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Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Arrives 28 August — World Youth Arc on PS5, Switch & PC

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Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters is arriving worldwide on 28 August 2026 — and if you grew up watching Tsubasa Ozora bend physics on a football pitch, Bandai Namco and developer Tamsoft’s sequel is shaping up as the biggest Captain Tsubasa game yet. The follow-up hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, bringing the beloved World Youth arc to life with over 110 playable characters and some of the most over-the-top super moves we have seen in a sports title in years.

Japan national team in Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco

Two Story Modes: Build Your Own Footballer or Play the Legend

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters offers two distinct single-player campaigns. New Stars Mode is the bigger deal for newcomers — you create a fully customisable footballer and join Japan’s national youth squad, experiencing the World Youth arc alongside Tsubasa from the perspective of your own character. You build bonds with the established cast to unlock their signature moves, and your choices shape how the journey unfolds.

Legendary / Advanced Mode takes the canon further with original storylines not found in Yoichi Takahashi’s manga, developed under the creator’s personal supervision. Think of it as an official what-if expansion to the source material — Takahashi is directly involved, so the power fantasy stays true to how he writes his characters.

Two players contest a tackle in Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco

Watch the Story Trailer

CAPTAIN TSUBASA 2: WORLD FIGHTERS – Story Trailer — via Bandai Namco Entertainment America on YouTube

22 National Teams — Including Asia

One of the best things about the World Youth arc for an Asian audience is that the stage is genuinely global. Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters ships with 22 national teams, and the roster is not just a European-heavy selection — Asian sides are represented, meaning Singapore fans who grew up cheering for different Asian squads in the original anime will find familiar strips on the pitch. Screenshots show Japan facing Saudi Arabia, among other matchups.

Japan vs Saudi Arabia in Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco
Asian team striker unleashing a super move in Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco

Super Moves That Make Real Football Look Boring

This is not a FIFA-style simulation and it never pretended to be. Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters packs 150+ new super moves — volleys wrapped in lion spirits, hurricane shots, goalkeeper blocks that look like the final round of a fighting game. The new Chain System rewards sustained possession by ramping up your shot power and charge speed, making every well-built attack sequence feel increasingly dangerous. Goalkeeper duels now have their own tactical depth too: you wear down a keeper over the course of a match by testing their trajectory-reading and positioning, rather than simply hammering the shot button.

Character unleashing a lion-spirit super move in Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters
Image courtesy of Bandai Namco

Editions, Pricing and Where to Pre-Order

Three editions are available for pre-order now across all platforms:

  • Standard Edition — base game
  • Deluxe Edition — base game + season pass bonus + three DLC character packs
  • Ultimate Edition — everything in Deluxe plus the Ultimate Pack

The Steam base price is listed at USD 59.99 (approximately S$80+ at current rates). SGD pricing at local game retailers is to be confirmed closer to the 28 August launch. The game also carries 100+ music tracks composed by Tadayoshi Makino and a Collection Mode housing in-game movies, music and a character gallery for fans who want to spend hours with the lore outside of a match.

Pre-orders are live now on Steam, PlayStation Store, Xbox, and Nintendo eShop. For more upcoming gaming releases, check our Game News section or browse the full Game Previews archive.

Game News

Hell Maiden Hits Steam Early Access Tomorrow — Dante’s Inferno Gets an Anime Makeover

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What happens when you take Dante’s Divine Comedy, rebuild it as a 1990s anime series, and then turn that series into a Vampire Survivors-style horde survival deck-builder? You get Hell Maiden, and it drops on Steam Early Access tomorrow — 16 July 2026 — from Portuguese indie studio AstralShift.

A Second Trip Through the Nine Circles

Hell Maiden gameplay — Dante fights armoured skeleton hordes in a glowing circular arena
Image courtesy of AstralShift

The setup flips the classic poem’s premise: Dante has already reached Paradise once, but returns to Hell with no memory of how she got there or why she is back. Her only option is to fight through all nine circles again and claw her way back to the surface. It is a premise that sounds like an excuse to loop through the same content twice — except that Hell Maiden’s structure keeps each run feeling different through its card-based build system.

