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There is no entity named Mo that any of these thirty stories reports on. The stories cover mobile suit figures, a Steam demo for a hair removal salon sim, a Pokemon apparel drop, an AI character at a boat racing venue in Roppongi, and an indie developer's dispute over an AI clone, among other items. No item establishes a person, creator, or organization called Mo.
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3d ago
The provided stories do not name a person, creator, or organization called Mo. The items range across licensed merchandise from Bandai and Kotobukiya, a Steam demo for a management sim, an apparel collection from GU, an AI information character deployed at a Roppongi boat racing facility, and a joint venture between WOWOW and NTT Docomo for the Lemino streaming service. None of them identifies Mo.
Several stories concern individual developers and studios by other names: Sorpasso Games is building Ghosts of the Mountain Pass, Weasel Pit reported an AI clone of Iron Pilgrim used as a ransom threat, and Emi Y. Sun Game began distributing a trial for MeMoMi Remake. YouTuber and developer names appear in these items, but none is Mo.
Because no story in the set establishes Mo, this dossier can state only that fact. There is no throughline to trace, no status change to report, and no coverage to compare across the cluster. A dossier is not warranted for this entity from these stories.
Timeline
- Oct 6, 2026 360Channel Deploys AI Character Sakimai Ichika at SIX WAKE ROPPONGI
- Oct 6, 2026 Hair Removal Salon Simulator Demo Hits Steam Ahead Of Q4 Early Access
- Oct 6, 2026 hololive Travel Diary Pop-Up Opens In Kaohsiung In October
- Oct 6, 2026 Konami Reveals New Artwork for Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG's Astellar and Rizette
- Oct 6, 2026 MeMoMi Remake Trial Arrives On Steam From A Developer With A Rare Disease
- Oct 6, 2026 Sorpasso Games Develops Ghosts of the Mountain Pass, A Public-Road Battle RPG
- Oct 6, 2026 Nintendo Switch 2 Choose-Your-Game Set Launches in Japan on November 12
- Oct 6, 2026 Harpie Lady Joins Kotobukiya's OSHI WORKS Figure Line
- Oct 6, 2026 Transition Zone Report XR Event Sells Out In 23 Minutes
- Oct 6, 2026 Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO Draws Fan Theories Over Athrun And Cagalli
- Oct 6, 2026 GU Announces 19-Item Pokemon Apparel Collection For October 23
- Oct 6, 2026 Bandai Spirits Sets METAL BUILD Strike Gundam ENGINEERING EDITION for GUNDAM-Con2027
- Oct 6, 2026 Bose Acquires FMOD Developer Firelight Technologies
- Oct 6, 2026 Gundam The Origin And Master-Piece Open Second Bag Collaboration Preorders
- Oct 6, 2026 Pokemon Scale World Opens Pre-Orders for Deuro and Mega Starmie
- Oct 6, 2026 Bandai Shows Six New Gunpla Kits at the 64th All Japan Model & Hobby Show
- Oct 6, 2026 Minecraft Dungeons II Review Finds Familiar Enemies And A Difficulty That Does Not Ease Up
- Oct 6, 2026 Mobile Game Lifecycle Seminar Set for October 29 in Shibuya
- Oct 6, 2026 Sorpasso Games Opens Steam Page For Ghosts Of The Mountain Pass
- Oct 6, 2026 Bandai to Release Pajamars Series GUNDAM GQuuuuuuX Mini Figures on October 31
- Oct 6, 2026 Ensemble Stars!! Music Streams HOT BEAT REVOLUTION Dress Rehearsal
- Oct 5, 2026 Bandai Sets October Release For MOBILE SUIT ENSEMBLE 31
- Oct 5, 2026 Indie Dev Says AI Clone Was Made And Used As Ransom Threat
- Oct 5, 2026 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Adds Collateral Mode, A Round-Based Buy Menu For PC
- Oct 5, 2026 WOWOW And NTT Docomo To Form Joint Company For Lemino
- Oct 5, 2026 Kotobukiya Reprints KOS-MOS Ver.1 Plastic Model for May 2027
- Oct 5, 2026 STRICT-G Adds A Gundam BEAN Tumbler To Its Thermo Mug Line
- Oct 5, 2026 STRICT-G and AGILITY Release Gundam Leather Pass Cases
- Oct 5, 2026 Premium Bandai Opens Preorders For Char Aznable Sunglasses
- Oct 5, 2026 Bandai Spirits Renews Three Gundam Universe Figures With New Frame
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26m ago
Pixiv launched FANBOX Print official fanworks "Zunzun PJ" on October 9, letting creators register and sell fan illustrations and manga of Tohoku Zunko, Tohoku Itako, Tohoku Kiritan and Zundamon as printed products at convenience stores in Japan and Taiwan. Registration is open now, and printed sales begin October 23, with an illustration event running to November 16.
