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The Sekiro: No Defeat anime adaptation is on track for its September 2026 theatrical debut, with a trailer and ticket presales launched. The broader "arc" name also appears across an art exhibition, a game update, and a figure line, but the primary entity is the anime series.
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Jul 12
The Sekiro: No Defeat anime adaptation is the most prominent entity under the name "arc" in recent coverage. Kadokawa, Crunchyroll, Qzil.la, and ARCH released a new trailer and began ticket presales in Japan on July 12, 2026. The series premieres in Japanese theaters on September 4 for a three-week run, with a worldwide Crunchyroll stream planned later in 2026. This confirms the project is on schedule for its announced debut.
Separately, illustrator and animator Yoneyama Mai is holding a solo exhibition titled Arc at Kyoto Tsutaya Books from July 24 to August 18, 2026. The Kyoto edition adds new works including a piece called Piéces and sells limited-edition silk-screen reproductions. The exhibition first ran in Ginza in 2025.
The name "arc" also appears in other contexts not related to the anime. Embark Studios' extraction shooter ARC Raiders has sold over 16 million copies and is preparing a major October 2026 update called Frozen Trail. The Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, announced for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC, bring 32 classic arcade titles to modern platforms. These are distinct projects sharing the "arc" name but are not connected to the Sekiro anime or the Yoneyama exhibition.
Key facts
- Sekiro: No Defeat anime trailer and ticket presales launched
- Kadokawa, Crunchyroll, Qzil.la, and ARCH released a new trailer and began ticket presales in Japan. ↗
- Sekiro: No Defeat theatrical premiere date
- The series premieres in Japanese theaters on September 4 for a three-week run. ↗
- Sekiro: No Defeat global streaming
- A worldwide Crunchyroll stream is planned later in 2026. ↗
- Yoneyama Mai solo exhibition Arc in Kyoto
- The exhibition runs from July 24 to August 18, 2026, at Kyoto Tsutaya Books, adding new works including Piéces. ↗
- ARC Raiders sales and update
- ARC Raiders has sold over 16 million copies; the Frozen Trail update arrives in October 2026. ↗
- Jaleco Arcade Collection announced
- Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 contain 32 arcade titles, releasing on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PC. ↗
Timeline
- Jul 12, 2026 Sekiro: No Defeat Trailer Launches With Ticket Presales in Japan
- Jul 12, 2026 Yoneyama Mai Brings Solo Exhibition Arc to Kyoto
- Jul 10, 2026 Magical Girl and Narco Wars Manga Concludes on July 21
- Jul 9, 2026 Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 DVD/Blu-ray Gets Lawson-Exclusive Sticker Bonus
- Jul 9, 2026 ARC Raiders Sets Sights on October Update After 16 Million Sales
- Jul 8, 2026 Japan Stigmatized Property Switch Version Launches July 16
- Jul 8, 2026 Märchen Kingdom: The Puppet Princess Joins Console Archives on Switch 2 and PS5
- Jul 8, 2026 Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Announced With 32 Games
- Jul 8, 2026 Jaleco Arcade Collection Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 Brings 32 Classic Titles to Switch, PS5, Steam
- Jul 7, 2026 Blue Archive's Kisaki Gets 1/7 Scale Figure from Good Smile Company
- Jul 6, 2026 Pc Version of Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls Blocked in 132 Countries
- Jul 4, 2026 Guilty Gear Strive Season Pass 5 Adds Second Guest Character in Winter 2026
- Jul 4, 2026 Wonder Festival 2026 Summer Pre-Info Part 3 Lists KanColle, Medalist, Vigilante Figures
- Jul 3, 2026 Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.4 Launches July 15, Fate Collaboration Part 2 Starts July 24
- Jul 3, 2026 Blue Archive's Seia Gets a 1/7 Scale Figure From Good Smile Arts Shanghai
- Jul 3, 2026 ABEMA to Air Three Danganronpa Anime for Free Starting July 5
- Jul 3, 2026 Blue Archive Chiaki Gets a 1/7 Scale Figure From F:NEX
- Jul 2, 2026 Guilty Gear Strive Adds Robo-Ky With Tricky Moves and New Blazing Pass