The core loop sits somewhere between Vampire Survivors and a roguelike deck-builder. Dante auto-attacks as waves of demons pile in, and every upgrade selection is handled through Spirit Cards — split into Weapon Cards (active attacks) and Mod Cards (passive augments). With 40-plus abilities at launch and companions from Classical literature who each unlock five new cards when rescued, there is a lot of build variety even in Early Access.

Hell Maiden | Gameplay Trailer — via AstralShift on YouTube

The Card System and Early Access Content

Hell Maiden card selection screen showing ornate Weapon Cards — Spellbound Conflagration, Will-o-the-Wisp and Defiance of Astrape
Image courtesy of AstralShift

At launch, the Early Access build covers the first two circles of Hell — Limbo and Lust — with their own enemy rosters, environmental hazards, quests and boss encounters. Four Poets of Limbo can be rescued across runs, and each one permanently unlocks a set of five new cards that expands your build options for future attempts. Additional abilities drop after each defeated boss, so the power curve within a single run feels genuinely different depending on which circles you push through.

AstralShift plans to add the remaining seven circles over the Early Access period, which is expected to run for at least a year before the full 1.0 release.

Mili Handles the Opening Theme

Hell Maiden story scene — Dante meets Homer in the Fields of Elysium
Image courtesy of AstralShift

The opening theme, “Not my Paradiso,” is by Mili — the Japanese-Canadian music collective behind tracks on the Honkai: Star Rail soundtrack and the Goblin Slayer OP. If those names ring a bell, you already have a sense of the tone: theatrical, melancholic, with gothic edges. The track premiered on YouTube today, the day before the game launches. For Singapore’s Honkai community in particular, Mili’s involvement is a genuine reason to pay attention to a game that might otherwise fly under the radar.

AstralShift’s previous games drew heavily from 1990s shoujo anime for their visual palette, and Hell Maiden extends that to a faster-paced action context — the result is something that looks closer to an animated feature than a typical horde survival game.

Where to Get It

Hell Maiden enters Steam Early Access on 16 July 2026 for Windows. SGD pricing is set by Steam’s regional pricing system — check the Steam store page directly for the Singapore price. Full controller support is included from day one. Fans of anime-style indie games and the Vampire Survivors genre would be doing themselves a disservice by sleeping on this one. Check out more game news on GameTrader for what else is launching this week.

Manga Anime, News

The Vermilion Mask Anime Debuts on Crunchyroll in October 2026

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The Vermilion Mask, a dark action-fantasy manga that has been quietly building a following since its debut in Young King OURs, is getting its anime adaptation this October 2026 — and it is streaming on Crunchyroll. At its Anime Expo 2026 panel, Crunchyroll revealed the first main trailer and confirmed the full Japanese voice cast — a lineup that will make longtime anime fans do a double-take.

The Vermilion Mask teaser key visual featuring Peru, Sonarue and Mok
Image courtesy of The Vermilion Mask Production Committee

What Is The Vermilion Mask?

The manga is written by Dr. Poro and illustrated by Nabana Naba, serialised in Shonengahosha’s Young King OURs magazine. With eight collected volumes now in print — Volume 8 landed on shelves just this month on 7 July 2026 — the series has built a devoted readership on the strength of its sharp character work and its willingness to go genuinely dark.

The premise: in a world where mysterious masks grant extraordinary power at a terrifying cost, Peru d’Arrest is an apprentice to the legendary craftsman Gaston Roux. One night, possessed by Gaston’s most fearsome creation — the Mask of the Warrior God — Peru loses himself entirely, slaughtering his master and his fellow apprentices. Haunted by what the mask forced him to do, Peru dedicates himself to a single grim mission: hunt down and destroy every cursed mask Gaston ever made, before they claim any more lives.

Think of it as a story about guilt, atonement, and the impossible weight of surviving what you should not have. If you have a soft spot for morally tortured leads and dark-fantasy action in the vein of early Claymore or Dororo, this one is worth clearing space for in your autumn watch-list.

