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ano's self-produced event Neko Haki Sai is set for February 28, 2027 at Toyosu PIT in Tokyo, with fan club lottery tickets issued through the ano Official App that launched September 4, 2026. She also appears in the cast of the film Shadow Work, which opens September 25, 2026.
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Yomimono stories · updated
Sep 13
ano's activity in the current stories runs on two tracks: a live event she controls herself and a film role. Neko Haki Sai, her self-produced event, is set for February 28, 2027 at Toyosu PIT in Tokyo. The CLUB DENTAL MOUSE fan club advance lottery ran September 4 through September 15, 2026, with standing tickets at 9,900 yen plus a drink fee. Tickets are issued through the ano Official App, which launched September 4 with Ticketplus e-ticket support, folding fan club membership and ticket purchase into one mobile flow.
On screen, ano is one of the women tied to a shelter for abuse survivors in Shadow Work, the adaptation of Hiromi Sano's novel. The film stars Riho Yoshioka and Nao, and director Ryuhei Yoshino told co-star Yoshitaka Hara, who plays a murder suspect, to blink as little as possible to make the character unsettling. Shadow Work opens September 25.
Coverage on ano in this run is otherwise quiet. The remaining stories touch other creators, games, and events, including another Eden's console rebuild and the anime Dandivine, and carry no claims about her. What is settled from the stories that do concern her: the event date, venue, and ticket structure, and her place in the Shadow Work cast alongside Yoshioka and Nao.
Key facts
- Self-produced event
- Neko Haki Sai, set for February 28, 2027 at Toyosu PIT in Tokyo ↗
- Fan club lottery
- CLUB DENTAL MOUSE advance lottery ran September 4 through September 15, 2026; standing tickets 9,900 yen plus a drink fee ↗
- Ticketing
- Tickets are issued through the ano Official App, which launched September 4 with Ticketplus e-ticket support ↗
- Film role
- Cast in Shadow Work, the adaptation of Hiromi Sano's novel, with Riho Yoshioka and Nao as women tied to a shelter for abuse survivors ↗
- Film release
- Shadow Work opens September 25 ↗
- Film director
- Ryuhei Yoshino directs Shadow Work ↗
Timeline
- Sep 12, 2026 Dandivine Anime Reveals Promo Video and Theme Songs Ahead of October 7 Debut
- Sep 12, 2026 Another Eden Begins Reworks Part 1 As A Standalone Console RPG
- Sep 11, 2026 Truck-Kun Isekai Premise Becomes a Driving Auto-Battler on PC and Xbox
- Sep 11, 2026 ANIAFF Returns in November with Kenji Kamiyama All-Night Retrospective
- Sep 10, 2026 Square Enix Opens Gallery Cards Line With Final Fantasy 40th Anniversary Set
- Sep 10, 2026 Anomaly Inspector Simulator Renamed to Avoid Confusion with CONTROL
- Sep 10, 2026 Kalanoro Sets TGS 2026 Demo at Sega Booth
- Sep 10, 2026 Blue Bite Announced For PC And Consoles With Winter 2026 Window
- Sep 9, 2026 N LITE Builds Original Anime Slate on African Lore in Public
- Sep 9, 2026 Redoing My Youth in Another World BL Manga Gets AniComi Motion Comic on TV
- Sep 9, 2026 ano Sets Self-Produced Event Neko Haki Sai for February 2027
- Sep 9, 2026 Yoshitaka Hara Plays Domestic Violence Suspect in Shadow Work
- Sep 8, 2026 Re:ZERO Season 4 Episode 16 Preview Shows Tracksuit Subaru
- Sep 8, 2026 Hotel Inhumans Season 2 Sets October 4 Debut, Reveals Theme Songs
- Sep 8, 2026 Satoshi Kon Birth Festival 2026 Screens Five Works at HUMAX Cinemas
- Sep 7, 2026 Madoka Magica Film Gets NYLON JAPAN Cover Visual
- Sep 7, 2026 Skeleton Knight in Another World Game Passes 30,000 Pre-Registrations
- Sep 7, 2026 Adult 3D Action Game Dekanomos Launches on DLsite
- Sep 6, 2026 Kana Delays Inio Asano's Before Dawn and the End of the World Manga to March 4
- Sep 5, 2026 Yowaki MAX Reijo Anime Reveals Theme Songs, Cast, October 4 Debut
- Sep 5, 2026 BANDAI SPIRITS Adds Steller's Sea Cow to PlanoSaurus Gachikoseibutsu Club Line
- Sep 4, 2026 FURYU's Anomalith System Trailer Explains Missions in Training Video Style
- Sep 4, 2026 Panolive! Vol.9 Sets September 26 Lineup of Eight VTubers
- Sep 4, 2026 Shiraku Utano Acoustic Live at Yamaha Sound Crossing Set for October 10
- Sep 4, 2026 ANOMALITH System Trailer Details Exploration, Combat, and Anomalies
- Sep 4, 2026 FIIO Snowsky ECHO NANO: Why a 33.5g Dedicated Music Player Still Matters
- Sep 4, 2026 Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Sets October 11 Debut
