North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 8-14
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Beheneko: The Elf Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster anime, Otaku x Gal manga ship
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J-Novel Club Reveals 10 Light Novel, 3 Manga Licenses, 6 Print Releases
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Sister Mafioso, Starting on Hard Mode, Unsung Epics of the Hero’s Journey, more
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Yen Press Licenses Scarlet, My Yandere Girlfriend Hiding in the Dungeon Kills Me Over and Over Again Novels, 11 Manga
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Clevatess, Elden Ring, Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, more
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Scum of the Brave Adds Ayako Kawasumi & Haruki Ishiya to Voice Cast
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Two new voice cast members have been added for the ongoing Scum of the Brave TV anime series. The anime debuted in Japan on January 10, 2026 and will air for two consecutive cours. The new cast members joining the series include Ayako Kawasumi as Levi (left) and Haruki Ishiya as Ido (right). Both characters will appear in the upcoming sixth episode. They join a main voice cast that stars: • Ryota Suzuki as Shinigami Yashiro • Akari Kito as Aki Jogamine • Momo Harumi as Yukine Indo • Yumiri Hanamori as Saera Kashiwagi Pendragon Shinji Ushiro (Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack) is directing the anime series, with Yoichi Kato as series composer and scriptwriter, and Rika Murakami as character designer. OLM is handling the animation production. The light novel series is written by Rocket Shokai (Sentenced to Be a Hero original author) and illustrated by Yuya Kusaka, and was first published under the KADOKAWA Books imprint on December 24, 2016. A new version with revisions and illustrations from toi8 was announced by Shueisha to be released this year. The series began as a Kakuyomu web novel in 2016. The light novel also inspired a manga adaptation by Nakashima723 in 2018, which has been published digitally in English on Manga Planet. ©ナカシマ723／ロケット商会／リイド社・製作委員会のクズ Crunchyroll is streaming Scum of the Brave in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as: In the mid-21st century, Tokyo’s mafia can turn into ether-enhanced Demon Lords, and Braves hunt them down. Yashiro, the Grim Reaper, reluctantly takes a new apprentice…
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Soma Saito & Ari Ozawa Join Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Voice Cast
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The official Twitter/X account and website of the Jujutsu Kaisen TV anime series announced the casting of voice actors Soma Saito and Ari Ozawa for its ongoing third season. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1 began airing in Japan on January 8, 2026. Saito and Ozawa will voice Rin Amai (left) and Remi (right), respectively. They join a voice cast that includes: • Junya Enoki as Yuji Itadori • Yuma Uchida as Megumi Fushiguro • Daisuke Namikawa as Choso • Megumi Ogata as Yuta Okkotsu • Koji Yusa as Naoya Zen’in • Yoshiko Sakakibara as Tengen The third season staff includes Shota Goshozono (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 director) as director, Hiroshi Seko (since Season 1) as series composer and scriptwriter, Yosuke Yajima (new) and Hiromi Niwa (new) as character designers, Yosuke Takada (new) as assistant director, Teppei Ito (since Season 1) as compositing director, Eiko Matsushima (since Season 2) as color designer, Junichi Higashi (since Jujutsu Kaisen 0) as background art director, and Yoshimasa Terui (since Season 1, solo credit since Season 2) as music composer. MAPPA is handling the animation production. The anime began with a first season in 2020, which ended in early 2021 after 24 episodes. It was followed by December 2021’s Jujutsu Kaisen 0 prequel anime film. A second season aired from July 2023 to December 2023, with the latter “Shibuya Incident Arc” starting a few weeks after the initial “Hidden Inventory Arc. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution was released in 2025 and was a compilation film that also previewed the first two episodes of…
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Nene Hieda Joins Voice Cast of Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? TV Anime Series
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Voice actress Nene Hieda is joining the voice cast of the upcoming Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? TV anime series. The anime will begin broadcasting in Japan in April 2026. Hieda will voice Makoto Mitsuki, who is the childhood friend of the show’s main character, Arata. She joins an anime voice cast that includes: • Yuria Kozuki as Kujima • Ayumu Murase as Arata Koda • Yohei Azakami as Suguru Koda • Ryoko Shiraishi as Miyoshi Koda • Hirofumi Nojima as Masaomi Koda Noriyuki Nomata is directing the anime series, with Shinichiro Kimura (Hand Maid May) as series director, Yasunori Yamada as series composer, and Hanako Mitsubachi as character designer. Studio Hibari is in charge of the animation production. The anime is based on the comedy manga series by Akira Konno, which was serialized in Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine from September 10, 2021 to April 12, 2024. Five total tankobon volumes were released in Japan. The Japanese title is Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo. ©紺野アキラ／小学館／クジマ製作委員会 Crunchyroll will stream the Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? anime in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main synopsis as: In the fall of his first year of junior high school, Arata Kouda encountered a strange thing—-. In this home comedy, a mysterious creature named “Kujima” brings new life to the Konohda family, where the atmosphere is slightly tense due to the concern for the eldest son, a ronin student who is preparing for the entrance examinations! By the way, the creature, who calls himself Kuzima, speaks normal language…
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