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eBay Rejects GameStop’s Acquisition Bid – News

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eBay board chair: GameStop’s May 3 proposal is “neither credible nor attractive”



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The e-commerce service eBay announced on Tuesday that it is rejecting the GameStop retail chain’s unsolicited acquisition proposal following a review with its financial and legal advisors.

Paul S. Pressler, the chair of eBay’s board of directors, announced the decision in a letter addressed to GameStop CEO, Ryan Cohen. He called the proposal “neither credible nor attractive” due to eBay’s standalone prospects, the uncertainty regarding the financing proposal, the impact on eBay’s long-term growth and profitability, and more factors.

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GameStop submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of eBay at US$125 per share in cash and common stock at 50% each with full shareholder election rights on May 3.

GameStop currently has a 5% economic stake in eBay through derivatives and beneficial ownership of common stock. The company’s acquisition proposal is a 46% premium to eBay’s unaffected closing price on February 4 (when the company began acquiring shares in eBay) and a 20% premium over the closing price of eBay’s stock on Friday. News outlet GameSpot reported that GameStop has a market cap of around $12 billion and eBay has a market cap of $46 billion.

According to GameStop, Cohen has led the company since January 2021. The company appointed Cohen as Executive Chairman of the board in June 2023. He assumed the position after the company terminated Matthew Furlong as CEO, hiring Mark Robinson under the title of General Manager to be the company’s principal executive officer. The company’s sales declined 10% in the first quarter of the fiscal year in 2023 and adopted aggressive cost-cutting to narrow its losses in the previous fiscal year but still lost US$300 million.

Since 2019, GameStop has closed over 800 stores worldwide.

French-Canadian entrepreneur Stephen Tetrault acquired Electronics Boutique Canada inc. from GameStop Global Holdings S.A.R.L. in May 2025 and rebranded the stores as EB Games Canada.

Source: PR Newswire via @Wario64


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Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers Anime Streams 1st Promo Video – News

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The staff for the television anime of Isle Osaki‘s Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kōryaku, or Clear the world like a game with the zero believers goddess) light novel series started streaming the anime’s first promotional video on Wednesday. The video previews the opening theme song “Mirai no Ashiato” (Footprints of the Future) by artist 310 (read as Satō).


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J-Novel Club licensed both the novel series and its manga adaptation, and it describes the story:

Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite. Makoto’s stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates’…he’s even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he’s given only ten years to live!

Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto’s dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah’s blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she’s been trapped. By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end!

The anime will star:

Riki Fukushima (Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls, Skate-Leading Stars, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. season 2) is directing the anime at HORNETS. Tōko Machida (Tamayomi: The Baseball Girls, My Master Has No Tail) is writing and supervising the series’ scripts. Noriko Itō (Undead Murder Farce) is designing the characters, while Minoru Tanaka is the sub-character designer. Itō and Tanaka are also the chief animation directors along with Yoshihiro Nagamori, who is also the monster designer. Chiharu Nishimura is the prop designer. Nobuaki Kikuchi is the CG director. Chiho Nakamura and Masao Ōba are the color designers. Yasutoshi Kawai is the art director. Ayumu Kaikiri (Studio Twinkle) is the compositing director of photography. Takahiro Adachi (IMAGICA EMS) is in charge of editing. Hiroto Morishita is the sound director, while Dax Production is credited for sound production. AstroNoteS is composing the music.

Suupeas will perform the ending theme song “Fall in Dream.”

The anime will preniere on October 11 on the BS Asahi channel, and will stream simultaneously on the d Anime Store, U-NEXT, and Anime Hōdai streaming services at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT). The anime will also run on the Tokyo MX and AT-X channels.

Osaki began the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō service in May 2018. Overlap Bunko began publishing the novel series in March 2019. The novels ended in its 14th volume, which shipped on September 20. Hakuto Shiroi launched the manga adaptation on the Comic Gardo service in April 2020. Overlap will publish the manga’s 11th compiled book volume on October 8. J-Novel Club published the novel’s 12th volume in English in October 2024.

Source: Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers anime’s X/Twitter account via Ota-Suke


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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Lego Unveils Dragon Ball’s Shenron Set – Interest

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Complete with 7 Dragon Balls & Son Goku riding his Kintoun cloud



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Days after Lego Japan teased a Dragon Ball set, the toy brick company officially pulled the wraps off a new set inspired by the legendary anime and manga series. The new Lego Icons Dragon Ball Shenron & Goku set includes the seven Dragon Balls and series protagonist Son Goku riding his Kintoun cloud. Lego Japan even used the iconic Shenron quote, “State your wish. I shall only grant one.”

The set will ship on November 4 for US$179.99. Lego Insider members will have early access to the set on November 1.

The set will include 1,764 pieces and a Kid Goku minifigure, which the builder can reposition on the set to “create various storytelling moments, honouring the bond between Goku and Shenron while giving fans the freedom to shape their own story through the model’s display options.”

Lego Japan teased the Lego Icons Dragon Ball Shenron & Goku set on September 22.

Lego is no stranger to anime, manga, and similar stories. In January 2025, Lego announced sets based on the live-action One Piece series, and unveiled a KPop Demon Hunters Lego set last February. Lego and Netflix further announced a two-part Lego One Piece animated special in April 2026. The special released on Tuesday.

The late Akira Toriyama‘s Dragon Ball manga ran in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump imprint from 1984 to 1995, and is still inspiring manga and anime sequels and spinoffs today. The Dragon Ball Super: Beerus television anime series will begin airing on the Fuji TV channel and its affiliates on October 11 at 11:15 p.m. (10:15 a.m. EDT).

Sources: Press release, Lego Japan’s X/Twitter account, Lego’s website


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Mazenchu Anime Posts Opening Video Narrated by Actress First Summer Uika – News

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The staff for the television anime of TORCH‘s Mazenchu character brand announced on Wednesday that actress First Summer Uika is providing the anime’s opening narration. The staff also began streaming the anime’s opening video with Uika’s narration:  

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Mazenchu is set in a school where all kinds of food can live out their youth and form friendships, rivalries, and bittersweet romances.

The cast includes:

Ebi created the Mazenchu characters. Yūsuke Takase (CG on Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King, Halo Legends, Detroit Metal City) is directing the anime at Studio Nanahoshi. The studio dugout is producing the sound, and Aiin is producing the music. BONJIN is the offline editor. Liberty Animation Studio produced the opening animation. Sayo Kawase is the executive producer, and TORCH is planning and producing the project.

The anime will begin airing on October 7 as the first original anime within Kansai TV‘s morning news and lifestyle program Yoidon!

Sources: Mazenchu anime’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie

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