FanBriefer
ENFR
Menu

Organization

19 stories across 15 editions.
View edition →
Ice Castle pop-up storesCooperating publisher

Ice Castle opens free pop-ups in Osaka and Tokyo around its second anime season

TORICO announced a free-admission Ice Castle pop-up at Manga Exhibition Tennoji in Osaka, Japan, from September 18 through October 4, followed by Manga Exhibition Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan, from October 21 through November 3. The venues will sell original goods and display illustration panels, posters and scene stills recalling the anime's first season. The announcement also links online sales for the goods, but gives no additional touring city or international event plan.

Read this story →
View edition →
Dragon Ball Super: BeerusFranchise stakeholder

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus episode one will make its world premiere at New York Comic Con on October 8

The Dragon Ball owner site announced on September 14 that episode one of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will receive its world-debut advance screening during a panel at noon local time on October 8 at New York Comic Con. The convention runs October 8–11 at the Javits Center in New York City, United States, and the panel requires advance registration. The notice does not alter the established fall Japanese television plan or name an international streaming service.

Read this story →
Jujutsu Kaisen The Stage: Shibuya Incident Part 1Original manga publisher

Jujutsu Kaisen's Shibuya Incident stage play opens overseas ticket sales on October 4

The production opened an English information page on September 14 and will launch a ticket site usable outside Japan at 10 a.m. JST on October 4, accepting credit cards and holding purchases at theatre will call. Performances run November 14–23 at Shibuya LOVEZ in Tokyo and November 28–29 at Sky Theater MBS in Osaka, Japan. The show is performed in Japanese and provides no subtitles; the English route changes purchasing access, not the language of the production.

Read this story →
View edition →
View edition →
Greykeys no Makai Goyaku-rokuPublisher

Natsuki Hokami launches demon-language translator manga Greykeys no Makai Goyaku-roku in Weekly Shonen Jump

Shueisha's official series page confirms that Greykeys no Makai Goyaku-roku began in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 41, released September 7. The manga follows the title character, a translator who connects demon-world languages and cultures with human society. The publisher has not announced a collected volume, international edition or English simulpub.

Read this story →
View edition →
New KochiKame television animeManga publisher

New KochiKame anime recasts Ryotsu and the Kameari police-box team for a 2027 Fuji TV broadcast

The 50th-anniversary production announced on September 5 that Fukushi Ochiai will voice Ryotsu, with Shouta Aoi as Keiichi Nakagawa, M.A.O as Reiko Akimoto and Raita Sakamoto as Daijiro Ohara. Akitaro Daichi directs and Gallop, the studio behind the previous series, returns to animate. The show will air on Fuji TV and stream on unspecified platforms in 2027; its exact date and episode count remain open.

Read this story →
View edition →
View edition →
Ura no ReportManga publisher

Ura no Report begins a school romantic comedy about a student agent and an oni descendant in Weekly Shonen Jump

Shueisha's official page says the manga began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump's 2026 issue 40. It follows ordinary-looking student and secret national agent Momotaro Kibitsu, whose assignment is to monitor classmate Ura Onigashima, a beautiful descendant of oni; no international edition, collected-volume date or planned length has been announced.

Read this story →
Genkai OL Kirigiri Giriko 100th chapterManga publisher

Genkai OL Kirigiri Giriko reaches chapter 100 and turns a Tokyo Bronco Billy into its fictional restaurant

Bronco Billy announced September 1 that the manga reached its 100th serialized chapter that day. Its Kita-Ayase restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, becomes the in-story Bronco Bobby through November 30, while all 148 Japanese locations offer a visitor novelty and a new side story tied to the campaign is scheduled for September 8.

Read this story →
View edition →
Gintaro-san, Much ObligedMangamillion publisher

Princess Jellyfish creator Akiko Higashimura names Gintaro-san, Much Obliged as her main project and points English readers to Mangamillion

Higashimura told Comics Beat that Gintaro-san is the work she is most excited about and drawing most heavily, with roughly 20 English episodes identified on Shueisha's Mangamillion service. She also named Goro Akechi, Epicurean Private Eye as the unlicensed work she most wants in English, but announced no print licence for either title.

Read this story →
View edition →
The Ramparts of Ice season twoPublisher of the source manga

The Ramparts of Ice season two reveals its first full trailer and an October 2 worldwide Netflix start

Netflix and the Japanese production released the first full trailer and new key art for season two on August 27. The season begins on Japan's 28-station TBS network on October 1, then streams worldwide on Netflix on October 2 with weekly episodes; other Japanese services will follow, but their dates and the season's episode count remain unannounced.

Read this story →
View edition →
Dandadan: Occultic StageManga publisher and production supervisor

Dandadan's first stage adaptation opens in Tokyo ahead of a September 11 Osaka run

The production opened August 26 at Nippon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, where it runs through September 3, before moving to Sky Theater MBS in Osaka, Japan, from September 11 to 13. Ayaka Murayama plays Momo, Reimu Ninomiya plays Okarun, Hiroki Hyakuna performs Okarun's transformed form, and Mayumi Tanaka returns from the anime to voice Turbo Granny.

Read this story →
Naruto Minamiza stage productionManga publisher and production collaborator

Naruto's non-verbal Minamiza show sets February-March dates and opens ticket sales in Kyoto

The official production site published character visuals and a February-March 2027 performance calendar on August 25, with tickets now on sale for those shows at Minamiza in Kyoto, Japan. The overall engagement still runs from February through June 2027; schedules and ticket access for April through June have not yet been posted.

Read this story →
View edition →
View edition →
View edition →
Kingdom twentieth-anniversary magazinePublisher

Kingdom’s twentieth-anniversary magazine republishes a rare one-shot and creator archives

Shueisha released Kingdom magazine 2026 in Japan on August 19 with a solo Hara interview, an assistant roundtable, a conversation with Tetsuya Chiba and a reprint of Hara’s rare one-shot Kongou. Voting results, guest illustrations and a character-relationship poster are also included; no digital, translated or overseas edition is established.

Read this story →
View edition →
View edition →

Stay in the know

Never miss a briefing.

Follow FanBriefer in any RSS reader. No account, algorithm, or inbox required.
Follow via RSS