Toho and Penguin Young Readers release Godzilla Stomp!, a picture book that drops the King of the Monsters into a storybook village. Written by Katherine Locke and illustrated by Nikolas Ilic.
Episode 2 of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus, “The God of Destruction Heads to the Planet of the Kai,” is streaming now on Crunchyroll. Beerus is on the hunt for the Super Saiyan God.
IDW and Sanrio team up for the Hello Kitty and Friends: Hello World! Supercute Mystery Box, a limited blind-box set with a graphic novel, trading cards, keychain, and stickers. Arriving June 2027.
The second season of I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too is officially set to broadcast and stream starting January 2027.
Major Japanese digital manga retailers CMOA and Renta remain offline after a confirmed security breach, leaving users without access to purchased libraries and reigniting the debate over digital ownership.
Harajuku-core band HANABIE. release “Bari Bari Buddy,” the ending theme for Reincarnated as a Sword II, alongside a music video. Their new album UMAMI arrives December 2.
TOKYOPOP will release Disney The Haunted Mansion: Stray Spirits as a five-issue comic book release and a graphic novel.
Jun Maeda, the influential writer and composer behind some of anime and visual novels’ most beloved tearjerkers, has been diagnosed with throat cancer.
