Aiming and Team Caravan announced 2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Angels on Stage is ending service for the game’s English and Simplified Chinese versions on January 14, 2026. Service for the Japanese version of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Angels on Stage is not ending, however.
Thank you for playing 2.5 Dimensional Seduction: Angels on Stage.
We regret to announce that we will be ending services of the English and Simplified Chinese versions on 14th January, 2026.
Since the game’s launch, we have been able to continue developing and running the game thanks to the warm support of our players. After much consideration, we have sadly reached the conclusion that we can no longer continue to provide a service that will truly satisfy everyone.
As a result, we have made the difficult decision to bring the service to an end.
We sincerely apologize for this sudden announcement to all players who have been enjoying Riristage.
Please see the in-game notice for the schedule leading up to the end of service.
We will continue to hold various events and campaigns until the end of service, so we hope you will enjoy Riristage to the very end.
The 2.5 Dimensional Seduction anime by studio J.C. STAFF premiered on July 5, 2024, and it’s streaming on HIDIVE with an English dub. What’s more, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Season 2 is currently in the works.
Yū Hashimoto first launched the 2.5 Dimensional Seduction manga series on the Shonen Jump+ website in 2019. The manga entered its final arc with the release of chapter 194. In the west, Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the manga in English.
The staff of the new Doraemon 2026 film, titled Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil, confirmed the film’s February 27, 2026 premiere. In addition, the staff revealed two new cast members for Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil.
The new cast members include:
Shōya Chiba as character El
Ryō Hirohashi as Mizunaka Buggy (Underwater Buggy)
Tetsuo Yajima returns after directing episodes of the Doraemon TV anime series and contributing to Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s New Great Adventure into the Underworld, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age, and Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Chikyū Symphony. Isao Murayama wrote the new film’s screenplay.
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What’s more, the long-running Doraemon TV anime series received a new ending theme song with the October 4 episode broadcast in Japan. Tani Yuuki performs the new ending theme song “Moshi Monogatari,” which will be the anime’s first new ending theme since 2005.
Fans can also look forward to Doraemon Comic Traveler, a new online Doraemon browser RPG coming to the company’s G123 platform. Players can pre-register by heading to G123 or following the game’s official X (formerly Twitter) account. At 30,000 pre-registrations, players will earn 1,000 Gems at launch. At 50,000 pre-registrations, players earn an additional 1,000 Gems and two Gold Keys. 100,000 pre-registrations awards another 1,000 Gems, two more Gold Keys, and two Legendary Keys.
The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon Horizons Season 3 – Rising Hope will premiere on January 6, 2026 on Netflix. Pokémon Horizons Season 3 – Rising Hope is set a year after the events in Laqua, as Liko, Roy, and their partner Pokémon set out on a new journey.
Here’s an overview of Pokémon Horizons Season 3 – Rising Hope, via The Pokémon Company:
It’s been one year since the events in Laqua left the Rising Volt Tacklers without a leader and a way forward, but a mysterious pink mist that harms Pokémon spurs Liko and Roy into action! Both Trainers have gained confidence and strength alongside their Pokémon, including Roy’s newest friend, a yellow Lucario capable of Mega Evolution. They’re joined by Dot, an intel-gathering expert, and Ult, a brash young Trainer who considers Roy his rival. Determined to rebuild the Rising Volt Tacklers and fulfill a promise made in Laqua, Liko, Roy, and friends are training harder than ever as they take on the Explorers and forge a new path!
The Pokémon Horizons: Rising Again anime premieres first on October 31 in Japan, which features a new arc set in Blueberry Academy from Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s The Indigo Disk DLC. Eve performs the new opening theme song “Iolite,” and Polkadot Stingray perform the new ending theme song “Netemo Sametemo (Whether Asleep or Awake).” The main cast includes Misaki Kuno as Emma (Matiere), Masahiko Tanaka (Master Mayonnaise), Seiran Kobayashi as Lacey (Taro), Hiroyuki Yoshino as Drayton (Kakitsubata), and Shinya Ōwada as Cyrano (Cyano).
Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua Part 1 is available on Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play. Part 2 premiered on April 25, followed by Part 3 on June 27. Netflix will begin streaming Pokémon Horizons: The Search for Laqua Part 4 on September 26.
Square Enix announced physical editions of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Twin Pack and Final Fantasy IX for Nintendo Switch, which were previously released for Asia, will finally release in North America on December 9. The physical editions of Final Fantasy VII & VIII Remastered Twin Pack and Final Fantasy IX will both cost $39.99 for Switch. Pre-orders are available now in the Square Enix Store.
Here’s an overview of each title, via Square Enix:
Final Fantasy VII, the timeless classic loved by a legion of fans, comes to Switch with a number of helpful extra features! Experience an epic adventure beyond imagination, culminating in the final battle to decide the fate of the planet.
The mega-hit RPG, Final Fantasy VIII returns. The Nintendo Switch version features new graphical enhancements and a whole host of options to customize your gameplay experience.
Final Fantasy VII & Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Twin-Pack comes in a single cartridge with no download required.
Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe have kidnapped Princess Garnet, the heir of Alexandria. To their surprise, however, the princess herself yearned to escape the castle.
Through a series of unusual circumstances, she and her personal guard, Steiner, fall in with Zidane and set out on an incredible journey. Meeting unforgettable characters like Vivi and Quina along the way, they learn about themselves, the secrets of the Crystals, and a malevolent force that threatens to destroy their world.
Square Enix announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Twin Pack physical edition will launch on December 4 for PlayStation 5. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade & Rebirth Twin Pack physical copies include both games across three Blu-ray discs for $69.99.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 on January 22, 2026, and a demo is planned for release before the end of 2025. Featuring the base game and the Episode INTERmission DLC featuring Yuffie Kisaragi, the Nintendo Switch 2 version will run at 30 FPS with “smooth performance and crisp visuals.” What’s more, the new release includes a “Streamlined Progression” feature, allowing players to focus on the story with various modifiers enabled. Players will have unlimited MP and HP at all times, unlimited limit and ATB gauge during battles, 9,999 damage, easier weapon ability acquisition, and more.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea premieres in Japanese theaters on February 27, 2026. The movie will have an original plot that wasn’t featured in the manga and main novel series.
8-Bit is the studio behind the animation of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Blue Sea Arc. Cast members from the anime series will reprise their roles in the film.
Further, cast members from the previous That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime included:
Inori Minase as Maribel (Mariabell) Rosso
Kenji Nojima as Renard (Leonard)
Eiji Takemoto as Arnaud
Hajime Iijima as Bacchus
Haruka Aikawa as Ritus
Wataru Komada as Garde
Taishi Murata as Fritz
Shōya Chiba as Saare
Mari Hino as Glenda
Masashi Yamane as Grigori
Fuse initially serialized the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel from 2013 to 2016. Over the years, it has garnered several video games, anime, and more adaptations, alongside several collaborations. Lastly, the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime series is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll and Aniplex announced the two-cour anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) manga will premiere in April 2026. Crunchyroll will stream the Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime, and a new English subtitled trailer was released during Crunchyroll’s New York Comic Con 2025 industry panel.
The cast of the anime includes:
Kenshō Ono as Yuru
Yume Miyamoto as Asa
Yūichi Nakamura as Dera
Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan
Masahiro Andō, known for his work on Sword of the Stranger, is directing the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi is handling the series scripts, and Nobuhiro Arai is in charge of character design. Kenichiro Suehiro is composing the music. Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Additional staff members include:
Daemon Design: Kōji Sugiura, Yoshiyuki Itō
Color Setting: Yukari Goto
Art Director: Tatsurō Ōnishi
Art Setting: Shūhei Tada, Nariyuki Ogi
CG Director: Mizuki Sasaki
Composite Director: Eiei Chō
Editor: Ayumu Takahashi
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Sound Effects: Kōsuke Ogata
Hiromu Arakawa launched the Daemons of the Shadow Realm manga in Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in December 2021. Square Enix published the manga’s 10th volume on July 11.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via Square Enix:
Hiromu Arakawa, award-winning manga creator of the best-selling smash hit Fullmetal Alchemist, draws readers into an intricate new web of magic, intrigue, and life-or-death stakes! In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night”—twins Yuru and Asa—to rule over these powerful entities.
Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world…
Crunchyroll revealed several acquisitions at its New York Comic Con 2025 industry panel alongside Oshi no Ko Season 3. These new acquisitions by Crunchyroll include Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, A Returner’s Magic Should be Special Season 2, A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation, Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, and The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer, alongside the previously announced The Beginning After the End Season 2.
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Indian Subcontinent
Synopsis:
A brilliant noble travels from one isekai to another?! A heartwarming isekai adventure fantasy is finally getting a TV adaptation!
Lizel, a brilliant young chancellor of a great nation in a fantasy world, found himself transported to another world when he blinked while talking to his subordinate. Despite the sudden turn of events, he remains composed using his keen intellect to win people over. And with no certainty of even returning to his own world, he casually says:
“I suppose I’ll think of this as a vacation and enjoy myself.”
Lizel decides to become an adventurer himself and fully enjoy life in this other world with Gil, a top-ranked adventurer who doesn’t follow or bow to anyone as his partner. The laid-back isekai adventure fantasy of Lizel, the carefree noble, and Gil, the lone wolf, is about to begin!
A Returner’s Magic Should be Special Season 2
Release Date: 2026
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Indian Subcontinent
Season 1 synopsis:
In a land dominated by the formidable Shadow Worlds, most of humanity has been destroyed. To rescue their planet from impending doom, six brave heroes fight a perilous battle…and fail. But there’s a glimpse of hope when Desir, one of the last mages, is suddenly sent back in time 13 years! Now armed with knowledge of the grim future, can he alter the course of history and save the world?
Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter
Release Date: January 2026
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Indian Subcontinent
Synopsis:
Seiichirou Kondou, a salaryman approaching his 30s, gets caught up in a holy maiden summoning ritual and is transported to a parallel world called Romany Kingdom. Having worked day and night, he developed the mindset of a corporate slave and even demanded work in this new world, which landed him an accounting job at the Royal Accounting Department.
