Sanrio House Opens First Western Japan Store at LUCUA Osaka
The expansion of sanrio house into western Japan signals Sanrio's continued investment in experiential retail with photogenic spaces and limited merchandise.
Anime Anime
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Gets Seiko Collaboration Watch
The collaboration brings a high-end, everyday-wear timepiece from a major Japanese watchmaker to a classic anime series, with design details drawn directly from the show's iconography.
Anime Anime
Baby Steps Hits Lowest Steam Price at 50 Percent Off
The sale marks the cheapest entry point yet for a game that reframes walking as a physics-based challenge, from the creator of 'Getting Over It'.
Denfaminicogamer
Neighborhood Story and Sanrio Characters Collab Pop-Up Store Runs in 4 Cities
The collaboration brings together two distinct style-driven properties-Yazawa's fashion-forward manga world and Sanrio's character brand-in a merchandise event aimed at an adult fanbase.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Yandere Virus Cooperative Horror Game Demo Released, Full Version Set for August 19
The demo gives players an early look at a co-op horror game that turns infected friends into pursuers, with a proximity voice chat system that could shape how teams coordinate under pressure.
Game Spark
Takara Tomy Releases Tomica Premium Unlimited Razor Crest Model
The Razor Crest joins the Tomica Premium Unlimited lineup, offering a detailed die-cast model of a ship central to the Mandalorian story, timed with the upcoming film.
Inside
JoyPix.ai Launches AI Lip-Sync Models Motion-2.5 and Motion-2.5-Dialog
The update pushes JoyPix.ai's core lip-sync tool from a single-person model to a two-person dialogue model, expanding its use for interactive content and virtual presenter workflows.
ASCII.jp
To Love-Ru's Kentaro Yabuki Launches Charamix Project With AI Life Partner Characters
This marks Yabuki's first major foray into an AI-integrated character project, moving beyond traditional manga and anime into a behavioral-data-driven lifestyle companion service.
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Rose and Camellia ~Gorgeous Edition~ Adds Online Battle on June 22
The update brings online multiplayer to a game that previously only supported local wireless versus, expanding its replay value for players who want to duel remotely.
Automaton
Life-Size Unicorn Gundam Statue Gets Final Decoration Before August Exhibition End
The final decoration marks the end of a nearly decade-long public display of one of the most recognizable life-size Gundam statues, giving fans a last chance to see a Katoki-designed variant before the statue is removed.
Cinema Today, Denfaminicogamer
Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Blu-Ray Bonus Art Shows Tanjiro and Giyu Back-To-Back
The bonus art gives fans a new look at the dynamic between the two swordsmen ahead of the home video release for the first Infinity Castle film.
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MAPPA Launches 15th Anniversary Projects With Lineup Stream and Exhibition
The anniversary stream is the first coordinated look at MAPPA's upcoming slate since the studio became a central force in the industry with global hits like Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man.
KAI-YOU
Uma Musume Gets Extra-Large Mihono Bourbon and Rice Shower Plushies
The release expands the Dokyuuto Puchi line with two popular Uma Musume characters at a premium price point, offering collectors a larger format than standard plushies.
Denfaminicogamer
Bonginkan Releases Open Source AI Agent Research Project Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale shifts the focus from the AI model itself to the workflows behind high-performance agents, aiming to make those procedures reproducible and verifiable rather than treating them as unattainable myths.
ASCII.jp
Maruzen Junkudo and PubteX Launch RFID Project to Reform Publishing Distribution
The project represents a concrete attempt to replace experience-based inventory management with RFID-driven data across a major bookstore chain, targeting structural inefficiencies that have long plagued the Japanese publishing industry.
ASCII.jp
Dragon Quest Weapons Collection Vol.1 Opens Pre-Orders at AmiAmi
This is the first volume in a new line of 1/12 scale weapon replicas from the Dragon Quest series, offering collectors a detailed, display-ready set of iconic armaments.
Dengeki Hobby Web
Popucom Joins Nintendo Switch Online Everyone's Trial Event
The trial gives Switch Online subscribers a full week to try a multiplayer-only co-op game from the Arknights developer, with a simultaneous sale that may boost its player base.
Inside
Dokapon 3-2-1 Super Collection! Steam Release Set for June 29
The Steam release brings the early Dokapon trilogy to PC for the first time, expanding the audience for the friendship-destroying board game RPG series beyond Nintendo platforms.
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33 Immortals Launches on Steam With Nearly 8,000 Concurrent Players
The Steam launch of 33 Immortals marks the end of a year-long early access period and brings the game's MMO raid-style co-op to a wider audience, with player counts suggesting strong initial interest.
Automaton
Unopened NES Super Mario Bros. Copy Sells for $3 Million, Setting New Record
The sale breaks the previous record of $660,000 set by the same auction house in 2021, but public distrust from a 2021-2022 class-action lawsuit alleging price manipulation casts doubt on the legitimacy of the new high.
Game Spark
SAS Business Launches First Projects With Japanese Tea Contest and Station Posters
The initiative formalizes a matchmaking service between brands and V-livers, addressing a gap in how companies currently engage virtual talent for promotion.
PANORA
Ridley Scott's Gladiator Ii: The Voice of Heroes Streams on Netflix
The Netflix streaming debut makes the theatrical sequel widely accessible for the first time since its 2024 release.
Eiga Natalie
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Expansion Cost of Hope Gets Story Trailer
The trailer confirms the expansion centers on a faction war that can reshape the Zone based on player choice, with returning characters from Call of Pripyat.
4Gamer.net
ProbablyMonsters Brings Two New Games to Summer Game Fest Play Days
The two playable demos give the first concrete look at ProbablyMonsters' output since its founding, showing how the company's model of supporting multiple teams across genres translates into actual games.
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