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Haikyu!! GN 1
Haikyu's first volume is just as much about the players as the sport of volleyball as Hinata and Kageyama meet, hate each other, and have to learn to get along if they're ever going to be able to play as a team.
― For non-athletes, it can be difficult to understand the draw of a sports story, and if your memories of gym class (or volleyball) are mostly made up of getting a ball to the face or being p...
Psycome Novel 1
Mizuki Mizushiro's parody of the "special school" and harem genres can be kind of gruesome, but it succeeds more than it fails as a twisted satire. Rebecca Silverman digs in.
― Psycome is not a novel for the faint of heart. Featuring a hero framed for the brutal murders of twelve people and set in a school/penitentiary, there are plenty of moments of physical violence and references to rape. If you c...
ANNCast - Cruel for the Summer
Zac and Jacob wrap up Anime Expo 2016 and dive right in to the brand-new summer season - Berserk, Orange, Love Live! Sunshine!! and much much more!
― ANNCast Episode 265: Cruel for the Summer Zac and Jacob wrap up Anime Expo 2016 and dive right in to the brand-new summer season - Berserk, Orange, Love Live Sunshine and much much more! You can listen to the show on our player here, direct-download th...
School-Live! GN 3
This volume of the manga approaches the end of School-Live's anime-adapted material, but also gets the opportunity to flesh out the world of this zombie apocalypse in greater detail.
― How does the world end? For the four heroines of School-Live's zombie/moe mashup, it ends not with the zombie apocalypse, but with the threat of a simple mistake and a few secrets that perhaps should never have been ke...
Battle Rabbits GN 1
Not-so-ordinary high school boy Kaguya is about to have his world changed when he learns that he's actually a Battle Rabbit, a race of rabbit people from the moon charged with protecting the Earth in this bizarre but fun new series from the creators of 07-Ghost.
― Seven Seas has made a practice of licensing monster girl manga series, so now it's time for something a little different – a monster boy. ...
Sunday, July 10
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- ‒ Episode 15
"The result is an episode as dark and intense as anything seen so far that once again raises some fresh new questions with long-term plot implications."
Wrestling Voice Actress Ai Shimizu Wins Triangle Ribbon Championship
Also: idol/wrestler demonstrates Ultimate Muscle moves
― Voice actress Ai Shimizu (Minawa in Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful, Serafall in High School DxD New, Road in D.Gray-man) made a surprise career move in 2013 when she participated in a pro wrestling event. She has since trained in lucha libre, made wrestling masks, and introduced anime fans to the world of wrestling. On July 3, she won he...
Food Wars! The Second Plate ‒ Episode 2
"The best part of this episode is that it showcases how Megumi has grown as a character."
Rurouni Kenshin Characters to Appear in Puzzle & Dragons
Crossover dungeon, items will also appear
― Rurouni Kenshin characters will appear in the popular smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons beginning on July 11. They include Kenshin himself as well as many of his allies and enemies. Below are the original and evolved forms of the appearing characters (Kenshin, Sanosuke, Saitou, Aoshi, Sojiro, Megumi, Kaoru, Yahiko, Misao and Kamatari). The Kenshin crossover ...
Ace Attorney ‒ Episode 14
"There's a lot to look forward to next week, but this week was just average, setting up the barest minimum of pieces to help us process the fascinating trial still to come."
Haikyu!! GN 1
Haikyu's first volume is just as much about the players as the sport of volleyball as Hinata and Kageyama meet, hate each other, and have to learn to get along if they're ever going to be able to play as a team.
― For non-athletes, it can be difficult to understand the draw of a sports story, and if your memories of gym class (or volleyball) are mostly made up of getting a ball to the face or being p...
Attack on Titan/Mr. Osomatsu Characters Inspire Everyday Bags
Following the recent announcement of second season of Attack on Titan and in celebration of the hugely popular phenomenon of Mr. Osomatsu, SuperGroupies is selling a lines of bags inspired by their characters. The Attack on Titan release includes matching tote bags and bracelets designed after Eren and Levi. Eren-themed tote and bracelet Levi-themed tote and bracelet The bags are made up of 100% ...
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Gets 3DS Game
Game to feature characters in chibi form; website takes suggestions on psychic abilities
― This year's 32nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Shūichi Asō's Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan manga is getting a Nintendo 3DS game titled Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan: Shijō Psi Dai no Psi Nan!?. Bandai Namco Entertainment is developing the psychic action game. In the game, players wil...
Episode Counts Listed For Handa-kun, Orange, Tales of Zestiria the X Anime
The official websites for the Handa-kun, Orange, and Tales of Zestiria the X television anime series have revealed each show's episode count. Handa-kun will have 12 episodes that will ship on six Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes. Orange will have 13 episodes that will ship on seven Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes. Tales of Zestiria the X will ship in a complete Blu-ray Disc box set with 312 minutes of an...
Kento Yamazaki, Emi Takei Join Cast For 3rd Yo-kai Watch Film's Live-Action Segments
Takumi Saitou, Minami Hamabe, Yuina Kuroshima, more to appear in December film
― The staff of 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!), revealed on Saturday more of the cast that will star in the live-action scenes of the film. The actor...
Tales of Berseria Game's 5th Promo Video Reveals Velvet's Past, New Characters
Kenyuu Horiuchi voices Artorius in game shipping in Japan on August 18
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the fifth promotional video for the Tales of Berseria role-playing game on Saturday. Bandai Namco Entertainment had originally revealed the video on Saturday during the "Tales of Festival 2016" event. The video previews Velvet's past, and introduces the character Artorius Collbrande — w...
Saturday, July 9
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Previews Various Avatar Transformations in Video
Players can transform different races into more powerful forms in game shipping in October
― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming a new Japan Expo video on Saturday for the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The video shows how various races that players can play as transform into more powerful forms. Bandai Namco Entertainment will release the game in Nort...
To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness OVA's Promo Features Haruna
2nd planned OVA ships with 17th volume on December 2; adapts manga's 54th, 55th chapter
― The official website of the To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness anime began streaming a promotional video on Monday for the original video anime (OVA) bundled with the To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness manga's 17th volume. The video previews some scenes from the chapters the OVA is adapting, and features Haruna Sairenji. ...
Disney Reveals Wreck-It Ralph Sequel Planned for March 2018
Walt Disney Animation Studios announced during a Facebook Live livestream on July 1 that it is producing a sequel to its 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph. The film is slated for release on March 9, 2018, and actor John C. Reilly is returning to voice the titular protagonist Reilly had revealed that work had begun on a sequel last year. Rich Moore, who directed the original film, will co-direct the sequel ...
