The Vi∀ song, a collaboration between Hololive VTuber Shiranui Flare and the rhythm game pop'n music High☆Cheers!!, released in-game on June 4, 2026, as part of a larger BEMANI collaboration that began April 23.
The song Vi∀ is a collaboration between Hololive VTuber Shiranui Flare and the rhythm game pop'n music High☆Cheers!!. It was released in-game on June 4, 2026. The collaboration is part of a larger event spanning three BEMANI titles that began on April 23. LIGHT and NORMAL charts were available immediately upon release, while HYPER and EX charts require event progression to unlock.
The collaboration formalized a long-running fan wish. Shiranui Flare has publicly identified as a dedicated pop'n music player for years. The collaboration was teased at her April 2026 birthday 3D live. The song title Vi∀ uses a stylized A with a universal quantifier symbol, matching the visual identity of the pop'n music series.
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Square Enix showed two Final Fantasy VII trailers during Wednesday's Nintendo Direct. Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third and final game in the Remake trilogy, got a new trailer featuring Sephiroth. The company also announced Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion for Nintendo Switch 2, releasing the same day.
Sinnoa and Neida's SSS-Class Revival Hunter web novel and webtoon are getting an anime adaptation in January 2027. Crunchyroll will stream it worldwide excluding Asia, with availability in select regions. The teaser trailer and key staff were revealed alongside the announcement.
Atlus announced during Wednesday's Nintendo Direct that Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 are both coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Persona 4 Revival launches on Switch 2 on May 20, following its February 18 release on other platforms. MAPPA is handling the game's animated cutscenes.
Anime News Network reviews Red River episode 10, scoring it 3.3. The review praises the adaptation for retaining the harsh truth of slavery, and notes clever plotting in referencing twin goddesses Ninatta and Kulitta. However, it criticizes Yuri's characterization as an unearned see-saw between competence and breakdowns.
The final episode of Science SARU's Ghost in the Shell adaptation wraps the series, covering Masamune Shirow's first volume in a concise runtime. The review highlights the collaborative soundtrack from Taisei Iwasaki, Ryo Konishi, and Yuki Kanesaka, alongside the episode's closing track by Yuki Kanesaka, as a highlight of the production.
Episode 11 of The World Is Dancing, titled "The Moon Before It's Full," finds Oniyasha still trapped in the same indecision, now compounded by years of isolation and burnout performing for the shogun. The anime depicts his physical symptoms of distress, yet the reviewer finds the execution unconvincing. The formula of inspiration striking Oniyasha is wearing thin, bordering on self-parody.
Sony Interactive Entertainment started the Tokyo Game Show Sale on the PlayStation Store on September 9, offering discounts on a range of PS5 and PS4 titles. The sale runs until September 23, ahead of the Tokyo Game Show 2026 event that begins September 17. Among the featured discounts, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the Square Enix RPG preceding a series finale, is priced at 1,973 yen, a 70 percent reduction from 6,578 yen. Monster Hunter Wilds, which has a large DLC planned, is 25 percent off at 3,742 yen, while Pragmata Deluxe Edition receives its first-ever discount at 20 percent off, bringing it to 7,192 yen. Other titles include Persona 3 Reload Digital Premium Edition at 60 percent off (5,491 yen), Biohazard Requiem at 30 percent off (6,293 yen), Nioh 3 at 43 percent off (5,517 yen), and Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Imagined Land at 50 percent off (4,840 yen). The sale also covers deluxe editions and DLC, with more titles listed on the official sale page.
Game Spark's play report covers Scarlet Skips, a one-button jump rope roguelite now on Steam. Scarlet, a freckled cartoon girl, jumps rope to clear her head after a bad day. One snag ends the run, and there are no permanent upgrades between runs. Mid-run upgrades include jump power, rocket boots, and a burning rope that counts each pass double. The report finds the build combinations change how the game plays.
lowiro, the developer behind the rhythm game Arcaea, released In Falsus on Steam on September 9, 2026. The rhythm adventure game combines a keyboard and mouse control scheme with a full-voice visual novel story and card crafting. Players use one hand on six keys (Shift, A, S, D, F, Space by default) to hit notes on the lower lane while the other hand moves the mouse to handle notes on the upper lane. The game is set in a near-future world where everyone wears a collar that reveals emotions and exposes lies. Five female high school students, each with their own problems, are forced to join a mysterious organization. The story follows each girl's perspective through selectable routes. At launch the game includes more than 70 songs, over 40 of them original tracks written for the game. Composers include REDALiCE, USAO, and Camellia. lowiro also announced the game will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe.
