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Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express Anime Gets New Short Anime – News

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July 13, 2026

The official website for Yōhei Kameyama‘s Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway) anime announced on July 3 a new short anime titled “Milky☆Byway Spring Special: Terror on Chelovin’s Day” (“Milky☆Byway Spring Special: Kyōfu no Chelovin Party”). More details about the short anime will be revealed at a later date.

Image via Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express anime’s website

Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki (Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express: Local Train to the Theater), the re-edited film for Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express (Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway) anime, opened in Japan on February 6. It sold 109,500 tickets and earned 151,305,440 yen (about US$988,200) in its first three days. Netflix started streaming the film on June 1.

The film is a re-edited version of the anime’s 12 episodes with additional new content.

A new version of the film with added scenes started screening in Japan on June 12. The film’s new version is titled Rinji Zōhatsu Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki (Extra Service Milky☆Subway Local Train to the Theater and screened in MX4D, 4DX, and 2D formats.

Momoka Terasawa and Anna Nagase returned for the film as Chiharu and Makina, respectively. The anime’s additional cast also reprised their roles in the film. Yōhei Kameyama once again directed, wrote, and produced the sequel, and he also handled the character designs, modeling, animation, editing, and other duties mostly himself. Bit Grooove Promotion is credited as the film’s sound company.

The anime premiered in July 2025 on the Tokyo MX channel and simultaneously streamed on YouTube. The anime’s dubbed versions in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, French, Hindi and Russian, also streamed on YouTube.

The anime’s English website describes the story:

Super human Chiharu and cyborg Makina got arrested for breaking space traffic laws. They’re stuck with a crew of misfits who got caught around the same time: Akane and Kanata, the super human pair; and Kurt and Max, the cyborg pals. Ryoko, the police officer, sentenced them to clean up the interplanetary train – the so-called “Milky☆Subway,” as their community service.

It should’ve been a simple job – until the train suddenly takes off into deep space! The crew scrambles in confusion as chaos unfolds onboard!

No purpose! No principle! No point!
A never-before-seen space-train spectacle, powered by nothing but pure momentum!

The anime’s theme song is “Ginkagei Made Tonde Ike!” (Fly to the Galaxy!), the 1977 song by the girl group Candies.

Kameyama released the original Milky☆Highway short in 2022 as his graduation project for Kadokawa‘s Vantan Game Academy CG Animator major. The English-subtitled version and the original version have 6.75 million views combined.

Mizuki Fumitsuki voiced Chiharu in the original short, while Kana Kobayashi voiced Makina.

Sources: Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express anime’s website, Anime Hack

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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The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Anime Gets English Dub – News

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July 13, 2026

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Crunchyroll announced on Monday an English dub for the television anime of Saekisan‘s The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Ma ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken) light novel series. All 12 episodes for the first season will launch with the English dub on Wednesday.

The cast includes:

Additional voices include Danielle Yoshiko Phillips, Hannah Magers, Corey Pettit, Nicholas Markgraf, Zach Zeidman, Kristian Eros, Jacob Eiseman, Jack Reeder, Christopher Caz, Dustin Parsons, Alex Hom, Ezra Vervin, Reshel Mae, Emily Neves. Krystal LaPorte, Hollis Beck, Rebecca Danae, Marisa Duran, Laura Faverty, Jack Broadbent, Kimmie Britt, Hannah Magers, Naya Moreno, Kiane Chula King, Kayla Parker, SuzAnne DeCarma, Rudy Lopez, Dustin Parsons, Madeleine Broseh, Drew Breedlove, Seth Jones

The English dub staff includes:

The company also added the following series to the Crunchyroll Manga library on the same day:

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten anime’s second season premiered on April 3 on the Tokyo MX channel at 10:30 p.m. JST (9:30 a.m. EDT), and then on BS NTV. The series streamed simultaneously on the ABEMA and d Anime Store streaming services in Japan.

The first season premiered on Tokyo MX in January 2023. The series also aired on BS NTV and AT-X. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired.

Yen Press is publishing the light novel series in English, and it describes the romantic comedy:

Amane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They’ve almost never spoken—until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To return the favor, she offers him help around the house, and a relationship slowly begins to blossom as the distance between them closes…

Saekisan began serializing the story on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (Let’s Become Novelists) website in December 2018. SB Creative‘s GA Bunko imprint began publishing the story in print volumes with illustrations by Hanekoto in June 2019. A manga adaptation by Suzu Yūki launched on the Manga UP! service in January 2022. Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga.

Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey) (link 2, Kyle Cardine)

Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. Yen Press, BookWalker Global, and J-Novel Club are subsidiaries of KWE.

