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Netflix to Stream 20 NHK Drama Titles Including Descending Stories: A Life in Rakugo, Tokyo Salad Bowl, More – News

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First 6 titles including Strategist KANBE, Mampuku, The Science Club, My Family stream on platform on June 22

Netflix announced on Wednesday that it will stream worldwide a total of 20 drama titles from Japanese broadcast network NHK including Taiga dramas, titles from NHK‘s Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu (Serialized TV Novel, also known as “Asadora” or Morning Drama), and Drama 10 series.

The first wave of titles will launch on June 22 and will include Drama 10’s Descending Stories: A Life in Rakugo — the live-action series adaptation of Haruko Kumota‘s Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū manga — and the live-action series adaptation of Kuromaru‘s Tokyo Salad Bowl: Kokusai Sōsa Jikenbo (Tokyo Salad Bowl: International Investigation Files) manga.

Other titles included in the first wave include the Taiga drama Strategist KANBE, Mampuku Morning Drama, Drama 10’s The Science Club, and the premium drama My Family. Additional titles will launch in early 2027.

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The Descending Stories: A Life in Rakugo live-action series premiered on NHK in 2018. Masaki Okada starred in the series as protagonist Yakumo.

The manga’s television anime adaptation premiered in January 2016, and the second season premiered in January 2017. Crunchyroll streamed both series as they aired in Japan. The manga also inspired an earlier two-episode original video anime project.

The manga also inspired a musical stage play adaptation that ran from February to March 2025.

Kumota began the manga in Kodansha‘s ITAN magazine in 2010 and ended the series in June 2016. The 10th and final volume shipped in September 2016. The series received the “Best General Manga” prize at the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards, was honored with the Excellence Award at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, was nominated for the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and won the New Creator Prize for the 21st Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The manga was also listed in the top 10 manga for female readers by Takarajimasha‘s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2017 guidebook.

The Tokyo Salad Bowl live-action series aired on NHK in January 2025. The story centers on the unlikely duo of the green-haired police officer Mari Kōda and police interpreter Ryō Arikino, who take on international crimes unfolding in Tokyo involving foreigners and criminal organizations. The series starred Nao as Mari Kōda, and Ryūhei Matsuda as Ryō Arikino.

The manga launched on Kodansha‘s Palcy app in 2021. The manga ended with its fifth compiled book volume that shipped in 2024.

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Happy International Cat Day 2026 From Around the Anime World, Part I – Interest

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August 8 marks International Cat Day around the world. The International Fund for Animal Welfare created the day in 2002 to raise awareness for cats. Today, the unofficial holiday is run by International Cat Care, which strives to improve the health and welfare of domestic cats. The anime and manga worlds are doing their part to celebrate the holiday with greetings and more:

ANGYAMAN (Red Cat Ramen)

International Cat Day

Kamen Rider

International Cat Day

Medalist


🐈⛸️✨
International Cat Day


Yūsuke Nakamura

I am International Cat Day.

I’m also International Cat Day

Manabu Nii


International Cat Day 🐾
Takina: “Thanks for… the ears?”


Nontan

Have you read it?

Masami Ōbari


International Cat Day
A distinctive shot from my opening animation sequences
A kitty that embodies “that dazzling thing from the upper left”🐱✨


Ocha-ken

Let’s pretend to be cats and relax~🐈

Oyoneko Boonyan


Today is International Cat Day
We’d love to do something for cats through Oyoyo😺


Red Cat Ramen


＼＼　 \ 　/ 　／／
　Today, August 8 is
🐈International Cat Day🐈‍⬛　
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May all the cats around the world be happy✨
Please share your favorite photo 📸🐾 too!!
“Red Cat Ramen Season 2”
Premieres in January 2027🍜


Rui (Usagi no Tsumori no Katatsumuri)

International Cat Day

Umi Sakurai (A Man and His Cat)


Toady, August 8, is International Cat Day meow🐱🐱🐱❗️❗️
I’ll make everyone in the world happy with my fluffiness, meow✨


Sega

SEGA & cat

Shikaruneko


Today is International Cat Day!
Today is “World Cat Day”!
May all the cats around the world live in happiness!!
To all you cat owners out there, show off your beloved cats in the comments section!🐾
Comic: Panel 1: Apparently today is International Cat Day
Panel 2: So, please spend the day playing with cats❤️
Panel 3: Hey! Not all day long! People have busy lives, after all…
Panel 4: Look, look❤️


SNK

Today is International Cat Day 🐈

Did we miss any International Cat Day 2026 greetings? Feel free to let us know in our forums or by email!

