Kenji Kamiyama is directing and writing series composition for Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, his first Gundam work, which shares a world with the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT. Both projects target 2027.
Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO is Kenji Kamiyama's first Gundam project. He directs and handles series composition for the anime. Kamiyama said the anime and the game GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT share one world, with the game set 100 years later. The game team proposed the enemy concept, and the anime team built the war structure. He kept the tricolor robot and human war as essential Gundam elements. Both projects target 2027.
Coverage of the series so far is limited to Kamiyama's statements. No studio, broadcast window, or cast has been confirmed in the provided stories. The shared-world setup and the 100-year gap between anime and game are the only concrete details established.
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The sequel to ABEMA's crime drama Metropolitan Police Department Narcotics Division MOGURA will stream all six episodes free from 21:00 on Wednesday, December 23. Rapper Hannya returns as lead, playing former police officer and rapper Shokichi Izanagi. RAPSTAR 2025 winner Pxrge Trxxxper joins as co-lead Legion, a young rapper drawn into crime, in his acting debut.
Director Kenji Kamiyama says Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO is a 50th anniversary project built to launch an anime and a video game together in one shared universe, under the name RG Project. In the interview he describes the difficulty of writing anime, which starts from building a universe, and a game, which starts from gameplay, then making both sit inside the same setting.
Kotobukiya's Frame Arms Girl Durga I Darkness Queen Ver. is being made into a painted finished scale figure, listed at a reference price of 22,000 yen including tax and sold on Rakuten Books at 19,600 yen. The figure uses a magnet on the right hip and a removable peg on the left, so the waist armor can come off. Preorders are open. The product photos show a prototype.
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.
Mos Burger will sell its Niccolino plush capsule toys at 204 Mos Burger locations from Friday, October 30, 2026, in a blind-box store sales BOX at 500 yen (tax included). The six types include a Mos Burger, Onipote, Mos Chicken, a Drink Cup, the Lil Mos corporate character, and one secret type the announcement does not name.
Microsoft has announced the eight titles joining Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass between October 21 and November 3, 2026. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade leads, arriving October 29. Also on launch day are the light-MMO action RPG Scramble Knights Online (Game Preview) on October 26 and the horror parkour game Terrible Lizards on October 29. Both launch titles support Ultimate and PC Game Pass on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and cloud.
Panic Stations has announced Crack Surgeons, a co-op surgery game for up to four players. Players shrink to microscopic size and enter the bodies of patients abandoned by modern medicine. Inside, they face infections, internal parasites and an immune system that dislikes intruders, along with spurting blood, exploding cysts and flying chunks of flesh. Tools include laser guns and sewing-machine guns. The Steam store page is live, and the release date is undecided.
The first four episodes of Overgeared lean on comedy rather than power fantasy, built around Grid, a shameless narcissist who leeches off his family and plays the MMO Satisfy hoping to get rich. Grid lands a legendary blacksmithing class early, then dies and drops his level into the negatives. Community scores for the four episodes run from 3.0 to 4.0.
RGG Studio posted a memorial statement on its official X account after the death of voice actor and actor Hiroshi Tsuchida, who played Stardust owner Kazuki in the Like a Dragon series. The studio offered condolences and prayers for his soul. Tsuchida's roles also included Igazu in ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON, Grisha Yeager in Attack on Titan, and NinjaBlue in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. In Like a Dragon 8, Kazuki appeared in the Ending Note content.
Bandai Candy Division opens reservations for the 10-piece FW GUNDAM CONVERGE #31 set on Premium Bandai at 13:00 on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, priced at 7,150 yen with shipping scheduled for April 2027. The seven-figure lineup includes two Gundam ZERO versions from Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO (Alex Zero), Gundam Kimaris Vidar from Iron-Blooded Orphans, Messar F01 Type from Hathaway's Flash, the returning Messar F02 Type from #29, and Hyaku Shiki plus Wing Gundam Zero EW as the 15th Anniversary Revival Survey selections.
