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Seikima II Performs Ring/Ju-on Crossover Film's Theme Song
Heavy metal band's CD single for Sadako vs. Kayako horror film slated for June 15
― Kadokawa streamed a video on Wednesday to reveal that the heavy metal band Seikima II created a new song called "Noroi no Shananana" (Curse's Shananana) as the theme for the upcoming Sadako vs. Kayako horror film. In the video, Seikima II's vocalist and band leader Demon Kakka proclaims that a "demon world and spirit ...
The [email protected]: Platinum Stars PS4 Game Slated for July 28
Game's "Platinum Edition" contents detailed
― The official blog of The [email protected] franchise announced on Wednesday that Bandai Namco Entertainment's PlayStation 4 game The [email protected]: Platinum Stars is slated for release on July 28. Both the standard and digital download editions of the game will cost 8,200 yen (about US$74), while the "Platinum Edition" will cost 12,400 yen (about US$112). Those who...
Goro Miyazaki & Polygon Pictures' Ronja the Robber's Daughter Wins International Emmy
Ghibli collaborated on 2014 TV anime
― The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the International Emmy Kids Awards on Tuesday. Goro Miyazaki and Polygon Pictures' Ronja the Robber's Daughter television anime won the Animation category. Shimajiro's WOW! (Shimajirō no Wow!) was nominated in the Preschool category, but lost to Bing. The Ronja the Robber's Daughter...
Live-Action Hyouka Mystery Film's Casting Call Posted by City
Ju-On: Black Ghost's Mari Asato listed as director, writer
― The official website of Annaka City in Gunma Prefecture posted a casting call for a live-action film adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa's mystery novel Hyouka. The casting call is seeking extras for high school student characters and teachers, and it outlines the wardrobe, hairstyles, and accessories that potential extras should be wearing. Shoo...
Makoto Shinkai's Kimi no Na wa./your name. Film Trailer Reveals August 26 Opening, Song
RADWIMPS band performs over 20 tracks for film's soundtrack
― Yahoo! Movies began streaming a new trailer for Makoto Shinkai's new Kimi no Na wa. (your name) anime film on Wednesday. The trailer reveals the film's August 26 opening date, and previews the song "Zen Zen Zense" by the Japanese rock band RADWIMPS. RADWIMPS is composing over 20 tracks for the film's soundtrack, but is not composing the fi...
Anthem of the Heart Has 2016's Highest 1st-Week Sales for Anime Films Thus Far
Film's BD release sold 29,666 copies in 1st week
― The Blu-ray Disc release of The Anthem of the Heart (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da.) anime film has the highest first-week sales for anime films in 2016 thus far, according to Oricon's overall Blu-ray Disc sales chart for the week of March 28-April 3. The film's Blu-ray Disc sold 29,666 copies in its first week. It beat the previous record holder, Ao...
Skip Beat's English Dub Kickstarter Campaign Casts Robbie Daymond as Ren Tsuruga
Campaign hits US$120,000 of US$155,000 goal; will announce milestone at US$130,000
― Pied Piper, Inc. announced on Tuesday that Robbie Daymond (Sailor Moon's Tuxedo Mask, The Seven Deadly Sins' Gilthunder) would play Ren Tsuruga in the planned English dub of the Skip Beat! television anime series. The Kickstarter campaign for the show's North American release revealed the voice actor once the campaig...
Tales of Link Smartphone Game Released in English
App with classic Tales of series characters debuted in Japan in 2014
― Bandai Namco Entertainment released an English version of its Tales of Link smartphone game on the Google Play store. Bandai Namco Entertainment describes the game: Your favorite characters from the popular “Tales of” series are here in an all-new story, crafted just for your mobile screen! TALES OF LINK is a free-to-play RPG in w...
Crunchyroll to Stream Crane Game Girls Anime
Anime about girls who save Earth from asteroids via games premieres Wednesday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the Crane Game Girls (Bishōjo Yūgi Unit Crane Geeru) television anime series as it airs in Japan. The stream will begin on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. EST. The stream will be available for users in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Irelan...
Girls & Panzer Film Tops 1.8 Billion Yen at Box Office
The official blog for the Girls und Panzer anime franchise announced on Tuesday that the Girls und Panzer film has sold 1,096,617 tickets for a total of 1,805,276,384 yen (about US$14,162,000) as of April 4. The film has been in theaters for 20 weeks. The film opened in Japan last November, and it ranked #38 in the top 39 highest grossing Japanese domestic films of 2015 (tied with Grasshopper). Th...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 3-9
Ghost In The Shell: The New Movie, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Parasyte the maxim, Rail Wars anime; Hour of the Zombie manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Gakuen Alice DVD Anime ElementsPlease Nozomi Entertainment US$34.99 April 5 Ghost In The Shell: The New Movie BD/DVDCite Funimation Entertainment US$34.98 April 5 Ghost in the Shell: Arise The New Movie DVDAnimeNews...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Onigiri Anime (Updated)
Shorts based on MMORPG to premiere on Wednesday on The Anime Network
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the anime adaptation of Cyberstep's massively multiplayer online role-playing game Onigiri. The company plans to release the series through select digital outlets, but has not announced plans for a home video release. The Anime Network also announced on Tuesday that it wil...
