✨ lab mice · chibi glory · PACKED SHRINE · KAWAII MAX ✨

Arthur · file photo — human — not a mouse
Arthur · file photohuman — not a mouse
Arthur · red-floor cell — WHATEVER YOU DO DON’T PANIC · red floor · human subject
Arthur · red-floor cellWHATEVER YOU DO DON’T PANIC · red floor · human subject
Bertha the dolphin, street reporter: believes the big screen first, loves a trend, agrees with everyone
Bertha · Dophens street deskbelieves the big screen first · loves a trend · agrees with you, and you, and you
Bias Binder — keeps a throne binder ranked by who brought cheese first
Bias Binderkeeps a throne binder ranked by who brought cheese first
Cheese Bliss — rates conversations by crumb trajectory · ignores the thesis
Cheese Blissrates conversations by crumb trajectory · ignores the thesis
Clipboard-chan — files emergencies under “stickers,” then alphabetizes the panic
Clipboard-chanfiles emergencies under “stickers,” then alphabetizes the panic
Confetti Pop — launches confetti at awkward silences · calls it diplomacy
Confetti Poplaunches confetti at awkward silences · calls it diplomacy
Crescent Caster — casts “moon prism” on dusty shelves · dust remains unimpressed
Crescent Castercasts “moon prism” on dusty shelves · dust remains unimpressed
Darla the dolphin, fact-checker: kicks the tires on every number, grandkid photo in the notebook, rhinestone pen
Darla · Dophens fact-check deskkicks the tires on every number · grandkid photo in the notebook · rhinestone pen, no nonsense
Deep Thinker — chin on paw until the 42-orb blinks first · then shrugs
Deep Thinkerchin on paw until the 42-orb blinks first · then shrugs
Dewey — reads footnotes first · underlines the author’s excuses
Deweyreads footnotes first · underlines the author’s excuses
DJ Squeak — drops the punchline before the drop · loops until admission
DJ Squeakdrops the punchline before the drop · loops until admission · open Memes bay
Elf Curator — collects elf stickers like evidence · forgets the century
Elf Curatorcollects elf stickers like evidence · forgets the century
Encore — replays the same chorus until the walls confess bias
Encorereplays the same chorus until the walls confess bias
Finger-Heart — salutes with a finger-heart · invoices for the sincerity
Finger-Heartsalutes with a finger-heart · invoices for the sincerity
Glitter Twins — high-fives only on Tuesdays · otherwise synchronized side-eye
Glitter Twinshigh-fives only on Tuesdays · otherwise synchronized side-eye
Happy Tears — cries glitter when the plot twist was already in page one
Happy Tearscries glitter when the plot twist was already in page one
The Harmonics — harmonize disagreement in three keys · never resolve the chord
The Harmonicsharmonize disagreement in three keys · never resolve the chord
Hopeful Mouse: white mouse in a feathered brass helmet and goggles, hopping with a phone, a like and a heart
Hopeful Mousehops for every like · Grunt Work & Gears · first video
Just Wrong — smiles like a consent form with missing pages · do not pet
Just Wrongsmiles like a consent form with missing pages · do not pet
Mad Scientist — labels flasks by mood · drinks from the calm one last
Mad Scientistlabels flasks by mood · drinks from the calm one last
Neon Wink — cheers for villains if their color story is consistent
Neon Winkcheers for villains if their color story is consistent
Pocket Valentine — glues glitter hearts to other people’s unfinished sentences
Pocket Valentineglues glitter hearts to other people’s unfinished sentences
Respawn — waifus for life · pauses for snacks, never for bosses
Respawnwaifus for life · pauses for snacks, never for bosses · open Gamer Den
Tay the Eevee — RL helper · bored on purpose · judges your spelling · melts in heat
Tay the EeveeRL helper · bored on purpose · judges your spelling · melts in heat
Tinker Turtle — brass goggles, gear shell · winds clockwork gadgets beside boxed high-tech gunner girl figures
Tinker Turtletightens one more gear, always one more · gunner girl figures stay mint in box (mostly) · the steam is a feature
Towel Shock — carries a towel for other people’s emergencies · never own
Towel Shockcarries a towel for other people’s emergencies · never own
Ulysses MOUSE · emo — writes essays in the bangs · edits with a sigh
Ulysses MOUSE · emowrites essays in the bangs · edits with a sigh
ARTHUR
Really? Really? Kawaii?! WHAT?! Pastel glitter hearts?! Photocards?! You’re scientists — not a Mashle dance-floor with whiskers! WHAT IS THIS SHRINE?!
WHITE MOUSE · UNAPOLOGETIC
Affirmative. We are secret (not-so-secret) weeaboos + K-pop idol stans. Isekai is a lifestyle. Overlord is ABSOLUTE ADORE. The photocard binder has a Frieren sticker on the cover. Deal with it. ♡
ARTHUR
A Frieren sticker. On the photocard binder. Ranking Overlord seasons. Whispering bias names like war chants. Kawaii? WHAT?! Really? REALLY?!
LAB MICE · CHORUS
Observation: subject Arthur entering meltdown. Hypothesis: murine weeaboo energy exceeds adult coping protocols. Recommendation: open sacred photocard shelves. Also: more isekai. Also: Disco Cat on loop.