Bandai Spirits' HG 1/144 Gundam ZERO, the plastic model of the title machine from the latest Gundam work Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, ranks first in an Amazon Hobby category new-arrivals chart compiled by Dengeki Hobby Web. Tamiya's Magnum Saber and Sonic Saber place third and follow in the ten-item list, while Hot Wheels' Car Culture Deutschland Design series and the Yotsuba&! Original Art Calendar 2027 hold their places from the prior week.
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.
Publisher Mystic Forge announced on October 16 that Australia Did It, from Rami Ismail and Aesthetician Labs, will launch on November 10, which is November 11 in Japan due to time zone differences. The PC game on Steam combines turn-based tower defense at stations with bullet-hell auto-battle while the train moves. A demo is available.
MERGE 2026, a conference on AI-driven development and design co-hosted by GustoDevelopment and PROTOCORE, was held on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Sakura Internet's Tokyo Nishi-Shinjuku office and online. More than 300 engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and business developers attended. Five sessions featured 24 speakers, and the AI-driven hackathon AI Designathon 2026, themed AI Native UX 2026, held final presentations and awards across three categories. A larger 2027 edition is planned.
Premium Bandai began taking pre-orders for RG Star GaoGaiGar at 12:00 on October 16. The space-spec GaoGaiGar from The King of Braves GaoGaiGar transforms and combines with Stealth Gao II. The RG kit uses newly sculpted parts for Stealth Gao II, reproducing the Ultec Engine and the Phantom Ring at both wingtips, and includes a Wall Ring, new hand parts, and a Gatling Driver with rotational and axis movement at the tip.
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend, selling 375,000 tickets and earning 562,647,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. The live-action Resident Evil reboot opened at #2 with 356,000 tickets and 626,567,150 yen in three days. The fifth Girls und Panzer das Finale film opened at #5 with 267,301,400 yen.
A new-costume Homura Akemi figure from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising is joining the BUZZmod. action figure line. Preorders are open at Aniplex Online and other retailers. The 1/12 scale figure stands about 135mm, includes five expression parts, hand parts, a crossed-leg part, and a stand, and is scheduled for release in July 2027 at 12,000 yen.
CANTEEN's party series attic will host "Live from Margins: Tokyo" on Saturday, November 7 at Shibuya WWW X, a joint event with London's Eastern Margins and Berlin's Live From Earth. Billionhappy and MCR-T come from overseas. PAS TASTA, lilbesh ramko, kegøn, and Yurushitenyan represent Japan. Entry is 20 and over with photo ID required.
ANBERNIC is showing a dual-screen handheld called the RG DDS. The top display is about 4.7 inches at 1200x720, the bottom about 4 inches at 960x720, both at 300ppi and 500 nits, for a total pixel count reported as three times the Nintendo 3DS. It runs Qualcomm's Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 with a 6000mAh battery, and does not support glasses-free stereoscopic 3D.
GRYPHLINE released the Steam version of Arknights: Endfield on October 15, 2026, alongside the new version Danqing Du. The Steam release supports cross-platform account data linking, so players on the GRYPHLINK launcher can carry existing progress over instead of starting fresh. To celebrate more than 300,000 Steam wishlist registrations, in-game items including a Special Commemorative Frame and Originate Tickets are being distributed, with the Asia server serial code redeemable until 00:59 on November 26. Danqing Du adds the new map Su's Painting and the cold-attribute 6-star support operator Su, whose scout Wanxiang Yixin runs until 11:59 AM server time on November 5, 2026. The 6-star vanguard Minghuo follows on November 5 at noon server time. The version also adds the 6-star greatsword Yuzhong Shen and one-handed sword Wenyue to the Arsenal Exchange, plus equipment plan saving and other quality-of-life changes.
Bandai Candy Division scheduled FW GUNDAM CONVERGE #30 for October 19, 2026 at 693 yen tax included, sold in candy sections of mass retailers nationwide. The six-unit set includes ZZ Gundam, Gundam Bael, Gundam Mk-II (AEUG Spec), Cherudim Gundam, and the two units picked by the FW GUNDAM CONVERGE 15th Anniversary Reprint Survey: nu Gundam and Gundam Deathscythe Hell EW, both in 15th Revive Ver.
