Gintama Seasons 2 and 3 Now Streaming on Hulu with English Dub

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Hulu is now streaming Gintama Seasons 2 and 3 with an English dub. The English dub of Gintama on Hulu now runs from episode 1 through episode 150. 

What’s more, GINTAMA – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class spinoff anime is now streaming on Crunchyroll and Anime.com. Botchi Boromaru performs the opening theme song “Sakurakaze (Cherry Blossom Wind),” and LONGMAN performs the ending theme song “Underclass HERO.”

Returning cast members for the anime include: 

  • Tomokazu Sugita as Ginpachi Sakata
  • Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura
  • Rie Kugimiya as Kagura
  • Satsuki Yukino as Tae Shimura
  • Susumu Chiba as Isao Kondo
  • Kazuya Nakai as Toshiro Hijikata
  • Kenichi Suzumura as Sogo Okita
  • Tetsuharu Ohta as Sagaru Yamazaki
  • Yū Kobayashi as Ayame Sarutobi
  • Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura
  • Takehito Koyasu as Shinsuke Takasugi
  • Satoshi Hino as Kamui

Natsumi Higashida is directing the GINTAMA – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class anime at BN Pictures. Makoto Moriwaki is the general director, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu and Mitei Mark II handle the series composition. Gintama animation director Shinji Takeuchi returns for the project, and Audio Highs will compose the anime’s music.

The original Gintama anime series is also streaming with English subs on Crunchyroll.

Hideki Sorachi’s popular Gintama series began with the manga in 2004 and ran all the way until June 2021. Gintama’s Yoshiwara in Flames arc is getting a compilation film in 2026 in Japan. 

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Releases ‘World & Factions’ Trailer for Switch 2 Version

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Switch 2 trailer

Square Enix released a new trailer for the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, titled “World & Factions.” As the title suggests, the World & Factions trailer gives an overview of Midgar, Shinra, and other notable entities within the world of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.

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. Both Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are available now for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade includes both Final Fantasy VII Remake 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.

According to Naoki Hamaguchi, the power of Nintendo Switch 2 allows Square Enix to “recreate Midgar with full specs,” making Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade possible on the platform. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Remake Part 3 are coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S as part of Square Enix’s multiplatform strategy.

Fallout 76 Reveals Multiple Halloween Events

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Bethesda has revealed multiple new events for Fallout 76 themed after Halloween, including the return of Mischief Night and Spooky Scorched. Fallout 76 players can participate in these limited-time events to earn XP and free Halloween themed rewards.

Get the full details below:

Halloween C.A.M.P. Contest (through October 29)

Get your cauldron, spooky sound machine and Jack-o’-lanterns ready because it’s time to build the creepiest C.A.M.P. in the Wasteland! Through October 29, players can submit Halloween-themed C.A.M.P. builds for a chance to win in-game items and rewards!

Mischief Night (October 7 – 21)

Mischief Night is coming back, now with a new location and upgrades! Players can grab a costume and join JES-2R, an Eyebot that seems to have had a few wires knocked loose, and other troublemakers on the hill at Rapidan Camp to wreak havoc while earning rewards along the way. Hit JES-2R’s mischief quota to earn XP, loot and even score new themed rewards!

Spooky Scorched (October 21 – November 4)

The annual Spooky Scorched event returns! Fans will need to keep an ear out for the spine-tingling music that accompanies these Legendary costumed scorched and take them out to get their Spooky Treat Bag, Mystery Candy and Legendary items. Players can also don their own costumes and go trick-or-treating in Appalachia by visiting their neighbor’s C.A.M.P. to get Mystery Candy from their Spooky Candy Bowl.

Night at the Morgue Mini Season (October 21 – November 4)

Mischief Night brought the tricks, so now it’s time for treats. Players will have a chance to welcome candy-hungry wastelanders to their C.A.M.P.s and go trick-or-treating at their fellow player’s C.A.M.P.s for the chance to earn spooky rewards. Stay tuned for more details soon.

Lastly, Fallout 76 is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.

