Tokyo Game Show 2025 was the largest public showing of Ananta to date. The event ran from September 25 to 28, 2025 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, and Naked Rain brought a new gameplay trailer, an extended gameplay video, and a playable demo to the show. The week ended with Ananta winning the Japan Game Awards 2025 Future Division, announced at a ceremony on the show's main stage.
Trailers and Announcements
The official channels published a cluster of releases around the show's opening. The publisher announced the TGS trailer and a batch of new gameplay details on September 22, the gameplay trailer itself went up on September 23, and a longer gameplay video followed on September 24. The trailer and video showed mission gameplay set in Nova City, with combat on foot and from vehicles, plus the free-form traversal that lets characters grapple between rooftops and run up walls. Taffy and the Captain featured prominently in the mission footage.
Date | Release |
|---|---|
September 22, 2025 | Publisher announcement of the TGS trailer and new gameplay details |
September 23, 2025 | Official gameplay trailer, with mission gameplay in Nova City |
September 24, 2025 | Extended gameplay video covering on-foot and vehicle combat |
September 28, 2025 | Japan Game Awards 2025 Future Division win announced at the main-stage ceremony |
During the show window the team also confirmed that character acquisition involves no gacha, with monetization limited to cosmetic items. Producer Ash Qi gave extended press interviews during the event, covering combat design and the game's monetization philosophy.
Playable Demo
Show attendees could go hands-on with a playable demo, the first broad public opportunity to play the game outside China. The demo served as the basis for most of the hands-on press coverage published during and after the show.
Japan Game Awards 2025 Future Division
Ananta won the Japan Game Awards 2025 Future Division, announced on September 28, 2025 at a ceremony held on the Tokyo Game Show main stage. The Future Division recognizes unreleased titles exhibited at the show that players are most looking forward to; winners are chosen by player votes, and Ananta was one of eleven titles honored that year. The publisher celebrated the win on the game's official channels.
Significance
The TGS 2025 showing preceded the first Closed Beta Test, which ran January 16 to 20, 2026 for PC players in the China region. The trailer and gameplay video released around the show remain the most substantial public footage of the game, and the Future Division award remains its highest-profile industry recognition.