Watch the First Main Trailer

【First Main PV】TV Anime The Vermilion Mask | Streaming on Crunchyroll in October — via 【ytv animation】読売テレビ アニメ公式 on YouTube

A Star-Studded Voice Cast

The Vermilion Mask full voice cast visual with all eight main characters
Image courtesy of The Vermilion Mask Production Committee

The confirmed cast reads like a who’s who of anime voice acting:

  • Peru d’Arrest — Taihi Kimura
  • Sonarue Maywood (Sona) — Yuuki Yamamoto
  • Mok Sharib — Kazuki Ura
  • Gouon — Takanori Hoshino
  • Totoque — Wataru Komada
  • Zent — Junya Enoki (Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen)
  • Gaston Roux — Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi Hatake in Naruto)
  • The Mask of the Warrior God — Akio Otsuka (Big Boss in the Metal Gear Solid series)

Having Junya Enoki, Kazuhiko Inoue and Akio Otsuka in the same cast is not a subtle signal. The production stacks generational talent alongside rising voices — and the character pairings are pointed: Otsuka voices the force that breaks Peru, while Inoue plays the master Peru loses. There are going to be some heavy scenes.

Who Is Making the Anime?

The series is produced by One Double-O and directed by Tetsuaki Watanabe, best known for directing Blue Lock Season 1. Series composition is handled by Daisuke Ohigashi, with Hisashi Higashijima as character designer and chief animation director. Music is by Alisa Okehazama. The series airs in Japan on ytv (Yomiuri TV).

When Can Singapore Fans Watch The Vermilion Mask?

The anime premieres in October 2026 as part of the autumn season and streams on Crunchyroll, which is available here in Singapore. The series is structured as a split-cour two-part production — so the October run covers the first half of the story, with a second part to follow in 2027 to complete it.

For more autumn 2026 anime worth adding to your list, head over to our Manga Anime section.

Manga Anime

From Far Away Anime Reveals Cast and October 4 Debut

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Thirty-five years after the first chapter appeared in LaLa magazine, the TV anime adaptation of Kyoko Hikawa’s landmark shōjo manga From Far Away (彼方から, Kanata Kara) is officially real. A teaser promotional video released today alongside the full voice cast and a confirmed October 4 premiere — and for anyone who grew up on the Viz Media English volumes, this one lands a little differently.

A Shōjo Classic That Earned Its Reputation the Hard Way

Kyoko Hikawa original manga art of Izark and Noriko from From Far Away
Image courtesy of Kyoko Hikawa / Hakusensha

From Far Away ran in Hakusensha’s LaLa magazine from September 1991 through October 2002, collected into 14 tankōbon volumes. The setup reads deceptively simply: ordinary high schooler Noriko is hurled into a parallel fantasy world and lands near Izark, a formidable young warrior carrying a curse-like destiny. What made the series stand out — and what kept it in readers’ memories long after it ended — is that Noriko arrives unable to speak or understand a single word of the local language. Communication is earned, not handed over. Meanwhile, an ancient prophecy frames her arrival as the trigger for an unstoppable catastrophe.

The series won the 35th Seiun Award for best science fiction comic in 2004 and surpassed four million copies in circulation. Hakusensha licensed the English release to Viz Media, which published all 14 volumes between November 2004 and January 2007 — which means Singapore’s manga community had a very clean window to read it. If you never got around to it, there is now a deadline.

The Teaser PV, Cast and Production Team

TVアニメ『彼方から』ティザーPV | 2026.10.4～ON AIR!! — via NBCUniversal Anime/Music on YouTube

Studio DEEN is producing the anime. The director is Noriyuki Abe — known in Singapore for bringing Bleach, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Flame of Recca to the screen — and this marks a notable move into shōjo territory for him. Series composition is by Rika Takasugi; character design by Eiji Abiko; music by Takeshi Hama. Kyoko Hikawa is credited as original work supervisor, keeping the adaptation in close conversation with her vision.

The confirmed main cast, per the Natalie announcement (Japanese):

  • Noriko Tachiki — Tomoyo Kurosawa, best known internationally for her role as Violet in Violet Evergarden
  • Izark Kia Tarj — Kentarō Kumagai
  • Rachef — Yūichirō Umehara, known for Made in Abyss and Black Clover
  • Keimos Lee Goda — Eiji Takeuchi

The teaser leans into atmosphere over action — a close-up of Izark, the alien landscape, a sense of a world that operates by rules Noriko does not yet understand. It reads as faithful to the manga’s tone.

