D.K is the character designer for NieR Replicant/Gestalt, credited with a newly drawn illustration of 2B and Kainé for the NieR 15th Anniversary Pixio monitor.
D.K is identified in Yomimono coverage as the character designer for NieR Replicant/Gestalt. The most recent story places D.K in the context of the NieR 15th anniversary, where Hamee's gaming accessory brand Pixio announced a collaborative monitor. The monitor's back panel carries a newly drawn illustration of 2B from NieR:Automata and Kainé from NieR Replicant, credited to D.K. The same illustration is used for an acrylic mouse stand offered as a purchaser bonus.
The monitor is priced at 49,800 yen including tax, with orders open from August 27 to September 30, 2026. It is made to order, with shipping scheduled within 2026 and no additional production planned. The product is a 27-inch WQHD Fast IPS panel with a 180Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time, and it is scheduled for exhibition at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The collaboration is described as a rare licensing move by Square Enix into hardware, pairing character art with high-spec gaming gear.
Beyond this single story, Yomimono has not covered D.K in any other context. All details about D.K's work and the monitor trace directly to the NieR 15th anniversary announcement. There is no other reported activity or biography for D.K in the provided cluster.
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Kotobukiya is re-releasing the HORROR Bishoujo Sadako figure, sculpted by Salle cato from a Shunya Yamashita design, in May 2027 at 19,800 yen. The 1/7 scale PVC and ABS figure stands about 170mm with its base. Swappable parts give two faces: one hidden behind long black hair, one with her eyes visible. She floats above a pile of videotapes, and the set includes a videotape-shaped box with two rolls of decoration tape.
Shueisha Games released a Steam demo for the adventure game Hon to Kagi no Kisetsu on October 20, 2026, the opening day of Steam Next Fest. The demo contains all of Chapter 1, titled "913." Developer iMel is handling the game, which is planned for release this winter on Nintendo Switch and Steam. Hon to Kagi no Kisetsu adapts Honobu Yonezawa's novel of the same name, published by Shueisha Bunko. It follows Jiro Horikawa and Shimon Matsukura, two high school boys on the library committee who take on mysteries that arrive in their ordinary lives. In Chapter 1, senior student Mari Uragami asks the pair to open an "unopenable safe" left behind by her late grandfather, and the grandfather's words serve as the clue. The game uses illustrations and full voice acting throughout, and in some scenes the player solves the mystery directly as Horikawa. Kazuki Ura voices Horikawa, Yuichiro Umehara voices Matsukura, and Arisa Sakuraba voices Uragami.
Anime News Network reports that the Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Witch on the Holy Night films unveiled a collaboration illustration on Wednesday. The art pairs Madoka Kaname with Aoko Aozaki. A large banner hangs at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo from October 17 to 29, and B5 flyers went out at the theater and at the Machi Asobi event in Tokushima on October 17 and 18. Fans who submit photos of both tickets can win one of 100 posters.
The Star Detective Precure! film has sold 977,000 tickets and earned an estimated 1.24 billion yen in its first month, passing the 1.24 billion yen total of 2024's Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Dokidoki Game no Sekai de Daiboken! and becoming the franchise's highest-grossing standalone film. It opened in Japan on September 18 and ranked third in its opening weekend, selling 358,000 tickets for 446 million yen in three days.
Premium Bandai is running a lottery sale for the MGSD Kshatriya from Mobile Suit Gundam UC, open October 19 at 11:00 through November 2 at 15:00. The kit costs 7,700 yen including tax. Winners are announced November 5, with shipping scheduled for December. The Kshatriya is the first non-Gundam-type to get an MGSD release, and the four binders are modeled inside where the funnels store.
A spin-off drama starring Yuya Takaki as Taku Ishihane began streaming on TELASA on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 23:30. Titled Hadakanbo-tachi Another Story, it follows Ishihane's perspective, from his first meeting with Momo Tsutsui through their engagement. The main drama adapts Kaori Ekuni's novel and stars Genta Matsuda as Ryo Sabasaki.
Kadokawa's Sneaker Bunko imprint announced Friday that Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War: The Crown of the Covenant novel series is resuming. Volume 2 will take more time, so the imprint will publish part of the manuscript on Kakuyomu on October 22 at 5:00 p.m. JST. Kadokawa published volume 1 in September 2019 with illustrations by Hidari.
