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Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Films Previewed in Funimation's Teaser Trailer
1st film screens in U.S. theaters on August 8-10, 2nd film on September 12-14, 3rd film on October 3-5
― Funimation began streaming an English-subtitled teaser trailer on Wednesday for its release of the three live-action Rurouni Kenshin films: Rurouni Kenshin: Origins, Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends. The company plans to release all three films Japanese with Eng...
Anime Expo Hosts Touhou Creator ZUN, Character Designer Akira Yasuda
Also: Star Ocean staff, Production I.G, live-action Ghost in the Shell producer, Touhou dōjin & Yomawari: Night Alone directors
― NIS America announced on Wednesday that it will bring Touhou Project creator ZUN, Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet director Yuro Kyoya, Touhou Genso Wanderer director JYUNYA, and Yomawari: Night Alone director and lead designer Yu Mizokami to the Anime Expo convention. In...
Yomawari: Night Alone Horror Game's System Trailer Streamed
PS Vita/PC game will debut in October, bundle htoL#NiQ The Firefly Diary
― NIS America began streaming a system trailer for its upcoming PlayStation Vita and PC game Yomawari: Night Alone on Wednesday. The video previews the creatures that appear in the game. The horror game on PlayStation Vita in North America on October 25 and Europe on October 28. NIS America will offer both physical and digital e...
Psychometrer Spinoff Manga Debusen Gets Live-Action Drama Adaptation
Series about cross-dressing teacher will premiere on Hulu this summer
― Yuma Ando and Masashi Asaki's Debusen ("Fat Chaser") manga will get a live-action drama adaptation. The six-episode series will be a Hulu exclusive and will stream this summer. This year's 29th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine announced on Monday that the series would have an "important announcement" in the next issue o...
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 13-19
Tokyo Ghoul:re, The Seven Deadly Sins, P to JK, Hunter x Hunter, MIX in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Tokyo Ghoul:re 7 342,574 342,574 2016/06 Shueisha Sui Ishida 1 1 2 The Seven Deadly Sins 21 219,503 219,503 2016/06 Kodansha Nakaba Suzuki 2 1 3 P to JK 7 125,320 126,042 2016/06 Kodansha Maki Miyoshi 3 1 4 Hunter x...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, June 13-19
Taiko no Tatsujin, Hakuoki Shinkai, Root Letter games debut
― Japan's Game Ranking: June 13-19 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DS Taiko no Tatsujin Dokodon! Mystery Adventure Bandai Namco Entertainment June 16 32,369 32,369 23DS Ace Attorney 6 Capcom June 9 25,288 222,119 45 3PSVDragon Quest Heroes II: Futago no Ō to Yogen no Owari Square Enix Ma...
Visual Art's Previews Rewrite Anime Opening Theme
1-hour 1st episode to premiere on July 2
― Visual Art's began streaming a trial version of the opening theme "Philosophyz" for the television anime of the Rewrite visual novel. Runa Mizutani from the NanosizeMir dōjin music unit performed the song. Original scenario collaborator Yūto Tonokawa wrote the lyrics, Shinji Orito composed the music, and MintJam arranged the piece. The anime will premiere on...
Twin Angel Game/Anime Franchise Teases 'Important Announcements' on July 1
New project was announced in December 2014
― The official Twitter account for the Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel game and anime franchise announced on Tuesday that its upcoming 10th anniversary Niconico broadcast will reveal new character visuals and cast for its upcoming game, as well as two other important announcements that are not related to the game. The livestream will begin on July 1 at 9:00 JST. Voi...
Mob Psycho 100 Ad Previews 'Mystery Unit' Mob Choir's Opening Theme
Series based on manga by One-Punch Man creator to stream on Crunchyroll
― The official website for the television anime of ONE's Mob Psycho 100 manga began streaming a commercial for the series on Thursday. Takahiro Sakurai narrates the video as his character Arataka Reigen. The video previews the opening theme song "99" by the "mystery unit" Mob Choir. The anime will premiere on Tuesday, July 12 at ...
First Love Monster Anime's Promo Video Previews Shouta Aoi's Song, Story
Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai star in show premiering July 2
― The official website for the television anime of Akira Hiyoshimaru's First Love Monster (Hatsukoi Monster) manga posted the full promotional video on Wednesday. The video previews the beginming scene in the story, as well as the opening theme song by voice cast member Shouta Aoi. Yen Press is releasing the manga in North America, and it des...
DAYS Soccer Anime's 1st Full Promo Video Previews Opening Song
Band Howl Be Quiet performs opening theme for show premiering July 3
― The Niconico Live program for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's soccer manga DAYS debuted the anime's first full promotional video on Wednesday. The video previews the opening theme song "Wake We Up" by the band Howl Be Quiet and introduces the cast. The manga centers on two boys who were never meant to meet: Tsukushi Tsuk...
