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Japan's Animation TV Ranking, October 19-25
Final Pokemon XY episode airs
― The live-action Rurouni Kenshin film aired on NTV on Friday, October 23 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 10.5% rating. Resident Evil 3 aired on TV Asahi on Sunday, October 25 at 9:00 p.m. and earned an 8.4% rating. 5→9 Watashi ni Koi Shita Obō-san (5→9 The Monk Who Fell in Love With Me), the live action drama adaptation of Miki Aihara's From Five to Nine (Go-ji kara Ku-ji mad...
Boku dake ga Inai Machi Time Travel Anime's Ad Reveals Key Visual, Character Designer
Keigo Sasaki to adapt character designs from Kei Sanbe's manga
― The official website for the anime adaptation of Kei Sanbe's Boku dake ga Inai Machi (The Town Where Only I Am Missing) manga began streaming a new commercial for the series on Friday. The commercial unveils the first key visual, and reveals that Keigo Sasaki (The Seven Deadly Sins, Blue Exorcist) is designing the characters for the ani...
Terror in Resonance Anime Gets Stage Play Adaptation
Megumi Han, Mitsuaki Kanuka to reprise roles as Five, Mukasa
― NEGA Design Works opened a website for a stage play adaptation of Terror in Resonance (Zankyō no Terror) on Friday. The play will run in Tokyo from March 2-6. Shutaro Oku (Persona 3, Ghost in the Shell Arise stage plays) is directing the play off a script by Jun Kumagai (Hamatora, Persona 3 The Movie #1 Spring of Birth). The cast includes...
Bungō Stray Dogs Anime's New Key Visual, Staff, 1st 3 Character Designs Unveiled
Series will premiere in 2016
― The official website for Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungō Stray Dogs manga updated on Thursday with a new key visual and a staff list for the upcoming anime adaptation. The website also confirmed that the anime is slated for 2016. Nobuhiro Arai (Chaika - The Coffin Princess) is handling character design and serve as chief animation director alongside Hiroshi Kan...
Gravity Rush Remastered Game to Be Digital-Only in N. America
The official U.S. PlayStation Blog revealed on Tuesday that Sony will release Gravity Rush Remastered — the remastered PlayStation 4 version of the 2012 PlayStation Vita game Gravity Rush — as a digital-only title in North America on February 9 for US$29.99. Gravity Rush Remastered will receive a limited physical release in Japan, and will bundle a Figma figure. Gravity Rush Remastered is slated t...
Kan Colle Arcade Game Also Delayed to Spring 2016
The official Twitter account of Sega's Kan Colle arcade game posted on Wednesday that it has delayed the game's release to spring 2016. The account noted that it will aim to provide a playable test machine some time during the winter. Sega initially planned a summer 2015 release for the game, and then delayed it to fall. Kadokawa Games also delayed the release of its Kan Colle Kai PlayStation Vita...
One Piece: Burning Blood Game's Teaser Shows Characters in Action
Game ships in Japan, Europe, North America, Latin America in 2016
― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming an English teaser trailer on Wednesday for its upcoming One Piece: Burning Blood game. The video shows Luffy, Trafalgar Law, Donquixote, Ace, Sabo, Eneru, Crocodile, and Bartolomeo in action, and also shows some of the game's 3-on-3 gameplay. Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed the ga...
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition Video Shows Characters in Action
Dengeki Online, French Bread staff introduce December 17 game's new characters
― Dengeki Online began streaming a video on Wednesday previewing the new characters in Ecole and French Bread's Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition fighting game. In the video, the staff of Dengeki Online and French Bread play through matches and preview the new characters and their abilities. Ecole and French Bread are...
Pop-up Story Smartphone Game's Promo Video Previews Available Classes (Update)
"Adventure raising" game featuring 50 voice actors now available on Android, iOS
― Square Enix began streaming the first promotional video on Thursday for its newly announced smartphone game Pop-up Story: Mahō no Moto to Seiju no Gakuen (Pop-up Story: The Origin of Magic and the Academy of the Sacred Tree). The video revealed some of the more than 20 classes available for players to choose from: Snip...
My Hero Academia TV Anime Adaptation Confirmed
More details revealed for Hirofumi Neda's Boku no Hero Academia Smash!! spinoff manga
― This year's 49th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is confirming on Monday that Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) manga is getting a TV anime adaptation. The issue is also revealing in a two-page opening color spread that the issue is featuring the climax of the "final exam" ...
