A-1 Pictures will be at Anime Expo 2026 on Friday, July 3rd, hosting a panel featuring a sneak peek of their upcoming series, GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus. They’ll also share the latest news on other projects like Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Sword Art Online, and possibly Solo Leveling*.
There are many reasons why some comic book series don’t last very long. Sometimes a series doesn’t sell well, and it gets canceled before it can find an audience. That’s just one factor, though. These seven DC comics were particularly promising, but unfortunately ended too soon, and could have been even more amazing with a longer run.
Valve has recently updated its Steam Deck website with higher prices for both available models. The 512GB OLED version now costs $789, an increase of over $200 from its previous price of $549. The 1TB OLED model has seen an even larger price jump of $300, bringing the new retail price to $949. With Valve no longer making the original LCD Steam Deck, these OLED models are the only ones customers can buy directly from the company.
But I don’t think even I can pull this one off.
They have more images, character designs, and early artwork, but are holding off on sharing it because an official announcement is coming soon. According to Insider Gaming, the logo seen online is legitimate, and we should hear more about the project within the next week.
The good news is that Destiny 2 will remain online, so both longtime fans and new players can still enjoy all the game’s content. Still, it’s disappointing for the dedicated community that has grown around the game, and some are hoping Bungie will add more content in the future, despite the company’s current focus shifting elsewhere.
The light novel series Though I Am an Inept Villainess is getting an anime adaptation this July as part of the Summer 2024 anime season, and it will be available on Crunchyroll. A new poster has been released, confirming the anime will premiere in Japan on July 12th. You can see the new poster below.
The recent decision to kill off Batman is shocking, but even more frustrating is how little impact it seems to have. While characters often return from the dead in DC Comics, Batman has only truly “died” once before – and even then, it was a temporary deception. This time, it felt like a real death, brought about by the Lazarus Pit – something new for Batman. However, we’ll likely never see the full consequences of this resurrection because it happened at the very end of Batman (2016) #163, concluding the first part of a story arc called “H2SH,” which will probably never be finished.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe didn’t appear overnight. Ever since superheroes first appeared in comic books, filmmakers and TV producers have been trying to make them popular on screen. Early attempts at live-action adaptations were often held back by low budgets and limitations in special effects technology. Still, a few TV shows before the MCU laid the groundwork for how superhero stories could be told over multiple episodes.
A new Gundam story, titled Gundam: Tobacco Smoke Is Not Affected by Minovsky, is coming to Gundam Ace magazine. This series acts as a prequel to the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative. Created by Kozo Omori – a veteran of the Gundam franchise with previous work on series like Gundam Unicorn and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 – the story will begin appearing in Japan on June 26th, with the full series launching the following month. You can see the first poster for this new Gundam series below.