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Koei Tecmo's Musou Stars Crossover Game Adds Opoona
PS4/PS Vita game releasing on March 2 in Japan
― Koei Tecmo Games announced on Saturday during its "Greatest Lineup in History" presentation that its Musou Stars PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game will add Opoona from the 2007 Opoona role-playing game for Nintendo Wii. The game's website announced on Monday that the first-editions of the game will have Opoona as an unlocked playable character fr...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Manga Gets New Smartphone Game App
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records "3D action" game has characters from Parts 1-4
― The January 2017 issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine announced on Monday that Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series and its anime adaptations will get a smartphone game app for iOS and Android devices. The "3D action" game is titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records and is slated fo...
Hand Shakers TV Anime's New Promo Video Posted
Series premieres January 10
― The production company Frontierworks posted a new promotional video for Hand Shakers — its original television anime project with animation studio GoHands and publisher Kadokawa — on Wednesday. The anime takes place in Osaka in "AD20XX," and revolves around the Hand Shakers — partners who can summon "Nimrodes," weapons born from their deep psyche by joining hands. In ord...
Crunchyroll, Funimation to Stream Koro Sensei Quest! Anime Series
Assassination Classroom spinoff premieres in Japan on Friday
― Crunchyroll and Funimation announced on Wednesday that they will stream the upcoming Assassination Classroom spinoff anime series Koro Sensei Quest!. Funimation's stream will be a simuldub. Stream times and regions will be announced at a later date. The series will premiere streaming in Japan on December 23 on dTV, UULA, and other service...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, December 12-18
Yo-Kai Watch 3 Sukiyaki, SaGa: Scarlet Grace games ship
― Japan's Game Ranking: December 12-18 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DS Yo-Kai Watch 3 Sukiyaki Level 5 December 15 337,979 337,979 23DS Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon Pokémon November 18 199,514 2,578,960 86 33DSSuper Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo December 1 168,072 448,160 4PSV SaGa:...
Yuri!!! On Ice Anime Ends With 'See You Next Level' Message
The 12th and final episode of Yuri!!! On Ice aired on Thursday with the message "See You NEXT LEVEL." No additional projects or sequels have been announced. The anime premiered in Japan on October 6, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs. Funimation began streaming an English broadcast dub on October 24.
The World God Only Knows' Wakaki Ends Neji no Hitobito Manga
Final volume of Wakaki's Nanoha Yōgashiten no Ii Shigoto manga also ships
― Manga creator Tamiki Wakaki announced on his blog on Monday that the next chapter of his Neji no Hitobito (The Screw People) manga will be the last. The 25th and final chapter will launch on Thursday on Shogakukan's Ura Sunday manga website. Wakaki launched the manga in Ura Sunday in February 2015. Shogakukan shipped the seco...
Gravity Rush 2 Prequel Anime Streams on YouTube on December 26
Evangelion's Studio Khara animates prequel to 2nd game
― The North American and European PlayStation YouTube channels announced on Wednesday that they will stream the Gravity Rush The Animation: Overture, the prequel "special animation" to the upcoming Gravity Rush 2 PlayStation 4 game, on December 26. The European channel specifies that the video will stream at 4:00 p.m. GMT (11:00 a.m. EST). Both c...
Azure Striker Gunvolt OVA Delayed to January 2017
Game developer Inti Creates announced on Wednesday that the anime adaptation of its Azure Striker Gunvolt (Armed Blue Gunvolt in Japan) Nintendo 3DS game has been delayed due to "various circumstances." The anime was originally slated for release in winter 2016, and it is now slated for January 2017 in North America, Europe, and Japan. Inti Creates will release the anime as an "on-demand" original...
The Four Immigrants Manga Gets Stage Musical
Musical of Japanese immigrants in early 20th-century San Francisco debuts in July
― Theater company TheatreWorks announced on Tuesday that it will launch its 2017-2018 season with a stage musical adaptation of Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama's The Four Immigrants Manga. The adaptation, titled The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga, will run in TheaterWorks' 48th season at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Pa...
Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss Manga Gets TV Anime
Masayuki Kojima directs story of young girl who explores massive pit
― An official teaser website and Twitter account launched on Thursday to announce that Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss manga is receiving a television anime adaptation. The website unveiled a teaser visual. Masayuki Kojima (Black Bullet, Tibetan Dog) is directing the anime at the studio Kinema Citrus (Scorching Ping Pong Girls, Bar...
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Game's Video Previews Update
"Fighters of the Blue Sky" available now, "Maiden of Abyss" DLC launches in 2017
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming an introduction video on Tuesday for the "Fighters of the Blue Sky" update of its Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The update launched in Japan on Tuesday. The free major update adds the characters Rain and Seven from Sword Art Onli...
Armed Girl's Machiavellism Anime's Cast, Staff, Spring TV Debut Revealed
Visual posted for "school rebellion battle action" story starring Tasuku Hatanaka, Yūki Takada
― The official website for the anime of Karuna Kanzaki and Yūya Kurokami's Armed Girl's Machiavellism (Busō Shōjo Machiavellism) manga opened on Wednesday and revealed the anime's main voice cast, main staff, Spring 2017 television premiere, and teaser visual. The voice cast stars: Tasuku Hatanaka as Fudō N...