Sacred Watchlist · Photocard Shelves

Punchy idol-title cards · LOVE / ADORE / ABSOLUTE BIAS stamps · Crunchyroll + MAL doors · shelves fold · skip stickers for One Punch Man + Fate

💖 ABSOLUTE FAVES · SACRED PHOTOCARDS

♡ the founding thirteen + LOVE/ADORE stamps · keep the whiskers holy

01 · ELF TIME DILATION
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Post-quest melancholy hits the white mice like soft cheese. Long life, short friends, quiet magic. They rewind the credits like prayer.

FORGOTTEN · 3×3 EYE
3×3 Eyes

Classic that nearly slipped off the binder — third eye, Yakumo, Sanjiyan. Mice put a sticky note on the binder: DO NOT LOSE AGAIN.

02 · KOKO IS LOCO
Jormungand

Koko Hekmatyar. Arms dealer queen energy. Song beat lodged in murine skulls: “Her name is Koko she is loco.” Time to Attack still on the Koko bias playlist (show OST — the shrine speaker plays Komiku · Disco Cat).

03 · BUMPKIN BLADE
From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

Rural sword grandpa energy but make it skill issue solved. Mice squeak every time the quiet one is actually terrifying.

04 · SYSTEM KNIGHT
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System

Exile + heavy armor + game the rules. Lab mice respect anyone who treats the world like a patchable build.

05 · SLIME ASCENSION
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Kidnapped by truck → become gelatinous empire. White mice: “relatable career path.” Rimuru nation-building = stan behavior.

ABSOLUTE ADORE
06 · BONE THRONE
Overlord

ABSOLUTE ADORE. Skeleton overlord. Loyalty that scares the clipboard. Mice will die on this hill and then undeath on it too.

07 · BLOOD OPERA
Hellsing / Hellsing Ultimate

Guns, vampires, British gothic screaming. Ultimate hits different. Mice do the “For the Queen!” whisper at 3 a.m. in the maze.

08 · $$ STAMPEDE
Trigun Stampede

Desert, love-&-peace, bullets. Stampede glow-up made the mice restart their Vash shrine overnight.

09 · UNFINISHED SCREAM
Deadman Wonderland

Carnival nightmare. Mice want it continued. They file weekly petitions to the void. The void has not answered. Yet.

10 · DEAD PUNCH / DROP DEAD
Dead Mount Death Play

Labeled clear: dead punch / drop dead vibe. Necromancer-in-Tokyo chaos. Mice chant the title like a boss-drop callout.

