Ren: Kuonjima Warabeuta Serial Murder Memorandum is a mystery visual novel released for PC via Steam on July 28, 2026, set on the storm-isolated island of Kuonjima where a murder notice is delivered through a Warabeuta song and seven geniuses gather to solve the case.
Ren: Kuonjima Warabeuta Serial Murder Memorandum is the latest mystery visual novel from independent developer Renka, released for PC via Steam on July 28, 2026. The game places players on the storm-isolated island of Kuonjima, where a murder notice arrives through a Warabeuta song. Seven geniuses gather to solve the case, which involves locked-room puzzles, astrology, and a puzzle of flesh and blood.
The release continues Renka's rapid output of mystery visual novels. By 2026, the developer had already put out five works, with three released in May alone. This title adds to that streak, arriving in the summer alongside other genre releases.
The game is currently available on Steam, with no other platforms announced in the coverage. The story's premise, centered on a serial murder and a traditional song, distinguishes it within the developer's catalog.
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The Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD of Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash - The Witch of Circe arrive January 27, 2027. A two-week limited re-screening runs from December 11, with a December 12 stage greeting in Tokyo featuring Kensho Ono, Reina Ueda, director Shukou Murase, and producer Keisuke Kasai.
EXNOA has announced Night Shift Ward Online -New Operation-, a card battle RPG social game operated by NeuralPicks, with pre-registration open on the official website. The game is based on the 1999 adult title Night Shift Ward, released by Mink, and follows a protagonist scouted by St. Lupinus General Hospital to help build a Special Ward. A DMM points campaign runs alongside pre-registration. It is planned free-to-play for FANZA GAMES.
STP WORKS released the Nintendo Switch version of French Fries Pusher Friends on October 15 for 470 yen including tax. Players fire fries to fend off training robots while assembling burger sets, solo or with up to four players, and compete on a ranking for sets served before HP reaches zero. Permanent upgrades use saved wages, and items and skills appear during runs. A Steam version has been available since January 12, 2024.
The stage play "'HUNTER×HUNTER' THE STAGE 4 Part 1" released its main visual and full cast for the Chimera Ant arc. Rento Nishiyama plays Gon and Niina Akutsu plays Killua, with Ryūji Satō as Meruem and Yumi Wakatsuki as Neferpitou. The Tokyo run is January 23 to February 7, 2027; Kyoto runs February 13 to 21, 2027.
The second season of the live-action series of Ogeretsu Tanaka's Renai Rubi no Tadashii Furikata manga adds Rina Komiyama as Maki Oda, Takumi Bando as Kyosuke Hiiragi, and Tamami Sakaguchi as Matsuri Inui. The October 29 debut is on Tokyo MX1. Nanami Asahi, Saya Emori, and Tetsunori Akira return, with Genki Iwahashi and Satoru Soma reprising Hiromu Suzuki and Natsuo Washizawa. Yasuki Sato directs and Motoko Takahashi writes scripts.
Ayataka's collaboration campaign with the TV anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End begins October 12, 2026, a national holiday. Codes under bottle caps entered into the Coke ON app accumulate entry points for a lottery: 100,000 winners take original goods, 1.1 million win Coke ON points as a double chance, and 99,000 win a drink ticket. Each point earned guarantees one of four wallpapers.
The figma Goro Inogashira Yutaka Matsushige ver. released in 2018 is being renewed. The Renewal Edition Nostalgic Set-Meal Restaurant Set, scheduled for September 2026, adds three newly sculpted face parts (normal, hungry, satisfied), a table and chairs, food accessories, hand parts and a paper-craft diorama of a small eatery. Dengeki Hobby Web published a photo review of the set ahead of its release.
Alliance Arts has released two paid music packs for the rhythm adventure game Yunyun Denpa Syndrome on PC. The Yuzusoft pack adds six opening themes from the bishoujo brand's titles, including Koi Koi Enishi from Senren * Banka and Koi Seyo Otome! from Sanoba Witch. A KOTOKO pack carries 12 songs, and five free songs are available to main game owners.
