{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c31b6707e8b34a57c5a3f6a8","clusterId":"c_b5a47f0105764d704c480879","slug":"nycc-2026-sets-japanese-guests-and-anime-premieres-for-october","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"NYCC 2026 Sets Japanese Guests and Anime Premieres for October","summary":"New York Comic Con has listed its Japanese guests and events for the 2026 convention at the Javits Center on October 8-11. Voice actor Hikaru Midorikawa appears for an ONE-PUNCH MAN panel, Shonen Jump+ editor-in-chief Yuta Momiyama and Weekly Shonen Magazine deputy editor-in-chief Yuta Hiraoka discuss MANGA Plus and K MANGA, and premieres include Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 and Dragon Ball Super: Beerus.","whyItMatters":"The slate puts Japanese creators and publishers directly in front of a US convention audience, with the Jump+ and Magazine editors appearing together on the same MANGA Plus and K MANGA panel.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe convention runs October 8 to 11 at the Javits Center, and the schedule pairs creator panels with US premieres. Motonobu Hori and Kohei Tokuoka present MARRIAGETOXIN on October 8, the same day Evan Call appears, while Aoi Yuki and Takeo Otsuka join The Apothecary Diaries panel presented by Crunchyroll and NTV on October 9. Junji Ito: Strange gets a US premiere of its Face Thief segment with director Yuta Shimotsu. 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Midorikawa, Momiyama, Hiraoka, Aoi Yuki and more are on the guest list, with US premieres for Shangri-La Frontier Season 3, Dragon Ball Super: Beerus and Dengeki Daisy.","twitterPost":"NYCC 2026 lists its Japanese guests for October 8-11: Hikaru Midorikawa, Shonen Jump+ EIC Yuta Momiyama, Yuta Hiraoka and more. Premieres include Shangri-La Frontier Season 3, Dragon Ball Super: Beerus and Dengeki Daisy.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"New York Comic Con has listed its Japanese guests and events for the 2026 convention, which runs October 8 to 11 at the Javits Center. Voice actor Hikaru Midorikawa, Shonen Jump+ editor-in-chief Yuta Momiyama and Weekly Shonen Magazine deputy editor-in-chief Yuta Hiraoka are among the names on the schedule. The lineup also carries US premieres for Shangri-La Frontier Season 3, Dragon Ball Super: Beerus and Dengeki Daisy.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-14/nycc-hosts-voice-actor-hikaru-midorikawa-shonen-jump-eic-yuta-momiyama-more-guests-events-anime-/.241730\",\"title\":\"News\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4812,"outputTokens":1693,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789395285,"createdAt":"2026-09-14T14:08:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T14:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T14:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b5a47f0105764d704c480879","canonicalTitle":"News\nNYCC Hosts Voice Actor Hikaru Midorikawa, Shonen Jump+ EIC Yuta Momiyama, More Guests, Events, Anime Premieres","representativeArticleId":"a_23042290553bc1a1322ba77b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"New York Comic Con\"],\"studios\":[\"Shueisha\"],\"people\":[\"Hikaru Midorikawa\",\"Yuta Momiyama\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-14T13:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-14T13:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T14:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-14/nycc-hosts-voice-actor-hikaru-midorikawa-shonen-jump-eic-yuta-momiyama-more-guests-events-anime-/.241730","title":"News\nNYCC Hosts Voice Actor Hikaru Midorikawa, Shonen Jump+ EIC Yuta Momiyama, More Guests, Events, Anime Premieres"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["New York Comic Con"],"studios":["Shueisha"],"people":["Hikaru Midorikawa","Yuta Momiyama"],"type":"event","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}