, who is also the monster designer. Chiharu Nishimura is the prop designer. Nobuaki Kikuchi is the CG director. Chiho Nakamura and Masao Ōba are the color designers. Yasutoshi Kawai is the art director. Ayumu Kaikiri (Studio Twinkle) is the compositing director of photography. Takahiro Adachi (IMAGICA EMS) is in charge of editing. Hiroto Morishita is the sound director, while Dax Production is credited for sound production. AstroNoteS is composing the music.

Suupeas will perform the ending theme song “Fall in Dream.”

The anime will preniere on October 11 on the BS Asahi channel, and will stream simultaneously on the d Anime Store, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai streaming services at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT). The anime will also run on the Tokyo MX and AT-X channels.

Osaki began the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō service in May 2018. Overlap Bunko began publishing the novel series in March 2019. The novels ended in its 14th volume, which shipped on September 20. Hakuto Shiroi launched the manga adaptation on the Comic Gardo service in April 2020. Overlap will publish the manga’s 11th compiled book volume on October 8. J-Novel Club published the novel’s 12th volume in English in October 2024.

Source: Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers anime’s X/Twitter account via Ota-Suke


Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.

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Lego Unveils Dragon Ball’s Shenron Set – Interest

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Complete with 7 Dragon Balls & Son Goku riding his Kintoun cloud



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Days after Lego Japan teased a Dragon Ball set, the toy brick company officially pulled the wraps off a new set inspired by the legendary anime and manga series. The new Lego Icons Dragon Ball Shenron & Goku set includes the seven Dragon Balls and series protagonist Son Goku riding his Kintoun cloud. Lego Japan even used the iconic Shenron quote, “State your wish. I shall only grant one.”

The set will ship on November 4 for US$179.99. Lego Insider members will have early access to the set on November 1.

The set will include 1,764 pieces and a Kid Goku minifigure, which the builder can reposition on the set to “create various storytelling moments, honouring the bond between Goku and Shenron while giving fans the freedom to shape their own story through the model’s display options.”

Lego Japan teased the Lego Icons Dragon Ball Shenron & Goku set on September 22.

Lego is no stranger to anime, manga, and similar stories. In January 2025, Lego announced sets based on the live-action One Piece series, and unveiled a KPop Demon Hunters Lego set last February. Lego and Netflix further announced a two-part Lego One Piece animated special in April 2026. The special released on Tuesday.

The late Akira Toriyama‘s Dragon Ball manga ran in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump imprint from 1984 to 1995, and is still inspiring manga and anime sequels and spinoffs today. The Dragon Ball Super: Beerus television anime series will begin airing on the Fuji TV channel and its affiliates on October 11 at 11:15 p.m. (10:15 a.m. EDT).

Sources: Press release, Lego Japan’s X/Twitter account, Lego’s website


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