- Sep 3, 2026 Concept Art Awards to Honor Yoshitaka Amano for Lifetime Achievement
- Sep 3, 2026 Another Eden Begins Free Demo Now Live With Save Transfer
- Sep 2, 2026 From Far Away Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Theme Songs in New Promo
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself
sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every
fact links the story it came from.
Facts
- Announced
- self-produced event Neko Haki Sai (Neko Haki Sai) · 2026-09-09
- Noted
- ano will be a July talk guest on FM802's EVENING TAP · 2026-07-01
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Claim activity
When a claim about ano was confirmed, debunked, or disputed against
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- Confirmed ano voices sgt frog May 28 · source
- Disputed ano voices sgt frog May 28 · source
All coverage
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1d ago
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2d ago
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2d ago
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2d ago
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2d ago
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3d ago
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3d ago
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3d ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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5d ago
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5d ago
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5d ago
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6d ago
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6d ago
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Oct 17
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Oct 17
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Oct 17
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Oct 16
Bandai Namco Filmworks announced two more cast members for Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly on Friday. Hirofumi Nojima voices Umezo, an inhabitant of the magical country Felix Star, and Shogo Yano plays Tachibana, an actor cast as the headmaster's son in the drama Lilly and Rin are shooting. Both characters appear in episode 15 on October 18.
Oct 16
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Oct 16
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Oct 16
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Oct 15
Kadokawa revealed the first teaser video, first key visual, and a January 2027 debut for the second season of the I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too anime on Thursday. Ikumi Hasegawa joins as Iris Knowblade, a Sword Saint who faces the protagonist Yuya Tenjo in an official match, and Sora Amamiya joins as Mai Kagurazaka, a former shrine maiden summoned to another world as the Saintess. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka returns as Yuya, with Akari Kito as Kaori Hojo, Kaori Maeda as Lexia von Arcelia, Ai Kakuma as Luna, Rina Hidaka as Yuti, and Marina Inoue as Kuro. Shin Itagaki returns to direct at Millepensee, with Hiromi Kimura on character design and UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS handling planning and production. Akiyuki Tateyama returns for music, joined by SHIKI.
Oct 15
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Oct 15
Wright Flyer Studios released Additional Character Pack Vol. 3 for Another Eden Begins, adding Ipha and Wenefica as playable characters with their own encounter, ally, and affinity quests. A season pass covering packs Vol. 1 through Vol. 5 is also on sale, with Vol. 4 "Isuka & Claude" and Vol. 5 "Ashtear & Victor" scheduled within 2026. Streaming and posting of New Game+ unlocks October 17, 2026 at 0:00.
Oct 14
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Oct 14
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Oct 14
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Oct 13
The Fable anime's second season will premiere on NTV on January 9 at 12:55 a.m. JST, with six new cast members joining: Takanori Hoshino as Azami, Koichi Yamadera as Yamaoka, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Yukari, Taiten Kusunoki as Jiro, Satoshi Mikami as Koji Mizuno, and Seiyu Fujiwara as Suzumushi. Kazuyuki Okitsu, Miyuki Sawashiro, and Kana Hanazawa return, along with director Ryosuke Takahashi at Tezuka Productions and composer Yo Tsuji.
