Sega released a 118-track streaming playlist of his arcade music on September 25, the third volume of its creator-focused playlist project. The tracks were selected by Hiro (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who composed for the Taikan Game series including Out Run.
Hiro (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) has one documented current release: Sega's "Hiro - Essential Works" playlist, which arrived on Spotify and Apple Music on September 25 as the third volume of a Sega playlist project built around its own creators. Hiro selected the 118 tracks himself, and the set spans Hang-On and Space Harrier alongside Fantasy Zone, Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Rent-A-Hero, and maimai. Sega has said more creator playlists will follow, but it has not named which creators or which series will be next.
The playlist is the only story in the cluster that centers on Hiro. The other 29 stories in the feed cover personalities, series, and events with no named connection to him, and none of them cite him as a collaborator, subject, or source. That makes the picture of Hiro unusually narrow for a creator with this many stories in the feed: what is confirmed is the streaming release, the track count, the platform list, and the composing credit on the Taikan Game series including Out Run.
Nothing in the stories gives a next project, a concert, a game credit, or an interview date. Coverage does not diverge on Hiro because it does not overlap; there is only one account of him, and it is the September 25 playlist release. The dossier therefore stays with what that story states and leaves out what it does not.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.
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Erza Scarlet from Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail is getting a prize figure in a bunny outfit under Sega's Yumemirize brand. The figure uses a lying-down pose at roughly 19 by 14 centimeters and is listed as one type, made by Sega Fave. It rolls out at amusement facilities nationwide from October 16, 2026. Sample photos are of a work in progress, and the release timing may change.
Girls und Panzer: The Final Chapter Part 5 opened on October 9, 2026, distributed by Showgate. The film plays in five formats from opening day: regular screenings plus Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, 4DX, and MX4D. A preview screening with a talk show was held at Imagica Second Preview Room before release, with sound director Miwa Iwanami and senior supervisor and colorist Mitsuhiro Shoji discussing the video and sound work behind the Dolby Cinema version.
IzanagiGames announced on October 9, 2026 that the Steam version of AKIBA LOST will release on October 21. The live-action suspense game stars former Kis-My-Ft2 member Hiromitsu Kitayama as Daiki Shinjo, a game creator investigating the Akiba Kamikakushi case that took six girls 13 years ago. Console versions launched September 17 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch, while the Steam launch slipped on release day over platform-side review. The game is priced at 5,500 yen including tax. IzanagiGames is raising the two-week launch discount from 10 percent to 20 percent, adding 200 buddy character stills to the gallery, and offering dot-art wallpapers for PC and smartphones. Those additions are also planned for the console versions later. The game presents the stories of six women zapped between in real time, with choices that branch and can alter the ending. A demo is available on each platform.
Crunchyroll announced at New York Comic Con on Thursday that J.C. Staff is animating the adaptation of YC and Rakyeon's webtoon Teenage Mercenary for broadcast next year. Manabu Ono directs and oversees series scripts, Koji Haneda designs characters, Hiroyuki Sawano composes music, and Hayate produces. The webtoon launched on Naver Webtoon in November 2020, has over 2.84 billion views worldwide, and is distributed in 10 languages.
Dark Horse announced at its New York Comic Con 2026 panel that it will release Gou Tanabe's The Outsider and Other Early Adaptations collection, translated by Zack Davisson, gathering Tanabe's take on H.P. Lovecraft's The Outsider plus his Ju-Ga and adaptations of Anton Chekhov's The House with a Mezzanine and Maxim Gorky's 26 Men and a Girl. Dark Horse also announced Martial War, a graphic novel co-created by Hiroyuki Takei, Will Carter, and Aidan White, and the comic Blue Eye Samurai: Cry of the Yurei.
The television anime of Aki Irie's Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest began streaming its first promotional video on Friday. Tomohiro Ono stars as Kei Miyama, the 17-year-old private investigator at the center of the story. The website also posted a visual and set the premiere for 2027 on TBS, with worldwide streaming on Netflix. Netflix posted an English-subtitled version of the trailer. The manga moved through Harta, Aokishi, and now Yukiwariso.
