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Coverage of the name Sasaki spans several different people and works, with no single throughline as of the most recent stories. The most recent entries concern Eiichiro Sasaki's work directing Stupid Never Dies and a September 11 outside director appointment for Yosuke Sasaki at ARK.
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Sep 23
Yomimono's stories under the name Sasaki cover several distinct people. The most recent is Eiichiro Sasaki, director of the action RPG Stupid Never Dies, discussed with producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi ahead of its October 22 release. Combat targets the head-on, guard-free brawling of Chainsaw Man's Denji, the demo drew calls for a lock-on, and an update patch is planned for September 22 at noon. The game follows a zombie, Davy, hunting the King of Monsters.
On September 11, Kadokawa set an October 7 debut for Sasaki and Peeps season 2, with MADKID performing the opening "Unbroken," two cast additions (Tasuku Hatanaka and Yu Sasahara), and Yushi Ibe directing at SILVER LINK. The season airs on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and AT-X, with Crunchyroll streaming. Earlier, a June 15 announcement named the director change from Mirai Minato to Yushi Ibe, promoted first-season staff including assistant director Yamato Ouchi and action supervisor Kazunori Ozawa, and noted the return of series composition writer Deko Akao, character designer Saori Nakashiki, and sound director Nobuyuki Abe.
Other entries concern unrelated figures. Eri Sasaki's "Goodbye To You" began distribution on September 1 as her first release under 5pb. Music. Shiori Sasaki performs vocals on "Prime Time Golden Hour Show" from Persona 4 Revival, which Atlus began distributing on August 31. Sasaki Saku of Nijisanji reached 1 million YouTube subscribers on August 12, 2026. Yosuke Sasaki, formerly of the SoftBank Vision Fund, was appointed an outside director at ARK. Arisa Sasaki and Miyu Sasaki appear in separate film cast additions.
Key facts
- Stupid Never Dies director
- Eiichiro Sasaki directs the action RPG, with Hiroyuki Kobayashi producing; combat targets head-on, guard-free brawling; an update patch is planned for September 22 at noon ahead of the October 22 release. ↗
- Sasaki and Peeps season 2 debut
- Kadokawa set an October 7 debut, with MADKID performing the opening "Unbroken" and cast additions Tasuku Hatanaka as Himegami-kun and Yu Sasahara as Eriel. ↗
- Sasaki and Peeps season 2 director
- Yushi Ibe directs at SILVER LINK, with Yamato Ouchi as assistant director; Deko Akao, Saori Nakashiki, and Nobuyuki Abe return. ↗
- Eri Sasaki release
- 'Goodbye To You' began distribution on September 1, 2026 as her first release under 5pb. Music; she wrote the lyrics, with composition and arrangement by Sasaki and Hiro Nakamura. ↗
- Persona 4 Revival battle song vocalist
- Shiori Sasaki performs vocals on "Prime Time Golden Hour Show," distributed from August 31 on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. ↗
- Sasaki Saku subscriber milestone
- Nijisanji liver Sasaki Saku reached 1 million YouTube subscribers on August 12, 2026, after a false alarm on August 10. ↗
- ARK outside director appointment
- Yosuke Sasaki, representative director of Soleil Partners and a former SoftBank Vision Fund managing partner in its London office, was appointed an outside director at ARK. ↗
- We Are Aliens cast addition
- Arisa Sasaki plays Elmo Matsushita in the We Are Aliens anime film, which opens in Japan on September 25. ↗
- Live-action Look Back cast addition
- Miyu Sasaki is among six additional cast members in the live-action Look Back film, which opens in Japan on September 11. ↗
Timeline
- Sep 20, 2026 Stupid Never Dies Devs Aim For Chainsaw Man-Style Brawling
- Sep 11, 2026 ARK Appoints SoftBank Vision Fund Founding Member Yosuke Sasaki as Outside Director
- Sep 11, 2026 Sasaki and Peeps Season 2 Sets October 7 Debut and MADKID Opening
- Sep 2, 2026 Eri Sasaki's 'Goodbye To You' Begins Distribution as Her First 5pb. Music Release
- Aug 31, 2026 Persona 4 Revival Battle Song Prime Time Golden Hour Show Hits Streaming Early
- Aug 20, 2026 We Are Aliens Film Adds Four New Cast Members
- Aug 13, 2026 Nijisanji's Sasaki Saku Reaches 1 Million YouTube Subscribers
- Aug 6, 2026 Onimusha: Way of the Sword Hands-On: Raishogan Boss and Real Kyoto Field Impress
