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Daisuki Streams Mahoraba Anime
2005 anime adapts manga about apartment life, high school-age landlady with a secret
― Video streaming service Daisuki added the 2005 anime Mahoraba (Mahoraba ~Heartful days~) as a subscriber exclusive in November. All 26 episodes are currently available. The romantic slice-of-life story follows Ryushi Shiratori, an aspiring children's book author who moves into a Tokyo apartment whrere his landlady ...
Tonko House, Hulu Japan to Debut Animated Series Based on 'The Dam Keeper'
Series of shorts to debut next summer
― Tonko House — Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo's studio that produced the Oscar-nominated animated short "The Dam Keeper" — is working with Hulu Japan to produce a series of shorts tentatively titled "Dam Keeper no Nakama-tachi" (The Dam Keeper's Friends). The 10-episode series of five-minute shorts is slated to debut on Hulu Japan next summer. Tsutsumi...
Compile Heart Unveils Gun Gun Pixies Game for PS Vita
Game stars small aliens infiltrating a woman's dormitory
― Video game news website Dengeki Online revealed Gun Gun Pixies, a new PlayStation Vita game from Compile Heart, on Tuesday. The "gun action adventure" is set in a woman's dormitory. Two small aliens must infiltrate the dormitory in order to save their home planet from crisis. Katsuyuki Hirano designed the key visual, pictured right. Compile H...
Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Teaser Shows Major's Thermoptic Suit
Scarlett Johansson stars in film slated for March 31, 2017
― Paramount Pictures began streaming a 13-second teaser for the upcoming live-action Ghost in the Shell film on Monday. The clip, titled "Tokyo," shows lead actress Scarlett Johansson as the Major in her thermoptic suit. Dreamworks and Paramount are co-financing and co-producing the film. Paramount Pictures is the film's new distributor, afte...
Shinkai's 'your name.' Film Submitted for Oscar Consideration
Film to be considered for Best Animated Feature nomination
― Funimation Films confirmed on Monday that Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no Na wa.) anime film is on the official consideration list for the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 89th annual Academy Awards. The submission deadline to be considered for the award was November 1. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences w...
Sephiroth Joins Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade Game as Playable Character
Fighting game combo video shows Final Fantasy VII villain's attacks
― Square Enix announced with a video on Monday that it will add Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth as a playable character in its Dissidia Final Fantasy arcade game. The update is slated for November 24 for players who have met certain conditions in the game's "Conflict of the Gods" event and December 8 for other players. Video game news ...
Live-Action Your Lie in April Film's English-Subtitled Trailer Posted
Film based on Naoshi Arakawa manga opened in Japan on September 10
― Fuji TV began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the live-action film adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa's Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) manga on Monday. The film opened in Japan on September 10. The film earned 245 million yen (about US$2.40 million) by selling 200,000 tickets to rank #3 in its opening weekend. Kent...
Live-Action One Week Friends Film's 2 New Stills Show Yūki, Shōgo During Lunch Break
Kento Yamazaki plays Yūki, Takashi Matsuo plays Shōgo in February 18 film
― The staff of the live-action film of Matcha Hazuki's One Week Friends (Isshūkan Friends) manga unveiled two new stills from the film last Friday. The stills portray Yūki and his close friend Shōgo as they discuss Kaori over lunch break. The staff previously revealed stills featuring Yūki and Kaori's first meeting, and previou...
Sae Okamoto's Mecha-Ude Anime Kickstarter Ends After Reaching Stretch Goal For Short Episode
Kickstarted ended on Saturday after earning US$67,918
― Animator Sae Okamoto's Kickstarter campaign for the Mecha-Ude (Mechanical Arms) anime project ended on Saturday after earning US$67,918. The campaign had added a US$60,000 stretch goal to add an additional short episode for the Heroine. The short episode will have Japanese voice-over with English subtitles, and will be available only for those w...
A Silent Voice Film Earns 2.1 Billion Yen, Sells 1.6 Million Tickets
Earnings surpass 3rd Madoka Magica film; more theaters added each weekend through December 3
― Kyoto Animation's anime film of Yoshitoki Ōima's A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) manga has sold about 1.6 million tickets after its eighth weekend for 2.1 billion yen (about US$20.10 million) as of Sunday. The film has now surpassed the box office earnings of Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebe...
Shinkai's 'your name.' Returns to #1 in Japanese Box Office in 11th Week
2016 Death Note film drops to #2, Oboreru Knife debuts at #4
― Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no na wa.) anime film returned to the top of the Japanese box-office rankings in its 11th weekend. The film held the top spot at the Japanese box office for nine consecutive weeks since it opened in Japan on August 26. The film ranked at #2 during its 10th weekend, relinquishing the top spot to Death Note...
Bungo Stray Dogs Anime Casts Haruka Kudou
Kudou plays Yumeno Kyūsaku based on real-life author
― The official website for the Bungo Stray Dogs television anime revealed on Monday that Haruka Kudou (Honey and Clover's Hagumi, Death Note's Sayu Yagami, Captain Earth's Setsuna) will play the character Yumeno Kyūsaku. The character's special ability is "Dogra Magra," the title of a book by the real-life author Yumeno Kyūsaku. The anime's second ...
