THE FUSE

Sitting down at Spike Chunsoft’s Anime Expo 2026 panel, you’d be forgiven for having a sense of Deja Vu. The company has always been one to save announcements for Anime Expo since establishing their western branch, but this year’s panel was headlined by precisely two games, both remakes of Anime Expo heavy-hitters of the past. Steins;Gate has had a long, storied history with the convention, even down to the OVA added to the anime adaptation, including shots of Los Angeles that were clearly based on photos that the team had taken from a trip to the expo. Danganronpa characters, of course, have been a mainstay for cosplayers over the years, a lineage that has only continued with Tookyo Games’ own The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy since its launch last year.