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The One-Punch Man anime's official side announced on October 11 that Season 3 Part 2 will air in January 2027. A key visual and first PV were released, showing Garou at center, new character Psykos, Tatsumaki and Genos, plus Saitama and Flashy Flash in the Monster Association hideout. JAM Project returns for the opening theme, "Never Done: Strongest VS Most Terrifying."
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The Dr. STONE anime franchise is getting a sequel. An event called Stone Fes. 2026 announced on Saturday that production has been green-lit on Dr. STONE TERRAFORMING, which adapts the "Terraforming" story set after the main narrative and included in the 27th volume of the original manga. The announcement came from the official anime account on October 10, alongside a teaser promotional video featuring newly recorded dialogue from the character Senku. A commemorative illustration by Yuko Iwasa, who handled character design for the television anime, was also released. Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi, the manga's writer and artist, both issued comments. The release timing and other details were not revealed. The manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2017 to March 2022, and Viz Media published it in English. The television anime concluded on June 25, 2026.
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Party Look has opened pre-orders on Amazon.co.jp for a new color version of Yukimiya Yuge's original character figure Maid Sister Cynthia. The 1/6 scale PVC and ABS painted figure stands about 280mm including the base and is priced at 22,550 yen with tax. It departs from the earlier look with cherry-blossom-colored long hair and a purple-and-white maid outfit. The scheduled release is April 30, 2027.
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The television anime of Rokuro Uraji's zombie novel series revealed its main promotional video, key visual, additional cast, and theme songs on Saturday. RetBear performs the opening theme "No Reaction"; Itsuka performs the ending theme "Tsukikage." Rikako Ito joins as Tokiko Kurose and Marie Miyake as Sayaka Makiura. The series, starring Wataru Kato and Yuno Azuma, debuts in January 2027 on AT-X.
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The One Piece Card Game announced on Monday that To Love-Ru manga artist Kentaro Yabuki is providing an illustration of Nami for the One Piece Heroines Edition vol.2 [EB-05] booster set, releasing October 31. The card comes in two variations. The set is the game's second extra booster set. The English One Piece social accounts teased it with a short promotional video on Monday.
1d ago
Two mods that convert Project Zomboid's quarter-view perspective into first-person and third-person 3D have been released on the Steam Workshop. "pz3d" arrived on September 25 with plain graphics that keep the original's look, while "Project Viewpoint" followed on September 28 with richer visuals and shader options including cloud rendering and god rays. Both make the player character, enemies, and objects 3D.
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HoYoverse announced during an October 9, 2026 preview program that Zenless Zone Zero will hold a crossover with Honkai: Star Rail in Ver.3.4. Kafka and Robin, two characters from Honkai: Star Rail, will appear in New Eridu as collaboration characters. The same broadcast confirmed that Zenless Zone Zero Ver.3.3, titled Take Flight Once More, launches on October 21 and introduces S-Rank Agents Fione and Severian. Fione is a Fire and Anomaly unit who applies Fire Erosion and revives with full HP after a fatal blow. Severian is a Wind and Attack unit who evades and counterattacks, building energy for consecutive slashes. Ver.3.3 also adds mech combat with switchable melee and ranged modes, a new Labyrinth Mysteries season called Strange Trials, a test run of the Fairy team composition feature, and a Steam version. The crossover runs the other direction as well: Honkai: Star Rail Ver.4.8 will bring Zenless Zone Zero characters Ellen Joe and Astra Yao to the Astral Express.
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The 13th New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival runs November 20 to 24 at the New Chitose Airport Terminal Building, with more than 60 programs. The lineup includes a special screening and solo talk by Mai Yoneyama, an advance screening of Shingo Natsume's 'ghost/Night's End', a screening of Atsushi Nishigori's 'GROTESQQQUE', a selection screening of 'Goodbye Lara' with director Takashi Koide, and a PERIMETRON retrospective.
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Right-on will release new Harry Potter items starting October 9 at its official online store, at Right-on stores nationwide and online stores, sequentially. The lineup includes unisex four-house knit cardigans at 6,990 yen, unisex sweatshirts at 5,990 yen and kids sweatshirts at 4,990 yen, plus poncho stoles, pouch charms, pouches, socks, logo mats and blankets. Knit cardigans go on sale ahead of time at some stores, with other stores rolling them out from October 16 onward.