Anime Expo Hosts Zero Escape Games' Director Kōtarō Uchikoshi, Anime Producer Reo Kurosu
Convention also runs Zero Escape-themed "live-experience puzzle game"
― The organizers of the Anime Expo convention announced on Tuesday that it will host visual novel scenario writer and director Kōtarō Uchikoshi, and producer Reo Kurosu. Uchikoshi will participate in a panel and will have autograph sessions throughout the weekend. The convention will also run a Zero Escape Puzzle Hunt "live-experie...
Udon Entertainment to Publish Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Art Books
Books slated for 4th quarter 2016
― North American publisher Udon Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it will publish art books featuring the images used in the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. The books compiles art from over 7,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards over the game's history. Udon is scheduling the books for the fourth quarter of 2016. Udon released the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Art art book last September. The bo...
The [email protected]: Platinum Stars Game's 4 Character Videos Streamed
PlayStation 4 game slated for July 28
― Bandai Namco Entertainment streamed four promotional videos for The [email protected]: Platinum Stars PlayStation 4 game over the past week. Each video focuses on a different character and song. Takane Shijō, "edeN" Chihaya Kisaragi, "Happy!" Yayoi Takatsuki, "The Live Kakumei de SHOW" Haruka Amami, "Happy!" The game is slated for release on July 28. Those who pre-ord...
The [email protected] Cinderella Girls Album Ranks #3 With 36,790 Copies
Mako Morino, Misaki Kuno, Azumi Waki, Nanami Yamashita, Juri Kimura feature in album
― THE [email protected] CINDERELLA MASTER Passion jewelries! 003 album ranked #3 in Oricon's weekly album chart for the June 13-19 week by selling 36,790 copies. The album collects songs from The [email protected] Cinderella Girls game series, and shipped on June 15. The album sold more but ranked lower than THE [email protected] CINDERE...
Polygon Pictures Animates Amazon's Lost in Oz 3D CG Project
Amazon streamed pilot episode in June 2015
― Amazon announced on Wednesday that it has green-lit the Lost in Oz 3D CG animated project, based on L. Frank Baum's Oz series of books. Polygon Pictures (Knights of Sidonia, Ajin, Sanzoku no Musume Ronja) will animate the series, and it will stream through the Amazon Prime service worldwide at an as-yet unrevealed date. Amazon streamed a pilot episode for ...
Rock Musical Bleach Reveals New Main Visual, 6 Cast Visuals
Tōshirō, Rangiku, Kenpachi, Ikkaku, Yoruichi, Suì-Fēng previewed in costume
― The staff of the Rock Musical Bleach - Mō Hitotsu no Chijō (Rock Musical Bleach: Another Above Ground), the upcoming new rock musical installment of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga, revealed a new main visual and six new visuals of the cast in costume on Monday. The new cast visuals include: Takato Nagata as Tōshirō Hitsugaya Yū T...
King of Prism by PrettyRhythm Anime Film Tops BD/DVD Ranking
BD sold 13,244, DVD about 5,000; film added 4DX screenings on June 18
― The King of Prism by PrettyRhythm anime film's Japanese Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases both ranked #1 in their respective Oricon's weekly animation ranking, with the Blu-ray Disc release selling 13,244 copies, and the DVD release selling about 5,000 copies, both for the week of June 13-19. Before King of Prism by PrettyRhythm, the...
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness PS4/Vita Game's Introduction Trailer Highlights Characters
Game slated for release in N. America on September 13, Europe on September 16
― NIS America began streaming an introduction trailer for its upcoming release of Mages and 5pb.'s Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game on Tuesday. The trailer highlights the game's three new characters, and some scenes from the story. The trailer also has a United Kingdom and French vers...
New Power Rangers Film Casts Bryan Cranston as Zordon
Godzilla/Breaking Bad/Macross Plus star joins March 2017 film's cast with Elizabeth Banks
― Actor Bryan Cranston announced on his official Twitter account on Tuesday that he will play Zordon in the new Power Rangers film. Cranston previously voiced Snizzard and Twin Man in the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He also played the main lead Isamu Dyson in the English dub of Macross Plus and contri...
Crunchyroll to Stream 91 Days, Taboo Tattoo, Orange, Mob Psycho 100, Sweetness & Lightning, Alderamin on the Sky
Also Active Raid Second, previously announced Berserk & ReLIFE
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the 91 Days, Taboo-Tattoo, Orange, Mob Psycho 100, Sweetness and Lightning, Alderamin on the Sky, and Active Raid Second anime this summer. Crunchyroll already announced that it will stream the Berserk and ReLIFE anime series. The service will announce more ...
