RAN of MAZZEL plays Itsukushima Ioji in the live-action Wandance film, which opens November 27. Three scene photos of RAN in the role have been released, and he said he and Ioji share a dance background.
RAN of MAZZEL is cast as Itsukushima Ioji in the live-action film of Coffee's manga Wandance. Three scene photos of RAN in the role have been released ahead of the November 27 opening. The film stars JO as Kotani Kaboku, and the manga has surpassed 1.3 million copies in circulation.
RAN's own account of the role is tied to dance. He said he and Ioji share a dance background and a similar attitude toward dance. Director Kusaba Naoya said he senses no lie in RAN's passion for dance.
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LaLa's 50th anniversary campaign runs at Lawson stores nationwide from Tuesday, October 27, 2026, with original goods for Snow White with the Red Hair, Ouran High School Host Club, Vampire Knight, and Natsume's Book of Friends. Buying three eligible sweets earns one of five art sheets, limited to 20 per store. Acrylic stands, badges, nail tips, and reservation items go on sale, and Mamoru Miyano hosts an in-store broadcast.
Bandai will release the gashapon line "Touken Ranbu ONLINE Mejirushi Accessories" from the fifth week of October, priced at 300 yen per play with tax included. The set has six Sword Boys in original raincoat designs: Mikazuki Munechika, Kashuu Kiyomitsu, Kasen Kanesada, Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki, Yamambagiri Kunihiro and Hachisuka Kotetsu. Each comes with carabiner and ring parts for attaching to bags and other items. Bandai plans shipments multiple times after the initial release.
Kodansha's FAIRY TAIL is marking 20 years since its serialization began with a first collaboration with the apparel brand graniph. Ten items, including T-shirts, a hoodie, a jacquard knit, and a fleece blouson, go on sale October 27, 2026. The designs use Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Mystogan, and the Grand Magic Games, with embroidery and prints keyed to scenes and guild imagery from Hiro Mashima's manga.
Sanrio is selling commemorative prints for the top seven characters of the 2026 Sanrio Character Ranking at 7-Eleven multifunction copy machines from Saturday, October 24. The lineup has 15 items: one 2L group bromide at 400 yen, and L-size bromides and smartphone cards at 300 yen each, one per character. Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll, Pochacco, Kuromi, Hello Kitty, Pekkle, and My Melody make up the top seven.
FancyRancy's first-person lawn mowing game 18 Summers tracks a child's growth across seven summers. Each completed mowing advances three years, and the yard changes with the son: a play mat gives way to a sandbox, then a tire swing, then a fire pit and golf clubs. Hidden mementos, including a baby bottle and a pacifier, go into a scrapbook. The trailer drew about 700 upvotes on Reddit's r/IndieDev.
C4 Connect's free-to-play training RPG Houchishoujo will run a collaboration with the manga and anime There's a Hole in the Student Council! from noon on October 27 to 23:59 on November 16. Mutsu Komaro and Kotobuki Hisako arrive as limited gacha characters in fantasy costumes, while Terui Arisu is distributed free. The collab PV is out, and a TV commercial tied to the anime is set to air from October 31.
Crunchyroll will start streaming the English dub of Horror Collector on Saturday, one day after the announcement. Brandon Allan Majella voices Fushigi in episode one, with Larry Brantley as Jimmy, Rebecca Danae as Himitsu, and Patrick McAlister as Aoyama. Helena Walstrom directs the dub at Crunchyroll Studio. The anime, adapted from Midori Sato's novels, began airing on NHK on October 10, with Yuki Inaba directing at Studio Palette.
A hands-on trial of STRANGER THAN HEAVEN, the action-adventure from Like a Dragon developer RGG Studio, opened at the game's start in 1915 America, with protagonist Masao Daito fleeing police amid discrimination against Japanese Americans. Combat uses four buttons and left/right directions, parrying attacks on the side they come from and striking the enemy's weaker guard. Snoop Dogg plays Orpheus, who runs the ship carrying the characters toward Japan. The game is set for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5, and will also be on Xbox Game Pass.
