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WEBTOON, Paramount Reveal 2 Star Trek Original Webcomic Series as Part of Partnership – News
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WEBTOON Entertainment is teaming up with Paramount Products & Experiences to expand the Star Trek universe through two brand-new original webcomic series, Stargazers and Recollection. Both are set to debut exclusively on WEBTOON‘s English-language platform.
Paramount had announced last September Star Trek would expand into digital comics in 2026 through a new collaboration with WEBTOON to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the franchise.
The first title, Stargazers, launched on Sunday. Recollection is scheduled for release later this summer. Both series introduce entirely new characters and storylines while remaining rooted in the established canon of the Star Trek franchise, drawing inspiration from series such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
Stargazers is positioned as a young adult romance set aboard Deep Space 9, blending themes of identity, friendship, and first love against the backdrop of a post-war galaxy. The story follows Leon, an optimistic recent graduate navigating early adulthood alongside his close-knit group of friends, including a brilliant Bajoran inventor and his loyal dog. As relationships evolve, particularly with his childhood friend Syrrik, the group becomes entangled in a station-wide conspiracy involving animal smuggling. Jarrett Melendez is writing the series with art by Kisai Entertainment.
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In contrast, Recollection leans into mystery and psychological tension. The story begins with a young woman awakening aboard a Federation starship with no memory of her identity, only to discover six others share the same fate. As fragmented memories resurface, the group uncovers a disturbing truth: many of them are among the Federation’s most wanted criminals, raising questions about identity, morality, and redemption. Sam Maggs is writing the series with art by Kisai Entertainment.
The collaboration reflects WEBTOON‘s broader strategy to bring globally recognized IP into its vertical-scroll format.
Source: WEBTOON‘s press release
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The staff for Eiga Meitantei Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to Futari no Himitsu (Star Detective Precure! The Movie: The Mysterious Garden and the Secret of 2 People) — the film for Star Detective Precure!, the 23rd main anime entry in the Precure franchise — announced the cast for the three film-original characters in a new video on Sunday.
©2026 映画名探偵プリキュア！製作委員会
The cast members who will voice the original characters are:
- Akari Kitō as Karin (center in image above), a 14-year-old girl who holds the key to the story
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Alan (left), a fairy who watches over Karin
- Kōki Uchiyama as Rain (right), a fairy who requests the Detective Precures’ help
©2026 映画名探偵プリキュア！製作委員会
The film’s story begins with the Detective Precures investigating the “X Mark Incident,” when a fairy named Rain appears and requests for the Detective Precures’ help. Rain leads the team to a lovely garden called “Karin’s Garden,” but it is being overrun by tiny creatures called “Dame Dame.” The team investigates the “Dame Dame” creatures and discovers the secret hidden in the garden.
Past Precure characters from You and Idol Precure♪ and Wonderful Precure! will also appear in the film.
Hanako Ueda (You and Idol Precure♪, Summer Time Rendering My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON episode director) is directing the film. Yoshimi Narita (Eiga HappinessCharge PreCure! Ningyō no Kuni no Ballerina, Eiga Precure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi, Eiga Tropical-Rouge! Precure: Yuki no Princess to Kiseki no Yubiwa! films) is writing the script, Erika Fukasawa (Eiga Kimi to Idol Precure♪ Omatase! Kimi ni Todokeru Kirakkilive!) and Misaki Umase (You and Idol Precure♪) are composing the music, and Emiko Miyamoto (Eiga Precure All Stars F, Precure Super Stars! original character designer) is designing the characters and is also the film’s chief animation director.
Additional staff members include art director Risa Fujii, color designer Satoshi Takezawa, compositing director of photography Takumi Arai, and production manager Hirotaka Naota.
Yūka Masui and Chihaya Yoshitake performs the film’s ending theme song “FIRST PRISM.” Ami Ishii performs the insert song “First Step.”
The film will open in Japan on September 18.
The Star Detective Precure! anime debuted on February 1 on ABC TV, TV Asahi, and their affiliate channels at 8:30 a.m. JST. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and CIS.
