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Compile Heart, Dengeki PlayStation Collaborate to Create Tokyo Clanpool PS Vita Game
Game is 1st title in new collaborative "Den-Pile" brand
― Video game developer Compile Heart and Kadokawa's Dengeki PlayStation magazine announced on Tuesday that they are collaborating to create a new game brand called "Den-Pile." Tokyo Clanpool will be the brand's first game and is in development for the PlayStation Vita. The official Compile Heart YouTube channel also began streaming a teaser trai...
Hajimete no Gal Anime Reveals July 12 Premiere, New Visual
The official website for the television anime of Meguru Ueno's Hajimete no Gal (First-Time Gal) manga revealed on Wednesday that the series will premiere on July 12. The website also revealed a new visual for the series. Th anime will premiere on July 12 on AT-X at 11:00 p.m., and will air later that evening on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and Mie TV Broadcasting. The series will then later air on Gifu Broad...
God Wars PS4/Vita Game's 2nd English-Dubbed Character Trailer Streamed
Game ships in Japan, Europe, N. America this month after delays
― NIS America began streaming an English-dubbed trailer for Kadokawa Games' God Wars Future Past (God Wars - Toki o Koete) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game on Tuesday. The video previews some of the game's characters, including Ookuninushi, Momotaro, Amaterasu, Susanoo, Yamatanoorochi, and Hinotori. The game is now slated for rele...
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls' Ryōsuke Fuji Launches World End Crusaders Manga
Manga debuts on June 14, story set "100 days before mankind's extinction"
― This year's 27th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that writer biki and illustrator Ryōsuke Fuji will launch a new manga titled World End Crusaders in the magazine's next issue on June 14. The manga's first chapter will have 63 pages. The magazine teases the "strange abilities x death game" mang...
Tsuredure Children Anime's 2nd Short Promo Shows Kissing Scene
Romance anime premieres on July 4
― The official website for the television anime of Toshiya Wakabayashi's Tsuredure Children (Idle Children) manga began streaming its second short promotional video on Wednesday. The video, titled "The Student Council President's Troubles," shows a scene where a boy and a girl begin to kiss, but the girl inadvertently pinches the boy's nose. The girl complains, sayin...
Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō Anime Reveals Additional Cast, Staff, July 3 Premiere
Akira Ishida, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kazuya Nakai join cast
― The official website for the television anime of Hinowa Kōzuki's Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō (Refined Daily Life at the Supernatural Entity Apartment) light novel series revealed additional cast, staff, and the anime's July 3 premiere on Thursday. The cast, including the two previously announced leads, includes: Atsushi Abe as Yūshi Inaba Yu...
My Hero Academia Manga Takes 1-Week Break Due to Author's Health
This year's 28th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine won't publish a new chapter of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga on Monday as planned. The editorial staff is releasing a notice in the issue on Monday stating that the manga won't be in the issue due to Horikoshi's sudden illness. The editorial staff noted that the manga will return in the 29th issue, which will ship on June ...
Yowamushi Pedal New Generation Anime Gets 'Love Hime' In-Story Anime Short
Yukari Tamura, Junichi Suwabe, Yuuki Kaji star in short airing on Monday with new song
― The staff of the Yowamushi Pedal New Generation anime revealed on Thursday that the anime's 23rd episode, "Sakamichi, Tsuigeki" (Sakamichi in Pursuit) will feature an anime short in the episode's C-part (third act). The short will air the anime-within-an-anime "Love Hime Pettanko." Yukari Tamura will reprise her ...
Rozen Maiden's Peach-Pit Launches New Short Manga Series
Also: Rozen Maiden 0 takes 3-month hiatus
― This year's 28th issue of Kodansha's weekly Morning magazine announced on Thursday that the manga artist duo Peach-Pit (Rozen Maiden, Shugo Chara!, Zombie-Loan, DearS) will launch a new series. The series is titled Nishina Tesura ha Suirishinai (Tesla Nishina Isn't Reasoning). The series will launch in the 29th issue of the magazine, which goes on sale on ...
