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Cyber Dimension Neptune: 4 Goddesses Online Opening Movie Previews Theme Song
Compile Heart's PS4 game ships on February 9 in Japan
― The official website for Cyber Dimension Neptune: 4 Goddesses Online, the latest game in the Compile Heart's Hyperdimension Neptunia series, began streaming the game's opening movie on Thursday. The video previews the game's opening theme "Pikon de Metafiction" by Erabareshi. The game's the playable characters will include holy knight Neptune, b...
Discotek Adds Babel II OVA Series
DVD release slated for April
― Discotek Media announced on Thursday that it has licensed the 1992 original video anime (OVA) series Babel II and will release it on DVD in April. The release will include Japanese audio and the English dub from Streamline Pictures. The four-episode Babel II OVA adapts Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga of the same name, but with an alternate ending based on Yokoyama's sequel m...
Seven Seas Licenses Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch Novel
Original stories by Ryo Mizuno inspired anime, manga adaptations
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed Ryo Mizuno's original Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch novel. The company will release the volume in a "Gold Edition" on October 31. The release is based on Kadokawa Shoten's 2013 deluxe edition. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the story: Parn, a reckless but pas...
Seven Seas Licenses Cutie Honey A Go Go! Manga
Hideaki Anno collaborated on Shinpei Ito's 2003 manga based on Go Nagai's story
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed Shinpei Ito and Hideaki Anno's Cutie Honey A Go Go! (Cutie Honey aGoGo!) manga. The company plans to release the manga in a 386-page omnibus edition on September 26. Seven Seas describes the manga: Tokyo is under seige by the terrorist organization known ...
Screenwriter's Resume Lists Script for Western Gegege no Kitarō Film
Screenwriter Simon Nagel's LinkedIn profile lists a past job as a story writer for Toei Animation, working with a team on a Gegege no Kitarō film for four months in 2012. He lists the film project as a Gegege no Kitarō reboot aimed at Western audiences. Similarly, digital artist Kei Yoshida had listed himself as a character animator for a Gegege no Kitarō television project on his LinkedIn profile...
NIS Opens Countdown Site For New Title
Japanese video game company Nippon Ichi Software opened a teaser site for a new title on Thursday. As of press time, the site features a colorful number "5" and the letters "N," "G" and "E" in red. The site previously displayed a colorful number "7" and only the letter "E," as pictured below. Nippon Ichi Software hasn't revealed any other details about the title. NIS opened a different teaser site...
Sakura-Con Hosts Gen Urobuchi, Nitroplus Producers, Thunderbolt Fantasy Puppeteers
Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass writer also attended Seattle convention in 2012
― Seattle's Sakura-Con convention announced on Thursday that it will host writer Gen Urobuchi. Nitroplus president and executive producer Digitarou and producer Koh Kitaoka will also attend. In addition, the convention will host guests from Pili International Multimedia, Taiwan's largest puppet media production company, which ...
Seven Seas Licenses Dragon Half Manga
1989 manga about half-dragon girl inspired 1993 OVA
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed Ryusuke Mita's Dragon Half manga. The company will release the seven-volume series in three omnibus volumes that will also include bonus material, color illustrations, silver foil wraparound covers, and the Dragon Half Z epilogue. The first volume is slated for December 26. Seven Se...
Seven Seas Licenses Sleeping Beauty Manga by Bunny Drop's Yumi Unita
Fantasy manga follows high school girl who loves to sleep
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed Yumi Unita's Sleeping Beauty (Nemuremehime) manga. The first single volume is slated for November 21. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the series: High school student Yaneko loves to sleep, so much that she can barely wake up of her own accord. That is, until she is roused f...
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 2-8
3 One-Punch Man volumes, The Ancient Magus' Bride, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, 2 Tokyo Ghoul volume, Tomie, Blue Exoricist, Attack on Titan
― Rank Prev. Rank Title Author Publisher Weeks on List Cover 1 -One-Punch Man #10 Story: ONE / Art: Yuusuke Murata Viz Media 1 2-The Ancient Magus' Bride #6 Kore Yamazaki Seven Seas Entertainment 1 33The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Legendary Editi...
Blue Reflection PS4/PS Vita Game's Character Video Introduces Protagonist
"Heroic RPG" centers on high school heroine who fights as magical girl to achieve wish
― KOEI Tecmo Games' Gust brand began streaming a character video on Friday for its upcoming Blue Reflection - Maboroshi ni Mau Shōjo no Ken (Blue Reflection - The Girl's Sword That Dances in Illusion) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The video previews story scenes featuring the main character Hinako Shirai...
Sentai Filmworks Streams Amagi Brilliant Park English Dub Trailer
Full cast list revealed for series shipping February 28
― Sentai FIlmworks began streaming a full trailer for its English dub of Amagi Brilliant Park on Friday. The company also announced the full English cast list. The series stars Adam Gibbs as Seiya Kanie, Molly Searcy as Isuzu Sento, and Cindy Lou Parker as Princess Latifah. The rest of the cast, under ADR director Christopher Ayres and ADR write...
