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DAYS Soccer Manga Gets 1st Spinoff Manga
DAYS Gaiden omnibus manga focuses on a different character in every chapter
― Manga creator Saori Otowa launched DAYS Gaiden (DAYS Side Stories), the first spinoff manga of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's DAYS manga, in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga app on Wednesday. The manga is an omnibus of stories, switching its focus between different characters to tell the pasts and private lives of characters in the main...
Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters 3DS Game's Video Reveals December Release
New childhood friend character Naoto also revealed
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a promotional video for its Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Nintendo 3DS game on Wednesday. The video reveals the game's December 1 release date, and also shows some parts of the game, including Appli Battles and the Applink feature, as well as a new character named Naoto, the protagonist's childhood frie...
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game's Video Previews Online Play
Comedians demonstrate co-op gameplay for October game
― The official website for Bandai Namco Entertainment's Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC began streaming a promotional video for the game on Wednesday. The video shows comedians Natsu Andō, Kaz Laser, Yoshio Kojima, and Dandy Sakano creating characters and playing the game cooperatively. Bandai Namco Entertainment p...
Oscar-Nominated Tonko House Streams 'Moom' CG Short's 1st 90 Seconds
13-minute short adapts writer Genki Kawamura's picture book
― Tonko House — Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo's studio that produced the Oscar-nominated animated short "The Dam Keeper" — began streaming the first one and a half minutes of "Moom," the studio's 13-minute CG-animated short based on Genki Kawamura's (Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast producer) picture book of the same title. Th...
Crunchyroll Also Streams Girlish Number Anime
Anime premiered in Japan on October 6
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the Girlish Number television anime. The stream will begin on Wednesday, October 12 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, and will be available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Latin America. The show premiered in Japan on October 6. The Anime Network service is...
Alita: Battle Angel Film Casts X-Men: Apocalypse Actress Lana Condor
X-Men's Jubilee actress to play Koyomi
― Entertainment news magazine Variety reported on Tuesday that Lana Condor (X-Men: Apocalypse) is joining the cast of Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's live-action film of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga. Condor will play Koyomi, an orphaned teenage photographer in the manga. The film will star Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner:...
World of Final Fantasy Game Adds Rikku
Marika Matsumoto returns to voice Rikku in PS4/Vita game
― Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu Magazine is confirming on Thursday that Square Enix's World of Final Fantasy PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game is adding the Final Fantasy X character Rikku. Marika Matsumoto returns to voice the "treasure-loving, energetic girl." Sōma Saito will play Lann and Sora Amamiya will play Reynn, the game's twin prota...
AKB48 Spawns STU48 Sister Group in Setouchi Region
New group representing 7 prefectures launches next summer
― The female idol group AKB48 announced during its "Unit Single Sōdatsu Janken Taikai" event in Kobe on Monday that it will spawn STU48, a new sister unit based in the Setouchi region. The new group will represent seven prefectures: Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Ehime, Okayama, Hyogo, Kagawa, and Tokushima. The new group will launch next summer. STU48...
Shinkai's 'your name.' Film Earns 14.56 Billion Yen to Top Last Samurai, E.T. in Japan
Also earns more than Armageddon, Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban at Japanese box ofice
― Update: Shinkai's your name. sold 513,000 tickets for 700 million yen (US$6.7 million) over Saturday and Sunday. (Monday was a national holiday.) Frozen was #1 for five weeks before being replaced by Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper — only to return to the top for seven more weeks. Shinkai's your name. ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 9-15
Wish Upon The Pleiades anime; How To Build A Dungeon: Book Of The Demon King manga ships
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Hakuoki Season 1 BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 October 11 Level E BD/DVD S.A.V.E. EditionCite Funimation Entertainment US$29.98 October 11 Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine BD/DVD Anime ClassicsAnimeNewsNetwork Funimation Entertainment US$44...
Studio Ghibli Color Designer Michiyo Yasuda Passes Away
Lifetime Achievement Award winner worked on Nausicaä, Spirited Away, The Wind Rises, more
― Studio Ghibli color designer Michiyo Yasuda passed away last Wednesday due to an illness. She was 77. Yasuda began working with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata on 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (From the Apennines to the Andes) in 1976. She served as color designer on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and ...
Princess Maker Game Gets VR Version in 2017
Game based on Princess Maker 2 PC game allows players to interact with daughter
― South Korean game developer MGame announced during the Korea VR Festival 2016 event on Sunday that it is developing a Princess Maker game compatible with virtual reality headsets, tentatively titled Princess Maker VR, and slated for release in 2017. MGame is aiming to release the game on the PC and consoles. The game is...
Criminal Girls: Invite Only PC Release Confirmed, Slated for January
NIS America announced on Tuesday that it will release Criminal Girls: Invite Only on PC via Steam on January 11, 2017. NIS America released Criminal Girls: Invite Only — the PlayStation Vita version of the original Criminal Girls PlayStation Portable game — in the West in February 2015. The company announced in February that it planned to release the game for PC in April, but delayed the release. ...