U19 Manga to End in Shonen Jump on Monday
Manga by Yūji Kimura launched in February
― This year's 28th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is publishing the final chapter of Yūji Kimura's U19 (pronounced "Under Nineteen") manga on Monday. Viz Media previewed the first three chapters of the manga as part of its "Jump Start" initiative in February, and it describes the manga: A nightmare world of tough love gone wrong! But kids wit...
Live-Action Anthem of the Heart Film's Trailer Highlights Main Characters
2 web posters revealed for July 22 film
― The official website for the live-action film based on The Anthem of the Heart (Kokosake or Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da.) anime film began streaming a trailer for the film on Thursday. The trailer highlights the film's main characters, and features an arrangement of the second movement of Beethoven's "Sonata Pathétique" piano sonata, an important plot eleme...
Hajime no Ippō Manga Goes on Break Due to Author's Illness
This year's 27th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga did not appear in the issue as planned due to Morikawa's poor physical condition. The magazine also said that Morikawa is recovering so he is aiming to resume the story in the magazine's 29th issue on June 21. Morikawa began the long-running boxing manga in 1989, and the 1...
Square Enix's Project Tokyo Dolls Smartphone Game Introduces Cast With Promo Video
2nd animated story video also streamed for game about idols secretly fighting for Tokyo
― The official website for Square Enix's Project Tokyo Dolls smartphone game revealed the game's cast on Tuesday and introduced the characters in a promotional video on Wednesday. The cast includes (from left to right in image above): Ayane Sakura as Nanami Yurika Kubo as Reina Eri Suzuki as Hiyo Lynn as Misaki Ka...
AnimeFest to Host Rock Band LM.C
Band will have concert during convention on August 18
― Dallas anime convention AnimeFest announced on Tuesday that rock band LM.C will attend the convention as guests. The band will have a concert during the convention on August 18 at the Majestic Theatre, and will also hold a Q&A panel and autograph sessions. The band consists of vocalist Maya and guitarist Aiji. The band debuted in 2006 with two s...
The [email protected] SideM Live On [email protected] App's 2nd Promo Shows Performances
Bandai Namco to release "dramatic idol-training live game"
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a second promotional video for its upcoming The [email protected] SideM Live On [email protected] app on Wednesday. The promotional video shows the game's idols performing "live" on stage. Bandai Namco Entertainment describes the new app as a "dramatic idol-training live game," as opposed to the original The [email protected]..
Live-Action Gintama Net Series to Adapt Mitsuba Arc
Kii Kitano plays Mitsuba for show premiering July 15
― The official website for the live-action Gintama net show announced on Thursday that the show will adapt the "Mitsuba Arc" of Hideaki Sorachi's original manga. Kii Kitano will play Mitsuba (pictured below), Sougo Okita's older sister and the arc's key character. The series will depict the tumultuous past between Sougo and Hijikata, and the tragic...
Kemono Friends Stage Play Reveals More Cast in Costume
Stage play with original story debuts in June
― The official Twitter account for the stage play adaptation of Nexon and Mine Yoshizaki's Kemono Friends franchise revealed more photos of the cast in costume on Wednesday. The cast, including those previously revealed in costume, includes (from left to right beginning with first row above): Yuka Ozaki as Serval Kana Motomiya as Fennec Saki Ono as Raccoo...
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 29-June 4
Black Butler, My Hero Academia, orange, Dragon Ball Super, Shūmatsu no Harem in top 5
― Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Black Butler 25 232,207 352,204 2017/05 Square Enix Yana Toboso 1 2 2 My Hero Academia 14 183,296 183,296 2017/06 Shueisha Kohei Horikoshi 2 1 3 orange 6 -Mirai- 142,941 142,941 2017/05 Futabasha Ichigo Taka...
Japan's Video Game Rankings, May 29-June 4
Tekken 7, Seiken Densetsu Collection, Tsukiuta, Shiin games debut
― Japan's Game Ranking: May 29-June 4 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 1PS4Tekken 7 Bandai Namco Entertainment June 1 58,736 58,736 2NSwSeiken Densetsu Collection (Mana Series Collection) Square Enix June 1 29,564 29,564 3NSwMario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo April 28 20,984 488,673 70 4PSV...
