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Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special IV Slated for Fall
Next episode features Alain in fierce battle with secret of mega evolution in his hands
― The Pokémon Company began streaming the first promotional video for the Pocket Monsters XY Tokubetsu Hen: Saikyō Mega Shinka ~Act IV~ (Pokémon XY Special: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act IV~) special on Thursday. The special will air this fall. Alain: My journey revolving around mega evolutions leaves Hoenn, a...
Director Sakurai: Mewtwo Heading to Super Smash Bros. Soon
DLC character first announced last year
― Super Smash Bros. creator and director Masahiro Sakurai announced during a recent livestream that work on Mewtwo is "pretty much done" and he will be released for Super Smash Brothers for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS soon. The playable Pokemon character was first announced last year. Mewtwo will be available as free downloadable content for cu...
KanColle Kai for PS Vita Delayed Until August
Official website, Sony Store still list May release
― Dengeki Online is reporting that Kadokawa Games is delaying the Kantai Collection Kai PlayStation Vita port of its free-to-play browser game until August 27. The game's official website still lists a May release and The Sony Store in Japan's exclusive special-edition PlayStation Vita portable system with an original Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- d...
Colorful, Summer Days with Coo Director Keiichi Hara Awarded Anime d'or at TAAF 2015
Hara's upcoming historical anime film Miss Hokusai will open in May
― Production I.G announced on Monday that director Keiichi Hara won the Anime d'or prize at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) event on Thursday. Hara worked for years on the Crayon Shin-chan television anime series before garnering critical attention for such films as Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen (Cra...
Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni 'Shomin Sample' Toshite Gets-rareta Ken Anime Promo Introduces Characters
Hiromi Mizutani to compose music, Takao Sano to design characters for 2015 romantic comedy
― Ichijinsha unveiled a promotional video for the upcoming Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Gets-rareta Ken TV anime in the AnimeJapan 2015 event last Sunday. The video reveals that Hiromi Mizutani (Hell Girl, Toriko, Non Non Biyori) of Team-MAX is composing the music for the series and Takao Sa...
Fairy Tail's Tartarus Arc Casts the Nine Demon Gates
Kenjiro Tsuda, Takuma Terajima, Ai Kayano, Aki Toyosaki, more join cast
― This year's 17th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine will announce the cast for the "Nine Demon Gates" in Fairy Tail's Tartarus arc on Wednesday. The cast includes: Ai Kayano as Kyouka Aki Toyosaki as Sayla Kenjiro Tsuda as Silver Takuma Terajima as Jackal Takahiro Mizushima as Tempesta Yutaka Aoyama as Franmalth Masaki...
'Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?' Anime's 2nd Promo Previews Opening Theme
Yuka Iguchi performs theme song "Hey World" for anime premiering April 3
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Fujino Ōmori's Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darō ka? (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) light novel series began streaming a second promotional video on Monday. The video features the opening theme song "Hey World" by Yuka Iguchi....
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 TV Ads, More Character Videos Streamed
Latest 15-second ad shows clips from Ace's story in March 26 game
― The official website of Bandai Namco Games' upcoming One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 action game began streaming a 15-second TV commercial titled "Farewell" on Sunday. The video shows a few short clips from the game's story. Ace: Thank you... for loving me. Text: Many goodbyes change you. Narrator and Text: Let us play, and cry, in the ...
Spike Chunsoft Announces Fushigi no Chronicle PS4/PS Vita Game
Newest game in Mystery Dungeon series slated for summer
― Japanese gaming news magazine Famitsu posted a preview of its next magazine issue on Monday, announcing a new PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game in Spike Chunsoft's Mystery Dungeon (Fushigi no Dungeon) series. The game, titled Fushigi no Chronicle: Furikaerimasen Katsu Made wa (Mystery Chronicle: I Won't Look Back Until I Win), is slated ...
New Nisekoi Season's TV Ad Previews LiSA's Opening Song
New season of anime adapting Naoshi Komi's manga premieres next month
― Aniplex began airing a new TV spot on Monday for Nisekoi:, the second anime season based on Naoshi Komi's Nisekoi - False Love manga. The video features the anime's opening theme, "Rally Go Round" by LiSA. Nisekoi: S2 TVCM by pKjd Chitoge: New program, Nisekoi:! Broadcasts start in April! Naoshi Komi's original Nisekoi - False Lo...
New Gintama Anime's Extended Promo Streamed
Yorozuya returns for more antics in anime premiering April 8
― An extended promotional video for the upcoming Gintama series premiered this past weekend. The video features the show's opening theme "Day x Day" by Blue Encount. Kagura: Gintama anime! Shinpachi: It's a bit embarrassing... Gintoki: But we're back! Kagura: Even though we did a conclusion movie in the theater! Shinpachi: Quite shamelessly...
One-Punch Man TV Anime Promo Video Previews Story
Video confirms cast, staff for October action anime
― The official website of the upcoming One-Punch Man television anime unveiled the show's first promotional video on Monday. The video confirms the show's currently announced staff and cast list. Text: Have you lost a precious thing in exhange for power? Text: Over 5 million copies in print. Text: Web comic personality: ONE Text: The strongest Jump ...
