Nintendo makes 1 November a yearly Pikmin Day and starts a series of Pikmin cartoons, but shows no new game

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1. 01

   Nintendo makes 1 November a yearly Pikmin Day and starts a series of Pikmin cartoons, but shows no new game

   11.1

   Pikmin Day's date, chosen because three Pikmin side by side look like it

   the first Pikmin game came out in October 2001 [2]

   72

   Dandori Academy stages coming to Pikmin 4 on Switch 2

   timed tests run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday [3]

   12 November

   the day Pikmin 4's Switch 2 version goes on sale

   a free demo opens on 2 November [2]

   What happened

   • Nintendo said on Saturday that 1 November will be Pikmin Day, every year from now on. [3]
   • Shigeru Miyamoto, who created Mario, announced it in a surprise video of about nine minutes. [2]
   • The video showed no new Pikmin game. [4]
   • Miyamoto picked the date because three Pikmin standing side by side look like 11.1. [3]
   • 'Going forward, I want people to know more about Pikmin,' Miyamoto said. [4]
   • Nintendo also began Hello! Pikmin, a series of short Pikmin cartoons. [3]
   • The first shows a red Pikmin trying to steal a baseball from a hungry toad. [3]
   • A second short was due on 1 November, and a third follows later in November. [1]
   • From December, Nintendo plans one new short every month. [1]
   • Pikmin 4 gets a new version for Nintendo's Switch 2 console on 12 November. [2]
   • Players can call orders to Oatchi, the game's puppy-like helper, through the console's microphone. [3]
   • A new mode, Dandori Academy, sets timed tests every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. [3]
   • Each weekend test counts one scored try, and players can practise it during the week. [4]
   • Leaderboards let players compare scores, and 72 stages will be added over time. [3]
   • A free demo opens on 2 November, and its saves carry over to the full game. [2]
   • Pikmin Bloom, Nintendo's Pikmin game for phones since 2021, gets Secret Caves this winter. [2]
   • Players send their Pikmin into caves to fight creatures and collect treasure. [3]
   • The maps to those caves can also be won in Pikmin 4's Dandori Academy tests. [3]
   • Miyamoto also named Fuka Koshiba, a Japanese actor, as a spokesperson for Pikmin. [3]
   • She knits Pikmin hats, and he wants her to build more excitement about Pikmin. [2]

   Who is involved

   Pikmin is a Nintendo puzzle-strategy series that is now 25 years old. [3]

   In the games, players command an army of tiny, colourful plant-like creatures. [2]

   Miyamoto is making them with a Nintendo team called Nintendo Pictures. [3]

   • Shigeru Miyamoto the Nintendo designer who created Mario; he announced Pikmin Day
   • Nintendo Pictures a Nintendo team; it makes the Hello! Pikmin cartoons with Miyamoto
   • Fuka Koshiba a Japanese actor who knits Pikmin hats; Pikmin's new spokesperson
   • Nintendo a yearly promotion date

   How it unfolded

   It is not a birthday: the first Pikmin came out in Japan in October 2001. [2]

   They follow Close to You, a Pikmin short released a year ago to strong interest. [3]

   1. Oct 2001 first Pikmin game, in Japan
   2. 1 Nov the first Pikmin Day
   3. 1 Nov second short
   4. Later in Nov third short
   5. From Dec one a month
   6. 2021 Pikmin Bloom on phones
   7. This winter Secret Caves
   8. 1 Nov Pikmin Day
   9. 2 Nov free demo
   10. 12 Nov Switch 2 version on sale
   11. Oct 2001 the first Pikmin game comes out in Japan [2]
   12. A year ago Nintendo Pictures releases the short Close to You [3]
   13. 31 Oct Miyamoto announces Pikmin Day in a surprise video [2]
   14. 1 Nov the first Pikmin Day; a second Hello! Pikmin short [1]
   15. 2 Nov free demo of Pikmin 4's Switch 2 version [2]
   16. 12 Nov Pikmin 4's Switch 2 version goes on sale [2]

   Why it matters

   Pikmin Day falls on 1 November; the Switch 2 version goes on sale on 12 November. [2]

   Kotaku notes the new holiday comes just before that Switch 2 version goes on sale. [4]

   How it works

   Nintendo set the date and filmed a show for it, giving games sites something to report. [2]

   Media scholars call that a pseudo-event: something staged mainly so that it gets reported. [2]

   The truth

   • What is really going on Nintendo made up a yearly Pikmin Day, eleven days before it sells a Switch 2 version of Pikmin 4, and announced it in a video of about nine minutes with no new game. [2][4]
   • Why it works on people Calling it a holiday makes a promotion sound like a gift to players, so the sales date inside it is easy to miss. [4]
   • Nintendo gets a yearly date to promote Pikmin without having to show a new game. [4]
   • Nobody outside Nintendo knows if a new Pikmin game is coming; the video gave no hint. [2]
   • Who gains Nintendo — It now has a yearly date for Pikmin news, which this year lands just before a new version goes on sale. [2][4]
   • Nobody knows yet

     Whether a new Pikmin game is coming.

