The mystery adventure game '5th Grade Class B Case Files' is set to release on Steam on July 26, 2026, with chapters 1 through 3 available at launch.
The Chinese indie developer Li Laoshi Studio, in partnership with Eternal Dream, will release the mystery adventure game '5th Grade Class B Case Files' on PC via Steam on July 26, 2026. The game follows two fifth-grade girls, Hanamori and Nagomi (also referred to as Wamu in some sources), who investigate strange events at their elementary school. The full game consists of five chapters. On launch day, chapters 1 through 3 will be available: Chapter 1 is free, while Chapter 2 'The Ghost in the Painting' and Chapter 3 'The First Setback' will be sold as DLC for 395 yen each. A 20% launch discount will reduce the price of each paid chapter to approximately 316 yen. Chapters 4 and 5, titled 'Blood-Colored Wings' and 'Chaos Choir,' are planned for later release as DLC. Each chapter takes about one hour to play.
The development team is a married couple: Li Laoshi handles scenario and programming, while Coordinate Zahyou handles graphics. Li Laoshi is a current teacher and mystery novel enthusiast. The game is already available as a demo on Steam, letting players try roughly one-third of Chapter 1 with Japanese subtitle support. The premise of two young girls solving everyday school mysteries with a Watson-and-Holmes dynamic, combined with the developer's background as a teacher and mystery fan, gives the game an unusual authenticity in the indie adventure space.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.
Structured graph also available as JSON at /public/entities/b.
CC BY 4.0.
OPENREC has announced the performers and ticket information for the Streamer Hyper Game Tournament FINAL, a two-day event at Tokyo Dome on November 28-29, 2026. The lineup includes leaders k4sen, SHAKA, Mokou, and Seki Yuta, plus over 40 performers. The fastest advance lottery ticket application runs July 19 to August 2.
Crunchyroll announced the English dub cast and July 22 premiere for the Korean-animated adaptation of the Tomb Raider King webtoon. The series, which began airing in Japan on July 8, streams on Crunchyroll. Monty Thompson voices protagonist Jooheon Suh, with Cassie Ewulu, Alex Hom, and Charles Nguyen among the cast.
Bandai Namco Entertainment announced a live stream for the Super Robot Wars 35th anniversary on August 1 at 20:00 JST. The stream splits into two parts: Part 1 includes a live performance, a celebration corner, and new information on Super Robot Wars Y and Super Robot Wars DD. Part 2 introduces related merchandise. JAM Project will perform.
The first solo real event for the adventure game series Bustafellows, titled Bustafellows Prom, was held on July 5, 2026, at Nakano Zero Grand Hall in Tokyo. All six main cast members appeared for two performances. The event featured a reading drama and a fan survey award corner, but no new game or adaptation announcements were made, prompting a planned hashtag trend of "Seriously Nothing?!"
Abylight Barcelona announced S.O.N.A.R. - Submarine Crew, Not Ready!, a cooperative simulation for up to four players who operate a submarine through combat, escort, and exploration missions. The crew manages nine stations, food, health, and rest while dealing with malfunctions, flooding, and fires. Playtest signups are open on Steam.
The original soundtrack for the horror adventure game Reanimal has been released on digital streaming services. The album contains 33 tracks by composers Christian Vasselbring, Jacob Carlsson, and Stefan Almqvist. The soundtrack is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.
EXNOA announced a new sword warrior, Momotaro Sukesada, for Touken Ranbu ONLINE. The great tachi is obtainable through a collaboration campaign tied to pre-registration for Touken Ranbu Puzzgiri. Players can acquire a Special Exchange Ticket from a designated page to guarantee the sword. The voice actor and implementation date are to be announced.
Hololive English talent IRyS will have multiple songs, including "My car is in danger," added to the official soundtrack of Asphalt Legends as part of its 52nd update, "Touge Masters," themed around Japanese automotive culture and JDM aesthetics. The update launches in late July 2026.
