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Bandai Namco Ent. Reveals Weekly Shonen Jump Ore Collection Smartphone Game
Battle card game launches in Japan this summer
― This year's June issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine revealed on Friday that Weekly Shonen Jump and Bandai Namco Entertainment are launching a smartphone game titled Weekly Shonen Jump Ore Collection (Weekly Shonen Jump My Collection) this summer. Bandai Namco Entertainment has also opened a website for the game. In the card battle game, players collec...
Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece Voice Actor Ed Blaylock Passes Away
Voice actor for King Bradley, Sengoku was 64
― Dallas, Texas-based radio station WRR 101 revealed on Thursday that voice actor and radio host Ed Blaylock (Thomas Edwin Blaylock, Jr.) passed away on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 64. As a voice actor, Blaylock played the role of Fuhrer King Bradley in both the Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood television anime seri...
Marvelous Establishes Company With Focus on Senran Kagura
Producer Kenichirō Takaki helms Honey∞Parade Games
― Game, anime, and stage production company Marvelous announced on Friday that it will establish a subsidiary company under the name Honey∞Parade Games on May 9. The new company's main focus will be the production and promotion of the Senran Kagura series, but it also aims to create "next generation" IP. Senran Kagura series producer Kenichirō Takaki...
NieR: Automata Sells More Than 500,000 Copies In Japan & Asia
The official NieR Twitter account revealed on Friday that the PlayStation 4 version of NieR: Automata has sold more than 500,000 physical and digital copies in Japan and Asia. According to Media Create's most recent Japanese sales chart, more than 300,000 physical versions of the game have been shipped in Japan alone. Square Enix announced on April 4 that the the game's physical and digital versio...
AR Game Maker Sues Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Legal Response to Pokémon Go
U.S. game company Candy Lab sued the county of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday over an ordinance that requires virtual and location-based augmented reality games to have a permit in order to operate in Milwaukee County Parks. Candy Lab is challenging the ordinance on the basis that it violates its First Amendment right to free speech. The county adopted the ordinance in January in response to the p...
Bookwalker Global to Release The Combat Baker and His Automaton Waitress Light Novel
Digital reading platform plans more English translations of light novels
― BookWalker Global, Kadokawa's English-language digital reading platform, announced on Friday that it will release the first volume of the light novel series The Combat Baker and His Automaton Waitress (Tatakau Panya to Kikaiji kake no Kanbanmusume) in English in June. The Combat Baker and His Automaton Waitress is the platform...
Viz Media Licenses Splatoon Manga
Also announces new Studio Ghibli picture books, Hello Kitty & Friends coloring book
― North American publisher Viz Media announced during its C2E2 panel on Friday that it has licensed Sankichi Hinodeya's Splatoon manga and plans to release the first volume in late 2017. In addition, the company announced that it will release The Art of My Little Pony: The Movie book in August, The Hello Kitty & Frien...
Tamio Boy to Kuruwase Girl Live-Action Film's Trailer Reveals September Opening
Live-action Bakuman.'s Hitoshi Ōne directs film
― The official website for Tamio Boy to Kuruwase Girl, the live-action film adaptation of Chokkaku Shibuya's Okuda Tamio ni Naritai Boy - Deau Otoko Subete Kuruwaseru Girl (The Boy Who Wished to Be Tamio Okuda - The Girl Who Drove All the Men She Met Crazy) manga, began streaming a trailer and teaser video for the film on Thursday. Both videos reveal th...
Sentai Filmworks Reveals Himōto! Umaru-chan's English Dub Cast
Video clip previews English dub with Umaru, Taihei's voice actors
― Sentai Filmworks revealed the full English dub cast and a new English dub clip for Himoto! Umaru-chan on Friday. The new clip showcases previously announced cast members Emily Neves and Adam Noble performing their respective roles as Umaru and Taihei. The rest of the main English cast is as follows: Sara Ornelas as Nana Ebina Jad Sax...
Kodansha Comics to Publish Battle Angel Alita, Full-Color Attack on Titan: No Regrets Manga
Color pages previewed for Attack on Titan: No Regrets
― Kodansha Comics announced during its presentation at C2E2 on Friday that it will release Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga in hardcover 2-in-1 omnibus volumes beginning this holiday season. In addition, the company announced that it will release a full-color, hardcover, large-size edition of the Attack on Titan: No Regrets manga this fal...
Seven Seas Licenses To Love Ru, To Love Ru Darkness Manga
1st volumes slated for October
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Friday that it has licensed the To Love Ru (To Love-Ru -Trouble-) and To Love Ru Darkness (To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness) manga. The company plans to release the series concurrently, with To Love Ru as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes and To Love Ru Darkness as single volumes. The first volumes are slated for October 24 and October 31, resp...