JINS will release eight eyewear models based on the protagonists of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure at its stores nationwide and its online shop on October 29, 2026. Each pair costs 14,900 yen with standard clear lenses included, and every model comes with an original case and a character-specific temple tip or cel sheet. The lineup runs from Jonathan Joestar through Gyro Zeppeli, covering Parts 1 to 7. All models except Gyro carry a star-shaped birthmark ornament marking the Joestar bloodline. The Stone Mask appears as a metal part on the Jonathan frame, the Red Stone of Aja on Joseph's, and steel ball and gold tooth motifs on Gyro's. Jotaro and Jolyne take costume-derived decoration. Josuke and Giorno get frames that echo their hairstyles, including a ladybug brooch engraving on Giorno's temple. Sales are limited to two pairs per person, and the online shop opens at 10:00 a.m.
Fate/Grand Order added a new limited Servant on October 23. Tamamo Aria, a Rider-class 5-star, arrives through the Grand Proxy Battle pickup summon, which runs until November 11 at 12:59. She is an event bonus Servant for the Fate/Samurai Remnant crossover event, Reprint Edition: Eiyuukenpuuchou, which is running now. Tamamo Aria first appeared in the console game Fate/Samurai Remnant. In Fate/Grand Order she is one of the Tamamo Nine, the eight tails cut away from Tamamo no Mae. Her Rider class comes from her standing at the apex of the many humans she controls, not from riding a mount. The same update opened Grand Proxy Battle: Tamamo Aria at 18:00, a battle that only allows Extra Class Servants. A limited-time raid battle followed at 19:00. Strengthening quests for 5-star Tamamo no Mae in Lancer and Caster form, plus 4-star Tamamo Cat, were also added.
A special price edition of the Ouran High School Host Club Blu-ray BOX goes on sale December 16, 2026, marking 20 years since the 2006 broadcast. The five-disc set holds all 26 episodes and the audio commentaries with Maaya Sakamoto, director Takuya Igarashi, and writer Yoji Enokido from the 2011 BOX. Kumiko Takahashi drew new jacket art. The price is 15,400 yen.
Stranger Things and BEAMS HEART release a collaboration collection on Friday, October 23, 2026, timed to the show's 10th anniversary. The theme is "Hawkins Theater 2026 - 10-Year-Overdue Re-Screening." Items include 10th anniversary graphic T-shirts at 6,600 yen, a crewneck sweatshirt at 8,800 yen, ART T-shirts with season art, a full-zip hoodie, a cap, accessories, and can badges. Ten stores and the BEAMS online shop carry it.
Crunchyroll will stream the English dub of the Firefly Wedding television anime starting Friday, October 23. Rowan Gilvie voices Satoko and Kieran Flitton voices Shinpei, with Jason Douglas as Mitsueda and Ben Stegmair as Kotaro. Caitlin Glass directs the dub. The anime debuted October 9 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block, with Lynn and Koki Uchiyama leading the Japanese cast.
BANDAI SPIRITS will release an Ichiban Kuji lottery line for the 20th anniversary of the Ouran High School Host Club TV anime, rolling out sequentially from October 24. The A Prize figure recreates an anime opening scene on a 20th anniversary logo base, the B Prize is the First Vase that brought Haruhi into the Host Club, and lower tiers run through towels, acrylic stands, and rubber charms.
Hiroki Suzuki and Yoshihiko Aramaki, who play Mikazuki Munechika and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro in the Touken Ranbu stage plays, appear on the front and back covers of anan issue 2517, on sale October 28. The special edition marks the stage series' 10th anniversary and carries 24 color pages with all 13 swords of the Yoden performance, plus cover-style cards, senjafuda-style stickers, and a long interview with writer-director Kenichi Suemitsu.
Furyu released a playable demo of CRYMELIGHT on Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 on October 22. The demo covers the opening of the main story through the end of Chapter 1, runs 1.5 to 3 hours or more, and matches the demo already distributed on Steam. It is available only until the full release on November 5. The roguelike action game uses a poker-style build around five-card hands.
A mid-October 2026 hands-on with the latest build of Stranger Than Heaven, in development at Sega's RGG Studio, covered the opening in 1915 San Francisco through the Kokura chapter. Protagonist Shin Daito, played by Yu Shirota, flees police, stows away with Yu Mashiro (Dean Fujioka) on the ship of captain Orpheus (Snoop Dogg), and lands in Kokura. The game releases January 15, 2027 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced Wednesday that Negi Haruba's Go, Go, Loser Ranger! is on hiatus due to the creator's health. The announcement gave no return date. The manga previously went on hiatus on July 8 and came back on September 24. It entered its final arc on March 18, after a month-long break. Haruba launched the series in Weekly Shonen Magazine in February 2021; it has two anime seasons.