Atlus USA to Release Radiant Historia, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Remakes, Etrian Odyssey V (Updated)
3DS games scheduled for fall 2017, early 2018 in Americas
― Atlus USA announced on Wednesday that it will release Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth in the Americas this fall. In addition, it will release the Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux games in the Americas in early 2018. Etrian Odyssey V and Perfect Chronology will have English audio while Stra...
GATE Anime's English Dub Casts Juliet Simmons as Tuka Luna Marceau
Full series ships on July 11
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Wednesday that Juliet Simmons will play Tuka Luna Marceau in its English dub of the GATE anime. The company will announce a new cast member every day this week. The company previously announced that David Wald is playing the anime's protagonist Yoji Itami and Jessica Boone is playing Princess Piña Co Lada. Sentai Filmworks will...
Director Sunao Katabuchi to Attend Anime Expo for In This Corner of the World Screening
Q&A session to be held with screening on July 2
― Shout! Factory and Anime Expo announced on Wednesday that the In This Corner of the World anime film will screen at Anime Expo and director Sunao Katabuchi will attend for a Q&A session after the screening. The event will take place on Sunday, July 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PDT. The film will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Shout!...
Knight's & Magic Anime Streams TV Ad, Reveals More Cast
Natsumi Fujiwara, Atsushi Imaruoka, Sayaka Senbongi, Masaru Ikeda, Hidetaka Tenjin, Sayaka Ohara, Daisuke Sakaguchi join cast
― The official website for the television anime of Hisago Amazake-no's Knight's & Magic light novel series began streaming 15- and 30-second versions of a television commercial on Wednesday. The videos preview the anime's opening theme song "Hello!My World!!" by fhana. The web...
Welcome to the Ballroom Anime's 5th Promo Video Streamed With English Subtitles
Anime premieres July 8
― Pony Canyon began streaming a fifth promotional video for the television anime of Tomo Takeuchi's Welcome to the Ballroom manga on Wednesday, and also began streaming a version with English subtitles. The video previews rock band Unison Square Garden's opening theme song "10% roll, 10% romance." The anime will premiere on MBS on Saturday, July 8 at 26:08 (effectively Sunday, ...
Space Battleship Yamato 2202 2nd Film's Video Previews Sayaka Kanda's Song
Voice of goddess Teresa sings ending theme "Tsuki no Kagami"
― The official website for the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi (Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love or Star Blazers 2202: Warriors of Love) anime sequel project began streaming a promotional video on Friday for the project's second film, subtitled Hasshin-hen (Departure Chapter). The video features Sayaka Kanda's endi...
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Ships for PS4 in Early 2018
Game with Kazushige Nojima's new story debuts demo at E3 on June 13
― Square Enix announced during a live streaming presentation on Wednesday that it will release the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT game for PlayStation 4 worldwide in early 2018. The presentation streamed a promotional video for the game, which begins around the -56:20 mark in the below video. The "NT" in the title stand for various things...
Little Witch Academia Anime Prepares for Climax With Promo Video
23rd episode, "Yesterday," premieres on Sunday
― The official website for the Little Witch Academia television anime series began streaming a climax promotional video on Wednesday. The anime previews the 23rd episode, "Yesterday," which will premiere on Sunday. The episode will have advance screenings at Akiba Theater in Tokyo on Saturday. People who attend the screenings will receive one random repr...
New Main Atelier Game & Atelier Online Spinoff Game App Unveiled
New main game with 2 protagonists is newest in "Mysterious" story line
― Game developer Gust revealed during its "Atelier Series 20th Anniversary Presentation" event on Wednesday that the company's Atelier series will get a new installment titled Riddii & Suuru no Atelier ~Fushigi no Kaiga no Renkinjutsushi~ (Atelier Liddy & Sule: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Painting) in the main game series, as ...