Koshidaka will hold "Ukafes!" at Karaoke Manekineko Shibuya Main Store on Saturday, November 7, 2026, with technical cooperation from PANDORA and Sony. Six VTubers appear: Hatsunami Puuru, Suzunami Hitode, and Tamanami Uruma from MARINA LYRICA, plus Nijitenbi Koron, Yohaku Suiu, and Mana Naru from Jinrui Uka Keikaku. Tickets are 3,300 yen per 20-minute slot, advance reservation required.
The 2026 fall anime Shio Koutai no Sato-san ga Ore ni dake Amai is available for flat-rate streaming on DMM TV, U-NEXT, d Anime Store, Hulu, and ABEMA Premium. U-NEXT and d Anime Store began early streaming on October 6 at 22:30, while DMM TV, ABEMA, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu started regular streaming on October 11 at 22:30. Amazon Prime Video carries only episode one free. Netflix, Disney+, and TSUTAYA DISCAS do not carry it, and TVer has no distribution.
Good Smile Company has opened pre-orders on Rakuten Books for THE Gattai Duke Fire, a painted completed toy from Brave Police J-Decker. Duke transforms from ambulance to knight detective with no leftover parts, and combines with Fire Roader to form Duke Fire. It includes a sword, interchangeable wrists, a Fire Buster with handgun and rifle modes, and Fire Sword, Fire Buster, and drill and arm parts for Fire J-Decker. Reference price is 33,000 yen.
Kadokawa has opened pre-orders for Nino Nakano and Miku Nakano plastic models in its KADOKAWA PLASTIC MODEL SERIES, tied to the TV special anime The Quintessential Quintuplets. Both are assembly kits about 165mm tall with molded and pre-painted color, three facial expression parts each, and optional parts such as a school bag and smartphone. Kadostore orders include a bonus expression part, and Nino's listing also has a special set. The Kadostore deadline is November 25, 2026.
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend, selling 375,000 tickets and earning 562,647,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. The live-action Resident Evil reboot opened at #2 with 356,000 tickets and 626,567,150 yen in three days. The fifth Girls und Panzer das Finale film opened at #5 with 267,301,400 yen.
A new-costume Homura Akemi figure from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising is joining the BUZZmod. action figure line. Preorders are open at Aniplex Online and other retailers. The 1/12 scale figure stands about 135mm, includes five expression parts, hand parts, a crossed-leg part, and a stand, and is scheduled for release in July 2027 at 12,000 yen.
Perfect World Games and Hotta Studio released a special movie on October 15, 2026 for the cover of "God knows..." performed by Rin Akane, voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa, in NTE: Neverness to Everness. The video went up on the game's official YouTube and X accounts. In it, Rin Akane performs on stage with the protagonist, Nanari (voiced by Ayana Taketatsu), Hania (voiced by Manaka Iwami), and other members of the band Nekotori!!!!. The cover is set to be added to the game in the second half of Ver.1.4, which starts October 21. Rin Akane is a Phase-attribute, S-rank character who arrives in that same second-half update. "God knows..." is an insert song from the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, with lyrics by Aki Hata and composition by Satoru Kousaki. The original is credited to Aya Hirano. Rin Akane appears in the side story The Beginning of a Certain Legendary Band (Is It?), where she plays with the protagonist and others.
Seven Seas announced six new licenses on Wednesday, five manga and one novel series, all scheduled for 2027. The titles are Ushiyama-san, Mouse Royale, This World is Worth Fighting For, The Duke is Obsessed with the Vicious Omega, My House Cat Became the World's Strongest?!, and Alice, All the Way to Outer Space. Release dates run from June through August 2027.
The Young Ace editorial department apologized for using Ieri Komen's character designs without permission in Kei Natsumi's manga adaptation of Rokakoen's Pitch-Black Infatuation. The department said it asked Kadokawa Horror Bunko about using designs for Rumi Sasaki and Yukiyoshi Aoyama, received a vague reply, and proceeded anyway. After the first volume shipped on August 4, Komen found two more characters and a background location had also been used.
Furyu producer Gaito Kidokoro told Automaton that ANOMALITH, the company's first shooter, was planned by staff who like shooting games rather than handed down by the company. The survival TPS is set in a fictional Japan where the Showa era continued. Basic systems reference the Resident Evil series, and the resource-gathering loop references Escape from Tarkov.
The Odekake Kozame Exhibition Omotenasea Tour, marking the series' 5th anniversary, runs at the Hanshin Umeda Main Store 8th floor event hall from December 27, 2026 to January 18, 2027. Advance tickets go on sale at Lawson Ticket from October 28 at 10:00 AM. The venue holds three-dimensional figures, setting materials and production scenes from creator Penguin Box, plus an exhibition shop selling original goods.