PROTOCORE and GustoDevelopment held MERGE 2026, a conference on AI-driven development and design, on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Sakura Internet's Nishi-Shinjuku office in Tokyo and online. More than 300 engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and business developers attended. The program ran five sessions on design, agent-driven development, 0 to 1 business building, UI/UX in 2050, and AI new-business launch, plus finals and awards for the AI Designathon 2026 hackathon.
Google opened general availability of its Gemini 4 Argon AI model on October 13, 2026. The model, announced on September 30, 2026, had been limited to a small set of users including trusted cybersecurity personnel before this release. It is now available to Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers through the Gemini app and AI Mode in Google Search, and an API is offered to developers. Google says the model is built for multi-step coding and research and for work in finance, law, cybersecurity, and science, with the ability to read large volumes of documents and code. The third-party organization Artificial Analysis scored Gemini 4 Argon 53 on its Intelligence Index v4.3.2, a value on par with Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra. ASCII.jp notes that strong benchmark scores do not guarantee the model can do real work.
In its 11th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from #2 to #4, earning 178,447,600 yen. Its cumulative total is 17,169,165,400 yen on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film dropped from #3 to #5 in weekend three with 117,562,850 yen, reaching 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively.
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.
Norsfell announced Aftergods at the Triple-i Initiative Showcase. The top-down survival-lite ARPG is set in a handcrafted mythological open world where Norse, Greek, and Egyptian mythologies coexist, and players take the role of a Godborn who survived Ragnarok. They gather followers, build temples, forge equipment, and fight giant monsters, solo or in co-op. It is announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with wishlists open.
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.
ASUS JAPAN will release the ROG CRONOX ARGB full-tower PC case on October 9, 2026, priced at 105,980 yen. The case has a curved tempered glass panel with aluminum trim for a panoramic view, and an angle-adjustable 9.2-inch IPS LCD with 1920x462 resolution and 60Hz support that can display system information or an always-on clock. It ships with four ROG Eurux GR120 ARGB fans and supports up to 14 fans total, with a rotating side bracket that aims airflow at the GPU. The case is available in black and white. ASUS also announced the ROG Eurux GR120 ARGB 120mm fan series, which uses a 30mm-thick frame, LCP blades, a 0.6mm blade gap, and a CNC-machined brass bearing housing. The daisy-chain connector lets fans link directly to each other to cut cabling. The fan comes in standard and reverse-blade types, single and 3-pack, at 6,480 yen and 19,980 yen.
Mistral announced Mistral Large 4, nicknamed Le Chonk, on October 6, 2026. The model has 1.05 trillion total parameters and 49 billion active parameters in a Mixture-of-Experts setup. It handles text and images, supports a 1-million-token context window and over 160 languages, and is available through the Mistral API, with open weights planned for the end of October, according to Mistral.
Delfin Japan has signed an official import agreement with Acoustic Energy and began bringing the British speaker brand into Japan on August 1, 2026. The launch opens with two 40th anniversary models, the AE1 40th Anniversary Edition and the AE2 40th Anniversary Edition, with a wider range from entry class to high-end large floorstanding speakers to follow.
Hypergryph and GRYPHLINE detailed the Arknights: Endfield update Tansei Watari. Two operators join: Xai, a Support/Cold unit who amplifies damage and creates an attack-target duplicate called Ink Soul, and Minho, a Vanguard/Electric unit who charges on a mount named Nuri. The update adds a new area, Xai's Painting, plus the inn-management event Mortal Bonds and the combat event Hundred Delights Martial Exercise.
SuperGroupies is taking pre-orders on three Nintama Rantaro collaboration items built around Rikichi Yamada and Hansuke Doi. Rikichi gets a green mountain parka at 24,200 yen, its sleeves folding back to reveal a shogi bishop piece and a deer doll, plus a blue-lined 2-way tote bag at 20,900 yen. Doi's black tote bag is 23,100 yen. Orders run through Animate channels until December.
Premium Bandai is taking preorders for a batch of Gunpla kits scheduled to ship in December 2026. The roundup spans Real Grade reprints including the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam Deactive Mode and the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam Deactive Mode, effect unit reprints for Strike Freedom and Destiny, the High Grade Leon, Gundam Griepe and Gundam Aerial Permet Score Six, and the SD BB Senshi Tenrei Gundamu Reprint Kirako Ver. Prices start at 1,870 yen.
