Yutaka Take is a jockey who reached 5,000 career wins on July 12, 2026, and continues to appear in Cygames commercials for Umamusume Pretty Derby.
Yutaka Take reached 5,000 career wins on July 12, 2026, at Hakodate Racecourse, riding Hitomi Etoile in the 7th race. The total includes wins from JRA, local, and overseas races, and the milestone came in his 40th year as a jockey. The achievement was covered in a single story that reported the win and the career context.
Take also appeared in a Cygames commercial for Umamusume Pretty Derby released on June 29, 2026, alongside jockey Christophe Lemaire. The "Rich Flavor" edition of the ad is themed around ramen and ties into a new training scenario for the mobile game. Lemaire sings a homage to the 1992 Sharan Q song "Ramen Daisuki Koike-san no Uta" in the commercial. A second CM with Umamusume characters also launched at the same time.
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At Brasil Game Show 2026 in Sao Paulo, artist Clara Candia presented IdolPet Caretaker, a training visual novel from the three-person indie team Sir Panda Games. Set in Japan, it follows a shelter keeper whose rabbit, cat, and puppy turn into humans and form an idol group. Candia cited Uma Musume Pretty Derby, K-On!, and TWICE as influences. It is for Android, with a Steam store page live.
MAGES. released a prologue movie for Shikai, an occult adventure game for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 due this winter. The video centers on "The House with the Red Roof," the ghost story the game is built around, and the opening theme sung by Kanako Ito. Ryo Yasumoto, who wrote STEINS;GATE 0, handles the scenario, and Takeshi Abo of the STEINS;GATE series handles music.
THE FIRST TAKE announced its 714th episode, with the rock band Wasurenrannee Yo making its appearance on the channel. The band will perform I Love Iu, a 2022 song that drew attention when Futsuu no Keionbu characters Hatochi and others sang it in episode 96, the joint live concert arc. The video premieres October 9 at 22:00. The band formed in 2008 and its only current member is vocalist and guitarist Takahiro Shibata.
Dark Horse announced at its New York Comic Con 2026 panel that it will release Gou Tanabe's The Outsider and Other Early Adaptations collection, translated by Zack Davisson, gathering Tanabe's take on H.P. Lovecraft's The Outsider plus his Ju-Ga and adaptations of Anton Chekhov's The House with a Mezzanine and Maxim Gorky's 26 Men and a Girl. Dark Horse also announced Martial War, a graphic novel co-created by Hiroyuki Takei, Will Carter, and Aidan White, and the comic Blue Eye Samurai: Cry of the Yurei.
Real Sound Anime published scene photos for episode 2 of the TV anime Psyren, titled "Forbidden Race [Tavoo]," airing October 12. In the episode, Ageha and Amamiya reunite in the PSYREN world, Amamiya collapses from exhaustion, and Ageha meets gold-crazed players, among them Hiryu Asakawa, voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi, who is searching for his missing friend Tatsuo.
Toei's Aranami Project, running since October 2024, announced a new character on October 8, 2026, this year's Toei Day. Arainami T081 is the anthropomorphized form of Toei's distribution mark, drawn by illustrator Ryosuke Takeuchi, who has worked on art for Pokemon and Monster Hunter. The name's T081 reads as TOEI through wordplay.
Thermaltake's Capo X is a PC case built to hold two independent systems in one chassis, and it will be on display at TOKYO Gaming-PC STREET 9 in LIFORK AKIHABARA II on October 10 from 13:00 to 17:30. Admission is free. ASCII describes use cases including splitting a streaming PC from a gaming PC, or an editing build from an AI computing build.
Voice actor Haruka Fukuhara, known for playing Tsubame Koyasu in Kaguya-sama: Love is War, announced on Saturday that she married professional soccer player and Japan national team member Takefusa Kubo. The couple released a joint statement on their Instagram pages thanking fans and supporters. As of press time, the announcement had received over 5 million likes and over 18,000 replies combined. Fukuhara's other roles include Himari Arisugawa in Kirakira Precure a la Mode.
Shonen Jump+ announced on Saturday that Chained Soldier, the manga by writer Takahiro and artist Yohei Takemura, is going on hiatus because of Takemura's health. Takemura said he injured his right wrist in June, with damage to the fibrocartilage, and that drawing in a brace has slowed his recovery. Shonen Jump+ lists a November 14 return, with Takemura's recovery as the priority.