Ohta Publishing will release CONTINUE SPECIAL Armored Trooper Votoms: Gray Witch on November 19, a single-issue magazine built entirely around Mamoru Oshii's theatrical anime of the same name. The volume runs 80 pages in full color, priced at 1,980 yen including tax, in B5 variant format. It carries a long interview with Oshii, who directs the film, and a talk between Miyuki Sawashiro, who plays Ash Vamps, and Asami Ando, who plays Maki Stauffenberg. Sumire Uesaka, cast as a young maintenance soldier, contributes a feature on her attachment to the Votoms series, and the magazine includes a complete commentary on the original Armored Trooper Votoms. The film opens nationwide in Japan on November 20, one day after the magazine. It is a two-part theatrical series, with the first part arriving on that date and the second part's release timing still to be announced.
Crimson Technology added Edgar Crow, a pirate captain voiced by Hiroaki Hirata, to its Voidol Unlimited subscription service on October 8. The service converts a user's voice into a character's voice in real time and costs 2,200 yen per month with tax included. Subscribers also get access to Voidol3R and its three conversion modes. First-time subscribers can try it free for 30 days.
Colopl announced on October 6, 2026 that Shironeko GOLF, its smartphone golf game built around characters from the Shironeko series, will end service on January 13, 2027 at 15:59. The game launched on October 26, 2022, making the run about four years and three months. New Premium G Jewel purchases stopped on October 6 at 16:00, and new subscription acceptance ends November 3 at 16:00.
Mouse Computer will release the G TUNE FZ-I7G80, a gaming PC marking the 50th anniversary of Intel's Japan subsidiary, the company announced. The price starts at 500,000 yen and the release date is undecided; sale timing will be posted on a special page once set. The unit uses blue LEDs inside the case, Intel's corporate color, and the side panel carries a design commemorating the anniversary. Sales are limited to 50 units, with original pin badges, stickers, and figures included; the bonuses ship later. Inside are an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 270K Plus and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, with 32GB of memory and a 1TB SSD. The PC runs Windows 11 Home 64-bit and has a water-cooled CPU cooler, Intel Z890 chipset, Wi-Fi 6E, and 10GbE wired LAN. Purchases are planned on the Mouse Computer website, at each direct shop, at G-Tune:Garage Osaka, and by telephone.
Sunny Side Up will release Happy Kuji "DISNEY Christmas Ornament Kuji 2026" at FamilyMart stores starting at 10:00 on November 7, 2026. Each draw costs 880 yen including tax. The theme for the 2026 edition is "Christmas Dress Up," and the lineup centers on Mickey and Friends in party outfits, red dresses and tuxedos, drawn for the project. Characters from film titles join them. The set has four prize tiers plus a Last Prize. A new Year Ornament Prize debuts, with one type showing Mickey Mouse beside a tree carrying the year 2026. The Figure Ornament Prize covers 25 characters, the most for the tier. All figure ornaments include a base, so they work as room figures besides tree decorations. The Special Complete BOX Prize has six types grouped by series. The Acrylic Ornament Prize returns with 10 types, glitter included. The Last Prize is a BIG! Standing Plush of Mickey Mouse in a newly drawn outfit, about 65 cm tall. Availability varies by store, so the Happy Kuji official website carries the details.
Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino and indie developer Takahiro Miyazawa are the guests at Yoshi-P Radio and Yoshi-P Night, held October 24 at the Shibuya creator hub 404 Not Found and hosted by Shuhei Yoshida and Masahiko Murakami. Miyazawa discusses solo development and the ideas behind his special controllers, while Hino looks back on his creative journey and the trial and error of creating new IP.
Frederick Raynal of Alone in the Dark, Keiichiro Toyama of Silent Hill, Makoto Shibata of Fatal Frame, and Kono Hifumi of Clock Tower appeared at The Tenth Mosaic in Tokyo on September 22 and 23, 2026. The panel covered the origins of their series and the design thinking behind horror that places fear in what players cannot see.
Filming on Season 2 of the drama SHOGUN has ended in Vancouver, Canada. A special video shows Japanese and American cast and staff celebrating on set, opening with Hiroyuki Sanada shouting "Otsukaresama deshita!" Sanada returns as Yoshii Toranaga and executive producer. New cast include Ren Meguro, Asami Mizukawa, Masataka Kubota, Noboru Kaneda, Takaaki Enoki, and Jun Kunimura.