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Crunchyroll and the anime's official website streamed a first teaser for Everyone's Darling Has a Secret on Thursday, showing footage and previewing the voice cast. Reiji Kawashima plays Hizashi Hiruno, Hikaru Tono plays Rei Kuromiya, =LOVE member Iori Noguchi plays Sakura Akai, and Ami Maeshima plays Sora Konno. Hikaru Sato directs at Gekko, with Fumihiko Shimo on series scripts. The anime premieres in April 2027, and Crunchyroll will stream it as it airs in Japan.
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Publisher Infini Fun released Fantasy Idle Expedition, developed by One Interactive Studio, on October 9 for PC via Steam, with Japanese display and subtitles supported. The idle RPG sends a party of up to four Duelists into automatic combat from the desktop. It offers 91 job roles across Warrior, Mage, Priest and Archer lines, over 200 equipment types, enchanting, and up to three parties dispatched at once.
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TALLBOYS and CRITICAL REFLEX released the first playable demo for Militsioner on Steam during the Triple-i Initiative Showcase broadcast on October 9, according to Denfaminicogamer and Game Spark. The demo covers Act 1, in which the player controls a protagonist pursued for a crime they did not commit and learns how to survive in a surreal town watched over by a giant police officer. The route out is a cable car, and multiple methods exist to reach it, including back streets and bribery. The full game is scheduled for 2027 on PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, and will be available on Game Pass from launch day. The price is undecided, and the title supports Japanese. The demo is available now on Steam.
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At an IMAX revival screening of Godzilla-1.0 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on the 8th, director Takashi Yamazaki said the film opened all kinds of doors for him and recalled Mio Tanaka emerging from the new film so worn out he thought he might collapse. Tanaka, who plays Tatsuo Hotta, said he cried after watching it. Godzilla-0.0 releases in less than a month.
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Serenity Forge will publish Springs, Eternal, the exploration narrative game from Fullbright, for PC via Steam on November 12, 2026. A free demo is out now. Players explore Stillwater Springs, a remote night-time hot spring resort, with a flashlight, meeting more than 12 characters across over 30,000 words of dialogue. Japanese is supported.
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Lilyette, the sister agency of VTuber agency Haconect, ran an official goods production event on the streaming app IRIAM from September 1 to September 30, 2026. The event cleared its 500,000pt goal for standing illustration acrylic stands and its 5,000,000pt stretch goal for station posters. Those posters are on display for two weeks from October 8 at JR Akihabara Station's Electric Town Exit ticket gate.
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One Ten Inc. announced that its self-developed AR attraction Obake Hunter AR has been adapted for Namjatown, the Ikebukuro indoor theme park run by Bandai Namco Experience, and began operating as Mojav's Obake Hunter AR on Saturday, September 26, 2026. Players use gun-type controllers with smartphones to defeat AR ghosts, and receive a Mojav certification card.
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BANDAI SPIRITS will open pre-orders for One Piece World Collectable Figure PREMIUM Cross Guild on Premium Bandai's e-BANPRESTO on Friday, October 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM. The set covers all 10 types: Buggy, Crocodile, Dracule Mihawk, Alvida, Cabaji, Mohji, Richie, Mr. 1 (Daz Bones), Mr. 3 (Galdino), and a Cross Guild Mark. Mihawk and Crocodile each include a chair. It costs 22,000 yen and ships in March 2027.
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Bandai is taking preorders on Gashapon Online for CAPSULEVERSE ONE PIECE 01, part of a new figure brand built to be displayed with its capsules. The lineup has four types: Monkey D. Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy (Gear 5), Roronoa Zoro, and Sanji, each with an effect part. It is 800 yen per play, with preorders open until 23:59 on November 24.
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acosta!@Ikebukuro Sunshine City ran September 22 and 23 at Sunshine City in Tokyo, and the convention's cosplay roundup names 12 participants. Remielle from Zenless Zone Zero appears as Shiora, Serena from Pokemon XY as Mirana, and Nefer and Lauma from Genshin Impact as Endou Mame and Raku. Blue Archive and Nijisanji accounts fill most of the rest, with one VTuber entry.