Blade Dance of Elementalers' Artist Draws Isekai Meikyū de Harem o Manga
Shachi Sogano launched original novel on "Shōsetsuka ni Narō!" website in 2011
― The May issue of Kadokawa's Shonen Ace magazine revealed last month that Issei Hyōju will launch a manga adaptation of Shachi Sogano's Isekai Meikyū de Harem o (A Harem in the Fantasy World Dungeon) light novel series in the magazine's next issue on April 26. The original novel series centers on high school student Michi...
Exile Election PS4/Vita Game's 2nd Promo Video Streamed
NIS's adventure game ships in Japan on April 27
― The official website for Nippon Ichi Software's Tsuihō Senkyo (Exile Election) adventure game for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita began streaming the second promotional video on Friday. In the video, Alice introduces the three rules of the "Exile Election" death game. The website began streaming the first promotional video in February and "exile im...
Bungo Stray Dogs OVA Casts Masakazu Morita as Shōsaku Katsura
Blu-ray Disc ships with original manga's 13th volume on August 4
― The official Twitter account for the Bungo Stray Dogs anime franchise revealed on Friday that it has cast Masakazu Morita as the new character Shōsaku Katsura (pictured below). The character will appear in the original anime that Kadokawa will publish on Blu-ray Disc as a bundle with the 13th volume of Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa...
Escha Chron OVA Reveals Main Character Designs
2-episode anime stars Chika Anzai, Kiyono Yasuno
― The official website for the two-episode original video anime adaptation of Avex Pictures' DIVE II Entertainment music label's "Escha Chron" stage recital project revealed character designs and descriptions for four characters on Friday. The cast includes (Note: Name romanizations are not official.): Chika Anzai as Escha, a beautiful girl with a myst...
Wataru Hatano Performs Hitorijime My Hero TV Anime's Opening Song
Series adapting Memeco Arii's boys-love spinoff manga premieres in July
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Memeco Arii's Hitorijime My Hero manga revealed on Friday that Wataru Hatano will perform the opening theme song "Heart Signal" for the series. Genki Hikota composed and arranged the rap song, and shigeo provided the lyrics. Hatano and Hikota previously worked together...
Store: Kemono Friends Gets Stage Musical, New Game
"New screen project" for franchise previously announced
― The Akihabara-based store Busō Shōten posted an image of the wraparound jacket band on the Kemono Friends Official Guide Book 2 book on Friday. The band reveals that the Kemono Friends franchise is getting a stage musical and a new game. The guide book also reaffirms that a "new screen project" has been green-lit for the franchise. The book wi...
Daichi Sorayomi Ends Keijo!!!!!!!! Aquatic Sports Manga
Manga inspired 12-episode anime series in October
― This year's combined 22nd and 23rd issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine will publish the final chapter of Daichi Sorayomi's Keijo!!!!!!!! aquatic sports manga on Wednesday. The manga's 16th volume will ship in May, the 17th volume will ship in June, and the 18th volume will ship in July. Sorayomi launched the manga in Weekly Shonen S...
Polka Dots Performs Theme Song For Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Anime Film
Hiro Mashima serves as executive producer for film opening on May 6
― The official website for the Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry anime film announced on Friday that the two-member unit Polka Dots (pictured right) is performing the film's theme song "What You Are." The duo is composed of i☆Ris member Himika Akaneya and Mimi Meme MIMI member Yuki Takao. Polka Dots previously performed an insert song for the T...
Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Film's 2nd Trailer Streamed With English Subtitles
Film starting Ryōsuke Yamada opens in Japan on December 1
― Warner Bros. Japan began streaming an English subtitled version of the second trailer for the live-action film of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga on Friday. The trailer shows young Edward and Alphonse's attempt to bring their mother back to life with alchemy, and then previews action scenes with the brothers as adults. Warner Bros...
7O3X: Fastest Finger First Anime's Quiz Videos Reveal Takuma Nagatsuka as Akira Sonohara
Anime based on Iqura Sugimoto's quiz club manga premieres in July
― Toei began streaming a quiz video on Tuesday for 7O3X Fastest Finger First, the television anime adaptation of Iqura Sugimoto's Nana Maru San Batsu (literally, "7 O 3 X" or "7 Right, 3 Wrong") manga. The video reveals the character Akira Sonohara, and the voice actor for the character asks if viewers can guess his identity. A separat...
Kohske's Gangsta. Manga Resumes on May 20
Series had been on hiatus since November 2015 due to author's poor health
― The official website of Shinchosha's Monthly Comic @ Bunch magazine revealed on Friday that Kohske's Gangsta. manga will resume in the magazine's July issue, which will ship on May 20. Additionally, from May 15-28, all 42 chapters of the manga released so far will be available to read for free on the website. The magazine had...