NTR: Netsuzou Trap TV Anime Casts Ai Kakuma, Hiromi Igarashi
Daisuke Ono, Ryota Ohsaka also star in 2017 adaptation of yuri manga
― The official website for the television anime of Naoko Kodama's yuri manga NTR: Netsuzou Trap announced two more cast members on Friday. Ai Kakuma will play the protagonist Yuma Okasaki, and Hiromi Igarashi will play her childhood friend Hotaru Mizushina. The anime will premiere in 2017. The visual on the anime's official website ...
Granblue Fantasy Anime's 1st TV Ad Previews Bump of Chicken Song
TV anime premiers in April after special airs on January 21
― The official website for the anime of Cygames' Granblue Fantasy smartphone game began streaming the anime's first television commercial on Friday. Like the second promotional video, the commercial previews Bump of Chicken's theme song "Go." (Note: The YouTube video on the official website is region-locked to Japan.) The website also reveal...
King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO Anime Film's New Trailer Reveals June 10 Debut
New visual also revealed for followup film to KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm
― 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, began streaming a new teaser video on Friday. The video reveals the film's June 10 premiere date. The website also revealed a new main visual for the film. Masakazu Hishida, wh...
Valkyria Revolution Game's New Character Trailer Highlights Amleth
Daisuke Ono voices protagonist in RPG shipping in Japan on January 19
― Sega began streaming a new trailer on Friday for the Valkyria Revolution (Valkyria: Azure Revolution in Japan) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita role-playing game. The video introduces the game's protagonist Amleth, played by Daisuke Ono. Amleth is an "avenger" who leads the game's group of five great criminals, and is a command...
Producer Yoshihiro Nozaki Passes Away at 75
Producer involved in production of Astro Boy & other Mushi Production, Sunrise anime
― Anime producer Yoshihiro Nozaki passed away on Tuesday due to malignant lymphoma. He was 75. Nozaki's family will hold a wake for him on January 19, and the burial will take place the following day. His second son Nobuharu will lead the wake, with wife Fueko as chief mourner. Nozaki began his career at Mushi Produc...
ReLIFE Live-Action Film's Trailer Features Sonoko Inoue Theme Song
Film opens in Japan on April 15
― The official website for the live-action film of Yayoiso's ReLIFE manga began streaming the film's 30-second trailer on Thursday. The video features the film's theme song "Sakura" by Sonoko Inoue. The manga's story revolves around Arata Kaizaki, an unemployed, single 27-year-old who has just been cut off from his parents' financial support. Unable to find a job due t...
A Rose in the Twilight Game Ships in N. America, Europe in April
NIS America announced on Thursday that it will release Nippon Ichi Software's A Rose in the Twilight (Rose to Tasogare no Kojō) puzzle platformer game in North America and Europe on April 11 and 14, respectively. The game will have a physical Standard Edition, physical Limited Edition, and a digital version on PS Vita. The Limited Edition includes the game, a collector's box, a 36-page softcover a...
Arc System Works to Bring BlazBlue Title to Switch Console
Company also releases New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers on Switch
― Arc System Works announced on Friday that it will bring its 2D action fighting series BlazBlue to the Nintendo Switch console. The company didn't confirm if the title will be a new title, or a port of an already-existing title. The company also announced it will release the download-only New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers game f...
Disgaea 5, Street Fighter II, Dragon Quest Heroes, I Am Setsuna Get Switch Ports
Also: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Sonic Mania, Super Bomberman R
― Nintendo revealed during its livestream presentation and on its Switch website on Friday that a number of games from various developers will get ports to its new Switch platform. These games include: Dragon Quest Heroes I (March 3 in Japan) Dragon Quest Heroes II (March 3 in Japan) Dragon Quest X Sonic Mania (spring 2017) Super Bomberman...
Sega Releases Puyo Puyo Tetris PS4, Switch Game in the West This Spring
Special Switch retail edition includes 2 bonus keychains
― Sega announced on Friday that it will release the Puyo Puyo Tetris puzzle party game in North America and Europe for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch this spring. The game will release for PS4 as a physical version for a retail price of US$29.99. Sega will release the game in digital and physical versions for Switch; the digital version will...
Live-Action March comes in like a lion Films' Trailer Reveals 2 Theme Songs
Boku no Lyric no Bōyomi, Sakura Fujiwara perform theme songs for March 18, April 22 films
― The official website for the two live-action films of Chika Umino's March comes in like a lion (Sangatsu no Lion) manga began streaming a new trailer for the films on Thursday. The video reveals and previews the two films' theme song. The first film's theme song, which is heard first in the video, is Boku no L...
