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God Eater Episodes 10-13 Are 'Coming This Winter'
Remaining episodes' titles also announced after episode 9 ended current TV run
― Episode 9 of the God Eater anime ended on Sunday with an announcement that the remaining episodes, episodes 10-13, are "coming this winter." The anime's official website and Twitter account will provide more details as they are made public. The remaining episodes are: Episode 10 "Sange" (A Glorious End) Episode 11 "Meteo...
Lance N' Masques, Young Black Jack Listed at 12 Episodes Each
The online program catalog for Japanese television broadcaster TBS lists two upcoming television anime, Lance N' Masques and Young Black Jack, as 12 episodes long each. Thanks to WTK for the news tip
Kamen Rider Drive Gets Chase Spinoff Video
Taikō Katōno reprise role in April 20's Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser
― The Kamen Rider Drive television series ended on Sunday and announced that production on a V Cinema video, Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser, has been green-lit. As the title indicates, the main character will be Chase, and the video will follow his roots and one surprising aspect of his. Taikō Katōno will reprise his role as Chase...
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Anime's 3rd Ad Aired
Kengo Kawanishi, Yoshimasa Hosoya, more star in series premiering on October 4
― The third TV ad for the newest Gundam anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans), is currently airing in Japan. Narration & Text: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans begins airing on Sunday, October 4 at 5 p.m. Narration: The sustenance of life is on the battlefi...
The Seven Deadly Sins Manga Gets New TV Anime in 2016
Main staff, cast return for more based on Nakaba Suzuki's manga
― The Heroic Legend of Arslan television anime ended on Sunday with an announcement that production on a new television anime series for The Seven Deadly Sins manga has been green-lit for next year. Text: Heroes Once More Text: 2016 Text: New TV Anime Text: Production Green-Lit!! The returning staff includes: Original creator: Nakaba Suz...
Resident Evil/Biohazard: heavenly island Manga Goes on 3-Month Hiatus
Manga based on survival horror game series returns on January 7
― This year's 43rd issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced on Thursday that Naoki Serizawa's Biohazard: heavenly island manga will go on a three-month hiatus. The manga will return in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine's sixth 2016 issue, which Akita Shoten will publish on January 7. The manga had just returned fro...
Mamoru Miyano's FRONTIER Album Ranks at #3 on Weekly Album Charts
Songs include anime theme songs "NEW ORDER," "BREAK IT!," "Shine"
― Singer and voice actor Mamoru Miyano's fifth album FRONTIER ranked at #3 on Oricon's weekly album charts for the September 14-20 week, selling 17,749 copies in its first week. The album contains 12 songs, including the Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Awakening Arc opening theme song "NEW ORDER," the Cardfight!! Vanguard G opening theme ...
Macross Creator Kawamori Offers Details on Macross Delta Anime, Thunderbirds
New show to feature "Valkyrie vs. Valkyrie" with planet-bound setting teased
― Macross anime creator Shoji Kawamori appeared at a "Macross Plastic Model Discussion" stage event at the All Japan Model and Hobby Show on Saturday with representatives from six plastic model and hobby companies. During the event, Kawamori provided more details on Macross Delta (Macross Δ), first new Macross television ani...
Young Black Jack TV Anime's Ad Outlines Premise
Prequel to Osamu Tezuka's classic medical story Black Jack debuts on October 1
― The BS-TBS station debuted a new commercial for the upcoming television anime of Yū-Go Ōkuma and Yoshiaki Tabata's Young Black Jack manga in Japan. The ad features the show's opening theme song "I Am Just Feeling Alive" by the duo UMI☆KUUN. The ad describes the story premise of this prequel to Black Jack, Osamu Tezuka's ...
Crunchyroll Adds Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation-, Lance N' Masques, Diabolik Lovers More, Blood Anime
Site reveals region, premiere details for Owarimonogatari stream
― Crunchyroll announced on Saturday at its panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta that it will stream the following television anime series: Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation- (Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru or A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet), Lance N' Masques, and Diabolik Lovers More, Blood. Crunchyroll a...
