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Junnosuke Watanabe built WACK on idols who couldn't sing or dance. In December 2025 he declared defeat and admitted the team had thought TikTok was lame. His last audition camp passed nobody.
Read moreWhat's moving in anime, metal, J-pop and punk right now, told as one sharp take instead of a recap.
Updated Nov 12
Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) has now run in October, December and November across three straight years. Each move followed a venue upgrade, not the calendar settling into a rhythm.
The Yakuza creator's studio ended in a government gazette notice. Its only announced game still has no official fate.
Sepultura's last show lost two-thirds of its capacity two months out. The crowd that turned up filled what was left.
EA closed BioWare on October 21, 2026. A year before Knights of the Old Republic shipped, E3 players couldn't tell when they were even in a fight. BioWare kept the rules and put the combat state on screen.
In 2012 Johnny Rotten let Danny Boyle use Sex Pistols songs at the Olympics after talking to him. In 2021 Boyle's Sex Pistols series ended up in the High Court. The contract never changed.
Barlog directed the game that won Game of the Year. For the sequel, he handed the wheel to someone whose whole toolkit he didn't understand.
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