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Anthem of the Heart Film Earns 300 Million Yen in 5 Days
5-day total surpasses Anohana film's 5-day total
― The Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da. (Kokosake or The Anthem of the Heart) anime film earned more than 300 million yen (about US$2.5 million) in its first five days at the Japanese box office, and sold approximately 235,000 tickets. Comparatively, the AnoHana anime film earned 290 million yen and sold approximately 232,000 tickets in its first five day...
One-Punch Man Manga's 10th Volume Listed With OVA
10th volume listed as shipping on December 4
― The Japanese retailer Manga-Oh is currently listing that a bundled edition of the 10th volume of ONE and Yuusuke Murata's One-Punch Man manga will include an original video anime (OVA). The retailer lists that the set will ship on December 4. The website lists that the regular edition volume will also ship on the same day. The manga's TV anime adaptation...
Saban Listed as Promoting Smile Precure to Licensees as Glitter Force
Show listed as 40-episode "girls action" series
― Television news source World Screen's programming guide for Saban Brands lists a show titled Glitter Force that uses art from the Smile Precure! TV anime series, the ninth anime series in the Precure magical girl franchise. The listing describes the show: Follows five preteen girls who form the legendary superhero squad the Glitter Force, and must def...
Assassination Classroom TV Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in January
This year's 44th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump is revealing on Monday that the second season of the Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoshitsu) TV anime will premiere in Japan in January on Fuji TV and other channels. The announcement notes that the second season will begin a new semester. The magazine is also unveiling a new visual for the show. The issue is also revealing that Kuro-sens...
Bakuman, Death Note Creators Launch Platinum End Manga
"Story of angel & human" launches in Jump SQ. magazine on November 4
― This year's 44th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will reveal on Monday that manga creator duo Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata (Death Note, Bakuman) will launch a new manga titled Platinum End in the December issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine on November 4. The announcement's tagline reads, "This is a story of a ...
Studio Deen Animates Abe's Super Lovers TV Anime
Fairy Tail's Shinji Ishihara, Hakkenden's Yoshiko Nakamura, Miki Takihara also attached
― The anime project adapting Miyuki Abe's boys-love manga Super Lovers launched an official Twitter account on Wednesday, and the account announced that the project would be a TV anime series. The account also revealed some of the anime's staff. Shinji Ishihira (Fairy Tail, Tenbatsu Angel Rabbie, Log Horizon) will...
Hajimete no Kōshien Manga Creator Masaki Himura Passes Away
Manga creator also known for Shindere Shōjo to Kodoku na Shinigami, Nyūin Note
― The editorial staff of Square Enix's Gangan Online web magazine announced on Thursday that manga creator Masaki Himura (also known by the pen name Yuki Shinkiba) passed away on June 17 after a long battle with an unspecified illness. The editorial staff also said that Himura wanted to pen one last message to readers in a...
Funimation Reveals Riddle Story of Devil's English Dub Cast
More of dub cast to be posted on Thursday
― North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment began announcing the English dub cast of the Riddle Story of Devil (Akuma no Riddle) anime on Tuesday and Wednesday. The English dub cast includes: Morgan Berry as Tokaku Azuma Alexis Tipton as Haru Ichinose Anastasia Munoz as Shiena Kenmochi Colleen Clinkenbeard as Otoya Takechi Carli Mosier as Haru...
Himōto! Umaru-chan Manga Has 2 Million Copies in Print
The editorial department of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine announced last week that Sankaku HEAD's Himōto! Umaru-chan manga has more than 2 million copies in print. The manga had more than 1.5 million copies in print as of the beginning of August. The sibling gag comedy manga centers around Umaru, Taihei's little sister who boasts beautiful looks as well as prowess in both school and sports...
Seitokai Yakuindomo's 2 New Anime DVDs Dated
Kodansha's official website for Tozen Ujiie's Seitokai Yakuindomo manga is now listing release dates for the two new original video anime (OVAs) that will ship with the limited editions of the 13th and 14th compiled volumes of the manga. The 13th volume will ship on April 15, 2016 and the 14th volume will ship on December 16, 2016. Preorders will open on February 15, 2016 and October 18, 2016, res...
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 14-20
Tokyo Ghoul:re, Fairy Tail, Barakamon, Ahiru no Sora, Skip Beat! in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Tokyo Ghoul:re 4 338,249 338,249 2015/09 Shueisha Sui Ishida 1 1 2 Fairy Tail 51 179,599 179,599 2015/09 Kodansha Hiro Mashima 2 1 3 Barakamon 12 156,233 232,776 2015/09 Square Enix Satsuki Yoshino 3 2 4 Ahiru no Sora 4...
Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Raihōsha-hen Manga Launches This Winter
New manga adapts 4th arc of The irregular at magic high school novel series
― The October issue of Square Enix's G Fantasy magazine announced last Friday that it will begin serializing the manga Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Raihōsha-hen this winter. The manga will adapt the fourth arc of the original novel series, and continue Gin Amō's Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Yokohama Sōran-hen manga, which ended in th...
Ai Yori Aoshi's Fumizuki Launches Boku to Rune to Aoarashi Manga
Series follows an artist who's life is changed when he meets a girl
― This year's 19th issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine will announce on Friday that Ai Yori Aoshi creator Kou Fumizuki will start a new series titled Boku to Rune to Aoarashi (Me and René and the Fresh Wind) in the next issue on October 9. The story follows a protagonist who always draws with no particular purpose, but his li...
Macross' Kawamori, Ghibli Composer Hisaishi Work on Phantom of the Kill Maker's RPGs
Fuji&gumi's newest also has Street Fighter II composer, voice actress Yōko Hikasa, Elements Garden
― Fuji&gumi Games, the collaboration between Fuji Startup Ventures and gumi that released the Phantom of the Kill game, announced during Tokyo Game Show 2015 on Thursday that it is developing two new games titled For Whom the Alchemist (Ta ga Tame no Alchemist) and Shinobi Nightmare. Fuji&gumi Games' su...
Kuttsukiboshi's Naoya Ishikawa Starts Promotional Anime Company
Director offers inexpensive animation for small towns, businesses
― Naoya Ishikawa (Kuttsukiboshi, Magical Chocolate) of one-man animation studio Ishikawa Pro started a new promotional animation company called Jichitai Anime (Municipal Government Anime). The official website opened on Thursday. The studio will specialize in promotional anime, such as the "Kataribe Shōjo Honoka" short (pictured right)...
Quake-Themed Mitsuami no Kamisama Play's Ad Teases Animation, Sand Art
Junichi Suwabe, Kana Hanazawa star in play of manga about girl after 3/11
― The official website for the stage production of Machiko Kyō's Mitsuami no Kamisama (Braided Pig-Tail Deity) manga began streaming a 15-second commercial for the stage play last week. The commercial reveals the play's cast and staff, and previews some of the animation that will be used for the production. Kyō's original Mitsu...
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen 'Promotional Play' Video Shows Gameplay
Contents of game's limited edition package also revealed
― AQUAPLUS began streaming a "promotional play" video for its Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen (Utawarerumono: The False Mask) game on Tuesday. The video features Risa Taneda (Kuon), Inori Minase (Nekone), Kentarou Tone (Ukon) playing through the game. The video also shows Taneda, Minase, and Tone unboxing the game's limited edition package and...
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir Game's Promos Highlight Story & Action
Main characters, new mechanics introduced for January 14 PS4/PS3/PS Vita game
― Atlus posted two promotional videos for Odin Sphere Leifþrasir (romanized Odin Sphere Leifthrasir), the upcoming HD recreation of Vanillaware's Odin Sphere PlayStation 2 game, on Friday. The "story" video introduces the game's main characters, as well as some scenes from the game's story. The "action" video previews the g...
Voice Actress Sayaka Horino Takes Hiatus Due to Health
"Danchigai"/"I Can't Understand What My Husband is Saying" actress deals with hospitalization, stress
― The voice-acting production agency DSE announced on Tuesday that voice actress Sayaka Horino is going on hiatus. The agency explained that after being hospitalized in August, she has continued to suffer from mental stress, and therefore has not completely recovered her health. After she consulted w...
LA EigaFest to Host Director Sion Sono
Festival to screen his 2015 film Tag & hold business panel with Aniplex, Dentsu, Bang Zoom!
― Japanese film festival LA EigaFest announced on its Facebook page on Monday that it will host Japanese film director Sion Sono. He will screen his film Tag (Real Onigokko), based on the Yusuke Yamada's Real Onigokko novel, on Sunday, September 27, and he will then hold a 30-minute Q&A session afterwards. The...
3rd Lovely Muco! TV Anime's Promo Streamed
Series premieres October 3
― The official YouTube channel for DLE Inc. began streaming a promotional video for the third anime based on Takayuki Mizushina's Itoshi no Muco (Lovely Muco! or Lovely Muuuuuuuco!) manga on Tuesday. The series will premiere on October 3 on TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, and TV Osaka. Komatsu and Text: In a certain town, in a certain glass-making workshop, Komatsu: There lives a certa...
The Asterisk War Anime's English-Subtitled Trailer Posted
Trailer for October 3 series features Shiena Nishizawa's opening song "Brand-new World"
― Aniplex of America streamed an English-subtitled trailer for the television anime of author Yuu Miyazaki and illustrator okiura's light novel series The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk). The video features Shiena Nishizawa's opening theme song "Brand-new World." Aniplex of Ame...
Persona 4: Dancing All Night Game's English-Dubbed Marie, Adachi Videos Posted
Eden Riegel voices Marie, Johnny Yong Bosch voices Adachi
― Atlus USA began streaming two character videos for its upcoming Persona 4: Dancing All Night PS Vita game on Tuesday. The videos preview the English dub for the characters Marie (voiced by Eden Riegel) and Adachi (Johnny Yong Bosch). Atlus previously streamed the Japanese versions of the Marie and Adachi videos in June. Atlus USA streamed th...
New Japanese Godzilla Film Unveils Cast, Title
Attack on Titan's Hiroki Hasegawa & Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi star in Shin Godzilla
― Film distributor Toho announced on Wednesday the main cast and title for the first new Japanese Godzilla film in 12 years. Hiroki Hasegawa (live-action Attack on Titan films' Shikishima, live-action Princess Jellyfish's Shū Koibuchi, pictured center in photographs above) plays a person linked to the governm...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 20-26
Hamatora, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, The Pilot's Love Song, Sabagebu!, Selector Infected Wixoss, Tokyo Ghoul anime; Black Bullet, Puella Magi Suzune Magica, Rose Guns Days Season One manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Guilty Pleasures DVD (Adult)Please Adult Source Media US$24.95 September 22 Hamatora BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 September 22 Hamatora DVDAnimeN...
Funimation Delays Tokyo Ghoul Collector's Edition, Noein
Collector's edition recalled from retailers due to physical defects
― Funimation Entertainment confirmed on Tuesday that it has delayed its Tokyo Ghoul collector's edition box set and plans to announce a new release date. Funimation has removed the collector's edition listing from its website, but has promised that preorders are still valid. The delay is due to "some physical defects" in the final pr...
Aniplex USA Licenses The Asterisk War Anime
Series will stream on Crunchyroll starting October 3
― Aniplex of America announced on Tuesday that it has licensed television anime of author Yuu Miyazaki and illustrator okiura's The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) light novel series. The series will stream on Crunchyroll beginning on October 3. Aniplex describes the story: Invertia (meteor storm)… an unpreceden...
Maiden Japan Adds Corpse Party: Tortured Souls OVA
Also: Petshop of Horrors gets re-release from Sentai Selects
― Section 23 Films announced in its January release slate on Tuesday that its Maiden Japan imprint will release the Corpse Party: Tortured Souls -Bōgyaku Sareta Tamashii no Jukyō- original video anime (OVA) on Blu-ray and DVD on January 26. The four episode series shipped on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan in 2013. Maiden Japan describes the story...
HaNaYaMaTa Anime Gets English Dub
Sentai Filmworks also continues English dub of Hamatora with 2nd series
― Section 23 Films announced in its January release slate that Sentai Filmworks will offer and English dub of HaNaYaMaTa. The DVD and Blu-ray of the series will ship on January 19. In addition, Sentai Filmworks will release Re:␣Hamatora with an English dub on DVD and Blu-ray on January 26. Sentai Filmworks released the first seri...
Young Black Jack Anime Details Guest Characters From Tezuka Manga
More cast, character designs revealed for October anime
― The official Twitter account for the upcoming television anime of Yū-Go Ōkuma and Yoshiaki Tabata's Young Black Jack manga announced 13 guest cast members that will appear in the second through fourth episodes of the anime. These characters have appeared in Osamu Tezuka's original Black Jack or his other works, though they do not have the same...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Re:_Hamatora Anime
Sequel series premiered last summer
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the Re:␣Hamatora anime. The company plans to release the series on home video. The sequel to Hamatora aired last summer and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The first anime's chief director Seiji Kishi directed anime, and animation was moved to studio Lerche. Hamatora's original anima...
Hayao Miyazaki Works With CG Animator Yūhei Sakuragi
Sakuragi recently debuted "Neon Genesis Impacts" for Animator Expo
― CG animator Yūhei Sakuragi announced in a NicoNico live broadcast for Japan Animator Expo on Monday that he is teaming with Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki for an upcoming project. Sakuragi also mentioned that advertising animation studio Steve N' Steven, which was founded in 2011, is working on the project. Sakuragi served as CGI di...
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires for Vita Heads West Digitally
November 24 in N. America, November 25 in Europe
― Koei Tecmo Games announced on Tuesday that it is bringing the PS Vita port of the Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires (Shin Sangoku Musou 7: Empires) to the West via digital download. The game will debut in North America on November 24 and then in Europe on November 25. The PS Vita version offers touchscreen support, ad hoc support for two-player cooperative...
Phantom of the Kill Smartphone Game's English Trailer Streamed
Tactical RPG with anime opening supervised by Oshii debuts in the West this winter
― Gumi began streaming the English trailer for its Phantom of the Kill smartphone game last week. The trailer previews the game's cast and characters, as well as its anime opening movie, supervised by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Fuji & Gumi Games' strategy drama RPG follows mysterious girls who carry the ...
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Expansion Announced for November 24
New physical release on December 3 will also include main game & expansion
― Sony revealed a new expansion for From Software's Bloodborne action game titled Bloodborne: The Old Hunters during its Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia press conference on Wednesday. Sony also unveiled a trailer for the game during the press conference, and the official U.S. PlayStation blog began streaming the trailer...
PlayStation Now Streaming Service Launches Japanese Open Beta
Sony launched the Japanese open beta of its PlayStation Now game streaming service on its PlayStation 4 console on Wednesday. Sony also showed a launch trailer for the service during its Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia press conference on Tuesday. PlayStation Now is currently offering 150 PlayStation 3 titles. The service is priced at 200 yen (about US$1.60) for renting one title, or a fixe...
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Slated for Spring With VR Being Considered
PlayStation VR compatibility being considered; Marie Rose, Honoka get special costumes
― Koei Tecmo Games announced at its Tokyo Game Show 2015 booth on Saturday that it will release Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, the latest game in Team Ninja's Dead or Alive Xtreme spinoff game series, during the Spring 2016 release window for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4. Koei Tecmo Games also announced that it ...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, September 14-20
Live-action Strobe Edge sells 4,896 + 2,434, followed by Yowapeda stage play, Ace of Diamond, 1st Haikyu film, Blood Blockade Battlefront
― The Deluxe Edition of the live-action film of the Strobe Edge manga sold 4,896 copies to land at #5 on the overall DVD chart, while the Regular Edition was #12 with 2,434. The stage production of Yowamushi Pedal Le Tour du Stade Vol. 2 debuted at #4 with 5,650 co...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, September 14-20
Blood Blockade Battlefront sells 8,751, followed by Euphonium, Arpeggio, Monster Musume, Show by Rock!!
― The Deluxe Edition Blu-ray for the live-action film of the Strobe Edge manga sold 3,223 copies to debut at #13 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. Minako Kotobuki's 3rd Live Tour 2015 TickTickTick landed at #20 with 1,513 copies. The d Video Special Kamen Rider #4 Blu-ray+DVD set sold 1,381 more c...
Digital Manga to Launch Kickstarter to Publish Tezuka's Wonder Three Manga
Campaign also aims to fund printing of "The Film Lives On" manga short
― North American publisher Digital Manga Publishing announced on Friday that it will launch a Kickstarter campaign in September to publish Osamu Tezuka's Wonder Three (The Amazing Three) manga. The three-volume series will contain over 200 pages each and will be printed in hardcover. One of the campaign's stretch goals will includ...
Persona 4: Dancing All Night Remix Videos, Unboxing Video Posted
Unboxing video previews contents of September 29 game's "Disco Fever" Edition
― Atlus USA began streaming two lyrics videos for its upcoming Persona 4: Dancing All Night PS Vita game on Monday. The videos preview "Pursuing My True Self (Shinichi Osawa Remix)" and "Shadow World (ATLUS Kozuka Remix)," two remix tracks that appear in the game. Atlus USA also began streaming an unboxing video of the game...
Christopher Poole Sells 4chan to 2channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura
4chan founder Christoper Poole (moot) announced on Monday that he has sold the 4chan website to 2channel website founder Hiroyuki Nishimura. In the announcement, Poole noted, "[Nishimura] is one of few individuals with a deep understanding of what it means to provide a digital home for tens of millions of people for more than a decade. There is nobody more qualified than Hiroyuki to lead 4chan, an...
Noriyuki Makihara Sings Live-Action My Love Story/Ore Monogatari's Theme
1993 song "No. 1" gets new arrangement just for the film
― The staff of the live-action film of Kazune Kawahara and Aruko's romantic comedy manga My Love Story!! (Ore Monogatari!!) announced on Tuesday that singer-songwriter Noriyuki Makihara will contribute his song "No. 1" as the film's theme song. Makihara originally wrote and sang "No. 1" in 1993 as his eighth single. He will make a new arrangeme...
Yo-Kai Watch Listed on Canada's Teletoon for October 3
The website Zap2it is listing an episode of Yokai Watch on Canadian television channel Teletoon for Saturday, October 3 at 2:00 p.m. The Yokai Watch anime series will premiere in the United States on Disney XD on October 5. New episodes will first run every day until October 9, and then the series will run every week on Mondays at 5:00 p.m. Each episode will also be available on the WATCH Disney X...
33rd Animator Expo is 'Ragnarok' From Appleseed Director Katayama
RahXephon's Izubuchi provides designs for robot battle royale
― The official website for Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition (Japan Animator Expo), the weekly anime shorts from Hideaki Anno's Studio Khara and the media company Dwango, announced on Monday that the 33rd short will be Kazuyoshi Katayama's "Ragnarok" ("Sekai no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa," or "Hello from the Countries of the World"). The short will ...
LA EigaFest Hosts Kenshin Director & Actor Aoki, Prophecy Film
Also posts English-subtitled Hana & Alice trailer
― This year's LA EigaFest, which will be held September 25-27, will host live-action Rurouni Kenshin director Keishi Ōtomo and actor Munetaka Aoki (Sagara Sanosuke) to accompany its screening of Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends. Both will also attend the festival's After Party at the Belasco. In addition, the festival will screen the North American pr...
Chrono Trigger Writer Works on Another Eden Mobile RPG
Chrono Trigger sound director also on board for "traditional" time travel adventure game
― GREE, one of the largest mobile phone game platforms and social networking services in Japan, unveiled a new smartphone RPG titled Another Eden at Tokyo Game Show 2015 this past weekend. The time travel adventure game is slated to launch in spring 2016. Director and producer Daisuke Taka, voice actress Mie Son...
Himōto! Umaru-chan's 11th Mini Anime Features Classic Cop Show Parody
Comedy shorts will bundle with DVD/Blu-ray sets
― Toho Animation began streaming the 11th episode of the Himōto! Umaru-chan mini anime series, "Himōto! Umaru-chanS," on Monday. The stream is available for 24 hours. The short parodies 1970's Japanese detective shows, such as Taiyō ni Hoeru. The main character's hunt down the avatar of the original manga artist, Sankaku Head, and make him confess to lo...
Mysterious Joker TV Anime Gets New Series
2nd season about phantom thief premiered in April
― The October issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Corocoro Comics magazine announced last Tuesday that a new series of the Mysterious Joker TV anime series has been green-lit. The magazine did not specify if the new series would be the show's third season, but it will provide further information on the series in future issues. In Hideyasu Takahashi's Kaitō ...
Seraph of the End Season 2's English-Subtitled Trailer Previews fripSide Theme
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Hirakawa, Kaori Ishihara, Emiri Kato, Takanori Hoshino play Narumi squad
― The website for the Seraph of the End television anime began streaming the official trailer for the anime's second season, "Battle in Nagoya," with English subtitles on Monday. The trailer previews the new opening theme song "Two souls -toward the truth-" by fripSide (A Certain Scientific Railgun, Fut...
Digimon Adventure tri.'s Trailer, 2nd Teaser Reveal Voices
6-part anime to launch in theaters, on Blu-ray, on iTunes on November 21
― The official website for Toei Animation's Digimon Adventure tri. anime began streaming the theatrical trailer and second teaser promotional video for the first part, Saikai (Reunion), on Saturday. The videos preview the voice cast, which includes many new members. Like the earlier advance video, the new videos feature the them...
Ajin - Demi-Human TV Anime to Have 13 Episodes
Netflix announced last Tuesday that television anime adaptation of Gamon Sakurai's Ajin - Demi-Human manga will have 13 episodes. The television anime will premiere in January on the MBS, TBS, and CBC stations in Japan. Netflix will stream the new episodes in Japan three days after they air on Japanese television. Netflix will then premiere all the episodes at once in "regions Netflix currently op...
Fuji TV Creates New Daytime Anime Timeslot for 1st Time in 10 Years for Monster Hunter Stories
Fuji TV announced on Friday that it will create a new timeslot for anime for the first time in 10 years when it airs the adaptation of the Monster Hunter Stories role-playing game in 2016. The new timeslot will be during the daytime (6am-7pm). The last time fuji TV opened a new timeslot during the daytime hours for anime was when it started airing One Piece on Sundays on 9:30 a.m. on October 1, 20...
Oldcodex Performs High Speed! Free! Starting Days Film's Theme
Theme's CD & film soundtrack ship on December 16; more advance tickets go on sale
― The official website for the High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- anime film confirmed on Monday that the group Oldcodex will perform the theme song. Lantis and Bandai Visual will release the unnamed single on December 16 in three versions: the limited first edition for 1,800 yen (about US$15), the regular edition for 1,...
World Trigger Anime's New Arc Adds Takahiro Sakurai, More to Cast
"Fugitive Arc" featuring anime-original story premieres on October 11
― The official website for Toei Animation's World Trigger anime series announced new cast members on Saturday for the new anime-original "Fugitive Arc" of the series that will premiere on October 11. The new characters include: Takahiro Sakurai as Gieve, a tracker from the unknown rebel planet nation Elgatess Sakiko Tamagawa as Cha...
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Game's '0.2' Part Will Use Kingdom Hearts III Technology
Director Tetsuya Nomura discusses more details about game shipping in Japan in 2016
― Japanese video game new website Famitsu posted an interview with Kingdom Hearts series director and Final Fantasy VII Remake director Tetsuya Nomura on Monday discussing the recently revealed Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue PlayStation 4 game. When asked about why Kingdom Hearts II.8 would be on PS4, N...
Sound! Euphonium Anime's 7th DVD/BD Bundles Extra Episode
Kyoto Animation streams preview for "Kakedasu Monaka" episode
― Kyoto Animation began streaming a preview on Monday for the "Kakedasu Monaka" (Running Monaka) extra episode that will be bundled with the seventh Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume of the Sound! Euphonium anime series ("monaka" are wafer sandwich snacks filled with red bean jam). The official website for the series describes the extra episode ...
2nd Sinbad Film's Trailer Reveals January Delay, Title
Sinbad: Mahō no Lamp to Ugoku Shima opens in Japan on January 16
― The official website for Nippon Animation's Sinbad three-part anime film project began streaming a trailer for the second anime film on Friday. The trailer reveals the film's title of Sinbad: Mahō no Lamp to Ugoku Shima (Sinbad: The Magical Lamp and the Moving Island), and also reveals that the film's opening date has been moved to Ja...
cinema staff, Mrs. GREEN APPLE Perform New Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V Theme Songs
cinema staff's "Kirifuda," Mrs. GREEN APPLE's "Speaking" debut in show on October 4
― Rock band cinema staff (Attack on Titan second ending theme) and Mrs. GREEN APPLE will contribute their songs as the new opening and ending themes for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V TV anime. cinema staff will contribute their song "Kirifuda" (Trump Card) as the show's fourth opening theme, while Mrs. GREEN APPLE will contribu...
Kouki Uchiyama, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, More Join High Speed! Free! Starting Days Film's Cast
Character designs/profiles revealed for Nagisa, Rei, Rin, Sosuke, Kisumi
― The official website for the High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- anime film revealed cast members for previously revealed characters on Monday. The website also unveiled the character designs and profiles for Nagisa, Rei, Rin, Sosuke, and Kisumi. The new cast members include: Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Asahi Shiina. A first-year at I...
Disgaea 5's Usalia, Red Magnus English Character Trailers Streamed
English version of PS4 tactical RPG ships on October 6
― NIS America's official U.S. website for its Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance PlayStation 4 tactical RPG began streaming two new English character trailers for the game on Saturday. The trailers introduce Usalia and Red Magnus. The cast of characters includes: Killia (voiced by Mamoru Miyano), a young demon who intends to take revenge on Void Da...
Project X Zone 2 Videos Reveal Xenosaga, Fire Emblem Characters & Western Dates (Updated)
Game launching in the West in February includes KOS-MOS, Fiora, Chrom, Lucina
― The official website of Bandai Namco Entertainment, SEGA, and Capcom's Project X Zone 2: Brave New World crossover game began streaming a new trailer on Saturday revealing new characters from Bandai Namco Entertainment and Monolith Soft's Xenosaga and Xenoblade Chronicles games, as well as Nintendo and Intelligent Systems...
Tokyo Game Show Draws 268,400 Across 4 Days
Tokyo Game Show 2015 reported an attendance of 268,400 over the course of four days (September 17-20) this past week. That is more than last year's total of 251,831, but less than the record total of 270,197 in 2013 (the year Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4). A record 480 companies and organizations participated (compared to 421 last year), and over 1,280 game titles were on display. The last publ...
PriPara Anime Posts VR Concert Video Online
Viewers can move point of view in 360 degrees with mouse, smartphone sensors, or VR goggles
― The official website for the PriPara anime movies posted a special "Tobidasu PriPara" (Popping-Out PriPara) Guruguru Movie" on Saturday. A compatible PC browser or smartphone app will let viewers move their point-of-view in 360 degrees. The YouTube video begins with a trailer for the most recent film, Tobida...
From Five to Nine's Live-Action Show Adds More Cast
Saeko, Kei Tanaka, Rin Takanashi, more added to cast for series premiering in October
― The official website for 5→9 Watashi ni Koi Shita Ikemen Sugiru Obō-san (5→9 The Hot Monk Who Fell in Love With Me), the live-action TV series adaptation of Miki Aihara's From Five to Nine (Go-ji kara Ku-ji made) manga, revealed additional cast members for the show on Sunday. The additional cast includes: Kei Tana...
God Eater Episode 9 Listed as Final TV Episode Next Sunday
The Tokyo MX station, Yahoo! TV Japan, and other Japanese television schedules are listing episode 9 of the God Eater anime on September 27 as the final television episode. The end of the television run does not preclude plans for the anime in another format or medium. The new anime Comet Lucifer will take over God Eater's 10:30 p.m. timeslot on October 4. The God Eater anime premiered in August, ...
Kuroko's Basketball Anime Gets Film
Announced at KuroBas Cup 2015 on Sunday
― The evening session of the KuroBas Cup 2015 event ended on Sunday with an announcement that production on a theatrical film for the Kuroko's Basketball (Kuroko no Basuke) anime has been green-lit. Tadatoshi Fujimaki launched the original manga series in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump mangazine in 2008, and Shueisha published the 30th and final compiled volume ...
Dark Horse Plans to 'Increase Output of Japanese Titles At Least 25% in 2016'
Dave Marshall replaces Scott Allie as company's editor in chief
― North American comics and manga publisher Dark Horse Comics announced on September 11 that Dave Marshall has replaced Scott Allie as the company's editor in chief. Marshall had served previously as a senior editor at the company. Allie will assume the title of executive senior editor. Additionally, editorial coordinator Freddye Miller ...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game's 3rd Promo Video, Themed PS4s Revealed
Hirohiko Araki supervises original story for game's "story mode"
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the third promotional video on Sunday for its JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 game. The game's "Story Mode" will feature an original story that manga creator Hirohiko Araki supervised himself. The story will feature characters from all eight parts of t...
Doga Kobo Presents Magical Girls Project Breetschlag via VRScope
Doga Kobo has previously presented project using Oculus Rift VR headset
― Animation studio Dogakobo announced on Tuesday that its Breetschlag magical girl project will also use Japanese printing company Toppan's VRscope product, a virtual reality device that uses a smartphone to generate a 360-degree panoramic view. Animate stores in Japan began accepting orders for a special Breetschlag-themed VRsco...
Shonen Sunday Anime Shorts to Air on TV with IRiS Opening
Alice in Borderland, Ane Log, Nozo × Kimi, Fantasista Stella to air
― This year's 42nd issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that it will present a new television program titled Anisan Gekijō (Anime Sunday Theater) starting on October 6 on the Tokyo MX channel. The program will air the original video animation episodes previously bundled with Shonen Sunday manga. T...
Studio Ghibli Named Asian Filmmaker of the Year at Busan Int'l Film Festival
Co-founder Toshio Suzuki to accept award at ceremony in October
― The 20th Busan International Film Festival announced on Thursday it will award Studio Ghibli with the 2015 Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. The festival presents the award to "an Asian filmmaker or group that has significantly contributed to the development of the Asian film industry and Asian culture." Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshi...
Steins;Gate 0 Visual Novel's Opening Movie Previews Kanako Itou's Theme
Follow-up game ships in Japan on PS3/PS4/PS Vita on November 19
― MAGES and 5pb. Games revealed the opening movie for the Steins;Gate 0 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita visual novel at a stage event at Tokyo Game Show that was also live-streamed on Sunday. The video features Kanako Itou's theme song. MAGES and 5pb. plan to ship the follow-up game on November 19 in Japan. An anime ad...
Lychee Light Club Live-Action Film's 2nd Teaser Reveals Lead Actress
Ayami Nakajō to play Kanon in film based on Usamaru Furuya's manga
― The official Tumblr account for live-action film of Usamaru Furuya's Lychee Light Club manga revealed on Saturday that Ayami Nakajō (Summer Nude) will play the heroine Kanon. The official website also began streaming a preview trailer on Friday. The rest of the main cast includes: (Top Row, From Left) Shūhei Nomura (Taifū no Noruda,...
Hantsu x Trash Anime Posts Promo Video, Cast, Staff
Testament of Sister New Devil's Hisashi Saito directs risque waterpolo comedy
― The official website for the original anime DVD (OAD) adaptation of Hiyoko Kobayashi's Hantsu x Trash manga posted a promotional video, the voice cast, and the staff on Saturday. The cast members are reprising their roles from the earlier drama CD production: Yūma Uchida as Yōhei Hamaji Maaya Uchida as Chisato Hagiwara Sh...
Viz's SuBLime Adds Ten Count, Midnight Stranger, Don't Be Cruel Manga
Manga by Rihito Takarai, Bohra Naono, Yonezou Nekota
― Viz Media's SuBLime boys-love imprint announced at YaoiCon on Saturday that it has licensed Rihito Takarai's Ten Count, Bohra Naono's Midnight Stranger, and Yonezou Nekota's Don't Be Cruel manga. All three series will be available in print and digitally. SuBLime plans to start releasing Ten Count in August 2016. The series runs in Shinshokan's De...
DMP's Juné Manga To Add 24 Yaoi Manga Titles Digitally (Update)
Releases will be "slightly" censored like original Japanese publications
― Digital Manga Publishing announced at its Juné Manga panel at YaoiCon on Saturday that it has licensed 24 manga titles for its Juné Manga imprint. These titles will be available digitally and will be "slightly" censored just like the original Japanese publications. Digital Manga Publishing has also requested 100% uncensored co...
The Empire of Corpses Film's Web-Only Final Promo Video Posted
Film of late novelist Project Itoh's historical sci-fi story opens on October 2
― The website for the anime films based on the works of late novelist Project Itoh began streaming a web-exclusive final promotional video for The Empire of Corpses film on Friday. The promotional video, which will not be shown in theaters, previews the theme song "Door" by EGOIST. The story of The Empire of Corpses takes...
Dance With Devils Anime's 2nd Promo Previews Theme Songs
Cast sings for October anime about girl falling in love with demons at academy
― Game developer Rejet began streaming the second promotional video for the Dance with Devils television anime on Saturday. The video debuted first at the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair this weekend. It features the opening theme song "Kakusei no Air" by the anime's Lind voice actor Wataru Hatano, as well as the endi...
Crunchyroll to Stream Live-Action Anohana Special
Also adds Gunbuster 2, Symphogear G, DearS to catalog
― Media service Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it is streaming the live-action television special of the anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day anime. The service also announced this week that it added the Gunbuster 2, Senki Zesshō Symphogear G, and DearS anime to its catalog. The live-action anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day special will be ...
Final Fantasy XV Reveals Chocobo Riding, Fishing Minigame in Video
Square Enix reveals more info about characters Regis, Luna
― Square Enix revealed new gameplay footage of its Final Fantasy XV PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game during a stage event at Tokyo Game Show on Saturday. The footage features Noctis and the other main characters riding on Chocobos, as well as the game's fishing minigame. Although the Active Time Report stage event was livestreamed in Japanese,...
Phantasy Star Online 2 Anime Reveals More Cast, Shouta Aoi Song
Nobunaga Shimazaki, Takuya Satō, Rie Murakawa, Aki Kanada, Shun Horie, Minami Kabayama, Tesshô Genda star
― The official website for Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, the television anime of Sega's Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSO2) role-playing game, announced additional cast members on Saturday. The announcements were first made at a stage event at Tokyo Game Show 2015: Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kōta K...
Vinland Saga, Ponkotsu Quest Get Crossover Web Anime
Vap will stream "Pon Kotsuland Saga" anime on YouTube on October 24
― The November issue of Kodansha's Afternoon magazine is announcing on September 25 that Makoto Yukimura's Vinland Saga manga is getting a collaborative web anime with Vap's web anime Ponkotsu Quest. Vap will post the "Pon Kotsuland Saga" anime to YouTube on October 24. The magazine is also revealing a key visual for the crossover an...
Shinobu Ohtaka's Magi Fantasy Manga Enters Final Arc
Special TV program to air on September 29 with 'latest information' about franchise
― This year's 43rd issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Shinobu Ohtaka's Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic manga has ended its Kou Empire Arc, and will start its final arc in the magazine's 48th issue, which will ship on October 28. The 43rd issue is also announcing that Magi...
Persona 5 RPG Gets TV Anime Special, Opening Song by Lyn
PS4/PS3 game itself will debut next summer
― Atlus announced a television anime special adaptation of its upcoming PlayStation 4/PlayStation 3 roleplaying game Persona 5 during the "Atlus Presents Persona Special Stage" event at Tokyo Game Show 2015 on Saturday. The video announcement read, "The much-anticipated latest numbered entry already … has a Persona 5 special anime scheduled for broadcast! Th...
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