An anime adaptation of Part 7 of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga series, Steel Ball Run, has been announced and will air 2026. A short teaser trailer showing the key visual for the anime, featuring protagonists Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli was unveiled. New figures of characters from various parts are also on the way. [Thanks, Oricon!]

The anime adaptation of Steel Ball Run was announced on the JOJODAY STAGE fan event held in Tokyo on April 12, 2025. At the time of writing, there is no information on which studio will be in charge of the new anime season. We also don’t know the voice actors for Johnny and Gyro, with only their designs revealed. The official website for the Steel Ball Run anime was also opened.

You can check out the teaser trailer and the key visuals below.

The anime adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure started airing on October 2012, with the first two parts of the manga being adapted in a season. Part 6, Stone Ocean, received its anime adaptation on December 2021 and finished airing in December 2022. David Production was in charge of the animation. The original manga started serialization in 1987. Part 9 The JoJoLands is the latest in the manga series, and it started in February 2023.

In addition to the anime adaptation, it was revealed at the JoJoday event that two Nendoroid figures of Johnny and Gyro from Steel Ball Run will appear in the future. Furthermore, S.H.Figuarts figures of every JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure protagonist between parts 1 and 6 of the series will release.

Steel Ball Run JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is currently in production and will start airing sometime in 2026. More information will appear in the future. Viz Media will release an English version of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run manga on Summer 2025. Past adaptations of the anime are on Crunchyroll and Amazon.

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Warner Bros Japan revealed the list of voice actors for the Japanese dub of A Minecraft Movie, which will appear in the country's theaters on April 25, 2025. The cast list features not only veteran voice actors and renowned live actors but also famous YouTubers and Vtubers who are active in the Japanese Minecraft community.

The cast for the main characters will mostly feature professional voice actors, such as Hiroki Yasumoto as Garrett, Koichi Yamadera as Steve, Ayumu Murase as Henry, and Kimiko Saito as Dawn. As for Natalie's dub voiceover, however, Warner Bros opts to employ the live actress and model Meru "Meruru" Nukumi.

The Japanese dub cast notably features celebrities, YouTubers, and Vtubers who are also known as Minecraft fans. The multi-talent celebrity Eiko Kano will provide the dub for Chungus, and the YouTubers HIKAKIN and SEIKIN will voice Nitwit and the Waiter, respectively.

In the announcement post, Warner Bros added that it specifically picked Vtubers from Dozle Corp, Nichijogumi, and Colorful Peach. These groups frequently publish Minecraft streams on their channels, which have each sured 2 million subscribers.

Here is the list of Japanese voice actors for A Minecraft Movie:

• Garrett (Jason Momoa) - Hiroki Yasumoto
• Steve (Jack Black) - Koichi Yamadera
• Natalie (Emma Myers) - Meru Nukumi
• Henry (Sebastian Hansen) - Ayumu Murase
• Dawn (Danielle Brooks) - Kimiko Saito
• Marlene (Jennifer Coolidge) - Shinobu Adachi
• Waiter (Jens Bergensten) - SEIKIN
• Malgosha - Romi Park
• Malgosha's Father - Oohara MEN from Dozle Corp
• Chungus - Eiko Kano
• Nitwit - HIKAKIN
• Sheep - Dozle from Dozle Corp
• Trevor - Peinto from Nichijogumi
• Trevor's Friend - Shinigami from Nichijogumi
• Waitress - Eto from Colorful Peach
• Secretary - Noa from Colorful Peach

Warner Bros has also ed a new trailer featuring the Japanese dubs on its Japanese YouTube channel:

A Minecraft Movie will launch in Japanese theaters on Friday, April 25, 2025. The same movie just recently launched in the U.S. on April 4, 2025.

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Warner Bros Japan shared a new key visual for Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League featuring the Joker and Harley Quinn in their new designs for the anime. Additionally, the Japanese voice actors for both characters have been revealed.

Wataru Takagi will voice the Joker in the Japanese dub of Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League. Takagi is well known for his roles as Ganju Shiba in the Japanese dub of Bleach, Eikichi Onizuka in the Great Teacher Onizuka anime adaptation, Obito Uchiha in the Naruto anime series, and Okuyasu Nijimura in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable.

Meanwhile, Rie Kugimiya will be in charge of lending her voice to Harley Quinn. Kugimiya is a prolific voice actress and she has worked on roles such as Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!, Alphonse Elric in both Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and the first anime adaptation, Kaguya in Gintama, and Rise Kujikawa in Persona 4 and various related projects.

The new designs for the Joker and Harley Quinn are inspired by “bosozoku” biker gangs and “sukeban” delinquent girls aesthetics respectively. You can check out the new key visuals for the Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League anime series featuring the Joker and Harley Quinn here:

The new Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League anime series was announced on May 30, 2024. A teaser trailer for the new show appeared in early July 2024, and it briefly showcased the new designs for Green Lantern and Aquaman.

Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League is currently in development, and the original Batman Ninja anime is available worldwide.

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Warner Bros Japan has revealed a key visual for the new Fist of the North Star anime in production. News of the project first appeared in 2023. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

The key visual shows protagonist Kenshiro. However, you can only see him from behind, as he's facing down a horde of enemies. This is a commemorative project to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Fist of the North Star. Warner Bros Japan plans on using the latest animation technology and make a faithful animated adaptation that’ll convey the charm and awesomeness of the original story. There will be a whole new staff and cast. More information on that, as well as the streaming platforms and release dates, will appear later.

