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Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade GN 1
This Soujiro-centered spinoff of the Log Horizon franchise gives us an idea of what other people were getting up to while Shiroe was plotting and planning. It has some repetition, but overall offers some interesting new information and characters.
― The original Log Horizon, be it anime, novel, or manga, has a lot of characters floating around while only focusing on a select group. Despite that, it o...
orange: The Complete Collection GN 1
Orange's first three volumes are bittersweet as they explore the possibility of going back and saving someone's life. It's beautiful, but also can be very difficult reading if you relate too closely to the situation.
― It feels like stories about fixing the mistakes and regrets of the past have been popping up a lot in recent months – from winter 2016's Erased anime to Arina Tanemura's magical woman ...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 5-11
Konosuba drops to the #2 spot and a huge surge for GATE have left the chart in total chaos! Find out what rose to retake the title of #1 in our weekly user rankings.
― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Winter 2016 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind...
Shelf Life - Shirobako Part 1
Paul learns a whole lot about ambition, teamwork and the anime industry in the first half of Shirobako, and digs around in this week's new anime releases.
― I started watching Dimension W right around the time its Toonami run was announced, and now I'm facing a dilemma. I'm enjoying the subtitled version and want to keep up with it, but you only get so many chances to watch anime on real, honest-to-...
Thursday, February 18
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, February 8-14
Shimajirō anime film airs
― Shimajirō to Ōkiina Ki, the third theatrical film based on the Shimajirō tiger cub character from Benesse's Kodomo Challenge educational line, aired on TV Tokyo on Thursday, February 11 at 10:05 a.m. and earned a 1.2% rating. The live-action drama based on Saburō Megumi's Fragile - Byōrii Kishi Keiichirō no Shoken (Fragile - The Finds of Pathologist Keiichirō Kishi) manga ...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Softenni! TV Anime
2011 comedy about soft tennis picked up for home video distribution
― North American anime distributor Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it has licensed the 12-episode 2011 comedy anime Softenni! for digital and home video distribution. Sentai Filmworks describes the story: Softenni! follows the exploits of Asuna Harukaze, a girl with an almost obsessive love for soft tennis, a popular form...
Nintendo Closes Patreon for Fan-Made Super Mario Brothers/Sonic Animation
"Super Mario Bros. Z" features characters, sprites from Nintendo games
― Creator crowdfunding platform Patreon removed the page for Alvin-Earthworm's "Super Mario Bros. Z" animation project after receiving a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice from Nintendo. The animations feature characters and sprites from the Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchises...
Hiroshi Motomiya Ends Katsu Fūtarō!! Manga in March
Manga about Buddhist scholar who shares his teachings with society launched in 2013
― This year's sixth issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine announced on Wednesday that Hiroshi Motomiya will end his Katsu Fūtarō!! manga in the magazine's next issue, which Shueisha will publish on March 3. The Grand Jump website describes the manga: Fūtarō is an ascetic Buddhist scholar living in a temple deep in t...
Assassination Classroom Anime Casts Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kotono Mitsuishi
God of Death & Hiromi Shiota's voice cast members announced
― This year's 12th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday more of the cast in the Assassination Classroom anime. Nobunaga Shimazaki will play the God of Death, and Kotono Mitsuishi wil play Hiromi Shiota. The magazine is also announcing that Yusei Matsui will end the original manga in five more chapters in Mar...
ERASED ‒ Episode 7
"As Satoru is lead away by the police, he pleads with whatever force gives him his power to be sent one back one more time."
Blood Blockade Battlefront Boys Get Hugging Pillows
Zapp, Leo, Klaus, and Steven are snuggling up in their pajamas for new hugging pillowcase covers. While the appeal of these cases are usually their suggestive posing, Leo and Klaus are shown fully clothed in stocking caps. Gakken Plus seems to be working an adorable angle with the new merchandise instead of a sexy one. The pillow cases will ship in late April for 11,000 yen each (US$97). Yasuhiro...
Hasbro, Sunrights Plan International Launch of Beyblade Burst Toys, Anime
Toys slated for 2016 in N. America; anime shopped to broadcasters
― Toy company Hasbro and production company d-rights' US subsidiary Sunrights announced plans on Monday to launch the Beyblade Burst toys and anime outside of Japan. Hasbro will distribute the toys in North America this year, and expand to "most major international markets" in 2017. Like Takara Tomy's Beyblade Burst toys, which launche...
Katsucon 2016 Cosplay Video Shows Valkyrie Eevee-lutions, Super Heroes Galore
YouTube filmmakers BeatdownBoogie and director Micah Moore, the minds behind the Hang 'Em Hyrule Zelda western headed to Katsucon in Maryland last weekend to capture the convention's stunning cosplay. In the group's eight-minute video we see valkyrie-style interpretations of all the Eevee evolutions, the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke, plenty of Marvel heroes, and fighters from League of Leg...
Crunchyroll Adds Fushigi Yugi Anime to Catalog
Site also adds Ultraman Nexus, Ultraman Gaia, more episodes of Zatch Bell, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it has added the Fushigi Yugi television anime series to its catalog, as well as the Fushigi Yugi OAV (all nine episodes) and the Fushigi Yugi Eikoden video anime series. The anime are all available with an English dub and with the original Ja...
Digimon Adventure tri's Meicoomon Joins Digimon World -Next Order- Game as DLC
Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode's Rina and Mirei to also appear again
― This year's 12th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing two downloadable scenarios for the upcoming DigimonWorld -Next 0rder- PlayStation Vita game on Monday. In the first scenario, players meet Meicoomon, the cat-like Digimon that first appeared in the Digimon Adventure tri. anime. Meicoomon has lost its m...
Active Raid ‒ Episode 7
"The show can occasionally pull off a good episode, but this was most definitely not one of them."
Porno Graffitti, Brian the Sun Perform My Hero Academia Anime's Theme Songs
Rock band Brian the Sun's major label debut will be anime's ending theme
― This year's 12th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday the performers of the theme songs for the television anime of Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) manga. The rock band Porno Graffitti is performing the opening, and the rock band Brian the Sun is performing the endin...
Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade GN 1
This Soujiro-centered spinoff of the Log Horizon franchise gives us an idea of what other people were getting up to while Shiroe was plotting and planning. It has some repetition, but overall offers some interesting new information and characters.
― The original Log Horizon, be it anime, novel, or manga, has a lot of characters floating around while only focusing on a select group. Despite that, it o...
Myriad Colors Phantom World ‒ Episode 7
"This episode is a lot of fun, and it gets some bonus points for being a little smart about it too."
Ushio & Tora Anime Season 2's Visual Posted
The official website for the Ushio & Tora anime posted the key visual for the anime's third cours (quarter of the year) or second season on Thursday. The visual depicts Ushio Aotsuki amid burning flames, with Tora and the nemesis Hakumen no Mono in the background. Rock band Lunkhead is performing "Kessen Zenya" (The Night Before the Decisive Battle), the ending theme song starting in the new cours...
Haruchika – Haruta & Chika ‒ Episode 7
"The way this episode tied together the different characters and plots elements was superb."
KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world!! ‒ Episode 6
"A party of beginner adventurers shouldn't be even thinking about challenging a Dullahan-style death knight."
