Eri, a character from My Hero Academia, is the subject of a new anime short and song release as part of the franchise's 10th anniversary. The short depicts her as a high school student pursuing a singing dream eight years after the main events.
The My Hero Academia franchise released a new anime short and accompanying song centered on Eri as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. The short, titled "I am a hero too," began streaming on August 2 internationally and August 3 in Japan. It is available on services including Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, ABEMA Premium, DMM TV, d Anime Store, Hulu, and U-NEXT. The song "Hero too -10th Anniversary version-" was released across major music streaming platforms, with vocals by Myka Morton.
The story was written by Kohei Horikoshi for the fan book "My Hero Academia Ultra age," released in December 2024. It depicts Eri eight years after Deku and others graduate from U.A. High School. Now a high school student, she visits U.A. to pursue her dream of singing. The short also reveals that Deku has returned to hero work alongside his teaching duties. Horikoshi released two illustrations for the Japanese premiere, featuring adult Deku and teenage Eri with classmates Momo Yaoyorozu, Kyoka Jiro, Fumikage Tokoyami, Katsuki Bakugo, and Denki Kaminari.
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SteelSeries will release a line of Fortnite collaboration gaming peripherals on October 16, the GN Group brand said. The lineup covers earbuds, a headset, a mouse, three mousepads, two US-layout keycap sets, and three KontrolFreek thumbstick and grip products. Several items carry in-game bonuses. Prices run from 2,530 yen for the Supply Llama thumb grips to 33,310 yen for the Peely Edition earbuds.
PocketReal Inc. released the official version of its MR streaming platform PocketReal, which places VTubers and 3D characters in a viewer's real space on Meta Quest 3 and 3S. The viewing app is free, and some MR live and MR content is paid. The company is accepting streamer registrations from VTubers, VSingers, agencies, and 3D creators, and it exhibited the service at Tokyo Game Show 2026 in September.
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Sony will release the Xperia 10 VIII on October 8, 2026 in Japan, with the open-market model priced around 99,000 yen. Specs sit close to the Xperia 10 VII. The display is 50 percent brighter, and the redesigned speaker unit raises volume 15 percent and improves low-frequency sound pressure by 100 percent. A new Point & Pay Menu opens on a double press of the power button.
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Newzoo's "Free-to-play in 2026" report, published September 30, says free-to-play playtime is flat rather than declining, holding 29.3% of total playtime across 37 markets in 2025, down 2.9 points from 2021. PC playtime is rising while PlayStation and Xbox playtime falls. Three gacha RPGs, Wuthering Waves, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, added 1.1 billion hours by 2025.
Premium Bandai is taking preorders for a batch of Gunpla kits scheduled to ship in December 2026. The roundup spans Real Grade reprints including the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam Deactive Mode and the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam Deactive Mode, effect unit reprints for Strike Freedom and Destiny, the High Grade Leon, Gundam Griepe and Gundam Aerial Permet Score Six, and the SD BB Senshi Tenrei Gundamu Reprint Kirako Ver. Prices start at 1,870 yen.
Bandai Spirits Collectors Division will commercialize the METAL BUILD Strike Gundam ENGINEERING EDITION, a monotone and transparent-finish version of the Strike Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. The figure stands about 180mm and ships with a beam rifle, two Armor Schneiders, an anti-beam shield, interchangeable hands and antenna, and a dedicated pedestal set. It costs 19,800 yen and goes on sale first at GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI from January 9 to 11, 2027, with Premium Bandai sales planned later.
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Bandai will release Niformation Kamen Rider Series Seal Wafer vol. 5 on November 2 at confectionery sections of mass retailers nationwide. The set has 36 types, including two secret types. It adds a ZECT Rare tied to Kamen Rider Kabuto's 20th anniversary, a 5th Rare marking Niformation's 5th anniversary, and UR cards with gold or silver foil stamping. Kamen Rider BLACK joins the lineup. Each pack costs 154 yen including tax.