Akiba's Trip 2 Game Gets Anime Edition for PS4
New version includes 1st episode of upcoming anime
― Game developer Acquire announced on Tuesday that it will release a new PlayStation 4 edition of its Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed (Akiba's Trip 2) game as a collaboration with the upcoming television anime adaptation. The new version, Akiba's Trip 2+A, will ship on January 5 in Japan with a download ticket for the anime's first episode. The ga...
OLDCODEX Artist/Lyricist Yorke Recovers From Losing Consciousness in Concert
Yorke fell off stage during encore performance on Monday
― Voice actor and OLDCODEX band vocalist Tatsuhisa Suzuki (pictured left in photograph) reported on his website that OLDCODEX's painter and lyricist Yorke (pictured right) fell and lost consciousness during a concert on Monday. During the encore performance of the song "kick out" at the Yamaguchi Civic Hall, Yorke fell off the stage and lost co...
Higanjima Vampire Manga Gets Net Anime Shorts
Sho Hayami voices all roles in 1st 3 episodes, before others voice all roles in last 9
― Higanjima X, a short anime adaptation of Kōji Matsumoto's vampire manga franchise Higanjima (Nirvana Island), will debut on the YouTube streaming service this Saturday, October 15. Each of the 12 anime shorts tells a self-contained, stand-alone story. The episodes adapt key scenes and dialogue from the manga with...
City Hunter Manga Gets New Chinese Live-Action Film
American Dream in China's Huang Xiaoming stars in film slated for December 2018 or later
― A live-action film adaptation of Tsukasa Hojo's detective comedy manga City Hunter has been green-lit for December 2018 or later in China. Huang Xiaoming (American Dream in China) stars, and Cheng Jiake (Detective Chinatown) is writing the script. Stanley Tong is serving as executive producer. The manga's right...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 3-9
Live-action Wolf Girl & Black Prince sells 5,715 + 2,475, followed by live-action Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono, B-Project, Arslan, Gintama event
― The first Premium Edition for the live-action film of Ayuko Hatta's shōjo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince (Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji) sold 5,715 copies to debut at #1 on the overall DVD chart. The regular edition was #6 with 2,475 copies. The live-action Tesagure! ...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 3-9
Love Live! Sunshine!! sells 4,839 more, followed by Love Live! μ's, Wolf Girl & Black Prince, Phantom World, Thunderbolt Fantasy
― Love Live! μ's Final Love Live! ~μ'sic Forever ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Blu-ray Memorial Box sold 4,442 more copies for a new total of 75,627. It dropped from #1 to #7 in its second week on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. The live-action film of Ayuko Hatta's shōjo manga Wolf Girl & Bl...
Tawawa on Monday's Creator Comments on Anime's Removal From YouTube
Sword Art Online: Progressive manga artist Kiseki Himura will announce new stream when it is decided
― Kiseki Himura posted statements his Twitter account on Tuesday regarding the removal of the first episode in the short anime of his Getsuyōbi no Tawawa (Tawawa on Monday) illustrations. He apologizes for the late statement, and states that he will not reupload the episode on his personal Youtube acc...
Shinkai's 'your name.' Tops Box Office For 7th Weekend
A Silent Voice drops to #4, Ushijima the Loan Shark to #9, Shin Godzilla to #10
― Update: Shinkai's your name. sold 513,000 tickets for 700 million yen (US$6.7 million) over Saturday and Sunday. (Monday was a national holiday.) Frozen was #1 for five weeks before being replaced by Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper — only to return to the top for seven more weeks. Shinkai's your name. is now project...
Pokémon Go Players Account For 144 Billion Steps Taken in U.S.
Game may lead to increase in average life expectancy
― Microsoft Research published a study on October 6 that revealed that players of Pokémon Go account for an estimated 144 billion steps taken in its first 30 days of release in the United States. The study had a sample size of 1,500 players. The players queried for the study had an average age of 33, with 36.5% overweight and 28.2% obese. Typical u...
CLAMP's Tsubasa Manga Gets 2 Guidebooks, Art Book
Character guidebook, art book slated for November, story guidebook slated for December
― This year's 46th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Wednesday that CLAMP's Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE manga will get two new guidebooks, as well as an art book. The first guidebook will center on the characters in the story. It will contain details on both main and minor characters, lis...
Voice Actor Kazunari Tanaka Passes Away at 49
Played roles in Haikyu!!, Planetes, Code Geass
― Talent agency Aoni Production announced on its website on Tuesday that voice actor Kazunari Tanaka passed away on Monday due to a hemorrhage in his brain stem. He was 49. Tanaka voiced roles in such anime as Haikyu!! (Keishin Ukai), Planetes (Hachimaki), Marmalade Boy (Tsutomu Rokutandou), Hell Teacher Nube (Katsuya Kimura), Code Geass: Lelouch of the ...
