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Japan’s Video Game Rankings, April 20-26 – News [2026-05-04]
Tomodachi Life stays at #1, Pragmata for Switch 2 debuts at #3
Japan’s Game Ranking: April 20-26
| Rank | System | Title | Publisher | Release Date | Weekly Copies | Total Copies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSw | Tomodachi Life | Nintendo | April 16 | 178,533 | 743,938 | |
| 2 | NSw 2 | Pokémon Pokopia | Nintendo | March 5 | 17,039 | 927,044 | |
| 3 | NSw 2 | Pragmata | CAPCOM | April 24 | 14,453 | 14,453 | |
| 4 | PS5 | Pragmata | CAPCOM | April 17 | 12,786 | 49,256 | |
| 5 | NSw | Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei Kashoku-den | Idea Factory | April 23 | 7,654 | 7,654 | |
| 6 | NSw 2 | Mario Kart World | Nintendo | June 5, 2025 | 5,537 | 2,906,379 | |
| 7 | NSw 2 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Nintendo | January 15 | 3,695 | 108,612 | |
| 8 | NSw | Minecraft | Nippon Microsoft | June 21, 2018 | 3,378 | 4,193,529 | |
| 9 | NSw | Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru Higashi Nihon-hen + Nishi Nihon-hen | Konami | November 13, 2025 | 3,201 | 343,741 | |
| 10 | NSw | Elminage Original: Yami no Miko to Kamigami no Yubiwa | Mebius | April 23 | 2,882 | 2,882 | |
| 11 | NSw | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Nintendo | March 20, 2020 | 2,843 | 8,426,045 | |
| 12 | NSw | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Nintendo | October 2, 2025 | 2,793 | 169,177 | |
| 13 | NSw | Kingdom’s Return Time Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster | April 23 | Inti Creates | 2,695 | 2,695 | |
| 14 | NSw | Shikigami no Shiro Trilogy | April 23 | Cosmomachia | 2,555 | 2,555 | |
| 15 | NSw | Pokémon Legends: Z-A | Nintendo | October 16, 2025 | 2,310 | 1,640,461 | |
| 16 | NSw | Nintendo Switch Sports | Nintendo | April 29, 2022 | 2,236 | 1,722,742 | |
| 17 | NSw 2 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder + Minna de Rinrin Park | Nintendo | March 26 | 2,165 | 20,932 | |
| 18 | NSw | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Nintendo | December 7, 2018 | 1,974 | 5,903,829 | |
| 19 | NSw | Pokémon Fire Red & Leaf Green (Download Card version) | Nintendo | February 28 | 1,944 | 22,162 | |
| 20 | NSw 2 | Pokémon Legends: Z-A | Nintendo | October 16, 2025 | 1,816 | 1,116,256 |
Source: Famitsu
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Side story debuted in January
© Akaza Samamiya, Kadokawa
Akaza Samamiya announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday the Mr. Mallow Blue: After The Rain side story to the Mr. Mallow Blue manga will end in the next chapter.
The original series focuses on the meetings of various social outcasts, including a fragile girl, a shut-in, and a handsome man who wears a cold expression as a mask.
Samamiya launched the side story in the March issue of Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine, which shipped in January.
Samamiya launched the main manga in Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine in November 2019, and ended the series with the the sixth and final compiled book volume on December 24.
Samamiya launched the Ballad x Opera manga in Asuka in May 2017, and ended it in September 2019. Kadokawa published the manga’s fifth and final volume in November 2019.
Samamiya serialized the Bloody Mary manga series in Asuka from November 2013 until February 2017. Kadokawa published 10 volumes for the manga, and Viz Media published all 10 volumes in English.
Source: Akaza Samamiya‘s X/Twitter account
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
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Side story debuted in January
© Akaza Samamiya, Kadokawa
Akaza Samamiya announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday the Mr. Mallow Blue: After The Rain side story to the Mr. Mallow Blue manga will end in the next chapter.
The original series focuses on the meetings of various social outcasts, including a fragile girl, a shut-in, and a handsome man who wears a cold expression as a mask.
Samamiya launched the side story in the March issue of Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine, which shipped in January.
Samamiya launched the main manga in Kadokawa‘s Asuka magazine in November 2019, and ended the series with the the sixth and final compiled book volume on December 24.
Samamiya launched the Ballad x Opera manga in Asuka in May 2017, and ended it in September 2019. Kadokawa published the manga’s fifth and final volume in November 2019.
Samamiya serialized the Bloody Mary manga series in Asuka from November 2013 until February 2017. Kadokawa published 10 volumes for the manga, and Viz Media published all 10 volumes in English.
Source: Akaza Samamiya‘s X/Twitter account
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
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The 14th and final episode of Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3) television anime announced on Sunday that its second part is scheduled for 2027.
Produced by Studio Bind, the 23-episode first season aired in split cours in Winter 2021 and Fall 2021. The 24-episode second season premiered in two parts, with the first part in Summer 2023 and the second part in Spring 2024. The first part of season 3 aired in 14-episodes in Summer 2026. Funimation and Crunchyroll simulcast the anime series with English subtitles, respectively.
Mushoku Tensei adapts Rifujin na Magonote‘s adventure fantasy light novel, which he penned on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website between November 2012 and April 2015. Kadokawa began printing the novel with illustrations by Sirotaka under its MF Books label in January 2014 and shipped the 26th volume in November 2022.
Yuka Fujikawa began serializing a manga adaptation in Comic Flapper magazine in May 2014. Kadokawa published the 25th volume on September 18.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both the light novel and manga in English and published the 26th light novel volume on March 12. The 23rd manga volume went on sale on March 5, with the 24th volume scheduled for a March 2027 release.
Announcement
Source: Dengeki Online
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