Joker Game Anime Blu-rays to Include Original Animation
Spy mystery anime premiered Tuesday on Crunchyroll
― The official website for the Joker Game anime announced details on the series' home video releases on Tuesday. The 12-episode series will get two Blu-ray Disc box sets that will also include an original animation titled "Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken" (Black Cat Yoru's Adventure). The animation will be split into two parts across the two box sets. The set...
Sengoku Basara: Sanada Yukimura-Den Slated for September in Japan
Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu magazine is reporting on Thursday that CAPCOM will release its "stylish hero action" game Sengoku Basara: Sanada Yukimura-Den (Sengokua Basara: The Legend of Sanada Yukimura) for the Playstation 4 and Playstation 3 in September. Famitsu will reveal more information about the game, including information on the franchise's first appearance of adolescent Sanada Yumikura (His...
Crunchyroll to Stream Tanaka-kun is Always Listless Anime
Comedy series about perpetually-sleepy high school boy premieres Saturday
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the anime Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge) as it airs in Japan. The stream will premiere on Saturday, April 9 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. New episodes will premiere on future Saturdays at the same time. The stream will be available in the United States, ...
Eri Suzuki, Ai Kayano, More Star in Amanchu! Anime
Saori Onishi, Yuichiro Umehara, Shizuka Itou, Yurika Kubo, Kikuko Inoue join cast for July anime
― The official website for the anime adaptation of Kozue Amano's Amanchu! manga has announced the main cast on Tuesday. The cast includes:. Eri Suzuki as Hikari Kohinata Ai Kayano as Futaba Ooki Saori Onishi as Ai Ninomiya Yuichiro Umehara as Makoto Ninomiya Shizuka Itou as Mato Katori Yurika Kubo as Cha-...
Dynasty Warriors Franchise Gets Strategy RPG
Koei Tecmo Games reveals Shin Sangoku Musou: Eiketsuden
― Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu magazine is reporting on Thursday that Koei Tecmo Games' Dynasty Warriors (Shin Sangoku Musou) action game franchise is inspiring a strategy role-playing game titled Shin Sangoku Musou: Eiketsuden (Dynasty Warriors: Legend of Great Heroes). The magazine is publishing a six-page feature with information on the game and...
Higurashi Kizuna/Gal Gun Game Publisher Alchemist Files for Bankruptcy
Developed & released games since Kimi ga Nozomu Eien's 2002 Dreamcast port
― The 4Gamer website reported on Tuesday that game publisher and developer Alchemist filed for voluntary bankruptcy at the Sapporo District Court on April 1, the first day of the new fiscal year. Alchemist was established in 1991, and began developing and releasing game software with the Sega Dreamcast port of Age's PC game Ki...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, March 28-April 3
2nd live-action Assassination Classroom's theme sells 14,993 more, followed by Anthem of the Heart, Mr. Osomatsu, Digimon tri., Wagnaria!!3
― "Sayonara Sensa-tions," the theme song for the live-action Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Sotsugyō-hen (Assassination Classroom: Graduation) film by the group "Sensa-tions," sold 14,993 copies for a new total of 200,822. In its second week on the ovrall DVD chart, it dropp...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 28-April 3
Anthem of the Heart sells 22,966, followed by Animelo, Digimon tri., Charlotte, Mr. Osomatsu
― The Animelo Summer Live 2015 -The Gate- 8.28 concert release sold 8,252 to rank #4 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart, followed by Animelo Summer Live 2015 -The Gate- 8.29 (7,250 copies) and Animelo Summer Live 2015 -The Gate- 8.30 (6,572 copies) at #5 and #6, respectively. The Premium Box for Toshokan Sensō...
Zelda, Final Fantasy, Sonic, Pokémon, Space Invaders Nominated for Video Game Hall of Fame
The Strong Museum will announce new selections on May 5
― The Strong, the self-described "national museum of play" in Rochester, New York, announced the finalists for its 2016 World Video Game Hall of Fame on March 29. The games include: Elite (1984), Final Fantasy (1987), Minecraft (2011), Grand Theft Auto III (2001), John Madden Football (1988), The Legend of Zelda (1986), Nürburgring (1975), The O...
Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ Smartphone Game Slated for N. America on April 7
Square Enix announced on Monday that the date for the North American release of its Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ game will be Thursday, April 7. The announcement also includes an interview with Kingdom Hearts game director Tetsuya Nomura, where he elaborates on details of the game's story. Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ is a smartphone version of the Kingdom Hearts χ 2013 browser game. The smartphone ga...
Dōkyūsei/Classmates Boys-Love Anime Film Tops 200 Million Yen
The anime film of Asumiko Nakamura's Dōkyūsei (Classmates) boys-love manga has sold 135,730 tickets for 201,492,100 yen (about US$1.8 million) in 43 days of theatrical screenings. It expanded from the current 41 theaters to an eventual 60 theaters for a second run starting on Saturday. The film opened on 30 screens at #9 in the Japanese box office on February 20. It sold 23,395 tickets for 34,308,...
2nd Live-Action Assassination Classroom Stays at #1 With 393 Million Yen
1st Chihayafuru jumps back to #4, Doraemon keeps #2
― Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Sotsugyō-hen (Assassination Classroom: Graduation), the second live-action film based on Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga, retained its #1 rank in the Japanese box office in its second weekend on 318 screens, selling 335,418 tickets and earning 393,471,200 yen (about US$3.54 million). It is projected to sell over 2 m...
New Live-Action Death Note Film Reveals 2 Stills of Cyber-Terrorist Yūgi Shion
Genius hacker reveres Kira & his "new world" in October 29 film
― The staff for the live-action Death Note 2016 film revealed two stills on Monday. Both stills feature Masaki Suda as Yūgi Shion, a genius hacker who works for many terrorist organizations and who reveres the infamous vigilante Kira. He performs state-sponsored cyber-terrorism to form Kira's "new world," while toying with the investigat...
Joshiraku Manga Gets New Stage Play With Nogizaka46 Idols
May 12-22 play is set in the year 2066
― A new stage play of Kôji Kumeta and Yasu's Joshiraku manga about female rakugo storytellers has been green-lit. It will be titled Joshiraku Ni ~Toki Kakesoba~ (Joshiraku II: Time Soba Noodles in Broth) and will be set in the year 2066. As with last year's stage play, it will star members of the female idol group Nogizaka46. As before, each of the five main cas...
Eir Aoi to Perform in New York's Gramercy Theatre in May
Crunchyroll offering VIP tickets to Premium members
― Sony Music Entertainment announced on Monday that singer Eir Aoi will perform in New York City's Gramercy Theatre on May 25. The event will mark the singer's first solo concert in New York. Media distribution service Crunchyroll is offering VIP tickets for its Premium members, which will include priority entrance, access to a talk session with Eir...
Digital Manga's Kimagure Orange Road Kickstarter Funds 1st Omnibus Volume
Company plans to release 1984-87 romantic comedy series in 6 omnibus volumes
― Digital Manga Inc.'s Kickstarter campaign to publish Izumi Matsumoto's romantic comedy manga Kimagure Orange Road reached its initial goal of US$34,900 on Monday evening. The initial goal will allow the company to publish the first 3-in-1 omnibus volume. The other five omnibus volumes will be stretch goals at the following...
Emi Nitta's Agency Denies Reports That Voice Actress Appeared in Adult Video
Article published on Tuesday linked Love Live! voice actress with adult video
― Voice actress Emi Nitta's agency S Inc. responded on Tuesday to recent rumors that Nitta had appeared in an adult video. The agency wrote: Regarding a piece that ran in a weekly magazine- Thank you for your constant support. According to some news sources, Nitta has been accused of appearing in adult videos, and we have b...
Terraformars Revenge Anime to Have 13 Episodes
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment will release the full Terraformars Revenge sequel anime on a DVD box set with 13 episodes. The set will ship in Japan on September 28 for 8,900 yen (about US$80). The series will also be available on limited edition Blu-ray singles, the first of which will contain the anime's first two episodes and is slated for June 22. The series premiered on April 1. Viz Media...
Final Fantasy XV Director: Square Enix May Increase Production on Ultimate Collector's Edition
Game director Hajime Tabata said on Twitter on Monday that, while the preorders are already sold out for the Final Fantasy XV's Ultimate Collector's Edition, Square Enix is currently "coordinating internally to see if it can increase production." Square Enix revealed a Deluxe Edition and Collector's Edition release for Final Fantasy XV at its "Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV" event last week. The Delu...
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Anime Listed With 25 Episodes
Retailer Amazon is listing nine Blu-ray and DVD volumes for the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- anime with a total of 25 episodes. Only the first episode is listed with a runtime that is twice as long as the other episodes. The series premiered on Crunchyroll on Sunday at 2:35 p.m. EDT. The anime is inspired by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrator Shinichirou Otsuka's light novel series of th...
