News Summary:
On September 29, 2026, Mixi, a Japanese digital entertainment company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with JetSynthesys, a technology firm specializing in gaming and esports, to explore potential collaboration across video gaming, esports, digital entertainment, and marketing. Earlier on the same day, Mixi detailed its implementation of natural language search for its FamilyAlbum service, leveraging Amazon S3 Vectors. The FamilyAlbum service supports approximately 30 million registered users, who, as of January 2026, have shared over 20 billion photos and videos. Previously, on September 28, 2026, a new TV anime series titled "Mera × Death: Shinigami to Boku no Ijou na Koi," based on Mixi's popular smartphone game "Monster Strike," was announced to premiere on January 5, 2027, on TOKYO MX and other Japanese TV channels.