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Independent developer NoiceKit announced on June 2, 2026, that its horror adventure game 'Hakuei University Building 0' will release for PC via Steam on June 18. Priced at 1,200 yen, the game will be available for 960 yen during a launch week sale. The story-driven title puts players in the role of a paranormal club member exploring the campus of Hakuei University and nearby haunted spots. Players take photographs and record traces of supernatural events using a smartphone, gather testimony from university staff, and write articles to piece together the truth behind the old school building known as 'Building 0.' The game is a first-person ruins exploration horror ADV themed around 'school × ghosts.' In certain areas, an unknown entity pursues the player, forcing quick decisions to flee or hide. NoiceKit describes the narrative as a refined single-route experience intended to leave an impression similar to watching a single film.
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The upcoming Cyborg 009: Nemesis anime has cast Tomokazu Sugita as Cyborg 004/Albert Heinrich, a cyborg enhanced with weapons including a machine gun and electromagnetic knife. The series follows nine cyborgs rebelling against the Black Ghost organization. It streams this summer.
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The Japan Audio Society announced VTuber AZKi and voice actress/singer Kiyono Yasuno as ambassadors for OTOTEN2026, a three-day audio event at Tokyo International Forum from June 19 to 21, 2026. The pair will promote the event via a special website, a YouTube live stream on May 30, and a talk show on June 21. On-site features include a Special Listening Booth, a participatory audio trivia event, and an AZKi acrylic panel giveaway.
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The Pokemon Company announced on June 1 that a new expansion pack, '30th CELEBRATION,' will launch worldwide on September 16 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The set includes special cards with a new rarity called 'FUR,' featuring Mew ex and Mewtwo ex. The company also opened a dedicated anniversary website. Further details about the card lineup are expected later. The announcement was made via the official Pokemon Twitter account and covered by multiple Japanese gaming outlets.
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ShoPro announced on June 1 that the 1996-1998 anime Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! will be streamed for free on its rebranded YouTube channel, two episodes per week. Episodes 1 and 2 go up June 6 and remain available until June 20. The release marks the anime's 30th anniversary, with an exhibition and event planned for July and August.
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ASUS announced the ROG Xbox Ally X20, a special 20th-anniversary model of its portable gaming PC, on June 1 at Computex 2026. The device upgrades the standard model's 7-inch LCD to a 7.4-inch OLED panel supporting VESA DisplayHDR 1000 and Dolby Vision, with peak brightness of 1400 nits. It adopts TMR (Tunneling Magnetoresistance) joysticks from GuliKit to reduce drift and features a deformable D-pad that switches between 4-direction and 8-direction input by rotating it 90 degrees. The chassis is translucent black, revealing gold internal components and a limited-edition badge. The SoC remains the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme with 24GB of memory and 1TB of storage. The device will not be sold individually; it comes as a bundle that includes the ROG XREAL R1 Edition 20 AR glasses, which project a virtual 171-inch display. The price and release date have not been announced. ASUS previously avoided OLED in the Ally series due to power consumption concerns but adopted it after finding a suitable panel.
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Capcom opened the special site for the CAPCOM GAMES COMPETITION 2027 on June 1, a student game development competition using the company's in-house RE ENGINE. The competition provides a cloud-based development environment, technical support from Capcom developers, and a six-month production period. The grand prize is 5 million yen, with total prizes exceeding 10 million yen. Entry runs from September 14 to November 30, 2026.
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The weekend box office rankings for May 29-31, 2026, show 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu' retaining the top spot with 243,000 admissions and 425 million yen. Three new entries debuted in the top 10: Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'The Sheep in the Box' at No. 5, the final 'Mononoke' film at No. 6, and 'TOKYO BURST - Crime City -' at No. 8.
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The next-generation rapper audition project RAPSTAR 2026 has been announced with a winner's prize of 10 million yen, the highest in the program's history. Applications open June 1 through June 12. The finals will be held December 29 as part of the STARZ 2026 event. Beat makers for the audition videos include Chaki Zulu, D3adStock, and others.
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The game business conference GAME FUTURE SUMMIT 2026 will be held on June 3 at Bellesalle Shibuya Garden with 37 stages, over 70 speakers, and an expected attendance of more than 1,500. In its third year, co-organizer Game8 has stepped back, leaving MOTTO as the sole organizer. MOTTO CEO Motoi Sato said the change was made to strengthen the event's neutrality and keep it as an industry community event.
