The official website for the television anime of Kei Urana‘s Gachiakuta manga unveiled a new “first look” promotional video for the anime’s second season on Wednesday.

The site also unveiled the flyer art (seen below) for the second season that was distributed at Anime Expo and Taiwan’s Comic Exhibition earlier this month. The art of Zanka (first image below) was distributed at Anime Expo, while the art of Enjin (second image) was distributed at Comic Exhibition.

Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he’s falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any hope of discovering the truth and seeking vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, he will have to master a new power and join a group known as the Cleaners who battle the hulking trash beasts of the Pit!

Fumihiko Suganuma (The First Slam Dunk unit director, Train to the End of the World chief episode director) directed the first season at BONES. Hiroshi Seko (Chainsaw Man, Vinland Saga, Mob Psycho 100) was in charge of the series scripts. Satoshi Ishino (Date A Live, Captain Earth, Release the Spyce) designed the characters, and also served as the chief animation director. Taku Iwasaki (Bungo Stray Dogs; Shin Kamen Rider) composed the music.

The first season premiered in Japan in July 2025 on CBC, TBS, and 26 other channels. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in the following territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS (excluding Russia and Belarus), and the Indian subcontinent. Crunchyroll is also streaming an English dub for the series.

Urana launched the manga in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in February 2022. Hideyoshi Ando is credited for graffiti design. Kodansha published the manga’s 19th compiled book volume on July 16.

Source: Gachiakuta anime’s website, Comic Natalie

The Apothecary Diaries and Ibaraki Prefecture’s Kanko Ibaraki tourism site’s X (formerly Twitter) accounts announced on Monday a new collaboration for the prefecture’s “Ibaraki is Blossoming” campaign. The collaboration revealed a new key visual for the campaign and a renewal to the “Ibaraki is Blossoming” website.

Ibaraki TV’s YouTube channel released an original promotional video featuring The Apothecary Diaries characters Jinshi and Maomao exploring the four seasons of Ibaraki Prefecture.

The collaboration originally launched last October and ran until January. The collaboration featured special trains and a stamp rally.

The Apothecary Diaries anime’s first season premiered in October 2023 with the first three episodes, and aired for two cours (quarters of a year). Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan and is also streaming an English dub. The second anime season premiered in January 2025 on Nippon TV‘s FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT programming block, and aired for two consecutive cours. Crunchyroll is streaming the second season, and it is also streaming an English dub. A third television anime season will premiere in October 2026 for its first cours (quarter of a year), and its second cours will premiere in April 2027.

Hyūga began serializing the story on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (Let’s Become Novelists) website in October 2011. Shufunotomo began publishing the novels in print volume with illustrations by Shino in August 2014. Nekokurage launched an ongoing manga adaptation in Square Enix‘s Monthly Big Gangan magazine in May 2017. Square Enix Manga & Books is releasing the manga adaptation in English. The company is also publishing the novels in print.

Sources: The Apothecary Diaries series’ X/Twitter account, Kanko Ibaraki’s X/Twitter account, Ibaraki TV’s YouTube channel, PR Times via Nijimen

This year’s 34th issue of Shueisha‘s Young Jump magazine revealed on July 23 that Aka Akasaka, Aoi Kujira, and Ajichika‘s Märchen Crown manga is entering its final battle. The manga will take a one-week break and will return in the combined 36th and 37th issue of the magazine on August 6.

The manga debuted in Young Jump in March 2025. Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service is releasing the manga in English. Akasaka (Oshi no Ko), is writing the story, Kujira (Geek Circle Crisis) is composing the series’ story, and Record of Ragnarok artist Ajichika is drawing the series. Shueisha published the manga’s fourth compiled book volume on June 18.

MANGA Plus describes the story:

Rapunzel is a young girl who lives atop a tall tower and knows nothing of the outside world. One day she meets a boy named Mikel, who climbs the tower, and their destiny to change the world begins to unfold! The creators of “Oshi no Ko” and “Record of Ragnarok” form an incredible team to bring you the ultimate love story!

Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum’s Wish) launched the Oshi no Ko manga in Shueisha‘s Weekly Young Jump magazine in April 2020, and ended it in November 2024. The manga’s 16th and final compiled book volume shipped in Japan in December 2024. Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service released the manga in English digitally. Yen Press licensed the manga for print release.

The television anime adaptation premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a 90-minute first episode. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and it is also streaming an English dub. The company stated that the anime became the streaming service’s “#1 series launch in the streamer’s history.” The anime’s second season premiered in July 2024 on Tokyo MX and over 29 other channels throughout Japan. The anime also streamed simultaneously on the ABEMA service in Japan. HIDIVE streams the anime’s English dub. The anime’s third season debuted on January 14. Crunchyroll and HIDIVE both streamed the season. The anime will have a fourth season.

Source: Young Jump issue 34

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