56m ago
A TV anime adaptation of Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Yuke is set to air on TBS in 2027, with exclusive global streaming on Netflix. Tomoaki Ono plays protagonist Kei Okuyama, a 17-year-old detective in Iceland who can talk to cars. Takashi Sano is chief director and handles series composition, Yosuke Kubo directs, Chikashi Kubota designs characters, and Qzil.la produces.
1h ago
TOMYTEC is taking pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a Little Armory collaboration kit tied to Dolls' Frontline 2: Exilium. The LA-DF39 Nemesis is a 1/12 scale unpainted runner kit of the OM 50 Nemesis sniper rifle carried by the T-Doll Nemesis, packed in Dolls' Frontline 2 packaging with a postcard-size display card. It lists at 2,964 yen including tax, with release set for February 28, 2027.
2h ago
Publisher offbrand games announced on October 9 that JOHN GLEEP, developed by monthbug, launches November 11 on PC via Steam, which is November 12 in Japan. The roguelike splits the screen between a UFO that abducts residents and a casino where those residents fall through peg boards as pachinko balls. A demo is available now.
2h ago
Migalo Holdings and its subsidiary DXYZ announced that DXYZ's facial recognition ID platform FreeiD will be installed at Well-being Shigino, a wooden apartment building developed by Imamura Real Estate in Osaka's Joto Ward. FreeiD will be placed at the building entrance and at each unit's front door, covering all exclusive-use areas. The two companies will jointly promote housing convenience using the technology.
2h ago
Eric Chahi, known for Another World, and Fumito Ueda, known for ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, spoke together in Tokyo on September 23, 2026 at The Tenth Mosaic, held at the Institut francais du Japon. Ueda said ICO's hand-holding grew out of thinking about Another World's alien relationship. Both men described influence as indirect: what they absorb over a life seeps into the work rather than being quoted.
2h ago
BenQ exhibited its MOBIUZ gaming monitor brand at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held from September 17, under a museum concept split into four themed areas. The first area let visitors compare the standard sRGB setting against the Fantasy mode on identical monitors using AION2 demo footage. A second area introduced Game Art Color HDR, a new BenQ feature with Clear, Balanced and Rich settings. The third area ran playable demos and video of Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember and Pragmata, each set to a BenQ-recommended color mode. The fourth area showed new WQHD monitors: the EX271QZ at up to 500Hz, the EX271QMZ at 240Hz, the IPS EX271QM at 320Hz and the entry-class EX271QP at 260Hz. The EX321UZ and EX271UZ, both 4K quantum dot OLED at 240Hz, appeared in the first two areas.
3h ago
A teaser video for the television anime of Kennoji and R_ringo's My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! lists seven voice actors and sets a January 2027 premiere. Ai Kakuma plays Liza Parsandra and Seena Hoshiki plays Eugene Dawson, with Hitomi Ueda as Cordelia Dawson and narrator, Azusa Tsujimori as Erin Toa, Tomoyo Takayanagi as Meris Eclipse, Miyu Tomita as Fiona Rosso, and Minami Takahashi as Lumiere Theomere. Masayoshi Nishida directs at Wolfsbane and Lightbox, with Yōhei Kashii on series scripts and WWWave's Deregula label producing.
