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My Hero Academia English 'Roll Call' Videos Introduce Bakugo, Yaoyorozu, More
Funimation to premiere series on April 3
― Funimation Entertainment began streaming four more "Roll Call" videos with English voice-over for the My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) anime. The videos introduce Bakugo Katsuki, Mineta Minoru, Tokoyami Fumikage, and Yaoyorozu Momo. The anime will air on the MBS/TBS channel network's "Nichigo" timeslot every Sunday at 5:00 p.m starting on April 3. Fu...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 27-April 2
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Your Lie in April anime; Nichijou, Not Lives manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Eden of the East The Complete Series + Movies Premium Edition Blu-rayPlease Funimation Entertainment US$99.98 March 29 Extreme Penetrations 2 DVD (Adult)Cite Adult Source Media US$24.95 March 29 Getter Robo Armageddo...
2nd Digimon Adventure tri. Film Extends Run After Earning 134 Million Yen
83,069 tickets sold before film extends into its 4th week
― The second film in the Digimon Adventure tri. film series, Digimon Adventure tri. Ketsui (Determination), has sold 83,069 tickets for over 134 million yen (US$1.18 million) in 10 theaters between its opening day on March 12 and Sunday, March 27. It has topped the mini theater ranking (for limited-run films) for three weekends in a row. Altho...
School Battle Anime Hundred's TV Ad Previews Opening Theme Song
Series premieres on Crunchyroll on April 4
― TV Tokyo aired a commercial for the upcoming television anime of Jun Misaki's light novel series Hundred. The video previews the opening theme song "BLOODRED" by D-selections. Hayato: Hundred, on! Emil: Each holds their own hope in their hands... The ultimate school battle action story begins now! New program, Hundred. Premiering on April 4 at 2:05 a.m. Th...
Crunchyroll to Stream Super Lovers Boys-Love Anime
10-episode series premieres on April 6
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream the television anime of Miyuki Abe's boys-love manga Super Lovers. The stream will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on April 6 at 2:05 p.m. EDT. The show will premiere on AT-X on April 6 at 11:30 p.m. before airing on Tokyo MX on April 7 at 1:35 a.m. The series will also air on ...
DAYS Soccer Anime's 1st Teaser Shows Animation, Additional Cast
Mariya Ise, Ayane Sakura, Katsuyuki Konishi join cast
― Pony Canyon began streaming a promotional video for the upcoming television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's DAYS soccer manga. The video reveals three more cast members. The new cast members are: Mariya Ise (Fairy Tail's Levi) as Chikako Ubukata Ayane Sakura (My Hero Academia's Ochaco) as Sayuri Tachibana Katsuyuki Konishi (Hetalia - Axis Powers's Am...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Tanaka-kun is Always Listless Anime
Comedy series follows perpetually-sleepy high school boy
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the anime Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge). The company plans to simulcast the series via select digital outlets and later release the series on home video. The series will premiere on Tokyo MX at 10:00 p.m. on April 9 in Japan, and it will also air on MBS...
Mayoiga/The Lost Village Original Anime Streams Promo, Adds 20 New Characters
Junji Majima, Atsushi Abe, more join cast
― Pony Canyon began streaming a promotional video on Wednesday for the Mayoiga original TV anime series. The anime's official website updated on Saturday with twenty additional characters and their cast members, as well as a new key visual. Daahara: Well then everybody! Time to say...! All: Goodbye to this reality! Daahara: Welcome to the life redo tour! Narr...
Crunchyroll to Stream Bungo Stray Dogs Anime
Action anime stars famous Japanese authors with superpowers
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the television anime of Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungō Stray Dogs manga as it airs in Japan. The stream will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on April 6 at 1:35 p.m. EDT. Kicked out of his orphanage and on the verge of starving to death, Nakajima ...
Bungō Stray Dogs Gets Original Video Anime in Addition to TV Anime
Series about league of literary figures with supernatural powers premieres on April 6
― A flyer at the AnimeJapan event on Friday listed that the television anime of Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa's Bungō Stray Dogs manga would include "12 episodes + 1 OVA." The official website announced earlier this month that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and other stations on April 6 at 25:05 (effectively...
Super Lovers Boys-Love TV Anime's Ad Previews Opening Song
Premieres April 6
― The official website of the television anime of Miyuki Abe's boys-love manga Super Lovers began streaming a commercial on Tuesday. The commercial previews the anime's opening theme "Okaeri." (Welcome Home.) by Yūsuke Yata. All: Super Lovers, starts airing in April! Text: The long-awaited TV anime of the hit manga by Miyuki Abe! Ren: Haru, what's wrong? Haru: It's just that as a bi...
Danganronpa 3 Anime's Characters from Super Danganronpa 2 Game Revealed
15 characters shown from "Zetsubō Hen"; "Mirai Hen" to air in July
― Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu magazine is revealing on Thursday the 15 characters who will appear in the Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen (Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope's Peak Academy-) anime's "Despair Chapter." These characters include those from the Super Danganronpa 2 game. More information will be in the magazine issue ...
