Jul 06, 2026 19:56:00

Headline news for July 6, 2026

A making-of video has been released that traces the creation of the original anime ' Sayonara Lala, ' which has been airing since July 2026. The video is in three parts, and the first part traces 'the beginning of the project.'

The Making of 'Goodbye Lala' - Behind the Scenes - Project Start - YouTube

Incidentally, on the same day of the same month in the past, we published the following article.

The plot of a story is not just about organizing the narrative; a 'bomb-throwing' approach is effective - GIGAZINE

The color of casino lighting may be influencing gamblers' brains and encouraging them to make high-risk bets - GIGAZINE

Review of 'Win Debloat Tools,' a tool that reconfigures Windows to its bare minimum configuration with a single button click for faster performance - GIGAZINE

Development of the world's first safe and efficient aqueous aluminum-ion battery reaches the first stage - GIGAZINE

Sunspot count reaches 20-year high, raising concerns about power grid and internet outages due to 'solar maximum' - GIGAZINE

CERN reports discovery of three new 'exotic particles,' ushering in a new era of 'particle zoos,' researchers say - GIGAZINE

How did 'free and open Hong Kong' become a police state? - GIGAZINE

A young boy, only 11 years old, earns a bachelor's degree in physics; his future dream is 'to pursue immortality through mechanization' - GIGAZINE

Research suggests underwater ruins were 'ancient human mines from 10,000 years ago' - GIGAZINE

'Shin Evangelion Theatrical Version AVANT1 (First 10 minutes 40 seconds 00 frames) 0706 Version' Screening Event Report - GIGAZINE

◆ Ideas (notes, miscellaneous things)

It's well-known that crayfish turn blue when fed horse mackerel, but crabs also turn blue when fed horse mackerel. https://t.co/jFDSr8qavt pic.twitter.com/VEcTvKo5pn
— Ishigani (@7hf39LlLLN77320) July 2, 2026

I finally got my hands on black and white potato chips!!

If I were to draw something, this is what I absolutely wanted to draw~🥳🥳 #GoldfishWarning #Nakayoshi #PotatoChips # Gyopi-chan pic.twitter.com/8cFY7ESUO1
— Mayumi Tagawa (@tagawasan) July 3, 2026

If someone told me, 'Only those who never shoplifted as a child should throw stones at Taro Yamamoto,' I'd probably build a mass driver on the moon and throw meteorites at him.
— 1st Lt.Gros (@gunsou_SGT) July 5, 2026

It's said that over 90% of humanity wouldn't notice if Dokaben was hidden within hieroglyphs . pic.twitter.com/plMkZrTQLv
— Jagarikin (@jagarikin) July 4, 2026

A 500 yen water dispenser bought from Temu, despite its complete lack of practical use, became the ultimate teaching tool for physics - Keitai Watch

◆Science (Science, Academics, Technology)
JAXA | Image of asteroid 'Torifune' acquired by asteroid explorer 'Hayabusa2'

◆Society, Politics, and Economy (Events, World News, Business)
[Breaking News] Pension fund management in FY2025 shows a surplus of 41.3 trillion yen | 47NEWS

Four people, two men and two women, arrested on suspicion of repeatedly getting a woman with dementia to sign contracts for unnecessary toilet renovations, etc. They may have made 1 billion yen using similar methods: Yomiuri Shimbun

[Exclusive Scoop! Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Allegedly Violates Election Law] Suspected of 'distributing free Sanae towels, costing 2,000 yen each, to local voters.' Her office denies involvement, stating, 'We have not distributed anything free of charge to people within the electoral district.' | NEWS Post Seven

[Breaking News] Reiwa Shinsengumi leader Taro Yamamoto violates traffic law by driving at 149 km/h on a road with a legal speed limit of 80 km/h | TBS NEWS DIG

[Breaking News] Japan Post to Raise Yu-Pack Prices by Up to 40% | 47NEWS

Nine people, aged 50 to 79, arrested on suspicion of special fraud in Sierra Leone, Africa [Hyogo Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun

[Breaking News] Iran approaches major Japanese oil company about purchasing crude oil | 47NEWS

Dementia is 'super hot' on social media? Four arrested on suspicion of defrauding home renovation costs [Saitama Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun

'Renovation fraud': Dementia is a 'hot' factor; four people, including the company president, arrested.

