Tokyo Anime Dispatch

On July 9, 2026, KADOKAWA said that its first OnSITE Portfolio Review had taken place at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles. The company’s manga editors met overseas creators in person, reviewed portfolios, and offered direct feedback on story structure, character work, and the path toward publication. The event ran from July 2 to July 5 at booth SH-2720 and is part of KADOKAWA WORLD MANGA ATELIER, a broader effort to build a cross-border support pipeline for manga creators. What Was Announced The press release describes the Anime Expo session as the first on-site step in a wider program. KADOKAWA’s World Manga Editorial Team traveled to the convention and held portfolio reviews for creators from the United States and other countries. The company says the format is meant to do more than hand out quick comments. It is designed to create a direct editorial relationship that can continue if a project shows promise. The official KWMA site frames the program as a three-part system: online...

KADOKAWA Opens a 2026 Summer Anime Fair With Up to Five Free Volumes On July 1, 2026, KADOKAWA opened its 2026 Summer Anime Fair on Kadokomi, with a companion detail page on Comic-Walker. The campaign turns a short announcement into a practical reading guide: depending on the title, readers can unlock up to five free volumes, and the promotion runs until July 31, 2026 at 11:00 JST. For anime fans, that makes the publisher page useful not just as a sales notice, but as a fast way to sample source material before or during the season. What Was Announced The fair groups together 16 KADOKAWA comics that are tied to anime visibility this summer. The lineup includes titles such as Reiwa no Darasan and Clevates: The King of Demonic Beasts, The Baby and the Hero's Corpse , alongside many other anime-linked series. The point is not to push a single franchise. It is to spotlight a wider set of manga that readers may want to catch up on while anime coverage is still fresh. KADOKAWA...