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Nada Holdings' New Lollipop Chainsaw Projects Include New Game, Anime

Taiwan's Nada Holdings announced on Thursday that its new projects for the Lollipop Chainsaw franchise in partnership with Dragami Games will involve a new game and an anime adaptation. Nada Holdings notes that the new game will not impose "excessive creative restrictions in the name of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)," but does not specify how exactly it will do this.

The new title will also have among the development team "key staff members who were involved in the previous title." Nada Holdings and Dragami Games stated the project is "being developed with close attention to fan feedback."

Former CEO of Kadokawa Games and current CEO of Dragami Games Yoshimi Yasuda posted a message on Twitter (now X) in English and Japanese in July 2022 that his company purchased the IP from Kadokawa Games after the status of the game was in limbo. He added Warner Bros. is supporting Dragami Games in this endeavor.

Kadokawa Games divested part of its business to the new company Dragami Games in May 2022. Kadokawa Games' president and CEO Yasuda and company director Satoshi Fuyuno established Dragami Games in May 2022.

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, remaster (originally announced as a remake) of filmmaker James Gunn and Gōichi Suda's (Suda51) Lollipop Chainsaw hack-and-slash game launched digitally in the Americas and Europe for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam in September 2024, a few weeks earlier than originally scheduled. Dragami Games announced in early January that the game has sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. A major update launched for the game in February and includes the addition of the "Goth Outfit" costume, which was a store-exclusive bonus in the previous Lollipop Chainsaw game, and a "Photo Mode."

The Lollipop Chainsaw hack-and-slash zombie game launched for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 worldwide in June 2012. Grasshopper Manufacture developed the game, and Kadokawa Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment published the game. The game was a collaboration between Gōichi Suda (Suda51) and filmmaker James Gunn.

Source: Nada Holdings

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