STAR Kageboushi is an illustrator whose newly drawn art of child versions of Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame is the basis for a three-item Touhou Project figure lineup, with preorders open at AmiAmi and Reverse Studio for a November 2027 release.
STAR Kageboushi is the illustrator behind the artwork for a new Touhou Project figure series. The art depicts child versions of Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame, a recasting of the franchise's two leads. The lineup is called Reverse Palm Spirit, and it is being produced by Reverse Studio with distribution through AmiAmi.
The series includes three items: a single figure of Reimu, a single figure of Marisa, and a set containing both. Each single figure is a painted PVC and ABS finished product. Reimu stands about 150mm tall including her base, and Marisa about 180mm. Individual figures carry a reference price of 12,100 yen including tax, with AmiAmi selling them at 10,890 yen. The two-figure set is priced at 20,900 yen reference and 18,810 yen at AmiAmi.
Each single figure comes with a bonus acrylic keychain of its character. The set adds a dedicated bonus base and a keychain set. All three items are scheduled for release in November 2027, and preorders opened at AmiAmi on September 1, 2026.
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Ryo Fujiwara drew the visual illustration for FIRESTARTER, the new song from League of Legends virtual group K/DA. The piece shows Ahri, Akali, Evelynn and Kai'Sa in the song's outfits. Fujiwara called the work "super fun and the best" and said he loves K/DA way too much. K/DA released FIRESTARTER on October 19, their first new song in about six years, with MIYEON and SOYEON continuing and two new vocalists joining.
A play report from a media preview of Disney Sparkling Link Stars, the mobile game where the player is a Conductor producing Spark Rides and Spark Riders. Pre-registrations have passed 700,000. The preview follows Lise Courage of team [Endelore], a team inspired by Beauty and the Beast, and covers the setting of Lumina Star, the energy source Kirarium, and the yearly Legendary Ride.
MaM, the Ensemble Stars!! unit voiced by Kosuke Toriumi as Chiaki Morisawa, releases the new song "Last Page" worldwide on October 24, 2026, with sequential availability across music distribution services. The track is a love ballad built on a romance that ends tomorrow, modeled on The Little Mermaid. Saori Kodama wrote the lyrics; KOUGA handled music and arrangement. The release carries the song plus an instrumental, and an official MV is out.
Broccoli will release two Z/X trading card products on January 21, 2027: Start Dash Deck Vol. 11 "Mega Man Battle Network," a 71-card pre-built deck priced at 4,950 yen, and Extra Pack Vol. 54 "Mega Man X Mega Man Battle Network Mega Man Star Force," at 660 yen per five-card pack or 6,600 yen per box. Characters from all three Mega Man series appear as cards.
JINS will release eight eyewear models based on the protagonists of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure at its stores nationwide and its online shop on October 29, 2026. Each pair costs 14,900 yen with standard clear lenses included, and every model comes with an original case and a character-specific temple tip or cel sheet. The lineup runs from Jonathan Joestar through Gyro Zeppeli, covering Parts 1 to 7. All models except Gyro carry a star-shaped birthmark ornament marking the Joestar bloodline. The Stone Mask appears as a metal part on the Jonathan frame, the Red Stone of Aja on Joseph's, and steel ball and gold tooth motifs on Gyro's. Jotaro and Jolyne take costume-derived decoration. Josuke and Giorno get frames that echo their hairstyles, including a ladybug brooch engraving on Giorno's temple. Sales are limited to two pairs per person, and the online shop opens at 10:00 a.m.
System Service showed new prize figures at the 85th Prize Fair, an industry-only preview held in Tokyo on August 25, 2026. The lineup covers Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star, Super Ultimate Cutest Angel-chan, Ame-chan and Kache from NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE, and Haruhi and others from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in swimsuits. The items are set for release between January and March 2027.
Good Smile Company has opened preorders on Amazon.co.jp for a Nendoroid Doll of Honkai: Star Rail's Firefly wearing the Spring Gift outfit. The non-scale, roughly 150mm figure comes with a jacket, skirt, thigh-high socks, magnetic-soled shoes, a shoulder bag, four pairs of interchangeable hands and a stand, priced at 8,928 yen. A separate outfit set sells for 4,400 yen. Both are scheduled for release on October 31, 2027.