Ninja Slayer Gets Smartphone 'Ninja Battle RPG' in Japan
"Translation" team supervises free-to-play app for iOS/Android
― AltPlus announced that it signed a licensing contract with the Ninja Slayer From Animation's production committee to adapt the anime into a smartphone app. The "translation" team of the original novel project is supervising the tentatively named Ninja Slayer game app to ensure that it faithfully recreates the story world. AltPlus has no...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, March 9-15
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya airs with 18.2 rating
― Isao Takahata and Studio Ghibli's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya aired on NTV on Friday, March 13 at 7:56 p.m. and earned an 18.2% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV March 15 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 14.8 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV March 15 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 10.8 Doraemon TV Asahi March 13 (Fri) 19:00 ...
Wakako-zake Late-Night Cuisine Manga Gets TV Anime
Series about 26-year-old who enjoys herself at bars alone
― The May issue of Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Zenon magazine is announcing on Wednesday that a television anime adaptation of Chie Shinkyū's Wakako-zake manga has been green-lit. It also reports that the previously announced live-action television project has an over-the-air broadcast green-lit. The cuisine manga follows 26-year old Wakako,...
2015 Gintama Anime's TV Ad Previews Opening Theme
New footage also previewed for new season beginning on April 8
― TV Tokyo began airing a television commercial for the upcoming Gintama series this past weekend. The commercial shows clips from the upcoming show, and previews the show's opening theme "Day x Day" by Blue Encount. Kagura: Gintama anime! Shinpachi: It's a bit embarrassing... Gintoki: But we're back! Kagura: Even though it concluded! Shi...
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden 3DS Game's TV Ad Streamed
Video shows assortment of characters appearing in game
― The official website of Bandai Namco Games' upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden 3DS fighting game began streaming a 15-second TV commercial for the game on Sunday. The video previews the assortment of Dragon Ball characters that will appear in the game. The game will ship in Japan on June 11. The game will retail for 5,690 yen (about US$47)...
TMS Streams Dededen Anniversary Anime With Seibu Railways
Shorts by Kimi ni Todoke/My Little Monster animators mark studio's 50th year, railways' 100th year
― The studio TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, Lupin III, Yowamushi Pedal) began streaming the first short in Dededen, its new original anime with Seibu Railways, on Monday. The anime celebrates both the 50th anniversary of TMS Entertainment and the 100th anniversary of Seibu Railways. TMS Entertainme...
Disney Streams Polygon Pictures' 1st Tsum Tsum Short
Super-deformed characters from mobile game and plush toys star in TV shorts
― Disney Japan began streaming the first episode from the Tsum Tsum series of comedy CG anime shorts on Monday. The series draws inspiration from the Line: Tsum Tsum mobile app game that also inspired a popular international line of plush toys. Hiroshi Chida directed the anime with CG supervisor Yoshiki Nakao at Polygon Pictu...
Free! Anime's Predecessor High Speed! Gets Manga, Nobunaga Shimazaki in Cast
Shimazaki returns from Free! TV anime for High Speed! film
― Kyoto Animation confirmed on Monday that a manga adaptation of High Speed!, Kōji Ōji and Futoshi Nishiya's light novel project that inspired the Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club television anime, has been green-lit. Shiori Teshirogi (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiō Shinwa) is drawing the manga. The teaser website for this December's High Spee...
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Characters to Appear in Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
New Arc V opening/ending themes, 2016 movie visuals also unveiled
― The official Yu-Gi-Oh! Twitter account confirmed on Sunday that the characters Jack Atlas and Crow Hogan from the 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's television anime series will appear in the currently airing Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V television anime. Takanori Hoshino and Shintarō Asanuma will reprise their roles as Jack and Crow respectively. In addition, ...
Children of the Sea's Igarashi to Start Designs Manga in April
Story teases: What "entity" has been designed as the best form of life?
― The May issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine is announcing on Wednesday that manga creator Daisuke Igarashi will start a new series titled Designs in the following issue on April 25. The 60-page first chapter will include color pages. The manga's tagline reads "This life, whose decision was it?" The magazine teases the story:...
Frozen, Ping Pong, Tiger & Bunny Win at Tokyo Anime Award Festival
Ghibli's Isao Takahata & Kazuo Oga, Daisuke Ono, Kouki Uchiyama, Hiroyuki Sawano, Song of the Sea also win
― The winners of this year's Tokyo Anime Award Festival received their honors on Sunday. Animation of the Year: Theatrical Film Frozen Award of Excellence: Stand By Me Doraemon Animation of the Year: Television Ping Pong the Animation Award of Excellence: Yo-kai Watch Animation of the Year: Anim...
Captain Earth Manga Will End in 4th Volume
Manga based on BONES mecha series will ship in Japan on May 18
― Publisher Shogakukan's listing for volume 4 of Hiroshi Nakanishi's Captain Earth manga adaptation reveals that volume will be the last. Nakanishi launched the adaptation of BONES' original television anime in Weekly Shonen Sunday last year. The anime series launched last April and ended in September. Crunchyroll streamed it as it aired ...
