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  • One Piece Already Wrapping Up Broadcast for the Year — Dragon Ball Takes Over the Timeslot in October

    One Piece ended its main-story broadcast for 2026 with episode 1180, “Elbaf of Despair – The Devil’s Contract: Domi Riversi,” which aired on September 27. This year’s run followed a January–March hiatus, with the Elbaf arc airing for just six months starting in April; the next installment won’t air until 2027. Starting in October, Dragon Ball takes over the same timeslot. On 5ch, discussion spread in all directions — from criticism of the long-running anime’s pacing, to how to read a 2.4% TV rating, to comments on the aging voice cast and the use of AI.

    One Piece Already Wrapping Up Its 2026 Broadcast… What’s Behind the “New Rule”? Dragon Ball Takes Over in October as National Icons Pass the Baton

    The TV anime One Piece, broadcast on the Fuji TV network, ended its main-story broadcast for 2026 with episode 1180, “Elbaf of Despair – The Devil’s Contract: Domi Riversi (黒転支配),” which aired on the 27th. The next broadcast is set for 2027, with further details yet to be announced.

    Throughout 2026, One Piece ran the “Elbaf arc,” but the season didn’t actually start until April — January through March was a hiatus — making for a six-month broadcast run.

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    2AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:48
    One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda's
    New Policy
    3AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:48
    Never actually watched One Piece properly.
    4AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:49
    One Piece and Detective Conan — just let me see the ending before I die.
    76AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:35
    Re: #4
    I think a fair number of people have already died waiting.
    96AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:53
    Re: #4
    Conan has no intention of ever ending.
    One Piece at least intends to end.
    5AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:50
    This is probably the right way to adapt a still-ongoing manga — no pointless padding, no cliffhangers where everyone just stares at each other until "to be continued next week."
    6AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:51
    Oda keeps saying he'll never give anyone time-based or water-based powers, then quietly introduces that kind of power anyway. He's also said the One Piece treasure is something tangible — but there's still a chance it ends up being something abstract, like "One Piece = friendship."
    7AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:51
    Back in the day, the anime and movies were just bonus extras to the manga anyway — nobody made a fuss over the ratings numbers.
    10AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:53
    The blatant self-promotion (daima, slang for a show shilling its own merch) was the worst part — even Anpanman, a toddler show, handles that better.
    16AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:54
    Re: #10
    Stealth marketing (stema) is even worse.
    14AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:54
    Ratings are down in the 2% range now — just cancel it already.
    17AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:55
    Even if it's just a rehash, I'm still happy to get more Dragon Ball.
    22AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:57
    Both Dragon Ball's and One Piece's lead voice actors are pretty elderly at this point — are they actually making concrete plans for successors? Mayumi Tanaka isn't as old as Masako Nozawa, but at the current serialization pace, it's doubtful she can keep up a proper voice-acting career all the way until One Piece actually finishes. Even the new Netflix remake — no matter how much faster-paced it is than the TV broadcast version — there's no way it finishes airing in time either.
    44AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:05
    Re: #22
    Just use AI already.
    Get Nozawa's own permission now, while she's alive, to use an AI voice after she's gone.
    Though knowing you, you'll complain just as loudly once the voice actually changes, right?
    24AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:57
    This way Oda-sensei can focus on the manga now.
    25AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:58
    Honestly, they should stop doing "one manga chapter = one anime episode." The content's already thin as it is, and stretching it out further just makes it a chore to watch.
    26AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:59
    Voice acting as a profession is probably going to disappear — a time is coming when AI does the voices.
    27AnonymousSep 30, 2026 16:59
    The fight with Katakuri was brutal padding — it moved so slowly I remember just fast-forwarding through most of it.
    28AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:00
    Everything about One Piece has gone downhill except the trading cards.
    30AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:02
    With over 900 episodes, nobody's going to work up the motivation to start from episode 1, and it's not like it'll ever get rerun either. What's even the point of making the anime at this stage?
    37AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:04
    Re: #30
    Wasn't there supposed to be a separate new anime starting over from episode 1, apart from the one currently airing?
    38AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:04
    I was expecting Luffy's Nika transformation to be as cool as Goku going Super Saiyan, but when it actually happened it just looked like the Genie from Aladdin.
    86AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:47
    Re: #38
    To me it just looked like Jim Carrey in The Mask.
    39AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:04
    Already 51, huh.

    Kentaro Miura died at 54. Osamu Tezuka died at 60.
    90AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:50
    Re: #39
    Shigeru Mizuki died at 93. Leiji Matsumoto died at 85.
    41AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:05
    Dragon Ball Kai moves briskly and is easy to watch.
    46AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:06
    Re: #41
    It's only brisk up through partway into the Namek arc.
    Once you hit the Frieza fight, it's not brisk at all anymore.
    42AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:05
    TV Ratings
    2.4% — One Piece (September 6)
    88AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:49
    Re: #42
    Figured as much lol

    What absolute garbage.
    47AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:07
    They should've ended the broadcast even sooner — poverty, discrimination, women being kidnapped and held captive… that's way too dark and messy for a show airing in the morning.
    51AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:09
    Re: #47
    It airs at night now — 11pm.
    72AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:28
    "One Piece lost to Narou (the isekai web-novel site)" — ✗
    "Shonen manga lost to Narou" — ✓
    79AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:39
    Re: #72
    Nah — at least when it comes to anime adaptations, Narou hits almost always get turned into garbage adaptations with few exceptions, while Jump, Magazine, and Sunday titles keep getting god-tier adaptations. Shonen manga is still way ahead when it comes to budget and connections with animation studios…
    91AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:50
    Old-school anime used to throw in original filler arcs whenever they were about to catch up to the source material — do modern shows just not do that anymore?
    92AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:51
    Nika was already bad, but it got even worse once Loki and Imu showed up. Every character besides Luffy and Loki has basically turned into a background extra ("Bob-ified") — makes you wonder what's going to happen to Shanks and Blackbeard when they show up later. There's no sane way to power anyone up further from here.
    99AnonymousSep 30, 2026 17:56
    Re: #92
    One Piece never does anime-original filler at all. Before the hiatus, it used to run a recap compilation episode once a month, and it also burned a few minutes at the start of each episode recapping the previous one to stretch out the runtime. With this latest shake-up, both the monthly recap episodes and the previous-episode recaps are gone.

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    One Piece resumed its anime adaptation this April with the Elbaf arc, following a January–March hiatus, and wraps up its 2026 broadcast with episode 1180 on September 27. The comments about aging voice actors and AI use reflect the flip side of the source manga passing 900 chapters, with long-term serialization now the norm. The thread split over how much weight to give the TV ratings — one side argued for cancellation based on the 2.4% figure, while the other said it should be judged on overall strength, including streaming and merchandise revenue. There’s also criticism of past padding, like the Katakuri fight, but some pointed out that this latest restructuring cut the recap compilations and previous-episode recaps to pick up the pace — so a simple “it drags on” criticism doesn’t fully capture the current reality. One point readers can easily get wrong: “ending the broadcast for the year” doesn’t mean cancellation or the series wrapping up — it’s simply a hiatus until 2027.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Anime] One Piece Already Wrapping Up Its 2026 Broadcast… What’s Behind the New Rule? Dragon Ball Takes Over in October as National Icons Pass the Baton.”

  • Hideki Arai’s ‘SPUNK’ Gets Movie Adaptation — Directed by Keisuke Yoshida, Opens Fall 2027

    Hideki Arai’s manga ‘SPUNK’ is being adapted into a film directed by Keisuke Yoshida, set for release in fall 2027. The original work was co-created with Yumiko Kagami, owner of the real-life legendary S&M salon ‘Eureka,’ and has been serialized in Monthly Comic Beam since 2022. On 5ch’s entertainment/sports news board (Geisoku), though, the thread quickly veered away from the actual content — the word ‘Spunk’ sent posters down memory lane to the 45-year-old dog anime ‘Ohayo Spunk,’ sparking a wave of nostalgia over its theme song and voice cast.