MUCC, Alisa Takigawa Perform Themes for 4-Episode Seven Deadly Sins Anime
Manga's 1st volume has more than 1 million copies in print
― This year's 30th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that MUCC (The File of Young Kindaichi Returns, Meganebu!) and Alisa Takigawa (The Seven Deadly Sins, Owarimonogatari) will perform the opening and ending theme songs, respectively, for the upcoming four-episode Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi (The Seve...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 19-25
Cross Ange, Dino Mech Gaiking anime; Complex Age, Fruits Basket manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date And Yet the Town Moves BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 June 21 Cross Ange Rondo of Angels and Dragons Collection 1 BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 June 21 Cross Ange Rondo of Angels and Dragons Collection 1 DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 June 21 Di...
Bandai Registers Trademarks for 'Rider Gashatto', 'Gashacon Breaker', 'Gamer Driver'
Bandai registered trademarks for "Rider Gashatto," "Gashacon Breaker," and "Gamer Driver." The trademarks were filed on June 6 and went public on Tuesday. Toei registered a trademark for "Kamen Rider Ex-Aid," and it went public earlier this month. [Via: The Tokusatsu Network]
Ghost in the Shell Arise Manga Adaptation Ends
7th compiled volume ships in August
― This year's seventh issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine published the final chapter of the Ghost in the Shell Arise manga adaptation, Ghost in the Shell Arise ~Nemuranai Me no Otoko: Sleepless Eye~, on Monday. The seventh and final compiled volume of the manga will ship on August 5. The manga debuted in March 2013. Newcomer Takumi Ōyama drew the series, an...
Food Wars! 2nd Season's New Promo Previews 1st Autumn Election Match
Opening, ending themes previewed for anime premiering July 2
― Warner Brothers Anime began streaming a second promotional video for Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate), the second season of the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma anime series, on Wednesday. The video features the opening theme song "Rough Diamonds" by SCREEN Mode and the ending theme song "Snow Dro...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Saikyō Card Battle Free-to-Play 3DS Game Launches July 6 in Japan
Video preview streamed
― The official website for Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Saikyō Card Battle (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Strongest Card Battle) Nintendo 3DS game began streaming a game trailer on Tuesday. The video reveals that the game will be free-to-play (with in-game purchases) and will launch in Japan on July 6. The protagonist is a duelist who must collect cards and duel rivals in game, a...
Funimation Acquires Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Films
US theatrical release dates set for all three films
― Funimation Films announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the three live-action Rurouni Kenshin films: Rurouni Kenshin: Origins, Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends. The license covers North American theatrical, home video, video on demand, and broadcast distribution. The company plans to release all three films J...
Digimon Universe Appli Monsters Project Details Nintendo 3DS Game
Bandai Namco Entertainment develops "deck battle RPG"
― The August issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine outlined the Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Nintendo 3DS game on Tuesday. Bandai Namco Entertainment is developing the game, but it has no release date announced. Bandai, Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Toei Animation had revealed last month that the Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters multimedia pro...
All Out!! Rugby Anime Casts Kensho Ono, Daichi Kanbara
2 more team members revealed for Fall TV anime
― The official website for the television anime of Shiori Amase's All Out!! rugby manga announced two more cast members on Tuesday. Their characters are on the same Kanagawa High School rugby team as the main character Kenji Gion. Kensho Ono plays Etsugo Ōharano, a first-year student who plays the stand-off position. He has been playing since elementary ...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, June 13-19
Live-action Orange sells 7,541 + 2,768, followed by King of Prism, Haikyu!!, Gundam the Origin III, Ace of Diamond
― The deluxe edition DVD for the live-action film of Ichigo Takano's orange manga sold 7,541 copies to rank #4 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. The regular edition sold 2,768 copies at #10. The Musical Dance With Devils production landed at #19 with 1,765 copies. Hiroshi Kamiya 1st Liv...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 13-19
King of Prism sells 13,244, followed by Haikyu!!, live-action orange, Gundam the Origin III, Girls & Panzer film
― The deluxe edition Bluray for the live-action film of Ichigo Takano's orange manga sold 5,077 copies to rank #5 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. The [email protected] [email protected] of Idol World!! 2015 Live Blu-ray Day 2 sold 1,187 more copies for a new total of 1,938. It rose from #25 to #23 in it...
Experience's Yomi wo Saku Hana Xbox One Game to Get Western Release
"Hack-and-slash" RPG set in same world as Students of the Round slated for Spring 2017
― Haijme Chikami, Japanese game developer Experience Inc.'s president, revealed during a Twitter Q&A on Monday that its upcoming Yomi wo Saku Hana (The Flower That is Torn in the Underworld) Xbox One game will get a Western release. Chikami did not specify which company will publish the game in the west. In additio...