Ryotaro Sakaguchi, 36, plays the drag queen and street drummer Angel in the Japanese production of RENT, running at Theater Creation in Tokyo from October 15 to November 13, 2026, double-cast with Hayate Takahashi. He posted a photo of himself in Angel's all-red costume and white hair on October 7, writing that the musical opens next week and that he finished the final rehearsal.
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MediaOCD announced on Wednesday a sales agreement with Aniplex of America to carry select anime on Blu-ray Disc through the MediaOCD online store. The first Aniplex of America titles listed are the Gurren Lagann television series and films and both seasons of Mashle: Magic and Muscles. The Gurren Lagann Complete Blu-ray Disc Box holds the 27-episode series, the films Gurren Lagann the Movie -Childhood's End- and Gurren Lagann the Movie -The Lights in the Sky Are Stars-, and two versions of episode 6. A separate Gurren Lagann the Movie 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collects both films remastered in 4K for the films' 15th anniversary, with staff audio commentary, a leaflet, and the English dub. The Mashle boxes cover the first two seasons with mini-character stickers, a booklet, a soundtrack CD, and creditless opening and ending videos. Justin Sevakis, founder of MediaOCD, said the agreement keeps the titles available to fans and that more titles are planned. MediaOCD announced the deal from Los Angeles on October 6, 2026.
Taito plans to release Frieren: Beyond Journey's End figures starting in November. The line is the sitting-pose series Desktop Cute, and the new entry depicts Frieren from her training days seated on a rock while holding a bag and other items. The article notes her somewhat innocent expression as a point of interest. Further details are to be posted on the Taito Toys official X account.
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.
SpaceBlast, DigitalBlast, and the space business division of Oscar Promotion have appointed the rookie astronaut VTuber Artemis Ichi as public relations intern for SpaceLINK Conference 2027, set for February 8, 2027 at TODA HALL & CONFERENCE TOKYO. She will communicate information ahead of the event and hold dialogues with speakers. Specific activities will be announced as they are decided.
ANYCOLOR released the preview video and song details for Furen E Lustario's first mini album FACETS, due December 2, 2026. The six shared tracks come from TOKOTOKO, Carlos Hakamada (SaizeP), TeddyLoid, biz and ZERA, R Sound Design, and Natsuyo Takaaki with Tomoari Higashiyama. A first production limited edition B adds a seventh track. Store rollout and guest information for the first solo live were also announced.
A Rent-a-Girlfriend pop up shop with newly drawn succubus-themed illustrations of Chizuru Mizuhara, Mami Nanami, Ruka Sarashina, Sumi Sakurasawa and Mini Yaemori runs at AKIBA Cultures ZONE in Akihabara from Saturday, October 3 to Monday, October 12, 2026. Merchandise includes long tapestries, clear files, acrylic keychains, glitter can badges and mini bromides, sold at the venue and online through Animebako from October 3 at 11:00 to October 12 at 23:59.
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.
RENGAME announced How to Use on October 6, a first-person puzzle adventure co-developed with NANICA. The player is restrained to a chair in a Western-style mansion and must work out a strange box with no manual, using buttons and levers across all six faces. The developer puts the number of possible operations above 15,000. It is scheduled for PC (Steam) in March 2027.
Premium Bandai is taking preorders for three items tied to Char Aznable's sunglasses from Mobile Suit Gundam. The reproduction of the glasses he wears in episode 12 costs 15,400 yen, and a version with Gihren Zabi printed on the lenses costs 16,500 yen. A display stand using a scene cut from the same episode costs 3,300 yen. Preorders close January 31, with shipping set for February 2027.
Nexon Games IO Division's RX Studio brought Faledria, its new title announced earlier as Project RX, to Tokyo Game Show 2026 with a playable build. General producer Kim Yong-ha, who also holds that role on Blue Archive, and composer Mitsukiyo, representing STUDIO ALOH, discussed the game's theme of otherworld home stay and its cycle of battles and character interaction from Tasogare Hall.