Astrobard Games added a Survival Mode to the demo of Generic Fighter Maybe, its hand-drawn fighting game, where players fight a series of battles. Between matches they walk a lobby to pick the next opponent, and from the second match they can buy items at a food truck. There are about 50 item types. The game is planned for release on Steam for PC.
Sagestone Games released Delverium into Steam early access on September 22, 2026. The top-down survival game is led by developer Scott Lowther, with BGM from BAFTA-winning composer Jeff van Dyck. It supports split-screen and online multiplayer for up to eight players. Early access is envisioned to last up to two years, with planned additions of enemies, biomes, items, NPC quests, and riding animals.
God Brave Studio's FigRiq Blue Archive Series vol.1 is now available for pre-order on Amazon.co.jp at 12,094 yen including tax, with a release date of February 28, 2027. One BOX holds all six types at roughly 75mm tall: Shiroko, Hoshino, Nonomi, Serika, Ayane, and Helmet Gang Member. The figures are non-scale painted plastic with display bases, sculpted by KOORA.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from September 17 to 20, Game Spark played a demo of The Portopia Serial Murder Case Continued: Burial of Oblivion, a G-MODE title shown during the September 9 Nintendo Direct presentation. The demo follows a suicide case, lets the player question Yasuhiko Mano, and descends into a 3D basement dungeon. G-MODE's Koichi Takeshita discussed the project.
Sagestone Games released Delverium in Steam Early Access for PC on September 22. The pixel-art, top-down survival sandbox is playable by up to eight players online, with local split-screen for four. Brisbane-based Sagestone is behind the title, which cleared 100,000 wishlist registrations before launch, 19,000 of them in Japan, and its roadmap lists mod support, new bosses, and new biomes.
Takara Tomy Arts is adding a Hide & Seek Kakurenbo Jewel Dress set to PERIHAPI!, its random-box trading figure line. The set features Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, Pochacco, My Melody, and Kuromi, with faces hidden behind clear jewel material and costumes finished with pearl and gloss coating. Eight types ship in all, two of them secret. Each figure stands about 8.8 cm tall and costs 1,870 yen, with release set for October 2026.
Toei Tokusatsu YouTube Official began free streaming of Space Sheriff Gavan on September 30. Episodes 1 and 2 are up, and the playlist indicates new episodes arrive on Wednesdays. The 1982 series, the first entry in the Metal Hero Series, ran 44 episodes and starred Kenji Ohba as Ichijouji Retsu. A related work, Cho Uchu Keiji Gavan Infinity, began broadcasting in February 2026.
AUTOMATON's 102nd weekly roundup collects seven game introduction pieces. The picks include Seikyu: Let's Go!, a four-player co-op camping car game from the Seikyu Monogatari developer; Monster Hunter Outlanders, a smartphone title supervised by Capcom with a release set for October 29; All Rats on Deck, a rafting co-op game for up to four players; Iconology from Idea Factory's new brand IFChronicle; AION 2, the free-to-play MMORPG; and Neighbors: Suburban Warfare.
Antiqua Inc. will release five new long-sleeve T-shirt designs in its Animal Series, bringing the lineup to 10 designs total. The new graphics include a tiger, an eagle, and an elephant, printed with a faded look that recalls 1990s college wear. The shirts are 100 percent cotton, come in two sizes, and cost 1,990 yen.
Wizards of the Coast added the Reality Fracture card set to Magic: The Gathering Arena on September 30, alongside in-game events. Five new emotes arrived at the same time, voiced phrases themed on Jace, Liliana, Vraska, and Chandra. Some lines carry a direct bite, including "Hurry it up!" and "Everyone makes mistakes," and players have joked that the meta is about to change drastically.