The Relative Worlds Original CG Anime's Trailer Shows Parallel World Characters
2-part anime debuts on Hulu Japan on April 28, May 5
― The official website for Hulu Japan and Craftar's original two-part "smart CG animation" project Soutai Sekai (The Relative Worlds) began streaming a trailer for the project on Friday. The video shows the characters and their alternate world counterparts interacting with each other, and also previews REOL's opening theme song "VIP KID." REOL are ...
Haré+Guu's Kindaichi to End Liar x Liar Manga in 3 Chapters
Manga about stepbrother unknowingly falling in love with stepsister launched in 2010
― The June issue of Kodansha's Dessert magazine is revealing on Monday that Renjuro Kindaichi's Liar x Liar manga will end in three chapters. The magazine's April issue previously noted in February that the manga would end in four chapters, but the manga took a one-month break in the May issue. If there are no delays...
BlazBlue CentralFiction Game Comes to Steam on April 26
Publisher H2 Interactive revealed on Thursday that it will release Arc System Works' BlazBlue: CentralFiction fighting game on the PC via Steam on April 26. The release will include the game's original soundtrack and a digital "Memorial Book." The game originally debuted in Japanese arcades in November 2015, and the game launched in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on October 6. Aksys...
Augmented Reality Girls Trinary App's 2nd Promo Video Highlights Features
App debuted on April 13 with anime
― The official website for Toei Animation and Gust's Augmented Reality Girls Trinary (Kakuchō Shōjo-Kei Trinary) "anime cross-link role-playing game" smartphone collaboration project's app began streaming a second promotional video for the project on Thursday. The video highlights the app's features, including communicating with the characters, story events, battles...
Live-Action IDOLM@STER.KR Show Teases 1st Episode in Video
Series premieres in South Korea on April 28, will stream on Amazon Prime Video
― The official YouTube account for the live-action THE IDOLM@STER.KR Dream television series began streaming a teaser for the show's first episode on Thursday. The official website for the series revealed on March 3 that the Idolm@ster.KR Dream series will begin airing in South Korea on April 28. The show will air on the S...
ZUN Announces 16th Game in Touhou Project Series
Touhou: Hidden Star in Four Seasons debuts at Summer Comiket in August
― Japanese dōjin developer ZUN (founder and sole member of the Team Shanghai Alice dōjin game developer circle) revealed on Thursday that he is developing the 16th main installment in the Touhou Project series of "bullet hell" (danmaku) shooters, titled Touhou: Hidden Star in Four Seasons (Tōhō Tenkūshō). He added he hopes to have...
In/Spectre Manga Ends, But Sequel Announced for June
Manga by Chasiba Katase based on Kyo Shirodaira's novel launched in 2015
― This year's third issue of Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine R published the final chapter of Kyo Shirodaira and Chasiba Katase's manga In/Spectre (Kyokō Suiri or Invented Interface) manga on Thursday. A sequel series to the manga will begin in the magazine's next issue on June 20. The first chapter of the sequel will be a short stor...
Crunchyroll Adds The Devil is a Part-Timer!, Blood Blockade Battlefront Anime
Junjō Romantica 3 also added
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it has added The Devil is a Part-Timer!, Blood Blockade Battlefront, and Junjō Romantica 3 anime series to its catalog. The Devil is a Part-Timer! is available for users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The anime premiered in 2013. Funimation streamed the series as...
Gundam the Origin Anime's Loum Arc Debuts on September 2
Episode 5 will double theater count, screening run compared to previous episodes
― Sunrise announced on Friday that "Clash at Loum," the fifth episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime and the first in the anime's "Loum Arc," will open in Japan on September 2 in 35 theaters — more than double the previous four episodes' 15 theaters. The episode's screenings will also be extended to four wee...
Akiba's Beat Game's Story Trailer Shows 'Delusions'
PS4/PS Vita ships this May in N. America, Europe
― XSEED Games began streaming a story trailer for its PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game Akiba's Beat on Thursday. The trailer introduced the game's concept of traveling between reality and "delusions." The game is slated for release on May 16 in North America. PQube will publish the game in Europe on May 19. The game shipped in Japan for PlayStat...
TOKU to Air Ultraman Neos Live-Action Series With English Subtitles
12-episode series premieres May 1
― Olympusat, Inc.'s television channel TOKU announced on Thursday that it will air the Ultraman Neos live-action series with English subtitles for the first time in the United States. TOKU plans to air all 12 episodes between May 1 and May 16. The episodes will air on weekdays at 7:00 p.m. EDT, a timeslot currently filled by Ultraman 80. TOKU also previously aired Ul...
King of Prism: Pride the Hero Film's Teaser Previews New Edel Rose Performers
Film premieres June 10 in Japan
― The official website for 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 theatrical teaser for the film on Friday. The video features the song "Vivi°C Heart Session!" by the new members of Edel Rose, and introduces Edel Rose's new and returning members. The film will premie...
