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JAST USA Announces Eiyu Senki, Katahane Games for Steam
Company also reveals status of Innocent Grey's Flowers game
― Visual novel and game distributor JAST USA announced at its panel at Anime Expo on Saturday that it will release the Eiyu Senki and Katahane games on Steam. The Steam versions will be non-adult versions of the games, while J-List will sell uncut 18+ package editions of the games and JAST USA will release uncut 18+ downloadable editions of...
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Impure King Arc Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Key Visual
New series based on Kazue Katō's manga to premiere in 2017
― The official website opened on Monday for the Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujō Ō-hen (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Impure King Arc) anime series with a teaser video (Note: linked video is region-locked to Japan). The new anime will premiere in 2017. The website also revealed a new key visual, which fans can download as a wallpaper. The website is also st...
Character Designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Rock Band The Pillows to Return for FLCL Sequel Series
Psycho-Pass chief director Katsuyuki Motohiro to supervise new series
― Production I.G vice president and producer Maki Terashima-Furuta announced at the FLCL 2 panel at Anime Expo on Sunday that the first series' original character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto will return to design the characters for the sequel. Terashima-Furuta additionally announced at the panel that Japanese rock band The Pillows...
Funimation Licenses Makoto Shinkai's your name. Film for Theaters, Home Video (Updated)
Reported at world premiere with director of 5 Centimeters Per Second, Garden of Words
― Lisle Wilkerson, the Anime Expo emcee of "Makoto Shinkai's your name. World Premiere & Panel," reported at the end of the panel that Funimation acquired the your name (Kimi no Namae wa.) film for release in North America. The same event hosted Shinkai at the world premiere of the film, just four days after Shinkai...
Aksys Games Adds Tokyo Xanadu for PS Vita, PC
Also: updated version of Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, Chase: Cold Case Investigations digitally
― Aksys Games announced at its Anime Expo panel on Sunday that it will release the Tokyo Xanadu, Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak Special Gigs, and Chase: Cold Case Investigations ~Distant Memories~ games. Nihon Falcom's Tokyo Xanadu game shipped for PlayStation Vita in Japan on September 30. Aksys ...
Bleach Manga to End in 74th Volume
Tite Kubo launched long-running series in 2001
― The 73rd volume of Tite Kubo's long-running Bleach manga revealed on Monday that the 74th volume will be the last. The final volume will ship this fall. This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine also announced on Monday that the manga is approaching its ending. The manga entered its final story arc in February 2012. Kubo launched...
Aksys Games Licenses Bad Apple Wars, Period Cube, Collar x Malice Otome Games
Also: fan disc for Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~
― Aksys Games announced at its Anime Expo panel on Sunday that it will release Otomate's Bad Apple Wars, Period Cube ~Torikago no Amadeus~, and Collar × Malice games. In addition, Aksys Games will release a fan disc for Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ PlayStation Vita otome game in 2017. Aksys released the original game last fall. Idea Facto...
Aksys Games to Release Voiced Ports for Zero Escape Games
Also: ports for XBlaze Lost: Memories, Aegis of Earth, Usagimaru
― Aksys Games announced at its Anime Expo panel on Sunday that it will release voiced versions of the first two Zero Escape games, 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Virtue's Last Reward, for unspecified platforms. The company also announced that it will release XBlaze Lost: Memories and Aegis of Earth on PC via Steam and Us...
Funimation Licenses Drifters, Show By Rock!! Short!! Anime
Also announces release details for Code Geass, Escaflowne
― Funimation Entertainment announced at its Anime Expo panel on Sunday that it has acquired the home video, video on demand, broadcast distribution, and streaming rights for the Drifters anime from NBCUniversal. In addition, the company announced that it will stream the Show By Rock!! Short!! spinoff series of anime shorts starting on Monday....
Kodomo no Jikan Kickstarter Meets Goal
Kickstarter funds English release of five omnibus volumes
― Digital Manga Inc.'s PeCChi imprint's Kickstarter campaign met its goal of US$157,000. As of press time the project has earned US$159,509 with two days remaining. The project seeks to publish Kaworu Watashiya's Kodomo no Jikan ~ A Child's Time manga in English. The 13-volume series will be published in five omnibus volumes, along with the ad...
Trickster Anime's 2nd Trailer Reveals Antagonist Voiced by Gackt
Gackt performs theme song, plays the Fiend With Twenty Faces
― The official website of the Trickster - Edogawa Rampo 'Shōnen Tantei-dan' Yori (Trickster - From Rampo Edogawa's "The Boy Detectives Club") television anime began streaming a second promotional video on Sunday. The video reveals that Gackt will perform the theme song "Kimi Dake no Boku de Iru Kara" and voice the main antagonist, the Fiend...