     Nintendo gave no hint of one in the Pikmin Day video. [2]

1. 02

   Call of Duty lags on Switch 2

   What happened

   • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reacts more slowly on Nintendo's Switch 2 than on PS5. [5]
   • In handheld mode, the Switch 2 took 100 milliseconds to respond; a PS5 took 49.1. [5]
   • Plugged into a TV, the Switch 2 took 81 milliseconds. [5]
   • IGN says that puts Switch 2 players at a disadvantage in online matches. [5]

   Who is involved

   Digital Foundry, which analyses how games perform, measured the delay after each button press. [5]

   A specialist studio, Digital Legends, made the Switch 2 version with Infinity Ward. [5]

   • Digital Legends made the Switch 2 version
   • Infinity Ward the series' main studio

   How it unfolded

   It is the first Call of Duty on a Nintendo console since Ghosts in 2013. [5]

   Microsoft promised in 2022 to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo for ten years. [5]

   The promise helped win approval for its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. [5]

   1. 2013 Ghosts, the last one on Nintendo
   2. Now Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2

   Why it matters

   However fast a Switch 2 player presses the trigger, the console responds later, IGN says. [5]

   How it works

   Competition lawyers call a promise like Microsoft's a behavioural remedy: a pledge about future conduct. [5]

   Microsoft made it while regulators were deciding whether to approve the purchase. [5]

   The truth

   • Nintendo owners get a new Call of Duty, the first on their consoles since 2013. [5]
   • In online matches, they pay for it with slower reactions than PS5 players. [5]
   • Who gains Microsoft — It has kept its 2022 promise to regulators and now sells Call of Duty to Nintendo players too. [5]
   • Who pays Switch 2 Call of Duty players — Their console responds about twice as slowly as a PS5 in handheld online matches. [5]
   • Nobody knows yet

     Whether an update can shorten the delay on Switch 2.

     Digital Foundry measured the delay, but IGN's report gives no fix from Activision or the port studio. [5]

1. 03

   Save Mass Effect painted on EA's Madrid office

   What happened

   • 'Save Mass Effect' was spray-painted outside EA's office in Madrid, Spain, a Reddit user showed. [6]
   • The Madrid office mostly works on EA's sports games, not Mass Effect. [7]
   • A fan petition to save the series has passed 290,000 signatures. [6]
   • Fans also paid for a Times Square billboard and plan one outside The Game Awards. [6]
   • Some fans cheered the graffiti; others were not convinced spray paint would change EA's mind. [6]

   How it unfolded

   EA, the games publisher, closed BioWare, the studio that made Mass Effect, this month. [7]

   With the studio gone, the next Mass Effect game was cancelled. [6]

   Bloomberg reported that EA put a Star Wars game ahead of the next Mass Effect. [6]

   Why it matters

   Kotaku judges that none of this is likely to change EA's decision. [7]

   How it works

   Economist Albert Hirschman called a customer's two choices exit and voice: leave, or complain. [6]

   Mass Effect fans are trying both: calls for a boycott, and a petition with billboards. [6]

   Why companies make up a day for the news to report

   Media scholars call it a pseudo-event: something planned mainly so that it gets reported, like a made-up holiday or a premiere.

   The twist

   Nothing new happened to Pikmin on 1 November. Nintendo chose the date, filmed a show for it, and the news followed.

   The picture

   Oct 2001First Pikmin game

   vsvs

   1 NovPikmin Day

   Step by step

   1. 1 News needs something that happened on a given day
   2. 2 So a company with nothing new to show plans a happening: a day, a premiere, a surprise release
   3. 3 It picks a date people will remember, like 11.1 for three Pikmin
   4. 4 Reporters write it up, because it is dated, on the record and easy to show
   5. 5 The reports put the product in front of people just before it goes on sale

   The same force, elsewhere today

   Where this chain is also running, in today's other stories.