Boom Boom Satellites' Vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima Passes Away
Singer/guitarist on Kiznaiver, Gundam UC, Appleseed songs had been fighting 4th brain tumor relapse
― The official website of the band Boom Boom Satellites announced on Tuesday that vocalist/guitarist Michiyuki Kawashima (top in image right) passed away on Sunday, October 9 at 5:12 a.m. The singer had been suffering from partial paralysis as an aftereffect of his fourth brain tumor relapse. Family an...
Dragon Ball Super Begins Running in Europe, Middle East, Africa
Offered in Israel, Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, English-speaking Africa this fall & winter
― Toei Animation Europe announced on Monday that the Dragon Ball Super anime begins airing in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa between fall and winter. The show already launched in Israel through Nickelodeon, and in Portugal through SIC. The show will then air on Toonami in France, on Italia 1 and Italia ...
World of Final Fantasy Videos Compare PS4, PS Vita Versions
Loading, graphics previewed side-by-side for October game
― Square Enix began streaming loading and graphics comparison videos on September 28 for its World of Final Fantasy game. The loading video compares load times between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions for the field and battles. The other video compares graphics between the two versions for moving in the field and event scenes. T...
Viz to Preview Spring Weapon No. 1 Manga in Shonen Jump
Viz Media's English digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump announced on Monday that the next issue will publish the first chapter of Tomohiro Hasegawa's Spring Weapon No. 01 manga on October 17 as part of the magazine's "Jump Start" initiative. The manga will begin on the same day in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan. Viz announced last week that it would add two new Jump Start series...
Kraken Releasing Licenses Garo Live-Action Series
2005 tokusatsu show gets western release in 2016
― Section 23's Kraken Releasing announced at the Monsterama convention in Atlanta this past weekend that it has licensed the original live-action tokusatsu series GARO and plans to release it in 2017. The company also plans to release other installments in the GARO franchise. Kraken Releasing describes the story: For thousands of years, mankind has bee...
Danganronpa 2 Manga From Komaeda's Point of View Ends
Series ran online for 4 years; 3rd volume ships next year
― Mag Garden's Comic Online published the final chapter of Kyōsuke Suga's Super Danganronpa 2 Chō-kōkō-kyū no Kōun to Kibō to Zetsubō (Super Danganronpa 2: Super Ultimate Good Luck and Hope and Despair) manga. The third and final volume will ship in 2017. The manga tells the story of the second Danganronpa game from Nagito Komaeda's point of v...
Touhou Genso Wanderer PS4/PS Vita Game Heads West in February, Bundles Extra Game on PS4
Touhou Double Focus ships with launch edition of Touhou Genso Wanderer
― NIS America announced on Monday that it will release Touhou Genso Wanderer for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in North America on February 7, 2017 and in Europe on February 10. The PlayStation Vita edition will be digital-only. The game's launch edition for PlayStation 4 will also include an artbook and Aqua Style's Touhou D...
Kyō no Terraformars wa Oyasumi Desu Comedy Manga Ends on Wednesday
Manga launched in 2014, focuses on Annex 1 crew taking vacation in a different planet
― The 88th chapter of Shōta Hattori's Kyō no Terraformars wa Oyasumi Desu. comedy spinoff manga announced last week that the manga will end with its 89th chapter on Wednesday, October 12. The manga is based on Yū Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana's Terraformars manga. It centers on the crew of the Annex 1 craft headed to...
Mushroom Girls Project Gets 2017 3D CG TV Anime
oso's Kinoko Personification Pictoral Book series turns over 100 mushrooms into girls
― Oso-teki Kinoko Gijinka Zukan (oso's Kinoko Personification Pictoral Book), a picture book that turns mushroom varieties into girls, is being adapted into a television anime. The 3D CG anime will air in 2017 under the title Mori no Yōsei Kinoko no Musume (Forest Fairies: Mushroom Girls), and it will tell an origin...
YouTube Removes 'Tawawa on Monday' Anime by Sword Art Online: Progressive Manga Artist
1st short pulled "for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines"
― The first anime short based on Kiseki Himura's weekly Getsuyōbi no Tawawa (Tawawa on Monday) illustrations has been removed from NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan's YouTube channel on Monday. The short's former page now states that "this video has been removed for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines." YouTube lists its guidelines, ...
Akiba's Trip TV Anime Casts Haruki Ishiya, Rie Takahashi, Marika Kōno, Yuki Nagaku
Main cast, story revealed for Gonzo's January anime of Acquire's game
― The official website of Akiba's Trip: The Animation, the television anime adaptation of Acquire's Akiba's Trip game franchise, revealed the main cast members and the story for the anime on Monday. The cast is as follows (Note: Character names are not official romanizations): Haruki Ishiya as Tamotsu Denkigai Rie Takahashi as Mato...
