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Z.ai Releases GLM-5.3 as Open Model, Surpassing Claude and GPT in Tests

Z.ai released its GLM-5.3 model as an open model on August 29, 2026, at 0:00 Japan time. The MoE model has 744 billion total parameters and 40 billion active parameters. Third-party organization Artificial Analysis gave it an Intelligence Index score of 60 and an Agentic Index score of 59.

Aug 20

Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anime Teaser Adds Fairouz Ai as Yuuka

Disney+ presented a teaser promotional video for Episode of Savanaclaw, the second season of the Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation series, on Thursday. The teaser introduces Fairouz Ai as the voice of Yuuka Hirasaka, a high school student who excels at judo and the protagonist of the second season. On the way home from a judo tournament, she encounters a mysterious carriage that whisks her away to Twisted-Wonderland. Episode of Savanaclaw will begin streaming exclusively on Disney+ in December 2026. The first season, Episode of Heartslabyul, debuted exclusively on Disney+ in October 2025, and the overall anime will run for three seasons. The seasons adapt the original game's accompanying manga under the titles Episode of Heartslabyul, Episode of Savanaclaw, and Episode of Octavinelle. The anime's English dub debuted on Disney+ and Hulu on the same day the anime premiered. Takahiro Natori is serving as chief director and series script supervisor, and Shin Katagai is directing at Yumeta Company and Graphinica. Yoichi Kato is credited as the main writer. Hanaka Nakano and Akane Sato are designing the characters. Takumi Ozawa, the composer of the game, is also composing the music in the anime itself.

Aug 15

UAE Studio The Orange Giant Unveils Open-World Action Game Zhai

The Orange Giant Gaming Development FZCO, a UAE-based studio, revealed system details for its PC open-world action-adventure game Zhai on August 10, 2026, and announced a winter 2026 release. The game draws from a co-founder's motorcycle accident coma, during which he experienced a vivid other world that became the game's concept.

Aug 10

Open-World Action Game Zhai Reveals Combat and Memory Growth Systems

The Orange Giant detailed the systems for its PC open-world action adventure Zhai, out in winter 2026 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Players control amnesiac warrior Zhai through the realm Il'Navir, combining elemental abilities in combat and recovering lost memories to unlock new skills via a Memory Skill Tree.

Jun 27

The World's Strongest Witch Anime Adds Fairouz Ai, Honoka Inoue to Cast

The official website for the television anime of Mochimaru Sakaki's The World's Strongest Witch light novel series began streaming a promotional video on Friday. The video reveals two new cast members: Fairouz Ai as Erimina, the master of the adventurers' guild known as the "Inferno Witch," and Honoka Inoue as Eruna, an elf princess who worries over her sick mother. Azusa Tachibana was previously announced as protagonist Rona Hermit. The anime is directed by Jōji Furuta at studios Bridge and Aisle and will premiere in October.

Jun 1

Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko Anime Reveals July 6 Debut, More Cast

The anime adaptation of Tetsuhiro Koshita's sequel manga Honō no Tōkyūjo: Dodge Danko will premiere on July 6. A main trailer revealed six new cast members, additional staff, and the opening theme by Momoiro Clover Z. The series centers on Danko, daughter of the original series protagonist, as she builds a dodgeball team in the Reiwa era.