Ensemble Girls!! Smartphone Game's Anime Promo Streamed
Game to get update this summer; Ensemble Stars! spinoff will get TV anime
― The official website of Happy Elements K.K's Ensemble Girls!! smartphone game began streaming an anime promotional video for the game on Sunday. The video shows the game's various characters and the game's setting of Kimisaki High. The game is set in the scenic Kimisaki High, a high school surrounded by nature that has just s...
Anime Expo Hosts My Hero Academia's Director & English Dub Actors
Dancing Dolls group also to perform at 25th anniversary convention July 1-4
― The organizers of the Anime Expo convention announced on Monday that it will host My Hero Academia director Kenji Nagasaki and the anime's English voice actors Justin Briner and Chris Sabat, as well as dance and vocal unit Dancing Dolls. Aside from My Hero Academia, Nagasaki has directed the No. 6, Gundam Build Fighters, an...
One Piece Dai Kaizoku Colosseum 3DS Game's 1st Video Previews Mechanics
2D fighting game slated for release on September 21
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the first promotional video for its upcoming One Piece Dai Kaizoku Colosseum (One Piece Great Pirate Colosseum) Nintendo 3DS game on Tuesday. The video previews the game's 2D gameplay and mechanics, including assist characters, and its three-way "Jet Slide" reversal system. The game is slated for release ...
Yowamushi Pedal Manga Gets 9th Stage Play
New play focusing on rival Hakone Academy begins run on September 30
― The official website for the stage plays of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga announced on Monday that a new stage play has been green-lit. This will be the manga's ninth stage play, and will focus on Hakone Academy, the rival school of Sohoku High. The play's cast includes: Riki Tanimizu as Sangaku Manami Keisuke...
Orange Anime's 3rd Promo Video Previews Hiroaki Tsutsumi Soundtrack
Anime about girl who receives letter from her future self premieres July 3
― The official website for the television anime of Ichigo Takano's science-fiction romance manga Orange began streaming the third promotional video on Tuesday. The video previews a track from the anime's soundtrack, composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The site previously streamed the anime's second promotional video last week, which...
Age 12 Anime's 2nd Season Reveals New Character, October 3 Premiere
New character Inaba Mikami appears in 2nd season on October 3
― The staff of the 12-Sai ~Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki~ (Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding) television anime revealed that the anime's second season will premiere on Tokyo MX and AT-X on October 3. It will also air on TV Aichi on October 4, on TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu on October 5, on Sun TV on October 8, and on TV Hokkaido on October 10. It ...
Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari Anime Unveils 1st Promo, Main Cast, October Premiere
Yūichi Nakamura, Shiho Kokido star in adaptation of Nodoka Shinomaru's "heartwarming fantasy" manga
― The official website for the anime of Nodoka Shinomaru's Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari (The Udon Country's Golden Furball) manga unveiled the main cast, visuals, and first promotional video for the series on Tuesday. Additionally, the website revealed that the anime will premiere in October on NTV an...
Fakku's Urotsukidoji - Legend of the Overfiend Kickstarter Launches
Company seeks US$86,000 to publish full hentai manga in English
― Hentai website Fakku launched its Kickstarter campaign to publish a remastered edition of Toshio Maeda's Urotsukidoji (Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend) manga in English on Sunday. The project's initial goal of US$47,000 will fund print and digital editions of the manga's first 300-page volume. Stretch goals at US$60,000, US$73,00...
Berserk Musou Staff Look Into Xbox One Release
Producer Koinuma discusses story, game's age rating
― Producer Hisashi Koinuma revealed in an interview with Japanese video game news website Gamer at E3 that Omega Force is "looking into" an Xbox One release of its upcoming Berserk Musou/Warriors title in America. The company is also looking into a Steam release in Japan. Koinuma also said that the game's story will start from the beginning in order...
Final Fantasy's Hironobu Sakaguchi Plans New Development Company
Sakaguchi considers the name "Dawnwalker"
― Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi announced during a Mistwalker livestream this month that he is planning a new development company that will be located in Roppongi, Tokyo. He mentioned that he is considering the name "Dawnwalker" for the new company, and shared the image to the right along with the phrase "now recruiting staff." Sakaguchi was an emp...
