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Anime News Network published a five-part roundup of Tanabata greetings from across the anime, manga, and video game industries on July 7, 2026. The collection includes wishes and illustrations from official accounts for series such as Bungo Stray Dogs, Detective Conan, My Hero Academia, Sakamoto Days, Doraemon, Chibi Maruko-chan, Hell's Paradise, and Dragon Quest. Video game franchises like Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, and Like a Dragon also participated, alongside creators including Hideo Kojima, Yuki Kaji, and Shoko Nakagawa. Several series tied their posts to new releases: the second season of Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers premiered on July 7, My Happy Marriage released a special Tanabata illustration and announced a three-episode special for 2026, and My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked began airing on July 8. The roundup also features greetings from manga titles like Chiikawa, MARRIAGETOXIN, and Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, as well as from studios Tatsunoko Production and Square Enix.
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Bandai Namco released the opening movie for Tales of Eternia Remastered on July 4. The video uses GARNET CROW's song "flying," the same theme from the 2000 original. The remaster adds quality-of-life features while keeping the 2D battle system and story of two worlds. It launches October 15 on consoles and October 16 on Steam.
Jun 27
Fuji TV's streaming service FOD will distribute 12 new original episodes of the anthology drama "Tales of the Unusual" over one year, starting June 27. The first episode, "The Man Who Came from Tomorrow," stars Rie Mimura as a psychotherapist who meets a man whose memory moves backward through time.
Jun 18
Anime News Network published its weekly roundup of North American anime and manga releases for June 14-20. The list includes home video releases for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing, and Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition, alongside dozens of new manga volumes from Viz Media, Seven Seas, and other publishers.
Jun 9
Bandai Namco announced a remaster of the 2000 RPG Tales of Eternia during a Nintendo Direct livestream. Tales of Eternia Remastered will release October 16 on Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The remaster includes toggleable original visuals and sound, quality-of-life features, and new difficulty options.
Jun 9
Bandai Namco announced "Tales of Eternia Remastered" during the June 9 Nintendo Direct broadcast. The remastered version of the 2000 PlayStation RPG is set to launch on October 15, 2026, for both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. This marks the first port of the game since the PSP version released in 2005. The announcement was part of a larger Nintendo Direct presentation that included other titles such as a new Xenoblade game and Donkey Kong Bananza collaborations. The remaster brings the classic entry in the Tales series to modern Nintendo hardware, offering updated visuals and performance for the action RPG that originally introduced the series' signature "Linear Motion Battle System" to a wider audience.
Jun 7
GameSpark's weekly ranking for May 29 to June 4, 2026, highlights a hidden command in Street Fighter 6 that transforms Ingrid into Dark Ingrid, a new trademark for Tales of Eternia sparking remaster speculation, a play report for the DRPG Algolemeth, a trailer for Ironwing Valiant, and a temporary free web release of Rockman's Soccer.