Viz Media Reveals Sailor Moon S Part 1 November Release, Bonus Extras (Updated With Video)
Viz Media announced at its Sailor Moon panel on Sunday that it will begin taking pre-orders for the Part 1 of Sailor Moon S soon, and that the Part 1 set will ship in November. The company additionally revealed the extras that will come with the various versions of the set. The limited edition DVD/Blu-ray Disc combo pack will come with a chipboard box with premium printing, a booklet, and a fille...
Andrew Love Stars as Takeo in My Love Story! English Dub
Series debuts on DVD/Blu-ray on October 25
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video at its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that Andrew Love will star as Takeo Goda in its English dub of My Love Story. Sentai Filmworks will release the series on Blu-ray and DVD on October 25 The series ran from April to September. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. Viz Media is publishing Kazune Kawah...
New Blue Exorcist TV Anime's Returning Cast, New Staff, Plot, 2017 Premiere Revealed
Deadman Wonderland's Koichi Hatsumi to direct new series adapting manga's "Kyoto Impure King Arc"
― The August issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine revealed the main cast, staff, and plot information on Monday for the new Blue Exorcist television anime series. The new series, titled Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujō Ō-hen (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Impure King Arc), will debut in 2017. The returning cast includ...
Attack on Titan Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in Spring 2017
Staff, cast, new visual also revealed
― The staff of the Attack on Titan franchise revealed at the "Shingeki Matsuri" event on Sunday that the anime's second season will premiere in spring 2017. The announcement also reveals a new visual (below) and the second season's staff and cast. The staff includes: Chief Director: Tetsuro Araki (director of first season) Director: Masashi Koizuka (storyboard, e...
Bandai Namco Ent. to Release Asterisk War PS Vita Game in English This Month
Game combining dating sim, combat mechanics with original story shipped in Japan in January
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced on Friday that it will release the Gakusen Toshi Asterisk: Hōka Kenran PlayStation Vita game in English under the title A.W: Phoenix Festa. The game will be available on July 26 on the PlayStation Network. Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia announced in November tha...
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Game's English Trailer Reveals Collector's Edition
Collector's edition includes 2 figures, soundtrack, bonus Blu-ray Disc, mini posters, artbook, more
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming an English-subtitled trailer on Friday for the Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The trailer is the English version of the game's third trailer that Bandai Namco Entertainment streamed in Japanese last mont...
Tomokazu Seki, Natsuki Hanae Join DAYS Soccer Anime's Cast
Crunchyroll streams series that premiered on Sunday
― The staff of the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's soccer manga DAYS announced on Saturday that Tomokazu Seki and Natsuki Hanae have joined the cast for the anime series. Tomokazu Seki as Kaoru Indo, the Sakuraki High School's captain Natsuki Hanae as Shuji Narukami, a genius dribbler at Sakuraki High School The manga centers on two boys who w...
Twin Angel Gets New TV Anime, Smartphone Game
Anime to feature 2 new characters, cast to be revealed on October 2
― The 10th anniversary Niconico broadcast for the Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel franchise announced on Friday that a new anime and an iOS and Android game are in the works. The staff plans to reveal the title and logo of the anime on June 24 and the cast on October 2. The anime's new characters, Meguru Amatsuki (left) and Sumire Kisaragi (...
Sword Art Online Movie's New Trailer Reveals Spring 2017 Opening
English-subtitled trailer posted
― Aniplex of America presented a new English-subtitled trailer and a new visual for Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale at Anime Expo on Saturday. The trailer reveals that the film will open in Japan next spring, and Aniplex confirmed that the movie will be released overseas. Aniplex describes the movie's story: In 2026, two years since the SAO incident, a new ...
Yuki Kajiura to Hold Sword Art Online-Themed Concert in Hollywood in January
Concert to be held at Dolby Theatre
― Aniplex of America announced at its "SAO Festival" event at Anime Expo on Saturday that musician and composer Yuki Kajiura will host a “Yuki Kajiura LIVE featuring SWORD ART ONLINE" concert in Hollywood on January 14. Space Craft and Aniplex of America are presenting the concert. The original version concert originally took place in Tokyo on March 31, and the co...
Kodansha Comics Licenses Clockwork Planet Manga
No Game, No Life creator's original light novel has an anime in the works
― Kodansha Comics announced at its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it has licensed Kuro's manga adaptation of Yuu Kamiya and Tsubaki Himana's Clockwork Planet novels. The action fantasy is set in a world that was destroyed and then entirely rebuilt with clockwork mechanism. A first-year high school boy named Naoto Miura unex...