Ange Vierge Anime Adds More Cast
Shizuka Itou, Aoi Yūki, Minori Chihara, Kana Hanazawa, Ayane Sakura, Sumire Uesaka, Saori Hayami, Mai Aizawa, Saya Satō
― The official website for the television anime of Kadokawa and Sega's Ange Vierge trading card game announced nine additional cast members on Monday. The new cast members include: Shizuka Itou as Aoi Mikage Aoi Yūki as Ramiel Minori Chihara as CodeΩ33 Carene Kana Hanazawa as CodeΩ4...
2nd Yo-Kai Watch Season Premieres on August 1 on Disney XD
The official English Yo-Kai Watch Twitter announced on Monday that the second season of Yo-Kai Watch will premiere on August 1 on Disney XD. The first season premiered on Disney XD on November 6. Nintendo previously revealed that the season would begin this summer. Nintendo describes the season: This season, join Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan as they get the new Yo-kai Watch Model Zero. But just beca...
KanColle Staff: Theater's October 15 Listing of Film Was in Error
The official Twitter account of the KanColle anime clarified on Saturday that the previously listed October 15 release date of the Kantai Collection: KanColle anime film on the advance ticket page for the TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku theater earlier this month was an error. The post stated that the staff will announce a release date for the film once it has been decided. The film's full title is Gekijō-b...
New York Asian Film Fest to Screen Miss Hokusai, Tekkonkinkreet Anime Films
Tekkonkinkreet director to attend event; festival runs from June 22-July 9
― The organizers of the New York Asian Film Festival announced on May 31 that it will screen Keiichi Hara and Production I.G's award-winning Miss Hokusai anime film, and Studio 4°C's Tekkonkinkreet anime film. Miss Hokusai is set in Edo in 1814, and centers on O-Ei, the daughter of famous painter Katsushika Hokusai, and who of...
Taboo-Tattoo Anime's Promo Video Previews May'n's Theme Song
Tomokazu Sugita joins cast as Tom for series premiering on July 4
― The official website for the television anime of Shinjirō's Taboo Tattoo manga began streaming the show's first promotional video on Monday. The video previews May'n's opening theme song "Belief." The official website has additionally revealed that Tomokazu Sugita is joining the cast as the character Tom Shredfield (pictured below). ...
Cheer Boys!! Anime Adds 9 More Cast Members
Ayumu Murase, Anri Katsu, Tasuku Hatanaka, more join cast
― The official website for the television anime of Ryō Asai's Cheer Danshi!! (Cheer Boys!!) novel revealed nine more cast members for the series on Monday. The additional members are: Tasuku Hatanaka as Hisashi Mori Ayumu Murase as Ryūzō Sakuma (Saku) Chiharu Sawashiro as Takeru Andō Anri Katsu as Tamotsu Kaneda Hayato Kimura as Natsuki Someya...
Gundam the Origin Anime's 4th Episode Previewed in Subtitled, Dubbed Videos
New episode concluding Char, Sayla's story debuts this fall
― The Gundam.info portal site began streaming an English-subtitled and an English-dubbed trailer on Monday for Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: Unmei no Zenya (Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV Eve of Destiny), the fourth episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin anime. English-subtitled Video English-dubbed Video The current Char/Sayla a...
Studio DEEN Animates Adult Swim Bumper
The Adult Swim network began streaming a new bumper titled "DEEN" on Friday. Jason DeMarco, Vice President and Creative Director, On-Air for Adult Swim, confirmed on his Ask.fm account on Saturday that Studio DEEN animated the bumper. Adult Swim previously streamed a bumper in March that Mamoru Oshii (Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Sky Crawlers) directed and Production I.G animated. Adult Swim then...
One Piece Dai Kaizoku Colosseum 3DS Game Slated for September 21
Whitebeard, Marco, Jozu available as pre-order exclusive assist characters
― The August issue of Shuiesha's V Jump magazine is revealing on Tuesday that the One Piece Dai Kaizoku Colosseum (One Piece Great Pirate Colosseum) Nintendo 3DS game is slated for release on September 21. The game will retail for 5,700 yen (about US$54). In addition, the magazine is also revealing that those who pre-order the...
Starmyu TV Anime 2nd Season's Announcement Video Streamed
New series premiering in spring 2017 to feature Yūta Hoshitani as second-year student
― NBC Universal began streaming announcement video on Monday for the second season of the Starmyu television anime series. The video describes the upcoming two-part original video anime (OVA) project, and then mentions that the second season will feature Yūta Hoshitani and his friends as second-year students. The vi...
1996-2004 KochiKame Anime's Cast Returns For 40th Anniversary TV Anime
Staff also returns; visual unveiled
― Fuji TV and ADK revealed the main cast, staff, and visual for the new 40th anniversary television anime adaptation of Osamu Akimoto's Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo ("Kochikame") police comedy manga on Monday. The anime's staff has not yet revealed if the new work will be a series or a special. The new project will air this year. The cast of La...
