Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S, the second season of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, just finished airing. But the franchise still has more coming. Not only will the Blu-ray and DVD releases include an unaired episode titled “Japanese Hospitality (My Attendant Is a Dragon),” but there’s …Read more »
The first entry in the Senran Kagura series—Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows—made its debut on Nintendo 3DS back on September 23, 2011. That means it’s officially time to kick off the 10th anniversary celebrations, so publisher Marvelous and developer Honey∞Parade Games have done just that with …Read more »
COVID has hit arcades hard, causing multiple large arcades in Japan to shutter, including the Silk Hat Ikebukuro arcade, Adores, and the Sega Akihabara Building 2. Yesterday the Sega Ikebukuro GiGO, which debuted in 1993, closed its doors. But it might not be for forever. …Read more »
The Chinese government recently put new restrictions on minors playing video games, saying they could only do it legally one hour a day from Friday through Sunday, plus holidays. Not long after that the Chinese government banned what it considers “effeminate men” from being on …Read more »
The Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai TV anime is entering its second year, and U-Treasure is marking the occasion with a pricey Dragon Quest chess set. When we say pricey, we really mean it this time, because this high-quality silver set will be priced …Read more »
Ahead of the The IDOLM@STER: Million Live! anime adaptation, franchise producer Yozo Sakagami (a.k.a “Gami P”) is talking about the secrets of his success: making things personal to people. In fact, he’s publishing a whole book on this in Japan called Shunjinkо Shikо (translated as …Read more »
Are you ready to join the Survey Corps? Attack on Titan is gearing up for a mobile MMO. Brave Order looks like it’s going to be pretty cool… but look. We have ideas of our own. And some of them are great, and some of them are …Read more »
FU Fighters In 2019, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes brought everyone’s favorite otaku and pro assassin Travis Touchdown back, but not in the way everyone expected. Strikes Again ended up being somewhat of a middling appetizer before the main course that would be No …Read more »
The Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation smartphone game—Mushoku Tensei ~Game ni Nattemo Honki Dasu~ (translated as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – I’ll Seriously Try Even If It’s Made Into a Game)—is getting a KONOSUBA crossover. It begins September 15 and will only be available for a …Read more »
Somehow, in 2021, Pokémon cards are still causing trouble with collectors and retailers alike. The craze is also going on in Japan, so some stores have employed interesting strategies to stop scalpers from scooping up all the highly coveted Pokémon cards just so they can …Read more »
Fans of the KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! anime and light novel series now have the opportunity to experience the series for themselves with the free-to-play KonoSuba: Fantastic Days game. This spectacular anime RPG gives players a chance to dive into adventure with …Read more »
The Chinese government already had limits on video game playtime for those under the age of 18, but now those restrictions have been increased dramatically. According to a report on Reuters, minors will now be limited to playing games at a maximum of one hour …Read more »
Whether you missed out on Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot the first time around or just want to relive Goku’s story on the go, the action-RPG’s next stop is Nintendo Switch. Bandai Namco has the game coming to Nintendo’s console as the Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot …Read more »
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was, for lots of us, a gateway system. Lots of us began our gaming lives with Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, or that one Animaniacs game where you fight a xenomorph. And, depending on where you lived, you …Read more »
The 25th anniversary of Pokémon means there are many celebrations going on, but even this huge franchise is facing negative impacts from COVID. A number of Pokémon stores and centers in Japan are shutting down — some temporarily, some permanently. Recently an employee at the …Read more »
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