Ninja vs. Gokudo Anime is Streaming Same-Day English Dub on Prime Video

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Ninja vs. Gokudo English dub
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Amazon is streaming a same-day English dub for the Ninja vs. Gokudo anime, which premiered on October 7 on NTV in Japan and Prime Video worldwide. 

The English dub cast for Ninja vs. Gokudo includes:

  • Conradie van Heerden as Shinoha
  • Nate Prentice as Kiwami
  • Gordon van der Spuy as Kaiza
  • Rob Coutts as Yuzawa
  • Gavin Gomes as Zanzo
  • Daniel Levi as Nagashima, Ichimaru
  • Chris Van Rensburg as Male Narrator

Rensburg is also the director of the English dub at Transperfect Media, with Azelle le Roux is adapting the script.

MIYAVI performs the opening theme song “Sweet Disaster,” and Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas performs the ending theme song “Until You Die Out. ”

Japanese cast members include:

  • Chiaki Kobayashi as Shinoha Tanaka
  • Katsuyuki Konishi as Kiwami Kimura
  • Sumire Uesaka as Gamute
  • Zanzou Kasai, voiced by Tomoyuki Morikawa, Kensho Ono, Mariko Higashiuchi, Yuki Sanpei, Serina Machiyama, Volcano Ota, Hisako Kanemoto
  • Hochu Otsuka as Kaiza Akiba
  • Yuma Uchida as Nodoka Matsumoto
  • Kana Hanazawa as Shiki Yamada 
  • Hiroki Yasumoto as Uryu Yagi
  • Yuka Iguchi as Tome Odaka
  • Makoto Furukawa as Sako Hasegawa
  • Yasuhiro Mamiya Kosei Yuzawa
  • Takehito Koyasu as Hiroki Yajima
  • Tomokazu Sugita as Anatomi Kurita
  • Taiten Kusunoki as Hanako Saito
  • Mamiko Noto as Maya Kohara

Toshinori Watanabe directs the anime at Studio DEEN. Keiichirō Ōchi oversees the series’ scripts and Tokuyuki Matsutake designs the characters. 

Shinsuke Kondō initially released the manga in Kodansha’s Comic Days website in 2020. Lastly, Kodansha describes the manga’s first volume as follows:

Since ancient times, the ninja and the yakuza have been at war, spilling blood around the world as empires rise and fall. So when, in the modern age, Shinoha, a ninja, meets Kiwami, a gangster following the path of the yakuza—the gokudo—and discovers they have common interests, the obvious assumption is that nothing good can come of it. But can it be that one burgeoning bromance will shake up a 300-year grudge?

Who will win the struggle for real ultimate power?

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.35 is Now Available with Monster Hunter Wilds Collaboration

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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.35

Square Enix has released Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.35 with notable new pieces of content, including the previously announced Monster Hunter Wilds collaboration event. Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.35 adds Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures, new Yok Huy Allied Society Quests, and the Pilgrim’s Traverse Deep Dungeon.

The Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter Wilds collaboration event includes a new quest along with new gear, mounts, and minions. To start the collaboration quest dubbed “The White Wanderer,” Final Fantasy XIV players must be at least level 100 and have completed the main scenario quest “Dawntrail.” Players can take on the Guardian Arkveld in both Normal and Extreme difficulties to get the new rewards as well. The collaboration is not limited-time, so it’s a permanent addition to the game, according to the Final Fantasy XIV Lodestone website.

What’s more, Square Enix has revealed the schedule for Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, which will span across three events in North America, Europe, and Japan in 2026. A video message from Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida was released on the 12th anniversary of A Realm Reborn as well.

Lastly, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Monster Hunter Wilds is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam with its own Final Fantasy XIV collaboration content featuring Omega Planetes, new gear, and much more.

One Punch Man Season 3 to Stream on Hulu in the U.S.

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One Punch Man Season 3 Hulu

VIZ Media announced One Punch Man Season 3 will be streaming on Hulu in the U.S. starting on October 12 at 8:15 a.m. PDT / 11:15 a.m. EDT. Disney+ will stream One Punch Man Season 3 in Canada.

