Disgaea 7 Complete is Now Available for Switch 2, Launch Trailer Released

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Disgaea 7 Complete launch

NIS America has released Disgaea 7 Complete for Nintendo Switch 2 in the west. Disgaea 7 Complete includes Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive features and content, including a “brand-new adventure in Netherworlds from past Disgaea titles.”

A Disgaea 7 Complete Deluxe Edition is available featuring the Nintendo Switch 2 physical game (game-key card), a mini poster, and sticker sheet for $69.99. A “Ewwdo Edition” is available for $99.99 in the NIS Online Store, featuring the game, collector’s box, lucky slumber cat figurine, and Netherworld support force folding fan for $99.99.

Final Weapon reviewed Disgaea 7 Complete and gave it a 4 out of 5 score, noting that the game is “a jam-packed version of Disgaea 7 with all previously released DLC, new story content, new features, and gameplay tweaks that make it the definitive edition of the strategy RPG. Although Disgaea 7 Complete doesn’t revamp the game in a major way, it offers a lot of fun and engaging content with a easy pick-up-and-play combat system that will make the hours fly by before you know it”

Lastly, here’s an overview of the Nintendo Switch 2 game, via NIS America:

About Disgaea 7 Complete

Return to Hinomoto in style! Pirilika, a super-rich demon with a love for all things bushido, travels to the Hinomoto Netherworlds to enjoy their rich culture and delicious food. But when she arrives, she finds that her precious “sowba” and “you-don” noodles have been replaced with pasta by the nefarious Demmodore Opener! With her beloved culture and cuisine destined to become relics of the past, Pirilika recruits the wayward warrior Fuji to help slap Hinomoto back to its senses!

In addition to the base game and all previously-released DLC, this edition comes packed with brand new features and content. Enjoy uncapped stats and unprecedented challenges in this impressive update to the Disgaea series’ latest and greatest title!

Features:

      • Complete At Last: Experience the definitive version of Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless, only on the Nintendo Switch 2. Includes all DLC and bonus content!
      • Netherworld Nostalgia: Join Fuji, Pirilika, and the rest of the Hinomoto crew on a brand-new adventure featuring Netherworlds from past Disgaea titles. Complete this new bonus episode to gain access to the eternal next main character, Asagi! 
      • Unlimited Power: Disgaea 7’s zany strategic challenges are more over-the-top than ever before with the addition of uncapped stats, free-to-use Infernal Weapons, and the ultimate Disgaea challenge: Rakshasa Baal. 

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is Now Available, Launch Trailer Released

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Publisher refint/games has released the launch trailer for Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga, which is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store. The launch trailer highlights the game’s roster of characters from Nihon Falcom’s Ys and Trails franchises before players dive in.

As previously announced Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga features 4K support on applicable platforms, 60 FPS support, couch and online multiplayer, English and Japanese voice-overs. and much more. The game is based on the Geofront translation, and fans can expect rollback netcode in multiplayer matches. What’s more, a physical edition by Limited Run Games will be released in the near future. Details about pricing and a release date were not confirmed yet.

The English voice cast includes: 

Yen Press to Release Light Novels on Tapas

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The Eminence in Shadow on Yen Press and Tapas

Yen Press announced a partnership with Tapas to release its light novels on the platform. Starting this month, Tapas users will have access to the first five “episodes” of each series for free, along with an option to pay to unlock the rest or wait for free access. What’s more, episodes will launch daily for each series.

The following series from Yen Press will be added to Tapas first:

Daisuke Aizawa’s The Eminence in Shadow light novel series debuted in 2018. Currently, Kadokawa is working on the new anime movie The Eminence in Shadow Lost Echoes. Fans may also watch the first two seasons of The Eminence in Shadow on HIDIVE right now.

Lastly, here’s the anime’s official description from HIDIVE:

Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world.

Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact DLC Character Neferpitou Launches October 16

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Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact DLC character Neferpitou

Arc System Works, Bushiroad Games and Eighting announced Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact DLC character Neferpitou launches on October 16. Neferpitou is the first DLC character for the Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact Season Pass, which also includes Phinks Magcub (winter 2025), Shizuku Murasaki (spring 2026), and Zeno Zoldyck (summer 2026).

Here’s an overview of Neferpitou, along with the latest trailer:

Neferpitou (CV: Ayumu Fujimura)

A character with long-range attacks who excels at instantly closing the distance. If KO’d while the Aura Gauge is at 500, they can revive! After revival, various stats are boosted, making it easier to turn the tide!

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact is available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Players can choose from Standard, Deluxe, and Limited Editions of the game. The Standard Edition will have a digital and physical version. However, the Deluxe Edition will only have a digital version, and the Limited Edition will only have a physical version. 

What’s more, a free Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact demo is now also available now for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact demo features playable characters Gon, Killua, Leorio, Kurapika, Hisoka, and Netero, and Battle and Training modes are accessible. 

Previously, Bushiroad Games and WonderPlanet announced Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Survivor, a new roguelite action game for Android and iOS. Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Survivor will launch in 2026 as a free-to-play title with in-app purchases.

Scenes From Awajima Anime Premieres in April 2026

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Kadokawa released the first promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Takako Shimura’s Scenes From Awajima (Awajima Hyakkei) manga series, confirming the anime’s April 2026 premiere. The trailer confirms the main cast members of Scenes From Awajima, with Niina Nakabayashi and Yō Taichi joining as Wakana Tabata and Kinue Takehara, respectively.

Morio Asaka directs the anime at Madhouse. Kunihiko Hamada is the character designer, and Yasuhiro Nakanishi is in charge of series scripts. Hideki Nakamura is the art director, Junko Sakai is the compositing director of photography, and Takahiro Obata is the music composer.

Shimura launched the manga in Ohta Publishing’s PocoPoco website in July 2011, before moving to Ohta Web Comic in July 2016. The manga went into a hiatus in 2019 and resumed with a monthly serialization in in January 2022. After another hiatus from August 2022 to November 2023, the manga resumed and later ended in March 2024. Ohta Publishing released the manga’s fifth and final compiled book volume in May 2024.

Yen Press will release the first volume on January 20, 2026. Here’s an overview of the series, via Yen Press:

Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast!

There was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her Anime Reveals 2 More Cast Members

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There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero's Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her

The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Suisei’s There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her (Yūsha Party ni Kawaii Ko ga Itanode, Kokuhaku Shite Mita) light novel series revealed two more cast members.

The new cast members for There Was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, So I Tried Confessing to Her include:

  • Toshiki Masuda as Duke
  • Minami Tanaka as Seek

The anime will air in 2026 and will be streamed on Crunchyroll.

Previously announced cast members:

  • Kōhei Amasaki as Yōki
  • Kana Hanazawa as Cecilia
  • Ryōhei Kimura as Yūga
  • Yūko Natsuyoshi as Mikana

Yasutaka Yamamoto is the chief director of the There was a Cute Girl in the Hero’s Party, so I Tried Confessing to Her anime at animation studio Gekkou. Tomonori Mine is the director, Yukie Sugawara is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Mina Ōsawa is the animation character designer.

Additionally, Satoru Kōsaki and MONACA are composing the music, and Ryō Aizawa is the producer at Starry Cube. Kairi, the author of the manga adapatation, is credited for the original work of the anime.

Lastly, here’s a synopsis for the series, via Crunchyroll:

Reincarnated as a mid-tier demon, Youki had one job: Crush the hero’s party. Then he saw the party’s priestess, Cecilia, and fell for her hard. Now this lovestruck demon vows to confess his feelings, even if it means betraying the Demon King. Will love bloom between these two sworn enemies?

Dorohedoro Season 2 Premieres in Spring 2026

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The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the TV anime adaptation of Q Hayashida’s Dorohedoro manga series confirmed a spring 2026 premiere for Dorohedoro Season 2. A new key visual for Dorohedoro Season 2 was also revealed, and the anime will “stream almost simultaneously worldwide.

