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Ultra-Limited 2026 Ghost in the Shell Calendar Comes with DIME’s December Issue

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DIME’s December issue (on sale Oct 16, 2025) bundles an ultra-limited 2026 Ghost in the Shell calendar—a collector-minded extra aligned with the franchise’s 30th-anniversary...

Where to Buy the Nintama Rantarō Character & Episode Encyclopedia—Print Bonus vs. Amazon vs....

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Where should you buy the new Nintama Rantarō Character & Episode Encyclopedia? This quick buyer’s guide compares the boxed print edition with poster, Amazon’s...

CGWORLD 2025 Opens Registration: Inio Asano Key Visual, VFX & UE5 Highlights

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Registration is now open for the CGWORLD 2025 Creative Conference, taking place on Sunday, November 23 at Bunkyo Gakuin University (Hongo Campus). With a...

Eastern Japan’s First “Rantarō” Art Exhibition: Dates, Hours, Tickets at a Glance

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Eastern Japan finally gets a dedicated look at Rakudai Ninja Rantarō. From Oct 11, 2025 to Jan 25, 2026, the Ishinomori Mangakan in Ishinomaki...

GochiUsa × Maidreamin Collab Café: Reserve Early and Chase the Coasters

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GochiUsa meets Maidreamin this fall with a multi-city collab café from Oct 11 to Nov 30. Seats are reservation-only, and the draw is big:...

Parano-maru High Hits 1M YouTube Subs—1.2B Views and 1,100+ Shorts

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Short-form anime channel “Private Parano-maru High School” just crossed 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers—with 1.2 billion total views and 1,100+ uploads since launching in May 2022....

Dandadan GENGATEN Adds Fukuoka & Osaka—Dates, Venues, What to Expect

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Dandadan’s first original art exhibition, Dandadan GENGATEN, adds two regional stops in Japan—Fukuoka and Osaka. Expect 94 original pages, 180 reproductions, 32 name drafts,...

Sing Your Seat Off: Showa Anime Song Chorus Night at LOFT9 Shibuya

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A seated, drinks-in-hand chorus night dedicated to 1970s anisong hits—Dec 5 at LOFT9 Shibuya. Talk deep dive, official Lupin screening, and a DJ set...

Cry Andrich’s “Genius” Escalates—OP by Kiyono Yasuno, ED by i☆Ris

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A “misread hero” is back. Nageki no Borei Season 2 turns Cry Andrich’s alleged brilliance into even bigger chaos—while his monster-tier crew keeps overdelivering....

DIGGIN’ THE SOUL Earns Library Collection Status in Nagano—A 2050 Matsumoto Story Grows Local...

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DIGGIN’ THE SOUL, the original novel series from Matsumoto-based culture company ANIERA, has been added to the Nagano Prefectural Library collection. Set in 2050...

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