Takayuki Yamada, Yūichi Fukuda Involved in Live-Action Saint Young Men
Hikaru Nakamura's manga about Buddha, Jesus living in Tokyo inspired anime film in 2013
― The cover of the February 2017 issue of Kodansha's Morning Two magazine is confirming on Thursday that a live-action adaptation for Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men (Saint Onii-san) manga is in the works. Actor Takayuki Yamada is producing, and Yūichi Fukuda (HK/Hentai Kamen, Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai) will di...
Live-Action Blade of the Immortal Film's Stills Show Hana Sugisaki as Rin Asano
Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki star, Takashi Miike directs April 29 film
― The staff for the live-action film of Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal "neo period drama" manga unveiled new stills of actress Hana Sugisaki in costume as Rin Asano on Tuesday and Wednesday. The staff previously revealed stills of kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō XI in costume as Eiku Shizuma, and Warner Bros. Japan also began ...
Akiba's Trip Anime's 2nd Trailer Reveals, Previews Opening Theme Song
Earphones trio Rie Takahashi, Marika Kōno, Yuki Nagaku perform theme song, voice main roles in anime
― The official website for Akiba's Trip: The Animation, the television anime of Acquire's Akiba's Trip game franchise, began streaming the anime's second trailer. The video reveals and previews the anime's opening theme song "Ikken Rakuchaku zu Yōjin" by Earphones (Iyahonz), a group formed by the anim...
Nioh PS4 Game's Cutscene, Animated Story Video Streamed
RPG launches on February 7 in N. America, February 8 in Europe
― Koei Tecmo Games began streaming an cutscene from the Nioh "dark warring-states action RPG" for the PlayStation 4 on Saturday as part of its “Greatest Games Lineup in History" presentation. The cutscene features the player character William meeting with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Koei Tecmo also streamed a story movie, the first chapter in a vide...
Shōkoku no Altair Historical Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime by MAPPA
Rurouni Kenshin, Gundam UC's Kazuhiro Furuhashi directs adaptation
― Images from the official website of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine revealed on Wednesday that MAPPA and Aniplex's "Project Altair" anime will be a television anime adaptation of Kotono Katō's historical fantasy manga Shōkoku no Altair manga. The anime will air next year. The website that Aniplex opened for the project pre...
Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight Game's Promo Previews Theme Song
Kotoko, Luna Haruna sing theme for March 16 crossover game with another character teased
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a new promotional video for its Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game on Tuesday. The video reveals and previews the game's theme song "SxW -soul world-" by Kotoko and Luna Haruna. In addition, the video teases tha...
Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru #1 Tops Weekly Animation Blu-ray & DVD Charts
BD ranked #2, DVD at #3 on general charts, in 1st simultaneous top 3 placing since Mr. Osomatsu
― The first home video volume of the Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru television anime topped Oricon's animation Blu-ray Disc and DVD charts for the December 12-18 week. The Blu-ray Disc release also ranked #2 on the general Blu-ray Disc chart, while the DVD release ranked #3 on the general DVD chart. Both releases s...
Gangsta. Anime Resumes Blu-ray/DVD Release in Japan After 16-Month Delay
Volumes 3-6 postponed in wake of studio Manglobe's bankruptcy last year
― The official website for the television anime of Kohske's Gangsta. manga announced the release dates for the anime's delayed home video volumes on Wednesday. The third, fourth, and fifth Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes are slated for March 24, April 21, and May 26, respectively. The sixth and final Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume will shi...
New Gintama Anime's Promo Previews Theme Song
All-girl band ЯeaL performs "Kagerō" theme song for January 9 anime
― The new television anime for Gintama ran a promotional video for the anime. The video previews the opening theme song "Kagerō" by ЯeaL. Chizuru Miyawaki returns from the fourth Gintama television anime to direct the new series, and Shinji Takeuchi returns to design the characters, but also serves as the chief animation director. Yu...
Sentai FIlmworks to Release Utawarerumono: The False Faces With English Dub
Section 23 Films announced in its April release slate that Sentai Filmworks' release of Utawarerumono: The False Faces will include an English dub. The series is slated for release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 25, 2017. Utawarerumono: The False Faces premiered in Japan on October 3, 2015, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The first Utawarerumono anime was original licen...
AnimeFest to Host Yuri!!! on Ice's Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsurou Kubo, Tadashi Hiramatsu
Director, co-creator, character designer to attend Dallas convention in August
― The staff for the Dallas anime convention AnimeFest announced on Tuesday that it will host director Sayo Yamamoto, co-creator Mitsurou Kubo, and character designer and animation director Tadashi Hiramatsu from the Yuri!!! on Ice television anime. AnimeFest 2017 will be held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel from August 17-20....
Sentai Filmworks to Release Gatchaman II Anime on DVD
Series previously in edited into Eagle Riders
― Section 23 Films announced in its April release slate that Sentai Filmworks will release the Gatchaman II (Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman II) television anime on DVD on April 18. The release will have Japanese audio with English subtitles. The 1978-79 series has not previously been released in North America uncut. Saban Entertainment licensed Gatchaman II a...
