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available for preorder at AmiAmi for 28,710 yen · 2026-08-10
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release planned for November 2027 · 2026-08-10
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manga · January 2027 · Japan · 2026-09-03
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game · undecided · Korea · 2026-08-06
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manga · August 2026 · Japan · 2026-06-18
Announced
reservations will open on September 3 at 16:00 (Premium Bandai) · 2026-09-03
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Amazon.co.jp (Japan) · 2026-08-08

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5h ago

Vertex Force's Haruka Todo Gets S.H.Figuarts Set With Graviton Engine

Bandai Spirits will open preorders on Monday, November 2, 2026 for an S.H.Figuarts set pairing Haruka Todo from the original TV anime Vertex Force with the Graviton Engine. The figure stands about 140mm; the Graviton Engine is an assembly kit that reaches roughly 230mm after building. The set costs 22,000 yen including tax, ships in March 2027, and includes three expression parts, interchangeable hands, a Graviton Hammer armed part, and a dedicated base.

12h ago

FAIRY TAIL Marks 20th Anniversary With First graniph Collaboration

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.

17h ago

NPO ReverV Maps Free Metaverse Welfare Event For November 1

NPO ReverV will hold "Metaverse Fukushikai" on the cluster metaverse platform from 13:00 on November 1, 2026, with free admission. The online event combines VTuber music performances and talks, a universal design fashion show, a welfare lecture, and exhibition booths. Its stated aim is to reach people who have never had a chance to come into contact with welfare, using entertainment as the entry point.

1d ago

Genshin Impact's First Permanent Cafe Opens January 20, 2027 in Yurakucho

HoYoverse announced on October 23, 2026 that Genshin CAFE, the first official permanent cafe for Genshin Impact, will open on January 20, 2027 on the third floor of Yurakucho Marui in Tokyo. The address given is 2-7-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku. The concept is "A detour along the journey," and the cafe aims to be a place where players can take a breather alongside memories of their adventures in Teyvat. HoYoverse plans food menus that express the game's world, limited goods sold only at the cafe, and various campaigns. A key visual and a teaser PV were released alongside the announcement. Menu and goods details will be announced in sequence on the official Genshin CAFE X account, which opened under the handle @genshincafejp. Genshin Impact is a free-to-play open-world RPG set on the continent of Teyvat, where players follow the Traveler in search of a separated sibling; as of Ver. 7.0 the seventh nation, Snezhnaya, is available.

1d ago

MECHATU-A Take the Hero Show to K Arena Yokohama for First Solo Live

The Nijisanji VTuber unit MECHATU-A held its first solo live, "Over Drive!", at K Arena Yokohama on October 10, 2026. The show opened with a hero-show framing: an opening movie, a staged explosion, and the villain KOZAKA-C interrupting the MC segment. Members performed solo and trio covers between group songs, and the first mini album "On-Deck!" had topped Billboard Japan's Top Albums Sales chart with 326,000 first-week copies.

1d ago

Momose An Marks 10th Debut Anniversary with Fan Book and Store Fairs

Frontier Works released Momose An Debut 10th Anniversary Fan Book -Dear- in print and digital on Thursday, October 22, 2026, under its Daria Comics label. The volume collects character profiles for all her manga works, newly drawn short manga, an illustration gallery, making-of material for the cover, an interview and reader Q&A. Animate and Comicomi Studio are running purchase fairs with bonus items, and Animate Ikebukuro Main Store hosts a mini museum and campaign.

1d ago

Genshin Impact Version 7.2 Lands November 4 With Mitiya and Valery

HoYoverse will release Genshin Impact Version 7.2, subtitled "When the End Descends," on November 4. The update opens Chapter VII Acts 5 and 6 of the Archon Quest, in which Ronova triggers abnormalities in each nation's Nails of Condemnation and pushes Teyvat toward the destruction of civilization. At the Tsaritsa's call, representatives of the seven nations gather in Snezhnaya, and the Traveler fights alongside each nation's gods, Neuvillette, and companions from across the map. Two new playable Electro characters join: the 5-star Mitiya, a Catalyst user voiced by Yusuke Kobayashi, and the 4-star Valery, a Sword user voiced by Makoto Furukawa. A new area in eastern Snezhnaya opens with the ore town Novokichev, Wing's Peak and Old Kichev. The linked event Global Defense: Rebellion Against Unjust Judgment lets players pick one 4-star character from a roster that includes Amber, Xiangling, Thoma, Collei, Lynette, Kachina, Aino and Alyosha. HoYoverse also announced a permanent Genshin CAFE at Yurakucho Marui in Tokyo, opening January 20, 2027.

