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Home Made Kazoku Hip Hop Group to Return After 10-Year Hiatus – News
Japanese hip-hop group Home Made Kazoku announced on their official website on Tuesday that the group will return to making music. The announcement noted that the group remains under their old label Ki/oon Music, under Sony Music Labels.
10年ぶりに再始動。
HOME MADE “大”家族はじめます。
SONY Ki/oon Musicより再デビュー決定。2026年5月19日 HOME MADE 家族 pic.twitter.com/rbu0WERySw
— HOME MADE 家族 (@HMKU_Official) May 19, 2026
The group went on a hiatus after “The Last Live” concert on December 29, 2016. Before formally announcing their return, they made a surprise announcement on April 19 of their planned appearances in various music festival this summer, starting with the “Kariya Urban Fes. 2026 To the Max” festival on May 31.
Home Made Kazoku is composed of vocalists Micro and KURO along with DJ U-ICHI, who are all the same age. Micro and KURO both lived in the United States; Micro grew up in Kentucky, while KURO lived in Chicago until he was 12. The group formed in 2004 after the members met during college in Aichi Prefecture and made their debut under a major label in May 19 of that year.
The group has since performed theme songs for Bleach, Eureka Seven, Naruto Shippūden, and Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds. The band released their first three albums independently from 2001 to 2004, before signing on to Ki/oon Records Inc. (now Ki/oon Music) and releasing the rest of their singles and albums through the label. The band released 11th album, Laughin’ Road, in February 2015.
Source: Home Made Kazoku‘s website via Hachima Kikō
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© Masamichi Sato, Kodansha
Manga creator Masamichi Sato announced on Kodansha‘s Comic Days platform on Saturday that the Quality Assurance in Another World manga will go on an extended hiatus as they focus on recovering from being hospitalized for a hernia. The manga will return at a later date to be announced.
Kodansha USA publishes the series in English and describes the story:
You think you’re living a quiet life in the countryside. Then, one day, a dragon shows up, and everything changes—not because of the fire-breathing serpent, but because of Haga, the man who shows up and “debugs” the situation. Can it be that your life is nothing like what you thought? And what, exactly, is “QA?” A thrilling isekai action fantasy from a fresh, new perspective!
Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga digitally and in print. The ongoing manga launched on Kodansha‘s Comic Days service in 2020. Kodansha is shipping the 18th compiled book volume in Japanese on Monday. Kodansha USA will release the 17th volume on August 18.
The television anime premiered on the Animeism B2 block on TBS, MBS, and BS-TBS in July 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and is also streaming an English dub.
Source: Comic Days
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Nihon Falcom and GungHo Online Entertainment streamed a new English-language trailer for Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (Sora no Kiseki the 2nd), the remake of the original The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC game, on Friday.
The game will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, Switch 2, and PC via Steam on September 17.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is a follow-up to Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (Sora no Kiseki the 1st), the remake of the original The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky game.
The company describes the story:
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter follows Estelle as she searches for Joshua and confronts the Enforcers of Ouroboros. Though the struggle centers on Liberl Kingdom, its implications touch the wider continent of Zemuria, drawing Estelle into ancient mysteries, political tensions, and the truth behind Joshua’s past. With the fate of a legendary artifact at stake, Estelle must step up as a young leader, ready to face an enemy whose plans reach far beyond anything she imagined.
The remake has English and Japanese voice support on all platforms. Japanese, English, German, French, and Spanish versions of the text are supported on PC via Steam. English, German, French, and Spanish text language support are available on consoles.
The new English dub cast members include:
The Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remake launched simultaneously worldwide in September 2025 for Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam.
© Nihon Falcom
Nihon Falcom released the original The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC game, the follow-up to The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, on PC in 2006, and then on the PlayStation Portable in 2007, and on the PlayStation 3 in 2013. XSEED Games released the game in English on PSP in October 2015. Nihon Falcom released a remaster of the game titled The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution in Japan in December 2015.
The original version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky debuted in Japan for PC in 2004. The game later received releases on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.
XSEED Games localized and released The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky in 2011 for PlayStation Portable. The game inspired the The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky anime in 2011.
NIS America released The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II (The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II -CRIMSON SiN-) game for Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG in English in February 2025. The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II -CRIMSON SiN- launched for PS4 and PS5 in Japan in September 2022. The game debuted for Switch in Japan under the title The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II for Nintendo Switch in July 2024.
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Square Enix‘s Manga UP! Global app added Majisawa‘s How to Feed a Delinquent Boy (Furyō Shōnen ni Meshi o Kuwasu) manga on Thursday.
Manga UP! describes the story:
Yuri Moriyama is a 27-year-old sales rep who thought she had it all—a successful career and a blissful domestic life making meals for her fiancé of five years. But her happiness crashes down when her fiancé confesses he’s gotten a junior colleague pregnant and breaks off their engagement. That’s when she encounters a starving boy named Shoa. Neither friends nor family, they forge a heartwarming connection, one meal at a time!
The manga launched in Square Enix‘s Big Gangan magazine in July 2024. The company shipped the first compiled volume of the manga in February 25.
Source: Email correspondence
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