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Exciting news: The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Look Back makes its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, the same day it opens in Japan. There's no wide US release date yet, but there's plenty to hold you over till then. Keep reading for the new anime and manga releases dropping this month!
Plus, here’s your reminder that Studio Ghibli Fest is still running (through October 21) if you haven't caught a screening yet!
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Next Up: New Anime Premiering Soon
Two premieres are worth clearing your schedule for this month: a gutting theatrical release from Ghibli veterans, and a Shonen Jump adaptation finally settling into weekly episodes on Netflix.
cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood
In theaters September 4
During the closing months of the Pacific War, schoolgirls San and Mayu are drafted as army nurses, then forced to survive a jungle turned battlefield when their unit is ordered to die for their country. Studio Ghibli veterans Akihiko Yamashita and Shinji Otsuka handle animation on this devastating adaptation of Machiko Kyo's manga.
Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2nd stage streaming September 25 on Netflix
One of JoJo's most beloved arcs returns with weekly episodes as Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli push 750 miles into the desert toward the Devil's Palm, where ominous incidents start piling up, making it clear this race was far more than a mere competition.
The full list:
10 Must-Read Manga Releasing Soon
The Stack
Together with ThriftBooks
Chainsaw Man's Creator Is Having a Moment!
The name Tatsuki Fujimoto is suddenly everywhere. His iconic series Fire Punch just turned 10, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc tore up the box office, and Hirokazu Kore-eda just signed on to adapt Look Back into live-action. If you only know him for Chainsaw Man, now's the time to go deeper. Grab all three of his classics from ThriftBooks for unbeatable prices and free U.S. shipping on orders over $20.
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Denji spends his days hunting devils to pay off his dead father's debt, until a betrayal leaves him for dead and he is revived by his pet devil Pochita—turning him into something new and dangerous, Chainsaw Man! The Reze Arc movie just proved this story hits equally as hard on the big screen as it does on the page.
Fire Punch, Vol. 1
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Fujimoto’s debut manga follows a boy cursed with a body that endlessly regenerates and burns, hunting down the woman who destroyed his village. It's the rawest, most unhinged Fujimoto gets, and with the series turning 10 this year, there's no better time to catch up.
Look Back
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
A one-shot about two girls who bond over drawing, drift apart, and find their way back to each other through manga. With an unforgettable gut-punch of an ending, it’ll stick with you for the rest of your life. Plus, with Hirokazu Kore-eda now attached to direct the live-action adaptation, you’ll certainly want this to be a part of your collection.
From Ink to Anime
The Apothecary Diaries
Maomao, an apothecary's daughter sold as a servant to the emperor's palace, gets pulled into the medical mysteries that land on official Jinshi's desk. Now the pair venture to the western territories to investigate crop failures, locust swarms, and a shrine maiden tied to a catastrophe. Based on Natsu Hyuuga's novels, Season 3 premieres October 2 on Crunchyroll.
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Manga Corner
In RuriDragon, Ruri Aoki's ordinary life ends the moment she wakes up with horns and learns her absent father is a dragon. By Vol. 4 (out September 1), she's using her own dragon abilities to summon a typhoon to save the sports festival, only to get stuck running it and hating the attention. Read it before Kyoto Animation’s anime adaptation premieres in 2027.
The Reviews Are In
See what critics have to say about the newest anime and manga!
“An awesome blend of Dandadan’s supernatural monsters with Chainsaw Man’s subversive hero”
—CBR
“Action-packed and visually stunning”
—Anime News Network
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Coming Soon
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