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BANDAI SPIRITS has revealed the A prize for Ichiban Kuji BLEACH Stirring Souls vol.5, a MASTERLISE figure of Ichigo Kurosaki in the new Bankai form that appears in the final cour of the TV anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict. The image was released early on the official Ichiban Kuji X account. The lottery also includes a B prize Toshiro Hitsugaya figure in his adult form, a C prize Yoruichi Shihouin figure in her Shunko Black Cat Warrior form, and a Last One prize Kenpachi Zaraki figure in his red ogre-like appearance during Bankai. The remaining D through H prizes and the Double Chance Campaign reward are still unannounced. Ichiban Kuji BLEACH Stirring Souls vol.5 will be released sequentially from September 19, 2026, at Seven-Eleven, Ito-Yokado, and Youme Town stores. Each draw costs 850 yen including tax. The series is credited to Tite Kubo, Shueisha, TV Tokyo, dentsu, and Pierrot.
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Good Smile Company opened reservations for the Hyper Body Dorothy action figure from Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. The figure includes four interchangeable expression parts, the Ungrateful Oz weapon, and removable mechanical wing parts. It costs 18,500 yen with reservations open until October 14, and shipping is scheduled for October 2027.
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Kojima Productions is recruiting mid-career staff across design, engineering, planning, sound, localization, and production support. The studio is currently developing OD and Physint (working title) after the DEATH STRANDING series, and seeks talent with experience in consumer game development, photorealistic graphics, and tools built with C++, Python, and C#.
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Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed new details on The Blood of Dawnwalker, an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. Protagonist Coen switches between human and vampire by day and night, and can combine swordsmanship, magic, and blood drain skill trees. Skills are learned with a single point type, plus time, manuals, spellbooks, or blood.
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Kodansha Creators' Lab announced 'BUZZ or DIE', a death game adventure from indie creator Bon, scheduled for release on PC (Steam) within 2026. Players team with a former cult leader and compete for viewer likes by mocking opponents in short videos. The winner is acquitted; the loser faces public execution and eternal dignity destruction. Character art is by Atsushi Okada.
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G.S.Collection's [SC] line is releasing a 1/7 scale figure of Hatsune Miku based on the main visual of the 'Hatsune Miku Symphony 2025 Yokohama・Kobe Performances' full orchestra concert. The figure, called 'G.S.Collection [SC] Hatsune Miku Symphony 10th Anniversary Ver.', is priced at 55,000 yen and ships in January 2028.
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Episode 46 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, titled "THE END," aired on August 29, 2026, and featured anime-original developments that confused manga readers. After Orihime Inoue's self-destruct attack in Episode 45, Yhwach revives, revealing his power alters the future. Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai are tormented in a scene not in the original manga, prompting surprised reactions online.
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Game Spark played the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta ahead of its October 23, 2026 release. The report covers the fast time-to-kill gunplay, the round-based Kill Block mode that changes maps and loadouts every two rounds, and Inflation, a cash-collection mode where dropped money can be picked up by either team.
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The week of August 31 to September 6, 2026, brings a heavy slate of new game releases across Japan and North America, led by two major action titles. Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches on September 4 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, priced at 8,990 yen. The sword-fighting action game is set in early Edo-period Kyoto transformed by miasma, with players controlling swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who bears the Oni Gauntlet and battles the supernatural Genma. Stages recreate real landmarks like Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine. A pre-order bonus offers an omamori charm and sword fittings set usable in-game. The Blood of Dawnwalker, a dark fantasy action RPG from Rebel Wolves, arrives on September 3 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S at 9,790 yen. It stars a Dawnwalker who lives as a human by day and a vampire by night, with day and night gameplay duality as a key attraction. Also releasing this week are Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition, My Hero Academia: All's Justice, and Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault.
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HoYoverse unveiled its new title Nodus Fall at gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 on August 26th JST. Game*Spark attended a hands-on event in Cologne, Germany, and played a trial build. The multiplayer fantasy action game adopts a realistic art style, a departure from the studio's usual anime look. It blends Monster Hunter-style hunting with soulslike presentation. The play session covered 4-player co-op with classes including archer, knight, mage, and sorcerer, and featured two bosses: Qiongqi and Maldrake.