Sega will roll out four Frieren: Beyond Journey's End prize figures starting November 13. Frieren and Fern appear in the Luminasta line wearing witch-style Halloween costumes and holding staffs, with pumpkin accessories worked into the sculpts. Two of the four are clear versions sold only through Sega UFO Catcher Online, where parts such as the hair have a clear finish.
ASCII.jp's sixth fall 2026 anime feature covers five titles: The Salty-Tongued Sato-san Is Only Sweet to Me, PSYREN, Steel Ball Run: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Yuu-san Chi! from Yuu-Hachi, and Funbaruzu. The Sato-san entry lists Tezuka Productions, director Fumihiro Yoshimura, Miku Ito as Koharu Sato and Hinata Ishibashi as Sota Oshio, with broadcast starting October 6 on TOKYO MX, BS-TBS, WOWOW and AT-X.
Sohei Niikawa, who runs the one-person studio Super Nichi LLC, is making Noroi Ayashi, a time-loop horror RTA stealth action adventure, with manga artist Renji Oshikiri handling character design. Announced September 16, the day before Tokyo Game Show 2026 opened, it was discussed at the Makuhari Messe venue. Niikawa says puzzle knowledge lets players skip more each loop, so the game measures how fast you can solve it now versus at first.
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.
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.
Furai no Shiren 6 peaked at 1,552 concurrent Steam players on September 21, an all-time high for the game and above the 1,492 recorded shortly after release. A 50% off sale through September 18 and the September 9 surprise launch of Torneko's Great Adventure Remaster appear to have driven the increase. The remaster shipped for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, iOS, and Android.
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At Tokyo Game Show 2026, G-Mode's in-development remake Continued Portopia Serial Murder Case: Burial of Oblivion was playable on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The demo opens with Kozo Yamakawa's mysterious suicide and names the protagonist Daigo Go, previously just Boss. The magnifying glass cursor turns red with a "!" bubble over evidence, phone numbers register automatically, and the underground maze now shows a map.
Katsuwo launched a manga adaptation of Renren Ii's Oja no Ban Kuruwase shogi light novels in the November issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Daioh G on Monday. The issue's front cover features the manga. Renren Ii began serializing the novels on Kakuyomu in December 2023. Kadokawa published the first print volume on March 21 with illustrations by Fujiko, the third on August 24, and the fourth is set for November 20.
Glacier Bay Books said on Bluesky on Friday that its manga are being added to Sweet Shop, a new digital comics platform. Available now on the app are Pandora, Dream Another Dream, Mothers, Red Riding Hood's Wolf Apprentice, Red Riding Hood's Wolf Apprentice II, Rabbit Game, Children of Mu-Town, and Ripples. More titles are on the way.
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.
NEXON Games IO Division's RX Studio showed Faledoria, its new bishoujo title, at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which ran from September 17. The build let visitors walk a cycle from the Tasogare-kan hall into battle and back for character interaction. Kim Yong-ha, general producer, and Mitsukiyo, who handles music production and heads STUDIO ALOH, answered questions about how the project took shape. Kim said the idea came around 2022 and was made concrete in 2023, with full development starting at the beginning of 2024, roughly two years of production. Faledoria is planned for PC, mobile, and console. Kim also produces Blue Archive, and Mitsukiyo has written music for it since around 2019. Kim said he found Mitsukiyo on the music service SoundCloud before they met in person.
The TV anime adaptation of Psyren has set Who-ya Extended's new song ICARUS as its ending theme. The Satelight production is directed by Katsumi Ono, with Shin Yoshida on series composition and Shiro Okuma on character design. Episode 1, titled Urban Legend, airs October 5, the same day streaming begins; Mie TV joins the broadcast from October 7.
MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA, the successor to MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA, was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to 20, where a media session also detailed the new Grand Scenario Mode. The demo showed Act Mode, a simplified control scheme with one-button special moves and strengthened Rapid Beat, plus the Lumina Gauge, which replaces the Moon Drive Gauge. Release is set for April.
Clover Lab is developing Noroi Ayashi for Switch 2 and Switch, with Game Source Entertainment planning a 2027 release. Producer Shuhei Shinagawa described a horror game built on death loops, where players retry to learn clues and clear at their own pace. Development is about 50 percent complete. Manga artist Rensuke Oshikiri handles character design.
