Tag: Aniplex
Broadcasting next year
If you’ve spent more than a few days in Japan over the past few months, you’ll be aware of the cultural impact of Needy Girl Overdose – known as Needy Streamer Overload in the west – and its troubled protagonist OMGkawaiiAngel. You’ll find figurines and merch based on the visual novel’s heroine in most hobby...
News As Sony Doubles Down on Anime, Demon Slayer Breaks Box Office Records
New movie enjoys mind-blowing success
The new Demon Slayer movie set a new Box Office record for an anime title in the US, more than doubling the previous benchmark. Infinity Castle, which covers one of the key arcs in Koyoharu Gotouge’s hugely popular manga, has been distributed by Sony subsidiaries Aniplex and Crunchyroll in Japan and the US...
News Sony's Aniplex Involved with Tactical Take on Resident Evil for Mobile
"Real-time strategy optimised for smartphones"
Sony’s very own Aniplex subsidiary, which sits under the Sony Music Entertainment umbrella, is working alongside Capcom and Korean developer JOYCITY to bring Resident Evil to mobile. A new game, subtitled Survival Unit, will be fully revealed during an online livestream from 3PM PDT/11PM BST on 10th...
Put a pin in it
Many fans have been pleading with Sony subsidiary ANIPLEX to port The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy to the PS5, but it looks like the hold-up revolves around developer Too Kyo’s financial security. Writing on BlueSky, Danganronpa cre
News PS5 Fans Are Begging Sony Subsidiary ANIPLEX to Port The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
"I want to play it there"
Fans of Danganronpa and Zero Escape will already be familiar with The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. The tactics RPG is the latest project from Too Kyo Games, which is a dream team developer founded by the creators of the aforementioned franchises, Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi. Irritatingly,
News Sony Subsidiary ANIPLEX Remembered PS5 Is a Legit Platform
A short HYKE
Multimedia conglomerate ANIPLEX may be owned by PS5 maker Sony, but it tends to prefer releasing its games on the PC and Nintendo Switch. Obviously, we have no issue with this Sony Music subsidiary releasing products on rival platforms, but it always struck us as an unusual lack of synergy that it wouldn’t at least prepare a...
News Ghost of Tsushima Legends Is an Upcoming Anime Inspired by the PS5, PS4 Game
Due out in 2027
Sony spent a long time talking about anime during its CES 2025 press conference today, reminding everyone that it’s all-in on the rapidly growing medium. While it used most of its time explaining to the audience why anime matters, it also announced a new project: Ghost of Tsushima Legends, inspired by the dark fantasy online...
News Sony Subsidiary Aniplex Is Prepping an Anime Adaptation of PS5, PS4 Deduction Game GNOSIA
Deduce this
Deduction game GNOSIA started life on PS Vita all the way back in 2019, but has been ported to various platforms since, including the PS5 and PS4. And now it’s getting an anime adaptation, courtesy of Sony subsidiary Aniplex. You can watch a trailer below: The series, scheduled to air 2025 in Japan, appears to retain the painterly...
News Sony Subsidiary Aniplex Ignores PS5 for Fate/Stay Night Remastered
Based on the PS Vita version
Sony subsidiary Aniplex is bringing TYPE-MOON’s iconic visual novel Fate/Stay Night outside of Japan for the first time, but it won’t be available on PS5 at all. The sub-division of Sony Music Entertainment is instead releasing the visual novel on Nintendo Switch and PC, and it’ll be available as early as next...
At least, for now
The new game from the creators of the Danganronpa series will be published by Sony subsidiary Aniplex, although it won’t be available on PS5 at first. While there’s a good possibility The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will be ported to Sony’s system later, as will be the case with Master Detective Archives: Rain Code in...
News Switch's Demon Slayer Board Game Rolls a PS5, PS4 Port in July
Launched on Switch last month
The board game adaptation of goliath manga and anime series Demon Slayer is coming to PS5 and PS4, after debuting meekly on Nintendo Switch last month. The title couldn’t top 20,000 sales in Japan during Golden Week, and so Sony subsidiary Aniplex will be hoping the CyberConnect2 title sells a little better on...
June's starting to look a bit busy
Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon, a remake of legendary visual novel Tsukihime (which was never officially released in the West) now has a launch date on PS4. It drops on the 27th June, adding to a somewhat busy period for Japanese titles, with the likes of Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance and the Monster...
News Lauded Visual Novel Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon Comes West in Summer 2024
Summer of blood
Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon was confirmed for a western release earlier in the year, and now we have an official launch window. Publisher Aniplex (essentially Sony's anime arm) has the title pencilled in for summer 2024, and a 'Physical Limited Edition' will be available priced at $79.99. Digital editions, meanwhile, will...
News RPG Time: The Legend of Wright Sets a Sprawling Adventure Inside a Kid's Notebook
Coming to PS4 this August
This is a game that completely passed us by. RPG Time: The Legend of Wright previously launched on Xbox earlier in the year, but it's now been confirmed for release on PS4, and it looks pretty good. Set within the notebook of an aspiring game designer named Kenta, this intriguing title has you tackling the adventure of the...
News Anime Sensation Demon Slayer Will Deploy in October on PS5, PS4 in Japan
Slay, queen
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – the game based on Sony’s smash hit anime – will release in October in Japan, according to a flyer included with Blu-ray copies of the film. Sony Music Entertainment subsidiary Aniplex is slated to publish the game, with CyberConnect 2 on development duties – and it’ll release on PlayStation 5,...
News Surprise! Demon Slayer Is Another Anime Arena Brawler
Ultimate slayer storm
First footage of CyberConnect2’s hotly anticipated PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 anime adaptation Demon Slayer has emerged online – and, to the surprise of no one, it’s an anime arena brawler. The similarities to series like Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm will be immediately obvious to fans of that franchise,...
News Japanese Sensation Demon Slayer Slaughters PS5, PS4 This Year
Sony subsidiary Aniplex publishing
Demon Slayer, the Japanese sensation that became the country’s highest-grossing anime movie of all time last year, is coming to the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 this year. Published by Sony subsidiary Aniplex and developed by CyberConnect2, the title will also launch on PC and Xbox One – although those...
Now we're talking
Okay, now we're listening. It's been confirmed that CyberConnect2, the developer being the fantastic Naruto Ninja Storm games and the decent Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, is working on the recently announced Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba adaptation. It's still a little unclear what this Demon Slayer game is exactly, but early...