Shin Megami Tensei 25th Anniversary Project Also Includes 3DS Title
Project also consists of Shin Megami Tensei game for Nintendo Switch
― Atlus' website for the Shin Megami Tensei video game series' 25th anniversary project revealed on Friday that the project will include a new game for Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo announced on Thursday that Atlus is developing a Shin Megami Tensei game for the Nintendo Switch console as part of the anniversary. Atlus has not confirmed if...
Nintendo Reveals 1-2 Switch, ARMS Games for Switch Console
1-2 Switch launches on March 3, ARMS releases this spring
― Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 livestream event on Thursday that it is developing the 1-2 Switch and ARMS games for the Switch. 1-2 Switch will launch on March 3 alongside the Switch console, while ARMS will be available in the spring. When playing the 1-2 Switch party game, players stand face-to-face and loo...
Suda51: No More Heroes Protagonist Travis Touchdown 'Makes His Return on Nintendo Switch'
New game is "heavily influenced" by pro wrestling
― Grasshopper Manufacture game designer Goichi "Suda51" Suda announced during the Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 livestream event on Thursday that Grasshopper Manufacture is developing a game for the Switch that will feature No More Heroes protagonist Travis Touchdown. Suda51 didn't specify if the game will be a new No More Heroes title. He also sa...
Nintendo Reveals Super Mario Odyssey Game For Switch
Also: Mario Kart 8 gets Switch port on April 28
― Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 livestream event on Thursday that it is developing the Super Mario Odyssey game for the Switch. The game will be available in holiday 2017. In the game, Mario leaves the Mushroom Kingdom to "go on a new sandbox-style journey." Yoshiaki Koizumi, the game's producer, said that Mario's eyed ...
Nintendo Reveals New Shin Megami Tensei Title For Switch
New game will be franchise's 25th anniversary project
― Nintendo announced during its livestream presentation on Friday that Atlus is developing a new installment in its long-running Shin Megami Tensei role-playing game series for the Nintendo Switch platform, using Unreal Engine 4. The game is the Shin Megami Tensei franchise's 25th anniversary project. Atlus revealed on Tuesday that it is working o...
Square Enix Reveals New 'Project Octopath Traveler' RPG for Nintendo Switch
Bravely Default team works on new project
― Nintendo announced during its livestream presentation on Friday that Square Enix is working on a new original role-playing game project for the Nintendo Switch platform tentatively titled "Project Octopath Traveler." The same team who worked on the Bravely Default game is working on the game. Square Enix released the original Bravely Default: Flying Fairy g...
Monolith Soft Reveals Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Sequel Game For Switch
Character designs by Masatsugu Saitō, music by Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE, Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota
― Nintendo announced during its livestream presentation on Friday that developer Monolith Soft is developing the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 sequel game for the Nintendo Switch platform, and unveiled a trailer for the game. Tetsuya Takahashi returns as the game's executive director. The game features chara...
Nintendo Unveils Fire Emblem Warriors Game for Switch
Musou (Warriors) series' Omega Force, Team Ninja developing holiday 2017 game
― Nintendo announced during its livestream presentation on Friday that Koei Tecmo Games, its Omega Force team, and its Team Ninja team, are developing a new game titled Fire Emblem Warriors (Fire Emblem Musou) for the Nintendo Switch. The game is slated for this year's holiday season. Nintendo unveiled a trailer for the gam...
Nintendo Announces Splatoon 2 Game For Switch
Sequel game launches this summer
― Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 livestream event on Thursday that it is developing Splatoon 2 for the Switch console. Hisashi Nogami, the game's producer, introduced the game's first footage. The game will use both the Joy-Con and Pro controllers, and can be played in both TV Mode and Handheld Mode. Players can play matches against op...
New The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Trailer Reveals March 3 Release (Updated)
Game launches on same day as Switch platform
― Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 livestream event on Thursday that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will launch on both Nintendo Switch and Wii U on March 3, the same day the Switch itself launches. Nintendo also streamed a new trailer for the game. Nintendo revealed the game was in development in 2013, and revealed ...
Nintendo Switch Launches on March 3 for US$299.99
Switch will have paid online service that will be free until fall, no region locking for games
― Nintendo revealed during its livestream presentation on Friday that it will release its hybrid home/handheld Switch game system on March 3 in Japan, the United States, Canada, major European countries, Hong Kong, and other territories. The console will be priced at 29,980 yen in Japan, and US$299.99 in No...
Neko Atsume Film's New Trailer Reveals Additional Cast
Film casts Tomoro Taguchi, Tae Kimura, Kayoko Okubo
― The official website for the Neko Atsume no Ie (Neko Atsume's Home) film based on Hit-Point's smartphone app Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector began streaming a new trailer on Wednesday, revealing additional cast members. The additonal cast includes: Tomoro Taguchi (live-action Gantz) as Asakusa, the heroine Michiru's senior editor Tae Kimura (live-act...
Seven Seas Licenses The Testament of Sister New Devil Storm! Spinoff Manga
Seven Seas also announces eBooks for global distribution
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has licensed Fumihiro Kiso's The Testament of Sister New Devil Storm! spinoff manga and plans to release the first single volume on September 26. The volumes will carry a mature rating, so they will be shrink-wrapped in stores. Seven Seas also announced that it will make the original The ...