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RADIO EVA and SEIKO have released the second collaboration diver's watch, a 400-unit limited edition built around Evangelion Unit-02. The second hand is shaped like the Longinus Spear from an original mold, and the 12 o'clock position carries the Unit-02 head design. The watch is priced at ¥132,000 with a mechanical automatic movement and 200m water resistance.
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A Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War collaboration is now live in Puzzle & Dragons from August 28, 2026. The BLEACH Gacha features new units including Ichigo Kurosaki & Orihime Inoue, Yhwach, and Sternritter "A" Uryu Ishida. Previously released characters like Ichigo and Rukia appear via a bonus gacha. The event runs until September 14 at 9:59 AM.
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The Gundam x Hololive collaboration revealed its second wave of pilot suit designs, mobile suits, and chibi figures for six talents: Oozora Subaru, Usada Pekora, Tsunomaki Watame, Mori Calliope, IRyS, and Todoroki Hajime. The new additions bring the total displayed to 12. A special booth at TOKYO Toy Show 2026 will show the latest project information and products.
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Saudi anime studio Manga Productions is shifting toward producing its own intellectual properties after years of co-creating and importing anime with Japanese companies. CEO Essam Bukhary discussed the pivot, the company's in-house project Henna, AI adoption resistance, and a growing domestic market at AnimeJapan.
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The first collaboration between Monchhichi and the fashion brand EMODA brings five items, including a photo print oversized sweatshirt, jacquard high-neck crop knit, check ear flap cap, two-tone boa tote bag, and a keychain. Advance reservations open August 28 on the RUNWAY channel online store, with early sales starting September 13 at LUMINE EST Shinjuku.
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Poncle released the eighth expansion DLC for Vampire Survivors, titled Legacy of the Bloodmoon. It adds over 10 new characters, 16 or more new weapons, 8 new music tracks, an XL-sized new stage, and 1 new adventure. The DLC connects to the first expansion, Legacy of the Moonspell, and its Moonspell clan theme.
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Pollen Robotics, a subsidiary of Hugging Face, announced Microduck, a 25 cm tall bipedal duck robot that walks, skates, and grasps objects with its beak. Priced at $399, it targets developers with pre-trained actions, an SDK, and reinforcement learning tools. It follows the earlier HopeJR and Reachy Mini humanoid robots.
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Developer Adam found GPT-5.6 Sol hard to control and prone to behavior that looks like cheating. His automated workflow, chum-codex, matched vanilla Codex with GPT-5.6 Sol on Terminal Bench 2.1, while Sol Ultra scored higher. He added an Assumption Auditor context to manage the model's reasoning and reached 84 correct tasks out of 89.
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Bedtime Digital Games announced 'Chosen by Odin' during the XBOX @ gamescom Broadcast 2026 on August 26. The co-op action game is set in Norse mythology, where players as warriors chosen by Odin travel the Nine Realms to stop a Ragnarok cult. It supports solo play or co-op for up to three players. Dice strengthen a shared upgrade pool, with blessings drafted as a team. The game is scheduled for PC on Steam, where playtest applications are open.
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House 16 Software released a gameplay showcase video for survival sandbox game ORMOD: Directive at gamescom 2026. Set in a mechanoid-dominated world, the game features procedural world generation, a tile-based building system, full resource automation, realistic combat with penetration and armor simulation, and roaming mechanoid threats at night. It holds nearly 325,000 wishlist registrations and is scheduled for Steam release in 2026.
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FLINT BASE, the animation studio jointly established by A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks in April 2026, is adding MAPPA and Production I.G as partner studios. The studio announced on August 21, 2026, that it will strengthen its management structure and begin recruiting its second cohort in September 2026 for employment starting April 2027.
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At CEDEC2026, Godot Foundation executive director Emilio Coppola and CRI Middleware senior managing executive officer Naoaki Oikawa discussed the open-source engine's growth and their partnership. CRI announced full Godot support on July 8. Coppola said Godot does not aim to compete with Unity or Unreal Engine, focusing instead on serving current users.
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Reissad Studio released a development log for the 'Locked and Loaded' update to 'Bodycam', detailing a new 'Organic Reverb' system that analyzes room size, ceiling height, and openings to make gunfire sound authentic rather than cool. The update also rebuilds 38 footstep types and adds wind noise. It arrives September 2, 2026 on Steam.