Premiere Date and What Singapore Fans Can Watch

From Far Away Kanata Kara teaser PV still showing Izark close-up, October 2026
Image courtesy of Studio DEEN / 彼方から Production Committee

From Far Away premieres on TOKYO MX on October 4 at 24:00 JST — that is 11 PM SGT on October 4. ABC TV follows on October 10, WOWOW on October 13. No international streaming deal has been announced as of today; we will update this post when a platform confirms rights for Singapore and Southeast Asia. International licensing for Studio DEEN productions has gone various ways in recent years, so it is genuinely to be confirmed.

In the meantime, the full teaser is on NBCUniversal Anime/Music’s YouTube channel, and the official anime site is live with the key visual. For more anime and manga news, browse our full archive.

Manga Anime, News

Tsugumi Project TV Anime Announced — Cult Manga from France

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One of the more intriguing anime announcements to land this week is not a sequel, not a reboot, and not based on a manga you have probably heard of — yet. On 14 July 2026, Tsugumi Project (虎鶫 とらつぐみ ―TSUGUMI PROJECT―) officially received a TV anime adaptation, complete with a teaser visual and a first teaser PV from the official production. Singapore anime fans who love their science fiction dark, their action kinetic, and their post-apocalyptic lore dense should take note.

Tsugumi Project official anime teaser key visual showing Leone and Tsugumi in the irradiated wasteland
Image courtesy of TSUGUMI PROJECT Production Committee

What Is Tsugumi Project?

Written and drawn by artist ippatu, Tsugumi Project is a survival science-fiction action manga set in a devastated far-future Japan. Two centuries of extreme radiation have transformed the island into a forbidden zone — a no-man’s-land overrun by grotesquely mutated creatures that bear little resemblance to anything living today.

At the centre of the story is Leone, a soldier framed for a crime he did not commit and torn from his family. His punishment doubles as a suicide mission: infiltrate the irradiated zone and recover a classified weapon codenamed TSUGUMI. What he finds instead is a mysterious girl — and a journey through Old Japan that defies everything he was told about the place.

Critics and fans have compared its atmosphere and visual ambition to BLAME!, Spriggan, and AKIRA — rarefied company that gives you an instant calibration for the kind of dark, dense, aesthetically ambitious science fiction this series delivers.

Tsugumi Project manga interior page showing the irradiated wasteland and creature design
Image courtesy of TSUGUMI PROJECT Production Committee

From France to Japan — An Unusual Road to Anime

The origin story of Tsugumi Project is almost as unusual as the story itself. French publisher Ki-oon debuted the manga in France in 2019 — before it ever appeared in Japan. The series became a genuine hit with French and European readers, winning a dedicated following in a market that has long embraced manga wholeheartedly.

Only in 2021 did Kodansha begin serialising it in Japan through Weekly Young Magazine, reversing the typical flow of manga publication. By the time the Japanese run concluded with volume 7 in 2023, the manga had built a readership on both sides of the world. It is now complete in seven volumes — which bodes well for a cohesive anime adaptation.

Tsugumi Project manga page showing action sequence and character design
Image courtesy of TSUGUMI PROJECT Production Committee

The Anime: Teaser PV and What We Know

TVアニメ 『虎鷫 －TSUGUMI PROJECT－』 Teaser PV — via NBCUniversal Anime/Music on YouTube

The official teaser site at toratsugumi.jp and the series’ X account @toratsugumi_PJ are both live. The short teaser PV above delivers the first animated glimpse of the post-apocalyptic world ippatu created — all jagged, radiated ruin and looming creature silhouettes.

The production carries the banner of the TSUGUMI PROJECT Production Committee, with NBCUniversal Anime/Music among the credited partners — a label with strong international distribution reach that typically points toward global streaming availability, though no specific platforms have been confirmed yet.

What remains to be confirmed: the animation studio, director, voice cast, and premiere date. Author ippatu said of the announcement, as reported by Dengeki Online (Japanese): “It’s quite a surprise! This happened because everyone read it.”