Persona Rapper Lotus Juice to Perform in New York in November
Tribute to Taku Iwasaki's music with iconiQ orchestra
― The iconiQ orchestra announced on Sunday that rapper Lotus Juice will perform in New York City during the "SOULJAM: A Tribute to Taku Iwasaki" event. The event will take place at New York City's Littlefield NYC venue on November 18 at 8:00 p.m. Lotus Juice will collaborate with IconiQ The Soundtrack Orchestra. Attendance is limited to people age...
King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO Anime Film's Teaser Visual Unveiled
The official website of King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO, the new anime film that follows the Pretty Rhythm spinoff film KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm, revealed a teaser visual for the film on Monday. Masakazu Hishida, who directed various Pretty Rhythm anime series, as well as the previous film, is returning to direct King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO. Avex Pictures previously streamed the film's announ...
Fate/Extella Game's Video Shows Artoria in Action
PS4/Vita game slated for November 10 in Japan, early 2017 in N. America, winter in Europe, Australia
― The official website of Marvelous' Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita action game began streaming a gameplay video last Friday. The video shows Artoria (Fate/stay night's Saber) in action, and shows her Noble Phantasm, Excalibur. XSEED Games is releasing the game in Nor...
Strike the Blood Gets New 4-Panel Junior High School Spinoff Manga
Accel World. manga's Ryuryū Akari illustrates story
― The 52nd issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko Magazine (pictured at right) launched a four-panel spinoff manga of Gakuto Mikumo's Strike the Blood novel series on Saturday. Ryuryū Akari is illustrating the manga, titled Strike the Blood Kochira Saikai Gakuen Chūtō-bu (Strike the Blood: This Is Saikai Academy's Junior High Division). The issue's cover...
You Are Umasou's Tyrannosaurus Children's Books Get New Anime Film
Hello, Tyranno to open in 2018 as Japanese/Korean/Chinese production
― Entertainment news magazine Variety reported on Sunday that Tatsuya Miyanishi's Tyrannosaurus series of children books is inspiring a new anime film, which will be titled Hello, Tyranno in South Korea. Kobun Shizuno (Detective Conan films 15-20) is directing the film at Tezuka Productions. Korean company Media Castle, Korea Invest...
Makoto Shinkai Wants to Make Next Work About Teens in 3 Years
Shinkai downplays being a "post-Hayao Miyazaki" director after latest film's success
― Director Makoto Shinkai said during the 21st Busan International Film Festival on Sunday that he would like to make his next work at Toho within three years. He commented that, like his most recent movie your name., his next work will probably be about young boys and girls in adolescence. In addition, he offered a ...
Sword Art Online: Progressive Manga Artist's Twitter Art Gets Anime Shorts
Man & girl bond during morning commute in 12 Tawawa on Monday shorts based on Kiseki Himura's weekly posts
― NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan began streaming a short anime adaptation of Kiseki Himura's weekly Getsuyōbi no Tawawa (Tawawa on Monday) illustrations on Monday. The anime follows a salaryman who has a chance meeting with a girl named Ai on the train. They begin to meet every Monday on the t...
Ghost in the Shell Arise Manga Artist Launches New Historical Manga
Story about Chinese general Xiang Yu begins next month
― This year's November issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine announced on Friday that manga artist Takumi Ōyama will begin a manga tentatively titled Kō U-Den (Legend of Xiang Yu) in the next issue on November 9. The magazine will also begin a new series titled Kumanishi Bijutsubu Rafusuke-Senpai by Onio in the same issue. Newcomer Ōyama b...
Rose of Versailles Gets 2 New Chapters About Marie Antoinette
"Episode 8" of Ikeda's new chapter series begins this month
― This year's 21st issue of Shueisha's Margaret magazine announced on Wednesday that Ryoko Ikeda will serialize a two-part extra episode of her The Rose of Versailles manga in the magazine's 22nd and 23rd issues on October 20 and November 5, respectively. The episode will have a total of 79 pages. The two-part manga, titled "Versailles no Ba...
Liar Game's Kaitani Ends Muteki no Hito Mahjong Manga
Manga began in print in 2014, switched to manga app this year
― Manga artist Shinobu Kaitani published the final chapter of his Muteki no Hito manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app on Wednesday. The fourth and final compiled volume will ship in December. The story focuses on the appearance of an undefeated Mahjong player who goes by "M" and an unemployed man named Junpei, who feigns a friendship wi...
Nana to Kaoru's Amazume Launches Boku dake Shitteru Ichimiya-san Manga
Series debuts in Young Animal Arashi on November 4
― This year's 11th issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal Arashi magazine announced on Friday that Ryuta Amazume will launch the Boku dake Shitteru Ichimiya-san (The Ichimiya-san Only I Know) manga in the next issue. The 12th 2016 issue will ship in Japan on November 4. Shonengahosha's Young Comic magazine serializes Amazume's Misoji Otome to Mote Hatach...