ZAQ Returns to Perform Theme Song for Trinity Seven Anime Film
Singer-songwriter previously performed opening theme for TV anime
― The official website for the upcoming anime film of Kenji Saito and Akinari Nao's Trinity Seven - The Seven Magicians manga announced on Monday that singer-songwriter ZAQ will perform the film's theme song "Last Proof." The song's single will ship on January 25. ZAQ previously performed the opening theme song "Seven Doors" for the te...
Capcom Hints at Akuma for Street Fighter V Game
Character playable at PlayStation Experience event in California on December 3-4
― Capcom hinted during a livestream on its Capcom Fighters Twitch channel on Sunday that it will add the character Akuma to its Street Fighter V fighting game. The clip notes that the character will be playable in the game at the PlayStation Experience event in Anaheim, California on December 3 and 4. Capcom screened the...
Osamu Tezuka's Previously Unreleased Erotic Illustrations Unveiled
Eldest daughter Rumiko found illustrations in 2014
― Shinchosha's Shinchō literary magazine published previously unrevealed erotic illustrations by manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka in its December issue on Monday. Tezuka's eldest daugher Rumiko Tezuka found 200 illustrations in Tezuka's workplace in 2014, among other undisclosed works. Among those illustrations, Rumiko selected 29 based on the theme of "er...
New Game! PS4, PS Vita Game's Promo Shows Game's Story, Mechanics
January 26 game sees Aoba becoming art director as studio develops DLC for game
― The official website of 5pb. Games' upcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita video game adaptation of the anime New Game! began streaming a promotional video for the game last Friday. The video details the game's story and mechanics (Note: The below Youtube video is region locked for the United States, Mexico, Austra...
New Danganronpa V3 Game's 1st Character Trailer Previews Kaede, Rantarō, Miu, Kokichi
Spike Chunsoft releases PS4, PS Vita game on January 12 in Japan
― Spike Chunsoft began streaming the first character trailer on Monday for its New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shin Gakki (New Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The video introduces the following characters: Sayaka Kanda as Kaede Akamatsu, the super high-school-level pian...
Compile Heart Launches Countdown for 'Guns x Cute Girls' Project
Japanese game developer Compile Heart launched a teaser site with a countdown last Friday. The countdown will end on Tuesday, and Kadokawa's Dengeki PlayStation magazine will reveal more information on Thursday. On Monday, the site revealed new art (seen below), along with the text "Lock-ON! We have confidence!!! Please compare us to other companies!!!" The new project will have the theme of "Guns...
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Kamen Rider Ghost Crossover Film's Trailer Reveals Shirou Sano as Villain
Sano plays Dr. Pacman, a gene therapy specialist who revives "Genome Project" in December 10 film
― Toei began streaming a new trailer for Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pacman vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider, the new Kamen Rider film in its Movie Taisen (Movie War) series of crossover films, on Friday. The trailer reveals that Shirou Sano plays the film's villain Dr. Pacman. Dr. Pacman, wh...
Live-Action Blade of the Immortal Film Reveals 9 Additional Cast Members
Takuya Kimura as Manji teased in new image for film opening on April 29
― The official website of the live-action film of Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal "neo period drama" manga revealed nine additional cast members for the film on Monday. The additional cast includes: (Top row, from left to right): Sōta Fukushi as Kagehisa Anotsu Hayato Ichihara as Shira Erika Toda as Makie Otono-Tachibana (...
Weekly Shonen Jump Gets First Ever Reprint Thanks to KochiKame
KochiKame Jump magazine also gets reprint on December 31 to mark manga's finale
― Shueisha announced on Monday that it will reprint this year's 42nd issue of its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine — the issue where Osamu Akimoto ended his Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo ("Kochikame") police comedy manga — as well as the 40th anniversary "Kochikame Jump" issue, on December 31. The printing ...
Funimation Streams Drifters Anime's English-Narrated Clip
English dub premieres Sunday, 10:00 p.m. ET
― Funimation began streaming a clip for its English dub of the Drifters television anime on Sunday. The video's English narration introduces the anime's cast of characters based on warriors and warlords from history. The dub will premiere on Sunday at 10:00 p.m. ET. The English dub cast, under ADR director Christopher Bevins, ADR engineer Matt Grounds, scri...
Hokusai to Meshi Saeareba Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series
Manga centers on cooking ideals of college girl in Tokyo
― This year's 12th issue of Kodansha's Young Magazine the 3rd magazine announced on Saturday that Sanami Suzuki's Hokusai to Meshi Saeareba (English title The meal with Hokusai, or lit. All You Need Is A Meal with Hokusai) cooking manga is getting a live-action television adaptation. The magazine will reveal more information about the adaptatio...