ABEMA will stream the full Made in Abyss anime for free in a one-go schedule starting October 4. Season 1 runs its 13 episodes from 22:00 that night. The film Dawn of the Deep Soul follows on October 11 from 21:00, then season 2, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, runs its 12 episodes on October 18 from 18:00. Each is free to watch for two weeks after broadcast.
Remedy Entertainment's Control Resonant launches September 24 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Art director Elmeri Raitane said the team referenced DOOM for close combat while art staff were told not to reference other games. The action RPG follows Dylan Faden after a coma as he searches for his sister Jesse in a Manhattan hit by supernatural anomalies.
The 2D action RPG The Book of Prosperity from Hong Kong solo developer SingKeys was exhibited at OSAKA INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026 on October 3 and 4. The game, which SingKeys has developed alone for 7 years alongside a day job, follows a student named Cyrus who is pulled into a parallel world ruled by an organization called The Circle. Two demo units offered 15-minute story play and a BATTLE ONLY time attack mode.
SteelSeries Japan announced on September 30 that it plans to release the Sensei Pro and Rival Pro gaming mice in Japan. Both are wireless. The Sensei Pro has a symmetrical design, the Rival Pro an ergonomic shape. They support an 8,000Hz polling rate, and two batteries are included so one can charge while the other is in use. Release date and other details are due around the end of October.
MyACG Studio general director xiao yu said in a Tokyo Game Show 2026 interview that the Early Access roguelite Cinderia could add about two more playable characters ahead of its March 2027 official release. The fifth character, a long-range type who uses a harp as a bow, is still a draft, and footage of it moving exists but may be outdated.
Masako Nozawa, Mario Castaneda, Sean Schemmel, and Ankur Javeri performed a Kamehameha together before the Tokyo X convention in Houston. Mexican voice actor Georgina Sanchez captured the moment last week. The four, who have voiced Son Goku in Japanese, Spanish, English, and Hindi, appeared at Tokyo X at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas between September 26 and 27.
The November issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace announced that Katsura Ise and Takuma Yokota will launch a new miniseries for Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated., their Magic: The Gathering manga, in the December issue on October 26. Titled -Timeshift-, it will run four chapters irregularly. Ise confirmed the short limited series on X. Viz Media releases the main manga in English.
MANGA Plus added four titles between late August and early September: KAKAKAKA by Mukade Makino, The Ura Files by Shun Numa and Yushin Kuroki, Noisering by Kanya Aki and Tsubasa, and Morino-san Just Won't Leave Me Be by Barako. The Ura Files launched simultaneously in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump and on MANGA Plus on August 31. KAKAKAKA is set in 17th-century Ming China; Noisering follows a sonarman after the Great Shizuoka Earthquake.
Junko Yagami sings the ending theme for "Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 Chapter 7: Rainbow-Colored Reincarnation," the final chapter of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 series. The song, "Haruka e, Towa e," has lyrics by Yohei Matsui, music by Hiroshi Miyagawa and Akira Miyagawa, and arrangement by Akira Miyagawa. Yagami last performed a Yamato theme in 1983 with "Love Supreme ~Shijou no Ai~" for Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter. The music video is out on the official YouTube channel. Seven character visuals on rainbow-colored backgrounds also released, covering figures including Susumu Kodai, Yuki Mori, and Sasha. The chapter begins screenings on Friday, October 30, 2026. General director and scriptwriter Harutoshi Fukui leads the production, with Naomichi Yamato directing and Satelight on animation. The cast includes Daisuke Ono, Houko Kuwashima, Megumi Han, and Koichi Yamadera.
Nerial co-founders Tamara Alliot and François Alliot announced on X that the studio is ending development activities after 13 years. The studio is known for Reigns, a card-based political adventure game where choices determine a kingdom's fate, and the game holds a Very Positive rating across its Steam reviews. Nerial was acquired by Devolver Digital in 2021. Its most recent release was Reigns: The Witcher, a collaboration with The Witcher series, on February 26, 2026. The co-founders said the decision to stop development was made together with Devolver Digital. They looked back on past work, including The Crush House, and thanked people inside and outside the studio, including those who worked with them on a temporary basis. The announcement also said the shutdown "is not the end of game development for us," and that François Alliot's drive to make games remains strong, though he noted they first need to rest.