Oct 13
Keisuke Yoshida's film Mentor, starring Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa with Go Ayano, held its world premiere in the International Competition at the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival. Screenings on October 10 and 11 drew over 200 people to the Palace of Culture and Science, with laughter during the film and applause at the credits. Yoshida attended both Q&As.
Oct 13
Neos will release Nintendo Switch 2 versions of two Crayon Shin-chan games on March 4, 2027, the company announced on October 13, 2026. Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi ~Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi~ and Crayon Shin-chan: Sumi no Machi no Shiro both come to the system with mouse controls, 60fps display, higher resolution, an anywhere-save feature, and updated control guides. The two titles ship together in a single package, the Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi & Sumi no Machi no Shiro 2-in-1 Pack, priced at 9,900 yen including tax for Asia, with both games on one game card. Pre-orders opened on October 13. Download versions include each game separately and a bundle: the bundle is 9,900 yen, Ora Natsu is 6,580 yen, and Sumi Shiro is 6,980 yen, all tax included. Owners of the existing Switch downloads can buy the Switch 2 versions at a special price through an owner's discount.
Oct 13
At The Tenth Mosaic, held at the Institut francais de Tokyo on September 22 and 23, Eric Chahi and Fumito Ueda spoke on September 23. Ueda said he first played the Super Famicom version of Chahi's Another World as a university student and cleared it with a friend's help, taking from it the idea that it is okay to make a world for the world's sake rather than a world for the game. Chahi said a colleague urged him to play ICO after Heart of Darkness. Both described their words-free style as something they had no choice but to do.
Oct 13
JamnotesGames showed Kageki Otome Canon at OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026, held October 3 and 4 at Congres Square Grand Green Osaka. The rhythm rail shooter stars a magical girl named Canon, and its proprietary music engine adds guitar or piano phrases to the BGM with every enemy shot, keeping lock-on and shooting sounds tightly synchronized with the player's actions.
Oct 12
Dungeon Settlers, a dark fantasy strategy game from CanOpener, entered early access for PC and Mac on September 4 at 2,480 yen with Japanese support. In a Game Spark interview, CEO and director Logan said the game pairs RimWorld-style base and character management with Darkest Dungeon-style tactical dungeon combat, and that he plans to address player criticism of thin content and shallow base management.
Oct 12
Character designer Kyoji Asano, who handled the Seven Bears designs for Odoru Daisosasen N.E.W. Run Through the Metropolis!, says the concept came from producer Chihiro Kameyama and director Katsuyuki Motohiro. Pride was designed first. The evil soul bursting from a plush toy's abdomen draws on Manami Hyuga, and Asano also describes a hidden bear-people backstory that was cut.
Oct 9
An addon called Red Flowers has been released for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly, the standalone mod built on the Monolith 64-bit engine. Made by VAsgen, it turns an inaccessible corner of the Cordon into a field of poppies modeled after the Poppy Field in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and adds two questlines with their own rewards and consequences.
Oct 9
Pixel Drip Games released Anomalous Cleaning Detail, a first-person cleaning simulator set in a town troubled by paranormal phenomena. Players scrub dirt, clear debris, and repair damage from years of neglect, then use anomalies such as moving objects, electrical interference, possessed portraits, and spatial distortions as clues to identify and exorcise the entity in a building. Cleaning buildings improves the town and unlocks new contracts and tools. The game is on Steam for PC at 1,000 yen, with a 20% discount until October 16.
Oct 9
Crunchyroll announced at New York Comic Con on Thursday that J.C. Staff is animating the adaptation of YC and Rakyeon's webtoon Teenage Mercenary for broadcast next year. Manabu Ono directs and oversees series scripts, Koji Haneda designs characters, Hiroyuki Sawano composes music, and Hayate produces. The webtoon launched on Naver Webtoon in November 2020, has over 2.84 billion views worldwide, and is distributed in 10 languages.
Oct 8
Furyu's survival TPS ANOMALITH is set for an October 29, 2026 release, and a demo for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 began distribution on October 8. MON handled character design, working from a concept of Showa retro, liminal space, and anomalous phenomena. In an email interview, MON describes giving protagonist Minazuki Reona a neutral look for balance and leaving a human quality in her monstrous form.