- Jul 2, 2026 Visco Arcade 1 and Visco Arcade 2 Cartridges Launch August 28 on Evercade
- Jul 1, 2026 Chainsaw Man Reze Arc and Glamb Launch Second Apparel Collaboration
- Jun 29, 2026 Blade, Loki, and Deadpool Join MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
- Jun 29, 2026 Frieren's Aura Figure Ranks 2nd in Amazon Hobby New Arrival Ranking
- Jun 29, 2026 Arc System Works Fighting Game Bundle Hits Humble Bundle at 93% Off
- Jun 28, 2026 Gaudi: The Wind of Barcelona Revisited as Sagrada Familia Nears Completion
- Jun 28, 2026 VLiver Hitone Iri Releases Original Song Aromatic Arcana via OTAGROUP Music
- Jun 28, 2026 Popgoes Arcade, Official FNaF Spin-Off, Free on Steam Until June 29
- Jun 27, 2026 Id From Granblue Fantasy Relink Joins Versus Rising in September
- Jun 27, 2026 Blue Archive Nendoroid Surprise Box Preorders Open at Rakuten Books
- Jun 27, 2026 Initial D THE ARCADE Official National Tournament 4th Announced
- Jun 25, 2026 Blue Archive Gets Two New Figures: Shiroko Scale and Shiroko*Terror Figma
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1d ago
Good Smile Company's G.S.Collection Mika (Swimsuit) figure is up for pre-order on Amazon.co.jp at 21,800 yen including tax, with a release date of November 30, 2027. The 1/7 scale painted product stands about 260mm and includes a dedicated base. Mika, one of Trinity General School's Tea Party, is shown in a white swimsuit with spread wings and long hair. Sculpting is credited to Pot (Digital Pot), coloring to Sota Tamebuchi, direction to Nendoron, and design and illustration to kokosando.
3d ago
Kotobukiya's Grand Scale Arcanadea Lumitia ReACT-A plastic model kit is open for pre-orders at Rakuten Books. The roughly 25cm angel-type Dears Lumitia dark attribute version is designed by necömi and swaps parts to reproduce Normal Mode and Willize Mode. The kit carries a reference price of 14,300 yen and a Rakuten Books price of 10,725 yen, both tax included.
Sep 20
Arc System Works' new RPG Kamiho no Clifa arrives September 24, 2026 for Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Developed with UNIT+PLUS, it is billed as a Tactical Counter Timeline RPG. Game designer and director Yasuhiro Hirao, who worked on CRYMACHINA, is on board, with Rorua handling character illustrations. A play report details its battle system, its ruined Tokyo setting, and its dual protagonists.
Sep 20
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc began unlimited streaming on Prime Video on September 19. On September 20, a support viewing guide video by Natsuki Hanae, the voice of Beam, was released, outlining four ways to enjoy the film at home. From September 21 to September 27, Shinjuku Station Metro Promenade hosts a rental video store-style advertisement with VHS cases of the film and 30 selected shark movies.
Sep 19
threezero's SIXTH series adds a 1/6 scale articulated Casca from Berserk's Golden Age Arc. The figure stands about 27.5 cm with roughly 44 points of articulation, a head with movable eyeballs, cloth shirt, trousers and wired cape, metallic-painted armor and a die-cast alloy sword. Preorders are open at Rakuten Books for 35,999 yen including tax against a 42,900 yen reference price.
Sep 18
The Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc movie begins unlimited streaming on Prime Video on Saturday, September 19, 2026, a year after its theatrical release. To mark it, a limited-time live stream called Kenshi Yonezu Station opened on his official YouTube channel. It runs 24 hours a day from Friday, September 18 at 20:00 until Wednesday, September 23 at 23:59, playing music videos, live footage, and TV performance footage nonstop.
Sep 18
Chainsaw Man: The Movie - Reze Arc begins unlimited exclusive streaming on Amazon Prime Video from Saturday, September 19, 2026. The film continues the TV anime, with Tatsuya Yoshihara directing and MAPPA on animation production. The cast includes Kikunosuke Toya as Denji, Reina Ueda as Reze, Tomori Kusunoki as Makima, and Fairouz Ai as Power. Worldwide box office revenue passed 29.7 billion yen as of June 19, 2026.