Armed Girl's Machiavellism Manga Gets Anime Adaptation
Karuna Kanzaki, Yūya Kurokami launched battle action series in 2014
― Kadokawa announced on Sunday that Karuna Kanzaki and Yūya Kurokami's Armed Girl's Machiavellism (Busō Shōjo Machiavellism) manga is getting an anime adaptation. The announcement did not state what kind of anime it would be. Kanzaki had teased last month that the manga series would have an "important announcement" in the August issu...
Actor Anton Yelchin Passes Away at 27
Played new Star Trek films' Chekov, English From Up On Poppy Hill dub's Shun Kazama
― Actor Anton Yelchin passed away on Sunday due to a car accident. He was 27. According to Yelchin's friends who had visited him after he did not appear at a scheduled band rehearsal, they had found the actor pinned against a brick mailbox pillar and security gate by his own vehicle. The car was still running and in n...
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness Manga Resumes With Last Arc in August
Manga adapts 2nd novel in Nahoko Uehashi's fantasy series
― The July issue of Asahi Shimbun Publications' Nemuki+ magazine revealed on June 13 that Nahoko Uehashi and Yu's Yami no Moribito (Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness) manga series will resume in the magazine's September issue on August 12 with the start of the manga's final arc. The manga adapts Uehashi's second novel in her Moribito novel...
Saturn Apartments' Iwaoka Ends Shiawase no Machi Manga
Series about love between owners of general store, tea house launched in 2009
― The July issue of Asahi Shimbun Publications' Nemuki+ magazine revealed on June 13 that Hisae Iwaoka's Shiawase no Machi (Happy Town) manga will end in the magazine's September issue, which ships on August 12. Iwaoka published Shiawase no Machi in Asahi Shimbun Publications' Shinkan anthology magazine starting in November...
Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan Adds Yoshimasa Hosoya, Maaya Uchida, Tomoaki Maeno, Showtaro Morikubo
Anime's late-night broadcast to compile morning broadcast episodes
― This year's 29th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed four new cast members on Monday for the television anime adaptation of Shūichi Asō's Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan manga. The new cast members include: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Chihayafuru's Arata, Haikyu!!'s Asahi Azumane) as Aren Kuboyasu Maaya Uchida (Food Wars! Shokugek...
Doubt, Judge Manga Creator Yoshiki Tonogai Launches New Series on July 12
"Romantic comedy" about town filled with undead launches in Shonen Gangan magazine
― The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine revealed on June 11 that Yoshiki Tonogai (Doubt, Judge, Secret) will launch a new series titled Ikitemasu ka? Honda-kun (Honda, Are You Alive?) in the magazine's August issue on July 12. The magazine's official Twitter account posted a visual for the "rom...
Tokyo Twins Athletic Tournament CG Anime Shorts to Stream Online This Fall
8-episode series centers on obstacle course competition for twins
― Japanese companies Ripromo Co. Ltd. and CREi Inc. have launched a website in both Japanese and English for a series of CG anime shorts titled Tokyo Twins Athletic Tournament (Tokyo Futago Athletic) that will premiere online this fall. The series will have eight episodes, with each episode being six minutes long. The companies began s...
Batten Showjo Tai Performs New Dragon Ball Super Ending Theme
New female idol group features members whose average age is 14
― The official website for the Dragon Ball Super television anime series announced on Sunday that the Batten Showjo Tai female idol group (pictured at right) will perform the show's new ending theme song "Yokayoka Dance" ("yokayoka" means "It's fine" in Fukuoka dialect). The new song will premiere in July. Stardust Promotion's Fukuoka bra...
Kamen Rider Ghost, Dōbutsu Sentai Zyuohger Films' Trailer Previews Dark Ghost Villain
Kishidan performs theme song for films open together on August 6
― Toei began streaming a trailer on Thursday for the Gekijōban Kamen Rider Ghost: 100 no Eyecon to Ghost Unmei no Shunkan (Kamen Rider Ghost The Movie: 100 Eyecons and the Moment of Ghost's Destiny) and Gekijōban Dōbutsu Sentai Zuohger Doki-doki Circus Panic! (Animal Sentai Zuohger the Movie: Heart-throbbing Circus Panic!) films. The tr...
Musician TeddyLoid to Perform at Anime Expo
TeddyLoid contributed music to Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Mekakucity Actors anime
― The organizers of the Anime Expo convention announced on Saturday that musical artist TeddyLoid will perform at the convention in the Fashion Show as well as in Lounge 21. TeddyLoid began his music career at 18 years old as a DJ and sound producer for MIYAVI. He composed the music for the Panty & Stocking with ...
