Sep 21
HYPERRISE began distributing FORTBLOX: Mobile Fortress Racing Across the Wasteland on September 21, 2026, for iOS and Android through the App Store and Google Play. The free-to-play title with in-app purchases is an auto-battler set after a civilization collapse caused by energy depletion. Players combine roughly 40 block types with about 100 weapons and characters to build a mobile fortress, and block choice and placement change both the fortress's abilities and how battles play out.
Sep 6
Motoki Omori will appear in the TBS October Tuesday drama "Iroha no Koi wa Toki o Kakeru," starring Mone Kamishiraishi. It is his first TBS drama. His role is described as important and central to the story, but details stay under wraps until the first episode. Omori also recently made his film debut and appeared in the NHK morning drama "Anpan."
Aug 14
Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comic website published the final chapter of Makoto Fukami and Shusaku Namikawa's Chogen Market Heroes: Menko Reverser Kakeru manga. The final chapter will be free to read on August 22. The manga, an adaptation of the board game by Creatures, launched on March 28.
Aug 8
viviON will hold a goods fair for the TV anime Kimi to, Mienai Koi wo Shita. at 174 GEO stores nationwide from August 21 to September 24, 2026. Newly drawn illustrations of heroine Koharu Fuyutsuki appear on acrylic stands, keychains, badges, and more. Mail order via viviON BLUE runs September 7 to 30.
Aug 6
KAKERU will launch a new manga series titled Succubus Hunter Exex in the August 31 issue of Nihonbungeisha's Comic Heaven magazine. The announcement came in the September issue, which teased the series with a tagline about an unrivaled bond changing a Japan overrun by enemies. KAKERU recently ended Legend of Heaven's Door.