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Hidekaz Himaruya’s Hetalia World Stars Gangsta Manga Ends – News

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Manga creator Hidekaz Himaruya announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday the Hetalia World Stars Gangsta manga ended on Thursday. He also announced the Hetalia manga franchise overall will take a break for Himaruya to work on compiled book volumes and prepare for future projects.

Hetalia World Stars Gangsta is an alternate universe set in the Hetalia World Stars series. The manga launched on Shonen Jump+ in February 2024. Shueisha shipped the first compiled book volume in April 2025.

Himaruya’s Hetalia World Stars manga is the latest manga in the franchise. The manga launched on Shonen Jump+ on the same day the online manga service launched in 2014, but it went on hiatus in April 2018. The manga resumed serialization in April 2021. Shueisha shipped the eighth compiled book volume in March 2024.

An anime of the Hetalia World Stars manga debuted in April 2021.

Himaruya’s original Hetalia – Axis Powers manga takes the archetypal characteristics of countries and regions throughout the world, and anthropomorphizes them as (mostly) bishōnen characters. Right Stuf released the manga in North America in collaboration with its former English-language publisher, Tokyopop, and its Japanese publisher Gentosha Comics.

Hetalia The World Twinkle, the sixth anime season inspired by Himaruya’s manga, premiered in Japan in July 2015, and Funimation streamed the series as it aired. Funimation has released all the anime seasons and the Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White! film in North America. The franchise has also inspired a series of stage musicals in Japan. The latest musical ran in June 2025.

Source: Hidekaz Himaruya‘s X/Twitter account (link 2)


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Fatal Fury City of the Wolves Game’s New Animated Trailer by Masami Ōbari Highlights Kim Kaphwan – News

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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.

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Japanese Trailer


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

Kim’s Character Guide


Kim’s 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.

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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

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Disney+, Hulu Raise Monthly Pricing on Streaming Plans in U.S. Again – News

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Standalone subscription prices rise to US$12.49 with ads, US$21.49 without ads following last year’s increase



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Disney+ raised its price for monthly subscriptions to its streaming platform on Wednesday. The price for the subscription tier with ads increased from US$11.99 to US$12.49, while the Disney+ Premium ad-free tier increased from US$18.99 to US$21.49. Hulu subscriptions with and without ads feature the same price increases. The price for the Disney+ and Hulu bundle with ads remains at US$12.99, while the Premium bundle for both services without ads rose from US$19.99 to US$21.99. The Disney+, Hulu and ESPN Select Bundle increased from US$19.99 to US$21.99, and the Premium bundle’s price rose from US$29.99 to US$32.99.

The updated prices apply to new subscriptions as of Wednesday. Current subscribers will get a price change on or after October 21.

The streamer previously raised its prices in October 2025, and before that raised its price in October 2024. Disney+ also raised its prices and revealed plans to restrict password sharing for accounts in October 2023.

Disney+ announced in August 2025 that it is “fully integrating” the Hulu streaming service, along with a new singular app with both Disney+ and Hulu services, which will launch in 2026. The subscription services will remain standalone, but both Disney+ and Hulu will be accessible from the unified app. Disney already offers bundles including both Disney+ and Hulu. In addition, a significant amount of content, including anime, from the Hulu library already streams on the Disney+ for subscribers of both.

Disney owns 100% of Hulu, after acquiring Comcast‘s 33% stake in Hulu for US$8.61 billion in 2023.

Before Disney acquired the entirety of Hulu, anime that streamed on Disney+ internationally would stream in the U.S. on Hulu instead. Currently, anime still stream on Hulu, but now also stream on Disney+ for subscribers of both services.

Sources: Disney+, Hulu


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Crunchyroll Screens Dive in Wonderland Film on November 16 in U.S. as Part of Anime Nights Program – News

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English-subbed trailer streamed for anime inspired by Alice in Wonderland



Crunchyroll revealed last week that it will screen Dive in Wonderland (Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland-, or With Alice in Wonderland: Dive in Wonderland-), which the staff initially described as Japan’s first anime film adaptation of Lewis Carroll‘s classic children’s novel Alice in Wonderland, in select theaters for one day only on November 16 as part of its “Crunchyroll Anime Nights” program dedicated to screening anime across the U.S. The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer:


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Image via Fushigi no Kuni no Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- film’s website

The film’s story centers on Rise, a modern-day girl who somehow stumbles into Wonderland and meets Alice.

The film opened in August 2025.

The cast includes:

Toshiya Shinohara (Black Butler, A Lull in the Sea, The aquatope on white sand) directed the film at P.A. Works. Yūko Kakihara (Blue Box, Urusei Yatsura 2022, The aquatope on white sand) penned the script. Shochiku and TBS are listed as production coordinators.

Other staff members include:

SEKAI NO OWARI perform the film’s theme song “Zukan” (Guidebook).

Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland book centers on a girl named Alice, who one day follows a talking white rabbit into a rabbit hole, and ends up in a strange Wonderland where she has surreal encounters with its mercurial rules and denizens. The book has become one of the most referenced works of literature in pop culture, with elements and motifs appearing in virtually every medium, including anime, manga, and video games.

The book previously inspired Nippon Animation and Apollo Film‘s 1983-1984 television anime adaptation.

Source: Crunchyroll‘s YouTube channel


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