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Seven Seas Entertainment announced a batch of new licenses on Wednesday, spanning manga and novels. The lineup includes Living With My New Cat, a full-color sequel manga by Fujihito arriving August 2027 in an oversized print edition at $14.99 USA and $19.99 CAN, with an ebook edition planned for digital platforms. Teito Yuzuriha's Zukyun x Bakyun, about two elite assassins who stumble into romance, is set for September 2027. Suzusuke's novel The One-Eyed, One-Armed, One-Legged Sorcerer, with illustrations by Sumihei, arrives November 2026 and follows a legendary magician who emerges from a forest. August 2027 also brings Twinkling Secrets Told Us Tonight Is the Night by NOJIRO GURI. Record of a Reincarnated Chancellor: I Was Summoned by a Hopeless Demon Lord to Rebuild Her Army, written by Panda Pudding with art by Hiyaori, is scheduled for February 2027. Seven Seas separately confirmed audiobook editions for three novels.
3d ago
Manga Up! Global added five manga over the past two weeks, with release dates spanning September 30 to October 8. The batch includes Siketainu's magical girl comedy Magical Girl Recruiter Puicho!, the café romance Bitter Knight in My Sweet Café, Ann Siranui's VAMPXIA, the romantic comedy 100 Things the Sheltered Lady and This Commoner Want to Do, and Renjuro Kindaichi's zombie anthology We Are All D***.
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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.
3d ago
Astrae Oratio is a magic RPG for smartphones developed by Dynamis One and serviced by NC. In a closed beta test that began October 2, players could experience the main story set in a 1989 Tokyo where magic users live in secret, a turn-based battle system with tactical elements, character development, and free time with magic users. The story follows a civil servant Chief at the Special Ward Agency.
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Publisher Entalto Publishing announced on October 6 that BINGONE, a roguelike bingo game from developer A La Fresca Studio, is in development for PC via Steam with no release date set. Players use a 3x9 card, numbered balls and item stickers, combining sticker effects to hit each stage's clear score. The game is being made under the influence of Balatro.
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AMNIBUS opened pre-orders on September 28 for Dr. STONE T-shirts printed with lines from the TV anime. Each shirt costs ¥5,478 including tax. The lineup covers quotes from Senku Ishigami, Ryusui Nanami, SAI, Dr. Xeno, and Stanley Snyder, among them the "Ah, I Finally Made It, From a Single Stone" design. Orders are taken on the AMNIBUS website.
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Inui Toko released her second mini album, "One day," on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The six-song album includes "Broken" and "Dawn," for which Inui wrote the lyrics herself. A serial code bundled with all three first-press editions opened the ticket advance lottery for "Inui Toko 2nd Solo Live 'Restart'" at Tokyo Garden Theater on Saturday, April 24, 2027. Applications run through November 18, 2026.
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Sony will release the INZONE H9 II Fnatic Edition, a collaboration gaming headset made with the esports team Fnatic, on October 22. The manufacturer's estimated retail price including tax is around 39,600 yen. The headset uses Fnatic's orange on the ear cup housings and microphone sponge, and carries Fnatic's symbol mark on the side of the housings. The base INZONE H9 II is a wireless model that uses the same speaker drivers as Sony's WH-1000XM6 Bluetooth headphones, with tuning aimed at FPS play. It supports Sony's low-latency wireless connection, Bluetooth, and wired connections, and includes sound presets for VALORANT and Apex Legends. Sony also announced the INZONE E9 Glass Purple, a new color of its wired gaming in-ear earphones, for the same October 22 date at around 17,600 yen. Those earphones use ear hangers that hook over the ear and were supervised by Fnatic players, with tuning that emphasizes footsteps, gunshots, and voice chat audio. The earphones use a 3.5mm mini-plug analog connection and ship with a USB Type-C sound device.
3d ago
MegaHouse will open pre-orders on October 8, 2026 for three One Piece product lines. The second WALLSTAR release pairs Monkey D. Luffy and Nami in Elbaph Arc outfits, each about 110mm tall, at 2,970 yen or 6,050 yen for the set. The Whitebeard Variable Action Heroes figure returns in a Ver.1.5 release at 22,000 yen, and RUBIK'S ID One Piece ships in February 2027 at 1,320 yen each.