Million Arthur Web Anime's Promo Video Streamed
Year-long anime based on 4-panel manga premieres on YouTube, Niconico this fall
― Square Enix began streaming a promotional video on Friday for the web anime adaptation of the Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur manga. Ai Mai Mi manga creator Choboraunyopomi draws Jaku-San-Sei Million Arthur, which is the official four-panel comedy manga of Square Enix's Million Arthur smartphone role-playing games. In the a...
Chie Sakamoto Launches Nanatsu no Taizai Production Manga
Spinoff of Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins reimagines story as live-action production
― The December issue of Kodansha's Aria magazine announced on Wednesday that it will publiish the first chapter of Chie Sakamoto's Nanatsu No Taizai Production (The Seven Deadly Sins Production) comedy spinoff manga in the January issue on November 28. The manga is a spinoff of Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly...
High Speed! Free! Starting Days Film's 4th Special Video Highlights Ikuya
Official site reveals 1 new special illustration featuring Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa
― Kyoto Animation began streaming the fourth special promotional video for the High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- anime film on Thursday. The promo video focuses on Ikuya Kirishima. The first special promotional video featured Haruka Nanase, the second video featured Makoto Tachibana, and the third video featured Asahi S...
Kamen Rider Drive and Ghost Crossover Film Opens on December 12
Newest entry in Movie Taisen crossover films sends both Riders to 2005
― Toei announced the new Kamen Rider film in its Movie Taisen (Movie War) series of crossover films with the title Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive Chō Movie Taisen on Wednesday. Toei also updated its Movie Taisen official website on Thursday, and began streaming a trailer for the film. The trailer previews the film's plot,...
Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade Game's Trailer Introduces Playable Characters
Square Enix hosts trial sessions before Japanese launch on November 26
― Square Enix began streaming a trailer on Thursday for the Dissidia Final Fantasy arcade game to commemorate the announcement last week of the game's launch on November 26. The trailer introduces the game's playable characters and summons. Square Enix is accepting applications to play trial sessions of the game ahead of its forma...
Nintendo Launches 1st Smartphone Game Miitomo in March 2016
Company also details new account system, new global membership service "My Nintendo"
― Nintendo revealed its first smartphone game titled Miitomo at its corporate management policy briefing and semi-annual financial results briefing on Thursday. Miitomo is a communication app that will use Mii characters. Players will create Mii avatars of themselves, and answer questions about themselves. The Mii wi...
Macross Delta TV Anime Unveils Teaser, Staff, Characters, Valkyries
Minori Suzuki wins audition to play newest idol, Freyja Wion
― The streamed "Chō Jikū Seisaku Happyō-kai" (The Super Dimension Production Unveiling) event debuted the staff, characters, new idols, new Valkyrie designs, new key visuals, and teaser video for the Macross Delta television anime on Friday. Macross Delta PV 投稿者 pKjd Text: Teaser Text: A.D. 2067 Text: On a planet on the frontier of the gala...
Rurouni Kenshin Takarazuka Musical's Cast Perform in Videos
Videos introduce cast in costume with short performances
― The official website of the upcoming stage musical of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga by the famous all-female musical theater troupe Takarazuka Revue began streaming two videos of the cast in costume and performing as their characters. Seina Sagiri, the top star of the revue's Yukigumi group, and Miyu Sakihi, the revue's top perform...
Funimation Offers Broadcast Dubs for Dance with Devils, Shomin Sample, Heavy Object
Attack on Titan: Junior High, Seraph of the End series 2, Noragami Aragoto also get dubs
― Funimation Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it will offer Broadcast dubs for Dance with Devils, Shomin Sample, Heavy Object, Attack on Titan: Junior High, Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya, and Noragami Aragoto. Dance with Devils' story revolves around Ritsuka Tachibana (Himika Akaneya), a female sec...
Atelier Escha & Logy Plus PS Vita Game Gets Limited Physical Edition
North American video game and anime distributor NIS America announced on Tuesday that it will offer a limited physical edition of Gust's Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky PlayStation Vita game in North America. Aside from the game itself, the limited edition will include a 36-page full-color softcover artbook, a single-disc soundtrack with 30 tracks, a tear-resistant poster, an...
Nights of Azure/Yoru no Nai Kuni Slated for March 29 in N. America
Koei Tecmo America announced on Wednesday that it will release Nights of Azure (Yoru no Nai Kuni) in North America. The company also began streaming an English-subtitled announcement trailer. In Nights of Azure, players summon "selvans" or subordinate demons to use in battle. The game's story revolves around the fate of two young women: a half-fairy named Arnas (voiced by M.A.O), and her best frie...
