Genshin Impact Nendoroid Venti Re-Released With Lyre and Wings
The re-release gives fans another chance to buy a popular Genshin Impact character figure that originally sold out, with a standard retail price and a set release date.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Signal Accuses UK Government of Requiring Scanning of All Smartphones
Signal is publicly opposing the UK government's push for device-level age verification and content scanning, framing it as a surveillance tool that will expand beyond child safety.
GIGAZINE
Rujie Performs at Taiwan Mother's Day Event Following 2025 Japan-Taiwan Exchange
The performance shows a cross-border music project that started with a reciprocal invitation between Japanese and Taiwanese artists rather than a unilateral overseas push.
ASCII.jp
BanG Dream! Our Notes Pre-Registration Special Program Set for June 26
The program marks the first major promotional event for the new mobile game, which introduces three new bands alongside MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica, while the existing game Garupa continues separately.
Denfaminicogamer
Retro JRPG-Inspired 'Unkai no Frontier' Launches on Steam June 29
The Steam release brings a high-rated, individually developed long-form RPG with deep customization and a non-linear story to a wider audience after its successful DLsite debut.
Automaton
Survey Finds 60% of Young Gamers Prefer In-Game Experiences Over Video Ads
The data gives brands a concrete reason to invest in interactive game spaces rather than traditional video ads when targeting young audiences.
GameBusiness.jp
Yoruhashi Ends The Kingdoms of Ruin Manga
The conclusion of The Kingdoms of Ruin closes a seven-year run that spawned a 2023 anime adaptation, giving readers a definitive ending to the science-versus-magic revenge story.
Anime News Network
Chinese Drama "Ano Hi no Kimi to" Gets Blu-Ray Box in Japan
The physical release of a Chinese drama that has been streaming on Netflix in Japan signals growing demand for imported romance content in the Japanese home video market.
Eiga Natalie
Hokuto No Ken: Ken-Oh Gun Zako-Tachi No Banka Second Cour Premieres July 6
The second cour brings a returning original-series musician into a spin-off comedy that reframes the franchise's disposable grunts as workplace satire.
Magmix
My Hero Academia Invisible Girl Toru Hagakure Gets Two Prize Figure Versions
The figure gives a physical form to a character who is canonically invisible, with a transparent version that directly references her quirk.
Inside
HONK THE HORN to Play ZEROTOKYO's GOLD DISC DJ Event in July
The booking places a very new act on a stage that has hosted established VTuber performers, signaling early industry confidence in the duo.
PANORA
Faker Named to Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in Sports
The selection places an esports player alongside traditional sports icons on a major global influence list, marking a formal recognition of competitive gaming within mainstream sports culture.
KAI-YOU
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors and Admiral Launch Collaboration Sneakers
The collaboration extends Shiny Colors merchandise into footwear, a practical daily-use category that keeps the brand present outside of typical anime goods channels.
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Z-Library Lets Users Run Custom, Login-Only Pirate Mirror Sites
The update makes Z-Library mirrors harder for copyright holders and law enforcement to detect by allowing operators to customize the site's appearance and restrict access, while also shifting legal risk onto individual mirror operators.
GIGAZINE
Anime World Celebrates Rock Day With Tributes Across Series
The cross-franchise participation shows how a minor calendar pun has become a recurring promotional moment for music-themed anime and rock-related characters.
Anime News Network
Visual Novel 'One in 20,000 Raindrops' Launches June 19 on Steam
The release marks the fifth work from Kokoro Tai, whose previous Steam title 'One-Armed Crayfish' earned a 100% positive review rate, signaling a growing audience for the circle's short, illustration-heavy narrative games.
Automaton
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Trailer Sparks Timeline Theory With Three Houses
The theory connects Fortune's Weave to the best-selling Three Houses era, but the calendar discrepancy and different setting mean Nintendo has not confirmed any sequel relationship.
Game Spark
Alliance for Open Media Publishes AV2 Codec Specification
The finalized AV2 specification gives streaming services, hardware makers, and software developers a royalty-free next-generation codec to build on, with concrete technical details for implementation.
GIGAZINE
Zeebra Visits Koji Tamaki's Home With Tetsuya Komuro, Photo Draws AI Suspicions
The rare gathering of two foundational figures in Japanese pop and hip-hop, Tamaki and Komuro, in a casual home setting suggests either a personal reunion or the early stages of a collaboration that fans are already reading as significant.
Magmix
Girls' Frontline: Fire Control to End Service on August 26, 2026
The shutdown marks the end of a short-lived spin-off that never expanded beyond Southeast Asia, while Sunborn moves forward with two new titles for the next decade.
4Gamer.net
New Trailer for 'We Are So Cooked' Shows Physics-Based Corpse Disposal
The trailer reveals the game's central mechanic-coordinating to drag a heavy, floppy corpse while using one-handed items to evade guards, cameras, and civilians-and confirms it will launch on multiple platforms.
Denfaminicogamer
Sega Fave Reveals New Prize Figures at 84th Prize Fair
The lineup shows Sega Fave's continued investment in prize figures for major franchises, with new sculpts for Asuka, Ryu Ishigori, and a Christmas-themed Hatsune Miku.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Freeing Opens Pre-Orders for Sophia F. Shirring Reverse Bunny White Edition Figure
The release expands Freeing's Bunny Suit Planning lineup with an alternate color variant, offering collectors a new option for the character in a larger scale format.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Four Actors Join Film Nai Hana Starring Nanoka Hara and Ryuto Sakuma
The addition of four veteran actors rounds out the supporting cast for a high-profile teen drama based on a novel by the author of Ano Hana ga Saku Oka de, Kimi to Mata Deaetara.
Eiga Natalie