Pragmata x vaultroom Apparel Line Launches August 16
The collaboration brings Pragmata's android girl Diana and support robot Cabin into wearable merchandise, with the DIANA tee featuring a unique finish that varies per item.
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Knights of Sidonia Theatrical Film Streams Free on YouTube Until September 14
The free, authorized YouTube run gives a wider audience direct access to a 2015 theatrical adaptation that has otherwise been tied to paid streaming and home video.
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SF Magazine Runs Its First Poetry Feature With SF Tanka by 11 Poets
SF Magazine, which has published Japan's leading SF writers since 1959, is devoting its first poetry feature to SF tanka, a form Hayakawa describes as compressing a sense of wonder into 31 syllables.
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Maestro Switch Demo Now Live, Full Game Arrives September 17
The Switch version marks a major rework of the VR-originated game, with redesigned camera systems, refreshed hand animations, and new content like the Attack on Titan track, making it a distinct release rather than a straight port.
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Vertical Drama Tamago no Fukushu Launches on POPCORN
The release adds a revenge-comedy title to POPCORN, a platform GOKKO positions as a home for short-form dramas with quick, paid episodes.
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Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse Reaches Overwhelmingly Positive With 100% Approval
Maintaining a 100% positive rating past 500 reviews is rare, and the game's success follows its jam version, which also holds high ratings on itch.io.
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Comture and Krugle Sign AI Platform Partnership for Legacy Systems
The alliance marks Comture's first concrete step in shifting its growth driver from headcount and utilization to AI use and companion support, as outlined in its new medium-term plan.
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Drifting Classroom Horror Event Adds Scariest Version With New Staging
The Scariest ver. extends the run of the Drifting Classroom event with a heightened presentation aimed at deepening the immersion of entering the manga's world.
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Super Kaguya Hime! Thank-You Book to Get Free PDF Release After Comiket 108
The free PDF release responds to fan comments and concerns about the limited physical distribution, making the staff book accessible beyond the event.
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Mizuho and HA-LU Launch Second Short Drama Project Aoi no Step
The second installment extends the 36-episode youth drama project that began in April, following the first series which surpassed 9.4 million total views across social platforms.
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Samuwan Herutsu Gets a Push in Amazon Manga Weekend Festival School Special
The festival spotlight frames 'Samuwan Herutsu' as a school story that treats gag post submissions with the intensity of a battle manga, and notes the concurrent serialization of a similar radio-post-themed work suggests a lively community around the motif.
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Game Freak Shows Early Prototype Trailer for Poko A Pokemon
The video reveals that the game's core concept of a world without humans, built around the keyword positive extinction, was already set from the earliest prototype stage.
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Cable Untangling Puzzle Game 'Knode: Untangle & Connect' Announced for September 12
The announcement brings a cable-untangling physics puzzle to Steam on September 12, built around a no-time-limit structure, an AI companion, and a planned post-launch level editor.
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Aqours Join Mitacle Block Figure Line With All 9 Members
The collaboration brings the full Aqours roster into the Mitacle Block line, with unit-specific background sets that let fans recreate the worlds of CYaRon!, Guilty Kiss, and AZALEA.
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Webzen Brings TERBIS to Comiket 108 With New Art and Cosplay
This is Webzen's fifth Comiket appearance, and the event marks the first public showcase of TERBIS's revised direction after the game's July restructuring announcement.
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Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Finals Member Decisive Match Premieres September 30
This is the third installment of the U-17 World Cup series, and the decision match format shifts the conflict from international team battles to an internal clash among Japan's teammates, a structural change the sources highlight in the PV's depiction of pride and passion.
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Sweet Hamster Days Review: Live-Action Visual Novel Feels Less Interactive
The review argues that the game's live-action production approach, while novel, directly undermines the interactivity that defines the visual novel genre.
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World of Tanks 16th Anniversary Event Runs From August 12
The anniversary event pairs a month of player rewards with the year's largest update, which introduces a new tank line and five Tier XI vehicles, signaling a major content push for the PC game.
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Leviathan: Rhino Horror Game Set for September 14 Release
This marks solarsuit.games' first publishing effort for an externally developed title, expanding its catalog beyond its own games.
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Zenless Zone Zero Ver.3.1 Brings First-Generation Void Hunters Into the Main Story
The update folds the first-generation Void Hunters, previously only glimpsed in a world-building PV, directly into the main narrative, closing the Remiere arc and expanding the world-building.
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DIG Raiders: Anomaly Extraction Sets September 11 PC Launch
The game bundles several popular genre elements into a single co-op mining loop, a pitch that could stand out in the crowded Steam release slate this fall.
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PaRappa the Rapper and WIND AND SEA Mark 30 Years With Apparel Line
The collaboration marks the 30th anniversary of PaRappa the Rapper with a new illustration by creator Rodney A. Greenblat, extending the franchise into everyday fashion goods.
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Detective Marnie Big News Set for Champion RED October Issue
The announcement follows the manga's Kindle-driven resurgence and a new one-shot in the July issue, suggesting the October news could extend the revival.
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Disney+ Reveals Cast for Live-Action Webtoon Series A Man's Man
The casting announcement confirms the adaptation is moving forward with a director known for Disney+ work, signaling the platform's continued investment in webtoon-based live-action series.
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