Sep 17
PARCO GAMES announced on September 17, 2026 that a Nintendo Switch version of Finding Polka is in production. The dog-searching adventure game has no release date or price set for the Switch edition. The Switch version will carry additional content including new stages, and that same content is also planned for distribution on the Steam version. Finding Polka released on PC via Steam on August 12, 2026 at 1,500 yen. Every illustration and design in the game is drawn with ballpoint pen, and it has won TGS2026 SELECTED INDIE 80 Excellence Awards PLATINUM (Best in Show), gamescom Award 2026 Most Wholesome, BITSUMMIT Award 2026 Best Visual Design and Kids Selection Award, and BIC Festival Award 2026 EXCELLENCE IN ART. Tokyo Game Show 2026 runs from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, where the Switch version is playable at the PARCO GAMES booth, number 09-C65.
Sep 16
Kotobukiya's Arcanadea line adds Eniru, a twin demon-type Dear designed by Nidy-2D-. The kit ships with the parts to build both Normal Mode and the combat Willize Mode, plus four pre-printed face parts, water-transfer face decals, a neck part for Frame Arms Girl and Megami Device heads, a stand, 11 PVC wrists, a magic circle option part, and a large dog-type Xenolma. Pre-orders are open at Rakuten Books.
Sep 15
HORI announced the HORI Arcade Classic Pro for Nintendo Switch 2 on September 14, 2026. The arcade controller is built for Hamster's Arcade Archives series and similar titles, and it supports Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 11 PCs over XInput. The price is 39,980 yen including tax. Pre-orders opened September 14 and run through October 2 at the HORI Store. The chassis measures about 50 by 29 by 11 centimeters and weighs roughly 2.0 kilograms without units. Eight buttons sit in the center of the top surface, and units mount on the left and right sides. The box includes four units: an 8-direction stick, a trackball, a paddle, and a loop lever, and they can be combined freely. HORI cites Qix for 4-direction stick input, Cybattler for the trackball, Arkanoid for the paddle, and Front Line for the loop lever. Rapid-fire and assignment functions are included. Release is scheduled for early spring 2027.
Sep 15
KOMODO began selling Valve's Steam Frame on September 15 in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong through the online store KOMODO STATION. The wireless VR headset and controller system ships in two models: 256GB at 199,980 yen and 1TB at 244,980 yen in Japan, with Taiwan prices at NT$38,888 and NT$47,888 and Hong Kong at HK$9,388 and HK$11,388. The headset runs SteamOS on a Snapdragon 8 series processor with 16GB of RAM, carries two 2160x2160 LCD panels per eye at refresh rates from 72Hz to 144Hz, and uses four monochrome cameras for tracking. Supported titles run standalone without a PC, and the included 6GHz wireless adapter streams both VR and non-VR games from a gaming PC. Sales at authorized retail stores are undecided, and KOMODO plans a Korea release with timing to be announced.
Sep 14
Blizzard announced Warcraft III: Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom on the BlizzCon 2026 stage and released it the same day. The paid campaign is the first completely new single-player story in 23 years, since 2003's The Frozen Throne. It runs roughly 30 hours, opening with a four-mission prologue, The Last Days of Lordaeron, and follows the birth of the Forsaken and the building of Undercity. Patch 3.0 adds a Definitive Edition graphics mode and a new tavern hero.
Sep 14
LuckyFM Ibaraki Broadcasting is adding a one-hour block, RACZ FRIDAY SHOWTIME, to its fall 2026 schedule, starting Friday, October 2. Sekihan hosts Hanakin☆Tamawarimasu! at 19:00, and Parkmanser is MC for Kore wa Zettai Bazuranai!? at 19:30. Real Akiba Communications produces both half-hour talk programs.
Sep 13
Arc System Works will release Demon's Night Fever on October 22, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The Nintendo eShop page opened and digital pre-orders began, accompanied by a short trailer built around the theme song "Dropout" by syudou. The training RTA simulation RPG is developed by Drecom. Souhei Niikawa, known for the Disgaea series, is the producer, with original concept and scenario credited to Romantoyama and character design by Yuuji Himukai. Tatsuya Yano handles the music. In the game, a programmer named Jaryuin Kyoushirou becomes the apostle of a baby evil god, Gigasugoides, and works through a revival program using chapters with day limits. Battles run on a grid in turn-based phases, and the servant units act on their own without direct orders. A playable demo will be set up at the Sega/Atlus booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs from September 17 to September 21. The packaged version costs 4,950 yen including tax, and the download version carries the same price.
Sep 13
Blizzard Entertainment announced World of Warcraft: Forever at its community event BlizzCon2026. The team behind WoW: Classic is developing it, and it becomes the third World of Warcraft experience alongside Modern and Classic. It adds three zones, more than 1,000 quests, nine dungeons, two raids, and the new race Skyborn. Release is scheduled for November 4, with a beta starting September 17. Access comes with a World of Warcraft subscription.