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40mP's new song 'Dreamers Beat' has been added to the rhythm game Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku as of May 29, 2026. The song is performed by Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, and four human characters. A 2DMV has also been released on the official YouTube channel.
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The Computer Entertainment Association (CESA) opened registration for the Computer Entertainment Developers Conference 2026 (CEDEC2026) on June 1. The conference will run from July 22 to July 24 as a hybrid event, with the physical venue at Pacifico Yokohama North and online access via the official website. Approximately 200 sessions covering game development topics, including hit title postmortems and efficiency techniques, will be presented by domestic and international engineers. Six attendance passes are available: Regular, Daily, Expo, Expo & Sponsor, Online, and PERACON. Early bird discounts apply until June 30. The Developers' Night networking party on the second evening will sell 500 tickets on-site for 6,000 yen, now accepting cashless payments. The CEDEC Lightning short-session project, introduced in 2025, returns with up to 30 sessions across all three days, held on-site only. For the first time, official merchandise-T-shirts and towels in white, black, and orange-is available exclusively through the online shop, with orange as the 2026 theme color. T-shirts cost 4,000 yen (XS-XL) or 4,500 yen (XXL-XXXL), and towels cost 2,500 yen.
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Too announced the Game Development Draft Conference 2026, a web job-hunting event for students and young creators aiming to work in game development. Applicants submit original 3DCG portfolios, and nine companies including Bandai Namco Studio and CyberConnect2 review them. The application deadline is July 31, 2026.
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Seismic Squirrel released Aether & Iron for PC via Steam. The decopunk RPG is set in a floating 1930s New York where anti-gravity aether technology lets cars and roads hover. Players control courier Jia, who must transport a researcher targeted by assassins. The game uses turn-based vehicle battles on a grid and a Talent Check dice system. It currently lacks Japanese support but plans to add it in 2026. The Steam version holds a Very Positive rating from 390 reviews.
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The YouTube program "LAST CALL," hosted by ROLAND and Yuji Mizoguchi and surpassing 10 billion cumulative views, will hold a large-scale real event called LASTCALL COLLECTION 2026 on June 28, 2026 at TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO. Tickets go on sale May 31 at 21:00. The event will feature program recordings, a runway, and interaction booths with the LASTCALL Queen.
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Matrix's escape game The 60-Second Syndrome, where players must escape a room within 60 seconds per loop, won the Sponsor Award and Popular Selection Award at BitSummit PUNCH. The demo features a time loop mechanic where knowledge persists across deaths, and the developer Matrix is a five-person team using Unreal Engine.
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d Anime Store began a limited-time unlimited streaming of 'KAMITSUBAKI WARS 2026 Kamitsubaki Yokohama Decisive Battle IN Pia Arena MM' on June 1, 2026. The two-day live event from February-March 2026 featured virtual artist group V.W.P on Day 1 and virtual singer KAF on Day 2. The streaming runs through August 31, 2026.
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Studio Trigger has announced a staff talk event for the anime "New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT," titled "Never Say Never Ending Storytelling <3D Uncut Version>." The event will take place on November 2, 2025, at Mixalive TOKYO (Theater Mixa). It will be split into two parts: a daytime session (doors open 12:00, show 13:00-15:30) and an evening session (doors open 17:00, show 18:00-20:30), each with different content. Scheduled speakers include director Hiroyuki Imaishi, series composer and assistant director Hiromi Wakabayashi, character designer and art director Shigeto Koyama, and character designer and chief animation director Masaru Sakamoto. Additional guests are still being negotiated. The event will cover behind-the-scenes stories, design processes, and unreleased materials from the series, focusing on aspects not previously discussed in streams. Ticket price is 4,400 yen (tax included, fees separate). A lottery application period runs from October 6 to October 12, with results announced on October 14. General sales begin October 18 if tickets remain. Each ticket is limited to one per person, and attendees must follow COVID-19 safety protocols including temperature checks and mask-wearing.
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A review from Japan Powered examines the first season of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, finding that despite its harem rom-com trappings, the series delivers character development and a protagonist who avoids the usual blank-slate trope. The reviewer notes that the show satirizes character tropes while giving each girlfriend a backstory that adds depth, though some jokes wear thin by the end.
