The News Thread (for news that does not need a thread)

[Dragon Slayer]

A sad day today for music fans.

Ozzy Osbourne aka "The Prince of Darkness" and founder of Heavy metal band Black Sabbath Has Died today aged 76.

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[Cold Cobra]

I know it says "The News Thread" but we tend to still keep it to anime related news... (though I'm sure you could do a "Top 10 anime characters clearly based on Hulk Hogan" quite easily!)

 

[Ian Wolf]

Junji Ito has been inducted into the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame.

Junji Ito Inducted Into Eisner Hall of Fame

Horror manga creator has previously won 4 Eisner awards

www.animenewsnetwork.com

 

[D1tchd1gger]

The last chapter of Vinland Saga was released in the last few days.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948426517085819306

 

[Dragon Slayer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1949097561312374925

 

[Girls with Guns]

Awesome! I really enjoyed the first season of Farming Life, and even picked up the Blu-ray!

 

[Falcon1991]

I have happy tears in my eyes.

A full version of a brand new Haruhi Suzumiya music video has been released that has glorious animation to it. ❤

 

[Ian Wolf]

A front page feature about anime from the i.

Anime is the future of TV - these are the seven to watch

Once looked upon with a ‘curious wonder for its almost other worldly weirdness’, the Japanese cartoons are now ubiquitous

inews.co.uk

 

[Dragon Slayer]

New Made in Abyss films announced.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1953444948680028581

https://twitter.com/x/status/1953471193777877290

 

[Dai]

Complete Teekyū Blu-ray Set Comes With Underpants-Shaped Caps

Encase your Blu-ray Disc with underpants seen in the series

www.animenewsnetwork.com

Obi evolves into Pantsu. How did it take Japan so long to try this?

 

[cfx]

Complete Teekyū Blu-ray Set Comes With Underpants-Shaped Caps

Encase your Blu-ray Disc with underpants seen in the series

www.animenewsnetwork.com

Obi evolves into Pantsu. How did it take Japan so long to try this?

Off-topic, but reminded me of this, which I have not thought about in many years. I am aware of this because I owned it back in the day; I don't know what happened to the panties but I suspect my parents threw them away.

Alice Cooper's School's Out inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® — Dennis Dunaway

The Recording Academy® has announced the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® .

www.dennisdunaway.com

 

[zappi]

Complete Teekyū Blu-ray Set Comes With Underpants-Shaped Caps

Encase your Blu-ray Disc with underpants seen in the series

www.animenewsnetwork.com

Obi evolves into Pantsu. How did it take Japan so long to try this?

one of the early American anime VHS companies US Manga Corps (part of Central Park Media) sparked a supposed "moral panic" when they planned to include pink panties with their release of Minna Agechau. the wonderful hazel has a great video about this piece of anime history

 

[Girls with Guns]

Off-topic, but reminded me of this, which I have not thought about in many years. I am aware of this because I owned it back in the day; I don't know what happened to the panties but I suspect my parents threw them away.

Alice Cooper's School's Out inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® — Dennis Dunaway

The Recording Academy® has announced the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® .

www.dennisdunaway.com

Haha, I bought that School's out album when I was about 15, but I didn't know anything about the panties around the LP at the time, so when it arrived in the mail (from Columbia House Record Club) I opened it right in front of my mother. Um, yeah.....

 

[Ian Wolf]

There are reports that Qubic, the company behind Leviathan, are going to make an anime adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.

The Phantom of the Opera musical to receive anime adaptation

LW Entertainment is pushing the new project

www.whatsonstage.com

 

[zrdb]

Some how that doesn't sound like something I'd want to watch.

 

[Ian Wolf]

A feature on Studio Ghibli in The Observer.

Where is Studio Ghibli going next? | The Observer

Over the past 40 years, the aggressively uncommercial animation company has quietly conquered the world. We speak to one of its elusive co-founders about...

observer.co.uk

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Finally! Crunchyroll on Sky Q.

 

[Birdie Num Num]

Very excited about this one

Kana brings BILLY BAT to English readers in 2026

Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, starting June 2026 with Vol. 1.

www.comicsbeat.com

 

[Spark_Heal]

Very excited for Billy Bat.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

@Girls with Guns
This might affect you.

Royal Mail and DHL halt some US deliveries over tariffs

Services including Royal Mail and DHL say they are suspending deliveries until they have proper systems in place.

www.bbc.co.uk