Kill Me Baby/Sweet Blue Flowers Voice Actress Ai Takabe's Drug Charges Dropped
Actress was charged in November after police allegedly found cocaine in her house
― The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office decided on Tuesday not to prosecute Kill Me Baby voice actress and idol Ai Takabe (real name, Ai Nakayama), who was arrested last year for allegedly violating Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law with cocaine use. The office said that it made its decision in consideratio...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, March 21-27
2nd live-action Assassination Classroom's theme sells 185,829, followed by Mr. Osomatsu, Hiro Shimono/Jun Fukuyama/Kenichi Suzumura, live-action Library Wars sequel, Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor
― "Sayonara Sensa-tions," the theme song for the live-action Assassination Classroom: Graduation film by the group "Sensa-tions," sold 185,829 copies to debut at #1 on the ovrall DVD chart. The g...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 21-27
Live-action Library Wars sequel sells 36,057+2,718, followed by Mr. Osomatsu, Owarimonogatari, Arpeggio film, Aria The Natural
― The Premium Box for Toshokan Sensō: The Last Mission, the sequel to the live-action film of Hiro Arikawa's Toshokan Sensō (Library Wars) novel series, sold 36,057 copies to debut at #1 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. The standard edition with the limited first-pressing s...
Funimation's Escaflowne Dub Casts Eric Vale, Jole McDonald
Vale plays Dryden, McDonald plays Dilandau
― Funimation's Kickstarter campaign for The Vision of Escaflowne anime series' new English dub posted an update last Friday and this Monday, revealing two additional dub cast members. Eric Vale (Hetalia - Axis Powers' America and Canada, One Piece's Sanji, Fairy Tail's Loke) will play the traveling merchant Dryden, while Joel McDonald (Fairy Tail's Zeref, Bl...
Empire of Corpses, Girls & Panzer, Psycho-Pass Nominated for Japan Sci-Fi Con's Seiun Awards
Wish Upon the Pleiades anime, Knights of Sidonia, Linebarrels of Iron manga also nominated
― The 55th Japan Science Fiction Convention (Nihon SF Taikai) revealed the list of nominees for the 47th Seiun Awards on Saturday. The nominees of the Media and Comic categories include: Media Category Mad Max Fury Road film Star Wars: The Force Awakens film Chappie film The Congress film Wish Upon the Pleiades...
2nd Live-Action Assassination Classroom Opens at #1 With 639 Million Yen
Kamen Rider 1-Gō opens at #4, Doraemon movie drops to #2 after 4 weeks
― Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Sotsugyō-hen (Assassination Classroom: Graduation), the second live-action film based on Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga, opened in Japan last Friday on 319 screens. It sold 544,641 tickets for 639,193,900 yen (about US$5.62 million) to top the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. It is cur...
New Jersey's AnimeNEXT to Host Trigger's Akira Amemiya, Shigeto Koyama, Hiromi Wakabayashi
Freelance animator Emi Kōno joins Trigger members at convention
― New Jersey based anime convention AnimeNEXT announced earlier this month that it will host Studio Trigger's Akira Amemiya, Shigeto Koyama, and Hiromi Wakabayashi at its 2016 convention. They will be joined by freelance animator Emi Kōno. Amemiya is a former GAINAX animator who worked on many Hiroyuki Imaishi titles such as Gurren Lagan...
One Piece Film Gold Casts Hikari Mitsushima, Gaku Hamada, Nanao, Kinya Kitaōji
July 23 film features new devil fruit users & former Folder 5 idol who sang 'Believe' opening theme
― The official website for this year's One Piece Film Gold anime revealed the film's guest cast on Tuesday. Hikari Mitsushima as Carina, a popular and mysterious songstress in Gild Tesoro's crew, with ties to Nami's past. Gaku Hamada as Mr. Tanaka, a devil fruit user who ate the "nuke nuke" fruit. With...
Dimension W Anime's 6th Blu-ray to Include Unaired OVA Episode
6th volume slated for August 26 in Japan
― The staff of the Dimension W anime announced during an episode screening event last week on March 21 that the sixth volume of the anime's Japanese Blu-ray Disc release will include an unaired original video anime (OVA) episode. The sixth volume is slated for release on August 26. Funimation is on the production committee for the series, and it describes the ...
Peach Girl Manga Inspires Live-Action Film
Mizuki Yamamoto, Hey!Say!JUMP's Kei Inoo star in 2017 film
― Miwa Ueda's Peach Girl manga is inspiring a live-action film adaptation that will premiere in 2017 in Japan. Mizuki Yamamoto (live-action Black Butler) (pictured right) will star as Momo and idol group Hey!Say!JUMP's Kei Inoo will play Kairi in his first film role. Koji Shintoku will direct the film. The story is about an average high schoo...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 13-19
Goodnight Punpun, 3 One-Punch Man volumes, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, 3 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, Bleach, Monster Musume
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on March 12. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 -Goodnight Punpun #1 Inio Asano Viz Media 1 2 2One-Punch Man #5 Story: ONE / Art: Yuusuke Murata Viz Media 3 31Yu-Gi-Oh! Z...