Alfakyun, The Super Ball Perform ēlDLIVE TV Anime's Theme Songs
Cast members host December 11 preview of latest anime from Reborn! creator
― Female singer Alfakyun is performing the opening theme song for the television anime of Akira Amano's ēlDLIVE manga, while The Super Ball duo (The Morose Mononokean) are performing the ending theme song. Cast members Ayumu Murase, Saori Hayami, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, and Rie Kugimiya will appear at a talk show segment during a pr...
Itazura na Kiss Shōjo Romance Comedy Manga Gets 3rd Live-Action Film
2-film project expands into trilogy starring Reina Bisa, Kanta Satō
― The live-action film adaptation of Kaoru Tada's shōjo romantic comedy manga Itazura na Kiss is expanding from two films to three. The third film, Itazura na Kiss the Movie 3 ~Propose-Hen~ (Itazura Kiss the Movie 3: The Proposal Arc), will open next spring. In Tada's classic unfinished manga, a high school girl named Kotoko Aihara f...
TrySail Sings Interviews with Monster Girls/Demi-chan wa Kataritai Anime's Opening
Song titled "Original." for January anime about human teacher at "demi-human" girls high school
― The voice actress unit TrySail announced on Sunday that they are performing the opening theme song for the television anime of Petosu's comedy manga Interviews with Monster Girls (Demi-chan wa Kataritai). The three unit members made the announcement at the first performance of their 1st live concert tour...
Ai Mai Mi Anime Season 3's Staff, Cast, January TV Premiere, Visual Revealed
Director, studios, composer, 3 main voice actresses return from first 2 seasons
― The official teaser website for the third anime season based on Choboraunyopomi's Ai Mai Mi four-panel manga opened with a new visual on Sunday. According to the website, the new season will begin airing next January. Itsuki Imazaki is returning to direct the new season at the animation studio Seven, just as he did for ...
DAYS Soccer Anime Casts Yūichi Nakamura, Ryota Ohsaka, Shunsuke Takeuchi
3 voice actors voice members of Tōin Academy soccer club
― The official website for the anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's DAYS soccer manga revealed three new cast members on Sunday. Yūichi Nakamura as Takumi Hoshina Ryota Ohsaka as Atomu Isurugi Shunsuke Takeuchi as Shizuka Ura The three characters are members of the Tōin Academy soccer club. Takumi is the captain and a midfielder, Atomu is the ...
Ai Mai Mi Anime Gets 3rd Season
Choboraunyopomi's original 4-panel manga follows girls' misadventures in manga club
― Fūga Hatori, the musical composer for the two Ai Mai Mi television anime series, reported on Sunday that the 3rd Ai Mai Mi season was announced at the ani x wara event earlier in the day. Choboraunyopomi's four-panel manga follows girls in a manga club — Ai, Mai, Mī, and Ponoka-sempai — who might be fighting evil in...
Mr. Osomatsu TV Anime Special Collaboration With JRA Airs on December 12
The staff of the Mr. Osomatsu franchise announced on Sunday that the all-new television anime special for the franchise will air in Japan on December 12 at 25:00 (effectively December 13 at 1:00 a.m.) on TV Tokyo. The special will be a half hour long. The special is part of a larger "Hashire! Oumatsu-san" collaboration between Mr. Osomatsu and the Japan Racing Association. The collaboration also i...
Inti Creates Reveals Blaster Master Zero Nintendo 3DS Game
Game recreates Sunsoft's 1988 Blaster Master NES game
― Inti Creates revealed at its 20th Anniversary Fan Festa event on Saturday that it is developing a Blaster Master Zero Nintendo 3DS game. Inti Creates plans to release the game digitally on the Nintendo e-Shop in spring 2017. Inti Creates acquired the rights to the original Blaster Master game by Sunsoft. Sunsoft released the game on the Nintendo...
Nintendo Details Miitopia 3DS Game in Video
Game featuring players' Miis going on adventure arrives in Japan on December 8
― Nintendo streamed a "Direct" presentation on Saturday to reveal more details about its Miitopia Nintendo 3DS game. Nintendo also streamed a commercial for the game on Thursday. Nintendo had revealed the game during a Nintendo Direct presentation on September 1. In the game, players play as a protagonist in an adventurous...
Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Nanbaka Anime
Daman Mills, Ian Sinclair, Alejandro Saab star in dub that premiered on Saturday
― Funimation announced the English dub cast for its broadcast dub of the Nanbaka anime on Friday. The series is part of Funimation's SimulDub program for the fall season, and the first episode premiered on Saturday at 10:30 p.m. EDT. The cast, under ADR director and scriptwriter Aaron Dismuke, ADR engineer Jamal Roberson...
4th Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki OVA Reveals 2nd Promo Video, 4th Key Visual
1st entry in Tenchi Muyo! OVA franchise in 11 years ships on November 30
― The official website of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki Dai-4-Ki, the fourth OAV in the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki OVA series, began streaming a second promotional video on Saturday. Masami Kikuchi as Tenchi narrates the video. The official website also revealed a fourth key visual on Saturday. The anime's main cast includes: Masami Kikuchi ...