The PHP security team disclosed two critical vulnerabilities on October 20 and set a fix release for 23:00 JST on October 21, 2026. Both vulnerabilities are rated 9.2 under CVSS v4.0. In response, Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Granblue Fantasy, Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond, Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Heaven Burns Red, Dolphin Wave, CHUNITHM-NET, Pokemon Sleep and World Quest announced emergency maintenance or service changes. Official websites for Bushiroad, Bandai Channel, Niconico, pixiv, BOOTH, Sony Store, Sega, Square Enix, Takara Tomy, Animate, Melonbooks, BASE and BOOK☆WALKER also entered maintenance. Granblue Fantasy scheduled its maintenance from 22:00 October 21 to 07:00 October 22. Uma Musume Pretty Derby moved its start time to around 22:00. By 12:00 on October 22, pixiv, BOOTH, Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond, Princess Connect! Re:Dive, Pokemon Champions and Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space had completed maintenance. Sony Store still had no restoration time as of October 22.
Grand Theft Auto VI arrives November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Around that date, a July 2025 Cadena SER report citing economics professor Jose Garcia Montalvo is being resurfaced by outlets including International Business Times. The original cited scholar testimony and an unclear prediction of a 1 billion dollar U.S. loss on day one. Later versions attribute that figure to Montalvo and add claims of 1.5 million absent U.S. workers and a 2 percent productivity drop.
A new trailer for VANRAN, a dark fantasy action RPG from BECUZUS, ran during the ID@Xbox and IGN Showcase on October 21. The game follows Caleb, a human slave in the demon realm who wields a sealed sword and steals demon power while trying to escape. Combat uses an Active Parry and lets players climb giant bosses called Gob to strike weak points. It launches in early 2027 for PC and Xbox Series X|S, with Japanese support listed on Steam.
Evil Geniuses CEO Chris DeAppolonio announced that the organization will fully halt competitive activities and day-to-day business operations as of November 2, 2026. EG won the VALORANT Champions 2023 world title that August, but the roster that won it, including Demon1 and Ethan, transferred or left as investment and sponsors withdrew. DeAppolonio said sponsorships and top-level costs left responsible operations impossible. Players on all rosters may negotiate transfers now, and VALORANT players and coaches can sign elsewhere once the 2026 season ends on November 2.
Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club posted a memorial comment on its official X account on October 21 and put its original production Ninja Sentai Kakuranger Part 3: Middle-Aged Struggle Edition on the Toei Tokusatsu YouTube Official channel free for three days. The stream runs from 1:00 p.m. on October 21 until 11:59 p.m. on October 23. The work is an official sequel made for the 30th anniversary of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, the 18th Super Sentai series, which aired from 1994 to 1995. It streamed on TTFC in 2024 and reunites the original cast 30 years later as middle-aged versions of their roles. Hiroshi Tsuchida, who played Saizou, also called NinjaBlue, died of heart failure on October 11 at age 54, a death his agency 81 Produce announced on October 20. TTFC said it wanted as many people as possible to see his work and to give viewers a chance to remember him, and thanked the parties who consented to the stream.
A dance video posted by an elementary school student under the title 'Soran Bushi Jiyukei' has driven a TikTok trend set to TAKIO'S SOHRAN 2, the 1998 Ito Takio and TAKIO BAND arrangement of the Hokkaido folk song. ME:I posted a similar video, and the trend has since spread to Otani Emiri of =LOVE, CUTIE STREET, Nogizaka46 and SKE48. Record company VAP says posts tagged with the Soran Bushi hashtag drew about 20 million views in the 30 days to September 26.
Eyewear brand Zoff opened web pre-orders on October 21, 2026 for "Zoff | Bungo Stray Dogs," a six-model glasses collection built around the TV anime. Each frame is 12,200 yen with set lenses included, and every pair ships with an original case and a cloth printed with an anime scene. The six characters are Atsushi Nakajima, Osamu Dazai, Ranpo Edogawa, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Chuuya Nakahara and Fyodor D. Designs draw on each character's ability, hair color and costume: a tiger paw motif for Atsushi Nakajima, bandage details on the Osamu Dazai hinge, and the words "Crime and Punishment" inside the Fyodor D temples. Temple tips carry a metal plate for the character's affiliation, either the Armed Detective Agency, the Port Mafia or the Rats in the House of the Dead. Pre-orders close November 25, 2026, with shipping to start sequentially from late July 2027. Orders are online only; Zoff stores will not take reservations.