Tsugumi Project character artwork from the Dengeki Online announcement feature
Image courtesy of TSUGUMI PROJECT Production Committee

What SG Anime Fans Should Know

Tsugumi Project is a completed seven-volume story — adapting a finished manga typically allows production teams to plan a proper beginning, middle, and end without rushing or padding. For Singapore fans of hard SF action anime, the BLAME!/AKIRA comparison is not hyperbole: this is dense, atmospheric, and unafraid to let silence and creature design do the narrative heavy lifting.

The series has been available in English through selected international channels, and a number of SG fans have already found it through fan communities and import channels. An anime adaptation with NBCUniversal involvement is likely to land on a major global streaming platform — watch @toratsugumi_PJ on X for updates. Until then, the seven-volume manga is the ideal preparation.

For more upcoming anime, check our Manga & Anime section.

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J.C.STAFF Adapts Wound & Bandage for January 2027 Anime

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A fresh anime announcement landed in Japan today — and English media hasn’t caught up yet. Kizuguchi to Houtai (傷口と包帯), the yakuza caretaker romcom manga by Nanai Kaisei, is officially getting a TV anime adaptation from J.C.STAFF, set to premiere in January 2027 on the ABC Television / TV Asahi nationwide ANiMAZiNG!!! block. The anime’s official site (Japanese) went live alongside the announcement.

Kizuguchi to Houtai Volume 2 cover – Riyo, the mob boss's daughter
Image courtesy of Kodansha / Monthly Shōnen Magazine Comics

What Is Wound & Bandage?

The manga — whose title translates literally as Wounds and Bandages — serialises biweekly on Kodansha’s Comic DAYS platform under the Monthly Shōnen Magazine Comics label. Five volumes are out so far. The setup is deceptively simple: Kiritani, a young and capable member of a yakuza faction, is assigned to act as personal caretaker to Riyo — the sheltered daughter of the organisation’s all-powerful boss. The complication? Riyo has a deeply unusual hobby she calls Yowarā: she becomes intensely excited whenever she watches a strong, intimidating person reveal their vulnerabilities. Being around Kiritani — a man who projects absolute toughness but is now stuck playing babysitter — is basically her dream scenario.

The premise sounds outrageous on paper, and it is, but Nanai Kaisei plays it primarily as a slow-burn romcom with genuine character chemistry. The manga built a strong following on social media when it first appeared as a one-shot, and the series has kept growing since serialisation began.

Kizuguchi to Houtai Volume 3 cover – Riyo in focus
Image courtesy of Kodansha / Monthly Shōnen Magazine Comics

Staff Line-Up

The production team confirmed so far:

  • Animation studio: J.C.STAFF
  • Director: Ishida Miyuki
  • Series composition: Yamakawa Susumu
  • Character design: Oyama Natsuki

No voice cast has been announced yet, and no teaser trailer is available at the time of writing — today’s announcement was limited to the production confirmation and official site launch. Cast and a first promotional video are expected to follow in the months ahead.

Kizuguchi to Houtai Volume 4 cover – Kiritani and Riyo close together
Image courtesy of Kodansha / Monthly Shōnen Magazine Comics

What Singapore Fans Should Know

J.C.STAFF is one of the most prolific studios in Singapore fans’ seasonal watch-lists — past credits include DanMachi, Toradora!, A Certain Magical Index, and more recently Slime Season 3 and Re:ZERO Season 3. The studio’s track record with light, character-driven romcoms is strong, and Wound & Bandage‘s yakuza setting gives it a visual edge that should stand out in the Winter 2027 season.

No streaming rights for Singapore or Southeast Asia have been confirmed yet. The ANiMAZiNG!!! block has historically fed titles into Crunchyroll and bilibili for the Asian market, but nothing is official for this title — keep an eye on announcements closer to January 2027. In the meantime, all five manga volumes are readable digitally via Comic DAYS, which is accessible globally, and a licensed English release from Kodansha has not yet been announced. For more upcoming anime picks and manga-to-anime news, check our ongoing coverage.

Manga Anime

One Piece Episode 1169: Scopper Gaban Makes His Anime Debut

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Singapore One Piece fans, last night’s episode was worth the wait. Episode 1169 — titled “The Legend Lurking in Elbaph: The Identity of the Mountain-Eater” — finally gave us Scopper Gaban, one of the most anticipated Roger Pirates in the entire series. His anime debut did not disappoint.