Four arrested in suspected home renovation scam targeting elderly people with dementia - Saitama Prefectural Police | NHK News

46,000 accounts deleted without authorization; high school freshman arrested for creating malicious program using 'ChatGPT' - Metropolitan Police Department: Jiji.com

A high school freshman boy was arrested on suspicion of cyberattacking the company that operates 'Bandai Channel,' causing 46,800 users to be unsubscribed without authorization: Yomiuri Shimbun

Unprecedented Diet session under Prime Minister Takaichi: LDP lawmaker says 'I've never seen anything this bad before' [Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi][Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)][Japan Innovation Party]: Asahi Shimbun

Huh?
When you rent a car, everyone who will be driving is asked to show their driver's license, right? I rent cars all the time, and I've never been denied it. pic.twitter.com/vXeKML7G6P
— Takako Miura (@miura_takako) July 5, 2026

◆Lifestyle (Life, Living, Health)
The drink that's so over-the-top it's famous from the rakugo story 'Jugemu,' 'Yaburakoji no Burakoji,' is on sale again this year → 'It's wonderful that so many people understand this and find it funny,' 'Pineapple Pineapple Pineapple Shuringan' - Togetter

I gave a serious lecture to some middle school students who were fooling around too much during their work experience program, but I have no regrets. 'Even though they're students, I can't have them coming here with a playful attitude.' 'It was good social learning for them.' - Togetter

'Latvia is experiencing an unbelievable heatwave right now,' 'It's unbearably hot' → Japanese people are shocked by the 'extreme heat' temperatures as defined by Latvians - Togetter

When I told a psychiatrist that I was depressed because I couldn't cook for myself anymore, they said, 'It's fine to eat out, I go often too, to places like Sukiya, Hama Sushi, and Coco's' → The original poster's comment was, 'That could be a commercial' - Togetter

'Dementia is 'super hot'': A former delinquent turned company president who spent three years in juvenile detention has now been arrested on suspicion of defrauding an elderly woman of approximately 20 million yen... This makes us think about juvenile detention centers as places of rehabilitation - Togetter

No AV, no prostitution – these are the 'minimum requirements'… Are women's dating standards too high? A heated debate on X - posfie

Five passengers boarded the TH Liner at Ueno station without listening to the announcement.

Three people got off at Minowa, one person at Minami-Senju, and one person at Kita-Senju.

We'll guide everyone together to Shin-Koshigaya 😅 pic.twitter.com/liqGJG4g1B
— Mildix (@nordmildix) July 5, 2026

Can't you wait even 4 more minutes, Hakodateyama Line ? pic.twitter.com/qbEKd7h4da
— Yuma (@yuma55subway) July 5, 2026

Two of the stable's mopeds broke down, so we asked the motorcycle shop that Kazuhiro Kato has been using for a long time to repair them. They said it would cost 290,000 yen for both, which was a bit much, so we asked if they could just scrap them instead. They said it would only cost 73,000 yen. I thought that was kind of expensive, and everyone around me was saying it was way too much, but I transferred the money anyway... https://t.co/ChzNmdqlFH
— Kazuhiro Kato Stable (@kato_kazuhiro_) July 5, 2026

The police came to my house and asked me to fill out something called a 'patrol contact card.' It had fields to fill in everything from my address and name to my registered domicile and workplace information, so I took it home and called the police station in my jurisdiction just to be sure, and it turned out to be a real police officer. I'm so sorry, I hate all the scammers out there.
— Michael Sano (@_maicos_) July 5, 2026