Dorohedoro Season 2
© 2026 林田球・小学館／『ドロヘドロ Season2』製作委員会

Yuichiro Hayashi is returning to direct the new season at MAPPA, and Tomohiro Kishi is returning as the character designer. Dorohedoro Season 2 was previously planned to premiere in 2025.

Hayashi directed the first anime season at MAPPA. Hiroshi Seko was in charge of the series scripts, and Kishi designed the characters. [K]NoW_NAME composed the music. The first season of Dorohedoro is streaming right now on Netflix with 12 episodes.

VIZ Media publishes the manga series in English. Here’s a synopsis of the first volume, via VIZ Media:

In a city so dismal it’s known only as “the Hole,” a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious “experiments” in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia. To undo the spell, they’re hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole, hoping that eventually they’ll kill the right one. But when En, the head Sorcerer, gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of “cleaners” into the Hole, igniting a war between two worlds.

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 Anime Series Reveals New Trailer and Visual

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Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 countdown visual

A new trailer and key visual for Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, the anthology anime series adapting eight short stories created by Chainsaw Man manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto between ages 17 and 26, were revealed. As previously announced, the Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 anime will have a limited two-week screening run in Japan and South Korea on October 17 and October 24, respectively. 

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 key visual

In addition, new countdown visual will be released every day leading to the premiere.

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 will be streaming globally on Prime Video starting November 7 in more than 240 countries and territories. There will two parts of four episodes, totaling at eight episodes for the series. 

The staff of Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 includes directors Tetsuaki Watanabe, Nobuyuki Takeuchi, and Kazuaki Terasawa. Animation studios ZEXCS, Lapin Track, GRAPH77, 100studio, Studio Kafka, and P.A.WORKS will be producing the series with FLAGSHIP LINE as production supervisor. 

Here are synopses for the episodes:

A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard tells the tale of two survivors’ bond in a post-apocalyptic world, while Sasaki Stopped a Bullet explores the intense emotions of adolescence. Love is Blind presents a sci-fi romantic comedy about love on a cosmic scale, and Shikaku follows an unhinged assassin girl’s twisted love story. Mermaid Rhapsody weaves a touching romance between a boy and a mermaid centered around an underwater piano, whereas Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome delves into finding one’s true self beyond gender norms. Nayuta of the Prophecy chronicles the journey of siblings bound by a harsh destiny, and Sisters depicts rivalry, conflict, and growth between artistically inclined sisters.

The staff and cast of each episode can be read below:

A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard

Director and Screenplay: Seishiro Nagaya | Character Design: Moaang | Animation Production: ZEXCS

Voice Cast: Kensho Ono, Shion Sakurai, Kazuki Ura, Kimiko Saito, Mitsuo Iwata

Sasaki Stopped a Bullet

Director: Nobukage Kimura | Screenplay: Teruko Utsumi | Character Design: Naho Kozono | Animation Production: Lapin Track

Voice Cast: Toshiki Kumagai, Chika Anzai, Yoichi Okano

Love is Blind

Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi | Screenplay: Teruko Utsumi | Character Design: Tomoko Mori | Animation Production: Lapin Track

Voice Cast: Shun Horie, Shion Wakayama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Yamamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Mamiko Noto

Shikaku

Director and Screenplay: Naoya Ando | Character Design: MYOUN | Animation Production: GRAPH77

Voice Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita

Mermaid Rhapsody

Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe | Screenplay: Tatsuo Kobayashi | Character Design: Nozomi Shimazaki | Animation Production: 100studio

Voice Cast: Chiaki Kikuta, Eri Yukimura

Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome

Director and Screenplay: Kazuaki Terasawa | Character Design: Kohei Tokuoka | Animation Production: Studio Kafka

Voice Cast: Yuki Sakakihara, Maki Kawase, Seiichiro Yamashita

Nayuta of the Prophecy

Director and Screenplay: Tetsuaki Watanabe | Character Design: Hisashi Higashijima | Animation Production: 100studio

