Taito is an active arcade game publisher whose 1980 shooter Space Cyclone is being re-released by Hamster on modern consoles in June 2026, while voice actor Taito Ban is attached to two upcoming anime premiering in July 2026.
Three recent Yomimono stories mention Taito, but they cover two distinct subjects: the company Taito as a game publisher, and the voice actor Taito Ban. The stories do not connect these two entities or suggest any relationship between them.
As a game publisher, Taito appears in the June 2026 announcement that Hamster will release Arcade Archives Space Cyclone on June 18 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PS4. The game is a 1980 Taito shooter in which players intercept insect cyborgs called Behm before they can land and build enemy rockets. The Arcade Archives 2 version adds Time Attack Mode and VRR support.
Separately, voice actor Taito Ban is cast in two television anime premiering in July 2026. In The Ogre's Bride, he voices Takamichi Araki. In Mebius Dust, an original anime based on a 2019 Project Anima winner, he is among the additional cast members announced in the first main trailer. Mebius Dust premieres on July 9, directed by Tarou Iwasaki at Doga Kobo. The stories do not provide any other information about Taito as a studio or company beyond the Space Cyclone re-release.
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Hamster will release Arcade Archives Space Cyclone on June 18 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PS4. The 1980 Taito shooter has players intercept insect cyborgs called Behm before they land and build enemy rockets. The Arcade Archives 2 version adds Time Attack Mode and VRR support.
The original television anime Mebius Dust, based on Hajime Shinagawa's story that won the Project Anima competition in 2019, will premiere on July 9. The first main trailer revealed additional cast members including Taito Ban, Aoi Ichikawa, and Sohei Horikane, as well as the ending theme song "Dilemma" by Ai Tomioka. The anime is directed by Tarou Iwasaki at Doga Kobo and Yoriko Tomita handles series scripts.
The staff for the television anime adaptation of Kureha's light novel series The Ogre's Bride revealed three additional cast members in a new trailer on Saturday. Taito Ban will voice Takamichi Araki, Nobunaga Shimazaki will voice Ouga Kiyama, and Aya Endo will voice Sakurako Kiyama. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2026. The previously announced cast includes Saori Hayami as Yuzu Shinonome, Yuichiro Umehara as Reiya Kiryuin, and others. Kazuhito Omiya is directing the series at Colored Pencil Animation Japan, with Yumi Kamakura handling series scripts and Hikari Tanaka designing characters. The light novel series began on Starts Publishing's Novema! platform in 2019 and has nine volumes as of May 2024. A manga adaptation by Jun Togashi launched in December 2021. The light novel and manga together have over 5.8 million copies in circulation. A live-action film adaptation opened in Japanese theaters on March 27.