Anime

To You in the Beyond Anime Film’s Trailer Unveils Theme Song, More Cast – News

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July 22, 2026

The official website for To You in the Beyond, the anime film of Akiko Abe‘s Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e novel, unveiled the full trailer, key visual, theme song artist, and more cast members on Wednesday.

The trailer previews the theme song “Olive” by musician Tota.

To You in the Beyond film's key visual — Image via To You in the Beyond film’s website

The newly announced cast members include (from left to right in the image below):

To You in the Beyond film cast image — Image via To You in the Beyond film’s website

Previously announced cast members include:

Hiiro Ishibashi as the protagonist Kazuki Tsukigase

Image via To You in the Beyond anime film’s website

Anna Nagase as Nao Akishika, a mysterious girl

Simba Tsuchiya as Mikiya Ozaki, Kazuki’s classmate

Hiroshi Tamaki as Kōzu, who holds the key to the story

Naohito Fujiki as Nishina, Kazuki Tsukigase’s homeroom teacher who watches over him

youinthebeyond-kv — Image via To You in the Beyond anime film’s website

The film will open in Japan on October 9. (Production companies Shochiku and Pony Canyon report that “international release details” will be announced later.)

The novel’s story centers on a boy named Kazuki Tsukigase, who transfers to a high school on a remote island to get away from anyone who knows him. Kazuki finds out that there is an inlet on the island where people are rumored to disappear. Exploring the inlet, he encounters an unconscious girl. When she comes to after Kazuki takes her to the clinic, she is unable to give out anything about her identity except that she is named Nao, is 16 years old, and whispers the year “1974.”

Junichi Wada (HIGH CARD) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment, and Sayaka Kuwamura (Strobe Edge, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish) wrote the screenplay. Hechima (Cosmic Princess Kaguya!) is serving as character designer and chief animation director. Kōji Nakamura is composing the music. Shochiku is distributing the film.

The film will open in Japan on October 9. (Production companies Shochiku and Pony Canyon report that “international release details” will be announced later.)

Abe and Shueisha released the book in October 2017, with art by syo5.

Haruka Chino launched a manga adaptation of the novel on Shueisha‘s Tonari no Young Jump website in August 2025. Shueisha released the manga’s first compiled book volume on February 19.

Sources: To You in the Beyond anime film’s website, Comic Natalie

Anime

Manga ‘Studio Cabana’ Gets TV Anime in 2027

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July 22, 2026

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Production company Kadokawa opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Aguri Uma‘s Studio Cabana on Wednesday, revealing the main cast, staff, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series will air in 2027.

Voice actress Sayumi Suzushiro (Bocchi the Rock!) is starring as the lead female character Yukari Maki.

Staff

Director: Shinichirou Ushijima (Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai)

Series Composition: Sawako Hirabayashi (Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji)

Character Design: Haruka Sagawa (Yofukashi no Uta)

Studio: Juvenage

Uma began drawing the music romance manga on the pixiv Sylph web magazine in June 2021. Kadokawa published the eighth volume in November 2025, with the ninth scheduled to be released on August 21. Studio Cabana has a cumulative 500,000 copies of its volumes in circulation.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English on May 25 and plans to release the first volume on December 15.

Studio Cabana was nominated in the Web Manga category for the 2023 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards (Next Manga Awards).

Synopsis

Yukari Maki is a high school girl who prides herself on honesty—and she’s starting to get the feeling that she and her delinquent classmate, Yuusuke Kusaka, don’t have a single thing in common! But her straitlaced unwillingness to let him skate by in school earns her an almost chaperone-like reputation, and his apparent disdain. Yet, despite Yuusuke’s disapproval of her hovering, Yukari refuses to let a new rumor about him spread. After following Yuusuke home to discuss it, she watches him stop at a music studio. And there, Yukari sees—and hears—a side of Yuusuke she had never imagined… (Source: Yen Press)

Official site: https://studio-cabana.com/

Official X: studiocabana_pr

Source: Press Release

Anime

ippatu’s Shōjōhime Manga Moves to YanMaga Web on August 2 – News

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July 22, 2026

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Manga with new interpretation of Journey to the West story launched in December 2025

This year’s 34th issue of Kodansha‘s Young Magazine announced on Tuesday that ippatu‘s Shōjōhime (Monkey Princess) manga will move to Kodansha‘s YanMaga Web website, where it is simultaneously serialized, on August 2. The manga will also start its new arc in its next chapter.

The manga simultaneously launched in Young Magazine and on the YanMaga website in December 2025. The manga is a new interpretation of the Chinese classic Journey to the West. Kodansha published the manga’s first compiled book volume on April 6 and the second volume on July 6.

ippatu began drawing the Tsugumi Project (Tora Tsugumi) manga, and French publishser Ki-oon began releasing it as an original manga in France in 2019. Kodansha‘s Weekly Young Magazine began serializing the manga in Japan in January 2021. The manga ended in September 2023, and got an epilogue chapter. Kodansha published the manga’s seventh and final volume in November 2023. Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga and released the final volume in September 2025, and it shipped in France in February 2024.

Tsugumi Project is inspiring a television anime adaptation.

Source: Young Magazine issue 34 and X/Twitter account

Anime

‘Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Akogare no Yume e – Magokoro no Duo’ Reveals Additional Cast, Teaser Trailer

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July 22, 2026

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The official website for the new Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Akogare no Yume e – Magokoro no Duet (Fairy Princess Minky Momo) original video anime revealed additional cast members, main visual (pictured), and a teaser trailer on Wednesday. The OVA is scheduled to open in theaters on November 13 ahead of its home video release.

Cast

Databook: Fukuchi Ochiai (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san)

Chamocha: Natsumi Fujiwara (Saikyou no Ousama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani wo Suru?)

Pipirupi: Rie Kugimiya (Gintama)

Ayumu Watanabe (Summertime Render) is directing at Ashi Productions and Deko Akao (Witch Watch) is penning the script. Hiroshi Watanabe (Minky Momo in Tabidachi no Eki) and Mari Tominaga (Cardfight!! Vanguard) aare designing the characters. Tomoki Hasegawa (Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru) is composing the music.

Produced by Ashi Productions, the original television anime aired in 63 episodes from March 1982 to May 1983. A second anime series aired in 62 episodes from Fall 1991 to Fall 1992.

The Minky Momo in Yume ni Kakeru Hashi (Minky Momo in the Bridge Over Dreams) original video anime was released in May 1993, followed by Yume no Naka no Rondo (La Ronde in my Dream) in July 1985, and Minky Momo in Tabidachi no Eki (Minky Momo: The Station of Your Memories) in June 1994.

Teaser Trailer