World End Economica, an upcoming anime funded via crowdfunding platforms, has just revealed a trailer with English subs. The anime is based on the World End Economica visual novels by Isuna Hasekura (Spice and Wolf). Two crowdfunding projects were run for the anime: one on …Read more »
The grand opening of Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo theme park located inside Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, has been delayed. Originally set to open to the public in late July, it has been postponed as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. A new …Read more »
Here’s some news to excite more than a few gamers out there. The World Ends With You, the action RPG which debuted on Nintendo DS way back in 2007, is getting an anime adaptation. That’s the word from Square Enix, which developed the game. Square …Read more »
Last year we posted an update on Taiwan’s Chen San-yuan, also known as the grandpa made the news for using a bunch of phones to play Pokémon GO. He ended up going viral at the time, and was even swooped up by a mobile phone …Read more »
COVID-19 has caused a lot of misinformation to spread around the internet, but the new myth surrounding Sonic The Hedgehog ice cream bars might be the most insidious. Manufacturer Blue Bunny has been producing the Sonic ice cream bar since the 90s, but its absence …Read more »
Wonderful news! Konosuba – God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! has just landed a new video game for PlayStation 4 and Switch. It’s subtitled Kono Yokubō no Ishō ni Chōai o! (something like Favor These Clothes of Desire!) and it’s due out September 24 in …Read more »
This morning saw a fresh Pokémon Presents live stream, which included a handful of interesting reveals for the series. Chief among them was the announcement of a new Pokémon Snap game, coming in just over 20 years since the launch of the Nintendo 64 original …Read more »
Tencent, the enormous Chinese tech company and largest video game creator in the world, has its eyes on anime and manga. According to Bloomberg, it “has in recent months scooped up slices of two prominent local studios, the brains behind smash hit NieR: Automata and …Read more »
Hardcore Fate/Grand Order fans were disappointed this week to learn that the game’s latest live event will not be happening this year. The official website made the announcement that Fate/GO Fes 2020, which was planned for August 10 in Tokyo, has been canceled due to …Read more »
Re:ZERO fans, good news: the tactical adventure game The Prophecy of the Throne is getting an English-language release. The game is headed to Switch, Steam and PlayStation 4 this winter via Spike Chunsoft. It’s set to be released in two varieties: a “Day One” edition …Read more »
Fans of card-battling now have another obsession to dive into thanks to ZENONZARD: Artificial Card Intelligence, a new digital card game from Bandai. There are a handful of intriguing hooks that separate this one from the competition, including advanced artificial intelligence, a system full of …Read more »
Japanese audiences missed out on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie’s initial premiere plans due to a COVID-19 pandemic-related postponement. Now that the State of Emergency has been lifted, however, a new date has finally been set for the feature’s debut in the region. Sonic the …Read more »
Last year saw the release of KONOSUBA: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering of Adventurers!, a super-long-titled RPG that made its way to PS4 and PS Vita in Japan. Now it’s already set to return, this time back to …Read more »
The manga has ended and the second season is delayed, but you can’t stop a popular series like The Quintessential Quintuplets for long. The next step for the Nakano sisters is a new mobile game that’s due out this year from Enish, which previously worked …Read more »
If you love the KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN anime adaptation, you’ll definitely appreciate the idea of being teased by Takagi-san IRL. We may not be able to do exactly that, but we’re getting pretty close thanks to a new virtual reality app that’s out in …Read more »
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