Assassination Classroom Manga to End in 5 Chapters
Manga's end in March to coincide with graduation season in Japan
― This year's 12th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga will end in five more chapters. The issue states that the manga will end in Weekly Shonen Jump's 16th issue, which will ship in March. The manga's end is coinciding with the end of the academic year...
One Piece Kabuki Play Previewed in TV Ad
Ichikawa Ennosuke IV stars as Luffy, Hancock, Shanks in Osaka/Fukuoka runs after sold-out Tokyo run
― Shueisha Manga Net posted a television commercial for the Kabuki stage play based on Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga on Wednesday. The commercial features footage from the play's sold-out run in Tokyo last fall, and it promotes the April 2-26 run in Fukuoka's famed Hakata-za theater. Before its run in...
Live-Action Nobunaga Concerto Film Stays at #2, Earns 3.2 Billion Yen
Selector Destructed WIXOSS opens at #12, 2nd Yo-kai Watch film falls to #7
― The live-action film of Ayumi Ishii's Nobunaga Concerto historical manga stayed at #2 in its fourth weekend, the weekend of February 13-14. The film sold 221,760 tickets over the weekend, and earned 283,385,300 yen (about US$2.48 million). The film has sold a cumulative 2.54 million tickets and earned 3.2 billion yen (US$28 ...
Live-Action Sakura no Ame Film's Trailer Streamed
March 5 film based on Hatsune Miku's "Sakura no Ame" song stars Maika Yamamoto, Kōdai Asaka
― The official website for the live-action film inspired by Vocaloid composer halyosy's song "Sakura no Ame" (Rain of Cherry Blossoms) began streaming a full trailer on Wednesday. The film will open on March 5. The website previously posted the film's teaser trailer and poster, which contains the text "Even if...
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō TV Anime Casts Daiki Yamashita, Kouji Ishii, Kenjiro Tsuda, More
Keiji Fujiwara, M.A.O, Takashi Matsuyama, Chafurin also cast in April anime
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of author Ipyao and artist Yūjirō Koyama's Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou manga unveiled a new visual and the main cast for the anime on Thursday. The anime's cast includes: Daiki Yamashita as Agetarō Katsumata Kouji Ishii as Agesaku Katsumata Kenjiro Tsuda as Shūgo Oshibori Ke...
Whistle! Soccer Manga Gets Stage Play Adaptation
Play to run from late August to early September in Tokyo
― A stage play adaptation of Daisuke Higuchi's Whistle! manga has been green-lit. The play will run in Tokyo's Theater 1010 from late August to early September. The cast and staff have not yet been revealed. Higuchi stated that he is "looking forward to how Whistle! will be adapted for the stage." Whistle! centers on Sho Kazamatsuri, a boy who ...
Terraformars Revenge Anime Sequel Series' New Visual, Cast Revealed
Sayaka Ohara, Yuuki Ono, Takahiro Fujiwara join cast for April series
― The official website of the Terraformars Revenge TV anime sequel series revealed a new visual on Thursday, as well as more returning cast and new cast members. The visual contains the text "Revenge against fate." The returning cast includes: Tooru Nara as Aleksandr Asimov Nozomi Sasaki as Hong Hidenori Takahashi as Jet The newly ...
Love Live! School idol festival ~afterschool Activity~ Arcade Game Unveiled With Teaser
Game will have demo events in Sapporo, Hakata, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka from March-May
― Square Enix began streaming a teaser trailer on Wednesday for its upcoming Love Live! School idol festival ~afterschool Activity~ arcade game. The game is the previously announced arcade game adaptation of KLab's Love Live! School idol festival smartphone game. The game's newly opened official website indicates loca...
Girls & Panzer Film's Japanese BD/DVD Release Includes OVA
Also includes song CD, 3 commentary tracks, special video content, more
― The official website of the Girls und Panzer anime franchise revealed on Thursday that the Japanese Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video release of the Girls und Panzer anime film will ship on May 27. Both the Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases will ship with a new OVA that will take place after the events of the movie, as well as an epi...
Funimation Licenses The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Anime Film
Funimation to ship film in "special home video edition" later this year
― Funimation Entertainment announced via press release on Wednesday that it has acquired the North American rights to Mamoru Hosoda's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo Kakeru Shōjo) anime film. Funimation will release the film in a "special home video edition" later this year to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the film...
Wednesday, February 17
Lupin the 3rd Lottery Includes Blue Jacket Lupin Figure
Blue jacket Lupin, the star of Lupin III: Part IV and his partner-in-arms Jigen are getting figures as part of a new lottery campaign. Starting in March, Ichiban Kuji will hold the "Lupin the 3rd ~Eien no Aibō-hen~" lottery. One entry costs 620 yen and participants could win figures, memo pads, glassware, cell phone straps, draw string bags, or playing cards. The lottery prizes include: Prize A: ...
2 New Manga Launch in Shonen Jump+ Web Manga Site This Month
2 new manga titled Tetsuwan Adam, Bye Bye Jinrui
― This year's 11th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that two new manga are debuting on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ web manga site in February. The first manga, pictured right, is titled Tetsuwan Adam (the title references Astro Boy's Japanese title, Tetsuwan Atom, and the listed English title is "Adam the Astroboy") by Ry...
Russian Cosplayer Heads to the Slopes in Sailor Moon Bikini
Russian cosplayer Yuliya, aka Yukiko Ai, took the term "snow bunny" literally by heading to the slopes wearing nothing but a Sailor Moon bikini and a snowboard. Yuliya brought her GoPro 4 camera and a selfie stick to capture herself serpentining down the slopes. Yuliya has also bundled up in a Pikachu kigurumi to snowboard. #краснаяполяна #winter #snow #snowboarding #mountains #clouds #krasnayapol...
Gintama ‒ Episode 310
"Although the audience is once again presented with a large amount of information, episode 310's relaxed pacing prevents it from becoming overwhelming."
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 8-14
Handa-kun, My Hero Academia, The New Prince of Tennis, Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai, Harumatsu Bokura in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Handa-kun 5 95,287 95,287 2016/02 Square Enix Satsuki Yoshino 1 1 2 My Hero Academia 7 73,611 223,055 2016/02 Shueisha Kohei Horikoshi 1 2 3 The New Prince of Tennis 17 54...
Babymetal Idol Group Set to Appear on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
The Japanese idol group Babymetal, the "hardcore" spin on Japanese idol culture, will head to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote their new album Metal Resistence. The group's American distributor RED announced the group is confirmed to appear on the program during the week of the album's April 1 release. The three idols, Suzuka Nakamoto (Su-Metal), Moa Kikuchi (Moametal), and Yui Mizono...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, February 8-14
Shin Megami Tensei IV FINAL, Valkyria Chronicles Remaster games debut
― Japan's Game Ranking: February 8-14 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DS Shin Megami Tensei IV FINAL Atlus February 10 96,349 96,349 2PSV Dragon Quest Builders: Alefgard o Fukkatsu Seyo (Including Bundled Editions) Square Enix January 28 24,536 248,943 87 3PS4 Valkyria Chronicl...
Prince of Stride: Alternative ‒ Episode 7
"Nothing of note occurs during this half hour of loosely related montages, but if you can ignore the plummeting animation quality, there's plenty of man candy to go around."