1d ago

Stellar Blade Teases Overwatch Collaboration Under EVE Protocol Name

The official Stellar Blade account on X posted a teaser on October 23, 2026 for an EVE Protocol collaboration with Overwatch, pairing the game's plan name with Blizzard's shooter. Stellar Blade is the action adventure from SHIFT UP, the studio behind Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, and Eve is the protagonist sent to Earth under the EVE Protocol. No date or content for the crossover was given.

1d ago

Sylvanian Families Anime Lands on Seven Streaming Services With DMM TV Leading

The Sylvanian Families anime, following the rabbit Freya in Sylvanian Village, has aired on TOKYO MX since October 1 and streams on DMM TV, U-NEXT, Amazon Prime Video, d Anime Store, Hulu, FOD and TELASA. d Anime Store began a Thursday 19:35 early release on October 1, with other services following from October 6. TVer offers episode one free.

1d ago

IRyS Solo Live Archive Stream Sets Limited Run at Karaoke Manekineko E-bo Rooms

Koshidaka, which runs Karaoke Manekineko, will stream an archive of IRyS's first solo live, "HOPE ||: Beyond the Stars," in E-bo-equipped rooms nationwide from November 9 to November 30, 2026. The price is 2,000 yen per person, plus a room fee and a one-drink charge. Reservations go through a special site. All who reserve get digital wallpapers, and reservations are entered into a lottery for signed posters.

1d ago

System Service Prize Figures Head To The 85th Prize Fair

System Service showed new prize figures at the 85th Prize Fair, an industry-only preview held in Tokyo on August 25, 2026. The lineup covers Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star, Super Ultimate Cutest Angel-chan, Ame-chan and Kache from NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE, and Haruhi and others from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in swimsuits. The items are set for release between January and March 2027.

1d ago

Bushiroad's PalVerse Adds Attack on Titan With Six Palm-Sized Figures

Bushiroad Creative's trading figure brand PalVerse is adding Attack on Titan The Final Season. Six characters make the lineup: Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert, Jean Kirstein, Levi Ackerman, and Hange Zoe. The figures are about 90mm tall and made of PVC, sold in closed packaging at 1,100 yen per pack. A six-piece BOX at 6,600 yen contains all six types if left unopened. Sales start October 23, 2026 at anime goods and hobby shops, mass retailers, and major online shops nationwide.

1d ago

OMEGAMES STUDIO Announces Co-Op Dream Heist Game DreamDivers

Chinese indie studio OMEGAMES STUDIO announced DreamDivers on October 23, 2026, a co-op adventure for up to four players. Players are Dream Divers employed by the dream network company Suomeng, diving into other people's dreams to recover buried memories. Dreams hold strange places and puzzles, with footholds that cannot be crossed alone and mechanisms that need multiple players. Nightmares roam and attack, and players have no means of attack, relying on the environment to escape. The release date is undecided.

1d ago

Tokyo Otaku Mode Opens Pre-Orders for Third hololive Meet Merchandise Round

Tokyo Otaku Mode opened pre-orders on Friday for the third round of original merchandise tied to the 2026 hololive Meet ambassadors. The goods use the second key visual from September, showing Wamame Tsunomaki, Airani Iofifteen, Gigi Murin, and Chihaya Rindo in resort-style outfits on a ship at night. The lineup includes 2way acrylic stands, 57mm hologram can badges, B2 wall hangings, 60cm desk mats in two designs, tumblers, and acrylic die-cut magnets.

1d ago

Toyota, Nissan, Honda Revive TECH DRIVERS With Four AI Sessions In FY2026

TECH PLAY-X will again support planning and operation of TECH DRIVERS in FY2026, the engineer talk series hosted by Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. Four sessions are planned under the theme of AI. In the first three, one automaker and a guest company from another industry take the stage; the fourth is a joint Toyota, Nissan, and Honda session on AI development in mobility. The FY2025 edition ran seven sessions, mainly online.

