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‘Tank Chair’ Announces Main Cast

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The official website for the television anime adaptation of Manabu Yashiro‘s Tank Chair manga revealed the main cast and a character promotional video on Wednesday. The anime series will premiere in Fall 2026.

Cast

Nagi Taira: Kouki Uchiyama (Devilman: Crybaby)

Shizuka Taira: Minori Fujidera (Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku)

Naozumi Kurosaka: Gakuto Kajiwara (Enen no Shouboutai)

Touko Kurosaka: Saori Hayami (Spy x Family)

Tadahiro Yoshihira (Kuutei Dragons) and Hiroaki Andou (Ajin) are directing and penning the script at Polygon Pictures. Yoshihira is handling the series composition, and Yuuki Moriyama (Sidonia no Kishi) is designing the characters. Masaru Yokoyama (Mashle) is composing the music.

Yashiro originally began drawing the action super power manga on the Magazine pocket platform in November 2022 before switching it to Monthly Shounen Sirius in November 2024. Kodansha published the tenth volume on March 26.

Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English and released the eighth volume on May 12. The ninth volume is scheduled to go on sale on August 11.

Character PV

Source: Comic Natalie

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Happy Dragon Quest 40th Anniversary From Around the Anime World – Interest

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May 27 marks the 40th anniversary of popular role-playing video game series Dragon Quest. Created by Yūji Horii with art from legendary manga creator Akira Toriyama, the franchise has seen 11 mainline games (with the 12th on the way), several spin-off games, numerous manga series, and anime series, among other projects. The franchise is beloved across Japan and influenced several people to join the video game industry or other careers within anime and manga. Fans and creators throughout Japanese entertainment have come together to pay their respects to Dragon Quest on its anniversary day.


Dragon Quest


40 years ago today was the release date of Dragon Quest🎉
It’s also officially recognized as “Dragon Quest Day”👀
In this first installment of the series, a hero descended from Loto sets out on a quest to defeat the Dragonlord and save the world⚔️
With its intuitive command-based system, it helped popularize the RPG genre in Japan 🎮



Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai


Today, May 27, marks the release date of the original Dragon Quest!
And this year marks its 40th anniversary; congratulations!!
Please check out The Adventure of Dai, which is based on the Dragon Quest universe, and the prequel Dragon Quest Dai no Daibōken: Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō, which takes place 15 years prior!



Final Fantasy

Happy 40th anniversary, kupo!🎉


Jin Fujisawa (former Dragon Quest series director)


I was involved in the development of Dragon Quest for 17 of its 40 years.
My respect for Horii-san, who has devoted so much time to developing a single series, continues to grow.
Happy 40th anniversary, Dragon Quest!



Mary Hatsumi

Happy 40th anniversary, Dragon Quest!✨ I wouldn’t be who I am today without Dragon Quest!!!!


Yūji Horii (Dragon Quest creator)

Today marks the 40th birthday of Dragon Quest, and I want to thank everyone so much for all the birthday wishes. Life is truly just like a role-playing game. Sometimes you’ll hit a wall, and other times you might find yourself stepping into a poisonous swamp. But if you keep gaining experience bit by bit and never give up, the path will surely open up before you. Let’s keep on adventuring together!


Masanori Ichikawa (SaGa series producer)

I joined Enix because of my admiration for Dragon Quest. Congratulations!


Yūki Kaji


㊗️Happy 40th Anniversary, Dragon Quest㊗️
I’ve enjoyed it for as long as I’ve been alive!
I’ll keep playing it always and forever!!
I took the DQ Quiz and I’m…
“The Eager Explorer Type”🧭
https://dragonquest.jp/DQ_titleshindan/result8.html
I’m thrilled to have voiced 8’s protagonists☺️



Hikaru Midorikawa

I’ve enjoyed the series in real time for the past 40 years♪ That’s why I’m so happy to have voiced Erdrick (Loto) and Terry in the CD drama and Clift in the game and so many other characters☺️ Congratulations on your 40th anniversary♪


Shōko Nakagawa


Today is Dragon Quest Day!!
Happy 40th Anniversary, Dragon Quest!!
I drew a picture.
Life is a role-playing game.



PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo


🎊㊗️Congratulations on your 40th Anniversary‼️🎊
Today marks the birth of the beloved RPG Dragon Quest🎉
Forty years ago was the same late Showa era that serves as the setting of PARANORMASIGHT❗
Sato-chan seems to have outgrown TV shows lately and is now obsessed with video games🎮
Illustration: The video game Dragon Quest that came out on May 27 is really fun! You ned to play it!