- Jul 20, 2026 Live-Action Look Back Film Casts Masaki Suda, Sets September 11 Opening
- Jul 18, 2026 Sasaki and Peeps Season 2 Premiere Commits Fully to the Bit
- Jul 5, 2026 Sasaki and Peeps Season Two Premiere Dives Straight Into Political Intrigue
- Jun 15, 2026 Sasaki and Peeps Season 2 Sets October Debut With New Director
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Facts
- Noted
- Eiichiro Sasaki is a director of Stupid Never Dies · 2026-09-20
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2d ago
ANYCOLOR announced on October 7, 2026 that its trading card game NIJISANJI 7 Colors Card Game, nicknamed Nijinana, will go on sale December 26, 2026. The game is co-developed with Takara Tomy and uses new visuals of the Nijisanji livers. The first wave has four pre-constructed starter decks themed on Tsukino Mito, Kuzuha, Sasaki Saku, and Kagami Hayato at 1,650 yen each, booster packs at 440 yen per pack and 5,280 yen per box of 12 packs, and card sleeves at 1,210 yen per pack of 64 in four designs: Card Back (Main), Card Back (Color), Tsukino Mito, and Kenmochi Toya. The basic rule is to collect seven colors of cards to form a rainbow. Sales run through the Nijisanji Official Store, Takara Tomy Mall, and other retailers. A Nijinana Start Ceremony event is set for Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on January 16 and 17, 2027, with rules classes and matches.
4d ago
A new teaser PV for the TV anime New Oishinbo, set to air in 2027, shows the main cast's voices for the first time. Yohei Azakami plays Shiro Yamaoka, Hitomi Sasaki plays Yuko Kurita, and Akio Otsuka plays Yuzan Kaibara. Scene photos were also released. Shin-Ei Animation produces the sequel to Oishinbo, which has surpassed 135 million cumulative copies in print.
4d ago
The anime adaptation of Biyori Harunohi and Yu Hitaki's light novel series The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival revealed an English-subtitled teaser video and visual on Tuesday. The teaser names Fuka Izumi as protagonist Alicia and confirms a July 2027 television premiere. Noriyoshi Sasaki directs at Studio Clutch and Seven. Toko Machida handles series scripts, Hiroyuki Miseki designs characters, and Kohta Yamamoto, Shun Narita, and Yuki Furuhashi compose the music. J-Novel Club publishes the light novels and the manga adaptation by Kobato Wakasa in English. The 11th novel volume shipped in Japan on June 15, and the manga's ninth compiled volume is set for October 15. J-Novel Club released the sixth novel volume on March 13 and the seventh manga volume on August 12. The story follows Alicia, an orphan who gains knowledge from a crystal and rejects her fate as an otome game heroine.
6d ago
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.
Sep 20
Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Eiichiro Sasaki discussed the action RPG Stupid Never Dies ahead of its October 22 release, saying its combat targets the head-on, guard-free brawling of Chainsaw Man's Denji. Sasaki said the demo drew heavy feedback, including calls for a lock-on, and an update patch is planned for September 22 at noon. The game follows a zombie, Davy, hunting the King of Monsters.
Sep 11
ARK, a Hiratsuka-based company developing modular closed recirculating aquaculture systems, has appointed Yosuke Sasaki as an outside director. Sasaki is representative director of Soleil Partners and was a founding member of the SoftBank Vision Fund, where he served as managing partner of its London office. ARK says the appointment is meant to strengthen its global business strategy, capital strategy, and governance as it seeks to deploy its systems overseas.
Sep 11
Kadokawa revealed the main trailer, a new visual, two cast additions, the opening theme, and an October 7 debut for Sasaki and Peeps season 2. MADKID perform "Unbroken." Tasuku Hatanaka joins as Himegami-kun and Yu Sasahara as Eriel. Yushi Ibe directs at SILVER LINK, with Yamato Ouchi as assistant director. The season airs on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and AT-X, and Crunchyroll streams it.
Sep 2
Eri Sasaki's new song 'Goodbye To You' began distribution on September 1, 2026 across download and streaming services. It is her first release as an artist under 5pb. Music. Sasaki wrote the lyrics, with composition and arrangement by Sasaki and Hiro Nakamura. The music video premieres at 21:00 on YouTube. The song deals with accepting a parting while holding onto memories and moving forward.