A special opening video for Episode 3 of the Kyouran Reijou Nia Liston anime has been released. The video depicts scenes from the stage play "The Woman I Loved" by the in-story theater troupe Ice Rose, and uses "Deux Livres," performed by Honoka Inoue as Nia Liston and Maaya Uchida as Sharo White. The anime airs on TOKYO MX, MBS, and BS Nippon TV, with animation production by KONAMI animation.
HIS began selling special travel plans on October 20 at 18:00 for the Nintama Rantaro hot spring collaboration with Atami Onsen and Noboribetsu Onsen. Eligible accommodation plans come with a three-item set: a hakuyunseki coaster, postcard set, and ballpoint pen. Noboribetsu tours add a pouch. The event runs at Atami from November 13, 2026, and at Noboribetsu from November 20, 2026, both until March 28, 2027.
Banpresto will release the Grandista Jagi prize figure from Fist of the North Star from October 22. The figure stands about 25 centimeters tall within Grandista, the company's large-scale line. Banpresto positions it for display alongside the Grandista Kenshiro, set for March 2026, and the Grandista Rei, set for June 2026. The figure is a crane game prize, and the announcement points readers to the product page for details.
threezero's MDLX Transformers line adds two figures modeled on the 1986 animated film's coloring, both now on preorder through Rakuten Books. Coronation Starscream stands about 20 cm with roughly 50 points of articulation and includes the crown, cloth cape, and detachable shoulder armor from the coronation scene. Hot Rod stands about 18 cm with roughly 46 points of articulation and carries a laser blaster, a blaster rifle, and eight interchangeable hands. The blasters combine into the Photon Eliminator.
Square Enix's Manga UP! Global added six manga in English over the past week, including Lily of the High Seas on October 14, Killer's Familia, The Imperial Court's Floral Stylist, I Became a Saint to Support My Idol! on October 10, The Abandoned Tamer Signs a Deal With a Devilishly Beautiful Dragon on October 12, and After Getting the Crap Skill "Poison Immunity," I Ate the Toxic Meat of a Dead SSS-Rank Monster and Awakened an OP Ability on October 16.
RIDDLE ORDER announced on October 19, 2026 that its VALORANT division will suspend activities as of that day. JoxJo and gyen leave the team as their contracts expire. The org credited JoxJo with in-game leadership and gyen with strong individual play, and thanked the players, coaches, and staff who competed since 2024, a run that included four consecutive domestic titles.
Super Tacky Astro Ranger - S.T.A.R. is the new roguelike from Sao Paulo studio Mad Mimic, shown at Brasil Game Show 2026. Business developer Graziela Palermo de Oliveira described a flashy hero, the Blorb and their stolen god, and enemies called Morg. Development began in April 2025, full production in September 2025, with a team of 16. Work is planned to finish by December 2026, with release possibly around mid-2027.
Three scene photos of RAN of MAZZEL as Itsukushima Ioji have been released from the live-action Wandance film, opening November 27. The film adapts Coffee's manga, which has surpassed 1.3 million copies in circulation, and stars JO as Kotani Kaboku. RAN said he and Ioji share a dance background and a similar attitude toward dance, and director Kusaba Naoya said he senses no lie in RAN's passion for dance.
LOUD beat Team Vitality 3-1 in the Grand Finals of VALORANT Champions Shanghai on October 18, taking the 2026 season title. The team overturned a 3-9 deficit to win the first map and closed out the series on Haven. In the post-match press conference, erde, the youngest IGL to take MVP, said the team had been angry about its own play and talked it out behind the scenes.
Aoi Sorano, a Tokushima Prefecture local VTuber, won the Grand Prize at the prefecture's Shokuiku Video Contest. She received the certificate and a supplementary prize at a ceremony on the main stage of Tokushima Shokuiku Festival 2026 on October 17, and reported the award on her own X account. The festival ran at JR Hotel Clement Tokushima and other venues, with the winning works screened there.
