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‘Dagger Of Kamui’, Featuring Hiroyuki Sanada, Gets April Blu-Ray Release The classic anime film 'Dagger of Kamui', from Madhouse and directed by Rintaro, is finally getting remastered and released on Blu-ray this April.

‘Dagger Of Kamui’, Featuring Hiroyuki Sanada, Gets April Blu-Ray Release
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‘Pragmata’ Is Out A Week Early And Continues To Look Stunning The upcoming Pragmata has had a week slashed off its release date and has a very new, shiny trailer to prove it.

‘Pragmata’ Is Out A Week Early And Continues To Look Stunning
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‘Gundam’ Crossover With ‘Apex Legends’ Makes Me Want A New ‘Titanfall’ A new trailer for a 'Gundam' crossover with 'Apex Legends' just dropped, and it just makes me want a new 'Titanfall'.

‘Gundam’ Crossover With ‘Apex Legends’ Makes Me Want A New ‘Titanfall’
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Aniplex’s Atsuhiro Iwakami On ‘Demon Slayer’ And The Value Of Creativity I recently caught up with the current president of Aniplex, Atsuhiro Iwakami, about his career, the success of 'Demon Slayer', and the importance of valuing creativity.

Aniplex’s Atsuhiro Iwakami On ‘Demon Slayer’ And The Value Of Creativity
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‘Ghost In The Shell’ Exhibition In Tokyo Shows Off Decades Worth Of Anime Following the excellent Masamune Shirow exhibition last year, we now have an exhibition that specifically covers the various 'Ghost in the Shell' anime.

‘Ghost In The Shell’ Exhibition In Tokyo Shows Off Decades Worth Of Anime
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Classic PlayStation Shmup ‘Geppy-X’ To Get HD Update This July The cult favorite PlayStation mecha shmup 'Geppy-X' is getting an HD release later this year, which will finally make this game more widely available.

Classic PlayStation Shmup ‘Geppy-X’ To Get HD Update This July
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Metal Gear REX Chogokin Gets Breakdown Ahead Of Its Release In Japan With the Metal Gear REX chogokin released in Japan this weekend, Bandai Spirits has done a detailed post about what you can expect once you get it out of its big box.

Metal Gear REX Chogokin Gets Breakdown Ahead Of Its Release In Japan
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Yoko Taro To Create The Scenario For A New ‘Evangelion’ Anime Series As part of the 30th anniversary celebration for 'Evangelion', a new anime series was announced with Yoko Taro in charge of the script and scenario.

Yoko Taro To Create The Scenario For A New ‘Evangelion’ Anime Series
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‘Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake’ Gets A New Demo On Steam After playing the game at last year’s Tokyo Game Show, I was actually quite impressed with the 'Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake', and now there’s a demo on Steam.

‘Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake’ Gets A New Demo On Steam
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The Making Of: Omega Boost - "Layzner's Movement Was Burned Into My Imagination" - How Yuji Yasuhara Created A PS1 Mecha Classic "If you entrust this to me, I will absolutely make it work"

The Making Of Omega Boost - "Layzner's Movement Was Burned Into My Imagination" - How Yuji Yasuhara Created A PS1 Mecha Classic
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『オメガブースト』が私にとっての史上最高のロボ宇宙戦闘ゲームである理由【オリーさんのロボゲーコラム】 | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト 『オメガブースト』は革新的な3D機動と美しいメカデザインが魅力です。

『オメガブースト』が私にとっての史上最高のロボ宇宙戦闘ゲームである理由【オリーさんのロボゲーコラム】
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Pretty sure I covered that in the article.

Dave Baljon On The Upcoming ‘Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast From The Past!’ With the upcoming game 'Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!' on the way, I caught up with the CEO of Blast Zero, Dave Baljon, about the game.

Dave Baljon On The Upcoming ‘Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast From The Past!’
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‘Transformers: The Movie’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Hilarious Apology Now that 'Transformers: The Movie' is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Hasbro has decided to make an apology.

‘Transformers: The Movie’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Hilarious Apology
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Can always trust Ollie to point out the real important part of any piece of gaming news

メカゲームを西洋の視点から見る『機動戦士ガンダム 一年戦争』――おそらく史上最高のガンダムゲーム - AUTOMATON PlayStation 2用ソフト『機動戦士ガンダム 一年戦争』を取り上げ、本作がいかに歴代ガンダムゲームの中でも屈指の完成度を誇る作品であるかについて述べたい。

メカゲームを西洋の視点から見る『機動戦士ガンダム 一年戦争』――おそらく史上最高のガンダムゲーム
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‘Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2’ Launches With ‘Ghost Babel’ Following the first 'Master Collection', which I thought was great, the second will be released in August and will also include 'Ghost Babel'.