NTR: Netsuzou Trap Yuri Anime Reveals Opening Song Artist, July 5 Debut
Haruka Tōjō sings "Blue Bud Blue" opening
― The official website for the television anime of Naoko Kodama's yuri manga NTR: Netsuzou Trap revealed the anime's opening theme song artist and July 5 premiere date on Wednesday. Haruka Tōjō will perform the anime's opening theme song "Blue Bud Blue." Regarding the song, Tōjō commented, "I took the feeling of Yuma's confused heart and the true feelings hid...
Anime Expo Hosts Dragon Ball's Vegeta Voice Actor Ryo Horikawa
Chris Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Jason Douglas will join Horikawa on Dragon Ball panel
― The staff for Anime Expo announced on Tuesday that the convention will host Japanese voice actor Ryo Horikawa, as well as American Dragon Ball voice actors Christopher R. Sabat (Vegeta), Sean Schemmel (Goku), and Jason Douglas (Beerus). Horikawa will appear at a panel, and all four voice actors will have autograph ses...
Seitokai Yakuindomo Anime Film's Trailer Previews Theme Song
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 a trailer for the film on Wednesday. The video reveals and previews the film's theme song "Seishun Non-Fiction" (Adolescent Non-Fiction) by Triple Booking, the unit formed by cast members Yōko...
Aho-Girl: Clueless Girl Anime Casts Taku Yashiro, Sayaka Senbongi, Rina Satou
M.A.O, Rena Maeda, Yuka Iguchi also join cast of July anime
― The July issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is revealing additional cast for the television anime of Hiroyuki's Ahogaru: Clueless Girl (Aho-Girl) manga on Friday. The additional cast are: Taku Yashiro as Ryūichi Kurosaki Sayaka Senbongi as Ruri Akutsu Rina Satou as Atsuko Oshieda M.A.O as Akane Eimura Rena Maeda as Kii Hiragi Yuk...
UQ Holder! Anime Casts Yuki Matsuoka, Yūki Hirose, Rina Satou
Ai Kayano, Yui Ogura also star in TV anime after September OAD
― The June issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is revealing the cast for the television anime of Ken Akamatsu's UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2 manga on Friday. The cast includes: Yuki Matsuoka as Yukihime Yūki Hirose as Kurōmaru Tokisaka Rina Satou as Negi Springfield Ai Kayano as Kirie Sakurame Yui Ogura as Karin Yuka Takakura...
Japanese Game Market Reaches Record 1.38 Trillion Yen in 2016
Online digital games see upward trend while console market continues decline
― Kadokawa will publish Famitsu Game Hakusho 2017, its report on domestic and international game industry trends, on Thursday. According to the report, Japan's domestic game market reached an all-time high with 1.3801 trillion yen (about US$12.6 billion) in 2016. Meanwhile, the report estimates the value of the world game ma...
FLOWER Performs Altair: A Record of Battles Anime's Ending Theme Song
Historical fantasy anime premieres July 7
― The official website for this summer's television anime of Kotono Katō's historical fantasy manga Altair: A Record of Battles (Shōkoku no Altair) revealed on Tuesday that girl pop group FLOWER (Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, The File of Young Kindaichi Returns) will perform the anime's ending theme song "Taiyō no Elegy" (Elegy for the Sun). The single release is s...
Final Fantasy XIV Producer: Talks on Possible Switch/Xbox One Release Will Take Time
Final Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida stated in an interview with the Finder website on Monday that Square Enix is in talks with Nintendo and Microsoft for a possible port of its Final Fantasy XIV multiplayer RPG on the Switch and Xbox One consoles. However, Yoshida noted that "these conversations will take a long time." He explained that the biggest hurdle to getting the game to t...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 4-10
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, Fairy Tail Rhodonite manga; Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash novel ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Akira Collector's Case BD/DVDPlease Funimation Entertainment US$39.98 June 6 Fairy Tail Collection 8 BD/DVDPlease Funimation Entertainment US$54.98 June 6 Kino's Journey DVDPlease ADV Films US$29.98 June 6 Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie ...