Live-Action Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stills Show Jōsuke, Kōichi
Stills shot at set for Nijimura brothers' house revealed
― The staff of the live-action film of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable manga revealed two new stills from the film on Thursday. The first still depicts Kento Yamazaki (Jōsuke Higashikata) and Ryunosuke Kamiki (Kōichi Hirose) on Toho's set for the Nijimura brothers' house, in a scene where Jōsuke is attacked by ...
Air Master Creator Shibata's Yōkai Banchō Manga Listed as Ending on April 25
Manga to have "important announcement" alongside final chapter
― Amazon Japan's listing for this year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Evening magazine reveals that the issue will contain the 30-page final chapter of Yokusaru Shibata's Yōkai Banchō manga. The description also repeats the previous issue's statement that there will be an "important announcement" regarding the series. The issue will ship in ...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 10-16
Live-action Hito wa Mita Me ga 100 Percent drama adaptation airs
― The Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare anime film aired on NTV on Friday, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 10.6% rating. The live-action drama series adaptation of Hiromi Ōkubo's Hito wa Mita Me ga 100 Percent manga aired on Fuji TV on Thursday, April 13 at 10:00 p.m. and earned a 9.5% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Aver...
3rd Hetalia Stage Musical's Title, Cast Revealed
Gaku Takamoto joins cast as Prussia for July musical
― The official website for the stage musical adaptations of Hidekaz Himaruya's Hetalia - Axis Powers manga announced the third musical's title and cast on Thursday. The musical is titled Hetalia ~in the new world~. Gaku Takamoto, pictured below, is joining the cast as Prussia. The cast members returning from the second musical are as follows: Ryōki...
Fantasista Stella's Michiteru Kusaba Launches Manga About Fisheries Science Club
Ocean romance manga launched on Wednesday
― This year's 21st issue of Shogakukan's Shounen Sunday magazine published the first chapter of a new manga series by Fantasista Stella creator Michiteru Kusaba on Wednesday. The series is titled Daiku no Hatō (The Ninth Wave). The story revolves around Minato Ebihara, a modern high school boy from the city, who sets out for the city of Isahaya in Nagasaki f...
Atlus Marketer Registers New 'Persona' Domain Names
Game business marketing solutions firm Ryu's Office, which has handled marketing for the Persona series and other Atlus games, registered the following domain names on April 4: P5AG.jp Persona8.jp Persona9.jp Persona10.jp In addition, the company registered P5R.jp on April 11 and the following domain names on April 18: P5D.jp P5U.jp P3D.jp Persona-Dance.jp PQ2.jp Atlus' Persona 5 game for PlayStat...
Funimation Reveals Returning English Dub Cast for Attack on Titan
Season 2's dub premieres Saturday
― Funimation Entertainment announced its English dub cast for Attack on Titan season 2 on Thursday, confirming the following returning cast members: Bryce Papenbrook as Eren Josh Grelle as Armin Trina Nishimura as Mikasa Matthew Mercer as Levi Ashly Burch as Sasha Clifford Chapin as Conny Bryn Apprill as Christa J Michael Tatum as Erwin Jessica Calvello as Hange Jaso...
Kodansha USA to Publish DAYS, Tsuredure Children Manga Digitally
Both 1st volumes slated for April 25
― Kodansha Advanced Media announced on Tuesday that it will release Tsuyoshi Yasuda's DAYS and Toshiya Wakabayashi's Tsuredure Children manga as digital-first titles on April 25. Kodansha Comics previously confirmed that it plans to complete all digital-first titles, and the titles can potentially receive print releases in the future. Yasuda launched the DAYS socc...
Seven Seas Licenses Monster Girl Doctor Light Novel Series
1st volume available in print, digitally on December 19.
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has licensed Orikō Yoshino's Monster Girl Doctor (Monster Musume no Oisha-san) light novel series. The first single volume is slated for December 19 in both print and digital formats. Seven Seas describes the story, which is "endorsed by OKAYADO," the author of the Monster Musume manga: I...
'your name.,' Shin Godzilla, In This Corner of The World Film Producers Win Fujimoto Awards
Makoto Shinkai, Genki Kawamura, Akihiro Yamauchi, Yoshihiro Sato, Masao Maruyama, Taro Maki honored
― Japan's Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyōkai (Film Theater Culture Association) announced the winners of its 36th annual Fujimoto Awards on Thursday. The your name. film's staff, including director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, received this year's general award. In addition, producers Akihiro Yama...
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime Casts Takahiro Sakurai, Subaru Kimura
Also: Chiharu Sawashiro, Daiki Hamano, Yuki Nakashima, more
― The staff of the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS television anime revealed additional cast members and character visuals for the anime on Friday. The cast includes (Note: The readings for some of the characters' kanji names aren't confirmed.): Shōya Ishige as Yūsaku Fujiki Takahiro Sakurai as mysterious creature Subaru Kimura as Shōichi Kusanagi Chiharu ...