PlayStation


Bararara ba ba ba🎵
The Dragon Quest series has reached Level 40!
Astro and Toro from PlayStation® are here to celebrate with a Slime cake🎉
Happy birthday, Slime!🎂



Mitsuki Saiga


Happy Dragon Quest Day!㊗️
This amazing game has taken me on so many adventures and never loses its magic🎮
Happy 40th Anniversary!🎊
(Getting to walk alongside 11’s and Fostail was such a dazzling memory in my life that I sometimes wonder if it was all just a dream… ☺️)



Yōsuke Saitō (Square Enix Executive Producer)

Congratulations❕ & Thank you❣❣❣🎉🎂🎉


Ami Shibata (Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun)


Happy 40th Anniversary, Dragon Quest!
It’s the greatest game that’s had the deepest impact on my life. Ami Shibata



Kazutoshi Soyama (Dangerous Jii-san Ja)


Happy 40th Anniversary, Dragon Quest!
It’s a game I’ve always loved.
A comic about my memories of Dragon Quest III (Part 1/3)



Taito


“>┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
 
 Happy 40th Anniversary
  Dragon Quest Series👾🎉

┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛



Takashi Tokita (Square Enix producer)


Happy 40th Anniversary, Dragon Quest!
Dragon Quest II made me an RPG fan by showing me the possibilities of the genre. Dragon Quest IV was the Dragon Quest that inspired me to pursue a career as a game designer through its unique narrative structure and presentation, which are hallmarks of the RPG genre. It was truly an honor to contribute to the HD-2D remake. Please continue to push the boundaries of what RPGs can be!



Kazuhiko Torishima (Dragon Ball editor, former Weekly Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief)


The day you and I became heroes.
Heroes’ Day.



Daiki Yamashita


Here’s a image from 14 years ago…
I wonder if all these Poppets are still doing well?
What does everyone name their main character in Dragon Quest? I use my real name because I want to play as myself!!



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Live-Action Junji Ito Omnibus Series Announces Cast – News

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TV Tokyo announced on Thursday the cast for Strange -Itō Junji no Yoru mo Nemurenu Kimyō na Hanashi- (Strange –Junji Ito‘s Strange Stories for Sleepless Nights), the live-action omnibus series based on 13 manga stories by Junji Ito.

Cast image for Strange -Ito Junji no Yoru mo Nemurenu Kimyō na Hanashi-
Image via TV Tokyo

The cast includes (top row, left to right):

  • Episode 1 “The Mansion of Phantom Pain” – Nijirō Murakami as Koseki
  • Episode 2, 8, 10 “Lovesickness” (three parts) – Kanata Hosoda as Ryusuke Fukuda
  • Episode 3 “The Bully”  – Yōko Maki as Kuriko
  • Episode 4 “Earthbound” – Wan Marui as Yui Asano
  • Episode 5 “A Father’s Love” – Manato Sakamoto as Tsukasa Orihara

(second row, left to right):

  • Episode 5 “A Father’s Love” – Yoshizumi Ishihara as Endō
  • Episode 6 “Tomio: Red Turtleneck” – Rairu Sugita as Tomio
  • Episode 6 “Memory” – Riho Nakamura as Rie
  • Episode 7 “In Old Records” – Hina Higuchi as Nakayama
  • Episode 7 “Face Thief” – Nanami Yamazaki as Yumi Machida

(third row, left to right):

  • Episode 9 “The Rib Woman” – Nagisa Saitō as Yuri
  • Episode 11 “Further Tales of Oshikiri” (also based on “Penpal”) – Jun Saitō as Tōru Oshikiri
  • Episode 12 “Lingering Farewell” – Yuri Tsunematsu as Akiko
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Image via TV Tokyo

The series will premiere in the TV Tokyo channel’s “Drama 24” programming block on July 3 at 24:12 (effectively, July 4 at 12:12 a.m.), and on BS TV Tokyo on July 12. 

The series’ title is an apparent reference to the original name of Asahi Shimbun‘s Nemuki+ magazine (Nemurenu Yoru no Kimyō Na Hanashi), where many of Ito’s works appeared.