Japan Animator Expo Short Inspires TV Anime Special
Title has not yet been announced
― NHK announced on Monday that one or more of the shorts from Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition (Japan Animator Expo), the weekly anime shorts project from Hideaki Anno's Studio Khara and the media company Dwango, is inspiring an anime special on BS Premium. Details, including the title, have not yet been revealed. NHK plans to update with more information on its website ...
Rage of Bahamut Developer Cygames Establishes Anime Company
Anime studio to handle adaptations, original work
― Smartphone game developer Cygames announced at Anime Japan 2016 on Saturday that is aiming to establish an animation studio as a fully-owned subsidiary in the first half of 2016. Cygames has had an anime production division since March 2015, and it will continue in the new anime production company. The new company will handle not only planning and p...
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Promo Video
Kaede Hondo, Ayane Sakura star in mecha anime directed by Susumu Tosaka
― The official website for the Infinite's Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars anime announced the show's staff and two members of the main cast on Thursday. The promotional video also announces the cast members: Text: Yui Text: Kei Text: Sara, Tia Text: Ingrid Text: Rena Text: Cast - Kaede Hondo as Yui, Ayane Sakura as Rena Text: The...
Viz's Shonen Jump to Run Assassination Classroom Side Story Spinoff
4-week spinoff explores Koro-sensei's private life outside school
― Viz Media's digital anthology Weekly Shonen Jump announced on Monday that it will publish the four-part Assassination Classroom Side Story spinoff manga beginning next Monday. The spinoff manga will run in Shueisha's Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine this April from this year's 18th issue to the combined 21st/22nd issue. These cha...
Yamato2202.net Domain Name Registered
The domain name "Yamato2202.net" was registered in Japan on January 8. Designer Makoto Kobayashi posted the following sketches and layout sheet on Monday: 来たね雷雨。の、練馬 pic.twitter.com/YwD7Bq6fDi— 小林誠 2220 (@makomako713) March 28, 2016 雨が今、アラレになりました練馬 pic.twitter.com/9aFC06eYwo— 小林誠 2220 (@makomako713) March 28, 2016 雲はあるけど雨はやんでる練馬 pic.twitter.com/GEIOUNXPZj— 小林誠 2220 (@makomako713) March 28, 2016 Vo...
Twin Star Exorcists Manga Gets 1-Shot in Weekly Shonen Jump
This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists (Sōsei no Onmyōji) manga will receive a one-shot chapter in this year's 18th issue of the magazine next week. The chapter will be 32 pages long and will include a color center page. Viz Media is releasing the series in North America, and it will publish the fourth compiled...
4 Weekly Shonen Jump Manga Get Spinoff Chapters in April
This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine (issue cover pictured at right) revealed on Monday that four Weekly Shonen Jump manga will receive spinoff chapters in the next four weeks. This year's 18th issue of the magazine will feature a spinoff chapter of Kawada's Hinomaru Zumō manga, the 19th issue will feature a spinoff chapter of Takuma Yokota's Straighten Up! Welcome to S...
One Piece Manga Enters 'VS. Four Emperors Arc'
This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga will start its "VS. Four Emperors Arc" in this year's 18th issue, which will ship on April 4. The 17th issue teased, "The curtain will open on a new legend, don't miss it!!" The preview image for next week's issue (pictured at right) also teases, "Facing toward Sanji's rescue, Lu...
Kuromukuro Anime's Promo Video Streamed With English Subtitles
Video previews opening, ending theme songs for series premiering on April 7
― Pony Canyon began streaming a promotional video on Monday with English subtitles for Kuromukuro, the 15th anniversary project of the anime studio P.A. Works. The video previews MICHI's (Dagashi Kashi, Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers) ending theme song "Really Stick," and rock band GLAY's opening theme song "Dystopia." (Not...
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō TV Anime's 1st Promo Video, New Visual Revealed
Series starring Daiki Yamashita premieres on April 10
― The official YouTube account for the television anime adaptation of author Ipyao and artist Yūjirō Koyama's Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō manga began streaming the show's first promotional video on Friday. The end of the video features protagonist Agetarō Katsutama saying "Tonkatsu and DJ are the same!?" The official website also revealed a new key visual...
Kiznaiver Anime's Promo Features Opening, Ending Theme Songs
Character ad for Katsuhira, Noriko also streamed
― The official website of Studio Trigger's Kiznaiver television anime series began streaming two new videos for the anime on Saturday (Note: the videos on the official website are region-locked to Japan). The first is a promotional video for the anime, which previews the anime's opening theme song "LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME" by Boom Boom Satellites, and the...
Shonen Jump Magazine Teases 'Jump CS' Project
This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine teased an upcoming "Jump CS" project on Monday. The teaser image featured characters from Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga speculating about the project. A website for the project includes nine images featuring characters from One Piece and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga. Refreshing the page changes the image on the website. Text: ...
Poco's Udon World TV Anime Will Have 12 Episodes
A flyer at the AnimeJapan event revealed on Friday that the television anime adaptation of Nodoka Shinomaru's Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari (The Udon Country's Golden Furball) manga will be 12 episodes long and each episode will run for 30 minutes. The flyer also solicits the anime under the English title Poco's Udon World. The anime will air this year. The "heartwarming fantasy" manga takes place...