The anime centers on Anna Akechi, a second year middle school student who lives in Makoto Mirai Town. She travels back in time from 2027 to 1999 when her “companion fairy” named Pochitan appears on her birthday. In 1999 Makoto Mirai Town, Anna meets Mikuru Kobayashi, another second year middle school student who dreams of becoming a great detective. The two girls witness the troubles caused by the Phantom Thieves who steal people’s precious belongings, and they transform into great Precure detectives and use their deductive reasoning skills to protect the people’s smiles.
The anime stars:
Ami Ishii performs the series’ opening theme song “Heart ni Hint! Meitantei Precure!” (Hint In My Heart! Star Detective Precure!). Akane Kumada and Yūka Masui perform the ending theme song “Naze? Nazo?! ANSWER” (Why? Mystery?! ANSWER).
Sources: Star Detective Precure! film’s website, Comic Natalie
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Publishing company Kakao Piccoma announced a television anime adaptation of Gyeoeul Gwon’s Villains Are Destined to Die webtoon on Sunday, revealing a visual commemorating the conclusion of the main story (pictured above).
Gwon penned the original web novel on the KakaoPage website from March 2019 to August 2020. D&C Media published the series in four volumes, as well as the side story the following month.
SUOL originally began drawing the webtoon on the Kakao Webtoon platform in May 2020 and ended the main story with 214 chapters on Sunday. D&C Media published the ninth volume on January 29.
Tapas released the web novel in English between September to December in 2023. Yen Press licensed the novel in English for physical release under its Ize Press imprint in October 2024 and released the third volume on May 12. The fourth volume is planned for a September 15 release.
Tapas began publishing the webtoon chapters digitally in English in October 2020. Yen Press licensed the webtoon under its Ize Press label in July 2022 and published the eighth volume in November 2025. The ninth volume is scheduled to go on sale on August 18.
Synopsis
The latest otome game is all the rage recently, so a regular university student decides to see for herself if its fame is well-deserved. She clears the normal mode in no time and finds herself pitying the villainess, Penelope Eckhart. Penelope is a fake―a replacement for the duke’s missing daughter, the protagonist of the game.
Initially confident about clearing the hard mode as well, the woman is shocked by the sheer leap in the level of difficulty, eventually passing out from exhaustion. However, when she wakes up, she no longer recognizes her surroundings, for she has been reincarnated into the body of the villainess!
In a world where everyone seems to be out for her blood, Penelope must make wise decisions that keep her away from the death route. A tyrant prince, a suspicious magician, a nobleman from a fallen nation, or one of her nasty adoptive brothers―whose affections will she win? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Webtoon special site: https://page.kakao.com/content/54845189/
Source: PR Times
News submitted by NokkiMal
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If Cat Day in Japan on February 22 wasn’t enough, Japan gets a second dedicated day to celebrate cats with International Cat Day on August 8. While Cat Day in Japan is primarily a wordplay on the number two (ni) in Japanese sounding like a cat’s meow (nyan), International Cat Day raises awareness on the health and welfare of domestic cats — and the anime and manga worlds are celebrating with their very own cats:
