Newtype - The Moving Pictures Magazine November 2026

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The November 2026 issue of Newtype is a milestone: the magazine's 500th issue. Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories takes the cover with a brand-new illustration drawn by the creator himself, and a second lead feature looks back at how anime has changed from the Heisei era to Reiwa, with voices ranging from today's studios to Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hideaki Anno. Bonus items include a B2 poster featuring The Five Star Stories and Bungo Stray Dogs, plus a Newtype-logo clear file designed so you can build your own Newtype cover around your favorite character.

Featured series and bonus items

The Five Star Stories – Cover and lead feature with Mamoru Nagano, alongside the latest chapter of his long-running manga serialization in this issue. The B2 poster this month features the series, too.

500th Issue Special: "Panta Rhei – Anime from Heisei to Reiwa" – A multi-part anniversary project exploring how anime keeps evolving:

• Anime loved across generations – featuring Magic Knight Rayearth and Ranma ½
• How studios work today – Twin Engine, Studio Kurm, CloverWorks and KADOKAWA Creators
• The new possibilities of indie anime
• The world of voice and sound – Yuki Kaji, Jun Fukuyama & Shinnosuke Tachibana, and sound director Masafumi Mima
• Anime reaching the world – with Ginger Root
• A ranking feature
• Yoshiyuki Tomino on the future of anime
• A new course – Hideaki Anno and Yutaka Izubuchi in conversation

Bungo Stray Dogs – A B2 poster plus an in-depth feature, with interviews featuring Harukawa35, Kafka Asagiri, director Takuya Igarashi, Yoji Enokido and Yuto Uemura.

Pin-ups – Collectible pin-ups for Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 2 and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day.

Bonus Item – A Newtype-logo clear file made for fans who want to create their own Newtype cover starring their favorite character.

Additional highlights

Interviews, discussions, and comments for:

• The Apothecary Diaries – staff interview
• Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! – cast discussion with Makoto Furukawa & Konomi Inagaki
• Super Psychic Policeman Chojo – cast discussion including Yusuke Kobayashi and Toshiya Miyata
• The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life – cast discussion with Daiki Yamashita & Lynn
• Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 2 – cast interview with Tomoyo Kurosawa & Chika Anzai, plus director Tatsuya Ishihara & Taichi Ogawa
• To You in the Beyond – cast interview with Hinata Ishibashi & Anna Nagase
• Made in Abyss: Awakening Mystery – interview with creator Akihito Tsukushi & director Masayuki Kojima
• Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 5 – interview with Mai Fuchigami & Ayana Taketatsu
• Look Back (live-action film) – interview with Yoko Kuno
• Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island – staff interview
• My Happy Marriage special episodes – cast interviews with Reina Ueda & Kaito Ishikawa
• GROTESQQQUE – interviews with Atsushi Nishigori, Kana Ichinose and Gen Hoshino

Plus the ongoing manga series Aketemo Kuretemo by Toko Yatabe, and regular columns from Kotori Ayase (Rain Tree), Keiichi Arawi, Tomohiko Ito, Sumire Uesaka, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Maaya Sakamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo, Hiroki Nanami, Shinobu Nishimura, Kana Hanazawa, Yui Horie, Masami Yuuki, and many others.

Whether you've followed Newtype since the early days or you're picking it up for the first time, this 500th issue is a perfect one to collect.

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