New Game TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals More Cast
Madoka Asahina, Chitose Morinaga, Eri Kitamura join cast for series premiering in July
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Shōtarō Tokunō's New Game! manga began streaming the show's first promotional video on Monday. The video reveals three more cast members. The staff had previously screened the video at a stage event at AnimeJapan 2016 on Sunday. The new cast members are:...
Satelight Presents Nanbaka Anime on TV This Fall
A poster at Satelight's Anime Japan 2016 booth announced this past weekend that the anime adaptation of Shō Futamata's Nanbaka manga will premiere this fall. The original manga centers around four prisoners: Jūgo, a man who attempted to break out of prison and ended up extending his jail time; Uno, a man who likes to gamble with women; Rokku, a man who likes to get into fights; and Niko, a man who...
D.Gray-man Hallow TV Anime's Main Staff Revealed
Cross Ange's Yoshiharu Ashino directs series with 3 scriptwriters
― The official website for D.Gray-man Hallow, the new television anime of Katsura Hoshino's D.Gray-man manga, revealed the staff for the anime on Saturday. Yoshiharu Ashino (Tweeny Witches, Cross Ange, First Squad) is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment, with scripts by Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, Prison School, Dagashi Kashi), Tat...
Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo Anime Returns in April
DVD release in April features commentary by cast, Jump Festa 2016 event anime
― The staff of the short anime adaptation of Ryō Nakama's Isobe Isobee Monogatari ~Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo~ (Chronicle of Isobe -The Life Is Hard-) manga announced on Monday that the anime will return with new episodes beginning in April, and previewed five new screenshots from the anime (see gallery below). The official website...
Haikyu!! Anime's 3rd Season's Teaser Video Reveals Title
New visual also revealed for series premiering this fall
― The official website of the television anime series based on Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! volleyball manga began streaming a teaser video for anime's third season on Monday. The video reveals that the third season will be titled Haikyu!! Karasuno Kōkō VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Kōkō (Haikyu!! Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa Academy). The website ...
Food Wars! Anime's 2nd Season, OVA Previewed in Videos
New season will premiere in July
― The official website of the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma anime series began streaming a promotional video on Sunday for the show's second season, titled Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate). The video confirms that the main cast and staff from the first season will reprise their roles in the sequel, and reveals that the new ...
'Zegapain Adaptation' 10th Anniversary Anime Film Retells Series With New Scenes, Characters
Also: Standard edition BD release, "stage reading" event featuring main cast
― The Zegapain event at Anime Japan 2016 on Saturday announced new details on the anime's 10th anniversary events, including a new theatrical anime, a Blu-ray Disc release of the original anime, and a "stage reading" event. The theatrical anime is titled Zegapain Adaptation, and it will recompile scenes from the television s...
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale Film Unveils New Cast, Visual
Silica, Lisbeth, Sinon, Klein's "Ordinal Scale" costumes revealed
― Aniplex USA unveiled more cast, character designs, and a new visual for the Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film during Sakura Con on Saturday, and the film's website also updated on the same day. Shingo Adachi drew the new visual, showing Kirito and Asuna in their "Ordinal Scale" outfits. The newly announced cast sho...
Paradise of Innocence Manga Listed With 'Final' Anime DVD
Man travels back in time & meets girls in grade school, before they became successful
― The retailer Mangaoh lists Uran's 10th Mujaki no Rakuen (Paradise of Innocence) manga in a limited edition with an anime DVD on September 29. According to the listing, the manga's third anime DVD will be the "final" one, and it will feature the full version of the theme song. In the popular "nostalgic & innocent s...
Bandai's Male '2.5D' Idol Project Dream Festival! Gets Net Anime
Aikatsu head writer, Brave Beats director adapt story of aspiring idols this summer
― Animate announced an anime adaptation of Dream Festival!, the all-male "2.5D idol project" from several Bandai Namco Group companies, at AnimeJapan 2016 on Saturday. The anime will first stream on the Animate Channel. It will also stream simultaneously overseas — specifically, on the bilibili video service in China....
Cross-Dressing Idol Romance Manga Buddy Go! Gets TV Anime Shorts
Girl makes viral dancing videos & ends up in idol unit with "prince of dance" rival
― The wraparound jacket band on Minori Kurosaki's fourth Buddy Go! manga volume announced on Friday that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. The anime will run during the Oha-Suta variety program on the TV Tokyo network at 7:05 a.m. on April 6, April 12, and April 19. The "cross-dressing romance" centers around Ai...
Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Anime to Return This Fall
Announced at end of episode 25 on Sunday
― The 25th episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans television anime ended on Sunday with an announcement that the "Iron-Blooded Orphans (Tekkadan) will be back in Fall 2016." [Via Otakomu]
The Heroic Legend of Arslan Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in July
Eir Aoi, Kalafina perform theme songs for new series
― The official website for The Heroic Legend of Arslan television anime series announced on Sunday that the second season of the series will premiere in July. The new series is titled Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu (The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance). The website also revealed that Eir Aoi (Sword Art Online, Fate/Zero) will perform the new ...