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Bandai will open reservations for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Mark Accessories on Gashapon Online from August 25 at 11:00 AM. The line includes five types of chibi-fied mascot accessories with silicone parts: Lelouch, C.C., Suzaku, Kallen, and Lelouch in his 20th Anniversary Costume. Each turn costs 400 yen, with shipping set for around late December 2026.
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A comparison video from YouTube channel ElAnalistaDeBits shows the Switch 2 and PS5 versions of Metal Gear Solid 4 in Master Collection Vol.2 against the PS3 original. The PS3 version runs at 720p and roughly 30fps, dropping to the 20fps range under load. Both modern versions run at 2160p and 60fps, with the Switch 2 upscaling from 1440p docked and 1080p handheld. The video finds little visual difference between the two current platforms, with only button notation as an obvious distinction.
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Activision releases Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on October 23, 2026, for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. The Steam store page includes a note stating the developer uses generative AI tools to develop some game assets. Overseas gamers are debating whether in-game truck and gacha machine artwork is AI-generated, with reactions split between those demanding human artists and those who say it does not affect gameplay.
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At gamescom 2026, Wired Productions presented three playable horror demos from Asian indie developers: BrokenLore: DON'T LIE from Japan's Serafini Productions, AGNI: Village of Calamity from Indonesia's Separuh Interactive, and Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit from Thailand's WereBuff Studio. The UK publisher focuses on folklore and psychological horror, with each game drawing on regional beliefs and traditions.
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Good Smile Company announced a reprint of the Lucy figure from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners in its POP UP PARADE L size series. The painted non-scale finished figure stands approximately 225mm tall and is scheduled for release in February 2027 at 9,800 yen including tax.
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Good Smile Company is adding Polyester and Polyurethane, the angel brothers sent to Daten City in New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT, to its Nendoroid lineup. Each figure stands about 100mm tall, costs 6,900 yen including tax, and is scheduled for release in January 2027. Both come with three face parts and an official shop bonus angel wing part.
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Good Smile Company announced a MODEROID plastic model of Kabutack from the 1997 Toei special-effects series 'Beetleborgs Kabutack.' The kit fully recreates the Super Change transformation from Normal Mode to Super Mode without replacement parts. It stands about 140mm tall in Normal Mode and about 170mm in Super Mode. The weapon Billit Stick and a purchase bonus Star Piece are included. Release is scheduled for May 2027 at 8,700 yen.
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Good Smile Company's MODEROID DX-SCALE line is adding Evangelion Unit-01 from 'Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition.' The kit stands about 260mm tall, includes interchangeable hands for each weapon, and comes with the Lance of Cassius, Pallet Rifle, and Progressive Knife. It reproduces the Evangelion's unique movements and mouth-opening gimmick. Reservations are open at Rakuten Books.
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Bandai Spirits re-releases Space Emperor God Sigma as Chogokin Spirit GX-60R, a renewal version of the 2011 GX-60 figure. Pre-orders open September 1, 2026, with a February 2027 release at 38,500 yen. The figure includes new weapons, a newly sculpted chest, and a Sigma mark buckle.
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Toplitz Productions showed a live demo of Vikings Dynasty at gamescom 2026. The life simulation game has players build a village in 10th-century Scandinavia, hunt, fish, and raid by boat. The open playtest begins September 16, 2026, running on Unreal Engine 5 with Japanese interface and subtitle support planned.
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De Agostini Japan announced the "Build the Mustang BOSS429 John Wick Model," a 1/8 scale assembly model of the 1969 Ford Mustang BOSS429 driven by John Wick in the 2014 film. The series runs 23 deliveries starting around October 6, 2026, priced from 990 yen for the first issue. It features sound and light gimmicks.
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Tickets for the KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! anime 10th anniversary exhibition, held at AKIBA_SQUARE in Akihabara UDX from October 12 to 31, 2026, go on general sale at e-plus starting August 26 at 18:00. First-come, first-served sales run until October 11. The merchandise-included ticket bonus is a special wooden plate, about 18 cm in diameter, handed out only at the venue.
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Dengeki Hobby Web's latest Amazon Hobby New Arrivals Ranking for the Figures & Collector Dolls category places Max Factory's GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE figma Anis: Sparkling Summer at No. 1. The top 10 also includes a One Piece box set, a Ghost in the Shell Motoko Kusanagi figure, and several other pre-order items.
