Japanese voice actor Kazuki Atsumi, 31, has been arrested by Tokyo police on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Investigators say he met the girl two years earlier while working at a temporary child protection shelter where she had stayed. Police allege the assaults occurred around 30 times at a hotel in Tokyo during May. Reports say Atsumi admitted to the acts and knew the girl was under 16, Japan’s legal age of consent. Atsumi had minor roles in the anime My Dress-Up Darling and Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider. After the arrest, his agency, Mausu Promotion, ended his contract and removed his profile from its website. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which oversees the shelter, apologized for the incident and said it is investigating whether any other children at the facility may have been affected.

‘JUJUTSU KAISEN’ has featured two opening themes by Japanese rock band King Gnu, and both became fan-favorite anime openings. King Gnu, consisting of Daiki Tsuneta, Satoru Iguchi, Kazuki Arai, and Yu Seki, have been making music since 2015 and have built an international following with hits like “Hakujitsu,” “Boy,” “Ichizu,” and “Sakayume,” while also contributing music to anime including Weathering with You, Ranking of Kings, and JUJUTSU KAISEN 0. King Gnu’s distinctive sound, built around heavy basslines, distorted vocals, brass accents, and addictive hooks, fits perfectly with the chaotic nature of Jujutsu Kaisen. Their music brings a frantic, unpredictable energy that mirrors the series’ darker arcs. For the Shibuya Incident, “SPECIALZ” takes on a darker, almost villainous tone, with its chaotic sound and imagery matching the destruction unfolding throughout the arc. For the Culling Game, “AIZO”, meaning “love and hate”, reflects the complicated relationships and brutal death matches at the heart of the arc. MAPPA’s animation further elevated both songs by matching their visuals to King Gnu’s experimental style, making “SPECIALZ” and “AIZO” feel less like openings and more like musical extensions of their respective arcs. King Gnu delivered peak twice, but which one do you prefer: “SPECIALZ” or “AIZO”?

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Kabuki has many kinds of villains. Some are truly evil. Some are noble-born. Some are dangerously beautiful. Some are powerful enough to threaten a country. Some even make people laugh. This Osaka exhibition explores the strange charm of Kabuki’s villain roles.

Persona 6 producer Kazuhisa Wada says Atlus has never tried to make Persona games specifically for the global market. “Our goal has never been simply to make games for the global market. Instead, we’ve always believed in creating the games that we ourselves genuinely find exciting.” Wada says Persona becoming popular worldwide was a result of the team making the games they wanted to make, not trying to appeal to international audiences. Atlus is now putting more focus on localization and quality, but they say the philosophy remains the same, make the games they find exciting.

Persona 4 Revival producer Kazuhisa Wada has confirmed that some of Yosuke’s dialogue has been updated fitting for the “world we live in now." Wada explained, “He’s a little bit insensitive in terms of how he treats outsiders sometimes. So we wanted to lighten that up and make it a little bit more fitting for the world we live in now.” He added that the team didn’t want to change who Yosuke is as a character. Instead, they focused on updating a few lines while keeping his personality and role in the story the same