Right Stuf to Release Gundam 8th MS Team & Miller's Report, Gundam MS Igloo Anime on DVD/BD (Updated)
Also: Gundam film trilogy gets BD release; Galaxy Angel BD ships on February 7
― Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment announced at the Anime Nebraskon event in Omaha on Saturday that Right Stuf will release the Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team video anime series and the Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Miller's Report film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. The company also announced it will release th...
Ikemen Sengoku Historical Romance Game Gets Anime, Manga
Mobile game follows girl sent back to Warring States era
― Mobile game developer CYBIRD announced during a stage event at the Animate Girls Festival 2016 event on Saturday that its Ikemen Sengoku game is getting an anime adaptation. The announcement added that all 11 main characters from the game will appear in the anime. The anime is planned for a release in 2017, although the company hasn't yet rev...
4th Black Butler Musical Replaces Doll's Cast Member After Actor's Voice Drops
Ginga Shitara replaces Tsukito Matsui in role of Doll in play debuting November 18
― The official website for Musical Black Butler ~Noah's Ark Circus~, the fourth stage musical of Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga, announced on Monday that Ginga Shitara will replace Tsukito Matsui in the role of Doll due to Matsui's voice dropping. Matsui thanked the production on his blog, and stated that he wholehea...
Xanadu Next PC Game's English Launch Trailer Streamed
Nihon Falcom's dungeon-crawler RPG arrived worldwide on Thursday
― XSEED Games began streaming the English launch trailer on Thursday for the PC release of Nihon Falcom's Xanadu Next action role-playing game. XSEED released the game worldwide on PC via Steam, GOG.com, and the Humble Store for US$19.99. Xanadu Next is part of Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer game series and a spiritual follow-up to the co...
Long Riders TV Anime Episode 5 Also Delayed by 1 Week
The official website for the Long Riders! television anime announced on Saturday that the fifth episode has been pushed back by one week due to production schedule delays. Instead, the special compilation episode "Watashi no Cycle Album" (My Cycle Album) will air on all stations next week. The anime's official website and Twitter account will report the future broadcast dates as soon as they are d...
Starmyu Season 2 Reveals New Cast, Story, Visual
Toshiyuki Morikawa, Ryotaro Okiayu, Souichiro Hoshi coach the students for a musical
― The NBCUniversal booth at Animate Girls Festival revealed a teaser visual for the second season of the STARMYU anime series on Saturday. The event also revealed the second season's new cast members and story introduction. The new cast members are: Toshiyuki Morikawa as Asaki Uozumi, an "Ancient" coach Ryotaro Okiay...
Gundam: The Origin's Loum Arc Slated for Next Fall
The Loum Arc of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime series will open in Japan next fall. Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the creator of the original manga series and the chief director of the anime adaptation, made the announcement at the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV Eve of Destiny premiere screening at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall on Saturday. Yasuhiko added that the staff has already entered ...
Resident Evil 7 Videos Show 'Closer Look', 'Imagination' Videos
PS4/Xbox One/PC game slated for January 24
― The official Resident Evil YouTube channel began streaming two short videos on Tuesday for the upcoming Resident Evil VII game. The first video shows a feature where players can rotate objects to take a closer look (with objects inside containers sliding around and making sounds as the player does so), while the second video shows the player holding up obj...
Gundam the Origin Episode 4's 1st 10 Minutes Streamed With Dub, Subtitles
Episode featuring Char, Lalah, Amuro, & more debuts on November 19
― Bandai began streaming the first 10 minutes from Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV: Unmei no Zenya (Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin IV Eve of Destiny), the fourth episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin anime, on Saturday. The videos with an English dub and subtitles in multiple languages will stay online until December 2. The epi...
Netflix U.S. Streams Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories Live-Action Series With English Subtitles
4th season based on Yaro Abe's Shinya Shokudō manga premiered on Netflix on October 21
― Netflix U.S. is now streaming the fourth season of the live-action series adaptation of Yaro Abe's Shinya Shokudō manga under the title Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories. The season has 10 episodes. The fourth season, which is a Netflix exclusive, once again stars Japanese Academy Award winner Kaoru Kobayashi (Tokyo ...
Singer Konomi Suzuki Makes Major Voice-Acting Debut as Star of New TV Anime
Heroine "Rin" teased on site that lists game/music company MAGES. (Steins;Gate)
― Konomi Suzuki, the musical artist behind the theme songs of several anime including No Game, No Life and Re:Zero, will make her full-fledged voice-acting debut as the heroine of a new television anime. The name of the heroine seen below is Rin. The announcement was made via a teaser at the "Suzuki Konomi Birthday Live 2...
Junichi Suwabe Stars in Interviews with Monster Girls/Demi-chan wa Kataritai Anime
Anime about human teacher at "demi-human" girls high school premieres in January
― The official website for the television anime of Petosu's comedy manga Interviews with Monster Girls (Demi-chan wa Kataritai) announced on Saturday that voice actor Junichi Suwabe (Fate/stay night's Archer, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma's Akira Hayama) will voice the character Tetsuo Takahashi, a biology teacher. The st...
