Purupuru Maker, a free browser tool that wobbles only the parts of an image you paint, has gone viral in Japan and abroad. Meet the solo developer behind it and Japan's culture of gloriously pointless web toys.
Bandai Namco Filmworks reveals a new Gundam anime on July 24, timed to a San Diego Comic-Con panel. Japanese fans are guessing everything from Hathaway's finale to Crossbone and the cursed Gundam Sentinel. The English press release may have already spoiled it.
Loss-making mobile-game studio KLab has signed an MOU to bring an undisclosed partner's counter-drone system to the UAE. Inside a game company's pivot, UAE royal money, and Japan's neutral-broker play.
The Summer 2026 anime lineup looks identical in Japan and abroad, but expectations split hard. Ghost in the Shell goes global-first on Prime Video, Code Geass: Rozé already finished overseas two years ago, and Tai Ari lands with the fighting-game crowd thanks to a Street Fighter 6 tie-in.
Broke adventurers eating monsters: Delicious in Dungeon is a respected award-winner at home and a Netflix phenomenon abroad. We trace its path from Ryoko Kui's short-story years through the Harta serialization and Studio Trigger's anime to global success, and preview Season 2's Falin rescue arc, arriving October 2027.
Japan's METI selected 27 anime and game projects under its IP360 content subsidy, covering half of production costs up to ¥1.5 billion each. We break down how the program works, the backlash over funding companies like DeNA, and how Japan stacks up against South Korea and the US.
YAO unites ONE OK ROCK, Awich, CHICO CARLITO and Paledusk, with debut single 777 out July 7. A look at the rock/hip-hop crossover, their global reach, and why these four aren't as random a pairing as they seem.
Nintendo published its 86th shareholder meeting Q&A. Beyond the stock-price headlines: Miyamoto says IP runs at nearly 100% profit versus 30% console margins, the DS/3DS backward-compatibility dodge, game-preservation friction, My Number ID checks for Pokemon cards, and the India and China playbooks.
Sony will stop producing discs for new PlayStation games from January 2028, going download-only. Here's what it means for physical culture, the used-game market, ownership, and how it compares to Xbox, PC and Nintendo.
Shueisha, the publisher behind ONE PIECE, revealed Wild Wild Eden, an original game that uses none of its manga IP. Co-developed with a Malaysian studio, this open-world survival RPG treats monsters as family, not tools. Steam Early Access is planned for spring 2027. Here's what sets it apart in the crowded post-Palworld field.
The IOC's Future Host Commission says it wants the Winter Games back in Japan, and bid movements are stirring in Sapporo and Nagano. But at home the mood is cold. A look at the cost, the corruption memories, and the climate math that keeps pointing to Sapporo.