    October 1, 2026

    Hideki Arai’s manga ‘SPUNK,’ set in the world of an S&M salon, has been confirmed for a film adaptation directed by Keisuke Yoshida. It will open in fall 2027.

    ‘SPUNK’ is a collaboration between Hideki Arai, the manga artist known for ‘From Miyamoto to You’ and ‘The World Is Mine,’ and Yumiko Kagami, owner of the real-life legendary S&M salon ‘Eureka.’ It was serialized in Monthly Comic Beam (KADOKAWA) from May 2022 to July 2024 before being collected into volumes. The series built up a fervent following during its run and counts many fans across the film and culture worlds.

    Source: crank-in.net / Original article here

    7AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:30
    Oh, that legendary dog with the flat, bread-slice face?
    10AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:31
    A thread full of old-timers writing 'Ohayo Spunk'
    14AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:32
    The 'Ohayo Spunk' anime aired 45 years ago
    15AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:33
    I watched Ohayo Spunk during morning reruns
    16AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:33
    Hideki Arai draws the best smoking scenes in all of Japan
    18AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:33
    Unless you caught it in reruns, you'd have to be around 48-49 this year to barely remember it.
    33AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:38
    Re: #18
    Even people in their 30s know it, I'm telling you.
    There was a gacha capsule toy of it too, like 20 years ago.
    20AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:33
    The original writer of Ohayo Spunk was Shunichi Yukimuro
    23AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:34
    I don't know this work, but is it intense and heavy, like his other stuff?
    You know, like Irene, Miyamoto, or The World Is Mine.
    25AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:35
    The 'Spunk' we think of is
    this

    26AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:37
    Isn't that the one where you can't even tell if it's supposed to be a dog or what?
    31AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:38
    This place is nothing but old men
    41AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:40
    Re: #31
    Figures — the median age of Geisoku posters is like 55.
    40AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:40
    "Good morning! Spunk! Good morning! Spunk!"
    That's the only part of the theme song I remember.
    97AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:58
    Re: #40
    Spunk♪ Spunk♪ I love you so~
    That's all I remember.
    46AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:42
    Apparently to young people today, S&M is seen as a retro Showa-era pastime, and S&M clubs are basically ruins now.
    Trendy subculture girls photograph them with that 'abandoned building' aesthetic and post it on Instagram.
    47AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:43
    Re: #46
    This thread's already turned into an old-men thread, no chance of that now.
    52AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:45
    Thinking about it now, what was actually fun about Ohayo Spunk?
    59AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:46
    Re: #52
    The part where Spunk talks in that gruff, husky voice.
    81AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:53
    Re: #52
    Probably the theme song. I don't remember anything else.
    61AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:48
    From what I vaguely remember, Spunk was voiced by Noriko Tsukase. Tsukase was a voice actress who passed away fairly young; her best-known role was in Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun.
    72AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:50
    Re: #61
    I wish I could see a timeline where Tsukase was still alive today.
    Anime history would definitely be different.
    86AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:55
    Re: #61
    Personally, I remember her most from Dotera Man.
    Kamishiro-san, who played her partner, still seems to be doing well.
    66AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:49
    Also, a lot of people get this wrong, but in 'Dekirukana,' Noriko Tsukase voiced the 'Voice from Heaven' narrator role, not Gonta-kun.
    79AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:52
    Re: #66
    Are there actually people who mix up the narrator's voice and Gonta-kun's?
    84AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:54
    Re: #79
    I mixed them up as a kid.
    It was pretty shocking when I realized the truth.
    95AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:57
    Re: #84
    Noppo-san never spoke, Gonta-kun just made weird noises,
    and the narrator was the one doing all the talking — that's how the show worked, I think.
    87AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:55
    Whoa, hold on, it's nothing but 'Ohayo' talk in here lol
    90AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:55
    Re: #87
    Given Geisoku's age demographic, this is just par for the course.
    99AnonymousOct 1, 2026 15:59
    An aging Geisoku poster who vaguely remembers the theme song and the dog's design but has zero memory of the actual story
    101AnonymousOct 1, 2026 16:00
    Re: #99
    'Aging' starts at 40, so the guys here are way older than that — proper elderly.
    109AnonymousOct 1, 2026 16:04
    Re: #99
    Exactly right, and I'm racking my brain trying to remember right now,
    but I can't recall anything besides the song and Spunk himself.
    I have a vague feeling the girl who owned him had frizzy hair, but I'm not confident.
    103AnonymousOct 1, 2026 16:01
    Re: #95
    Back then I thought the weird 'guu guu' noises were just sound effects and that Gonta-kun was doing all the talking.
    106AnonymousOct 1, 2026 16:02
    Re: #103
    How do you mix that up when the narrator literally says, 'Oh dear, what's wrong, Gonta-kun?'
    107AnonymousOct 1, 2026 16:03
    Dad goes missing at sea.
    Mom goes abroad for work.
    He moves in with his uncle, but the dog he was raising dies in an accident.
    He meets a stray dog living on the beach.

    It's actually pretty heavy stuff.
    108AnonymousOct 1, 2026 16:04
    Re: #107
    Wait, that dog was a stray?

    Background and Talking Points

    ‘Ohayo Spunk’ was a TV anime that aired on TBS in 1981 depicting the bond between a boy and his dog — it shares nothing but the name with Hideki Arai’s S&M manga. Yet most of the thread’s replies latched onto nostalgia for this old anime rather than discussing the new film itself. The exchanges about voice actress Noriko Tsukase’s career, and the mix-ups with ‘Dekirukana’ and ‘Dotera Man’ (which aired on the same network), make for an entertaining read, showing how memories of the show vary by generation. On the other hand, almost no one touched on the S&M elements of the source manga or director Keisuke Yoshida’s style, so how the film adaptation news itself will actually be received remains to be seen.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News Plus) thread ‘Hideki Arai’s manga ‘SPUNK’ to be made into a film, directed by Keisuke Yoshida, theme is ‘S&M,’ opens fall 2027.’

  • “Obocchama-kun” Returns After 35 Years — 5ch: “Remakes Only Succeed Once or Twice, So Why Keep Doing This?”

    To mark the 40th anniversary of the manga “Obocchama-kun,” it was announced on September 30 that a new anime, “Obocchama-kun REBORN,” will air on the TV Asahi network next year — the franchise’s first new anime in 35 years. Given the scale of an entirely new production from start to finish, reactions on 5ch were mixed: some were enthusiastic, while others voiced skepticism about whether it could be “acceptable by today’s standards.” The thread ranged from debates over whether recent remakes tend to succeed or fail, to concerns about how much of the original’s trademark crude humor could survive under current broadcast standards, to discussion of production trends aimed at overseas markets.

    Trailer video

    “Obocchama-kun” Returns After 35 Years — Airing Next Year on TV Asahi, Marking the Manga’s 40th Anniversary, With an All-New “REBORN” Series

    It was decided on the 30th that the popular manga “Obocchama-kun,” which just marked the 40th anniversary of its serialization, will get an anime broadcast on the TV Asahi network next year for the first time in 35 years. It will air as the entirely new production “Obocchama-kun REBORN.”

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    5AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:06
    This time he'll wear clothes — no more baring skin
    72AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:18
    Re: #5
    Binbocchama… (the poor-kid parody spin-off character)
    8AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:07
    Probably a case of some elementary schooler who watched it back in the day growing up to become a producer and digging it back up.
    103AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:21
    Re: #8
    Yeah, exactly.
    18AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:09
    Remakes like this really only succeed once or twice, so why doesn't it ever stop?
    And who's even asking to watch this, anyway?
    31AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:11
    Re: #18
    India funded it, so it's already profitable from the get-go.
    138AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:26
    Re: #18
    Coming up with something new is a pain, and people probably figure a remake carries less risk.
    23AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:10
    The old anime was a hit in India, so it's being made with Indian money.
    It already aired in India last year.
    India had already cut the "Tomodachinko" gag (a pun combining "friend" and slang for penis) when airing the old anime, so the new anime drops it from the start.
    42AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:13
    Re: #23
    Why India, of all places?
    26AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:10
    "Stand-in Narudaka" — lol, that brought back memories
    93AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:20
    Re: #26
    In the PC Engine game version he's actually useful as a wall-hack item.