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Game Spark has published a review of *007 First Light*, the new James Bond game developed by IO Interactive, the studio behind the *Hitman* series. The review, based on a playthrough to story completion, describes the game as a near-ideal "playable movie" adaptation of the Bond franchise. It follows a young James Bond before he earns his 00 status, making the story accessible even to newcomers unfamiliar with the film series. The gameplay blends stealth elements reminiscent of *Hitman* with action set pieces including gunfights, hand-to-hand combat, car chases, and explosions. Gadgets such as a hacking watch, a missile-firing pen, and a shockwave camera are available. The review notes that while the stealth sections carry *Hitman*-like DNA, the overall design is more cinematic and guided than a pure sandbox. Players expecting the freeform experimentation of *Hitman* may find the experience somewhat constrained. The game is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is planned for summer 2026.
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A fictional VTuber named Jaded_Ember became the focus of an April 2 episode of NBC's 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' titled 'Vivid.' The episode, directed by Norberto Barba and written by Roxanne Paredes and Nicholas Evangelista, features the character confessing during a livestream that she was sexually assaulted. Two fans vandalize her ex-boyfriend's car in response, leading the SVU team, led by Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), to investigate. The person behind the VTuber, April, is portrayed by Canadian actress Sarah Desjardins. The episode was first noticed by VTuber Ice mage Sol, who posted about it on X/Twitter. VTuber NewsDrop reported that the series commissioned actual VTuber artists for the model: Somie handled the character design, and Shatra created the Live2D model, with a three-day deadline. Some VTubers, including Sol and Kendra Bratton, expressed disappointment that the VTuber aspect was only used as an introductory plot device, with the rest of the episode focusing on trauma and memory. NBC did not comment on the episode's production.
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The organizers of Boys Love Tokyo 2026, a two-day BL event at Sunshine City in Ikebukuro on June 27-28, 2026, have announced the third wave of commemorative goods. The new lineup centers on "replica original art" prints: high-definition reproductions of newly drawn illustrations from participating artists, each including a replica of the creator's signature. A total of 38 prints will be available. The announcement also covers purchase bonuses and entry gifts. Shoppers who spend at least 5,000 yen on event goods will receive a random pack of three "pashakore" cards (40 types total). Every attendee will get a branded shopping bag featuring the event's official mascot character. The event is produced by Animate, Chuo Shoten, and Movic, and features over 40 artists contributing to exhibitions, autograph sessions, talk shows, and a cafe area. The full exhibition layout is expected to be revealed soon.
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The stage adaptation LIVE STAGE "Bocchi the Rock!" 2026 RE:boot is currently being performed at THEATER MILANO-Za in Shinjuku through February 23, 2026. The production consists of two types of performances: a stage play and a separate live event concert. This "reboot" version reworks the story from the two previous stage productions into a single streamlined narrative, with new scenes added. The cast performs the band's music live on stage, including full-length songs from Kessoku Band and SICK HACK. Live streaming and delay streaming are available for select performances, with ticket prices starting at 690 yen for a limited introductory ticket. A Blu-ray and DVD release is scheduled for August 26, 2026. The cast includes Mamoru Morino as Hitori Gotoh, Miki Ootake as Nijika Ijichi, Karin Osanai as Ryo Yamada, and Mii Omori as Ikuyo Kita. The script and direction are by Akira Yamazaki.
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Manga artist Uoto, known for "Chi: On the Movements of the Earth," and director Kenji Iwaisawa, acclaimed for "On-Gaku," have teamed up for a theatrical adaptation of Uoto's debut manga "Hyakuemu" (also known as "100 Meters"). The film, released in September 2025 to coincide with the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, follows the stories of 100-meter sprinters, exploring their obsessive dedication to a sport where years of preparation can be undone in fractions of a second. Iwaisawa, who had been a fan of Uoto's work before being approached by producer Yusuke Terada in July 2021, adapted the five-volume manga into a 100-minute film. The production was notable for its unconventional approach: Iwaisawa turned his personal company Rock'n Roll Mountain into a full animation studio after failing to find a traditional pipeline that fit his methods. The film blends rotoscoping, 3D models, and freehand animation, and features a celebrated 3-minute 40-second uninterrupted tracking shot of pre-race preparations that took a year to animate. Character designer Keisuke Kojima played a central role in the production.