Dead or Alive 5 LR Adds Attack on Titan, King of Fighters, Aquaplus Crossovers
Attack on Titan costumes & stage, playable Mai Shiranui, more
― The Dead or Alive Festival 2016 announced new collaboration content for the Dead or Alive 5 Last Round fighting game on Saturday. Koei Tecmo Games will start selling 30 different Attack on Titan costumes, individually or in a set, on July 19. The game will also sell a new Attack on Titan stage on the same day. People who have Season Pass...
Sola Artist Abeno, Ghost Talker's Daydream's Okuse End 'Draw' Manga
4th volume of collaboration between Chaco Abeno, Saki Okuse to ship in September
― The seventh issue of Akita Shoten's Young Champion Retsu magazine announced on June 21 that the final chapter of Chaco Abeno and Saki Okuse's Draw: Majo no Nemuru Umi de (Draw: The Ocean Where the Witch Sleeps) manga will appear in the next issue on July 19. Draw is the tale of a high school boy named Kai, whose younge...
Prince of Tennis Creator Holds Charity Concert With His Own Characters
"17 years ago I never imagined I'd see Ryoma Echizen in front of me like this"
― On June 26, Takeshi Konomi, the creator of the manga The Prince of Tennis and a budding singer, held a concert at the DMM VR Theater in Yokohama to benefit the victims of the April earthquakes in Kumamoto. He appeared onstage along with several characters from The Prince of Tennis thanks to 3-D computer graphics and proj...
Sword Art Online Movie to Play in Over 150 Theaters in Japan
The Dengeki Hobby Web site revealed on Sunday that the Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film will premiere in over 150 theaters in Japan. Pre-order tickets go on sale on July 16, and will come with a B2-size poster. Aniplex of America presented a new English-subtitled trailer for the film during Anime Expo last Saturday. The film will open in Japan next spring, and Aniplex confirmed...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable ‒ Episode 15
"Between the new opening, the story of Josuke's childhood, and the all around energy of this sandbox of relationships, I've got a real soft spot growing in my heart for this series."
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 VR Support to Launch October 13
Koei Tecmo Games announced at its Dead or Alive Festival 2016 on Saturday that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 will get a VR support update with the launch of the PlayStation VR headset on October 13. Koei Tecmo had announced last year that it was considering adding VR support. Koei Tecmo published the game exclusively in Japan and Asia for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on March 24. The game's PS ...
Girls & Panzer Film, Knights of Sidonia Manga Win Seiun Awards
Late Godzilla/Macross artist Noriyoshi Ōrai & stories by Shinji Kajio, Ann Leckie, Ken Liu also win
― The 55th Japan Science Fiction Convention (Nihon SF Taikai) announced the winners of the 47th Seiun Awards on Saturday. The attendees of the 55th Japan Science Fiction Convention at "Iseshimacon" in Toba in Mie Prefecture voted on the winners. The Girls und Panzer anime film and Tsutomu Nihei's Knigh...
New Tokyo Skytree Pokemon Center Opens, Features Exclusive Rayquaza Merchandise
A brand new Pokemon Center opened at the Tokyo Skytree on July 6. Located on the 5th floor of the Soramachi shopping area at the base of the towering Tokyo landmark, it has appropriately chosen the legendary "Sky High" Pokemon Rayquaza as its mascot, and Pikachu has been cosplaying as Rayquaza in support. It sells a variety of exclusive merchandise, some of which can be seen below, along with some...
Square Enix: No Plans to Release Star Ocean: Second Evolution PS4/PS Vita Port in the West
PSP port of Star Ocean: The Second Story shipped in the West in 2009
― Square Enix producer Shūichi Kobayashi revealed during an interview with game news website Siliconera that Square Enix currently has no plans to release the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita port of Star Ocean: Second Evolution in the West. Kobayashi said, "Yamagishi-san he was the producer that created the PSP remake and release...
Psycome Novel 1
Mizuki Mizushiro's parody of the "special school" and harem genres can be kind of gruesome, but it succeeds more than it fails as a twisted satire. Rebecca Silverman digs in.
― Psycome is not a novel for the faint of heart. Featuring a hero framed for the brutal murders of twelve people and set in a school/penitentiary, there are plenty of moments of physical violence and references to rape. If you c...
9th Yowamushi Pedal Stage Play Reveals 7 More Cast Members
Yūya Kido, Yūgo Satō, Yūta Iiyama, more cast for play debuting on September 30
― The staff of the ninth stage play adaptation of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga, titled Butai Yowamushi Pedal ~Hakone Gakuen Shinsedai, Shidō~ (Yowamushi Pedal Stage Play: Hakone Academy New Generation, Start), revealed seven additional cast members for the play on Thursday, which includes: Yūya Kido a...
Crunchyroll Streams Ultraman Orb Series, Sound! Euphonium OVA
Site also reveals streaming details for 91 Days, Alderamin on the Sky; launches 4-panel comic
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it is streaming the Ultraman Orb live-action series. The site is streaming the series for members worldwide outside of Asia, and the first episode launched on Friday at 10:00 p.m. EDT. Crunchyroll also announced on Friday that it is now streaming the Sound! Euphonium "e...
Tales of Berseria RPG's Ad Focuses on Laphicet
Video also reveals DLC costume set for August 18 game
― The official website for Bandai Namco Entertainment's Tales of Berseria role-playing game began streaming a commercial for the game on Monday. The video centers on the character Laphicet, voiced by Azumi Asakura. The site is also streaming a video previewing the costume DLC for the game, which will include a pirate-themed set, a summer vacation ...
BlazBlue Continuum Shift Stage Play's Cast Photographed in Costume
Stage play based on Arc System Works' fighting game runs August 10-14
― The staff of this year's BlazBlue Continuum Shift "Live Act" stage play reboot revealed photographs of the play's cast in costume on Monday. The cast includes: KUNTA as Ragna the Bloodedge Yuma Abe as Jin Kisaragi Chieri Ōbayashi as Noel Vermilion Shōko Sawa as Rachel Alucard Kohei Murakami as Hazama Moka Kodama as Tsubaki Yayoi ...
Aksys Games Reveals Limited Edition For Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Game
PS Vita game arrives in N. America in physical, digital editions on July 26
― Aksys Games announced on Wednesday that it will release a limited "Eternal Wanderer Edition" of Spike Chunsoft's Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Fushigi no Dungeon Fūrai no Shiren 5: Fortune Tower to Unmei no Dice) PlayStation Vita role-playing game. The edition will include a "Shiren The Wan...