No Anime Win Awards at 2016 Annecy
France's Annecy announced its winners on Saturday. The festival gave out 28 awards, but none of the competing anime titles won in their respective categories. No anime film had screened in competition this year, but several works screened in competition in the Short Films, TV Films, Commissioned Films, and Graduation Films categories. Several films including Belladonna of Sadness, Gamba: Gamba to ...
New 91 Days Promo Video Highlights Characters Nero, Fango
Takuya Eguchi, Kenjiro Tsuda voice characters in series premiering on July 8
― The official website for the upcoming original television anime series 91 Days began streaming a new promotional video on Saturday for the series that highlights the Vanetti family scion Nero and the unpredictable Orco family leader Fango. The series will premiere on July 8 on MBS' "Animeism" programming block, but the cas...
O-Parts Hunter's Seishi Kishimoto Ends Sukedachi Nine Manga
Series about execution team that enacts revenge debuted in 2014
― The July issue of Square Enix's Shonen Gangan magazine announced on June 11 that Seishi Kishimoto will end his Sukedachi Nine (Assist Nine) manga in the August issue, which ships on July 12. Kishimoto launched the manga in Shonen Gangan in October 2014. The manga received two side-story chapters in 2014. Square Enix published the manga...
Ichi-F Manga About Worker in Fukushima Nuclear Plant Listed With English Edition
Kodansha Comics listed as publisher, with release date of March 7
― Amazon is listing an English edition of Kazuto Tatsuta's ICHIEFU: Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho Rōdōki with the English title of Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The listing indicates Kodansha Comics as the publisher, with a release date of March 7, 2017. While the listing shows the ...
XSEED Streams E3 Trailers for Fate/EXTELLA, Legend of Heroes, Touhou, Akiba's Beat, More
Corpse Party 3DS, Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns trailers also streamed
― XSEED Games began streaming several E3 trailers on Friday for the following games: Corpse Party (3DS), Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II, Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity, Akiba's Beat, and Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star. Corpse Party (3DS) The Nintendo 3DS port will get a "Back to School Editi...
Negima! Spinoff Manga UQ Holder! Gets Anime
Ken Akamatsu's manga switches magazines to monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in October
― This year's 30th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Ken Akamatsu's UQ Holder! manga is getting an anime adaptation. The issue is also revealing that the manga will change magazines from Weekly Shonen Magazine to Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine. Kodansha publishes Bessatsu Shōnen M...
Brave10's Kairi Shimotsuki Launches Ayakashi Parade Game Manga
New series about yōkai centers on basketball team that always loses
― The July issue of Kodakawa's Monthly Comic Gene magazine revealed on Wednesday that Brave10's Kairi Shimotsuki will launch a new manga series tentatively titled Ayakashi Parade Game in the magazine's August issue when it ships on July 15. The first chapter will include a center color image. The series will involve yōkai (Japanese s...
Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan Anime & Live-Action Film Opens on December 17
Film set in both anime, live-action worlds; Ryōka Minamide plays Keita Amano
― The July issue of Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics magazine unveiled more information on Wednesday about the third Yo-kai Watch film, titled Eiga Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! (Yo-kai Watch The Movie: The Flying Whale and the Grand Adventure of the Double Worlds, Meow!). The film's sto...
Retailer Lists New Manga Series For One-Punch Man, Eyeshield 21's Yuusuke Murata
Series will debut in Morning magazine on June 30
― The Japanese online retailer 7net is currently listing that Yuusuke Murata (One-Punch Man, Eyeshield 21 artist) will launch a new series in Kodansha's Morning magazine in this year's 31st issue, which will ship on June 30. The listing doesn't give any further information about the series. Murata and web manga creator ONE launched the ongoing One-Punc...
Rudolph to Ippaiattena 3D CG Film's 2nd Trailer, 3rd Teaser Streamed
Film opening on August 6 stars Mao Inoue as lost cat who learns to read
― TOHO began streaming a second promotional video and a third teaser video on Friday for its 3D CG animated film Rudolph to Ippaiattena. Both videos preview back number's theme song "Kuroi Neko no Uta" (Black Cat's Song). 2nd Trailer 3rd Teaser The film will open on August 6, and will have both 2D and 3D screenings. The film will...
Libre Ends Publishing Agreement With Digital Manga, Inc.
Ayano Yamane's Finder, Kazuma Kodaka's Kizuna series affected
― Digital Manga Inc. (DMI) announced via press release on Friday that Libre Publishing has ended its publishing agreement with DMI, and the agreement will end at the end of this month. DMI added that the separation will affect Ayano Yamane's Finder series and Kazuma Kodaka's Kizuna series. DMI originally licensed both manga in 2010. DMI pu...