VIVANT season 2 episode 17 made a talking point of the local field agent Tashiro, played by Leyla Mada, whose hijab-covered appearance and fluent Azerbaijani drew praise. Tashiro first appeared in episode 15 photographing public security officer Nozaki, played by Hiroshi Abe, during his undercover work against the Chinese intelligence organization Xinxi. In episode 17 she investigated a cafeteria owner near Shaki Castle in the Gorbad Republic. Mada has worked as a singer since 2013, with live shows in Taiwan, China and Macau.
Airframe Ultra, the hoverbike battle racer from Videocult and publisher Akupara Games, launches November 5, 2026. The game is set in Mega City West, a ruined future metropolis where riders pilot floating machines called Airframes through underground races, using pipes, chains, plasma torches, and swords to attack rivals. It supports split-screen and online multiplayer, plus customization for the Airframe and rider. A demo is now live on Steam.
Universal Studios Japan held a press preview on September 9 ahead of the September 10 opening of its autumn seasonal event "Universal Extreme Autumn ~Discover U!!!~", showing off the new Resident Evil collaboration merchandise and food. The goods lineup, sold at the park's online store, includes a T-shirt for 4,700 yen, a stainless tumbler for 3,200 yen, a Zombie Dog headband for 3,300 yen that makes the wearer look like a zombie dog is biting their head, and a Licker tissue pouch for 3,000 yen. New items let fans dress as the Raccoon City Police Department, with a 3-way bag and shirt in the R.P.D. style. The food lineup includes the Green Herb Recovery Croissant Dog with basil sauce and chicken for 1,000 yen, Leon S. Kennedy's Bitter Chocolate Churritos for 850 yen, and the Licker Popcorn Bucket for 5,500 yen, served at the cart in front of Space Fantasy: The Ride. The shop interior is also themed to the game's world, and the park described the collaboration as a yearly tradition.
Dynamis One is developing Astraea Oratio, a new legend magic RPG that combines magic and administration. The setting is a nostalgic 89 Tokyo, with art director Kim In aiming for hand-drawn warmth rather than clean digital polish. The protagonist is a lone bureaucrat who cannot use magic, assigned to an unidentified government office where he handles problems caused by magic users. Stars appear throughout key visuals, character screens, and battle effects, tied to lore that defines magic as people's wishes turned into stars.
Level Infinite released the special animated PV and original theme song for the second round of the NIKKE in Kyoto collaboration in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE on September 9. The event, titled NIKKE to Iku, Ishibutsu Sagashi no Tabi! (A Journey with NIKKE to Search for Lost Items), starts September 15 in Kyoto. It includes a riddle-solving stamp rally across collaboration spots in the city. The PV shows the NIKKE characters walking through Kyoto streets and searching for hidden lost items. The theme song was made specifically for the event, with a light, bright rhythm and lyrics evoking Kyoto scenery. Separately, the second round of the JR Tokai Oshitabi collaboration, NIKKE in Kyoto with Oshitabi, begins September 11, ahead of the Kyoto event, letting players enjoy NIKKE during travel to Kyoto. To mark the collaboration, both the NIKKE official X account and the JR Tokai Oshitabi X account are running a campaign giving original wall hangings to 20 winners who follow both accounts and post event impressions with the hashtag #NIKKEJRTokai. Entry runs September 11 to November 10.
Episode 9 of Though I Am an Inept Villainess, which holds a community score of 4.3, is built around underestimation. Shu Gabi's two-decade grudge drives her to use venomcraft against Reirin and the empress, and the review reads the inner palace as a human kodoku that pits its women against each other. Reirin's isolation kept her apart from those machinations.
Episode 10 of Goodbye, Lara explains why Lara's heart took the shape of a knife: resentment over the prince's rejection centuries ago. When her father asks who she truly loves, the answer is Mari, not Luca. The heart-knife's earlier attacks on Kota and Luca read as protection of the people Lara loves, undercutting Rowan's betrayal theory. Grace dies, the first mermaid death since Lara turned to foam, and Lisa warns more sisters will follow.
Episode 7 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity has Uryu take on Yhwach with one hand, a fight that lacks the punch of Ichigo's battles. The episode ends Gerard Valkyrie's fight abruptly, with Yhwach killing him as collateral damage. The animation remains the season's best, but the episode feels half-baked.
