Nijisanji's Furen E Lustario Sets Mini Album and Solo Live Dates
The announcement pairs a six-song mini album with a first solo live, giving Furen E Lustario a major release cycle that ties physical sales directly to concert ticket access.
PANORA
Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You Episode 7 Starts New Content
Episode 7 marks the start of new material beyond the mini-episodes, and it deepens Tamaya's visible affection for Sasaki, shifting their dynamic.
Beneath the Tangles
Agent Dog Stealth Game BARKOUR Slated for Q4 2026 on PC and Consoles
The announcement positions a dog-protagonist spy comedy with parkour mechanics as a multi-platform release, with a Steam demo already available.
Game Spark
Kane Parsons Releases Backrooms Film Epilogue Everything Must Go on YouTube
The YouTube release makes the film's post-credits epilogue freely available, bridging Parsons' independently produced series and the A24 feature.
GIGAZINE
Comiket 108 Cosplay Roundup: Brown Dust 2, NIKKE, and Ryza in the Spotlight
The feature documents how game publishers used official cosplayer photo sessions at Comiket 108 as a primary promotional tactic, with Brown Dust 2's elaborate swimsuit costumes generating the most intense crowd response.
Inside
Honeycomb: The World Beyond Sets September 8 Release
The announcement locks a final date for a project that has repeatedly shifted its release since its 2021 reveal, with a demo arriving just over a week before launch.
Game Spark
Sunrise Channel Adds Paid Membership With Full Votoms and Cyber Formula Streams
The membership tier turns the free Sunrise channel into a paid archive, with the first full-series streams covering two of the studio's classic mecha franchises.
Denfaminicogamer
Demon Slayer Golf Balls Featuring Tanjiro, Akaza, Shinobu, Doma Launch September 4
The collaboration brings Demon Slayer characters to a functional golf ball model, with each character assigned a specific ball number, and the product is limited in quantity.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Alice Hirose Stars in Live-Action Please Save My Earth Drama on Prime Video
The beloved 1986 manga gets its first live-action drama, with the original author supervising the script and a director who long wanted to adapt it.
Cinema Today
Anne Nakamura and Marie Iitoyo Join TBS Drama LOST10 Cast
The casting reunites Nakamura with the creative team behind "Kazari Koi ni wa Wake ga Aru" and brings Iitoyo back to a TBS prime-time drama series for the first time in eight years, filling out the ten-character ensemble around the mountain accident case.
Cinema Today
Charles Melton in Final Talks to Play Kakashi in Live-Action Naruto Film
The casting of Kakashi signals the live-action Naruto film is moving forward after years of development, with a global search for the lead trio still underway.
Anime News Network
The Sinking City 2 Turns Arkham Into a Bullet-Hungry Survival Horror
The preview positions The Sinking City 2 as a survival horror game closer to the Silent Hill 2 remake and Resident Evil RE:2 than to the detective focus of its predecessor.
4Gamer.net
OVOMIND Emotion-Sensing Device Gets Hands-On Demo at Tokyo Game Show
The hands-on report shows OVOMIND's emotion-estimation technology has moved past concept demonstrations into working demos that could let games adapt difficulty or content based on a player's real-time emotional state.
4Gamer.net
Nabeshiki's Heion ni Ikitai Web Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
The manga adaptation brings Nabeshiki's web novel to a new format on Kodansha's Comic Days, expanding the author's presence beyond the ongoing I Parry Everything series.
Anime News Network
Obey Me! Removes Voice Actor Miura Ayme Over Underage Fan Contact
The removal and planned recast of Asmodeus, a central character, signals a franchise-wide response to a conduct violation that will affect upcoming and existing game content.
Anime News Network
Plott Opens First Full-Scale New Graduate Recruitment for Generalist Staff
Plott, which has surpassed 13 million cumulative YouTube subscribers and 15 billion cumulative views, is formalizing its hiring process to train staff who can both create and expand IP, signaling a shift toward structured talent development.
GameBusiness.jp
Brigador Killers Launches Early Access on Steam and GOG
The early access launch gives players the full Brigador Killers experience, including over 30 missions and a planned expansion of content, ahead of the full release.
Game Spark
Co-op Roguelite FPS Ironsand Launches on Steam
Ironsand enters Steam's crowded co-op roguelite FPS space with a Titan-focused endgame and a discount window that ends August 28.
Game Spark
Riot Games Ends 2XKO Active Development at End of 2026
2XKO's shutdown comes roughly one year after its January 2026 full launch and follows a February layoff of about 80 developers, roughly half the team, making it one of Riot Games' shortest-lived major releases.
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Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi Gets New One-Shot for 20th Anniversary
The one-shot marks a return to a series that ended in 2011, timed to its 20th anniversary, and appears in a different magazine than the one where the original ran.
Anime News Network
Golden Axe Animated Series Trailer Sets September 16 Paramount+ Debut
The move from Comedy Central to Paramount+ places the series directly on the streaming platform where Sega's other game adaptations, like Sonic, have found their audience, and the involvement of Sonic movie producer Toru Nakahara suggests a similar cross-media strategy.
Anime News Network, Game Spark
Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Film Hits North America in November
The North American release follows the announcement of Part 2 of the anime's production, indicating the franchise's continued expansion in the West after the film's domestic run.
Anime News Network, Anime Corner
Japanese Government Moves to Abolish Cool Japan Fund
The fund's abolition, driven by years of losses and a lack of new budget, removes a major government funding source for anime and manga international promotion.
Anime News Network
Pop Pap Polters Trailer Reveals Cast, Staff, October 4 Debut
The trailer confirms the full cast and staff for Pop Pap Polters, a stop-motion series that combines miniatures with animation, and sets its premiere for October 4 within TV Asahi's PicoAniTime block.
Anime News Network