Akira Failing in Love
#世界猫の日 pic.twitter.com/FwnLGBewDC
— 『百瀬アキラの初恋破綻中。』公式 (@momose_hatanchu) August 8, 2026
International Cat Day
Manga panel: Carried away by cats
Black Torch
Happy #InternationalCatDay, hug your closest cat today 🖤🐈⬛ pic.twitter.com/STDPWkHUTl
— BLACK TORCH (@BlackTorch_EN) August 8, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077
Their purrs can cure any bad mood. 🐈
Happy #InternationalCatDay to all the amazing feline companions! 🐱
Show us your favorite cat photo in the comments! 📸 pic.twitter.com/rozKlvLDTB— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) August 8, 2026
HIDIVE
Happy #InternationalCatDay 😺
Anime: Too Cute Crisis pic.twitter.com/Yiis3SLo6s
— HIDIVE (@HIDIVEofficial) August 8, 2026
Inherit the Winds
きょうは #世界猫の日 🐈⬛
せかいはねこのものにゃ🌎
▼オリジナルTVアニメーション『風を継ぐもの』PV第1弾https://t.co/cCyh6nEqiN#かぜつぐ #風を継ぐもの pic.twitter.com/3Qg7NtOzv7
— オリジナルTVアニメーション『風を継ぐもの』公式 (@kaze_tsugu) August 8, 2026
Today is International Cat Day🐈⬛
The world belongs to cats🌎
Atsushi Kamijou (To-Y)
８月８日は #世界猫の日 🐈 pic.twitter.com/rtBLUAbZI8
— 上條淳士 (@atsushi19630312) August 8, 2026
August 8 is International Cat Day🐈
８月８日は #世界猫の日 猫清 pic.twitter.com/svwv3G7nXQ
— 上條淳士 (@atsushi19630312) August 8, 2026
August 8 is International Cat Day🐈 blue cat
８月８日は #世界猫の日 ニヤとにあ pic.twitter.com/e16DkFWXNk
— 上條淳士 (@atsushi19630312) August 8, 2026
August 8 is International Cat Day🐈 Niya and Nia
８月８日は #世界猫の日 🐈 pic.twitter.com/eyM4mggYta
— 上條淳士 (@atsushi19630312) August 8, 2026
August 8 is International Cat Day🐈
Yori Katakura (Yakuza vs. Cat)
全ての猫さんが幸せでありますように🐾
#世界猫の日 pic.twitter.com/aVP3qeZsWF
— 片倉 頼📦オヤジとにゃん吉👨🦳🐾🐱１/ ９5⃣巻発売!!🐾 (@kata_yoli) August 8, 2026
May all the cats be happy🐾
Mitsuru Kido (Too Cute Crisis)
今日、8月８日は#世界猫の日
世界中の猫さんと飼い主さんが、幸せでありますように。 pic.twitter.com/a2KtLKtLeI
— 城戸みつる (@kidomitsuru) August 7, 2026
Today, August 8 is International Cat Day
May all the cats and their owners around the world be happy.
Kodansha
Have you read JUNJI ITO’S CAT DIARY: YON & MU? Since today is #InternationalCatDay, let these two hauntingly adorable cats brighten your day with a heartwarming touch!#JunjiIto @junjiitofficial pic.twitter.com/NU1icz5jfi
— KODANSHA (@KODANSHA_EN) August 8, 2026
Kojima Production
August 8 is International Cat Day 🐈
Meet the beloved cats of the KJP team 📸#InternationalCatDay #KojimaProductions #CatDay pic.twitter.com/BtTIJVFRvh
— KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) August 8, 2026
Licca-chan
今日は #世界猫の日 ☆
パパのお誕生日パーティーに、
ねこちゃんたちも大集合♪みんなでケーキを囲んで、
とってもにぎやかだニャン♡ pic.twitter.com/ZH2Qx7lfqZ— リカちゃん 公式 *♬ (@bonjour_licca) August 8, 2026
Today is International Cat Day☆
The kitties all gathered for Dad’s birthday party♪
Everyone’s gathered around the cakes, and it’s so lively, meow♡
Pragmata
#プラグマタ の猫はこちらです🐱✨#世界猫の日 pic.twitter.com/CHm0RuFB6F
— 「プラグマタ」公式 (@PRAGMATA_JP) August 8, 2026
Here are the cats from Pragmata🐱✨
Daisuke Sakuma
おてんばシャチちゃん←
やんちゃなツナくん→ pic.twitter.com/wSn4OD0u3V— 佐久間大介 (@SAK_SAK_SAKUMA) August 8, 2026
International Cat Day
Tomboish Shachi-chan←
Mischievous Tuna-kun→
Miki Tori (Anywhere But Here)
#世界猫の日 pic.twitter.com/8jkvK26t76
— TORI MIKI／とり・みき (@videobird) August 8, 2026
International Cat Day
Yajima (Neko oji: Salaryman reincarnated as a kitten!)
#世界猫の日 pic.twitter.com/OVRTmGnwSw
— やじま@ねこおじ7･8巻発売中🐱 (@yajima_en) August 8, 2026
International Cat Day
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