{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4b5674de55abc50e6ca79a81","clusterId":"c_e436481b43a05b96eae55969","slug":"dark-machine-the-animation-starts-broadcasting-on-october-14","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION Starts Broadcasting On October 14","summary":"DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION, an original TV anime from Project Carbuncle, begins broadcasting on Fuji TV and other channels from 1:45 AM on October 14. The series is developed alongside the game DARK MACHINE THE GAME. Production +h. handles animation, Kazuo Terada directs, and Kensho Ono, Miyuki Sawashiro, Koki Uchiyama, and Yuichi Nakamura are in the cast.","whyItMatters":"The anime and its companion game are releasing in step, so the broadcast date is the point at which the cross-media project stops being an announcement and starts being a schedule.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe story is set in a world where Dark Machine, an esport in which robots fight each other, has grown popular enough to reshape Japan\u0026#39;s economy. Kairi arrives in Golden Valley, the country\u0026#39;s only designated Dark Machine special economic zone, looking for the strongest player, Senki. He meets Rudra, who is being pursued by subordinates of Azima, the seventh-generation Senki, and ends up becoming a Dark Machine player himself.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduction +h. handles animation. Kazuo Terada directs. Streaming starts from noon on the same day the broadcast begins.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Project Carbuncle built DARK MACHINE as a game and an anime at THE same time. THE 1:45 AM Fuji TV slot puts THE broadcast where late-night anime lives, so THE anime has to sell THE game to viewers who already play it.","twitterPost":"Project Carbuncle is launching DARK MACHINE as a game and an anime together. THE anime's job is to keep players on THE game.","threadsPost":"DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION airs at 1:45 AM on Fuji TV, THE slot where late-night anime finds its core audience. Project Carbuncle built THE game and THE anime together, so THE show has to hold players who already know THE esport rather than introduce it cold.","newsletterBlurb":"DARK MACHINE THE ANIMATION, the TV anime half of the DARK MACHINE cross-media project, begins broadcasting on Fuji TV and other channels from 1:45 AM on October 14. Production +h. animates and Kazuo Terada directs, with Kensho Ono, Miyuki Sawashiro, Koki Uchiyama, and Yuichi Nakamura in the cast. Streaming begins from noon on the same day.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261013l\",\"title\":\"TV anime version of \\\"DARK MACHINE,\\\" developed across both anime and game, starts broadcasting October 14 at 1:45 AM. In a world where the esport \\\"Dark Machine\\\" is hugely popular, protagonist Kairi fights to reach the top\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4679,"outputTokens":643,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791859934,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T02:47:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T02:51:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T02:51:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e436481b43a05b96eae55969","canonicalTitle":"アニメとゲームの両軸で展開される『DARK MACHINE』TVアニメ版が10月14日午前1時45分より放送スタート。eスポーツ「ダークマシン」が大人気な世界で主人公・カイリが頂点を目指して戦い抜く","representativeArticleId":"a_1f91d601775b9602a41c6db0","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"DARK MACHINE\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Production +h\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T01:49:50.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T01:49:50.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T02:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261013l","title":"アニメとゲームの両軸で展開される『DARK MACHINE』TVアニメ版が10月14日午前1時45分より放送スタート。eスポーツ「ダークマシン」が大人気な世界で主人公・カイリが頂点を目指して戦い抜く"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["DARK MACHINE"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Production +h"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}