Crunchyroll to Stream Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan Anime
Also: Anime gets new manga adaptation starting on April 25
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream the Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan television anime. The series will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on April 5 at 7 a.m. EDT. The Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan television anime will premiere on NHK's E-Tele channel on April 5, and will run during the "Ten-Tele Anime" timeslot with...
Skip Beat! English Dub Kickstarter Campaign Casts Grant George as Sho Fuwa
Campaign hits US$110,000 of US$155,000 goal; will announce more cast at US$120,000
― Pied Piper, Inc. announced on Monday that voice actor Grant George (Fate/Zero's Lancer, Kill la Kill's Uzu Sanageyama) will play Sho Fuwa in the planned English dub of the Skip Beat! television anime series. The Kickstarter campaign for the show's North American release revealed the voice actress once the campaign hi...
40th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced
Seraph of the End, Noragami, My Hero Academia, Say I Love You, Rainbow Days, First Love Monster, Kiss Him, Not Me, Ajin, Boku Dake ga Inai Machi among nominations
― Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the nominees on Friday for its 40th annual Manga Awards, honoring 14 titles across three categories. The winner for each category will be announced on May 12. Best Shōnen Manga Seraph of the End (Owar...
Crunchyroll to Stream Cerberus Anime
Fantasy series about boy avenging his parents' death premieres Monday
― Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will stream Cerberus (Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite), the television anime adaptation of GREE's Seisen Cerberus mobile game. The stream will premiere on Monday, April 4 at 2:15 EDT worldwide outside of Asia. The anime will premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo and other channels on April 4. ...
Nioh PS4 Game Gets Alpha Demo, Manga Adaptation
Demo available in English from April 26-May 5
― The official PlayStation YouTube channel began streaming a video on Monday to announce that Koei Tecmo Games' Nioh "dark warring-states action RPG" will get an alpha demo on the PlayStation 4. The demo will be available to download on the PlayStation Network Store between April 26 and May 5. Those who clear a stage of the demo will get "The Mark of the ...
Ace of Diamond The Live Stage Play Gets 3rd Play in August
2nd stage play's home video release set for August 3
― The official website of the Ace of Diamond The Live II stage play adaptation of Yūji Terajima's Ace of Diamond (Daiya no A) baseball manga announced on Sunday that the stage play series will get a third installment in August. The announcement was first made at the second play's final performance in Osaka on Sunday. Ace of Diamond The Live III wil...
Capcom Poll Offers 'Mega Man 11' as Hypothetical Example
Capcom is holding an online poll regarding its Mega Man Legacy Collection (Rockman Classics Collection), and used the hypothetical title "Rockman 11" (Mega Man 11) in one of the questions. The question asks, "If a new title (such as Mega Man 11) were to go on sale, do you think you would want to play it?" The poll also asks, "If one of the past Mega Man series collections were to be released on mo...
More Details Revealed For Mayumi Kojima's Insert Song for One Piece Film Gold
The official website for this year's One Piece Film Gold anime confirmed on Monday that Mayumi Kojima (Ghost Hound) will perform an insert song for the film. The song will appear in the film's opening. Kojima commented that the song will be a "big band swing" song over 10 minutes long. The film's guest cast includes: (pictured from left to right): Kazuhiro Yamaji (Kamen Rider Blade's Kei Karasuma,...
Live-Action Wolf Girl and Black Prince Film Casts Yuki Yamada
Yamada plays man who hits on Reika Sata
― The staff of the live-action film of Ayuko Hatta's shōjo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince (Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji) revealed on Monday that Yuki Yamada will play a character in the film. Yamada will play a man (seen left in picture right) who hits on Nanao's character Reika Sata (right). Yamada previously starred in the film Strobe Edge in 2015, also directed b...
Macross Delta Anime's 1st Blu-ray/DVD Listed With English Subtitles
Amazon is curently listing the first Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume of the Macross Delta television anime with an option for English subtitles. The second through ninth volumes of the home video release are also listed on Amazon, but they do not currently list English subtitles. The limited edition of the first Blu-ray Disc and DVD volume will go on sale on July 22 for 7,344 yen (about US$66) and wil...
Bleach's Rock Musical Returns After 4 Years
Yasuyuki Tsutsumi will direct and write latest play
― Nelke Planning opened a website on Monday to reveal that the rock musical adaptation of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga will return to theaters in Tokyo and Kyoto this summer. The musical will run at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo and Kyoto Gekijō. Yasuyuki Tsutsumi (scriptwriter for One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase, One Piece Episode of Luffy: Hand Island no Bō...