    Nah, if Namco's going to bother making that, they should just port Marvel Land instead lol
    53AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:15
    I see it a lot on YouTube, but Binbocchama is actually an admirable kid who raises his little siblings with real love.
    A lot of those episodes will make you cry.
    186AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:35
    Re: #53
    His sense of pride is great too.
    64AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:17
    This is probably going to get heavily censored.
    They probably can't even say "Tomodachinko" anymore.
    71AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:17
    Re: #64
    There was an anime airing just recently that kept saying "chinko" over and over, though.
    80AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:18
    Dodge Danko is cool, so it'll be fine!
    100AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:21
    Re: #80
    It's really the characters' sexual-harassment and power-harassment behavior that counts as a compliance violation —
    just saying "chinko" by itself might actually be fine.
    81AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:18
    "Pokkun is a walking ransom" — what a wild lyric that is.
    108AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:22
    Re: #81
    And that was back when ransom kidnappings were still happening fairly often, too.
    85AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:19
    Kimengumi was hilarious in my childhood memories, but when I watched the remake I was shocked at how boring it was.

    I wonder how this one will fare? I was obsessed with it as a kid, but will it still be funny watching it now?
    139AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:27
    Re: #85
    Classic case of nostalgia goggles.
    I was obsessed with Chrono Trigger back in the day too, but when I replayed it recently it was dead boring.
    99AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:21
    I bet feminists will end up tanking this.
    The way the heroine gets treated is pretty rough.
    106AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:22
    Re: #99
    Was there even a heroine?
    I remember even his earwax was made of gold.
    113AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:23
    Apparently in the original there was a stretch where the lead was voiced by a stand-in — how weird did that feel?!

    Gobō Chama
    Voice: Chie Kamishiro (during Kamishiro's maternity leave, episodes 135-137, filled in by Chisa Yokoyama)
    136AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:26
    Re: #113
    Didn't feel weird at all.
    115AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:23
    Didn't Ninja Hattori-kun also get remade because of overseas popularity?
    The anime industry is leaning on overseas demand now, just like the tourism industry.
    Apparently isekai reincarnation shows are popular abroad for the same reason.
    148AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:28
    Re: #115

    Even if it's popular overseas, that's really just a subset of otaku and kids — over 80% of revenue still comes from the domestic market, so it's still nowhere near the game industry, which has actually captured a real overseas market.
    125AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:24
    Even calling it a "hit in India" really just means it's one of the Japanese anime kids watch there — it's not like everyone knows it.

    Bobobo was popular there too, so maybe that kind of fast-paced gag comedy is what goes over well.
    181AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:33
    Re: #125
    After Bobobo got cancelled from the national network, it dropped down to local broadcasts, and depending on the affiliate station, the ending of the "final national episode" came in two versions — one implying no local continuation, one implying it would continue locally.
    Though there were also stations that aired the "no continuation" version and still ended up continuing it locally anyway.
    127AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:24
    When it was streaming on d-Anime I watched a bit out of nostalgia and ended up laughing at how crude it was.
    Tsurupika Hagemaru had stuff in it that was basically dog abuse — that one made me recoil.
    151AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:28
    Re: #127
    That bit where they generate electricity off the dog Pes would probably get called abuse nowadays.
    128AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:24
    Did the original series end with the fight against Shadow Chama?
    172AnonymousOct 1, 2026 08:30
    Re: #128
    It actually kept going a bit after the Shadow Chama arc.
    Wasn't it cancelled over the cross-network thing instead?

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    “Obocchama-kun” is a manga by Yoshinori Kobayashi, and the original anime also aired on the TV Asahi network, so this marks a kind of “homecoming” to that same station. Opinion in the thread split over the track record of recent remakes — some pointed out that successful remakes are rare, while others countered that such impressions are just nostalgia bias affecting how people judge things. Some posts claimed the production involves overseas capital, but there is no such mention in the official announcement, so this could not be confirmed. There is also strong interest in how much of the original’s trademark crude humor can survive under today’s broadcast standards, with attention focused not just on nostalgia but on “how it will be remade for the current era.”

    ※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Anime] “Obocchama-kun” Returns After 35 Years! Airing Next Year on TV Asahi, Marking the Manga’s 40th Anniversary, All-New Episodes Throughout.”

  • 2026 Fall Anime Season Swells to Nearly 100 Titles — 5ch: ‘Who’s Actually Watching All This? lol’

    Animatetimes published its lineup of anime premiering in October 2026, and on 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board, users reacted to a rundown spanning new titles and reruns. Some shared what they’re planning to watch — Blue Box, The Apothecary Diaries, the To Aru (“A Certain…”) series — while others were stunned that the list swells to nearly 100 titles once reruns are included, asking “who’s actually watching all this?” Others vented over the Medalist rerun, demanding “just hurry up and give us new episodes already.” The thread also filled in extra details along the way, like confirmation that The Fable Season 2 starts in January 2027.

    Aikatsu! Encore Broadcast

    Ao Ashi Season 2

    Aoki Densetsu: Welsh & Scheder

    Source: animatetimes.com / original article here

    3AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:40
    You guys always trash-talk Japanese dramas and movies, but you're watching this stuff lol
    13AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:47
    Tank Chair looks interesting
    Gives off Dorohedoro vibes
    14AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:47
    Tell me which summer anime were actually worth watching
    15AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:47
    There's a ton of reincarnation/isekai shows lined up
    Is this actually on the low end compared to usual seasons?
    20AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:52
    Nostalgic! Didn't know Genso Suikoden was getting an anime
    I remember playing the original on the first PlayStation
    21AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:52
    For now I'm planning to watch Ao Ashi, The Apothecary Diaries, and To Aru
    Romelia Senki has my interest but I couldn't watch it since it was a streaming exclusive
    22AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:53
    With this many shows on the list, Sasaki and Peeps is the only one I've actually read as a manga
    23AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:54
    I've read the source material for Hotaru so I'll probably watch it
    25AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:55
    Didn't know Kamen Rider Meiss was getting an anime too
    27AnonymousSep 30, 2026 19:57
    Oh nice, they're doing A Certain Scientific Railgun
    33AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:03
    Re: #1
    Here's a roundup of PVs for the ones that look most interesting out of this lineup
    https://youtu.be/gNX-cn49y_4

    https://youtu.be/4UGOafhGQeU
    36AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:05
    Re: #33
    That top one is the Frieren video that got announced two days ago

    *Note: that's not a fall anime, don't get fooled
    34AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:03
    Looking forward to tomorrow's FX Warrior Kurumi-chan!
    First anime I'll have watched since Chiikawa
    35AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:04
    Don't know any of these

    Wait, is this SIREN based on the game?
    78AnonymousSep 30, 2026 21:00
    Re: #35
    It's based on a manga that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump a long time ago
    37AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:09
    Nearly 100 shows once you count reruns
    Who's actually watching all this lol
    39AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:11
    Ace of the Diamond is basically the only normal-looking anime on this list
    40AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:11
    Wonder how Keroro (Sgt. Frog) will be with the全 new cast
    What were you all even doing 20 years ago?
    42AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:16
    Kurumi-chan's probably the only one I'll watch
    44AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:18
    Watching:
    Romelia
    Blue Box
    Ranma
    Tank Chair
    Blue Box and Ranma are safe bets — curious whether Tank Chair and Romelia turn into sleeper hits
    45AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:19
    Terrifying number of titles, gonna have to drop half of them after episode one
    No way anyone can keep up with checking all of these
    47AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:20
    Girls und Panzer: More Love Love Operation!
    Is this a new one?
    49AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:21
    What are us Kirara-starved fans supposed to do
    50AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:23
    Re: #49
    Tetsudou Musume kind of has that Kirara vibe
    51AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:24
    Shirotan
    The Tanuki and the Fox
    Nice and wholesome.
    53AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:26
    My dark horse pick is Dark Summoner
    That one's a solid ecchi comedy
    54AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:27
    I'm here for Kinnikuman
    I'm here for Rurouni Kenshin
    63AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:40
    Genso Suikoden's about the only one I'm planning to watch
    When's the Fable sequel finally coming
    64AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:42
    Re: #63

