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MAPPA: Anime Studio Sponsors Table Tennis Player Hashimoto
Anime studio MAPPA signed a sponsorship deal with Japanese table tennis player Honoka Hashimoto in November 2026. Hashimoto herself follows Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man.
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35Studios, figures, licensing deals and the business behind the productions.
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MechaComic: City Hunter and Tokyo Revengers celebrate 20 years
On November 2, 2026, MechaComic marks its 20th anniversary with new artwork by Tsukasa Hojo and Ken Wakui, along with retrospectives on historical manga rankings.
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Manga Survey 2026: Print Magazines Reach Only 17.6 Percent
A Japanese survey of 3,000 people shows that 51.5 percent read manga, but only 17.6 percent pick up printed magazines. Apps and collected volumes are almost equally widespread.
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Crunchyroll and HAYATE plan around 15 new webtoon anime
Crunchyroll, HAYATE and LINE Digital Frontier plan anime adaptations of around 15 webtoon titles. Three productions were presented at New York Comic Con 2026.
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Anime industry: global market reaches 4.45 trillion yen
The global market for Japanese anime reaches around 4.45 trillion yen in 2025 according to the AJA. More than 57 percent comes from overseas; the sales of production studios amount to 505.5 billion yen.
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Comic Cmoa: Manga platform partially back online after data leak
Japanese manga shop Comic Cmoa has been partially usable again since October 29, 2026. Following a cyberattack, purchases remain blocked; up to 4.2 million data records were exposed in the system logs.