Dragon Quest Anniversary Goods Dominate Amazon Anime Moe Ranking
The Amazon ranking shows Dragon Quest 40th anniversary merchandise sustaining commercial momentum through the summer with five separate items placing in the top 10.
Dengeki Hobby Web
TV Anime Manga Take Cover and Color Pages in Young Animal Zero
Young Animal Zero dedicates its cover and color treatment to the two manga now carrying TV anime announcements, signaling the magazine's promotional push behind their adaptation momentum.
Anime Anime
Kuzuha Brings Vampire Night Skins to PUBG MOBILE
The collaboration extends Kuzuha's presence into PUBG MOBILE with exclusive in-game items, including a voice card with battle lines, available for two months.
PANORA
Pachinko Maker Fuji Shoji's Animeblast Project Turns Two
The anniversary profile details how a pachinko manufacturer has built a media presence through interviews, sponsorships, and a VTuber agency.
Anime Anime
Endless SHOCK Final Year Documentary and Stage Videos Stream on Disney+
The streaming marks the first documentary coverage of the landmark musical's final year, offering fans worldwide access to behind-the-scenes footage and performances from its closing chapter.
Cinema Today
Masayoshi Oishi's Dream Comes True as He Joins Snow Man's Sakuma on Ace of Diamond
Oishi's public wish from March 2026 to work on the same anime project as Sakuma was fulfilled in September, a rare direct realization of a stated fan desire.
Anime Anime
Touhou Koumakyou Classic Accepts Save Data From the 2002 Original
A faithful reproduction of a 2002 doujin game accepting save data from the original release is unusual, since the two are separate applications with no expected compatibility.
Automaton
AI Search Citations Fall 86% in Days, Google Spam Update Barely Moves Rankings
The data suggests Google's August spam update had little effect on traditional rankings while AI search citation structures shifted dramatically in the same window, and the company notes this change sits outside Google's own measurement tools.
ASCII.jp
Tensor Energy and Eco Style Partner on Low-Voltage Grid Storage
The partnership targets the aggregation market for low-voltage storage, which regulatory revisions in April 2026 opened to market participation.
ASCII.jp
Ai Sugiyama Joins Athlete Japan Ad Subscription Service
Sugiyama's addition expands Athlete Japan's ambassador lineup with a globally recognized tennis figure, giving small and mid-sized firms a high-profile likeness for branding and recruitment while tying usage to the company's CSR education program.
ASCII.jp
REKA Version 1.0 Lands on Steam October 26
The 1.0 release adds Japanese language support, the missing piece for Shochiku Games, which handles Asian publishing, to promote REKA at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton
Tokyo Game Show Sale Cuts Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to 70% Off
Pragmata's first sale is a notable marker for a title that had remained full-price since its release, and the inclusion of multiple near-record-low prices signals Sony's push to drive sales ahead of the Tokyo Game Show.
GAME Watch, Automaton, ASCII.jp
ZEPETO Runs Disney Thanks Festival as Disney Content Ends September 26
ZEPETO is closing out its Disney lineup with a user-to-user gifting campaign, a final push to move the remaining catalog before the September 26 cutoff.
ASCII.jp
CLIP STUDIO PAINT Cooperates with Turner Exhibition on Sakamoto Manga Campaign
The tie-up pairs a manga production tool with a Tate retrospective, and the campaign's distinctive draw is an original manga by Shinichi Sakamoto made for the exhibition.
ASCII.jp
ChenMe Hogu Hogu Cream Returns September 16 After 3-Minute Sellout
A YouTuber-developed leg cream that sold out in three minutes and topped Amazon's body cream chart returns with a limited restock as its maker scales production toward a winter follow-up.
ASCII.jp
Redoing My Youth in Another World BL Manga Gets AniComi Motion Comic on TV
The adaptation brings Renta!'s first original vertical BL manga to television, and its use of generative AI in some shots, with manual touch-ups and rights permissions, shows how the publisher is applying AI-assisted production to its AniComi format.
Anime News Network
Scarlet Skips Makes Jump Rope a One-Button Permadeath Roguelite
Game Spark's report frames Scarlet Skips as a stripped-back permadeath roguelite in an era of genre sprawl, with the protagonist's chest physics built in as a gameplay hazard rather than decoration.
Game Spark
OM SYSTEM PEN Announced with Electronic Viewfinder, Dust and Drip Resistance
The PEN line, which began with a 1959 film camera, now carries the OM SYSTEM name for the first time, a shift that follows OM Digital Solutions taking over Olympus's imaging business in 2020.
ASCII.jp
Fate/EXTRA Record Streams First Character PV for Saber
After a production history that saw Bandai Namco exit publishing and director Kazuya Nino depart, the first character PV is the clearest sign the remake is locked to its January 28, 2027 release date.
Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
Flying Carpet Combat Drives Co-Op Action in 1001 Threads of Mizan
MBC Game Studio picked One Thousand and One Nights because the open IP is rich but rarely adapted to games, and built its combat around a flying carpet that forces aggressive play and adds a vertical dimension to boss fights.
Game Spark
In Falsus, Arcaea Developer lowiro's Rhythm Adventure, Launches on Steam
The release is lowiro's second title after Arcaea, and the sources frame it as a different genre, with the Game Spark play report describing a loop where story progression, song unlocks, and card crafting feed each other.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
Edge Magazine Feature Warns of Industry Crisis, AAA Costs Hit 60 Billion Yen
The feature assembles nine industry figures warning that AI-driven component competition and AAA cost inflation have pushed the game industry into a structural crisis comparable to the Atari shock, with Sweeney predicting shortages lasting three years.
Automaton
Two UNDERTALE Arrangement Albums Released on Vinyl
Square Enix's fourth UNDERTALE collaboration puts both arrangement albums on vinyl, turning the piano and chill versions into physical collector items alongside their streaming releases.
Denfaminicogamer
Data East Classic Karnov Joins Arcade Archives September 10
Karnov joins Hamster's Arcade Archives line on both platforms, giving modern audiences another classic Data East title with a simultaneous release on the new Arcade Archives 2 label.
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