Take Charge of My Heart, the live-action Korean adaptation of the web novel of the same name, released its main trailer on September 28 ahead of an October 9 premiere. Young-kwang Kim plays third-generation chaebol executive Ho-rang Baek, whose artificial heart battery is running out, and Su-bin Chae plays Bo-bae Na, a drama writer who generates electricity after a childhood lightning strike.
CyberAgent announced Friday that Yūichi Nakamura will play Soshiro Azami in the Kagurabachi television anime, described as a sorcerer affiliated with the Kamunabi. Takeru Hokazono's manga stars Taihi Kimura as Chihiro Rokuhira, Tomokazu Seki as Kunishige Rokuhira, Katsuyuki Konishi as Togo Shiba, Miku Itō as Hinao, and Miyari Nemoto as Char Kyonagi. The anime premieres in April 2027 and streams worldwide that month excluding Japan, Mainland China, North Korea, and South Korea.
Happy Volcano and Oro Interactive announced Grave Mistakes on October 1, 2026. The online co-op horror comedy is scheduled for release on Steam in 2026, with a playtest and wishlist sign-ups open on the store page. Two to four players run the Good Mourning Funeral Home, handling grieving families, preparing services, delivering eulogies, playing the organ, and processing bodies. The funeral home has a back-room job: while one player reads a eulogy in front of the bereaved, another cuts and washes bodies in the back yard. Bodies rot over time, so speed matters, and players can replace an arm with a shovel or a leg with a skateboard. A Grandma is locked in the basement and demands a specific body part as food each day. If the part is not ready by day's end, one player may become that night's menu. Proximity voice chat is supported, and the funeral home can be upgraded.
The official website for the Grand Blue Dreaming television anime announced on Tuesday that the series is getting a fourth season. The announcement came one day after the third season's 12th and final episode aired on Monday, September 21, 2026. A teaser visual accompanied the news. The third season debuted on July 6 on Tokyo MX and BS11 and is set in Palau, marking the first time the anime's setting has moved outside Japan. Shinji Takamatsu returned as director, and studios ZERO-G and Liber handled the animation. The returning voice cast includes Yuma Uchida as Iori Kitahara, Ryohei Kimura as Kohei Imamura, and Chika Anzai as Chisa Kotegawa. The Grand Blue Dreaming manga, written by Kenji Inoue and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka, began serialization in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine in April 2014 and is published digitally in English by Kodansha USA Publishing.
TMS Entertainment announced that the 2007 film Oshare Majo Love and Berry: Shiawase no Mahou will stream for a limited time on its official YouTube channel from 20:00 on September 23. The movie adapts Sega's card game, which drew a large following in the 2000s, and was distributed by Shochiku. Hiromi Konno voices Love, Hisayo Yanai voices Berry.
Ninomae Ina'nis released the animated music video for "Abyssal Hymn" on YouTube on September 19. The song is on her first EP, "re:VISION." Lyrics and composition are by Takeo Sunamori of Mirai Kodai Gakudan, arrangement by Kazuhito Yoshida, and animation by RETICLES. After the release, she wrote on X that all the puzzle pieces are now in place.
The television anime of Nazuna Miki and Tsukasa Araki's So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin? manga added 14 cast members on Sunday. Junko Takeuchi plays Sandaime Hanzo, Mariya Ise plays Nanadaime Hanzo, Rin Mizuki plays Rokudaime Masamune and Momoko Seto plays Hachidaime Echigoya. The series premieres on Tokyo MX on October 5, with Crunchyroll streaming as it airs.
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.
Awoo Studio's It Takes Paws is playable at the 2P Games booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026. Two players control a cat named Wufan and a dog named Bazahei, who carry their owner, a boy transformed into a floppy noodle human, as a rope between them. The pets cannot let go, so both players must coordinate jumps and swings, building centrifugal force to launch each other to distant platforms. The release date is undecided.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, ZakuZaku Games held a stage event for RD no Enkaku Suiri, its desktop suspense game set for release within 2026 on PS5 and Switch. Original concept supervisor Takemaru Abiko, producer Manmaru, and director Koichi Tsuruta played the trial version and explained how D-Words work. The TGS build was adjusted after last year's survey, where players called it immersive but too difficult.