Live-Action Astro Boy Film Heads to New Line, Acquires Writers
San Andreas' Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore to pen script
― The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog reported on Wednesday that Warner Bros. subsidiary New Line Cinema is in talks to acquire Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions' planned live-action film based on Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy. In addition, New Line has tapped San Andreas writers Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore to write th...
Power Rangers Spinoff Comic to Focus on Pink Ranger
Boom! Studios and Saban Brands announced on Tuesday that they will launch a mini comic series focusing on Kimberly Hart, the Pink Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The series, titled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink, will begin in May and is slated for six issues. Brenden Fletcher and Kelly Thompson are writing the series and Daniele Di Nicuolo is providing the art. Elsa Charretierdrew t...
Wakayama's Late Cat Stationmaster Inducted Into Hall of Fame
Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama lost a local celebrity, Tama the Stationmaster, last year at the ripe cat-age of 16 years. Tama brought in throngs of tourists and boosted the station's overall business to 2.27 million passengers in 2014, from 1.92 million in 2005. The station sold photos and merchandise of the tortoise-shell feline and she was summarily promoted again to acting president of Wa...
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun English Dub Casts Ty Mahany as Nozaki
Series to ship on DVD, Blu-ray, limited edition combo pack on March 29
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Wednesday that Ty Mahany will play Umetaro in its English dub of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun. Mahany joins Scott Gibbs, who plays Mikoto Mikoshiba (Mikorin), and Monica Rial, who plays Yū Kashima. The series ship on March 29. The DVD complete collection retails for US$59.98, the Blu-ray D...
King of Fighters XIV's 6th Trailer Introduces King of Dinosaurs, Maxima, Clark Still, Terry Bogard
PS4 game with 50+ fighters slated for this year
― The US PlayStation blog posted a sixth trailer for SNK Playmore's upcoming The King of Fighters XIV PlayStation 4 game on Wednesday. The video previews all 13 previously-announced characters and four new additions: King of Dinosaurs, Maxima, Clark Still, and Terry Bogard. King of Dinosaurs is new to the franchise while the other three characters are r...
Onigiri Fantasy Anime Announces Main Staff, April Premiere Date
Takashi Yamamoto to direct anime based on MMORPG at Pierrot Plus
― The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Cyberstep's massively multiplayer online role-playing game Onigiri announced the broadcast details and main staff on Wednesday. The series will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji on April 7 at 1:00 a.m. Takashi Yamamoto (Final Approach, Nanatsuiro Drops) will direct the series at...
Answerman - How Come More Anime Characters Don't Have Tattoos?
We live in a world where anime characters suffer from a woeful lack of sweet tattoos. One brave reader wants to know where all the ink is - Justin gets into it.
― Matthew asks: Something I've noticed in anime is that they're aren't a lot of characters that have tattoos. By tattoo I mean purely aesthetically ink tattoos used as a means of self expression. Most tattoos that I've seen in anime are tatt...
Kurage no Shokudō Anime's March 9 Date, Theme Song, Teaser Video Revealed
Customi-Z performs "Shiosai" theme song for OVA
― StarChild's official website for the anime of Miyako Aoyama's light novel series Kurage no Shokudō (literally, Jellyfish Restaurant) announced that the original video anime will ship on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on March 9. The cast completed recording their roles on December 2. The website is also streaming a promotional video: In the story, the protagoni...
Squid Girl/Shinryaku! Ika Musume Manga Ends on February 25
Comedy manga's 22nd volume will be last
― This year's 12th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine is announcing on Thursday that Masahiro Anbe will end his Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Squid Girl) manga in the magazine's next issue, which Akita Shoten will publish on February 25. Franken Fran creator Katsuhisa Kigitsu's Kyōdai - Shōjo Tantei to Yūrei Keikan no Kaiki Jikenbo manga will end ...
Snow White with the Red Hair ‒ Episode 18
"This week marks a semi-return to form for Snow White with the Red Hair as everyone stops being shocked and horrified by the situation and starts to react to it."
Black Butler Manga Gets New Anime Film in Early 2017
Luxury Liner arc adapted from Yana Toboso's manga
― A theatrical anime film adaptation of the "Gōka Kyakusen" (Luxury Liner) arc from Yana Toboso's Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) manga has been green-lit. The Kuroshitsuji Book of the Atlantic (Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic) film will open in early 2017. Toboso created a visual for the film: The "Gōka Kyakusen" arc appeared in the manga's 11th throu...
orange: The Complete Collection GN 1
Orange's first three volumes are bittersweet as they explore the possibility of going back and saving someone's life. It's beautiful, but also can be very difficult reading if you relate too closely to the situation.
― It feels like stories about fixing the mistakes and regrets of the past have been popping up a lot in recent months – from winter 2016's Erased anime to Arina Tanemura's magical woman ...
Ace of Diamond act 2 Manga to Bundle 2 Original Anime DVDs
July 15/September 16 DVDs to adapt stories from original manga's 47th volume
― Book retailers are listing Yūji Terajima's fourth and fifth Ace of Diamond act 2 manga volumes with two limited-edition DVDs on July 15 and September 16, respectively. The DVDs will feature original anime that adapt stories from the 47th volume of original Ace of Diamond manga. The story of Yūji Terajima's original manga b...
Battle Spirits Double Drive Anime's Video Shows Main Staff, Story
Kunihisa Sugishima, Katsumi Hasegawa return from Battle Spirits Burning Soul
― The official Battle Spirits Youtube channel began streaming a promotional video for Battle Spirits Double Drive, the latest television anime series inspired by Bandai's Battle Spirits card game, on Monday. The video describes the anime's story, reveals the staff, and previews the two new starter decks for the card game. Ku...
Live-Action Diaspolice Project's Behind-the-Scenes Video Posted
4 directors helm 10-episode April series; film opens in summer
― Toei Movie Studios began streaming a behind-the-scenes video for the live-action film and television series adaptation of Richard Woo (Takashi Nagasaki) and Shinichi Sugimura's Diaspolice: Ihō Keisatsu manga on Wednesday. The video shows lead actor Shota Matsuda filming the first-person perspective shot seen in the film's teaser video. ...
Rock Band Monobright Performs New Bono Bono Anime's Theme
"bonobono Suru" song debuts alongside TV anime in April
― The official website for the new 2016 anime of Mikio Igarashi's four-panel gag comedy manga Bono Bono announced on Wednesday that rock band Monobright (Gintama) is performing the theme song. The song is titled "bonobono Suru" (Do the bonobono). Yōsuke Momono, the band's vocalist, composed and wrote the lyrics for the song. The new anime will p...
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 to Bring Back Pole Dancing
Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu magazine is confirming on Thursday that pole dancing will make a return in KOEI Tecmo's Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 game. Pole dancing was featured in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 and Dead or Alive Paradise. Koei Tecmo will publish the game exclusively in Japan and Asia for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on March 24. The game's PS Vita version is titled Dead or Alive Xtreme ...
Haikyu!! Cross team match! Game's Video Previews Fully Voiced Story Dialogue
2nd Nintendo 3DS game based on Haruichi Furudate volleyball manga ships on March 3
― The official website of Bandai Namco Entertainment's Haikyu!! Cross team match! Nintendo 3DS game began streaming the second promotional video for the game on Tuesday. The video previews the game's features, including story mode, the fully voiced character dialogue, and the volleyball portion. The game is slated to s...