German publisher Dokico announced that Ayster will draw a manga adaptation of Inori's yuri novel Homunculus Tears: Alchemy for the Brokenhearted. Dokico will release the manga in German, English, and Japanese at the same time starting in January 2027. An earlier adaptation with Nata Okura and Kadokawa fell through, and Inori self-published the original novel digitally in April 2025 in Japanese and in May 2025 in English.
An Ichiban Kuji lottery based on the Hidan and Kakuzu Arc of Naruto: Shippuden goes on sale October 26, 2026 at 790 yen per draw. Prizes A through D are MASTERLISE figures of Shikamaru Nara, Asuma Sarutobi, Hidan, and Kakuzu, sculpted at roughly 25 to 27 centimeters, with a Jashinism rug mat, Akatsuki mini figures, charms, and stickers filling out the lower tiers.
FREEing has opened pre-orders for a re-release of the 1/4 scale Homura Akemi Bunny Ears Ver. figure, originally released in December 2021. The figure is drawn from Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- and wears an original-design dress with bunny ears. The companion Madoka Kaname Bunny Ears Ver. is also available for pre-order at 33,000 yen, with orders closing October 14 and shipping set for January 2027.
Marvel detailed its Kadokawa partnership at a New York Comic Con panel on October 11, and the five manga launched on Kadokawa's KadoComi site in Japan the following day. Iron Man and Spider-Man lead the slate, alongside Deadpool, Spider-Gwen, and Venom. Marvel's C.B. Cebulski and Kadokawa editors Kenta Matsui and Naofumi Mashino attended. Each title's first chapter opens with a free preview.
TELASA has begun streaming a special making-of for Osidora Saturday's Hadakanbou-tachi, the live-action adaptation of Kaori Ekuni's novel starring Genta Matsuda of Travis Japan. The drama follows Ryō Sabazaki, who drifts between dentist Momo Tsutsui and her friend Kyōko Hotta. The making-of covers Matsuda's preparation for the role, a scene where a director's request had him dance, and his suggestion to use dental instruments.
Millna released the music video for the new song 'Dokonimo Nai Hoshi' at 11:00 on Saturday, October 10, 2026, with audio to follow on streaming services via TuneCore Japan. In the video she destroyed the face of DOLL GAL millna, a mask she sculpted in 2022 and printed in 3D, and rebuilt the fragments into 'Naki Ko no Atama Mono.'
In its 11th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from #2 to #4, earning 178,447,600 yen. Its cumulative total is 17,169,165,400 yen on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film dropped from #3 to #5 in weekend three with 117,562,850 yen, reaching 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively.
At the 64th All Japan Model & Hobby Show, held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 2 to 4, 2026, Kadokawa displayed the test shot of its 1/48 Arbalest plastic model from Full Metal Panic!. The ARX-7 kit is the second entry in the Kadokawa Plastic Model Series and is accepting preorders for a February 2027 release. Kadokawa plans further refinement of the sculpt and surface treatment.
Bandai opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for SD Gundam Head Keychain vol. 2, sold as a nine-piece box at 12,870 yen including tax. The keychains keep the light-up gimmick and run on two LR41 batteries, which are included. The box holds six types, shipped in a closed-box specification. The release date is October 31, 2026.
Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in North American theaters from January 16 to 19, 2027, the companies announced at New York Comic Con. Showings will be offered in Japanese audio with English subtitles and in an English dub. Tickets go on sale December 11 at online sellers and participating theater box offices. The film is the official sequel to Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion. Yukihiro Miyamoto directed it, and the returning staff includes chief director Akiyuki Simbo, scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus, original character designer Ume Aoki, animation character designer Junichiro Taniguchi and composer Yuki Kajiura. The animation studio is SHAFT. Yuki Kajiura's solo project FictionJunction performs the theme song Kanata. In Japan the film opened on August 28, 2026 with IMAX screenings the same day, ranked first in its opening weekend and sold 535,000 tickets for 939,647,100 yen in its first three days.
PLAYISM opened free PC demos for three upcoming games on October 8: Skateboard Knight, an auto-scrolling action roguelite by Maroru Games; A Passing in the Night, a short occult adventure by .iris; and Dungeon Sweeper Plus, a Minesweeper-style world-development game by Setamo that expands on the free title Dungeon Sweeper. Skateboard Knight is slated for 2027 on PC, iOS, and Android. A Passing in the Night targets spring 2027 on PC, and Dungeon Sweeper Plus targets 2026 on PC.
