COFO Desk Studio Unveiled at Omotesando Launch Event
The COFO Desk Studio marks the first new model in the COFO Desk series in four years, and the company is positioning it for a global rollout.
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SAMANSA Adds Four Short Films for Second Week of August
The August 14 slate mixes an Oscar-winning animation with genre films, showing SAMANSA's continued push to offer varied short-form content beyond typical domestic VOD selections.
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Stray Switch 2 Physical Edition Sets November 12 Release
The retail release puts the cat adventure on store shelves for Switch 2 with mouse-based controls, a new way to steer the stray through the cyber city.
KAI-YOU
My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! TV Anime Confirmed, Reveals Visual
The confirmation follows a Kadokawa listing that hinted at an anime, and the announcement comes as the manga's second volume ships and Seven Seas prepares an English release.
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From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Adds Kensho Ono, Sumire Uesaka
The new promo and cast additions arrive as the second season is already airing, filling out the Flumvelk family roles in the adaptation of Shigeru Sagazaki's light novel.
Anime News Network
DeNA Creator Links and Pluster Launch LIVER QUEST Liver Discovery Project
The project pairs Pluster's talent discovery with DeNA Creator Links' training infrastructure, offering integrated support from debut through continued growth for aspiring streamers.
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YOASOBI to Play Singapore National Stadium in 2027
The Singapore show marks the first solo performance by a Japanese artist at the country's largest stadium, extending YOASOBI's run of sold-out Southeast Asian dates.
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Cyber KASSEN Event Draws 103 Participants in Kitakyushu Debut
The event shows the association scaling its digital sport offerings, moving from the one-on-one SASSEN format to the group battle Cyber KASSEN, which drew over 100 participants in half the time of the previous event.
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HATEandTEARS' Kayo Launches Solo Project Kanade Miru
The solo project extends HATEandTEARS' overseas momentum, including a Japan Expo Paris performance, into a more personal artistic direction beyond the group's SHOCK POP genre.
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TKY Project Album 'Wakarimasen' Hits Oricon Top 10
The album's chart placement validates a non-music-industry project built around a social message, with the group now aiming to spread its 'Wakarimasen Taiso' exercise as a modern-day radio calisthenics routine across schools, companies, and communities.
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Seat Logic Puzzle 'Is This Seat Taken?' Lands on PS5
The PS5 release expands the puzzle game's platform reach exactly one year after its initial launch, alongside a physical release and a Youtooz plushie pre-order for the protagonist Nat.
Automaton
Blue Lock Pop Up Shop Runs September 4 With Conductor Art
The event pairs a physical Ikebukuro venue with online sales and later expansion to AMNIBUS and Animate, giving the Blue Lock merchandise campaign a multi-channel reach beyond a single store.
Nijimen
France in Talks for €1 Billion Dragon Ball Theme Park Near Paris
France's status as the second-largest manga market, with Dragon Ball accounting for over 33 million copies sold there, makes it a natural location for a second park following the Saudi project.
Cartoon Brew
The Family of Man Photo Exhibition Returns to Nihonbashi Takashimaya
The exhibition returns to the same department store where it drew roughly one million visitors in 1956, now with a contemporary section tied to the 2027 centennial of Japan-Luxembourg diplomatic ties.
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DERNIÈRE CHALEUR Closes Ritualtude Trilogy With Third Album
The release completes the 30-ritual Ritualtude cycle, shifting the hand-washing ritual from morning to home to all things, and the series' 150 pieces are now fully free to the public.
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Apple Plans Ceramic Apple Watch Return After Roughly Seven Years
The ceramic case, last seen on the 2019 Series 5, would return as a premium material option above the current aluminum and titanium lineup.
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GKIDS and Fathom Bring Castle in the Sky Back to U.S. Theaters for 40th Anniversary
The rerelease extends GKIDS and Fathom's ongoing series of Studio Ghibli theatrical engagements, giving audiences another chance to see the 1986 classic on the big screen.
Cartoon Brew
Pokemon Web Anime Kameil to, Natsu no Tsuzuki Premieres on YouTube
The short gives the middle evolution Kameil a rare solo spotlight, and it is the latest work from the team behind the Netflix film Super Kaguya-hime.
Denfaminicogamer
Kosen Pusher Gaiden Launches on Steam and Nintendo Switch 2
The release shifts the Kosen Pusher series from a pure medal-dropping experience into a roguelike exploration game with deck building and multiplayer raids, while keeping the core pusher system intact.
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Hikaru no Go Anime Gets Free All-Episode Marathon on ABEMA
The full-series free marathon gives a new generation direct access to the 2001-2003 anime that sparked the Heisei-era Go boom, without a subscription barrier.
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Dev Tells Players to Pirate Rather Than Buy From Key Shops
The developer's blunt stance, telling players to pirate rather than buy from key shops, frames unauthorized key sales as worse for the studio than piracy itself, since the developer sees no revenue from either but key shops turn the game into profit for an unknown third party.
Automaton
MARY: Princess Mary Rescue Full Version Announced for Steam in 2027
The decision to create a full version was prompted by the unityroom version's popularity, despite the game being impossible to localize due to its Japanese-language wordplay core.
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Short Anime Rakuraku Hanten to Stream on YouTube in September
Plott is expanding its YouTube distribution with a new short anime, Rakuraku Hanten, featuring a mafia-themed story and a notable cast including Tomokazu Seki.
4Gamer.net
Tegami Bachi Marathon Broadcasts All 50 Episodes Free on ABEMA
The full Tegami Bachi TV run, which aired from 2009 to 2011, becomes freely available on ABEMA for the first time, with a four-day marathon schedule and a one-week free window after each broadcast.
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