Kaiji's Swamp arc is running free on Yanmaga Web through September 13, 2026, and the fourth live-action film, Kaiji: Jinsei Revenge Game, opens in Japanese theaters on January 29, 2027 with Tatsuya Fujiwara back as Kaiji Itou.
The live-action side of Kaiji is the clearest thing in the current coverage. Toho announced a fourth film, Kaiji: Jinsei Revenge Game, for January 29, 2027, with Tatsuya Fujiwara returning as Kaiji Itou and Toya Sato back to direct. Yugo Kanno composes the music, Masatoshi Yamaguchi wrote the script with assistance from creator Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and the film introduces a new antagonist, Kazuya Hyodo of the Teiai Group. A teaser poster carried the tagline "Welcome back, you scum." The announcement came seven years after Kaiji: Final Game.
By July 2026 Toho Movies had released the first full trailer, teaser, cast, and character visuals. Kazuya Kamenashi, Mahiro Takasugi, Sara Minami, and Susumu Terajima joined the cast. The title stayed Kaiji: Jinsei Revenge Game and the date stayed January 29.
The manga side moved on the publisher's schedule rather than on any new serialization. Yanmaga Web put the Swamp arc of Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji up free until September 13, 2026, covering chapters 48 through 134, the stretch where Kaiji takes on a pachinko machine called the swamp at a casino. The publisher said it arranged the urgent release with Fukumoto's permission after the arc drew attention. The manga ran in Weekly Young Magazine from 2000 to 2004.
That attention included a crossover of sorts. Hunter x Hunter chapter 420, in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 41 on September 7, 2026, showed Hisoka playing the Numa pachinko machine from Kaiji and holding the magnet-rigged canned beer from the series. The Kaiji spin-off account Ichinichi Gaishutsu-roku Hancho replied to the chapter. Readers noted that the Numa in the Kakin Kingdom appears to share the same tilt gimmick as Kaiji's version.
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Konami Arcade Games will sell an "Original Kaiji Lottery" on Konami Premium Kuji ONLINE from 12:00 on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 880 yen per draw plus shipping. The prizes use newly drawn art from Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Kaiji, led by an S Prize BIG acrylic stand of the "Choose...! Let's Drink Together!" scene, plus a desk mat, clear pouch, compact mirror, bangs clip, acrylic card and marker charm.
Yanmaga Web is offering the Swamp arc of Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji free until September 13. The free run covers chapters 48 through 134, in which Kaiji, entrusted with a large sum by his comrades, takes on a pachinko machine called the swamp at a casino. The publisher said it arranged the urgent release with author Nobuyuki Fukumoto's permission after the arc drew attention. The manga ran in Weekly Young Magazine from 2000 to 2004.
Hunter x Hunter chapter 420, published in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 41 on September 7, shows Hisoka playing the Numa pachinko machine from Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji. The machine is one of the highest-rate, high-risk, high-reward pachinko machines in Kaiji's casino. Hisoka is also depicted holding the magnet-rigged canned beer that appears in Kaiji. The official account of the Kaiji spin-off manga Ichinichi Gaishutsu-roku Hancho responded to the chapter, writing that a man seems to have been hooked somewhere recently, and included the distinctive onomatopoeia gii... gii... ga... that also appears in Hunter x Hunter. Fans reacted with comments praising Togashi for saving the most interesting part for last, laughing at the image of Hisoka at the machine, and noting that the Numa in the Kakin Kingdom appears to share the same tilt gimmick as Kaiji's version.
TOHO announced the English dub cast for the Though I Am an Inept Villainess anime, which begins streaming July 26 on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Disney+. Brianna Knickerbocker leads as Kou Reirin. The series premiered July 12 on TV Tokyo after a production delay from April.
TOHO Movies has unveiled the first full trailer, teaser, cast, and character visuals for the new live-action Kaiji film, titled Kaiji: Jinsei Revenge Game. Tatsuya Fujiwara returns as Kaiji, with Kazuya Kamenashi, Mahiro Takasugi, Sara Minami, and Susumu Terajima joining the cast. The film opens in Japanese theaters on January 29.
TOHO Movies revealed a new live-action Kaiji film titled Kaiji: Jinsei Revenge Game, opening January 29, 2027. Tatsuya Fujiwara returns as Kaiji Itou, Tōya Satō returns to direct, and Yūgo Kanno composes the music. Masatoshi Yamaguchi wrote the script with assistance from creator Nobuyuki Fukumoto.
Toho announced the fourth live-action Kaiji film, 'Kaiji: Life Revenge Game', starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, will release on January 29, 2027. The film comes seven years after 'Kaiji: Final Game' and features a teaser poster with the tagline 'Welcome back, you scum.' Kaiji faces a new antagonist, Kazuya Hyodo, a representative of the Teiai Group.