SNK began streaming on Saturday a DLC character trailer for Reina from the TEKKEN 8 fighting game that will join its Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves fighting game in December. SNK also released on Thursday DLC character trailers for Manjiro “Mikey” Sano and Ken “Draken” Ryuguji from the Tokyo Revengers anime.

Aleks Le voices Manjiro Sano in English and Yuu Hayashi voices the character in Japanese.

Sean Chiplock voices Ken Ryuguji in English and Masaya Fukunishi voices the character in Japanese.

Manjiro Sano and Ken Ryuguji from the Tokyo Revengers anime will join the game as Season 3 DLC characters on October 22.

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. Kim Kaphwan joined the game’s roster on September 24. The game will add Laocorn in November, as well as Reina in December.

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.

Sources: Press releases

TOHO animation began streaming a character trailer for The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady’s Treasure (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Bо̄hi no Hihо̄), the upcoming anime film based on Hyuganatsu and Touko Shino‘s The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series, on Monday. The trailer highlights the Bi clan, and announces the cast members for the clan’s important characters.

The cast members include (Note: Character name Romanizations are not official) Nobuo Tobita as Bi clan head Birō, Kumiko Watanabe as Birō’s wife Shūu, and Hirofumi Nojima as the Bi clan’s eldest son Bisen. The trailer also shows the previously revealed cast member Mariya Ise as key character and Bi clan son Mu Qing.

TOHO animation will present more character videos over the next two days: for the Kaja Troupe on October 13, and for Ruo Qing and Yi Shan on October 14 (all name Romanizations not confirmed).

The story follows Maomao and Jinshi as they travel to the hometown of a concubine who died five years ago in the imperial harem, to return her remains to her homeland. There, they encounter pirates, hidden treasures, the secret of the Empress’ remains, and a mysterious boy who holds the key to the story.

The film will open in theaters in Japan on December 11 and feature a brand-new story by the original novel series’ author Hyuganatsu. Mariya Ise joins the cast as Mu Qing (English romanization not confirmed).

Crunchyroll announced on Thursday it has acquired the North American and worldwide rights (excluding Asia but including India) to the film. Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will announce the release date at a later time.

The third television anime season premiered on October 2 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) in the “Friday Anime Night” programming block on NTV and 29 affiliated channels for its first cours (quarter of a year), and its second cours will premiere in April 2027.

The anime’s first season premiered in October 2023 with the first three episodes, and aired for two cours. 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.

J-Novel Club publishes the novel series digitally, and it describes the story:

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.

Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao’s façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor’s favorite consort… so she can taste the lady’s food for poison!

Hyuganatsu 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. Viz Media is releasing Minoji Kurata‘s separate manga adaptation titled The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao’s Notes on the Inner Palace.

Sources: Apothecary Diaries anime’s website, Comic Natalie

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