During his hectic days rebuilding the accounting department, Seiichirou came across a nutritional tonic that wiped away any fatigue. Thanks to the tonic, Seiichirou’s chronic ailments and exhaustion completely disappeared, leaving him overjoyed. But because he had no resistance to the world’s magic, the side effects put his life in danger!
The only way to survive was to have someone with magic help accustom his body to magical energy, so with no other choice Seiichirou entrusts himself to Aresh, captain of the Third Royal Order, known as the Ice Prince.
The bestselling isekai BL series with over 1.4 million copies sold is finally getting a TV anime adaptation!
Kunon the Sorcerer Can See
Release Date: Coming Soon to Crunchyroll
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India
Synopsis:
Kunon, a young man who cannot see, has the goal of creating new eyes with water magic. After just five months of learning sorcery, Kunon surpassed his own mentor and honed his talent as he tried to do a feat that’s never been done before. A fantasy about a young man, a blind genius, who opens up the world through curiosity in the pursuit for magic is about to begin.
The Daily Life of a Single 29-Year-Old Adventurer
Release Date: January 2026
Territories: Worldwide, excluding Japan and China
Synopsis:
Having spent his childhood in the slums, Hajime Shinonome desperately sought strength to survive.
Now, he enjoys a peaceful and carefree life as a resident adventurer of the Komai Village.
One day, during a quest, he ventured into a dungeon and finds a young girl being partially eaten by a weakest kind of monster, a slime!
The girl’s name was Lirui. Having been abandoned by her parents, she had no place to go and entered the dungeon alone in order to stay alive. Hajime couldn’t just leave her there, so he took her back to the village to live with him!
The Beginning After the End Season 2
Release Date: April 2026
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
Synopsis:
After a mysterious death, King Grey is reborn as Arthur Leywin on the magical continent of Dicathen. Although he enters his second life as a baby, his previous wisdom remains. He begins to master magic and forge his own path as the years go by, seeking to correct the mistakes of his past life.
Niantic and The Pokémon Company announced Pokémon GO will introduce the new Weekly Challenges feature on October 12 at 6:00 p.m. PDT. Players can join up to three other Trainers from around the world to complete a challenge, earn rewards, and increase their Friendship level with their group.
When the new update launches on October 12, Pokémon GO players will notice that the Trainer profile now has a new Social tab, where Weekly Challenges and Party Play reside. From there, players can create a group, join a group, or review a group’s progress for the current Weekly Challenge. Players can only select and complete one Weekly Challenge at a time per week. A new weekly challenge will be posted globally every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. PDT, and each weekly challenge will end the following Sunday at 5:00 p.m. PDT.
Players will be notified when they receive an invite to join a Weekly Challenge group, and they’ll have 24 hours to accept the invite. Once in the group, players can check the Social tab to review the group’s daily and overall progress, along with the remaining time. When the Weekly Challenge is completed before the deadline, players will receive Extra Friendship level progress, 20,000 XP, and 6,000 Stardust. Stardust will still be rewarded to groups that aren’t able to complete the Weekly Challenge.
What’s more, players will have the opportunity to become Friends with anyone in their group they’re not already friends with. If the Weekly Challenge is completed successfully, the extra Friendship level progress applied to this new Friend. By the end of 2025, there will be matchmaking with other Trainers for Weekly Challenges in a new update.
Lastly, Pokémon GO is available now for Android and iOS, and more updates can be found at the official blog.
During New York Comic Con 2025, Crunchyroll announced that the platform will be streaming Oshi no Ko Season 3 when it premieres in January 2026. Crunchyroll also released a new English subtitled trailer for Oshi no Ko Season 3.
The cast of the first two seasons, including Takeo Otsuka as Aqua, returns in Oshi no Ko Season 3. New cast members include Mamoru Miyano as Hikaru Kamiki, Hina Kino as Tsukuyomi, Yuto Takenaka as Shun Yoshizumi and Yōji Ueda as Tetsu Urushibara.
What’s more, the virtual live Oshi no Ko event “B Komachi Live Tourー2026 -Beyond the Brilliance VirtualLive-” will be held on April 25 and 26, 2026. There will be a total of 12 performances in Aichi, Osaka, Tokyo. Additionally, the new Oshi no Ko puzzle game by NHN Corporation will release in 2026.
The final volume of the Oshi no Ko manga series by Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari released on December 18, 2024 in Japan. The final chapter of Oshi no Ko, chapter 166, released in the November 14, 2024-due issue of Weekly Young Jump magazine. All chapters are available to read right now on Manga Plus in English.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series, via Manga Plus:
“In the world of showbiz, lies are weapons.” Goro works as an OB-GYN in the countryside, a life far removed from the entertainment industry. Meanwhile, his favorite idol, Ai Hoshino, has begun her climb to stardom. The two meet in the “worst possible way,” setting the gears of fate in motion! The amazing Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari team up to depict the world of showbiz from a completely new perspective in this shocking series!