Live-Action Film of Usamaru Furuya's Teiichi no Kuni Manga Casts Masaki Suda
Also: Manga ended with last chapter on Monday, 14th volume out on May 2
― The May issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine revealed on Monday that the live-action film adaptation of Usamaru Furuya's Teiichi no Kuni (Teiichi's Country) manga has cast Masaki Suda (seen right) as the protagonist Teiichi Akaba. Furuya also published the final chapter of the manga in the same issue. He had previously anno...
My Hero Academia: Battle for All 3DS Game's Play Videos Preview Characters
May 19 game features same voice cast as anime, includes side stories for each playable character
― The official website of Bandai Namco Entertainment's My Hero Academia: Battle for All Nintendo 3DS game began streaming two gameplay videos on Friday and Sunday for Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugō, respectively. The video for Izuku previews his gameplay mechanics, including a "one for all gauge" that ...
Ace Attorney 6 Game's Ads Preview Short Stories
Nintendo 3DS game ships in Japan on June 9
― Capcom's official website for its Gyakuten Saiban 6 (Ace Attorney 6) Nintendo 3DS game began streaming two commercials for the game on Monday. The first video previews the two short stories included for preordered copies game. The second video shows Phoenix shouting the series' trademark lines alone, after realizing it's been a while since he last did it. ...
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Listed in Early 2017 Outside Japan
Entertainment news source World Screen reported last week that the Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions film will open in theaters outside Japan in early 2017. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine previously teased the film's story, which takes place six months after the end of the manga: In the past Yūgi Yami and Kaiba have clashed many times!! Yami Yūgi, who resides in Yūgi Mutō's body, and ...
Kuma Miko Blu-ray/DVDs to Include Original Video Anime
1st volume slated for June 24, 2nd volume for August 24
― The official website of the Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear anime revealed on Monday that the anime's two Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video volumes will each contain a new original video anime (OVA). The first home video release will include an OVA titled "Hatsuyuki no Hi" (The Day of the First Snow), while the second home video release includes an O...
Crunchyroll Streams BAKUON!! TV Anime
Series about high school girls riding motorcycles begins on Monday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Sunday that it will stream the the television anime of Mimana Orimoto's BAKUON!! manga. The stream will begin on Monday at 12:00 p.m. EDT, and will be available to Crunchyroll users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, the Netherlands, Scandinavi...
Crunchyroll Streams Joker Anime's Season 3
Phantom thief series returns with added characters on Monday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Sunday that it will stream the Mysterious Joker Season 3 (Kaitō Joker Season 3) television anime series as it airs in Japan. As with the anime's previous two seasons, Crunchyroll will once again stream the anime with the title Joker. The stream will begin on Monday at 7:30 a.m. EST, and ...
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Includes Original Japanese Audio
8-4 will once again localize game with feedback from 1st game
― In an interview with the Skybane's Gunvault website that the site posted on March 20, Inti Creates President Takuya Aizu stated that the company's upcoming Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 game will contain the original Japanese audio, as well as English audio. In addition, Aizu commented on the game's localization, saying that it is employing 8-...
Tetsu Kariya Plans Oishinbo Manga's End After Returning From Hiatus
Cooking manga went on hiatus after Fukushima controversy in 2014
― Oishinbo manga creator Tetsu Kariya announced on his official blog on March 22 that he wants to end his Oishinbo manga after he returns it from hiatus. Kariya additionally stated in the blog post that the manga's current hiatus and ending plans are "completely unrelated" to the Fukushima controversy in 2014. He stated that "30 years i...
Yoshino Nanjō Stars in 2nd Panpaka Pantsu Flash Anime
2nd series of piglet, cat searching for special underwear premiered on Saturday
― Panpaka Pantsu WO New!, a second season of the Panpaka Pantsu O New! series of five-minute Flash animation shorts, premiered on April 2 on SBS. The anime will then air nationwide (SBS stands for Shizuoka Broadcasting and airs locally in the Shizuoka area) on Kids Station starting in June. The anime is a collaboration be...
Twin Star Exorcists Anime Casts Yuuki Ono, Daiki Yamashita, Taishi Murata
Crunchyroll streams supernatural series premiering April 6
― The official website for the television anime of Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists (Sōsei no Onmyōji) manga posted additional cast members on Monday: Yuuki Ono as Kamui Daiki Yamashita as Shinnosuke Kunizaki Taishi Murata as Atsushi Sukumozuka The website also posted a new "Sakura" visual for this month, which includes Japan's cherry bl...