Kodansha USA Adds Ichi-F, Fire Force Manga
Also: Attack on Titan Adventure interactive book
― Kodansha Comics announced at its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it will release Kazuto Tatsuta's Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (ICHIEFU: Fukushima Daiichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho Rōdōki) and Soul Eater creator Atsushi Ohkubo's Fire Force (En En no Shōbōtai) manga. Kodansha will also release Attack on Titan...
Vertical Licenses Nisemonogatari Novels
1st volume slated for April 2017
― North American manga and novel publisher Vertical Comics announced at Anime Expo on Saturday that it has licensed NisiOisin and VOFAN's Nisemonogatari light novel series. The first of two novels is slated for April 2017. Kodansha published the light novels in Japan in 2008. The story is set in the early 21st century as a sequel to Bakemonogatari, and it centers aro...
Clannad/Charlotte Writer Jun Maeda Recovers From Heart Condition
Maeda received treatment for idiopathic dilated carsiomyopathy
― Visual Art's/Key writer and composer Jun Maeda posted on his Twitter account on Saturday that he has left the hospital. The 41-year-old was hospitalized in February. He also revealed that the name of his condition is idiopathic dilated carsiomyopathy (unexplained enlargement and weakening of the heart's left ventricle). He commented: Th...
Sentai Filmworks Announces English Dub Plans for 7 Anime Titles
Sentai Filmworks announced at its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it will offer English dubs for the following anime: Ushio & Tora GATE Food wars! Shokugeki no Soma Himouto! Umaru-chan Amagi Brilliant Park Monster Musume Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? The company has not yet announced release dates for the titles.
Lament of the Lamb's Kei Toume to Launch New Manga Series in July
Teaser visual for new manga features schoolgirl holding guitar
― The August issue of Gentosha's Comic Birz magazine announced on Thursday that Kei Toume (Lament of the Lamb, Yesterday o Utatte) will launch a new manga series in the magazine's next issue on July 30. The magazine will reveal the manga's title alongside the launch. The September issue of Comic Birz will feature the manga on its cover, a...
One Piece Film Gold Adds Naoto Takenaka, Masakazu Mimura to Guest Cast
Film opens on July 23 on 743 screens with 2D, 3D, 4DX, MX4D screenings
― The staff of the One Piece Film Gold anime movie announced on Wednesday that actor Naoto Takenaka and comedian Masakazu Mimura are joining the film's guest cast. Takenaka will voice the characters Double Down and White Jack (pictured below). Double Down is a person who gets caught in the traps of Gran Tesoro, while White Jack is...
Avengers: Zombies Assemble Manga to End on MangaBox in Next Chapter
Yūsaku Komiyama's series centers on Avengers team fighting zombie outbreak
― Yūsaku Komiyama's Avengers: Zombies Assemble manga's 23rd chapter revealed on the MangaBox app on June 22 that it will be ending in its next chapter. Avengers: Zombies Assemble is a Japan-exclusive manga, in which the Avengers team gets together to throw a surprise party for Tony Stark. Things take a turn for the worse, when...
Guitar Wolf to Launch East Coast, Canada Tour in August, September
Rock band performed theme song for Ninja Slayer From Animation
― Sony Music Entertainment announced via a newsletter on June 28 that rock band Guitar Wolf will launch a tour titled "YOJYOUHAN STRIKES BACK TOUR 2016 - US/CAN East Coast - w/ Hans Condor (Nashville TN)" in the United States and Canada in August and September. The tour will see the band performing in 21 cities in the United States and Ca...
'New Gundam Series Product Unveiling' Event Scheduled for July 12
The official portal for the Gundam franchise reported on Friday that a "New Gundam Series Product Unveiling" will be streamed live on the Bandai Channel service on July 12 at 3:30 p.m. (2:30 a.m. EDT). Yūki Kuwahara and Sayaka Senbongi (pictured at right) will appear on a tentatively titled "New Gundam Series Product Unveiling: Sneak Special Program" beforehand on the Line Live service at 2:00 p.m...
Rozen Maiden Voice Actress Yumi Shimura Retires From Acting
Shimura played Kanaria in Rozen Maiden, Chisame Hasegawa in Negima!
― Voice actress Yumi Shimura announced on her blog on Thursday that she retired from acting as of June 30. She posted a farewell message to fans and members of the industry. Thankfully, my 14 years as an actress have been nothing but fun, and everyone at the office, all my seniors and juniors, and all the people involved with recordi...
MangaGamer Releases Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome, D.S. – Dal Segno – Visual Novels on Steam
Both games launch for all ages on Steam, for adults on MangaGamer site
― Video game localization and publishing company MangaGamer announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it will release Kalmia8's Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome (Bocchi Musume x Produce Keikaku) and Circus' D.S. – Dal Segno – visual novels on Steam. The company will release all-ages versions of the games on Steam and uncut ...