The adapted stories include “Lovesickness,” “The Mansion of Phantom Pain,” “The Rib Woman,” “The Bully,” “Face Thief,” “A Father’s Love,” “Memory,” “In Old Records,” “Penpal,” “Further Tales of Oshikiri,” “Earthbound,” and “Tomio: Red Turtleneck.” All of these stories have been translated into English in various releases except for “In Old Records,” which is featured in the Junji Ito “Collection” anime.

Atsuhiro Yamada, Yūta Shimotsu, and Ryōta Kondō are directing the series, with scripts overseen by Daisuke Hosaka (Sadako 3D 2, BELA: Humanoid Monster). Tatsurō Inamoto (Trigun Stampede, Pluto, Supernatural: The Anime Series) is also a scriptwriter on the project.

South Korean group IVE is performing the series’ opening theme song “Jigsaw.”

Pan-Asian film and entertainment studio Through the Lens Entertainment and horror brand Fangoria Studios are collaborating to produce films based on Ito’s “The Mystery of the Haunted House” Parts 1 and 2, and “Bloodsucking Darkness.”

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, a new anime based on 20 different Ito stories, debuted worldwide on Netflix in January 2024. Ito’s Uzumaki manga also inspired a four-episode anime mini-series that premiered on Toonami in September 2024.

Junji Ito “Collection”, a previous television anime of manga by Ito, also adapted stories from the Itō Junji Kessaku-shū collection, as well as the Fragments of Horror book. The anime premiered in January 2018 and had 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series with English subtitles as it aired in Japan, and Funimation streamed an English dub. The anime included an adaptation of Ito’s Tomie story on its second and third DVD sets.

Sources: Strange’s official websiteComic Natalie

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BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai Anime Debuts Part 2 on Netflix on June 18 – News

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The staff for BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai, the anime of Keisuke Itagaki‘s first Baki-Dou manga, announced on Wednesday that its second part or cours (quarter of a year) will premiere exclusively worldwide on Netflix on June 18. All 12 episodes will be available at once.

Key visual for cours 2 of BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai
Image courtesy of Netflix

Netflix describes the second part:

Deep beneath the Tokyo Skytree lies a secret laboratory owned by Mitsunari Tokugawa, the world’s greatest combat enthusiast. There, a forbidden experiment is about to take place…

Using cutting-edge scientific technology, the experiment seeks to clone and resurrect the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto from his remains, bringing him back into the modern world.

Known as the ultimate warrior—the sword saint, the peerless master whose name embodies every title of strength and praise imaginable—Musashi’s return sends shockwaves through modern-day Japan, and soon, the entire world, plunging it into a state of crisis.

Baki, Yujiro, and the underground arena’s fiercest fighters—warriors who live solely for battle—are all drawn into this time-transcending showdown.

The ultimate battle to determine the strongest in history now begins…!!

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Image via Baki’s X/Twitter account

Naoya Uchida stars in the anime as Miyamoto Musashi.

The anime premiered worldwide on Netflix on February 26. The anime’s first 13 episodes were made available all at once.

Itagaki’s original Baki The Grappler martial arts manga ran for 42 volumes in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from 1991 to 1999. Kodama Tales began publishing the manga worldwide in English in October.

The Baki sequel manga ran for 31 volumes from 1999 to 2005. Media Do releases the manga in English. After Baki, Itagaki published the 37-volume Hanma Baki manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2005 to 2012. The first Baki-Dou manga, the overall fourth manga in the franchise, launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in March 2014 and ended in April 2018 with 22 volumes.

A new Baki-Dou manga launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in October 2018, and it ended in June 2023. (The new Baki-Dou manga uses different characters for “Baki” in the title from the previous Baki-Dou manga, although it retains the name “Baki-Dou.”) The latest manga in the franchise, Baki Rahen, launched in Weekly Shōnen Champion in August 2023.

The new anime of Itagaki’s Baki (New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero) manga debuted its first season on Netflix in June 2018 inside Japan, and it ran for 26 episodes ending in December 2018. Netflix posted the first 13 episodes outside of Japan in December 2018, followed by the second half of the first season in March 2019.

The Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen anime then debuted worldwide on Netflix with all episodes at once in June 2020.

Baki Hanma is the third Baki series on Netflix, and a sequel to the Baki: Dai Raitaisai-hen series. The anime debuted worldwide on Netflix in September 2021 with all 12 episodes.

The second season of Baki Hanma debuted worldwide on Netflix in July 2023, with the “Tale of Pickle & The Pickle War Saga” story. The anime’s “The Father VS Son Saga” story debuted in August 2023.

Source: Press release

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