Starmyu Anime Project Gets Stage Musical Adaptation in Spring 2017
Musical adapts anime's 1st season, uses 1st season's songs
― The official Twitter account for the Starmyu anime series announced on Saturday that the anime series is getting a stage musical adaptation that will premiere in spring 2017. The musical will adapt the anime's first season and will include the songs from the first season. The anime's staff originally announced the musical at the Animate Gir...
Starmyu Anime's 2nd Season Premieres in Spring 2017
The official website for the Starmyu anime series announced on Saturday that the anime's second season will premiere in spring 2017. The anime's staff originally made the announcement the Animate Girls Festival 2016 event in Tokyo on Saturday. The 12-episode Starmyu television anime series premiered in Japan in October 2015. Funimation streamed the series as it aired. Shunsuke Tada (Kuroko's Baske...
Marginal#4 Idol Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, Character Designs
Series starring KENN, Toshiki Masuda, Naozumi Takahashi, Yuuto Suzuki premieres in January
― The official website for Marginal#4 Kiss Kara Tsukuru Big Bang, the television anime adaptation of Rejet and Idea Factory's Marginal#4 franchise, began streaming the anime's first full promotional video on Saturday. The video previews the opening theme song "WeMe!!!!" sung by the in-anime idol unit Marginal#4...
Crunchyroll Adds 1st Kuroko's Basketball Compilation Film, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa Film
1st of 3 Kuroko's Basketball compilation films opened in Japan on September 3
― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it is now streaming the first of the three Kuroko's Basketball compilation anime films, titled Kuroko's Basketball Winter Cup Highlights -Shadow and Light- (Kuroko no Basuke Winter Cup Sōshū-hen: Kage to Hikari). The first Kuroko's Basketball compilation film is available now for premi...
Rurouni Kenshin 2-Chapter Spinoff Manga Features New Main Character
Story of criminal Ashitarō commemorates Jump Square's 9th anniversary
― Nobuhiro Watsuki published the first chapter of his and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki's planned two-chapter spinoff of Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga on Friday in the December issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine. The spinoff is titled "Rurouni Kenshin Ibun: Ashitarō Zenka Ari" (Rurouni Kenshin Variant Story: The Criminal Ashitarō...
Fukushima Gainax Makes Flying Babies Anime Project About Hula Girls
Haruka Yoshimura, Rikako Yamaguchi voice roles in project
― Anime studio Fukushima Gainax announced at a "Magical Hawaiians" event in Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture on Saturday that it is producing an anime project titled Flying Babies that will center on "Hula Girls." (In Japanese, the characters for "hula" in the phonetic katakana alphabet and the first two katakana characters used in the word "flyi...
Funimation Adds Nichijou, Scrapped Princess, The Betrayal Knows My Name Anime
Company to release all 3 series in February 2017
― Funimation Entertainment announced at its panel at YoumaCon in Detroit on Friday that it has licensed the Nichijou - My Ordinary Life, Scrapped Princess, and The Betrayal Knows My Name television anime series. Funimation will release all 26 episodes of Nichijou - My Ordinary Life as well as an episode 0 OVA on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in a complete serie...
Universal Inherits DreamWorks' Live-Action Voltron Project With David Hayter Writing
X-Men/Watchmen writer drafts script for film in development
― The entertainment news website Deadline reported on Friday that NBCUniversal's recent acquisition of DreamWorks Animation also includes a planned live-action film project of the 1980s animated Voltron franchise. David Hayter, the co-writer of the live-action X-Men and Watchmen films and the English voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear So...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 23-29
4 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, Noragami, Akame ga Kill!, 2 One-Punch Man volumes, The Devil is a Part-Timer!, Attack on Titan
― Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 1Tokyo Ghoul #9 Sui Ishida Viz Media 2 2-Noragami #17 Adachitoka Kodansha Comics 1 3-Akame ga Kill! #8 Story: Takahiro Art: Tetsuya Tashiro Yen Press 1 46Tokyo Ghoul #8 Sui Ishida Viz Media 10 52Tokyo Ghoul #1 Sui Ishida ...
AŌP Performs Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club Anime Opening Theme
Series premieres on January 6
― The official website for the upcoming television anime of Noriyuki Matsumoto's Minami Kamakura Kōkō Joshi Jitensha-Bu (Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club) manga announced on Friday that idol unit AŌP (Mr. Osomatsu, Time Travel Girl) is performing the anime's opening theme song "Jitensha ni Hana wa Mau" (Flower Dances With Bike). The single will launch on Ma...
P.A. Works Responds to Public Discussion on Work Conditions
Staff member allegedly posts complaints on social media
― Animation studio P.A. Works (Shirobako, Kuromukuro, Charlotte, The Eccentric Family) posted a response on Friday to recent social media discourse regarding a staff member's comments on the company's working conditions for animators. The response is as follows: As always, thank you for supporting our company and our works. Regarding the passage...
