https://automaton-media.com/en/author/amber-vjestica/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:11:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/amber-vjestica/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/square-enix-partners-with-ai-manga-translation-company-to-automate-typesetting-process-which-takes-3000-of-hours-of-manual-work-a-year/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/square-enix-partners-with-ai-manga-translation-company-to-automate-typesetting-process-which-takes-3000-of-hours-of-manual-work-a-year/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65346 By delegating routine tasks to the AI-powered Mantra Engine, Square Enix hopes to streamline the manga editing process.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/square-enix-partners-with-ai-manga-translation-company-to-automate-typesetting-process-which-takes-3000-of-hours-of-manual-work-a-year/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/disgaea-series-creator-and-former-nis-ceo-lets-game-companies-hire-him-as-a-shared-producer-for-the-cost-of-a-new-graduates-salary/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/disgaea-series-creator-and-former-nis-ceo-lets-game-companies-hire-him-as-a-shared-producer-for-the-cost-of-a-new-graduates-salary/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65342 In between of developing games at his new company SuperNiche, Sohei Niikawa has been active as a "shared" producer in the industry for dirt cheap.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/disgaea-series-creator-and-former-nis-ceo-lets-game-companies-hire-him-as-a-shared-producer-for-the-cost-of-a-new-graduates-salary/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunding-platform-that-allegedly-ran-off-with-more-than-half-of-ishii-jiros-340k-game-budget-suddenly-becomes-inaccessible/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunding-platform-that-allegedly-ran-off-with-more-than-half-of-ishii-jiros-340k-game-budget-suddenly-becomes-inaccessible/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:04:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65334 After leaving the developers of Shibuya Scramble Stories with half of their raised funds missing, Ubgoe has mysteriously become unavailable.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunding-platform-that-allegedly-ran-off-with-more-than-half-of-ishii-jiros-340k-game-budget-suddenly-becomes-inaccessible/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-ceo-says-the-inazuma-eleven-jrpg-series-is-successful-because-it-never-tried-to-look-cool-to-adults/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-ceo-says-the-inazuma-eleven-jrpg-series-is-successful-because-it-never-tried-to-look-cool-to-adults/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65294 Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino recently talked about the "real" origin of Inazuma Eleven and why he thinks the series has stayed relevant for so long.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5-ceo-says-the-inazuma-eleven-jrpg-series-is-successful-because-it-never-tried-to-look-cool-to-adults/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-denpa-music-rhythm-game-invites-people-to-write-delusional-posts-from-the-pov-of-a-psychotic-hikikomori-to-be-featured-in-game/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-denpa-music-rhythm-game-invites-people-to-write-delusional-posts-from-the-pov-of-a-psychotic-hikikomori-to-be-featured-in-game/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:35:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65303 Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis's submissions will be open until April 21, in all 15 languages supported by the game.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-denpa-music-rhythm-game-invites-people-to-write-delusional-posts-from-the-pov-of-a-psychotic-hikikomori-to-be-featured-in-game/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/largest-shareholder-of-dodonpachi-developer-cave-offers-her-own-funds-to-raise-600k-capital-for-console-game-development/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/largest-shareholder-of-dodonpachi-developer-cave-offers-her-own-funds-to-raise-600k-capital-for-console-game-development/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65239 The almost-$600k-capital is to be raised by issuing 145,000 new shares to Natsuko Yoshinari, Cave's largest shareholder.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/largest-shareholder-of-dodonpachi-developer-cave-offers-her-own-funds-to-raise-600k-capital-for-console-game-development/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/azur-lane-reveals-dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-3rd-collab-character-lineup-and-new-swimsuit-skins/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/azur-lane-reveals-dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-3rd-collab-character-lineup-and-new-swimsuit-skins/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:27:17 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65217 Azur Lane's third collaboration event with Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation will run from April 17 to May 1, with a rerun of past event content starting April 23.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/azur-lane-reveals-dead-or-alive-xtreme-venus-vacation-3rd-collab-character-lineup-and-new-swimsuit-skins/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-dark-fantasy-visual-novel-based-on-real-life-yangzhou-massacre-to-add-new-what-if-route-after-too-brutal-and-tragic/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-dark-fantasy-visual-novel-based-on-real-life-yangzhou-massacre-to-add-new-what-if-route-after-too-brutal-and-tragic/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65171 The Weeping Swan is set to get an additional "what if" route following an apology from developer ZerocreationGame.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-dark-fantasy-visual-novel-based-on-real-life-yangzhou-massacre-to-add-new-what-if-route-after-too-brutal-and-tragic/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animation-studio-behind-umamusume-pretty-derby-and-sentenced-to-be-a-hero-anime-announces-insolvency-amidst-3-54-million-deficit/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animation-studio-behind-umamusume-pretty-derby-and-sentenced-to-be-a-hero-anime-announces-insolvency-amidst-3-54-million-deficit/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:57:25 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65174 Japanese anime production company Studio KAI has become insolvent due to a growing year-on-year deficit.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/animation-studio-behind-umamusume-pretty-derby-and-sentenced-to-be-a-hero-anime-announces-insolvency-amidst-3-54-million-deficit/feed/ 19 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/utawarerumonos-soon-to-end-mobile-game-spin-off-will-be-preserved-through-an-offline-version/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/utawarerumonos-soon-to-end-mobile-game-spin-off-will-be-preserved-through-an-offline-version/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:17:35 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65165 The new offline version of Utawarerumono: Lost Frag will possibly include full voice acting alongside new scenarios.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/utawarerumonos-soon-to-end-mobile-game-spin-off-will-be-preserved-through-an-offline-version/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-content-market-reached-a-record-high-in-2025-domestically-with-console-game-market-rebounding-after-2024-decline/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-content-market-reached-a-record-high-in-2025-domestically-with-console-game-market-rebounding-after-2024-decline/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65031 According to research by Human Media, the domestic Japanese content market was worth 15.86 trillion yen in 2025, growing by 4% compared to 2024.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-content-market-reached-a-record-high-in-2025-domestically-with-console-game-market-rebounding-after-2024-decline/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creators-of-chicken-protagonist-anime-reckon-their-success-overseas-is-due-to-chickens-being-considered-very-auspicious-in-christianity/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creators-of-chicken-protagonist-anime-reckon-their-success-overseas-is-due-to-chickens-being-considered-very-auspicious-in-christianity/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65027 Following the international premier of Rooster Fighter, the anime's production team says the overseas response has exceed their expectations.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creators-of-chicken-protagonist-anime-reckon-their-success-overseas-is-due-to-chickens-being-considered-very-auspicious-in-christianity/feed/ 6