Live-Action Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Trailer Reveals Stands
New poster visual also revealed
― The official Twitter account for the live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable film revealed a new trailer and poster visual on Wednesday. The video offers the first look at the forms of the film's Stands. The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Switzerland will host the film's world premiere on July 2, and the film will also...
Symphogear AXZ Anime Reveals New Cast, Visuals, July 1 Premiere
Minako Kotobuki, Shouta Aoi, Rina Hidaka join cast
― The official website for Senki Zesshō Symphogear AXZ (pronounced "axis"), the upcoming fourth Senki Zesshō Symphogear anime series, updated on Tuesday with three additional cast members, a new key visual, and the premiere date. The show will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11 on July 1 at 25:00 (effectively July 2 at 1:00 a.m.), and it will also air on ...
Blue Reflection Game Gets Western Release on PS4, PC
Game slated for September; no PS Vita release announced
― Koei Tecmo America announced on Tuesday that it will release Gust's Blue Reflection (Blue Reflection - Maboroshi ni Mau Shōjo no Ken) for PlayStation 4 and Windows PC via Steam in North America on September 26. Koei Tecmo Europe also announced that it will release the game for the same platforms in Europe on September 29. In North America, pl...
GATE Anime's English Dub Casts Jessica Boone as Princess Piña Co Lada
Full series ships on July 11
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Tuesday that Jessica Boone will play Princess Piña Co Lada in its English dub of the GATE anime. The company will announce a new cast member every day this week. Sentai announced on Monday that David Wald is playing the anime's protagonist Yoji Itami. Sentai Filmworks will release all 24 episodes on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and Blu-r...
Vanillaware's 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Game Heads West
Game in development for PS4, PS Vita
― Atlus USA announced on Tuesday that the upcoming 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim game will get a Western release outside of Japan. Vanillaware is currently developing the game for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. George Kamitani (Dragon's Crown, Odin Sphere) is directing the game. The game's official website says that "the game takes place in a modern setting punctuated with ...
Pokkén Tournament DX Ships for Nintendo Switch on September 22
Pokémon Ultra Sun, Pokémon Ultra Moon 3DS games ship on November 17
― Nintendo announced during its streamed Pokémon Direct presentation on Tuesday that Pokkén Tournament DX will be the franchise's first game for the Nintendo Switch. The presentation, debuted a trailer for the game (below) and revealed that it will ship on September 22. In addition to the Wii U version's 16 playable characters, the N...
1st Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection Film Teases New Characters With 2nd Trailer, Visual
Trailer previews Nana Mizuki's song, Kana Asumi's key character
― The official website for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection anime film project unveiled new characters for the first film via a second trailer and a new main visual on Tuesday. The trailer features Nana Mizuki's theme song "Destiny's Prelude." The new characters and their voice cast members are: Kana Ueda as Dearche, the materi...
Sunrise to Co-Produce Live-Action Cowboy Bebop TV Series
Marty Adelstein's Tomorrow Studios produces series with Thor writer Chris Yost
― Entertainment news magazine Variety and entertainment news website Deadline reported on Tuesday that Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between producer Marty Adelstein (Prison Break, Teen Wolf) and ITV Studios, will produce a live-action television series adaptation of the 1998 television anime Cowboy Bebop. Chris Yost (Th...
Mr. Osomatsu Anime's Season 2 Reveals October Premiere, Visual
Fan collaborate on mosaic of teaser visual unveiled online, at Tokyo station
― The official website for the Mr. Osomatsu television anime revealed a teaser visual on Tuesday and announced that the second season will premiere in October. The website's tagline on the visual reads, "The six boys … return" — a reference to the finale of the first season. The anime will air on TV Tokyo and other stations....
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, May 29-June 4
[email protected] Cinderella Girls Gekijō sells 4,019, followed by Macross Delta's Walkūre, Yuri!!! on Ice, Granblue Fantasy, Kubikiri Cycle
― Macross Delta's Walkūre Live 2017 "Walkūre ga Tomaranai" at Yokohama Arena sold 3,395 copies to rank #11 on the overall DVD chart. The Shin Godzilla film sold 523 more copies for a new total of 71,031. It rose back onto the chart to #49 in its 11th week. Takuya Eguch...