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 19-25
Kingdom, The Seven Deadly Sins, Magi, One Piece, Himouto! Umaru-chan in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Kingdom 40 414,826 420,275 2015/10 Shueisha Yasuhisa Hara 1 2 2 The Seven Deadly Sins 17 239,647 487,852 2015/10 Kodansha Nakaba Suzuki 2 2 3 Magi 27 167,293 344,272 2015/10 Shogakukan Shinobu Ohtaka 3 2 4 One Piece...
Japanese Streaming Services Remove Kill Me Baby, Sweet Blue Flowers, Wandering Son Anime
Recently-arrested voice actress Ai Takabe played roles in all three shows
― Online retailer Amazon removed the Kill Me Baby anime series from its Amazon Instant Video streaming service in Japan on Tuesday. The removal of the series came on the same day that voice actress Ai Takabe was revealed to have been arrested on charges of drug possession and violation of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, October 19-25
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes, PriPara games debut
― Japan's Game Ranking: October 19-25 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DS The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes Nintendo October 22 54,394 54,394 23DS PriPara Mezase! Idol Grand Prix No. 1! Takara Tomy Arts October 22 34,035 34,035 33DS Yo-Kai Watch Busters Aka Neko-dan/Shiro Inu-tai Level-5...
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Trailer Streamed
Downloadable expansion slated for November 24
― Sony began unveiled a trailer for its Bloodborne expansion, The Old Hunters, at its Paris Games Week 2015 press conference on Tuesday. The video shows some clips from gameplay and highlights one of the monsters from the game. Sony describes the game: Experience the nightmare of the hunters who once guarded Byrgenwerth's deepest, darkest secrets and unco...
Divine Gate Fantasy Anime's Color Character Designs Unveiled
The staff of the anime adaptation of GungHo Online Entertainment and Acquire's Divine Gate iOS and Android app unveiled the color designs for the recently-announced new characters on Wednesday. The cast members are: Ami Koshimizu as Ifrit Mai Fuchigami as Undine Kana Asumi as Sylph Yuri Yoshida as Metabon Kousuke Toriumi as Lancelot Akira Ishida as Oz Koji Yusa as Loki Previously announced cast me...
Gatchaman: The Movie Anime Film's Full English Dub Cast Revealed
Leraldo Anzaldua, Brian Jepson, Kim Prause, Luci Christian, Victor Carsrud star in English dub
― Sentai Filmworks announced the full dub cast for its English dub of the 1978 film Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman - The Movie) The full dub cast, directed by Charles Campbell, is as follows: Leraldo Anzaldua as Ken Brian Jepson as Joe Kim Prause as Jun Luci Christian as Jinpei Vic...
Nintendo Reports 1st Operating Profit in 5 Years, Set to Announce 1st Smartphone Game
Net sales up from last year; total profit down
― Nintendo published its earnings statement on Wednesday for the six month period ending on September 30, 2015, reporting an operating profit of 8.9 billion yen (US$73.8 million). This is the first time in five years that Nintendo has had a positive operating income in its 4-6 month financial reports. Nintendo had a deficit of 215 million yen after the s...
Chaika The Coffin Princess' English Dub Casts Joanne Bonasso as Akari
Sentai Filmworks to release fantasy anime series on DVD/Blu-ray on December 15
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Tuesday that Joanne Bonasso will play Akari Acura in its English dub of the Chaika - The Coffin Princess anime. Sentai Filmworks will release Chaika - The Coffin Princess on DVD and Blu-ray on December 15. It describes the anime's story: The end of the war with the Gaz Empire on...
Live-Action Bakuman Film Sells Over 1 Million Tickets in 4 Weeks
Film based on Death Note creators' manga opened in Japan on October 3
― The live-action film of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman. manga has sold more than 1 million tickets as of October 25, for a total box-office intake of over 1.3 billion yen (about US$10.8 million). The film fell from #3 to #4 on this past weekend's box office chart in its fourth week. The movie opened in Japan on 325 scre...
Girls & Panzer Film's Trailer, New TV Ad Posted
2nd Battle of Ōarai City previewed before premiere cast event & November 21 opening
― The official website for the Girls und Panzer anime began streaming the full trailer and a new commercial for the upcoming film on Wednesday. The trailer notes that the Second Battle of Ōarai City begins two years after the end of the earlier television series. The anime's official blog also announced that a premier...
Gundam Thunderbolt Manga Gets Anime
Yasuo Ohtagaki's One Year War story of 2 ace pilots in sector filled with wrecks
― A teaser website opened on Wednesday to announce that an anime adaptation of Yasuo Ohtagaki's Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga has been green-lit. The website lists Gundam's copyright holder Sotsu Agency and anime studio Sunrise. The story is set in the same One Year War in UC 0079 as the first Mobile Suit Gundam a...