Tokyopop Reveals Details of Stitch!, Nightmare Before Christmas Manga Releases
Disney manga by Japanese artists ship this August, October
― Tokyopop announced at its Anime Expo panel on Monday details about its release of Yumi Tsukirino's Disney Stitch! and Jun Asuga's Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas manga. Although both manga are based on Disney films, they are series by Japanese artists that were originally released in Japan. The company will release the f...
One Piece Anime Enters 'Zou' Arc on July 31
The August issue of Kadokawa's Newtype magazine revealed on Saturday that the One Piece television anime series will begin the "Zou" arc from Eiichiro Oda's original manga starting with the show's 751st episode on July 31. The anime's current anime-original "Silver Mine" arc will end in the 750th episode on July 17. The anime will not air on July 24. The anime's official website had revealed a vis...
Reki Kawahara Writes Accel World Short Story For 1st Accel World Infinite Burst Theatergoers
Film's 1st 7 minutes to stream on Niconico, AbemaTV
― The staff of the Accel World: Infinite Burst anime film announced on Friday that the first theatergoers to see the film in Japan will receive the "Accel World -Mugen e no Chōyaku" (Accel World: Jump To Infinity) short story (pictured below). Original light novel author Reki Kawahara wrote the story. The short story will only be available for those...
Friday, July 8
One Piece Film Gold's TV Spot Features Battle Scene
Film opens on July 23 on 743 screens with 2D, 3D, 4DX, MX4D screenings
― The AnimeAnime.jp website began streaming a new television commercial for the One Piece Film Gold anime movie on Saturday. The video features a battle scene with characters including Nami, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Carina, and Gild Tesoro. The guest cast also includes: Kazuhiro Yamaji as Gild Tesoro Hikari Mitsushima as Carina Gaku Ha...
Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo Star in Live-Action Kyō no Kira-kun Film
Live-action Kuragehime's Taisuke Kawamura directs film opening on February 25
― Taishi Nakagawa and Marie Iitoyo will star as Kira and Nino, respectively, in a live-action film adaptation of Rin Mikimoto's shōjo manga series Kyō no Kira-kun (Today's Kira-kun). Taisuke Kawamura (live-action Kuragehime) will direct the film, and it will open in Japan on February 25. Nakagawa starred as Kiyoshi in the l...
New One Piece Burning Blood DLC Characters Announced
On June 23, Bandai Namco Entertainment opened a worldwide fan vote to determine which three of 17 possible characters would be added to One Piece Burning Blood. The choices were Kaku, Rob Lucci, Magellan, Caesar Clown, Arlong, Kuro, Don Krieg, Vergo, Cavendish, Senor Pink, Diamante, Trebol, Tashigi, Rebecca, Nefeltari Vivi, Monkey D. Garp, or Coby. The voting closed on July 6, and the winners have...
Light Novel Contest Overwhelmed with Alternate World Entries
Last week, we reported on a Japanese writing contest run by Bungaku Free Market and Shōsetsuka ni Narō that banned all submissions with plots about "traveling to alternate worlds" or "being reincarnated into other worlds." Now, taking a look at the results of another recent contest that didn't enforce a similar ban, the 4th "Net Novel Prize," makes this more understandable. Of the 46 winning stori...
Watch Guts Morph Through a Hundred Panels of Berserk in Commercial
Also: March comes in like a lion, Nobunaga no Shinobi
― Since its premiere in 1989, Berserk has spanned about 6,000 pages of manga, tracing many plot arcs and the evolution of Guts into a hardened, furious warrior. It might take a while to catch up with the latest volume, its 38th, which was published on June 24. Instead, you could watch this 15-second video. The video combines images of Guts from th...
Yui Makino, Ryota Ohsaka, Tetsuo Goto Join Monster Hunter Stories Anime/Game Cast
Anime, game slated for October
― The official website of the Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON television anime series revealed three new cast members last Friday. The same characters and cast members will also appear in the upcoming Monster Hunter Stories Nintendo 3DS game. The cast members are: Yui Makino as Ayuria, a mysterious girl. The game's website describes her as a rider from different village ...
ANNCast - Cruel for the Summer
Zac and Jacob wrap up Anime Expo 2016 and dive right in to the brand-new summer season - Berserk, Orange, Love Live! Sunshine!! and much much more!
― ANNCast Episode 265: Cruel for the Summer Zac and Jacob wrap up Anime Expo 2016 and dive right in to the brand-new summer season - Berserk, Orange, Love Live Sunshine and much much more! You can listen to the show on our player here, direct-download th...
Netflix Streams Korean/Japanese CG Series Gon
Kids' series has 26 episodes, English and Korean audio
― Netflix is now streaming Daewon Media's CG-animated adaptation of Masashi Tanaka's dinosaur manga Gon. The series has 26 episodes available with English and Korean audio. Tanaka serialized the manga, with its signature lack of dialogue or sound effects, in Kodansha's Morningmagazine from 1991 to 2002. He then briefly resumed the manga in color ...
PQube Confirms Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni PS Vita Game's Western Release
Game slated for physical, digital release in 2016
― United Kingdom game distribution company PQube announced on Friday that it will release the Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni PlayStation Vita game in the west. The game will have both physical and digital versions, and is slated for 2016. Retailer ShopTo previously listed the game with a September 16 release date, though PQube has not yet revealed a releas...
Studio 4°C's 2nd Original Anime Short for Toukiden 2 Game Streamed
3rd & final part to stream on July 13
― The official website for Koei Tecmo Games' Toukiden 2 "hunting action" game posted the middle part of the tie-in original anime shorts by Studio 4°C on Friday. Koei Tecmo Games will stream the next part on July 13, and the wording of the announcement indicates that there will be three parts. Takahiro Tanaka (Halo Legends, UTOPA) served as director, character de...
Answerman - How Are Simulcast Subtitles Made So Fast?
Simulcast subtitles appear faster than the speed of sound sometimes, or so it appears; exactly how do these shows get subbed so quickly? Justin digs into it.
― Ashtur asks: With the rise of simulcasting, how do the foreign distributors prepare the subtitles that quickly? Do they get advance copies of the scripts? How do they work out subtitle timing on the video? Sometimes they get advance copies of...
Live-Action Death Note Filming Spotted in Vancouver
L speaks at Seattle Police press conference
― YVRShoots, a website tracking movie and TV filming in Vancouver, British Columbia, spotted filming for Netflix's live-action Death Note in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Wednesday. The photos appear to depict L holding a Seattle Police press conference. Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next) is directing the live-action film starring Nat Wolff as Li...