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On May 29, Spotify published a data retrospective titled "Thank You, Arashi: Looking Back at the Journey with Fans Through Spotify Data" ahead of Arashi's final concert on May 31 at Tokyo Dome, which marks the end of their activities. The article highlights the group's streaming milestones, including their new song "Five"-their first release in five and a half years-which hit No. 1 on the Daily Top Songs Japan chart and set a domestic all-time record for first-day streams. Following Arashi's 2025 announcement of their activity end, total streams of their catalog grew more than 50% year-over-year, reaching an all-time high, and continued to exceed 50% growth through March 2026. Spotify noted that nearly half of Arashi's domestic listeners are under 35, while the fastest-growing demographic is listeners aged 55 and older, up nearly 30% year-over-year. The number of first-time Arashi listeners on Spotify in 2025 hit a record high, nearly 400% higher than in 2022, and user-created playlists featuring Arashi songs now exceed 4.5 million. Spotify described Arashi as "truly an artist representing Japan" whose music continues to have an impact beyond their active period.
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Studio Trigger announced on September 10 that it will sell exclusive merchandise at the "New PANTY & STOCKING FES" event, scheduled to take place at Zepp Shinjuku (Tokyo) and ZEROTOKYO. The event is described as the largest talk and music event ever held for the "New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT" project. Trigger's limited-edition set, called the "New Panty & Stocking FES Limited TRIGGER SET," will be sold at the venue for 12,000 yen (tax included). The set features newly drawn illustrations by Aoi Abe, who handled the event's key visual and served as animation director on the series. The set includes an event-exclusive holographic shopping bag, a Daten City doll, a T-shirt (Trigger version, available in sizes M, L, and XL), an acrylic figure (clear black finish), a sticker set (four designs featuring Panty, Stocking, Brief, and CENSORED), and a glitter pin badge set (two designs featuring Panty and Stocking). The goods will be placed in a Trigger-exclusive shopping bag. Purchase details are to be announced at a later date.
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The upcoming summer film for Kamen Rider Zetts will bring together every member of the secret defense organization CODE for the first time. The film, Kamen Rider Zetts & Cho Uchu Keiji Gavan Infinity W Hero Summer Movie 2026, opens in theaters nationwide on July 24. It is a double feature with the Gavan Infinity film. The newly released scene photos show the full CODE lineup facing the antagonist Kudo Shuma, also known as Kamen Rider Musou, played by Soshina Shunta of M!LK. Musou can manipulate the waking dream world. The CODE agents include Manzu Baku as Kamen Rider Zetts (Imai Ryutaro), Nox as Kamen Rider Nox (Furukawa Yuki), Zieg as Kamen Rider Dawn (Amano Hiroshige), Zero (Kawahira Jiei), The Lady (Mimura Rie), Three (Tamaki Hiroki), Five (Koyanagi Shin), and Six (Hirakawa Yuzuki). The Gavan Infinity side of the double feature will see four Gavan characters from different dimensions gather and perform a simultaneous "steaming" transformation. Guest actors for the Zetts portion include Soshina, and for the Gavan portion, the comedy duo Jarujaru's Goto Junpei and Fukutoku Shusuke, along with Takahashi Tsutomu, appear.
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The 155th edition of 4Gamer's Weekly Steam Square column, published on May 30, 2026, rounds up notable Steam releases and announcements from the past week. The lead item is IO Interactive's spy action-adventure "007 First Light," a new James Bond game set 13 years after the last one, which sold over 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours after release on May 27. The column also covers the sandbox life simulation "Paralives," the city builder "Town to City," the mining sandbox "Starminer," the roguelite action game "Realm of Ink," the car repair simulation "Cheap Car Repair," Yacht Club Games' action-adventure "Mina the Hollower," the monster-collecting RPG "LumenTale: Memories of Trey," and the novel adventure "Schrödinger's Call." Additional related articles in the same cluster note a limited-edition gold DualSense controller for "007 First Light" available on Amazon Japan for 12,480 yen, and announcements for "Planet Zoo 2" (October 13 release), "Fable" (delayed to February 2027), and a "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" expansion titled "Songs of the Past" (2027).
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ASCII has named KTU (Katsuaki Kato), a DIY PC technical writer and benchmark comedian, as its on-site correspondent for Computex Taipei 2026, running June 2-5. KTU will post real-time coverage on X from Taiwan, with ASCII also planning a large number of detailed on-site articles.
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Bandai Spirits released the first installment of Ichiban Kuji commemorating Pokemon's 30th anniversary on May 30. The lottery features items themed around the starter Pokemon from the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions, with a 50 cm Pikachu plush as the last prize. Each play costs 750 yen.
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Bandai Spirits will release the HG 1/144 Messer M01 Type (GauMan Unit) on May 30, 2026. The kit is based on the mass-produced mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash - Kirke's Witch. It includes new mold parts, a gray left shoulder for GauMan's unit, and a stress-free skirt structure. Armaments include beam sabers, a long beam rifle, spike shoulder armor, and a small shield. Price is 3,740 yen.