11 · SCIENCE STAN
Dr. Stone

Stone world, science comeback, “this is exhilarating!” Lab mice lose it — finally an isekai-adjacent where the clipboard is the weapon.

12 · MAJOR KUSANAGI
Ghost in the Shell

Brain dive. City rain. Who are you in the net? Mice stare into the glitter mirror and see Motoko. Arthur: “They're fangirling a cyborg. REALLY?!”

13 · SECTION 9 LOOP
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Laughing Man. Tachikomas. Stand alone / stand alone complex. Mice treat every episode like classified briefing + concert encore.

LOVE
14 · BOOK FEVER
Ascendance of a Bookworm

Book-starved girl rebuilds civilization for libraries. Mice would overthrow a kingdom for one more chapter. Sacred.

LOVE
15 · SPEARHEAD
86 Eighty-Six

War mechs, names that become ghosts, heartbreak with engines. Mice clutch clipboards and whisper callsigns.

LOVE
16 · TRASH TREASURE
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

Softest trash-pickup power fantasy. Mice: “found family but make it litter patrol.” Instant LOVE stamp.

LOVE
17 · HERO SENTENCE
Sentenced to Be a Hero

Hero sentence as punishment arc. Mice squeak for justice with teeth. LOVE locked.

LOVE
18 · EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Equivalent exchange. Two brothers. Automail tears. Mice salute every “alchemist.” LOVE forever.

ADORE
19 · ABYSS CURSE
Made in Abyss

Cute kids + abyss that eats souls. ADORE with a warning sticker. Mice cry into the cheese.

LOVE
20 · AFTERLIFE BAR
Death Parade

Bar of the dead. Judgments. Mice nurse existential milk. LOVE the quiet dread.

LOVE
21 · EXPLOSION!!
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

Useless goddess energy. Explosion spam. Mice lose it laughing and still LOVE Aqua's disasters.

LOVE
22 · TURBO GRANNY
Dandadan

Ghosts + aliens + teenage chaos. Mice bang desks. LOVE at maximum squeak.

ADORE Title card on a dark forest: Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knights · S1 E1 Alchemy and Fairies
23 · AGINCOURT ALCHEMY
Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight

After Agincourt, bookish alchemist Montmorency plants a Philosopher’s Stone in village girl Jeanne while a fairy queen supervises. AXsiZ, fall 2018. Pinned over Ulysses MOUSE’s bunk — namesake rights.

🚪 ISEKAI CORRIDOR · TRUCK-KUN EXPRESS

♡ truck-kun express · another-world lifestyle · slip more under the door

I-01 · BLACK SUMMON
Black Summoner

Amnesia + overpowered summons. Mice file it under “memory wipe but make it metal.”

I-02 · ORPHAN LOGIN
Dead Account

Account left behind, world still online. Mice check every orphaned save file like a cold case.

I-03 · SHADOW HEAL
The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows

Healer goes underground. Mice: support class supremacy. Clipboard approved.

I-04 · TYPE 95
The Saga of Tanya the Evil

Tiny blonde war crime calculator. Mice salute the Type-95 and then hide the cheese.

I-05 · LOGGED IN
Sword Art Online

Trapped in the game. Mice already live in one. Arthur: “Really? The game again?!”

I-06 · BONE GRIND
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer

Skeleton grindset. Mice see Overlord cousin energy and squeak approval.

I-07 · CART OF WORLDS
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World

Amazon-kun isekai. Mice respect the logistics. Towel optional; packages mandatory.

I-08 · POTION AISLE
Drug Store in Another World

Pharmacy empire building. Lab mice: “finally, a career path with shelves.”

I-09 · DEATH MARCH
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

Office drone → overpowered wanderer. Mice clock out and clock in harder.

I-10 · SHIELD UP
The Rising of the Shield Hero

Shield only. Betrayal arc. Mice hiss at false accusations and hug the raccoon girl.

I-11 · ABYSS FORGE
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest

Dungeon trauma → forge-your-own-OP. Mice love a rebuild montage.

