Voice actors Youhei Matsuoka (Fujimoto Tatsuki 17-26) and Miyari Nemoto (Ruri no Houseki) are starring as Paracelsus and Nora Petan, respectively.

Staff

Chief Director: Takeo Takahashi (Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf)

Director: Hijiri Sanpei (Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!)

Series Composition: Kenta Ihara (Yuusha-kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku)

Character Design: Yuka Takashina (Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte)

Music: Luke Standridge (Jishou Akuyaku Reijou na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku.)

Studio: Passione

Sugiura originally began drawing the fantasy isekai series on pixiv in February 2020. Kadokawa began serializing the manga on its ComicWalker web service in June 2023 and released the first volume in January 2024. The fifth volume was published on February 20.

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in August 2025 and shipped the second volume on June 23.

The series ranked 12th in the web manga category of the Next Manga Award 2022.

Teaser PV

Source: Official Site

25 past episodes to rerun until December 25, with focus on early episodes, episodes tied to recent film

The official website for the anime of Nagano‘s Chiikawa manga announced on Friday that the anime will temporarily pause the regular airing of new episodes, and will instead run a “revival” rebroadcast of 25 older “influential” episodes until December 25. The revival rebroadcast will focus on episodes early in the anime’s run, as well as episodes that are connected to the recent Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu (Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island) anime film.

The Chiikawa anime premiered in April 2022, and it previously aired every Friday within Fuji TV‘s morning news and entertainment program Mezamashi Terebi, before it began airing twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays in April 2023. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime, and is streaming it on HIDIVE with English subtitles. ODK Media’s North American streaming platform Amasian TV began streaming a selection of 20 episodes from the anime on August 20. 

Child actress Haruka Aoki (Liza in the Japanese dub of Mighty Express) voices the titular character Chiikawa as her first television anime voice acting role. Child actor Makoto Tanaka (Okko’s Inn) voices Hachiware. Ari Ozawa voices Usagi.

The anime’s new series premiered in July 2025. Before that, the anime had been rebroadcasting older “pivotal” episodes after its previous series ended regular airing of new episodes in April 2025.

Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu (Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island), the first anime film adaptation of Nagano‘s Chiikawa manga, opened in Japan on July 24. The film has earned over 15.84 billion yen (about US$100 million) and sold about 10.86 million tickets at the Japanese box office, securing its spot as the top film in Japan’s box office this year. 

Nagano originally started serializing the manga under the title Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu on X (then Twitter) in January 2020.

Sources: Chiikawa anime’s website, Comic Natalie

SNK began streaming on Thursday an animated trailer for its Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game featuring DLC character Kim Kaphwan, who joined the game’s roster on the same day. Masami Ōbari (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, The King of Fighters XV, Battle Arena Toshinden), who directed previous animated trailers for the game, was again the director and creative producer. Studio G-1 Neo produced the animation.

The company also streamed Kim’s character guide and background music (BGM):

June Yoon voices the character in English and Kunihiro Kawamoto voices the character in Japanese.

Season 3 launched on July 23 with six characters joining the roster. Rick Strowd joined the game on July 23. Duck King launched on August 27. Manjiro Sano and Ken Ryuguji from the Tokyo Revengers anime will join the game as Season 3 DLC characters in October. The game will add Laocorn in November, as well as a mystery character in December. SNK teased new characters in an animated trailer in July.

The game debuted in April 2025 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The game will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 digitally on October 22 and physically in January 2027.

The game’s crossover with Street Fighter includes characters Ken and Chun-Li. Both characters are a part of the game’s Season Pass 1. The game launched Andy Bogard as a playable character in June 2025, added Ken as a playable character in August 2025, introduced Joe Higashi as a playable character in October 2025, debuted Chun-Li in November 2025, and launched MR. BIG in December 2025.

Kim Jae Hoon, the first DLC character for the game’s Season Pass 2, launched on January 22. Nightmare Geese launched on February 26, and Blue Mary debuted on March 26. Wolfgang Krauser debuted in the game on April 24, coinciding with the game’s first anniversary. DLC character Mr. Karate launched on May 27. Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star debuted in the game on June 28.

The game added real-life DJ Salvatore Ganacci, professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, and Hokutomaru. Other returning characters include Terry Bogard, Rock Howard, Tizoc, Hotaru Futaba, Marco Rodrigues, B. Jenet, Kevin Rian, Billy Kane, Mai Shiranui, Kim Dong Hwan, and Gato. The game also includes the new characters Preecha and Vox Reaper.

SNK announced the new game at the EVO fighting game tournament in 2022. It is the first new game in more than two decades since the last installment. 

Fatal Fury (known as Garō Densetsu in Japan) is one of SNK‘s most iconic fighting game franchises, and is the origin of some of the company’s most recognizable characters, including Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Mai Shiranui, Blue Mary, Geese Howard, and more. Fatal Fury: King of Fighters debuted in arcades in 1991, and the latest installment, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, debuted in 1999. SNK‘s separate fighting game franchise The King of Fighters initially began as a crossover fighter for SNK‘s Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting franchises, and their characters have been mainstays in the long-running series until today.

The series inspired the Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf OVA in 1992, Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle OVA in 1993, and Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture in 1994. All three feature Masami Ōbari‘s character designs, with Ōbari also directing the third anime. Discotek Media has released all three anime.

Sources: SNK Official’s YouTube channel