   • Save Mass Effect painted on EA's Madrid office

     Fans paid for a Times Square billboard and plan another outside The Game Awards: events made to be photographed and reported.

   • Godzilla Minus Zero reaches Tokyo, then cinemas

     Toho held premieres in Los Angeles and at the Tokyo festival, and Japanese TV showed Minus One, all in the days before it opens.

   • HBO Max drops a surprise It episode

     HBO Max released an unannounced episode on Halloween, so the release itself was the news.

   • A ghost-dog manga gets a TV anime

     The anime was announced on 1 November because Japan calls it Wan Wan Wan Day, after a dog's bark.

   Where you've seen this

   Ribbon cuttings

   a mayor cuts a ribbon at a road already built, so the cameras have a moment to film

   Awareness days

   a charity names a day each year so its cause gets a news story on that date

   Phone launch events

   a maker unveils its new phone on a stage at a set hour, so every outlet reports at once

   The catch

   A staged event can still hold real news, like Pikmin 4's free demo on 2 November, so the useful question is what in it is new.

   And the whole of it

   Nintendo needed a date, games sites needed a story, and fans wanted something to share. All three helped make Pikmin Day news. This edition leads with it, so Day Lila helped too.

   The truth

   • What is really going on Elsewhere in the day, the owners of games and films set the terms: Paramount's deadline ended a licensed game, Bethesda's rules bind the fan remake Skyblivion, and EA has not moved on Mass Effect despite 290,000 signatures. [18][16][6]
   • No billboard or graffiti has changed EA's plans so far, IGN reports. [6]
   • Nobody knows yet

     Whether EA will ever revive or sell Mass Effect.

     Petitions, billboards and graffiti have not changed EA's course so far. [6][7]

1. 04

   Wildwood passes $25 million; Street Fighter slows

   What happened

   • Wildwood, LAIKA's stop-motion film, took about $6.8 million in its second North American weekend. [10]
   • That brings its total to about $25 million after ten days. [10]
   • Its first week took $18.3 million, more than Kubo and the Two Strings' $17 million. [11]
   • Paramount's Street Fighter film took $3.5 million in its third weekend, for $53 million in all. [10]
   • In its second week, Street Fighter's takings fell 70%, Deadline reports. [11]
   • TheWrap counts Street Fighter among October films that have faltered. [10]

   How it unfolded

   Kubo, an earlier LAIKA film, ended with $48 million in North America. [9]

   Wildwood cost a reported $100 million to make. [8]

   Why it matters

   LAIKA must earn back $100 million, and Cartoon Brew says one decent weekend is not enough. [8]

   How it works

   Box-office analysts judge a film by its hold: how little it falls the next weekend. [8]

   Fathom projected a 35-43% fall for Wildwood, in line with earlier LAIKA films. [8]

   The truth

   • Fathom Entertainment, its distributor, added 150 screens for the second weekend, which helps the hold. [8]
   • Cartoon Brew says it is too early to know if Wildwood will earn back its cost. [8]
   • Nobody knows yet

     How much Wildwood really took in its second weekend.

     Its distributor Fathom projected $7 million to $8 million, while TheWrap's estimate is about $6.8 million; final counts come after the weekend. [8][10]

   Good news

   • Wildwood, LAIKA's $100 million stop-motion film, took $18.3 million in its first week, more than Kubo and the Two Strings did.
2. 05

   Godzilla Minus Zero reaches Tokyo, then cinemas

   What happened

   • Godzilla Minus Zero, from the Japanese studio Toho, opens in Japan on 3 November. [13]
   • It reaches North American cinemas three days later, on 6 November. [13]
   • On 1 November it was the gala film of the Tokyo International Film Festival. [13]
   • Its stars flew back from the Los Angeles premiere, where applause ran without a break. [12]
   • Minus Zero is the first Japanese film certified as 'Filmed for Imax'. [12]

   How it unfolded

   It follows Godzilla Minus One, which won the Oscar for visual effects. [12]

   Minus One took more than 7.65 billion yen, about $50 million, in Japan. [12]

   Japanese TV showed Minus One on the Friday before the sequel's festival screening. [12]

   Its world premiere was at the New York Film Festival on 26 September. [13]

   1. 3 Nov opens in Japan
   2. 6 Nov opens in North America
   3. 26 Sep New York premiere
   4. 1 Nov Tokyo gala

   Why it matters

   Fans in Japan and North America get the film within days of each other. [13]

   How it works

   Toho held premieres in Los Angeles and at the Tokyo festival, and Japanese TV showed Minus One, all in the days before it opens.