    >TV anime The Fable Season 2 is scheduled to begin airing on Nippon TV in January 2027
    65AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:43
    Re: #63
    Fable Season 2 starts next January
    69AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:46
    Feels like the Hotaru no Yomeiri manga just keeps getting less interesting
    Let's get Nezumi no Hatsukoi (A Rat's First Love) adapted instead
    76AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:56
    Re: #69
    I mean, it's already finished anyway
    77AnonymousSep 30, 2026 20:56
    A Medalist rerun? Are they kidding? Hurry up with new episodes already, how many years are they gonna make us wait
    84AnonymousSep 30, 2026 21:11
    Re: #77
    There's a movie coming out in February, so there's a spinoff planned for the January season

    Background and Points of Discussion

    This roundup is based on the broadcast list that major anime news site animatetimes publishes every season, which by tradition includes not just new titles but reruns and spinoffs of past works as well. That’s why the Medalist rerun might look like a halfhearted move, but as the thread itself points out, it’s actually tied to a spinoff rollout timed with the theatrical film releasing in February — not simply filler. It’s also easy to overlook that shows like “Kamen Rider Meiss,” a tokusatsu series, get slotted into the anime programming block, blurring the line between genres. In recent years the number of titles airing in a single broadcast season (cour) has been trending upward, and the growing burden on viewers to decide what to actually keep up with underlies a lot of the reaction in the thread.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Anime] 2026 Fall Anime Roundup | Shows Premiering in October — New and Rerun Anime Info / 2026-09-29 edition.”

  • Voice Actor Kenjiro Tsuda Loses AI Voice-Cloning Lawsuit — 5ch: “No Matter How You Listen, That’s Clearly Tsuda’s Voice”

    Voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda sued the operator of the video app TikTok, demanding removal of a video that used AI to clone his voice without permission. On September 30, the Tokyo District Court dismissed Tsuda’s claim, apparently mainly because the video had already been taken down before the lawsuit was filed. At the same time, the ruling marked the first time a court has suggested that a person’s voice could be protected under “publicity rights,” making the outcome more nuanced than a simple win or loss. On 5ch, reactions ranged from astonishment at how accurately the voice was reproduced, to an understanding that the removal request was the only real point at issue, to confusion over the fact that no law yet directly regulates AI voice cloning.

    Voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda filed a lawsuit against the operator of the video-sharing app TikTok, seeking removal of a video in which someone had used generative AI to imitate his voice without permission. The Tokyo District Court issued its ruling on September 30. Presiding Judge Aya Takahashi dismissed Tsuda’s claim.

    (details omitted)

    Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

    10AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:16
    No matter how you listen to it, that's clearly Tsuda-ken's voice
    11AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:16
    So training AI on a voice actor's voice is officially fair game now?
    Guess that gives the green light to all those "in the style of ~"
    voice-gimmick videos then lol
    12AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:16
    Reading the actual ruling, Tsuda-ken's argument held up fine.
    It's just that the removal request failed because the video was already deleted — that about right?
    16AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:17
    This one really needs to go all the way to the Supreme Court, doesn't it?
    17AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:17
    So that's what's going on with all those Hiroyuki videos
    I was wondering why there were a ridiculous number of them
    18AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:18
    So you're saying copyright doesn't cover a voice that just sounds similar?
    19AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:18
    Quote: "In today's (the 30th) ruling, the Tokyo District Court rejected Tsuda's claim on the grounds that the video had already been deleted, while also issuing its first-ever ruling that a voice can be protected under 'publicity rights.'"

    That's literally the most important part and this garbage article doesn't even put it in the headline
    24AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:20
    Re: #19
    This is exactly why crappy journalism is making people dumber
    28AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:20
    Re: #19
    I see
    So the actual point of contention
    was only the removal response
    Since TikTok itself isn't the one generating the audio
    you'd have to go after the original uploader for this to mean anything
    82AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:30
    Re: #19
    Makes me wonder how it would've gone if the video hadn't been deleted
    20AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:18
    Tsuda-ken's voice is more about the character work than being some objectively amazing voice — guess for AI too, it's distinctiveness that matters more than raw quality
    21AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:19
    Well of course he wasn't going to win, there's no law covering this

    This was a lawsuit meant to raise the issue and push things forward from the start
    23AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:19
    Deleting the video doesn't solve the earnings problem though?
    Something's off about "no consequences as long as you delete it when caught"

    Quote: "Meanwhile, Tsuda's side argued that the unauthorized exploitation of the economic value of his voice was the real issue, noting each video averaged about 1.47 million views and the uploader was earning ¥500,000–750,000 a month."
    56AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:25
    Re: #23
    Well, the lawsuit was literally just a request to take it down
    36AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:22
    Is this one of those threads where OP (Re: #1) framed it badly?
    43AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:23
    Re: #36
    Can't help it, it's a breaking-news post
    40AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:22
    TikTok, for its part, argued it had not infringed any rights, saying the narration was a "generic male voice" and that the platform had publicly disclosed that the uploader made the audio by training the AI on a friend's voice.
    67AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:27
    Re: #40
    Then why'd you delete it? Exactly.
    80AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:30
    Re: #67
    Some people just get scared off when a yakuza-type comes at them with accusations, even when they're in the right
    That's the whole point of SLAPP-style lawsuits — an intimidation tactic
    91AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:32
    Re: #67
    It's a hassle, so platforms just delete on report
    There are even cases where the real rights holder's own content gets taken down because of a fake copyright group's complaint
    46AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:23
    Wait, so does that mean impression/impersonator comedians would lose too if the real person sued them?
    51AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:24
    Re: #46
    I think that case would just be a straightforward defamation charge
    76AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:29
    Re: #46
    Doing an impression is a skill,
    but this is training AI directly on someone's actual voice and then doing whatever you want with it — that's the nasty part
    54AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:25
    So what happens to all those AI Horiemon (Takafumi Horie) videos then?
    62AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:26
    Re: #54
    The person themselves could get it taken down if they sued
    They just leave it alone because it's a hassle
    69AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:28
    Even if a voice gets recognized as protectable,
    that shouldn't let you shut out someone who just naturally sounds like Tsuda Kenjiro

    Unless people who happen to sound like Tsuda Kenjiro are also protected,
    the logic doesn't hold together
    86AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:31
    Re: #69
    Isn't it fine as long as it's entirely self-contained?
    Do your own impression, or process your own voice data yourself
    Even rap sampling has time-length limits
    No matter how much you process it, using the original data at all makes it a rip-off
    Process your own voice to sound similar instead
    And obviously, don't connect it to the internet
    Because ripping data straight off the internet = unauthorized use, plain and simple
    73AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:28
    Making this big a deal over just a voice is overblown

    Then what about something like this?
    ↓
    https://youtu.be/omHNJmXRV1A
    96AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:34
    Re: #73
    AI is insane
    It can reproduce it this well?
    TV production is basically done for
    111AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:37
    Re: #73
    It's dumb, but
    I can't stop watching it lol
    88AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:31
    Maybe as a workaround — training it on the real person's voice but keeping a "witness impressionist" on hand to testify "I helped make this" if you get sued — that kind of business might actually take off
    97AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:34
    Re: #88
    What it was trained on is easy enough to prove, they'd just have to hand over the data
    89AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:32
    Basically he just wants money as a "voice usage fee" (lol)
    103AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:35
    Re: #89
    I think it's only natural to see it that way though
    92AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:32
    Yeah, Hiroyuki's and Matsuko's voices are being used for scam narrations all over the place
    98AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:34
    Re: #92
    I think Hiroyuki and Toshio Okada were both more like "go ahead and use it, don't care"
    106AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:36
    Fair point
    But why sue when you knew you'd lose?
    All it did was hand out official permission that doing this freely is fine lol
    119AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:39
    Re: #106
    That's not really the story. It's just that the video was already deleted, so there was nothing left to actually demand

    Background and Key Points of This Story

    Publicity rights attribute the customer-drawing power (economic value) of a celebrity’s name or likeness to that person; the requirements were laid out in a 2012 Supreme Court ruling (the Pink Lady case), and the right has mainly been recognized in relation to names and likenesses since then. Today’s ruling draws attention because it’s the first to suggest this protection could also extend to a person’s “voice.” On 5ch, opinions are split between those reading the dismissal of the removal request as “AI voice mimicry has been ruled legal” and those who understand it as simply meaning the request lost practical purpose because the video was already deleted — a distinction that makes the ruling’s real substance easy to misread. Japan still has no law directly regulating AI voice mimicry, making this an early test case for the legal framework that exists short of one.