Market research firm Sensor Tower reports that Grand Theft Auto VI has recorded cumulative pre-orders of 5.28 million units and pre-order sales of approximately $516 million (about 80 billion yen) as of September 8, 2026. The figures, which account for refund deductions, cover the period since pre-orders began on June 25, roughly two and a half months. The data covers the PlayStation and Xbox versions of the game. The PlayStation version holds a dominant share, accounting for 77 percent of sales compared to Xbox's 23 percent. Cumulative sales reached $397 million (about 61.5 billion yen) on PlayStation and $119 million (about 18.4 billion yen) on Xbox. In unit terms, PlayStation recorded 4.06 million pre-orders versus 1.21 million for Xbox, more than three times the total. Sensor Tower notes that both platforms have shown steady growth since pre-orders opened, based on its published trend graphs. These figures are estimates from Sensor Tower, and no official announcement from the publisher has been made as of the time of writing. Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026, for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Anime News Network's review of Sparks of Tomorrow episode 10 gives the episode a community score of 3.1. The reviewer criticizes it for hammering its communication theme twice, for confirming a romance between Noriko and Seiroku that was never developed, and for spending the rest of its runtime reuniting Kengo and Noriko instead of letting the characters talk. The review argues the show keeps robbing itself of tension.
Manga Up! Global added three manga to its service this week: Dragon and Flower: The Timid Princess and the Ice Sword's Loyalty, I Was Sacrificed to a Vampire, But He Spoils Me Instead!, and Wildcard Alchemist: Building the Ultimate Guild With a Divine Fluffy Beast and Random Alchemy Skill. The titles arrived on Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday, and all three already have compiled volumes shipping in Japan.
Episode 22 of Daemons of the Shadow Realm splits into two character studies. The first follows Gonzo's first meeting with Asuma's mother Iori, which reads as evidence that Gonzo, despite his pragmatism, genuinely loved her. The second follows Akio, an orphan Gonzo took in who turned traitor after finding a sense of belonging with people from Nishino Village. The episode casts Akio as a possible future for Asa and Yuru.
Episode 11 of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation III spends its runtime closing out subplots. Rudeus decides Nanahoshi must return home, Cliff gets a magic eye, and Ariel keeps pushing for Perugius' support. The closing moments set up the Man-God's manipulation: his basement directive will trigger a disaster that sends Rudeus down a time travel path. The episode holds a community score of 4.2.
Episode 10 of You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 steps away from Taira and Azuma and puts the drama on the other two couples. Nishi's section is the heaviest: she wants to study literature, her mother pushes economics, and a near-first-time moment with Yamada forces her to admit she is afraid of making her own choices. Miyu and Tani keep drifting apart over college prep. The episode holds a 4.2 community score.
Universal Studios Japan begins selling a Resident Evil Licker popcorn bucket on September 9, timed to the 15th anniversary of Halloween Horror Nights and the 30th anniversary of Capcom's Resident Evil series. The bucket is the park's first Resident Evil-design popcorn bucket, modeled on the Licker with its long tongue and sharp claws, and its head opens to hold miso-flavored popcorn. It sells at the Stage 22 popcorn cart.
Episode 10 of Iron Wok Jan! delivers the loss the series has been telegraphing. Jan, who spent the prior episode boasting about victory, berates the judges mid-tasting, the crowd turns on him and throws trash, and he descends into self-loathing and self-harm. The fall is cathartic but hard to watch, and it overshadows Kiriko's commanding win in the round.
The This Week in Anime column shifts from Korean to Japanese dramas, surveying seven titles now streaming on Netflix and HBO Max. Coop and Sylvia land on Baby Assassins Everyday! as the smoothest watch of the bunch, praising Kensuke Sonomura's action direction and the chemistry between Saori Izawa and Akari Takaishi. Unnatural's opening episode, they note, is anything but comfort food. The rest of the slate, including Doctor-X, Miss King, Cinderella Closet, Beautiful Life, and Rikuoh, streams on Netflix.
Beneath the Tangles' latest Reader's Corner covers seven manga volumes, from a half-dragon teenager's school festival to a boxing comeback and a seventeenth-century battlefield. RuriDragon Vol. 4 earns the column's most detailed praise as an authentic look at adolescence, while Ashita no Joe Vol. 6 finds Joe facing world-ranked Carlos Rivera in a televised fight. The lineup also includes a new series the column says it cannot recommend.