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, May 29-June 4
Macross Delta's Walkūre sells 11,969, followed by Kubikiri Cycle, Yuri!! on Ice, Tenchi Muyo! Dai-4-Ki, [email protected] Cinderella Girls Gekijō
― Macross Delta's Walkūre Live 2017 "Walkūre ga Tomaranai" at Yokohama Arena sold 11,969 copies to rank #3 on the overall Blu-ray Disc chart. Aki Toyosaki's 3rd Concert Tour 2016 The Key to Lovin' Blu-ray sold 2,004 copies at #19. Rank Last Week Title Weekly Copie...
Anime Expo Hosts Neptunia Franchise's Character Designer, Producer
Illustrator Tsunako, producer Naoko Mizuno at their 1st overseas convention
― The staff for Anime Expo announced on Monday that the event will host Neptunia series character designer Tsunako and Neptunia series producer Naoko Mizuno. In their first overseas convention appearance, the pair will participate in a panel, and will also have autograph sessions. Tsunako is an illustrator at Idea Factory, th...
The [email protected] Cinderella Girls, Love Live! Sunshine!! Singles Rank in Top 5
2 Cinderella Girls singles at #2, #5; Love Live! Sunshine!! sub-unit single at #4
― "THE [email protected] CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 11 Ankira!? Kyōsōkyoku" single sold an estimated 49,000 copies to debut at #2 on Oricon's weekly singles chart for the May 29-June 4 week. In addition, "THE [email protected] CINDERELLA GIRLS LITTLE STARS! Étude wa Ikkyoku Dake" single sold an estimated 25,000 copies to rank ...
Voice Actress Yuka Imai Goes on Hiatus to Take Care of Son
Voice actress played Otaru Mamiya in Saber Marionette franchise
― Voice actress Yuka Imai announced on her blog on May 16 that she will be taking a hiatus from acting work to take care of her three-year old son, who was diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder this spring. She said that she wants to someday return to acting, after she has "laid a good foundation" for her son. Imai made her v...
Monogatari Series Novels' New 'Monster Season' Begins on July 15
Shinobumonogatari is latest novel in series
― Amazon is listing Shinobumonogatari, the next novel in NisiOisin's Monogatari Series of novels, with a July 15 release date. The book will launch the series' "Monster Season." The book was first teased in Musubimonogatari, the latest novel in the series, in January. The novel's description states: What of the one who named the legendary occurrences that K...
Anime Expo Holds World Premiere of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc Prologue Anime
Producer Chiyo Kawazoe will hold Q&A at July 1 premiere
― Kodansha Comics announced on Monday that it will present the world premiere of the Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card-hen Prologue: Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc Prologue: Sakura and the Two Bears) video anime at the Anime Expo convention on July 1. The anime's producer Chiyo Kawazoe will be present for a Q&A session ...
21st Detective Conan Film Sells Record 5 Million Tickets for 6.5 Billion Yen
Peach Girl falls to #7, Teiichi no Kuni rises to #8
― The Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter (Meitantei Conan Kara Kurenai no Love Letter) anime film, the 21st film in the Detective Conan franchise, has earned more than 6.5 billion yen (about US$59 million) as of Sunday. The amount again sets a new record for the Detective Conan film series, after the film broke the previous film's record last ...
Shingo Honda Ends Hakaiju Manga, Starts New Series
New horror manga will also have digital spinoff
― The June issue of Akita Shoten's Monthly Shounen Champion magazine published the final chapter of Shingo Honda's Hakaiju manga on Tuesday. The chapter features a colored illustration for the cover of the magazine and colored opening pages. The same issue announced that Honda is launching a new series in the October issue on September 6. The series wi...
Lunatan Anime Promo Features Rie Murakawa's Theme Song
"Vertical" anime premiered Monday on Production I.G's new app
― The official website for Lunatan ~1-Mannen no Himitsu! (Secret of 10,000 Years), the anime based on NTT Plala's Lunatan ~Kyojin Luna to Chitei Tanken! (Giant Luna and the Journey to the Center of the Earth) app game, began streaming a promotional video on Monday. The video features the theme song "Dreamy Lights" by Rie Murakawa. Like the...