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Koei Tecmo Games released an update for Winning Post 10 2026 on May 29, adding a Breeding Simulation function that lets players check breeding results year-round, relaxing conditions for promotion to founder lineage, and adding dramatic camera patterns to regular races. The update also includes reproduction gear for historical horses from late 2025 to 2026 and rotation adjustments for DLC overseas horses.
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Matrix Co., Ltd. released a free demo of its horror escape game 'The 60-Second Syndrome' on Steam on May 29, 2026. The full game is scheduled for a fall 2026 release. The single-player title follows a man trapped in a 60-second time loop who must escape a locked room. Each death resets the loop, and players observe recurring phenomena-a ringing phone, a television turning on, a clock chiming-to gather clues while fleeing an unknown entity. The game won two awards at the indie event BitSummit PUNCH, held May 22-24 in Kyoto: the sponsor ID@Xbox Award and the visitor-voted Popular Selection Award. The demo includes the content that was playable at the event. The game is published under the Matrix Creators brand and supports Japanese, English, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese at launch.
5d ago
The Korean indie daily-life mystery adventure Room 502: Boarding School Youth Mystery was playable at BitSummit PUNCH. Players follow cynical student Shin Heun as she investigates a roommate's disappearance at a boarding school. The game uses a concentric-circle deduction system and is planned for PC via Steam.
5d ago
Cho Meta Fes 2026, a real-world flea market and exhibition for VRChat users, was held May 23 at Akihabara UDX. The event used a digital numbered ticket system tied to VRChat IDs, letting attendees roam the corporate area while waiting for circle entry. The corporate area featured trials of VR devices including the EOZ VR Glove prototype and FluxPose magnetic full-body tracking.
5d ago
Bandai Spirits announced two new 30 Minutes Missions plastic model kits based on Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. The RaD CC-3000 WRECKER Circus, piloted by Chatty Stick, will release in November 2026 for 4,180 yen. A separate Weapon Set 08, including a pulse shield and other armaments, will release the same month for 2,035 yen.
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IO Interactive released 007 First Light on May 26 across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. The spy action-adventure game, which follows a young James Bond during his trainee days, peaked at around 56,000 concurrent players on Steam and holds a Very Positive user rating. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is due in late summer 2026.
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The Jump Channel on YouTube announced it will sequentially stream all episodes of the 2011-2014 Hunter x Hunter TV anime for free, starting May 29. The release covers the Hunter Exam arc through the Election arc, including the first anime adaptation of the Chimera Ant and Election arcs. Each batch will be available for about two weeks.
May 26
The staff of Ishimori Production's Cyborg 009: Nemesis announced on Tuesday that voice actor Mitsuaki Kanuka will play Cyborg 006, also known as Chang Changku. Kanuka joins a cast that includes Yūki Kaji as Joe Shimamura (Cyborg 009), Yuu Hayashi as Cyborg 008, and Kentarō Tone as Cyborg 007. The anime also previously revealed a full roster for the Nemesis group, including Yūichi Nakamura as Graviton, Ayane Sakura as Deps, Maaya Uchida as Morphone, Shion Wakayama as Blitz, Tetsu Inada as Aspida, Kikuko Inoue as Opro, Hiroshi Kamiya as Crack, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Blizzard, and Rina Hidaka as Mu. Hideki Ambo is directing the series at Arect. Atsuhiro Tomioka and CHARATEX are writing the screenplay, and sanorin is designing the characters. The theme song is "Taga Tame ni," performed by Kyōko, originally used for the 1979 Cyborg 009 television anime. The series is set to stream in Japan in summer 2026.
May 20
Netflix announced on Tuesday that it will stream the re-edited film version of Yohei Kameyama's indie CG anime Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express in the U.S. starting June 1. The film, which opened in Japan on February 6 and earned over 151 million yen in its first three days, is a compilation of the 12-episode series with new content. It follows super human Chiharu (voiced by Momoka Terasawa) and cyborg Makina (Anna Nagase) who are sentenced to clean an interplanetary train as community service. Alongside this title, Netflix listed seven other anime beginning U.S. streaming in May and June: BLUE LOCK VS. U-20 JAPAN and My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 on May 25; Assassination Classroom Season 2, Shangri-La Frontier Season 2, One Piece: Whole Cake Island 6 and 7, and Akane-banashi on June 1. The Milky☆Subway film is a follow-up to Kameyama's 2022 short Milky☆Highway, which started as a graduation project and has accumulated over 8.7 million views on YouTube. Kameyama directed, wrote, produced, and handled character designs, modeling, and animation mostly alone. A new version with added scenes, titled Extra Service Milky☆Subway Local Train to the Theater, will screen in Japan starting June 12 in MX4D, 4DX, and 2D formats.
