A Certain Scientific Railgun T is currently active through a merchandise collaboration with Don Quijote, themed around Heisei Gyaru fashion, set to begin June 6, 2026.
Medicos Entertainment announced a collaboration between the TV anime A Certain Scientific Railgun T and Japanese discount store chain Don Quijote, starting June 6, 2026. The collaboration uses a Heisei Gyaru theme, with newly drawn illustrations and new products. Customers who spend 2,000 yen or more at participating stores will receive bonus mini cards. A mail-order option with bonuses is planned for a later date.
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A collaboration collection between Mononoke the Movie: Chapter 3: Snake God and fashion brand axes femme has launched. The line includes an embroidered blouse, wide pants, a sheer top, and a haori, all featuring motifs from the film such as the Medicine Seller's ofuda talismans and scale patterns. Items are available at the axes femme online shop and select stores. The film opens May 29, 2026.
At BitSummit PUNCH in Kyoto, developer Project Moreum showed an updated demo of Lone Chef, a Metroidvania where the protagonist explores a world that has lost the art of cooking. The team has grown to 12 people, added an opening scene, weather-based gimmicks, and Japanese language support. Japanese cuisine is being added to the game, and a 2026 release is planned.
The cosmic horror visual novel 'Sleepover,' which depicts the last two girls on Earth, aims to explore themes of loneliness and human connection, as presented at BitSummit. The game focuses on the relationship between the two remaining humans in a world of cosmic dread.
Coffee Talk Tokyo, released May 21, 2026, was developed not by series creator Toge Productions but by Japan-based Chorus Worldwide. CEO Kris Antoni said the decision came from a nearly ten-year relationship and trust that a Japanese team could more naturally depict Tokyo. Toge Productions supervised the IP and guidelines to preserve the series' soul.
The Chiikawa Baby Plush Lottery, a no-loser online lottery featuring baby versions of characters from Chiikawa, goes on sale May 26, 2026, at 11 a.m. on the Chiikawa Market Chiikawa Lottery site. Each 1,200-yen draw guarantees one of 13 plush prizes, including a star-wrapped rabbit BIG cushion and pacifier swaddle mascots. A 10-draw purchase includes a bonus sticker sheet.
The Indonesian action RPG Typecaster, shown at BitSummit, uses a system where the player's typing speed directly determines the protagonist's attack power. Faster input makes the character stronger, linking real-world dexterity to in-game performance in a novel mechanic for the genre.
4Gamer.net reports on 60 Disease, a horror escape game played at BitSummit. The game uses a 60-second time loop and is noted for its careful puzzle design.
The Disney x Pandora collaboration expands with 12 new jewelry pieces inspired by Toy Story, Moana, Lilo & Stitch, and The Little Mermaid. The collection includes charms, bracelets, and rings, with items featuring Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Moana, Stitch, and Ariel. A limited-quantity Moana reversible tote bag is offered as a gift with purchase of two or more collaboration items. The pieces release from May 21, 2026, at stores and online.
Game Spark published its weekly ranking of the five most-read articles from May 15 to May 21, 2026. The top spot went to a play report for the action adventure Blades of Fire, which lets players forge custom weapons. Other entries covered PlayStation Plus price increases in some regions, free game distributions on Epic Games Store and Fanatical, and a strategy RPG giveaway.
Yasuhiro Nishiyama, former Sega developer and creator of the blockchain game Sangokushi Taisen -Battle of Three Kingdoms-, is releasing a new PC title called Sangokushi BOND through publisher Gerappa. The game is a deck-building roguelite set in the Three Kingdoms period, rebuilt from scratch with new art and code but carrying over the core gameplay. It launches this summer for 800 yen as a one-time purchase, focusing on single-player and asynchronous modes.
Bandai Spirits has revealed the package image for the HG 1/144 Messer M01 Type (Gau Man Unit) from Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash - Kirke's Witch. The kit includes new molding, a gray left shoulder part, and a stress-free skirt structure. It releases May 30, 2026 for 3,740 yen.
Game Spark previews Cloudborne Folk, a 2D side-scrolling city-builder where banished people build a community on floating clouds. Resources respawn, hunger only slows characters rather than killing them, and most tasks automate. The early-access build has rough tutorial guidance and only one priority task slot.