7th Dragon III Code: VFD 3DS Game's English Trailer Streamed
Sega's dungeon crawler RPG slated for this summer
― Sega of America began streaming an English trailer for its upcoming American release of its 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Nintendo 3DS game. The video highlights the dragons that are the antagonists of the game's story. Sega describes the dungeon crawler RPG's story: In 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, the world is engulfed in a time of darkness and great peril...
Attack on Titan Game's Video Showcases Levi's 'Cleaning' Costume
PS4/PS3/PS Vita game slated for Thursday; N. America, Europe release this year
― KOEI Tecmo Games posted a video for its upcoming Attack on Titan game on Wednesday. The video shows Levi in his "Cleaning" costume, seen in episode 15 of the anime. KOEI Tecmo previously streamed videos previewing the game's training grounds, as well as gameplay from PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game. Last month Koei ...
SKE48 Idol Group Sings 2016 PriPara Film's Theme
Members cosplay as PriPara characters to promote "Chicken Line's" March 30 debut
― The official website for the PriPara anime franchise announced on Wednesday that idol group SKE48 is performing the theme song for the PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari (PriPara Eeeeveryone's Longing Let's Go PriPari) anime film. The song is titled "Chicken Line." The group will release the song on March 30 as...
Pokémon: XYZ Trailer Reveals Saturday Cartoon Network Premiere
Series premiered in Japan last October
― The official English Pokémon website began streaming a trailer for the premiere of the Pokémon the Series: XYZ (Pokémon XY & Z) anime on Cartoon Network on Tuesday. The trailer confirms that the series will premiere on Saturday at 7:00 a.m. EST. The website describes the series' first episode: In the first episode of the new season, Bonnie makes an unusual new...
Tuesday, February 16
Idolish 7 Characters Get First Figures by Tamashii Nations
Rival group Trigger gets manga by Arina Tanemura; new in-game idols introduced
― Two of the idols from the Idolish 7 "big media-mix project" are getting figures as part of Tamashii Nation's Figuarts Zero line. Pre-orders opened on Friday for the Riku Nanase and Sogo Ohsaka figures. Both of the characters' poses are based on original key art for the franchise. Each figure costs 5,400 yen (US$47). Rik...
Pied Piper Licenses Skip Beat! Anime, Plans Crowdfunding for Release With English Dub
Indiegogo campaign for DVD/Blu-ray slated for March 1-31
― Pied Piper, Inc. (Time of Eve) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the North American home video rights for the Skip Beat! television anime series. The company plans to run an Indiegogo campaign from March 1 through March 31 to fund the release on both DVD and Blu-ray. The campaign's goal is US$210,000 for localization costs, including ...
Miyavi, Yoshiki Turn Out for KISS x Ukiyo-e Project Debut in West Hollywood
American rock group KISS debuted its commemorative ukiyo-e art prints at the Morrison Hotel Gallery at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood over the weekend. The prints show the band members as samurai, oni, and with Momoiro Clover Z. The premiere also drew star-studded attendees, including X Japan leader Yoshiki and Japanese rock star Miyavi. Miyavi, although primarily a singer and guitari...
Fairy Tail Stage Play Reveals Ayu Manaka as Lucy
Play based on Hiro Mashima's manga to run in Ikebukuro from April 30-May 9
― The official website for the stage play of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga revealed a visual of Ayu Manaka in costume as Lucy Heartfilia on Tuesday. The website previously revealed visuals of D-BOYS actor Shuuto Miyazaki as Natsu, Atsushi Shiramata as Gray, Hirofumi Araki as Jellal, Kento Ono as Hibiki, and Ren Ozawa as Lyon...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 14-20
Free! Eternal Summer, Love Live! School Idol Project season 2 anime, Franken Fran manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Bleach Movies: The Unforgiven Double Feature (Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black, Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse) DVDPlease Viz Media US$14.98 February 16 Love Live! School Idol Project Season 2 Premium Edition Blu-rayPlease NIS America US$69.99 February...
1 In 10 Emotional Viewers "Cried" At Pokémon Super Bowl 50 Advert
The Pokémon franchise aired a nostalgia-inducing commercial for its 20th anniversary during the Super Bowl football game on February 7. The minute-long video has since been viewed more than 22 million times on YouTube and the shorter, 30-second ad that aired on TV has garnered its own 825,000 views. Fans, charmed by the "Train On" message or just happy to see Gyarados on their TVs, took to Twitter...
Flying Witch Anime's 1st Promo Reveals April Premiere Date
Minami Shinoda, Eri Suzuki, Shinsuke Sugawara star in anime set in Aomori
― The official website for the television anime of Chihiro Ishizuka's Flying Witch manga posted the first promotional video on Wednesday. The video reveals that the anime will premiere on April 9 on NTV, and Aomori Broadcasting will also debut the anime on April 15. The cast includes: Minami Shinoda as Makoto Kowata Eri Suzuki ...
Dai-Shogun Great Revolution CG Reboot's Concept Movie Streamed
Kickstarter to fund anime slated to launch in March
― Anime creator Kazuya Sasahara (Cat Shit One: The Animated Series) began streaming a concept video for his CG-animated reboot of Dai - Shogun - Great Revolution on Tuesday. The video page announces that the Kickstarter campaign to fund the project will launch in March 2016. The campaign was originally slated to launch in January. The video features...
Toonami's Dimension W Trailer Previews English Dub
Christopher R. Sabat, Jad Saxton star in anime premiering February 27
― The official Tumblr for the Adult Swim network's Toonami programming block posted an English-dubbed trailer for the Dimension W television anime on Tuesday. The anime's English dub will premiere on Toonami on Saturday, February 27 at 12:30 a.m. (effectively Sunday, February 28 after midnight). Funimation will stream the dubbed ep...
Prince of Tennis Valentine's Chocolates Flood Konomi's Office
Perhaps against better judgment, the editors of Jump Square magazine reinstated the annual Prince of Tennis character popularity contest. Readers took up the helm again, sending boxes upon boxes of chocolates to Jump Square for their favorite Prince of Tennis character. Manga creator Takeshi Konomi snapped a picture of his flooded office on February 12 and posted it on Twitter on Tuesday. The staf...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Hakuoki: Wild Dance of Kyoto Anime Film
1st half of 2-part film project opened in 2013 in Japan
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Floating Blossom: Wild Dance of Kyoto (Hakuōki Dai-isshō Kyoto Ranbu) anime film and plans to release it digitally and on home video. Hakuōki Dai-isshō Kyoto Ranbu is the first of a two-part film project. The film opened in Japan in 2013 and the sequel, Hakuō...
XBlaze Code: Embryo Heads to PC via Steam
PS3/PS Vita visual novel from BlazBlue world shipped in 2014
― Akysys Games announced on Tuesday that it will release the XBlaze Code: Embryo visual novel on PC via Steam on March 1. Arc System Works' "adventure of blue fate" begins 150 years before the events of the main BlazBlue story. High school boy Tōya (voiced by Yukitoshi Kikuchi) is drawn by the sound of a bell into an abandoned facility invo...