Sekai Project Adds Wagamama High Spec, Darekoi, More Visual Novels
Also: The Orchard of Stray Sheep, Yume no Sono, Highway Blossoms, Japanese School Life
― North American visual novel and manga publisher Sekai Project announced six new visual novel titles at its panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta on Saturday. The new Japanese visual novel titles include: Madosoft's Wagamama High Spec, Life A Little's Darekoi, and Namaage's The Orchard of Stray Sheep. Sekai Project addit...
Aniplex USA to Stream Owarimonogatari Anime on Crunchyroll
English-subtitled trailer posted for series premiering on October 3
― Aniplex of America announced on Saturday that it will begin streaming the Owarimonogatari television anime only on Crunchyroll on October 3. It also posted an English-subtitled trailer for the anime on Saturday: NisiOisin's original three-volume Owarimonogatari novel is part of the "final season" of the Monogatari series. The first...
Working/Wagnaria!!! Gets 1-Hour TV Finale Special
Lord of the Takanashi announced in season 3's 13th episode
― The 13th episode of Wagnaria!!3 (Working!!!), the third anime season based on Karino Takatsu's Working!! manga, announced an additional finale episode on Sunday. Working!!! -Lord of the Takanashi- (Wagnaria!!3: Lord of the Takanashi) will air as an expanded one-hour special. The broadcast date and other details will be announced in the futu...
Key/Visual Art's Rewrite Visual Novel Gets TV Anime
Grisaia's Tensho helms anime at 8-Bit with Romeo Tanaka, Visual Art's Kai
― The Charlotte television anime ended on Sunday with an announcement that a television anime project based on Key/Visual Art's Rewrite PC visual novel is starting. Text: A new project launches!! Text: Taking a 100-million year journey, Text: Reaching people again… Text: Original Creator: Key/Visual Art's Text: Original Charact...
Library Wars Streams English-Subtitled Live-Action Short Before New Special, Film
13-minute short focuses on everyday lives of library staffers
― Angle Pictures began streaming a live-action "Toshokan Mini Sensō -The First Mission-" (Library Mini Wars -The First Mission-) short work on September 17 that is inspired by Hiro Arikawa's popular action novel series Library Wars (Toshokan Sensō). The short is streaming with English subtitles. Angle Pictures is streaming the short before...
One Week Friends' Hazuki Launches Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni Manga on October 22
Square Enix also previews romantic manga in bookstore pamphlet
― The October issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine revealed last Saturday that Matcha Hazuki's (One Week Friends) new Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni (For Me to Remain Myself) manga series will debut in the magazine's next issue, which Square Enix will publish on October 22. The manga will have a color opening page and it will adorn t...
Osamu Kaneko's Slime Mori Mori Manga Ends
Manga's 11th and final volume slated for December 4
― The November issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine published the last chapter of Osamu Kaneko's Slime Mori Mori manga last Saturday. The magazine also notes that Shueisha will publish the manga's 11th and final compiled book volume on December 4. The manga is based on the Slime Mori Mori video game series, a spinoff of Square Enix's long-running Dra...
Ai Tenchi Muyo! Manga Ends in October
Haruna Nakazato launched manga adapting series of anime shorts last November
― The November issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine announced on Saturday that Haruna Nakazato's manga adaptation of the Ai Tenchi Muyo! anime will end in the next issue, which Kodansha will publish on October 26. Nakazato launched the manga in Monthly Shōnen Sirius last November, and Kodansha has not yet publi...
Selector Infected Wixoss -Re/verse- Manga Ends in October
Selector Infected Wixoss spinoff manga by Meki Meki launched in August 2014
― The October issue of Square Enix's Big Gangan magazine announced on Friday that Meki Meki's Selector Infected Wixoss -Re/verse- manga will conclude in the magazine's next issue, which Square Enix will publish on October 24. The manga is a spinoff of the Selector Infected Wixoss card-game anime. The anime's scriptwriter, Mar...
The Laws of the Universe Anime Film Casts Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Beals, Tom Kenny
Religious anime film gets world premiere on Saturday in Los Angeles; N. American screenings start on October 2
― Religious group Happy Science announced the English dub cast for its film The Laws of the Universe Part 0 (UFO Gakuen no Himitsu) earlier this month. The site also began streaming an English promotional video. The cast includes: Jennifer Beals as Inkar Dylan McDermott as Yoake Suguru Tom K...
