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Anime producer Aniplex today revealed the production of an original anime at A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio, titled Grow Up Show: Himawari no Circus-dan ( Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus Troupe ) and slated to "open" in 2026 . The format was not specified. Kenta Kamei ( Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ) helms the project as director and Kurehito Misaki ( Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend light novels) provides the original character designs, while Takeshi Kikuchi ( Skeleton Knight in Another World ) serves as series composer and scriptwriter. Additional information, such as story details and cast, will be confirmed at a later date. Grow Up Show: Himawari no Circus-dan Announcement Video Related: Fate Rewinder Manga Gets TV Anime From Rie Matsumoto and Bones Film Source: Comic Natalie...

For the first time since Blood Blockade Battlefront season one in 2015, acclaimed anime director Rie Matsumoto will be teaming up with the team at anime studio Bones, flying under their new Bones Film banner, to adapt Futa Kimura’s Fate Rewinder into a TV anime. To celebrate the news, a super teaser trailer and visual have been released featuring the main character, Chrono. Fate Rewinder Anime Super Teaser Trailer and Visual Related: Rie Matsumoto Directs Pokémon Music Video 'Gotcha!' for Bump Of Chicken and Bones Fate Rewinder is directed by Rie Matsumoto at Bones Film with the staff from Blood Blockade Battlefront and the “Gotcha!” Pokémon music video returning, though the full staff list has not been confirmed. Story Inc., which produces Makoto Shinkai’s films, will be producing Fate Rewinder as its first anime series. The premiere date for the series also has not been announced at this stage.

Another series from Trigun creator Yasuhiro Nightow is getting the omnibus treatment with some upcoming Blood Blockade Battlefront collections. While they're not along the lines of the hardcover Deluxe Editions Trigun and Trigun: Maximum recently received, the first paperback omnibus collects volumes 1-3 and "E-Den of Master Fighters" from volume 4 in a single volume. Featuring lettering by Studio Cutie and translation by Matthew Johnson, the first volume is due out on July 15, 2025. Blood Blockade Battlefront Omnibus by Yasuhiro Nightow Synopsis: Hellsalem's Lot, once known as New York City, is a magical city trapped inside an impenetrable bubble. The powerful barrier keeps an onslaught of mystical and mythical monsters from wreaking havoc across the rest of the world after a breach between Earth and the Beyond forced all inside creatures to coexist. Those locked in the city must rely on stylish super humans to keep the peace and ensure their survival.

From the outset, the anime industry's biggest names have typically been men. Nearly every anime fan out there will be familiar with the works of directors like Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Hideaki Anno, and Satoshi Kon, and deservedly so - they are the creators of some of the most important works in the medium. Unfortunately, however, although women have been present in the animation industry since its inception, they have typically not been as well represented at its highest levels.

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But, over the past decade or so, that has started to change. Women who have risen through the ranks of some of the industry's most prominent studios and are directing work that makes waves in the world of anime. Whether it's the eye-popping bombast of Rie Matsumoto, the subtle pathos of Naoko Yamada, or the arty surrealism of Sayo Yamamoto, these works...