Toonami Runs Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G's Micro-Series in 2017
Ghost in the Shell director, studio debuted Adult Swim commercial in March
― Toonami announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it will run a five-part micro-series directed by Mamoru Oshii (Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Sky Crawlers) and produced by Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, FLCL, Blood-C). Each part will be five minutes long, and the series will premiere in 2017. The Adult Swim net...
Seven Seas Adds Magical Girl Site, Species Domain, Plum Crazy, Dreamin' Sun Manga
Company to also release The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku light novel
― North American manga licensor Seven Seas Entertainment announced at Anime Expo on Friday that it has licensed the following manga: Kentarō Satō's Magical Girl Site, Noro Shunsuke's Species Domain, Natsumi Hoshino's Plum Crazy! Tales of A Tiger-Striped Cat, and Ichigo Takano's Dreamin' Sun. The company also announced it will rele...
One-Punch Man to Premiere on Adult Swim's Toonami on July 16
English dub stars Max Mittleman, Zach Aguilar, Robbie Daymond, Erik Kimerer
― Adult Swim announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that One-Punch Man will debut on its Toonami block on July 16. Viz Media announced the main English dub cast at its panel earlier on Friday: Max Mittleman as Saitama Zach Aguilar as Genos Robbie Daymond as Mumen Rider Erik Kimerer as Speed 'o' Sound Sonic Madhouse and ...
Crunchyroll Adds B-Project, New Game!, Bananya, Hitori no Shita the outcast (Updated)
Also: Hybrid×Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia, DAYS anime; Sukedachi 09, The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier manga
― Crunchyroll announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it has added the B-Project: Kodō Ambitious, New Game!, Bananya, Hitori no Shita the outcast, and Hybrid×Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia television anime series. The media distribution service also announced that it added the S...
Viz Media to Release JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1 on Blu-ray Disc
Company to release Hirohiko Araki's How to Create Manga book
― Viz Media announced at a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it will release Part 1 (Phantom Blood) of the new JoJo's Bizarre Adventure television anime series on Blu-ray Disc. The company confirmed that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, who released Parts 1 and 2 in a DVD set, still holds the DVD rights to the ser...
Crunchyroll to Dub, Release Anime on BD/DVD
Titles include: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Berserk, Twin Star Exorcists, Gintama, more
― Crunchyroll co-founder and general manager Kun Gao announced at the Crunchyroll panel at Anime Expo on Friday that the company will start dubbing and releasing some of its anime series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The titles Crunchyroll announced that it will release on both Blu-ray Disc and DVD include: Kabaner...
Dark Horse Licenses Hatsune Miku, Evangelion Spinoff Manga, H.P. Lovecraft Manga Adaptation
Hatsune Miku: Rin-Chan Now!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend of the Piko-Piko Middle School Students, H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories
― Dark Horse Comics announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it has licensed the Hatsune Miku: Rin-Chan Now!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend of the Piko-Piko Middle School Students, and H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories manga. All thre...
Aniplex USA Announces God Eater's English Dub, AkibaFest in LA (Updated)
Also: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Crunchyroll; Owarimonogatari & ERASED BD dates
― Aniplex of America announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it will dub the God Eater television anime into English. The company also announced that will host an AkibaFest event in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo neighborhood on the October 15-16 weekend. The English dub cast for God Eater includes: Robbie ...
Crunchyroll to Stream Gen Urobuchi's Puppet TV Series Thunderbolt Fantasy
Japanese/Taiwanese co-production to be available worldwide outside of Asia
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream Nitroplus, Good Smile Company, and Taiwanese company PILI's Thunderbolt Fantasy (Thunderbolt Fantasy: Tōriken Kōki puppet television series . The series will be available in English worldwide outside of Asia. The series will premiere on Tokyo MX on July 8 at 11:00 p.m., and...
Right Stuf Announces Gundam 0083 Afterglow of Zeon, Galaxy Angel, More Gundam License Rescues
Gundam 0080, Gundam F91, Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory; plus Nadesico on BD
― Right Stuf announced at Anime Expo on Friday that Nozomi Entertainment has licensed the Galaxy Angel anime, and that Right Stuf will work with Sunrise to release Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory, and Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon (Mobile ...
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game Slated for October
Trailer streamed for PS4/Xbox One/PC Game
― Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on Friday that it will release Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in North America on October 25 and in Europe on October 28. The company will release the game on PC via Steam worldwide on October 28. Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming an English-dubbed trailer and Bandai Namco Enterta...
Yen Press Licenses Rokka Novels/Manga, Isolator, Big Order, Murciélago, Smokin' Parade Manga
Announcements made at Anime Expo
― Yen Press announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it has licensed Ishio Yamagata's Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers (Rokka no Yūsha) light novels and its manga adaptation by Kei Toru, Reki Kawahara and Naoki Koshimizu's The Isolator, Sakae Esuno's Big Order, Kana Yoshimura's Murciélago, and Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou's Smokin' Parade manga. It also an...