Overlord Chibi Character Anime's 7th, 8th Episodes Streamed
3-minute shorts featuring super-deformed characters each stream for 2 weeks
― Media Factory is currently streaming the seventh and eighth episodes of the Overlord anime's Pure Pure Purea Desu chibi character anime shorts. The three-minute "Before the Fort" episode will stream until October 1, and the "Understanding and Confusion" episode will stream until October 8. The comedy anime shorts feature su...
Divine Gate Anime's 1st Promo Video, Cast Unveiled
The Heroic Legend of Arslan's Noriyuki Abe to direct January TV anime
― Marvelous began streaming the first promotional video for the anime adaptation of GungHo Online Entertainment and Acquire's Divine Gate iOS and Android app on Saturday. The video teases the main characters and reveals that the television anime is slated to premiere in January. The anime's cast includes: Tetsuya Kakihara as Akane,...
Mighty No. 9 Game Slated for Release in February
Physical/digital releases in Americas on February 9, world on February 12
― Game publisher Deep Silver announced on Friday that Mighty No. 9 is slated for release in the Americas on February 9, followed by a worldwide release on February 12. The game will be available in physical and digital formats for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U. The game will also be available digitally for PlayStation 3, X...
The Perfect Insider Anime's 4th Long Promo Video Introduces Cast
Murder mystery series premieres on Noitamina on October 8
― The official website of for the television anime adaptation of Hiroshi Mori's Subete ga F ni Naru (Everything Becomes F or The Perfect Insider) novel began streaming the fourth long promotional video for the anime on Saturday. The video previews the show's ending theme song "Nana Hitsuji," by Scenario Art, as well as the opening theme song "...
Yo-kai Watch Anime's English Theme Song Video Streamed
Peter Michail, Kathryn Lynn perform "Gera Gera Po Song" for October dub
― Dentsu Entertainment USA and LEVEL-5 Inc. began streaming the "Gera Gera Po Song" video for the Yo-kai Watch anime on Friday. Peter Michail and Kathryn Lynn perform the English version of the opening theme song "Geragerapō no Uta" originally sung by King Cream Soda. Tomoki Kikuya and FRAME composed and arranged the English vers...
The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Episodes Delayed for Special Programs
The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls television anime aired a special program titled "Road to LIVE" in place of an episode on Saturday. The 24th episode, "Barefoot Girl.," will air next week on October 2. Another special program, "Smile History," will air on October 9 in place of an episode. The 25th and final episode will air on October 16. The anime also delayed its 8th episode for a special program ...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 13-19
2 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, One-Punch Man, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Monster Musume, Seraph of the End, 2 Attack on Titan volumes, Nisekoi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Attack on Titan
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on September 19. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 4Tokyo Ghoul #1 Sui Ishida Viz Media 14 21One-Punch Man ...
Atelier Sophie's Opening Movie Features Rurutia Song
PS3/PS4/PS Vita game slated for November 19 in Japan
― Gust Corporation began streaming the opening movie for its upcoming Sophie no Atelier: Fushigi na Hon no Renkinjutushi (Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book) game on Thursday. The opening theme song is performed by Rurutia (Karas). Yuka Aisaka stars in the game as Sophie Neuenmuller, and Yuka Iguchi plays Plachta, the book that teache...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, September 14-20
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, World Trigger, Resident Evil Revelations 2, Samurai Warriors 4 Empires, Saki games debut
― Japan's Game Ranking: September 14-20 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DS Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Pokémon September 17 151,823 151,823 50 2Wii U Super Mario Maker (Including Bundled Editions) Nintendo September 10 54,544 ...
BLADE ARCUS from Shining EX Promo Introduces Playable Characters
PS3/PS4 port of arcade game features characters from Shining RPG series
― Sega began streaming a promotional video for its 2D fighting game BLADE ARCUS from Shining EX on Wednesday. The video introduces the playable characters, including original characters and other characters from the Shining RPG series. The game is a console port of Sega's BLADE ARCUS from Shining arcade fighting game, which is a ...