Takeshobo announced on Thursday that it will release three boys love manga titles digitally in English. Emi Mitsuki's A Man Who Never Says No arrives September 18, with its spinoff A Golden Someday following September 25. Unohana's Enveloped by the Fever of Guilt, a complete two-volume series, is scheduled for October 2026. The publisher lists Renta!, MangaPlaza, Coolmic, BookWalker, and Rakuten Kobo as the platforms.
Zakuzaku Game will show RD Remote Detective at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to 21. The mystery game appears at the Konami booth in Hall 5, where original author and supervisor Takehiko Abiko joins a talk and live commentary on the latest playable demo. At the Zakuzaku Game booth in Hall 9, a life-size panel of Abiko will be installed, tied to a follow-and-quote-repost campaign.
Dream Craft Studios will exhibit the open-world survival crafting game Terra Taker at Tokyo Game Show 2026, with a Japanese-language playable demo shown for the first time. The build is a TGS-oriented version upgraded since the Steam store page went live in February 2026. The booth sits inside the KOREA PAVILION in Hall 3, with limited acrylic keychains and tote bags for visitors who try the demo.
Razer has sold the Razer | Wuthering Waves Collection, a collaboration with the open-world action RPG Wuthering Waves, since September 4. The lineup centers on the Resonator Dania, added in May 2026, and includes four products: the Viper V3 Pro SE gaming mouse, the Gigantus V2 XXL mouse mat, the BlackWidow V4 TKL HyperSpeed keyboard, and the Iskur V2 X gaming chair, priced from 8,980 yen to 69,980 yen.
Gatebox released the v2.0 update for its digital figure app Gatebox Collection. The update adds Living Mode, in which a VRM avatar moves autonomously according to a daily rhythm the user sets, and Talk Mode, which uses generative AI for voice conversations. Emote Mode now supports VRMA motion files and offers more than 70 preset motions. The app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
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.
Uoto, the artist behind Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, announced two new manga series across Friday and Saturday. Hallucination Meat will run in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits, with a launch date still undetermined but expected this year. Test Taker/Cheaters, written by Uoto with art by Kyō Yoneshiro, will run in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon, aiming for the start of next year.
Netflix announced Thursday that its new series Take Charge of My Heart premieres on the streaming service on October 9. The romantic comedy follows Ho-rang Baek, a third-generation chaebol executive whose artificial heart battery is running out, and Bo-bae Na, a drama writer who gained the ability to generate electricity after being struck by lightning as a child. A teaser poster and trailer are out. The story is based on a web novel that Haebeon serialized on Naver Series, and no official English version of the novel is available.
SSS-Class Hunter Who Dies to Live, a Korean novel and SMARTOON serialized on Piccoma since 2022, is getting a TV anime in January 2027. Takeo Otsuka voices Kim Kongja and Satoshi Hino voices the Sword Emperor. Hiroaki Sakurai directs, Sayuri Oba writes the script, Takahiro Yoshimatsu designs characters, and the studio fu handles animation. A teaser visual and teaser PV are out.
The television anime of Nao Iwamoto's The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom manga has revealed a second trailer, new cast members, and its opening theme. Miyuki Sakurai, Natsumi Fujiwara, Takehito Koyasu, Kazuyuki Okitsu, and Daisuke Namikawa join the cast, and yama performs the opening song "Sayonara wa Iwanai." The anime premieres on October 3.
MAGES. will release the mystery adventure Fukakutei Sekai no Tantei Shinshi ~Akyou Souma no Jiken Fairu~ on Nintendo Switch and PS4 on September 10. The download-only release costs 2970 yen, with a launch sale at 1990 yen. The game is Hiroyuki Kanno's first Detective Gentleman series work, originally a 2000 PC title. The port adds a new opening movie and keeps the Proof Target and Time Limit systems.
C'CLOCK, the voice actor digital clock line, is launching a new series called C'CLOCK MASTERS built around veteran voices. Aoni Production's Tetsu Inada, Mitsuo Iwata, and Ryota Takeuchi get models with orders opening at noon on September 9, 18, and 28, 2026. All voice data is newly recorded for the series, and the line is designed so buyers can collect multiple actors by swapping microSD cards.
NC announced the Steam playtest schedule for TimeTakers, its free-to-play 3v3v3v3 team survival shooter where time is a resource. The playtest runs from September 5 to September 8, 2026, and anyone who requests access on the Steam store page can join. Pre-download begins September 3. Past closed beta participants can join automatically. Servers cover North America, Europe, and Asia.
