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Witch Hat Atelier Anime Reveals More Cast – News
The staff for the television anime of Kamome Shirahama‘s Witch Hat Atelier manga announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday two new cast members for the series. The characters appear in the sixth episode, which airs next Monday.
© 白浜鴎／講談社／「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」製作委員会
© 白浜鴎／講談社／「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」製作委員会
© 白浜鴎／講談社／「とんがり帽子のアトリエ」製作委員会
The manga’s story centers on Coco, a girl who lives in a little village, and who has always dreamed of becoming a wizard. But being born without magical aptitude meant that she could never become a wizard, and could never hope to witness magic’s spark. She gave up on her dream. But one day, a traveling wizard named Qifrey came to her village, and she happened to see him performing magic.
Ayumu Watanabe (Ace Attorney, Doraemon films) is directing the anime at BUG FILMS. Hiroaki Kojima (animation producer for Komi Can’t Communicate) is producing. Kairi Unabara (Pokémon Evolutions) is designing the characters and is also serving as chief animation director. Yuka Kitamura (Elden Ring) is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
Eve and suis perform the opening theme song “Kaze no Anthem feat. suis from yorushika” (Anthem of Wind), and Nakamura Hak performs the ending theme song “Tada Utsukushii no Noroi” (Just a Beautiful Curse).
The anime premiered on April 6 on Tokyo MX and on other channels. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs, along with an English dub.
Shirahama launched the manga in Kodansha‘s Morning two magazine in July 2016. Kodansha published the manga’s 16th compiled book volume on April 23. Kodansha USA Publishing began releasing the series in English in April 2019.
The series was nominated for the Best Comic award at Angoulême International Comics Festival in January 2019. The manga was also nominated for the 11th Manga Taisho awards in 2018. The series ranked in the top 10 on the list of the best manga for male readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha‘s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook. The manga ranked on American Library Association’s (ALA’s) Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2020. The series won Best Manga at the Harvey Awards in October 2020, and also won the award in 2025.
The manga has 7 million copies in circulation worldwide.
Source: Witch Hat Atelier anime’s X/Twitter account via Crunchyroll
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The November issue of Kodansha‘s Shonen Sirius magazine announced on Friday that Akane Shimizu‘s Cells at Work! manga will get a new spinoff manga by Koma Warita and Kawede Sakaki titled Hataraku Saibō Dental (Cells at Work! Dental) in the next issue on October 26.
The new battleground for the series is the inside of the mouth, which hides its own secrets.
Choko Aozora and Meku Kaire ended the Cells at Work! Cat manga on March 26. The manga’s fifth and final compiled book volume shipped on May 8. Aozora and Kaire launched the spinoff manga of Akane Shimizu‘s Cells at Work! manga in Monthly Shonen Sirius in May 2023. Kodansha USA Publishing has licensed the manga, and published the first volume in English on September 22.
Shimizu launched the original Cells at Work! manga in the March 2015 issue of Kodansha‘s Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine, and ended it in January 2021.
Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the main Cells at Work! manga in English, and is also releasing the following spinoff manga and books: Cells at Work: Bacteria!, Cells at Work!: Neo Bacteria!, Cells at Work! White Brigade, Cells at Work! Baby, Cells NOT at Work!, Cells at Work! Code Black, Cells at Work and Friends!, Cells at Work: Platelets!, Cells at Work! Lady, and Cells at Work! Picture Books.
Source: Shonen Sirius November issue
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Series entered hiatus after 100th chapter in May
© Youichi Takanashi, Shueisha
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Yōichi Takahashi‘s Captain Tsubasa franchise announced on Monday that the Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun Finals manga will resume serialization on October 6, with new chapters on Tuesdays.
The series entered a hiatus after its 100th chapter in May.
The series launched on the new Captain Tsubasa World website in July 2024 in the form of storyboards.
The 20th and final compiled book volume of Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun and the third and final volume of Captain Tsubasa Memories 4: Saikyō! Meiwa FC Densetsu both shipped simultaneously in June 2024.
Takahashi announced his retirement from serializing his long-running manga franchise in 2024. The Captain Tsubasa Magazine magazine’s issue that released in April 2024 was the last one. The 20th and final issue of the magazine featured the final chapters of the Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun The Final and Captain Tsubasa Memories 4: Saikyō! Meiwa FC Densetsu manga.
Takahashi’s original 37-volume Captain Tsubasa manga ran in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1981 to 1988, and it inspired four television anime series, four anime films, several OVAs, and a stage play. The manga is available in about 20 countries.
The original soccer manga revolves around 11-year-old Tsubasa Ōzora, a boy who loves soccer and is recognized by his coach Roberto due to his skill of the sport. Tsubasa goes with his coach to Brazil in order to train for the World Cup.
Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun revolves around Tsubasa as he aims to participate in the Olympics as a representative from Japan. Takahashi launched the manga in Shueisha‘s Grand Jump magazine in December 2013. The manga then moved to Captain Tsubasa Magazine, Grand Jump‘s spinoff magazine that focuses on the franchise, when it launched in April 2020.
Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun The Final, the “final saga” of the overall Captain Tsubasa series, launched in the magazine’s 16th issue in April 2023. The manga is a new arc and renaming of the Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun manga.
Source: Captain Tsubasa World’s X/Twitter account
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Paramount Pictures started streaming a new trailer for Legendary Entertainment‘s live-action film of CAPCOM‘s Street Fighter game series on Monday, focusing on Ken and Ryu’s relationship and rivalry.
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The film will open on October 16.
Paramount Pictures describes the story:
Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don’t, it’s GAME OVER!
The cast includes:
Paramount Pictures and Legendary signed a multi-year distribution deal in December, with Paramount Pictures distributing Legendary Entertainment films worldwide except China (Legendary East handles distribution in China). Street Fighter will be the first film to be distributed under the new deal. Legendary Entertainment acquired the film and television rights to Street Fighter in April 2023, and will work with CAPCOM on future projects.
Sony Pictures was previously slated to distribute the film. When the film was still slated to be distributed by Sony Pictures, the film was planned to open on March 20, 2026, but Sony removed the film from its release calendar in March 2025.
Kitao Sakurai (The Eric André Show, Bad Trip) is directing the film’s shoot in Australia, which started in August 2025. Brothers Danny and Michael Philippou were initially slated to direct the film, but left the film to focus on making their Bring Her Back film.
The game series inspired a live-action film in 1994 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, and Wes Studi. Hyde Park Entertainment produced a separate spinoff titled Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kreuk in 2009.
Machinima produced the Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist and Street Fighter: Resurrection live-action series. Machinima released the first series on its YouTube channel in May 2014, and Funimation licensed the series for release in North America. Funimation released the series on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014. Machinima released the second series on Verizon’s go90 streaming service in March-April 2016. A Street Fighter: World Warrior television series was originally planned in 2018.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie adapted CAPCOM‘s video game Super Street Fighter II in 1994. Discotek Media released the film on DVD in December 2015, and on Blu-ray Disc in October 2016. The franchise has also inspired several other anime and animated series.
The Street Fighter 6 fighting game launched in June 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. CAPCOM released the game on Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025 as a launch title. The Street Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters Edition version also launched on the same day.
Sources: Email correspondence, Paramount Pictures‘ YouTube channel
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