One Punch Man Season 3 premiered with a recap special on October 5 at 11:45 p.m. JST on the TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TV Kyushu channels. Netflix and Crunchyroll are streaming the anime in Latin America and Oceania.

JAM Project and BABYMETAL perform the opening theme song “Get No Satisfied!”. Saitama voice actor Makoto Furukawa performs the ending theme song “Soko ni Aru Akari (The Light, That’s There).”

J.C. STAFF animates the anime with Shinpei Nagai as director. Further, Chikashi Kubota, Shinjiro Kuroda, and Ryōsuke Shirakawa are the character designers. Tomohiro Suzuki is in charge of series composition, and Makoto Miyazaki is the music composer. 

Additional staff members include:

  • Art Director: Sakura Murakami
  • Color Designer: Mayumi Tanahashi
  • Director of Photography: Yuki Hirose
  • Editor: Masahiro Gotō
  • Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami

Yūsuke Murata and ONE first launched the One Punch Man manga in 2012. VIZ Media releases the series digitally and in print in English.

The first two seasons of the One Punch Man anime series are available to stream now on Hulu, Crunchyroll and Netflix. Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime, via Crunchyroll: 

Saitama started out being a hero just for fun. After three years of “special” training, he became so powerful that he can defeat opponents with a single punch. Now, alongside
Genos, his faithful cyborg disciple, Saitama is ready to begin his official duties as a professional hero working with the Hero Association.

However, the frequency of monster appearances is surging and it increasingly appears as if the Great Seer Madame Shibabawa’s prediction about the Earth’s doom is coming true. In the midst of this crisis, the “hero hunter” Garou makes his own appearance.

Draw this, then die! Anime Premieres in 2026

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The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Minoru Toyoda’s Draw this, then die! (Kore Kaite Shine) manga has opened and revealed new details, including a 2026 premiere on NTV. A new teaser trailer for the Draw this, then die! anime was also released.

 

Hiroaki Akagi (The Dangers in My Heart, Teasing Master Takagi-san) directs the anime series at Shin-Ei Animation. New character visuals for Ai Yasumi, Rei Teshima, and Pokota were revealed, and more details about the cast and staff will be announced at a later date.

Ai Yasumi
Rei Teshima
Pokota
Draw this then die key visual
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Toyoda (Love Roma) launched the manga in Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in November 2021. The series is also available on Sunday Webry. What’s more, the eighth volume will ship on October 10.

Lastly, here’s an overview of Kore Kaite Shine, via MyAnimeList:

Ai Yasumi, a first-year high school student living on Izu-Oshima, loves manga more than anything. When she learns that her long-admired, yet long-inactive, favorite manga artist Hoshi no Rei will be exhibiting at COMITIA, she sets off on a journey to Tokyo.

What she doesn’t expect, however, is that a fateful encounter at the event will change her life forever.

“How does one become a manga artist?” Ai steps into the world of manga creation—a path she thought she understood, yet knows so little about. This is the story of a girl taking her first steps down the road to becoming a mangaka.

Digimon Story Time Stranger Anime Short: Prelude Screening Confirmed for New York Comic Con 2025

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Digimon Story Time Stranger Anime Short Prelude

Bandai Namco announced Digimon Story Time Stranger Anime Short Prelude will get a screening during the Digimon Beatbreak panel at New York Comic Con 2025 on October 12 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Digimon Story Time Stranger Anime Short: Prelude is expected to be released soon after the screening, but a date for the public release was not given.

Digimon Story Time Stranger is available now worldwide for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam with Japanese and English voice overs. A free demo of Digimon Story Time Stranger is available now on all platforms featuring the opening sequence and save data transfers to the full game. The game also features collaboration in-game T-shirts featuring various Bandai Namco IPs, including Tekken 8, Tales of Arise, and Taiko no Tatsujin. The “Anime Song Pack” DLC is also available.