Utawarerumono OVA's English Dub Cast Announced
Sasha Paysinger, Vic Mignogna, John Gremillion, more return from TV series dub
― Sentai Filmworks announced the cast for its English dub of the Utawarerumono OVA on Tuesday. Many of the cast members are returning from English dub of the original television series, which ADV Films first released on DVD in 2007. Kyle Colby Jones is directing the dub. New cast announcements include: Allison Sumrall as F...
Mikasa Voice Actress Plays More of Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Game
KOEI Tecmo posted the second video showing Attack on Titan's Mikasa voice actress Yui Ishikawa playing the company's Attack on Titan game on Wednesday. Yui Ishikawa and KOEI Tecmo's producer Hisashi Koinuma celebrated Mikasa's birthday with the first video last week. Koei Tecmo Games' Omega Force subsidiary (Warriors/Musou franchise) is developing the game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS ...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Feb 5-11
Konosuba drops to the #2 spot and a huge surge for GATE have left the chart in total chaos! Find out what rose to retake the title of #1 in our weekly user rankings.
― Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Winter 2016 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season. Keep in mind...
Ichigo Takano's Sci-Fi Romance Manga Orange Gets TV Anime This Summer
TMS/Telecom Animation Film anime with Steins;Gate/Terraformars director, Chihayafuru 2 writer, Escaflowne designer
― A television anime adaptation of Ichigo Takano's science-fiction romance manga Orange has been green-lit. Hiroshi Hamasaki (Steins;Gate, Terraformars) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment and Telecom Animation Film, and Yuuko Kakihara (Chihayafuru 2) is writing the scripts. Nobu...
Milky Holmes Film's TV Ads Center on Twenty, Saku
Movie opens on February 27
― The official website of the Gekijōban Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Gyakushū no Milky Holmes (Detective Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack) film began streaming two more commercials for the anime film on Monday. The commercials focus on the characters Twenty and Saku Tooyama. The film will open in 10 theaters in Japan on February 27. The film's story w...
Lunkhead Performs Ushio & Tora's New Ending Song
"Kessen Zenya" will debut in the anime in April
― This year's 12th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that rock band Lunkhead is performing the ending theme song starting in the third cours (quarter of the year) of the Ushio & Tora anime. The song is titled "Kessen Zenya" (The Night Before the Decisive Battle). The anime premiered last July, but its 39-episo...
Mr. Osomatsu ‒ Episode 19
"Taken on their own, each of this week's stories is amusing, but they fail to live up to the comedy standard set in previous weeks."
Love Live! Girls Get Minty Fresh in Newly Animated Chewing Gum Ad
Maki Nishikino voted by fans as Kissmint campaign girl
― Love Live! fans had a chance to vote for which μ's idol member will be the campaign girl for Glico's Watering Kissmint chewing gum last year, and they chose Maki Nishikino. To celebrate, Glico posted a newly animated television commercial featuring Maki and the μ's tune "Angelic Angel": Fans voted after buying one of 16 different gum variants (...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 8-14
Mr. Osomatsu sells 3,338 more, followed by Kamen Rider Drive, Is the order a rabbit??, Riho Iida & Aina Kusuda, Over the Rainbow
― The Kamen Rider Drive Final Stage & Bangumi Cast Talk Show sold 2,508 copies to debut at #13 on the overall DVD chart. Riho Iida and Aina Kusuda's Iida Riho to Kusuda Aina no Memorial Journey ~Ripikusu Sanpo in LA~ vol. 1 landed at #23 with 1,210 copies. Vol. 2 was #24 wi...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 8-14
Is the order a rabbit?? sells 8,065 at #2, followed by Wagnaria!!3, K Return of Kings, Eir Aoi, Mr. Osomatsu
― Eir Aoi Special Live 2015 World of Blue at Nippon Buddōkan sold 2,430 copies to debut at #10 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. Kamen Rider Blu-ray Box 2 sold 1,515 to land at #15. The Wake Up, Girls! variety program WUG Ban! debuted at #27 with 880 copies. Rank Last Week Title Weekly Copies...
Some of the 10th Annual Seiyū Awards Winners Announced
Showtaro Morikubo, Kikuko Inoue, Maruko-chan, Sachiko Chijimatsu, Tadashi Nakamura, Michiko Nomura, AŌP, more
― The organizers of the 10th Annual Seiyū Awards announced some of the winners on Tuesday. Merit Awards Award for the seiyū who have contributed to many genres, including foreign works, over the years Sachiko Chijimatsu Agency: 81produce Roles: Dokonjo Gaeru (Pyon-kichi), Mahōtsukai Sally (Ka...
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear Anime Reveals Theme Song Details
Maki Hanatani performs opening; Natsumi Hioka, Hiroki Yasumoto perform ending
― The staff of the television anime of Masume Yoshimoto's Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear announced details on the anime's opening and ending theme songs on Tuesday. Maki Hanatani from idol group Fullfull☆Pocket performs the opening theme song "Datte, Gyutte Shite." Bonjour Suzuki (Yurikuma Arashi opening theme) serves as sound ...
Kairi Shimotsuki Ends Brave10 S Manga in March
Original Brave10 manga inspired 2012 TV anime
― Manga creator Kairi Shimotsuki (Brave10, A Century of Temptation, Madness) announced on her official Twitter account on Monday that she will end her Brave10 S manga in the next issue of the Monthly Comic Gene magazine, which Media Factory will publish on March 15. Shimotsuki previously revealed that the manga will end this year. Shimotsuki launched the ...
Attack on Titan Game's Ad, Costume, Story Videos Streamed
PS4/PS3/PS Vita game slated for Thursday; N. America, Europe release this year
― Koei Tecmo Games began streaming a 30-second commercial for its upcoming Attack on Titan game. The commercial features narration by series protagonist Eren Jaeger (Yuuki Kaji). Koei Tecmo Games streamed two earlier videos on Saturday. The first video previews some of the alternate costumes in the game, while the second v...
Live-Action Erased/Boku dake ga Inai Machi Film's Behind-the-Scenes Video Posted
Tatsuya Fujiwara discusses role with director Yūichirō Hirakawa in March 19 film
― The animeanime.jp website posted a behind-the-scenes video on the live-action film of Kei Sanbe's Boku dake ga Inai Machi (The Town Where Only I Am Missing) manga on Monday. The video shows lead actor Tatsuya Fujiwara discussing with director Yūichirō Hirakawa (Rookies: Graduation) how his character should react to dis...
Monday, February 15
Takarazuka Revue's Rurouni Kenshin Stage Play Previewed in Ad
Seina Sagiri & Miyu Sakihi star as Kenshin & Kaoru in ongoing production
― The ticketing company e+ posted a commercial for the stage musical of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga by the famous all-female musical theater troupe Takarazuka Revue on Monday. Seina Sagiri, the top star of the revue's Yukigumi group, and Miyu Sakihi, the revue's top performer of female roles, stars in the musical. S...
The Idolm@ster Shiny Festa Smartphone Games End Service in March
Games currently discounted, music DLC available for free until March 15
― Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed on Monday that it will end its service for The Idolm@ster Shiny Festa iOS games on March 15. Those who own the game will still be able to play them after the specified date, but they will no longer be able to download music, and Bandai Namco Entertainment cannot guarantee the game will contin...