Ange Vierge Trading Card Game Stops Development
TCG launched in 2013, inspired TV anime last year
― The official website for the Ange Vierge trading card game revealed on Thursday that Kadokawa is stopping development of the game this month. Kadokawa said in the announcement that it is stopping development of new releases for the trading card game as well as products related to the game. The related products will be the "Shiten ni Mau Otome-tachi"...
Live-Action Asahinagu Film Reveals New Visual, Premiere Date
Film starring Nanase Nishino opens on September 22
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Ai Kozaki's Asahinagu sports manga revealed the film's first poster visual on Thursday. The visual features lead actress Nanase Nishino as protagonist Asahi Tōjima with the catchphrase "Can even I become strong?" The website also revealed that the film will open in Japan on September 22. Th...
Live-Action Double Mints Film's Video Shows 2 Mitsuos' Relationship
Shunsuke Tanaka, Yasushi Fuchikami star in film opening on June 3
― The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Asumiko Nakamura's Double Mints boys-love manga began streaming a new promotional video on Thursday. The video introduces the story and two main characters and features comments from director Eiji Ueda. The film's staff previously released the video to crowdfunding backers. ...
Bandai Namco Ent. Reveals Code Vein Role-Playing Game
"Dramatic exploration action RPG" launches in 2018
― Bandai Namco Entertainment opened a website on Thursday to reveal the Code Vein "dramatic exploration action RPG." The game is slated for 2018, but Bandai Namco Entertainment hasn't yet revealed the game's platform(s) or price. Bandai Namco Entertainment has also launched a Twitter account for the game. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe also reveal...
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Anime Premieres on May 10
This year's combined 21st and 22nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that the Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS television anime series will premiere in Japan on May 10 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The anime will air on Wednesdays at 6:25 p.m. A new program titled Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Hour will also air on BS Japan starting on May 12, and will air on Fridays at 5:00 p.m. on the st...
New One Piece Magazine to Serialize Novel About Ace
Magazine launching in July celebrates 20th anniversary of original manga series
― This year's combined 21st and 22nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece franchise is getting a novel titled One Piece Novel "A". The novel will center on Ace's past, and will be serialized in the upcoming One Piece Magazine, a new magazine being published t...
Miyuki Sawashiro Joins One Piece Anime's Cast as Pudding
Mami Koyama listed as voice of Big Mom
― This year's combined 21st and 22nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Miyuki Sawashiro (Durarara!!'s Celty, 2011 Hunter × Hunter 's Kurapika) will play the character Charlotte Pudding in the One Piece television anime series. Pudding is the 35th daughter of Big Mom, and she is Sanji's arranged fiancée. The issue is also...
Fire Emblem Echoes 3DS Game's Opening Movie Streamed
Studio Khara animates cut scenes in 3DS remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden
― Nintendo began streaming the opening movie for its Fire Emblem Echoes -Shadows of Valentia- Nintendo 3DS game on Thursday. The video previews the animated cut scenes by Studio Khara (Rebuild of Evangelion). The game is a remake of 1992's Fire Emblem Gaiden, the second installment of the game franchise. The game shipped in Japan on...
Konbini Kareshi TV Anime's Story Revealed (Updated)
Anime about high school boys who visit convenience store debuts in July
― The official website for the television anime adaptation of Konbini Kareshi (Convenience Store Boyfriends), a multimedia project developed by Kadokawa's B's Log Comic magazine, revealed a story description for the anime on Thursday. It is spring, right around the time when new students start getting used to their school lives. ...
Bushiroad to Host Milky Holmes, Vanguard, Buddyfight Guests at California Event
Mark Ishii, Aina Aiba, Shūta Morishima, Sora Tokui, Milky Holmes group to attend July 1-2 event
― The official website for Bushiroad's "Vanguard & Buddyfight Grand Festival" event revealed the first five guests for the event on Wednesday. The guests include: Mark Ishii (Cardfight!! Vanguard's Chrono Shindou) Aina Aiba (Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT's Tokoha Anjou) Shūta Morishima (Cardfight!! Vanguard'...
DLE Produces Nui Nui Hinobori San Kyōdai Net Anime Shorts (Updated)
Takuya Eguchi, Kōtarō Nishiyama, Yūki Yonai star in series about brothers running a stuffed toy shop
― The goods company SunRise (not related to the anime studio of the same name) opened a website on Thursday to announce that it is producing a net anime series of shorts based on its "Nui Nui Hinobori San Kyōdai" plush and goods line. The anime shorts will also be titled Nui Nui Hinobori San Kyōdai (T...