ONE PIECE l Episode 1169 Trailer — via Toei Animation on YouTube

Who Is Scopper Gaban — and Why Has Everyone Been Waiting?

If you have only been following the anime, the name Scopper Gaban might feel new. But among manga readers and long-time fans, he is one of One Piece’s great open questions — a name spoken alongside Gol D. Roger and Silvers Rayleigh as one of the three pillars of the Roger Pirates.

Known as the “Mountain-Eater” and the “Left Hand of the Pirate King,” Gaban served as navigator of the Roger Pirates, wielding a pair of enormous axes. His fame is said to rival Roger and Rayleigh themselves. He was present at the God Valley Incident — one of the most pivotal clashes in One Piece’s backstory — and was there when the crew first set foot on Laugh Tale and uncovered the world’s deepest secrets. After Roger disbanded the crew, Gaban slipped quietly off to Elbaph, where he married a giant woman named Ripley and raised their son Colon.

One Piece Episode 1169 Elbaf arc preview — Scopper Gaban reveal
Image courtesy of Toei Animation

Episode 1169: A Reveal That Lived Up to the Hype

Episode 1169 finds Luffy and the Straw Hats navigating the towering giants’ island of Elbaph. The episode’s centrepiece is a local guide known only as “Ya” leading the crew to a hidden chamber that holds the key to Loki’s chains. When “Ya” reveals himself as Scopper Gaban — the very same Roger Pirate who has been hiding on the island for two decades — it lands exactly as it should: a living legend stepping out of the shadows.

What makes the debut work is that Gaban does not play it completely straight. The episode gives him warmth and wit alongside the weight of his reputation. He refuses to hand over the key without a test. He wants to see for himself what the future Pirate King is made of — and that sets up everything coming next week.

One Piece Episode 1170 preview — Luffy vs Scopper Gaban on Elbaph
Image courtesy of Toei Animation

Episode 1170: Luffy vs. Scopper Gaban — Coming July 19

The title of Episode 1170, “Get the Key! Luffy vs. Scopper Gaban,” tells you exactly what to expect. Luffy will have to fight for that key. Episode 1170 airs Sunday, 19 July 2026, on Fuji TV in Japan at 11:15 PM JST, and Crunchyroll will simulcast it shortly after for Singapore and Southeast Asia viewers.

#1170 PREVIEW | ELBAPH | ONE PIECE — via ONE PIECE Official – ENG on YouTube

Watching One Piece in Singapore

One Piece streams as a weekly simulcast on Crunchyroll across Singapore and Southeast Asia. New episodes drop every Sunday night shortly after the Japan broadcast. Episode 1169 is live now, and if you want to be ready for the Luffy–Gaban showdown next Sunday, there has never been a better time to catch up on the Elbaf arc. You can also read our coverage of the latest One Piece manga spoilers for a look at where the story is headed further ahead, and browse more anime and manga news for what else is streaming this summer in Singapore.

Manga Anime

Mob Psycho 100 Turns 10 — The Original Staff Just Dropped a Brand-New Short Movie

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Ten years is a long time in anime — long enough that the production staff scattered, life happened, and fans wondered if that particular lightning would ever strike again. On July 12, 2026, almost all of the original Mob Psycho 100 team answered that question at the “Mob Psycho 100 Anime 10th Anniversary Event: Reunion” at the Fukagawa Mirai Hall in Kawaguchi City, Saitama. They showed a brand-new animated short movie. It is now live on YouTube, and you can watch it right now.

The Anniversary Short: Reigen in Trouble, Original Staff Back Together

MOB PSYCHO 100 10th Anniversary Special Movie — via Warner Bros. Japan Anime on YouTube

The short is set at the Spirits and Such Consultation Office and features the core crew: Reigen Arataka, Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama, Ekubo (Dimple), and Tome Kurata. The premise, fittingly, starts with an ordinary day at the office before Reigen lands himself in serious trouble — which is very on-brand. No spoilers on how it plays out.