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The Elusive Samurai Anime’s Season 2 Reveals Ending Theme Song Artist – News

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July 13, 2026

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Bocchiboromaru to perform “Romantic ga Hoshii nara” with 3 Hinatazaka46 members

The staff for the second television anime season based on Yūsei Matsui‘s The Elusive Samurai (Nigejōzu no Wakagimi) manga announced on Friday that Bocchiboromaru will perform the theme song “Romantic ga Hoshii nara” (If You Wish for Romance) with three guest vocalists from idol group Hinatazaka46. The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the anime shared a video of Bocchiboromaru:

The Elusive Samurai season 2 key visual — Image via The Elusive Samurai anime’s X/Twitter account

The new season will begin airing on July 17 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) on the Fuji TV network, and it will also run on AT-X. Prime Video will stream the series.

Asaki Yuikawa stars as Hojo Tokiyuki and Yūichi Nakamura as Suwa Yorishige.

The cast includes:

Yuta Yamazaki (assistant director for Wonder Egg Priority, series director for both Love Rice series) returns to direct for season 2 at CloverWorks, and Yasushi Nishiya also returns (chief animation director for Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!) to design the characters and assume the new role of chief animation director. Shinnosuke Ōta serves as animation director, while GEMBI and Akiyuki Tateyama compose the music.

The anime’s first season re-aired on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina programming block in April 2026, before the second season’s debut on the same programming block.

The anime’s first season premiered in July 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and is also streaming an English dub.

Viz Media and MANGA Plus both simultaneously released new chapters of the manga in English digitally as they debuted in Japan.

Viz Media is also releasing the manga in print, and the company describes the first volume:

After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of a handful of loyal retainers who have also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa Province. The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to be clairvoyant and foretells that Tokiyuki will one day become the ruler of Japan. But for the moment, escaping from enemy territory is the priority!

Matsui (Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro, Assassination Classroom) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2021, and ended it on February 16. The manga won at the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2024.

Sources: The Elusive Samurai anime’s X/Twitter account and website, Anime Eiga

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‘Tetsuryou! Meet with Tetsudou Musume’ Unveils Supporting Cast, Staff, Ending Theme, Second Promo

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July 13, 2026

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The official website of the Tetsuryou! Meet with Tetsudou Musume (Tetsuryo! Meet with Railroad Girls) television anime revealed supporting cast, staff, ending theme, key visual (pictured), and the second promotional video on Monday. The original anime is scheduled to premiere in October 2026.

Cast

Sakie Ashio: Asami Seto (Shoushimin Series)

Chihaya Asakura: Yuki Nakashima (Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku)

Shiina Igusa: Hana Hishikawa (Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki)

Juri Ookuwa: Ayaka Ohashi (VTuber Nandaga Haishin Kiri Wasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta)

Shia Kasukabe: Hikaru Tono (Chanto Suenai Kyuuketsuki-chan)

Misha Kamii: Yuuki Tenma (Turkey!)

Ibuki Kawagoe: Yurika Kubo (Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan)

Miyabi Kinugawa: Misaki Kuno (Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi)

Akana Kurihashi: Mana Kumasaki

Misaki Koujiro: Minami Takahashi (Atri: My Dear Moments)

Minano Sakurazawa: Haruki Iwata (Edens Zero 2nd Season)

Konomi Shibaguchi: Nene Hieda (Kirio Fanclub)

Azami Takashima: Iori Saeki (Egao no Taenai Shokuba desu.)

Izumi Tachikawa: Misa Segawa (Maou no Musume wa Yasashisugiru!!)

Tsukushi Togawa: Suzuka Hara (Kirei ni Shitemoraemasu ka.)

Karen Matsukaze: Kana Ichinose (Witch Watch)

Kinu Watase: Shiori Mikami (Rock wa Lady no Tashinami deshite)

Yayoi Tateishi (Yano-kun no Futsuu no Hibi) is serving as the sound director, while Sounosuke Takao (Haibara-kun no Tsuyokute Seishun New Game) is composing the music.

Tetsuryou Club members May Tachibana (Mahou no Shimai Lulutto Lilly), Hika Tsukishiro, Mao Shouji, and Haruna Fukushima perform the ending theme “Watashi Miraisen,” which is previewed in the promotional video below.

Misuzu Hoshino (Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi) is helming the anime at East Fish Studio. Aya Satsuki (Ojou to Banken-kun) is handling the series composition and script. Hisanori Hashimoto (Tokyo Revengers animation director) is designing the characters.

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