Good Smile Company is releasing a figma of Lucifer, the highest authority of hell from the puzzle game Helltaker. The painted movable figure includes four expression parts, two wine glasses, a knife, a fork, and exchangeable arm parts. Reservations are open at Rakuten Books.
BS TV Tokyo announced a 10th season of the live-action Wakako-zake series, premiering next January with Rina Takeda returning. For the first time in the series, episodes were filmed overseas: the first two at a beach resort on Australia's Gold Coast, with Tourism Australia, Tourism and Events Queensland, Experience Gold Coast, and Qantas involved.
KUROGO Co., Ltd. released the opening 'Monologue' for 'Heroic Mistake,' the second work of the SYNXRO PROJECT, on August 26, 2026. The project creates new IPs from fictional anime openings, with original creation support from Kodansha Creators' Lab. The song features music by Namiguru, vocals by Muo, and animation by Onoko.
A talk session between Hololive member Ririka Ichinose and Takeshi Konomi, creator of The Prince of Tennis, will premiere on Ichinose's YouTube channel at 7 PM on August 26. Part of the Holo to Iwai Shueisha 100th collaboration, the interview commemorates the conclusion of The New Prince of Tennis. Part 1 airs first, with Part 2 scheduled later.
Ueni Trading will start taking orders on August 31 for a mechanical watch inspired by Hikari and Nozomi from the smartphone game Blue Archive -Blue Archive-. The product is the third entry in the Blue Archive Original Watch series and is designed to evoke a gift from the two Highlander Railway Academy characters. It can be used as a wristwatch or, by switching to an included attachment, as a pocket watch reminiscent of a railway clock. The watch features a Japanese-made automatic movement, the MIYOTA 82S5, with a power reserve of approximately 42 hours. The case is about 38 mm, made of stainless steel, and offers 10 ATM water resistance. The dial includes an open heart design at the 8 o'clock position, a small second hand with a halo motif, and an applied logo incorporating the Highlander Railway Academy school crest. The case back also carries the school crest and has a see-through back. As a purchase bonus, buyers receive a microfiber cloth with newly drawn art by illustrator Dan Tateda and a PVC warranty card styled like a railway ticket. The watch is priced at 29,800 yen including tax. Orders will be accepted until October 5 at 15:00, with delivery scheduled after May 2027. Shipping is limited to Japan.
At gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live, HoYoverse announced Nodusfall, a new multiplayer action game with realistic graphics and a dark fantasy setting. The next day, a preview event let media and influencers try the game. Nodusfall is a four-player co-op action game where players hunt giant mythological monsters. The demo featured a warrior, an archer, and a spellcaster, with roles like damage dealer, tank, and support. Combat uses an Xbox controller with standard attacks, dodges, and lock-on, plus Divine Skills that charge a gauge and deliver powerful effects. The first boss was Qiongqi, a beast from Chinese classics, who fled mid-fight, leading to a second boss, the dragon Maldrake. The developers said characters are not obtained through gacha but unlocked by playing. Monetization will focus on cosmetic items. The game is free-to-play on PC, with other platforms and the release date undecided. Pre-registration has begun on the official website. The developers aim for a "wide entrance" with low barriers for new players and a high skill ceiling for veterans. They also plan a large RPG-style story map and small-scale PvP content.
Arc System Works producer Takeshi Yamaguchi and director and lead battle designer Kazutoshi Sekine gave interviews about MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, the Marvel fighting game published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and released in August 2026 on PS5 and PC. The game uses a 4v4 tag battle system, and Sekine said the format was chosen to express the Marvel team-up world and to deepen team tactics through many character combinations. The game supports both traditional command inputs and simple one-button controls such as Quick Skills and Link Attacks, so players can start with a single character. The team confirmed Phoenix Cyclops as the first Year 1 DLC character, currently in development. The interview also covered Deadpool's parody easter eggs, which Sekine said are not all discovered yet, and PC performance. Yamaguchi said two emergency patches were released on August 10 and August 21 to reduce CPU load and frame drops, and the team considers the CPU load now comparable to or lighter than other Arc System Works fighting games.
Take-Two Interactive filed DMCA subpoenas with a New York federal court on August 20, demanding Microsoft and Discord hand over account records tied to recent GTA6 gameplay leaks. The subpoenas, due by September 4, seek identification data for accounts linked to handles including Cyberleek, CinematicRockstar, and Surfer24k, along with Microsoft's internal records on the cyberleek persona. The leaker's identity remains unknown, and Rockstar Games has not commented.