Good Smile Arts Shanghai is reissuing the Nendoroid Sadako figure, now up for preorder on Amazon.co.jp at 7,560 yen with tax included. The set includes three interchangeable facial expression parts (a smirking face, a sinister face for when she attacks people, and a standard face), plus a well, a video, and a background sheet for recreating the scene of her crawling out of a TV. The three bangs parts cover her normal state, one eye visible, and hair hanging to the ground. Release is scheduled for March 31, 2027.
At The Tenth Mosaic, a game culture festival held at the Institut francais du Japon in Tokyo on September 22 and 23, Kazutaka Kodaka and Masafumi Takada discussed how Danganronpa's story and music shaped each other. Takada said he wrote the theme song "DANGANRONPA" in about 20 minutes after putting the title into the lyrics, and the Monokuma design arrived in roughly five minutes.
Good Smile Company has opened pre-orders at Rakuten Books for two POP UP PARADE L Size figures of Hatsune Miku Dekomiku: a Lightness version and a Darkness version. Both are listed at a reference price of 9,799 yen including tax, with a Rakuten Books sale price of 8,613 yen. The designs are credited to DECO*27 and OTOIRO alongside Crypton Future Media.
Kadokawa released Volume 1 of Sora Urumi's manga Kokoro Make Cosmetica on October 7, 2026, under the Kadocomi Original label. The series runs on Kadocomi and follows Suzu, a high school girl who becomes the magical girl Cosmetica. Nijisanji VTuber Tomoe Shirayuki provided an obi comment reading, "This one volume is an ally of cuteness." Store bonuses are offered at Gamers, Toranoana, and Melonbooks while supplies last.
HIMEHINA LIVE 2027 "BUDOKAN (tentative)" is set for July 13, 2027 at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with Tanaka Hime and Suzuki Hina performing. Lottery applications for the FC Fastest Advance and the Celebratory HimeHina Budokan LoChike Fastest Advance run from October 4 to October 18, 2026, with results on October 23. Tickets are 11,000 yen, up to four per application.
A special website marking the 15th anniversary of the Inu x Boku SS TV anime is open. The Kitakyushu Pop Culture Festival, running November 28 and 29, 2026, will host an Inu x Boku SS TV Anime 15th Anniversary Stage with Rina Hidaka, who plays Ririchiyo Shirakiin, and Yoko Hikasa, who plays Nobara Yukinokouji, scheduled to appear. Anniversary comments from the main cast and staff accompany the site.
MAYLA has opened pre-orders for its Puella Magi Madoka Magica Iconic Ear Objects Complete Set, with colors tied to Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Mami Tomoe, Sayaka Miki, and Kyoko Sakura, offered as pierced or clip-on earrings in three patterns each. Designs use the Soul Gem motif or MAYLA's own interpretation of each character, and each purchase includes four limited postcards and a collaboration box.
MAYLA has reopened pre-orders for its Puella Magi Madoka Magica Iconic Story Ring Objet set, priced at 18,700 yen with shipping at 600 yen. The rings come in the colors of Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Mami Tomoe, Sayaka Miki and Kyoko Sakura, with Soul Gem, ribbon and costume motifs, plus a Kyubey symbol ring in the Madoka color. Stacking colors is suggested for combinations.
At The Tenth Mosaic in Tokyo on September 22 and 23, Too Kyo Games CEO Kazutaka Kodaka and music producer Masafumi Takada discussed how they work together, from Danganronpa through Rain Code and Hundred Line. Kodaka said Danganronpa sold about 30,000 copies in its first week and grew over roughly half a year, and described why he keeps development outside the studio.
BANDAI SPIRITS Hobby Division is releasing the MGSD Kshatriya, the first non-Gundam type in the MGSD line, on September 26, 2026 at 7,700 yen (tax included). The kit comes from Mobile Suit Gundam UC, and its four binders are sculpted on the inside where the funnels store. Accessories are a beam saber set and a marking seal.
ASCII.jp's sixth fall 2026 anime feature covers five titles: The Salty-Tongued Sato-san Is Only Sweet to Me, PSYREN, Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Yuu-san Chi! from Yuu-Hachi, and Funbaruzu. The Sato-san entry lists Tezuka Productions, director Fumihiro Yoshimura, Miku Ito as Koharu Sato and Hinata Ishibashi as Sota Oshio, with broadcast starting October 6 on TOKYO MX, BS-TBS, WOWOW and AT-X.