Episode 20 of Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 formally introduces Georgine, Sylvester's sister, who has allied with the Florencia Faction on succession. Rosemyne, positioned as a threat to that succession, sits in Georgine's crosshairs because of her adopted association with Sylvester. Georgine's vendetta against Sylvester stems from the succession she felt was rightfully hers. The episode also links one of Georgine's contacts to Schicicoza, the soldier who previously attacked Rosemyne.
Studio Daimon will launch the roguelite SRPG Food Devils on Steam Early Access on November 6, 2026. Players take the role of the last chef in a collapsed world, hunting monsters, cooking them, and running a restaurant to recruit adventurers. The developer cites Fire Emblem, Hades, and Persona 5 as influences. A demo is available, and a console release is planned.
Shueisha Games announced on September 8 its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth lineup, with two playable titles at booth 05-C10 in Hall 5 of Makuhari Messe. Jujutsu Kaisen RUMBLE: SURVIVATON, developed by poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors, gets a world-first playtest. The mode is an online battle royale for up to eight players, who compete for points before the top two face off in a one-on-one duel for the win. The booth will carry live commentary from e-sports casters on its screens. UN:Me, developed by Historia, gets a Japan-first demo. The game is a soul triage adventure in which a girl hosts four souls and dialogue scenes search for the true owner of her body. The demo adds motion capture, which noticeably improves the girl's movement and expressions in conversation, and lets players meet three of the four souls before a major decision. A hands-on area called the Anxiety Corridor lets visitors explore a dim corridor meant to evoke the work's mental labyrinth. Novelties include poncle-designed pixel stickers, an uchiwa with MAPPA-drawn Yuji Itadori art, trauma face stickers, and a trauma instant cooling pack. Tokyo Game Show 2026 runs September 17 to 21, with public days from September 19.
Denshattack!, the train action game from Spanish indie studio Undercoders, has sold 150,000 copies and reached 300,000 players since its July 15 release on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2. Director David Haumandreu told Automaton the game grew out of his childhood Plarail toys and a skateboarding background, and that the studio's Japan fandom shaped the dystopian train-riding premise.
Roman Sands RE:Build, the absurdist apocalypse ADV from Arbitrary Metric, the studio behind IGF award winner Paratopic, launches September 17, 2026 on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox. The game was once described as stuck in eternal release-scheduled status, never to ship. The preview covers two realities: a luxury resort where the player works as a memoryless hotel employee, and a crumbling animal research facility. Price is still unannounced.
Tianji: Shadow of the Ancients is the first title from Tsai Ming-Hung, creator of the Xuan-Yuan Sword RPG series, after he left Softstar to work as an indie developer. The demo was shown at bilibili's Bilibili Game First Look playtest event. Set in Tang dynasty China, the game follows Shangguan Shuo, who loses his memory in a battle with the Xuanxin Sect. The battle system is timeline-based turn-based with action elements: a weakness and break system, follow-up attacks, and parrying.
Digital Hollywood will host a special seminar on November 14, 2026, featuring Sanrio staff Hitomi Yamashita and Ryutaro Kurai. The two will discuss the Virtual Sanrio Puroland permanent VR theme park project, how it creates fan touchpoints, and how it extends character worlds into virtual space. The free event is capped at 100 attendees, with a lottery for a park experience.
A Steam sale now covers the Biohazard series with discounts up to 80 percent. Most titles drop below 1000 yen, with Biohazard RE:4 at 75 percent off for 997 yen and Biohazard RE:3 and RE:2 at 80 percent off for 798 yen each. RE:4 and Revelations 2 have reached their largest discount yet. The latest entry, Biohazard Requiem, is the exception at 30 percent off for 6293 yen.
Premium Bandai opens reservations September 8 at 11:00 for three Gunpla kits tied to the MS IGLOO OVAs, all shipping in March 2027. The Zaku Ground Combat Set and Ground Combat Gundam Ground Combat Set, both from MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front, cost 3,080 yen each. The EX Model Hildolfr from MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War returns at 8,580 yen.
A review of Madhouse's Liar Game examines episode 9, in which protagonist Nao Kanzaki finally deceives an opponent. Stranded alone in the Losers' Revival round, her trusting nature nearly costs her the game. The piece frames the lie not as a fall from grace but as a form of shrewdness.
Game Spark looks back at Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots following its inclusion in Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2, released August 27, 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch. The analysis focuses on how the 2008 game depicted privatized warfare, autonomous weapons, and the mental strain on soldiers in a post-nuclear-deterrence world.