Bandai Spirits' Hobby Division brought six new Gunpla kits to the 64th All Japan Model & Hobby Show, held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 2 to October 4, 2026, with October 2 as an industry invitation day. The lineup shown publicly for the first time includes the MGEX 1/100 Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam, the RG 1/144 Ground Type Gundam, the HG 1/144 Hamm-Hamm, the MGSD Double O Raiser, the HG 1/144 Gundam Lfrith Jiu Two, and the HG 1/144 Ryusei-go (Graze Kai San). The two HG kits opened reservations on Premium Bandai from 12:00 on October 2.
Good Smile Company opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for a Nendoroid of Godzilla's second form from the 2016 film Shin Godzilla, listed as "Shin Godzilla Nendoroid Godzilla (2016) 2nd Form." The painted, posable, non-scale figure measures about 160mm and ships with a dedicated stand. Sculpting is credited to Nendoron. The jaw opens and closes, and the figure can be posed standing, with a bodily fluid effect among the optional parts. Amazon.co.jp lists the figure at 7,110 yen including tax, with a scheduled release date of February 28, 2027. Dengeki Hobby Web noted the article's contents reflect the page as of October 5, 2026, and warned that stock and prices may shift. The Godzilla design carries Toho's trademark and copyright notice.
TBS announced that Alim Qasimov, a national singer of Azerbaijan's mugham tradition, and his daughter Fargana Qasimova recorded vocals for a new VIVANT theme. Akira Senju, the drama's music director in Season 1, composed "Qarabag Sikestesi in VIVANT." The production team encountered mugham while shooting in Azerbaijan. A vinyl release, "'VIVANT' THE VINYL," is set for December 2.
The October 2026 Gunpla Journal rounds up Bandai's upcoming kit schedule, led by the MGSD 00 Raiser at 6,050 yen, the MGEX 1/100 Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam at 26,400 yen, the HG 1/144 Hamma Hamma at 4,400 yen, and the RG 1/144 Ground Type Gundam at 4,620 yen. All four are scheduled for 2027 releases.
Cause-of-death deduction games are multiplying, with free titles arriving in steady supply. The genre traces to Return of the Obra Dinn (2003) and later The Case of the Golden Idol and The Rise of the Golden Idol, while Type Help's text-input deduction format pushed a new wave. Recent free releases include Death Game Report, Welcome to the Guild Quest Team!, The Gary Residence Incident, The Innkeeper's Register of the Demon King's Castle Front Shop, UNKNOWN PASSENGER 47 and Unsorted Records.
Anime Feminist's write-up of Overgeared episode 1 follows Nagamine Takumi, a young adult chasing wealth and fame through the VR game Satisfy, where player skill turns into real-world celebrity status. The review calls the premiere tonally uneven, with forced comedy and quiet moments that do not land, and says Takumi's backstory of bullying is not conveyed well enough to earn sympathy.
Jason Jones, a Bungie co-founder, established the studio Stone Kite with author Margaret Stohl on October 2. Stone Kite's first project, One Zero One, is live as a four-volume graphic novel on the studio's website, with volume 1 free to read. It follows a conflict between humans and AI-equipped robots and draws on Jones's novel An Oral History of Humanity's Final Invention.
Arganoid Industries will release Reality Drift on November 12 for PC via Steam, with a Japanese release appearing on November 11 in-store depending on time zone. The roguelike racer sends players through 26 delivery missions, races 99 opponents who also collect upgrades, and uses a card deck drawn between areas. Some course designs are handled by Keita Takahashi.
ABEMA announced on September 25 that it will run a free nonstop marathon of Kabutoborg VxV starting September 26 at 24:00. All 52 episodes air over three days on Family Anime Channel 3, split into two blocks of 26. The full series stays free to watch for one week after the broadcast.
Take Charge of My Heart, the live-action Korean adaptation of the web novel of the same name, released its main trailer on September 28 ahead of an October 9 premiere. Young-kwang Kim plays third-generation chaebol executive Ho-rang Baek, whose artificial heart battery is running out, and Su-bin Chae plays Bo-bae Na, a drama writer who generates electricity after a childhood lightning strike.