    *This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Lawsuit Lost] Voice Actor Kenjiro Tsuda Claims AI Cloned His Voice Without Permission — Tokyo District Court Dismisses Removal Request Against TikTok Operator.”

  • Tenmaku no Jadoogar Producer Slams Anime for ‘Isekai Overload, No Diversity’ — 5ch Fires Back

    A producer of the anime “Tenmaku no Jadoogar” remarked that “recent anime is all isekai, there’s no diversity,” and the comment got picked up on 5ch. Since the show itself is set in a harem with a strong isekai flavor, the thread was quick to fire back with jabs like “look who’s talking” and “they’re just playing the diversity card because they can’t compete on popularity.” At the same time, some users broke down what set hits like “Mushoku Tensei” and “Frieren” apart from other isekai, while others defended the industry by pointing to production costs and streaming revenue, so the discussion didn’t split neatly into one side or the other.

    2AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:21
    Talking like some pretentious foreign-film buff, lol
    3AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:21
    But you're losing in popularity to those very isekai/Narou-style shows
    4AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:22
    But the real season winner is 'Yani Neko,' isn't it?
    8AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:23
    Re: #4
    It's got zero streaming buzz and you're calling it the 'season winner'? Lol
    88AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:02
    Re: #4
    Tenmaku and that one are both flops, quit fighting over table scraps 🤣
    5AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:22
    'Diversity,' lol
    What is this, some holier-than-thou type?
    7AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:23
    Guess people in the industry really do feel that way deep down
    9AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:23
    With it airing weekly I can't keep track of the names and relationships
    A binge-release would be fine though
    10AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:24
    Can't land a hit on popularity, so bashing isekai is all that's left, huh (lol)
    54AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:48
    Re: #10
    Bring up popularity and they'll get torn apart, so they can't say it
    11AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:25

    But in Japan it's mostly Narou-style isekai that's popular anyway
    18AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:28
    Re: #11
    Well no wonder Narou-style shows keep piling up
    22AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:30
    Re: #11
    Mushoku Tensei and Re:Zero are set in another world too, but they're considered a cut above 'Smartphone Tarou'-tier isekai (a mocking nickname for generic, low-effort isekai)
    23AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:30
    Re: #11
    Jadoogar was fun, but Mushoku Tensei is on a different level among reincarnation stories, so it's a shaky example to use
    12AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:25
    The difference from overseas is that Japan churns out isekai because people genuinely like it
    14AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:26
    It's not just 'recently' — it's been nothing but isekai for a good while now
    15AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:26
    Besides, genre-wise Tenmaku is just another scheming-villainess harem drama with zero originality of its own
    16AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:27
    Translated plainly: 'Cut it out, why are Narou isekai so popular'
    20AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:29
    Figured it'd only get hyped by out-of-touch foreign-film snobs, so I skipped it
    Sure enough, it flopped (lol)
    48AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:44
    Re: #20
    What they're saying really does sound just like that
    26AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:30
    Wait, it's the producer?
    I assumed it was some animator's slip of the tongue
    30AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:32
    Re: #26
    The producer is literally the head of the production, you know
    35AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:36
    So they hated isekai, tried to be edgy with some offbeat pick for an anime, only got hyped by the loud voices online, never really took off, and now no season 2
    42AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:41
    Re: #35
    Apparently that fossil of a shoujo manga 'Anatolia Story' (Red River) is getting a season 2
    I don't even know what's going on anymore
    37AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:38
    Frieren was totally different, its popularity exploded
    What made that one click?
    44AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:42
    Re: #37
    Because it won over both the character-obsessed crowd and the people who like a more refined story
    56AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:49
    Anime costs a lot of money
    so it's only natural things flow toward whatever's profitable

    Though I get the creator spirit that wants to push back against that
    59AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:50
    Re: #56
    It barely turns a profit at all, so they're stuck relying on streaming
    78AnonymousSep 30, 2026 13:59

    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, where he recruits top-tier powerful women as subordinates, is more fun anyway…
    91AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:04
    Re: #78
    This is exactly the kind of payoff you want — this right here
    102AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:12
    Re: #78
    Slime season 4 was mediocre, but it's still way more entertaining than Tenmaku
    84AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:01
    Then just make it for Netflix and only stream it there 🫵
    89AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:03
    Re: #84
    Heard Netflix isn't even putting up money for it anymore
    the view counts are just too garbage
    87AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:02
    Yajin Tensei, Sengoku Komachi, and that one where he appraises people's stats to recruit allies (forgot the title)
    I personally thought those were pretty good
    93AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:07
    Lame that they can't flex on sales or popularity so they resort to this instead
    94AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:08
    Re: #93
    However you slice it, flexing about sales and popularity is way lamer, lol
    105AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:14
    In the end the anime barely moved the story forward at all
    How far does this get in the source material?
    108AnonymousSep 30, 2026 14:16
    Re: #105
    It just keeps dragging on with behind-the-scenes political scheming

    Background and Key Points of This Debate

    So-called “Narou-style” isekai works — named for the web novel site where many originate — are said to keep getting greenlit because their built-in fanbase and proven source material make it easier for production committees to justify funding, keeping the adaptations coming. In the thread, most reactions focused less on the producer’s “no diversity” comment itself and more on the irony that their own show is a strongly isekai-flavored harem drama. At the same time, some pointed to the gap between this show and works like “Mushoku Tensei” and “Frieren,” which won huge support despite also being isekai, arguing that it’s the quality of execution — not the genre label — that drives popularity, which keeps the discussion from being a simple case of “the isekai criticism boomerangs back on you.” Note that the comments about how many shows are in production or their budgets reflect general industry perception voiced in the thread, not verified figures.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G board) thread “Tenmaku no Jadoogar’s producer: “Recent anime is all isekai, there’s no diversity!”.”

  • Brand-New NARUTO Anime: New Info Drops October 10 — 5ch Asks “Is It Really More Popular Overseas?”

    New information about a brand-new installment of the hit ninja anime “NARUTO” will be revealed worldwide on October 10 (local time, Naruto’s birthday) during the “NARUTO: What’s Next?” special stage at New York Comic Con 2026. The same day will also bring details on the “NARUTO Card Game,” set for release in 2027. On 5ch, a question — “Is it really that popular overseas? Doesn’t seem like it in Japan” — sparked a discussion covering the gap between Naruto’s huge overseas popularity and its cooler reception at home, opinions on the anime’s filler arcs, and calls for the show to stick more closely to the manga.

    September 29, 2026

    It has been revealed that the latest information on a brand-new installment of the popular anime “NARUTO” will make its world premiere on October 10 (local time) at the “NARUTO: What’s Next?” special stage held during New York Comic Con 2026.

    The stage event, taking place on October 10 — the birthday of protagonist Naruto Uzumaki — is already drawing major attention after a countdown launched on a dedicated website. On the day, fans worldwide can expect further details on the highly anticipated “brand-new anime,” as well as the latest news on the “NARUTO Card Game,” slated for release in 2027.