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Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. Season 2 Casts Yusuke Shirai – News

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The official website of Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., the television anime based on Sekka Iwata and Yū Aoki‘s Magilumiere Co. Ltd. (Kabushikigaisha Magilumière) manga, announced on Sunday a new cast member for the second season.

Yusuke Shirai plays Shō Manao, a mysterious, but gentle man without a past or history.

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Viz Media and MANGA Plus release the manga in English, and Viz Media describes the magical girl workplace story:

Kana Sakuragi is an excellent candidate for the job. Any job! She’s motivated and organized, and has a fantastic memory. So why has she interviewed at over 15 companies without receiving a single offer? She’s trying to keep a positive attitude, but it seems like her bad luck is only getting worse when a monster crashes her latest interview. As havoc ensues, she finds herself helping the magical girl who comes to their rescue and ends up with more than just her life in return. Meet the newest magical girl at Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.!

The previously announced cast members for the new season are:

Riki Fukushima (Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle, Skate-Leading Stars) is the new director of the anime at J.C.STAFF. Michiko Yokote (Prison School, RIN-NE) is the new script supervisor, Masahiro Fujii is returning as the character designer, and Makoto Miyazaki is returning to compose the music.

New staff members for the new season include assistant director Hiroyasu Oda (Delico’s Nursery, Honey Lemon Soda episode director), sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami (Ajin, Ghost in the Shell Arise), art director Shun Yoshii (background art for 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, One-Punch Man season 3), CG director Shunsuke Kasuga (Honey Lemon Soda 3D director), and editor Yūji Kondō (Fate/strange Fake, Sword Art Online: Alicization). First season’s episode color coordinator Asuka Hino is now the new season’s color key artist, and Yūsuke Noguchi, who worked on compositing and cinematography (also known as “photography”) on episodes of the first season, has been promoted to the new season’s compositing director of photography.

VTuber Marine Houshou performs the new ending theme song “BooooM!!!”

syudou×Yūsei Yagi (FANTASTICS) perform the opening theme song “Latte Magic.” 

The new season premiered on NTV on July 4 at 24:55 JST (effectively July 5 at 12:55 a.m.).

The first season of the anime aired in Japan from October to December 2024. Amazon Prime Video streamed the anime globally.

Writer Iwata and artist Aoki launched the manga on Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump+ service in October 2021, and ended the manga in its 160th chapter in July 2025. The 18th and final volume shipped on September 4.

Sources: Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. anime’s website, Comic Natalie

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Voice Actor Rika Kinugawa Announces Marriage – Interest

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Rika Kinugawa, the voice actress behind Zombie Land Saga‘s Yūgiri and other roles, announced on Saturday that she had gotten married. Kinugawa stated she married a non-celebrity and thanked her fans and supporters. “My husband is a non-celebrity who wholeheartedly supports my free-spiritedness with both firmness and great kindness.”

As of press time, Kinugawa’s announcement has received 21,000 likes and over 640 replies, most of which are congratulations from her fans and colleagues. Fellow Zombie Land Saga cast member Minami Tanaka (Lily Hoshikawa) replied to the announcement saying, “Kinu-chan!!! Seriously, congratulations…!! Every single word in your letter made me cry…! I hope you’ll be happy together for a long, long time!!!”

Kinugawa has appeared in Ascendance of a Bookworm as Corinna, The Great Cleric as Lummina, Orange as Takako Chino, and Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin as Kokorowa Hime, among others. Her agency lists her full résumé.

Sources: Rika Kinugawa‘s X/Twitter account, Minami Tanaka‘s X/Twitter account, Tokyo Actor’s Consumer’s Cooperative Society via Comic Natalie

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