Wild 7 Manga Creator Mikiya Mochizuki Passes Away
Popular motorcycle police action manga inspired live-action & anime projects
― Manga creator Mikiya Mochizuki passed away on Sunday, April 3 at 7:56 a.m. in a Kawasaki City hospital due to pulmonary adenocarcinoma. He was 77. He leaves behind his wife Sanae, who will be his chief mourner at his services. Mochizuki was born in Yokohama, and he made his professional debut in 1960 with the story "Toku D...
Weekly Shonen Jump's 'Jump CS' Project Launches on April 18
This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the previously teased "Jump CS" project will "release" on April 18. The new teaser image for the project in the magazine features characters from Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga speculating about the project. The 17th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump had teased the project on Monday featuring characters from Eii...
Kazuhiro Yamaji Guest Stars as Gild Tesoro in One Piece Film Gold
Singer/songwriter Mayumi Kojima provides insert song
― This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that actor and voice actor Kazuhiro Yamaji (Kamen Rider Blade's Kei Karasuma, Psycho-Pass' Jouji Saiga, One Piece's Senor Pink) will guest star in the One Piece Film Gold anime movie as the main antagonist Gild Tesoro (pictured far left in image at right). Gild Te...
Scared Rider Xechs Game for Female Players Gets Summer TV Anime
Satelight animates game starring Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Mamoru Miyano, Daisuke Namikawa, Nobuhiko Okamoto, more
― The "Scared Rider Xechs New Day 2016 Spring Sub-Mission" event announced a television anime adaptation of Rejet and Red Entertainment's Scared Rider Xechs romance adventure game for female players on Sunday. The anime will debut this summer. In the otome game, a world of godless people was bei...
Asian Kung-Fu Generation to Perform Next Naruto Shippūden Opening
New opening "Blood Circulator" starts in May
― This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Asian Kung-Fu Generation will perform the new opening theme song for the Naruto Shippūden television anime series starting in May. The new theme song is titled "Blood Circulator." Asian Kung-Fu Generation previously performed the second opening theme song "Haruka Kan...
Hunter x Hunter's English Dub Previewed in Adult Swim's Toonami Ad
Erica Mendez, Cristina Vee star in Viz/Bang Zoom! dub premiering April 16
― Adult Swim's Toonami block debuted a commercial for its April 16 premiere of the Hunter x Hunter television anime. The commercial features the English dub that Viz media commissioned. Bang Zoom! Entertainment is producing the anime's English dub. North American anime and manga distributor Viz Media announced its dub cast for ...
Kensho Ono Stars as Turtle in Ahare Meisaku-kun Anime Shorts
Various comedians also star in new series of anime shorts premiering on April 8
― MSK opened a website last month to announce Ahare Meisaku-kun, a new NHK E series of anime shorts. The show will premiere on April 8 at 6:20 p.m. on NHK E's Beat World. The series will have 39 five-minute episodes. The anime's story is described as follows: A long, long time ago, there was a prestigious school called "R...
Fairy Tail Gaiden: Rhodonite Spinoff Manga Ends
New spinoff manga focusing on Laxus Dreyar to start soon
― Kodansha's "Magazine Pocket" manga app published the last chapter of Kyōta Shibano's Fairy Tail Gaiden: Rhodonite (Fairy Tail Spinoff: Rhodonite) spinoff of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga on March 30. The app will launch a new Fairy Tail spinoff manga "soon" that will focus on Laxus Dreyar. Shibano launched Fairy Tail Gaiden: Rhodonite in th...
Square Enix Briefly Lists Star Ocean 5 Game's N. American Release Date as June 28
Square Enix's website listed the North American release date for its Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness role-playing game on the Playstation 4, but has since removed the date. Before, the release date read "June 28, 2016." Now it reads "TBD." Square Enix removed the release date along with a picture announcing the "Day One Edition" of the game, which stated that it would include exclusive D...
Beet the Vandel Buster Manga Returns on April 15
Shueisha Manga Net's official Facebook page announced on Wednesday that storywriter Riku Sanjo and illustrator Kôji Inada's (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken duo) Beet the Vandel Buster manga will return from its nearly 10-year hiatus on April 15. Sanjo and Inada will resume the manga in the spring issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. CROWN magazine with the manga's "Baron Chapter." 4/15発売「ジャンプSQ.CROWN」で『冒険王...
Crunchyroll Streams Twin Star Exorcists Anime's Subtitled Promo Video
Crunchyroll streams supernatural anime series premiering on April 6
― Media distributor Crunchyroll began streaming an exclusive subtitled trailer on Wednesday for the television anime of Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists (Sōsei no Onmyōji) manga. The official website for the anime previously streamed a longer promotional video last month in Japanese. The series will premiere on TV Tokyo on April...