    Source: cinematoday.jp / Original article here

    3AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:02
    Naruto peaked around the Chunin Exams arc, honestly.
    33AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:16
    Re: #3
    Turns out he was elite all along, believe it!
    5AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:04
    A new series?
    Wonder how the filler's gonna be this time.
    64AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:37
    Re: #5
    Wasn't like 80% of the Naruto anime filler to begin with?
    6AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:05
    Way too many flashback jutsu — just adapt it straight from the manga.
    7AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:05
    Is it really that popular overseas? Doesn't seem like it in Japan.
    10AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:06
    Re: #7
    It's insanely popular over there
    Probably the #1 anime of all time
    16AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:08
    Re: #7
    Apparently blond hair and blue eyes go over well with foreign audiences
    65AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:38
    Re: #7
    Trump even used a Naruto meme edit once, remember? lol
    12AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:07
    If Studio Pierrot can pull off the same quality as the Bleach final arc, this could actually be worth getting excited about.
    13AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:07
    Funny how ninjas are usually the good guys, but they're treated as villains in Wolverine or Spider-Man.
    17AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:08
    Wait, is this actually Naruto and not the Boruto sequel about his son?
    19AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:09
    So NARUTO's going overseas-first too now
    Japan's really done for
    21AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:09
    The manga everyone keeps asking "why does the protagonist look like a blond white guy?" about
    22AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:10
    Storm of filler, believe it!!!
    You know it, believe it!!!!!!! (mimicking Naruto's catchphrase "dattebayo")
    23AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:10
    Japanese anime content is done for, honestly.
    26AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:13
    Re: #10
    Re: #16
    Guess it's the ninja thing. Personally I think Gintama or Jujutsu Kaisen are more fun though.
    28AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:13
    Naruto's huge overseas
    so why not
    29AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:13
    Edo Tensei and the Outer Path — Rinne Rebirth jutsu are banned, got it? (forbidden reincarnation techniques from the series)
    30AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:14
    Can't help it, I guess, but it's all profit-driven overseas focus now
    Feel bad for the kids in Japan
    31AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:14
    NARUTO fans are the loudest of any fandom
    but it's not like that many people actually read it in Japan
    42AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:22
    Re: #31
    The overseas popularity is wild
    Probably clicked because it's got that Harry Potter vibe — making friends at school and
    growing up together
    Plus the characters are just cool
    32AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:14
    Just make a "Naruto Kai" cut with the filler and padding stripped out.
    34AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:17
    It turned to garbage around the time the Sand ninja showed up though.
    40AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:20
    Re: #34
    That's pretty early on lol
    36AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:18
    No more filler?
    A big part of what made NARUTO great was how good the opening themes were, so if those are weak it'll drag the whole thing down
    37AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:19
    I loved stuff like the Naruto vs. Kiba fight in the Chunin Exams, or the whole sequence of figuring out how to beat the Edo Tensei Third Raikage
    but eventually it turned into just trading jutsu back and forth and lost that spark
    38AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:19
    The anime that's popular in Japan and the anime that's popular in America just aren't the same.
    39AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:19
    Gonna end up like Dragon Ball, huh? (typo'd as "Dracoball" in the original)
    41AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:20
    Hollywood's out here making masterpieces like The Odyssey
    and this is a pathetic country that can only make anime
    46AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:24
    Re: #41
    Being able to make anime across such a wide range of genres, from toddler shows to adult stuff, is genuinely impressive though
    What decade are you writing from, looking down on anime like that?
    82AnonymousSep 29, 2026 19:27
    Re: #41
    That Odyssey movie will be forgotten in a few years
    but Naruto's still gonna be loved in 10 years, by the adults who grew up on it and the kids of the future lol
    48AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:25
    Anime's being made for overseas audiences now and Japanese fans are losing interest, but it's wall-to-wall isekai reincarnation shows that foreigners inexplicably love.
    50AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:25
    I do know the main character's arm stretches.
    51AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:26
    I used to buy Jump back in the early serialization days so I read it then, but I don't know anything after that.
    52AnonymousSep 29, 2026 18:26
    Sasuke always came off as just a straight-up unhinged character to me, never got why he was so popular.

    Background and Key Points of Discussion

    A notable feature of this announcement is that it’s being made at an overseas event, New York Comic Con — in recent years, more and more popular titles like “ONE PIECE” and “Dragon Ball” have timed their new information reveals to overseas events. The original article only mentions a “brand-new anime,” without clarifying whether it centers on Naruto himself, adapts manga material that hasn’t been animated yet, or tells an entirely new story. The thread also raised the question of whether this is really about Naruto rather than his son Boruto — that will have to wait for more details on October 10. Many commenters claimed Naruto is “more popular overseas,” but it’s worth noting this is based on personal impressions rather than any concrete sales or viewership figures presented in the thread.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “‘NARUTO’ Brand-New Anime: New Info Coming 10.10, Worldwide Simultaneous Reveal at NY Comic Con.”

  • Manga Titles Have Doubled in Length Over 15 Years — “Reincarnated” and “Lady” Buzzwords Surge

    When e-book store BookLive analyzed its own catalog data to mark passing 2 million cumulative distributed titles, it found that the average character count of manga titles had roughly doubled over the past 15 years. In shōnen and seinen (boys’/young men’s) manga, words like “another world,” “reincarnation,” and “strongest” have become conspicuous, while shōjo and josei (girls’/women’s) manga shifted from love- and marriage-focused terms around 2016 to more raw, real-life words like “housewife,” “toxic (black),” and “neighborhood” by around 2019. On 5channel, reactions ranged from jokes about “villainess”-genre title clichés to comments noting that long titles have actually been around for ages.

    It’s no longer unusual these days to spot manga on shelves or in apps with long titles like “The Strongest… Who Got Exiled,” but how much have titles actually grown? E-book store BookLive analyzed titles from its own catalog to mark passing 2 million cumulative distributed copies, and found that the average character count had doubled over 15 years.

    The words used in titles have also shifted over the past decade. In shōnen and seinen manga, for example, terms like “another world,” “reincarnation,” and “strongest” have risen to the top, reflecting a growing tendency to convey the setting or the protagonist’s powers right in the title.

    The change looks even more dramatic in shōjo and josei manga. Compared to 2016, when love-centered words like “love,” “marriage,” and “romance” dominated, by around 2019 titles were leaning toward grittier, real-life drama terms like “housewife,” “toxic (black),” and “neighborhood.”

    Source: 0115765.com / Original article here

    7AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:45
    Re: #1
    Man, there sure are a lot of reincarnation stories out there.
    But if a nobody like us with no talent or skills got reincarnated, we couldn't actually do anything with it —
    we'd probably just end up living out our life as a lowly nobody in the new world too.
    Isn't there a manga where the guy gets reincarnated and just… stays an ordinary commoner the whole time?
    45AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:09
    Re: #7
    People pick these up because they want catharsis — a way to vent the frustration of their own crappy, low-status lives.
    No matter how much readers crave a twist on the formula because ideas are running dry, a story where the hero just stays a nobody to the end will never catch on,
    because that's literally just the reader's own life.
    9AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:47
    If it's too long you can't remember the title, right?
    Even I forgot the actual full title of "Yamaguchi Roppeita."
    15AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:51
    Re: #9
    "General Affairs Department, General Affairs Section, Yamaguchi Roppeita" —
    it popped up as an autocomplete suggestion while I was typing it out lolololol
    12AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:49
    Isn't this trend something that came over from light novels and that whole scene?
    31AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:01
    Re: #12
    Yeah, it's probably from manga adaptations of that stuff.
    25AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:58
    The longest ones on my bookshelf are "The World Is Mine" and "Keiba Kyousouden: Arya Uma Korya Uma" (a horse-racing manga whose title roughly means "Is This a Horse? Is That a Horse?").
    42AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:08
    Re: #25
    Mine is "Hazakura no Kisetsu ni Kimi wo Omou to Iu Koto" ("Thinking of You in the Season of Leaf-Cherry Blossoms").
    48AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:09
    Re: #25
    "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" (Murakami's novel).
    51AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:12
    "The Tale of Setting Out on a Journey to Gather the Seven Orbs That Summon a Dragon Who Grants Any Wish You Want"