A hands-on report from BitSummit PUNCH covers the sci-fi visual novel 'Timemoon,' published by Drecom's new indie studio DRECOM CREATORS STUDIO. The player controls Clark, a taxi driver in the lunar city Silverdawn, who drives a time-traveling taxi called TimeMoon. To earn enough citizen rank to hold his mother's funeral, he takes on the presidential assassination case. The demo shows a branching choice about whether to change the past to save a scientist's sister.
A play report from BitSummit 2026 highlights the indie game Burden Street Station, focusing on its distinctive art style, world-building, and overwhelmingly detailed animations. The report also examines the game's unique systems and its appeal as an adventure title published by Critical Reflex and developed by IODINE.
Medicos Entertainment announced a collaboration between the TV anime A Certain Scientific Railgun T and Japanese discount store chain Don Quijote, starting June 6, 2026. The theme is Heisei Gyaru, with newly drawn illustrations, new products, and bonus mini cards for purchases of 2,000 yen or more at participating stores. A mail-order option with bonuses is planned for a later date.
WACTOR Inc. announced the FAPON Oshi Vsinger Original Song Grand Prix, an online lottery service where VTubers can win original songs composed by famous Vocaloid P and songwriters who have worked with major VTuber agencies. Winners also get a chance at a TV commercial appearance and a 3D model through stretch goals.
A special pop-up event for Honkai: Star Rail, titled GAME NEVER ENDS, has opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The event offers attendees a selection of mini-games to play, and a report from the venue describes the atmosphere and activities available.
Kotobukiya is reprinting the Evangelion Unit-01 TV Ver. plastic model, originally sculpted by Yuichi Kuwamura. The kit reproduces the TV series design with a wide range of motion, including articulated fingertips for breaking AT fields. It includes multiple hand parts, pre-painted pieces, and accessories like the entry plug and progressive knife. The model is priced at 6,380 yen and ships in November.
Good Smile Company is accepting reservations for a POP UP PARADE L size figure of Estelle Bright from The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st. The figure captures her twin tails, costume, and staff weapon. It costs 8,800 yen and ships in September 2026. Orders close May 27.
Game Spark published its roundup of the three most-read robot and mecha game articles from the first half of May 2026. The list includes a column imagining an Ace Combat-developed Macross game, a hands-on look at the Korean indie title Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic, and a retrospective on ArtDink's Gundam and Macross games.
Project LEAP!, the joint venture between Style Cube, Elements Garden, and ISARIBI Co., Ltd. that discovers and trains idol-voice actor talent, will release its first digital single 'Leap for the Light' on May 30. The song is the project's debut anthem, written by Ryutaro Fujinaga of Elements Garden, and depicts the anxiety and resolve of stepping toward a dream. The project currently has 18 members split into performing group LEAP (12) and trainee group Seed (6), and has already appeared at Niconico Chokaigi 2026 and other events this year.
Anime! Anime!'s second annual reader poll on the most memorable android characters in anime has named Tama from Gintama as the winner. The survey ran from May 12 to May 18 and collected 194 responses. Tama rose from second place last year to first, while Cure Amour from Hugtto! PreCure fell to second and R. Tanaka Ichiro from The Super Dimension Century Orguss took third.
In an interview at Anime Boston, voice actress Kujira explained that Shigeru Chiba suggested the stage name 'Kujira' because it would stand out in credits, be easy for children to read, and carry a double meaning about whales traversing a tough world. She also described how her androgynous voice led to many offers, including dubbing Western films.
Crunchyroll held the 10th edition of its Anime Awards in Tokyo on Saturday, with 73 million votes cast globally. My Hero Academia's final season won Anime of the Year, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle took Film of the Year, and Gachiakuta won Best New Series and two other awards. The ceremony was hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira.
Anime Corner's seventh weekly poll for the Spring 2026 season closed with over 4,000 votes. Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 took first place for the second time this season, receiving 8.46% of the vote and displacing last week's leader, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4, which fell to second with 6.68%. Witch Hat Atelier ranked third with 4.84%, maintaining its position as the highest-ranked non-sequel series. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2 re-entered the top ten at tenth place. The full list of 61 ranked titles includes Classroom of the Elite IV at sixth, Agents of the Four Seasons at seventh, and Marriagetoxin at ninth. Anime Corner runs the poll weekly throughout the season, with voting for week eight already open.
The second season of the Hana-Kimi anime will begin airing on July 1. A new promotional video featuring Omoinotake's opening theme "FLASHBULB" and ending theme "Hanataba" was released during a May 23 live stream with five cast members. Omoinotake will perform both theme songs.