Manga Creators Draw Covers for 'Learning Japanese History Through Manga' Series
Masashi Kishimoto, Hirohiko Araki, Tite Kubo, Karuho Shiina, Sui Ishida, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Akiko Higashimura, more
― To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Shueisha is revising and re-releasing the best-selling 20-volume Learning Japanese History Through Manga series, which it first published in 1998. Each of the new covers was drawn by a famous manga artist especially for the occasion. The cover for vol...
School-Live! GN 3
This volume of the manga approaches the end of School-Live's anime-adapted material, but also gets the opportunity to flesh out the world of this zombie apocalypse in greater detail.
― How does the world end? For the four heroines of School-Live's zombie/moe mashup, it ends not with the zombie apocalypse, but with the threat of a simple mistake and a few secrets that perhaps should never have been ke...
Happy Elements Reveals Original Anime Series Idol Memories
Cast, staff, story, trailer, key visual revealed for series premiering in October on Tokyo MX
― Smartphone game company Happy Elements revealed during a live streaming event on Niconico on Friday that it is producing an original television anime series titled Idol Memories that will premiere in October. The anime will air on Tokyo MX, and will be a "hybrid anime" where 15 minutes of the program will ...
Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ Visual Novel Released on Steam
Visual novel publisher Visual Art's announced on Tuesday that it has released Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ visual novel in English on PC via Steam. The game is currently discounted until the end of the day on Friday. Visual Art's added the game to Steam's Greenlight program in April. Under the Steam Greenlight program, developers advertise their game or software, and community support deci...
Anime Expo: New Record Set With 100,420 Unique Attendees
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) announced on Wednesday that this year's Anime Expo convention had 100,420 unique attendees, a 10% increase over last year's number of 90,500. This year's number set a new attendance record for the convention. The convention marked the turnstile attendance at 304,799, up 15% from last year. Anime Expo celebrated its 25th anniversary with th...
Rin Mikimoto's Kyō no Kira-kun Manga Gets Film Adaptation
Upcoming issue of Bessatsu Friend to feature messages from actors Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo
― The cover of the August issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine that is listed on the Amazon retailer site has revealed that Rin Mikimoto's shōjo manga series Kyō no Kira-kun (Today's Kira-kun) is getting a film adaptation that will open in Japan on February 25. While the cover doesn't specify if th...
Sega Streams Full English Trailer for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD 3DS Game
Demo available now; all DLC content will be free for 1 week after release on July 12
― Sega of America began streaming a full trailer on Thursday for its upcoming American release of its 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Nintendo 3DS game. The game will be available both physically and digitally on July 12, and first copies of the game will include a bonus art book. This will be the first game in the 7th Drag...
King of Fighters XIV Game Introduces 'Team Mexico' In Video
Angel, Dinosaur, Ramon previewed in video for game shipping 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 Mexico: Angel, Dinosaur, and Ramon, while previewing the team's music theme "Sky Blue." The company previously streamed videos for: Team Official Invitation, Team Villain...
Hikaru Utada Releases 1st Original Full Album in 8 Years on September 28
New album to contain Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo theme song "Sakura Nagashi"
― Hikaru Utada announced on her official website in English and Japanese on Friday that she will release her sixth original full album on September 28. The album will be her first original full album in more than eight years. The album does not yet have a title, but it will include the tracks "Sakura Nagashi" (the Eva...
MangaGamer Releases Umineko When They Cry -Question Arcs- Sound Novel on Steam
Release includes updated translation, new sprite art, full original soundtrack
― MangaGamer announced via press release on Friday that it has released the Umineko When They Cry -Question Arcs- sound novel on its website, and the game will be available on Steam later on Friday. The "Question Arcs" are the first four arcs of the visual novel. MangaGamer describes the "Question Arcs" as follows: You hav...
A Silent Voice Anime Film Reveals Trailer, More Cast, New Visual
Aoi Yūki, Kensho Ono, Mayu Matsuoka, more join cast for film opening on September 17
― The official website for Kyoto Animation's anime film adaptation of Yoshitoki Ōima's A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) manga revealed the film's trailer and a new visual on Thursday. The video previews aiko's theme song "Ai wo Shita no wa" (Loving Is). The website also revealed more of the film's cast and character d...
Thursday, July 7
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Creator Launches ViVid Strike! TV Anime Series in October (Updated)
Dog Days' Junji Nishimura directs, original creator Masaki Tsuzuki writes scripts for new series
― The "ViVid Strike PROJECT" opened a website on Thursday to announce that Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha creator and scriptwriter Masaki Tsuzuki is launching a new television anime titled ViVid Strike! that will premiere in October. The official website has also revealed a visual and the show's cast and sta...
Naruto Shippuden ‒ Episode 467
"Although Ashura and Indra's epic battle has yet to begin, seeing how each son tackles the challenge issued by their father is fairly entertaining, if entirely predictable."
Viz's SuBLime License Rescues Finder Boys-Love Manga
Also promises to look into releasing other unfinished Libre Publishing titles
― Viz Media's boys-love imprint SuBLime announced on Thursday that it has acquired the print and digital rights to Ayano Yamane's Finder manga. The company will first publish the eighth volume in March 2017, and then begin publishing the earlier volumes every other month starting with the first volume in May 2017. The manga...
Oh My Goddess! Creator Kousuke Fujishima Confirms Marriage to Nekomu Otogi
Otogi changes name on Facebook
― Cosplayer Nekomu Otogi announced last week that she has married manga artist Kousuke Fujishima (Oh My Goddess!, You're Under Arrest), and that she is pregnant. Fujishima, on the other hand, stayed silent on the matter. He acknowledged the marriage for the first time on July 7, when he posted about it on Twitter. "I'd like to keep doing my best on the manga and raise t...
Shinobu Oshino Gets Commemorative Image for Winning #1 SHAFT Heroine Vote
'Madogatari' exhibit gets encore in Tokyo, adds Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen, March comes in like a lion
― SHAFT, the studio behind Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the Monogatari series among other anime, held an election at its Nagoya Madogatari exhibit, which took place from May 4-8, allowing fans to vote for their favorite SHAFT heroine. Over 8,000 ballots were cast. 1,800 people, over 20% of the...
