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Macross 7, Synduality: Noir Animator Kenichirō Katsura Dies at 59 – News

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Animator Satoko Miyachi announced on her X (formerly Twitter) account on Monday that her husband, animator Kenichirō Katsura, died on September 30, while undergoing medical treatment for an illness. He was 59. 

A private funeral was held with only close relatives in attendance. 

Miyachi expressed her deepest thanks to all the fans who loved Katsura’s works, the animation studios, and all the staff he worked with throughout his life. 

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Image via Gintama anime’s X/Twitter account

Katsura most recently worked as animation director for Gintama: The Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames (image right), and as key animator for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea. The films opened in Japan on February 13 and February 27, respectively.

Katsura was chief animation director for the two seasons of Synduality: Noir, The Fruit of Grisaia, the second season of Shy (5 episodes), The Eden of Grisaia (10 episodes), How to keep a mummy (9 episodes), and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (8 episodes), among others. 

He also directed the Utawarerumono OAV and the Hi・Me・Go・To OAV.

He was also an episode key animator for anime series such as BLUE LOCK 2nd Season, Date A Live II, Encouragement of Climb seasons 2 & 3, the 1995 Magic Knight Rayearth 2, Noir, Oishinbo, and the 1989 Ranma ½ series, among others. He was also the key animator for the first part of the Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival film, and for the OVA episodes of Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V and Mobile Suit SD Gundam: SD Gundam Legend. 

Katsura also worked as animation director for Macross 7 (4 episodes), as episode director and animation director for the third episode of the Macross 7 Encore OAV, as character designer for Macross 7 Plus, and as character designer and animation character designer for Macross 7 the Movie: The Galaxy’s Calling Me!.  

The official X/Twitter account for the Knight’s & Magic anime posted its own condolences on Monday. Katsura was the anime’s character designer and chief animation director.

Source: Satoko Miyachi‘s X/Twitter account 

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Yuki Kure’s Ayame-san Chi no Geshuku-nin Manga Ends in Next Chapter – News

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Manga launched in June 2025



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The November issue of Hakusensha‘s LaLa DX magazine revealed on Monday that Yuki Kure‘s Ayame-san Chi no Geshuku-nin (Ayame’s House Lodger) manga will end with its next chapter in the magazine’s next issue on December 4 (the magazine publishes a new issue every two months).

The manga’s story centers on Megumi, a high school girl who becomes the owner of an apartment complex, and she finds five handsome, quirky men as lodgers.

Kure launched the manga in LaLa DX in June 2025. Hakusensha released the manga’s first compiled book volume on April 3.

Kure launched the Kin-iro no Corda Daigakusei-hen (La Corda d’Oro College Arc) manga in LaLa DX in December 2017. 

The “Multiending Arc” launched in LaLa DX in June 2021. The new arc portrays four different parallel “endings” to the original La Corda d’Oro story with Kahoko ending up with each of the four male leads of the story: Tsuchiura, Shimizu, Yunoki, and Hihara.

The “Multiending Arc” ended in 2022, and entered its “Encore Arc” in February 2023, which depicted the epilogues of each respective ending shown in the “Multiending Arc.” Hakusensha published the manga’s eighth compiled book volume in March 2024, which contains the “Encore Arc.”

Kure’s first manga adaptation of KOEI‘s original La Corda d’Oro game ended in 2011. Viz Media published the 17-volume series in North America. Kure also drew the following manga for the franchise: Linden Hall no Aria -Kin-iro no Corda Series- (Linden Hall Aria: La Corda d’Oro Series), La Corda d’Oro Blue Sky, and La Corda d’Oro 4.

Source: LaLa DX November issue


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Mikito Chinen’s Horror Novel Gets Manga Adaptation – News

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Etsuran Genkin Ryōki Satsujin-han no Seishin Kantei Hōkoku-sho manga launched on September 25



Hiromoto Komatsu launched a manga adaptation of Mikito Chinen‘s Etsuran Genkin Ryōki Satsujin-han no Seishin Kantei Hōkoku-sho (Restricted Reading: Psychiatric Evaluation Report of a Bizarre Murderer) horror novel on Futabasha‘s Web Comic Action platform on September 25.

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The story follows doctor Kasumi Uehara as she conducts the psychiatric examination of the serial killer behind the murders of eleven men and women in Tokyo. As details of the case come to light, so do more questions as she reveals the darkness at the heart of the case.

Futabasha published Chinen’s novel in September 2025.

Chinen and artist Kiyo Hasui launched the Prometheus Taisen (Prometheus War) manga on Kadokawa‘s ComicWalker platform on June 10.

Chinen and Eri Takenashi ended the Ameku Nakao no Suiri Karute – Sphere no Shitenshi (The Killer Angel Within: Ameku Takao’s Detective Karte) manga in its third compiled book volume on July 7.

The manga, based on Chinen’s Ameku Takao’s Detective Karte light novel series, launched in Good! Afternoon in September 2024. Kodansha published the manga’s first and second volumes in January and August 2025, respectively.

A television anime of the novels debuted in January 2025. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired and also streams an English dub. Crunchyroll streams the series under the title Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective.

The novels also inspired a live-action series adaptation, which debuted in April 2025. 

Shinchosha published 13 volumes of the novel series from October 2014 to September 2022. Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha has since started re-publishing the 13 previous volumes and adding three more volumes since October 2023. The novel series has over 3 million copies in cumulative circulation.

Sources: Comic Action, Comic Natalie


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Manga ‘Hirayasumi’ Ends in Two Chapters

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The official X (formerly Twitter) account for author Keigo Shinzou announced on Monday that the Hirayasumi manga will end in two more chapters.

Shinzou began drawing the manga in Big Comic Spirits in April 2021. Shogakukan published the tenth volume on April 30.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in October 2023, with the latest ninth volume released on May 19.

Hirayasumi was nominated for the 15th and 17th Manga Taisho. The manga also placed among the top 20 titles in the male readers category in the 2023 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings and MyAnimeList’s 2024 edition of You Should Read This Manga. The series won the 71st Shogakukan Manga Award in 2026.

A television anime adaptation produced by Production +h. is scheduled to premiere in January 2027.

Synopsis

Living in Asagaya, 29-year-old Hiroto Ikuta spends his days working at his part-time job and chatting with the locals. He likes visiting Hanae Wada most, a grumpy yet kind elderly woman whom Hiroto calls “Granny.” Hiroto’s time with Granny is sadly cut short when she passes away from a heart attack. To his surprise, Hiroto inherits Granny’s house as she never married or had children.

Three months later, 18-year-old Natsumi Kobayashi moves from her hometown to attend art school. With nowhere else to go, she stays with her cousin Hiroto, whom she has not seen in years. Despite their opposing personalities, the pair begin living under the same roof as they struggle through their seemingly mundane lives. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Manga special site: https://bigcomicbros.net/work/48647/

Manga official X (formerly Twitter): @hirayasumi0426

Source: Keigo Shinzou on X

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