4h ago
KOMODO announced on October 9 that Steam Machine and Steam Frame will go back on sale at KOMODO STATION from 10:00 AM on October 13. The eligible models are Steam Machine 512GB and Steam Machine 512GB with Steam Controller, plus Steam Frame 256GB and Steam Frame 1TB. Previous restocks sold out immediately.
4h ago
Shimamura will release goods for the shojo manga Tamon-kun, Which Way Now!? on October 10 at select stores, and from 3:00 PM the same day on its Shimamura Park online store. The lineup includes tote bags and glasses cases with an F/ACE design and a Tamon Faith multi-case. The manga has passed 3 million copies in cumulative circulation.
4h ago
Good Smile Company will release a Nendoroid More Centurion St. Gloriana Girls' College Ver. from Girls und Panzer das Finale, priced at 7,500 yen. The line also reissues three earlier tanks: Oarai's Panzer IV Ausf. D Modified (Ausf. H Specification) at 6,500 yen, Anzio's CV33 Fast Tank (L3/33) at 4,800 yen, and Kuromorimine's Tiger I. All four are scheduled for July 2027.
4h ago
The Xperia 10 VIII is on sale in Japan through Docomo, au, SoftBank, and SIM-free at 99,000 yen, up from the previous model's 75,000 yen as memory and component costs rose. Its new FunSync feature changes wallpapers, sound effects, and charging voice by holding an NFC card over the device. The first content wave is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Hello Kitty.
5h ago
Paramount Pictures is developing a feature-length live-action film set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, the open-world RPG from Polish studio CD Projekt Red. The report originated as a Deadline exclusive. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose producing credits include the Transformers film series and The Matrix during his time at Warner Bros. Pictures, will produce alongside CD Projekt Red, the game's developer. CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michal Nowakowski responded to the report on his X account, saying the company has great expectations for Paramount as a future partner that shares its creative ambitions, and that details will be shared at the appropriate time. No director, screenwriter, cast, or release timing has been announced. Cyberpunk 2077 released in 2020 and has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, while the 2023 expansion Phantom Liberty has sold 15 million.
6h ago
The new film Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Zero will open in theaters on January 15, 2027, and its protagonist is Shinn Asuka. The reveal came during a stream on October 9, 2026, alongside a teaser visual and trailer. The film is a prequel to the 2024 movie Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, adapting a scenario written after Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny by scriptwriter Chiaki Morosawa, writer Shigeru Morita, and director Mitsuo Fukuda.
6h ago
Premium Bandai begins taking reservations at 13:00 on October 9 for four Mobile Suit Gundam Backpack-Motif 2-Way Tote Bags. The Gundam, Zaku, and Gouf models return at 5,940 yen each, joined by a new Gundam Model Mini Ver. at 4,400 yen. Each is a tote that also wears as a backpack. Reservations close at 23:00 on November 1; shipping is scheduled for December 2026.
6h ago
Preorders for three reissued Gundam SEED plastic models open on Premium Bandai on Monday, October 12, 2026 at 11:00, with shipments set for December 2026. The lineup includes the HG 1/144 Black Knight Squad Rud-ro.A Riddelard, Daniel and Liu unit set at 8,910 yen and the HG 1/144 Gyan Strom (Hilda Harken Custom) at 3,190 yen. A FULL MECHANICS Aile Calamity Gundam is also part of the run.
7h ago
Crunchyroll announced at New York Comic Con that The Remarried Empress webtoon is getting a television anime from TROYCA, for broadcast next year. Yoko Hikasa plays Navier, Ryōhei Kimura is Heinrey, Tomoaki Maeno is Sovieshu, and Reina Ueda is Rashta. Tetsuya Yanagisawa directs, with Akiko Inoue on series scripts, Jun Nakai on character design, and Yūki Fukazawa composing.
7h ago
The live-action film adaptation of Hiroshi Tanaka's manga BADBOYS is available for unlimited streaming on DMM TV, U-NEXT, Amazon Prime Video, and TELASA. DMM TV carries the lowest monthly fee at 550 yen and offers a 14-day trial. Lemino, Hulu, FOD, and YouTube list it as a rental, while TSUTAYA DISCAS handles DVD mail rental. Disney Plus and ABEMA do not carry it.