Mr. Osomatsu's 2nd Opening Theme Single Ranks #2 with 25,000 Copies
Highest ranking Mr. Osomatsu single yet, beating ending theme's #3 December ranking
― Japanese entertainment news and ranking website Oricon revealed on Tuesday that "Zenryoku Batankyū," the CD single of the second opening theme for the Mr. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san) anime, ranked #2 in the Oricon singles chart for the February 8-14 week. The single shipped on February 10 and sold 25,000 copies in its f...
Sion Sono Returns to Direct Shinjuku Swan Sequel
Gou Ayano & other cast members reprise roles with Rurouni Kenshin's action director Kenji Tanigaki
― A sequel to the live-action film of Ken Wakui's Shinjuku Swan manga has been green-lit. Filming on the tentatively titled Shinjuku Swan 2 began on January 27 and will continue for two months, including filming in Kanagawa and Yokohama in early March. Returning from the first film are: Gou Ayano (Gatch...
Titans Aim to Take Over Shinjuku Station With Giant Scratch-Off Poster
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia put up a giant scratch off poster of 50 fearsome Titans in Shinjuku Station on Monday. The poster is part of the "Wall Shinjuku Recapture Strategy" campaign to promote KOEI Tecmo's Attack on Titan game for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita. The game will hit store shelves in Japan on February 18. The poster measures 12 meters in length and is 2.4 mete...
The Boy and The Beast Promotes Shibuya Tourism With Location Map
To celebrate the home video release of Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and The Beast film on February 24, the Shibuya tourism office will distribute "The Boy and The Beast × Shibuya Location" maps showing places in Shibuya that appeared in the film. In addition, the Studio Chizu Shop in the Loft Yokohama store opened on Monday. The store will give out a limited number of The Boy and The Beast clear files ...
Raiden V Shooter Game's Opening Movie Streamed
Xbox One game ships in Japan on February 25
― Game developer Moss began streaming the opening movie for its upcoming Xbox One side-shooter game Raiden V on Monday. The game will ship in Japan on February 25 for 7,400 yen (about US$65). The download edition will cost 6,800 yen (about US$59). First-run copies will include an original soundtrack CD. Source: Siliconera; Sato
New Manga Anthology Mixes Boys-Love and Zombies
A new boys-love manga anthology from Enterbrain is combining romance and and the very undead. The collection is titled B's-LOVEY Anthology: BL of the Dead. The listing describes the works as a collection of the "ultimate love stories" taking place in a world of zombies where a lover is "the only sustenance I have to survive this world." The volume includes stories by Homerun Ken, Hidesato Kimura, ...
Yowamushi Pedal's 8th Stage Play Reveals New Cast in Costume
8th stage play begins with Onoda's 2nd year, premieres in March
― Marvelous' official website for the upcoming Butai Yowamushi Pedal ~Sōhoku Shinsedai, Shidō~ (Stage Play Yowamushi Pedal ~Sōhoku New Generation, Start~) stage play based on Wataru Watanabe's high school bicycling manga Yowapeda (Yowamushi Pedal) revealed four new cast members in costume on Monday. The cast members are: Shinichirō Ueda ...
Exclusive: Otaku USA to Produce New Jersey's Anime Fan Fest
Otaku USA Magazine announced on Monday that it is partnering with MAD Event Entertainment to produce the "Otaku USA Anime Fan Fest" convention in Somerset, New Jersey. The first event will take place from May 6-8 2016. MAD Event Entertainment first announced the inaugural Anime Fan Fest last October. Otaku USA Magazine told ANN that, now that it is on board, the event will be expanded.
Space Brothers Creator Introduces 3D Printer Studio, Workplace in French TV Program
The French television program toco toco began streaming its interview with Space Brothers manga creator Chūya Koyama on Sunday. In video, Koyama takes viewers to FabCafe Tokyo in Shibuya, a venue that specializes 3D printing. Visitors can watch their creations come to life using equipment at FabCafes in Japan, France, Thailand, and Taiwan. After exploring the FabCafe, Koyama introduces his studio ...
Hiroshima Formally Drops Plans to Reclaim Land in 'Ponyo's' Harbor
Miyazaki comments on ruling over locale that inspired 2008 film
― The Hiroshima Prefectural Government announced on Monday that it will formally drop the land reclamation plan in Tomonoura — the harbor in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima that inspired the seaside locale in Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo film. The decision ended a nine-year lawsuit over the issue. The local ...
Answerman - Why Did Saint Seiya Bomb In North America?
It's one of the biggest and most influential anime franchises in Latin America, but the mythical golden warriors of Saint Seiya just never found a big audience in the states. Why is that?
― Geoff asks: Saint Seiya is one of the most popular anime of all time worldwide, especially in Europe and Latin America, even bigger than Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon. It is a Shonen fighting series, the most suc...
Yona of the Dawn Stage Play Trailer Shows Off Characters in Costume
Stage play covering the Water Tribe Arc opens in Japan in March
― The official YouTube channel for the Yona of the Dawn stage play adaptation began streaming a promotional video showing off the cast in costume. The video also explains the premise of the original manga. The play will cover the Water Tribe Arc. The arc runs from volume 14 to 16 of the original manga, and was not covered by the anime ad...
Durarara!! ×2 The Third Arc ‒ Episodes 5-6
"After weeks upon weeks of sinister setup, the final climax of Durarara!! is off like a shot in two of its most pulse-pounding, fist-pumping episodes yet."
Platinum Games' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shows Leonardo Gameplay in Video
PS4/Xbox One/PS3/Xbox 360/PC game slated for summer
― IGN posted a gameplay video for the leader Leonardo from the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan action game. Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Transformers: Devastation) is developing the game, and Activision will release the game on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC this summer. Activision describes the ga...
Shelf Life - Shirobako Part 1
Paul learns a whole lot about ambition, teamwork and the anime industry in the first half of Shirobako, and digs around in this week's new anime releases.
― I started watching Dimension W right around the time its Toonami run was announced, and now I'm facing a dilemma. I'm enjoying the subtitled version and want to keep up with it, but you only get so many chances to watch anime on real, honest-to-...
Dimension W ‒ Episode 6
"While the jury's still out on whether Dimension W will be good, I'm confident in calling it good enough."
Nikkei: Bandai Namco Halts New Arcade Games Due to Arcade Slump
Company also projects significant downturn in Yo-kai Watch toy/hobby sales
― Bandai Namco Holdings released its third quarter financial report last Tuesday, revealing that the company and its subsidiaries report a projected estimate net sales of 560 billion yen (about US$4.91 billion) for the fiscal year that will end on March 31, which would be a 1% decrease compared to the 2015 fiscal year. The com...
Bandai Namco Pictures Registers 'Aikatsu Stars!' Trademark
Bandai Namco Pictures registered a trademark on February 9 for "Aikatsu Stars!." The trademark is for animation, games, character shows, books, and music, as well as merchandise like food and drinks. The first 50-episode Aikatsu! television anime series premiered in October 2012, and the fourth "season" (fourth year of broadcast) premiered in October. The franchise's first anime film opened in Jap...
