Akiko Higashimura's Live-Action Vacance No Hōsoku Series Reveals Trailer, Opening Song
This is Higashimura's first time directing and scripting a live-action series, expanding her role beyond manga creation.
Anime News Network
I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand Anime Casts Chō as Gerberga
The casting adds a notable voice actor to the supporting cast of the fantasy series, which premiered earlier this month after a delay from its original April date.
Anime News Network
Hololive's Juufuutei Raden Gets Special Puppet for Thunderbolt Fantasy Collaboration
The collaboration marks the first time a Hololive VTuber has been physically rendered as a Pili-style puppet, bridging digital VTuber culture with Taiwan's traditional special-effects puppetry for a physical exhibition.
Inside, PANORA
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Gets Hindi, Tamil, Telugu Dubs on Crunchyroll India
The addition of three regional dubs for a series widely considered one of the highest-rated anime of all time signals Crunchyroll's deepening investment in India's non-English-speaking audience, a market where localized content has become a key growth driver.
Animehunch, OtakuKart Anime
Jagaan Creator Kensuke Nishida Launches New Manga Yūsha Yukio
The announcement gives Nishida a new platform for a solo dark fantasy isekai after his co-created horror series Jagaan concluded five years ago.
Anime News Network
Tite Kubo Designs Three New Squad Members for BLEACH Mirrors High
The game's original story set after the Thousand-Year Blood War arc extends the BLEACH narrative beyond the anime's conclusion, with Kubo's direct involvement in character design lending it canonical weight.
Inside, Anime Anime
The Witcher 3 Expansion 'Songs of the Past' to Debut at Gamescom ONL
This marks the first major new content for The Witcher 3 in over 10 years, signaling CD Projekt Red's return to the franchise's most acclaimed entry while its remake of the original Witcher and other projects are in development.
Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
MoguLive's Weekly VTuber Video Picks Through July 17
The roundup shows how VTuber content continues to diversify beyond streaming into vlogs, documentary-style exploration, and music production, with creators like Gensei Miren and Peaky Hikers gaining traction through hybrid real-virtual formats.
MoguLive
Alibaba Announces Open Model Release of Qwen3.8 With 2.4 Trillion Parameters
Alibaba's return to an open model strategy with Qwen3.8, alongside Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, signals that Chinese AI companies are competing directly with US frontier models while releasing their technology openly, creating a dynamic where open models from China may match or exceed the performance of closed US models.
GIGAZINE
G-Rebels Open-World Flight Sim Enters Early Access
G-Rebels enters Early Access with a distinctive open-world flight sim concept and VR support, but the lack of Japanese language support is a notable omission for a game covered by Japanese gaming press.
Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
Gakuen Idolmaster Kurano China Wonder Scale Figure Opens Pre-Orders
The inclusion of a smug face part in the deluxe edition directly references a popular character trait from the game, making the premium version a targeted product for fans of Kurano China's personality.
Dengeki Hobby Web, Inside
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition Switch 2 Pre-Orders Open Today
The Switch 2 release brings a game that has surpassed 5 million cumulative players and 1 million shipped units to Nintendo's new hardware, with local multiplayer support that the other platform versions lack.
ASCII.jp, Game Spark
Tarpit Games Announces 3D Dungeon RPG Häxeri for Steam
Häxeri is a solo-developed homage to classic dungeon crawlers that explicitly borrows the Press Turn system from Shin Megami Tensei and the mapping mechanic from Etrian Odyssey, two mechanics rarely combined in a single indie title.
4Gamer.net, Game Spark
The Familiar of Zero 20th Anniversary Online Lottery Launches July 28
This is the first official merchandise lottery for the franchise in its anniversary year, using original key art from the home video releases rather than new illustrations, which gives fans a chance to own archival package art as physical goods.
Denfaminicogamer, Dengeki Hobby Web
Gameloft Japan Subsidiary Dissolved as of June 30
The dissolution removes Gameloft's direct legal presence in Japan, a key market for mobile and console gaming, raising questions about ongoing support for its popular titles in the region.
Game Spark, Inside
Neill Blomkamp Releases AI-Generated Short 'Nightborne'
A major Hollywood director publicly committing to an AI-generated feature-length film signals a shift in how established filmmakers may adopt generative tools for narrative production, moving beyond short experiments.
Denfaminicogamer
Steam Controller Restocked July 23, One Per Person Limit Returns
The restock signals that Valve and KOMODO are still unable to meet sustained demand for the controller months after its initial sellout, with the one-per-person cap and SMS authentication indicating ongoing scarcity and scalper concerns.
GAME Watch, Game Spark
5th Grade Class B Case Files Releases July 26 on Steam
The game's premise-two young girls solving everyday school mysteries with a Watson-and-Holmes dynamic-and its development by a teacher-mystery fan married couple give it an unusual authenticity in the indie adventure space.
4Gamer.net, Automaton
Tokyo MER Film Draws 45,000 Applications for 4,000-Seat Screening
The 45,000 applications for a single screening event demonstrate that the 'TOKYO MER' franchise has grown its audience substantially since its 2021 television debut, sustaining theatrical releases through a disaster-themed narrative that resonates with a broad demographic.
Cinema Today
Goddess of Victory: Nikke Version Project Matis Launches July 23
This update focuses on the Matis squad, giving two existing characters powered-up SSR variants and a story event that explores their past, rather than introducing entirely new characters.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer
Survival Craft Game EverRail Launches Early Access on PC
EverRail's core loop of managing a moving train's battery as a survival timer while expanding it into a fortress on rails is a novel mechanical twist on the survival craft genre, and its early access launch gives the developer a chance to refine that concept with player feedback.
4Gamer.net
Lumberjack Furniture Sim 'Chop Chop Inc.' Gets August 7 Release Date
The game's 75,000 wishlists before launch indicate strong early interest in a physics-based automation sim from a studio founded by developers whose previous workplace closed less than a year ago.
4Gamer.net, Automaton
Steam Railway Fest Begins With Train Games Across Genres
The event broadens the definition of train games beyond simulators, including horror and action titles, which may attract a wider audience to the genre.
4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress)
VTuber Mikeneko Publishes First Novel
The novel marks a VTuber's expansion into print publishing through a platform that explicitly aims to turn every serialized work into a manga, creating a new pipeline from web fiction to physical media.
KAI-YOU, MoguLive, PANORA