8h ago
Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in North American theaters from January 16 to 19, 2027, the companies announced at New York Comic Con. Showings will be offered in Japanese audio with English subtitles and in an English dub. Tickets go on sale December 11 at online sellers and participating theater box offices. The film is the official sequel to Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion. Yukihiro Miyamoto directed it, and the returning staff includes chief director Akiyuki Simbo, scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus, original character designer Ume Aoki, animation character designer Junichiro Taniguchi and composer Yuki Kajiura. The animation studio is SHAFT. Yuki Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction performs the theme song Kanata. In Japan the film opened on August 28, 2026 with IMAX screenings the same day, ranked first in its opening weekend and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
13h ago
Innersloth announced at The Triple-i Initiative October 2026 showcase that Among Us Story: On Guard will be released on February 17, 2027. The single-player detective adventure is set in the Among Us universe but is independent of the multiplayer social deduction game and can be played on its own. Players take the role of an Operator in MIRA Research and Development's new Crewmate training program, operating inside a simulation as a security officer called a Guard. A murder occurs during the program, and the Guard becomes the suspect, so the player must prove their innocence and identify the Impostor. The game will support Japanese and launch on PC via Steam, mobile, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. The story branches into three endings, and players gather clues by interacting with crewmates including the Cook, Scientist, Doctor, and Captain.
15h ago
Windup Games released a free demo for the open-world adventure game Hela: The Little Mouse and the Magic Forest during the Triple-i Initiative Showcase. Players control a mouse familiar serving a witch who has fallen ill, exploring a world based on Swedish nature, gathering materials and helping animals. The game supports co-op for up to four players and launches December 1 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, with Shochiku Games publishing in Japan.
15h ago
The television anime of Aki Irie's Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest began streaming its first promotional video on Friday. Tomohiro Ono stars as Kei Miyama, the 17-year-old private investigator at the center of the story. The website also posted a visual and set the premiere for 2027 on TBS, with worldwide streaming on Netflix. Netflix posted an English-subtitled version of the trailer. The manga moved through Harta, Aokishi, and now Yukiwariso.
16h ago
atmos announced collaboration T-shirts with PERSONA Memoria, the Persona series 30th anniversary event starting October 9. The lineup has two color versions sold at the PERSONA Memoria venues in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hakata, and two monochrome versions sold at atmos. Each shirt costs 7,700 yen. Sales begin October 9 at the venues and on the atmos online store.
17h ago
The Department of Energy and Google will join the Virtual Biology Initiative, a five-year plan led by Biohub, the nonprofit founded with funding from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. Total co-funding reaches $1.8 billion, with more than $500 million from the Department of Energy over five years. Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, and Meta each add $300 million, while the National Institutes of Health coordinates past federal datasets.
18h ago
Microsoft announced on October 8, 2026 the creation of XP, a new Xbox division. Its name comes from the gaming term "Experience Points." The division covers four areas: XBOX PICTURES for film and television adaptations, XBOX PRODUCTS for licensed merchandise, XBOX PLACES for live events, immersive experiences, attractions, broadcasting and theme parks, and XBOX PARTNERSHIPS for work with creators and brands. Kayleen Walters, previously head of Mojang, becomes president of XP. Before joining Xbox she worked at Lucasfilm for 13 years on Star Wars films, merchandise and partnerships, and at Xbox she grew the Minecraft merchandise business into a multi-billion-dollar operation with more than 250 licensees. Maria Angelidou-Smith becomes CEO of Mojang as Walters moves. Xbox CSO Matthew Ball announced the division on Xbox Wire, and CEO Asha Sharma said the division will help games grow into experiences beyond games. XP consolidates functions that had been spread across several teams inside Xbox.
18h ago
The official Sound! Euphonium website announced on October 8 that Final Movement: Sound! Euphonium Part 1 will premiere on YouTube's KyoAni Channel on October 11 at 10 PM. The stream marks the release of Part 2 and is limited to Japan, with no archive. Part 1 is a theatrical reworking of the 2024 TV anime Sound! Euphonium 3, with added scenes and performance footage.
