good morning. The main articles published yesterday on April 7th, 2025 are as follows:
[Financial results (excluding anime)]
■TeiTwo's sales increased by 8% in March 2025...Takes used trading cards, games, hobbies, etc.
■Shochiku revised consolidated earnings forecast for the full year of the fiscal year ending February 2025 upwards, with the huge hits of "Nintama Rantaro the Movie: Dokutaka Ninja Team's Strongest Striker" and "366 Days."
■Kojima revamps operating profit for the fiscal year ending August 2025 from 6.4 billion yen to 7.5 billion yen...Seasonal home appliances such as smartphones and air conditioners are selling well
■Kaitori Okugo's monthly sales for March 2013 increased by 1.4%, and all stores increased by 21.0%... Fashion, tools and hobbies are doing well
■Gala Lab Corp.'s financial results for the fiscal year ending December 2024 are 1.918 billion yen in sales, operating profit of 566 million yen, and final profit of 681 million yen
[Finance and other business information]
■Mandarake share buybacks with a maximum of 545,400 shares, equivalent to 1.65% of the outstanding shares, with a maximum of 149 million yen, and a share buyback of 545,400 shares, equivalent to 1.65% of the outstanding shares, and acquired through an off-site transaction on April 8th.
■Sega XD works with Dentsu Digital to provide solutions that create new customer engagement
■[Game Entertainment Stock Overview (April 7)] The Nikkei average fell 2,644 yen, third-largest decline in history, Nihon Falcom performs well amid almost the overall decline Nintendo fell below 9,000 yen for a while.
■[Stock] Nintendo will be sold at a time below 9,000 yen. The announcement of US "mutual tariffs" is concerned about the impact on local Switch 2 sales strategy
■[Game Entertainment Stocks Morning Closing (April 7)] Slow down due to concerns about the trade war; all stocks are showing solidity, especially in major games [Chart list]
■Thinking Data will be holding "ThinkingData 0→1 Meetup 2025 Tokyo," one of the largest data tech conferences in the gaming industry, on April 24th
■Koei Tecmo offers "Nobunaga's Ambition Award" as a special award for the "Nobunaga's Ambition: Battle" commemorates the 1.5th anniversary of the launch of "Nobunaga's Ambition: Battle"
■Annulus participates in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's business acceleration program "Sofu (game field)"
■Sony Group makes 10 million yen donations to support affected areas and victims of the Myanmar Central Earthquake
■[What day is it today?] Level 5 and NHN PlayArt announce joint development of Yo-kai Watch Punipuni, pre-registration begins (April 7, 2015)
■Bandai Namco FW opens new Sunrise World store, Sunrise World SENDAI, at AEON Mall Natori from April 18th
■Manga Arabia signs licensing agreement with Core Mix to translate and publish manga works in Arabic
■Cygames starts airing new commercial for "Uma Musume" Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross are controversial about squid yaki!? A campaign to commemorate the broadcast of the anime "Cinderella Gray"
[Anime Industry (including financial results)]
■Summary of the anime streaming rankings for dAnime, DMM TV, and ABEMA on April 7th
■"Kochi Anime Kuri Festival 2025" will be held on April 5th and 6th, with 24,300 people attending, 45% more than the previous event, making it a huge success.
■King Records' box office revenue for the film "Hypnosis Mic" exceeds 1 billion yen! "MIC AS ONE" covers all the songs in the movie will be released on June 11th
■[ABEMA (4/7)] "The Apothecary's Monologue" maintains its lead from Sunday, 300 Years of Slime Defeating" which is simultaneously streamed on terrestrial television, rose to second place, to 2nd place.
■[DMM TV (4/7)] "The Apothecary's Monologue" with no rivals placed first for the second consecutive day
■[d Anime Store (4/7)] "A-rank Party Leaving" is strong in the second season, and "I'm the Unstable Lord of the Interstellar Nation!" is his first appearance and placed second.
[New product]
■Wargaming launches early access to the completely new online mecha hero shooter "Steel Hunters"
■Nishisuke Games, a personal circle, now streams "Couple Maker" on Steam! A puzzle game that will make two people in love meet
■pixyda releases arcade-style 2D action game "NINJA REVENGER" for Steam
■AppSeed now streams "One Werewolf - The Classroom of the Wolf"! A new type of werewolf novel game that you can enjoy alone
■SAT-BOX now streams "Make it! Okonomiyaki" for Switch! Aim for up to four people Okonomiyaki Tatsujin
■Indie circle BBBBeatMake will deliver "Bug!Ban!Break!" for iOS! A four-sided tap rhythm game that makes full use of the entire screen.
