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Japanese pop culture, fighting games & various things where the creators consumed too much alcohol and/or drugs. RPs art & videogame news/stats.
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- Fighting games, all of them new and old (Street Fighter, Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, etc)
- Gacha (FGO, Hoyoverse, Blue Archive etc.)
- Video Games (Retro, New, etc.)
- Video Game industry and stats
- Game Art, especially JP games
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Capcom founder Kenzo Tsujimoto's hometown of Kashihara, Nara has been putting up bronze statues of Street Fighter characters over the last couple years, and they just put up a statue of E.Honda www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ... 🇯🇵 Ryu, Chun, Ken preceded this one... if I had to guess, Guile's prob next
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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2025's most anticipated arcade crossover: Konami's Bombergirl and Mahjong Fight Girl both happened to debut unexpectedly popular milf-type characters this year, and now they're crossing over: Bombergirl's Shiroe in MFG, MFG's Dia Mitsumoto in Bombergirl p.eagate.573.jp/game/common/... 🇯🇵
マザーウォーズ シロヱ 対 ミツモト・ダイア
p.eagate.573.jp
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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the fighting game fanatics at goziline just published an interview with CEO Yukinori Taniguchi on the history and legacy of Yuke's, their recent acquisition of Aquaplus, Taniguchi's own accomplishments as a racer driver, etc goziline.com/archives/64333 🇯🇵 naturally, they had to ask about Evil Zone
「ユークス」誕生秘話から新たな挑戦まで。谷口社長が闘魂烈伝、エルツヴァーユ、レースゲーム、そしてアクアプラス子会社化を語る【インタビュー】
ユークスという会社を皆さんはご存じだろうか。最近では『デジボク地球防衛軍』シリーズや『テイルズ オブ アライズ…
goziline.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Brace yourself!

The MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Closed Beta 2 arrives Dec 5. Full details: play.st/4otXMIc
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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📢"DAMON and BABY" Coming Early 2026!
An exciting new style of action adventure fusing shooting action with exploration.
Follow the heartwarming adventure story of DAMON and BABY!

🎥Teaser Trailer
youtu.be/oyxAb8oTz3I

#StateofPlay #DamonAndBaby #TopDown_ShootingAdventure
DAMON and BABY - EN Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Arc System Works America
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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New character cameos in the X-Mansion stage for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls include the following:
-Gambit
-Iceman
-Angel
-Beast
-Professor X
-Colossus
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The most important part of this announcement is that they got the scenario writers of BBCP and Phase Shift for the new story mode.
That was my absolute main gripe about this game that the BB characters were shoved in, now I'm looking forward to it (and start playing it on PC)
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch

Publisher Astrolabe Games and developer 91Act will release side-scrolling roguelike action game BlazBlue: Entropy Effect for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch on February 12, 2026 as BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X, the…
BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch
Publisher Astrolabe Games and developer 91Act will release side-scrolling roguelike action game BlazBlue: Entropy Effect for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch on February 12, 2026 as BlazBlue: Entropy Effect X, the companies announced. Physical editions will be available for PlayStation 5 and Switch, day and date with the digital release. Physical and digital pre-orders are available now.
www.gematsu.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Romancing SaGa 3's 30 yrs old, & veteran Square pixel artist Kazuko Shibuya shared a glimpse at a dev doc that intersects with recent interest in specialised printed material: paper records of Monika's animation data, visually & with OAM index maps for each 8x8 sprite xcancel.com/Skazuko/stat...
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Yostar Pictures announces Needy Girl Overdose TV anime

Director: Nakajima Masaoki (New Panty & Stocking and Blue Archive episode director)
Scenario & Supervision: Nyalra (original game writer)

April 2026
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Arika's celebrating their 30th anniversary by permanently dropping the price of Fighting EX Layer to $0.99 on PS4 & PC—the new price is live on Steam rn & will go live on PS at ~00:00 Nov.2 in your region

store.steampowered.com/app/871200/F...

store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...
FIGHTING EX LAYER on Steam
After a long wait, Arika's EX characters gather once again for another exciting battle! Kairi, Skullomania, Blaire, Pullum and the others are all back with the latest graphics. And this time they're b...
store.steampowered.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Morrigan for Spooky Month ('23)
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Masako Nozawa becomes the first voice actor honored by Japan as a Person of Cultural Merit! The government also honors Toward the Terra manga creator Keiko Takemiya:
Japan Names 1st Voice Actor Masako Nozawa, Manga Creator Keiko Takemiya as Persons of Cultural Merit
Dancer/actor Min Tanaka, playwright/actor Hideki Noda also honored
www.animenewsnetwork.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I want to see the contract between Bandai Namco and ASW, because DBFZ getting an update with a new character, balance changes and new mechanics 8 years after release is nuts.
October 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Capcom announced an arcade gun game based on the RE2 remake, and it'll be on location this winter in NA & spring next year in Japan 🇯🇵 I mostly mention it for the sake of emphasising that Bandai-Namco Experience in Japan is making it, ie it's not a Raw Thrills joint
September 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Megaton: EA is close to a $50 billion deal to go private, WSJ reports www.wsj.com/business/dea...
Exclusive | Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Near Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private
Investors including Silver Lake are eyeing a deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Nine The Phantom - ナイン=ザ=ファントム
BLAZBLUE - ブレイブルー
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Kan'u Unchou from #koihimeenbu
恋姫演武より関羽雲長
September 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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As government money tightens its grip on fighting games, the push back to grassroots events gains momentum

www.eurogamer.net/as-governmen...
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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‪new SIMPLE Series game coming to Switch/PC on Nov.27, ¥2000: THE Yanki Brother / BADBOY BROTHER, a brawler with mahjong hand-themed roguelike elements, a goofy titling system, etc www.d3p.co.jp/simple_switc... Ritsu Yamaguchi's ('00s-era KOF animator, 3DS-era Kunio director) studio ZOC is on dev't
THE ヤンキーブラザー
新世代ヤンキーの
www.d3p.co.jp
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Japanese voice actor of Slayer, Takaya Hashi, in Guilty Gear Xrd and Strive has passed away.
Probably the first VA death which hits harder for me since he also voiced Archer Moriarty in Fate, and he became one of my favorite JP VA thanks to this role... www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-08...
August 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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RIP voice actor Takaya Hashi, CEO of Apte Pro and voice of Fist of the North Star's Toki
Voice Actor Takaya Hashi Dies at 72
Voice of Fist of the North Star's Toki died on August 27
www.animenewsnetwork.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Former Capcom director Hideaki Itsuno has announced a second, Osaka-based branch of his new studio, and the hiring of further Devil May Cry and Street Fighter veterans.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/capcom-...
Capcom veteran Itsuno hires Devil May Cry, Street Fighter royalty for new studio | VGC
The Dragon’s Dogma director is expanding Lightspeed Japan with an Osaka office…
www.videogameschronicle.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.

This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM