Bandai Namco Filmworks to fight Japan’s chronic animator shortage with in-house anime schools
Bandai Namco Filmworks recently disclosed their new midterm strategy for combating Japan's chronic animator shortage.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Đorđe P
Automaton West Editor
Tokyo Xanadu was always supposed to get a sequel, but Nihon Falcom was too busy developing Trails, says president Toshihiro Kondo
In an interview about the upcoming Xanadu title, Toshihiro Kondo revealed why it took so long for Nihon Falcom to start working on a sequel.
Magical Girl Witch Trials developer preparing for North American expansion as the “Overwhelmingly Positive” title sells over 200,000 copies on Steam
In a recent interview, Magical Girl Witch Trials developers shared that they are making preparations to promote the title in North America.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot postponed for 2026. New artwork and gameplay stills revealed, more details coming this November
Steins;Gate Re:Boot, the remastered version of Mages' flagship visual novel, will have its released postponed for 2026.
More than 70% of gacha and live-service games in Japan get discontinued before their third year, gacha game researcher finds
According a database recording almost 2,200 different live-service games, more than 70% of titles ended services before their third year.
NieR: Automata creator Yoko Taro says he’s actually been working on a lot of projects recently, it’s just that they got cancelled midway
NieR series creator Yoko Taro reveals that he's hasn't been able to announce any projects due to them getting cancelled midway.
Disgaea’s new 3D action spin-off was not easy to develop, and it won’t be easy to play, but at least you can deal “quadrillions in damage”
Kyouran Makaism developers recently shared some more info on the game, including the overall difficulty level and crazy damage scaling.
“The female characters pay too much attention to other guys” Anime gacha RPG Chaos Zero Nightmare withdraws from convention amidst multiple simultaneous controversies
Chaos Zero Nightmare announces withdrawal from Korea's biggest anime/gaming event amidst multiple simultaneous controversies.
Japanese adult manga platform tightens restrictions on AI-generated content to prevent oversaturation. Only three uploads per month allowed
Japanese adult manga site Fanza Doujin implements stricter measures in order to limit the number of AI works distributed on the platform.
Mobile Suit Gundam’s original creator hasn’t watched any titles in the series that came after his own. “Part of me doesn’t want to be put in the same box”
In a recent interview, Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino shared his feelings and concerns for the ever-evolving mecha series.
“Otaku-friendly” Twitter clone Pommu suspends services for the time being due to malfunctions and higher than expected traffic. Re-start date TBD
It was recently announced that Pommu would indefinitely suspend services due to numerous malfunctions and higher-than-expected traffic.
Blue Archive, Honkai: Star Rail and NIKKE merch pulled from major retailer in Japan. Users speculate excessive blind-bag and “gacha”-style products are to blame
Major Japanese retailer K-BOOKS bans selling/buying merch of famous franchises like Blue Archive, Honkai and NIKKE at one of their stores.