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North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 19-25 – News [2026-07-24]
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Udon Entertainment revealed at its panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday that it has licensed Hiromi Matsuo‘s Department Store Waltz (Hyakkaten Waltz) and Rondo: The Ladies’ Graphic Magazine manga.
© Hiromi Matsuo, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd.
Department Store Waltz is an all-color manga and illustration book set in an early 20th century department store in a provincial city. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. released the book in January 2016.
© Hiromi Matsuo, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd.
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. released Rondo: The Ladies’ Graphic Magazine in December 2022. The book is also an all-color manga and illustration book. The setting is a women’s fashion magazine titled “Rondo” that is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
© Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd.
Additionally, Udon Entertainment revealed it has licensed the Belles Ruelles anthology manga series. The anthology series currently has four volumes, and each volume features various artists who write about shops and facilities in a fictional town called Euphemia. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. released the first volume in November 2023, and released the fourth volume in December 2025.
Udon Entertainment will release the previously revealed Manga Biographies: Momofuku Ando – The Inventor of Instant Noodles from Kenji Ishikawa and Sorata Unno, and Manga Biographies: Amelia Earhart – The Amazing Pilot from Masakazu Horinouchi and Miyoko Sano, both on September 1.
Udon Entertainment also revealed it will release the 224-page hardcover Spy x Family: Animation Art Book on January 27, 2027. Wit Studio released the book in Japan in December 2023.
©遠藤達哉／集英社・SPY×FAMILY製作委員会
Udon Entertainment had revealed earlier this month it will release two artbooks from illustrator Shinkiro, who is also attending San Diego Comic-Con this week. Udon Entertainment will release both CAPCOM Masterworks: Shinkiro (264-page hardcover) and SNK Masterworks: Shinkiro (272-page hardcover) on December 1.
UDON Entertainment is proud to welcome the incredible illustrator SHINKIRO to San Diego Comic-Con 2026!
Shinkiro’s art has helped define the look and feel of countless game universes, and they’re all represented in CAPCOM MASTERWORKS: SHINKIRO and SNK MASTERWORKS: SHINKIRO!… pic.twitter.com/7Sh4Vh86YM
— UDON Entertainment (@UdonEnt) July 7, 2026
The company also mentioned the previously revealed Hidetaka Tenjin‘s Artistry of Gundam book at its panel on Friday. The 144-page hardcover book will ship on September 22.
Udon Entertainment will also release the 352-page hardcover The Art of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 artbook.
Source: E-mail correspondence
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Anime
Though I am an Inept Villainess Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, July 26 Debut, Trailer (Updated) – News
TOHO announced on Friday that it will begin streaming the English dub for the television anime of Satsuki Nakamura‘s Though I Am an Inept Villainess (Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga – Sūgū Chōso Torikae Den) light novel series on Sunday at 11:45 a.m. EDT on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Disney+. The dub will also stream on Netflix in Asia. Update: The company streamed an English trailer:
The English cast includes;
© 中村颯希・一迅社／「ふつつかな悪女」製作委員会
Seven Seas publishes both the light novels and manga under the title Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court, and describes the story:
In a kingdom inspired by historical China, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts–but only one will be crowned empress. The frail and beautiful Kou Reirin, the so-called “butterfly” of the imperial court, is a shoo-in to marry the crown prince. But when “court rat” Shu Keigetsu lashes out at her during the glittering Lantern Festival, it’s Reirin who wakes up in the dungeons! Body-swapped by her assailant to steal her position at court, Reirin’s plight seems dire…to everyone else! Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!
Mitsue Yamazaki (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?, Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun) is directing the anime at Dōga Kōbō. Yoshiko Nakamura (Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time; Tadaima, Okaeri; The Helpful Fox Senko-san) is overseeing the series scripts, and Ai Kikuchi (How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?, New Game!, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie) is designing the characters.
Singer-songwriter milet performs the opening theme song “Sunny.” Rokudenashi performs the the ending theme song “Shooting Star” (Hōkiboshi).
Additional staff members include:
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on July 12 at 11:45 p.m. Netflix will stream the anime in Asia on July 12. Crunchyroll will stream the anime as it airs in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian Subcontinent. Hulu is listing the series for a debut on July 12 with both English subtitles and dub.
The anime’s premiere was delayed to July due to delays in production progress. The anime was initially announced to premiere in April.
Ichijinsha launched Nakamura’s light novel series with illustrations by YukiKana in December 2020. The novels’ manga adaptation by Ei Ohitsuji simultaneously launched in Ichijinsha‘s Monthly Comic Zero-Sum magazine. Ichijinsha published the light novels’ 12th volume on March 31. Seven Seas will release the light novels’ 11th volume in English on September 22, and the manga’s ninth volume on August 4.
Update: Added English trailer. Source: Press release
Sources: Press release
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© Julietta Suzuki / Hakusensha-Kamisama Kiss Project
Crunchyroll began streaming on Thursday the original anime DVD (OAD) special episodes for the anime based on Julietta Suzuki‘s Kamisama Kiss manga.
Kamisama Kiss inspired two anime seasons, and Funimation streamed both seasons as they aired in Japan, and also released both seasons on home video. The manga inspired the series of four OADs that shipped with the manga’s 22nd-25th compiled book volumes. A “volume 25.5,” an official fanbook, shipped in December 2016, and bundled a DVD with an original anime, and a 32-page epilogue manga.
Suzuki launched the manga in Hana to Yume in 2008, and ended the series in May 2016 with 25 volumes. Viz Media has published the manga in English. The manga got a spinoff chapter in January 2020.
The story of the manga begins with Nanami, a girl who finds herself homeless after her father leaves. She comes to the home of a man who offers to let her stay over — only to discover it is a Shinto shrine. The man happened to be a deity who has just transferred his status and his yōkai to Nanami. That yōkai’s name is Tomoe, and a contract between him and Nanami can only be sealed in one way: with a kiss.
Suzuki’s latest manga titled Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite (Oshi ni Amagami) launched in Hana to Yume in November 2022.
Source: Crunchyroll‘s X/Twitter account
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