Shuri stars as Mori Machi, a newly appointed customs officer with sharp observational skills, in TV Asahi's new Thursday drama "Dai Kūkō ~GATE24~," premiering July 2026. The series follows a newly formed special unit tasked with protecting Japan's borders from international crime, operating from a small inspection booth far from the main gate.
Nintendo will increase the Switch2 price by 10,000 yen starting May 25, according to GAME Watch. The current price remains available only through May 24. Original Switch models are also scheduled for price increases, though details were not specified.
Famitsu's Japan video game rankings for May 11-17 show Tomodachi Life at #1 for a fifth consecutive week with 98,092 copies sold. Pokémon Pokopia crossed 1 million total sales. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle debuted at #14 with 2,133 copies.
Perfect World Games announced the first major update for the free-to-play open-world RPG 'NTE: Neverness to Everness' during a preview program on May 23. Version 1.1, titled 'Dream Corridor', will launch on June 3 across PC, PS5, iOS, and Android. The update introduces a new area called Hinata Island, a peaceful seaside location away from the main city Heterocity that mixes modern resort facilities with supernatural elements. A separate location anomaly called 'Corridor' will also appear, featuring a white giant statue among cherry blossoms and a snow-covered amusement park. Two new playable characters join the roster: Requiem, a dark-type esper from E.T.D's 4th Squad who can copy enemies and inflict a stacking 'Nightmare' status, and Chaos, a phase-type esper from the 6th Squad who summons mist hounds and can set warp points for exploration. Chaos becomes the first male character that players can invite home, though male and female characters cannot be invited simultaneously. A new in-game social network called 'Bagel' becomes functional, allowing players to view character daily lives and earn points. Additional content includes a fighting game-style prison fight against Tornez, a battle royale-style 'Dark Racing' mode with heavy weapons, full unlock of the Porsche 918 Spyder collaboration vehicle, and a feature to mute only the voice of the TV-type anomaly Tagido.
At BitSummit PUNCH, Lazy Bear Games and tinyBuild are showing a playable demo of Graveyard Keeper 2 where attendees can sit or lie inside a padded coffin to play. The demo covers the opening of the cemetery management sim, which is set for a 2026 release on PC and consoles.
Crunchyroll announced the winners of the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards on May 23, with My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON taking Anime of the Year. The ceremony set a record with 73 million votes. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 won Film of the Year, and the late Tatsuya Nagamine received the Global Impact Award.
The six-episode Takopi's Original Sin anime, which premiered in June 2025, is being re-edited into a theatrical compilation film. The project was announced on May 23, 2026, via the anime's official website. The film is titled Takopi's Original Sin -Thank You, See You Tomorrow- and will include newly added scenes alongside the compiled episodes. No release date has been set. The television series was directed by Shinya Iino (Dr. Stone) at studio ENISHIYA, with character designs by Keita Nagahara and music by Yoshiaki Fujisawa. The voice cast includes Kurumi Mamiya as Takopi, Reina Ueda as Shizuka Kuze, Konomi Kohara as Marina, and Anna Nagase as Azuma. The series streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other platforms. The original manga by Taizan 5 ran in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ from December 2021 to March 2022, spanning two compiled volumes. VIZ Media holds the English license. The anime received seven nominations at the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2026, including Anime of the Year.
The second season of the Hana-Kimi anime will premiere on July 1, 2026, at 24:30 JST on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11. The date and theme songs were revealed in a promotional video released during a special program on May 23. The trio Omoinotake performs both the opening theme "Flashbulb" and the ending theme "Hanataba." The season will stream on Amazon Prime Video in Japan, with the first episode available one week ahead of the terrestrial broadcast. The first season of the anime, based on the late Hisaya Nakajo's manga, aired in January 2026. Crunchyroll streamed the first season with English subtitles and a same-day dub in multiple regions. The manga ran in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1996 to 2004 and previously inspired live-action series in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Signal.MD returns for animation production, with Natsuki Takemura directing. The cast includes Aki Yamane as Mizuki Ashiya and Taku Yashiro as Izumi Sano.
Sony Music's VEE project opened pre-orders for 4th anniversary acrylic diorama stands for talents Ruki Otokado, Airu Hinahoshi, and Tulsi Maou. Each 4,500-yen stand includes a bonus sticker. Pre-orders run through June 7 at the VEE Official Shop, with shipping starting in mid-August 2026.