Alpha Azur and Kohaku Uru will join the first generation of UltraLMTM, the VTuber brand produced by k4sen of the esports team ZETA DIVISION. A trailer announcing the two members was released on October 6, 2026, and their debut streams will run sequentially on their YouTube channels from 19:00 on October 7. An official program with k4sen and guests Takaya Special and Shinichiro Inui follows.
The 2027 One Piece edition of the Hobonichi Techo goes on sale October 1, 2026 at the Hobonichi Online Store and other retailers, the fifth year of the collaboration between One Piece magazine and Hobonichi. The lineup has 14 items, including A6 and A5 planner covers, the hardcover HON, the weekly weeks planner, and new stationery and goods. Daily pages carry quotes from volumes 1 through 113.
Bushiroad and Frontwing Lab released a Steam demo for the school ensemble ADV Disdisdiscussion on October 6, 2026. The full version is scheduled for early 2027 on Steam, DMM GAMES, DLsite, and Switch. The game is based on stage productions by Agaris Entertainment's Tomosaka Yu and is set at Konodai High School, where students clash over a uniform liberalization proposal.
The International House of Japan will hold a talk event titled "AI and Philosophy" on November 5, 2026, featuring philosopher Yuk Hui and game AI developer Yoichiro Miyake. Yuko Hasegawa, director of the Art and Design Division at the International House of Japan, moderates. The event is the 13th IHJ Cultural Lobby Interspecies Crosstalk, a collateral program of Art Week Tokyo. Admission is 3,000 yen general and 1,000 yen for students.
Red Bull Japan is running a collaboration campaign with the hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME at Lawson stores nationwide from October 6 to October 19, 2026. Customers who buy two eligible Red Bull products receive one original PR card. The four card designs feature VTubers Shishiro Botan and Laplus Darkness, two designs each, including visuals of them holding Red Bull cans.
Manga artist Michiro Ueyama announced on X that he will serialize the final arc of Zoids: New Century starting in 2027. The original manga ran in Shogakukan's Monthly CoroCoro Comic from 1999 to 2001. The project continues Zoids: New Century EX, a series he posted on his personal site about 20 years ago that was left unfinished. It proceeds with official approval from Takara Tomy.
Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Hunter x Hunter, stated on X on Monday that he will decline all future work requests that come with deadlines. The decision, which he attributed to a combination of physical and mental health issues, takes effect after he finishes his current commissions. Togashi said he wants to prioritize his own manuscripts. The Hunter x Hunter manga went back on hiatus on September 7 after resuming serialization on June 29. The run covered chapters 411 to 420, and the release timing for chapter 421 is unannounced. Togashi posted on September 15 that he had finished the manuscript for chapter 428. Shueisha published the 39th compiled volume on July 3, the first volume in 22 months, and the series has 100 million copies in circulation.
Tokyo Otaku Mode now carries Nendoroid figures of several hololive VTubers. Hakui Koyori is 7,200 yen, Houshou Marine's OL Outfit Ver. is 7,500 yen, and Tokoyami Towa, Himemori Luna, and Takanashi Kiara are 7,900 yen each. Roboco-san is 7,200 yen. Each figure stands about 10 cm in the 2.5-head-tall Nendoroid style and ships with expression, hand, foot, and optional parts.
The solo developer behind Eslabong, an arena battle action game in PC early access since August 25, said several players put in over 100 hours during the early playtest stage, when only one season and a few classes existed. The developer, Franz, described the game as a mix of MOBA influences, Football Manager, and tactics games. Japanese localization is in progress.
Fourth Boundary announced on October 5 that it will run "Edda's Bag," a collaboration ARG with Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV, as an advance implementation at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in TOKYO. The event runs October 31 to November 1 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Halls 1-7. Participants receive a real "Edda's Bag" and walk the venue while accepting quests on their smartphones, an experience that carries FFXIV into the physical world. The work mixes elements of Fourth Boundary's Hito Series, such as Hito no Saifu, with tour-style content. Fourth Boundary warns that danger may befall players themselves and their characters, and that the piece contains horror elements on the level of the FFXIV dungeon The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) and related quests. To take part, attendees need a Fan Festival two-day pass plus a separately sold Edda's Bag experience ticket. Regular tickets cost 4,400 yen and PT tickets cost 11,000 yen, both tax included.