I was reading a women's magazine from 100 years ago and came across a section that said something like, 'A reader's advice column where you can ask questions anonymously—things you can't really ask anyone, but would be socially ruined if you got it wrong.' It was really great. - Togetter

Various opinions are being expressed on the 'respect for the elderly' among the working generation, which 'completely disappeared due to COVID-19,' but the depth of the divide can be felt from the resentment of young people who were students at the time - Togetter

Do they not check a baby's blood type when they're born anymore? Is it just my maternity hospital? → 'I wasn't told either.' Many places haven't checked blood types for years, and apparently there's a reason for that - Togetter

'Why did Cinderella's fairy godmother help Cinderella?' A crucial context is not adequately explained in the Japanese version of the fairy tale - Togetter

'The only solution is to defecate.' How can we break the cycle where the number of trash cans decreases the more people take their trash home instead of littering, and the number of toilets decreases the more people hold in their poop? - Togetter

Why are they so boastful??? That's what I thought #essaycomic pic.twitter.com/07vbPJb0to
—KiKiKi (@morim0000ri) July 4, 2026

◆IT & Gadgets (Internet, Software, Hardware, Mobile)
[Final Episode] The hellish final assembly → The 'strongest PC in history' is finally complete! We unveil the 'dream main machine' that was born. [5 Million Yen PC Construction Project #15] - Nico Nico Douga

A 15-year-old high school student was arrested for allegedly causing over 40,000 users to unsubscribe from the video streaming service 'Bandai Channel' through a cyberattack | NHK News | Cyberattacks, Incidents & Accidents, Generative AI & Artificial Intelligence

[Breaking News] Cyberattack on 'Bandai Channel' suspected; 15-year-old boy arrested; programmed using the generation AI 'ChatGPT'; members cancelled and all services temporarily suspended; Metropolitan Police Department | TBS NEWS DIG

Is a life without buying electricity a reality? Adding a battery storage system to V2H! [Ken Fujimoto's Solar Report] - Home Appliance Watch

I've stopped drawing system configuration diagrams by hand ── A system for automatically generating and updating configuration diagrams using Cloude Code - ZOZO TECH BLOG

Kumon acquires AI-powered learning material provider Atama Plus to streamline tutoring operations and develop new materials - Nikkei

(PDF file) Apology and report regarding unauthorized access to email systems for ISP operators

Apology and Report Regarding Unauthorized Access to 'BIGLOBE Mail' (Second Report) - News - BIGLOBE Corporation

[Second Report] Unauthorized Access to Our Email Service - Nifty Corporation

(Update) Regarding the occurrence of unauthorized access to our email service | News Release | JCOM Corporation | J:COM

Apology and Report Regarding Unauthorized Access to Commufa Hikari and Business Commufa Email Services | News List | CTC Chubu Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

Apology and Report Regarding Unauthorized Access to Our Email Service - KDDI Web Communications Inc.

(PDF file) Apology and report regarding unauthorized access to our email service - STNet

◆Anime, Games, and Manga (Subculture)
[Apology] Regarding Akane Shimizu's post on X | Monthly Shonen Sirius Official Website | Kodansha

[Announcement regarding additional halls to be used at #COMITIA157 ]

The venues used for 'COMITIA157,' to be held on August 23rd (Sunday), have been partially changed.

Before change: Tokyo Big Sight West Halls 1, 2, 3, and 4 ↓
Revised location: Tokyo Big Sight West Halls 1, 2, 3, and 4 + South Hall 3… https://t.co/83rhr8fbez
— COMITIA Executive Committee (@COMITIAofficial) July 3, 2026

Let's create a catalog of games like 'Return of the Obra Dinn,' which everyone wants to know about but is a little hard to find! | Planetary Gear Engine

[Hand-drawn] Marine is terrified by the real pressure that doesn't exist in HoloTeeTee Village (?) - Nico Nico Douga

Reading manga artist Akane Shimizu's post made my heart ache. When I was working at Kodansha, I resigned myself to being treated like that because I wasn't selling well, but if even someone who has a huge hit and is successful continues to be treated so badly by editors, then there's really no hope.
It's a miracle that you're still alive and continuing to draw manga.
— Minami Qta🏳 (@murasakibashi) July 4, 2026

pic.twitter.com/pMajLkHuaU
— Dubiduba (@gerogero00001) July 3, 2026

>That's why I vent my stress by insulting the people I submit my manuscripts to.