1d ago

HoYoverse Sets Petit Planet Release Preview Stream for November 1

HoYoverse will stream a release preview program for Petit Planet on November 1 at 20:00 on its official YouTube channel and X account. The company announced the broadcast on October 23. Petit Planet is a slow-life game in which players become a Hoshimibito and grow a star by reshaping its terrain and arranging areas, with farming, fishing, furniture crafting, and interaction with neighbors and friends who arrive from the sea of stars. Development team members and special guests will appear on the stream to unpack what the program calls the "first page" of life on the star, with game content plus upcoming events and campaigns. A follow-and-repost campaign runs from October 23 until the broadcast starts at 20:00 on November 1, with twenty winners drawn from those who follow the official X account and repost the designated post, each receiving a 3,000 yen Amazon gift card. Petit Planet is planned for release in winter 2026 on PC, iOS, and Android, and pre-registration is open.

1d ago

METAL ROBOT Spirits Infinite Justice Gundam Preorders Open November 2

BANDAI SPIRITS will open preorders at general retail stores on November 2, 2026, for the METAL ROBOT Spirits <SIDE MS> Infinite Justice Gundam (SEED FREEDOM ZERO Ver.), the version of Athrun Zala's mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO. The figure is about 140mm tall, priced at 19,800 yen with tax, and scheduled for release in January 2027. It has a newly sculpted head and includes the new Hayato no Tate shield.

1d ago

Silver Pines Walks a Weary Detective Through a Stalled Town

Silver Pines is a side-scrolling horror game about private detective Red Walker, who wakes in a deserted diner as an evacuation order repeats on the radio and a record-breaking storm approaches. His client Jackman wants him to find missing musician Eddie Velvet, last seen at the Crimson Bear Motel. Walker's movements are rotoscoped from live action, and the game pairs survival horror combat with Metroidvania exploration, with a Polaroid camera used to map locked doors and out-of-reach supplies.

2d ago

Kuma Werke Opens Steam Page for Incremental Game Keep It Smiling

Kuma Werke has published the Steam store page for Keep It Smiling, an incremental game about feeding a giant mouth. Players dig up cookie- and avocado-shaped food to find new ingredients, which then produce automatically. Digging the same ingredient raises production speed and value, and stars collected while digging buy upgrades. A Gummy Duck Lab lets players make gelatin ducks for the mouth. A release date is not given.

2d ago

Marvel's Wolverine Leads U.S. September Sales, Sony's Best Launch Since Helldivers 2

Circana's September 2026 U.S. sales report puts Marvel's Wolverine, the Insomniac Games action-adventure published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, in first place. According to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, the PS5 title posted the highest first-month dollar sales for a Sony-published game since Helldivers 2, which launched in February 2024 on PS5 and PC. Despite launching in mid-September, Marvel's Wolverine took the monthly top spot. PS5 dollar sales rose 43 percent year on year and unit sales 22 percent, giving PlayStation its highest monthly hardware sales share since May 2025. Xbox Series X|S fell 27 percent and Switch 2 fell 14 percent. Ampere data cited in the report has Marvel's Wolverine at about 2.16 million copies globally in September, second among PS5 titles behind EA Sports FC 27. The top 10 included Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Ace Combat 8. Recent Sony releases such as Astro Bot, Stellar Blade and Ghost of Yotei had smaller first months.

2d ago

NTE Ver.1.5 Preview Stream Set for October 28

Perfect World Games said on October 22 that the Ver.1.5 "Redial #To the Imaginary You" preview program for NTE: Neverness to Everness will stream from October 28 at 20:30 JST. Program details are not announced. The thumbnail shows the protagonist Appraiser with two characters not yet in the game, Yelm (voiced by Amamiya Sora) and Exe (voiced by Matsuoka Yoshitsugu).

2d ago

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Developers Explain the Move to AGE 1000

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 will release in 2027. In a joint interview published on October 22 alongside a hands-on demo event, the development team explained why the game is set in the future era AGE 1000. Producer Masayuki Hirano said the team felt it had done all it could with the experience of entering the original Dragon Ball world and fighting there. With Xenoverse 2 having passed 10 million units, the team wanted to show a world no one had seen. Hirano said the direction was decided after consulting Akira Toriyama and the companies involved. The game keeps training and fighting alongside existing characters. Combat situations expand beyond one-on-one to one-versus-many, many-versus-many, and battles with special rules. The protagonist belongs to a team called the GS (Great Saiyaman) Squad. Co-op is built around four-player missions, and the retail version includes fights against large bosses.