Noitamina's Punch Line Anime's Game Adaptation Teaser Site Launches
A teaser website for MAGES' and 5pb's game adaptation of the Punch Line television anime opened on Sunday. The website includes clickable text that reads "Game planning in progress." If the text is clicked, a "Warning" sign begins to flash followed by a video and information about the anime premiere. The website currently does not offer any information about the game's format or release schedule....
Aoharu x Kikanjū TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Summer Premiere
Mikako Komatsu leads cast as Hotaru Tachibana
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of NAOE's Aoharu x Kikanjū (Aoharu x Machinegun) manga revealed the series' lead cast and summer premiere on Sunday. Mikako Komatsu (Nisekoi's Seishiro, Aldnoah.Zero's Inko, K's Neko) will star as Hotaru Tachibana. Tomoaki Maeno (Death Parade's Decim, YowaPeda's Juichi Fukutomi, Log Horizon's Naot...
Seraph of the End Casts Hibiku Yamamura, Takuma Nagatsuka, Yuichiro Umehara
Supernatural action series will premiere on April 4
― The official website for the Seraph of the End television anime announced additional cast members on Sunday. Hibiku Yamamura as the demon Asuramaru Takuma Nagatsuka as the vampire Lacus Welt Yuichiro Umehara as the vampire René Simm The website also published character designs Sayuri Hanayori (voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki) and Shigure Yukimi (Yui Ish...
Ghost in the Shell's I.G, Pokémon's OLM Make Educational Anime Pikaia!
Future researchers seek Lost Code to restoring Earth in Cambrian Era
― The anime studios Production I.G and OLM are collaborating with NHK Educational on a science anime called Pikaia! The 13 15-minute episodes will run on public broadcaster NHK's E-Tele channel starting on April 29. The story begins in the future when Earth itself is no longer inhabitable by living creatures. Humans began their inte...
Amagi Brilliant Park's Unaired Special Edition Teased in Promo Video
Kyoto Animation TV anime's final volume to ship on June 26
― Kadokawa began streaming a promotional video for the Amagi Brilliant Park anime's special-edition volume on Friday. The volume will include the 13th and final episode that aired on television, as well as an unspecified number of unaired episodes. The video features the song "Extra Magic Hour" by Akino with bless4. The release will also incl...
Arashi's Kazunari Ninomiya Voices Live-Action Assassination Classroom's Koro-sensei
Surprise announcement made on film's opening day on Saturday
― Arashi band member Kazunari Ninomiya (Gantz, Tekkonkinkreet, Letters from Iwo Jima) is voicing Koro-sensei in the live-action film adaptation of Yusei Matsui 's Assassination Classroom manga. The surprise announcement was made by the cast at their opening-day stage greetings for the film on Saturday. Viz Media published the first volume o...
Ping Pong Director Masaaki Yuasa Makes New Anime Film
Nobutake Ito (Ping Pong, The Tatami Galaxy, Giovanni's Island designs) also on project
― Director Masaaki Yuasa (Ping Pong, Kick-Heart, The Tatami Galaxy, Adventure Time's "Food Chain") revealed on Sunday that he is making a new original anime film. The director made the announcement in his handwritten comment on winning the Animation of the Year award in the Television Animation Division at the Toky...
Free! Anime's Novel Predecessor High Speed! Gets Film
December film based on text novel project about swimmers' middle-school days
― The Free! Eternal Summer Special Event on Sunday announced that High Speed!, Kōji Ōji and Futoshi Nishiya's light novel project that inspired the Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club television anime, is also inspiring its own movie. High Speed! -Free Starting Days- will open throughout Japan on December 5. The official website and T...
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Sōma Anime's Video Unveils More Cast Members, Songs
Yuichi Nakamura, Mamiko Noto, Takehito Koyasu also join cast for April anime
― Warner Brothers unveiled a new promotional video for the Shokugeki no Sōma television anime during the AnimeJapan 2015 event this weekend. The promotional video features both the opening theme, "Kibō no Uta" (The Song of Hope) by ULTRATOWER and the ending theme "Spice" by Tokyo Karan Koron. The website also announced new c...
Yowapeda/Yowamushi Pedal Gets 1st New Feature Film This Summer
Manga creator Wataru Watanabe draft original story for film
― The first original feature film in the Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga and anime franchise will open in Japan this summer. Manga creator Wataru Watanabe himself is drafting the original story for the movie's scenario. Text: A manga series selling over 1.3 million copies Text: A road-racing animation that makes hearts burn hot. Text: The o...
Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Season 2 Ads Aired
Aimer performs theme song for season premiering April 4
― Two commercials, one each for Archer and Shirō, began airing for the second season of Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works on Sunday. Like the earlier promotional video, the commercials features the opening theme "Brave Shine" by Aimer. Rin: Archer... You... Text: The highest peak of the origin Archer: This is Shirō Emiya's limit. It's fittin...
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai Anime's Video Teases Risque Comedy
"A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist" anime debuts in July
― The official website for the Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai (A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist) television anime began streaming a promotional video on Saturday. Text: Because this video contains many entendres, it is forbidden for wholesome people to watch it....
Rokka no Yūsha TV Anime's 1st Promo Reveals Staff
Spice and Wolf's Takeo Takahashi to direct summer fantasy series
― Pony Canyon began streaming the first promotional video for the television anime adaptation of Ishio Yamagata's original Rokka no Yūsha (Heroes of the Six Flowers) fantasy light novel series on Saturday. The video reveals the main staff members. The anime is slated to premiere in Japan this summer. Narration: The legends speak. When t...
Gainax, Subaru's Wish Upon The Pleiades 2nd Promo Features Theme Songs
New commercial also streamed; April 9 air date unveiled
― Warner Brothers Anime began streaming a television commercial and its Anime Japan 2015 promotional video for the Wish Upon The Pleiades (Hōkago no Pleiades) television anime on Saturday. The promotional video features the opening theme "Stella-rium" by Kano and the ending theme "Koko Kara, Kanata Kara" by the five lead voice actresses. The com...
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid Anime's 1st Promo, 3rd Commercial Streamed
Video previews Nana Mizuki's opening theme
― Aniplex began streaming the first promotional video and third commercial for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid television anime this weekend. The promotional video features Nana Mizuki's opening theme song "Angel Blossom." Promotional Video: Nanoha ViVid PV by pKjd Third Commercial: Nanoha ViVid CM3 by pKjd The series will premiere on April 3 at 10:30 ...
Astro Boy Reboot Teased in 1st Video
1st look at French/Monacan/Japanese project with 2D, CG animation
― The official website for the French, Monacan, and Japanese Astro Boy reboot project began streaming a teaser video on Saturday. The same video debuted at the convention MAGIC in Monaco. Japan's Tezuka Productions, France's Caribara Animation, and Monaco's Shibuya Productions are collaborating on the series using both 2D and CG techni...
Snow White with the Red Hair Anime's 1st Promo Introduces Supporting Cast
Yuichiro Umehara, Kaori Nazuka, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuko Sanpei join cast
― The official website for the television anime of Sorata Akiduki's Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayuki-Hime) manga began streaming the first promotional video on Saturday. The video premiered at Anime Japan 2015. The video introduces supporting cast members: Yuichiro Umehara as Mitsuhide Kaori Nazuka as Kiki Nobuh...
Fairy Tail's Tartarus Arc Previewed in Video
Long-running arc adaptation to begin April 4
― The official website for the Fairy Tail anime began streaming a promotional video for the Tartarus arc on Saturday. The text in the video reads: A new story begins from a village where giants are encased in ice!! A creeping new enemy... Suddenly taking a child's form... The new chapter, Tartarus arc, enters the battle! This will be a one-sided exterminat...
Gangsta. TV Anime's 1st Promo, Key Visual Unveiled
Series based on Kohske's manga will premiere in July
― Bandai Visual began streaming a three-minute promotional video for the Gangsta. television anime on Saturday. The video debuted at Bandai Visual's booth at Anime Japan. The website also posted a key visual: Shukou Murase (Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic, Genocidal Organ) will direct the anime with series composition by Shinichi Inotsume (Hayate...
Gunslinger Stratos Anime's 2nd Promo Previews Ending Theme
GARNiDELiA performs ending theme for arcade game-based anime
― The official website for the Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation- television anime began streaming the second promotional video for the series on Saturday. The video features GARNiDELiA's ending theme song "Mirai." Gunslinger Stratos PV2 by pKjd Aniplex of America will stream the anime on the Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Daisuki ...
The Heroic Legend of Arslan Anime's 90-Second Promo Streamed
Series based on Hiromu Arakawa's manga will premiere April 5
― The official website for The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki) television anime posted a 90-second promotional video for the series on Saturday. The promo features the anime's opening theme song, "Boku no Kotoba Dewanai Kore wa Boku-tachi no Kotoba" (These Aren't My Words, They're Our Words) by the band UVERworld. Arslan Senki PV (90...
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Final Episode's 2nd Promo Streamed
Bridge of Arnhem premieres in Japan on May 2
― Kadokawa began streaming a new promotional video on Sunday for Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 3 - Arnhem no Hashi (Bridge of Arnhem), the third and final episode in the Strike Witches original video anime (OVA) project. The video features the opening theme "Connect Link" by Yoko Ishida. Text: The third of three short stories in the hugely p...
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! Promo Confirms Returning Cast
fhána to perform opening theme for third spinoff series
― Kadokawa began streaming a short promotional video for Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! on Sunday. The video confirms the return of the main staff and the following cast members from from Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!: Mai Kadowaki as Illyasviel von Einzbern Kaori Nazuka as Miyu Edelfelt Chiwa Saito as Chloe Von Einzburn Shizuk...
Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works' Promo Previews Opening Theme
Aimer performs theme song for season premiering April 4
― Aniplex began streaming a promotional video for the second season of Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works on Sunday. The video recaps the episodes of the first season and previews the opening theme "Brave Shine" by Aimer. The season will premiere on TV at midnight on April 4 (technically, April 5). Seattle's Sakura-Con will host the U.S. prem...
Sanrio's Show by Rock Anime Posts 2nd Video, New Visual
Sanrio's 1st late-night anime is BONES' animated adaptation of rhythm game
― The official website for the television anime of Sanrio's mobile rhythm game Show By Rock!! unveiled the second animated promotional video on Saturday. Cyan: I'm normal and a bit introverted, but I love music… But one day, suddenly…! Cyan: Wh-What is this!? No waaaaaay!? Cyan: I wandered into a game world!? Why am I in this ...
2nd Kin-iro Mosaic/KINMOZA! Season's Promo Streamed
Cast, staff return for "gentle & light international exchange school comedy" in April
― The official website for the Kin-iro Mosaic (KINMOZA!) anime began streaming the third promotional video for the anime's second season, Hello!! Kin-iro Mosaic, on Saturday. The video features the opening theme song "Yume-iro Parade" (Dream-Colored Parade) by Rhodanthe*. Text: Our everyday is the color of yellow th...
Ninja Slayer Anime's Promo Video Previews Scenario
Anime to debut online globally on April 16, then air in Japan in 2016
― A new trailer for the anime of the Ninja Slayer novel series began streaming on Saturday. Ninja Slayer From Animation will premiere on the Japanese streaming website Nico Nico on April 16 at 11:00 p.m. JST. Narrator: Ninja. A ninja is a demigod entity that controlled society during the Heian period with karate. That truth was for...
Nexus Animates Wakaba Girl Comedy Anime
Love Live!'s Hanada pens scripts, The Irregular at Magic High School's Ishida designs characters for July 3 short anime
― The staff of the upcoming 30-minute anime programming block "Ultra Super Anime Time" announced on Saturday that Seiji Watanabe (Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time key animation) will direct the television anime adaptation of Yui Hara's four-panel ...
Aquarion Gets Sōsei no Aquarion Love Crossover Anime & Stage Play
Sōsei no Aquarion & Aquarion Evol voice casts combine; Aquarion play follows Nobunaga the Fool
― In addition to the Aquarion Logos television anime, the Aquarion 10th Anniversary event at AnimeJapan 2015 unveiled the brand-new Sōsei no Aquarion Love original video anime and a stage play on Saturday. Text: Aquarion Franchise's 10th Anniversary Work Text: The beginning of a new myth… Text: Two souls, c...
Aquarion Gets 3rd TV Anime, Aquarion Logos, in July
Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ayane Sakura, Yūto Adachi star with songs by May'n, Haruka Chisuga
― The Aquarion 10th Anniversary event at AnimeJapan 2015 unveiled the new Aquarion Logos television anime, the Sōsei no Aquarion Love original video anime, and a stage play on Saturday. Text: Aquarion Franchise's 10th Anniversary Work Maia: Sōsei* Maia: We're going to release humans from the wedge called "letters."...
Super Short Comics Anime's Promo Previews Ichiro Mizuki Song
Ikue Ohtani, Yuuki Kaji, Hidenobu Kiuchi, more star in standalone stories
― The team behind the free manga app Comico began streaming a promotional video for the Super Short Comics anime on Saturday. The video features veteran anime theme song singer Ichiro Mizuki's theme song "Super Short Time Showtime." Text: An extravagant cast of voice actors star! Text: Kenji Akabane! Shizuka Ishigami! Ikue Ohta...
Vampire Romantic Comedy Jitsu wa Watashi wa Unveils Female Cast, Staff
Anime starring Yū Serizawa to premiere this summer
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Eiji Masuda's Jitsu wa Watashi wa ([Actually,] I Am) manga launched on Saturday and announced the main cast and staff members. The anime is slated to premiere in Japan this summer. The main cast includes: Yū Serizawa as Yōko Shiragami Inori Minase as Nagisa Aizawa Reina Ueda as Mikan Akemi...
Kill la Kill Director, Trigger Make New Anime For 'Ultra Super Anime Time' Block
Hiroyuki Imaishi directs new short anime for 30-minute animation block
― The staff of the upcoming 30-minute anime programming block "Ultra Super Anime Time" announced on Saturday that production on a new short anime directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Kill la Kill) has been green-lit. The announcement, made at the timeslot's stage panel at the AnimeJapan 2015 event, also listed the animation studio Trigge...
Valkyrie Drive Project Launches With TV Anime, Video Games
Marvelous announced the Valkyrie Drive mixed media project at the AnimeJapan 2015 event on Saturday. The project will include the Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- television anime, Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni- console game, and Valkyrie Drive -Siren- smartphone game. The website also began streaming the project's first promotional video on Saturday. The video features the theme song "Oh No, Oh No" by voice ...
Miss Monochrome TV Anime Gets 2nd Season
1st season about Yui Horie-inspired android girl debuted in 2013
― The Ultra Super Pictures Special Stage event announced at AnimeJapan 2015 on Saturday that the Miss Monochrome television anime series will receive a second season. The season will run within the 30-minute Ultra Super Anime Time block beginning on July 3. The main cast and staff members are returning from the first season: Yui Horie a...
Anohana Team Reveals Anthem of the Heart's Teaser Video, Characters
September film about girl whose words were sealed away
― The official website for The Anthem of the Heart (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da.), the original anime film from the anohana (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.) and Toradora! anime staff, posted a teaser video and character profiles on Saturday. The same video debuted at the anime's AnimeJapan 2015 stage event on Saturday....
Oreimo's Kanzaki Designs Characters for Classroom Crisis Anime
Eureka Seven AO character designer provides art for Aniplex anime
― The Classroom☆Crisis anime was announced with an official website and Twitter account on Saturday. Hiro Kanzaki (Oreimo, Eureka Seven AO, Go! Go! 575) is providing original character designs for the anime. Anime studio Aniplex is credited on the website. The website unveiled the anime's first key visual: A promotional image for the a...
Anohana Team Casts Inori Minase in Anthem of the Heart
Kouki Uchiyama, Sora Amamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya also in September fim from Toradora! staff
― The Anthem of the Heart (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da), the original anime film from the anohana (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.) and Toradora! anime staff, has cast Inori Minase as the main lead, Jun. The staff members made the announcement at their stage panel at AnimeJapan 2015 on...
Aniplex USA to Stream Nisekoi Season 2, Gunslinger Stratos, Plastic Memories
On Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Daisuki starting in April
― Aniplex of America announced on Friday that it will begin streaming three series in April: Nisekoi: (Nisekoi Second Season), Gunslinger Stratos, and Plastic Memories. All three will be streaming on the Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Daisuki services. Aniplex created English websites and describes Nisekoi:, Gunslinger Stratos,...
Detective Conan Joins 'No More Movie Theft' Anti-Piracy Campaign
Special version of anti-piracy video runs before April 18 Detective Conan movie
― The anti-piracy campaign "NO MORE Eiga Dorobō" (NO MORE Movie Theft) will premiere a new video featuring a collaboration with the Detective Conan (Case Closed) franchise on April 18. The new video will be the campaign's first animated video since it began in 2007, and will run before theatrical screenings of the upcomin...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Anime
Anime based on Gust's PS3 game aired last year
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Friday that it has licensed the anime Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky and plans to release it digitally and on home video. The anime, which adapts Gust's Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi) PlayStation 3 game, aired in Japan last sp...
Funimation Announces Maria the Virgin Witch English Dub Cast
Alexis Tipton, Whitney Rodgers, Jerry Jewell, Leah Clark, Austin Tindle star in dub premiering Sunday
― Funimation Entertainment announced the English dub cast for its Broadcast Dub of Maria the Virgin Witch on Friday. The cast, under ADR director Sonny Strait, includes: Alexis Tipton as Maria Whitney Rodgers as Artemis Jerry Jewell as Priapus Leah Clark as Ezekiel Austin Tindle as Joseph Lara Woodhu...
Bandai Namco Pictures Unveils Milpom Stop-Motion Anime Project for Girls
Bandai Namco's new family anime branch to launch in April
― Bandai Namco Pictures, the new children's intellectual property production arm of Bandai Namco Holdings, announced its first original anime project on Friday. The anime, MILPOM★, will be stop motion shorts that feature dolls in a surreal world for girls. The company unveiled a key visual and pilot at Anime Japan this weekend. The pilot is no...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 8-14
Monster Musume, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Nisekoi, Kamisama Kiss, Seraph of the End, Attack on Titan, Unofficial Hatsune Miku, Wolf Children
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on March 14. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 2Monster Musume #6 Okayado Seven Seas Entertainment 2 21Naruto #69 Masashi Kishimoto Viz ...
K Anime Gets Limited Edition 3DS System
Design limited to 100 units, available via lottery
― GoHands is collaborating with Japanese retailer Animate to release a limited edition Nintendo 3DS system with a K anime original design. The system will be available through lottery and will be limited to 100 units. Participants in the "Animate Game Festival" from April 23 through March 31 can enter the lottery by trading points earned from preorde...
Plastic Memories' 3rd Promo Video Previews Eri Sasaki's Song
"Ring of Fortune" opening theme from future android story premiering in April
― The official website for the Plastic Memories television anime began streaming its third promotional video on Friday. The video previews the anime's opening theme song "Ring of Fortune" by Eri Sasaki. The website describes the story: This story takes place in a future not too far away when androids that look exactly like ...
2nd Gatchaman Crowds Season's July Debut, Staff, Visual Revealed
Main staff return, "mysterious" new characters teased
― The official website for the Gatchaman Crowds television anime announced on Saturday that the second season, Gatchaman Crowds insight, will premiere in July on NTV and other stations. It also debuted a teaser visual featuring familiar characters and "mysterious" new characters in front of Tachikawa Station. The new season will reunite the main s...
Tokyo Ghoul Horror Manga Gets Stage Play
Adaptation of Sui Ishida's series to run in Tokyo, Kyoto
― This year's 17th issue of Sheisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine is announcing on Thursday that Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul manga is inspiring a stage play adaptation. The play will run in Tokyo and Kyoto. The magazine will publish more details about the production in the future. Ishida launched Tokyo Ghoul in Weekly Young Jump in 2011, and Shueis...
Boris to Perform 1st Ninja Slayer Episode's Ending
Anime to debut online on April 16 with pre-, post-streaming programs
― The official website for Ninja Slayer From Animation, the anime adaptation of the Ninja Slayer novel series, announced on Friday that the rock band Boris will perform the first episode's ending theme song "Kilmister." The website also announced the Ninja Slayer From Radio Station and Ninja Slayer From Net Television programs that ...
Assassination Classroom's Koro-Sensei Reads Women's Fashion Mag in Promo Videos
Former Kara idol Kang Jiyoung featured in magazine & movie as assassin Irina Jelavic
― Movie Collection is running two collaboration short movies, "Scope" and "Entranced," between the popular women's fashion magazine non-no and the upcoming live-action Assassination Classroom film. Former Kara idol Kang Jiyoung (Urakara, Koisuru Maison ~Rainbow Rose~) plays the professional assassin and foreign langu...
Non Non Biyori Repeat's 1st Promo Previews Animation
Rural comedy anime's 2nd season to premiere this summer
― Media Factory began streaming the first promotional video for the Non Non Biyori Repeat television anime on Friday. The video reveals that the second anime season inspired by Atto's manga is slated to premiere in Japan this summer. Text: It's best that things don't change... The first anime season's staff and the rock band nano.RIPE are return...
Hunting Autobiography Manga Sanzoku Diary to Bundle Its 1st Anime
Taishi Murata, Yūma Uchida, Yuuto Suzuki, Frogman star in Kentarō Okamoto's story of outdoors cuisine
― Retailers are listing Kentarō Okamoto's sixth Sanzoku Diary manga volume in a special-edition bundle with an anime DVD on June 23. The first anime adaptation of the manga will be a short, 10 to 15 minutes long, by the studio DLE (Eagle Talon, Thermae Romae, Haiyoru! Nyaruani), and it will mainly co...
One-Punch Man Anime Features Kaito Ishikawa, Makoto Furukawa, Madhouse
Space Dandy's Shingo Natsume directs with designs by Robotics;Notes' Chikashi Kubota
― This year's 17th issue of Sheisha's Young Jump magazine is reporting on Thursday Makoto Furukawa and Kaito Ishikawa will play the protagonist Saitama and Genos, respectively, in the One-Punch Man television anime. Shingo Natsume (Space Dandy, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos) is directing the anime at ...
Yamada-kun & the Seven Witches TV Anime Promo Streamed
Promo previews show's opening & ending themes
― The official website for for the upcoming television anime Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo) unveiled the show's first promotional video on Friday. The video previews the story, as well as the show's opening theme "Kuchizuke Diamond" by WEAVER, and its ending theme ""CANDY MAGIC" by Mimi Meme MIMI. Text: There are seven witc...
Triage X Anime Listed at 10 Episodes
A flyer at the AnimeJapan 2015 event's business day lists the television anime of Shoji Sato's Triage X manga as 10 episodes long, along with an original video animation (OVA) episode. The show will premiere on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu on April 8, and on TV Saitama, Chiba TV, TVK, Gifu Broadcasting, and Mie TV on April 9. BS 11 will run the show on April 10. The cast will host...
Kuroko/TeniPuri's Tada Helms High School Star Musical Anime
Natsuki Hanae, Kensho Ono, Arthur Lounsbery, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Tomoaki Maeno, Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke Hirakawa in Fall show
― A new musical television anime, High School Star Musical (Kōkō Hoshi Kageki), will air this fall. The original project will be a slapstick teen comedy about high school students "who sparkle like stars." "I don't know any way to give up my dream…." The story starts when Yūta H...
Live-Action Attack on Titan Films' Full Teaser Reveals Opening Dates
2 films starring Haruma Miura to open on August 1, September 19
― The film studio Toho began streaming the full teaser trailer for the two upcoming live-action Attack on Titan films on Friday. The trailer and the project's website announced that the films will open on August 1 and September 19. Narration: Over one hundred years ago... Half of humanity was eaten by the titans that suddenly appeared......
2015 Ghost in the Shell Film's Promo Previews New Footage
New visual for April 20 film also unveiled
― The official website for the upcoming Ghost in the Shell film updated on Friday, and unveiled a new promotional video. The video looks back at past animated projects in the franchise, as well as new animation from the upcoming film. The new segment features the following text and dialogue: Text: And now, in 2015 Text: A new film is activated Text: Are you ...
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan Gets Original Video Anime, Episode Count
16 episodes listed
― A flyer at the AnimeJapan 2015 event's business day is listing that The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu) will have one original video animation (OVA). A television anime of the original manga has already been green-lit. The flyer also lists that the anime series will have 16 episodes. The original manga is Puyo's official spinoff based on Nagaru T...