Character designer Yoshimichi Kameda, who defined the series’ visually distinctive style across all three seasons, confirmed that nearly all of the original members were able to reunite and complete it. Kameda also released commemorative artwork to mark the milestone.

Mob Psycho 100 10th anniversary commemorative illustration by Yoshimichi Kameda
Image courtesy of ONE / Bones / Warner Bros. Japan

Ten Years of Mob Psycho 100: A Quick Recap

Mob Psycho 100 10th anniversary key visual
Image courtesy of ONE / Bones

Mob Psycho 100 is the anime adaptation of ONE’s manga of the same name — ONE being the same creator behind One Punch Man. The anime debuted in July 2016 under studio Bones and director Yuzuru Tachikawa, and immediately turned heads for its hyper-kinetic animation and the surprisingly sincere emotional core beneath all the psychic carnage. Three seasons followed: Season 1 (July–September 2016), Season 2 (January–April 2019), and Season 3 (October–December 2022).

Mob Psycho 100 10th Anniversary Special Movie — on YouTube now
Image courtesy of ONE / Bones / Warner Bros. Japan

For Singapore anime fans who somehow missed all three seasons — all of them are on Crunchyroll, available to stream now. The anniversary short itself is free on YouTube with no subscription needed. For more on what is airing this season and beyond, see our manga and anime coverage.

Manga Anime

Blue Box Manga Ends After Five Years — Chapter 250 Is the Final Chapter

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Five years, 250 chapters, and ten million copies later, Kouji Miura’s Blue Box (Ao no Hako) has reached its final page. Chapter 250 landed in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #33 on July 13, 2026, concluding one of the most quietly beloved manga serializations in recent Jump history. If you have been reading, today is that bittersweet last chapter. If you have been waiting, the complete story is now there for you.

Five Years, Ten Million Copies, One Final Chapter

Blue Box manga final chapter — Ao no Hako ends in Weekly Shonen Jump
Image courtesy of Shueisha

Blue Box kicked off in April 2021 with a deceptively simple premise: Taiki, a first-year high school student training hard as a badminton player, develops feelings for Chinatsu, a basketball prodigy who happens to move in under the same roof. Kouji Miura built something genuinely warm from there — sports discipline, teenage awkwardness, and slow-burn romance woven tightly together across the Jump pages for over five years.

The series hit 10 million copies in circulation, a milestone that puts it comfortably in the higher tier of Jump’s modern roster. It never traded in the flashy power-scaling that dominates the magazine, and that restraint was exactly what made it resonate with its audience. Singapore and SEA fans who have been following along on Manga Plus can read the final chapter there now, free of charge — Shueisha makes the latest chapters available globally through the platform.

Blue Box by Kouji Miura concludes its Weekly Shonen Jump serialization
Image courtesy of Shueisha

Anime Season 2 Arrives on Netflix This October

Blue Box Season 2 | Official Teaser | Netflix — via Netflix Anime on YouTube

The manga ending does not slow the anime train. Blue Box Season 2 premieres on Netflix on October 4, 2026, announced at AnimeJapan 2026 back in March. Production has shifted to studio Electric Circus under new director Daisuke Sako, taking over from Season 1’s team at Telecom Animation Film. Series composition writer Yuko Kakihara and character designer Miho Tanino are back, so the visual and storytelling feel should stay consistent with what Season 1 established.

Blue Box Season 2 key visual — Chinatsu
Image courtesy of Shueisha / Blue Box Anime Production Committee

Where to Read and Watch Blue Box Now

Blue Box Season 2 promotional visual for Netflix 2026
Image courtesy of Shueisha / Blue Box Anime Production Committee

With the source material now complete, Season 2 will be adapting manga chapters that have a known, finished ending — which is actually a good position for an anime to be in. The production team knows exactly where the story goes.

If you want to read ahead of the anime, the full run is on Manga Plus (Japanese; free globally) and the Viz/Shonen Jump app (English). Season 1 is already on Netflix, and Season 2 follows on October 4. For those new to the series, you have got roughly three months to catch up — which, at 25 episodes, is genuinely manageable. For everyone who has been here since 2021: it has been a good five years. Check out our manga and anime coverage for more on what is airing this season.