Xplored launched a Gamefound campaign for Hoxfall, a cooperative board game using the Teburu digital-linked system. The 50,000 euro goal was met in under 22 minutes. The game is an original IP, set in a Nevada underground facility where players escape mutant swarms. It does not support Japanese, and shipping to Japan is unconfirmed.
Niina Nakabayashi has joined the cast of the Chainsmoker Cat television anime as Jikaki Neko, a character debuting in the preview for the fourth episode. The anime premiered on July 2 on Tokyo MX and BS11, with an alternate "Evil Dragon Unleashed" version available on premium services.
Kazunori Yamauchi has released free web content titled "The Gran Turismo Magazine Beyond the Apex" that reconstructs the booklets included with early Gran Turismo games. The content covers themes about cars, their physics, and driving, and is a culmination of past booklet materials. Yamauchi is considering future revised editions.
The So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? anime announced three new cast members and theme song artists. Natsuki Hanae, Hiro Shimono, and Yukari Tamura join the cast. Sou performs the opening theme, and AHUB performs the ending theme. The anime premieres in October.
Developer Black Lantern Collective announced on July 22 that its excavation simulation Alien Archeologist will launch on Steam on October 12, 2026. The game is set on Mars in the far future, where players dig through the planet's crust with a shovel and TNT to extract ores and ancient artifacts. Ores can be sold at a machine called the Grinder to fund tool upgrades and new equipment. Artifacts are brought to a cleaning station where players remove dust and rock with specialized tools and polish them to a restored state. As players dig deeper, buried secrets such as bones of past workers and ancient solar panels are gradually revealed. A small vacuum cleaner robot named GOOBER accompanies the player, handling chores like searching for spare materials and crafting extra TNT. GOOBER's appearance can be customized with accessories including bow ties, mustaches, and top hats. A gameplay trailer has also been released. The price has not yet been announced.
Sentinel has opened pre-orders for the RIOBOT Soulgain ~Super Robot Wars A Color Ver.~, a reissue of the 2025 action figure in the color scheme from its debut title Super Robot Wars A. The figure stands approximately 250mm tall and uses die-cast, POM, and ABS materials. Its subdued metallic blue main color and fine silver paint are intended to convey weight and luxury. The internal die-cast frame provides stability and heft. The shoulder horns can be extended or retracted via part swapping, and an included support rod allows display of the Genmu Konga firing pose. Light-up wrist parts with built-in LED illumination reproduce the limit break state. Clear molded lens parts across the body react to black light, and red lens parts for the abdomen are included. Pre-orders began July 22, 2026, at retail stores and e-commerce sites including Amazon. The price is 30,000 yen before tax (32,363 yen on Amazon), with a scheduled release in April 2027.
Bushiroad revealed new details for Shadowverse EVOLVE at the Bushiroad TCG Strategy Presentation 2026 Summer on July 22. The presentation covered upcoming booster packs, a mini collaboration with Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and a world tournament scheduled for April 25, 2027. The booster pack "Academy Royal" is set for release on July 31, and the set "Over the Calamity," which includes cards from the 22nd card pack of the digital Shadowverse, will launch on October 2. The mini collaboration within "Over the Calamity" features Uma Musume characters Haru Urara and Oguri Cap. The abilities of the "Oguri Cap (Full Speed)" card were shown for the first time. Reprint cards from the EX collaboration pack "Uma Musume Pretty Derby" will also be included, with some cards getting special Uma Musume card frames. Shadowverse EVOLVE is a physical trading card game based on Cygames' digital card game Shadowverse, first released in 2022.
Alibi Games and Revira Interactive released the first-person horror game 'Photomaly' on Steam on July 21, 2026. Priced at 800 yen, the game is available at a 20 percent discount of 640 yen until August 5. Set in a photo studio inherited from the player's father, the game combines job simulator mechanics with gradual horror. Players must take photos at the correct angle, develop film under the right conditions, and deliver finished photos to the correct recipients. Between jobs, they can customize the studio by hanging photos on the wall or creating PC wallpaper. Earnings allow upgrades to the studio and restocking supplies. The game features multiple shifts with strange customers, three photo development methods (camera, USB, film roll), and a tension-building horror experience. It supports Japanese and is designed in the visual style of the original PlayStation.