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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.
4d ago
Kyodo Medias announced that Shonen YoRHa ver 1.2, a stage play sharing a worldview with NieR:Automata, will be restaged in 2027. Yoko Taro handles original work and script, Matsuta Ichidai directs, and Okabe Keiichi composes. Tokyo performances run November 28 to December 5, 2027 at Theater G-Rosso; Osaka runs December 16 to December 19 at Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall. Auditions close October 18.
4d ago
Pizza-La will sell a Dr. STONE collaboration pizza and a goods set from October 1 to November 1, 2026. The pizza is a P-size pie split between a Kingdom of Science-style Mediterranean Margherita and a Francois-style beef curry pizza. The goods are wire keyholders and acrylic coasters, each with six designs. Sets start at 3,490 yen including tax.
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Frederick Raynal, Keiichiro Toyama, Makoto Shibata and Kono Hifumi spoke together at The Tenth Mosaic, held at the Institut francais in Tokyo on September 22 and 23. Raynal described wanting to render George A. Romero's zombies in 3D after playing the 1991 game Cube, while Toyama traced SIREN to his Konami years and Shibata traced Fatal Frame to the PlayStation 2's improved expression.
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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.
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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.
4d ago
A new manga, Inaba Haneru Shinya no Haishin-gai Shokudou, began serialization on October 6 at noon on Shonen Gahosha's web outlet COMIC Y-OURS. The protagonist is VTuber Inaba Haneru, who cooks late-night meals after finishing her streams. The cooking comedy is drawn by manga artist Saitou Fumi (Somemaru), who also handles the ongoing Gohan-zame. It requires no registration and is free to read.
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Bandai will release Mame Gasha Hon "Weekly Shonen Sunday Comics Collection" in the third week of October 2026. The lineup covers six works from Weekly Shonen Sunday: Touch, Ranma 1/2, Kyokara Ore wa!!, Ushio and Tora, Detective Conan, and MAJOR. Each miniature comic is about five centimeters tall. The price is 500 yen including tax.
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Bandai will include a newly drawn Nami card by Kentaro Yabuki in the One Piece Card Game extra booster Heroines Edition vol.2. Two versions exist: a standard card with a cat silhouette in the background, and a foil-stamped version built around Nami's expression. The set also features Nico Robin, Boa Hancock, Shirahoshi, Yamato, and others. It releases on October 31, 2026, at 240 yen per six-card pack.
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Dwango will livestream the full performance of Kuzuha One-Man Live "Bloody Alexandrite" on Nico Nico Live Broadcasting from K Arena Yokohama on October 12, 2026. Doors open at 16:30 and the show starts at 18:00. The performer is Kuzuha, a Nijisanji liver. Guests are Kenmochi Toya, Fuwa Minato, Ibrahim, and Lauren Iroas, the four members of the unit Seme4. A newly shot promotional video for the live will run on Cross Shinjuku Vision in Shinjuku, Tokyo, from October 6 to October 12, 2026, between 7:00 and 25:00. In a separate commemoration, station advertisements carrying replicated handwritten messages from Kuzuha will appear at 47 stations across all 47 prefectures. The livestream is a paid viewing ticket system, with the opening part free to anyone. Main stream tickets cost 6,500 yen, a goods bundle costs 10,500 yen, and Liver Camera and Venue Fixed Camera tickets cost 2,500 yen and 2,000 yen.
4d ago
Premium Bandai opened a lottery sale on October 5 for the ONE PIECE Card Game Premium Card Collection -ONE PIECE DAY'26-, a commemorative set of two promotional cards: Monkey D. Luffy and a Don!! Card. Applications run to October 13, 2026, winners are announced in late October 2026, shipping is set for August 2027, and the price is 990 yen. Buyers from the first through fourth reservation sales cannot apply.
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DAKA Production has put out a demo of ZONE L.O.S.T., a four-player co-op horror game, on Steam for PC. Players control four lead scientists with different physical limits: one cannot see without glasses, one uses a wheelchair, one is extremely short, and one is too large to pass through narrow spaces. Monsters cannot be repelled, so the team hides, stacks desks, chairs, and devices into makeshift cover, and works toward self-destructing the research facility and escaping. The full version is scheduled for October 30, 2026.