    "I Trained Insanely Hard to Defeat the Demon Who Killed My Parent, But Somehow My Sister Turned Into a Demon Too and Now She Dotes on Me Way Too Much and It's Exhausting"


    That's basically what we're talking about —
    typical titles for "Narou" web-novel manga (riffing on Dragon Ball and Demon Slayer).
    122AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:44
    Re: #51
    The word "doted on" in a title is almost always aimed at a female readership.
    55AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:14
    Reincarnation
    Another world
    Overwhelming strength
    Broken engagement
    Villainess
    Exiled
    Serves them right (comeuppance payoff)
    Actually the strongest
    Frontier lord
    Slow life
    102AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:36
    Re: #55
    The villainess genre is already running out of fresh ideas.
    57AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:15
    I don't totally get it, but it's always some kind of medieval-European-ish world, right?
    There's a butler, and it feels like there's always a prince, a princess, and a knight somewhere.
    Guess ancient Africa or Mongolia just wouldn't cut it as a setting.
    59AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:16
    Re: #57
    >some kind of medieval-European-ish
    Apparently that's called "Naroppa" (a mashup of "Narou," the web novel site, and "Europe").
    60AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:17
    This is basically what a "villainess" story looks like:











    69AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:23
    Re: #60
    She just keeps getting her engagement broken off, huh lol
    Is she about to go running to a crooked lawyer next?
    78AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:28
    Re: #60
    In image 10, doesn't a character just flat-out say "villainess" out loud lol
    95AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:34
    Re: #60
    Whoa, I thought the heroine kept getting her engagement broken off over and over within the same story.
    Guess I'm getting old.
    62AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:18
    – "The Room, the Dress Shirt, and Me"
    – "As Selfish as Love, I Won't Hurt Only You"
    – "Let's Break Up, I'll Disappear From You"
    – "Love Syndrome — A Study on Its Onset, Tendencies, and Countermeasures"

    There are some surprisingly long song titles too, huh.
    70AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:23
    Re: #62
    "I'm the one breaking up with you, so YOU get lost" — what a brutal title 😂
    76AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:26
    Whether it's manga, anime, or a movie, if the title is a full sentence, it's garbage.
    77AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:27
    Re: #76
    "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" (the Japanese release title).
    79AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:28
    I wonder if authors who jump on a trend late ever feel any embarrassment about it.
    94AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:33
    I bet plenty of readers only remember the abbreviated title accurately.
    And once something becomes a hit, a lot of titles show up that seem designed to be mistaken for it.
    104AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:36
    Re: #94
    "No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!"
    → shortened to "WataMote"
    → which then got mixed up with "What Would I Even Do If I Became Popular"

    Not that either one is a bad series, but still…
    106AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:37
    There's no way a title like that could ever land the kind of gut-punch payoff "Parasyte" pulled off with its title.
    111AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:39
    Re: #106
    "Your Lie in April."
    115AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:42
    Re: #106
    I thought "Talentless Nana" landed its title payoff beautifully.
    109AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:37
    Any story that needs an absurdly long title just to explain its own premise is, without exception, garbage.
    119AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:43
    There are way too many light novels where the title is basically the entire content.
    The stories themselves are painfully thin.
    127AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:44
    Re: #119
    On the flip side, plenty of series only match their title for the first few chapters,
    and then the title stops having anything to do with the story pretty quickly lol
    124AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:44
    Re: #111
    Re: #115
    That's not even a long title at all lol
    129AnonymousSep 29, 2026 15:45
    Re: #124
    When it comes to long titles, the manga adaptation of "Chi-Fuyo" (short for a cheat-skill isekai title roughly 100 characters long) pulls off its title payoff through pure, absurd brute force lol

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    Behind the lengthening of titles lies the web-novel culture epitomized by the site “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (“Let’s Become a Novelist”). Because a story’s premise had to be conveyed within the few characters shown on a ranking list, titles that crammed in the whole synopsis became the norm — and industry insiders often note that this habit spread to ordinary bookstore shelves as those works were turned into published novels and manga adaptations. On the thread, opinions split over the blanket claim that “long title = bad work”: some pointed to examples like “Your Lie in April,” where a short title still lands a powerful payoff, while others argued length and quality have nothing to do with each other. Some also brought up Shōwa-era pop songs like “The Room, the Dress Shirt, and Me” and works of foreign literature, noting that long titles are hardly a new technique. It’s also worth keeping in mind that the underlying data comes from a single company, BookLive, and its own distributed catalog — not a comprehensive survey of the publishing industry as a whole.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geinō/Sports News Plus) thread “Manga Titles Have Grown “Twice” as Long on Average Over 15 Years… What’s the Reason? A Clear Trend of Surging “Reincarnation” and “Lady” Words.”

  • Voice Actress Moana Shirase Announces Retirement at End of September, Will Also Delete Her X Account

    Voice actress Moana Shirase updated her X account by September 29, announcing her retirement from voice acting. According to Nikkan Sports, she described the move as “a positive choice made with an eye toward the rest of my life,” and said she plans to delete her account soon as well. On the 5ch Geinou/Sports News+ thread, users expressed surprise that her only credited role was in “100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You,” shared details about the sales performance of her idol unit “Tsubomi Symphony,” and voiced broader frustration with the harsh income structure of the voice acting industry as a whole — turning the discussion from one individual’s story into a debate about the state of the industry.

    Nikkan Sports

    [September 29, 2026, 8:05 AM]

    Voice actress Moana Shirase updated her X account by the 29th, announcing her retirement from voice acting.

    Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here

    2AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:09
    Because watching an Osaka night-view video channel on YouTube is way more fun than watching Peace-kun from Omiya Park.
    12AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:14
    Ah, she's the 'Girl G' from 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You.
    19AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:15
    Re: #12
    Oh yeah, that one…
    …as if anyone actually knows who that is
    100AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:38
    Re: #12
    If she'd just done the "Bibiin!" pose (a big exaggerated ta-da! gesture), she could've landed a better role
    134AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:53
    Re: #12
    I searched and that's literally the only voice acting credit that came up
    16AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:15
    Searched and couldn't even find a wiki page for her lol
    37AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:19
    Re: #16
    Somebody go write her a wiki page
    Guess she's quitting before she even got herself one dedicated fan
    Kinda sad, honestly
    125AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:48
    Re: #16
    Being that unknown is actually pretty rare
    28AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:17
    The fact that nobody's even bringing up a signature role says she was more of an idol than a voice actress
    38AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:19
    Re: #28
    "Tsubomi Symphony," running since October 2023, sounds like that kind of project
    41AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:20
    Her most notable activity was with "Unity Canvas"
    52AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:23
    Re: #41
    Sounds like she was in one of the weaker-selling units within Tsubomi Symphony
    https://www.tsubomi-symphony.com/top

    Looks like they were in last place from April through July
    45AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:21
    Crazy that Ochiai's son is still hanging in there in this industry (likely referring to voice actor Fukushi Ochiai, son of baseball star Hiromitsu Ochiai)
    117AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:44
    Re: #45
    Well, he's genuinely good at it
    54AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:24
    Maybe a Nikkan Sports reporter just happened to be a fan, so they wrote it up as a story
    57AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:24
    Idol-type voice actresses have it rough once they hit 30
    72AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:28
    Re: #57
    No problem if you just stay 17 forever
    70AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:28
    Re: #13
    "100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You" (TV anime Season 3, Episode 36 / the finale) — played the role of "Girl G"


