Black Lagoon director’s anime studio Contrail to be absorbed by MAPPA amidst financial losses

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Sony’s game division announces record-high starting salary increases in Japan 

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Anime’s massive success in US theaters has more to do with the power of fandoms than the medium itself becoming dominant, according to Japanese filmmaker and journalist

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Romeo Is a Dead Man

Suda51 doesn’t know what makes a “Suda51 game” a Suda51 game 

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Stellar Blade director’s celebratory image of new Yoko Taro Evangelion anime earns dissatisfaction from NieR: Automata modeler over alleged AI use 

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Resident Evil Requiem doubles down on Umbrella Noodles by creating a bizarre official commercial for the fake product

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The official February newsletter for Steam’s chaotic roguelike Elin has been released, packed with more nyan nyan nyans!

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy’s third entry is progressing “very smoothly.” We ask director Naoki Hamaguchi why the team chose not to switch to Unreal Engine 5 

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Japanese indie dev “thrilled and embarrassed” after viral boob POV clip gets their sci-fi gender-bending “sexyroid” FPS to 40k Steam Wishlists

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10-year-old adult visual novel Senren Banka celebrates over 1 million units sold, witnessing a huge jump in sales over the past two years

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Microsoft Japan raided by antitrust watchdog over suspected unfair trade practices 

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“I’m still angry at the game industry” CyberConnect2 CEO’s efforts to shake up Japanese entertainment’s stick-in-the-mud approach are driven by his love for Shonen Jump manga

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