MyACG Studio announced at Tokyo Game Show 2026 that Cinderia's next major update is a two-player co-op mode. The stage ran on September 20 at Makuhari Messe, with producer Xiao Yu and publishing lead Hotpot presenting. Testing starts in October and implementation is planned for November or December. The multiplayer network foundation is finished, Chinese and Japanese servers are live, and a closed test runs through the official Discord. Xiao Yu said the studio would like to release it within three months and at the latest within the year. Co-op itself already works, and he said four players is technically possible, but in-game events are still designed for solo play. The roadmap also lists a high-difficulty Heat system, new bosses, monsters, maps, and events, plus work on character stories and a true ending ahead of the planned March 2027 official release. Cinderia is in early access on Steam at 2,000 yen.
SCS Software released the paid DLC "Road Trip: Ford" for American Truck Simulator on September 30. The add-on adds four Ford vehicles to the truck simulation: the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback, 2023 Ford F-150, 2023 Ford Bronco, and 1998-2012 Ford Crown Victoria, all customizable and drivable in the game's Convoy co-op multiplayer mode. The DLC also introduces Atlas, a tourism navigation feature. Tourist Boards placed across the map let players select a location from a UI and receive GPS guidance; upon arrival, nearby exploration spots appear, and conquering them yields region-themed postcards that can be displayed on a car's dashboard. Tourist Boards launch in seven states, with more planned for later updates. The DLC costs 1,080 yen and includes Japanese language support. A same-format DLC, Road Trip: RAM & Dodge, is planned. The base game is 75 percent off at 695 yen in a Steam sale running until October 1.
Logitech announced a full refresh of its PRO series of gaming devices on September 24, 2026, at the Logitech G PLAY 2026 event. Sofmap has begun taking pre-orders for five of the new models on its official online store, led by the competitive gaming mouse PRO X3 SUPERSTRIKE. The mouse is an improved version of the PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE, with the Haptic Inductive Trigger System, actuation point adjustment in 10 levels, rapid trigger reset point in 5 levels, and haptic feedback in 6 levels. Logitech lists a direct sales price of 32,450 yen including tax and a release date of October 15. The pre-order slate also includes the keyboard PRO X2 RAPID at 35,750 yen, the headset PRO X3 LIGHTSPEED at 40,480 yen, the gaming mouse pad PRO X CONTROL at 9,900 yen, and the USB microphone YETI 2 at 26,180 yen. The PRO X CONTROL is the first mouse pad in the PRO series.
A Hatsune Miku collaboration uses newly drawn school uniform illustrations by the illustrator Cheriko. Twelve smartphone accessory items go on sale from October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 on an overseas cross-border e-commerce site, with eligible purchase and shipping regions listed as the United States, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Sales and shipping within Japan are not offered. Prices run from 1,980 yen for a smartphone ring to 6,980 yen for the higher MagSafe case tiers.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced QSSR (Quick Spectral Super Resolution) on October 2, 2026, an AI upscaling technology for the standard PlayStation 5. QSSR is an evolution of PSSR, the super-resolution technology used on the PS5 Pro, and it comes from Project Amethyst, a collaboration with AMD on AI graphics technology. SIE says QSSR is built on an optimized neural network structure and an implementation tuned to draw maximum performance from the standard PS5. The first two supported titles are Marvel's Wolverine from Insomniac Games and Ghost of Yotei from Sucker Punch Productions, and a patch released the same day adds a QSSR option to the graphics settings in both games. Mike Fitzgerald, technical director at Insomniac, said the technology renders in-game scenery more clearly and stably at the pixel level. Jasmin Patry, lead rendering engineer at Sucker Punch, said the temporal stability of rendering in Ghost of Yotei reaches a level not previously achievable on PS5. SIE plans to make QSSR broadly available to PlayStation developers.