Live-Action Boku dake ga Inai Machi Film's Teaser Reveals March Opening
Poster for suspense film about man who can turn back time also unveiled
― The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Kei Sanbe's Boku dake ga Inai Machi (The Town Where Only I Am Missing) manga began streaming a 30-second teaser for the film on Wednesday. The teaser reveals the film's March opening date, and also shows child actor Tsubasa Nakagawa as the elementary school-aged Satoru...
Princess Knight Musical's Cast Photographed in Costume
1st photos of Tomoru Akazawa, Airi Kanda, Masakazu Nemoto, Shōko Haida in costume
― The staff of the upcoming stage musical adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's classic shōjo manga Princess Knight (Ribbon no Kishi) unveiled new visuals of the cast in costume on Wednesday. The visuals include the first photos of Tomoru Akazawa, Airi Kanda, Masakazu Nemoto, and Shōko Haida in costume as their respective charac...
Arpeggio of Blue Steel's Sanzigen Studio to Launch Original TV Anime
Project celebrates company's 10th anniversary; more information on November 10
― Sanzigen Animation Studio's CEO Hiroaki Matsuura announced on his official Twitter account on Wednesday that his studio is launching an original anime project to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary since being formally incorporated in 2006. Matsuura stated that more details on the project will be revealed on Novembe...
Devils and Realist Manga Gets Stage Musical
Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi directs musical about nobleman who summons a devil
― The December issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Zero Sum magazine announced on Wednesday that a stage musical adaptation of Madoka Takadono and Utako Yukihiro's supernatural manga Devils and Realist (Makai Ōji: Devils and Realist) has been green-lit. The magazine did not reveal an opening date for the musical, but it will provi...
Live-Action Yo-kai Watch TV Spot Streamed
RPG shipping in N. America on November 6
― Nintendo began streaming a live-action television commercial for its upcoming North American release of Level-5's Yo-kai Watch role-playing game on November 6. The game is slated to release in Australia and New Zealand in December 2, and in Europe in 2016. Nintendo released the game's sequel, Yo-kai Watch 2, in Japan in July 2014 in two versions, and introdu...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 25-31
Blade & Soul, Black Bullet anime; Lupin III vs. Detective Conan special, movie; Strike the Blood, Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, Golden Time, A Certain Scientific Accelerator, Riddle Story of Devil manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aldnoah.Zero Set 2 Limited Edition Blu-rayPlease Aniplex of America US$94.98 October 27 Aldnoah.Zero Set 2 DVDCite Aniplex of Ameri...
Gravity Rush 2 Trailer Showcases New Abilities, Tag Team Battles
PS4 sequel to PS Vita game slated for October 2016
― Sony Computer Entertainment shared a new trailer for its upcoming Gravity Rush 2 (Gravity Daze 2) PlayStation 4 game during its Paris Games Week 2015 press conference on Tuesday. The first video introduces new styles of play: in addition to the regular gravity manipulation from the first game, the game introduces Luna style, which makes the player ...
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition Adds Support Characters From Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
Zero Kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho title character also joins PS4/PS3/PS Vita version of arcade game
― Sega Games announced three new support characters for its PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita version of Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition on Tuesday. They are: Kana Iriya (Ai Nonaka) from Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu Tomo Asama (Ami Koshimizu) from Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Ze...
Tekken 7 Heads to PS4, PlayStation VR
Trailer previews game, looks back on franchise
― Tekken series creator Katsuhiro Harada announced at during Sony Computer Entertainment's press conference at Paris Games Week 2015 on Tuesday that Tekken 7 is heading to PlayStation 4. Sony announced later in the press conference that the game will also be compatible with PlayStation VR. Sony also began streaming a trailer that looks back on the franch...
Moto Hagio's Otherworld Barbara Manga Listed From Fantagraphics
Sci-fi manga slated for August 2016
― Online retailer Amazon is listing a hardcover English release of the first volume of Moto Hagio's Otherworld Barbara manga for August 21, 2016. Fantagraphics is listed as the publisher and Matt Thorn is listed as the translator. The volume will cost US$39.99. The listing describes the manga: Fantagraphics Books is proud to present the first volume (of two) of Mot...
Street Fighter V Trailer Introduces Dhalsim
February 16 release date confirmed
― Capcom unveiled a new trailer for its upcoming PlayStation 4 and PC game Street Fighter V during Sony Computer Entertainment's press conference at Paris Games Week 2015 on Tuesday. The video shows the newly-announced returning character, Dhalsim. The company also confirmed the February 16, 2016 release date for North America and Europe, and teased six new characte...
