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The character designs are out for the main group of the upcoming anime adaptation “Gakuen Basara”. “Gakuen Basara” is a high school spinoff project based on CAPCOM's “Sengoku Basara” game franchise.

“Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202”/“Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi’s” official Twitter account has announced that the coming this fall in Japan, a television version of the film series will be making its debut.

An announcement from Sony Interactive Entertainment confirms that the production of PlayStation Vita game cards will be end for in Europe and the Americas by March 2019. Physical game card production will still continue in Japan and digital game distribution will remain available for all regions.

It was announced on the official English Twitter account as well as the official Japanese website of Okami HD that an updated version of the game will be released for the Nintendo Switch for both Japan and the West on August 9.

Two new game highlight videos of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle were released by Arc System Works America on Wednesday featuring the characters of RWBY Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long. You can checked out the English dubbed videos below: The beta test version of the game for North America and Japan regions began on May 9 until 14.

It’s time to let it rip as a new Beyblade game titled Beyblade Burst Battle Zero will be released for the Nintendo Switch on October 25 in Japan for both physical and digital versions. FuRyu opened a teaser website about the game on Tuesday.

The anime and manga industry has lost another great man. In a blog posted on Wednesday, the wife of manga artist Yoshihiro Kuroiwa announced that he has passed away last May 8. He died of a heart attack.

Last May 9, the Otaku Coin Preparation Committee (OCPC) released a concept paper for its cryptocurrency Otaku Coin. The coin is slated to be issued this summer or fall with a voting platform scheduled for 2019.

On its fifth consecutive weekend in the Japanese Box Office, the latest Detective Conan movie titled Meitantei Conan Zero no Shikkōnin still remains number one in the charts. The film has officially earned a 6,760,140,400 yen and sold around 5,190,000 tickets in Japan alone.

It’s time to bring back the nostalgia. During a live stream presentation on Twitch on Monday, Arc System Works confirms that the Guilty Gear PlayStation will be released for the following platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam.