There's a new gacha game on the scene, and it's so obviously copying some of the biggest anime around, all you can do is ...

Here’s everything you need to know about gacha games. Gacha games are games in which players are encouraged to use real-life money to unlock randomized items in a loot box-type system.

"As a fad word, oya-gacha superbly captures the sense of near-resignation with life felt by young people today," noted Takayoshi Doi, 61, a professor of sociology at University of Tsukuba.