Trinity Seven Manga Inspires Anime Film
Fantasy manga previously inspired TV anime series in 2014
― This year's August issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Dragon Age magazine is announcing on Saturday that Kenji Saito and Akinari Nao's Trinity Seven - The Seven Magicians manga is getting an anime film adaptation. Saito and Nao launched the manga in Kadokawa's (Fujimi Shobo's) Monthly Dragon Age magazine in 2011, and Kadokawa shipped the 14th compi...
Kumamiko Manga Creator Apologizes for Anime's Ending
"If there are people who feel uncomfortable... it's my responsibility"
― WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the ending of Kumamiko - Girl meets Bear. The ending of the anime series Kumamiko - Girl meets Bear was largely received negatively by viewers, and the manga's creator, Masume Yoshimoto, appeared to concur when he posted a comment about it on his Tumblr blog. Yoshimoto has since delete...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 26-July 2
4 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, Princess Jellyfish, One-Punch Man, Fairy Tail, Assassination Classroom, 2 My Hero Academia volumes
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on July 2. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 1Tokyo Ghoul #7 Akiko Higashimura Kodansha Comics 2 2 -Princess Jellyfish #2 Sui Ishida Viz Media 1 32Tokyo ...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 27-July 3
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance debuts at #9
― Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV July 3 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 9.9 One Piece Fuji TV July 3 (Sun) 09:30 30 min. 7.5 Dragon Ball Super Fuji TV July 3 (Sun) 09:00 30 min. 7.0 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV July 3 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 6.3 Maho Tsukai Precure! TV Asahi July 3 (Sun) 08:30 30 min. 4.2 Yo-kai Watch...
BanG Dream! Girls Band Project Gets 2017 TV Anime
Bushiroad's mix media project has 3 manga, 2nd single slated for August
― The official website for Bushiroad's BanG Dream! mixed-media project announced on Thursday that a television anime adaptation has been green-lit. The anime is slated for 2017. Bushiroad launched the BanG Dream! multimedia project in January 2015. Bushiroad formed the Poppin' Party band for the project in February 2015. The band...
The [email protected] Cinderella Girls PlayStation VR Software Features Virtual Concert
Players can watch concert, wave glowstick
― Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on Thursday that it will release a PlayStation VR software titled The [email protected] Cinderella Girls Viewing Revolution. The title will launch on October 13, the same day the PlayStation VR headset ships. The title will be set at the Maihama Amphitheater, setting of the "THE [email protected] CINDERELLA GIRLS 1st LIVE WONDERFUL M@...
Pokémon Sun & Moon Games' Video Introduces Salandit
Poison/fire type introduced for games shipping in November
― The official English Pokémon YouTube channel began streaming a video introducing the new Pokémon Salandit for the upcoming Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Nintendo 3DS games. Salandit is a poison and fire type with a special ability that allows it to poison any kind of Pokémon even steel types and other poison types. The games will debut in Ja...
GKids Licenses Miss Hokusai Film
NYC/LA release slated for October 14, followed by broader release
― Distribution company GKids announced on Thursday that it has licensed Production I.G's Miss Hokusai anime film. The company plans to release the film in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on October 14, in time for the awards season, and then follow with a broader North American release. Production I.G had announced at Anime Expo t...
Player Creates Working Game Boy Advance With Pokémon FireRed in Minecraft
A Minecraft player who goes by the username Reqaug posted a video of a new kind of creation within the game: a working Game Boy Advance that can play Pokémon FireRed. The project is still a work in progress—Reqaug still plans add the game's dialogue and battle functions—but players who download the map have the added option of customizing their Pokémon levels within the virtual Game Boy Advance. I...
3rd Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV Episode Streamed
Also: "Final Fantasy XV Universe" trailer streamed
― Square Enix began streaming the third episode of its Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV five-episode anime prequel on Thursday. The episode focuses on Gladiolus and his friendship with Noctis. The video below has subtitle options in English and seven other languages. In addition, Square Enix began streaming a trailer for the "Final Fantasy XV Universe,"...
91 Days Anime's Ad Highlights Revenge Story
Prohibition-era mafia drama premieres on July 8; Crunchyroll to stream anime
― The official website for the upcoming original television anime series 91 Days began streaming a 15-second commercial for the anime on Monday. The ad highlights the anime's revenge story. The site previously streamed a longer promotional video for the anime. The series will premiere on July 8 on MBS' "Animeism" programming...
Battle Rabbits GN 1
Not-so-ordinary high school boy Kaguya is about to have his world changed when he learns that he's actually a Battle Rabbit, a race of rabbit people from the moon charged with protecting the Earth in this bizarre but fun new series from the creators of 07-Ghost.
― Seven Seas has made a practice of licensing monster girl manga series, so now it's time for something a little different – a monster boy. ...
Twin Star Exorcists ‒ Episode 13
"This episode certainly wasn't perfect in its execution, but it contained enough suspense and genuine emotion to keep with the general bar of quality I've come to expect from the show."
Montreal's Fantasia Int'l Film Festival to Screen Pigtails, Momotaro Anime; Terraformars, Assassination Classroom Live-Action Films
Also: live-action Assassination Classroom: Graduation, Chihayafuru, Parasyte, As the Gods Will, Library Wars, Ultraman, Bakuman, Hentai Kamen 2
― The official website for the 20th annual Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed the festival's lineup. This year's festival will be held from July 14-August 3. The festival is screening the world premiere of Keishi Otomo's The Top Secret: Murder ...
Gintama Manga Enters Final Arc
This year's 32nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga is entering its final arc starting with its next chapter. Sorachi had reported in the 63rd volume of the manga in March that he would start the manga's final arc this year. He added at the time that he doesn't know himself if the manga will end this year or next. Sorachi beg...
Live-Action Chihayafuru Trailers Streamed With English Subtitles
Both films to screen at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal
― Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival began streaming English-subtitled trailers for the live-action Chihayafuru films on Friday. Both films will screen at the festival, which will be held from July 14-August 3. The first film, Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (Chihayafuru: Upper Phrase), opened on March 19. The second film, ...
Touhou Genso Wanderer, Touhou Genso Rondo Games' Trailers Preview Gameplay
Touhou Genso Wanderer out in early 2017, Touhou Genso Rondo on September 6
― NIS America began streaming trailers for the Touhou Genso Wanderer (Fushigi no Gensōkyō -The Tower of Desire-) and Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet games on Monday and Wednesday. The Touhou Genso Wanderer trailer also includes a European version (with PEGI ratings). NIS America describes the story of Touhou Genso Wanderer: ...