Precure Dream Stars! Film Announces Guest Cast, Story
Hiroshi Miyamoto directs film slated for March in Japan
― The staff of the upcoming Eiga Precure Dream Stars! (Precure The Movie: Dream Stars!) anime film revealed a trailer, new poster visual, story summary, and guest cast on Friday. The staff also announced that Hiroshi Miyamoto, the director of the CG "Precure to Refi no Wonder Night!" part of the Go! Princess Pretty Cure the Movie Go! Go!! Gorgeo...
Seven Seas Licenses Hatsune Miku: Bad∞End∞Night Manga
Manga based on Hatsune Miku song/video ships on May 2
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has licensed Hitoshizuku-P × Yama△ and Tsubata Nozaki's Hatsune Miku: Bad∞End∞Night manga. Seven Seas will release the manga in single volume editions printed with an oversize trim, beginning with the first volume on May 2. The manga follows newcomer actress Miku, who is cast in a lead role,...
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film's English Dub Clip Shows Joey
Also: Billy Bob Thompson plays Kudaragi in movie opening on January 27
― The official Yu-Gi-Oh! YouTube channel began streaming on Thursday a video clip from the English dub of the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions anime film. The clip shows a scene where Joey Wheeler (Wayne Grayson) is quickly biking to school. Additionally, the company began streaming an interview with Eric Stuart, th...
Crunchyroll to Stream Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 4
Horror anime series of shorts premieres Sunday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 4, the fourth season of the horror anime series of shorts as it airs in Japan. The first episode will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on Sunday, January 15 at 2:15 p.m. EST. The season will feature 13 different people (including actors...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, December 26-January 1
Yowamushi Pedal, Boruto, Yo-Kai Watch films air
― The Yowamushi Pedal Re: ROAD compilation film aired on TV Tokyo on Tuesday, December 27 at 1:35 a.m. and earned a 1.2% rating. The Yowamushi Pedal Re: RIDE compilation film aired on TV Tokyo on Monday, December 26 at 1:55 a.m. and earned a 0.9% rating. Boruto: Naruto the Movie aired on TV Tokyo on Sunday, January 1 at 1:30 a.m. and earned a 0.9% ratin...
Fukushima Teacher Threatens Students With 'Death Note'
Teacher reprimanded, school apologizes to families
― An elementary school in Fukushima Prefecture held a meeting on Wednesday that to discuss incidents of one teacher telling students "I'll write your name in a Death Note!" During the meeting, the school reportedly apologized to the students' guardians. According to the school, the male teacher in his 30s used his own tablet to display an image of a ...
One Piece Film Gold Earns US$164,409 on 1st Day at U.S. Box Office
Anime film screening in N. America on January 10-17
― Box Office Mojo reported that Funimation's theatrical release of the One Piece Film Gold anime movie earned US$164,409 at 371 theaters on Tuesday. The film opened in theaters in the United States and Canada on Tuesday, and the English-dubbed screenings will continue until January 17. The One Piece Podcast began streaming the English dub's Dice cli...
Blood Lad Manga's Anime Promo Video Celebrates Final Volume
Manga's 17th volume shipped in December after series' end in September
― Kadokawa began streaming an anime promotional video on Thursday for Yūki Kodama Blood Lad manga. The video celebrates the manga's 17th and final compiled book volume that shipped in Japan on December 31. Kenji Fujisaki returned from the manga's television anime adaptation as animation director for the video. The studio NAZ produ...
Amazon U.S. Launches Anime Strike Paid Streaming Service
Retailer holds exclusive streaming rights for Chi's Sweet Adventure, Onihei, The Great Passage, more
― Amazon U.S. launched the Anime Strike streaming service on Thursday as its first branded on-demand subscription service. The paid service is offering more than 1,000 television anime episodes and films to Amazon Prime members in the United States. The service costs US$4.99 per month, and a seven-day...
The Eccentric Family 2 Anime's 1st Video Streamed With English Subtitles
Junji Majima, Yōko Hikasa, Yūichi Nakamura, Bin Shimada join cast of April 9 anime
― The official English Facebook page for The Eccentric Family 2 (Uchoten Kazoku 2) sequel anime series began streaming an English-subtitled version of the anime's first promotional video on Thursday. The video includes English text and shows the new cast with their roles, alongside the returning cast. The new cast memb...
3rd Yo-kai Watch Film Climbs to #1, Resident Evil Falls to #2
Kizumonogatari III opens at #9, your name. stays at #3, In This Corner of the World back to #10
― Eiga Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! rose from #5 to #1 at the Japanese weekend box office in its fourth weekend. The film earned 225 million yen (about US$1.96 million) and sold 194,400 tickets over the weekend from January 7-8. The film has earned over 2 billion y...