Seven Deadly Sins Gets 4-Week TV Anime Special In August With Brand-New Story
Nakaba Suzuki pens story for The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of holy war special
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins manga announced on Sunday that a new television anime special will air for four consecutive weeks beginning in August. Suzuki is writing a brand new story for the special. The special is titled Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Sh...
Daisuke Ono Joins Monster Strike Net Anime Cast in New Arc
Anime adaptation of mobile game to launch new arc this spring
― The staff of the net anime of mixi's Monster Strike mobile action role-playing game announced at a talk event at Anime Japan 2016 on Sunday that Daisuke Ono will join the cast as Haruma Kagutsuchi when the series enters its new arc this spring. The first two episodes of the anime began streaming on YouTube in Japan on October 10, and the...
Yūki Takada, Yōko Hikasa, Ai Kayano Star in New Game! TV Anime
Ayumi Takeo, Megumi Toda, Megumi Yamaguchi also star in series premiering in July
― The staff of the television anime adaptation of Shōtarō Tokunō's New Game! manga announced the main cast at a stage event at AnimeJapan on Sunday. The show stars: Yūki Takada as Aoba Suzukaze Yōko Hikasa as Kō Yagami Ai Kayano as Rin Tōyama Megumi Yamaguchi as Hifumi Takimoto Megumi Toda as Hajime Shinota Ayumi Takeo ...
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime's 2nd Promo Previews Opening Theme
Takehito Koyasu, Mamiko Noto join cast
― The official website for the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Re: Life in a different world from zero or Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) television anime adaptation began streaming a second promotional video for the series on Sunday. The video previews the opening theme song "Redo" by Konomi Suzuki. The website also announced two new cast memb...
Fate/Extra Game Gets TV Anime in 2017
Shaft will produce animation for Fate/Extra Last Encore
― The Fate Project panel at AnimeJapan 2016 announced on Saturday that a television anime project of the Fate/Extra game is launching. The anime will be titled Fate/Extra Last Encore and is slated for 2017. The official website posted a teaser trailer. Studio Shaft (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Bakemonogatari) is handling animation production on t...
Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film Project Is Trilogy Starting in 2017
Trilogy adapts third route from original visual novel
― The staff of the Fate/Stay Night franchise announced on Sunday at its stage at AnimeJapan 2016 that the previously-announced Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel film will be split into three separate films, with the first premiering sometime in 2017. The project was initially announced in 2014 as a single film. Tomonori Sudou is directing the films, ...
Toei Animation's Popin Q Anime Film Reveals More Cast
Dance-themed original anime film adds Marina Tanoue, Kaori Ishihara, M.A.O, more
― Toei Animation revealed the main cast at a stage event at AnimeJapan 2016 on Sunday for the Popin Q anime film. The cast for the main heroines is: Asami Seto as Isumi Kominato Shiori Izawa as Aoi Hioka Tomoyo Kurosawa as Saki Tsukui Ari Ozawa as Asahi Ōmichi Atsumi Tanezaki as Konatsu Tomodate Toei Animation had previo...
Yuri!!! on Ice TV Anime's 1st Teaser Reveals Staff, Cast
Kouki Uchiyama, Junichi Suwabe, Toshiyuki Toyonaga star in original series
― The official website for the Yuri!!! on Ice anime project began streaming the show's first teaser video on Sunday. The video reveals the anime will be a television series, and also reveals the staff and cast. The website has also revealed a key visual. Manga creator Mitsurou Kubo (Moteki, 3.3.7 Byooshi) and director Sayo Yam...
Show By Rock!! Sequel Anime's 2nd Promo Video Highlights Shingan Crimsonz
Franchise gets series of shorts in July before full sequel premieres
― The official website for Sanrio's Show By Rock!! television anime series began streaming a second promotional video on Sunday for the show's sequel that introduces the band Shingan Crimsonz. Note: The below video is region-locked in some areas. The end of the video mentions that the spinoff series of anime shorts titled Show By Ro...
MAGES' 'B-Project' Fictional Male Idol Project Gets TV Anime in July
T.M. Revolution serves as executive producer on series focusing on 3 idol groups
― Aniplex began streaming a teaser promotional video on Sunday to announce that MAGES' "B-Project," the fictional male idol project featuring character designs by Devils and Realist creator Utako Yukihiro, will get a television anime adaptation (Note: the linked video is region-locked to Japan). ' The anime, titled B-Pro...
Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul Anime's 1st Video Previews New Main Character
Main staff return for 2nd season of Rage of Bahamut: Genesis TV series
― The official website for the Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul television anime began streaming the first promotional video on Saturday. The video features the new main character Nina. The website also unveiled the first key visual and main staff members. Keiichi Satou (Tiger & Bunny, Asura) is returning from the first season, Rage o...