Max Mittleman Stars in One-Punch Man English Dub
Zach Aguilar, Robbie Daymond, Erik Kimerer also star
― Viz Media announced the main English dub cast for One-Punch Man at its Anime Expo panel on Friday. The dub will star: Max Mittleman as Saitama Zach Aguilar as Genos Robbie Daymond as Mumen Rider Erik Kimerer as Speed 'o' Sound Sonic Madhouse and director Shingo Natsume's anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata's manga premiered in Japan on TV...
Viz Manga Adds Dragon Ball Super, Gundam Thunderbolt, Rei Tōma's The Water Dragon's Bride
Also plans print edition for Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, rereleases for Rurouni Kenshin, Revolutionary Girl Utena
― Viz Media announced at its Anime Expo panel on Friday that it has licensed the Dragon Ball Super, The Water Dragon's Bride, and Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga. Viz also announced that it plans to release the Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V manga in print, and the company will release the Rurouni Kenshin ma...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 19-25
4 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, 3 One-Punch Man volumes, Noragami, Orange, Assassination Classroom
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on June 25. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 -Tokyo Ghoul #7 Sui Ishida Viz Media 1 2 1Tokyo Ghoul #1 Sui Ishida Viz Media 51 3-One-Punch Man #2 Story: ONE / Art: Yuusuke Murata Viz Me...
Crunchyroll Streams momokuri Anime
1st episode now available
― Crunchyroll began streaming the first episode of the momokuri (Momokuri) anime on Friday and plans to stream future episodes on Fridays at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The series is available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Latin America, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Turkey and Middle East. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series...
Shūmatsu no Izetta Original Anime's 2nd Promo Reveals October Premiere
Anime will air on television in Japan
― The official website for the upcoming original anime Shūmatsu no Izetta (Izetta of the End) began streaming a second promotional video for the project on Friday. The video and website revealed that the project is a television anime that will begin broadcasting on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and other channels in October. Narrator: In 1940 AD, she soars over the battlefield...
Bandai Namco's New World RPG App Renamed .hack//New World
Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on Thursday that it is rebranding its New World smartphone role-playing game as .hack//New World. The updated version launched on Thursday. The company launched New World: Vol. 1 Ginrui no Otome for iOS and Android in January. The game is the first installment of "Project N.U.," which features concept and world design are inspired by the .hack series. The .hack...
Pokémon Sun &Moon Games' New Pokémon Showcased in English Trailer
Nintendo 3DS games ship in November
― The official English Pokémon YouTube channel began streaming a video on Friday introducing the English names of the seven new pokémon the Japanese YouTube channel introduced on Thursday. The new pokémon will appear in the upcoming Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Nintendo 3DS games. The video also showcases Zygarde's perfect form. Tapu Koko (Kapu Kokeko), an Electric...
Studio 4°C's 1st Original Anime Short for Toukiden 2 Game Streamed
1st of 3 parts posted with the next part debuting on July 8
― The official website for Koei Tecmo Games' Toukiden 2 "hunting action" game posted the first part of the tie-in original anime shorts by Studio 4°C on Friday. Koei Tecmo Games will stream the next part on July 8, and the wording of the announcement indicates that there will be three parts. Takahiro Tanaka (Halo Legends, UTOPA) served as di...
Adventures of Mana Game's English PS Vita Version Launch Trailer Streamed
Square Enix released PS Vita version in English on Tuesday after fan feedback
― Square Enix North America and Square Enix UK both began streaming launch trailers on Friday for the PlayStation Vita release of the Adventures of Mana game. Square Enix released the game worldwide in English on the PS Vita on Tuesday. Square Enix released the English remake of the Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu ...
Bandai Namco Teases 'Next Development' for God Eater
Bandai Namco Entertainment producer Yūsuke Tomizawa teased the "next development" for the God Eater series on Twitter on Wednesday, asking that fans "wait a little longer." God Eater: Resurrection shipped for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on October 29. Bandai Namco Entertainment released the game on Tuesday in North America. The God Eater 2: Rage Burst game will ship for the PlaySta...
Live-Action Peach Girl Film Casts Mackenyu as Tōji
Mizuki Yamamoto, Mei Nagano also star in film adapting Miwa Ueda manga
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Miwa Ueda's Peach Girl manga revealed on Wednesday that the film has cast Mackenyu (live-action Chihayafuru films, seen below) for the role of Kazuya "Tōji" Tōjigamori. Previously revealed cast members include: Mizuki Yamamoto (live-action Black Butler) as the protagonis...