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NHK posted a collaboration video on October 1, 2026 in which Domo-kun, the PR character for the NHK ONE service, holds a press conference and Wanwan from the E-TV children's program Inai Inai Baa! interprets for him. Wanwan marked 30 years on E-TV this year, and NHK ONE reaches one year since launch. NHK says six short videos themed on NHK ONE were made and will run on the NHK Corporate Communications X account in principle on the 1st of each month at 11:11.
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At Tokyo Game Show 2026, L&K JAPAN exhibited the MMORPG RED STONE with a stamp rally covering missions from social media posts to trials against a limited boss named Inaris, with limited goods for clearing any one mission. Two cosplayers from South Korea, Leeloo and Hangah, appeared as Maid and Black Magician and held a photo session.
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Bandai Spirits has published the full prize lineup for the Ichiban Kuji Ouran High School Host Club 20th Anniversary lottery, which goes on sale starting October 24. The A Prize is a figure recreating an anime opening scene on a 20th anniversary logo base. Lower tiers include a small Vase of Beginnings, a Memorial Plate, Chokonokko figures of the seven Host Club members, towels, acrylic stands, a clear file and sticker set, and telop rubber charms.
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Geo is accepting lottery applications for the ONE PIECE Card Game extra booster Heroines Edition vol.2, limited to one box per applicant at 5,728 yen. Applications close October 1 at 17:59, winners are notified October 29, and purchases run October 31 to November 1. Geo cuts the seal tape at the register and keeps the outer box; resale is banned for one year after winning.
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Dusk Dog Studio announced One More Depth, a top-down hack-and-slash action adventure built around roguelite-style build-crafting for up to four players in co-op. The studio's previous title is the side-scrolling pixel-art action game Portal Dungeon, which holds a Very Positive rating on Steam. Players control an orphan who enters a dungeon in an unknown otherworld to find a legendary treasure and rescue villagers, recovering lost memories. A dual-class system and over 100 item and equipment types shape each build.
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Premium Bandai opens a fourth preorder round for the One Piece Card Game Premium Card Collection -One Piece Day'26- on September 28 at 12:00. The set holds two promotional cards: Monkey D. Luffy and a Don!! Card. It costs 990 yen with tax, and shipping is scheduled for June 2027. The set commemorates One Piece Day'26, held August 22-23.
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CRITICAL REFLEX brought Militsioner to Tokyo Game Show 2026, where the adventure game's early minutes put the player under arrest by a giant policeman. Dialogue choices, a visible emotion system, gifts, and a wristwatch time skip all feed the relationship. The town and other characters hold clues and items, but the policeman dominates the demo. A PC release on Steam is scheduled soon.
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Shift Up will release the Switch 2 version of Stellar Blade on November 6, 2026, CEO and director Kim Hyung-tae said in an interview. The port ships alongside a Bayonetta collaboration costume for protagonist Eve, which Kim tied to the Switch 2 release. He said the team targeted 60 frames per second in most scenes and aimed to match the experience of other platforms.
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A leaker's post describes Chinese iPhone buyers checking each year whether their display came from Samsung or LG, with some returning units until they get a Samsung panel. He also shared a rough user tier list for the iPhone 18 Pro series released September 18, placing Samsung's G9N and G9P above rival panels, while noting the rankings are impressions that vary by unit. Supply figures put Samsung and LG panels close in volume.
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MegaHouse will release a figure of Loki, the Cursed Prince of One Piece's Elbaph arc, as the second entry in its Portrait.Of.Pirates Elevated Boost line, branded ELB-MAXIMUM. The painted PVC and ABS figure stands about 310mm to the top of the head, 285mm to the horn tips, with total width around 410mm. Preorders open Friday, October 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM JST through Premium Bandai, Jump Characters Store, Toei Animation Official Store, Mugiwara Store, and Mugiwara Store MINI at Kiddy Land Kyoto Shijo Kawaramachi. Release is scheduled for September 2027 at 55,000 yen including tax. Sculpting is credited to MAS of Pinpoint, with coloring by Kenji Ando. The product depicts Loki, son of the king Harald, crucified in Hel for his crimes, with two horns, his hammer Ragnir, Seastone chains, and snow rendered in the sculpt and paint.