   The idea, in story 03: Why companies make up a day for the news to report →

   The truth

   • Nobody knows yet whether Minus Zero will match Minus One's 7.65 billion yen in Japan. [12]
   • Nobody knows yet

     Whether Godzilla Minus Zero can match its predecessor.

     Minus One took more than 7.65 billion yen in Japan; the sequel only opens on 3 November. [12][13]

3. 06

   Footage of a Persona remake leaks

   What happened

   • About two minutes of what looks like a remake of the first Persona game appeared online. [14]
   • A YouTube account created in 2010, with only two older videos, posted it. [14]
   • One character uses the same summon animation as in Atlus's coming Persona 4 Revival. [15]
   • Persona 4 Revival, Atlus's remake of the fourth game, comes out on 18 February 2027. [14]
   • Sega has not confirmed the footage; IGN asked it for comment. [14]

   Who is involved

   Persona is a role-playing series from the game companies Atlus and Sega. [14]

   • Atlus makes Persona
   • Sega publishes it

   How it unfolded

   Atlus already remade the third game, as Persona 3 Reload, in 2024. [14]

   In August, Atlus producer Kazuhisa Wada called remaking the first games something 'we have to do'. [14]

   1. 2024 Persona 3 Reload
   2. Feb 2027 Persona 4 Revival
   3. June Persona 6 images leak
   4. September Persona 6 trophy list leaks
   5. Now Persona remake footage

   Why it matters

   Leaks keep hitting Atlus: Persona 6 images leaked in June, and a trophy list in September. [14]

   The truth

   • Nobody outside Sega knows when the footage was made; it may be a pitch video. [14]
   • Nobody knows yet

     Whether the Persona remake footage is real, and how old it is.

     Sega has not commented, and the footage could be a recent build or an old pitch video. [14][15]

4. 07

   Skyblivion fans face a volunteer's legal threat

   What happened

   • A former volunteer is threatening legal action against Skyblivion, a fan-made remake of Oblivion. [16]
   • After the volunteer left, the team lost access to the original files of that code. [16]
   • So it worked backwards from the finished program to fix bugs, which started the dispute. [16]
   • The team says the volunteer then demanded its leaders' real names and home addresses. [16]
   • It has removed that code and rebuilt the system from scratch. [16]
   • It is not clear whether a lawsuit has actually been filed. [16]

   Who is involved

   Oblivion is Bethesda's 2006 Elder Scrolls role-playing game. [16]

   Volunteers are rebuilding it in Skyrim's engine, the software that runs Skyrim. [16]

   • A former volunteer threatens legal action
   • Skyblivion's team fan volunteers
   • Rebelzize Skyblivion's project lead

   How it unfolded

   Bethesda lets the project go on as long as it replaces everything taken from Oblivion. [16]

   1. 2025 first planned
   2. 2026 now planned

   Why it matters

   Project lead Rebelzize asked lawyers to help for free, and has paid help lined up. [17]

   Skyblivion had already slipped from 2025 into 2026. [17]

   How it works

   Intellectual property lawyers would ask what permission came with the code when it was donated. [17]

   The truth

   • The volunteer is unnamed, and only the team's side of events has been published. [17]
   • Who pays Skyblivion's volunteer leaders — They face legal threats and a demand for their home addresses, and rebuilt a whole system from scratch. [16]
   • Nobody knows yet

     Whether the former Skyblivion volunteer has actually sued.

     The team says the volunteer is attempting to, but no filing has been shown, and only the team's account has been published. [16][17]

5. 08

   A cancelled Paranormal Activity game, given away free

   What happened

   • Brian Clarke, maker of the horror game The Mortuary Assistant, released Playable Archive free this week. [18]
   • It is a 30-to-45-minute slice of his cancelled game based on the Paranormal Activity films. [18]
   • Clarke, working alone, asked for a small extension to finish it; Paramount said no. [18]
   • Rather than rush it, Clarke, DreadXP and Paramount agreed to end the game. [18]
   • Paramount let him keep his work, so he removed the branding and gave it away. [18]

   Who is involved

   Clarke had pitched it through the publisher DreadXP to Paramount, the studio behind the films. [18]

   • Brian Clarke solo developer
   • DreadXP publisher
   • Paramount the films' studio

   How it unfolded

   It was announced as Paranormal Activity: Threshold in November last year. [18]

   Why it matters

   Eurogamer suggests Paramount wanted the game out for Halloween this year. [18]

   The truth

   • Clarke had spent about two years on a game that will now never be finished. [18]
   • Who gains Paramount — It held its deadline and kept control of its films' name; the game that came out carries none of its branding. [18]
   • Who pays Brian Clarke — He spent about two years on a Paranormal Activity game that will never be finished. [18]

   Good news

   • Players can now try part of the cancelled game for free. [18]
   • Brian Clarke gave away part of his cancelled Paranormal Activity game free as Playable Archive, and has started a new Mortuary Assistant game.