Yostar announced on October 23, 2026 that Azur Promilia, a new RPG co-published with Manjuu Games, will launch on November 26, 2026 for iOS, Android, and PC. The game is free-to-play with in-app purchases. Azur Promilia is set on the continent of Promilia, where players take the role of a prophesied figure and travel alongside fantastical creatures called Kibo. The game combines exploration, combat, and farm management with Kibo, and the cast includes anime-style characters. The global pre-registration campaign has reached 25 million registrants, and the character Anis has been confirmed as a reward for that milestone. If registrations surpass 30 million, all pre-registration rewards will be obtainable. A web campaign, Kibo Camp Great Operation, also began on October 23 and runs until December 31, offering in-game items and an event-limited outfit for the Kibo named Cabard. Rewards require linking a Yostar ID or logging in.
Officials have testified that President Donald Trump phoned Elon Musk to ask him to lift speed restrictions on Starshield, the military version of Starlink, in Ukraine. The restrictions hit on October 14, 2026, disrupting terminals moving at high speed, including drones. Accounts of who ordered the limits conflict: Musk said Starshield is owned and managed by the U.S. government, while Trump said he did not know who was involved.
RAYBIS GAMES has published the Steam store page for The Staring Man, a first-person short horror game developed by TADAIMA WORKS. The player works night shifts at a Japanese convenience store, handling register, stocking, cleaning, and garbage duty, while a man across the road stares at the store. Clues found in the store and on security camera footage lead toward the truth. Play time is estimated at about 1 hour, and a free demo covers the first night shift in roughly 10 minutes.
The first three episodes of Magical Girl Raising Project Restart bring 16 magical girls into a virtual world built like a classic JRPG for a death game they do not initially know is one. The premiere run follows three of them: Magical Daisy, a famous veteran who dies first through her own ego; Pechka, who uses her powers for a crush and finds value in magical cooking; and Shadow Gale, raised to serve the brilliant, manipulative Pfle. The arc closes with the reveal that death in the game is real, plus an unexplained killing: Masked Wonder is murdered by a blow to the head.
coly Inc. announced on October 22 that Disney Sparklink Stars will launch November 4 on the App Store and Google Play. The game casts players as a Conductor who works alongside 15 Spark Riders, clearing three-match puzzles on the way to Spark Ride stages. coly also confirmed the game's first appearance at Animeite Girls Festival 2026, held November 7 and 8 in Tokyo.
A2O SOUL, the 15-member boy group produced by Lee Soo-man, releases its debut album SUPERSTAR on November 9 at 6 PM. The five-song album includes the pre-release single SUPERSTAR and the double title track Dancing in the Dark. Lee Soo-man set the album's direction under the group's NEW SYNTHWAVE style. The pre-release single ranked 18th on YouTube's trending music ranking and reached 2nd on QQ Music's new song chart.
Bandai's MOBILE SUIT ENSEMBLE gashapon line returns for its 31st installment, built around Wing Gundam Zero and joined by the High Mobility Type Zaku II in Black Tri-Stars specification, a Leo, and two expansion sets, five types in all. Each play costs 500 yen; the box-sale version is 550 yen per item. Both release from the fifth week of October 2026, with timing varying by region and store.
NetEase Games and Starry Studio released the free Ocean Chapter major update for the survival game Once Human on October 22, 2026. The update is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Android, iOS, and PC, and adds an ocean setting where the sea itself acts as a giant living entity called the King of the Sea Ruins. Players build ships from parts including hulls, bows, and decks, ranging from small sailing ships to a giant mobile maritime base called the Sea Fortress, and can upgrade propulsion systems and mount weapons. The voyage starts at Breeze Cape. Four dangerous sea areas follow, each with an otherworldly lighthouse called the Tower of Calamity, and Wandering Ships appear that let players obtain blueprints and resources. Diving underwater yields sleeping treasures and resources, so survival gameplay draws on both land and sea. One source describes a scenario of about 21 days that unfolds in two stages.
A review of Beyond These Stars, a city builder set on the back of a space whale. Players manage resource flow, shape terrain through irrigation and afforestation to expand the livable atmosphere, and relocate the town. The review says the game shares a world with Before We Leave and reworks that game's shortcomings around ecology, planet colonization, and no combat. The review build was provided by the manufacturer, and the piece flags a mid-game slump.
Netmarble's free-to-play action RPG Mongil: STAR DIVE added a playable wind-attribute 5-star character, Chloe, in the October 21 update Runaway Train with Broken Brakes. Chloe is a martial artist who fights with punches and kicks. A three-week event story, The Path That Connects Broken Hearts, covers her past, and a Halloween event plus a new Estelle costume are set for October 28.
Honkai: Star Rail version 4.6 second half began on October 21 with the event warp "I Am the Blade," which raises the appearance rate of the limited 5-star character Blade (Fire / Nihility), voiced by Shinichiro Miki. The companion Light Cone warp "Recollected Memories" features "New Body Burned in Purgatory (Nihility)." The "Pearl from Beyond the Sea" warp for Pearl (Ice / Elation), voiced by Kiyono Anno, continues. Both run until November 10.