The Wallflower's Hayakawa Launches New Short Manga Series
Kira Kira Heart Drop debuts with "tiny bit bitter" story on November 8
― The November issue of Shogakukan's Petit Comic magazine announced on Saturday that Tomoko Hayakawa will launch the Kira Kira Heart Drop short manga series in the next issue. The December issue will ship in Japan on November 8. The new short manga series will tell a woman's story that is "a tiny bit bitter." Hayakawa ended her Th...
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Game's 3rd TV Ad Streamed
Game ships in Japan on October 27; N. America, Europe on November 8
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the third television commercial for its Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game in 30- and 15-second versions on Friday. The video previews the game's story and features the ending theme song "two of us" by Haruka Tomatsu. Bandai Namco Entertainment beg...
The Seven Deadly Sins' Spinoff Manga Mayoe! Nanatsu no Taizai Gakuen! Ends
Series re-imagining Sins as high school students launched in 2014
― The November issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine released the final chapter of Jūichi Kugi's Mayoe! Nanatsu no Taizai Gakuen! manga on Saturday. The series' fourth and final compiled book volume will ship in Japan on November 17. Kugi launched the school comedy spinoff of Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Tai...
Viewster Streams Flip Flappers, ClassicaLoid, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star Anime
All 3 series available for free in HD
― Streaming service Viewster announced on Thursday that it is streaming the FLIP FLAPPERS television anime series, and also announced on Saturday that it is streaming the ClassicaLoid and Utano☆Princesama Legend Star anime series. Viewster is streaming all three series for free in HD immediately after their Japanese debut, and no registration required to watch th...
Shinkai's 'your name.,' Kabaneri Win Top Newtype Anime Awards
Re:Zero, High School Fleet, Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Joker Game, Hiroshi Kamiya, Inori Minase, WIT STUDIO also win
― Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine announced the results of the Newtype Anime Awards 2015-2016 at the Machi Asobi Vol. 17 event on Sunday. Best Work (TV Broadcast) Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Macross Delta High School Fleet Gintama Bungō...
Meiji Tokyo Renka Historical Visual Novels Get TV Anime, New Game
Romance games for female players already inspired anime film, musical
― A television anime series and a brand-new game in Broccoli's Meiji Tokyo Renka romance visual novel game franchise for female players has been green-lit. The night session of the "Meiji Tokyo Renka ~Haikara Roman Gekijō 4~" event (pictured right) made the announcements before 2,000 people at the Maihama Amphitheater in Chiba on S...
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game Previews Majin Vegeta Gameplay in Video
Expert missions tutorial video also posted for game arriving in N. America on October 25, in Europe on October 28
― Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming a new gameplay video on Saturday for its Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The video previews Majin Vegeta gameplay. The company additionally streamed a gameplay video for the game's expert missions on Tu...
Kodansha: Amazon Japan's Kindle Subscription Service Removes Over 1,000 Titles
Kindle Unlimited service offers titles for monthly fee; Kobunsha also claims removal of 550 titles
― Japanese publisher Kodansha lodged a protest with online retailer Amazon Japan on Monday after Amazon removed more than 1,000 Kodansha titles from its Kindle Unlimited e-book subscription service. Amazon Japan launched the service in Japan on August 3. The subscription service allows users to read tit...
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Kamen Rider Ghost Crossover Film Opens on December 10
Latest entry in Movie Taisen series features 5 Kamen Riders teaming up
― Toei announced the new Kamen Rider film in its Movie Taisen (Movie War) series of crossover films with the title Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pacman vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider on Sunday. Toei also updated its Movie Taisen official website on Sunday, and began streaming a teaser for the film. The video reveals th...
Precure Singer Mayu Kudou Announces Marriage, Retirement in April 2017
Siner performed theme songs for Suite Precure, Yes Precure 5, Heartcatch Precure!
― Precure franchise singer Mayu Kudou announced on her official blog on Sunday that she got married to someone outside of the industry. She additionally announced that she will retire from the public entertainment industry in April 2017. Kudou explained that she decided to take this step in order to realize her dream an...
Seiji Mizushima Helms Escha Chron Anime Project at Studio Lerche
Anime adapts stage reading about 2 girls reviving a bleak future world
― Avex Pictures' DIVE II Entertainment music label announced on Sunday that its original "Escha Chron" stage recital project is getting an anime adaptation. DIVE II Entertainment had presented the stage recital during its "D-world vol.0" event on July 10. The "heartwarming" anime's story follows the two titular women Escha and Chr...
Beet the Vandel Buster Manga's 'Baron Arc' Ends on October 14
Manga's 1st new volume in 10 years listed for release on November 4
― The official website for Shueisha Jump SQ CROWN magazine has revealed that Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada's Beet the Vandel Buster manga will end its Baron Arc in the autumn issue, which ships on October 14. The issue will feature a center color page for the manga. Amazon is also currently listing that Shueisha will release the manga's ...
