KADOKAWA is merging five anime studios, ENGI among them, into Studio One Base in November 2026. What the deal changes for overseas viewers, and what it does not.
KADOKAWA CEO Takeshi Natsuno kept his board seat on June 24 with 59.68% support, down 30.58 points, while Oasis Management's removal bid drew 26.79%. What the split vote meant, and what the next quarter showed.
1 million units on day one, 10 million for the series. Capcom's own sales list has the three PS2 Onimusha games at 1.52 to 2.10 million lifetime, and the habit of borrowing movie stars' faces goes back to 2001.
A 50-stop organ built by 18th-century methods has been finished at a Yamazaki Baking hall near Tokyo. It takes five people to sound right, at a moment when Japan's public halls are struggling to keep theirs.
State of Play, KONAMI PRESS START and the run-up to Tokyo Game Show all landed in one week. Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Gundam Rogue Orbit and Rev. NOiR all got release windows, and every one of them falls in 2027.
The Switch 2 hit $499.99 in the US on September 1. Japan raised its price three months earlier, and Famitsu's numbers show a rush to 712,000 units in May, then 100,166 in June, with July still under April.
The Apothecary Diaries is getting a live-action drama starring Mana Ashida, on Prime Video from 2028. Japanese social media flipped from dread to approval within an hour, but one uncast role still has fans nervous.
France announced three theme parks near Paris, €6 billion of Saudi money, and the region said one would be Dragon Ball. Toei Animation says it granted no license; Paris now says it never put that name forward.
Saint Seiya creator Masami Kurumada sued his ex-manager on September 2, 2026, over 4.686 billion yen (about $29.3 million) allegedly embezzled. A trusted editor walled him off for 25 years, his lawyers say.
Godot has moved on Japan with a CRI Middleware partnership. Why an engine at 5% in GDC's 2026 survey gets called the third engine, why its MIT licence stops at the console door, and what Unity and Unreal actually cost.
CAVE built an assist mode that slows bullets instead of removing them, plus a 10-player Royale mode. Steam's overall rating came back Mostly Negative. The complaints are about missing content and price, not difficulty.