TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 10, 2026--
WAKA Inc. (HQ: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Keita Noda; “WAKA”) announced, at the Roblox Developer Conference 2026 currently taking place in the U.S., that the first official Roblox game based on the anime “GINTAMA” is in development.
Officially licensed and supervised by Anime Production Committee, this official title — developed and distributed by WAKA.
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About “GINTAMA”
Gintama (story and art by Hideaki Sorachi, published by Shueisha in Jump Comics) ran in Weekly Shonen Jump and has sold over 73 million copies worldwide, including digital editions. The series blends slapstick comedy with intense action and heartfelt storytelling, and has been adapted into TV anime, theatrical films, and live-action movies.
About WAKA Inc.
Guided by its mission to “elevate passion into new value,” WAKA is a content studio on Roblox that connects Japanese brands and IP with fans worldwide. Through corporate marketing support and the development and publishing of new game content, WAKA helps companies create new points of contact with users and deliver next-generation brand experiences.
Official site: https://waka-studio.com/
The Anime “GINTAMA” Gets Its First Official Roblox Game : WAKA Inc.
HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Lowell's intense winds and storm surge that battered Hawaii's western islands this week are suspected in the deaths of at least two people.
On the island of Kauai, the storm damaged oceanfront resorts, knocked out power and ripped apart roads, while on Lanai, a cargo port that supplies much of the food and fuel to the island's 3,300 residents was inoperable, the state's governor said.
It will likely take two weeks to repair Lanai's harbor, state Transportation Department officials said. Planning was underway on other options to get supplies to the island.
Lowell brushed by the islands in the overnight hours Tuesday with damaging winds that extended well beyond the hurricane's center, which stayed offshore.
While it has been a relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season, there have been four hurricanes in the Pacific since the beginning of August. A new tropical storm formed on Thursday.
In Hawaii, first responders on Kauai's south end found the body of a 74-year-old man on Wednesday near the shoreline. Authorities believe his death was related to the storm surge, police said.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said another man was killed on Oahu when a large tree fell on his tent Monday during the storm. The man was homeless and living in a park, he said.
The Democratic governor on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration to expedite federal help for Kauai and Maui counties.
“We cannot wait for every damaged road, utility pole, harbor and public facility to be assigned a dollar value before asking the federal government to act,” Green said in making the request.
Lowell knocked out power to many of Kauai's 73,000 residents on Tuesday but electricity was being restored, with the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative saying the following day that power was back on at three hospitals. Across the island, just under 16,000 customers were without power Thursday, according to poweroutage.us.
Images of the destruction showed that the storm blew out windows of ground floor apartments, downed power lines and tossed lava rocks onto roadways.
The governor said the overall destruction to Hawaii's infrastructure, businesses and homes may be comparable to that of Hurricane Iniki — a Category 4 storm that walloped Kauai in 1992 and caused $3 billion in damage.
Lowell has since been downgraded to a tropical storm and was moving westward over open water.
Tropical Storm Norbert formed Thursday in the Pacific but wasn't threatening land, forecasters said.
The storm was about 685 miles (1,102 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph) and was moving west.
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, the center said. Some gradual strengthening was forecast over the coming days.
This photo taken with a smartphone Damage caused by Hurricane Lowell is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 in Poʻipū on Kauaʻi's south shore, in Hawaii. (Guy Miller/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)
This photo taken with a smartphone, People walk past damage caused by Hurricane Lowell on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 in Poʻipū on Kauaʻi's south shore, in Hawaii. (Guy Miller/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)
A large wave crashes on the shore caused by Hurricane Lowell on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 on the westside of Oʻahu, Hi. (Craig Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)
Damage caused by Hurricane Lowell is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 in Poʻipū on Kauaʻi's south shore, in Hawaii. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)
This satellite image released by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Norbert in the Pacific Ocean, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