PlayStation VR Exceeds 1 Million Sales
Business Insider reported on Monday that Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that it has sold over 1 million PlayStation VRs worldwide. As of February 27, Sony had sold 915,000 PlayStation VR units, and the system was available in 64 countries and regions. The PS VR shipped on October 13, 2016. Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida had unveiled the heads...
Omega Labyrinth Game's Opening Movie Streamed
Game with "bust" power-ups slated for July 6 in Japan
― D3 Publisher began streaming the opening movie for its upcoming Omega Labyrinth Z PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game on Monday. The video features the opening theme song "OmeLaby ga Ippai! (ver. MAX ω Power)" (Lots of Omega Labyrinth), performed by vocalist duo DelightStyle and written and composed by YOFFY. (Note: The following video may n...
New Frontier Days Game's Steam Trailer Shows Town-Building
PC version launches via Steam on June 8
― The official Arc System Works YouTube channel began streaming an English trailer and Japanese trailer for the upcoming Steam version of its New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~ (Shin Daikaitaku Jidai ~Machi o Tsukirō~) game on Sunday. The two trailers showcase the game's features, such as using building towns, taming animals, and using different game or diff...
GATE Anime's English Dub Casts David Wald as Yoji Itami
Full series ships on July 11
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Monday that David Wald will play protagonist Yoji Itami in its English dub of the GATE anime. The company will announce a new cast member every day this week. Sentai Filmworks will release all 24 episodes on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc/DVD premium box set on July 11. The premium box set includes a weapon replica, flag, ...
Viz's Shonen Jump to Preview Shudan!, Cross Account Manga
Soccer manga, social media manga will debut same day as Japan
― Viz Media's English digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump announced on Monday that it will publish the first chapter of Shudan! by Takuma Yakota (Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club) in next week's issue on June 12. The magazine's June 19 issue will publish the first chapter of Cross Account by Tsunehiro Date (T...
New CG-Animated Starship Troopers Sequel to Premiere in August
Japanese production companies listed for one-night theatrical film
― Fathom Events announced on Monday that it will premiere Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars, a new CG-animated sequel to the 1997 film Starship Troopers, in United States theaters. The event web page lists Japanese production company Lucent Pictures Entertainment and Tokyo-based computer animation studio Sola Digital Arts along with ...
1st New Haikyu!! Anime Compilation Film Reveals Visual
The Twitter account for the Haikyu!! anime franchise revealed the visual on Monday for the first of two new compilation films for the franchise. The first film, titled Haikyu!! Sainō to Sense (Haikyu!! Genius and Sense), will open in Japan on September 15. The second film, titled Haikyu!! Concept no Tatakai (Haikyu!! Battle of Concepts), will open on September 29. Each film will have a two-week li...
Attack on Titan's Wit Studio Animates 3 Videos for Square Enix's Project Tokyo Dolls App
iOS/Android game about idols secretly fighting for Tokyo launches in June
― Square Enix opened a teaser website on Friday for a new smartphone game titled Project Tokyo Dolls. The website began streaming on Monday the "Episode 0" promotional video video animated by Wit Studio (Attack on Titan, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and Visual Works, the CG movie production department of Square Enix. In the v...
Tenshi no 3P!/Here Comes the Three Angels Anime Reveals Video, More of Cast, July 10 Debut
Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi join cast
― The official website for the television anime of Sagu Aoyama's Tenshi no 3P! (Here Comes the Three Angels) light novels began streaming the series' second promotional video on Monday. The video features the opening theme song "Habataki no Birthday" (Flapping Birthday) by the Baby's breath unit. The anime will premiere on AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS...
