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Game developer UNIVRS announced this week that the Little Witch Academia VR Broom Racing game was released one day early for the Oculus Quest. The game is originally scheduled for October 13. The developer also confirmed that the game will also be available for the Oculus Quest 2.

After a long time, Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ #1 constant rank has been taken over recently by FIFA 21. From October 5-11, the game sold 39,152 copies. Animal Crossing: New Horizons at #2, while Ring Fit Adventure is at #3.

It was revealed in the pamphlets sold during at the theatrical screenings for the Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train that Akira Ishida will be in the film voicing Akaza, the upper 3 in the Twelve Kizuki.

The official website of the mixed-media surfing-themed franchise WAVE.. has released the opening song sequence for the first film in the trilogy—along with the raw storyboards for the sequence. Check out the cool video here.

After much delay, the anime film adaptation of Takako Shimura’s short story manga collection Happy-Go-Lucky Days (Dounika Naru Hibi) is now just 10 days from its release. To celebrate the upcoming premiere as well as to promote the film, Cinema Today released the first 8 minutes of the film.

Another film to add to everyone’s watchlist. A new trailer was just released for the youth romantic drama film Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish (Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi). The trailer previews the insert song Shinkai by Eve.

The demand for Demon Slayer movie tickets in Japan is as hot as Rengoku’s flames. On the midnight of October 13, advanced online reservations for tickets to Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen) opened and (unsurprisingly.

The kids of Grace Field House are slowly coming to life in live-action form with the release of the first full trailer for the live-action film adaptation of The Promised Neverland. Besides offering a sneak peek of some memorable scenes in live-action form, the trailer also previews the movie’s theme song Tadashiku  Narenai (It Can’t Be Right) by Japanese rock band Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni (Zutomayo).

  October is finally here, and in the world of anime it means that the Fall 2020 anime season has officially started. While some series already had an early start by premiering last weekend, it still won’t hurt to know which titles are the most anticipated by fans in Japan, yes.

One of 2019’s most popular anime series is set to make a return next year, and to hype up Dr. Stone fans a new promo video was released for its upcoming second season. The Youtube video is (sadly) region-locked to Japan, but you can still watch the trailer in the series’ official Twitter here.