SAG-AFTRA members ratified the 2026 TV animation contracts with 94.95% voting yes: a 12.6% raise over four years, stronger AI protections and better residuals. What changed, and what it means for anime dubs.
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island has made 18.49 billion yen in Japan and is the country's biggest film of 2026. The numbers, why Chiikawa is so popular and whether the movie is coming to the US.
The anime industry was worth a record 4.45 trillion yen (about US$28.2 billion) in 2025, up 15.8%, with overseas fans spending more than Japan. How big the anime industry is, how fast it grew and how much of it reaches the studios.
AniBiz, a marketplace for licensing anime characters to brands and companies, got a US$6 million investment from TBS, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo on October 27, 2026. What it does, how anime licensing works and who really benefits.
Crunchyroll lists 23 Fall 2026 anime with a dub in production. Here is the full weekly schedule in PT and ET, how long dubs take to start, and which big shows are still sub-only.
Hayate, Crunchyroll and LINE Digital Frontier will develop anime for around 15 WEBTOON series, starting with The Remarried Empress in 2027. Here is what the deal is, which webtoons are confirmed, and why Sony wants Korean comics in its anime pipeline.
The Bleach anime is officially over. Thousand-Year Blood War episode 50 aired on October 27, 2026, closing a story that started on TV in 2004. Here is how it ended, why the original anime was cut short in 2012, and what comes next.
HiAnime shut down in 2026 and seven people accused of running it were arrested in Vietnam. Here is why it won't come back, which other anime piracy sites closed, and where to watch anime legally now.
How do anime studios make money? Mostly from a fixed production fee, while the big profits go to rights holders. Toho just posted record overseas streaming sales, while the parent of Production I.G and WIT Studio expects a 0.3% margin on anime production.
Capcom confirmed that a hacker reached data tied to 11,774,247 CAPCOM ID records. It is the biggest hit in a wave of October 2026 attacks that also took down Renta! and Comic CMOA and led Animate and Melonbooks to block overseas visitors.
Netflix cut 1,000 jobs and replaced its content chief in the same week. Here's why, what the October 20 earnings revealed, whether anime was hit, and what the new boss could mean for the MAPPA deal.
Cygames cancelled the Umamusume Los Angeles concerts three days before showtime because the cast's U.S. visas never came through. Here's what fans can claim back, why artist visas now take a year, and what's next for the world tour.