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Sony is taking orders for the Xperia 10 VIII Sony x Hello Kitty Collaboration Model from October 1, a Sony Store bundle that pairs all three color variants with a sacoche and tote bag set limited to 1,000 units. Separately, a launch campaign gives two Demon Slayer-designed Fan Sync cards to the first 20,000 applicants who buy the phone between October 8 and December 13 and apply through Xperia Lounge.
Kotobukiya is re-releasing its 1/8 scale figure of Shizuna Rem Misurugi from Nihon Falcom's Trails series, scheduled for April 2027 at 24,200 yen including tax. The painted PVC, ABS, acrylic and metal rod figure stands about 225mm with base, sculpted by Tetsuya Tsukada of namoji, and depicts Shizuna in her reinforced suit with the odachi Akegarasu. Reservations opened through the Kotobukiya Shop, which adds an alternate expression part.
Thirdwave began sales on September 29, 2026 of six renewed GALLERIA gaming PC models made with Kagura Nana, who works as an illustrator and V-artist. The machines use a specially designed PC case built around visuals that Kagura Nana supervised herself, and the renewed lineup also brings upgraded specs compared with the previous collaboration models. Thirdwave runs GALLERIA as its gamer-oriented PC brand, and the company opened a special page for the collaboration. The announcement covers the redesign of an existing collaboration line rather than a wholly new product family, with the case artwork and the internal hardware both changed for this release. Pricing, individual model names, and ship dates were not included in the material released alongside the announcement.
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DeAgostini Japan has launched a weekly publication that builds a 1/24-scale F/A-18E Super Hornet as it appears in Top Gun: Maverick. The first issue goes on sale October 20, 2026, with a planned total of 120 issues. The finished model is about 76 cm long and has remote-controlled canopy, landing gear, flaps, and lights.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, 4Gamer played a demo of INFERIUS, a roguelite that pairs first-person ruin exploration with card battles. A pale blue lantern lights the way but fades over time and doubles as a tool for door gimmicks. Combat uses Major Cards, Minor Cards, coin tosses, and candlestick health, while Husks also attack during exploration.
Fujimi is adding two versions of the Suzuki Jimny JB23 (Land Venture) to its 1/24 Car NEXT Series. The pearl white kit is priced at 4,950 yen and the non-color kit at 5,170 yen. Both are 1/24 scale, measure about 165 by 77 by 72 mm, and are scheduled for release on Thursday, December 17, 2026.
Hands-on gameplay for The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother was shown at a stage event on September 20 at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The mystery adventure game, developed by Koei Tecmo Games' Gust brand and TOHO Games, lets players control Maomao to gather medicine ingredients in the mountains and solve cases like the Poison Face Powder Incident by choosing answers from options. It is scheduled for release in early 2027.
HOTSOX is selling its Final Frame Series socks at JR Kyoto Isetan's Disney THE MARKET 2026 from September 16 to October 5, 2026. The designs turn scenes from Snow White, Fantasia, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and The Aristocats into sock art. Sizes and prices are 23-25cm for 2,530 yen including tax and 25-27cm for 2,750 yen including tax, made of polyester and polyurethane. Sales are set to expand to each Disney The Market venue and the HOTSOX official online store.
KURO GAMES announced that Wuthering Waves' Ver3.7 update, subtitled "Delusive Realm Bound by Mirrors, Red Dust Illuminated by the Heart," launches September 30. It closes out the Xuanfang arc of the Tidal Missions story with Act 4 of Chapter 4, adds the area Dreamhub Tianluo and its Heart Domain, introduces Fantastic Tale Missions with full voice acting, and adds two Resonators, Xin and Suoming, both with Tune Break.