RTA in Japan announced on October 18 the accepted and backup games for its winter event, which will run from December 25 to 31 at Bellsalle Iidabashi First in Tokyo. The lineup spans 90 titles, from recent releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silent Hill f, Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders to older games including Doom 64, Clock Tower 2, Shadowgate and Tengai Makyou ZERO. Nintendo titles are back in number after a summer 2025 event with no Nintendo games accepted, with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess HD, Pokemon Sword and Metroid Prime Remastered on the list. The unusual categories carry the attention: Super Mario 64 gets a blindfolded 9-star run, Donkey Kong 64 gets a 0.0% low-percentage attempt, The Legend of Zelda 1 gets a swordless first quest, Resident Evil Village gets a VR mode run without glitches, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii gets a four-runner race. The detailed schedule is set for October 25.
Riot Games revealed Hush, a new Duelist for tactical shooter Valorant, on October 18 at the Grand Final of Valorant Champions Shanghai. Hush is described as a Duelist from China with long pink hair and is counted as the game's 30th agent. The agent joins the roster on October 27, local time. A trailer titled "Fall into the void!" shows the character moving quickly over short distances, curving the path of thrown grenades, and pulling enemies toward a single point. A separate short video on the official YouTube channel details her abilities: Telekinesis pulls weapons and the Spike to her from a distance and works switches from farther away than usual; Displacement and Flashbulb can be curved with the crosshair after being thrown, the first pulling enemies in its blast radius and the second blinding with a flash; Flow draws her toward a placed anchor at high speed; and the ultimate, Suspension, throws a controllable orb that makes all players in its area float when it detonates.
The smartphone RPG Cat and Dragon began a collab with the TV anime Ranma 1/2 at 14:00 on October 18, 2026. Four collab-limited UR orbs appear, split between the gacha and event and login bonuses. The gacha carries Ranma, Akane Tendo, and Shampoo, while "Returned from China" Ranma Saotome comes from the Great Recruitment! Scout Rush event and the commemorative login bonus.
Sega streamed a story trailer for STRANGER THAN HEAVEN, RGG Studio's new action adventure game, on Friday. The video covers the first act, the Kokura chapter, and shows the protagonist stowing away on the ship of the trader Orpheus to reach Japan. The game spans five eras and five cities between 1915 and 1965, from Kokura in 1915 to a fictional Kamurocho in 1965, and follows a 50-year story about people with nowhere to go. It launches on January 15, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, and will also be available through Game Pass. Yu Shirota plays the lead, with Snoop Dogg as Orpheus, Akio Otsuka as Kokura boss Heigo Yashima, Moeka Hoshi as Tae Matsumoto, and Dean Fujioka as Yu Mashiro. Snoop Dogg, Ado, Satoshi Fujihara, and Tori Kelly perform the theme song.
SCENTMATIC will run two scent-selection experiences at TGM fragrance studio, held at Takashimaya Gate Tower Mall in Nagoya from October 7 to October 20, 2026. Its AI system KAORIUM suggests fragrances from a visitor's stated preferences; Fragrance Journey suggests them from photos of travel destinations. Visitors who try either get a fragrance card and a 500-yen coupon at participating shops.
Kojima Productions announced the full contents of its 10th anniversary exhibition, BEYOND THE STRAND, which runs from October 31 to December 20 at Azabudai Hills Gallery. The show includes the first public display of the DEATH STRANDING prototype, early DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH ending proposals, a recreated red door from OD - KNOCK, and a 360-degree video installation.
Lemino will stream the Tokyo Dome performance of BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN JAPAN, held on April 18, 2026, starting November 28, 2026 at 20:00. The service will also carry behind-the-scenes footage from the same Tokyo date. Both the concert and the behind-the-scenes video are described as Lemino-only, and both fall under Lemino Premium at 1,540 yen per month.
Seiichi Yukimura, the Rikkai University Affiliated Junior High tennis captain known as the "Child of God," appears solo on the cover of the special edition of anan issue 2518, which Magazine House puts on sale Wednesday, November 4. The back cover carries Yukimura plus Renji Yanagi, Kuranosuke Shiraishi, and Kintaro Toyama in black suits. Placed beside the back cover of anan issue 2514, released October 7, the two halves form one gravure with eight characters, two each from Seishun Academy, Hyotei Academy, Rikkai University Affiliated, and Shitenhoji. Issue 2514 gave its solo cover to Keigo Atobe and its back cover to Ryoma Echizen, Syusuke Fuji, Keigo Atobe, and Yushi Oshitari. The 2518 special edition costs 1,100 yen including tax and sells at bookstores, convenience stores, and online bookstores. Inside, the issue runs gravures and messages from the four back-cover characters, plus interviews with voice actors Sachiko Nagai, Eiji Takemoto, Yoshimasa Hosoya, and Yu Sugimoto.
