Publisher 505 Games and developer ArtPlay have officially announced Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night sequel Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (Steam). It … ...

Helmed by Creative Director Shutaro and produced by Iga, this duo is renowned for creating games which are famous for their 2D exploration-style side-scrolling action gameplay.

The anime is scheduled for an April 7, 2025 premiere, and in this report, we have some updates related to the cast of the series, as four new cast members for the The Mononoke Lecture Logs of ...

Last year we covered the sad news that Castlevania developer Shutaro Ida was stepping down from Bloodstained 2 for health reasons. The original article can be found here.

More information: Shutaro Shibata et al, Green tea consumption and cerebral white matter lesions in community-dwelling older adults without dementia, npj Science of Food (2025).

In an interview with Famitsu about the year ahead, Koji Igarashi expresses his desire to release a new game in 2025.

An action horror film directed by Shutaro Oku, the story follows the Akira-C girl, the doll, returns prepared to exact justice and retribution for the Yakuza's dominance over the fight club and their ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, Japan’s most popular poet for more than half a century, whose stark and whimsical poems, blending humor with melancholy, made him a kind of Everyman philosopher ideally suited ...

Shutaro Ida no longer involved in Bloodstained 2 due to cancer If he'll ever return to the project is unknown, but his longtime colleague and friend Koji Igarashi really hopes so.

Castlevania veteran and Bloodstained designer Shutaro Ida has stepped down from Bloodstained 2 after being diagnosed with cancer. Ida, who was a lead developer on the DS Castlevania games and went on ...

Bloodstained 2 director Shutaro Ida is stepping back from his role as director following his cancer diagnosis, saying that responsibilities will now be shared.