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The third season of The Apothecary Diaries began streaming on October 2, 2026, introducing a new arc centered on a locust plague and political intrigue. The season features new music by Yorushika and Eve, and is being animated by OLM.
Mike McFarland, a longtime English-dub voice actor known for Dragon Ball Z’s Master Roshi and Yajirobe as well as One Piece’s Buggy, died at 56 after a battle with a brain tumor (glioblastoma). A Funimation/Crunchyroll veteran, he also voiced roles in titles like Attack on Titan and Fullmetal Alchemist, and health issues since January 2025 led to a GoFundMe for medical care as colleagues mourn his passing.
This is a roundup of recent anime and manga news and features, including announcements like NIS America’s Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes game, The Apothecary Diaries getting a live-action series on Amazon Prime (2028), news of Nippon Sangoku’s sequel, and ongoing reviews and coverage across anime, manga, and industry updates.
A roundup of recent anime and manga news and reviews, highlighting the Dragon Ball Super: Beerus trailer for October 11, a future Amazon Prime live-action adaptation of The Apothecary Diaries (2028), a Nippon Sangoku sequel, notable tributes and industry updates—including Yūji Yanase's passing—and various convention coverage and new releases.
Sony launched a free ad-supported Live TV service on PS5 in the U.S. with 100+ live channels and an on-demand library, accessible after signing into a PSN account, and it includes anime such as Naruto, Sailor Moon, Hunter x Hunter, and Death Note; expansion to Canada and other regions is planned. The company also disclosed that from January 2028 all new PS5 disc releases will be digital-only, PS3/PS Vita Store closures will roll out regionally through 2027, and prices for PS5 hardware and the PS Portal will rise starting April 2, 2026.
A broad entertainment digest covers Tim Curry’s passing at 80, a preview of Persona 4 Revival following Persona 3 Reload, and a slate of anime and gaming news including Capcom’s ongoing revivals, Crunchyroll previews, interviews, and updates from conventions such as Anime NYC, plus late-breaking notes on new One Piece films.
Crunchyroll announced its inaugural Anime Future Forum in New York on Oct. 7, headlined by Guillermo del Toro and James Gunn alongside senior executives from MAPPA, Toho, Shueisha and Aniplex; the one-day summit, themed 'Designing for Anime’s Future,' will explore transmedia storytelling, the evolving theatrical experience, manga’s future, and IP protection, with Sony leaders and Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini delivering remarks as roughly 400 industry figures attend ahead of NYCC at the Javits Center.
Aniplex is making all four Persona 3 anime films free to watch on YouTube for a limited time, following earlier free streams of Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden. Korean streams are on Sega Korea’s YouTube channel and Chinese streams are on bilibili, with Persona 5’s anime eyed for a future free window. The four Persona 3 films—Spring of Birth, Midsummer Knight’s Dream, Falling Down, and Winter of Rebirth—originally released in Japan between 2013 and 2016.
Netflix unveiled a notably stacked Anime NYC lineup featuring Bass X Machina (Nov 3), Fool Night (Nov 26), Lego One Piece (Sept 29), Sakamoto Days Season 2 (Jan 2027), Blue Eye Samurai Season 2 (Jan 2027), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 (premieres Oct 20), and a seven-episode The One Piece remake dropping all at once in Feb 2027.
Sony-backed Crunchyroll’s store update reportedly removes all physical books and drastically trims the Blu-ray lineup, prompting fan backlash and underscoring Sony’s shift toward digital distribution and the decline of disc-based media.
Disney announced an untitled animated Kingdom Hearts series for Disney Channel and Disney+, developed with Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix, offering a brand-new story that expands the franchise.
A new Kingdom Hearts anime series has been ordered for Disney+ and Disney Channel, reimagining the franchise with a brand-new story that expands the universe while honoring its beloved characters. Developed with franchise creator Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix, the project was announced by actor Benjamin Bratt at D23; Bratt will voice Ernesto de la Cruz in Kingdom Hearts IV due in late 2027. Disney says the series will be unmistakably Kingdom Hearts and joins a growing lineup of original animated series for Disney+.
Disney+ will premiere Star Wars: Visions Presents — The Ninth Jedi, an eight-episode anime limited series that expands on The Ninth Jedi shorts. Following Lah Kara as she trains under Margrave Juro, she and a fellowship of Jedi-in-training embark on a quest to save her father, in both English dub and original Japanese; the series drops August 5, 2026.
Bandai Namco and Sunrise reveal Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, a brand-new Gundam series directed by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex creator Kenji Kamiyama, set in an entirely new timeline outside the Universal Century. The story follows Ray Azumi in a post-Apocalypse solar-system era, with a tied-in single-player RPG called Gundam Rogue Orbit, and the project is slated to premiere in 2027 as a media-mix venture within Sunrise and Bandai Namco’s Gundam universe.
Geppy-X, the PS1 mecha shooter famed for its 70s anime vibe and 8,000+ hand-drawn frames, arrives as a HD remaster today on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC for $39.99; PS Plus members save 10% to $35.99. The remake brings enhanced visuals, upscaling, and restored 24fps animation to this Japan-exclusive 1999 cult classic.