An original art fair for Shogakukan works opened September 20 at Ginza Tsutaya Books GINZA ATRIUM. The lineup includes metal canvas art of BLACK LAGOON and reproduction original artwork of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, part of more than 100 original art goods items. Preorders for a Frieren and Vermeer reproduction piece also begin, sold on Shogakukan's LIFETUNES MALL, with availability in 10 countries and regions.
G-Mode's Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth drew crowds that forced staff to repeatedly pause and restart the line, director Koichi Takeshita said. The booth paired The Portopia Serial Murder Case Continued: Burial of Oblivion, a full remake of the Famicom adventure with a new scenario, set for 2027, with Streamer Girl's Secret Account Labyrinth, a novel RPG from Magical Girl Witch Trial studio Acacia, planned for 2026.
Music creator john released a new Hatsune Miku song, "Dream Core," with an MV now streaming on 39ch. The release date is September 17, 2026. john drew the Miku illustration used in the video himself, and Meri handled production. Distribution of the song has also started on KARENT, the Vocaloid music specialty label. The track pairs a shadowy worldview with a light, upbeat rhythm.
Koei Tecmo Games and Gust showed a trailer for Atelier Kalia: The Night Kingdom and the Signpost of Reminiscence during the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast on September 17, and the trailer confirmed that Rutger Arendt and Reina, both from Atelier Yumia, fight alongside protagonist Kalia. The game is scheduled for release on February 25, 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. A demo at Tokyo Game Show 2026 runs about 15 minutes and opens with Kalia leaving her atelier with companions, with Yumia appearing in the same scene, which suggests the story continues directly from the previous game. Kalia is a glutton who can eat materials while gathering and during battle, gaining effects and changing her appearance and costume based on what she eats. Alchemy uses a map-based puzzle in which materials attach as nodes and same-attribute nodes connect into larger diagrams that raise an item's effects.
Serenity Forge announced Faraday Blues during Microsoft's XBOX Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast on September 17. The game is scheduled for release in 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam and Xbox on PC). It mixes a sci-fi visual novel with a strategy card game. The story follows Lina, who wakes in an unfamiliar place and finds a table holding a card game whose cards depict the faces of her parents. Those parents do not recognize her at all, and their lives ended in tragedy, so Lina resets the board and starts the card game over. Each card is a person rather than a creature that fights or deals damage. The 52-card deck holds characters, memories, items, and elements that can overturn the history of the Faraday family. Changing which person stands outside a bedroom, or having two characters spend time together, shifts the outcome. The game is built as three visual novels that change shape based on choices, with 64 endings.
Apple detailed Apple Reference Image, a technology announced on September 10, 2026 alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. The Secure Enclave Processor and the camera sensor each generate a signing key at the factory, and pixel data is signed inside the sensor right after capture. C2PA attaches provenance metadata after shooting; Apple's method makes the development processing verifiable.
Kotobukiya is producing a 1/8 scale painted figure of Ren Bright in her The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II -CRIMSON SiN- outfit. The figure shows her holding a scythe. It is listed at a reference price of 25,300 yen including tax, with a Rakuten Books sale price of 22,498 yen including tax. Preorders are open at Rakuten Books.
Game Source Entertainment announced Noroi Ayashi: The Infinityth Oddity, a horror role-playing game developed by Clover Lab., inc., with a launch planned for Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC via Steam in the second quarter of 2027. The project pairs manga artist Rensuke Oshikiri, known for Hi Score Girl and Sayuri, with producer Sohei Niikawa, the former president of Nippon Ichi Software who also writes under the pen name Roman Kitayama. Players control protagonist Seira, who enters U High School at night with newspaper club members Tae and Hime to investigate a friend's unexplained death. There they test a student rumor that a ritual summons the Cursed Doll Aya to kill a hated person, and the act pulls them into a cycle of nightmares. Each of the school's Seven Mysteries has its own evasion and sealing method. The game includes Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese subtitles, and is a single-player title.
