Good Smile Company credit card data breach, Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe Japan locations, and two banks (Comisma, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank) establish an anime production fund! Also, Disney Twisted-Wonderland's second season gets a release date, Pokémon UNITE ends service, and Trigun gets a new novel this winter! Meanwhile in Japan... End of tax-free shopping for tourists, a shoplifting-prevention guard arrested for shoplifting, and Hello Kitty cuts ties with spy drama Vivant due to torture scenes?!

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby concert canceled due to visa issues; Space Battleship Yamato (Uchuu Senkan Yamato) crosses with Love Live! School Idol Project in a new visual, and Bandai Namco Cross Store US and The Gundam Base stores rescheduled openings announced! Also, Shigeru Miyamoto becomes the 1st game creator to receive the Japan Order of Culture award, Ghibli collaborator Joe Hisaishi is named LA Phil composer in residence, and Capcom USA confirms a data breach. Meanwhile in Japan, a man in Suzuka offered 9 million yen for his semen, was conned out of 38 million yen, a fishing website was hit by a data leak, and all 3 users were affected!

New York Comic Con apologizes for ‘repeated disturbance’ during panel; actor slams fan for ‘disrespecting’ his castmates; Street Fighter Movie opens at #1, and Japan Actors Union develops guidelines for generative AI use! Also, a talent agency announced dissolution due to the owner's mental health; new Love Live! anime release date was announced, and an anime studio posted a job listing that encourages generative AI. Meanwhile in Japan... Man arrested for running pet shop with live crocodile among animals, another man gets arrested for being broke and overstaying his visa, a new beer made from udon noodles celebrates Mizusawa food culture, and taxi drivers granted rights to kick out passengers!