What’s more, Bandai Namco released patch notes for the Digimon Story Time Stranger day one update, revealing a save data transfer option from the demo and default 60 FPS for the Steam version. The day one update also adds Dash functionality, various stat-boosting items to maps in the human world, and many other adjustments in Digimon Story Time Stranger.

Final Weapon reviewed Digimon Story Time Stranger and gave it a 4.5/5 score, noting that the game is “the boldest entry in the franchise to date, delivering a thrilling narrative, stunning environments, and over 450 Digimon to collect. Its deep combat system, expansive quality-of-life improvements, and superb English voice acting elevate it alongside the best RPGs of the year. Minor issues aside, this is the definitive Digimon experience fans have been waiting for.”

Persona: The Official Cookbook is Now Available on Amazon and Retail

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Insight Editions has released Persona: The Official Cookbook by Jarrett Melendez, featuring 55 recipes with step-by-step instructions and stunning photography matching the Persona series’ aesthetic. Available now for $27.99 on Amazon and other major retailers, Persona: The Official Cookbook lets fans experience memorable meals seen in Persona 3 Reload, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal. 

Persona 3 Reload is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on October 23 worldwide, and a demo is available now. In the demo, players experience the opening of Persona 3 Reload all the way to the first major boss battle, and save data carries over to the full game. Fans can also pre-order Persona 3 Reload on Nintendo Switch 2 to receive a bonus Persona 4 Golden BGM (Background Music) Set, only available before launch. Episode Aigis and the Expansion Pass DLC will also be heading to the platform as separate purchases.

In Final Weapon’s 5/5 review, we wrote, “Persona 3 Reload is a JRPG masterpiece. It has an incredibly moving story about the value of life, a fun gameplay loop, great graphics, dynamic characters, and a satisfying conclusion. Plus, with the short playtime, it is not as intimidating as other games in the genre, with very little filler padding the runtime. While the remake may seem simple compared to other recent examples, Reload is a reminder that Persona 3 is still relevant even after eighteen years.”

ATLUS previously released an official music video for “It’s Going Down Now” from the official soundtrack for Persona 3 Reload. The music video features live-action performances from Lotus Juice, Azumi Takahashi, and ATLUS SOUND TEAM’s Toshiki Konishi, and it’s the first-ever officially produced by ATLUS.

Lastly, Persona 3 Reload is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

Metaphor: ReFantazio 1st Anniversary Livestream Announced for October 10

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Metaphor ReFantazio 1st anniversary

ATLUS announced a “One-Year Anniversary Livestream” for Metaphor: ReFantazio will be held on October 10 at 9:00 p.m. PDT / October 11 at 12:00 a.m. EDT. The Metaphor: ReFantazio 1st anniversary livestream will be hosted on the ATLUS West YouTube channel and Steam, and there will be a special message.

That same day, SEGA and ATLUS will host a Metaphor: ReFantazio public event at the Round1 Burbank Town Center location on Friday, October 10. Tickets to the event are already sold out shortly after the eventbrite page went live, but fans without tickets can still attend. Those who bought tickets will receive a bag with Metaphor: ReFantazio-themed goodies

Fans who purchased tickets to the Metaphor: ReFantazio 1st anniversary Round1 event can meet with some of the game’s English voice actors, including Caleb Yen (Protagonist), Alejandra Reynoso (Gallica), and Greg Chun (More). Fans can also enjoy photo opportunities, a watch party, and specially themed food and beverages for purchase.

Fans can also look forward to new chapters of the Metaphor: ReFantazio manga series. The first volume of the Metaphor: ReFantazio manga costs 572 yen, and Shueisha is currently publishing the Metaphor: ReFantazio manga series by Yōichi Amano on Manga Plus in English. The series receives new chapters on a monthly basis.

Lastly, Metaphor: ReFantazio is now available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Windows (Microsoft Store). Final Weapon had the opportunity to play and preview Metaphor: ReFantazio at Summer Game Fest 2024. In addition, Final Weapon reviewed and gave Metaphor: ReFantazio a 5/5 score, noting that it was one of the best games of 2024 and an all-time RPG classic.

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