Namco Nakano Store Ends Arcade Idolmaster Operation After 20 Years
The end of regular operation at this store closes a two-decade run of the arcade original, with the cabinet preserved on site as the series' origin point.
Denfaminicogamer
The World is Dancing Director and Producer on Adapting Zeami's Nohgaku
The interview frames the series as a rare depiction of Muromachi-era Nohgaku as a live, ongoing creative act rather than a fixed classic, a distinction the producer ties directly to the work of making anime.
Anime News Network
The Detective Is Already Dead Season 2 Sets October 7 Premiere, Adds Cast
The new casting reveals the Tuner characters, whose roles as "Vampire" and "Priestess" hint at deeper plot threads from the novels that the first season had not reached.
Anime News Network, Anime Corner
Panolive! Vol.9 Sets September 26 Lineup of Eight VTubers
Panolive keeps its monthly battle-live cadence with Vol.9, while the October Vol.10 shifts format to a theater version the organizers are teasing without detail.
PANORA
Moon Studios CEO Launches User-Focused Review Site VideoGamesCritic
A developer who has publicly clashed with review culture now runs a scoring system that shifts weight to users and lets post-launch updates reshape a game's score over time.
Automaton
Naver Ventures Invests in Emmy-Winning Studio Baobab for New Webtoon
The deal ties a webtoon platform's parent to an animation studio on SHINE, a webcomic Baobab will expand into film, television, streaming, and gaming while keeping those rights itself.
Anime News Network
Naruto Director Hayato Date Says the Anime's Pacing Now Feels Slow
Date ties the series' deliberate pacing to Kabuki theatre's use of pauses, a style he says he would keep in any new project even as he concedes the old episodes now feel slow.
Animehunch
Guardians of the Video Game Film Opens in South Korea in October
The adaptation carries a webtoon with 340 million global views and a 9.98 average rating into theaters, translating its game-world premise through 3D animation paired with pixel-art visuals.
Anime News Network
The Elusive Samurai Season 2 Adds Niina Hanamiya as Mima
The cast addition fills out the roster of a season already in weekly broadcast, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it airs.
Anime News Network
My Girlfriend's Friend Anime Sets October 4 Debut
The adaptation now has a firm premiere date, its full cast, and its theme song lineup, confirming the Deregula label's production is on track for the fall season.
Anime News Network
QUARTET NIGHT Cast Reunion in Live Costumes Stirs Fan Speculation
The four appearing together in live costumes months after the June event points to a possible new QUARTET NIGHT project, though the cast has not confirmed what the gathering was for.
Anime Anime
Chō Kaguya Hime! Revival Screening Adds Six Formats
The revival adds six viewing formats, including ULTRA 4DX which combines SCREENX and 4DX, and the explainer video targets fans who cannot tell MX4D and 4DX apart, with SCREENX preview images shown for the first time.
Denfaminicogamer
Arc System Works Releases Alien Inspection Adventure Donutal on Steam
Arc System Works, a studio known for fighting games, is testing a dialogue-driven inspection adventure at a 1,000 yen price point, where seating combinations change interrogation responses.
Game Spark
gamescom Organizers Apologize for Initial Theft Response
The apology reverses the organizers' earlier self-responsibility framing, and the promised measures now face the test of whether they actually get implemented.
Game Spark
Evi Announces Retirement After 11 Years as Japan's LoL Pioneer
Evi's retirement closes the career of the player who carried Japan's LoL scene to its two biggest milestones: the first Worlds group stage appearance and the first Japanese stint in the LEC.
KAI-YOU
Wakamagi Taruto Birthday Goods Go on Sale for Nyantasia! VTuber Project
The birthday goods bundle links merchandise purchases to an online event invitation, and the later regular sale extends the lineup to a physical Sanrio Anime Store location, a retail channel beyond the project's online shop.
ASCII.jp, PANORA
Inti Creates Brings Playable White Steel X 3 Demo to TGS2026
The TGS demo gives the first hands-on look at White Steel X 3, the next entry in Inti Creates' 2D action series, ahead of its 2027 launch on Switch 2 and PC.
ASCII.jp
FINAL FANTASY+ Brings the 1987 Original to Apple Arcade
The Pixel Remaster of the original Final Fantasy is now on Apple Arcade with adjustable difficulty and mobile controls, arriving as the series approaches its 40th anniversary next year.
4Gamer.net
Project Sekai Releases Tenma Tsukasa Solo 2D MV for Buriki no Dance
The full-size solo MV gives Tenma Tsukasa his own version of Buriki no Dance on the official channel, while the track itself is unlockable in-game through the Music Card exchange.
4Gamer.net
Shiraku Utano Acoustic Live at Yamaha Sound Crossing Set for October 10
The free acoustic live places the virtual singer inside Yamaha's 60th anniversary guitar exhibition, with a lottery for 20 reserved seats per part and a YouTube stream for the second set.
PANORA
Aoshima Adds Tiger-Color Kawasaki Z1A and Honda Gorilla Kits to The Bike Line
Aoshima's The Bike line pairs a big Kawasaki superbike with a small Honda commuter for January 2027, both using rubber tires and vinyl piping for realism beyond standard plastic.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Belkin All-in-One Switch 2 Case Packs Battery, Stand, and Card Storage
The case consolidates the separate accessories Switch 2 owners would otherwise carry, bundling protection, power, a stand, and game card storage into a single item.
ASCII.jp
STORM Pairs Ryzen 7 7800X3D with RX 9060 XT 16GB in 319,800 Yen WQHD Build
STORM is pitching the 300,000 yen bracket as the point where WQHD performance and a showpiece case can coexist, with the back-connector board and LCD cooler carrying the visual argument.
ASCII.jp
Hideki Arai Opens Website to Publish Rejected Manga Storyboards
Arai is turning rejected storyboards and unpublished material into public content, opening his creative process to readers.
KAI-YOU