Battle Spirits Double Drive Anime's Main Cast, Character Designs Revealed
Latest Battle Spirits anime premieres on April 6 on TV Tokyo
― The official website of Battle Spirits Double Drive, the latest television anime series inspired by Bandai's Battle Spirits card game, revealed the main cast for the anime on Sunday. The cast includes (note: the character name romanizations have not yet been officially revealed): Makoto Koichi as Shunta Mogami Mutsumi Tamura as Yoku Albat...
Yo-kai Watch x 3 Kingdoms Collaboration Game Previewed in Video
3DS game ships in Japan on April 2
― Level-5 began streaming a promotional video on Monday for its Yo-kai Sangokushi (Yo-kai Romance of the Three Kingdoms) Nintendo 3DS spinoff video game. The game is a collaboration between Level-5's Yo-Kai Watch franchise and Koei Tecmo Games' Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) video game franchise. The game will ship in Japan on April 2. Level-5 is collabo...
Dance With Devils Musical Reveals More Cast in Costume
Daiki Ise, Kōhei Norizuki, Ryūjirō Izaki, Subaru Kimura cast in March 3-13 musical
― The official website for the upcoming Dance With Devils stage musical revealed new visuals on Sunday, depicting the cast of Noel, Holland, and Jek in costume. The newly revealed visuals include: Kōhei Norizuki as Noel, Lindo's senior exorcist Ryūjirō Izaki as Holland (double-cast with Subaru Kimura), Rem's training i...
Tōken Ranbu Stage Play Casts Taizō Shiina as Fudō Yukimitsu
New visual unveiled for play opening on May 3
― The official website of the stage play adaptation of DMM's Tōken Ranbu online browser game revealed last Friday that Taizō Shiina will play Fudō Yukimitsu in the play. Taizō Shiina as Fudō Yukimitsu The website also unveiled a new visual for the play, showing Hiroki Suzuki in costume as Mikazuki Munechika. The rest of the cast includes: Yoshihide Sasaki...
Animated Short of What Happens Before War? Anti-War Picture Book Streamed
Peace activist group Ribbon Project produced book in 2004
― Filmmaker and artist group NOddIN released an animated short based on Ribbon Project's Sensō no Tsukurikata (What Happens Before War?) picture book last Wednesday. The video is English-subtitled. Peace activist group Ribbon Project produced the original picture book in 2004. The book describes the societal and policy changes that happen in a...
D-Selections Performs 'Hundred' School Battle Anime's Opening Theme
Special label unit consists of 5 Dive II Entertainment artists
― The official website for the upcoming television anime of Jun Misaki's light novel series Hundred announced on Sunday that D-selections will be performing the series' opening theme "BLOODRED." D-selections is a group made up of a collection of artists from Dive II Entertainment, and includes: Tatsuyuki Kobayashi, Azuki Shibuya, Yūki Wak...
2016 Pokémon Film's Plot Revealed With New Mythical Pokémon Magearna
Kunihiko Yuyama returns to direct film premiering on July 16
― The Pokémon Company International officially revealed the new Mythical Pokémon Magearna (pictured below) on Sunday. The announcement also revealed the plot of the upcoming Pokémon film, titled Pokémon the Movie XY & Z: Volcanion to Karakuri no Magearna (Pokémon the Movie XY & Z: Volcanion and the Tricky Magearna, official English title no...
Sunday, February 14
Assassination Classroom Manga Gets 'Important Announcement' Next Week
This year's 11th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the 12th issue on February 22 will include a "super important announcement" for Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga. The issue also teased that the 12th issue on February 22 will feature the manga's "final mission climax" and the "conclusion of the fated battle." Assassination Classroom will be featur...
Sono 'Okodawari,' Ore ni mo Kure Yo!! Manga Gets Live-Action Series
Mayu Matsuoka, Sairi Itō star as fictional portrayals of themselves in April series
― A live-action television series adaptation of Tōru Seino's Sono 'Okodawari,' Ore ni mo Kure yo! (Give me Those Fixations Too!) manga has been green-lit. The series has been retitled as Sono 'Okodawari,' Watashi ni mo Kure yo!! (same meaning, but with a neutral personal pronoun), and will star Mayu Matsuoka (seen lef...
Seven Seas Licenses Bloom Into You Yuri Manga
1st volume of Nio Nakatani manga slated for January 2017
― North American manga distributor Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Sunday that it has licensed Nio Nakatani's Bloom Into You (Yagate Kimi ni Naru) yuri manga. The company will publish the manga in single volumes with at least two full-color illustrations in each volume. The first volume is slated for January 3, 2017 and will retail for US...
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans ‒ Episode 19
"There's a lot happening all at once because there's a time limit on descent battles—either you beat your opponent by the time you hit the atmosphere, or you don't."
Oreimo's Kirino Drums Up Voters for Japan Election
Recruited by Ministry of Internal Affairs to spread the word
― Last year the voting age in Japanese elections was lowered from 20 to 18. To help get out the word and combat widespread voter apathy among the young, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has launched a campaign called "18-sai Senkyo" (The 18-Year-Old Election) to drum up voter turnout among 18- and 19-year-olds for this su...
Schwarzes Marken ‒ Episode 6
"In an action sense this is the quietest episode to date. In a dramatic sense, however, the episode is anything but quiet."
Enjoy Craft Beer and Burly Men at Macho Bar in Tokyo
Get picked up while quaffing regional brews
― Macho 29, a group of muscle-bound men fond of showing off their impressive biceps, is opening a special Macho Craft Beer Bar for one day in Tokyo. The bar pairs well-crafted muscles with craft beer, both of which hail from different parts of Japan. Hyōgo Prefecture (where Kobe is located) is represented by Koala Koarashi and Rokko Beer, a fruity beer that...
Voice Actress Trio TrySail Sing Hai-Furi Maritime School TV Anime's Opening
Momo Asakura, Shiina Natsukawa, Sora Amamiya to appear at AnimeJapan before anime's April debut
― The official website for the television anime Hai-Furi announced on Sunday that the voice actress group TrySail is performing "High Free Spirits," the opening theme song for the anime. The group will appear at the Hai-Furi special stage event at the AnimeJapan 2016 convention on March 26. The group forme...
Japan Crate's 'Doki Doki Crate' Ships With Bootleg Items; Company Responds
Bootleg Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura figures, others ship with subscription boxes
― Subscription box service Japan Crate shipped the first three installments of its "Doki Doki Crate" in December, January, and February. The company received complaints about bootleg items in all three boxes, including a bootleg Petit Chara Sailor Moon figure in the January box and a bootleg Good Smile Company Cardcap...
Valentine's Day Greetings — Anime Style 2016
KanColle, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Fate/stay night, and more
― Today is Valentine's Day, that special time of year when couples go the extra mile for a romantic evening together and when singles go the extra mile to stop being single. It's celebrated in Japan too, although there it is especially centered around women giving chocolates to men they associate with — although romantic activities are p...
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash ‒ Episode 6
"Moving on from a tragedy is never easy, and I admit that I like that Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash hasn't made too quick a move to get the characters past it."