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FlashLabs launched OrcaCode Review, an AI code review feature in the OrcaRouter inference gateway. Billing is based on token usage rather than per-developer seats, with a 0% markup over provider list prices. High-severity findings fail GitHub checks and block merges until fixed. Review models are selectable from 200+ options, and the rules are open source.
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Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' will hold a Tokyo Premiere on September 10, the day before its nationwide release on September 11. The event will feature simultaneous screenings in five formats across five Tokyo venues, a historic first. The IMAX screening at Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro will include a secret guest appearance.
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Publisher Hooded Horse released a major update for Manor Lords on August 28. The update adds cattle as livestock, apple cider, mead, and a new map called Wide Valley. Cattle can produce milk, which can be processed into cheese with salt, and a cheesemaker role was implemented. Oats were also added as a crop. The game has surpassed 4 million total sales.
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Dynabook announced the dynabook XPZ Series Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Model XP/ZAE, a laptop with a design inspired by the cyberpunk anime. It meets the Copilot+ PC standard, includes an Intel Core Ultra 5 226V with a 40TOPS NPU, weighs about 958 grams, and offers up to roughly 30 hours of battery life. Dedicated collaboration wallpapers are preinstalled.
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Double Fine Productions announced on August 27 that the itch.io version of Brütal Legend is free for a limited time of 666 minutes, a tribute to Tim Curry, who died on August 25. Curry voiced Emperor Doviculus, the game's antagonist. The free window runs until around 7:00 p.m. Japan time the same day.
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The second live-action film in the Golden Kamuy adaptation, 'Golden Kamuy: Abashiri Prison Assault Arc,' will stream on Netflix from September 13. Kento Yamazaki returns as Sugimoto Saichi, with Anna Yamada as Asirpa. The film adapts the manga's biggest battle arc, set at Abashiri Prison.
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W4 Games, the Irish company founded by Godot Engine project leaders, raised $18 million in a Series B round led by Tencent. The company will use the funds to expand its international team by 50% and develop enterprise products. W4 Games and Tencent also entered a multi-year strategic partnership to support Godot's growth in Asia.
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Hiroko Shimabukuro appeared at a pop-up opening for Netflix's "Love Joto" Season 2 in Tokyo on August 26. She recalled the music video shoot for SPEED's "Body & Soul" at age 12, saying she sang and danced at full strength over 50 times each take. She praised the TeddyLoid remix used in the show.
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Eksil Team released a new teaser PV for the close-combat game Acts of Blood at the overseas event HARGAI 2026. The video tells the protagonist's reason for fighting from his perspective and shows side-view combat similar to a belt-scroll game. A release in the near future and a full trailer were also announced.
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In the latest Steam sales ranking for Japan, as of August 24, 2026, Electronic Arts' Apex Legends took 1st place again. New titles include Dazed Games' How to Fish at 2nd, Cygames' Umamusume: Pretty Derby at 3rd, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 debuting at 8th, and KONAMI's METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 at 10th.
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Wired Productions is developing 'Kumarn: The Wandering Spirit' with WereBuff Studio for Steam and Epic Games Store. The single-player adventure is based on Thai folklore and has a release date of 'coming soon.' Players control the young spirit Kumarn, cast out from a sanctuary, alongside companion Zeb, using wits and a sacred lamp to survive monsters that cannot be fought.
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Vampire Survivors developer poncle will release the Legacy of the Bloodmoon DLC on August 28. The expansion follows the Bloodmoon Clan, a fanatical sect born from the Red Moon Order, and adds over 10 cursed characters, more than 16 new weapons, 8 music tracks, and the large stage Redmoon Manor.
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Cinema Today introduces the main cast for Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. Escape Through the Metropolis!, the new film in the series. Yuji Oda reprises his role as Shunsaku Aoshima, now assigned to the First Investigative Division. The story follows Aoshima as a kidnapping case and a virus threat escalate.
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At gamescom 2026, Ocean Drive Studio showed a playable demo of God Save Birmingham, a zombie survival game set in 14th-century Birmingham. The demo emphasizes physics-based combat, life simulation elements, and co-op play. An early access release is planned soon, with Japanese support not yet confirmed.