20h ago
Ohta Publishing will release CONTINUE SPECIAL Armored Trooper Votoms: Gray Witch on November 19, a single-issue magazine built entirely around Mamoru Oshii's theatrical anime of the same name. The volume runs 80 pages in full color, priced at 1,980 yen including tax, in B5 variant format. It carries a long interview with Oshii, who directs the film, and a talk between Miyuki Sawashiro, who plays Ash Vamps, and Asami Ando, who plays Maki Stauffenberg. Sumire Uesaka, cast as a young maintenance soldier, contributes a feature on her attachment to the Votoms series, and the magazine includes a complete commentary on the original Armored Trooper Votoms. The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, one day after the magazine. It is a two-part theatrical series, with the first part arriving on that date and the second part's release timing still to be announced.
20h ago
Magazine House puts the film on the cover of the anan issue 2515 special edition, on sale October 14. Andrew Koji (Ryu), Callina Liang (Chun-Li), and Noah Centineo (Ken) appear in their in-film costumes. The 9-page feature carries newly shot gravure, role preparation and a six-week training camp, and an interview with Capcom's Takayuki Nakayama. A pixel-art sticker set covers all 10 characters.
20h ago
AI model Co., Ltd. has begun supporting the launch of Adastria's AI co-creation apparel brand ELMIRA, using its brand operation platform A/CLOUD. The company provided AI models, e-commerce product images, and promotional videos for the brand's October 8, 2026 launch. ELMIRA targets women in their 40s to 60s, with the AI model AI SHIHO of the model SHIHO named as an image model.
21h ago
Cosplayer and gravure model Yukino Shio held a release event on September 19 at Sofmap AKIBA Amusement Hall for her first DVD, Milky Glamour, distributed by Takeshobo with a runtime of 136 minutes and a price of 4,730 yen. Filming took place this summer in Chiba Prefecture. Shio said the car wash scene is her recommendation, and she gave the work 80 points.
21h ago
A collaboration exhibition between the Monogatari Series anime and hololive VTuber unit Secret Society holoX will run from January 3 to January 22, 2027 at BEAM Gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo. Titled "X Monogatari -Batsu Monogatari-", the event uses a paid ticket system, with sales scheduled to begin in November 2026. The exhibition organizer is maxilla. Planned content includes collaboration illustration displays, sales of original goods, a story experience using the entire venue, and spatial production. A key visual and further details are scheduled for release later. holoX announced the Monogatari Series collaboration at its 4th anniversary 3D live on December 1, 2025. From August to September, holoX members held watch-along streams of the first two Monogatari anime series, Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari. The Monogatari Series is based on novels by NisiOisiN, with anime adaptation by director Akiyuki Shinbo and animation production by Shaft since 2009.
22h ago
Hanamaruki's Sugu Uma Cup Miso Soup line and the anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will release six limited packages drawn by ufotable, shipping from mid-October 2026 to supermarkets, mass retailers, and drugstores nationwide. Tanjiro Kamado, Giyu Tomioka, Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, and Shinobu Kocho appear across the six varieties, which include fried eggplant, spinach, tonjiru, tororo kombu, seaweed with aosa, and long green onion.
22h ago
One Ten Inc. announced that its self-developed AR attraction Obake Hunter AR has been adapted for Namjatown, the Ikebukuro indoor theme park run by Bandai Namco Experience, and began operating as Mojav's Obake Hunter AR on Saturday, September 26, 2026. Players use gun-type controllers with smartphones to defeat AR ghosts, and receive a Mojav certification card.
23h ago
The Fukuoka Kentei Executive Committee will hold "Fukuoka Entertainment 'Fun-Learning' LIVE 2nd Semester" on Saturday, December 12, 2026 at Meiji Yasuda Hall Fukuoka. VTuber Yoka Tomaizuru and theater troupe Bannou Glove Galapagos Dynamos appear. Attendance is free, with applications opening Thursday, October 8 on the event website. The program includes an improv theater piece, a team quiz against Tomaizuru, and a ceremony for Reiwa 7 fiscal year Fukuoka Kentei passers.