Fairy Tail Manga's 56th, 58th Volume OADs Rescheduled
"Natsu vs. Mavis" ships with 58th volume in November, "Yōsei-tachi no Christmas" ships with 59th volume in December
― This year's 32nd issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that the original anime DVDs (OAD) set to ship with the limited editions of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga's 56th and 58th volume have been rescheduled. The "Natsu vs. Mavis" OAD, originally slated to ...
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game's Japan Expo Trailer Reveals Special Editions in Europe
Pre-order bonuses also revealed for game shipping in Europe on October 28
― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming a Japan Expo trailer on Thursday for the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The trailer previews the European collector's edition, deluxe edition, and pre-order bonuses. The collector's edition for PS4 and Xbox One includes a 34 cm (about 13.4 in...
Ponycan USA to Release Kuromukuro, The Lost Village, DAYS, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! in the U.S.
Kuromukuro premiered on Netflix in U.S. on Monday
― Ponycan USA confirmed with ANN on Thursday that it is planning to release the Kuromukuro, The Lost Village (Mayoiga), DAYS, and Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! anime in the United States. The company did not provide the format of the release, or the release dates for the anime. Ponycan USA promoted Kuromukuro and The Lost Village anime at S...
minori Announces New Game Trinoline ~LL Move~ For Planned International Release
MangaGamer plans to translate game while in development, targeted for early 2017 release
― Video game localization and publishing company MangaGamer and minori producer and director Nobukazu Sakai (also known as nbkz) revealed minori's new game project titled Trinoline ~LL Move~ during Sakai's panel at Anime Expo on Monday. Sakai said during the panel that he wants to release the game worldwide, and...
Chika Umino's March comes in like a lion, NisiOisin's Monogatari Get Crossover Story
NisiOisin writes story, Umino draws cover
― This year's 14th issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine is announcing on Friday that Chika Umino's March comes in like a lion (Sangatsu no Lion) manga and NisiOisin's Monogatari novel series will have a crossover story. The story will be titled "Tsukimonogatari Daikōwa Tsubasa Lion." NisiOisin will write the story, and Umino will draw the cover. The st...
U.K. Retailer Briefly Lists Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni PS Vita Game
United Kingdom retailer ShopTo briefly listed the Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni game on Wednesday. The page is currently inaccessible, but remains archived. The archived page lists the publisher as PQube, with a release date of September 16. PQube's official Twitter account later Liked a Tweet about the listing. The PlayStation Vita game shipped in Japan last December. The "aggressive enormous breasts...
Live-Action Yowamushi Pedal Series Reveals More Cast Members in Costume
Eiji Takigawa, Ryō Kitamura, Ryūtarō Akimoto photographed in costume for show premiering on August 26
― The official Twitter account of the live-action series of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga revealed new close-up photographs of the cast in costume on Wednesday, revealing Eiji Takigawa, Ryō Kitamura, and Ryūtarō Akimoto in costume. The rest of the close-up photographs consist of ...
Ace Attorney 6 3DS Game's English Trailer Introduces Maya
Nintendo 3DS game ships in Japan on Saturday, arrives in the West in September
― Nintendo began streaming an English-dubbed trailer for Capcom's upcoming Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice (Gyakuten Saiban 6) Nintendo 3DS game on Wednesday. The video previews the game's two stories and introduces Maya. The game is slated for a digital release in North America and Europe in September. Th...
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Slated for September 20 in Americas
English-dubbed cast trailer streamed; Europe gets physical & digital release
― Atlus USA announced on Wednesday that it will release the Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final) Nintendo 3DS game in the Americas on September 20. Atlus USA has not yet confirmed a release date for Europe, but noted that the European release will get both a physical and digital release. Atlus USA...
Trinity Seven Anime's English Dub Cast Revealed, Previewed in Clip
Sentai Filmworks ships anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 16
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Wednesday that it will release the Trinity Seven anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 16. In addition, the company revealed the English dub cast and streamed a preview clip for the dub. The English dub cast, under director Kyle Colby Jones, includes: Cameron Bautsch as Arata Kasuga Allison Sumrall as ...
Wednesday, July 6
Crunchyroll to Stream This Art Club Has a Problem!, Naria Girls Anime
Also: Streaming details for Mob Psycho 100, Ange Vierge revealed
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the This Art Club Has a Problem! (Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru!) and Naria Girls (Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls) anime. Crunchyroll will announce streaming details for Naria Girls at a later date. This Art Club Has a Problem!'s streaming will begin on Thursday, July 7 at 3:30 p.m. E...
Alderamin on the Sky Anime's Video Previews 1st Episode
"Military history fantasy" anime premieres on July 8; Crunchyroll to stream series
― The official website for the television anime of Bokuto Uno, Sanbasō, and Ryūtetsu's Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin (Alderamin on the Sky) light novel series began streaming a preview video for the first episode on Monday. The site previously streamed the anime's second promotional video. The series will ...
Kuroko's Basketball's 2nd, 3rd Compilation Films Teased in Visuals
The official website of the Kuroko's Basketball anime unveiled the key visuals for the anime's second and third compilation films on Monday. The first compilation film, titled Kuroko no Basuke Winter Cup Sōshū-hen: Kage to Hikari (Winter Cup Compilation ~Shadow and Light~), will open in Japan on September 3. OLDCODEX is performing a theme song for the film. The second compilation film is titled Wi...
Live-Action March comes in like a lion Films Reveal 9 More Cast Members
Kuranosuke Sasaki, Hideaki Ito, Ryo Kase, Kasumi Arimura, more cast for 2017 films
― The official website for the live-action film of Chika Umino's March comes in like a lion (Sangatsu no Lion) manga revealed nine more cast members on Thursday. The additional cast will join lead actor Ryunosuke Kamiki (Howl's Moving Castle, Summer Wars, The Secret World of Arrietty, Bakuman.), who is playing the role...
Winners of the Prince of Tennis Valentine's Day Chocolate Count Announced
Fans sent 112,863 chocolates to Prince of Tennis characters for Valentine's Day
― This past March, Prince of Tennis manga creator Takeshi Konomi announced that the results were in for Jump Square magazine's Prince of Tennis Valentine's Day character popularity contest, where fans are invited to send Valentine chocolates to there favorite character. Now, as promised, the winners have finally been ann...
Publisher Denies Rumors of One Piece Going to Monthly Serialization
Despite recent rumors among Japanese fans that One Piece may move to monthly serialization, Shueisha has officially denied it. Eiichirō Oda's One Piece manga has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine since 1997. It is still widely popular — last year, it set a Guinness World Record for "most published comic series by a single author." However in recent years the number of one...