Yowamushi Pedal New Generation Anime's New Video Highlights Inter High Arc
Yūma Uchida plays new character Yūto Shinkai from Hakone Academy
― Toho began streaming a new promotional video for the Yowamushi Pedal New Generation anime on Thursday. The video previews the arc centering around the next Inter High competition, as well as its participant schools of Sohoku High School, Hakone Academy, and Kyoto Fushimi High School. In particular, it features the new character Yūto S...
Santa Inoue's Tokyo Tribe 2 Manga Gets Stage Play
Play debuts in late September
― A stage play adaptation of Santa Inoue's Tokyo Tribe 2 manga has been green-lit. It will debut at the Shibuya O-East in late September under the title Tokyo Tribe. Imagine Itō is directing the stage play, and Hiroyuki Yashiro is credited for composition. Itō will also perform in the play himself alongside fellow Umebou dance group performers Shōji Tōyama, Makoto Endō, ...
Million Arthur VR Game's Video Previews Combat in VR
PC game for HTC Vive system slated for spring
― Square Enix began streaming a promotional video for its Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur VR game on Monday. The video previews the virtual reality experience in the game, including the combat, avatar customization, and the ability to look at the environment around the player. The game will launch for the PC this spring. The game is compatible with the HTC Vive...
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: Washio Sumi Chapter's 2nd Anime Film Outsells 1st, Ranks #1 in Mini-Theaters
Film had 3rd highest per-screen average on weekend
― Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shō: Tamashii, the second of three anime films that portray the first six episodes of the second season of the Yuki Yuna Is a Hero anime, ranked #1 in the mini-theater ranking in its opening weekend, earning more than the first film in the series during their opening weekends. The film had the third-highest...
ReLIFE Anime Voice Actor Kensho Ono Has Cameo in Live-Action Film Version
Voice actor Kensho Ono, the voice of protagonist Arata Kaizaki in the ReLIFE anime, has a cameo appearance in the live-action ReLIFE film, which opened in Japan on Saturday. He appears relaxing in a café scene where Kazuomi Ōga encourages Arata to confess to Chizuru Hishiro. Ono also played Arata in the ReLIFE stage play in September 2016, but Taishi Nakagawa (pictured right in costume as 27-year-...
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 10-16
Attack on Titan, Detective Conan, One-Punch Man, Umimachi Diary, Ajin: Demi-Human in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Attack on Titan 22 373,742 1,026,591 2017/04 Kodansha Hajime Isayama 1 2 2 Detective Conan (Case Closed) 92 310,029 310,029 2017/04 Shogakukan Gosho Aoyama 2 1 3 One-Punch Man 13 133,227 512,846 2017/04...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, April 10-16
Monster Hunter XX retains #1 ranking for fifth week
― Japan's Game Ranking: April 10-16 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 13DSMonster Hunter XX Capcom March 18 43,941 1,366,093 59 2SwitchThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Including Limited Editions) Nintendo March 3 20,888 375,291 90 33DSMario Sports Superstars Nintendo March 30 10,698 61,879 4...
Gundam Build Fighters Producer Teases Announcement in Early May
Gundam Build Fighters producer Masakazu Ogawa revealed in a Twitter post tagged with Gundam Build Fighters on Wednesday that "one more special chapter" is in the works. He expects to be able to make an official announcement in early May, during Japan's Golden Week holidays. The Twitter account for the series had announced in April 2015 that the franchise would get several OVA projects, but it has ...
Himōto! Umaru-chan Anime's English Dub Casts Emily Neves as Umaru
Video previews dub for 2015 comedy anime
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Wednesday that Emily Neves will star as Umaru Doma in its English dub of the Himōto! Umaru-chan television anime. Neves joins Adam Noble as Umaru's brother Taihei Doma. The videos description notes that Sentai Filmworks will reveal the anime's dub cast this week. Sentai Filmworks will release the anime on Blu-ray Di...
Irregular at Magic High School Anime Film Reveals New Visual, Additional Cast
Jin Yamanoi, Satoshi Hino, Masaki Aizawa play USNA Magicians
― The official website for the Gekijōban Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Hoshi o Yobu Shōjo (The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Calls the Stars) anime film revealed three additional cast members and new key visual on Wednesday. Original light novel artist Kana Ishida illustrated the visual, pictured below. The new visual wi...
Seven Seas Licenses Yokai Girls Manga
Manga runs in Shueisha's Young Jump in Japan
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Kazuki Funatsu's Yokai Girls (Yōkai Shōjo -Monsuga-) manga. The first single volume is slated for November 7 in North America. Seven Seas describes the story: Nishizuru Yakki has always considered himself a fairly normal guy–he's graduated from school, works a part-time job, and has nev...