Crunchyroll to Stream Joker Game, Kagewani -II- Anime
Both series to premiere in April
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced at Seattle's Sakura-Con on Saturday that it will simulcast the television anime of Kōji Yanagi's spy mystery novel Joker Game and the second season of the monster suspense anime Kagewani. Joker Game will premiere streaming worldwide outside of Asia on April 5 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Crunchyroll describes Joker Game: In autu...
Ponycan USA Promotes Kuromukuro, Mayoiga/The Lost Village TV Anime, Sound! Euphonium Film
Anime not yet confirmed for localization
― Ponycan USA promoted the Kuromukuro and The Lost Village (Mayoiga) television anime and the Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium ~ Kitauji Kōkō Suisōraku-Bu e Yōkoso~ anime film at Seattle's Sakura-Con on Saturday. The company is considering localizing these titles in English, but has not yet decided whether or not it will. Ponycan USA also announced that it will st...
Yuyushiki Anime Gets New Special Episode
New episode based on Komata Mikami's manga announced at AnimeJapan on Saturday
― Saturday's "Hello!! KINMOZA & Yuyushiki Joint Class Reunion" event at AnimeJapan 2016 announced that production on a new special anime episode based on Komata Mikami's four-panel manga Yuyushiki has been green-lit. The anime's official website and Twitter account will announce more details. The story follows the school l...
Hello!! KINMOZA Anime Gets New Special Episode
TV anime's director Tensho, designer Kazuyuki Ueda, Studio Gokumi return
― Saturday's "Hello!! KINMOZA & Yuyushiki Joint Class Reunion" event at AnimeJapan 2016 announced that production on a new special Hello!! KINMOZA anime episode has been green-lit. To celebrate the news, the anime's official website posted messages from the original four-panel Kin-iro Mosaic manga's creator Yui Hara and the retu...
Netflix, DreamWorks' Voltron Reimagining Reveals Cast, Studio, June 10 Debut, Teaser Trailer
The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun, Adventure Time's Jeremy Shada star in show from Korra's Mir
― The staff of Voltron: Legendary Defender, a reimagining of the 1980s animated Voltron project which will stream exclusively on the Netflix service, revealed the voice cast, animation studio, June 10 premiere, and teaser trailer on Friday. Executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos, executive producer Lauren Montg...
Viz Media Licenses Junji Ito's Tomie Manga
Also plans compiled volume for Platinum End, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders deluxe edition
― Viz Media announced at Anime Boston on Saturday that it has licensed Junji Ito's Tomie manga and plans to release it in one hardcover compiled volume this winter. The release will be similar to Viz Media's deluxe editions of Gyo and Uzumaki. Viz Media describes the series: Horror manga master Jun...
HoneyWorks Vocaloid Unit's Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai Project Gets 2nd Anime Film
"I wait for the moment that you love me." film to open this summer
― Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai ~Renai Series~ (Confession Executive Committee ~Love Series~), a project featuring Vocaloid songs by the "monster creator unit" HoneyWorks, is inspiring a second anime film this summer. The second film is titled Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o. ~Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai~ (I wait for the moment that you love me. Confes...
Sekai Project Adds A Clockwork Ley-Line Visual Novel
Also acquires Just Deserts game
― Sekai Project announced at Anime Boston on Saturday that it has licensed UnisonShift Blossom's A Clockwork Ley-Line: A Borderline in Dusk (Tokeijikake no Ley Line: Tasogaredoki no Kyōkaisen) visual novel. It also announced that it has acquired the the military-themed dating sim Just Deserts by Indonesia-based developer Vifth Floor. UnisonShift released the first game...
BBK/BRNK TV Anime Has Sequel 'Coming Soon'
Announced in 12th & final episode on Saturday
― The 12th and final episode of the BBK/BRNK television anime series ended on Saturday with an announcement that a sequel is "coming soon." The anime's series script supervisor Jirō Ishii confirmed the news. The story begin when Azuma Kazuki finds himself attacked and captured by armed strangers, upon returning to Japan after having been away for 10 years...
Final Fantasy XV Event Video Teases Announcements
Square Enix to reveal game's release date at Los Angeles event on March 30
― Square Enix began streaming a teaser video on Friday for the "Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV" event. The video confirms that the event will reveal details of the Final Fantasy XV game's release, including release date and unannounced content. Game director Hajime Tabata and marketing manager Akio Ofuji revealed in January that ...
Hai-Furi TV Anime's 2nd TV Ad Previews Luna Haruna's Theme Song
Kana Asumi, Kanae Itō, more added to cast for series premiering on April 9
― Aniplex began streaming a second commercial on Saturday for the Hai-Furi television anime series (the linked video is region-locked to Japan). The ad previews Luna Haruna's ending theme song "Ripple Effect." Aniplex of America will begin streaming the series on April 9, although the company has not yet revealed which streami...
Silver Link's Ange Vierge TV Anime's Teaser Video Previews Cast
Sarah Emi Bridcutt, Yumi Hara, Aki Toyosaki, Minako Kotobuki, Rika Tachibana star
― The official website of Kadokawa and Sega's anime based on the Ange Vierge trading card game began streaming the first teaser video on Saturday. The video previews the five main cast members that posters at the AnimeJapan event revealed on Thursday. The cast includes: Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Naia Lapucella Yumi Hara as ...