Exclusive: Danganronpa English Dub Clip Previews Unaired Director's Cut
Dub to premiere in 3 US cities over Halloween weekend
― Funimation Entertainment told ANN on Tuesday that it will screen the English dub premiere of the Danganronpa anime in three US events over Halloween weekend: Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles (time to be determined), Youmacon in Detroit on October 30, and OniCon in Galveston, Texas on October 31. To accompany the announcement, Funimation b...
Science-Fiction/Fantasy Illustrator Noriyoshi Ōrai Passes Away
Famed artist for Star Wars, Godzilla, Gundam, Macross, Future War Year 198X was 79
― Noriyoshi Ōrai, an illustrator best known for his posters for such works as Godzilla and Star Wars, passed away due to pneumonia on Tuesday, October 27 at 11:35 a.m. in a hospital in Kunitomi, Miyazaki Prefecture. He was 79. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back movie (poster, 1980) Yoshinori Ōrai was born in ...
Street Fighter V Release Date, Dhalsim Briefly Listed
Gaming news website Eurogamer.pt posted but later removed an article announcing a February 16, 2016 European and North American release date for the upcoming PlayStation 4 and PC game Street Fighter V on Tuesday. The website also lists Dhalsim as a playable character for the game. Dhalsim is a returning character who first appeared in Street Fighter II. Other playable characters thus far include R...
4th Persona 3 Film Unveils New Trailer, Key Visual
Final film in series will open January 23 in Japan
― The official website for the Persona 3 film series updated on Wednesday with a new key visual and promotional video for the fourth and final film, Persona 3 The Movie #4 Winter of Rebirth. Ryoji: Looks like you've remembered as well... What happened here ten years ago... Makoto: Aegis!! Why did you do something so-!? Aegis: I... remembered everythi...
Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm TV Anime's Cast, Visual Posted
Misato Fukuen, Azumi Asakura, Nozomi Yamamoto, Madoka Yonezawa star
― The official website for the television anime of the Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm: Beyond the sky, into the firmament adult game posted the cast and a visual on Tuesday. Misato Fukuen as Asuka Kurashina Azumi Asakura as Misaki Tobisawa Nozomi Yamamoto as Mashiro Arisaka Madoka Yonezawa as Serika Ichinose The story is set on an archi...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 19-25
Funassyi sells 4,430, followed by Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Ace of Diamond, DBZ F film, One Piece
― The Funassyi no Nankyoku Daibōken! ~Sekai Best of Eizō Show Chōjō Research Tokubetsu-han~ DVD sold 4,430 copies to debut at #2 on the overall DVD chart. The Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! Live concert DVD sold 3,195 copies to land at #4. The Library War: Book of Memories Blu-ray sold 2,05...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 19-25
Snafu sells 7,465, followed by Euphonium, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Eden of Grisaia, Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono
― The Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! Live concert Blu-ray Disc sold 3,060 copies to debut at #12 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. The Library War: Book of Memories Blu-ray sold 1,812 more copies for a new total of 9,979. It droppped from #2 to #17. Rank Last Week Title Weekly Co...
My Hero Academia Superhero Manga's TV Anime Briefly Listed
Manga, about boy with no superpowers in world where powers are normal, launched in 2014
― The official Twitter account of Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) manga posted a picture on Tuesday that said that a television anime adaptation has been green-lit. The Twitter account later removed the post. This year's 48th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Mo...
Himegoto's Tsukudani Launches Heroine Voice Manga
Story of "idol voice actresses" debuts on November 27
― Manga creator Norio Tsukudani announced on her official Twitter account on Monday that she will launch a new manga series titled Heroine Voice in the January issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Rex magazine, which Ichijinsha will publish on November 27. The manga's theme will be "idol voice actresses." The manga's first chapter will be 65 pages long, an...
Live-Action Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store Show Casts Shōtarō Mamiya, Kenji Urai
Adaptation of manga about odd convenience store clerk premieres on January 1
― The official website of the live-action television series adaptation of Matsukoma and Hashimoto's Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store (Nietzsche-sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~) manga unveiled a new visual (seen right) for the series. The visual reveals that Shōtarō Mamiya (left) will play Tomoh...
'Kill Me Baby' Actress/Idol Ai Takabe Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession
Starred in Sweet Blue Flowers, performed in Bishōjo Club 31 idol group
― The Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested 27-year-old actress and idol Ai Takabe on October 15 on charges of drug possession and violation of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law. According to the Tokyo Sports newspaper, a source close to the police stated, "A search of her personal belongings and her household yielded cocai...
Manga Creator Kōji Miyata Passes Away at 34
Creator drew Kikimimi Zukan, Mahiru ni Miyoko, Inugami-hime ni Kuchizuke
― Manga creator Kōji Miyata passed away last Thursday, October 22, due to cerebral hemorrhage. He was 34. Miyata began his career as a manga creator in 2007, publishing his "Neko de Tandem" (Tandem With a Cat) one-shot manga in Kadokawa's Comic Beam Fellows! magazine. He published his first serialized manga, Kikimimi Zukan (Pict...
Celestial Method Manga Suspended Due to Author's Health
Hiatus began in February; manga did not return in March as planned
― The editorial department of Kadokawa's Dengeki Daioh magazine announced in the December issue on Tuesday that it has suspended publication of the Celestial Method (Sora no Method) manga because author Yuka Namisaki has had difficulty continuing to write. The editorial department announced a hiatus for the manga due to a decline in N...
DRAMAtical Murder English Dub Cast Announced
Gabriel Regojo stars as Aoba
― Sentai Filmworks announced the cast for its English dub of Dramatical Murder on Monday. The cast, under director Christopher Ayres, includes: Gabriel Regojo as Aoba David Wald as Ren David Matranga as Koujaku Corey Hartzog as Noiz Andrew Love as Mink Greg Ayres as Clear Doug Hammond as Virus Blake Shepard as Trip Marcy Bannor as Tae Clint Bickham as Sei Clint Bickham as...
New Strike Witches Info to be Teased at February 2016 Event
The official Twitter account of the Strike Witches anime project announced on Friday that the project will hold an event in February 2016 that will provide more information about the franchise. The Twitter post teased that it might give more details about the 502nd "Brave Witches" Joint Fighter Wing, which the third television anime series will center on. The official website for the anime franchi...
Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Manga Adaptation Launches
Series based on TV anime serializes in Gundam Ace magazine, on ComicWalker website
― The December issue of Kadaokawa's Monthly Gundam Ace magazine launched the manga adaptation of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans) TV anime series on Monday. Kazuma Isobe is drawing the manga, and Hajime Yatate (the collective pseudonym for the entire Sunrise animati...
Prince of Stride Galaxy Rush Manga Launches in November
Manga, upcoming anime focus on different schools
― Next year's January issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine will publish the first chapter of Prince of Stride: Galaxy Rush, a manga side story to the Prince of Stride illustrated novel series, on November 27. While the game adaptation and upcoming anime adaptation take place at Hōnan Academy, the manga will center on the rival school, Nishihoshi A...
U.N. Rapporteur Suggests Japanese Ban on Manga With 'Extreme Child Porn'
Japan has "social and institutional tolerance" for related offenses, lawyer says
― Dutch lawyer Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, serving as a U.N. rapporteur on child prostitution and pornography, suggested in a news conference at Japan National Press Club on Monday that Japan should ban manga with "extreme child pornographic content." She noted that it is important to find "the right balance" between artist...
Funimation to Stream Live-Action Prison School Drama
Episodes 1, 2 stream on November 3
― Funimation Entertainment announced on Monday that it will begin streaming the live-action Prison School TV series beginning with the first two episodes on November 3 at 12:11 p.m. EDT. New episodes will launch on Tuesdays at 11:11 a.m. EDT. Funimation accompanied the announcement with an English-subtitled trailer. The official website for the drama streamed the vi...
Dōkyūsei/Classmates Boys-Love Anime Film's 2nd Promo Video Streamed
Hideo Ishikawa joins cast for film opening on February 20
― The official website for the anime film of Asumiko Nakamura's Dōkyūsei (Classmates) boys-love manga began streaming the film's second promotional video on Monday. The 90-second video, which is also playing in participating theaters and at the Animate Shibuya store's "Rihito Sajō Happy Birthday" event, features new sequences and actual dialog...
Sun Ken Rock Manga to End in 25th Volume
Crunchyroll releases Boichi's manga about Japanese delinquent in Korea
― The 24th volume of Boichi's Sun-Ken Rock manga, which shipped in Japan on Monday, teased that the manga will end in the 25th volume. Shonengahosha's official Twitter account also confirmed on Monday that the series will end in the 25th volume. The series tells the story of Japanese teenager Ken Kitano, who follows the girl he li...
Motoki Yoshihara's Sengoku Basara 4 Manga Ends
Manga centering on Date Masamune launched in 2013
― The December issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine is publishing the last chapter of Motoki Yoshihara's Sengoku Basara 4 manga on Tuesday. The magazine will also reveal that Kadokawa will publish the manga's third and final compiled book volume on November 27. The manga adapts CAPCOM's Sengoku Basara 4 game, which features warriors and warlords ...