2d ago

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Hands-On Details 4-Player PvE And Soul Change

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, the third numbered entry in the series, is scheduled for release in 2027 on PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. A hands-on session covered one online mode: four-player PvE quests, part of a multiplayer suite that supports up to eight players and also includes 4-vs-4 PvP and 1-vs-1 PvP. The single-player story is set in AGE 1000, 200 years after the era depicted in Dragon Ball, and is said to have roughly 25 hours of playtime, about twice the volume of the previous game. There are 130 characters, and mentor-student relationships return. The new Soul Change system lets a player adopt a character's soul and battle style, while Soul Assist summons a character for support. Four avatar races were selectable: Earthling, Saiyan, Namekian, and Frieza Clan. Three quests were played: a 50-enemy gauntlet, a defense quest against the Ginyu Force, and a traversal quest ending in a fight with Jiren and Toppo.

2d ago

Bandai Spirits Opens Ouran High School Host Club 20th Anniversary Ichiban Kuji

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.

2d ago

Kotobukiya Opens Preorders for Frame Arms Girl Durga I Darkness Queen Figure

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.

2d ago

Stupid Never Dies Opens at Mostly Positive on Steam, Metascore 66

GPTRACK50's action RPG Stupid Never Dies launched on October 22 for PC and PS5. Steam reviews sit at 78 percent positive from 60 reviews, a Mostly Positive rating, while Metacritic shows 66 for both PS5 and PC. Players praise the colorful visuals, the cast including protagonist Davey, the humor, and the Style Eat and Body Hack combat; complaints focus on the missing lock-on and repetitive material gathering.

2d ago

LOVE CACAO's Blossom Bunny Wedding Ver. Gets Pink-Cat Figure in April 2027

Pink-Cat is releasing a 1/6-scale figure of LOVE CACAO's "Blossom Bunny Wedding Ver." in April 2027. Sculpted by Kanasaka and painted by Graham Mask, it stands about 29cm and copies the blonde bunny girl's blushing expression, proportions and soft body lines. An interchangeable body is included, and the price is 32,800 yen with shipping separate. The figure ships with an online purchase bonus postcard of the original illustration.

2d ago

Arc System Works Releases Demons Night Fever for PS5, Switch, and Steam

Arc System Works released the simulation RPG Demons Night Fever on October 22, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. The game costs 4,950 yen including tax for both packaged and download versions, and it supports one player offline. Developer Drecom and publisher Arc System Works call the genre a training RTA simulation RPG built on the concept of enjoying evil. Battles center on the Servant Overwork System, where players blow up their own minions with Kill Skills and Sacrifices to clear enemies. At the hideout, five actions (Evil Deeds, Plunder, Recruitment, Treasure Hunting, and Vice Sublimation) earn Vice Points, but every action advances a turn. The story follows the evil god Gigasugoideath, who turns into a baby, and Kyoshiro Jaryuin, a young man who hates the world. Each chapter boss defeated changes the scenario, switching to situations such as becoming a monster to beat a sentai hero or a witch to beat magical girls.

2d ago

Serial Lover Adds Japanese Support With 20 Percent Launch Sale

Sugar Slip released a Japanese localization update for Serial Lover on October 22, 2026. The game is a dark comedy visual novel fused with a rhythm game, in which the protagonist wakes in an unfamiliar mansion with no memory and must win the hearts of six serial killers or be killed by them. Sugar Slip is a Toronto indie studio founded in 2019 by solo creator Slip, and Serial Lover is its debut title. The full version launched on Steam and itch.io on January 16, 2026. The price is 1,200 yen including tax, and a 20 percent discount brings it to 960 yen until October 29. Automaton reports the game has 167 Steam user reviews, 91 percent positive, for a Very Positive rating. The update also adds Simplified Chinese and Korean, localized by KURONO STUDIOS, with final LQA by Active Gaming Media.

3d ago

Stupid Never Dies Launches Today for PS5 and Steam

GPTRACK50 released its new action RPG Stupid Never Dies today, October 22, for PS5 and Steam. The protagonist is Davy, a zombie with a one-sided crush who falls for Julia, a woman he finds frozen in a shopping mall freezer. To revive her he must defeat KOM, King Of Monsters, at the bottom of a dungeon. Davy steals enemy abilities through Style Eat and learns 11 styles.

3d ago

Bethesda-Approved Fallout 4 Mod FEVer Dreams Adds 1,100 New Lines

Bethesda has released the officially approved Fallout 4 mod FEVer Dreams, made by Kinggath Creations. It is set in the restarted military research base Camp Jefferson. Players begin with no weapons, poisoned and hallucinating from an FEV strain, and must gather gear, solve puzzles and fight through a secret facility to find a cure. Courtenay Taylor and Brian T. Delaney return, each with over 1,100 new lines.