■CCMC releases "SIMPWALK" game title developed by altersky-skyraze from holo Indie on Steam
[Pre-registration]
■Loongcheer Game launches global alumni for Android, "Bunnysip Tale: Casual Cute Cafe" indie heartwarming SLG
■MediaLabGames releases Steam store page for roguelike autobatler "NOVEMS" that uses nine cards
■Game developer "fsfsfs" releases mystery sound novel game "Detective Tokachi: Balloon Incident" on Steam from April 17th
■Microids unveils new trailer for Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening
■Individual developer Masao releases store page for "Ham Cafe" by restaurant management SLG
■Buttercup garden releases store page for "Robot Hospice" that takes care of beloved robots
■Sega releases the fourth installment of the new Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 trailer series, introducing Ciel, who has a dark past behind his smile
■Edia decides to port PC software "Blackish House side A→" as software for Nintendo Switch
■IYAGAMES launches smartphone prison management simulation game "Land of Jail" on April 20th
■Aniplex releases video introducing the playable characters of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Blood Tan 2" "Tamabo" and "Hatsuhaku Ten" and "Kitsukawa Genya" Demon Slayer Corps
■Bungie releases play footage and latest information for the new escape shooter "Marathon" on April 13th... First completely new project in over 10 years
[Anime Information]
■[Anime 1st Review] An anime influencer is serious about the first episode of the new anime that interests you!! [Spring 2025 vol. 1]
■Happinet releases Blu-ray for the first season of the anime "Uma Musume Cinderella Gray" from September 17th! Includes serial code for use in the game "Uma Musume"
■KADOKAWA broadcasts TV anime "Cuckoo's Fiance Season 2" from July! "You de Nakka" sung by 22/7 will be the ending theme
■Bushiroad will release BD-BOX for the TV anime "GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS"! Post campaign for impressions of episode 1 now underway
■Aniplex announces production of the second season of "Too many loser heroines!"
[Ranking]
■[Steam (4/7)] Top of Monster Hunter Wiles and 2nd place "St. 6" Capcom One Two "Path of Exile 2" rises to 6th place, and Netflix anime streaming "Devil May Cry 5" ranks 17th place
■[Google Play (4/7)] "FGO" is currently reissuing a reissue of a slurred event, and Limited S-class agent [ZenZero, which has an exclusive channel for "Trigger", is now in 9th place
■[App Store (4/7)] Poke Poke has won the top spot for 12 days in a row; Bounty Rush, a festival that appears in Garp, has risen to second place; 7th anniversary return to the top 30 Kotodaman
【event】
■Bandai Namco ENT will be broadcasting "Maoryu 3.5th Anniversary Last Minute Live Stream" from 8pm on April 11th!
■EXNOA and KMS hold live broadcasts to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the service launch, and the pre-party campaign is being held.
■Bandai will hold "Ride Camen's 1st Anniversary Party - Masked Party 2025" on June 29th
■Koei Tecmo will be holding live broadcast program "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Road to Hadou" official live broadcast in April #Path to Hadou" from 9:00 p.m. on April 14th
■CESA opens acceptance of general voting for the 2025 "Annual Works Category" from June 9th
■Oink Games releases new board game "Eel or Snake" in May 2025! A psychological battle game that aims to grab many eels
■Diarkis to support real-time communications infrastructure "Diarkis" now compatible with "Nintendo Switch 2"
[BLC/NFT/Metaverse]
■Okakichi holds a "Popularity Voting Campaign" to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the original NFT game "Changokushi!" series
■MOCHIRON, agency agreement to support development support for companies using LINE Mini Dapp
■monoAI begins offering new educational opportunities using the 2D metaverse platform "ZEP" as part of the smart city project promoted by Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
【campaign】
■Game Freak and Wonder Planet implement major updates ahead of the global launch of Pandoland
■Cygames will hold "Battle Stadium" at "Priconne R" from 12:00 on April 8th
■Colopl runs a campaign to celebrate its 13th anniversary with "Pro Baseball PRIDE" - Active players appearing to commemorate the 13th anniversary!
■Asobism holds collaboration with the anime "Made in Abyss" for "Dragon Poker"!
■Asobism holds "New Life Support Mission" with "Castle and Dragon" Get up to 10 "New Life Support Abatama Tickets"
■GungHo holds half-anniversary event at Disney Pixel RPG! New event will feature "Donald Duck and the Magic Toy Factory"
■MIXI holds 7th anniversary event for "Kotodaman"... Grand Kotodaman's "Muon (this is here)" first appearance, "Grand Festival Summon" and login bonuses
■Dorico holds collection event "Easter Magical Egg Hunt" at Disney's location game "Disney STEP"
■DONUTS implements "Ring Ring Ring feat. Himari" opening theme song for the second season of "Himitsu Iipuri" on "D4DJ Groovy Mix"!
■Level Infinite's "Goddess of Victory: NIKKE" is coming soon for the 2.5th anniversary of its official release! The official commemorative live broadcast "Connecting thoughts to the deep sea stage" is coming soon!
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