Funimation Licenses Dragon Ball Super, Plans English Dub
Subtitled episodes begin streaming on FunimationNow
― Funimation Entertainment announced on Friday that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Toei Animation to license Dragon Ball Super in the United States and Canada. The license covers streaming, digital download, home video distribution, broadcast opportunities, and merchandising. Production will begin on an English dub, and Funimation w...
Live-Action Hirunaka no Ryūsei Film Casts Maika Yamamoto
Yamamoto plays character Yuyuka Nekota in March 24 film
― This year's 23rd issue of Shueisha's Margaret magazine revealed on Saturday that Maika Yamamoto (live-action Assassination Classroom's Kaede) has been cast in the role of Yuyuka Nekota. Nekota is a very blunt girl who is considerate to her friends, and tries to get closer to Daiki. The rest of the cast includes: From left to right: Shohei Miur...
Live-Action Saki Project Reveals 4 Poster Visuals
4-episode series premieres on December 4, film in February
― The official Twitter account for the live-action project for Ritz Kobayashi's Saki manga revealed four poster visuals on Friday. Kiyosumi High School Kazekoshi Girls' High School Tsuruga Academy Ryūmonbuchi High School The project's full cast includes: Minami Hamabe as Saki Miyanaga Nana Asakawa as Nodoka Haramura Aika Hirota as Yūki Kataok...
'your name.' Earns 17.6 Billion Yen, is Now 7th Highest-Grossing Film in Japan
Film is also 4th highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan after surpassing Bayside Shakedown 2
― Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no na wa.) anime film has earned 17.6 billion yen as of Thursday, 70 days after the film opened in Japan. The film has now surpassed the eighth highest-grossing film (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at 17.3 billion yen) and the seventh highest-grossing film (Baysid...
Kubikiri Cycle OVA Project's 3rd Promo Video Streamed
2nd of 8 planned OVA volumes ships on November 30
― The official website for Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai (Decapitation Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Prankster), the OVA project based on the first volume in NisiOisin's Zaregoto novel series, began streaming the third trailer for the anime on Friday. (Note: The linked video is region-locked to Japan.) The second OVA episode will sh...
Seiren Original Anime Reveals Visual, Main Staff
Kisai Takayama writes, designs for series at studio Gokumi, AXsiZ
― TBS' official website for Kisai Takayama's original anime series Seiren revealed the anime's key visual and main staff on Friday. Takayama is credited with the original work, series composition, and original character designs for the series. Tomoki Kobayashi (Akame ga KILL!, Rozen Maiden) is directing the anime at Studio Gokumi and A...
My Hero Academia Anime Reveals Character Designs For U.A. Teachers
The official website for the My Hero Academia anime series revealed four more character designs on Friday for the anime, for four teachers at U.A. High who are also pro heroes. The characters appeared in the final episode of the first season, and will appear in the planned second season. Midnight Cementos Snipe Ectoplasm Shueisha also posted a promotional video on Friday to commemorate the release...
Japanese Man Charged With Uploading 'your name.' Film Online Illegally
Shizuoka prefectural police charged a 54-year-old male living in Fujisawa, Kanagawa prefecture on Friday on charges of violating the Copyright Act. According to prefectural police, the suspect allegedly uploaded Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no na wa.) anime film illegally using a file-sharing service. According to police, the file had a high video quality, and had Chinese and English subtitle...
Double Mints Boys-Love Manga by Dōkyūsei's Nakamura Gets Live-Action Film in 2017
Manga about former high school classmates with same name reuniting as accomplices debuted in 2009
― An art exhibit event for Asumiko Nakamura's Dōkyūsei manga revealed on Thursday that a live-action film adaptation of Nakamura's Double Mints boys-love manga has been green-lit. The film is slated for 2017 in Japan. The manga's story begins when Mitsuo Ichikawa hears the domineering voice of someone on...
Katsuki Tanaka's Gyakkō no Koro Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2017
Keiichi Kobayashi directs, writes, Mahiro Takasugi stars in film based on 1988 manga
― A live-action film adaptation of Katsuki Tanaka's Gyakkō no Koro (The Time of Backlights) manga has been green-lit. The film is slated for 2017. Keiichi Kobayashi is directing the film and penning the script, while Mahiro Takasugi is playing the main character Takatoyo Akada (seen below). IMG news_xlarge_gyakkounok...
Super Lovers 2 Anime's Promo Video Previews Opening Theme Song
Yūsuke Yata, "Kaidō 4 Kyōdai" perform opening theme song for January 12 anime
― The official website for the television anime of Miyuki Abe's boys-love manga Super Lovers began streaming a promotional video for Super Lovers 2, the anime's second season, on Friday. The video previews the opening theme song "Hare-Iro Melody" (Sunny-Colored Melody) by Yūsuke Yata and the "Kaidō 4 Kyōdai" (The Four Kaidō...