Ayumu released the song Re:START on Wednesday, October 21, the vocalist's first solo release after performing as part of Zwei. The track pairs a fast rock arrangement with prominent guitar from MEG of MEGMETAL. Adachi Kenmei wrote the lyrics with Yasui Toshiyuki and handled composition and arrangement. A second song, MAKUAKE Ouka, is set for November 18.
STARTO ENTERTAINMENT said Wednesday, October 21 that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office decided not to prosecute former timelesz member Shuto Inomata, with prosecution suspended. Inomata was arrested September 19 on suspicion of injuring an acquaintance woman, released September 25 with prosecution deferred, and had his exclusive contract terminated as of September 30. STARTO said the other seven members had no prior knowledge of the conduct.
Douglas Reilly, Vice President of Lucasfilm Games, said in an October 15 interview that Star Wars games do not always need AAA budgets and that AA titles are sometimes fine. Two recent releases back the argument: STAR WARS Zero Company from Bit Reactor and Star Wars: Galactic Racer from Fuse Games, both debut projects from independent studios, each with Metacritic scores in the high 80s.
ARROVA Inc. will sell VRChat-compatible digital fashion based on the TV anime Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- through its digital fashion marketplace TOKYO AVATAR GATE. The first wave, six apparel items, goes on sale October 28, 2026 at 12:00. The second wave, six accessories and goods, follows on November 4 at 12:00. All six apparel pieces cost 3,300 yen tax included, including an Emilia print T-shirt, Rem denim pants, a Ram ruffled turtleneck knit top, a Beatrice short zip-up parka, an Echidna leather skirt, and Natsuki Subaru wool wide short pants with layered tops. The goods line runs from 1,650 yen to 2,200 yen, covering an Emilia ita-bag, a Subaru memorial capsule and tag necklace, a Rem collar choker, a Ram tag bangle, Beatrice slip-on sandals, and an Echidna ring. ARROVA handled planning, production, and design; V Inc. handled VRChat costume support and data adjustment and produced some items.
Playstack released Star Trek: Outposts Unknown, a strategy game from Magic Fuel Games set in the Star Trek universe. Players build outposts, explore tech and building trees, and scout the unique environments of the Zephari system to find new characters and technology. Crew management covers mission assignment, officer training, and survival, with combat that tests morale and ability. The story sends players against a mysterious cosmic force threatening the system. It is out on Windows via Steam at 10 percent off until October 28, with a Mac version planned.
Startup Factory will hold the Shibuya Startup Cultural Festival 2026 on November 3 at Shibuya Hikarie Hall A, with free admission and free experiences. Osamu Suzuki, THE RAMPAGE's Jin and Shogo Iwaya, Chidaruma Shin-tai's Takumi Goto, Takafumi Horie, Kyo, Suki ni Narimashita. members and Yutori's Takanobu Kataishi are set to appear. CyberAgent, Dwango, Naily and HA-LU are confirmed exhibitors.
Banpresto will release the Grandista Jagi prize figure from Fist of the North Star from October 22. The figure stands about 25 centimeters tall within Grandista, the company's large-scale line. Banpresto positions it for display alongside the Grandista Kenshiro, set for March 2026, and the Grandista Rei, set for June 2026. The figure is a crane game prize, and the announcement points readers to the product page for details.
EXO-6 is producing 1/6 scale figures of Ensign Pavel Chekov and Nurse Christine Chapel from "Star Trek: The Original Series," distributed in Japan by Platz. Chekov's sculpt follows Walter Koenig's likeness in a fabric Command gold uniform; Chapel's is a new mold based on Majel Barrett with a sky-blue medical uniform. Each costs 63,800 yen and is scheduled to ship in March 2027.
The Star Detective Precure! film has sold 977,000 tickets and earned an estimated 1.24 billion yen in its first month, passing the 1.24 billion yen total of 2024's Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Dokidoki Game no Sekai de Daiboken! and becoming the franchise's highest-grossing standalone film. It opened in Japan on September 18 and ranked third in its opening weekend, selling 358,000 tickets for 446 million yen in three days.
Luke Dicken, former AI head at Take-Two Interactive, told Kotaku that AI-driven decompiling and porting of games without the rights holder's permission is an issue developers and publishers must take seriously. He expects more invasive DRM and platform-level countermeasures, which he says will disadvantage consumers. Godot Engine's Emilio Coppola argued platforms such as Steam should share the burden of policing AI clones rather than leaving it to developers.