Ushio & Tora Anime's Return Previewed in Ad
Character songs also previewed in trial listening video
― Tokuma Shoten began streaming a 15-second commercial for the second season of the Ushio & Tora anime on its official YouTube channel on Thursday. The commercial previews the new season's opening theme song "Shūgawari no Kiseki no Shinwa" by Kinniku Shōjo Tai. Tokuma Shoten also began streaming a trial listening video previewing six character s...
Steve N' Steven's Craftar Studio Produces 2 New Anime Short Series
Keiji Fujiwara, Daiki Yamashita star in anime short about space-travelling cat
― Steve N' Steven's in-house animation studio Craftar is producing two new animated shorts. The two shorts titled Uchū Neko Mardock no Bōken (The Adventures of Mardock "The Space Cat") and Pâtisserie no Monster (Pâtisserie Monster) will each have four episodes that will stream on YKK AP's official YouTube channel. YKK AP b...
Live-Action Terraformars Film's Music Trailer Streamed
April 29 film features Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe's "Break of Dawn" song
― The official website for the live-action film of Kenichi Tachibana and Yū Sasuga's science-fiction manga Terraformars began streaming a music trailer on Wednesday. The trailer features the film's theme song "Break of Dawn" by Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe. "Break of Dawn" is featured on Sandaime J So...
Crunchyroll Streams Kiznaiver Episode 0, Hatsune Miku Expo 2014 New York Event
Episode 0 featuring show's voice cast available for 1 week only
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Saturday that it is now streaming the "episode 0" special for Studio Trigger's Kiznaiver television anime series. The episode is available for a week only to Crunchyroll members worldwide except for Asia and French- and German-speaking Europe. The special aired in Japan on Saturday an...
Japanese Rock Band Nightmare Goes on Temporary Hiatus This Year
Death Note, Claymore artists cite members' physical condition as reason
― Japanese rock band Nightmare announced on their official website on Saturday that they will go on a temporary hiatus starting before the end of the year. The announcement said that they arrived at the decision to go on hiatus after considering their members' physical condition in recent years as they head toward their 20th anni...
Momoiro Clover Z Announces American Tour
Idol group to host 4 performances in New York, Los Angeles, Hawaii
― Idol group Momoiro Clover Z announced on their official website on Saturday that they will host a tour in the United States. The "America Ōdan Ultra Live" (Crossing America Ultra Live) tour will visit New York, Los Angeles, and Hawaii, and will have four total performances. The group will reveal more details about the upcoming tour ...
Skip Beat! English Dub Kickstarter Campaign Casts Erica Lindbeck as Kanae
Campaign hits US$100,000 of US$155,000 goal; will announce Sho Fuwa cast at US$110,000
― Pied Piper, Inc. announced on Saturday that voice actress Erica Lindbeck (Coppelion's Ibara Naruse, Magi's Gyokuen Ren) will play Kanae Kotonami (Moko, pictured right in image at right) in the planned English dub of the Skip Beat! television anime series. The Kickstarter campaign for the show's North American rel...
Himeanōru Live-Action Film's Trailer Highlights Parallel Storylines
Gaku Hamada, Gō Morita, Aimi Satsukawa star in film opening on May 28
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Minoru Furuya's Himeanōru manga began streaming the film's trailer on March 21. The trailer highlights the film's parallel stories: a romance following the main character Susumu and the heroine Yuka, and a suspense story following the two as they run from the serial kille...
NTV Premieres Asa da yo! Kaishain Shorts on April 4
Shorts focus on different types of employees portrayed as shellfish in each episode
― NTV announced on March 24 that it will premiere a new television anime titled Asa da yo! Kaishain (It's Morning! Clamployees) during the anime segment of its ZIP! weekday morning news program. The series will premiere on April 4 at 6:45 a.m. The shorts will focus on different types of employees at a company each epi...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13's Video Announces N. American Release
Koei Tecmo America releases 30th anniversary game on July 5
― Koei Tecmo America began streaming an announcement trailer for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 (Sangokushi 13) strategy game on Friday. The video announces that the company will release the game for PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam in North America on July 5. The game is the 13th installment in the long-running strategy game series. KOE...
Live-Action Shimauma Film's Trailer Shows Additional Cast
Seiji Fukushi, Maryjun Takahashi, Kenji Matsuda, Maiko Amano, Tomohiro Waki cast in May 21 film
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Fumio Obata's Shimauma manga began streaming a trailer and teaser for the film on Wednesday. The trailer reveals more of the film's cast. The additional cast includes (photos above, from left to right): Seiji Fukushi as Kōji Amikawa Maryjun Takah...