Sep 12
Blizzard Entertainment announced a new StarCraft entry, titled STARCRAFT, at BlizzCon 2026 on September 13 Japan time. The game is a story-driven open-world shooter, planned for release in spring 2030. A teaser site and cinematic trailer were released alongside the announcement. According to an interview with developers on the YouTube channel Destin, the story is set roughly 70 years after StarCraft II and follows a single marine surviving a harsh battlefield. The interview also suggested the possibility of a third-person perspective. StarCraft premiered in 1998 as a real-time strategy game. Blizzard also announced Diablo V at the same event, with that game set for spring 2029. Supported platforms for STARCRAFT have not been revealed.
Sep 12
Kaede Hondo joins Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke as Charlotte, the character announced Saturday alongside a climax promotional video on the anime's website. The series premiered on April 4 on Yomiuri TV and NTV, airing across two consecutive cours, with Crunchyroll streaming English subtitles and a dub. Yuka Iguchi and Show Hayami return as Rozemyne and Ferdinand.
Sep 12
Sega's figure brand XStellar is producing a Nagisa (Swimsuit) figure from the game Blue Archive, to be released sequentially from September 18, 2026 as a crane game prize at amusement facilities nationwide. The figure stands about 21 centimeters tall, with the halo and hoodie rendered in clear material. It is listed as one type, made by Sega Fave.
Sep 12
An immersive Panda! Go, Panda! exhibition runs from December 12, 2026 to January 31, 2027 at Nagoya PARCO West Building 8F PARCO HALL. It displays production materials, setting drawings and image boards, recreates the dining room of Mimiko's house, and adds a Rainy Day Circus area with a circus train, bed boat and photo spots. Exhibition-original goods go on sale, with advance tickets from September 12.
Sep 11
Konami Arcade Games published prize information for two NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE figures on its Konami Prize Collection site. The TV Anime 'NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE' FiguCube Ame-chan and FiguCube Choten-chan are amusement facility-exclusive prizes, each measuring W100mm x D100mm x H100mm and manufactured by Konami Arcade Games. Both are scheduled to appear sequentially starting Thursday, September 24, 2026.
Sep 11
Netflix will begin streaming the live-action film Golden Kamuy: Abashiri Prison Raid on September 13, 2026, with no extra charge for subscribers. The film opened in Japanese theaters on March 13, 2026, distributed by Toho. A survey of 14 streaming services found no other platform offering it for subscription streaming or rental, and no free option.
Sep 11
The theatrical film Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc begins unlimited streaming on Amazon Prime Video at midnight on September 19, 2026. The film adapts Tatsuki Fujimoto's Reze arc from the Chainsaw Man manga, animated by MAPPA, and follows devil hunter Denji's encounter with a mysterious girl named Reze. It runs 100 minutes. Tatsuya Yoshihara directs, with Kikunosuke Toya as Denji and Reina Ueda as Reze. No other major streaming service carries it.
Sep 11
Tenkuu released the AYANEO Pocket AIR Mini Arcade Edition Domestic Official Version on September 11, 2026, a limited model of a few hundred units worldwide priced at 29,800 yen including tax. It comes with an AYANEO-developed emulator and 24 arcade games licensed by Taiwanese publisher International Games System. The Crimson Red body has gold buttons and sticks, MediaTek Helio G90T, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, and a 4:3 1280 x 960 LCD.
Sep 10
MAGES. announced a Blue Archive pop up store at the Kotobukiya Akihabara Building, running September 17 to October 4, 2026, closed October 1. The theme is Blue Sea and White Shirt, with Kanna, Konoka, Kirino, and Fubuki of the Valkyrie Police School in newly drawn summer uniform goods: BIG tapestries, BIG towels, acrylic stands, name key holders, and cooling towel bottles. Postcards go to buyers spending 3,000 yen per transaction.
Sep 8
Kotobukiya announced Lumitia ReACT-A, the dark attribute version of Angel-type Dears Lumitia from its Arcanadia plastic model series. The kit stands about 25 cm tall, is designed by illustrator necömi, and is scheduled for February 2027 release at 14,300 yen. It includes a bonus hip joint part compatible with the original Grande Scale Lumitia.
