Suzuki voices second son of Benfield family, Hugo

The staff for the television anime of Sho Kasugai‘s Millennium Family (Odoru Sennen Kazoku) manga announced on Thursday that Ryōta Suzuki will voice the character Hugo, the second son of the Benfield family.

The anime will air on TBS and other stations.

The anime will star Rikuya Yasuda as the protagonist Theo, and Katsuyuki Konishi as Hayden, the eldest of the Benfield family.

Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!/2wei Herz!/3rei!!, Chaos;Child, The Rising of The Shield Hero Season 2) is directing the anime at PartsCraft, and is also supervising the scripts. Hiroshi Yoneda (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow) is the character designer and chief animation director.

AI localization company Orange Inc.‘s e-bookstore service emaqi licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Seven immortal siblings born in England possess humanity’s ultimate dream: eternal life. But their gift makes them targets for the criminal underworld, corrupt hospitals, and international military organizations!

After centuries apart, this extraordinary family reunites for a thrilling new chapter in their lives.

Kasugai launched the manga in Shōnengahōsha‘s Young King Ours magazine in March 2021. Shōnengahōsha released the manga’s ninth compiled book volume on July 30.

Source: Press release

Nintendo announced during the Nintendo Direct livestream on Wednesday that the Switch 2 edition of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 RPG will feature a new Heroes’ Vault mode, and a new character Shimmer. 

The Heroes’ Vault mode includes roguelite gameplay where players unlock new upgrades as they defeat enemies.

The Switch 2 edition launches on December 3 physically and digitally. Players who own the original game on the Nintendo Switch can buy an upgrade pack.

The Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 launched digitally along with an upgrade pack on July 30 and will launch physically on October 1.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition’s Switch 2 Edition launched digitally alongside an upgrade pack for owners of the Switch version on June 9, and a physical version shipped on July 30. The Switch 2 Edition has new features, including a high-speed vehicle, racing modes, new equipment designs, and voiceover for Heart-to-heart scenes. The game has 4K resolution and full HD in handheld mode, with a framerate of 60fps.

Xenoblade Genesis, a new game in Nintendo‘s Xenoblade series, will launch for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. 

Nintendo released the original Xenoblade Chronicles for Nintendo Wii in Japan in 2010, Europe in 2011, and North America in 2012. Nintendo released Xenoblade Chronicles 3D for the New Nintendo 3DS in April 2015 in North America and Europe. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, the Switch remake of the original game, launched in May 2020. 

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 shipped for Switch in December 2017. The game got a prequel expansion titled Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country in September 2018. The expansion was available as a separate purchase.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launched for Switch in July 2022, alongside its first expansion pass. The second expansion pass wave debuted in October 2022. Wave 3 — which included a new Challenge Battle mode, a new hero character, new quests, and new outfits — debuted in February 2023. Wave 4 launched in April 2023.

Nintendo‘s Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, a Switch version of the original 2015 Wii U action open-world role-playing game, launched in March 2025. Monolith Soft’s Xenoblade Chronicles X “spiritual successor” shipped for the Wii U system in December 2015. The game debuted in April 2015 in Japan as Xenoblade X. The game received a Switch 2 Edition on February 19.

Sources: Nintendo of America‘s YouTube channel, Nintendo Direct livestream

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced on Wednesday that it will no longer publish Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions‘ Physint action espionage game. On the same day, Microsoft‘s Xbox Game Studios announced that it is taking over publishing for the game.

Kojima elaborated on his X/Twitter account on the same day that he got a notice from SIE in mid-June earlier this year that SIE was canceling Physint. Kojima and his game studio spent the last three months searching for a new partner for the game project, eventually landing on Xbox Game Studios.

Kojima and Kojima Productions are also developing the new horror game OD KNOCK alongside Xbox Game Studios.

Physint will star Australian actress and model Charlee Fraser (Anyone but You, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Korean-American actor and producer Don Lee (Train to Busan, Eternals), and Japanese actress Minami Hamabe (live-action Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, Shin Kamen Rider, Godzilla Minus One).

Kojima Productions stated in September 2025 that the game was still in the early planning stages, as the company was focusing on producing the OD KNOCK horror game.

Kojima’s Death Stranding game shipped for PlayStation 4 in November 2019. The game launched on PC via Steam in July 2020 after a delay from June 2020 due to COVID-19. Death Stranding: Director’s Cut, the PlayStation 5 version of the game, launched in September 2021. Death Stranding: Director’s Cut launched for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in March 2022. Death Stranding: On the Beach, the second game, launched for PlayStation 5 in June 2025, and launched on PC via Steam and Epic Game Store on March 19.

The game is inspiring a film adaptation at Hammerstone Studios (Barbarian, Bill and Ted Face the Music). Director Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One) is set to write and direct the film.

As a separate project, the franchise is inspiring a new adult animated feature set in the universe of the game. The animated film will tell an original story. Hiroshi Miyamoto (Eiga Precure Dream Stars!, Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories) is directing the project at ABC ANIMATION STUDIO. The film’s working title is DEATH STRANDING MOSQUITO.

Another separate project, an anime series titled Death Stranding Isolations, will debut in 2027 on Disney+.

Sources: PlayStation‘s X/Twitter account, Xbox Wire, Hideo Kojima‘s X/Twitter account via Gematsu