Akatsuki no Yona Manga Gets Original Anime DVD
Hana to Yume to announce more details about release date, contents
― The wraparound jacket on the 17th volume of Mizuho Kusanagi's Akatsuki no Yona manga revealed on Friday that the manga is getting an original anime DVD. Future issues of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine — where Kusanagi publishes the manga — will reveal more details about the release of the DVD and the contents of the anime. Mizuh...
Takumi Narrates 5th Food Wars: Shokugeki no Sōma TV Ad
Cooking series based on Yūto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki's manga premieres on April 3
― Warner Bros. began streaming the fifth commercial on Thursday for the Shokugeki no Sōma television anime. Natsuki Hanae narrates the latest commercial as his character Takumi Aldini. The commercial also features rock band ULTRATOWER's opening theme song. Warner Bros. previously streamed featuring narration by Shizuka Ishi...
14th Animator Expo Short 'Sex and Violence with Mach Speed' Streamed
Hiroyuki Imaishi directs NSFW short about dog with sexual problem
― Japan Animator Expo, the project of weekly anime shorts from Hideaki Anno's studio Khara and the media company Dwango, began streaming the full 14th short film "Sex and Violence with Mach Speed" on Friday. Editor's Note: The short is not safe for work. Studio Trigger's Hiroyuki Imaishi directed the short, and Shigeto Koyama and Hiro...
Etrian Mystery Dungeon Video Introduces Wanderer Class
Atlus USA to release 3DS game on April 7 in N. America
― Atlus USA began streaming a video on Thursday introducing the Wanderer class in its upcoming Nintendo 3DS game Etrian Mystery Dungeon. The Wanderer class clears hidden paths and targets insects, plants, animals, and dragons. The Wanderer's skills can be used to escape dungeons. Atlus USA also announced that after the game's North American relea...
Funimation Previews Noir Blu-ray's Remastered Scenes
Complete series to ship April 14
― FUNimation Entertainment began streaming a trailer on Thursday for its upcoming Blu-ray release of the 2001 anime Noir. The trailer shows a side-by-side comparison of scenes from the show's standard release with scenes remastered for the Blu-ray. Funimation plans to release the complete series on April 14 as part of its Anime Classics collection. The company previou...
Hideo Kojima Allegedly Leaving Konami After Metal Gear Solid V Release
Social media, websites, job listings no longer mention Kojima, Kojima Productions
― An anonymous source within Konami told gaming website GameSpot that Metal Gear Solid series creator Hideo Kojima is leaving Konami after completing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The source claims Kojima and the staff of Kojima Productions were at odds with Konami, leading Konami to restrict the staff's access ...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Windy Tales Anime
Series aired 2004-2005
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it has licensed the anime Windy Tales (Fuujin Monogatari) and plans to release the series digitally and on home video. Production I.G.'s 13-episode series aired in Japan from 2004-2005. Sentai Filmworks describes the story: It has been said that air becomes wind when it is agitated. As luck would have it, a small unassuming village ...
Morita's Beshari Gurashi Comedy Manga Enters Final Story Arc
Manga about stand-up comedy duo begins final arc on March 26
― The 18th compiled volume of Masanori Morita's Beshari Gurashi comedy manga series revealed on Thursday that the manga will enter its final story arc in this year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on March 26. The manga's story center around Keisuke Agatsuma, a high school student with a great sense of comedy. A student...
Town Doctor Jumbo's Koshino to Start New Series
New manga series begins serialization on March 27
― The 2,457th issue of Nihonbungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine will announce on Friday that Ryō Koshino will launch a new manga series titled Dr. Ashura in the magazine's next issue on March 27. The magazine teases: The place where lives are saved!!! The lone woman lifesaver!! Ryō Koshino launched his Machi-Isha Jumbo manga series in Kodansha's ...
Chaos Dragon Anime Promo Introduces Characters By Madoka Magica/Fate/Durarara Creators
Anime adapting creators' RPG campaigns slated for July
― The official website for the Chaos Dragon project began streaming a promotional video for the upcoming anime on Friday. The video introduces the premise, locations, and main characters. The anime is slated to premiere in July. The project is based on Red Dragon, the "role-playing fiction" story born from the "table talk role-playing game" sessi...
Final Fantasy XI to End PS2/Xbox 360 Service, Add 2 Smartphone Games
Windows version to continue after "final "chapter scenario debuts in 2015
― Square Enix's announced in its Vana'diel Project press conference for Final Fantasy XI on Thursday that the game's final chapter scenario will be made available through three major updates in May, August, and November. The final "ultimate" scenario will assemble the main characters from the past. However, the service for Play...
Mikagura School Suite Anime's Promo Previews Theme Song
Juri Kimura, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Ai Kayano, more star in series premiering April 6
― Media Factory began streaming the first promotional video for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Last Note's Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (Mikagura School Suite) light novel series on Thursday. The video features the anime's opening theme, "Hōkago Kakumei" (After-School Revolution) by the voice actress unit Hōkago Rakuen...
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