   What comes next

   He has started work on a new Mortuary Assistant game. [18]

6. 09

   HBO Max drops a surprise It episode

   What happened

   • HBO Max released a surprise 30-minute episode of It: Welcome to Derry for Halloween. [20]
   • The episode, A Story of Derry, is set hundreds of years before the first season. [19]
   • Nothing had been announced, though fans had heard rumours that a bonus episode was filmed. [19]

   Who is involved

   Welcome to Derry is an HBO horror series set before the 2017 and 2019 It films. [20]

   How it unfolded

   The series began on HBO Max on 26 October 2025. [20]

   1. Hundreds of years before A Story of Derry
   2. Later season one
   3. Oct 2025 season one
   4. Halloween surprise episode
   5. Late 2027 or 2028 season two

   Why it matters

   Season two is unlikely before late 2027, so the episode fills a long gap. [19]

   How it works

   IGN calls it a shadow drop: a release that arrives with no warning. [19]

   HBO Max released an unannounced episode on Halloween, so the release itself was the news.

   The idea, in story 03: Why companies make up a day for the news to report →

   What comes next

   Its second season, set in 1935, is expected in late 2027 or 2028. [20]

7. 10

   Dune: Awakening gets a free snowy expansion

   What happened

   • Funcom will add Blood and Ice, a free expansion, to Dune: Awakening on 1 December. [21]
   • The new map, the Polar Sink, is frozen, so players must hunt for heat instead. [21]
   • Funcom says the expansion adds about 35 hours of play. [21]
   • Funcom has also opened a shop in the game selling cosmetic items. [21]

   Who is involved

   Funcom is a Norwegian studio; Dune: Awakening is its online survival game set on Arrakis. [21]

   • Funcom Norwegian studio
   • Dune: Awakening online survival game

   How it unfolded

   Funcom recently cut staff to work only on the games it already runs. [21]

   1. November offline single-player
   2. 1 Dec Blood and Ice
   3. January play across machines

   Why it matters

   Players get the new map free; Funcom says it will keep expanding the game through 2027. [21]

   How it works

   Economists call it cross-subsidy: a free product sits beside one that earns, like this shop. [21]

   The truth

   • Funcom has not said how many staff it laid off when it changed course. [21]
   • Who pays Funcom's staff — Some lost their jobs when Funcom chose to work only on the games it already runs. [21]

   What comes next

   An offline single-player mode comes in November, and play across different machines in January. [21]

8. 11

   Idoly Pride's phone game will close

   What happened

   • Idoly Pride, a Japanese phone game, will end its online service on 1 March. [22]
   • Before then, an update will add an offline version of the game. [22]

   Who is involved

   Its maker, QualiArts, belongs to CyberAgent, which also owns Cygames, another game maker. [22]

   • QualiArts makes the game
   • CyberAgent owns QualiArts and Cygames
   • CAAnimation CyberAgent's animation label

   How it unfolded

   The game launched for iPhone and Android in June 2021. [22]

   The Idoly Pride project also had a TV anime in 2021 and a manga. [22]

   The anime was the first made by CyberAgent's own animation label, CAAnimation. [22]

   1. June 2021 game launches
   2. 1 March online service ends

   Why it matters

   Players will keep a version they can still open after the online service ends. [22]

   How it works

   Japanese firms call this a media mix: one story told as game, anime and manga. [22]

   The truth

   • Players lose the online parts on 1 March and keep only the offline version. [22]

   Good news

   • Idoly Pride's players will keep an offline version of the game after its online service ends on 1 March.
9. 12

   Fan tools for Alien: Isolation reach 1.0

   What happened

   • OpenCAGE, fan-made tools for changing the horror game Alien: Isolation, reached version 1.0 on Steam. [23]
   • Matt Filer has worked on them for nine years, after two and a half years' prototypes. [23]
   • They now let players make whole new maps, missions, characters and weapons. [23]
   • Filer is building a Halo-themed map to show what the tools can do. [23]