QualiArts and Cover announced on July 22, 2026, that pre-downloads for the smartphone version of "hololive Dreams" have started on the App Store and Google Play. The game is the first official smartphone title for the VTuber group hololive, operated by Cover. It combines rhythm gameplay with mini-games and quest progression set in a dream theme park, featuring over 150 songs and player-created beatmaps. Cumulative pre-registrations exceeded 1.5 million, triggering a reward of a "Kawaii Hairpin" accessory and five gacha tickets for all 54 in-game talents. Additional pre-registration milestones already reached include 2,500 diamonds (10 gacha pulls), memory items, a guaranteed ★4 or higher gacha ticket, and three Music Discs. To mark the service launch, a "15-Day Consecutive 25-Song Addition Campaign" will add songs daily, and a "Release Commemorative Login Bonus" will offer diamonds for 10 gacha pulls over the period. The official service is scheduled to begin on July 23, 2026, for iOS, Android, and Steam.
The seventh volume of the comic 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Flanagan Boone Chronicle' is scheduled for release on August 5, 2026, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.co.jp. The volume continues the story of the Shoal Team, who have defected from the Federation Forces and head to Zemlica Island in the Arctic Ocean to steal a Gundam. The injured Boone catches up to them, leading to a direct confrontation. During the battle, a white mobile suit suddenly activates, leaving the identity of its pilot-a Federation soldier or a member of the Shoal Team-unknown. The volume is priced at 880 yen for both the Kindle and paperback editions. The article notes that prices and availability are subject to change after publication.
Shuhei Yoshida, former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive and current yosp Co., Ltd. representative director, delivered a keynote lecture at CEDEC2026 on July 22. The 80-minute talk, titled "The Wonderful Games, Creators, and Creativity I Have Encountered," covered his career from the original PlayStation era through his current indie game advocacy. Yoshida discussed the development of titles including Crash Bandicoot, Ape Escape, ICO, and Journey. He admitted to initially misunderstanding FromSoftware's Demon's Souls, calling it a "difficult game" and failing to see creator Hidetaka Miyazaki's intent, which led Sony to pass on self-publishing. The game later became a global hit through Atlus and Bandai Namco. Yoshida said that experience taught him to "correctly understand what kind of user experience the developer is trying to create." He later co-developed Bloodborne with FromSoftware for the PS4. Yoshida called Bloodborne the "best Soulslike" and expressed hope for a remaster or sequel, noting the lack of a PS5 version or PC port remains a "mystery." The lecture also covered indie titles such as Fall Guys, Stray, and Nine Sols. Yoshida concluded by saying he wants to continue supporting indie creators worldwide.
Capcom has opened preorders for a new figure box set based on monsters from Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. The set, titled Capcom Figure Builder Monster Hunter Standard Model Plus THE BEST ~Vol. 25 & 26~, is available through the e-Capcom online store for 11,880 yen (tax included). It collects six popular monsters from the latter half of the Sunbreak expansion: Primordial Malzeno, Scorned Magnamalo, Gaismagorm, Chaotic Gore Magala, Soulseer Mizutsune, and Risen Shagaru Magala. The figures are sold in blind boxes, meaning the contents are random and buyers cannot select which monster they receive. A bonus feature allows collectors to assemble an Espinas Subspecies (Clear Ver.) figure by combining included bonus parts. The set is scheduled to begin shipping on March 12, 2027.