23h ago
Good Smile Company has opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for the G.S.Collection Hatsune Miku Cheerleading Ver., a 1/7 scale painted plastic figure based on an illustration by Morimoto from the Hatsune Miku x Good Smile Illustration Contest Vol. 3. It stands about 254mm, is sculpted by Pot of Digital Pot with coloring by Ekoshi and production cooperation from the GSC Production Department, and is priced at 27,800 yen with a release date of November 30, 2027.
1d ago
Life Reversal Gaming will help operate "eSpoGOMI with LIDEAL Aomori in Owani Town," an event combining esports and garbage picking (SpoGOMI), on November 21, 2026 at Wanikome in Owani Town. Hosted by LIDEAL Aomori, it is the fifth tournament for the organizer, after events in Aomori, Tokyo, Hirakawa City, and Hachinohe City. Teams of three apply free, with a lottery if applications are many.
1d ago
Bandai will reissue its Mobile Suit Gundam ROBOT Spirits Miniature Collection gashapon in November, at 500 yen per play including tax. The lineup has four types: Gundam, Guncannon, Char's Custom Zaku, and Mass Production Type Zaku. The set is a miniature version of the ROBOT Spirits Gundam figures, resized with their packaging, and follows a release in December 2025.
1d ago
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.
1d ago
Shochiku Games will release a free PC demo for Moomin: Midsummer Madness on Steam on October 15, 2026 at 17:00 JST, with distribution ending October 27 at 2:00 JST. The demo carries the same content shown at Tokyo Game Show 2026 and covers Chapter 1, the opening of the game's six-chapter story. The full game, developed by France-based Crossbridge Game Studios, is a point-and-click adventure based on Tove Jansson's Midsummer Madness. It follows Moomintroll as a great flood sweeps Moominvalley and the family drifts to a strange theater full of costumes and scripts. Puzzles and minigames use each character's abilities, such as swimming or slipping into narrow gaps. A hint system is included. The title is set for release on November 12, 2026 on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch. Demos for the Switch versions are planned for a later date.
1d ago
The Gundam apparel line STRICT-G is adding four light jackets under its BASIC series, each embroidered with a one-point personal mark drawn from the franchise. The lineup covers Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack in navy, the Principality of Zeon emblem from Mobile Suit Gundam in khaki, Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam in black, and the MAFTY mark from Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash in charcoal. All four use lightweight stretch polyester with no lining, a hooded design, and come in sizes M, L, XL, and XXL. Each is priced at 16,500 yen including tax. Pre-orders open on the Premium Bandai STRICT-G online store at 13:00 on Thursday, October 8, 2026, with the pre-order window running to 23:00 on Thursday, October 15, 2026. General sales start at STRICT-G stores on Saturday, October 17, 2026, and shipping is scheduled for October 2026.
1d ago
Sega will release the UFO catcher prize figure FIGURIZM Alpha -Hatsune Miku- afternoon at amusement facilities nationwide starting next spring. The figure reproduces an illustration by Ikomochi, shown in her frilly outfit. Sega published the illustration and prototype images and said further details will come from the official account.
1d ago
Hololive's English account is rolling out a new project called "Shattered Legends." A September 30 teaser showed a 20-sided die crossing a map. On October 7, Mori Calliope, Nerissa Ravencroft, Shiori Novella, and Gigi Murin each posted a silhouette that appears to be a character from the project. Hololive said it will release details over the coming weeks.
1d ago
Microsoft detailed nine titles for Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass between October 8 and October 16, 2026, seven of them day-one releases. Echo Weaver and Annapurna Interactive's Forever Ago arrive October 8, Deep Dish Dungeon on October 13, alongside Valor Mortis, Bluey's Happy Snap, Chained Beasts and Beyond These Stars. Battlefield 6 joins through EA Play and Neon Abyss 2 hits its official release.