Crunchyroll confirmed its fall 2026 streaming slate, with premieres running from September 26 through October 16. A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Season 2 opens the season on September 26, followed by Overgeared on September 27, The Prince of Tennis II U-17 World Cup: Final Member Selection Match on September 30 and FX Fighter Kurumi-chan on October 1. The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 arrives October 2 and Black Clover Season 2 on October 3, the same day as A Tale of the Secret Saint, Magical Explorer, Romelia War Chronicle, VERTEX FORCE and #I'm Looking For a Zombie. October 4 brings Reborn as a Space Mercenary, Aoashi Season 2, HOTEL INHUMANS Season 2, Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things and Even Though I'm a Super Timid Noble Girl, I Accepted the Bet From My Cunning Fiance. Magic Knight Rayearth lands October 7, Firefly Wedding October 9 and The Vermilion Mask October 10. PSYREN is listed under coming soon. Red River, The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System, Please Excuse My Younger Brothers, Case Closed and Star Detective Precure! continue from summer 2026.
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea begin the special event Disney Halloween on Wednesday, September 16. At Tokyo Disneyland, the parade The Villains Halloween 'Into the Frenzy' returns, led by Doctor Facilier from The Princess and the Frog with dancers. New photo spots open at the entrance and in Toontown. Tokyo DisneySea holds Lazos de la Familia, themed to Coco, in an expanded area, through Monday, November 2.
The Portopia Serial Murder Case Continued: Burial of Oblivion was announced at the September 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct, and G-Mode's Koichi Takeshita discussed the project in an email interview. The title follows the same structure as the Hokkaido Serial Murder: Murder on the Okhotsk remake: a full remake of the original game plus a new story. Takeshita said the Okhotsk team is handling it.
A four-episode side story about Chinggis, the elite Balka police officer from the TBS Sunday drama VIVANT, will stream on U-NEXT starting Sunday, September 20. Bokuzo Masana plays Akram, the orphanage principal, and Rena Matsui plays Naira, a teacher. The story covers Chinggis's orphanage childhood under Nogoon Beki, his first meeting with Beki, and why he became a police officer. Episodes run Sundays and Wednesday the 23rd at 9:00 PM.
COSPA is releasing new Frieren: Beyond Journey's End goods: a domestically produced Frieren Necktie at 6,050 yen, a Frieren's Seductive T-Shirt in WHITE and SUMI, a Frieren & Fern 'Mimic Escape' T-Shirt in BLACK, and three Detachable Full-Color Patches. Each item sells early at the COSPA booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 and Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026, with general release in early December 2026.
Revival Games has moved the release of ADRENALIN, a total conversion mod for POSTAL 2, from September 11 to October 31 local time, and put out a final teaser video with the announcement. The single-player add-on, built around fusing POSTAL 2 with Duke Nukem 3D, runs in a linear style like the expansion Apocalypse Weekend. A Postal Dude-style note on ModDB suggests the team wants to add more content. Release is planned for ModDB and Steam Workshop.
REMOW announced on September 11 that the PSYREN television anime will premiere on October 5, with CLAN QUEEN performing the opening theme "WARNING!!" and two voice actors joining the cast. Yuko Kaida plays Matsuri Yagumo, Sakurako Amamiya's mentor, and Nobuyuki Hiyama plays Dolkey, an antagonist who confronts Ageha Yoshina and the others. The existing cast includes Rikuya Yasuda as Ageha Yoshina, Mayuko Kazama as Sakurako Amamiya, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Hiryu Asaga, Soma Saito as Oboro Mochizuki, and Yukihiro Nozuyama as Kabuto Kirisaki. Katsumi Ono directs at Satelight, with Shin Yoshida overseeing series scripts and Akira Okuma designing characters. Takashi Ohmama, Tatsuhiko Saiki, and Shu Kanematsu compose the music. The anime will stream on Crunchyroll worldwide outside Japan and China, with IVI handling Russia. REMOW stated the adaptation will cover Toshiaki Iwashiro's manga through its conclusion.