FromSoftware began accepting applications for the network test of its upcoming multiplayer action game The Duskbloods on July 22 at 23:00 JST. The test, scheduled to run from August 21 to August 24, allows up to eight players to experience the PvPvE gameplay. Players take on the role of Twilight Bloodlines, superhuman beings who battle over the First Blood. Victory is determined by points earned during combat, with additional missions and events available. The test is designed to evaluate server load, verify multiplayer functionality, and test game balance. Applicants must have a Nintendo Switch 2 console and an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. The application period ends on July 28 at 22:59 JST. Selected testers will be notified by email and can download the test version from August 18 at 22:00 JST. The full game is scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
Netmarble officially launched the vampire-themed MMORPG 'Vampire' on July 22, 2026, for iOS and Android. The game is developed by the core team behind Netmarble Neo's 'Lineage 2 Revolution' and 'Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds'. It features a gothic horror setting, a blood-sucking system that replaces traditional healers, and clearly defined player-kill areas. At launch, content includes the cooperative 'Relic Defense Battle' for clan members and the inter-server combat mode 'Gehenna'. Servers are split into a Japanese player server and a global server for competition with players from Korea and Taiwan. Commemorative events are rolling out, including a boost event increasing gold and experience gains by 20% and double rewards for daily events. A pre-release hands-on article by 4Gamer.net tested the game's extensive auto-play features, including offline mode that continues hunting for up to 8 hours daily for free, or 24 hours with a paid service. The reviewer found that auto-progression handled most quests and field battles, with manual intervention needed only for equipment upgrades and difficult content like the Epic dungeon.
Hong Kong GameTree and BlackJack Studio announced a new free-to-play Langrisser title, Langrisser: Sea of Swords, on July 16, 2026. The game will launch on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android. A gameplay PV was released on July 22. The story follows a nameless protagonist who, guided by fragmented memories, enters a vast empire alongside a white-haired girl named Eta. The narrative focuses on power struggles among factions rather than a traditional hero's journey. The battle system evolves the series' unit mechanics into a two-hero, two-soldier-type formation, where players assign a captain and vice-captain and can switch soldier types mid-battle. Specific hero pairings trigger cooperation skills. Battlefields feature destructible terrain, including walls and bridges, and height differences that affect tactics. Exploration shifts from stage-by-stage progression to a continuous 2D world where players visit towns, forests, and caves. A base system starts as a muddy campsite and develops into a fortress. The hand-drawn art style and orchestral score by Yasunori Nishiki, known for Octopath Traveler, support the presentation. Pre-registration opened on the official website on July 16.
Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that Agri Uma's manga Studio Cabana will receive a television anime adaptation premiering in 2027. The announcement included a teaser visual and the main staff and cast. Shin'ichirō Ushijima, known for directing I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and UniteUp!, is directing the series at animation studio JUVENAGE. Sawako Hirabayashi, whose credits include Wolf Girl & Black Prince and Delicious Party♡Precure, is handling series composition. Haruka Sagawa, a character designer for Call of the Night and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- seasons 3 and 4, is designing the characters. Sayumi Suzushiro, who voices Nijika Ijichi in Bocchi the Rock!, will reprise her role as protagonist Yukari Maki, a part she previously played in a 2022 promotional video for the manga. The staff did not announce the voice actor for the other main character, Yūsuke Kusaka, but released a character visual for him. The manga, which began serialization on Kadokawa's pixiv Sylph online magazine in June 2021, has eight compiled volumes as of November 2025, with a ninth volume scheduled for August 21. Yen Press has licensed the manga for English release, with the first volume arriving in winter 2027.
On July 20, 2026, numerous anime, manga, and game franchises posted Marine Day greetings on social media. The Japanese national holiday, which honors the ocean and marks the end of the rainy season, prompted official accounts and creators to share beach-themed illustrations, character birthday messages, and promotional content. Among the posts, the official Kaiju No. 8 account promoted an upcoming original short anime titled "Narumi's Weekday" with a pun on the character's name and the kanji for sea. The MAPPA studio released a new illustration by Rie Nishimura for the soccer series DAYS, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2026. The Sound! Euphonium account reminded followers that the film Sound! Euphonium: The Final Part 2 opens on September 11. Classroom of the Elite noted that July 20 is also the birthday of character Honami Ichinose. The That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime account promoted the streaming of its movie Tears of the Azure Sea on U-NEXT. The Chiikawa movie account promoted the July 24 release of Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu. Voice actor Yuki Kaji posted a personal greeting, and the band Orange Range shared a summer song. The roundup, compiled by Anime News Network, spanned three articles covering dozens of entries.