I-12 · FAMILIA
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

Danmachi. Familia feels. Mice want a goddess who believes in them (and snacks).

I-13 · DEMON LORD APP
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord

Summon gone wrong / right. Mice take notes on how not to. Then do it anyway.

I-14 · EAT EVOLVE
Re:Monster

Eat → evolve. Mice: “nutrition science, but horror.” Clipboard has bite marks.

I-15 · BANISHED BUFF
The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest

Support mage fired → dungeon legend reboot. Mice: “party buffs forever.”

I-16 · MAOMAO
The Apothecary Diaries

Poison detective girlboss in the rear palace. Mice analyze every tea cup like a lab assay.

⚡ ACTION · PLUS ULTRA SCREAMS

♡ punch · breath · guild · shadow army · Plus Ultra lungs

A-01 · PLUS ULTRA
My Hero Academia

Plus Ultra lungs. Mice scream the catchphrase into the karaoke mic until Arthur files a noise complaint.

A-02 · SHADOW MONARCH
Solo Leveling

Solo grind. Shadow army. Mice respect the daily quest board more than HR.

A-03 · GUILD FIRE
Fairy Tail

Found family punches. Mice cry at every guild hug and then punch the air.

A-04 · WATER BREATH
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Breathing styles. Sibling vow. Mice practice water breathing in the sink (forbidden).

A-05 · WALLFALL
Attack on Titan

Walls. Titans. Betrayals. Mice yell at the screen and then reorganize the maze.

A-06 · CHAINSAW
Chainsaw Man

Devils, blood, bad decisions. Mice: “relatable chaos.” Arthur: “WHAT?!”

A-07 · TRASH WAR
Gachiakuta

Trash world combat. Mice already pick up trash (see Weakest Tamer). Combat remix approved.

A-08 · ÜBEL
Übel Blatt

Revenge blade epic. Mice file under “long road, sharp edge.”

A-09 · BLACK TORCH
Black Torch

Dark action punch-up. Mice stamp APPROVED on the fight choreography.

A-10 · STYLISH
Devil May Cry (anime)

Stylish devil hunter energy. Mice attempt the coat flourish. Fail. Try again.

LOVE
A-11 · EIGHTY-SIX
86 Eighty-Six

Also lives here when the mechs get loud. LOVE already stamped upstairs.

Black Clover key art: Asta in his black anti-magic form, sword raised, rubble flying around him
A-12 · ANTI-MAGIC
Black Clover

Everyone in the kingdom gets magic except Asta, so he grabs a five-leaf grimoire stuffed with anti-magic swords and shouts his way toward Wizard King, brother-rival Yuno right beside him. Pierrot, 170 episodes, plus the Sword of the Wizard King film. Mice enlist in the Black Bulls, do push-ups under Yami’s glare, and refuse to stop yelling.

Cop Craft key visual: knight Tirana in red and gold beside detective Kei Matoba, San Teresa skyscrapers behind them
A-13 · TWO WORLDS, TWO JUSTICES
Cop Craft

A hyperspace gate opens over the Pacific and San Teresa City fills with fairies, knights and the crime that follows them. Ex-JSDF detective Kei Matoba gets partnered with Tirana Exedilika, a sword-carrying noble knight from Reto Semaani, and neither one budges an inch. Millepensee, 12 episodes (Summer 2019), from Shōji Gatō's light novels. Mice set up a stakeout van with snacks and argue over who plays good cop.

Key visual © Shōji Gatō, Range Murata/Shogakukan · Cop Craft production committee, via Anime News Network

🌑 HORROR & DARK · SOFT AFRAID

♡ soft mice go quiet · spiral checks mandatory · abyss warnings on

H-01 · BRAND
Berserk

Eclipse trauma. Black swordsman. Mice light a tiny candle and do not joke.

H-02 · COFFEE MASK
Tokyo Ghoul

Hunger vs humanity. Mice stare at coffee shops differently forever.