Sep 7
JINS has released the JINS×Chainsaw Man Large-Size Cleart, a 1,990 yen glasses cloth tied to the theatrical Chainsaw Man Reze Arc. The 250 by 250 millimeter cloth uses Toray's Tresy ultra-fine fiber and carries an illustration drawn specifically for the collaboration. JINS also re-released its five collaboration frame designs on September 3.
Sep 4
Anime News Network's weekly release roundup for August 30 to September 5 lists two anime Blu-ray releases and dozens of print and digital manga volumes arriving September 1. Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc leads the anime slate at US$74.98, alongside DanMachi's Arrow of the Orion film at US$39.98 from Sentai Filmworks.
Sep 4
Arc System Works released the alien inspection adventure game Donutal on Steam on September 4. The player is an immigration inspector who wakes from 150 years of cryosleep at an international space port in 2206 and must inspect visiting aliens to pay off a debt they do not remember incurring. Inspections run in groups of up to eight, with two called in at a time. The game costs 1,000 yen.
Sep 3
Empty Exhibit's sci-fi detective puzzle game Locator: The Search for Abigail Lidari was playable at gamescom 2026. Players act as a cartographer, matching photos left by a missing archaeologist to locations on a map, using terrain and journal clues. The Steam wishlist count exceeds 41,000, and release is planned around 2027.
Sep 3
Theater Anime Seminar 2026 will host a lecture and screening with loundraw and Yoneyama Mai on September 26 at Theater Shinjuku. Yoneyama Mai's three video works, 'THE STORY ARC,' '00:00:00:00,' and 'YOKU - Eve Music Video,' will screen on a theater screen for the first time, alongside loundraw's 2021 film 'Summer Ghost.'
Sep 2
Dengeki Hobby Web's editorial ranking of Amazon's hobby new-arrival bestsellers in the plastic model category, current as of September 2, 2026, puts Kotobukiya's Arcadia Vanir at number one. The twin demon-type Diers kit, designed by Nidy-2D-, is the latest in the Arcadia line. Bandai Spirits' 30MF Necrosmephisto takes second, followed by Gundam decals, 30MF class-up armor, Hasegawa's Mospeada armored cycle, and 30MM Spinatia beast spec.
Sep 2
SteelSeries will release two new colors for its Arctis GameBuds wireless earbuds, Yuzu and Matcha, starting September 11. Each is priced at 28,310 yen. The earbuds support ultra-low latency 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth, with a fit designed from more than 62,000 ear scans, Qi wireless charging, IP55 dust and water resistance, active noise canceling, ambient sound mode, over 300 EQ presets, and up to about 40 hours of battery life.
Sep 2
Kotobukiya announced Enil, a twin demon-type Diars for its Arcanadia model kit series, with character design by illustrator Nidy-2D-. The kit releases in March 2027 for 12,100 yen including tax. Parts swapping reproduces normal mode and Will Rise mode, and the kit includes a large dog-type Xeno Alma that transforms into an arm unit. A Kotobukiya Shop order bonus adds special color hair parts.
Aug 31
Banpresto is releasing Blue Archive sitting figures of the Gehenna Discipline Committee's Hina and Chinatsu. Hina appears sequentially from September 8, 2026, and Chinatsu from September 10, 2026. Each crane game prize measures about 11 cm and comes in a chibi-style flat seated pose. Ako and Iori are scheduled for the following month.
Aug 30
Ueni Trading will open orders on August 31 for the third 'Blue Archive Original Watch' installment, a mechanical watch inspired by Hikari and Nozomi of Highlander Railway Academy. It works as both a wristwatch and a pocket watch, priced at 29,800 yen with shipping scheduled for May 2027.
Aug 29
NVIDIA announced new RTX Spark support at Gamescom 2026. Electronic Arts, Embark Studios, and Ubisoft will provide titles including EA SPORTS F1 25, Apex Legends, Anno 117: Pax Romana, ARC Raiders, and THE FINALS. EA Javelin Anticheat is being built with native support for the Arm-based SoC. NVIDIA also released DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction.
Aug 29
lowiro will exhibit In Falsus and Arcaea at Tokyo Game Show 2026, with In Falsus playable at the booth. In Falsus releases for PC on September 9, combining keyboard and mouse rhythm gameplay with a visual novel. Arcaea's Ver. 7.0 update, adding Act II and the Divine Oblivion pack, released today, August 27.