On July 20, 2026, AMD and Microsoft announced an expanded strategic partnership to deploy AMD's full-stack AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. The centerpiece is the next-generation rack-scale system "AMD Helios," which integrates the Instinct MI455X GPU, 6th-gen EPYC Venice CPU, Pensando DPU networking, and the ROCm software platform. Microsoft will use Helios for inference workloads across its AI services and customer applications. Supply is expected to begin in the second half of 2026. As part of the deal, Azure added three new VM series: HDv2 for agentic AI and data pipelines (with ~500 EPYC cores, 4 TB RAM, 32 TB NVMe), HXv2 for semiconductor design (176 cores above 5 GHz, 50% more cache per core), and ND MI455X v7 for inference and search powered by Helios. AMD CEO Lisa Su called the deployment a milestone for customer choice and scalability. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the collaboration expands Azure's infrastructure portfolio with performance and scalability for next-gen AI applications.
Clouded Leopard Entertainment's suspense prison break RPG Back to the Dawn ~Break the Animal Prison~ is now available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch with Japanese voice acting. A PlayStation 5 version will launch on October 22, 2026. The game features dual protagonists, turn-based battles, and multiple escape routes.
A collaboration event between the psychological horror visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club! and Tokyo Tower will run from August 13 to September 2, 2026. Titled "Summer Vacation Date with You in TOKYO TOWER," the event will take place at Co・Lab-TOKYO- on the second floor of Tokyo Tower Foot Town. The event will feature original collaboration goods and a ticket set that includes a mini-game. Newly drawn illustrations by a famous Vocaloid P, created specifically for the event, will be revealed at a later date. Co・Lab-TOKYO- is a physical collaboration shop that hosts events tied to anime, games, and creators. Doki Doki Literature Club! is a romance visual novel released in 2017, known for its surface-level dating sim premise that can veer into unexpected and disturbing territory based on player choices. The collaboration shop announced the event on July 21. No further details on the goods or mini-game have been released yet.
G-MODE announced on July 22, 2026, that it will release "G-MODE Archives+ Lost Chronicle" for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on July 23, 2026. The game is a faithful port of the original fantasy RPG that Bandai Namco Entertainment distributed as a feature phone app. It is the fourth Bandai Namco Entertainment title to be revived under the G-MODE Archives+ label, following "Xenosaga Pied Piper," "Namco Chronicle," and "Pac-Man." The story follows a protagonist exploring a world destroyed by a black flash and shrouded in dark fog, seeking the mystery of a cataclysm that occurred a thousand years ago. Players purify miasma-covered lands, accept requests from city guilds, explore fields, and advance missions to survey the land, discover new resources and technologies, and rebuild the devastated world. Characters can be customized with six attributes-Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, Dark, and Light-and multiple jobs including Fencer, Scout, Mage, and Cleric. The price is 800 yen, and the game supports Japanese language only.
Microsoft announced the Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass lineup for late July through early August 2026 on July 21. The slate includes seven titles total, five of which are day-one releases. Game Freak's new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation arrives on August 4, blending real-time and turn-based combat in a post-apocalyptic Japan. Halo: Campaign Evolved, a ground-up Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, launches on July 28 with new prequel missions, online co-op for up to four players, and additional weapons and vehicles. Other day-one titles include the cooperative horror game Shift at Midnight (July 22), the PvPvE extraction action game Mistfall Hunter (July 30), and the pirate city-building game Corsair Cove (July 31, PC only). The lineup also includes the action-adventure Hell is Us (July 23) and the enhanced FPS compilation Heretic + Hexen (August 4). The announcement also noted that Zenless Zone Zero version 3.1 on July 29 will reset login rewards for Game Pass members.
Konami Digital Entertainment will open the KONAMI STYLE POP UP STORE in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, from August 1 to 23. It is the company's first physical store in about 11 years. The pop-up will sell merchandise from Metal Gear, Powerful Pro Baseball, Bomberman, Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side, and a new Yu-Gi-Oh! art label. A limited sticker featuring the Konami command code is a purchase bonus.
VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi and virtual idol Hatsune Miku threw the first pitch at a Chiba Lotte Marines game on Monday. Hoshimachi appeared on the pitcher's mound via screen and delivered a perfect pitch to Marines player Shingo Ishikawa. The event was part of Lotte's summer ice cream campaign.
The official website for the To You in the Beyond anime film unveiled a full trailer, key visual, theme song artist Tota, and four new cast members on Wednesday. The film adapts Akiko Abe's novel and opens in Japan on October 9.
Puente Inc. announced that LoFi/Chill vocalist Mellow, an AI-assisted Vocaloid-style artist, will hold her first 3D debut live on July 25, 2026, via YouTube Premiere. The free event, titled "Black Cat & Moonlit Night," features real-time 3D model performance of songs including "Grape Tree." Mellow's YouTube channel has reached about 1.78 million subscribers since her debut in February 2025.
Bandai Namco Entertainment released a new trailer for Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters, introducing the South Korean national team. The soccer game launches August 28 on Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, featuring 22 national teams and over 110 playable characters.
Gilang Gumelar Studios released Wiseman: No More Breakups on Steam on July 21. The rhythm combat game is set on a moving train and tasks players with defeating bosses including the girlfriend's friends, siblings, parents, and ex-boyfriend. A 10% launch discount brings the price to 238 yen until August 4. The game does not currently support Japanese.
Global Sales Agent introduced KIJI, a corporate intelligence platform from DATAZORA, to streamline pre-call research and list creation. The tool, which uses AI to organize corporate data and covers small and medium enterprises, has been adopted across the group's four companies, reducing research time from about eight hours per 100 companies to a fraction of that.
The official YouTube channel for the live-action Blue Lock film released a new video on Wednesday previewing the entrance exam scene, featuring the insert song "twilight" by Fukase. The video depicts the dormitory entrance test called "Tag," where players must avoid being hit by a ball within a 136-second time limit or face immediate elimination and lose the right to ever join the Japanese national team. The film is based on the manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, which has surpassed 60 million copies in cumulative circulation. The movie stars Fumiya Takahashi as protagonist Yoichi Isagi, alongside Kaito Sakurai as Meguru Bachira, Kyōhei Takahashi as Hyoma Chigiri, Kōta Nomura as Rensuke Kunigami, and Masataka Kubota as Jinpachi Ego. Yusuke Taki is directing the film, with Tetsuo Kamata writing the screenplay. CREDEUS, the production company behind the live-action Golden Kamuy film, is producing, and TOHO is distributing. The film opens in Japan on August 7. Fukase's song will appear on his first solo album "Circusm," set for release on July 29.
T2 Co., Ltd. raised approximately 5 billion yen from 11 companies in the first close of its Series B round, bringing cumulative fundraising to over 16.5 billion yen. The company aims to launch long-haul transportation using Level 4 autonomous driving trucks from fiscal year 2027, addressing the expected truck driver shortage from the "2024 logistics problem."
Developer Biomacchia opened the Steam store page for Occult: Scarlet Elegy, a 3D dungeon exploration RPG where the protagonist Lily is a healer with no attack ability. Allies fight automatically while the player supports them with enhancement effects. The release date is undecided and only English is supported.
Kiki's Delivery Service, the 1989 Studio Ghibli film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, will screen in IMAX theaters across the UK and Ireland starting August 21, 2026. The release is the first time the film has played on IMAX screens in those territories. Tickets are on sale now for both the original Japanese language with subtitles and the English dubbed version. The film has been newly remastered in 4K. A wider 4K theatrical release follows on August 28, 2026. The IMAX release is the first UK cinema outing for GKIDS after the distributor acquired the rights to the 23-film Studio Ghibli library earlier in July 2026. GKIDS is working with sister company Anime Limited, the Glasgow-based distributor recently acquired by GKIDS' parent company Toho Global. Additional Studio Ghibli titles slated for future IMAX releases in the UK and Ireland include Arrietty and Whisper of the Heart.