Kadokawa released the first main promotional video for the Matsurika Kanriden television anime on Friday, confirming that the rock band KANA-BOON performs the opening theme song "Hana Hanashi" (Flower Talk). The anime, based on the light novel series by Rinne Ishida with illustrations by Izumi, is scheduled to premiere in January 2027 and will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, and BS11 in Japan. The promo also introduced three new cast members: Takeo Ōtsuka as Tenga Rei, Kōtarō Nishiyama as Shisei Hō, and Shō Komura as Shunsetsu Shō. They join previously announced leads Rie Takahashi as Matsurika Kō and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Emperor Hakuyō. Takeshi Mori supervises the series, Yūichi Nakazawa directs at Maho Film, Tōko Machida handles series composition, Manami Inose designs the characters, and Takurō Iga composes the music. The story follows Matsurika, a court lady at the emperor's inner palace known for her good memory, who meets Emperor Hakuyō and is told to pass the civil service exam before approaching him.
The film 'Hibagon☆Project,' a town-promotion movie based on the UMA Hibagon, is in production with a planned spring 2027 release. Filming is underway in Saijo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, where the 1970 sightings occurred. The cast includes Chika Hiraoka, Sakurako Suei, Robert Scott, Megumi Mori, and Ryuji Harada. Takeharu Mikami, editor-in-chief of 'Mu,' will appear as himself.
The September issue of Monthly G Fantasy published the final chapter of Hazumi Takeda's The Irregular at Magic High School: Invasion Arc manga, adapting novel volume 26. The same issue announced Takeda will return in the next issue for an adaptation of the 31st novel volume, titled Future Arc.
Taku Takeuchi's teamtaku CUP TAKE AIR 2026 will be held October 12 at Iiyama Schanze in Nagano Prefecture. The event features seven ski jumping categories, a talk show with Noriaki Kasai, Sara Takanashi, and others, plus music and activities. Advance tickets go on sale August 18 at 6 PM.
Good Smile Company announced a figma of Lucifer from the puzzle game Helltaker, scheduled for release in April 2027. The figure stands about 150mm tall and includes four expression parts, wine glass options, a knife, a fork, and exchangeable arm parts, with a price of 9,800 yen.
The sixth volume of Toryumon Takeda's Doga announced the series will end with the seventh volume, which ships in winter 2026. The story follows Yote, a young lord killed by robbers and revived in a cyborg body, who hires the street orphan Doga to help him find the mermaids who can make him human again. Takeda launched the series on Futabasha's Web Action site in October 2023. Futabasha shipped the sixth volume on July 24.
Takeshobo's BL label Qpa is collaborating with ZOZOTOWN on a merchandise collection. Six authors serializing works in Qpa created illustrations under the theme Black x Ribbon for 18 product types, including long-sleeve T-shirts, pouches with acrylic charms, and goods sets. Orders open August 14, 2026.
Nintendo announced on August 14 that a new weapon, the PET Shooter Replica, will be added to Splatoon 3 for the Nintendo Switch. The weapon reproduces the PET Shooter that appears in the spin-off title Splatoon Raiders. Its performance matches the Splattershot Collab, with the Splat Bomb as the sub weapon and Triple Tornado as the special weapon. The PET Shooter Replica is scheduled to be implemented ahead of the Summer Nights festival, which runs from August 22 to August 24. To obtain it, players must apply a future update and have save data that has cleared the main story of Splatoon Raiders. The weapon is not tied to the festival, so players who meet the save data condition can receive it from the lobby terminal at any time after implementation. The announcement also noted that gear distributed during past Summer Nights events remains available through the in-game news feature, the Squid Research Lab, by launching Splatoon 3 from the relevant news articles.
Poti Poti Studio released the PS5 version of the logic puzzle game 'Is This Seat Taken?' on August 6. The game, which challenges players to seat characters called Formun according to their preferences, launched on PC, Switch, iOS, and Android in August 2025. It holds an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating in Steam user reviews. A 30% off sale runs until August 20.
The live-action film adaptation of Ryo Nakama's High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku manga has added seven cast members, including Yoshihiko Inohara as Tatsuya Aoyama and Naoto Takenaka as Tomohiro Kiryu. The film is directed by Toichiro Ruto from a script by Makoto Ueda and opens in Japan on January 8, delayed from fall 2026.