Iori Noguchi and Hana Oba from =LOVE have been cast in the serial drama "Yankee Gekisenku no Shitenou ga Idol Group ni Tensei Shitara?," which stars ≠ME. The show follows four delinquents reincarnated as idols. It premieres on Nippon TV on June 10.
The feature-length animation Tom and Jerry's Treasure Island will air on TOKYO MX on May 24. At the end of the program, the opening scene from the upcoming film Tom and Jerry: The Magic Compass That Transcends Time, releasing May 29, will be shown for the first time on TV.
The tenth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony was held in Tokyo on May 23, 2026, hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira. A record 73 million votes were cast globally, with the highest engagement coming from Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, and the United States. My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON won the top prize, Anime of the Year, presented by The Weeknd. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle took Film of the Year. The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 won the most awards of any single series, with five wins including Best Drama and Best Director. Gachiakuta won Best New Series, Best Character Design, and Best Background Art. Solo Leveling Season 2 won Best Animation and Best Action, a drop from its six wins the previous year. DAN DA DAN Season 2, the most nominated series with 20 nods, won Best Comedy and Best Opening Sequence. Director Tatsuya Nagamine received the Global Impact Award for his work on series including One Piece and Dragon Ball Super.
Nijimen published results of a fan poll for the TV anime Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?, which aired from January to March 2026. F/ACE member Sakaguchi Sari took first place with 201 votes, beating protagonist Fukuhara Tamon by 19 votes. The top six spots were all F/ACE members or heroine Kinoshita Utage.
Square Enix will add Sephiroth as a limited-time character in Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy on May 26. Toshiyuki Morikawa voices the role. Sephiroth is a Long Range unit with the Fire attribute, a counterattack move called Flash, and a passive that boosts movement speed when Cloud is nearby. He is free as a season reward.
Dramatic Create announced that Meiji Tokyo Renka: Twilight Kiss, the sequel to Meiji Tokyo Renka Full Moon, will launch on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam in 2026 with English, Japanese, and Chinese subtitles and Japanese voice acting. The game originally released in Japan in April 2015.
LINE Manga will offer all 704 chapters of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga for free from May 29 to May 31. The promotion celebrates the series' long run and the upcoming 4DX release of the new Gintama film, New Gintama Movie: Yoshiro Great Fire.
Mega Crit's May 2026 'Neo Letter' explains why the boss 'Door Maker' was removed from the beta patch for main branch players, citing complexity exceeding the intended threshold. Early development art was shown. The patch also adds a Monster Encyclopedia, shifts to bi-weekly updates, and reveals player stats including a 25% win rate.
The latest Steam Weekly Square column covers new releases including Forza Horizon 6 set in Japan, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight spanning 86 years of Batman history, and several other titles across genres from bullet hell shooters to retro FPS and strategy games.
A new anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's classic shoujo manga 'Ribbon no Kishi' has been announced. Titled 'THE RIBBON HERO', the series will stream exclusively on Netflix starting in August. A teaser visual by character designer Kei Mochizuki has been released, but no footage or story details have been shown yet.
FuRyu announced the HD remaster of its 2013 fantasy RPG Exstetra will release on Steam in English on July 30. The company also confirmed Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, and PS5 ports are in development. The game has never had an official English release before.
Riot Games clarified on May 23 that its latest Vanguard update for VALORANT does not damage PC hardware or disable devices, after a May 22 post joking about cheating devices becoming paperweights sparked concerns that the anti-cheat could permanently destroy SATA/NVMe firmware.
Kenkitsu-dan, a four-person Korean indie team, is developing the mystery adventure KILLA with publishing handled by Toei Games. At BitSummit PUNCH, they showed a demo updated with a screensaver, shorter play sessions, and new guides, while the core game remains their own creation.
The anime "Fist of the North Star -FIST OF THE NORTH STAR-" and Japanese entertainment chain ROUND1 are collaborating from May 29 to August 30, 2026. The campaign includes themed food and drink menus, limited-edition novelties like acrylic coasters and visual mats, collaboration packs for bowling and karaoke, crane game prizes, and decorated rooms at select stores. The collaboration runs in two phases across 93 to 100 stores nationwide.
QUByte Interactive announced Thunder Hoop Collection, bundling Gaelco's 1992 arcade game Thunder Hoop and its 1994 sequel TH Strikes Back. The collection includes rewind, save, and filter features. It is set for release on PC, PS, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch in 2026.