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Invites Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiaki Nishimura, More
Koji Yamamura, Beat Takeshi, Hirokazu Kore-eda also invited
― The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its list of membership invitations on Wednesday. The list includes 683 invitations, the largest number of invitations in the Academy's history. The invitations are part of a series of new membership rules to promote diversity in the Academy's ranks, after this year's nominations led...
Kaiju Girls Short Anime Series' Cast, Staff Unveiled
3 main cast members to sing theme song for fall anime
― The official website of the Kaijū Girls ~Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku~ series of anime shorts revealed the anime's main cast on Thursday. The cast includes: Riho Iida as Agira/Aki Miyashita Aina Suzuki as Miclas/Miku Ushimaru Yurika Endō as Windom/Reika Shiragane The three voice actresses will also perform the series' theme song. The staff is acc...
Force of Will Omnibus Anime Film Reveals Introduction Video, More Staff & Titles
Omnibus film debuting in 2018 to feature 6 different anime shorts
― The official website for the Force of Will trading card game revealed more information on June 13 about the six anime shorts that will be featured in the film adaptation of the game titled Force of Will the Movie. The film's official Facebook page also began streaming an introduction video for the film on June 25 that also introduces...
Ensemble Stars! Developer Happy Elements to Announce New Anime Project on July 8
Smartphone game company Happy Elements will announce a new anime project during a livestreamed announcement event on Nico Nico Livestream on July 8. The livestream will reveal the anime's title, cast, and characters. Happy Elements is the developer of the Ensemble Girls!! smartphone game, as well as the Ensemble Stars! spinoff game. Released in 2012, Ensemble Girls!! casts the player as the sole m...
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Producer Hiroshi Utsumi Resigns
Utsumi served as producer on Go! Go! 575 anime
― Game producer Hiroshi Utsumi announced on Thursday the he has resigned from his position at Sega. Utsumi is best known as the general producer for the Sega feat. Hatsune Miku collaboration project, which spawned the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA game series. In his blog post, he writes that, "Anyone can try and guess why I left, but it's not because I've ...
Funimation to Stream planetarian Anime
Web anime premieres July 7, film opens on September 3
― Funimation revealed on Thursday that it will stream the planetarian anime, which adapts Key's planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ visual novel. The announcement did not reveal the launch date, or if Funimation will stream the five-episode net anime or the film. Funimation describes the anime: For thirty years, companion robot Hoshino Yu...
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Game's North American Launch Trailer Streamed
Smartphone game available now on iOS, Android
― Square Enix's North American YouTube channel released the launch trailer for the Final Fantasy Brave Exvius smartphone game on Thursday. The game is now available on both iPhones and Androids, and can be purchased via iTunes or the Google Play store. Square Enix released Final Fantasy Brave Exvius in Japan last October, and it is now available in six la...
King of Fighters XIV Game Introduces 'Team South America' In Video
3-on-3 team-based fighting game ships on August 23
― SNK Playmore began streaming a video for for its PlayStation 4 game The King of Fighters XIV on Thursday. The video highlights the fighters that make up Team South America: Nelson, Bandeiras, and Zarina, while previewing the team's music theme "COCO." All three characters are new to the series. The company previously streamed videos for: Team Offic...
Pacific Rim 2 Film's Release Date Set For February 2018
THR: Scott Eastwood in 'early talks' to join film's cast
― The entertainment industry magazine Variety reported on Thursday that Pacific Rim 2, the planned sequel to Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham's 2013 science-fiction robot film, will debut in theaters on February 23, 2018. Additionally, The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog reported on Thursday that Suicide Squad actor Scott Eastwood is...
Starmyu OVA's Ad Reveals Included Musical Parts, Special Video
OVA volumes ship on July 27, September 21
― The official website of the Starmyu anime series began streaming a commercial for its upcoming two-part original video anime (OVA) on Thursday. The video reveals that the first part will include the "Kimi ga Soko ni Iru Kara" (Natsuki Hanae and Nobuhiko Okamoto) and "Finale wa Boku-tachi no Mune ni" (Kao Kai) musical parts, and will include the special "HER...
Alderamin on the Sky Anime's 2nd Promo Previews Opening Theme Song
"Military history fantasy" anime premieres in July 8; Crunchyroll to stream series
― The official website of the television anime adaptation of Bokuto Uno, Sanbasō, and Ryūtetsu's Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin (Alderamin on the Sky) light novel series began streaming the second promotional video for the anime on Thursday. The video previews the anime's opening theme "Tenkyō no Alderamin"...
Crunchyroll Details Streaming for Sweetness & Lightning, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu
Crunchyroll revealed its streaming details for the Sweetness and Lightning (Amaama to Inazuma) and The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi (Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu) anime on Wednesday. The company also announced on Thursday that it is streaming the Love Live! Sunshine!! anime in the United Kingdom and Ireland starting on Saturday, July 2 at 10:30 a.m. EDT. Funimation will stream the series in the United ...