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 27-July 3
One Piece, Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare, Tokyo Ghoul:re, The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera, Berserk
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 One Piece 82 130,197 130,197 2016/07 Shueisha Eiichiro Oda 1 1 2 Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare 3 116,327 225,164 2016/06 Shueisha Io Sakisaka 2 2 3 Tokyo Ghoul:re 7 78,974...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, June 27-July 3
Super Robot Wars OG Moon Dwellers, Dragon's Dogma Online Edition 2, Zero Time Dilemma games ship
― Japan's Game Ranking: June 27-July 3 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 1PS4 Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (Including Limited Editions) Bandai Namco Entertainment June 30 70,392 70,392 2PS3 Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers Bandai Namco Ent...
TVQ Kyushu Cancels Its Broadcast of Hybrid×Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia TV Anime
The official website for the television anime of Masamune Kuji's light novel series Hybrid×Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia (Masō Gakuen H×H) announced on Tuesday that TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu has canceled its broadcast of the anime due to "various circumstances." The anime premiered on Tuesday on AT-X, and is also airing on Tokyo MX, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, tvk, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11. Crunchyroll...
Kill Me Baby Anime Returns to Streaming in Japan
Amazon removed series last October after voice actress Ai Takabe's drug possession arrest
― Online retailer Amazon began streaming the Kill Me Baby anime on its Amazon Instant Video streaming service in Japan again after removing the series last October. Amazon had removed the series in October after voice actress Ai Takabe was arrested on charges of drug possession. Takabe voiced the character Agiri...
Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan Game Trailers Show Off Levi, Hange, Erwin
Multi-platform game ships in Europe, N. America in August
― Koei Tecmo Europe began streaming four preview videos for its upcoming Attack on Titan game on Wednesday. The first video covers escaping from titans, recruiting allies, and the unleashing the "decisive battle signal" feature, where players fill a meter by completing missions and are then able to launch a powerful joint attack with their all...
Answerman - How Is Anime Changing Visually These Days?
We talk a lot about storytelling changes, but how has anime progressed technologically in recent years? Will anime eventually be produced in 4k? Justin digs into it.
― Jake asks: The one thing I find really interesting about watching anime from many different decades is seeing the evolution and overall visual improvement anime has gone though. In general I have an eye for telling at least roughly wh...
Date a Boy Who Loves Sanrio With the Sanrio Boys Smartphone Game
Romance app to launch this fall
― Sanrio announced on Tuesday that it will release a romance game based on its "Sanrio Boys" (Sanrio Danshi) project. The iOS and Android game, titled Sanrio Danshi ~Watashi, Koi o, Shirimashita.~, invites players to date their favorite Sanrio-loving boy. The player character has five eligible boyfriends and can reach two types of endings. She can also bond with her be...
Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro's Video Introduces Story, Gameplay
Trilogy's finale ships on PS4, PS3, Vita on September 21
― AQUAPLUS posted a promotional movie for its Utawarerumono: Futari no Hakuoro (Utawarerumono: The Two Hakuoros) game on Wednesday. The video introduces the story and the new gameplay system in the third climatic installment in AQUAPLUS' Utawarerumono trilogy. Aquaplus will release the game on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita ...
Gantz:0 3D CG Anime Film's New Footage Reveals Daisuke Ono in Lead Role
October 14 film of Osaka arc directed by Tiger & Bunny's Keiichi Satou
― The official website for GANTZ:O, the upcoming "full 3D CG" anime film based on Hiroya Oku's Gantz manga, posted new footage to announce that Daisuke Ono will voice the lead role of Masaru Katō. Ono is a self-professed fan of the original manga. The new footage shows Katō at the Shinjuku train station in Tokyo when a certain inc...
Fate/Grand Order RPG App Unveils Camelot With Anime Ad
"Sixth Singularity Holy Round Table Camelot" launches in late July
― The official website for the Fate/Grand Order smartphone role-playing game app unveiled the "Sixth Singularity: Holy Round Table Camelot" quest with an anime commercial on Wednesday. The sixth Grand Order quest is set in 1273, and it will debut in late July. Players can participate if they have cleared the "Fifth Singularity: North ...
DAYS Soccer Anime Listed With 24 Episodes by French Streamer
The French streaming service Anime Digital Network announced last week that it will be streaming the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's soccer manga DAYS. Its announcement lists the anime with 24 25-minute episodes. The manga centers on two boys who were never meant to meet: Tsukushi Tsukamoto, who has no special skills but secretly hides a passionate heart, and Jin Kazama, an isolated soccer g...
One-Punch Man, Showa: A History of Japan Nominated for Harvey Awards
Award ceremony will be held at Baltimore Comic-Con in September
― The Harvey Awards, which honors outstanding work in comics and sequential art, revealed its list of nominations for this year's awards on Tuesday. Viz Media's release of ONE and Yuusuke Murata's One-Punch Man and Drawn & Quarterly's release of Shigeru Mizuki's Showa: A History of Japan (1953-1989) are nominated in the "Best American Ed...
Aikatsu Stars! Film's Trailer Reveals Plot, Previews Short
Film opens in Japan on August 13 with accompanying short
― Toei began streaming a new trailer for the upcoming Aikatsu Stars! film on June 30. The trailer previews the plots of both the film and the accompanying "Aikatsu! ~Nerawareta Mahō no Aikatsu! Card~" (Aikatsu! ~Aiming For the Magic Aikatsu Card~) short. The film's plot is set in a southern island, where a Legendary Dress Audition is taking pla...
Pokémon GO Game App Launches in Select Countries
Users in U.S., Japan advised to "wait a while" for formal launch in those countries
― Game developer Niantic Labs released its Pokémon GO augmented reality smartphone game for iOS and Android devices on Tuesday in select countries. The app is available in Australia and New Zealand, while according to the Wall Street Journal, The Pokémon Company International is advising users in the United States and...
Prison School Manga Gets Spinoff Manga in August
ReDrop draws spinoff titled Fukukaichō wa Ganbaru in Young Magazine the 3rd
― This year's eighth issue of Kodansha's Young Magazine the 3rd announced on Wednesday that manga creator ReDrop (Natsu Koi) will launch Fukukaichō wa Ganbaru (The Vice President is Doing Her Best), a spinoff manga of Akira Hiramoto's Prison School manga, in the next issue on August 6. The manga will have a color opening page...