Aug 31
Atlus began early distribution of the new battle song "Prime Time Golden Hour Show" from "Persona 4 Revival" on August 31. The track is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, with a lyric video on the Atlus Game Music YouTube channel. Shiori Sasaki performs vocals, with composition by ATLUS Sound Team and lyrics by ATLUS. A second battle song, "Reach Out To The Truth -Revival-", is scheduled for distribution soon.
Aug 20
The We Are Aliens anime film announced four new cast members on Thursday. Gaku Sano plays Seiya Toda, Reika Ōzeki plays young Seiya, Arisa Sasaki plays Elmo Matsushita, and Edo Harumi plays a calligraphy teacher. The film opens in Japan on September 25.
Aug 13
Nijisanji livers Sasaki Saku reached 1 million YouTube subscribers on August 12, 2026. The milestone was confirmed during a livestream that began at 7:00 PM JST, where Sasaki watched the count cross the threshold with viewers. Upon reaching the number, she shouted "Kitaaa" and thanked fans, saying "Thank you for 1 million." The achievement came after a false alarm on August 10, when the subscriber count briefly displayed 1 million before dropping back to the 990,000 range. Sasaki, who was away visiting family at the time, posted on X that the count had not actually reached the milestone, describing the jump from 990,000 to 1.02 million as suspicious behavior. She debuted on July 6, 2018, as part of the former Nijisanji Gamers, and briefly graduated in November 2018 before returning in January 2019. In June 2026, she updated her official visual from a student appearance to an adult look, and in July she marked her eighth anniversary. During the milestone stream, she announced a new costume reveal and a cover of the song "39" by sasakure.UK and DECO*27, scheduled for 9:00 PM that day.
Aug 6
Capcom held a media tour and hands-on event for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the first completely new entry in the series in 20 years, ahead of its September 4 release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. The playable build covered the section after the Ganryu battle, including the wide-linear Kyoto field and boss fights against Daidara, Raishogan, and Byakue. The field reproduces real Kyoto landmarks such as Kiyomizu-dera, Yasui Konpira-gu, Rokudo Chinno-ji, and Kennin-ji, with the Kiyomizu stage matching the real floorboard count. The Raishogan battle at Yasui Konpira-gu stood out for its variety of attacks and clear countermeasures, including cutting bond threads with a bow to weaken the boss. The Switch 2 version supports Joy-Con 2 motion controls for one-handed and two-handed attacks. The demo's difficulty was intentionally accessible, but the full game includes stronger enemies and more complex attack patterns. Producer Akito Kadowaki and Director Ken Nihei also discussed the game's sound design, which uses a custom sound-effect sword and a suitcase with a broken drum pedal to create the special move sounds.
Jul 20
The live-action film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back one-shot manga has revealed a new trailer, six additional cast members, and a September 11 opening date in Japan. Masaki Suda plays editor Maeda, with Kankurō Kudō, Kayo Noro, Ryō Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, and Maho Yamada also joining. GKIDS will release the film in North America, the U.K., and Ireland in 2026.
Jul 18
A review of the Sasaki and Peeps Season 2 premiere at Anime Expo 2026 finds the series leaning harder into its improbable mashup of fantasy kingdom politics, corporate espionage, and supernatural elements. The episode wastes no time diving back into factional intrigue, with Peeps calmly strategizing alongside Sasaki. The show's strength remains its unfazed acceptance of the absurd.
Jul 5
The season two premiere of Sasaki and Peeps, shown at Anime Expo 2026, picks up immediately with deepening political plots, as Sasaki and Peeps help Count Müller with a kidnapping and learn Sasaki will be granted land and a title. The episode signals the show is doubling down on its unique blend of fantasy politics and absurdity.
Jun 15
Kadokawa announced on Monday that the second season of the Sasaki and Peeps television anime will premiere in October 2026. A new promotional video and key visual were released alongside the date. The season will be directed by Yushi Ibe at SILVER LINK, who previously served as episode and assistant director on the first season. Yamato Ouchi, a first-season episode director, is now assistant director. Kazunori Ozawa, who worked as animation director on season one, takes over action supervision. Yuko Shintani becomes compositing director of photography, and Tsutomu Ogasawara joins as 3D director. Series composition writer Deko Akao, character designer Saori Nakashiki, and sound director Nobuyuki Abe all return. New music producers Koji Fujimoto and Osamu Sasaki were previously announced. Crunchyroll will stream the second season. The first season aired from January to March 2024, totaling 12 episodes. The light novel series, written by Buncololi with illustrations by Kantoku, won the Tankobon and Novel categories in the 2022 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! guidebook.