Arcana Famiglia Game Franchise Gets 2 New Stage Plays in March, September
1st play is prequel, 2nd play will continue story from last September's play
― The official website for the stage play adaptations of the La storia della Arcana Famiglia video game franchise announced that two new stage plays have been green-lit, and will run in March and September. Ryōhei Shioguchi (seen below in costume) will reprise his role from the first stage play as Jolly. The first of the new...
Popin Q Anime Film's Smartphone Game Video Shows Gameplay
Anime's main cast reprise roles for rhythm game arriving this winter
― SEGA began streaming a promotional video for Popin Q Dance for Quintet!, its smartphone game of Toei Animation's Popin Q anime film, on Wednesday. The video shows the game's rhythm-based gameplay, along with the accompanying performance scene. The game is a rhythm game featuring songs from the film, and it is slated for release th...
Nioh PS4 Game's Cutscene Video Introduces Okatsu
RPG launches on February 7 in N. America, on February 8 in Europe
― Koei Tecmo Games began streaming a cutscene video from the Nioh "dark warring-states action RPG" for the PlayStation 4 on Tuesday. The cutscene video, which is available in 4K resolution, shows protagonist William conversing with a kunoichi named Okatsu, who remarks on William's hair color. The game launches for the PlayStation 4 on ...
Anime Expo 2017 to Host Macross Singer Mari Iijima
Los Angeles convention takes place on July 1-4
― Los Angeles convention Anime Expo announced on Wednesday that the convention will host singer and voice actress Mari Iijima as a guest. She last attended the convention in 1999 where she debuted her album No Limit. Iijima is perhaps best known as the voice of Lynn Minmay, the pivotal idol singer in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross television anime,...
Gravity Rush 2 Game Streams Live-Action Promo Video Starring Nogizaka46's Marika Itō
Game slated for release in N. America on January 20 after delay
― PlayStation Japan began streaming a four-minute live-action "Gravity Cat" promotional video on Thursday for the Gravity Rush 2 PlayStation 4 game. The video stars Nogizaka46 member Marika Itō and Shizuru Takada. The video features gameplay footage at the end. Additionally, video game news website GameSpot began streaming two gameplay v...
Astro Boy: Edge of Time Game Adds Japanese Cast Members
Smartphone, PC game brings together Osamu Tezuka characters
― Active Gaming Media revealed four cast members for the Japanese version of its Astro Boy: Edge of Time (titled Atom: Jikū no Hate in Japan) digital card game based on the works of manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka. The revealed cast includes: Nobunaga Shimazaki as the Male Protagonist Satomi Satou as the Female Protagonist Mami Koyama as the Phoe...
Director Hideki Kamiya Comments on Scalebound Game's Cancellation
Microsoft Studios announced cancellation of Xbox One game on Monday
― Game director Hideki Kamiya of Platinum Games commented on the cancellation of the company's Scalebound action game on Tuesday: As you may have already heard, Scalebound has unfortunately been canceled. I'm very sorry to everyone who was looking forward to this game. Sorry to bring you such bad news at the start of the year. All I ...
Osamu Tezuka's Illustrations for Rakugo Actor Uncovered
Late rakugo actor's family discovered drawings in envelope
― The family of the late rakugo actor Katsura Harudanji III discovered an envelope containing art by manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka last month. The envelope contains nine drawings that Tezuka drew during his student days to promote a traveling show by Katsura Harudanji II. Katsura Harudanji II and Tezuka lived close to each other when Tezuka stay...
Amazon U.S. Adds Placeholder Pages for Scum's Wish, Onihei, The Great Passage Anime
Also adds pages for Chi's Sweet Adventure, ViVid Strike!, 3 Nanoha series, Shin chan spinoff
― Amazon U.S. posted placeholder pages for the Chi's Sweet Adventure, Onihei, The Great Passage, ViVid Strike!, Shin chan Spin-off vol.1 Aliens vs. Shinnosuke, Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA, Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA A's, Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA StrikerS, and Scum's Wish anime for its Amazon Prime Video s...
Live-Action Blade of the Immortal Film's Stills Show Erika Toda, Sōta Fukushi in Costume
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 Erika Toda and Sōta Fukushi in costume as their characters Makie Otono-Tachibana and Kagehisa Anotsu on Wednesday. The first and second images below show Toda, while the third image shows Fukushi. ...
Servamp Manga Goes on Hiatus Due to Author's Health
Strike Tanaka suffering from pain in intervertebral disk, shoulder
― The official Twitter account of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Gene magazine revealed on Wednesday that Strike Tanaka's Servamp manga will go on hiatus beginning with the magazine's February issue on Saturday. The magazine explained that Tanaka's intervertebral disk and shoulder have been causing her intense pain, which have rendered her ...
Viz Streams New Sailor Moon R: The Movie English Dub Trailer
Film to open in 300 theaters across U.S.
― Viz Media began streaming an English-dubbed trailer for the Sailor Moon R: The Movie (Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose) anime film on Thursday. Viz Media and Eleven Arts will host a premiere screening on January 13 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. The event will include a Q&A session with the English language staff and cast. The screening ...