1d ago
At The Tenth Mosaic, a game culture festival held at the Institut francais du Japon in Tokyo on September 22 and 23, Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada discussed how Danganronpa's story and music shaped each other. Takada said he wrote the theme song "DANGANRONPA" in about 20 minutes after putting the title into the lyrics, and the Monokuma design arrived in roughly five minutes.
1d ago
The theatrical anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO will open on January 15, 2027, the release date announced during a special program streamed on the official Gundam YouTube channel on October 9. The film is a prequel to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM, the 2024 theatrical sequel to the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED television series, and it connects the events of the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY and the 2024 film. Shinn Asuka is the protagonist. The scenario was written during planning for SEED FREEDOM by series composition writers Chiaki Morosawa and Shigeru Morita, and director Mitsuo Fukuda. A panel at New York Comic Con 2026, which began October 8 local time, introduced the same information with special guests. The October 9 stream was scheduled for 4:45 AM Japan time so domestic viewers could watch the New York panel content at the same time.
1d ago
acosta!@Ikebukuro Sunshine City ran September 22 and 23 at Sunshine City in Tokyo, and the convention's cosplay roundup names 12 participants. Remielle from Zenless Zone Zero appears as Shiora, Serena from Pokemon XY as Mirana, and Nefer and Lauma from Genshin Impact as Endou Mame and Raku. Blue Archive and Nijisanji accounts fill most of the rest, with one VTuber entry.
1d ago
Manga Up! Global added five manga over the past two weeks, with release dates spanning September 30 to October 8. The batch includes Siketainu's magical girl comedy Magical Girl Recruiter Puicho!, the café romance Bitter Knight in My Sweet Café, Ann Siranui's VAMPXIA, the romantic comedy 100 Things the Sheltered Lady and This Commoner Want to Do, and Renjuro Kindaichi's zombie anthology We Are All D***.
1d ago
Shueisha Games will release the early access version of ATMOSFAR on October 30 in Japan, developer Apog Labs announced on October 7. The open-world survival adventure game is set on the planet Tycos, where players pilot a small airship called the Wasp between floating sky islands. It supports single-player and online co-op for up to four players. The launch build includes two sky island regions, three Wasp types, and the giant mobile base airship Cloud Cruiser. Players gather scrap to craft fuel, tools, and upgrades, and can swap Wasp parts or customize paint and decals. The Wasp comes in four types, among them a General-Purpose model that can deploy a camp and a Transport model built for heavy cargo. The game is planned for PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store, with Japanese in-game text listed on its Steam store page.
1d ago
Store pages for an iOS and Android version of Monster Hunter Rise are live overseas, and they list Netflix as the distributor. Capcom and Netflix have not announced the release. The pages say a Netflix subscription is required for both versions and list supported languages as English and Japanese, with an age rating of 13+ on iOS and 16+ on Android. The Android listing describes two changes to the 2021 action game. Challenge Quests and Event Quests, previously sold as paid or limited-time downloadable content, can be unlocked by progressing through the game. A new healing button picks the most effective item from the inventory during combat based on the hunter's health and status. The pages also describe rebuilt touch controls for phones and tablets and say the control scheme adapts to each weapon. The listings make no mention of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the expansion for Monster Hunter Rise.
1d ago
The Pokemon Company finished maintenance on Pokemon HOME on October 7 and turned on connectivity with the Nintendo Switch version of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen. Players can now move Pokemon caught in FireRed and LeafGreen into the cloud service and carry them into other Pokemon titles. The transfer runs one way, so Pokemon sent to Pokemon HOME cannot go back to FireRed and LeafGreen. Completing the Kanto Pokedex (GBA) in the smartphone version of Pokemon HOME earns a Celebi housed in a Cherish Ball with the original trainer name Mitsurin. The same update raised the Pokemon HOME Premium Plan deposit ceiling from 6,000 to 9,000 Pokemon, with the plan's fee unchanged. Pokemon HOME is free to use on Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. FireRed and LeafGreen arrived on Nintendo Switch on February 27, 2026 as a port of the 2004 Game Boy Advance remake of the original Red and Green.