Momoko Sakura's 'GJ8 Man' Character Gets English-Subtitled Net Anime Series
Series follows boy who turns into water-using hero in historical town of Gujo Hachiman
― Chibi Maruko-chan manga creator Momoko Sakura's "GJ8 Man" character is inspiring his own net anime series that premiered on Saturday. The show's first episode includes English subtitles. The anime follows Joe Gorō, a boy who lives a carefree life in the small historical town of Gujo Hachiman in Gifu prefecture. O...
Alita: Battle Angel Film Casts Actor Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Spider-Man: Homecoming actor to play "cunning, sly friend" of Keean Johnson's character
― The Hollywood Reporter entertainment news website reported on Friday that Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Spider-Man: Homecoming,The Land) is joining the cast of James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel, the live-action film of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga. Lendeborg will play the "cunning and sly friend" o...
One-Punch Man Ranks #5 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan September List
Monster Musume, Tokyo Ghoul also rank on top 20 list
― The eighth volume of ONE and Yuusuke Murata's One-Punch Man manga ranked at #5 on the Nielsen BookScan's Top 20 list for September. The first volume ranked #20. Additionally, Okayado's ninth volume of Monster Musume ranked at #8 and Sui Ishida's eighth volume of Tokyo Ghoul ranked at #11, while the first volume ranked at #15. The eighth volume of...
Kamisama Kiss Creator Julietta Suzuki Launches New Manga on October 20
Tripitaka Torinique centers on girl named Kaka "1,400 years ago"
― This year's 21st issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine revealed on Wednesday that Julietta Suzuki will launch a new series titled Tripitaka Torinique in the magazine's next issue on October 20. The manga will launch with two chapters for a total of 66 pages. The manga will appear on the issue's front cover, and the first chapter...
'Idol Death Game TV' PS Vita Game's 2nd Promo Streamed
Idols participate in deadly game to be part of idol group in October 20 game
― D3 Publisher began streaming the second promotional video for the Idol Death Game TV PlayStation Vita game for the PlayStation Vita on Wednesday. The video provides details of the game's characters and offers a look at the gameplay. The game is slated for October 20 in Japan, and the game will also be compatible with the P...
SENGOKUCHOJYUGIGA TV Anime Gets Season 2 in January
Half-year run planned for anime based on historical Japanese paintings
― The second season of the SENGOKUCHOJYUGIGA television anime has been green-lit for this coming winter. While the first season, Sengoku Chōjū Giga: Kō, is airing from October to December, the second season, Sengoku Chōjū Giga: Otsu, will air from January to March. ("Kō" and "Otsu" represent one way of listing the first and second...
ERASED/Boku dake ga Inai Machi Re Spinoff Manga Ends in November
Kei Sanbe's spinoff manga launched in June
― The November issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine announced on Tuesday that Kei Sanbe will end his Boku dake ga Inai Machi Re spinoff manga in the magazine's next issue on November 4. The December issue will feature the manga on the cover. The manga is a spinoff of Sanbe's original Boku Dake ga Inai Machi manga, and covers stories not seen in the origina...
Viz's Shonen Jump to Offer RWBY Manga in English
Animated series' prequel drawn by Dogs manga creator Shirow Miwa
― North American publisher Viz announced at its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday that the digital magazine will offer Shirow Miwa's RWBY manga. The original RWBY web animated series by the late creator Monty Oum follows four girls with unique weapons and powers who are training to hunt supernatural ...
Osamu Takahashi's Isuca Manga Will End in 9th Volume
9th volume slated for spring 2017; manga inspired TV anime last year
― The eighth compiled book volume of Osamu Takahashi's Isuca manga revealed on Tuesday that the manga's ninth volume will be the last. The ninth volume is slated to ship in "around" spring 2017. The manga's story revolves around Shinichirō, a male student who gets a job as a housekeeper in order to pay his rent. While on the job, he...
New Power Rangers Film Posts Teaser Trailer With Halsey Song
Darker tone, extraterrestrial armor, more hinted for March 24 film
― Lionsgate posted the teaser trailer for the new Power Rangers film on Saturday. The trailer features the song “I Walk The Line” by singer Halsey and hints at the movie's darker tone, among other updates: Lionsgate describes the new Power Rangers film: Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary high school kids who must become somet...
Nagoya TV, Lotus Collaborate on 'Ninja Vampire' Concept With Yoshitaka Amano Designs
Cpomanies will showcase concept at MIPCOM trade show
― Nagoya TV and Lotus, Inc. announced on Tuesday that they are collaborating to develop an original property titled "Ninja Vampire" that is intended for overseas markets. Renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy series, Vampire Hunter D, The Heroic Legend of Arslan novels) is drawing the visuals and the concept art. The story will begin with ...