Crunchyroll to Stream OZMAFIA!! & 2nd Seasons of Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Food Wars!
Streaming details, territories detailed for summer anime
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream the Food Wars! The Second Plate, OZMAFIA!!, and Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! television anime. Food Wars! The Second Plate's streaming will start on Saturday, July 2 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, and will be available in: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, ...
Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume TV Anime's Main Staff, Visual Unveiled
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's Yasuhiro Irie, Yuyushiki's Kaori to direct at Kinema Citrus
― The official website of the television anime adaptation of Yagura Asano's Shakunetsu no Takkyū Musume (Scorching Ping Pong Girls) manga unveiled the anime's main staff as well as a new visual on Thursday. Yasuhiro Irie (Kurau: Phantom Memory, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Code:Breaker) is directing th...
Rewrite Anime Streams Special Promo Before July 2 Premiere
Characters, story, Runa Mizutani's opening song previewed
― The official website for the television anime of the Rewrite visual novel began streaming a special promotional video on Wednesday, just before the anime's July 2 premiere. The video introduces the characters and story, and it also features the opening theme "Philosophyz" by Runa Mizutani from the NanosizeMir dōjin music unit. The anime is b...
Macross Creator Shoji Kawamori, Satelight Unveil New TV Anime For Global Launch
26-episode anime slated for 2017-2018; more to be detailed at Anime Expo on Saturday
― Anime director Shoji Kawamori and anime studio Satelight announced during Anime Expo that Kawamori is working on a new television anime series with an as-yet unrevealed title. The show is planned for 26 30-minute episodes during the 2017-2018 timeframe. The staff describes the anime: The new series is set in a nea...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 20-26
Maho Tsukai Precure! ranks in top 10
― Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV June 26 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 11.2 Crayon Shin-chan TV Asahi June 24 (Fri) 19:30 24 min. 9.5 One Piece Fuji TV June 26 (Sun) 09:30 30 min. 9.5 Doraemon TV Asahi June 24 (Fri) 19:00 30 min. 8.1 Dragon Ball Super Fuji TV June 26 (Sun) 09:00 30 min. 6.8 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV June 26 (Sun) ...
Funimation Licenses D.Gray-Man Episodes 52-103
2nd half of anime previously unavailable from Funimation
― Funimation Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has licensed the second half of the original D.Gray-man television anime, episodes #52-103. The company will announce release details at a later date. Funimation dubbed the first 51 episodes and released them on DVD in 2009 and 2010. The episodes are available streaming. Funimation will s...
Netflix's Live-Action Death Note Film Reveals More Characters, Cast, 2017 Premiere
Paul Nakauchi, Shea Whigham join cast; character names revealed
― Netflix announced on Friday that its live-action Death Note film will premiere streaming in 2017. Netflix also unveiled some additional cast members, as well as the character names for previously announced cast members. The cast of characters includes: Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) as Light Turner Keith Stanfield (Sho...
Pokémon Sun/Moon Trailer Unveils 7 New Pokémon
Nintendo 3DS games ship in November
― The official Japanese Pokemon YouTube channel began streaming a trailer introducing several new pokémon that will appear in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. The trailer also shows Zygarde's perfect form. The new pokémon's Japanese names are: Kapu Kokeko (Electric/Fairy type) Denchimushi (Bug/Electric type) Kuwaganon (Bug/Electric type) Jijiiron (Normal/Dragon type) ...
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Gets Theatrical Compilation Editions
2 parts to open in December, January in Japan
― The official website for the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress anime announced on Friday that the series will get two compilation editions that will screen in theaters in Japan. The website did not specify how long each compilation edition would be. The first part will debut in theaters on December 31 and the second half will debut on January 7. Both will r...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Momokuri Anime
Anime streamed online, TV broadcast to begin on Friday
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it has licensed anime adaptation of Kurose's Momokuri manga. The company plans to release the series digitally and home video. The anime originally debuted online, but will have a television broadcast beginning on Tokyo MX on July 1 at 10:30 p.m., and on BS11 on July 1 at 24:30 (effectively 12:30 a.m....
Mob Psycho 100 Anime's 3rd Promo Previews Setsuo Ito as Mob
Comedy series premieres on July 12
― The official website for the television anime of ONE's Mob Psycho 100 manga began streaming the third promotional video for the series on Thursday. The video previews the opening theme song "99" by the "mystery unit" Mob Choir. The anime will premiere on Tuesday, July 12 at 12:00 a.m. on Tokyo MX, and also air on Yomiuri TV, BS Fuji, and Tele-Asa Channel 1. Tokyo ...