Manpaku Jinja Teases Touhou-Based 'Memories of Phantasm' Episode 8 in Video
Manpaku Jinja dōjin circle to offer DVD at Comic Market 91 event on December 29
― Dōjin (self-published) circle Manpaku Jinja began streaming a preview for the eighth episode of "Gensō Bankakyō ~The Memories of Phantasm~" (Kaleidoscope of Illusions: The Memories of Phantasm), its anime project based on the Touhou Project games, on Tuesday. The eighth episode is titled "Eiya Ihen no Shō (Zenpen)" (Imp...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 18-24
My Love Story!!, Wakaba Girl anime; Bungo Stray Dogs, The Case Study of Vanitas, Gangsta Cursed manga; Bakemonogatari novel ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Gun Frontier DVDPlease Discotek Media/Eastern Star US$44.95 December 20 My Love Story!! BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$99.98 December 20 My Love Story!! DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$79.98 December 20 Owarim...
Frontwing Streams Grisaia: Phantom Trigger PC Game's Opening Movie
1st 2 volumes launch on April 28
― The official website for Frontwing's upcoming Grisaia: Phantom Trigger PC game began streaming the opening movie on Tuesday. Singer Marina Kawano performed the opening theme, "Edge of My World." Hitoshi Fujima of Elements Garden composed and arranged the piece, and Yoshikazu Kuwashima wrote charge of lyrics. yo-yu (feat. works) is credited with the opening movie pro...
KochiKame's Osamu Akimoto Launches Black Tiger Post-Civil War Manga
Creator's 3 other new manga series launch in February, March
― Kochikame manga creator Osamu Akimoto launched his Black Tiger manga series in the second 2017 issue of Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine on Wednesday. The manga features on the issue's cover, and the 53-page first chapter includes color pages. The "intense gun action" story is set in the United States in the aftermath of the American Civil ...
Natsume's Book of Friends Manga Gets 6th Anime in 2017
5th anime series currently airing on Crunchyroll
― The eleventh episode of Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go, the fifth television anime season inspired by Yuki Midorikawa's Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga, announced on Wednesday that a sixth anime series titled Natsume Yūjin-Chō Roku (Natsume's Book of Friends Six) has been greenlit for 2017. Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go debuted on October 4 and Crun...
New Danganronpa V3 Game's Ad Highlights Monokuma
PS4, PS Vita game ships in Japan on January 12, in N. America & Europe in 2017
― Spike Chunsoft began streaming a commercial 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 on Tuesday. The ad highlights the character Monokuma. The game will ship in Japan on January 12. A limited edition will be ...
Evangelion's Studio Khara Previews Gravity Rush 2 Game's Prequel Anime in Trailer
Airs on Christmas before game ships in January after delay
― PlayStation Japan began streaming a trailer for Gravity Rush The Animation ~ Overture ~, the prequel "special animation" to the upcoming Gravity Rush 2 PlayStation 4 game, on Tuesday. The trailer notes that the anime will air on TV Tokyo on December 25 at 25:05 (effectively, on December 26 at 1:05 a.m.) Studio Khara (Evangelion films) produ...
Little Witch Academia TV Anime's Ads Preview Theme Songs
YURiKA performs opening song, Yuiko Ōhara returns for ending song
― The official Twitter account for the Little Witch Academia television anime series began streaming two commercials on Tuesday. The videos preview YURiKA's opening theme song "Shiny Ray" and Yuiko Ōhara ending theme song "Hoshi wo Tadoreba" (If You Follow the Stars). TVアニメ『リトルウィッチアカデミア』は1月8日からTOKYO MX(毎週日曜24:00〜),BS11(毎週日曜24:30〜),関西テレ...
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Anime's TV Ads Preview Theme Songs
Sequel premieres with UVERworld, Rin Akatsuki's songs on January 6
― The official website for the Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujō Ō-hen) sequel anime began streaming two commercials on Sunday. The preview UVERworld's opening theme song "Itteki no Eikyō" (Drop's Influence) and Rin Akatsuki's ending theme song "Kono Te de" (With This Hand). The website also began streaming a secon...
Dragon Ball Super Anime's Universe Survival Saga Teased in Promo Video
Kiyoshi Hikawa sings his 1st anime song for tournament of universes' strongest warriors
― The official website for the Dragon Ball Super television anime posted the preview promotional video for the anime's new arc, the "Universe Survival Saga," on Tuesday. The video, which debuted at the Jump Festa event this past weekend, introduces the previous sagas, before setting up the premise of the new one d...