Bleach Manga Gets 2 Novels Penned by Makoto Matsubara, Ryohgo Narita
Matsubara's novel slated for December, Narita's novel for 2017
― The wraparound jacket band on the 74th and final compiled book volume of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga revealed on Friday that the franchise will get two novels. Makoto Matsubara, who has written previous novelizations of the manga, will write the first novel. The novel will center on Renji and Rukia, and is slated for December. Ryohgo Narit...
Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Drifters Anime
Josh Grelle, Robert McCollum, Justin Briner star in dub premiering Sunday
― Funimation revealed the English dub cast for its broadcast dub of the Drifters television anime on Thursday. The cast, under ADR director Christopher Bevins, ADR engineer Matt Grounds, script adaptation by Patrick Seitz, and mix engineer Nathanael Harrison, includes: Josh Grelle as Shimazu Toyohisa Robert McCollum as Oda Nobu...
Ajin - Demi Human Manga Gets Live-Action Film With Rurouni Kenshin's Takeru Satoh
Psycho-Pass' Katsuyuki Motohiro directs 2017 film
― A live-action film adaptation of Gamon Sakurai's Ajin - Demi-Human manga has been green-lit for next year. Katsuyuki Motohiro (Psycho-Pass, Space Travelers, Bayside Shakedown) is directing the film, and Takeru Satoh (live-action Rurouni Kenshin films' Kenshin Himura, seen right) will play main character Kei Nagai. The film's setting will be Tokyo in...
Zero Escape: 999, Virtue's Last Reward Combo Pack Also Gets PC Release
Aksys Games and Spike Chunsoft announced on Monday that it will release Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, the double pack of Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, on the PC via Steam. Aksys Games and Spike Chunsoft also previously announced Zero Escape: The Nonary Games for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in spring 2017. The PC release w...
Digital Manga Meets Kickstarter Goal to Publish Tezuka's Under the Air Manga
Stretch goal to publish Melody of Iron set at US$50,000
― North American publisher Digital Manga Inc. (DMI)'s current Kickstarter campaign met its initial US$25,000 goal on Wednesday to publish Osamu Tezuka's Under the Air and The Crater manga. As of press time, the project has earned US$26,522. DMI launched the campaign on October 27 and it will end on November 26. DMI will also release Tezuka's Me...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, October 24-30
Compilation of 1st 2 live-action Death Note films airs
― Death Note: Gyakushū no Tensai (Counterattack's Prodigy), a 114-minute reorganization of the first two live-action Death Note films (Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name) aired on NTV on Friday, October 28 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 9.1% rating. Resident Evil: Apocalypse aired on TV Asahi on Sunday, October 30 at 9:15 p.m. and earned a 6.8% ...
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone PS4 Game Rated by German Board
Rhythm game launched in Japan in June
― The German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle) added a listing from Atlus USA for Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone on PlayStation 4. Sega's Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone rhythm game is the PlayStation 4 port of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade games. It debuted in Japan last June as a free down...
Chaos;Child Love chu-chu!! Spinoff Fan Disc Slated for March
PS4/PS Vita spinoff game of visual novel has standard, limited editions
― This week's issue of Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu magazine reported on Wednesday that MAGES.' Chaos;Child Love chu☆chu!!, the spinoff fan disc of the Chaos;Child visual novel, will ship for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on March 30, in both standard and limited editions. The standard edition on the PS4 costs 7,80...
Live-Action Tomodachi Game Casts Ryō Yoshizawa as Lead Character
Film, drama adaptations of Sherlock Bones author's manga slated for 2017
― An official website for the upcoming live-action adaptations of Yuki Sato's Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) manga opened on Friday and announced that Ryō Yoshizawa (live-action Ao Haru Ride, Gintama) will play the main character Yūichi Katagiri in both the drama and two films. All three adaptations are slated for 2017. The stor...
Dragon Quest VIII 3DS Port Slated for January 20 in N. America
Nintendo announced on Thursday that it will launch the Nintendo 3DS port of Square Enix's Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King in North America on January 20, 2017. Square Enix released Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King in Japan in August 2015. Square Enix first released Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi (Dragon Quest VIII: The Sky, the Ocean, th...
Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto Includes Boruto Film's Naruto, Sasuke
PS4 game's powered-up characters feature new fighting styles
― This year's 49th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is confirming on Monday that Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto, Bandai Namco Entertainment's upcoming expansion for the Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 game, will add Naruto and Sasuke — as their powered-up versions from the Boruto -Naruto the ...
Pacific Rim 2 Casts Japanese Actor Mackenyu
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure/Chihayafuru actor joins sequel which begins filming this month in Australia
― Actor Mackenyu (live-action Chihayafuru, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Peach Girl) announced on his official Twitter account last week that he has joined the cast of Pacific Rim 2, the sequel to Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham's 2013 science-fiction robot film. The film will debut in theaters on F...