Manta, the global content platform, announced worldwide distribution deals with KADOKAWA, Square Enix, and Square Enix's Manga UP! platform. More than 300 titles are being added, including The Apothecary Diaries, Proud to be the Villainess, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, and Tokyo Ravens. The company launched its manga category in April with Kodansha titles.
Good Smile Company has opened pre-orders for the Hyper Body Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Viper - Toxic Rabbit movable figure, bringing the character in a red bunny outfit to the action figure line. The figure stands approximately 150mm tall and includes four interchangeable expression parts: smile, embarrassed face, closed eyes face, and melting face. Optional accessories cover Last Chaser (weapon), a smartphone, and a lollipop holding hand, which allow for poses such as showing off her back. The prototype is credited to Yagyo Namakuji, and the figure is released by Good Smile Arts Shanghai. The reference price is 15,800 yen including tax, while AmiAmi lists a selling price of 14,220 yen. Pre-orders run until October 28, with shipping scheduled for November 2027. AmiAmi and AmiAmi Yahoo! Store are accepting reservations, and the product page is also available on the Good Smile Company site.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG official X account announced on September 7 that the promotional short anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Chronicles will produce a three-episode anime themed around the Evil Twin cards, with distribution planned from January 2027. The announcement came with a visual showing Live Twin Ki-sikil and Live Twin Lil-la. The series has previously adapted Sky Striker and Magistus themes, and currently streams The Devil of Sin Treasure Hunting since August 2026.
Automaton played a pre-alpha co-op demo of 1001 Threads of Mizan at gamescom 2026. The writer chose Malik, a tank who fights with a shield that splits into two. The flying carpet is the standout feature: it handles movement, evasion, attack, and teammate rescue, and it sits at the center of combat design. Three-player co-op against large bosses worked naturally without pre-assigned roles. The game is in development for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Release timing is undecided.
Arc System Works streamed a gameplay trailer for Qliphah in Providence's Shadow on Friday. The trailer previews combat where players stack skills within a limited time to damage enemies and counterattack by overlapping skills. Nintendo eShop pre-orders opened the same day, bundling three skins for protagonists Hizuki Rena and Soma Hoshigami and a "Voidfall" battle with 16 high-difficulty battles. The tactical counter-timeline RPG is fully voice-acted and launches September 24 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Naoki Hamaguchi, director of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy, told a PAX West 2026 panel that the project is an attempt to pass FF7 to the next generation rather than a simple remake. He said the goal is a work that keeps producing new fans 20 to 30 years from now. The panel also covered the graphics direction and new mysteries added to the story. The finale, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, launches April 8, 2027.
Anime News Network reviews Changeable Guardian Estique, a side-scrolling shooter for Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Windows, NES, and Famicom. The game is designed to run on original NES and Famicom hardware. Its staff includes Compile veterans known for classics like MUSHA and Zanac, and the review finds it works as more than nostalgia bait.
Episode 47 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, titled THE END 2, aired September 5. Uryu Ishida takes a central role, joining Nelliel and Tier Harribel to fight Yhwach. The episode also features the deceased Jushiro Ukitake appearing before Shunsui Kyoraku, drawing an emotional response from viewers.
The Harbinger DLC for Sins of a Solar Empire II launched on September 3, 2026, adding the fourth faction that was hinted at in the game's background lore. The release prompted a retrospective on the series, tracing its roots to 2008 and examining how Sins 2 modernized the franchise while preserving its competitive, war-focused identity.
Game Spark praises Big Walk, a multiplayer open-world game for 2 to 12 players, as a masterpiece that overturns multiplayer history. The review highlights its simple controls, puzzle design that encourages teamwork, and visual guidance with no text after the tutorial. The game is available on Steam and included in PlayStation Plus as of September 2026.
TBS Sunday drama VIVANT introduced Elisha Mamadov, a scientist whose fusion power invention could reshape global energy. Played by Azerbaijani actor Manaf Dadashov, Elisha discarded his data and vanished rather than let one country monopolize the technology. Episode 16 showed him only in photographs, confined in an anechoic chamber.
The Disney Villains OH MY CAFE opens September 17, 2026, in Omotesando, Tokyo, for a limited run timed to Halloween. The themed cafe offers food and drinks inspired by Disney villains including Maleficent, Scar, Ursula, Jafar, Hades, the Queen, and the Queen of Hearts, with a banquet concept.