3d ago

Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 Second Half Opens With Blade Rerun

Honkai: Star Rail version 4.6 second half began on October 21 with the event warp "I Am the Blade," which raises the appearance rate of the limited 5-star character Blade (Fire / Nihility), voiced by Shinichiro Miki. The companion Light Cone warp "Recollected Memories" features "New Body Burned in Purgatory (Nihility)." The "Pearl from Beyond the Sea" warp for Pearl (Ice / Elation), voiced by Kiyono Anno, continues. Both run until November 10.

3d ago

Racing Miku 2026 Tool Pouch and Mini Cutting Mat Open for Preorder

Puramokoujouiinkai opened Amazon.co.jp preorders on October 20, 2026 for two Racing Miku 2026 Ver. hobby tools: a high-capacity tool pouch at 2,750 yen and a 10cm by 10cm mini cutting mat. Both carry Kuroboshi Kouhaku's Racing Miku 2026 artwork. The pouch uses PU leather with embroidered Miku logos and a clear back pocket; the mat prints grid cutting lines on its reverse. Release is scheduled for November 30, 2026.

3d ago

Toei Streams Kakuranger 30th Anniversary Sequel Free After Hiroshi Tsuchida's Death

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.

3d ago

Delicious in Dungeon Red Dragon Hoodie Kuji Opens October 27 on Kujibikido

KADOKAWA will run a Red Dragon Hoodie themed online kuji for Delicious in Dungeon on the Kujibikido service from 12:00 on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Newly drawn mini-character art of Laios, Marcille, Chilchuck, Senshi, and Izutsumi appears across five prize tiers: a choose-your-design die-cut cushion, two T-shirts, acrylic stand figures, acrylic keychains, and tin badges.

3d ago

Genshin Impact Ver.7.2 Preview Stream Set for October 23 With Noi Tease

HoYoverse will stream the preview program for Genshin Impact Version 7.2, subtitled "When the End Comes," from 21:00 on October 23. The broadcast runs on the official Genshin YouTube channel and official X account. Yusuke Kobayashi (voice of Mitiya), Ayumu Murase (voice of Venti), and Gen Sato (voice of Alyosha) are listed as the cast for the program. The thumbnail image for the stream shows Anastasia alongside Mitiya, Vesna, and Noi. Noi is voiced by Shinichiro Miki and was named as one of the new characters at the opening of Snezhnaya. Other new characters have since appeared in the game, but Noi has yet to be addressed in the story. The illustration set the keyword "Noi-san" to No. 1 on X. HoYoverse announced the program on October 21, 2026. Inside also renders the subtitle as "When Descending to the End."

3d ago

NTE Adds Akaneru Rin as Playable Guitar Attacker in Ver.1.4 Second Half

Hotta Studio's free-to-play open-world RPG NTE: Neverness to Everness added Akaneru Rin as a playable character on October 21, 2026, in the second half of the Ver.1.4 update. Rin is voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa and is available on a limited banner running until November 11 at 6:59. She works at the live house Star Sign and fights as a Hetero-ability main attacker whose weapon is an electric guitar. Her normal attack Strum Break builds a resource called String Sound to a cap of 30, and her By-Rail skill Rhythm Wave sets either a single-target marker (Harmonize) or a multi-target zone (Live Area) lasting 25 seconds each. At full String Sound she fires the enhanced skill Overdrive, which makes her invincible during the strike. Her EX Rail finisher Sound Blast opens a 20-second Solo Part state and switches the background music to a dedicated track, which can be turned off in settings. Outside combat she can play the guitar anywhere in the world.

3d ago

REA Reverse Engineering Tool Passes 300,000 GitHub Stars

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), a reverse engineering support tool released on GitHub by developer morluto, went from 41 GitHub stars on October 2 to more than 300,000 on October 17, and reached 347,802 by October 21. It gives AI agents analysis capabilities through the MCP standard and works on PC executables, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET programs, and websites. It is free to use under the MIT license.

4d ago

Pandora Hearts Manga Gets Third Stage Musical for 2027

Jun Mochizuki's Pandora Hearts manga is getting a third stage musical, PandoraHearts Retrace III -Reverse corte-. It will run at Theater H in Tokyo from September 17 to 26, 2027, then at Sankei Hall Breeze in Osaka from October 2 to 3, 2027. Akira Yamazaki returns to direct and write the script, Harumi Fuuki composes, and Kazan Yokoyama returns as Oz Vessalius.

4d ago

Overgeared Finds Its Hook in a Hero Who Keeps Losing

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.