Servamp TV Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Theme Song Artists
OLDCODEX, Takuma Terashima perform themes for July series
― The official website of the television anime adaptation of Strike Tanaka's Servamp manga began streaming the second promotional video for the anime on Saturday. The video reveals that OLDCODEX (Kuroko's Basketball, Free!) will perform the opening theme song, and Takuma Terashima will perform the ending theme song. The production will reunite...
Taboo Tattoo TV Anime's Teaser Video Streamed
J.C. Staff animates series premiering in July
― Avex Pictures began streaming a teaser promotional video on Saturday for the television anime of Shinjirō's Taboo Tattoo manga. Shinjirō launched the manga in Comic Alive magazine from Kadokawa's Media Factory imprint in November 2009. Yen Press will publish the second volume in North America in April, and it describes the story: By all accounts, middle...
2 Tōken Ranbu Anime Projects Teased in Announcement Video
1st project is TV anime premiering in October
― Nitroplus began streaming an announcement promotional video on Saturday for the two newly announced anime adaptations of DMM's Tōken Ranbu online browser game. The first adaptation (pictured at left in image below) is a television anime series titled Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru that is slated to premiere in October. Takashi Naoya (Luck & Logic co-director, Se...
Kaiju Girls Anime's 1st Trailer Streamed
Studio Puyukai's fall anime focuses on anthropomorphized Ultraman monsters
― Tsuburaya Productions began streaming the first trailer on Saturday for its Kaijū Girls ~Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku~ (tentative title) anime short series. Studio Puyukai (Overlord's Pure Pure Purea Desu shorts, Kōkaku Kidōtai Nyumon Arise) will produce the anime based on the original concept of Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra ...
Qualidea Code Anime Reveals 3 Promo Videos, Theme Song Artists (Updated)
LiSA, Claris, GARNiDELiA perform theme songs for anime premiering in July
― Marvelous began streaming three promotional videos on Saturday for the Qualidea Code television anime series. The videos preview the Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba camps. Tokyo Camp Kanagawa Camp Chiba Camp A stage event at AnimeJapan 2016 additionally revealed on Saturday that LiSA (Sword Art Online, Fate/Zero) will perform the ...
Sailor Moon Crystal Season III Videos Preview Animation, Theme Songs
Series premiering on April 4 will have 13 episodes
― The official Sailor Moon YouTube channel began streaming three videos on Saturday for the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III television anime series. The first video previews the show's animation, while the second video previews Etsuko Yakushimaru's opening theme song "New Moon ni Aishite" (Fall In Love With The New Moon), and the thir...
Starmyu Reveals New 2-Part Original Video Anime in Promo Videos
OVA volumes ship on July 27, September 21
― NBC Universal posted three videos on Saturday to reveal that the STARMYU anime series will get a new two-part original video anime (OVA) project. The OVA volumes will ship on July 27 and September 21, respectively. The OVA project is set at Ayana Academy after the students finish the school festival and face the new year. On the day the current Kao Kai memb...
New Berserk Anime's Promo Features Susumu Hirasawa's Insert Song
9mm Parabellum Bullet to perform opening theme song for July anime
― NBC Universal began streaming a new promotional video on Saturday for the new television anime of Kentarou Miura's Berserk dark fantasy manga. The video previously screened at the Berserk booth at AnimeJapan 2016. The video previews the insert song "Hai yo" (Oh Ashes) by Susumu Hirasawa. The video features a quote in German from Aph...
New D. Grayman TV Anime's Promo Video Reveals More of Cast, Title, July Premiere
Ayumu Murase, Takuya Sato, Natsuki Hanae, Ai Kakuma, Shinnosuke Tachibana star
― The TMS Entertainment stage panel at AnimeJapan 2016 announced more of the voice cast, the title, and July premiere date of new television anime of Katsura Hoshino's D.Gray-man manga. As revealed by a promotional video and new visual shown at the panel, the title is D. Grayman Hallow. The cast includes: Ayumu Murase as A...
Zonmi-chan Anime's Next Work to be Produced Through Crowdfunding
Neft Film also looks for licensees for project
― A pamphlet distributed at production studio Neft Film's booth at the AnimeJapan event is announcing that the next Zonmi-chan project will be produced through Crowdfunding. The pamphlet also states that the studio is looking for licensees. The pamphlet does not state what format the next project will be. The first episode of the series of anime shorts i...
Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume Manga About Girls' Ping Pong Gets TV Anime
Kinema Citrus animates series based on Yagura Asano's manga
― Avex Pictures began streaming a promotional video on Saturday to announce that Yagura Asano's Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume (Scorching Ping Pong Girls) manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Kinema Citrus will produce the series. The manga follows middle school students Koyori Tsumuzikaze and Agari Kamiya as they enter the world of ...
Orange TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Introduces Main Female Cast
Kana Hanazawa, Natsumi Takamori, Rika Kinugawa star
― The official website of the television anime adaptation of Ichigo Takano's science-fiction romance manga Orange began streaming the first promotional video on Saturday. The video introduces Kana Hanazawa as Naho Takamiya, Natsumi Takamori as Azusa Murasaka, and Rika Kinugawa as Takako Chino. Kana Hanazawa (Durarara!!'s Anri, Psycho-Pass's Akane) a...