   Who is involved

   Alien: Isolation is Creative Assembly's horror game, just voted scariest by PC Gamer's readers. [23]

   • Creative Assembly made Alien: Isolation

   How it unfolded

   1. Now OpenCAGE 1.0
   2. Likely 2027 Alien: Isolation 2

   Why it matters

   Tools like these let players keep making new things for an old game. [23]

   How it works

   Players call fan-made changes to a game mods; OpenCAGE is the toolkit for making them. [23]

   The truth

   • Creative Assembly's old game gets new maps and missions its studio did not build. [23]

   Good news

   • One fan's nine years of work now lets anyone build full new games inside Alien: Isolation. [23]
   • After nine years of work, Matt Filer's free OpenCAGE tools now let anyone build whole new maps, missions and characters for Alien: Isolation.

   What comes next

   A sequel, Alien: Isolation 2, is likely to arrive some time in 2027, PC Gamer says. [23]

10. 13

    A 1992 Japanese zombie game reaches Steam

    What happened

    • Dead of the Brain, a 1992 Japanese zombie adventure game, got its first official English release. [24]
    • It came out on Steam this weekend, published by FAKKU. [24]
    • FAKKU cut a few racier scenes to avoid a harsher age rating on Steam. [24]
    • A free patch from FAKKU's own website puts them back. [24]

    Who is involved

    FAKKU is a long-running website for adult manga and games. [24]

    How it unfolded

    It first ran on the PC-98, a series of Japanese home computers. [24]

    1. 1992 PC-98 original
    2. This weekend on Steam, in English

    Why it matters

    Thousands of PC-98 games exist, and fan translators have reached only a few of them. [24]

    The truth

    • English-speaking players can now buy the game legally for the first time. [24]
    • Steam's buyers get a cut version; the full one needs FAKKU's own patch. [24]
    • Who gains FAKKU — It sells a 1992 Japanese game to English-speaking players for the first time, with cuts that suit Steam's age rating. [24]

    Good news

    • Dead of the Brain, a Japanese zombie game from 1992, can now be bought in English for the first time.

    What comes next

    FAKKU will next publish Dengeki Nurse, a 1992 role-playing game. [24]

11. 14

    A ghost-dog manga gets a TV anime

    What happened

    • Shiba Inu Rooms, a manga, will become a TV anime series in summer 2027. [25]
    • It follows Kori, a high schooler whose new flat is haunted by a Shiba Inu's ghost. [25]
    • It was announced on 1 November, Wan Wan Wan Day, named after a dog's bark. [25]
    • Shueisha, its Japanese publisher, prints the ninth book on 4 November. [25]
    • Viz Media sells it in English, and shipped the first printed book on 1 September. [25]

    Who is involved

    Osamu Yamasaki will direct it at the studio TMS Entertainment. [25]

    • Osamu Yamasaki director
    • TMS Entertainment animation studio

    How it unfolded

    Esu Omori's manga has run on Shonen Jump+ since June 2024. [25]

    1. June 2024 manga starts on Shonen Jump+
    2. 4 Nov book nine
    3. Summer 2027 TV anime

    Why it matters

    Like Pikmin Day, the date was chosen for what it sounds like, not for a birthday. [25]

    How it works

    The anime was announced on 1 November because Japan calls it Wan Wan Wan Day, after a dog's bark.

    The idea, in story 03: Why companies make up a day for the news to report →

    The truth

    • No streaming service outside Japan has been named for the anime yet. [25]
12. 15

    Romelia War Chronicle's second part dated

    What happened

    • The anime Romelia War Chronicle will air its second part from April 2027. [26]
    • Its first part began in October, streaming in Japan on U-NEXT, Anime Times and Netflix. [26]
    • Hiro Shimono will sing the ending song of the second part. [26]

    Who is involved

    Crunchyroll, an anime streaming service, has streamed it as it airs. [26]

    It adapts Ryo Ariyama's novels about Romelia, a young woman who builds her own army. [26]

    • U-NEXT streams it in Japan
    • Anime Times streams it in Japan
    • Netflix streams it in Japan

    How it unfolded

    The story began in 2019 as a web novel, before being published in print. [26]

    1. 2019 web novel
    2. October anime part one
    3. Apr 2027 anime part two

    Why it matters

    Viewers who started in October will wait until April 2027 for the rest. [26]

    How it works

    The anime runs for two parts, called cours, of about three months each. [26]