4d ago

Persona Anime Pop-Up Store Brings CloverWorks Art to Kyoto and Shibuya

A Persona Series The Animation POP UP STORE will run at Aniplex Official Store in Kyoto IP Bookstore from October 30 to November 11, and at SHIBUYA TSUTAYA IP Bookstore from December 1 to January 4, 2027. The store covers the theatrical film Persona 3 and the TV anime Persona 4, Persona 4 The Golden, and Persona 5, with goods built on CloverWorks original illustrations of six characters.

4d ago

Pazumao Launches On Steam With Mana Block Puzzles And Demon Lord Candidates

Serial Games released Pazumao ~Puzzle and Magical Overlord~ for PC on October 20, 2026, priced at 1,900 yen with a 15% discount to 1,615 yen through October 30. The falling-block puzzle game is set in a fantasy world where demons settle disputes through a puzzle called Magicalve, and Demon Lord candidates from tribes such as beastfolk and vampires compete for the throne.

4d ago

Universal Cool Japan 2027 Adds Detective Conan World With Three Attractions

USJ LLC announced that "Detective Conan World" will run at Universal Studios Japan from February 10 to June 30, 2027, as part of Universal Cool Japan 2027. The lineup is a real escape game at Stage 18, a story ride at Hollywood Dream The Ride, and a live restaurant that moves to the Peacock Theater and renews its content. Restaurant tickets run 7,000 to 8,400 yen for adults and 2,600 to 3,200 yen for children, with park admission separate.

4d ago

Nijisanji Opens Y4T4 Half Anniversary Goods Sales on Oct 21

ANYCOLOR will start selling Y4T4 Half Anniversary goods at the Nijisanji Official Store on October 21, 2026 at 19:00. The eight-member team Rei7, Otora, Mikogami Kotone, Tsukahara Daichi, Chisato Ayumu, Kuri Eita, Kokonami Iruka, and Reyon appears across 11 product types, from 350-yen random collection cards to a 4,800-yen T-shirt. Per-person purchase caps apply to every item.

4d ago

Sega and GPTRACK50's Stupid Never Dies Ships a Year After Its Game Awards Reveal

Sega and GPTRACK50 will release the action RPG Stupid Never Dies on October 22, about one year after it was announced at The Game Awards. Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Eiichiro Sasaki told Automaton the short marketing window was deliberate, and that the team ran on veterans who keep delivery dates and costs in view.

4d ago

Verdant Requiem Brings A Full SRPG Campaign From A Single Developer

4Gamer.net takes an early look at Verdant Requiem, an indie simulation RPG made by developer Med.y.m. The game is a war-chronicle set among three powers: the iron-producing Iphria empire, the salt-holding Holy Nation of Ordia, and the Centria league between them. Players control Leonis, stepson of Centria lord Gordon, drawn into a conflict sparked by stolen salt. Battles run on square maps with a weapon triangle, combat skills, flanking follow-ups, and Ready or Defend standby options, plus supply management across salt, ore, and food.

4d ago

Never Be Alone Demo Arrives on Steam Ahead of December 8 Early Access

Beast Studios has released a PC demo on Steam for Never Be Alone, its open-world zombie survival game set ten years after an outbreak. The demo runs until the full release. Players explore three islands with more than 30 story missions, fight 11 types of infected, and may also face the military, bandits, and marauders depending on their choices. Online co-op supports as many players as the host PC can handle. Early access starts December 8.

4d ago

Bandai Spirits Reissues MG Gundam Astray Noir and Two Eldora Kits

Premium Bandai opens preorders at 11:00 on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 for three reissued Gunpla. The MG 1/100 Gundam Astray Noir from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY ASTRAY-B is 5,940 yen and ships in January 2027. The HGBD:R 1/144 Eldora Windam and Eldora Dotress from Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE are 2,310 yen each, with the Windam shipping in March 2027. All three are made by BANDAI SPIRITS.

4d ago

Steam Page Opens for We Had a Plan's Messy-Room Cleaning Game

The Steam store page is live for She's Coming Over & My Place is a Dump!, a first-person cleaning simulation from We Had a Plan, a small indie team based in Turkey. The game starts with a room full of piled dishes, scattered clothes, and dust, and tasks the player with tidying it before the woman the protagonist invited over arrives. It supports Japanese and is scheduled for release in Q4 2026, with pricing undecided.

4d ago

FW GUNDAM CONVERGE #31 Adds Gundam ZERO, Kimaris Vidar, and Two Revival Survey Picks

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.