Flip Flappers Anime's 1st Promo Video Previews Animation, Voice Cast
October TV series stars M.A.O, Minami Takahashi
― The official website for the Flip Flappers television anime series began streaming the show's first promotional video on Saturday. The story is as follows: How does the world look in your eyes? Papika and Cocona, the heroines of the story, hold the keys to open the door. When the two girls meet, their adventures in a different time and different overl...
Tatsunoko Productions Makes Time Bokan 24 TV Anime
Takayuki Inagaki directing collaboration with Level-5 premiering this fall
― Tatsunoko Productions announced at AnimeJapan on Saturday that it is collaborating with Level-5 to make the Time Bokan 24 television anime series. The anime is slated to premiere this fall. Takayuki Inagaki (World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman, Rosario + Vampire) is directing the series, and Yoichi Kato (Yo-kai W...
Luck & Logic Gets New Anime Series
"We Are Luck and Logic Club" anime short series to also return
― The Bushiroad booth at AnimeJapan announced on Saturday that the Luck & Logic television anime series is getting a new anime series. The announcement adds "Of course the 'We Are Luck and Logic Club' anime short too!" The Luck and Logic project is a collaboration between Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Doga Kobo, Nitroplus, Lantis, and Yuhodo....
My Hero Academia Anime's 5th Promo Video Previews Porno Graffitti's Theme Song
Funimation streams series premiering on April 3
― TOHO Animation began streaming the fifth promotional video on Saturday for the My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) anime. The video previews Porno Graffitti's opening theme song "The Day." The anime will air on the MBS/TBS channel network's "Nichigo" timeslot every Sunday at 5:00 p.m starting on April 3. Funimation will stream the series in the U...
ReLIFE Anime Promotes July Premiere With Animated Promo
Kensho Ono also reprises his character Arata in the upcoming autumn stage play
― The first animated promotional video for the television anime of Yayoiso's ReLIFE manga was unveiled at the anime's AnimeJapan 2016 stage event on Saturday. The cast of the anime also announced that Kenshi Ono will be reprising his role of Arata Kaizaki in the stage play stage play this fall. The event also revealed the ...
New Danganronpa Anime to be Split Into 2 'Chapters'
"Zetsubō Hen" to tell Super Danganronpa 2 game characters' past
― NBC Universal announced at its booth at AnimeJapan that this year's Danganronpa 3 -The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen- (Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope's Peak Academy-) television anime will be split into two parts: "Mirai Hen" (Future Chapter) and "Zetsubō Hen" (Despair Chapter). "Mirai Hen" will air in July, while "Zetsubō Hen" will air som...
Infini-T Force Manga Gets 'Full 3DCG' Anime
Tatsunoko Productions, Digital Frontier adapt Ukyō Kodachi, Tatsuma Ejiri's story of 4 heroes
― Tatsunoko Productions announced at AnimeJapan on Saturday that its Infini-T Force ~Mirai no Byōsen~ (Infini-T Force: Writing Line of the Future) manga is inspiring a "full 3DCG" anime project. Digital Frontier (The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children) on the project as part of the celebration of Tatsunoko Pro...
Drifters Anime is TV Series Premiering This Year
5th volume of Kouta Hirano's original manga to bundle 1st 2 episodes when it ships on June 6
― The staff of the new anime project adapting Kouta Hirano's Drifters manga announced on Saturday that the project is a television anime series that will premiere this year. Additionally, the fifth volume of the manga will bundle a DVD that will have a specially edited version of the first and second episodes...
Sekai Project to Release Manga Based on Sakura Spirit Visual Novel
Series begins in Dengeki Hime in May, simultaneously in US
― Sekai Project announced at Seattle's Sakura-Con on Friday that it has licensed Suzunone Rena's manga based on the Sakura Spirit visual novel. The series will launch in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Hime magazine in May, and will be released simultaneously in the United States. Sekai Project is co-producing the manga, which is currently planned...
Sekai Project Licenses Maitetsu Visual Novel
Also licenses Korean visual novel Still, I Miss Her, Taiwanese visual novel Companion
― Visual novel and manga publisher Sekai Project announced at Seattle's Sakura-Con on Friday that it has licensed the Japanese visual novel Maitetsu as well as the Korean visual novel Still, I Miss Her and the and the Taiwanese visual novel COMPANION Sekai Project describes Maitetsu: Maitetsu takes place in an alter...
Tales of Zestiria the X TV Anime Unveils Cast, Staff, Teaser Video, Visual
Noriko Shitaya replaces late Miyu Matsuki; FLOW performs opening theme
― The official website for the Tales of Zestiria the X (pronounced "cross") television anime revealed the anime's staff, cast, visual, and AnimeJapan teaser video on Saturday. The first half of the video is for the Tales of Berseria PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 game. Haruo Sotozaki (Tales of Zestiria: Dōshi no Yoake, Tales of S...
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