Akira Sada (AUTOMATON WEST の投稿者) https://automaton-media.com/en/author/akira-sada/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:17:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png Akira Sada (AUTOMATON WEST の投稿者) https://automaton-media.com/en/author/akira-sada/ 32 32 Anime’s growing commoditization could lead to a future where the medium itself no longer matters, Japanese critic warns https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animes-growing-commoditization-could-lead-to-a-future-where-the-medium-itself-no-longer-matters-japanese-critic-warns/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animes-growing-commoditization-could-lead-to-a-future-where-the-medium-itself-no-longer-matters-japanese-critic-warns/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68558 A famous Japanese critic discusses whether the evolutionary path of anime ends with its full transformation into a commodity. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animes-growing-commoditization-could-lead-to-a-future-where-the-medium-itself-no-longer-matters-japanese-critic-warns/feed/ 14 Nintendo Switch’s Ring Fit Adventure may actually help with depression, research suggests https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-ring-fit-adventure-may-actually-help-with-depression-research-suggests/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-ring-fit-adventure-may-actually-help-with-depression-research-suggests/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68236 Scientists at Jilin University in China recently published a research examining the effects of Ring Fit Adventure on people with depression. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/nintendo-switchs-ring-fit-adventure-may-actually-help-with-depression-research-suggests/feed/ 0 Forza Horizon 6 lets you take driving lessons like they do in Japan, thanks to a player’s surprisingly accurate recreation of Japanese driving school courses https://automaton-media.com/en/news/forza-horizon-6-lets-you-take-driving-lessons-like-they-do-in-japan-thanks-to-a-players-surprisingly-accurate-recreation-of-japanese-driving-school-courses/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/forza-horizon-6-lets-you-take-driving-lessons-like-they-do-in-japan-thanks-to-a-players-surprisingly-accurate-recreation-of-japanese-driving-school-courses/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67982 Japanese Forza Horizon 6 released an Estate which accurately recreates the driving school course experience in Japan. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/forza-horizon-6-lets-you-take-driving-lessons-like-they-do-in-japan-thanks-to-a-players-surprisingly-accurate-recreation-of-japanese-driving-school-courses/feed/ 0 The developers of a viral fishing game faced countless AI slop mobile clones, but the rip-offs were so bad they ended up promoting the real game  https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-developers-of-a-viral-fishing-game-faced-countless-ai-slop-mobile-clones-but-the-rip-offs-were-so-bad-they-ended-up-promoting-the-real-game/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-developers-of-a-viral-fishing-game-faced-countless-ai-slop-mobile-clones-but-the-rip-offs-were-so-bad-they-ended-up-promoting-the-real-game/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67681 Glass Gecko Games, the developers of fishing game Scale the Depths, say badly made mobile knockoffs of their game became advertising for the original.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/the-developers-of-a-viral-fishing-game-faced-countless-ai-slop-mobile-clones-but-the-rip-offs-were-so-bad-they-ended-up-promoting-the-real-game/feed/ 0