Aug 29
NVIDIA's Agentic Variation Operators (AVO) agent system scored 100% on the public set of ARC-AGI-3, a benchmark measuring AI reasoning in unknown game-like environments. The base model 5 used inside AVO scored about 30% in a separate evaluation by ARC Prize, the benchmark's developer. AVO cleared all 183 levels across 25 environment types.
Aug 29
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, has founded the Omacom Foundation, a non-profit supporting his Linux distribution Omarchy. The foundation launched with $8 million in donations, including $1 million each from eight tech figures such as Jack Dorsey, Michael Dell, and Patrick Collison. The foundation holds Omarchy's trademark, funds infrastructure, and supports dependent open-source software.
Aug 29
Kotobukiya announced that the TV anime Arcadia will air from January 2027 on the TV Asahi network NUMAnimation slot and BS Asahi. The story follows college student Shogo Kuga, whose life changes when a palm-sized girl named Lumitia falls from the sky. Nobunaga Shimazaki and Kaede Hondo lead the cast.
Aug 29
The television anime of Kotobukiya's Arcanadea plastic model series will debut in January 2027, airing on TV Asahi and 24 stations across Japan in the NUMAnimation block, plus BS Asahi. Keiichirō Kawaguchi directs at Yokohama Animation Lab, with Atsuhiro Tomioka overseeing scripts. New cast includes Nobunaga Shimazaki, Konomi Inagaki, Mai Kanno, and Moka Kanzaki.
Aug 29
Game Spark looks back at Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, the 2006 street action adventure game released for PS2, Xbox, and PC. Developed by The Collective and published by Atari, it stars graffiti writer Trane in the near-future city of New Radius, where players paint walls and structures while building reputation, avoiding police, and fighting rivals.
Aug 29
The Blue Archive 5.5th Anniversary POP UP STORE opened August 28 at Akiba CO Gallery in Akihabara, Tokyo, running through September 13. The venue displayed the first 1/7 scale RAISE Memorial Lobby Ver. prototype and a figma Tendo Aris prototype. New announcements covered figma figures of Asuma Toki (Combat), Arona, and Plana, a Hasumi (Swimsuit) scale figure, and a Tendo Kei Nendoroid.
Aug 29
Good Smile Company is releasing a figma of Noa Shioi, secretary of the student council Seminar and a Millennium Science School member from Blue Archive. The figure includes face parts for composed, wink, and glaring expressions, plus optional parts like a handgun called Secretary's Decision, notebooks, pen, and an action skirt. It is scheduled for release in August 2027 at 11,800 yen. A smile face part is available as a bonus from the official shop.
Aug 29
BANDAI SPIRITS updated the Ichiban Kuji Club page for Ichiban Kuji Blue Archive vol.4, revealing the figure prizes. The 1/7 scale Gracemaster figures of Al, Kayoko, Ako, and Saori in dresses are set as the A through D Prizes, with Hina (Dress) as the Last One Prize and Double Chance Campaign prize. Draws cost 850 yen each, with store sales starting December 26, 2026.
Aug 29
Developer Claudio shared a post-mortem of the dog-sled Arctic survival game Arctico on Reddit. The game, once an early access build he calls an absolutely buggy and confusing mess, grew through pivots based on feedback. Sales reached 420,000 units over 12 years, including 57,000 units during early access and a steady climb after full release in 2022.
Aug 29
The second live-action film in the Golden Kamuy adaptation, 'Golden Kamuy: Abashiri Prison Assault Arc,' will stream on Netflix from September 13. Kento Yamazaki returns as Sugimoto Saichi, with Anna Yamada as Asirpa. The film adapts the manga's biggest battle arc, set at Abashiri Prison.
Aug 28
Microsoft announced a temporary workaround on August 22 for game crashes and other issues caused by the August 12 security update KB5121003 on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. Affected titles include ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and THE FINALS. The fix involves disabling a specific driver via the registry editor.
Aug 28
RetroCrush will add several Viz Media anime films and series to its service, including Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, Sailor Moon R: The Movie, Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse, Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge, Hikaru no Go, Accel World, both Captain Tsubasa series, and Vampire Knight.
Aug 28
Wrong Organ, the Swedish studio behind the cult psychological horror Mouthwashing, publicly showed its new PC game Carcass Clad for the first time at gamescom 2026. Set in the collapsed city of Volgorod, it puts three crew members inside the cramped tank Yuxia as commander, driver, and gunner, each seeing limited, different information. A single session runs about 2 to 3 hours.