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In a surprise announcement on X (Twitter), games industry legend Hideaki Itsuno is leaving Capcom at the end of August 2024 after 30 years at the Japanese games company. Starting in September 2024, Itsuno will be developing games "in a new environment". However, he has not revealed where he will be working at after leaving Capcom. Itsuno firs...
Tokyo Game Show (or TGS) is back again in 2024, and it's coming back yet again with more games and premieres to show. With a ton of surprises to show off and a plethora of elaborate booths to visit and check out, as well as dedicated areas for indie gaming and other avenues, this year's showing will be just as big as grand as last year's. Here's...
Courtesy of Disney+ Hotstar, we were able to interview Code Geass Roze Of The Recapture director Ohashi Yoshimitsu and producer Taniguchi Kojiro. The original Code Geass anime premiered in 2006, followed by a second season in 2008. After that, a trilogy of movies recapping the events of the anime was released from 2017 to 2018 before a brand new...
Is a new Studio Trigger Transformer anime coming soon? This year (2024), the Transformers franchise is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Studio Trigger has unveiled a mysterious new Transformers teaser video to commemorate the occasion. The video features some familiar Transformers characters, such as Optimus Prime punching Megatron and other...
Publisher Owlcat Games and developer Another Angle Games have announced Shadow Of The Road, an artful blend of CRPG and turn-based combat set in alternative 19th-century Japan. Shadow Of The Road is among the first titles being published by Owlcat Games and embodies the features that the new publishing arm is built on: complex and interesting ch...
Disney+ Hotstar is attending AniManGaki 2024, a highly anticipated anime convention taking place at the Mines International Exhibition & Convention Centre from 23 August to 25 August 2024 =. Attendees can look forward to Disney+ Hotstar’s booth that will highlight a rich variety of anime content to the three-day event ranging from exclusive ...
Prominent Japanese voice actress Atsuko Tanaka has passed away at the age of 61. The sad news was revealed on Twitter/X in a post by the late actress' son, Hikaru Tanaka. According to her son's post, Atsuko Tanaka died due to an illness. However, he chose not to disclose what specific illness she suffered from. ??????????????? pic.twitter.com...
Unlike Final Fantasy or the Persona series, fans of the Trails and Ys JRPG franchises have had to wait years after the game's original Japanese releases for the English versions of the game to arrive. However, that might not be the case in the future anymore. Speaking with PC Gamer, publisher NIS America representative Alan Costa said: "I canâ€...
We aren't stock market experts here at Kakuchopurei, but when a plummeting stock market is negatively affecting the games industry, we report on it. Influenced by global factors such as fears of a recession in the United States and rising tensions in the Middle East, the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s stock market index experienced a frightening drop. ...
The Monolith Soft 1st Production team has announced that they are currently hiring for a new JRPG directed by Tetsuya Takahashi. The studio is best known for developing the Xenoblade Chronicles games for Nintendo Switch. In a message on the hiring website, director Takahashi didn't provide any details about the game but confirmed that the new JR...
Kaizen Game Works, the folks behind the unique first-person detective adventure game Paradise Killer, is back with another equally-unique and weird adventure game in the works. The company is working on a title named Promise Mascot Agency, and even after watching the deep dive gameplay trailer, it still defies a lot of descriptions & convent...
The Sakamoto Days anime will premiere on Netflix globally in January 2025. The anime adaptation for Yuto Suzuki’s comedy action manga Sakamoto Days was first announced in May 2024. Managing the direction of the Sakamoto Days TV anime is Masaki Watanabe (original Bartender anime) at TMS Entertainment with Taku Kishimoto (BLUE LOCK Episode Nagi) ...
Hatsune Miku, one of the internet’s most iconic Vocaloids and Japan’s top virtual idol, is making her anime film debut. The eagerly anticipated movie, Project Sekai: The Broken World and Miku Who Can't Sing, has just dropped a thrilling trailer along with a release date, rekindling excitement among her dedicated fanbase. A recent post on X b...
Manga artist Nekokurage, whose real name is Erika Ikeda, recently faced sentencing in Fukuoka District Court for tax evasion. Known for her work on one of the manga adaptations of The Apothecary Diaries, Nekokurage received a suspended 10-month prison sentence and a JPÂ¥11 million fine (around US$70,600). She will not have to serve time in prison i...
TYPE-MOON studio BB has unveiled a new teaser trailer for Fate/EXTRA Record, which reveals that news for the game will be announced at the upcoming Fate/Grand Order Fes 2024 on 4 August 2024. Originally announced in 2020, Fate/Extra Record is a remake of 2010’s Fate/Extra. Fate/Extra originally debuted in 2010 on the PSP. It is a spin-off of Fat...
Toei Animation has announced that the new Dragon Ball Daima anime will premiere in October 2024. This will be the last-ever work that the late legendary Akira Toriyama contributed to. It will feature younger versions of characters like Son Goku, Vegeta and others. It seems like somebody uses the Dragon Balls to wish that every major Dragon Ball ...
Studio MAPPA has announced that the Ranma 1/2 anime reboot will premiere on 5 October 2024 on Netflix. Yes, the original harem anime with martial arts in the mix is making a comeback! And here's another cool tidbit: the original 1989 anime cast will be reprising their roles in the 2024 reboot. These include: Kappei Yamaguchi as Ranma Sa...
Ubisoft has issued a formal apology on Twitter AKA X after using a Japanese historical re-enactment group's flag in a piece of concept art for Assassin's Creed Shadows without asking for permission. As reported by Siliconera, Ubisoft Japan admitted that they used the flag in two pieces of art without permission. They have since apologized to the...
Back in late March, we found out that this year's Ascension will be making it's way to Tokyo, Japan and today, Riot Games has just unveiled the first exciting details about VCT Ascension Pacific Tokyo 2024. This epic tournament is set to catapult a new team into the prestigious VCT Pacific League next year, and the journey begins on 13-23 September...
Warner Bros. Japan Anime has unveiled the first trailer and key visuals of the upcoming anime CG film starring the Dark Knight, Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League at this year’s Anime Expo. This movie will be the sequel to the 2018' Batman Ninja anime film. Some of the characters confirmed to be featured in this film include Batman, Robin, Wonder ...
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