Onihei Historical TV Anime Gets Prologue Video Anime
OVA recounts legendary lawman's early days on February 22
― The official webite for Onihei, the television anime of Shōtarō Ikenami's Onihei Crime Reports in Edo (Onihei Hankachō or Onihei, the Devilish Bureau Chief) novel series, announced a separate original video anime (OVA) on Tuesday. The Onhei ~Sono Otoko, Hasegawa Heizō~ (Onihei: This Man, Heizō Hasegawa) OVA will ship on February 22, 2017. Th...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, December 12-18
Game Center CX sells 18,066, followed by Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, 2016 Pokémon film, Gundam the Origin IV, Totoro
― Game Center CX (Retro Game Master) DVD-Box 13 sells 18,066 copies to land at #2 on the DVD chart. The stage production Live Spectacle Naruto 2016 sells 1,420 copies to rank #27. The Zard 25th Anniversary Live "What a beautiful memory" concert sold 1,349 more copies to add to its total of...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, December 12-18
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru sells 10,358, followed by Crusher Joe box, Gundam the Origin IV, Gintama', Haruhi Suzumiya
― The stage production Live Spectacle Naruto 2016 sells 1,408 copies to rank #21 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 - Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Vol. I Blu-ray 10,358 10,358 16/12/...
MBS, TBS End 'Nichigo' Anime Timeslot, Launch Saturday Morning Anime Hour in April
1st 1-hour anime slot on JNN since 1983 with first Macross
― The JNN television stations TBS and MBS announced on Tuesday that they are both ending their "Nichigo" Sunday evening anime timeslot in April, and launching a new one-hour anime timeslot named "Anisata" (Japanese abbreviation for "Anime Saturday") on Saturday mornings at 7:00 a.m. No JNN channel has had a one-hour timeslot for anime since t...
Falcom to Release Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III on PS4 in Fall
Franchise's 1st PS4 game previewed in visual, screenshots
― Nihon Falcom announced on Tuesday that it will release its Eiyū Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki III (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III) role-playing game in fall 2017 for the PlayStation 4. Both previous games in the series were released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It is the first in Falcom's long-running The Legend of H...
Anonymous Noise Anime Unveils Main Visual
The official website for the television anime of Ryoko Fukuyama's shōjo manga Anonymous Noise (Fukumenkei Noise) unveiled the anime's main visual on Tuesday. Hideya Takahashi (Keijo!!!!!!!!, Fantasista Stella) is directing the series at Brains Base (Natsume's Book of Friends, Durarara!!). Deko Akao (Snow White with the Red Hair, Noragami) is in charge of the series composition, and Mariko Itou is ...
Atlus to Reveal New Fantasy RPG Separate From Shin Megami Tensei, Persona on Friday
Persona series' Katsura Hashino heads project in new Studio Zero division
― The Famitsu.com website revealed on Tuesday that Japanese video game developer Atlus will announce a new fantasy role-playing game project, unrelated to its flagship Shin Megami Tensei series or Persona series, in a Niconico live stream on Friday at 8:00 p.m. This week's issue of Kadokawa's Weekly Famitsu magazine will also h...
Nanbaka Anime Season 2's Promo Reveals New Characters
Takaya Kuroda, Naozumi Takahashi, Fuyuka Oura play new characters in new season in January
― The official website for the Nanbaka television anime began streaming a new promotional video for the anime's second season on Tuesday. The video reveals new casts members for the second season. The new cast members include: Takaya Kuroda as Enki Gokū Naozumi Takahashi as Ruka Gojō Fuyuka Oura as Noriko Sanzō...
Mashin Eiyuden Wataru Director Shuji Iuchi Passes Away at 66
Also animated, drew storyboards for Gundam Build Fighters Try, Sgt. Frog, wrote scripts for Pretty Rhythm
― Director, animator, and scriptwriter Shuji Iuchi passed away last Thursday, December 15. He was 66. Iuchi was best known for directing all the anime in Sunrise's Mashin Eiyuden Wataru mecha franchise, beginning with the 1988 series, until the 1997 series. He had also written novels for the fran...
Lostorage incited WIXOSS Short Manga Ends
Manga Premiered in October after anime
― The January 2017 issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine published the final chapter of the Lostorage incited WIXOSS: Hissatsu Honest (Lostorage incited WIXOSS: Certain Kill Honest) short manga on Monday. LRIG and illustrator nini launched the manga on October 19. The toy and game maker Takara Tomy launched the WIXOSS (pronounced like "wi-cross") card game in ...
Persona 5 English Dub Trailers Introduce More Supporting Characters
Game ships on April 4 with English dub, downloadable Japanese track
― Atlus USA began streaming three trailers introducing supporting Confidant characters for its upcoming Persona 5 game for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on Monday. Players can develop bonds with these Confidants in order to unlock skill bonuses and special services. Hifumi Togo, a Shogi player: Sadayo Kawakami, the protagonist's ho...
Trinity Seven's Kenji Saito Begins Mugen Sekai no Amadeus Manga in February
Hōgu Sōji to illustrate manga beginning in February
― The first 2017 issue of Kodansha's Shonen Magazine R announced on Tuesday that Trinity Seven author Kenji Saito will begin a new manga series titled Mugen Sekai no Amadeus (Amadeus of the Infinite World) in the next issue on February 20. Saito is writing the story and Hōgu Sōji is drawing the manga. The manga's story takes place in a world that is...
