Stephanie Liu

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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Gifts Guide

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

Screenshot by Siliconera The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Gifts Guide | Published: May 6, 2025 09:30 am In The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, you can strengthen your bonds with the colorful cast of characters in the game by spending time with them and giving them gifts. Here are the best items to give everyone. How do I give gifts in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy- We can build relationships with characters in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. However, first we need...
Sanrio and Piapro Pop-Up Merchandise Stars Hatsune Miku, Cinnamoroll

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

A collaboration pop-up store featuring Sanrio mascots and Piapro Vocaloids will appear in Tokyo station from May 9 to 22, 2025. Goods feature designs from illustrator Shiraho, as well as the characters wearing pajamas. You’ll be able to find the Sanrio and Piapro pop-up store at Tokyo Character Street. It’s a shopping district in Tokyo station, with stores that feature merchandise of popular anime, cartoon, and video game characters.
Too Kyo Games Still in Debt Despite Hundred Line Success

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

Despite the critical success of Too Kyo’s newest game, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, the company remains in debt. The company’s tough financial situation has affected the decision to provide a localization for languages other than English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Kazutaka Kodaka, one of the creators of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy and a founder of Too Kyo Games, talked about the company’s situation on his Bluesky account.
Square Enix Golden Week Soundtracks Stream Includes Xenogears

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

To celebrate Golden Week, the Square Enix music channel has been live-streaming soundtracks from some of its classic titles. You can listen to tracks from the Final Fantasy, SaGa, and Xenogears series, complete with little clips from the games in question. The stream started eighteen hours ago, and it’ll run until 8:00 PM of May 7, 2025. That would convert to 4:00 AM PDT/7:00 AM EDT of the same date.
Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto Pokemon Song Discussed

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

In an interview for “Facade Question,” which was the Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto collaboration Pokemon song for Project Voltage High↑, 32ki (the producer of the song; name pronounced “Satsuki”) and Yomitan Akane (the one who made the music video) spoke about the themes behind it. The song not only focuses on one’s true self, but it also argues that lies aren’t always a bad thing.
Nijisanji Vtuber Ike Eveland Graduates From Anycolor

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

Ike Eveland, a Nijisanji English branch VTuber, graduated from Anycolor’s company on April 30, 2025. Fans will have until May 30, 2025 to send in their fan letters to him. The graduation announcement appeared on the Nijisanji social media account, thanking him for his hard work since he debuted in December 2021. In the statement, Anycolor also discouraged fans from asking other livers either on social media or during streams for details about Ike’s departure.
Scarlet, New Mamoru Hosoda Movie, To Come Out in Late 2025

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

Scarlet, a new movie from Mamoru Hosoda, will come out on November 21, 2025 in Japan. In other territories, Sony will release it on December 12, 2025. The trailer is thirty seconds long, and it gives a look at the action and grim world Scarlet will take place in. According to the synopsis, Scarlet follows the titular princess who wakes up in the world of the dead after she fails to avenge her murdered father.
Crowdfunding for New Shibuya Live-Action Game Starts Soon

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

The creators behind 428: Shibuya Scramble and Machi will open up crowdfunding for a live-action ADV spiritual successor to those games on May 28, 2025. This is an all-or-nothing project, and the crowdfunding campaign will end on July 25, 2025. Jiro Ishii is the director of the project. His previous projects include Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and Canaan (the anime related to 428: Shibuya Scramble).
Despite the Horrors, Do No Harm Is a Surprisingly Zen Game

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

Medical workers are faced with a myriad of difficult choices every day. From deciding which medicine to give a patient, to choosing the right equipment for the job, to wondering about the twitching fish-like human standing right outside your window… Well, that last one only applies to the doctor you control in Do No Harm, a Lovecraftian doctor simulator that places you smack dab on a 19th century island full of fishy residents.
HoYoVerse Trademarks Honkai: Nexus Anima

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Stephanie Liu

On April 25, 2025, miHoYo applied for a trademark application for Honkai: Nexus Anima, hinting at the next game in the franchise. It also created multiple X (formerly Twitter) accounts for the IP, and may be hiring more employees to work on it. [Thanks, Gacha News!] On March 4, 2025, X user “chibi0108” posted job openings at miHoYo for a “new Honkai auto chess title.” The advertisement was looking for level planners, 3D animators, game testers, game server developers, and more.