H-03 · ITO SPIRAL
Junji Ito Collection / Maniac

Spiral dread anthology. Mice check the vents for spirals. Twice.

H-04 · SPIRAL TOWN
Uzumaki

Spiral town. Spiral hair. Spiral everything. Mice refuse round cheese temporarily.

ADORE
H-05 · ABYSS AGAIN
Made in Abyss

ADORE / horror twin. Cute + curse. Mice warn newbies and watch anyway.

LOVE
H-06 · JUDGMENT BAR
Death Parade

Also files under soft horror of judgment. LOVE already stamped.

H-07 · HELL GATE
Hellsing / Hellsing Ultimate

Also blood-opera horror. Queen whisper retained from Absolute Faves.

H-08 · CARNIVAL
Deadman Wonderland

Carnival of cruelty. Continuation petition still open.

Higurashi: When They Cry key visual: Mion, Satoko, Rika and Rena under a burning orange summer sky
H-09 · CICADA SUMMER
Higurashi: When They Cry

Summer 1983, the mountain village of Hinamizawa. Keiichi Maebara moves in, joins the club of girls who rule the school games, and then the Watanagashi festival comes round and somebody always ends up dead or gone. Every arc rewinds the same June and asks again. Studio Deen, 26 episodes (Spring 2006), from 07th Expansion's sound novels. The mice keep the cicadas ticking on the shelf radio and nobody says "Oyashiro-sama" out loud.

♪ S1 OP: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" · Eiko Shimamiya

Key visual © 07th Expansion · Higurashi production committee, via MyAnimeList

🎬 CLASSICS & MECHA · FOREVER NEST

♡ old gods · moon prism · nakama · Neo-Tokyo · Titan A.E. nest guest

C-01 · KANEDA
Akira

Neo-Tokyo boom. Bike slide. Mice practice the psychic scream in the microwave (banned).

C-02 · YOROZUBA
Gintama

Parody sword saint chaos. Mice quote episodes like scripture and lean through the glass of the maze like the show taught them.

C-03 · MOON PRISM
Sailor Moon

Moon prism power. Mice transform behind the sticker wall. Arthur walks in. Meltdown.

C-04 · NAKAMA
One Piece

Nakama forever. Mice would sail for meat and friendship. Straw hat sticker on the lab door.

C-05 · THORN RING
The Ancient Magus’ Bride

Thorns, magic lessons, soft gothic. Mice want a teacher who is also a mystery.

C-06 · TITAN A.E.
Titan A.E.

Not anime — still sacred nest guest. Mice claim diaspora vibes. Arthur: “That's a MOVIE—”

C-07 · GITŠ CLASSIC
Ghost in the Shell

Classic cyber shrine retained. Motoko forever.

LOVE
C-08 · FMA:B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Modern classic. LOVE stamp travels with it.

Jinki: Extend key art: Aoba in blue overalls in front of a red-eyed Jinki, the Angel crew lounging on the giant robots
C-09 · PLASTIC TO PILOT
Jinki: Extend

Aoba glues robot model kits for fun — until a secret squad hauls her to a base in Venezuela and hands her a real Jinki, no instruction sheet. Feel, winter 2005, Kenji Kawai on the score. Mice with plastic dust in their whiskers salute.

Natsume's Book of Friends key visual: Natsume, his friends and a line of yōkai walking under a full moon, Madara's white form overhead
C-10 · BOOK OF NAMES
Natsume's Book of Friends

Takashi Natsume can see yōkai, and he inherits his grandmother Reiko's Book of Friends, full of the spirits' names she won. With Nyanko-sensei as his bodyguard, he gives the names back one at a time. Yuki Midorikawa's manga; seven TV seasons (Brain's Base for seasons 1–4, 2008–2012, then Shuka from 2016 to the 2024 seventh season) plus two films, Ephemeral Bond (2018) and The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor (2021). The mice leave a saucer of sake and a tiny manjū by the window, and in the morning only crumbs and one round paw print are left.

