Viz Media was proud to announce their slate of upcoming anime series at their showcase at Anime Expo 2026. Their list of anime they want to bring to NA shores is quite extensive. The stars of the show are the upcoming anime adaptation of MAO by Rumiko Takahashi (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha)
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War is and will be the final season of the anime, and about time too. It's the anime adaptation of the manga's final story arc, also called "Thousand-Year Blood War", by Tite Kubo, which made its run on Shonen Jump all the way back in June 4, 2012. The first cours of
Anime Expo 2025 (AX2025) was the place to show off new, upcoming anime series, and Viz Media knows that perfectly well. That's why they were eager to show off all the anime they have at AX2025. Their list boasted quite the range of high-profile anime series. Bleach is one of the most famous ones on
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Spy x Family Ch. 106 / Mission 106 features a reunion of the entire Desmond family in the manga's history. Alas, regular readers will know that this will not be a happy reunion. In fact, it's such an unhappy reunion that it produces one of the tensest dinner scenes I've ever seen in fiction, and
Spy x Family Ch. 105.1 / Short Mission 14 is another little mini-chapter as Tatsuya Endo takes another break from a main chapter. As per usual for these short missions, the story is just adorable. It's basically Anya and Becky going to the movies, and doing their best impression of Mystery Science
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Spy x Family Ch. 105 / Mission 105 gives a certain comic relief character a day in the spotlight: Franky Franklin. Yes, our resident informant and black marketeer is now going to get his time to shine! All with some character exploration too as he goes on a day out in town. Spy x Family Ch. 105 /
The Apothecary Diaries thickens up the plot with some serious family and political drama in Ep. 51 "Let Them Eat Cake". Students of history will readily recognize that title as the most infamously apocryphal line Marie Antoinette spoke just before the French Revolution came calling, indicating her
"Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives #1" is an intriguing start to the four-part story of the classic monster's origin.
Netflix's animated adaptation of AJ Dungo's graphic novel is a gorgeous and deeply moving love story that reminds us that grief never truly disappears, but neither does the love we carry for those we've lost. Last night, I had the opportunity to watch Netflix's new animated film In Waves, directed
