Anime
‘Bless’ Unveils Additional Cast, Character Promo

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Yukino Sonoyama‘s Bless manga unveiled additional cast and the character promotional video on Thursday. The anime series is scheduled to premiere on Fuji TV’s NoitaminA programming block at 11.30. p.m. in January 2027.
Cast
Ginga Yoyogi: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Boku no Hero Academia)
Oroka Sumeragi: Yoshino Aoyama (Bocchi the Rock!)
Shirataka Sumeragi: Momoka Terasawa (Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!)
Shoutarou Kitamura (Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures, with Takayuki Kikuchi (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic episode director) serving as assistant director. Kamiza Fukurou (Non Non Biyori Nonstop) is handling the series composition and script. Honoka Yokoyama ([Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season) is designing the characters. Ryo Yoshimata (Koi wa Ameagari no You ni) is composing the music.
Sonoyami began serializing the fashion drama manga in Shounen Magazine Edge in January 2022. It was transferred to Shounen Sirius in December 2023. Kodansha published the eighth volume on March 9, with the ninth volume scheduled for an October 8 release.
Kondasha USA licensed the manga for English release in July 2023. The series is simulpublished digitally through Kodansha’s K Manga website and app. The seventh volume was released on February 10, with the eighth volume scheduled for an April 2027 release.
Bless ranked 11th in the print category for the 2023 Next Manga Awards.
Character PV (Ginga Yoyogi ver.)
Character PV (Oroka Sumeragi & Shirataka Sumeragi ver.)
Source: animate Times
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Anime
‘Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga’ Gets Miniseries in October – News
Original series based on card game ended in April 2025
The November issue of Kadokawa‘s Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine announced on Saturday Katsura Ise and Takuma Yokota will launch a new miniseries for their Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga (Subete no Jinrui o Hakai suru. Sorera wa Saisei Dekinai.) manga, based on the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, beginning in the December issue on October 26. The series will be titled Subete no Jinrui o Hakai suru. Sorera wa Saisei Dekinai. -Timeshift- (Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. -Timeshift-).

© Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Ise confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) the new manga will be a short limited series that will run for four chapters irregularly in the magazine.
Viz Media releases the main manga in English and describes the story:
Travel back in time to the early days of Magic: The Gathering!
It’s the nineties at Tokiwagi Middle School. And for gamers like Hajime Kano, after the release of Magic: The Gathering, nothing will ever be the same again!
In everything he does, it seems like geeky Tokiwagi Middle School student Hajime Kano comes in second place behind popular honor student Emi Sawatari. But when Hajime takes a trip to a new game store he’s been hearing about, their rivalry takes an unexpected turn. Welcome to the early years of Magic: The Gathering, whena trading card game shaped a generation forever!
The manga first debuted as a one-shot in Monthly Shōnen Ace in August 2018. The manga started its serialization in the magazine in November 2018. Wizards of the Coast LLC. is credited with cooperation. The manga ended serialization in April 2025, and Kadokawa shipped the 18th and final volume in June 2025.
Sources: Monthly Shōnen Ace November issue, Katsura Ise‘s X/Twitter account
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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Anime
Akaza Samamiya’s Mr. Mallow Blue Side Story Manga Ends in Next Chapter – News
Side story debuted in January

© Akaza Samamiya, Kadokawa
Akaza Samamiya announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday the Mr. Mallow Blue: After The Rain side story to the Mr. Mallow Blue manga will end in the next chapter.
The original series focuses on the meetings of various social outcasts, including a fragile girl, a shut-in, and a handsome man who wears a cold expression as a mask.
Samamiya launched the side story in the March issue of Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine, which shipped in January.
Samamiya launched the main manga in Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine in November 2019, and ended the series with the the sixth and final compiled book volume on December 24.
Samamiya launched the Ballad x Opera manga in Asuka in May 2017, and ended it in September 2019. Kadokawa published the manga’s fifth and final volume in November 2019.
Samamiya serialized the Bloody Mary manga series in Asuka from November 2013 until February 2017. Kadokawa published 10 volumes for the manga, and Viz Media published all 10 volumes in English.
Source: Akaza Samamiya‘s X/Twitter account
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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Anime
Akaza Samamiya’s Mr. Mallow Blue Side Story Manga Ends in Next Chapter – News
Side story debuted in January

© Akaza Samamiya, Kadokawa
Akaza Samamiya announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday the Mr. Mallow Blue: After The Rain side story to the Mr. Mallow Blue manga will end in the next chapter.
The original series focuses on the meetings of various social outcasts, including a fragile girl, a shut-in, and a handsome man who wears a cold expression as a mask.
Samamiya launched the side story in the March issue of Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine, which shipped in January.
Samamiya launched the main manga in Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine in November 2019, and ended the series with the the sixth and final compiled book volume on December 24.
Samamiya launched the Ballad x Opera manga in Asuka in May 2017, and ended it in September 2019. Kadokawa published the manga’s fifth and final volume in November 2019.
Samamiya serialized the Bloody Mary manga series in Asuka from November 2013 until February 2017. Kadokawa published 10 volumes for the manga, and Viz Media published all 10 volumes in English.
Source: Akaza Samamiya‘s X/Twitter account
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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