Japan Autism Association raises ethical concerns over Mii-Chan and Miss Yamada anime for “turning vulnerable people into entertainment”
Discussion about the anime has been ongoing ever since the initial announcement by Kodansha on July 26.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
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Chiikawa becomes Japan’s highest grossing movie this year with over 13.9 billion yen in the box office
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island becomes Japan's highest grossing theatrical release this year.
Magical Girl Witch Trials sells over 700k units on Steam and Nintendo Switch ahead of global launch
Magical Girl Witch Trials developer Acacia announced that the title has surpassed 700,000 cumulative sales.
Naniwa Underground is a Japanese GTA-inspired indie life sim set in an anarchistic, crime-ridden fictional Osaka
Japanese solo developer Kyamei has announced their GTA-inspired live simulator Naniwa Underground.
Drunken Rogue, a dungeon-crawler where you rely on the sheer power of alcohol and procrastination to survive, launches to a 97% positive Steam review score
Drunken Rogue released on August 21 on Steam, with a Nintendo Switch version scheduled to launch soon.
Nekopara Sekai Connect coming to Steam on September 28. A café management spin-off game
Progress from the mobile version will be transferable to the new PC version.
Expelled from Paradise visual novel depicting the story after the events of the 2014 anime to launch on Steam and Switch on November 26
Published by Toei Animation and developed by Studio 51, Expelled from Paradise: The Stellar Angel is coming this November.
Japan’s retro arcade beat ‘em up Ninja Baseball League-Man comes to Steam 33 years after original release
Ninja Baseball League-Man: Bases Loaded is coming to Steam, PlayStation5, Xbox series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 on December 10.
Serial Experiments Lain: Protocol 7 visual novel gets first demo as the fan-made OVA crowdfunds over 600% of its original goal
lain: Protocol 7, a fan-made OVA project based on Serial Experiments Lain, launched the demo for its original visual novel on August 17.
Japanese zombie novel-turned-anime to get a RTS x Tower defense adaptation that forces you to make “morally difficult decisions”
In a World Full of Zombies I’m the Only One Who Doesn’t Get Attacked, based on the anime of the same name, will launch in 2027.
Enjoy the Diner developers to release minimalist text adventure in which you only communicate by glowing, coming to Steam on August 28
Glow Box, a text adventure developed by Monthly Wetland and published by Waku Waku Games, is coming to Steam on August 28.
Nintendo offers free hardware repairs to people affected by the Kumamoto earthquake
Following the recent earthquake in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, Nintendo has issued a statement pledging to provide free hardware repair services for its products, whether warranty-covered or not. The offer began on July 28 and will remain in place until February…