Bandai Spirits is taking preorders from Monday, October 5, 2026 on e-BANPRESTO within Premium Bandai for the Dragon Ball World Collectable Figure PREMIUM -Tenkaichi Budokai Set-. The painted set recreates the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai final, with a roughly 24cm venue, a 4cm Son Goku, a 6cm Jackie Chun, a 15cm Great Ape, and a 7cm announcer. It costs 29,700 yen, tax included, and ships in March 2027.
Lazy Bear Games released Graveyard Keeper 2 on September 23, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com. The medieval graveyard management sim puts the player in the role of an inquisitor who rebuilds a ruined town and commands an undead workforce. As of writing, more than 7,500 user reviews are on the Steam store, and 75% of them are positive. Some players say certain systems and tasks are difficult, monotonous, and tedious. The development team acknowledged those complaints and announced plans to proceed with balance adjustments, quality of life improvements, and a review of core systems in future updates. Specific planned changes include increasing order slots based on population, simplifying shop upgrades, reviewing the PR machine systems, and adding a feature to cremate zombies. The team also asked players to submit Steam reviews, calling them important for understanding issues and deciding on fixes.
Aniplex announced a 15th anniversary project for the TV anime "Inu x Boku SS" and opened a special website. Details will follow in later reports. Rina Hidaka, who played Ririchiyo Shirakiin, and seven other main cast members, plus director Naokatsu Tsuda and character designer Haruko Iizuka, contributed comments. The series is scheduled for a stage event at the Kitakyushu Pop Culture Festival on November 28 and 29.
Toei Animation announced on October 1 that Season 4 of the Precure spin-off short anime "Petit Cure ~Precure Fairies~" began streaming on YouTube the same day. Season 4 adds Choppy from Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash☆Star, Rachel from Doki Doki! Precure, Latte from Healin' Good Precure and Pam-Pam from Delicious Party Precure to the cast.
Aniplex announced on September 27 that Magical Girl Sorana☆Magica ~Our Fates, Our Futures~, a new original series within Puella Magi Madoka Magica Magia Exedra, opens on October 4. The announcement came as the game marked its 1.5th anniversary. A new five-star Kioku for protagonist Nagihoshi Sorana will be given away. The 1.5th anniversary also brings an Exedra Quest release and a limited Akemi Homura Kioku.
Mega Hobby EXPO 2026 ran September 26 at AKIBA SQUARE in Akihabara UDX, hosted by MegaHouse with 13 companies taking part under the theme F-DASH. MegaHouse showed ten items, including a Chō Kaguya-hime! Lookup Tsukimi Yachiyo for late May 2027, a Nami Portrait.Of.Pirates for 2027, and a 08th MS Team B-Style Aina Sahalin. Krenel showed Uma Musume and Madoka Magica pieces. Many are release date TBD.
The Spain Game Festival, an invitation-only business networking event hosted by the Spanish Trade and Investment Agency and the Embassy of Spain, was held on September 16 at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo. Gonzalo Ramos of the embassy's economic office said 35 Spanish companies and organizations exhibited as "Games from Spain" at Tokyo Game Show 2026, and six Spanish titles were selected for SELECTED INDIE 80. Kazutaka Kodaka appeared as an event VIP.
Miyabi Nagano, a former HKT48 member who has focused on gravure work since this summer, held a release event for her second DVD, Boku dake no Idol, on August 23 at Sofmap Akiba Amusement Hall. The Spice Visual release runs 125 minutes and costs 4620 yen. It was shot in Okinawa this spring around the concept of a southern getaway date with a boyfriend, the viewer. A third DVD is scheduled for November 20.
Sega Fave announced on September 22 that arcade music game CHUNITHM will run a Doki Doki Literature Club collaboration event from September 25 to November 11. A limited-time event map lets players obtain characters, name plates, and stage backgrounds, and raise character ranks for titles. The ending theme Your Reality, remixed by Kenji Mizuno, joins the same day.
The Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival Online 2026 announced Saturday that Maware Isogawa's Dorei kara no Kitai to Hyoka no Sei de Sakushu Dekinai nodaga novel series has been green-lit for anime. The story follows Allen, reincarnated with a regeneration cheat power from a goddess, who intends an easygoing life with enslaved girls but finds his power overwhelms his plans. Kadokawa publishes the novels with Herio's illustrations; the fifth volume arrives October 16.