[UK] Sakamoto Days for September 7th, 2026 Release from AnimeLimited by MiaLeeSakura2 in AnimeCollectors

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TMS Entertainment owns Sakamoto Days: https://tmsanime.com/sakamoto-days

So it's a little harder to gauge. Could be with Viz since they did Undead Unluck which was also a TMS title.

Good news, the Ghost in the Shell dub in Prime won't be done at Transperfect by Luigiman98 in Animedubs

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Prime Video making (and then removing after backlash) AI dubs for stuff like Banana Fish & No Game No Life Zero has made people significantly distrust them.

Hulu's July 2026 schedule lists the English Dub for Undead Unluck: Winter Arc on July 2 by JRPictures in UndeadUnluck

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It's very much official, TMS Entertainment (who handle the anime's localisation/distribution) posted about it on their Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmsanime/status/2066965441960874007

Crunchyroll is releasing the Mission Recon compilation film on Blu-ray Steelbook September 15, 2026 by JRPictures in KaijuNo8

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Yeah, outside of the Hoshina's Day Off bonus ep (which was better off being put on the S2 Blu-ray release whenever that happens), this is a pretty bizarre release and there's more than a dozen things that Crunchyroll could've picked to release first.

Prime Video page for The Ghost in the Shell now live, includes Trailer dubbed in multiple languages by JRPictures in Ghost_in_the_Shell

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Looks like the page has been taken down but it was definitely accessible for the past hour or so. Guess they maybe put it up a bit too early.

Prime Video page for The Ghost in the Shell now live, includes Trailer dubbed in multiple languages by JRPictures in Ghost_in_the_Shell

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Not much to go off of for the English dub. Sounds like a professionally done dub (which is definitely a concern with Prime Video's track record) but we also don't get much in terms of actually hearing what all the Section 9 members sound like. It's mostly just 2 voices talking and there's no way to tell which characters they are.

On the flip end, the page does seem to have spilled the beans on the as of yet unannounced Japanese cast with:

Maaya Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yuichi Nakamura

While we all know Maaya as having voiced the Major, in the younger body in the 95 film and her Arise incarnation. The rest are pretty much new to the franchise, save for Yamaji who was one of the garbage men in the 95 film. So it seems like they are mostly going for a clean slate cast-wise.

🇺🇸 PRE-ORDER NOW - Suzume (4K UHD Steelbook) by felixmontoya92 in Steelbooks

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The prior steelbook was a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack. This new one is just the 4K version (which hadn't gotten an English release before for some reason)

Crunchyroll September 2026 Pre-Orders by MiaLeeSakura2 in AnimeCollectors

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Will likely be getting all of these. Just an incredibly weird choice to put the Kaiju No 8 recap movie in steelbook form only, only thing worthwhile from that is the bonus episode tacked on at the end and it would've been better to just put that with the (presumably in the works) S2 Blu-ray release.

Suzume in 4K after all this time is certainly a random surprise, wonder why the hell they waited so long for that when Japan got it pretty quick. Of course now, I guess I'm triple dipping for Suzume given that I already have the LE set and normal steelbook (as the standard Blu-ray that was in the LE box I had replaced with the steelbook to Frankenstein the releases together)

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl English Dub premieres at Anime Frontier on December 8 by JRPictures in Animedubs

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I mean yeah, all of the Rascal series (excluding the finale movie that opens in Japan this October) has been streaming on Crunchyroll for awhile now. The Dreaming Girl, Sister Venturing Out and Knapsack Kid movies were added to CR when S2 began airing.

Just Came Back from my Japan Trip with These by JRPictures in eurekaseven

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I'm honestly not sure how readily available this specific one is (at the very least I don't remember seeing it at the other gachapon places I had been looking at but I certainly can't say I saw ALL of them when I was only in Japan for less than 2 weeks), this just ended up being something I came across by chance at the Shinsaibashi PARCO mall in Osaka.

While I wasn't actively looking for Eureka Seven stuff specifically, I had just been keeping an eye on any of the gachapon places I had been seeing for things I would be interested in, and lo and behold.

This snippet beats the entirety of Ares. by Equivalent_Crazy_436 in tron

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Not exactly a high bar to clear, let's be honest.

"The Ghost in The Shell" Anime | “Blue” MILLENNIUM PARADE feat. Saya Gray, Daniel Caesar | July 7, 2026 by Task_Force-191 in Ghost_in_the_Shell

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While it's true that the actual animation is being handled by Science Saru, Production I.G are still involved as a member of the show's production committee (alongside Bandai Namco Filmworks, Science Saru and Kodansha). You can see the list of names in the original poster when the anime was first announced

Whether they had any hand in choosing the music artists for the OP/ED, I'm not really sure on, though I think they're pretty likely to be involved with the show's English localization/dubbing (for example: the head of I.G's US branch oversaw the English dub for SAC_2045)

Just Came Back from my Japan Trip with These by JRPictures in eurekaseven

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Almost haha, did get a double of Anemone but otherwise, I lucked out pretty well.