The Eccentric Family 2 Anime's 1st Video Introduces New & Returning Cast
Junji Majima, Yoko Hikasa, Yuichi Nakamura, Bin Shimada join cast of April 9 anime
― The official website of The Eccentric Family 2 (Uchoten Kazoku 2) sequel anime series began streaming the anime's first promotional video on Thursday. The video shows the new cast with their roles, alongside the returning cast. The new cast members include: Junji Majima as Junior Yoko Hikasa as Gyokuran Yuichi Nakamu...
The Eccentric Family 2 Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists, New Cast, Staff, Visual
April 9 premiere date also revealed for sequel series from P.A. Works
― P.A. Works announced the theme song artists, more cast members, more staff members, premiere date, and a new main visual for The Eccentric Family 2 (Uchoten Kazoku 2) sequel anime series at the "Tanuki Gathering At The Forest Of Tadasu" event in Kyoto on Thursday. The anime will premiere on April 9, and will air on Tokyo MX, KBS ...
Seven Seas Licenses Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage Manga
1st volume of series by Leiji Matsumoto, Kōichi Shimahoshi ships in October
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Leiji Matsumoto and Kōichi Shimahoshi's Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage (Captain Harlock ~Jigen Kōkai~ manga. Seven Seas will release the manga in single volume editions, with the first volume slated for October 3. Seven Seas describes the manga: When ...
Crunchyroll Adds Super Lovers 2 Anime
Boys-love sequel series premieres Thursday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream Super Lovers 2, the second television anime of Miyuki Abe's boys-love manga Super Lovers. The first episode will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on Thursday, January 12 at 12:00 p.m. EST. The season will premiere in Japan on January 12 on the AT-X, Tokyo MX, and Teletama (...
World War Blue Anime Premieres on TOKU This Month
Media Blasters is dubbing three-episode fantasy anime
― Olympusat, Inc.'s television channel TOKU announced on Instagram on Wednesday that it will premiere the World War Blue (Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de) anime series this month. The three-episode anime series aired in Japan between October 2012 and April 2013. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide outside of Japan as the episodes aired. Media Blaste...
Seven Seas Licenses Ena Moriyama's The Count of Monte Cristo Manga
Adaptation of classic novel ran from 2014-1015
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Ena Moriyama's The Count of Monte Cristo (Monte Cristo Hakushaku) manga, and will release the series in one deluxe trim volume on December 19. The manga adapts Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo). In the novel, Edmond Dantès, a...
New Danganronpa V3 Game's Japanese Launch Trailer Streamed
Game slated for N. America, Europe this year
― Spike Chunsoft began streaming the Japanese launch trailer 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 Wednesday. The game shipped in Japan on Thursday. A limited edition is available with the brand-new original anime Super Danganronpa 2.5 Ka...
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 2-8
Blue Exorcist, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Seraph of the End, Black Butler, Gintama in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Blue Exorcist 18 215,059 348,795 2016/12 Shueisha Kazue Kato 1 2 2 Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma 22 177,486 285,168 2016/12 Shueisha Story: Yūto Tsukuda / Art: Shun Saeki / Cooperation: Yuki Morisaki...
Seven Seas Licenses Devilman G Manga
1st volume of spinoff manga series slated for October
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Go Nagai and Rui Takatō's Devilman G manga. The company will release the manga in single volumes beginning on October 17. Seven Seas describes the story: When demons begin taking over the bodies of humans, only the strongest survive. When a practicing young witch named Miki Mak...
Crunchyroll to Stream Marginal #4 Idol Anime
Series premieres Thursday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream MARGINAL #4 the Animation (Marginal#4 Kiss Kara Tsukuru Big Bang), the television anime adaptation of Rejet and Idea Factory's Marginal#4 franchise. The first episode will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on Thursday, January 12 at 11:30 a.m. EST. The show will premiere in Japan on January ...
Seven Seas to Release Classic Novels With Illustrations By Manga Artists
The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, The Princess and the Goblin, A Little Princess, Pollyanna
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it will release five classic novels with illustrations by Japanese artists. The books will feature the original text of the novels with both color and black-and-white illustrations. Seven Seas will begin releasing the books in September. The upcomin...
Nekopara OVA Kickstarter Meets Stretch Goal for 60-Minute Runtime
OVA will run for 60 minutes; more stretch goals added
― Video game and manga publisher Sekai Project's Kickstarter campaign to create an original anime video (OVA) adaptation of Sayori and NEKO WORKs' NEKOPARA adult visual novel met its stretch goal of US$500,000 on Wednesday to extend the planned OVA to 60 minutes. Sekai Project announced three additional stretch goals. If the project reaches US$600...