Flying Witch Petit Short Anime's 2nd Episode Focuses on April Fool's
Chinatsu tries to surprise Makoto in spinoff of upcoming TV anime
― The official website for the television anime of Chihiro Ishizuka's Flying Witch manga began streaming the second Flying Witch Petit short anime episode on Friday. In the episode, Chinatsu says she needs to surprise someone because it's April Fool's. She explains that her big brother always gets pranked by their mother every year. Ch...
Live-Action Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! Film's Trailer Reveal Theme, Insert Songs
Boys and Men perform theme song "Forever and Always," insert song "With..."
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Yumiko Suzuki's Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! (I Am Reiko Shiratori!) romantic comedy manga began streaming a trailer for the film on Wednesday. The video reveals and previews the film's theme song "Forever and Always," and an insert song, "With...," both performed ...
Voice Actress Chiharu Kitaoka Announces Marriage, Plans Move to Hokkaido
Actress will continue voicing her current roles, but will not accept new ones
― Voice actress Chiharu Kitaoka announced on her blog on Sunday that she has gotten married. In her message, Kitaoka stated that she married someone she had been dating. She also said that her husband is someone who was there for her during her hospitalization. She wrote in the post that from now on, she will not take anymo...
Nobunaga no Shinobi Anime's 'Episode 0' Shows Chidori, Nobunaga's Meeting
Episode previously screened at AnimeJapan 2016 last weekend
― The official website of the television anime of Naoki Shigeno's Nobunaga no Shinobi four-panel manga began streaming the anime's "Episode 0" on March 24. The episode introduces the female ninja Chidori as she is rescued from drowning by warlord Oda Nobunaga himself, and she pledges herself to his cause due to his mission to end chaos in hi...
Kenji Taguchi Ends Ane Log Sibling Comedy Manga This Month
Manga inspired 6 Flash anime shorts, 3 OVA episodes
― This year's 18th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine announced on Wednesday that Kenji Taguchi will conclude his Ane Log sibling comedy manga in three more chapters. If the manga is not delayed, it will end on April 20. The manga's story centers on Moyako Konoe and her younger brother Akira. When they were younger, Akira proposed t...
Luger Code 1951 Anime's Promotional Video, Visual Unveiled
Anime about scientist deciphering werewolf code premieres this fall
― Animax began streaming a promotional video on March 22 for the anime adaptation of Haruto Haneki's Luger Code 1951 story. Narration & Text: The supreme code Narration & Text: Lies in the cries of instinct Narration: Luger Code 1951 Text: Streaming begins this fall on Shonen Jump+. Broadcasts on Animax have been green-lit! Animax ha...
Brave Witches TV Anime Reveals More Staff, Visual
Returning staff includes setting advisor Takaaki Suzuki, sound director Tomohiro Yoshida
― The official website for the Brave Witches spinoff anime launched on Friday, announced more staff, and unveiled a key visual. The anime will premiere in 2016. Takaaki Suzuki is returning from the Strike Witches television anime series, original video anime, and film to serve as military history advisor and be i...
Adult Swim's Toonami to Run Hunter x Hunter TV Anime
Viz Media's English dub premieres on April 16
― A pre-show feature on the Adult Swim website, Toonami: Pre-flight, announced on Friday that the Toonami block will run the Hunter x Hunter television anime. The series will premiere on April 16. Bang Zoom! Entertainment is producing the anime's English dub. North American anime and manga distributor Viz Media announced its dub cast for the 2011-2014 ser...
Omukae Desu Live-Action TV Series Reveals More Cast, Promo Video
Ryohei Suzuki joins cast in series premiering on April 16
― The staff of the live-action television adaptation of Meca Tanaka's Omukae Desu manga revealed on March 18 that Ryohei Suzuki (pictured below) will star as the bunny suit-wearing god of death Nabeshima. The official website for the show also began streaming a 30-second trailer for the series on March 26. The drama will premiere on NTV on Apr...
Voice Actress Aya Hirano to Study Abroad in New York For 4 Months
Rena Matsui will take over hosting Tokyo hi-IMAGINE program for half a year
― Voice actress Aya Hirano announced on her Instagram account on Saturday that because she is going to study abroad for four months, voice actress Rena Matsui will take over her hosting duties on the Tokyo hi-IMAGINE television program. The entertainment news website Oricon additionally reported on Saturday that Hirano is stu...
Pan de Peace! Anime's Promo Video Previews Petit milady's Opening Theme
Single CD for opening theme ships on May 4; anime premieres April 3
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of emily's Pan de Peace! (Peace Through Bread!) manga began streaming the show's promotional video on Friday. The video previews Petit milady's opening theme song "Seishun wa Tabemono desu" (Youth is Food). The official website of Petit milady, the singing unit featuring Aoi ...
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