Studio DLE Launches Chinese-Japanese Anime Venture With 10 Billion Yen
New Tokyo-based venture seeks new creative projects in Chinese, Japanese animation industries
― Anime studio DLE Inc. (3-Nen D-Gumi Glass no Kamen, Haiyoru! Nyaru-Ani, Eagle Talon) announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Chinese film company Shanghai Griffin Film Corporation to create a 10-billion-yen (about US$100 million) "Chinese-Japanese Anime Fund," and to launch a joint venture named ...
I'm Enterprise Talent Agency Consults Police Over Voice Actor Harassment
Talent agency I'm Enterprise announced on Wednesday that it has learned that many of the voice actors and actresses that it represents have been harassed over the Internet and social media regarding "untrue" topics. The agency noted that it has also seen unauthorized photographs. The agency has decided to consult police in the matter, and are discussing legal options. The announcement also encoura...
Miss Hokusai Anime Film Earns US$176,008 in U.S.
Also: X Japan's We Are X documentary earns US$18,624
― Distribution company GKids' screening of Production I.G's Miss Hokusai film has earned a total of US$176,008 as of Sunday, October 30. The film had earned US$105,459 in North America as of October 24. GKids expanded screenings in October, and the GKids' website includes a list of 122 theaters in the United States and Canada. The film earmed US$25...
Disney XD TV Channel Lists 1st Yo-kai Watch Film on November 12-14
Film screened for 1 day in U.S. on October 15
― The Disney XD channel is listing Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie, the first Yo-kai Watch anime film, with television airings on November 12-14. Eleven Arts and Fathom Events held a one-day screening in the United States on October 15. Eleven Arts describes the film: In YO-KAI WATCH: THE MOVIE EVENT, Jibanyan, Whisper, and Nate meet a heroic Yo-kai named Hoverny...
Aya Suzaki Performs Koro Teacher Quest! Anime's Opening Song
Film shown with Assassination Classroom The Movie: 365 Days on November 19
― This year's 49th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Aya Suzaki will perform the opening theme song "Re:QUEST" for the anime of Jō Aoto and Kizuku Watanabe's Koro-sensei Q! (Koro Teacher Quest) spinoff manga. The anime will premiere with the Gekijōban Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: 365-Nichi no J...
Sentai Filmworks Reveals Girls und Panzer Film's English Dub Cast
Majority of cast from Sentai's English dub of TV anime returns for film debuting November 18
― Sentai Filmworks revealed the English dub cast for the Girls und Panzer der Film anime movie on Wednesday. Eleven Arts will screen the film with the English dub beginning on November 18 in the United States. The dub cast, under ADR director Kyle Jones, ADR writers Tiffany Grant and Jones, and ADR spotter Ge...
Kodansha's Shonen Magazine Circulation Drops Below 1 Million
Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday circulation also drops
― The Japanese Magazine Publishers Association reported on Wednesday that Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine dipped in circulation below one million. The verified average circulation number for the July-September 2016 period stood at 995,017. The manga magazine's circulation fell by about 20,000 from the April-June...
Funimation Reveals Dub Casts for Show By Rock!! 2, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, Trickster
Funimation premieres English-dubbed anime on Thursday
― Funimation revealed the English dub casts for its broadcast dubs of the Show By Rock!!#, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, and Trickster anime on Wednesday. The cast of the second season of Show By Rock!!# includes: Bryn Apprill as Cyan Alexis Tipton as Chuchu Caitlin Glass as Retoree Monica Rial as Moa Mike McFarland as Crow Christopher R. Sabat as Rom J...
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 24-30
Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare, Saint Young Men, Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu., Kingdom, The Seven Deadly Sins in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare 4 168,863 168,863 2016/10 Shueisha Io Sakisaka 1 1 2 Saint Young Men 13 141,606 277,014 2016/10 Kodansha Hikaru Nakamura 2 2 3 Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu....
Gainax, Saudi Arabia's Arinat Make 3-Minute 'Desert Knight' Trailer
Japanese, Saudia Arabian companies collaborated on story
― Animation Studio GAINAX and Saudi Arabian media content company ARiNAT collaborated on a three-minute anime trailer titled "Desert Knight" (Sabaku no Kishi), which debuted on Thursday at the "ANI:ME" Japanese pop culture festival in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. ARiNAT began streaming the anime on Tuesday with both Japanese and Arabi...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, October 24-30
Sword Art Online Hollow Realization, World of Final Fantasy, Berserk Musou games ship
― Japan's Game Ranking: October 24-30 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 1PS4 Sword Art Online Hollow Realization (Including Limited Editions) Bandai Namco Entertainment October 27 70,871 70,871 2PSV Sword Art Online Hollow Realization (Including Limited Editions) Ba...
Persona 5 English Dub Trailer Features Ryuji Sakamoto
Mittelman plays Ryuji in PS4/PS3 game shipping on February 14
― Atlus USA began streaming an English-dubbed trailer featuring Ryuji Sakamoto from its upcoming Persona 5 PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 game on Thursday. Atlus also streamed a video featuring Ryuji's voice actor Max Mittelman discussing the role with PR manager John Hardin. The game's Western release will have English audio only. The En...
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