Game & Co. and Samurai Kobo will air the first terrestrial TV commercial for the trading card game Xross Stars from October 20, 2026, nationwide except in some regions. The 15-second spot is titled "[Xross Stars] Appearing as a card! LEO joins Cross" and features Ryosuke Yamada in two personas: the artist Yamada and the streamer LEO, who is affiliated with the professional gaming team Crazy Raccoon. The two appear together on screen for the first time. Yamada also took the stage as LEO at an announcement event on October 19. He said the costume was settled through discussion with his own input, and on seeing the finished card he said, "It's super cool! Maybe a little too cool." He described LEO as his off-duty state. The commercial will also go up on YouTube on October 20, and a making-of plus interview video is planned for later release. LEO joins Xross Stars as a leader card in Booster Pack Vol. 5 "Ignition Vortex," due October 30 at 475 yen per pack of eight cards or 5,700 yen per box of 12 packs.
Yostar Corporation is recruiting mid-career staff for a wide range of positions, centered on 3D designers and marketing staff, along with producers. Open roles include 3D character modelers, 3DCG designers with Unity experience, motion designers, technical artists, web advertising operations, live broadcast planning, TV and transit advertising planners, anime producers and anime promotion staff, plus QA and SNS operations for game operation. Some departments use hybrid office and remote work, and the average employee age is in the early 30s.
Order of the Sinking Star, a puzzle adventure from Jonathan Blow's Thekla released October 8, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2, carries Metascores of 83 from 17 PC reviews, 84 from 7 PS5 reviews and 85 from 11 Switch 2 reviews. Shacknews, Noisy Pixel and MonsterVine scored it 100. Metro GameCentral praised the puzzle count and design while calling the absent hint system and dialogue drawbacks.
Hooded Horse and Balancing Monkey Games have released Beyond These Stars, a sci-fi city builder set on the back of a giant space whale named Kiwa. It is out on Steam, GOG.com, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store at 2,980 yen, with a 20 percent launch sale running two weeks and PC Game Pass support. Players manage the Peeps, secure resources from Kiwa, and reconcile the whale's demands with their own.
Bandai Namco Pictures announced on October 17 that the new film Aikatsu Stars! ~Hoshi no Progress~ opens nationwide on January 22, 2027. A key visual and main trailer were released, and the theme song 'Five stars' was unveiled in part. The story follows Nijino Yume and friends near graduation, summoned by Elza to the Venus Jamboree. Teruo Sato directs; Yuko Kakihara writes the screenplay.
The premiere follows Pechka, a magical girl whose power is cooking, who spends her days helping her neighborhood before she is abducted into a digital world. Sixteen girls are taken there by the World of Magic, the arbiters of who receives magic. The episode pairs light magical-girl comedy with the setup for a fight for survival, and includes a visibly disabled magical girl among the cast.
Balancing Monkey Games is developing and Hooded Horse is publishing Beyond These Stars, a city-building game set on the back of a giant space-traveling whale named Kewa. It launches for PC via Steam at 3 AM Japan time on October 17, with Japanese supported. The developer's X account reported more than 250,000 wishlist registrations ahead of launch, and a free demo is available on Steam.
STARKIDS will hold its self-produced event STARFES THE FINAL on Saturday, November 21 at WWW X in Shibuya, Tokyo, then temporarily suspend live performances in Japan. The group said it wants time as six members to think about what comes next, with future details to be announced later. Guests include Tade Dust, awasetsumona, 6.do, N33T, Cyprus, ORCO, BHS Svve, killwiz, and Filix王.
Bandai is taking pre-orders for the Honkai: Star Rail S.A.M. Cocoon, the item Firefly uses to transform into SAM, priced at 22,000 yen with tax included and shipping set for May 2027. The piece has a wing-deployment gimmick, a light-emitting gimmick with four modes matching SAM's transformation states, and lines from Firefly and SAM plus battle skill audio and BGM. Pre-orders close at 23:00 on October 18.
The official website for Star Detective Precure! announced the anime will cross over with Ojamajo Doremi (Magical DoReMi) in its 39th episode on October 25. A collaboration visual and character visuals show the Star Detectives in Ojamajo Doremi-themed witch apprentice costumes. The Halloween-themed episode follows Star Detective Precure!'s story, which is set in 1999, the year the original Ojamajo Doremi anime premiered in Japan.
Publisher Arc Games released Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star on PC via Steam on October 9. Jonathan Blow reported on October 16 that first-week Steam sales were 45 percent higher than The Witness's. The game costs 29.99 dollars, 25 percent below The Witness's 39.99 dollar list price. Blow spent about 10 years on the project and expects revenue to approach or eventually surpass The Witness.