Kamisama Kiss 'Last Episode' Anime DVD's Title, Story Revealed
This year's 21st issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine revealed the title of the new Kamisama Kiss (Kamisama Hajimemashita) original anime DVD (OAD). The anime is titled "Kamisama, Shiawase ni Naru" (The God Will Be Happy). The anime's previous tentative title was "Kamisama, Kekkon Zenya" (The God at the Eve of Marriage). The anime will be set Spoilers, highlight to read. [one year after the...
Little Witch Academia TV Anime's Teaser Video Promotes January Premiere
A new story begins with returning cast, staff
― The official website for the Little Witch Academia television anime series began streaming a teaser promotional video on Saturday. The video first debuted at the Machi-Asobi event earlier in the day, along with a one-year-anniversary screeening of the previous Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade anime. The new anime's teaser video proclaims that...
Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Game's Limited Edition in N. America, Europe Revealed in Video
PS4 game ships in N. America, Europe on January 24
― Square Enix began streaming a new trailer on Thursday for its Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 (II.8) Final Chapter Prologue PlayStation 4 game collection that reveals that the game is getting a limited edition version in North America and Europe. The limited edition includes a pin featuring King Mickey and Sora. Those who pre-order the game on the North Amer...
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Game Streams 3rd Promo Video, 3 TV Ads, Casca Video
Action game ships in Japan on October 27, in N. America/Europe in February
― Koei Tecmo Games began streaming a third promotional video on Thursday for Omega Force's Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (Berserk Musou) video game. Koei Tecmo Games also began streaming three commercials for the game and a video for the "bathing" costume for Casca on Thursday. The first edition of game in Japan will includ...
Power Rangers Film Reveals 5 Character Posters, Power Sword Visual
NYCC-exclusive Red Ranger figure also previewed
― Video game news website IGN revealed five new character posters on Friday for the new Power Rangers film. Saban Brands additionally revealed a visual the film's Power Sword on Monday. The official Twitter account for the Power Rangers franchise additionally revealed on Wednesday that Bandai America is selling a new Power Rangers Movie Red Ranger figur...
New Tekken 7 Video Reveals Miguel as Playable Character
Character 1st appeared in Tekken 6 game
― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming an a trailer on Saturday to announce the new character Miguel for the Tekken 7 fighting game. Miguel first appeared in the franchise in the Tekken 6 game. Bandai Namco Entertainment stated about the character, "the rebellious Spaniard has returned for Tekken 7 to continue his quest for revenge, looking for tho...
Mai Machi's Ayame-kun no Nonbiri Nikushoku Nisshi Manga Gets Live-Action Film
Romantic comedy centers on colleagues in biology lab
― The November issue of Shodensha's Feel Young magazine announced on Saturday that Mai Machi's Ayame-kun no Nonbiri Nikushoku Nisshi (Ayame's Carefree Journal on Meat-Eating) manga is getting a live-action film adaptation. The manga centers on Ayame and Tsubaki, who are researchers at a lab in the biology department of T University. Ayame is a "ret...
BanG Dream! TV Anime's Ad Previews Kasumi, Reveals January Debut
Aimi stars as Kasumi in idol multimedia project
― The official website for the BanG Dream! television anime series began streaming a commercial on Friday narrated by the character Kasumi (played by Aimi). The video also reveals the show's January 2017 debut. The site streamed the show's second promotional video in August. Bushiroad describes the project as follows: A next generation Girls Band Projec...
1st Itazura na Kiss Live-Action Film's Trailer Previews Happiness' Theme Song
1st film of 2-part film project screens at Tokyo Int'l Film Fest before opening in Japan on November 25
― Japanese film news website Movie Collection began streaming a new trailer on Friday for Itazura na Kiss the Movie ~High School-Hen~ (Itazura Kiss the Movie in High School), the first live-action film in the two-part film adaptation of Kaoru Tada's shōjo romantic comedy manga Itazura na Kiss. The ...
Little Witch Academia TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff, Visual
Story also revealed for anime premiering in January
― The official website for the Little Witch Academia television anime series opened on Saturday and revealed more of the anime's staff and cast. The website also revealed the show's story and a visual. The tagline on the visual on the website reads, "a new magic is now starting." The newly revealed cast, who are reprising their roles from the previo...
Questy Performs Popin Q Anime Film's Theme, Background Songs
Exile Professional Gym, Avex's 7-member all-female unit debuts with film
― The official website for the Popin Q film announced on Sunday that Questy will perform the theme song "Fantasy" and a background song for the anime. The performance will mark the debut of the all-female dance and vocal unit. Exile Professional Gym and Avex Group's Rhythm Zone collaborated for the first time to bring the seven ...
Kuromukuro Anime's English-Subtitled Video Previews Show's 2nd Half
Netflix U.S. debuts 2nd half of series on October 10
― The official website for the Kuromukuro television anime revealed a promotional video on Wednesday for the show's second season. Netflix U.S. will stream the second season (episodes 14-26) starting on October 10. Kuromukuro's 26th and final episode premiered in Japan on September 29. Ponycan USA plans to release the series in the United States. P...
