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Netflix Adds Banana Fish Anime on August 12 – News

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A20197-1641338371.1527388844 — Image via Banana Fish anime’s website

Netflix announced on its website on Monday that it will add the television anime of Akimi Yoshida‘s Banana Fish manga in select regions on August 12.

The anime was previously available with subtitles on Amazon Prime Video, but left the service recently.

Amazon Prime Video‘s streams of the anime previously listed “AI beta” dubs for its English and Latin American Spanish dubs in late November. ANN reached out to Aniplex regarding the dubs on November 28 but did not receive a statement. Prime Video removed the dubs in December.

The anime premiered on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina block in July 2018. The anime adapted the entire manga, but took place modern day New York, instead of in the 1980s when the original manga took place. Amazon Prime Video streamed the series as it aired with English subtitles.

Viz published the manga in English, and it describes the story:

Vice City: New York in the 80s… Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzine, the East Coast’s Corsican crime lord, Ash is now at the rebellious age of seventeen – forsaking the kingdom of power and riches held out by the devil who raised him, preferring a code he can live with among a small but loyal gang of street thugs. But his “Papa” can’t simply let him go – not when the hideous secret that drove Ash’s older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into his insatiably ambitious hands.

It’s exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to arrive in NYC and make Ash Lynx’s acquaintance… and fall with him into the bloody whirlpool of pride, greed, lust and wrath unleashed by the enigma code-named Banana Fish…

Hiroko Utsumi (Free!) directed the anime at MAPPA, and Hiroshi Seko (Ajin, Mob Psycho 100, Inuyashiki Last Hero) was in charge of the series scripts. Akemi Hayashi (Fruits Basket, Peacemaker, Doukyusei -Classmates-) designed the characters. Shinichi Osawa (Ninja Slayer From Animation) composed the music. Akitsugu Hisagi (key animator for Kids on the Slope, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG) was the show’s “hard-boiled supervisor.”

Source: Netflix

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Code Geass, Gundam Wing Crossover Manga Launches – News

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July 12, 2026

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Tomofumi Ogasawara launched the previously announced official crossover manga between Code Geass and Gundam Wing, titled Shin Kidō Senki Gundam W x Code Geass – Hangyaku no Lelouch – Minuet Zero (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing x Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Minuet Zero), on Kadokawa‘s KadoComi platform on Friday. Kōjirō Taniguchi from Sunrise is credited with the scenario.

Illustration for Shin Kidō Senki Gundam W x Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch: Minuet Zero manga — Image via Comic Newtype’s X/Twitter

Ogasawara previously drew the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection manga.

Bandai Namco Filmworks board director and producer Naohiro Ogata announced during the “Gundam Conference Spring 2026″ livestream event in May the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing franchise is getting a “new visual project.”

The franchise celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, and screened a promotional video at San Diego Comic-Con International. The Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz anime also returned to theaters in the United States in 4K resolution, and screenings started last fall.

The “Code Geass Project ‘To 20th’ Event” in December revealed several projects for the Code Geass franchise’s 20th anniversary, including an all-new anime titled Code Geass Hoshi Oi no Aspal, the manga collaboration with Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and the television broadcast of Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture in July 2026. The franchise’s 13 films also held revival screenings in Japan every first and third Tuesdays and Thursdays of the month, from January 6 until June 25.

Sources: KadoComi, Comic Newtype‘s X/Twitter account

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Nontan Picture Books Get New 3D CG Anime – News

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July 12, 2026

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Children’s books sold over 35 million copies worldwide

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the late Sachiko Kiyono‘s Nontan children’s books announced on Saturday the series will receive a new 3D CG-animated work to celebrate the 50th anniversary for the franchise.

Key visual for Nontan anime — Image via Anime Hack

The franchise will also hold an interactive exhibit at the PLAY! MUSEUM in Tokyo as part of the anniversary celebrations from July 18-September 27.

The Nontan picture books follow the adventures of a mischievous white cat named Nontan as he explores the world around him.

The series debuted in 1976 with the Nontan Buranko Nosete (Nonten, Let Me Play on the Swing) children’s book and has since expanded into animated series, CDs, video games, a musical, and other media. The books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.

Studio Pierrot adapted the books into a “musical-styled” animated series in 1992 titled Non-tan to Issho (Together with Nontan).

The series inspired the Non-tan to Issho: Obenkyо̄ Series (Together with Nontan: Study Series) OVA series in the late 1990’s, and a 3D CG-animated series titled Genki Genki Non-tan debuted in 2002. The books have periodically received special episodes and new animations throughout the years.

Kiyono died from a brain tumor in 2008 at the age of 60.

Sources: Nontan’s X/Twitter account, Anime Hack, Comic Natalie

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Manga ‘Ao no Hako’ Concludes Serialization

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July 12, 2026

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Kouji Miura‘s Ao no Hako (Blue Box) manga has concluded in the 33rd issue of Weekly Shounen Jump on Monday, after a 5-year serialization.

Miura originally drew the sports romance manga as a one-shot in Weekly Shounen Jump magazine in August 2020. The manga began serializing in the same magazine the following April. Shueisha published the 26th volume on July 3. The 27th volume is scheduled for release on October 2, and the 28th and final volume will go on sale on December 4.

Produced by Telecom Animation Film, the first season aired in Fall 2024. Netflix simulcasted the anime worldwide with subtitles and dubs in multiple languages. The second season is produced by Electric Circus and is scheduled to premiere on TBS on October 4.

Viz Media licensed the manga in English in April 2021. The 20th volume went on sale on May 5, with the 21st volume scheduled for an August 4 release. Shueisha is also publishing the manga in English on its Manga Plus website and app.

Synopsis

Taiki Inomata, a third-year student in junior high, attends Eimei Academy, an integrated school with a major sports program. Having joined the high school badminton team, Taiki tries to attend open practice as early as possible. But no matter how early he goes, he always arrives second in the gymnasium. The person one step ahead of him is Chinatsu Kano, a first-year student in senior high and Taiki’s crush.

Chinatsu is the rising star of the basketball team, and the gap between her and Taiki could not be greater. Although Taiki is a decent badminton player, his popularity is nowhere near Chinatsu’s, making it even less likely for his feelings to be reciprocated. However, in a strange twist of fate, she ends up living in Taiki’s house!

Wanting to become a worthy match for Chinatsu, Taiki pursues the same dream as his crush: to partake in the Nationals. Taiki starts training harder than ever before, all for the sake of building a strong relationship with his new housemate. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official manga site: https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/aonohako.html

Official X: @aonohako_PR

Source: Comic Natalie