There are a few days left until the premiere of the 22/7 idol anime, and the newest idol franchise is gearing up with special announcements. Besides the daily countdown on the franchise’s Twitter account, the Yasushi Akimoto-produced group was also revealed to be getting their own manga series.

This week the Aniplex+ online retail service in Japan listed the currently-airing Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side-Story with 13 episodes, distributed across five Blu-ray home releases. The first, fourth, and fifth releases will have three episodes each, with the remaining releases having two episodes each.

It’s the new year but we will never get tired of sports anime—especially sports that have yet to receive an anime show. This time Japan gives us an anime series on the contact sport (that’s hard to watch sometimes because the players appear to get hurt real bad) rugby.

International streaming platform Netflix has just added 32 more episodes to the 1986 Saint Seiya anime. The Netflix release features an all-new English dub cast, and is available to the streaming service’s users in North America, New Zealand, and Australia.

The official website of the My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU. has just revealed more details for the soon-to-air 3rd season.

An announcement in the 12th and final episode of Shin Chuka Ichiban., better known to English-language fans as True Cooking Master Boy, revealed that the series is getting a sequel. The anime’s official Youtube channel also posted a teaser video for the upcoming sequel, which features five character silhouettes.

And here we have a really sweet news for everyone especially to fans of Ikoma x Mumei from Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. Last December 29, Kabaneri lead voice actors Tasuku Hatanaka (Ikoma) and Sayaka Senbongi (Mumei) announced that they have gotten married by filing their marriage registration together.

This Tuesday the official website for the Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel movie trilogy has revealed a new trailer for its upcoming third film entitled spring song. The video also previews the movie’s theme song “Haru wa Yuku” by Aimer.

  New Year is all about good vibes and surprises that will await us this year. On Tuesday, the manga creator Hiro Mashima posted a New Year’s greeting art on his official Twitter page. The post reveals that he also preparing for “several surprise announcements” for 2020.

Studio Ghibli has been a powerhouse in the anime and movie industry for years making blockbuster masterpieces like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and so on. The New Year has begun and the studio released their new year’s message on Wednesday.