Sword Art Online Gets Project Alicization Manga
Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet manga artist Kōtarō Yamada launches series on August 9
― Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet manga artist Kōtarō Yamada posted on Twitter on June 9 that he will draw the Sword Art Online Project Alicization manga, starting in the 51st volume of Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko Magazine, which comes out on August 9. The manga will adapt the Alicization arc of Reki Kawahara's orig...
Anime Expo to Host Mega Man/Mighty No. 9's Keiji Inafune
Game creator to appear at July 1-4 convention in Los Angeles
― The organizers of the Anime Expo convention announced on Friday that it will host Mega Man co-creator and comcept founder Keiji Inafune at this year's event. Inafune co-designed Capcom's Megaman (Rockman) character and worked as producer for many titles in the video game franchise. He worked at game developer Capcom for 23 years and contr...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 5-11
3 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, Orange, Black Butler, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, One-Punch Man, Assassination Classroom, A Silent Voice, Seraph of the End
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on June 11. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 6Tokyo Ghoul #1 Sui Ishida Viz Media 49 2 1Orange The Complete Collection #2 Ich...
Kin-iro Mosaic/KINMOZA! Special Episode Gets Theatrical Screening
"Kiniro Mosaic Pretty Days" debuts on November 12
― The official website for the Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic anime unveiled the title, key visual, and theatrical release plans for a special episode on Saturday. The episode is titled "Kiniro Mosaic Pretty Days," and it will open in theaters across Japan, including the Shinjuku Baltic 9, on November 12. In the episode, the school festival is on the horizo...
Setona Mizushiro Launches New Series in Evening Magazine
Sekai de Ichiban, Ore ga ◯◯ will be artist's 1st work in magazine with male demographic
― This year's 13th issue of Kodansha's Evening magazine announced on Tuesday that manga artist Setona Mizushiro will launch a new series titled Sekai de Ichiban, Ore ga ◯◯ (I'm the Most __ in the World) in the 14th issue on June 28.The series will be Mizushiro's first work in a magazine targeting a male demographi...
Yuki Kure's La Corda D'Oro 4 Manga Ends
Series began in February
― The September issue of Hakusensha's LaLa DX will publish the final chapter of Yuki Kure's La Corda D'Oro 4 manga on August 10. Kure launched the La Corda D'Oro 4 manga on February 10. The La Corda D'Oro 4 PlayStation Vita dating simulation game shipped in Japan on February 25. The game continued the story from the previous La Corda d'Oro 3 game. Kure created the manga adapt...
Titan Comics Announces New Robotech Comic Series
Comics slated for early 2017
― Titan Comics announced on Friday that is has partnered with Harmony Gold USA to publish new comics based on Robotech. The series is slated for 2017, and Titan Comics will reveal the comic's staff in upcoming weeks. Robotech was Harmony Gold's edited and rewritten 1985 adaptation of three separate anime science-fiction series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Su...
Majestic Prince Film Unveils Teaser Trailer, Visual
Staff taking subtitle suggestions for film opening this fall
― The five main cast members of the Majestic Prince (Ginga Kikōtai Majestic Prince) television anime appeared at a sold-out event in Odaiba on Friday to discuss the show and its upcoming film and new 25th episode. As part of the presentation the cast unveiled a teaser trailer and visual for the upcoming film. The film is slated to premiere ...
'Miss Bernard said.' Gag Manga About Literature Gets Anime
Yūki Shikawa's comedy of girl who likes to discuss books she has not read
― The company Dream Creation (I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying, Ojisan to Marshmallow) launched a website on Saturday to announce that an anime adaptation is in the works for Yūki Shikawa's Miss Bernard said. (Bernard-jō Iwaku.) manga. The short gag manga is about the love of famous works of literature. It follows S...
CAPCOM: Dai Gyakuten Saiban Localization Prevented By 'Number of Circumstances'
Dai Gyakuten Saiban shipped for 3DS in Japan last July
― In an interview with game news website Gamespot on Thursday, Capcom employee and translator Janet Hsu said that there are "a number of circumstances" preventing a localization of CAPCOM's Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken Nintendo 3DS game. Hsu commented, "Nowadays on the Internet lots of fans are directly asking us, 'Where's Dai...
Shizuka Ishigami Joins RIN-NE 2 Anime's Cast as Renge Shima
New character, theme songs debut in anime's 38th episode on July 2
― The official website of the RIN-NE 2 television anime series announced on Tuesday that Shizuka Ishigami will play the character Renge Shima in the anime. The character will debut in the show's 38th episode "Nazo no Tenkōsei" (The Mysterious Transfer Student) on July 2. RIN-NE 2 is the second anime series based on Rumiko Takahashi's ...
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