Editor: 'Is this the only line you can think of, you idiot?'
Me: 'I'll change it now. Please give me some time to think about it.'
Editor: 'You can't think of anything, can you, you idiot, you idiot (looking into your face) you idiot.'
I haven't forgotten a single word of the conversation I had with the then-Deputy Editor-in-Chief of 'Ciao' magazine back in 1989, when I was in my twenties. https://t.co/REfgstTs08
— Sachimi Riho, manga artist (@sachimiriho) July 3, 2026

Sugar Friends RinaMao 2-panel comic pic.twitter.com/rmanNrVdP5
— SaruChihua (@saruchihuahua) July 3, 2026

[Update Notice]
'I Failed to Reincarnate as a Villainess, But I Became the Winning Heroine'
chapter.28-2 https://t.co/d2fANBLpk2 pic.twitter.com/vRCjtN30ew
— FLOS COMIC (@FlosComic) July 3, 2026

A gothic horror action game boasting an astonishing level of perfection, the pinnacle of Famicom games! [Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse / Famicom] [Retro Game Commentary] - Nico Nico Douga

The second action-packed game featuring Miho Kanno as a flat-chested bunny girl! [Keio Guerrilla Unit Action Arc / Sega Saturn] [Retro Game Let's Play Commentary] - Nico Nico Douga

'If things continue like this, I'll be a loser.' Manga artist Meiji Mellow confesses to being hurt by being compared to the author of 'Cells at Work!' by the Sirius editorial department... To aspiring artists suffering in a similar way: 'That's an abnormal environment' - Togetter

It's really unfortunate, but the most effective way to deal with 'power harassment and sexual harassment from editors' is to 'assign a male manager.' Various reactions to manga artist Kaito Endo's post - Togetter

'Is that all you can think of, you idiot?' 'Idiot, idiot (looking into his face) idiot.' Manga artist Sachimi Riho confesses to experiencing power harassment from the deputy editor-in-chief of 'Ciao' when she was in her 20s → Surprise at the distorted power dynamics in the manga industry - Togetter

It's been released!
I had the pleasure of drawing a collaboration illustration between ' #Yamato ' and ' #UnicornGundam '! ^_^

This might be the first time we've seen a licensed Gundam illustration since F91 in Animage magazine 35 years ago!
Of course, this is my first time seeing the Unicorn Gundam! ^_^

Take care.

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿… pic.twitter.com/cLEb11oDrX
— Kia Asamiya™@KIA_ASAMIYA 7/9~12JapanEXPO_Paris・7/25~Taiwan Original Art Exhibition (@kia_asamiya) July 3, 2026

Hisoka pic.twitter.com/KUclW1kv5H
— Ryosuke Takeuchi (@ryosuketarou) July 3, 2026

[Congratulations]
Apparently, today marks the 45th anniversary of the broadcast of GoShogun.
Following Baldios, this is the next project where I had the opportunity to design the main robot.
I'm so happy to hear that they still have so many fans.
...So, I thought I'd doodle something, but just like Baldios, I'm a slow artist, so please forgive me for using the DVD jacket art I drew before this time as well m(__)m pic.twitter.com/0OaPKBZPuI
— Gen Sato (Nishi-chi 20b: Semi-business contact: Unable to do drawing work until the end of November) (@GENP37) July 3, 2026