    Apparently that's it.
    80AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:32
    Re: #70
    Even the people who are top-tier right now spent years grinding out roles just like this one, though
    109AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:40
    Re: #70
    So she wasn't even one of the "100 girlfriends" herself, huh
    73AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:29
    Should've just gone the VTuber route
    82AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:33
    Re: #73
    There's actually a decent chance that's exactly the plan
    89AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:35
    For a second I misread that as Megumi Ogata
    97AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:37
    With this much anime being churned out nonstop,
    there's probably an oversupply of voice actors behind the scenes
    103AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:38
    Re: #97
    Sounds even more jammed up at the top than regular show business
    104AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:38
    Re: #97
    There's just not enough money on set
    101AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:38
    Is she gonna become a VTuber?
    111AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:40
    Re: #101
    Well yeah, just playing games and screaming "kyaa!" has a pretty high success rate…
    118AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:44
    In voice acting, only about the top 20 at the very peak of the pyramid actually make real money
    132AnonymousSep 29, 2026 14:51
    Re: #118
    20 people is way too few — there's probably 100 to 200

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    Japan’s voice acting industry is said to have far fewer major job openings than the number of talent signed to agencies, so only a small handful at the top actually earn a living from it. Points raised in the thread — like the claim that “only those near the top of the pyramid actually make money,” or that “you can’t keep doing this unless your family is well-off” — reflect structural issues commonly discussed across the whole industry, not something unique to this case. It’s worth noting that this retirement is an official announcement covered by the sports newspaper Nikkan Sports, sourced from her own X post — this is a documented, real event, not speculation. On the other hand, while many commenters expressed surprise at how “unknown” she was given her thin résumé, voice actresses who belong to idol-style units often have individual acting credits that don’t stand out much by nature, so a mismatch between name recognition and actual track record is easy to misread. No solid information about the reason for her retirement emerged in the thread, and a lot of the comments never got past speculation.

    *This article is composed of excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Female Voice Actress Announces Retirement at End of September, Will Also Delete X: “A Positive Choice Looking Ahead to the Rest of My Life”.”

  • Manga About a Disabled Protagonist Getting Tormented Sparks Backlash — 5ch: ‘At Least Do Some Research’

    A manga depicting a disabled woman subjected to relentless cruelty has become a hot topic on 5ch, after details emerged of how an editor decided to greenlight it for serialization. The series itself has been known for a while, but the recent announcement of an anime adaptation reignited questions about compliance standards and the author’s apparent lack of research. Rather than objecting to the mere depiction of a disabled character, most posters in the thread took issue with how the protagonist’s personality is written and with the author’s research (or lack thereof), sparking debate over why the equally brutal ‘Ushijima the Loan Shark’ gets treated so differently.

    1AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:05
    What kind of compliance department lets this through?
    2AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:07

    8AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:11
    Re: #2
    Is Kasumigaseki (Tokyo's government district) supposed to be 'high society' or something?
    20AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:18
    Re: #2
    Amazuki Nene has had so many of her 'flags' (foreshadowed tropes) come true already… wouldn't be surprised if this one does too.
    38AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:25
    Re: #2
    Takadanobaba — whoever wrote this clearly doesn't live in Tokyo.
    13AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:14
    Meanwhile, nobody seems to be able to actually explain what the problem is.
    18AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:18
    Re: #13
    Plenty of people have pointed out the problem — you just don't have the brains to understand it, right?
    14AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:14
    Why doesn't 'Ushijima the Loan Shark' get this kind of hate?
    64AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:51
    Re: #14
    It disguises itself well under the skin of a 'Kanto delinquent' story.
    23AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:19
    What's even the point of turning this into an anime?
    24AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:20
    Re: #23
    To make us money.
    30AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:21
    Attack on Titan is way worse — episode 1 alone has the mom getting eaten by a giant humanoid creature, the kid's hometown gets overrun so he can't live there anymore, and he ends up a child soldier because he's got no family left. That's messed up too.
    31AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:22
    Re: #30
    Let's not pretend that's a serious take — you clearly don't get it.
    41AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:28
    The reason Mii-chan gets so much hate isn't that she's disabled — it's that she's just rotten at her core.
    46AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:31
    Re: #41
    Then they could've just made a manga about a garbage able-bodied nightlife worker instead, no?
    55AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:44
    Re: #41
    They could've at least given her some redeeming talent somewhere.
    Like 'she's a beauty who drives men crazy, and if not for that she never would've ended up so unlucky' — something like that.
    47AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:38
    Even 'Tekondo Park' (a notoriously over-the-top satirical manga) is less offensive than this.
    61AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:50
    Re: #47
    It mocks literally everyone equally,
    which gives it this perfect balance where nobody's mad at it.
    85AnonymousSep 28, 2026 10:10
    Re: #47
    Lol 😂 true, that manga mocks everyone equally.

    Mii-yama, on the other hand, tends to have bad people (personality included) come out ahead. Probably just reflects the author's own worldview.
    56AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:45
    Which thread was it where they doxxed the address?
    57AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:46
    Re: #56
    Probably Twitter trolls.
    They looked up the company's registered address and it turned out to be someone's private home.
    59AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:49
    Push any garbage hard enough and it'll still sell decently.
    This whole controversy is probably just a case of them marketing it to death, the backlash getting too loud, the plan falling apart, and now there's infighting over it.
    67AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:52
    Re: #59
    Ah, so that's why the affiliate-site spammers kept flooding the board with threads about it.
    If they hadn't been so persistent making threads,
    I never would've even heard of this manga.
    60AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:49
    It's kind of baffling that people are ignoring way more problematic works on a whole different level and only coming after this one.
    62AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:50
    Re: #60
    Isn't it because the stealth marketing was just too obnoxious?
    This thing's been camped out on Nan-G (5ch's sports/variety board) for like 10 years.
    65AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:51
    Re: #60
    Is there really anything like that?
    I'm not counting obscure manga nobody's heard of that never got an anime.
    There's plenty of depressing or dark manga out there, but I can't think of anything more genuinely evil than Mii-yama.
    66AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:51
    Re: #60
    Same thing happened with 'Second Life in Another World' — the anime announcement was the trigger that got the author's past racist remarks exposed too.
    72AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:54
    It was hilarious watching the anti-feminist, anti-liberal 'free speech warriors' pose as 'allies of otaku' while defending Mii-yama.
    These guys can barely even properly watch a manga or anime anymore — don't go calling yourself an otaku.
    74AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:56
    Re: #72
    Aren't those guys not actually defending it though?
    76AnonymousSep 28, 2026 09:58
    There's kind of a growing trend in society where pointing out blunt, harsh truths is seen as tactless.
    I sort of sensed that coming back when the whole genetics controversy was stirring things up.
    78AnonymousSep 28, 2026 10:03
    Re: #76
    Even if that was the intent, I think the main issue is the author is too ignorant for it to actually read as realism.
    Once it creates an echo chamber where ignorant people hype each other up and that gets broadly promoted, that's when real trouble starts.
    80AnonymousSep 28, 2026 10:05
    Re: #76
    You do see a bit of a pattern where people who don't actually understand reality all that well go around shouting 'this is how the real world works! We're the smart ones who get it!' — and then get dogpiled for it.
    84AnonymousSep 28, 2026 10:10
    At least do some research.
    Even though 'Ushijima the Loan Shark' is the same kind of shock-value manga, it was built on real research to get to that level.
    93AnonymousSep 28, 2026 10:17
    Re: #84
    Fair point.
    You can tell manga like 'Stardust Prince' (another shock-value manga on the Manga One app, about a host club) actually did its research too.
    105AnonymousSep 28, 2026 10:32


    Background and Key Points of This Discussion

    This isn’t the first time a ‘shock-value’ work centered on a disabled protagonist has sparked conflict — debates over how fiction portrays vulnerable people have flared up before, including past controversy over genetics-related content. In the thread, opinion split between criticizing the mere fact that a disabled character was depicted versus criticizing the protagonist’s personality and the author’s lack of research, with the latter view being the majority position. Works cited for comparison, such as ‘Ushijima the Loan Shark’ and ‘Stardust Prince,’ were praised for being grounded in actual research despite similarly shock-value subject matter, framed as the key difference from this work. At the same time, some posts conflated this criticism with a separate controversy over the author’s past discriminatory remarks tied to a different work — worth noting for readers, since the two are distinct incidents.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Manga artist: ‘I wrote a manga where a disabled person just gets tormented nonstop’ Editor: ‘Nice, let’s serialize it!!’ — this.”