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Along with a new artist photo above, the official website for anisong singer Asaka has announced that her next 16th CD single "Give & Take" is set to release on February 26, 2025. As reported , the title tune will be featured as the opening theme for the winter 2025 TV anime The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World . She herself wrote the lyrics of the song, while Chiyomaru Shikura, who has collaborated with her since her debut single "Open Your Eyes" ( Occultic;Nine ending theme) in 2016, worked on music. Her official website describes "Give & Take" as "A rock-taste song that combines the feeling of moving fast and heavy sound." The CD single will be released in two editions: a CD + DVD edition with a full music video of the song and behind-the-scenes footage, and a CD-only regular edition. Related: The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World...

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the hit anime and visual novel, Steins;Gate , I sat down with producer Tatsuya Matsubara. Matsubara worked as a producer on the original visual novel, which is also launching on Crunchyroll Game Vault soon, as well as various other Science Adventure games like Chaos;Head and Robotics;Notes , and their anime adaptations. Note: This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and flow. Matsubara-san, thank you for your time today, could you please introduce yourself to our readers? Matsubara : Thank you very much for having me, my name is Matsubara and I’m the producer for Mages’ Science Adventure series of visual novels. I entered the industry 25 years ago originally as a graphic designer. I transitioned my position and role to Mages, where I became a director and finally now a producer of games. That actually leads into my next question, how did you...