Bandai Opens Invitation-Only Orders for Metal Structure Gundam Mk-II
figures 1 sources · Sep 18

Bandai Opens Invitation-Only Orders for Metal Structure Gundam Mk-II

Kaitai Shoki is Bandai Spirits' top-tier completed robot figure line, and the Mk-II is the latest Universal Century machine in a range that treats each release as a high-price, application-only purchase rather than a general retail item.

Dengeki Hobby Web
BABYWOODROSE And Sonsi Set Two-Man Live At Shibuya WWW X
music 1 sources · Sep 18

BABYWOODROSE And Sonsi Set Two-Man Live At Shibuya WWW X

The pairing puts two of the series' newest headliners on the same bill, BABYWOODROSE after four albums in under a year and Sonsi after a sold-out first solo live at Spotify O-EAST in July.

KAI-YOU
HORI Puts 3.2Nm Direct Drive Racing Wheel On Sale In November
games 1 sources · Sep 18

HORI Puts 3.2Nm Direct Drive Racing Wheel On Sale In November

HORI has built a direct drive wheel around compactness and a 3.2Nm ceiling rather than the 10Nm class, which points the format at players who attach and store a wheel instead of leaving one mounted to a cockpit.

GAME Watch (Impress)
Hololive Reveals Asobi Mawari-tai Unit With Four Members
vtuber 1 sources · Sep 18

Hololive Reveals Asobi Mawari-tai Unit With Four Members

A four-member generation with a shared play-first premise and staged two-night debuts is Hololive's first addition to its Japan lineup since FLOW GLOW in November 2024, so the rollout's timing and structure are the parts worth tracking.

Denfaminicogamer
ACGWORLDS Opens Corporate Manga Service at 100,000 Yen for 1-12 Pages
industry 1 sources · Sep 18

ACGWORLDS Opens Corporate Manga Service at 100,000 Yen for 1-12 Pages

The pricing and turnaround are aimed at Japanese companies that want brochure, recruiting or ad content in manga form but have found outsourced manga hard to quote and slow to draft, a gap ACGWORLDS is now selling against with a fixed page band and a published base rate.

ASCII.jp
Hikaru Arata Sets First Solo Live at MO ( ) TOKYO
music 1 sources · Sep 18

Hikaru Arata Sets First Solo Live at MO ( ) TOKYO

The billing puts Arata's restored solo project on a stage he shares with DJs and an ikebana artist rather than a band show, which is the shape the organizers say they want MO ( ) TOKYO to keep.

ASCII.jp
Edia Announces Psikyo Memories Shooter Collection For 2027
games 1 sources · Sep 18

Edia Announces Psikyo Memories Shooter Collection For 2027

Edia is pitching a Psikyo compilation at a show booth with a 2027 date and two named titles, while the broader Psikyo Shooting Collection it announced for PlayStation 5 in 2020 remains unreleased.

Anime News Network
VIVANT QR Code Yields Extended Trailer and Fan Speculation
other 2 sources · Sep 18

VIVANT QR Code Yields Extended Trailer and Fan Speculation

A QR code on an outdoor ad is carrying footage TBS has not put in its official previews, which gives fans the material they are using to argue that Shinshi's real target is Adiel or Jamin rather than the tent.

Magmix
DMM Games To End ANGELICA ASTER Service On October 19
games 1 sources · Sep 18

DMM Games To End ANGELICA ASTER Service On October 19

DMM is closing a title it marketed as its pinnacle full-scale 3D bishoujo battle game roughly two years after launch, and the operation team's stated reason is that it could not keep providing sufficient service rather than any single external factor.

Automaton
The First Descendant Adds Ultimate Hailey In September Update
games 1 sources · Sep 18

The First Descendant Adds Ultimate Hailey In September Update

The update shifts the game's endgame farming toward a randomized dungeon built for Ultimate Hailey while opening Exceed weapon trading up to a Web-synced market, two changes that touch progression and the player economy at once.

4Gamer.net
Cycaltrust Patents AI System That Verifies Provenance Before Payment
other 1 sources · Sep 18

Cycaltrust Patents AI System That Verifies Provenance Before Payment

The patent targets the gap agentic commerce leaves open: an AI that pays on surface-level condition matching still has no proof of where a product came from, and the filing stakes out that verification step rather than the payment itself.

ASCII.jp