Musicians Taku Takahashi, TeddyLoid, Pa's Lam System Perform at Anime Expo
Convention holds 1st electronic music concert on July 3
― The organizers of the Anime Expo convention announced on Tuesday that musicians ☆Taku Takahashi, TeddyLoid, and Pa's Lam System will perform at this year's convention. The musical artists will perform at Neon District, the convention's first electronic music concert, on July 3 from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. The organizers will announce more artis...
Konbini Kareshi Mixed-Media Project Gets TV Anime
Anime about high school boys who visit convenience store debuts in July
― The staff of Konbini Kareshi (Convenience Store Boyfriends), a mixed-media project developed by Kadokawa's B's Log Comic magazine, announced on Thursday that the project is getting a television anime adaptation. The anime will premiere on TBS and other networks in July. Hayato Date (Saiyuki, Naruto) is directing the anime at St...
Sakura Quest TV Anime Listed With 25 Episodes
― The official website for P.A. Works' new original television anime Sakura Quest revealed on Wednesday that the series' staff is planning a total of seven Blu-ray Disc and DVD sets for the anime. The first, fourth, and seventh sets will have three episodes each; and the second, third, fifth, and sixth sets will have four episodes each, for a total of 25 episodes. The website also revealed an image ...
Kuroko's Basketball Last Game Film's English-Subtitled Video Streamed
Odex opens film in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam in May
― Southeast Asian film distributor Odex began streaming an English-subtitled promotional video for the Gekijōban Kuroko no Basuke Last Game (Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game) anime film on Wednesday. Odex will open the film in Malaysia on May 4, and will also open the film in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, ...
Go Nagai Debuts New Mazinger Z Film's Footage at Annecy
Manga creator previews anime in France on June 14
― The official website of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival announced on Monday that Go Nagai will unveil the first footage from the new anime film based on his Mazinger Z manga during the festival on June 14. Nagai will present the footage at a "Making Of" event at the festival. A launch event during the AnimeJapan 2017 event last mont...
Action Heroine Cheer Fruits Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, New Characters, July Debut, Video
M.A.O, Rie Murakawa, Miku Itō, Yūki Hirose, Haruka Ishida, Erii Yamazaki, Moe Toyota, Haruka Shiraishi star
― The official Twitter account and website for the upcoming original television anime Action Heroine Cheer Fruits posted the cast, main staff, five additional main characters, and July premiere date for the anime on Tuesday and Wednesday. The website also posted a video that introduced the char...
Deadline: Legendary's Godzilla Sequel Casts Aisha Hinds
Actress starred in Underground, Shots Fired, Under the Dome
― Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Tuesday that Aisha Hinds (Underground, Shots Fired, Under the Dome) has signed on to co-star in Godzilla: King of Monsters, the sequel film to Legendary Pictures' 2014 Godzilla movie. Variety revealed in January that child actor Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) will appear in the film. Th...
Neko to Mata Short Anime About Cat Siblings Premieres on Thursday
Takuma Nagatsuka, Tasuku Hatanaka play leads
― Fuji TV's late-night variety program #Hi_Poul is premiering an original anime short series titled Neko to Mata on Thursday. Each episode will be 42 seconds long, and will air as a segment on the variety program. The series centers around two cats: a younger sister named Neko, and an older brother named Mata. Neko is a nekomata (a mythical two-tailed cat)...
DMI's Juné Launches Kickstarter to Publish Delico Psyche's Boys-Love Manga in Print
Seeks US$47,000 to publish 3 erotic titles in print
― Digital Manga Inc.'s Juné imprint launched a Kickstarter campaign on Monday to fund print copies of four of Delico Psyche's boys-love manga volumes. The titles up for print are The Rest is a Love Thing?! (Nokorimono ni wa Ai ga Aru!?), Eroman: Paper, Pen, Sex (Ero man - kami to pen to SEX to!!), and two volumes of Pure Love's Sexy Time (Jun Ai Er...
Seitokai Yakuindomo Anime Film's Theme Song Artists, 1st Trailer, Visuals Revealed
Triple Booking voice actresses sing theme for July 21 film
― The official website of Gekijōban Seitokai Yakuindomo, the theatrical anime project based on Tozen Ujiie's Seitokai Yakuindomo manga, began streaming the first trailer for the anime on Wednesday. The video highlights the return of the characters, and jokingly states that the film aims to earn 2 trillion yen (about US$20 billion). The site a...
Layton's Mystery Journey Game's 3DS Version Ships in the West in Fall
iOS, Android version debuts worldwide on July 20, Japanese 3DS version also ships on July 20
― Level 5 opened an English website for its Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Layton Mystery Journey: Katriel to Daifugō no Inbō), revealing that it will release the game on the Nintendo 3DS in the West early this fall. The game will be available on iOS and Android devices ...