Cygames announced a Granblue Fantasy collaboration with BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, running July 22 to August 3. Players can recruit SSR Ichigo Kurosaki by clearing event quests, with a second secret SSR character arriving July 27. Limited gacha draws and event weapons are also available.
Otakon announced it will host cast and staff from the television anime of Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing, the anime adaptation of Dr.Poro and Nabana Naba's The Vermillion Mask, and Orange's Trigun Stargaze. The guests will participate in panels at the convention, which runs from July 31 to August 2 in Washington, D.C.
A federal judge issued a 14-day temporary restraining order on Paramount's hostile takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, blocking the merger from closing on July 22. A 12-state coalition led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta argues the deal violates antitrust law by combining two of the top three cable programmers and two of the top five film distributors. A hearing for a preliminary injunction is set for August 3.
Cover Corporation announced a collaboration with Medialink Group for an afternoon tea party-themed merchandise line featuring seven talents from hololive, hololive Indonesia, and hololive English. The products debut at ACGHK 2026 from July 24 to 28 at the Medialink Group booth.
The first four episodes of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation III are now available. Episodes 1-2 focus on Eris's journey after leaving Rudeus, while episodes 3-4 return to the main story. The review argues the series is not about redemption but about a deeply flawed man finding happiness.
The television anime adaptation of Ezogingitune and DeeCHA's light novel series has cast Chō as Gerberga, a chicken worshipped as divine by Luccira's family. The character debuted in the anime's third episode on Monday.
Hololive VTuber Juufuutei Raden has collaborated with the Taiwanese puppet series Thunderbolt Fantasy: Eastern Excalibur Sword Chronicles, resulting in a custom puppet modeled after her. The collaboration was announced during Raden's July 12 livestream, which also documented her visit to the Pili Puppetry studio in Taiwan. At the studio, Raden observed puppeteers' techniques, explosion effects, and filming on realistic sets. She also met the special puppet, named "Juufuutei Raden Version・Chōfū," which adapts the costume of the series character Chōfū with Raden's design. The puppet will debut at the "Taiwan Origin! Special Effects Puppet Theater World Exhibition" in Tokyo, running from July 25 to August 9, 2026, at Yurakucho Marui 8F. The exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of Thunderbolt Fantasy and features over 50 puppets, props, and weapons. Collaboration merchandise, including pre-order items and Raden puppets, will be sold at the venue. The exhibition also displays suit versions of characters Rin Setsuya and Shō Fuken. Raden, known for art and culture streams, expressed amazement at the puppet's quality, calling it "unbelievable and mysterious."
Crunchyroll announced on July 21 that Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood will begin streaming in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs on Crunchyroll India starting July 27, 2026. The dubbed episodes will be released in batches every three weeks, with the full rollout expected to conclude by October 2026. The voice cast includes Anubhav Rawat as Edward Elric in Hindi, Roshan N as Edward in Tamil, and Sai Abhijith S as Edward in Telugu. Hitanshi Jha voices Alphonse Elric in Hindi, while Nikkilesh P voices Alphonse in both Tamil and Telugu. The regional casts also include performers for Roy Mustang, Winry Rockbell, King Bradley, Riza Hawkeye, Lust, and Alex Louis Armstrong. The series, produced by Bones and directed by Yasuhiro Irie, originally aired from April 2009 to July 2010. The announcement is part of Crunchyroll's broader push to expand regional-language anime content in India, where demand for localized dubs has been growing.
Bandai Namco Entertainment has revealed three new squad members designed by original creator Tite Kubo for the upcoming smartphone game BLEACH Mirrors High. The characters are Naru Jurina, Giro Hando, and Maiko Tokishima. The game is set after the Thousand-Year Blood War arc and features an original story with newly drawn stills. A system trailer has also been released, showing customization options for the protagonist's appearance and name, as well as Zanpakuto customization. The battle system uses a team of three characters and card-based attacks, including a three-character combination move called Soul Drive. BLEACH Mirrors High is scheduled for release on the App Store and Google Play. The final TV anime cour, BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Arc, begins airing on July 25, 2026.