Oct 8
ZETA DIVISION-affiliated streamer k4sen will host "League The k4sen" Season: Finale, an 11-day tournament running October 15 to November 22. It uses the NEXT, CORE and MASTERS tiers across four teams, 15 members each, 60 players total, with a Regular Stage, MASTERS CUP and Playoffs. Kuzuha, Kukuri Aria, Takamiya Rion, Tachibana Hinano, Shishido Akari, Kanae, Kagura Mea, Shirona Shizuku, Tentei Forte and Astel Leda are among the participants.
Oct 8
KADOKAWA's Kujibikido online lottery service has opened sales for a lottery tied to the October 2026 TV anime of the Beans Log Bunko title "Though I'm a Timid MAX Young Lady, I Ended Up Taking the Bet of My Shrewd Fiancé." Sales run from October 15 to November 12, 2026, at 770 yen per draw, with prizes built on original illustrations by Tsubasa.v and centered on Pia and Rufus.
Oct 8
Edia announced on October 8, 2026 that it will release the Nintendo Switch game Re:BIRTHDAY SONG ~Love-Singing Grim Reaper~ another record for S on February 25, 2027. The standard and download editions are 8,580 yen, and the special edition is 15,180 yen, all prices including tax. The title is a Switch port of the PS Vita game Re:BIRTHDAY SONG ~Love-Singing Grim Reaper~ another record, released in 2016.
Oct 8
Furyu released the official demo for ANOMALITH on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam on October 8, 2026, ahead of the game's October 29 release. The demo marks the first trial version distribution for PS5 and Switch 2. The Steam demo previously available has been upgraded to the official demo, and clearing it now unlocks development of one of three Armed JK Outfit sets, a Digital Deluxe Edition bonus. Players can explore the game's world and battles before launch. A similar demo campaign runs on the official X account from October 8 at 10:00 to October 18 at 23:59, with 50 winners receiving either 20 selectable game prepaid cards worth 10,000 yen each or 30 original novelty goods sets. The full game is priced at 8,580 yen for standard editions, 12,100 yen for the Danger Zone Countermeasures Room BOX, and 12,100 yen for the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Oct 7
PANORA will hold BuiKaru biz, a business matching event for VTuber industry professionals, on November 27 at UDX Gallery in Akihabara, Tokyo. Entry applications opened Wednesday. The event runs alongside The CREATORS, a conference for next-generation creators, and splits the floor into a free-admission VTuber and creators area and a screened business exchange area for agencies, production companies, and related firms.
Oct 7
Three character PVs for the film mentor, directed by Keisuke Yoshida and starring Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa as co-leads, have been released through the film's official social media. The PVs cover Ryunosuke (Isomura), Takumi (Suezawa), and Nonomoto (Go Ayano). The film opens nationwide on Friday, October 16, following two men who reunite after 15 years with a victim of a fire they caused as boys.
Oct 7
Google announced Nano Banana 2.1, an updated image generation model built on Gemini 3.6 Flash. The model adds improved visual quality and text rendering at 1K, 2K, and 4K resolutions, fixes tiling artifacts in wide aspect ratios, supports fusion of up to 14 reference images, adds Google Search grounding, and offers configurable thinking levels. Known limits include weak page-length text rendering and imperfect character consistency.
Oct 6
Voice actress Aya Hirano posted photos on X of the Haruhi Suzumiya voice cast gathered for a joint birthday party. Hirano wrote that Haruhi, Kyon, the younger sister, and Taniguchi were all born in October, so Yuki, Mikuru, Koizumi, and Kunikida celebrated for them. She added that the five had gathered often this year with the 20th anniversary, and that eating a meal with this group meant 20 years had passed.
Oct 6
The fall anime Though I'm the Weakest MAX Young Lady, I Ended Up Taking the Bet of My Brilliant Fiancé released the synopsis and advance scene cuts for Episode 1, "I Was a Silhouette Mob Villainess." The episode airs October 4 on TOKYO MX, BS Asahi, AT-X, Sun TV, and 23 other stations nationwide. Pia Rockwell, reincarnated as an otome game villainess, asks her fiancé Rufus Stan to cancel their engagement.