New Digimon Universe TV Anime Casts Shiho Kokido, Nao Tamura
New Digimon anime premieres October
― The official website for the television anime of the Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters multimedia project revealed additional cast members and character designs on Wednesday. The additional cast includes: Shiho Kokido as Torajirō Asuka an 11-year old fifth grader. He is free-spirited and easily goes with the flow. Online, he is known as "Astra" (an abbreviation of...
Kodomo no Jikan Manga's Kickstarter Campaign Ends With US$185,725
Project met 1st 2 stretch goals to add color pages
― Digital Manga Inc.'s PeCChi imprint's Kickstarter campaign ended on Tuesday after raising a total of US$185,725 from 974 backers. The campaign met its US$157,000 goal on Sunday. 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 wit...
Tuesday, July 5
Danganronpa 3 Anime's Promo Video Introduces Characters
Anime premieres 2 different arcs on July 11, July 14; Funimation to stream anime
― The official website for the upcoming Danganronpa 3 -The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen- (Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope's Peak Academy-) television anime began streaming a new promotional video for the anime on Wednesday. The video previews the characters from both the "Mirai Hen" (Side: Future) and "Zetsubō Hen" (Side: Des...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, June 27-July 3
Mr. Osomatsu sells 5,044 more, followed by LiSA, Koyomimonogatari, My Hero Academia, Bungō Stray Dogs
― LiSA Music Video Clips 2011-2015 sold 3,353 copies to rank #5 on the overall DVD chart. Seraph of the End The Musical landed at #25 with 909 copies. The regular edition DVD for the live-action film of Ichigo Takano's orange manga sold 613 more copies for a new total of 4,323. It dropped from #40 to...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 27-July 3
Koyomimonogatari sells 23,506, followed by LiSA, Natsume's Book of Friends, Mr. Osomatsu, Utawarerumono: The False Faces
― LiSA Music Video Clips 2011-2015 sold 6,682 copies to rank #5 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. Rank Last Week Title Weekly Copies Total Copies Release Date Maker Artist/Category Highest Rank Weeks on Chart 1 - Koyomimonogatari (Limited Complete Pressing) 23,506 23,506 16/6/29 A...
Monster Hunter Generations Video Teases The Legend of Zelda Toon Link Costume
DLC will be free in the west
― Many a famous anime and video game has made its way into Monster Hunter collaborations, from Mega Man and Metroid to Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yowamushi Pedal. Link from The Legend of Zelda appeared in Monster Hunter 4, and Toon Link made guest appearance in a Japanese DLC for Monster Hunter X. On Tuesday, Capcom announced that it is bringing the Toon Link collaboration west with M...
Official Studio Ghibli-Themed Menu Includes Soot Sprite Burger, Nausicaa Parfait
The upcoming Studio Ghibli retrospective exhibit, "The Great Ghibli Exhibition~From Nausicaa to Red Turtle~,” which opens July 7 in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, announced its exclusive themed menu on Tuesday. The themed food will be served at the “Museum Café THE SUN," which is adjacent to the exhibit area. One entrée is the “Black Burger,” which is served on a focaccia bun that has been darkened with b...
Japanese Poll Ranks Re:Zero Best Anime of Spring 2016
Anime from the Spring 2016 season have been wrapping up one by one. In order to find out which shows captured viewers' hearts the most, the Japanese website Anime! Anime! conducted a “Excellent Anime of Spring 2016” poll that ran from June 27 to July 3. Of the 820 people that participated, about 40% were in their teens. The gender ratio was close to equal, although there were slightly more men tha...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 3-9
After War Gundam X, The Empire of Corpses, Hatenkou Yugi, Only Yesterday anime; 7th Garden, Battle Rabbits, Haikyu!! manga
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date After War Gundam X Collection 2 DVDPlease Sunrise Inc. US$49.99 July 5 Aquarion EVOL Season 2 BD/DVD SAVE EditionCite Funimation Entertainment US$34.98 July 5 The Devil is a Part-Timer BD/DVD Anime ClassicsAnimeNewsNetw...
One Piece ‒ Episode 748
"Overall, the Silver Mine arc is looking to be as mild of a filler experience as they come."
Live-Action Yowamushi Pedal Drama Reveals Key Visual, More Cast Members in Costume
7-episode series premieres on August 26
― The staff of the live-action series of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga unveiled a new key visual more of the main cast members in costume during a press event last Friday. The staff also revealed that the series will premiere on August 26 on BS SKY PerfecTV! and air on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. The cast and staff that appeared at the press event...
One Piece Film Gold Ad Previews Mayumi Kojima's Insert Song
Film opens on July 23 in Japan
― The official website for the One Piece Film Gold began streaming a 30-second ad for the film on Tuesday. The video previews the insert song "Gold & Jive ~ Silver Ocean" by singer/songwriter Mayumi Kojima. The guest cast includes: Kazuhiro Yamaji as Gild Tesoro Hikari Mitsushima as Carina Gaku Hamada as Mr. Tanaka Nanao as Baccarat Kinya Kitaōji as Reizu Max Kendo Koba...
Fate/Extella Action Game Adds Playable Karna, Lu Bu, Gawain
PS4/PS Vita game ships in November in Japan, winter in N. America
― This year's July 21 issue of the Weekly Famitsu game news magazine will reveal a feature on Thursday that Marvelous Inc.'s Fate/Extella action game for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 is adding Karna, Lu Bu, and Gawain as playable characters. Previously revealed servants include the Saber class servants Artoria Pendragon (voiced b...
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Receives Limited Original Soundtrack Vinyl Record
Even in this digital age, the demand for vinyl records is still high among professionals and audio fans alike, and that fact is no different for anime fans' demand for a favorite series' soundtrack. That's why the complete, limited-edition vinyl record of the jazzy original soundtrack for Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt went on sale at the Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt DECEMBER SKY screening even...
Anime Expo 2017 to Host Zelda Manga's Akira Himekawa, Add Preview Night on Day 0
Emcees Tony Oliver and Courtney Kraft announced at Anime Expo's Closing Ceremonies on Monday that next year's event will run from July 1 to July 4, 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition, the convention will formally include a preview night a day before on June 30. Anime Expo's Director of Entertainment Jon Baumgardner also announced during the Closing Ceremonies that next year's c...
JK Meshi! Voice Actress Natsuko Hara Diagnosed With Treatable Cancer
Cancels July 9 appearance in Singapore to focus on treatment, says cancer can be operated on
― Voice actress Natsuko Hara revealed on her blog on June 30 that she has been diagnosed with cancer. She was scheduled to appear at the C3_CharaExpo event in Singapore on July 9, but she has cancelled her appearance to focus on medical treatment. She apologized to those who were looking forward to the event....
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