Imagineer will release the fishing action RPG Boku to Tsuri Nikki, developed by Yasuhiro Wada's studio Toybox, for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch on October 8, 2026. In a Game Spark interview, Wada says the game asks players to read where fish live and cast without relying on visible fish shadows, with over 100 fish species in rivers and lakes.
SIKI ANIM has opened pre-orders at Rakuten Books for a 1/4 scale figure of White Rabbit Rosu Angel ver., illustrated by Rosuuri. The standard edition is 15,950 yen. A bonus edition at 17,600 yen adds an original art acrylic stand and an original art wall hanging. Both listings are live now and may sell out.
Masahiro Inoue, the actor who played Tsukasa Kadoya in Kamen Rider Decade, posted on X on February 28, 2026 asking for help with VRChat worlds and avatars. He formed a VRChat group in March, launched a joint world project, held a two-day music live in May that lost its first day and ran two hours late on the second, then staged the Masahiro Inoue Debug Festival in July as a one-day rematch. He is now filming a tokusatsu drama inside VRChat and took part in Virtual Market 2026 Summer.
Animator and character designer Kenichiro Katsura died on September 30, 2026, at age 59 while undergoing medical treatment for illness, according to his wife, Akiko Miyaji, who announced his death on Twitter. News of his passing was carried by the bereaved family on October 5. The funeral was held with only close relatives in attendance. Katsura handled character design on Macross 7, Knight's & Magic, and SYNDUALITY Noir, and worked across anime and game titles over many years, including the VIPER series, ToHeart2, Comic Party Revolution, the OVA of Utawarerumono, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. On SYNDUALITY Noir and Knight's & Magic he worked as both character designer and chief animation director. Both production committees issued statements on October 5, saying they received tremendous dedication from Katsura and expressing condolences to his family and staff.
Shonen Jump+ announced on Saturday that Chained Soldier, the manga by writer Takahiro and artist Yohei Takemura, is going on hiatus because of Takemura's health. Takemura said he injured his right wrist in June, with damage to the fibrocartilage, and that drawing in a brace has slowed his recovery. Shonen Jump+ lists a November 14 return, with Takemura's recovery as the priority.
An impression piece on Onimusha: Way of the Sword, released September 4, 2026, reads the Capcom title as a continuation of Japanese period drama culture. Set in Edo-period Kyoto, it follows Miyamoto Musashi wielding an oni-powered gauntlet against creatures called Genma. The writer traces the connection through expressive character facial acting, the growth of a blunt, hot-blooded Musashi, and the formal beauty of sword-fight choreography.
Growth DX Inc. will hold Physical AI CROSS presented by BtoB Growth EXPO, a business conference for the physical AI and robotics field, on March 2, 2027 at Ariake Central Tower Hall. The organizer expects 300 decision-makers from major corporations and caps exhibitor slots at 30 companies. Takao Anno, Rikiya Yamamoto, and Kohei Matsushita are confirmed speakers. Exhibitor applications are open.
Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Eiichiro Sasaki, both veterans of the Resident Evil series, discussed their new action RPG Stupid Never Dies in an interview published September 22, 2026. The game follows Davy, a zombie who wants only to bring back a dead girl named Julia. Kobayashi said the zombie protagonist came from an early budget-securing proposal, not from their Resident Evil background, and Sasaki tied the story to underdog gekokujo tales.
Darkroom began streaming the two-part original anime video adaptation of Norihiro Yagi's Angel Densetsu manga on Friday. The OVA originally debuted in September 1996. It follows Seiichiro Kitano, a gentle transfer student at Hekikuu High School whose pale skin, sharp features, and awkward mannerisms lead classmates and local thugs to mistake him for a violent delinquent. Polite attempts to be friendly are repeatedly misread as threats, and through coincidence he accidentally knocks out the school's top fighters, earning the title of supreme delinquent and "School Guardian." The comedy comes from the gap between Kitano's reputation and his actual personality. Yukio Kaizawa directed the anime at Toei Video Co., Ltd., with scripts by Naoyuki Sakai and music by Ryuichi Katsumata and Tsuyoshi Ito. Yagi launched the manga in Shueisha's Monthly Shonen Jump in February 1993, and the 15th and final volume shipped in April 2000. Darkroom is a subsidiary of distributor Synergetic Films.