Media Blasters Announces Additional World War Blue English Dub Cast
Erica Schroeder, Clifford Chapin, Michael Liscio Jr more join cast
― North American anime licensor Media Blasters revealed five more cast members on Monday for the English dub of the World War Blue (Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de) anime series. The company noted that this will be the final round of cast announcements, and that it will reveal more information on the release at a later date. The newly reveale...
Sakurada Reset Anime Casts Kaito Ishikawa, Kana Hanazawa, Aoi Yūki
Visuals unveiled for 3 main characters
― The official website for the television anime of Yutaka Kōno's teen science-fiction/fantasy light novel series Sakurada Reset revealed the cast and designs for three of the main cast members on Monday. The cast includes: Kaito Ishikawa as Kei Asai, a first-year student and member of the "Service Club." He has the ability to perfectly remember anything he sees ...
New Food Wars! Original Anime DVD Casts Akira Ishida, Hisako Kanemoto
DVD ships with 25th manga volume on July 4
― The official website for the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma television anime posted the main cast for the new Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma original anime DVD (OAD) on Saturday. Akiria Ishida will play Council 10 member Eishi Tsukasa (seen in key image on right). Hisako Kanemoto is again replacing Risa Taneda as Erina Nakiri. Taneda played Erina in both telev...
Digimon World Next Order International Edition Video Compares PS4/PS Vita Graphics
PS4 game ships February 16 in Japan, January 27 in Europe, January 31 in Americas
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a graphics comparison video for its Digimon World Next Order International Edition game on Monday. The video compares the graphics of the upcoming PlayStation 4 release to the original PlayStation Vita game's graphics. The game will ship in Japan on the PlayStation 4 on Febru...
Musician Aska's New Illegal Stimulant Charges Dropped
Prosecutor unable to find evidence to indict singer after November arrest
― The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office dropped charges on Monday against musician Aska (Shigeaki Miyazaki), a member of the musical duo Chage and Aska with Chage (Shuji Shibata), for allegedly using stimulants in violation of Japan's drug control laws. The office could not obtain evidence to indict Aska, and the 58-yea...
Twin Star Exorcists Anime Gets New Theme Songs in January
Itowokashi, Wagakki Band return for new theme songs; new visual also unveiled
― The official website of the Twin Star Exorcists television anime announced last Friday that both Itowokashi and Wagakki Band will return to perform new theme songs for the anime. Itowokoashi will perform the new opening theme song "Kanadeai," while Wagakki Band will perform the new ending theme song "Hotarubi." Both songs...
3rd Ai Mai Mi Anime Season's 1st Promo Video Streamed
5-minute series continues story of 4 girls in manga club on January 3
― The third anime season based on Choboraunyopomi's Ai Mai Mi four-panel manga began streaming its first promotional video on Monday. The five-minute anime series, titled Ai Mai Mi: Surgical Friends, will premiere on January 3 on AT-X at 11:30 p.m. (The linked video is region-locked to Japan.) After debuting on AT-X, the series wil...
Yōjo Senki TV Anime's Promo Videos Preview 'Monster'/'Fairy' Protagonist
Series about office worker reborn as sorceress debuts on January 6
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of author Carlo Zen and illustrator Shinobu Shinotsuki's Yōjo Senki (The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl) light novel series began streaming the anime's "monster" and "fairy" promotional videos on Monday. Both videos feature the the opening theme song "Jingo Jungle" by MY...
Yuri!!! on Ice Anime Casts Swiss Skater Stéphane Lambiel as Himself
Series' 12th, final episode concludes Grand Prix Final on December 21
― The official website for the Yuri!!! on Ice television anime announced on Monday that Swiss figure skater Stéphane Lambiel will play himself. He will appear in the series' 12th and final episode, which will premiere on Wednesday. The episode will feature the free program of the Grand Prix Final competition. Professional skater No...
Anonymous Noise Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, April 2017 Debut
Saori Hayami, Daiki Yamashita, Kouki Uchiyama star in adaptation of shōjo series
― The 2017 second issue of Hakusensha's Hana to Yume magazine is revealing the main cast, staff, and April 2017 debut on Tuesday for the television anime adaptation of Ryoko Fukuyama's shōjo manga Anonymous Noise (Fukumenkei Noise). The anime will star: Saori Hayami (Snow White with the Red Hair's Shirayuki) as Nino Daik...
Nana Maru San Batsu Manga About High School Quiz Club Gets TV Anime
Story about teens who compete in quizes from Summer Wars manga's Iqura Sugimoto
― A television anime adaptation of Iqura Sugimoto's Nana Maru San Batsu (literally, "7 O 3 X" or "7 Right, 3 Wrong") manga has been green-lit. To celebrate the announcement, Sugimoto drew an illustration: The manga centers around the club life and coming-of-age of high school students who challenge themselves in quiz comp...
Live-Action P to JK Film Reveals More Cast, Visual, March 25 Premiere
Film based on Maki Miyoshi's manga series stars Kazuya Kamenashi, Tao Tsuchiya
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Maki Miyoshi's P to JK romantic comedy revealed a still and a poster visual for the film on Saturday. The website has also revealed the film's March 25 release date, as well as additional cast and insert song artists. The website also began streaming a 60-second ...