Tanabata Reunion - Nico Nico Douga

A manga artist whose series has sold over 1 million copies announced that 'this volume will probably be the last to be published in print'... apparently the digital version is selling particularly well → Comments include 'Is this just the way of the times?' and 'Print has poor profit margins' - Togetter

I sent in the storyboards for the series, but received no response. I thought, 'If they haven't said anything, I guess it's okay to proceed,' and started drawing. Just as I finished, I was asked, 'Have you finished the storyboards?'...
— Shu Katayama (UNREAL drama, stage adaptation) (@shu_kata) July 5, 2026

The author of Cells at Work is amazing...
In a situation like that, surrounded by so many enemies, and while still a minor at the start, he managed to create a manga that even impressed medical professionals...
I liked it enough to buy the paperback editions, but the thought that the money ended up going to that damn publisher really makes me sick.

Is there a way to send tips only to the creator?
— Maruka (@maruka7011) July 5, 2026

The better the person, the less they stand out.

That happens all the time, doesn't it? pic.twitter.com/kleiSjFEQh
— Inuyama Amu 🐄 (@kore_inu) July 5, 2026

Dirty Chameleons in Many Ways [Super Chameleons] [Tohoku Itako Commentary] - Nico Nico Douga

【sad news】
'Shoujo Manga Senki' will end with the next issue, September issue. I'm sorry, it's been cancelled because the comics didn't sell well. *cries* The final volume, volume 4, will be released around autumn. Please check it out!!!
There are so many different media outlets these days, so I'm looking for a place to continue drawing. If you're interested, please send me a DM lol. Though, in the end, it'll probably be a doujinshi, right? pic.twitter.com/IzUopuntEh
— Miwa Sakai, author of 'Isekai Saretsuma' and 'Shoujo Manga Senki' volumes 1 and 2, now on sale (@sakaimiwa333) July 5, 2026

Ninin ga Shinobu-den was also an anime that aired in the same year, so I wonder if they'll ever re-broadcast it or air a marathon of it somewhere. There wasn't much social media back then, so I'd love to see what everyone's reactions are now.
— Ryoichi Koga (@kryo1) July 5, 2026

It would be a win-win situation for everyone if manga artists could draw happily and earn a lot of money, but sadly, there are definitely malicious people who, for some reason, try to harass and ruin the most promising artist they are in charge of. That's why a system is needed to prevent one-on-one confrontations.
— Yuzuru Shimazaki (@yuzuru_simazaki) July 5, 2026

The response I received from the editorial department, specifically from the then-deputy editor-in-chief, was as follows:

- When we inquired about the overseas electronic translation version, they claimed to be unaware of it and had not paid royalties for over a year (without any apology whatsoever).
- In 2022, I complained about weight loss that was on the verge of hospitalization, but my concerns were ignored, and I continued publishing without a break for six months (I am still taking medication).

These are the two main points : https://t.co/G4WOZrRKiy
— Chida Maru (@kytmr00) July 5, 2026

Illusion, a major 3D eroge company, created a wholesome polygon adventure game in its very early days!? [Aegean Sea Drops / Windows 95] [Retro Game Let's Play Commentary] - Nico Nico Douga

07 [Super Chameleon] Drawing Hide-and-Seek Game! Create Shapes with Clones! This is How to Create Clones! [Voiceroid Commentary, Slow Commentary] - Nico Nico Douga

[Super Chameleon] Aoi-chan's commentary: She likes to hide in funny but slightly impossible ways [VOICEROID gameplay commentary] - Nico Nico Douga

[Director Imaishi's latest work📢]

The ultimate tag team is back in action! 🔥

2007 'Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'
2013 Kill la Kill
2019 'Promare'

and…

Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima, their fourth collaboration is underway!!

Stay tuned for further updates ! pic.twitter.com/0Q2GH5SOUr
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) July 5, 2026

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Jul 06, 2026 19:56:00 in Headline, Posted by logc_nt