Crunchyroll Streams Sengoku Chōjū Giga: Kō, Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2 Anime
Both anime premiere on Crunchyroll this weekend
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the Sengoku Chōjū Giga: Kō television anime series and the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. Crunchyroll will stream Sengoku Chōjū Giga: Kō under the title SENGOKUCHOJYUGIGA starting on Saturday at 1:45 p.m. EDT. The anime will be available worldwid...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 25-October 1
Fairy Tail, 2 One-Punch Man volumes, Akame ga Kill! Zero, Assassination Classroom, Berserk, Haikyu!!, Devils' Line, 2 Tokyo Ghoul volumes
― The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on October 1. Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 -Fairy Tail #56 Hiro Mashima Kodansha Comics 1 2 1One-Punch Man #1 Story: ONE / Art: Yuus...
Tales of Berseria PS4/PC Game's N. American Release Date, Collector's Edition Announced
Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced at its New York Comic Con panel on Friday that it will release the Tales of Berseria RPG for PlayStation 4 on January 24, 2017 and for PC via Steam on January 27. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe will release the game in Europe on January 27 for PS4. The company will release a Collector's Edition, limited to 10,000 copies, for PlayStation 4. The editi...
Osamu Akimoto's Black Tiger Manga Launches in December
KochiKame manga creator to publish 4 new manga in 4 different magazines
― This year's 45th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Saturday that manga creator Osamu Akimoto will launch his new Black Tiger manga in the second 2017 issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine on December 21. The announcement did not reveal if the new manga will be a new series or a short story. The magaz...
Crunchyroll Adds Poco's Udon World Anime
"Heartwarming fantasy" anime premieres on Saturday
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the Poco's Udon World (Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari) television anime series as it airs in Japan. The first episode will premiere on Saturday, October 8 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. The stream will be available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scan...
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 2 Dated for January 20
The staff of Voltron: Legendary Defender, Netflix and Dreamworks' animated series reimagining of the 1980s Voltron series, announced at New York Comic Con on Friday that the second season will premiere on January 20, 2017. The second season was previously slated for "late 2016." The staff streamed a trailer earlier this week: The show's first season premiered on Netflix on June 10, and features t...
LeSean Thomas/Crunchyroll's Children of Ether Anime Unveils Plot Summary, More Staff
Shingo Natsume, Yûichi Takahashi, more on staff at Yapiko Animation
― Crunchyroll unveiled details on its upcoming Children of Ether animation collaboration with creator LeSean Thomas (Cannon Busters, The Boondocks) on Friday. Thomas announced the project at Crunchyroll's New York Comic Con panel on Thursday. Thomas is directing the project at Yapiko Animation. The staff also includes character desig...
Viz Licenses Tokyo Ghoul:re, Vampire Knight Memories, Golden Kamuy Manga
Also: Pokemon art book; Boruto manga in print
― Viz Media announced at New York Comic Con on Friday that it has licensed Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul:re, Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight Memories, and Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy manga. In addition, the company announced that it will begin releasing the Boruto manga in graphic novel format. Viz also announced that it will release a Pokémon Adventures art boo...
Sentai Filmworks Licenses Haikyu!! 3rd Season
Crunchyroll to stream series starting Friday
― Sentai Filmworks announced on Friday that it has licensed Haikyu!! 3rd Season: Karasuno High vs. Shiratorizawa High School (Haikyu!! Karasuno Kōkō VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Kōkō), the third season of the Haikyu!! anime. The company plans to release the series digitally and on home video. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs in Japan, beginning on ...
Crunchyroll Streams Haikyu!! 3rd Season Anime
Series premieres Friday
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the third season of the Haikyu!! anime (Haikyu!! Karasuno Kōkō VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Kōkō) as it airs in Japan. The first episode will premiere on Friday, October 7 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. The stream will be available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, the N...
Viz Reveals English Dub Cast for K: Missing Kings Film (Update 2)
Robbie Daymond, Chris Hackney, Quinton Flynn join cast
― Viz Media announced the English dub cast for the K film, K: Missing Kings, at New York Comic Con on Friday. The cast, recorded at Studiopolis under director Suzanne Goldish, includes: Sam Regal as Tashiro Isana Matthew Mercer as Kuroh Yatogami Stephanie Sheh as Neko Patrick Seitz as Reisi Munakata Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Anna Kushina Robbie ...
Toei, Gust's Augmented Reality Girls Trinary App Debuts This Year
Anime will stream within the app for free every week
― The November issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine revealed on Saturday that Toei Animation and Gust's Augmented Reality Girls Trinary (Kakuchō Shōjo-Kei Trinary) "anime cross-link role-playing game" smartphone collaboration project's app will debut this year. The planned anime will stream within the app weekly for free. Toei Animation pre...
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