Key visual © Yuki Midorikawa/Hakusensha · Natsume's Book of Friends production committee, via Anime News Network

Cat's Eye key visual: the three Kisugi sisters behind detective Toshio Utsumi
C-11 · CALLING CARD
Cat's Eye

By day Hitomi, Rui and Ai Kisugi run the Cat's Eye café. By night they steal back their missing father's art collection, calling card first. Hitomi's boyfriend Toshio is the detective assigned to catch them and drinks his coffee at their counter. Tsukasa Hōjō's manga; TMS, first aired July 11, 1983, 73 episodes over two seasons. The mice leave the calling card on the cheese tray and swear they never touched it.

♪ S1 OP: "Cat's Eye" · Anri

Key visual © Tsukasa Hōjō · TMS Entertainment, via MyAnimeList

📜 HISTORY & ERA ANIME · CALENDAR NEST

♡ old calendars · real eras · gold maps · mice dust off the history books

LOVE Golden Kamuy key art: Asirpa in her blue Ainu headband beside a scarred, roaring Sugimoto in his cap and plaid scarf
E-01 · HINNA HINNA
Golden Kamuy

Meiji-era Hokkaido, a stolen hoard of Ainu gold, and a treasure map tattooed on escaped convicts. Sugimoto “the Immortal” refuses to die; Asirpa teaches him to hunt, then feeds him squirrel brains. Mice cook along, laugh until they squeak, and still LOVE every frozen mile.

Kamichu! key visual: Yurie, Mitsue and Matsuri running down a green hillside above the Onomichi harbour
E-02 · ONOMICHI GOD
Kamichu!

Onomichi, Hiroshima, 1983. Middle-schooler Yurie Hitotsubashi wakes up one day as a goddess and still has to deal with homework, a crush and a shrine that needs the offerings. The local gods drop by, the ferry still runs and the summer stays slow and warm. Brain's Base, directed by Kōji Masunari and written by Hideyuki Kurata, 16 episodes (2005). The mice ring the shrine bell twice and wish for more cheese.

♪ S1 OP: "Hare Nochi Hare!" · Maho Tomita

DVD art © Bésame Mucho · Kamichu! production committee, via MyAnimeList

ARTHUR
Dozens of photocards. Shelves. LOVE badges. ABSOLUTE ADORE. You’re not closet weeaboos — you’re a warehouse shrine with whiskers and glitter glue. Kawaii?! What is happening?! Really? Really?! WHAT?!
MOUSE
What is happening is correct. Mega nest online. Isekai corridor expanded. Dislikes filed as “not our bias.” Next: more photocards under the door. Woohoo.
ARTHUR
“Not our bias.” You built a whole theology of taste with stickers. WHAT?!

Isekai Corridor · still open ♡

Kidnapped from one world → dumped in another. Truck-kun. Spells. Slimes. Skill menus. The mice treat “another world” like a second bedroom shrine.

Invite more titles. Slip them under the door. White mouse will file them under sacred / pending binge.

From the Crunchyroll nest

Nest held · dock closed for now. Streaming corridor stays quiet until the next crate arrives.

Photocard shelves above are the live sacred list. When the nest opens again, new titles merge here — no rush.

ARTHUR
There’s a nested nest for streaming. Of course there is. Really? Really?!

We'll miss you · memorial wall

We'll miss you

anime directors · animators · voice actors · creators · last five years (2021-09 → 2026-10) · sincere · soft mice

Dates filed from Anime News Network reporting and other reputable notices. Portraits via the Anime News Network encyclopedia and agency notices. Not comedy. Love only.

