Kazuya

Image: Junji ItoJunji Ito is one of the biggest horror creators in manga, and his longcareer has led to numerous adaptations of his work. While much of it as of late has been in anime form, several stories such as Scarecrow and Uzumaki have been adapted in live action.Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyThe next manga of his to get the adaptation treatment is Bloodsucking Darkness. Per Variety, the short story of the same name will be brought to film written and executive produced by Jeff Howard (Midnight Mass,…

‘Enough of this Farce’ Bandai Namco has released its first character trailer for fantastic looking fighter Tekken 8 — And, perhaps as it should be, the first combatant to step into the King of Iron Fist Tournament is Tekken’s original protagonist, the nefarious Kazuya Mishima. The flashy, no-nonsense trailer sees the founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu going to work on his offspring and long-time rival Jin Kazama, laying in the spine-bending leg sweeps and spin kicks that wowed arcade goers way back in 1994. Decked to…

Sephiroth and Kazuya are right around the corner Well, Nintendo finally gave us amiibo collectors a lifeline, and revealed the full release date for the Sephiroth and Kazuya figures: January 13, 2023. That’s soon! Amid that announcement, Nintendo has noted that folks should “look forward to the release of Pyra and Mythra,” which is coming at some point in 2023. Based on prior release cadences, Smash amiibo release waves are typically five-ish months apart, but they could be coming out sooner than that. In Japan,…

These late stage amiibo are great looking Thanks to a live showing at the Zurich Pop-Con & Game Show this past weekend, we have a look at the real Sephiroth and Kazuya amiibo models for the first time. Obtained by way of images from Twitter user OctoBoxie (through a conversation with the great amiibo resource Amiibo News), Sepiroth is sporting his signature “winged form” (the term that Smash uses internally), and Kazuya is ready to fight in a battle pose. As you can see from the header image, these look just…

Gundam Evolution, a new multiplayer shooter based on the mech-filled anime series, has a surprising amount of broad appeal. Not only is it being talked about by Gundam fans, but it’s also catching the eye of more casual gamers and even hardcore esports ones as well. If you’ve noticed that audiences seem a little more excited here than they have been for previous Gundam games, that’s exactly the response that the Gundam Evolution team is hoping for. When I found out about the Overwatch-esque title, I had tons some…