Touhakusha released the Final Demo for its PC psych horror adventure game Tsumimijikan Kuruoshii Hodo Aishiteru on Steam on September 28. The demo adds character voice, extends playable content to partway through DAY 7, and revises the UI based on player feedback. The full game, priced at 1980 yen with tax, launches on October 22. Six main endings are prepared.
Sega released "Hiro - Essential Works" on Spotify and Apple Music on September 25, the third volume of its playlist project centered on the company's creators. The 118-track playlist was selected by Hiro (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who composed music for the Taikan Game series including Out Run. It includes Hang-On and Space Harrier tracks alongside Fantasy Zone, Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Rent-A-Hero, and maimai. Sega says more creator playlists will follow.
The teaser for the Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent anime names its first cast and an April 2027 premiere on ABC TV and TV Asahi's Animazing!!! block, with streaming on ABEMA to follow. Hiroto Shimizu plays Dan Ichikura, Suzuko Hara plays Hiro Momose, Yuma Tomochika plays Ohana-chan. Makoto Hoshino directs at Studio Flad and Wao World, with series scripts by Megumi Shimizu and character designs by Ruriko Watanabe.
The television anime of the Thunder 3 manga will return for a second season next year, the staff announced Thursday. Hiroya Oku confirmed in September that he created the manga under the pen name Yuki Ikeda. The adaptation premiered on Fuji-TV's +Ultra block on July 8 and streamed worldwide on Netflix the same day. Kodansha USA publishes the manga in English.
NHK announced Tuesday that Tomohiro Hata will perform "Fragments," the theme song for the live-action series of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori. Rena Matsui plays Aoko Baba, a ceramics painter, and Hayate Ichinose plays Tatsuki Manabe. The series debuts on NHK's Yorudora block on October 26. The manga ran in Flowers from March 2018 to March 2022, ending at ten volumes.
Hiroya Oku confirmed on social media Thursday that he created the Thunder 3 manga under the pen name Yuki Ikeda. He said the pen name kept a first-chapter surprise intact for new readers, one that the Oku name would have lessened. The series launched in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in May 2022, entered its climax in January 2025, went on hiatus that March over Ikeda's health, returned in February, and ended on June 5.
Global Stage Hollywood will screen the world premiere of the second episode of the Psyren television anime on October 3 at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. The first episode gets its West Coast premiere at the same event, and manga creator Toshiaki Iwashiro will attend. The anime debuts on Tokyo MX and BS11 on October 4, with Crunchyroll streaming worldwide outside Japan and China.
Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Thursday that Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail Re:Fantasia manga miniseries will end in the next chapter, in the magazine's 44th issue on September 30. The miniseries launched in the 35th issue on July 29. The original Fairy Tail manga ran from 2006 to July 2017, and Mashima and Atsuo Ueda's Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest sequel inspired a television anime that premiered in July 2024.
K MANGA added Chihiro Kanisawa's Oh My Panda! (Horeta Hareta Panda) as a simulpub title on Wednesday. The story follows Hanna, a high school student with endless stamina who takes a part-time job as a performer for the local mascot Panboo, until a boy from the class next door gets close to uncovering her. Kanisawa launched the series in Kodansha's Dessert magazine in November 2025, and the second compiled volume shipped on September 11.
Netflix will premiere its eight-episode live-action series Quiztopia on December 17, adapting Reiichi Sugimoto and Shinichi Kato's National Quiz manga. A teaser trailer and additional cast were revealed: Masahiro Takashima as Commander Murakoshi, Eiko Koike as producer Shoko Kamijo, Riko Ishida as Marii, Kana Kurashina as Ayako, Koji Seto as Seiji Nanbara, and Renji Ishibashi as Prime Minister Takeshi Gokumazawa. Takayuki Yamada plays host KK. Teruyuki Yoshida directs and co-writes with Maggy.
holo Indie, the hololive production derivative game brand, has released a free demo of HoloCozy on Steam. The desktop-resident room customization game, developed by Ninth Games and announced by CCMC Corp., lets players spend time with Tokino Sora in two rooms, Sora's Room and Green Garden Room. The demo includes a calendar, alarm, Pomodoro timer, three hololive songs, three ambient sounds, and the Blackjack minigame. The full version, scheduled for release within 2026, will feature five talents: Tokino Sora, Usada Pekora, Shiranui Flare, Shirogane Noel, and Houshou Marine, shown in pixel art. A release date of November 13 appears in an earlier schedule, but the current product information lists the launch as within 2026 with price undecided. The demo supports Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, and Indonesian.
