Kojima: “It looks like Japan might get pulled into a war too … It’s like [pre-WWII] Japan” Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-06/metal-gear-hideo-kojima-likens-current-japan-to-nation-just-before-world-war-ii/.242142
Voice of Kaguya-sama: Love is War’s Tsubame Koyasu married professional soccer player Takefusa Kubo Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-05/voice-actor-haruka-fukuhara-announces-marriage/.242511
Togashi to decline future work requests with deadlines in order to focus on his own manuscripts Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-05/hunter-x-hunter-manga-creator-yoshihiro-togashi-to-limit-work-due-to-physical-mental-health-issues/.242517
Founder of WEBTOON Junkoo Kim will step down as Naver Webtoon’s CEO Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-02/webtoon-entertainment-names-2-co-ceos-for-naver-webtoon/.242406
Career spanned more than 4 decades; voiced Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch, Minovsky in Gundam: The Origin Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-02/voice-actor-naoki-bando-dies-at-69/.242404
Kuramoto died of multiple organ failure on September 18 Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-28/zero-sen-hayato-anime-scriptwriter-so-kuramoto-dies-at-91/.242263
Be Forever Yamato co-director, scriptwriter also co-directed Japanese side of Tora! Tora! Tora! war film Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-27/space-battleship-yamato-film-director-toshio-masuda-dies-at-98/.242231
Hashimoto temporarily lost hearing in right ear after being diagnosed with sudden hearing loss in April Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-22/chiruran-shinsengumi-requiem-rappa-yankee-ninpu-cho-manga-artist-eiji-hashimoto-confirms-full-/.242079
Sheik wrote music/lyrics for upcoming American stage musical of Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen manga Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-22/singer-composer-duncan-sheik-dies/.242085