'New Game!' Manga About Game Studio Gets TV Anime
Shōtarō Tokunō's 4-panel manga of girls who work at game studio
― The December issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Charat magazine is announcing on Wednesday that a television anime adaptation of Shōtarō Tokunō's New Game! manga has been green-lit. In the workplace manga, the main character Aoba Suzukaze graduates from high school and joins a game company. The person who made the game that Aoba lo...
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast
Jun Fukuyama, Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, more star in series premiering in January
― The official website for the television anime of Natsume Akatsuki's Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! (Give Blessings to This Wonderful World) light novel series announced the show's main cast and theme song artists on Monday. The website also began streaming the first promotional video on Monday. The main cast...
Danganronpa 2 Stage Play's Cast Message Video Streamed
Entire cast shown in costume for play premiering in December
― The official website for the Super Danganronpa 2 ~Sayonara Zetsubo Gakuen~ (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Academy) stage play began streaming a video on Thursday featuring cast members Maasa Sudou (Mikan Tsumiki), Ayumi Mizukoshi (Hiyoko Saionji), and Yōsuke Nishi (Byakuya Togami) describing their similarities to the characters they play...
Go! Princess Precure's Musical Previewed in Video
Musical with original story to run in 5 cities from January 11-31
― The Pia ticket company began streaming a promotional video on Sunday for the Go! Princess Precure musical. The musical will feature an original story. The musical will run from January 11-31 in the following cities: Niigata, Saitama, Kanagawa, Tochigi, and Tokyo. Tickets can be pre-ordered online or purchased at 7-Eleven for 2,700 ye...
Kono Bijutsu-bu ni Mondai ga Aru! Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime
Manga about art club filled with eccentric members launched in 2012
― The December issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine is announcing on Tuesday that Imigimuru's Kono Bijutsu-bu ni Mondai ga Aru! (This Art Club Has a Problem!) comedy manga will receive a television anime adaptation. The manga focuses on an art club in a certain middle school, and its members: Subaru Uchimaki, who is a genius at ...
Konami Develops Taisen! Bomberman Samrtphone Game for Winter 2015
Game will allow 4-player multiplayer, will focus on competitive play
― Konami announced on Sunday that it is developing a new Bomberman game titled Taisen! Bomberman for iOS and Android devices. The game commemorates the first Bomberman game's release on the Nintendo Famicom (NES) in 1985. The game will feature multiplayer gameplay with up to four players, and will focus on competitive play. The game...
Square Enix Announces Pop-up Story Smartphone Game
Game featuring 50 voice actors arrives on iOS/Android in a few days
― Square Enix revealed a new smartphone game titled Pop-up Story: Mahō no Moto to Seiju no Gakuen (Pop-up Story: The Origin of Magic and the Academy of the Sacred Tree) on Sunday. Square Enix also launched the game's official website on Sunday. Square Enix has slated the "adventurer raising" game for release on iOS and Android device...
Comet Lucifer Spinoff Flash Anime Short's 3rd Episode Explains Planet Gift
3rd episode of spinoff anime to be included in 2nd BD volume on February 24
― Bandai Visual began streaming the third episode of the Comet Lucifer television anime's spinoff SD Flash anime "Garden Indigo no Shasō Kara" (From Garden Indigo's Window) on Sunday. The episode features the characters Sōgo Amagi, Moura, and Felia explaining the anime's setting, the planet Gift. Moura explains that the plane...
Live-Action Himeanōru Film Gets R-15 Rating
The staff of the live-action film adaptation of Minoru Furuya's Himeanōru manga announced on Monday that the film will receive an R-15 rating in Japan. The staff stated that the rating is due to the realistic depictions of the character Shōichi's serial killings. The film will open in Japan on May 28. The film, which was announced in March, stars Gaku Hamada (seen center in image at right; Miss Ho...
Final Fantasy XIV Game's 3.1 Patch Trailer Streamed
Patch with new mini-games, dungeons, raid, more arrives on November 10
― Square Enix released the trailer for Final Fantasy XIV's 3.1 patch on the official Final Fantasy XIV YouTube channel on Sunday. The video showcases various features that will be included in the patch, officially titled "As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness," which will go live on November 10. The video reveals a new endgame area call...
Himo Zairu Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Online Criticism
Series by Princess Jellyfish author centers on men who are financially dependent on women
― Kodansha's Morning magazine's editorial department announced on October 21 that Akiko Higashimura's Himo Zairu manga did not appear in the Morning Two magazine's December issue on October 22 despite the previous issue stating that there would be a chapter in the issue. The team apologized to readers who were l...