The official X account for Kyosuke Kamishiro and illustrator Takayaki's My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Moto Kano Datta) announced on Wednesday that the light novel series will end with its 14th volume, scheduled for release on December 1, 2026. Kamishiro began the story on the Kakuyomu website in August 2017, and Kadokawa started print publication with Takayaki's illustrations in December 2018. The 13th volume shipped in October 2025. Rei Kusakabe's manga adaptation has run on Kadokawa's ComicWalker since December 2019, with Udon Entertainment handling the English manga license and J-Novel Club holding the light novel license. The novels follow Mizuto Irido and Yume Ayai, former middle school partners who become stepsiblings after their parents remarry. An anime adaptation aired on AT-X and Tokyo MX in July 2022, with Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired.
Toei Animation on September 24, 2026 named two new characters for Rakuen Tsuiho -The Stellar Angel-, its visual novel sequel to the 2014 film Rakuen Tsuiho -Expelled from Paradise-. Aladia, voiced by Hiromi Sakurai, is a former Deva security officer who stole the top-secret file Gray Goo and fled to the surface. Naama, voiced by Yui Sakakibara, is a rookie officer ordered to capture her. The game ships November 26, 2026 on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, with Japanese and English text switchable in-game. Shotaro Teshirogi writes the scenario. Rie Kugimiya returns as protagonist Angela Balzac, who now lives on the surface with Dingo, voiced by Shinichiro Miki. The setting is the year 2400, where parallel plants spread across the ruined surface and giant worms attack nearby settlements. The core K2-SYSTEM asks players at key points to pick between Kizuna and Kakugo, shaping Angela and branching the story toward multiple endings. A repost campaign for original QUO cards runs from September 24 to October 1.
Hiroya Oku, the manga artist behind GANTZ, stated on September 24, 2026 that Yuki Ikeda, the credited author of Thunder 3, is his own pen name. Oku posted the confirmation on his X account. He said the pen name existed because a chapter 1 twist would have been weakened if his real name had been attached, and he wanted first-time readers to be surprised. Thunder 3 began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in May 2022 and reached its final chapter in the July 2026 issue, released on June 5, 2026. The collected volumes total 10, with the last volume released on August 17. The TV anime adaptation premiered on July 8, 2026 and its final episode, Episode 12, is set to air on September 30. Online speculation about the art style resembling GANTZ had circulated for some time before Oku's post.
The television anime of Kyu Takahata and Yuji Kaba's Now That We Draw manga released its first full promotional video and character visuals on Thursday, and the video sets a January 2027 premiere. Shunsuke Ishikawa is directing at ROLL2, with Deko Akao supervising and writing the series scripts and Hiromi Nakagawa designing the characters. The newly announced staff includes Sub-Character Design by Momoka Izumi, Color Key Artist Yurie Matsuura, Art Director Arei Saiga, Compositing Director of Photography Hayato Kifune, 3D CG by Masashi Watanabe, Editing by Mai Hasegawa, Sound Director Fumiyuki Go, Sound Effects by Ryuta Nakahara, and Music by Yoshiaki Miura, with Infinite producing. Ayumu Murase and Sayumi Suzushiro star as Yuki Uehara and Niina Miyamoto, the two aspiring manga creators who agree to a fake relationship to gain the romantic experience their work lacks. The manga runs in Hakusensha's Young Animal. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed it, and the eighth Japanese volume is due September 29.
TMS Entertainment announced that the 2007 film Oshare Majo Love and Berry: Shiawase no Mahou will stream for a limited time on its official YouTube channel from 20:00 on September 23. The movie adapts Sega's card game, which drew a large following in the 2000s, and was distributed by Shochiku. Hiromi Konno voices Love, Hisayo Yanai voices Berry.
Bushiroad released BanG Dream! Our Notes on September 24, 2026, on the App Store and Google Play as a free-to-play rhythm-action and adventure game. Alongside MyGO!!!!!, Ave Mujica, and Yumemita MyuType, it adds two new bands, millsage and Ikka Dumb Rock! Sanjigen (NICHICALINE) produced new animation for all band stories.