Dies Irae Visual Novel's Localization Kickstarter Meets Goal
Release will be based on 2012 PSP, PC version of game with enhanced visuals, slated for May 2017
― Visual novel publisher Light's Kickstarter campaign to localize its Dies irae adult visual novel in English met its goal of US$160,000 on Wednesday. The project launched on December 15 and will end on Friday. As of press time the project has earned US$163,344. The localization will be based on the Dies ...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, January 2-8
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS ranks #1, Pokémon Sun/Moon drops to #2
― Japan's Game Ranking: January 2-8 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DSSuper Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo December 1, 2016 100,308 890,838 23DS Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon Pokémon November 18, 2016 90,298 3,039,585 84 33DS Momotarō Dentetsu 2017 Tachiagare Nihon!! Ni...
In this Corner of the World Named Kinema Jumpo's Best Film of the Year
My Neighbor Totoro was last anime film to get #1 spot
― Film magazine Kinema Jumpo revealed its list of the 10 best Japanese movies of the year on Tuesday, with Sunao Katabuchi's In this Corner of the World anime film at #1. The magazine has not awarded the #1 spot to an animated film since Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro in 1988, almost 30 years ago. In addition, the magazine a...
Devil's Third Online PC Game Ends Service in March After 9 Months
Valhalla Game Studios' game launched in Japan on June 8, 2016
― The official website for Valhalla Game Studios' Devil's Third Online game announced on Wednesday that the PC game will end service on March 29, 2017. The game launched in Japan on June 8, 2016. The game will conduct maintenance on January 25 to prepare for the end of service. Players will be unable to purchase items in the online shop wi...
Crunchyroll Streams '1st Person Narrative' Anime OneRoom
Series premieres Wednesday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the original anime OneRoom as it airs in Japan. The first episode will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. EST, and subsequent episodes will stream on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. Crunchyroll describes the story of the series with "first-person narrative" as follows: Yo...
Onihei Historical OVA's Video Previews February 22 Release
OVA recounting legendary lawman's early days includes pilot, compiled novels
― TMS Entertainment began streaming a promotional video for the Onhei ~Sono Otoko, Hasegawa Heizō~ (Onihei: This Man, Heizō Hasegawa) original video anime (OVA) on Wednesday. The video previews the bonuses that will ship with the DVD release on February 22. The release will include the pilot version of the anime and bundle a...
Kizumonogatari III Anime Film Earns 87 Million Yen in 1st Weekend
Final film in trilogy ranked #9 at Japanese box office on Saturday, Sunday
― The Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen anime film earned 86,718,100 yen (about US$746,000) on Saturday and Sunday to rank #9 at the Japanese box office for the weekend (excluding Friday). The film opened in Japan on Friday. The second film, Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen, opened in Japan on August 19 and sold 148,200 tickets ...
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Anime Film's 1st TV Ad Streamed
Adaptation of manga's luxury liner arc premieres on January 21
― The official website for Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic (Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic), the upcoming Black Butler anime film, began streaming its first television commercial on Wednesday. The film's official Twitter account also began streaming the commercial, which previews the theme song "Glass no Hitomi" (Glass Eye) by the ...
Yama to Shokuyoku to Watashi Mountain-Climbing Gourmet Manga Gets Live-Action Short
Short movie is collaboration with opening of Meru documentary in Japan
― Hideo Shinanogawa's Yama to Shokuyoku to Watashi (Mountains, Appetite, and Me) manga is collaborating with the Japanese release of the Meru documentary film with a live-action short movie of the manga. The short movie stars Kira Nakagawa as protagonist Ayumi Hibino, and it also features appearances by mountaineer Yasuhiro Hanata...
Kuja Joins Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade Game as Playable Character
Character will be added in update later this month
― Square Enix announced with a video on Wednesday that it will add Final Fantasy IX's Kuja as a playable character in its Dissidia Final Fantasy arcade game. The character will be added later this month. The arcade game features a 3 vs. 3 battle system. The game also includes a summons gauge that players can use to summon Ifrit and other popular Fina...
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, January 2-8
One Piece Film Gold sells 4,384 + 2,195, followed by Yuri!! on Ice, Totoro, Game Center CX, Babymetal
― Clip! Smap! Complete Singles sold 25,527 more copies to add to its total of 217,784. It stayed at #1 for the second time on the overall DVD chart, one week after the idol group disbanded. Game Center CX (Retro Game Master) DVD-Box 13 sold 1,018 more copies for a new total of 24,729. In its fourth w...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 2-8
Yuri!! on Ice sells 7,940 more, followed by One Piece Film Gold, Kizumonogatari II, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Himitsu The Top Secret
― Clip! Smap! Complete Singles sold 19,283 more copies to add to its total of 208,072. It stayed at #1 for the second time on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart, one week after the idol group disbanded. The deluxe edition (limited first pressing) for the live-action film of Re...
Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Koro Sensei Quest! Spinoff Anime
Dub starts streaming on Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST
― Funimation revealed the cast and premiere date for its English dub of the Assassination Classroom spinoff anime series Koro Sensei Quest! on Tuesday. The dub will premiere on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. EST. The cast, reprising their roles from Funimation's English dub of the Assassination Classroom anime, include: Sonny Strait as Koro Sensei Lindsay Seide...