One Piece Kabuki Play's New Run Premieres in October
The One Piece stage event at Jump Festa 2017 announced on Sunday that the new run of the Kabuki stage play based on Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga will occur from October 6 to November 25 at the Shinbashi Enbujō theater in Ginza, Tokyo. The play first ran from October-November 2015 at the Shinbashi Enbujō theater. 100,000 tickets for the Tokyo run all sold out. The play then ran in Osaka from Mar...
Ami Wajima Performs New Ending Theme For Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Anime
Ending theme "Ai" debuts in January
― The official website of the Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters anime announced on Friday that Ami Wajima will perform the new ending theme song "Ai." The theme song will debut in the anime in January. Wajima previous performed the opening theme song "Gensou Drive" for The Lost Village, and the second ending theme song "Eien Loop" for Kuromukuro. The two songs and ...
Monster Hunter XX 3DS Game's Videos Preview New Style, SP Mode
Expanded version of Monster Hunter Generations game slated for March 18
― Capcom began streaming two videos for its new Monster Hunter XX (pronounced as "Double Cross") hunting action game for the Nintendo 3DS on Monday. The first video previews the game's new "Renkin (Alchemy) Style," that uses an Alchemy Barrel to craft items mid-hunt to benefit the party. The second video uses the new "Style Power...
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game Previews 1st DLC in Video
DLC pack including Cabba, Frost as playable characters releases on Tuesday
― Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming a trailer for the first DLC pack of the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game on Saturday. The DLC pack releases on Tuesday for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and includes both free and paid content. The first paid DLC pack includes playable characters Cabba and Frost, master Hit, f...
3rd Yo-kai Watch Film Tops Japanese Box Office, Beats Rogue One
HoneyWorks film opens at #9, your name. drops to #6, In This Corner of the World to #10
― Update: Eiga Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! sold 545,211 tickets for 608,033,100 yen (about US$5.189 million) on 415 screens from Saturday to Sunday. That is 57.5% of the opening weekend box office for the last Yo-kai Watch film, which eventually earned 5.53 billion yen (a...
Shinkai's 'your name.' Becomes #1 Japanese Film in Thailand of All Time
Film earned 44,122,000 baht (US$1.23 million) to surpass Stand By Me Doraemon
― Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no na wa.) anime film has earned 44,122,000 baht (about 144 million yen or US$1.23 million) in Thailand — thus becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film in Thailand to date. The film has surpassed the 39,560,890 baht (about US$1.10 million) earnings of Stand By Me Doraemon, and the 19,1...
Cheer Boys!! Anime's 2 OVAs Previewed in Video
OVAs ship with 4th Blu-ray Disc, DVD volume on December 22
― Bandai Visual began streaming a promotional video on Sunday for the two OVAs that will ship with the fourth DVD and Blu-ray Disc volume of the Cheer Boys!! (Cheer Danshi!!) anime. The DVD and Blu-ray Disc will ship in Japan on December 22. The first OVA, titled "Iroiro Danshi!!" (Various Boys!!) will be four minutes long and is about Wataru...
Yuzo Takada Launches New 3x3 Eyes Manga on Thursday
3x3 Eyes: Kiseki no Yami no Keiyakusha is set 12 years after last battle with Kaiyanwang
― The January 2017 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Young Magazine revealed on Monday that Yuzo Takada is launching a new manga titled 3x3 Eyes: Kiseki no Yami no Keiyakusha based on his 3x3 Eyes manga in Kodansha's E-Young Magazine online manga magazine on Thursday. The manga is set 12 years after the last battle wit...
RWBY Manga Enters 'Climax' in January
Shirow Miwa launched manga adaptation of animated web series in November 2015
― The January 2017 issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Shirow Miwa's manga adaptation of the RWBY web animated series will enter its "climax" in the magazine's next issue, which Shueisha will publish on January 19. The word "climax" written in phonetic katakana often indicates a manga series' fin...
Magazine Posts Visual for Is the Order a Rabbit?? Anime's New Theatrical Episode
The official Twitter account of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine revealed a new visual on Sunday for the Is the Order a Rabbit?? television anime's new special anime episode that will screen in theaters in Japan in spring 2017. Koi, the original manga's creator, drew the visual. In Koi's original four-panel manga, the main character Cocoa (a pun of “hot cocoa”) arrives at the cafe Rabbit Hou...
Nintendo Confirms Dragon Quest XI is Still Coming to Nintendo Switch
Game's website only lists PS4, Nintendo 3DS versions
― Nintendo confirmed on its official website on Monday that Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete (Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time), the Dragon Quest franchise's latest main game, is still slated to release on Nintendo's newly-revealed Nintendo Switch platform. While Square Enix had stated last year that it plans to release the g...
4th Digimon Adventure tri. Film's 1st Promo Video Previews Story
Film opens on February 25 in Japan
― The official Youtube channel of ticketing app Eiga Land began streaming the first promotional video on Monday for Digimon Adventure tri. Sōshitsu (Loss), the fourth film in the Digimon Adventure tri. six-part anime film series. The video previews the film's story. The film will open in Japan on February 25. The film's home video Blu-ray Disc and DVD will ship in J...
