{"id":534511,"date":"2026-07-05T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/534511\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:32:08","slug":"its-dinosaurs-vs-ninjas-in-the-new-anime-jurassic-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/534511\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Dinosaurs vs. Ninjas in the New Anime ‘Jurassic Shadows’"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s been a lot of anime<\/a> covered this weekend on account of Anime Expo 2026. Between the bigger reveals<\/a>, some stuff might\u2019ve slipped through the cracks, including the upcoming series\u00a0Jurassic Shadows.<\/p>\n

Produced by Cannon Code and directed by The Apothecary Diaries<\/a>\u2018 Norihiro Naganuma\u2014and reuniting him with some of that show\u2019s staff, such as character designer Yukiko Nakatani and sound designer Sh\u014dji Hata\u2014the original series is set in an alternate Tokyo 2029. Instead of dying by meteor, the dinosaurs lived on through breeding with humans, and now feed on them in secret while living amongst them. The only thing stopping dinosaurs from eating humanity into extinction are a group of ninjas using a special makeup that lets them unlock dino powers.<\/p>\n

Reading the premise and then watching the trailer above, Western viewers will easily connect some dots between Jurassic Shadows and\u00a0Power Rangers. The latter show used dinosaurs and ninjas for its color-coded heroes on a near-constant basis, and some seasons (like\u00a0Wild Force) had the Rangers physically act like the animals they represented. Seeing these characters take on dino traits and go toe-to-toe with prehistoric beasts and humans aiming for world domination does make\u00a0Jurassic\u00a0Shadows\u00a0seem like it could be a fun time in its own distinct way when it comes out.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there\u2019s no release for\u00a0Jurassic Shadows\u00a0at time of writing\u2014but the studio\u2019s promised to share more details on anime and its manga tie-in at a later date.<\/p>\n

[via Anime News Network<\/a>]<\/p>\n

io9 is on the ground at Anime Expo 2026. We\u2019ll be bringing you updates on all the biggest panels, screenings, and announcements, plus exclusive one-on-one interviews with the people behind some of the best and most popular anime around.\u00a0You can check out all of io9\u2019s Anime Expo coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s been a lot of anime covered this weekend on account of Anime Expo 2026. Between the bigger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[225748,93,61,60,227261,174943,225794,282],"class_list":["post-534511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-anime-expo","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jurassic-shadows","tag-power-rangers","tag-the-apothecary-diaries","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}