Toonami Streams Trailer for Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G's 'Sand Whale and Me' Micro-Series
Live-action/CG series premieres March 18
― The Toonami segment of the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block began streaming a trailer for "Sand Whale and Me,” the five-part hybrid live-action/CG micro-series directed by Mamoru Oshii (Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Sky Crawlers) and produced by Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, FLCL, Blood-C). The series will premiere on March 18 to celebrate Toonami's ...
NIS Announces 'Exile Election' Game for PS4/PS Vita
Adventure game features 12 characters, life-or-death election
― Japanese video game company Nippon Ichi Software announced on Tuesday that it will release Tsuihō Senkyo (Exile Election), a new adventure game for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, on April 27. Video game news website Famitsu posted a preview image of this Thursday's Weekly Famitsu Magazine, which will formally introduce the adventure...
Seven Seas Licenses Alice & Zouroku Manga
Old man meets girl who can turn her thoughts into reality in series with anime in the works
― Seven Seas Entertainment annouced on Tuesday that it has licensed Tetsuya Imai's Alice & Zouroku manga. The first single volume is slated to ship on July 4. Seven Seas describes the story: A group of young girls possess a mysterious power known as "Alice's Dream," which gives them the ability to turn their t...
Seven Seas Licenses Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka Manga
Military magical girl series launched in July 2015
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it has licensed Makoto Fukami and Seigo Tokiya's Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka (Mahō Shōjo Tokushusen Asuka) manga. The company plans to release the first single volume on November 28. Seven Seas describes the story: When the Earth is threatened by the sudden appearance of undead creatures, a grou...
Live-Action Anonymous Noise Film's Additional Cast Announced
Hayato Isomura, Erina Mano, Yōsuke Sugino to play band members
― The staff of the live-action film of Ryoko Fukuyama's shōjo manga Anonymous Noise (Fukumenkei Noise) announced on Wednesday that the film has cast Hayato Isomura (Kamen Rider Ghost), Erina Mano (live-action The Next Generation -Patlabor-), and Yōsuke Sugino. Isomura (pictured left below) will play Kuro, Mano (pictured center below) will...
Crunchyroll to Stream KonoSuba's 2nd Season
Sequel series premieres on Wednesday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 2 (KonoSuba – God's blessing on this wonderful world!! 2), the second anime adaptation of Natsume Akatsuki's Konosuba - God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! light novel series. The first episode will premiere on Wednesday, January 11 at 1:35 p...
Seven Seas Licenses Unmagical Girl Manga
Manga about the everyday life of a magical girl ships on September 12
― North American manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it has licensed Ryuichi Yokoyama and Manmaru Kamitsuki's [Hihō] Mahō Shōjo no Sono Ato no Ninjō ([Sad News] The Later Daily Life of the Magic Girl) manga series and will release it under the title Unmagical Girl. The first volume is slated to ship o...
Horimiya's Daisuke Hagiwara Starts New Manga Serialization Next Month
Shizuku Totono writes romantic comedy about masked man, young wife
― This year's February issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine will confirm on Thursday that Daisuke Hagiwara (Horimiya) and Shizuku Totono are launching a serialization of their Ne Ne Ne (Nen Ne no Ne) manga in the magazine's March issue, which ships on February 10. New chapters will run every other month. Hagiwara is i...
Dragon's Dogma Online Game Gets Manga Series
Dragon's Dogma Revives focuses on herbalist, Arisen childhood friends
― CAPCOM launched a manga adaptation of its Dragon's Dogma Online game in the February issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine on Saturday. Yumiya Tashiro is drawing the series, titled Dragon's Dogma Revives. The first 74-page chapter has a color opening page (seen below). The story begins at a small village west of the capita...
Amagi Brilliant Park English Dub Casts Molly Searcy as Isuzu Sento
Series ships February 28
― Sentai FIlmworks announced with a video on Tuesday that Molly Searcy will play Isuzu Sento in its English dub of Amagi Brilliant Park. Searcy joins Adam Gibbs as Seiya Kanie and Cindy Lou Parker as Princess Latifah. Sentai Filmworks will release the series on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and limited edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on February 28. The limited edition includes a booklet...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8-14
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation anime; The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aquarion Logos Season 3 Part 2 BD/DVDPlease Funimation Entertainment US$64.98 January 10 Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 January 10 Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation DVDAnimeN...
Crunchyroll to Stream Piacevole Anime About Italian Cooking
Series premieres on Wednesday
― Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream the anime adaptation of Atsuko Watanabe's Piacevole! (Piace: Watashi no Italian) manga as it airs in Japan. The first episode will premiere worldwide outside of Asia on Wednesday, January 11 at 10:30 a.m. EST. The anime will premiere in Japan on Tokyo MX on January 11 at 10:30 p.m. and then...
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