Prime Video Sets ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Season 2 Premiere
The Dark Knight returns! All 10 episodes of the hit animated noir series from DC Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho stream globally on July 31.
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‘Marvel’s Iron Man and his Awesome Friends’ Returns June 11
Thor, Loki and Odin join the hit animated preschool series; L.A. Dodger star Mookie Betts and Alan Ruck added to the guest voice cast in new episodes that premiere on Disney Jr., the next day on Disney+.
Disney+ Drops ‘X-Men ‘97’ Season 2 Trailer and Images
It's finally here... the new season of the hit animated series continues the adventures of the heroic mutant team of X-Men, now divided and spread across different eras in time; debuts July 1.
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Exclusive Art Reveal: Kickstarter Launches for ‘Flippitoons’ Collector Art Book
Clover Press’ 224-page deluxe hardcover from Jim Fletcher and James Martin catalogs more than 100 reversible ‘Creeepilicious Creatures’ from the Flippi-verse that transform when the book is turned right side up or upside down, with rhyming prose designed to read in either direction.
‘Camp Snoopy’ Season 2 Leads Apple TV’s Summer ‘Peanuts’ Slate
The Beagle Scouts return to Camp Spring Lake for new outdoor adventures with Charlie Brown and the gang on June 26, followed by the debuts of ‘This is America, Charlie Brown’ and ‘The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show’ in July and the new special ‘Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy’ on July 31.
Kickstarter for 'The Art of the Toys That Made Us' Collection is On the Way
Campaign for a new 2-volume hardcover art book collection featuring artwork, advertising, concept art, and archival materials from the hit Netflix ‘The Toys That Made Us’ docuseries, alongside exclusive collectibles and a deluxe 'Nacelleverse' comics collection, from Oni Press and The Nacelle Company, is launching soon.
WEBTOON and Warner Bros. Animation Add 4 New Animated Adaptations
The new projects join the previously announced set of webcomics being developed into animated series as part of the company’s strategic partnership first revealed last year.
Witch Hats, Daemons and Stranger Things
Columnist Andrew Osmond looks at the new TV anime ‘Witch Hat Atelier’ and ‘Daemons of the Shadow Realm,’ and also casts an ‘anime eye’ over Netflix’s recent ‘Stranger Things: Tales from ’85’ series.
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Crunchyroll to Launch Anime Future Forum Thought Leadership Summit
The inaugural event is set for October 7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, bringing together anime industry leaders, creators and executives from animation, gaming, music, film and technology.
LAIKA Drops ‘Wildwood’ Teaser Trailer
It’s finally here - the studio behind ‘Coraline’ shares its first extended look at the upcoming stop-motion fantasy feature directed by Travis Knight and based on the novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis; in theaters October 23.
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DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation Reveal Annecy 2026 Showcase
The studios’ plan includes the world premiere of 'Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall' and previews of ‘Super Mutant Magic Academy,’ ‘Living the Dream,’ and other animated series from Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.
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Netflix Announces Huge Slate of Annecy Activities
Festival plans include previews of Brad Bird’s ‘Ray Gunn,’ ‘Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘THE ONE PIECE’ and untitled animated ‘Ghostbusters’ series along with anime showcases, masterclasses and a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ sing-along.
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Netflix Sets ‘The One Piece’ Anime Series Debut
From WIT Studio, the new series adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s iconic manga covers the East Blue saga with a seven-episode first season, coming February 2027.
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Sean Ono Lennon and Rich Ragsdale Talk ‘The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy’
The pair discusses the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s expansive new hand-crafted transmedia project, a cautionary tale of a dystopian, AI ruled world woven into 3 animated shorts, a 24-page comic book, and 14-song album, releasing today, May 1.
‘My Adventures with Superman’ Sets Season 3 Adult Swim Return
The hit animated series, a coming-of-age story that follows 20-somethings Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Kryptonian Kara Zor-El as they discover who they are, together, is back on June 13.
LINE Digital Frontier, Redice Studio and Kadokawa Launch Studio White
The new webcomic production company will adapt Japanese franchises into vertical-scroll series; debut will include spin-off stories like 'Record of Lodoss War' formatted for WEBTOON’s vertical scroll.
'Kagurabachi' TV Anime Set for April 2027 Release
Directed by Tetsuya Takeuchi and starring Taihi Kimura, the adaptation of Takeru Hokazono’s manga follows a young man out to avenge his father, a renowned swordsmith whose life is destroyed by a sorcerer organization; from CyberAgent and Shochiku, with animation by Cypic.
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Prime Video Drops Black & White and Color Trailers for ‘Spider-Noir’
Starring Nicolas Cage and based on the Marvel ‘Spider-Man Noir’ comic, the series follows an aging, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York; debuts next month on MGM+’s linear channel, then globally on the streamer.
Anime Producer Kei Watabiki and Manga Editor Yuki Yokoi Talk 35 Years of ‘Baki’
Since 1991, the venerable franchise has celebrated no-rules, hand-to-hand combat and the philosophy of ‘strength;’ the latest series, ‘Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai’ ups the ante and action with a resurrected Edo-period master swordsman.
Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Rick and Morty Forever #0’ 48-Page Series Finale
Oni Press will release a double-sized final issue on May 27, concluding more than a decade of 'Rick and Morty' comics laying bare their extended run of misadventures.
Osamu Tezuka Manga-Inspired ‘The Ribbon Hero’ Coming in August
Netflix has set the global streaming debut for its new feature-length anime based on the famed ‘Astro Boy’ creator’s 'Princess Knight,' directed by Yuki Igarashi with animation by Outline.
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‘Akira’ and ‘Battle of the Planets’: 2 Anime That Made Me
With the Katsuhiro Otomo classic 1988 film now playing in UK and Ireland cinemas, columnist Andrew Osmond reflects on the impact it had on him decades ago, and how it links to a TV cartoon from his childhood.
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Stephan Franck Launches Kickstarter for Final ‘Palomino’ Volume
New graphic novel from the acclaimed animator and cartoonist’s Dark Planet Comics concludes the Ringo Award-nominated neo-noir graphic novel series set in Los Angeles’ country music scene.
'The Freak Brothers' Season 3 Sets April 20 Return on Tubi
Our favorite stoners are back with 6 new episodes, opening a cannabis shop and trying to spell CEO without THC; first 2 seasons also now streaming.
Exclusive: Iron Circus Launches Jay Eaton’s 'Runaway to the Stars' Kickstarter
Read the excerpt: campaign begins for hard ‘slice-of-like’ sci-fi graphic novel that explores species relationships, communication, and everyday life in a meticulously constructed alien world.
