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2 days ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

Shueisha announced its new Shonen Jump manga series is called Otr of the Flame. It can be found in English on both MangaPlus and Viz Media. Only the first chapter is available now. Otr lives in the Forest Kingdom, which ended up under siege by the Ice Kingdom. As a result, it’s basically winter all year round. He wanted to do something to help his sister Sanna and people in his community, even though he was considered too young and perhaps unsuitable to be a warrior.

2 days ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

Re-Ment announced it will sell a line of Evangelion blind box figures again, as the Desktop Eva figures that debuted in March 2024 will return in June 2025. So far, one of the first retailers to be selling the items again is AmiAmi, which features a six-box full set for ￥5,620 (~$39). As is common with the Re-Ment Desktop line of figures, each one of the items features a character from Evangelion, such as Eva Test Type-01, in a pose that also allows it to hold basic office supplies.

2 days ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

On May 7, 2025, the Weibo page for Love and Deepspace confirmed Infold and Good Smile Company would team up for Nendoroid figures based on the cast, and now reports and official images are coming in sharing that Xavier is the first one. So far, the only store that ships worldwide that is selling it is Aitai Kuji, as even the Japanese branch of the Good Smile Company store isn’t selling him as of 12pm ET on May 12, 2025. He will apparently cost ¥7,500 (~$51) and release in October 2025 in Japan.

2 days ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

Bandai Namco and Krispy Kreme announced that there are 45th anniversary Pac-Man doughnuts available both at the actual locations and at stores like Walmart and Kroger. The official website is now live online, which lets us see participating stores and place delivery orders. In addition to being held in the US, the items will launch in Japan too. They will only be sold for a limited time.

2 days ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

The next new Goddess of Victory: NIKKE character is the SSR unit Arcana, and she’s a fortune teller associated with tarot cards and Ouija boards. She’s debuting on May 15, 2025, alongside the Arcane Archive event introducing her and update. The patch will also add the CLAY, MORE event to the Archives and a Revealed Secrets login event with rewards when it launches, a Full Burst Day between May 24-26, 2025, and Champion Arena Season 4 starts on May 22, 2025.