Kūsō Iinkai Performs Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V's New Ending Theme Song
Theme song titled "Vision" debuts in April alongside new opening song
― This year's 11th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V television anime series will get a new ending theme song in April. Rock band Kūsō Iinkai will perform the song titled "Vision." Ryō Kitamura, Shuuto Miyazaki, and Ryō Matsuda are also performing a new opening theme son...
Haikyu!! Second Season ‒ Episode 19
"Mostly this just feels like a match that could have been summed up in the first couple of minutes of the actual Karasuno vs Aoba Johsai episode."
Young Black Jack's Yūichirō Umehara Tours Tezuka Museum
Tries out coloring, animation
― Yūichirō Umehara, who plays Kuroo Hazama (Black Jack) in Young Black Jack, toured the Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, which honors the manga artist Osamu Tezuka, the original creator of Black Jack, among other famous early anime and manga. The museum is currently holding a special exhibit on Young Black Jack called Hazama Kuroo no Roots wo Sa...
4 Anime Tamago 2016 Shorts Previewed in 2nd Promo Video
IG Port's Signal MD, Studio 4°C, Tezuka Productions, Buemon make anime shorts
― The official website of the Anime Tamago program (formerly Anime Mirai) posted the second promotional video for its 2016 anime shorts on Sunday. As in previous years, the anime shorts will train young animators on-the-job. The anime shorts and the studios producing them include: Title: "Colorful Ninja Iromaki" Studio: Sig...
Assassination Classroom Manga Approaches Climax of 'Final Mission'
Manga launched in 2012; inspired 2 TV anime, 2 live-action films
― This year's 11th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump announced on Monday that the next chapter of Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga, which Shueisha will publish on February 22, will feature the "final mission climax." (Note: In Japanese, the word "climax" written in the phonetic katakana alphabet often refers to the fina...
BBK/BRNK ‒ Episode 6
"BBK/BRNK is moving in an encouraging direction, and the fight between Shizuru and Akihito suggests that the writing has the potential to do something genuinely interesting from time to time."
Haruka Chisuga Performs The Asterisk War 2nd Season's Ending Theme Song
2nd season to premiere this spring
― The official website for the television anime series The Asterisk War announced on Sunday that Haruka Chisuga will be performing the ending theme for show's second season. The song is titled "Ai no Uta -words of love-." Chisuga has performed theme songs for Aquarion Logos, Shirobako, Girls Beyond the Wasteland, Soul Eater Not!, and several other anime. She also vo...
Luck & Logic ‒ Episode 6
"As pretty and polished as it continues to look, there's no getting around the fact that Luck & Logic is astoundingly bland."
Monster Musume Manga Has 2.3 Million Copies in Print
The wraparound jacket band on the ninth volume of Okayado's Monster Musume manga announced on Saturday that the series now has more than 2.3 million copies in print in Japan. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the manga in North America, and it describes the story: Monsters: they're real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners ...
Luck & Logic Streams 5th 'We Are Luck & Logic Club' Anime Short
Newest episode in 1-minute short series to ship on 3rd BD/DVD on May 27
― The official YouTube channel for the Luck & Logic franchise began streaming the fifth episode of the "Watashi-tachi, Rakuroji-bu!" (We Are the Luck and Logic Club!) short anime series on Saturday. The one-minute anime series is airing before each full Luck & Logic TV anime episode. The anime short features the three high school...
Latest Kiznaiver Ad Streamed With English Subtitles
Studio Trigger series stars Yuuki Kaji, Hibiku Yamamura, Yuka Terasaki
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll began streaming the latest trailer for Studio Trigger's Kiznaiver television anime series with English subtitles on Saturday. The trailer, which is the same as the one Aniplex posted on Saturday, introduces the main cast and staff members. The anime's cast includes: Yuuki Kaji (Attack on Ti...
Sekai Project Adds Hoshizora no Memoria, KARAKARA Games
Company to also publish Winged Cloud's Sakura Dungeon OEL game
― Sekai Project announced at its panel at the Animation on Display (AOD) event on Saturday that it has licensed Favorite's Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish Upon a Shooting Star and calme's KARAKARA PC games. The company also revealed that it will publish original English visual novel developer Winged Cloud's Sakura Dungeon game. Sekai Project w...
Rejet Reveals New Diabolik Lovers Lost Eden PS Vita Game
Company also reveals new Ken ga Kimi PS Vita game, PS Vita port for Black Wolves Saga
― Game developer Rejet announced its new projects during its "Rejet Shinsaku Happyōkai 2016 CHANGE" livestream event on February 6, including an announcement of a new PlayStation Vita game in the Diabolic Lovers game series titled Diabolik Lovers Lost Eden. Rejet is also streaming a promotional video for the game, w...
Actor Kenta Suga Makes Voice Acting Debut on Shin ATASHIn'CHI Anime
Anime currently streaming on Crunchyroll
― Actor Kenta Suga (live-action Always: Sunset on Third Street, Tsurikichi Sampei, Peace Maker) will make his voice acting debut in episode 24 of Shin ATASHIn'CHI. The episode, "Yuzuhiko, Yakyūbu" (Yuzuhiko, Baseball Club), will air on March 22. Suga's character is Ōno-kun, Yuzuhiko's showy and flirty upperclassman at the baseball club. Suga commented on Twitt...
My Hero Academia Anime's 3rd Promo Video Previews More Voice Cast For 1st Time
Shōto Todoroki's character designs, April 3 premiere also revealed
― The official website for the television anime of Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) manga began streaming the show's third promotional video on Sunday. The video reveals that the anime will premiere on April 3. The video previews some of the recently revealed voice cast for the first time, including: Aoi Yūki...
Genocidal Organ, Harmony Manga Move Online
Manga adaptations of Project Itoh novels debuted last April
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine announced on Wednesday that the manga adaptations of Project Itoh's Genocidal Organ and Harmony novels will move from the magazine to the WebNewtype website as of the current issue. New chapters will appear on the site on the 10th of every month. In addition, the first compiled book vo...
Kattobase! Kiyohara-kun Manga Goes On Hiatus After Baseball Player's Drug Arrest
Kazuhiro Kiyohara, real-life basis of manga's protagonist, was arrested for drug possession last week
― The editorial department of Shogakukan's Corocoro Aniki magazine announced on the magazine's official website on Tuesday that Junji Kawai's Kattobase! Kiyohara-kun manga will not appear in the magazine's fifth 2016 issue on March 15 due to "various circumstances." The editorial department added tha...
Sanrio, Sega's Jewelpet Franchise Gets 8th TV Anime
Jewelpet Attack Chance!? "short anime" premieres in mid-February
― The official website of Sanrio and Sega Toys' Jewelpet character franchise announced the eighth Jewelpet television anime series, Jewelpet Attack Chance!?, on February 4 with a teaser video. The short anime will premiere this month. Ruby: It's me, Ruby! A new Jewelpet anime is starting! Labra: One day, a mysterious manager suddenly ap...
When They Cry - Higurashi Live-Action TV Series' NGT48 Cast Rehearsals Streamed
AKB48 sister group NGT48's members star in 8 episodes starting in May
― The official website of the live-action television series Ryūkishi07 and 07th Expansion's popular When They Cry - Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) horror software is streaming rehearsal videos for each of the show's main cast members, which include members of AKB48's sister idol group NGT48. The series' cast roles have yet t...
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