Niconico owner launches Sapocia, a new Japanese content creator platform for adults
Kadokawa Corporation’s Dwango launched the new "fan community" platform Sapocia starting March 23.
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She grew up playing Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein with her dad, and is now enamored with obscure Japanese video games and internet culture. Currently devoted to growing Automaton West to the size of its Japanese sister-site, while making sure to keep news concise and developer stories deep and stimulating.
Yandere AI girlfriend horror game ERROR:Ai.lien gets new trailer, and yes, that’s her coming for you with a knife even though she should be living in your phone
Gamin Cat's horror romance adventure game ERROR:Ai.lien is coming to Steam in 2026.
Sekiro player with Inner Father issues has been defeating the boss for almost 1,400 consecutive days and shows no signs of stopping. No one knows why
A Japanese player on YouTube has been uploading videos of themselves beating Sekiro's Inner Father every day since April 2022.
Anime and physical media fans in Japan concerned as major Blu-ray player manufacturers begin to exit the market
Major Japanese manufacturers of standalone Blu-ray players like Elecom and Buffalo have announced that they will be discontinuing production.
Japanese streamer develops game based on “diamond digging meme.” Choosing to give up shows you how close (or far) you were
Japanese game developer Enzi_Nia has turned the viral diamond mining meme into a 3D, first-person diamond digging simulator.
Kazuma Kaneko’s Tsukuyomi developer Colopl launches protective app against AI learning
Colopl released the mobile app "Colopl Contents Protector" on March 24, seeking to give artists a way to protect their images.
AI-generated rip-off of unfinished Japanese indie game beats original to release, sparking concerns about safety of sharing dev progress
A generative-AI user has published a self-pronounced "rip-off" of an unreleased indie game to the Japanese game platform Unityroom.
Anime creators received “0.0%” of Japanese government’s entertainment industry subsidies in 2024, official documents show
Documents released by Japan's METI indicate that out of subsidies aimed at the content industry in 2024, a shockingly small portion went towards animators.
Pokémon Pokopia has made Japanese players obsessed with the idea that Bulbasaur is a joyous and whimsical gyaru
Pokémon Pokopia's Bulbasaur uses the pronouns and speech pattern of a gyaru, which has given birth to a collective headcanon.
Chill lo-fi girl in hit Japanese work companion game starts “confining players in her room” in series of sinister bugs. Players say “wait, maybe don’t fix it”
Nestopi, developer of the popular indie work companion game Chill With You: Lo-Fi story, has gone viral over a series of unusual bug reports.
Four men referred to prosecution for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles in Japan
The individuals allegedly sold Nintendo Switch consoles that were modified to run pirated games and “show improved performance.”
8.86% of Kadokawa now owned by international activist investor Oasis Management
Hong-Kong based firm Oasis Management Company has acquired 8.86% stake in FromSoftware parent-company Kadokawa.