Anime News Network spoke with supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, series director Shunsuke Tada, and producer Hitoshi Ito about Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi. The three discussed their first encounters with Star Wars, from Kamiyama's Episode IV viewing at twelve to Ito's theatrical start with The Phantom Menace in eighth grade, and named Clone Wars and the Star Wars Outlaws game as their main preparation.
KADOKAWA is running the pickup gacha [Moonlight Monologue] Ai in the Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star smartphone game from October 16 to November 1 at 10:59. Ai and MEMcho appear in costumes drawn for the game, with card illustrations supervised by anime character designer and chief animation director Kana Hirayama. A consecutive-clear event featuring young Aqua and Ruby also started after maintenance, alongside adjustments to card training and customization.
Premium Bandai began taking pre-orders for RG Star GaoGaiGar at 12:00 on October 16. The space-spec GaoGaiGar from The King of Braves GaoGaiGar transforms and combines with Stealth Gao II. The RG kit uses newly sculpted parts for Stealth Gao II, reproducing the Ultec Engine and the Phantom Ring at both wingtips, and includes a Wall Ring, new hand parts, and a Gatling Driver with rotational and axis movement at the tip.
Filmarks released its 2026 Summer Anime Satisfaction Ranking, covering new shows that began airing or streaming between June 1 and August 31, 2026, with data compiled as of October 8. You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 leads with 4.32 stars from 3,608 reviews. BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War -The Calamity- is second at 4.30 stars, and Mushoku Tensei III third at 4.25.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is out, and the racing is closer to Burnout than to a sim. Developer Fuse Games was founded by former Criterion Games staff who worked on the Burnout series, which shows in the slow-motion takedown when you wreck a rival. The campaign uses a roguelite structure: a three-act tour across planets including Jakku, Rantau Ana, Ando Prime, and Darven Acos, with a branching map and routes that change each tour.
Publisher Retrovibe and developer targim. set the PC release of the FPS Cop Bastard for October 29, 2026, on Steam and GOG.com. Players are a hardline detective in early 1990s Osaka, shooting through yakuza in narrow corridors. The game has no ADS, no puzzles, and no character builds. Spitting on enemies restores HP. A demo is already available on Steam, and the game supports Japanese.
A blind box series of Racing Miku figures illustrated by Eku Uekura is now accepting preorders at Rakuten Books. The set, Racing Miku All Stars Figure Collection Vol.2, contains eight types drawn from the 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025 designs. One box includes all types. The seller is Good Smile Racing, with a reference price of 17,600 yen and a Rakuten Books price of 15,741 yen including tax.
Rockstar Games established a dedicated studio in Los Angeles to handle NPC production for Grand Theft Auto VI, according to a Bloomberg report. While reviewing how many NPCs the game needed, the development team determined its existing production capacity could not keep pace with the writing and animation work required at that scale. Rockstar invested funds and quickly assembled a Los Angeles team of writers, producers, and directors assigned only to NPC production. The characters get separate work on body parts and clothing, and development lead Rob Nelson told IGN that NPCs have their own impulses and may attack the player. Co-development lead Phil Hooker said the engine, tools, and team built during GTA 6 will let the next project move faster, and he and fellow development lead Aaron Garbut said it will not take eight years until the next title. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Rockstar Games has started selling the Grand Theft Auto VI Collection on its Rockstar Store in Japan, according to GAME Watch. The lineup covers several dozen items: T-shirts, caps, tote bags, Zippo lighters, money clips, keychains, stickers, and a soundtrack. Designs carry the Grand Theft Auto VI logo and the Vice City logo, in blue, pink, red, and white. Prices start at 9,800 yen. All items ship from overseas and carry separate shipping fees, and GAME Watch describes them as Rockstar Store exclusive. The same day, Rockstar released the game's launch trailer, roughly 1 minute 30 seconds long, which debuts "Flower in a Hurricane" by original score composers Justice feat. Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The soundtrack is due the same day as the game, on CD, vinyl, and digital.
On October 14, Starlink connections in Ukraine were restricted when users moved faster than 160 km/h, an adviser to Ukraine's president said, and drone missions, logistics and reconnaissance on the front lines became difficult. Service was restored in the early hours of October 15. Elon Musk said the military Starshield system is owned by the U.S. government and restrictions are decided by the U.S. military and the President.
ASCII STARTUP will hold ASCII STARTUP TechDay 2026, a conference, exhibition, and networking event for deep tech startups, on Monday, November 30 at Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Tokyo. General admission is free and requires advance registration through Peatix. Sessions run from 13:00 to 18:00 with reception from 12:30, and a paid after-party (5,000 yen) follows in the evening.