The gothic horror cult classic is riding a fresh wave of momentum — a Dark Horse comic, new manga, and now a full theatrical rollout. GKIDS announced Saturday at Anime NYC 2026 that it has acquired the North American theatrical and home video rights to Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, with a full theatrical release set for 2027. The 2000 dark fantasy film, animated at Madhouse and based on Hideyuki Kikuchi‘s long-running novel series, has spent over two decade

Dark Horse Comics used its Anime NYC 2026 panel at the Javits Center on Friday, August 21, 2026, to unveil three new titles for manga fans—two manga volumes and, notably, the publisher's first-ever original comic series set in the Vampire Hunter D universe. The headliner is Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood, a four-issue miniseries breaking from the franchise's usual manga-adaptation format to tell an original story in single-issue comic form. Alongside it, Dark Horse confi

Manga Mavericks Books used its panel at Anime NYC 2026 to unveil two new manga licenses, plus a restoration project digging up lost color art from a decades-old shoujo classic. During its panel, Manga Mavericks announced Midnight Robot, an alt-sci-fi action series from Yohei Sajita, and Arai-kun & Haruma-senpai, a boys' love slice-of-life romance from Akahachi. The publisher also revealed it's restoring never-before-collected color pages from The Sword of Paros for the series

Manga platform and publisher Omoi used their industry panel at Anime NYC 2026 to unveil a trio of catalog updates—one new digital license, one print debut, and a wave of additions to their Premium subscription tier. The company announced it has licensed Love Is the Sweetest Journey, a travel-themed romantic comedy from Momoshiro and Tomoko Mitsuki, for exclusive digital distribution. Omoi also revealed that A Snow Fox at the Northern Fort—already available digitally on the pl

Yen Press announced nine new acquisitions at the Yen Press Industry Panel at Anime NYC 2026.

Calling all Mofusand fans! Random House Worlds is officially bringing the viral Japanese kawaii cats, known collectively as Mofusand, to shelves this fall, with a trio of licensed books arriving September 1, 2026. Fans of the adorable cats will be able to preview the book series RHW’s booth (#1540) at Anime NYC 2026, taking place this weekend, August 20th to 23rd. For anyone just catching on, Mofusand first debuted in 2017 as illustrations posted online by Japanese artist Jun