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Gets 4th Anime Series
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! announced
― The tenth and final episode of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!, the third Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya television anime, announced on Saturday that the show will get a fourth series titled Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! (pronounced "drei"). Hiroyama's original Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya manga re-imagines the Fate/stay night cha...
Stella Glow 3DS Game's 'Song Magic' Promo Streamed
Player must recruit good witches in RPG slated for the holiday season
― Atlus USA began streaming a "song magic" promotional video for its upcoming Stella Glow simulation role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS on Friday. Atlus USA will release the game in the Americas this holiday season. The game takes place in a world of swords and magic, where a knight named Alto must recruit witches to defeat the...
Hai-Furi Anime's Writer, Manga Adaptation, 2nd Character Unveiled
Reiko Yoshida writes series with 30+ character designs by Non Non Biyori's Atto
― The November issue of Kadokawa's Comic Alive magazine announced on Saturday that Reiko Yoshida (Non Non Biyori, K-ON!, Yowamushi Pedal) will handle series composition for the upcoming original anime Hai-Furi. The magazine published an interview with the original creator, producers, and director, but they are currently a...
2nd Wake Up, Girls! Film's Song, Date, Visual Unveiled
Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom to open on December 11
― The official website for the two-film sequel to the Wake Up, Girls! television anime posted the opening date and a key visual for the second film. The second film — Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom — will open on December 11. The website announced that the second film's theme song, "Beyond the Bottom," will go on sale on December 9. The sing...
Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia Light Novels Get Anime
Masamune Huji's story of boy who enrolls in academy due to his ability to power up girls
― The official website for Masamune Huji's light novel series Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia (Masō Gakuen H x H) announced that an anime project is in the works. The story centers around Kizuna Hida, who visits the strategic defense academy Ataraxia at his big sister's request. "There, he encounters Aine ...
Persona 4: Dancing All Night Game's 'Shadow World,' 'Your Affection' Lyrics Videos Streamed
Full game slated for September 29 in N. America, November 6 in Europe
― Atlus USA began streaming two more lyrics videos for its upcoming Persona 4: Dancing All Night PS Vita game on Thursday. The videos preview "Shadow World (DE DE MOUSE shadow swing mix)" and "Your Affection short (DAISUKE ASAKURA Remix)," two remix tracks that appear in the game. Atlus USA previously streamed the game's English-du...
Aria Smartphone Rhythm Game Announced for Spring 2016
Game will have original story by Aria anime writer Ayuna Fujisaki
― Game developer HarvesT announced its new Aria ~Aqua Ritmo~ smartphone game on Thursday by opening a website for the game. HarvesT describes the game as a "new sensation healing rhythm game." Like the manga and anime, the game is set in Neo-Venezia. The game will feature an original story, which will have players taking the role of an...
Arslan: The Warriors of Legend Game's 3rd Promo Video Introduces Playable Characters
Mardān Rush, Change Shift, Skill Card features previewed in game shipping on October 1
― KOEI Tecmo Games began streaming the third promotional video on Friday for its upcoming Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Arslan Senki x Musou) action game. The video previews the game's playable characters and main features such as Mardān Rush, Charge Shift, and Skill Cards. The game's confirmed playable character...
Naoki Tatsuta Temporarily Replaces Jouji Yanami as Kaiō/Narrator in Dragon Ball Super Anime
Oolong voice actor replaces Yanami while he undergoes medical treatment
― Toei Animation announced on Friday that voice actor Naoki Tatsuta will temporarily replace Jouji Yanami as both North Kaiō and the Narrator in the Dragon Ball Super television anime series. Tatsuta is replacing Yanami so that Yanami can undergo medical treatment. The announcement did not specify the reason for the treatment. Ta...
Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul Game's 4th Promo Video Shows Hades
PS4/PS3 fighting game ships simultaneously in Japan, Europe on Friday
― The official website of Bandai Namco Entertainment's upcoming Saint Seiya: Soldier's Soul PS3/PS4/PC fighting game began streaming the game's fourth promo video on Friday. The video shows some scenes from the game's story mode and shows the character Hades. Bandai Namco Entertainment also recently streamed gameplay videos in Engl...
JK Meshi! TV Anime's Promo Video Introduces Main Characters
Series of shorts starring Natsuko Hara, Nao Fujita, Sora Tokui premieres on October 6
― The official Youtube channel of the upcoming JK Meshi! series of anime shorts began streaming a promotional video for the anime on Friday. The video introduces the cast and confirms the anime's premiere date of October 5 at 25:00 (effectively October 6 at 1:00 a.m.). Text: Joshi kōsei (high school girl) -JK- Chara...
Wagamama High Spec's TV Anime, Visual Novel Both Debut in April 2016
Visual novel's new promo video introduces characters
― The official website of the television anime adaptation of Madosoft's upcoming Wagamama High Spec visual novel revealed on Friday that the anime will premiere in April 2016. Madosoft's official YouTube channel also began streaming a promotional movie for the visual novel on Monday, which introduces the characters, and reveals the game's April 28 ...
Go! Princess Precure!!! Film Casts Junichi Suwabe, Ryusei Nakao as Villains
3-part film opens in Japan on October 31
― The staff of the upcoming Eiga Go! Princess Precure Go! Go!! Gōka 3-bon Date!!! (Go! Princess Precure: Go! Go!! Grand 3-Part Movie!!!) film announced the new villain characters for the "Pumpkin Ōkoku no Takaramono" (The Pumpkin Kingdom's Treasure) and "Precure to Refi no Wonder Night!" (Precure and Refi's Wonder Night!) parts of the film on Friday. Junichi S...
Kamisama Kiss 2016 Stage Musical's Cast Unveiled in Costume
Mizuki, Kotetsu, Narukami-hime recast for musical premiering running on January 15-21
― The staff of the upcoming Kamisama Hajimemashita The Musical 2016 stage musical adaptation of Julietta Suzuki's Kamisama Kiss (Kamisama Hajimemashita) manga unveiled photographs of the the musical's new cast in costume on Friday. Saki Terashima as Nanami Momozono Ren Yagami as Tomoe Keisuke Minami as Kurama Mao Ka...
Gundam's Tomino Discusses 2D Fantasy Robot Anime Plans
Director considers making project with Sunrise instead of Hollywood
― Gundam anime creator Yoshiyuki Tomino stated in the Gundam G no Reconguista Official Guidebook that Gakkan Publishing released on Wednesday that he is considering making his Hollywood project in Tokyo instead since he noted that "it seems like Sunrise will let me try to make a robot project that is slightly more fantasy." He also s...
Japan Animator Expo Streams 'Ragnarok' by Appleseed Director Katayama
Robot battle royale short with mecha designs from Patlabor's Yutaka Izubuchi
― 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, began streaming the 33rd short "Ragnarok" ("Sekai no Kuni Kara Konnichiwa," or "Hello from the Countries of the World") on Friday. Kazuyoshi Katayama (Applesee...
Replacement Discs Offered for Errors in Japanese Evangelion Boxes
King Records' Starchild label reported on Thursday that errors appeared in its Neon Genesis Evangelion Blu-ray Box and Archives Of Evangelion DVD Box. Disc 9 of the Blu-ray Box had the incorrect eyecatch sequences for the home video format version of episode 25 "Air" and episode 26 "Magokoro o, Kimi ni" — they listed "The End of Evangelion" instead of "Neon Genesis Evangelion." Due to technical er...
2nd Live-Action Attack on Titan Is #1 With Half of 1st Film's Box Office
Earns 328 million yen in 2 days, compared to 600 million yen for 1st film
― Attack on Titan: End of the World, the second live-action film based on Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga, sold 237,016 tickets to earn 327,915,700 yen (about US$2.746 million) during the September 19-20 weekend. As a result, it topped the Japanese box office this past weekend with the most tickets sold. It opened on 427...
Macross Delta TV Anime's Final Title, Visual, Logo Unveiled
October 29 event with creator Shoji Kawamori to unveil new singer, staff, characters
― The official website of the Macross franchise revealed that "Macross Δ" (pronounced Macross Delta) will be the new Macross television anime's finalized name. It also posted a new key visual for the project. The visual reveals the project's logo, two fighters, and the catch phrase "Gekitsui se yo" (Shoot [it] down)....
Heavy Object Anime Listed With 24 Episodes by French Streamer
French anime streaming service Anime Digital Network listed the upcoming television anime of Kazuma Kamachi's Heavy Object light novel series with 24 episodes. The series will premiere on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11, and AT-X on October 2. The anime's official website previously streamed the anime's first promotional video in August. The story by the author of A Certain Magical Index revolves ar...
Funimation Reveals More Riddle Story of Devil English Cast
Monica Rial, Natalie Hoover, Mikaela Krantz, Bryn Apprill, Lauren Landa join cast
― North American anime distributor FUNimation Entertainment announced the rest of the main English dub cast for Riddle Story of Devil on Thursday. Funimation also announced that Caitlin Glass will serve as director. The cast includes: Monica Rial as Chitaru Namatame Natalie Hoover as Hitsugi Kirigaya Mikaela Krantz as M...
Hatsune Miku DLC for Persona 4: Dancing All Night Coming to N. America
Full game slated for September 29
― Atlus USA announced on Thursday that Vocaloid virtual idol Hatsune Miku will be available in its North American release of Persona 4: Dancing All Night as a purchasable DLC. This DLC also includes the song "Heaven feat. Hatsune Miku" (ATOLS Remix). img IMG miku-16-.jpg IMG miku-4-.jpg IMG miku-8-.jpg IMG miku06_wig.jpg IMG miku09_wig-karakon.jpg IMG miku_alt-1-.jpg...
Haruchika Mystery Anime Casts Sōma Saitō, Sarah Emi Bridcutt
New teaser visuals also posted for high school music club in January 2016 anime
― The official website for the television anime of Sei Hatsuno's HaruChika "wind instrument youth mystery" novel series posted the two main voice members with new teaser visuals on Thursday: Sōma Saitō as Haruta Kamijō, a first-year high school student. He is Chika's childhood friend. He is a horn player who has a perfect...
Muv-Luv Visual Novel Localization Kickstarter Launches
Project seeks US$250,000 to localize Muv-Luv, Muv-Luv Alternative
― Publisher Degica and developer Ixtl launched their Kickstarter campaign to to localize the Muv-Luv visual novel and the Muv-Luv Alternative sequel in English on Thursday. The project seeks to raise US$250,000 by November 3. If the Kickstarter is successful, the two companies plan to offer the PC version of the games through Steam and...
Chris Patton, Luci Christian Star in Black Bullet English Dub
Full cast announced for series shipping October 27
― Sentai Filmworks announced the cast for its English dub of the Black Bullet anime on Thursday. The cast, under director Chris Ayres, includes: Chris Patton as Rentaro Satomi Luci Christian as Enju Aihara Christina Kelly as Kisara Tendo Caitlynn French as Tina Sprout Carli Mosier as Seitenshi Joanne Bonasso as Sumire Muroto Jay Hickman as Kagetane H...
Kadokawa's English BookWalker App to Relaunch With Light Novels
eBook platform to add 700 new manga and prose titles
― Japanese publisher Kadokawa announced on Thursday that it is relaunching its English BookWalker website and apps with 700 new titles on October 8. These titles will include both manga and light novels. Kadokawa mentioned the Durarara!! and No Game, No Life light novels as examples of the company's library. The online catalog will also add books f...
Princess Jellyfish Manga Heads Toward Final Chapter
Creator Akiko Higashimura resumed series in July
― This year's November issue of Kodansha's Kiss magazine announced on Friday that Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish (Kuragehime) manga is headed toward its final chapter. Higashimura resumed the series in July after putting it on hiatus in October. During the hiatus she drew two prequel chapters and a special chapter of the manga in Kodansha's Wee...
Seraph of the End PS Vita Game's 1st Promo Streamed
"Dramatic tactics game" slated for December 17
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the first promotional video for its upcoming PlayStation Vita game Owari no Seraph: Unmei no Hajimari (Seraph of the End: Beginning of Destiny). The game will ship in Japan on December 17. In the "dramatic tactics battle" game, the player's decisions throughout the game will change the ending. Players level up...
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 Koro-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...
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