Chaos;Child Anime Announces Main Cast, Animation by Silver Link
Sumire Uesaka, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Sarah Emi Bridcutt reprise roles from original game
― The official website for the anime adaptation of 5pb. Games and MAGES.' science adventure game Chaos;Child updated on Friday to announce the main cast and animation studio. Silver Link. is animating the series, which will star: Sumire Uesaka as Serika Onoe Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Takuru Miyashiro Sarah Emi Bridcu...
Exclusive: Unified Pictures Launches Kickstarter for Vampire Hunter D Comic
Company shares concept art, story details
― California-based production studio Unified Pictures announced with ANN on Thursday that it has launched a Kickstarter to create an original Vampire Hunter D comic book based on a story written by original author Hideyuki Kikuchi. The project, titled Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars is seeking to raise US$25,000 by August 7. The Kickstarter will be exclus...
Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka? Light Novel Series Gets Anime
Fantasy series had 5 novels, sequel novel series started in April
― Bookstore displays in Japan revealed on Thursday that writer Akira Kareno and illustrator ue's Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka? (Do you have what THE END? Are you busy? Shall you save XXX?) light novel series will get an anime adaptation. The announcement did not reveal the anime's format. Th...
Assassination Classroom, Koro-sensei Q! Manga Get Theatrical Anime Films in November
Ansatsu Kyōshitsu 365 Hi no Jikan anime compilation film will screen alongside Koro-sensei Q!
― The 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga and Kizuku Watanabe and Jō Aoto's Koro-sensei Q! (Quest) spinoff manga (pictured at right) are both getting theatrical anime films that will debut in a limited screening event ...
Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga Nears Ending
Series serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2001, inspired 366-episode TV anime
― This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Tite Kubo's long-running Bleach manga is approaching its ending. The magazine teased the number of chapters before the manga would end, but purposefully obscured the number. The manga entered its final story arc in February 2...
Hunter × Hunter Manga Goes On Indefinite Hiatus
Manga had resumed in April after 2-year hiatus
― This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter × Hunter manga is going on an indefinite hiatus. The magazine will announce a resumption date for the manga when it has been decided. The manga had resumed in April after a two-year hiatus since 2014's combined 37th/38th issue of Wee...
Gintama Manga Gets Live-Action Film Adaptation in 2017 Starring Shun Oguri
HK/Hentai Kamen's Yūichi Fukuda directs, writes script
― This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga will get a live-action film adaptation in 2017. Shun Oguri (live-action Space Brothers, Lupin III, Terraformars) will play protagonist Gintoki Sakata, and Yūichi Fukuda (live-action HK/Hentai Kamen, Mr. Nietzsche in the ...
Blue Exorcist Manga Gets New TV Anime Series
Kazue Kato's supernatural series previously inspired TV anime in 2011
― This year's 31st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Kazue Kato's Blue Exorcist manga is getting a new television anime series. The official Blue Exorcist website launched a countdown earlier this month that will end on Monday at 8:00 a.m. JST (Sunday at 7:00 p.m. EDT). Katō is attending A...
God Eater Anime's U.S. Blu-ray Disc Release Listed
The official Twitter account of Bandai Namco Entertainment America posted a photograph of a poster for the God Eater anime on Wednesday. The poster, which the company will give away at Anime Expo this week, reveals that the anime is "coming soon to Blu-ray" with a link to Aniplex of America's website. Check out the glorious GOD EATER poster that we will be giving out @AnimeExpo. More info:https://...
Berserk TV Anime's Trailer Posted With English Subtitles
Crunchyroll to start streaming anime on Friday, July 1
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll began streaming the latest trailer for the new Berserk television anime series with English subtitles. The video debuted in Japan without English subtitles earlier this month, and it previews 9mm Parabellum Bullet's opening theme song "Inferno." The series will premiere on WOWOW on Friday, July 1 at 10:30 ...
Taboo Tattoo TV Anime Casts Sho Hayami, Tesshô Genda
Series based on Shinjirō manga premieres July 4
― The August issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Alive magazine revealed new cast and characters for the television anime of Shinjirō's Taboo Tattoo manga on Monday. The new cast includes: Sho Hayami as Professor Wiseman, a mysterious man that Seigi saves from being involved. Tesshô Genda as Colonel Sanders, a U.S. Army colonel. He is a patriot who is one...
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 20-26
Tokyo Ghoul:re, The Seven Deadly Sins, Berserk, Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare, Ahiru no Sora in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Tokyo Ghoul:re 7 252,191 594,765 2016/06 Shueisha Sui Ishida 1 2 2 The Seven Deadly Sins 21 197,221 416,724 2016/06 Kodansha Nakaba Suzuki 2 2 3 Berserk 38 170,087 170,087 2016/06 Hakusensha Ke...
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