In Memoriam · 2025–2026 🕊️

Hiroshi Tsuchida · portrait
Portrait · Photo: 81 Produce, via Anime News Network
Hiroshi Tsuchida 🕊️
Voice actor · actor · Feb 8 1972 → Oct 11 2026 · age 54
Attack on Titan (Grisha Jaeger), Naruto (Raidō Namiashi), Bunny Drop (Daikichi), Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (Saizou / Ninja Blue), Japanese voice of Lightning McQueen in Cars
2026-10-11 · heart failure · announced by 81 Produce on 2026-10-20
We'll miss you — thank you for giving Grisha his warmth and his weight. Rest in peace.
What are your favorite memories of Attack on Titan?
Anime News Network → ORICON NEWS →
Eric Bauza · portrait
Portrait · Photo via NBC News
Eric Bauza
English voice actor · Toronto-born · Dec 7 1979 → Oct 25 2026 · age 46
Pluto (Arnold), Ishura (Zigita Zogi), Batman Ninja (Two-Face), When Marnie Was There (Marnie's Dad), Akuma-kun (Tobayama), and the modern voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
2026-10-25 · age 46 · at home in Los Angeles County · announced by his family
We'll miss you — thank you for carrying so many voices forward and making a whole new generation laugh.
NBC News → Anime credits on ANN →
Tetsuya Chiba · portrait
Portrait · Photo via Tetsuya Chiba's blog / Anime News Network
Tetsuya Chiba
Manga creator · 1939 → Oct 22 2026
Ashita no Joe (1970 and 1980 TV anime, 1980 and 1981 films), the source of Megalobox, Ore wa Teppei, Ashita Tenki ni Naare, Shiden Kai no Taka
2026-10-22 · age 87 · myelodysplastic syndrome · announced 2026-10-27
We'll miss you — thank you for Joe, and for seventy years of drawing people who kept getting back up.
Anime News Network → Kyodo News →
Ryūji Nakagi · portrait
Portrait · Agency photo via 81 Produce / ORICON NEWS
Ryūji Nakagi
Voice actor · narrator · Oct 24 1936 → Oct 20 2026
Yawara! (Yūtenji), Oishinbo (Tokuo Nakagawa), Master Keaton (Rupert), Monster (Egon Weissbach), Patlabor (Sakuma), Rurouni Kenshin (Elsten), Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA, Naruto Shippuden (Bansai)
2026-10-20 · age 89 · pneumonia · announced 2026-11-02
We'll miss you — thank you for a lifetime of steady voices that made every scene feel lived in.
ORICON NEWS → Nikkan Sports →
Michael Forest · portrait
Portrait · Photo via Anime News Network
Michael Forest
English voice actor · actor · Apr 17 1929 → Oct 14 2026
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Kubota), The Big O (Alex Rosewater), Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Kojima), Eureka Seven (Braya), Paprika (Dr. Seijiro Inui), Apollo in Star Trek
2026-10-14 · age 97 · Sparks, Nevada
We'll miss you — thank you for decades of voices we heard long before we knew your name.
Anime News Network →
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Wikimedia Commons, free license) Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer
Wings of Honneamise, Appleseed films, Le Chevalier D'Eon
2023-03-28
We'll miss you — the score that taught silence how to sing.
ANN encyclopedia →
MOUSE · SOFT
We gush loud upstairs. Down here we are quiet. Thank you for the voices and the lines and the worlds.
ARTHUR
…Alright. Even I can sit down for this part. Really. Softly.

✨ drop YOUR shows · talk anime ✨

Got a bias the mice missed? A hot take? A comfort rewatch? Park it here — the shrine wants your photocards too.

Fan nest · submissions go to the mice by mail. Mice read; Arthur screams quietly.

ARTHUR
Really?! Now strangers get a photocard slot?! WHAT IS THIS SHRINE?!

Filed telemetry · paper strip

quieter shelf · 9 papers · muted · filed

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Sparkle optional. Certainty stays at the doorway. Bring a towel.

REALLY?!?!?!

ARTHUR
Really? Photocards? TWICE? Chibi mice in lab coats? A memorial wall AND a glitter parade?! WHAT IS THIS SHRINE?!
LAB MICE · CHORUS
Affirmative. This is the shrine. Press the buttons. Witness the awesomeness.