May 19
Good Smile Company's Moderoid line adds Evangelion Unit-08α, the variant piloted by Mari Makinami in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. The kit stands 165mm tall, includes a sniper rifle, and uses pre-painted parts and stickers. It releases in Japan for ¥4,500 in October 2026 and in the US for $26.99 in Q1 2027.
May 19
Ishimori Production announced on May 15 that Yuki Kaji will voice Joe Shimamura, the main character and first returning Cyborg 009 character, in the new anime Cyborg 009: Nemesis. The series is set to stream in summer 2026. The announcement also included a key visual for the Nemesis group and revealed nine additional cast members for that organization: Yuichi Nakamura as Graviton, Ayane Sakura as Deps, Maaya Uchida as Morphone, Shion Wakayama as Blitz, Tetsu Inada as Aspida, Kikuko Inoue as Opro, Hiroshi Kamiya as Crack, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Blizzard, and Rina Hidaka as Mu. The anime is directed by Hideki Ambo at studio Arect, with Atsuhiro Tomioka and CHARATEX writing the screenplay and sanorin designing characters. Singer Kyoko from the band Barbee Boys performs the theme song "Taga Tame ni," originally used for the 1979 Cyborg 009 TV series. The anime's website had been revealing one Nemesis cast member per week for the past two months. Yuu Hayashi was later announced on May 19 as Cyborg 008/Pyunma.
May 17
Anime Expo announced it will host the first official North American screening of The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? on July 5. The convention also revealed guests including voice actors Masakazu Morita and Machico, and a Macross panel by BIGWEST on July 2.
May 17
The rock-idol girl group Meishohikokai will perform the ending theme song for the I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand anime. The show was delayed from April to July. The staff also announced the full cast and key production credits.
May 16
Keita Machida will appear as a guest on Nippon TV's talk show "Oshare Clip" on May 17, where he discusses his career setbacks and his role in the Netflix film "10DANCE." Machida, who joined the theater company EXILE at age 20 after being scouted, initially aimed to become a dance teacher. He suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon during his stage debut in "Rokudenashi BLUES," which forced him to leave the production and removed him from the candidate pool for GENERATIONS, ending his dancing career. On the show, he says that playing dancer Shinya Sugiki in "10DANCE" felt like fate. The episode also features a questionnaire from EXILE HIRO, who shares memories of Machida during his setbacks, and a letter from Machida's mother. Machida currently stars in the drama "Tatsuki-sensei wa Amasugiru!" airing Saturdays at 9:00 PM on Nippon TV.
May 16
Yen Press announced on May 15 that it has licensed 11 manga and six light novel series for release in November 2026. The manga slate includes "Moscow 2160," a near-future story by Kumo Kagyu with art by Kōtarō Sekine; "Love at the City's Edge on a Moonlit Night" by Sakuhiro, about an onmyoji and a demon; "Terrarium in a Drawer," a collection of 33 short stories by Ryōko Kui of "Delicious in Dungeon" fame; "He Was My Brother" by Minoru Matsuda; "egg: I'm Your Child" by Sino Torino; "After-School Duty" by Meiji and Gakuto Coda; "Contract Sisters" by Hijiki; "Izumi and the Dragon Encyclopedia" by Nagimiso; "My Girlfriend Is a Colossal Cutie" by sanorin; "Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Dragon Is the Bride" by Hyōgo Amagasa and sugino; and "Witch and Hound" by Rainy Kamitsuki and Minori Tsukahara. The light novel licenses are "Argonaut: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes" by Fujino Ōmori; "The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening" by Akumi Agitogi; "Valkyrie Bullet" by Yomu Mishima; "On the Way Home After Defeating the Demon King" by Ichiro Sakaki; "Rise of the Lowborn" by Kosaka Hanane; and "The Demon King Seems to Have Infiltrated the Hero's Party" by Kamaseinuesu. Yen Press also plans an audiobook for Keiichi Hikami's "Elden Ring"-themed novel "See You at That Site of Grace After Work."