Pokémon Sun & Moon Anime Starts Weekly Run on Disney XD in U.S. in May
1st 2 episodes previewed on Disney XD in December
― The official Twitter account of the Pokémon franchise revealed on Monday that the Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (Pokémon Sun & Moon) anime will premiere its regular weekly run on Disney XD in the United States on May 12. Head to Alola with Ash and friends starting May 12! Catch #Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon on Disney XD, US Trainers: https://t.co...
Ultra Street Fighter II Game's Trailer Previews Different Game Modes
Soundtrack sampler video also posted for May 26 game
― Capcom began streaming a new trailer for its Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Nintendo Switch game on Monday. The trailer previews the game's features, including a "classic style" mode, a "local battle" mode, an "internet battle" mode, a "buddy battle" mode, and a "Way of the Hado" mode. The video also shows the new character custom...
The Silver Case Game's PS4 Launch Trailer Streamed
Game shipped Tuesday in N. America, ships Friday in Europe
― NIS America began streaming a launch trailer on Tuesday to correspond with its release of The Silver Case for the PS4 in North America. The trailer showcases footage from the game. The game shipped on PlayStation 4 on Tuesday in North America, and it will ship on April 21 in Europe. The game has digital, standard physical, and limited editi...
UVERworld Performs Live-Action Gintama Film's Theme Song
Film opens July 14 in Japan
― The official website for the live-action film of the Gintama manga announced on Tuesday that the rock band UVERworld (Blue Exorcist, The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is performing the theme song. The band's vocalist TAKUYA∞ wrote and composed the song "DECIDED" specifically for the film. The film will open in Japan on July 14. Fukuda (live-action HK/Hentai Kamen, Mr. Nietzsc...
Famitsu: PS VR Sells 102,000 Units in Japan
Kadokawa's video game news outlet Famitsu reported in a presentation on the state of the game industry on Friday that the PlayStation VR hardware has sold 102,000 units in Japan as of March 26. The report also noted that there continues to be a shortage on the market. The PS VR shipped worldwide on October 13. As of February 19, Sony Interactive Entertainment had sold 915,000 PlayStation VRs world...
ReLIFE, Shuriken and Pleats, Children of the Whales Manga Win France's Mangawa Award
The official website for France's "Mangawa" award announced at the beginning of the month that Yayoiso's Relife, Matsuri Hino's Shuriken and Pleats, and Abi Umeda's Children of the Whales (Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau or Les enfants de la baleine) won the 2017 awards for the shōnen, shōjo, and seinen categories, respectively. French bookstore L'ange Bleu began holding the awards in 2005 in order...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 16-22
Ocean Waves, My Hero Academia, Dagashi Kashi, Gatchaman II, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle, Valkyrie Drive Mermaid anime; Ghost Diary manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA BD/DVDPlease Funimation Entertainment US$64.98 April 18 Dagashi Kashi BD/DVDCite Funimation Entertainment US$64.98 April 18 Gatchaman II DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks ...
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] Heads To PS4, PS3, PS Vita
Game features new playable character
― Video game news website Famitsu revealed on Tuesday that Ecole Software and French-Bread will release the arcade game Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. The home version will add a new playable character Enkidu, among other new features. Famitsu magazine will reveal more details on Thursday. The arcade versi...
Detective Conan Creator's Various Manga Have 200 Million Copies in Print
Gosho Aoyama starts new Magic Kaito mini-series on April 26
― The 21st issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that manga creator Gosho Aoyama's various manga series have a combined 200 million copies in print worldwide. To commemorate the milestone, Aoyama will draw a new mini-series, the first in three years, for his Magic Kaito manga. The first chapter will ap...
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Anime Film Reveals New Key Visual
The official website for the Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry anime film revealed a new key visual on Wednesday. The website also announced that Tetsuya Kakihara (voice of Natsu) and Aya Hirano (Lucy) will attend an opening day stage greeting event at Tokyo's Toho Cinemas Shinjuku on May 6. The website revealed last Wednesday that theaters showing the film will give viewers a free booklet while supplies las...
The Anthem of the Heart Live-Action Film's Teaser Previews Story
Film based on anime opens on July 22
― The official website of the live-action film adaptation of The Anthem of the Heart (Kokosake or Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da.) anime film began streaming a new teaser for the film on Tuesday. The video previews the film's story. (Note: The Youtube video below is region-blocked in the United States, South Korea, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.) The film will...
One Piece 3rd Theme Park Attraction Gets Original Character by Oda
3rd attraction debuts April 29, with theme song by GReeeeN
― The staff of the "One Piece Live Attraction 3 Phantom" production revealed a new character for the attraction named Ann. Original author Eiichiro Oda designed the character. The attraction will debut in the Tokyo One Piece Tower indoor theme park on April 29. The GReeeeN music group wrote a theme song for the attraction titled "4 ever Don!!...
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