Crunchyroll will stream a same-day English dub for Tempal: Item no Chikara, the television anime of REDICE STUDIO's Overgeared webtoon. Ricco Fajardo voices Grid, with Alexis Tipton as Irene, Morgan Laure as Yura, and Bradley Gareth as Doran among the leads. The Japanese broadcast starts October 2 on Tokyo MX and BS11, directed by Ayako Kono at J.C. Staff with EGG FIRM producing.
The Star Detective Precure! movie opened at #3 in Japan, selling 358,000 tickets and earning 446 million yen in its first three days, then 606,000 tickets and 746 million yen through September 23. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu stayed at #1 in its ninth weekend, and Cosmic Princess Kaguya! returned at #6.
Animation is Film announced on Tuesday that it will screen Masanao Kawajiri's Cherry and Virgin and Shingo Natsume and Madhouse's ghost - end of night in competition at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood on October 16-19. The festival also plans a special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Cherry and Virgin opens in 2027; ghost - end of night opens in Japan on February 11, 2027.
Wit Studio president George Wada said Attack on Titan was the only project the studio considered for its first anime. Speaking with Anime News Network at Anime Expo 2026, Wada said he chose Hajime Isayama's manga because it fit director Tetsuro Araki and because the studio's own situation matched the story. "It was the only one," he said when asked whether other options were discussed. Wada said the series helped Japanese anime reach audiences worldwide and showed what Japanese animation could do. He also noted the studio grew from six people to more than 300. Wada said Wit Studio is preparing The One Piece for release in February 2027, and he described some fear and anxiety about the adaptation alongside greater excitement. He also mentioned Tokyo Anime Next, an international animation event in Ikebukuro from October 30 to November 2, 2026.
Bandai Namco Filmworks will host GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI at Makuhari Messe from January 9 to 11, 2027. The company confirmed stage details and opened the second ticket lottery, which runs from October 2 to October 12, 2026. Adults pay 5,000 yen and children 3,000 yen. DAY1's headline stage covers the RG Project, the Gundam series' new cross-media initiative. It will reveal the latest information on the action game Gundam Rogue Orbit, which releases March 5, 2027. Kenji Kamiyama, director of the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, and voice actor Takuya Otsuka, who plays protagonist Azumi Rei, will appear. The anime begins airing in April 2027. DAY2 hosts the finale of the Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project, with Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa, and Wataru Takagi on stage. The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO stage is also planned. A giant Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam balloon will appear in the venue.
Bethesda president Jill Braff told Obsidian Entertainment employees that the studio's move under Bethesda Softworks is mainly a change in reporting structure. The Xbox division reorganization Microsoft announced on September 22, 2026 places Obsidian under Bethesda's purview. Braff said in the email that Obsidian's creativity and strengths remain at the core of the studio and its works, that current management including CEO Feargus Urquhart continues to lead the studio, and that the Fallout series stays with Bethesda Game Studios. According to the email text published by IGN, Braff also said there are no plans to rework current development plans or ask teams to change the work they are doing. Obsidian is working on a new Fallout project with Bethesda Game Studios, and Braff said more details will be shared in the coming months. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier reported in July that Josh Sawyer, a director on Fallout: New Vegas, is expected to lead the project.
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon on September 30, 2026, the first model in its Gemini 4 series. Google published benchmarks showing Argon leading on knowledge work, long-context processing, and business automation. On the Vals Index, Argon scored 68.9% against GPT-6 Astra's 63.1% and Claude Opus 5.5's 67.0%. On GraphWalks in the 256,000 to 1 million token range, Argon scored 84.2% against Astra's 71.8% and Opus 5.5's 66.8%. On AutomationBench, Argon scored 51.3% against Opus 5.5's 42.5% and Astra's 41.4%. Google did not release Argon to the public. It is being provided through the Fairwind Program to vetted cyber defense organizations and thousands of Google employees. Google plans to expand access in stages to paid API customers, Google AI Ultra users, developers, enterprises, and general users. Introductory pricing is $2 per 1 million input tokens and $10 per 1 million output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 after the introductory period.