Voice Cast: Hitomi Sasaki, Yohei Matsuoka

Sisters

Director: Osamu Honma | Screenplay: Yoko Yonaiyama | Character Design: Haruka Sagawa | Animation Production: P.A.WORKS

Voice Cast: Runa Nakashima, Tomo Nakai, Tomohiko Imai

One Piece Egghead Arc Episodes 1134 – 1143 to Receive an English Dub in November

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One Piece Egghead Arc Part 2 English dub November 2025

During Toei Animation’s One Piece panel at New York Comic Con 2025, the company announced One Piece Egghead Arc episodes 1134 through 1143 will receive an English dub in November 2025 on Crunchyroll. The English dub for One Piece Egghead Arc episodes 1134 – 1143 will be available in United States, Canada, LATAM, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.

The One Piece manga has been serialized since July 1997, and its legendary run in Weekly Shonen Jump needs no further introduction. Currently, fans can read the One Piece manga weekly on VIZ Media and Manga Plus in English. One Piece manga chapter 1162 is set to release digitally on October 12, marking an end to the manga’s one-week hiatus from Weekly Shonen Jump.

This past August, the ONE PIECE DAY ’25 event brought major announcements, including an anime adaptation of Jun Esaka and Sayaka Suwa’s One Piece: Heroines light novel series. A new visual for the One Piece: Heroines anime series was also revealed on stage. One Piece: Heroines was serialized in issues of One Piece Magazine in 2019. Shueisha publishes the novel series in Japan, and VIZ Media publishes the series in English outside Japan.

In addition, a new “First Look” trailer for One Piece Season 2 was released by Netflix, and a third season of the live-action series is in the works. One Piece Season 2 will premieres in 2026 on Netflix. The season includes the debut of Mikaela Hoover as Straw Hat pirate Tony Tony Chopper. One Piece Season 3 is also being planned on Netflix.

Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 Reveals More Cast Members

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Let This Grieving Soul Retire Season 2 new cast members

The staff of the Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 has announced two more cast members for the ongoing series. The Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 cast now includes Kiyono Yasuno as Artbaran Henning (above left) and Yūki Wakai as Mary Auden (above right).

Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 is airing Tokyo MX, BS NTV, Sun TV, MBS, and AT-X channels, and Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.

Kiyono Yasuno performs the opening theme song “Algorithm.” i☆Ris performs the ending theme song “Yume no Hitokakera (Fragment of a Dream).” 

The cast includes:

  • Kenshō Ono as Krai Andrey
  • Miyu Kubota as Tino Shade
  • Haruka Shiraishi as Lapis Fulgor
  • Yū Serizawa as Kris Argent 
  • Satomi Amano as Chloe Welter
  • Hana Hishikawa as Éclair Gladis 

The staff from the anime’s first season includes:

  • Director: Masahiro Takata 
  • Studio: Zero-G
  • Sound Production: Saber Links
  • Scripts: Hideki Shirane
  • Character Designer: Yūsuke Isouchi and Shingo Fujisaki
  • Composer: Ryōhei Sataka
  • Music Production: Avex Pictures
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Season 2 anime key visual
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Tsukikage initially launched Let This Grieving Soul Retire! in January 2018, and its story ended that following December. The 13th volume released on September 30, 2024, and J-Novel Club released the seventh novel volume in English on May 19, 2025. 

Additionally, Kadokawa publishes a manga adaptation in April 2019 by Rai Habino. Yen Press publishes the manga in English.

Here’s an overview of the series via Crunchyroll:

Six childhood friends make a vow one day to become treasure hunters, and eventually grow to be the strongest heroes in the world. During his first quest, Krai Andrey realizes he isn’t cut out for the job. Even so, his friends make him their leader. Underpowered in the face of great expectations, Krai embarks on a reluctant hero’s tale of glory, headaches, and wanting to retire early.

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