Fist of the North Star is a highly influential and popular anime and manga series. It ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1983 to 1988, and has been collected into a total of 27 tankobon volumes. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth and follows Kenshiro, a warrior who can use the Hokuto Shinken martial art style. “Omae wa mou shindeiru” or “You’re already dead” is a memetic scene that most people have likely seen online, even if they don’t watch or read the series.

Fist of the North Star is in production and more information on it will appear in the future.

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Back in May 2024, Warner Bros Japan announced Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League, and at Anime Expo 2024 we got to see a first trailer. There’s also new key art that shows Batman alongside versions of Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman.

First, here’s the Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League key art. Batman is at the bottom of the piece, with Flash on the left and Wonder Woman on the right behind him. At the back are Green Lantern on the left and Aquaman on the right. 

Here’s the official trailer for the new project. If you turn on closed captions, English subtitles are available. It starts with Green Lantern chasing down Batman and Robin. After that, Aquaman attacks. The Flash shows up to fight after that. A glimpse of Wonder Woman follows, rounding out the “Yakuza League” that is in place instead of the Justice League.

Batman Ninja is one of two new DC Comics anime projects. The other is Suicide Squad Isekai. It is streaming on Hulu and Max. Vtuber Calliope Mori sings its theme song. Here’s the trailer for how that looks, to compare.

Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League is in development, and the original Batman Ninja anime is available worldwide.

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Warner Bros Japan will release The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim some time in December 2024. Like the Gollum game, this will take place before the main trilogy of movies. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

Studio Sola Entertainment will be the studio in charge of the movie. Kenji Kamiyama will serve as the director. Past works Kamiyama directed include Eden of the East, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim takes place about 183 years before the movies and follows Helm Hammerhand, who is a king of Rohan. He and his family must defend the country from Dunlendings. As a note, Helm’s Deep, the location of the climatic battle in The Two Towers, was named after him.

New Line Cinema announced the film back in 2021 during the 20th anniversary of the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Phillippa Boyens, who co-wrote the film trilogy, is a consultant and producer for The War of the Rohirrim. She had been the one to insist on setting the film in Rohan, as it would be familiar to fans of the movies.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will come out in December 2024.

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The official DC X (Twitter) has shared a clip of Peacemaker in Suicide Squad Isekai. Veteran voice actor Takehito Koyasu will voice the popular DC character.

The new clip is under 30 seconds long, and it shows Peacemaker fighting and torturing people. It also shows his merciless and cruel personality. You can watch the preview clip that was posted on X right here:

Koyasu Takehito is Peacemaker's voice actor in the Japanese version of the show. He is a famous and prominent voice actor who debuted in 1987. Since then, he’s played many well-known characters such as Dio Brando/DIO in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Snufkin in Moomin, Toji in Jujutsu Kaisen, Milliardo/Zechs in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Ozymandias in Fate/Grand Order, and Eddie/Zato-1 in Guilty Gear. This is only a small sample of Koyasu’s colorful career.

Meanwhile, Peacemaker has become a somewhat more familiar character from the DC universe thanks to the Peacemaker show and his appearance in The Suicide Squad. The character debuted in 1966, and it’s likely that the Suicide Squad Isekai anime will use the Christopher Smith incarnation of Peacemaker. This is due to this version of Peacemaker’s affiliation with the Suicide Squad. Peacemaker is a very good fighter, assassin, spy, and marksman.

Suicide Squad Isekai will start airing in July 2024.

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Warner Bros. Japan announced Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League, a anime sequel to the 2018 animated movie that involved Batman characters like Robin and the Joker being transported to feudal Japan. More information is expected to be announced during an event at Anime Expo on June 4, 2024.

Details on the plot are currently thin, including whether the titular Yakuza League will be a feudal Japanese take on the Justice (or Injustice) League or another entity entirely. Director Junpei Mizusaki returns alongside writer Kazuki Nakashima, and Batman himself will again be voiced by Koichi Yamadera. More details about the Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League movie are to be announced at a stage event at Anime Expo in Los Angeles at 2pm PST/5pm ET on June 4, 2024, which will also include information on the Suicide Squad Isekai anime series.

Back in March 2024, it was announced that the Suicide Squad Isekai theme would be performed by Hololive Vtuber Calliope Mori. Before that, Warner Bros. Japan released a trailer that focused on the characters of the Joker and Harley Quinn.

Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League is in development, with more information to be revealed at Anime Expo on June 4, 2024, and the official website for the project is live.

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Warner Bros revealed that the ending theme song for the Suicide Squad Isekai anime will be sung by Hololive Vtuber Calliope Mori. A music video featuring footage from the show has also appeared on Youtube.

The song was composed by Giga and Teddyloid. Calliope Mori, who is signed to Universal Music, wrote the lyrics alongside Yuki Tsujimura. As well as releasing many of her own songs and covers, Mori has also produced songs in collaboration with the Metal Gear Solid game series and One Piece manga. She also streams on Youtube as part of the Hololive Vtuber agency's first English language generation, Hololive English Myth.

You can watch the full music video via Youtube below, or find the Hololive and Warner Bros announcement tweet here.

The Suicide Squad Isekai anime was first announced last year at Anime Expo 2023 along with an official website, though it now redirects to the main DC Comics site. Then in December, 2023, a new trailer aired focusing on Harley Quinn and the Joker as well as showcasing the opening theme: Another World by Tomoyasu Hotei.

The Suicide Squad Isekai anime series will air in July, 2024, on the channels Tokyo MX and BS11, while you can find Calliope Mori's Youtube channel here.

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