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Radiant Black Creator Says Kids Who Grew Up Watching Anime Are Now Shaping Western Superheroes
Anime’s influence on Western superheroes is no longer something that may happen in the future. According to Radiant Black creator Kyle Higgins, it has already happened, and the generation of writers and artists raised on anime is now reshaping how superhero stories are created across comics, animation, and Hollywood. Speaking on Crunchyroll’s The Anime Effect, Higgins discussed the growing impact of anime, manga, and tokusatsu on Western superhero storytelling. The writer, whose credits include Radiant Black, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,…
Maiden Blood Anime Sets 2027 Premiere With Teaser Trailer, Visual and Main Cast
A new original anime is heading to screens in 2027. Maiden Blood, a dark fantasy action series produced by Polygon Pictures, has revealed its first teaser trailer and key visual along with its main staff and cast. International release and streaming details have not yet been announced. The series is set in a devastated world overrun by demons, where humanity’s survival depends on a group of powerful fighters known as blood warriors. Created through surgery and blood magic, these warriors…
Yen Press Announces The Boy and the Beast Audiobook and Three More New Titles for Anime NYC
Yen Press has announced four new acquisitions ahead of its Industry Panel at Anime NYC 2026, expanding both its Yen Audio and Yen Press imprints with fantasy, manga, and romance titles. The newly revealed additions include an audiobook adaptation of Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast, alongside Rise of the Lowborn: Ascending the Ranks by Crushing Incompetent Nobles, The Goblin Samurai, and My Crush’s Crush. The announcements were shared on August 21 as a preview of the publisher’s Anime…
Sakamoto Days Season 2 Character Trailer Introduces Three Key New Characters
Netflix has revealed a new character trailer for SAKAMOTO DAYS Season 2, offering fans their first major introduction to three important new characters joining Taro Sakamoto’s increasingly dangerous world. The new footage was revealed as part of Netflix’s latest anime and animation slate and confirms that Sakamoto Days Season 2 will arrive in January 2027. The character trailer introduces Etsuko Satoda, Amane Yotsumura and Satoru Yatsumura, three figures connected to the expanding assassin world surrounding Sakamoto. Etsuko Satoda is Sakamoto’s former…
Fool Night Anime Reveals New Teaser, English Dub Cast, and November 2026 Netflix Release
Netflix has released a major new update for Fool Night, the upcoming anime adaptation of Kasumi Yasuda’s acclaimed manga. The series is now confirmed to premiere worldwide on November 26, 2026, accompanied by a new teaser trailer, first-look images, a featurette, and the confirmation of Adam McArthur and Olivia Liang as part of the English voice cast. The new promotional material offers a closer look at the anime’s dark science-fiction world, where Earth has been trapped in permanent winter and…
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Trailer Confirms October 2026 Release Date for Netflix Anime
Netflix has revealed a new teaser trailer and fresh images for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, confirming that the highly anticipated anime will arrive on October 20, 2026. The new footage brings viewers back to Night City with an entirely new group of characters, while maintaining the violent and emotionally intense atmosphere that helped make the original series a major success. The upcoming series will tell a standalone 10-episode story set in the Cyberpunk 2077 world. According to Netflix’s official description, the…