Magical Index/Azumanga Daioh's Nishikiori Helms Chika Chika Idol CG Anime
Marika Kōno, Yūki Kuwahara, Rika Tachibana star as "underground idols"
― Symphonium, a CG anime studio that director Hiroshi Nishikiori (Azumanga Daioh, A Certain Magical Index) had just co-founded in July, announced on Monday that it is producing a new idol anime project titled Chika Chika Idol. Symphonium also launched the anime's official website on Monday. The anime will portray the lives of gir...
Voice Actor Toshiyuki Toyonaga Announces Marriage
Durarara/Snow White with the Red Hair cast member marries partner he has known for 4 years
― Voice actor Toshiyuki Toyonaga confirmed on his blog on Sunday that he had registered his marriage and also had already held the wedding ceremony. He wanted to make the announcement personally at the end of his solo live "today you laugh" concert, earlier on Sunday. However, he decided, after consulting many ...
Manga-inspired American Comic Warrior Nun Areala Gets Live-Action Adaptation
Perfect Circle Productions has announced that it is planning to adapt Ben Dunn's manga-inspired comic book series Warrior Nun Areala into a live-action project. A.J. Annila (Jade Warrior, Sauna) is directing the first film of the proposed live-action trilogy. Iiro Kuttner and Melissa Rundle are adapting the screenplay, and Dean English of Perfect Circle Productions and Robert Burke of Ten One Ente...
Deadline: Tom Wheeler to Write Live-Action Micronauts Film
The entertainment news website Deadline reported on Friday that scriptwriter Tom Wheeler (Puss in Boots co-writer) will write the latest draft of Paramount and Bad Robot's live-action Micronauts film. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2009 that that director and producer J.J. Abrams (Star Trek reboot films, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) was in talks with Hasbro to produce a film based on the Mic...
Young Black Jack Anime Details More Guest Characters From Tezuka Manga
Hiroyuki Yoshino, Lynn, Jin Yamanoi, Hidenori Takahashi join cast
― The official Twitter account for the television anime of Yū-Go Ōkuma and Yoshiaki Tabata's Young Black Jack manga announced four more guest characters on Friday that will appear in the seventh and eighth episodes of the anime. These characters have appeared in Osamu Tezuka's other works, although they do not have the same roles and n...
Minoru Furuya's Himeanōru Manga Gets Live-Action Film on May 28
Gaku Hamada, Gō Morita star in adaptation of manga by Himizu author
― This year's 48th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine is revealing on Monday that the live-action film adaptation of Minoru Furuya's Himeanōru manga will open in Japan on May 28. The film, which was announced in March, stars Gaku Hamada (Miss Hokusai, live-action Space Brothers) as Susumu Okada, a 25-year-old ordinary man who ...
Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku Manga Adaptation Ends
Asari Endō's original light novel series is inspiring anime adaptation
― The December issue of Kadokawa's Comp Ace magazine will end Pochi Edoya's manga adaptation of writer Asari Endō and illustrator Maruino's Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku (Magical Girl Raising Project) "survival action" light novel series on Monday. The final chapter asked fans to look forward to the manga's second compiled volume and ...
Alderamin on the Sky Anime Adaptation Revealed as 2016 TV Series
The December issue of Kodansha's Shōnen Sirius magazine is revealing on Monday that the previously announced anime adaptation of writer Bokuto Uno and illustrators Sanbasō and Ryūtetsu's Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin (English title: Alderamin on the Sky) light novel series will be a TV anime series that will premiere in 2016. In the "military history fantasy" series, the Katvarna Empi...
Live-Action Boku dake ga Inai Machi Film Casts Child Actors Rio Suzuki, Tsubasa Nakagawa
Tetta Sugimoto, Kento Hayashi, Seiji Fukushi, Kanna Mori also playing roles in spring 2016 film
― The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Kei Sanbe's Boku dake ga Inai Machi (The Town Where Only I Am Missing) manga revealed on Thursday that the project has cast child actress Rio Suzuki (pictured below, top row left) in the role of Kayo Hinazuki, Satoru's elementary school classmat...
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem Crossover Game Videos Introduce Barry, Mamori
Wii U game slated for December 26 in Japan, 2016 overseas
― Nintendo began streaming two more character introduction videos on Thursday for the Genei Ibun Roku#FE (Illusionary Revelations Sharp FE) Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem crossover Wii U game. The first video introduces Barry Goodman (voiced by Yuichi Nakamura). The second video features Mamori Minamoto (Kaori Fukuhara) and her Mirage partne...
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