Top 20 Highest-Grossing Films in Japan Has 6 Anime Films
List features your name. at #1, 4 live-action films based on existing manga
― Japanese film news website Movie Collection listed the top 20 highest grossing films released in Japan for 2016 on Monday. The list includes six anime films, and four live-action movies based on existing manga. your name. (20.5 billion yen, about US$174 million) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (11.6 billion yen, about US$98.62...
Tales of Berseria RPG's English-Dubbed Trailer Streamed
RPG releases for PS4/PC in January in N. America, Europe
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the first fully English-dubbed trailer on Monday for its upcoming Tales of Berseria PlayStation 4 and PC role-playing game. The trailer showcases some of the game's animated cutscenes and fighting sequences. (Note: The below video contains spoilers for a beginning cutscenes from the game.) Bandai Nam...
Live-Action Teiichi no Kuni Film's Poster Visual Unveiled
Poster displays protagonist Teiichi licking a shoe
― The official website for the live-action film of Usamaru Furuya's Teiichi no Kuni (Teiichi's Country) manga unveiled the first poster visual on Tuesday. The poster displays actor Masaki Suda as protagonist Teiichi Akaba licking a shoe. The text reads, "By licking the shoe, I win." The poster started being displayed in Japanese theaters on Saturday....
AnimeJapan 2017 Reveals List of Stage Events, Exhibited Works
Lists include works with no announced anime projects
― The AnimeJapan convention revealed its list of stage events on Friday for its four stages (red, blue, green, and open stage). The following works, people, and events are listed as having stage events: Ensemble Stars The Animation Honeyworks (musical group) Granblue Fantasy The Animation Is the order a rabbit?? Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal ...
Toei Animates Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Spinoff Manga
The February issue of Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine announced on Monday that Toei Animation is producing the anime of Chimaki Kuori's Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō spinoff manga. The anime's staff has not yet revealed the project's format (such as film, television, video anime, or net anime.) Champion Red teased last month that it will have an important announcement for the Saint Seiya franchise...
Black Lagoon Artist's New Re:Creators Anime Previewed in Video, Visual
Fate/Zero's Ei Aoki directs TV anime at his new studio Troyca
― The official website for Re:Creators, the original television anime from Black Lagoon manga creator Rei Hiroe, opened on Monday with a teaser promotional video and visual: Text: A Huge New Dimensional Bombshell Project Launches Text: Brand-New Original TV Animation Text: Mete Out Punishment Upon the Realm of Gods… Hiroe personally drew t...
DAYS Soccer Anime's New Sequel Teased in Promo Video
Tokyo playoff with Toin Academy for the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
― The official website for the television anime of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's DAYS soccer manga began streaming a teaser video to confirm the new anime project. Text: Having taken on the entire country Text: Seiseki's greatest challenge …! Text & Voices: The Battle Against Tōin Academy Kicks Off! The video confirms that the new an...
Masayuki Kusumi, Shigeru Tsuchiyama's Samurai Gourmet Manga Gets Live-Action Drama on Netflix
Naoto Takenaka, Shizuko Kasumi star in series premiering in March
― Masayuki Kusumi and Shigeru Tsuchiyama's Manga-han Nobushi no Gourmet (Manga Edition Samurai Gourmet) manga will get a live-action drama series adaptation that will premiere on Netflix on March 17, 2017. The staff unveiled two key visuals on Tuesday. The 12-episode series stars Naoto Takenaka (Patlabor 2: The Movie's Shigeki Arakawa)...
Inuyashiki, Sunny, My Brother's Husband, Chiisakobee Nominated For Angoulême's Top Prize
My Hero Academia, Hozunde! Papamokko, Rikon Club also nominiated
― The 44th annual Angoulême International Comics Festival, which will take place from January 26-29 in France, has announced its nominees for Best Comic, which include Minetarō Mochizuki's Chiisakobee, Hiroya Oku's Inuyashiki (pictured at right), Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband (Otōto no Otto), and Taiyo Matsumoto's Sunny manga. ...
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews UVERworld's Opening Theme
Sequel series premieres on January 6
― The official website for the Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujō Ō-hen) sequel anime began streaming a second promotional video on Sunday. The promo video previews UVERworld's opening theme song "Itteki no Eikyō" (Drop's Influence). The website is also streaming two commercials, which feature the opening theme song and Rin Akatsuki's ending the...
Super Lovers Manga's 11th Volume Listed With 'Premium Anime DVD'
Amazon Japan is currently listing that a limited edition of the 11th volume of Miyuki Abe's boys-love manga Super Lovers will ship on September 1 with a "premium anime DVD." The listing doesn't give any details about the anime. A limited edition of the manga's 10th volume (pictured at right) is also bundling a "premium anime DVD" when it ships on January 1. The anime will be one episode that is ab...
Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Film's Longer Japanese Trailer Streamed
Film opens in Japan 1 week after U.S. debut on March 31
― Paramount Pictures' Japanese YouTube channel began streaming a longer teaser video on Thursday for the live-action Ghost in the Shell film. The film will open in Japan on April 7. The film's Japanese title is "Ghost in the Shell" in the phonetic katakana alphabet, instead of the "Kōkaku Kidōtai" title in kanji (攻殻機動隊) that is the Japanese titl...
Black Clover Event Anime's Promo Video Streamed
Event anime ships with manga's 11th volume in Japan on May 2
― Weekly Shonen Jump's website for Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga is now streaming a promotional video for the event anime based on the manga that debuted at the Jump Special Anime Festa screening event on November 27 and December 4. The anime will get a DVD release bundled with the manga's 11th volume on May 2. XEBEC animated the 27-minu...
Yūki Tabata's Black Clover Manga Gets TV Anime by Studio Pierrot (Updated)
Manga inspired event anime last month by XEBEC
― The Black Clover stage event at Jump Festa announced on Sunday that Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga is getting a television anime series by Studio Pierrot. Ryotaro Okiayu hosted the event with Tabata and idol Honoka Akimoto (a Black Clover fan) as guests. The combined second and third 2017 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine had teased on ...
Silent Möbius Paranormal Police Manga Gets Stage Play
Kia Asamiya presenting new figure line, art prints this Sunday
― Artist Kia Asamiya announced on Saturday that a stage play adaptation of his paranormal police manga series Silent Mobius has been green-lit. He promised that more details will soon follow. Asamiya added that he will host a booth at the Treasure Festa event at the Tokyo Big Sight venue on Sunday. The booth will display a new Silent Mobi...
Dynasty Warriors 9 Open-World Game Announced With New Character in Musou Stars
PS4 teased for latest in hack-and-slash franchise
― Koei Tecmo announced its Shin Sangoku Musou 8 game during its live-streamed "Biggest Lineup Ever Special" on Saturday, and the company later confirmed that the game's English title is Dynasty Warriors 9. The special event revealed that Dynasty Warriors 9 will be an open-world game that represents a "rebirth" in the hack-and-slash franchise. The staf...
Shinkai's 'your name.' Becomes #1 Japanese Film in China of All Time
Earns 533 million yuan (US$76.6 million) to surpass Stand By Me Doraemon
― Makoto Shinkai's your name. (Kimi no Na wa.) anime film has earned 533 million yuan (about US$76.6 million or 9.02 billion yen) in China as of Saturday — thus becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film in China to date. According to the Chinese movie ticketing website Maoyan.com, your name. surpassed the 530-million-yuan earn...
A-1 Pictures, Porter Robinson's 'Shelter' Anime Short Airs on Toonami on December 31
Short to be 1st anime work to air with subtitles on Toonami
― Jason Demarco, senior vice-president and creative director for Adult Swim, confirmed on Twitter on Friday that Porter Robinson, A-1 Pictures, and Crunchyroll's "Shelter" anime music video short will air on Toonami on December 31. DeMarco stated the airing will mark the first time Toonami is airing an anime work with subtitles. Robinson was...
Live Spectacle Naruto Stage Musical Gets New Run in May 2017
New musical features Shinji Rachi as Itachi
― The official website for the Live Spectacle Naruto series of stage musicals revealed on Saturday that a new stage musical will premiere in Japan in May 2017. The new musical, titled Live Spectacle Naruto: Akatsuki no Shirabe (Live Spectacle Naruto: The Akatsuki Investigation) will feature Shinji Rachi joining the cast as Itachi. The musical will also feat...
ēlDLIVE TV Anime Premieres on January 8
The official website for the television anime of Akira Amano's ēlDLIVE manga announced on Thursday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX on January 8 at 10:00 p.m. The anime will also then air on Fukuoka Broadcasting, Yomiuri TV, Sapporo TV, Chukyo TV, and BS11. Viz Media published the first three chapters of the manga in English digitally in September-October 2014 as part of its "Jump Start" i...
Dragon Quest XI PS4, 3DS Game Reveals 2017 Debut, Opening & Gameplay Videos
Game's website, videos omit listing of previously announced Nintendo Switch version
― The "Dragon Quest XI JF2017 Special Stage" event at Jump Festa on Saturday revealed more details on Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete (Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time), the franchise's latest main game for the PlayStation and Nintendo 3DS. The event also revealed that the game will ship in 201...
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Key Visual, Returning Cast
New anime premieres in April on Tokyo TV
― TV Tokyo opened a website on Saturday to reveal the key visual, cast, and promotional video for the upcoming new Boruto anime series, titled Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. The television anime series will premiere in April. Crunchyroll is streaming the promotional video on Twitter with English subtitles. BORUTO – NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS was just announced ...
Masashi Kishimoto is Involved in Production on Lionsgate, Michael Gracey's Naruto Hollywood Film
Jump Festa event revealed pre-production art for the film
― The Naruto and Boruto stage event at the Jump Festa event confirmed on Saturday that Lionsgate and director Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) are working on a live-action Hollywood film adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga. The event also showed pre-production art, and revealed that Kishimoto himself is involved in the producti...
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