Kei Urana said Thursday on X that Gachiakuta will resume on November 11. Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine had said on September 8 that it would announce a return date once one was set. The magazine's last new chapter ran in the combined 36th and 37th issue that shipped on August 5, and its site has since listed the series as on hiatus for Urana's research.
Aniplex released the second character promotional video for Fate/EXTRA Record on October 15, focusing on the Masters and Servants of the enemy faction that players will fight in the Moon Holy Grail War. The video, titled RIVAL's SIDE, introduces Shinji Matou, Alice, Run Ru-kun, Julius B. Harwey, Dan Blackmore, Monji Gatou, Leonardo B. Harwey, Rani VIII, and Rin Tohsaka, along with the Servants who fight alongside them. Aniplex also announced a special hands-on event in Tokyo on November 7 and 8, where participants can play a broader portion of the game than in previous demos. Each 90-minute session invites 30 people by lottery, and attendees receive a not-for-sale clear file featuring the key visual. The game launches January 28 for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam. The standard edition is priced at 8,910 yen including tax. Pre-release promotion includes a fan kit and seven planned updates.
Rockstar Games established a dedicated studio in Los Angeles to handle NPC production for Grand Theft Auto VI, according to a Bloomberg report. While reviewing how many NPCs the game needed, the development team determined its existing production capacity could not keep pace with the writing and animation work required at that scale. Rockstar invested funds and quickly assembled a Los Angeles team of writers, producers, and directors assigned only to NPC production. The characters get separate work on body parts and clothing, and development lead Rob Nelson told IGN that NPCs have their own impulses and may attack the player. Co-development lead Phil Hooker said the engine, tools, and team built during GTA 6 will let the next project move faster, and he and fellow development lead Aaron Garbut said it will not take eight years until the next title. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Rockstar Games has started selling the Grand Theft Auto VI Collection on its Rockstar Store in Japan, according to GAME Watch. The lineup covers several dozen items: T-shirts, caps, tote bags, Zippo lighters, money clips, keychains, stickers, and a soundtrack. Designs carry the Grand Theft Auto VI logo and the Vice City logo, in blue, pink, red, and white. Prices start at 9,800 yen. All items ship from overseas and carry separate shipping fees, and GAME Watch describes them as Rockstar Store exclusive. The same day, Rockstar released the game's launch trailer, roughly 1 minute 30 seconds long, which debuts "Flower in a Hurricane" by original score composers Justice feat. Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The soundtrack is due the same day as the game, on CD, vinyl, and digital.
Touken Ranbu ONLINE added the sword warrior Asakura Toushirou to smithing after maintenance on October 13, 2026. He costs 700 of each resource and is available until 12:59 on October 27. He is a tantou of the Awataguchi school, voiced by Sho Komura with art by ZeroGo Iwamoto. A support pack and a Refinement Enhancement 2x Campaign run alongside.
N LITE, a media company and anime studio based in the U.S. and Tokyo, has appointed four industry veterans to its board of directors, including former Disney Television Animation vice president Jay Francis. The appointments come as the studio expands across feature films, TV, consumer products and publishing, led by its flagship original fantasy epic MFINDA, made with partners including GKIDS, JuVee Productions, Miniature Geant and Jaden Smith.
Sony Interactive Entertainment released Part 1 of the Gran Turismo 7 major update Spec IV on October 15, 2026 at 15:00. The update adds six cars: the Citroen 2CV 6 Charleston '86, Ferrari F355 Berlinetta '94, Honda Civic Si Group A version '87, Honda Step WGN Spada Premium Line '23, MAZDA RX-VISION GT3 EVO '26, and Xiaomi Vision Gran Turismo. Sportsland SUGO, a technical circuit in Miyagi Prefecture, joins as a new course, with a total length of 3,586 meters, a maximum elevation difference of 69.83 meters, 13 corners, and a maximum straight of 704.5 meters. The opening movie is renewed. Brand Central adds Vintage for pre-2000 cars, Car Concierge for requesting a specific model, color, and condition after the ending, and Experience for four brands: Xiaomi, Yangwang, Hyundai, and Polestar. The Collector Level cap rises from 70 to 90.