other 1 sources · Sep 17
Mozilla's stated reason for picking an open-weight, Apache-licensed European model is multilingual performance, which ties browser AI defaults to language coverage rather than raw model scale.
GIGAZINE
games 1 sources · Sep 17
Sega is using Tokyo Game Show to put the 2027 Total War entry in front of a Japanese audience, pairing the trailer with a September 19 stage that adds full Japanese voice acting to a series that has not carried it before.
4Gamer.net
vtuber 2 sources · Sep 17
The lineup puts six hololive talents on a high-priced embroidered garment sold through a licensed-apparel brand's own store, which extends hololive merchandise beyond its usual channels and into traditional Japanese outerwear.
hololive production (EN)
games 5 sources · Sep 17
Shueisha Games is spending an extra year on performance capture for a game whose whole hook is that four personalities share one body, so the delay is tied to the exact feature the premise depends on.
4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, and 1 more
games 2 sources · Sep 17
LicoBiTs is building its catalog around period-flavored romance leads, and MiraMisu adds a 1917 resort-island premise with a five-man hero roster to a brand whose previous titles sit in the same women's-game lane.
Anime Anime
vtuber 3 sources · Sep 17
Entergram is treating supervision as involvement from the planning stage onward, letting the performer shape the setting and story rather than signing off on a finished product, which the company says is now its standard approach to VTuber-led titles.
4Gamer.net, Inside, Game Spark
figures 1 sources · Sep 17
A scale figure for a Bluebird character confirms Design Coco is building out the Ikizulive! cast in hobby form, with pre-orders routed through its own COCO Store.
Dengeki Hobby Web
figures 2 sources · Sep 17
The figure puts Yuji Sakai's name on the packaging of a mass-retail Ultraman monster release, which is the anniversary line cashing in its most bankable sculpting credit.
Dengeki Hobby Web
figures 1 sources · Sep 17
Three designs sold in both adult and kids sizes, a sizing decision that lets the same shirt be bought across a family rather than as a single collector piece, which is how STRICT-G apparel usually sells.
Dengeki Hobby Web
figures 1 sources · Sep 17
A straight re-release of a March 2026 capsule line, with Bandai telling buyers more shipments follow, which reads as an assessment that the first run did not cover demand rather than as a new product launch.
Dengeki Hobby Web
games 1 sources · Sep 17
Level-5 has now put a published position on the record, promising revised PVs and a stated policy against direct AI use in footage and game content, at a moment when the concept art for Yo-kai Watch 2: Hadou is still what viewers are judging.
Denfaminicogamer
games 1 sources · Sep 17
The demo trades the August 1 Battle Trial Version's combat-only slice for the actual game loop, putting card-based builds, confessions that raise stats, and route branching in front of players before the November 5 release.
Automaton
games 2 sources · Sep 17
Shueisha Games is trading a 2026 slot for extra production time on a four-soul dialogue game whose whole hook is vocal and facial nuance, and it is spending the delay year showing the build at Tokyo Game Show rather than going quiet.
Denfaminicogamer
other 1 sources · Sep 17
The Premium line keeps expanding alongside the TV run, and splitting the installment across two dates lets TELASA stretch one shoot into a month of subscriber viewing.
ASCII.jp
games 1 sources · Sep 17
Proto Man's return is the first for the character in a series entry since Mega Man 10, and the hands-on build shows Capcom giving that return its own combat identity rather than reusing Mega Man's all-rounder kit.
GAME Watch (Impress)
games 1 sources · Sep 17
Tassei Denki is rebuilding the internals of its gun controller to remove the latency that the first-generation unit showed during monitor recognition, and the LITE and PRO prototypes are the form that fix takes.
GAME Watch (Impress)
anime 1 sources · Sep 17
Two years after the first picture book's April 2020 release, the adaptation is adding cast in small batches ahead of its October 2 premiere, which suggests Kadokawa is holding material back for the final stretch of promotion.
Anime News Network
anime 1 sources · Sep 17
A same-day Japan and U.S. opening for a sequel to a 2002 cult film that only reached English audiences on home video last October signals Deaf Crocodile and Cartuna are treating the theatrical run as the primary release rather than a festival stop ahead of one.
Anime News Network
games 3 sources · Sep 17
PARCO GAMES, a retail company's game label that began publishing in 2025, is porting its most decorated title to console while its PC version is still under three months old, and the extra content will reach both platforms.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark
games 4 sources · Sep 17
The spec sheet does not move, only the screen and controls do, which sets the 258,800 yen price against the 89,800 yen the first ROG Xbox Ally carried at launch and leaves the pitch to Xbox Mode and battery behavior rather than raw performance.
GAME Watch (Impress), ASCII.jp, Game Spark
games 5 sources · Sep 17
The game uses a production committee, a funding model common in film and anime but rare in games, which puts the project's backing in the hands of multiple investors rather than a single studio.
4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer, and 1 more
figures 1 sources · Sep 17
A no-lose kuji puts Sanrio's core cast in black punk costumes with chains and studs, aimed at the Halloween 2026 window and sold through convenience stores rather than specialty shops.
Inside
industry 1 sources · Sep 17
Level-5 is keeping AI in its pipeline while pulling it out of the images fans actually see, which is the compromise a publisher reaches when the efficiency gain is real but the audience resistance is louder.
ASCII.jp
games 8 sources · Sep 17
The announcement confirms a project first teased in July 2025 with NADA HOLDINGS and pairs the original writer and character designer with a director known for Final Fantasy XV, which tells you which part of the 2012 game Dragami wants back.
Anime News Network, GAME Watch (Impress), 4Gamer.net, and 4 more