‘Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2’ Launches With ‘Ghost Babel’
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Upcoming ‘Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse’ Channels The Animated Series The upcoming 'Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse' follows on from the original 'Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse' and introduces a new and currently unnamed Belmont.

Upcoming ‘Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse’ Channels The Animated Series
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Game Freak’s ‘Beast Of Reincarnation’ Amazes Ahead Of August Release Since the summer of last year, it’s been pretty quiet about Game Freak’s upcoming 'Beast of Reincarnation'. However, a new trailer has dropped, and it looks amazing.

Game Freak’s ‘Beast Of Reincarnation’ Amazes Ahead Of August Release
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Wonder Festival Commemorated ‘Ultraman’ Amidst An Actual Blizzard With Tokyo experiencing heavy snowfall, that did nothing to dissuade the tens of thousands of eager fans from witnessing what Wonder Festival 2026 Winter had to offer.

Wonder Festival Commemorated ‘Ultraman’ Amidst An Actual Blizzard
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#ワンフェス #WF2026W #WF2026冬

Blaze Mazinkaiser Figure From Ember Toys Is Now Open For Pre-Orders At the end of last year, I covered the upcoming Blaze Mazinkaiser figure from Ember Toys, which is a fascinating gimmick-ridden figure, and it’s now open for pre-orders.

Blaze Mazinkaiser Figure From Ember Toys Is Now Open For Pre-Orders
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‘Super Robot Wars Y’ Gets A Big Free Update And Second DLC Set Now that a big new update and second DLC set for Super Robot Wars Y have been released, there’s a lot to cover.

‘Super Robot Wars Y’ Gets A Big Free Update And Second DLC Set
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Master Chief Gets A New Coat Of Paint For Sentinel’s RE:Edit Figure Back in 2020, Sentinel released a wonderful figure of Master Chief from the first 'Halo', and now it’s back with a more game-accurate coloring.

Master Chief Gets A New Coat Of Paint For Sentinel’s RE:Edit Figure
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Xi Gundam And Penelope To Get New Robot Damashii Figures Following the release of the new 'Gundam Hathaway' movie, 'The Sorcery of Nymph Circe', we’ll be getting updated Robot Damashii toys of the Xi Gundam and Penelope.

Xi Gundam And Penelope To Get New Robot Damashii Figures
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‘Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery Of Nymph Circe’ Review: Sweet Child O’ Mine Following the events of the first 'Gundam Hathaway' movie, its sequel makes some interesting additions that are genuinely impactful.

‘Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery Of Nymph Circe’ Review: Sweet Child O’ Mine
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The Gattai Dairyuga Toy Review: Truly The Ultimate Dancouga Following my review of the entirely huge and impressive The Gattai Hagane Works Dancouga, we now have The Gattai Dairyuga, and there’s a lot to unpack here.

The Gattai Dairyuga Toy Review: Truly The Ultimate Dancouga
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‘Dragon Ball’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Video Scored By Hans Zimmer With this year being the 40th anniversary of the 'Dragon Ball' anime, we’ve been graced with a new video scored by Hans Zimmer and details on a new anime series.

‘Dragon Ball’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Video Scored By Hans Zimmer
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A Western Perspective On Mecha Games. Armored Core 3: A Brilliant Game That Renewed My Faith In The Series - AUTOMATON WEST A column on Armored Core 3 by Ollie Barder.

I've also started a new mecha game column at Automaton, and my first article is all about Armored Core 3.
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メカゲームにおける「装甲騎兵ボトムズ」の独自の影響―高橋良輔氏語る、ATが4mになった理由【オリーさんのロボゲーコラム特別編】 | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト 高橋良輔氏からの特別コメントも。

With a new VOTOMS anime announced, I was asked to do a special edition of my mecha game column. I even managed to get a new comment from Ryosuke Takahashi, too!
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‘Patlabor EZY’ Will Be Released As Three Movies, Starting This Year It’s been a good while since we had any news on 'Patlabor EZY', but it’s finally coming out as three movies. The first of these will be released in May this year.

‘Patlabor EZY’ Will Be Released As Three Movies, Starting This Year
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