Love and Lies Anime Casts Shinnosuke Tachibana, Reveals Opening Song Artist
Rock band Frederic will perform opening theme song "Kanashii Ureshii" for July 3 anime
― This year's 27th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine is revealing a new cast member and the opening theme song artist for the television anime of Musawo's Love and Lies (Koi to Uso) manga on Wednesday. Shinnosuke Tachibana (Overlord's Peroroncino, Black Butler's Soma Asman Kadar) will join the cast as the ...
Tsuredure Children Anime Premieres on July 4
This year's 27th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine is revealing on Wednesday that the television anime of Toshiya Wakabayashi's Tsuredure Children (Idle Children) manga will premiere on July 4 on Tokyo MX at 11:15 p.m., on Sun TV on 12:15 a.m. (effectively July 5 morning), and on BS11 at 2:15 a.m. (effectively July 5 morning). Each episode will be 15 minutes long. The anime stars: Kaito ...
Dance with Devils: Fortuna Anime Film Reveals Teaser Video, More Cast, November 4 Premiere (Updated)
Toshiyuki Toyonaga joins cast for musical film
― The official website for Rejet and Elements Garden's Dance With Devils: Fortuna anime film began streaming a teaser video for the film on Monday. The video previews the song "Sweet Grimoire!" and reveals the film's premiere in Japan on November 4. The video also reveals that Toshiyuki Toyonaga is joining the film's cast as the character Marius. Toyonag...
Compile Heart Opens Teaser Site For 'New Heroine' Featuring Golden Egg
Video game developer Compile Heart (Hyperdimension Neptunia, Monster Monpiece, Record of Agarest War) opened a countdown website on Monday for a new work. While the "Golden Egg Poke Starter" website now features the above image, earlier on Monday the image didn't feature a crack in the egg. The page features five items to choose from with which visitors can "poke" the golden egg on the site, inclu...
Denki-Gai no Honya-san Manga Ends in November
Manga by Asato Mizu inspired TV anime in 2014
― The July issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine announced on Monday that Asato Mizu's Denkigai no Honya-san manga will end in the magazine's December issue in November. The manga has six chapters left. In addition, the manga's 14th compiled book volume (seen right) revealed on May 23 that the 15th volume will be the last. The "youthful books...
Godzilla Anime Film Trilogy Gets Presentation at Annecy
Film will be part of "Work in Progress" program, directors Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita in attendance
― The Annecy International Animation Film Festival revealed on Monday that the Godzilla anime film trilogy will feature in the festival's "Work in Progress" program. Dmitri Granvosky will present the program, and directors Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita will be in attendance. The festival's En...
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto's Sano Launches New Manga Series
New series centers on 2 handsome twins, launches in July
― Enterbrain revealed on Sunday that manga creator Nami Sano (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto) will begin serializing a new series in the 46th issue of Kadokawa's harta magazine on July 15. The new manga will center on two handsome twins. Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto is Sano's debut series. Sano launched the series in harta manga magazine in...
Show By Rock!! Franchise Gets New Project
Franchise celebrates 5th anniversary with 5-city event in August
― Sanrio announced at a Show By Rock!! concert event in Saitama prefecture on Sunday that the Show By Rock!! franchise is getting a new project. Sanrio didn't reveal any more details about the project at the event. The franchise will host five events in five cities in Japan in August. The "'3969' Summer Fes. 2017" events will be held in...
Spike Chunsoft's New Attack on Titan 3DS Game Previewed in Ad
New game ships in Japan this year
― Spike Chunsoft began streaming the first commercial on Monday for its Shingeki no Kyojin 2 ~Mirai no Zahyō~ (Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates) game for Nintendo 3DS. The text on the game's official website and the narration in the above video both read, "Gather comrades! Build a wall! ...And then exterminate!" The game is slated to ship in Japan this year. Spi...
Altair: A Record of Battles Anime Casts Kazuya Nakai, Kouki Uchiyama
Ai Kayano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto also join cast of summer anime
― The official website for this summer's television anime of Kotono Katō's historical fantasy manga Altair: A Record of Battles (Shōkoku no Altair) revealed new cast members and a visual on Monday. The new cast members include (Note: character name romanizations are not official.): Kazuya Nakai as Balaban, the third genera...
Sound! Euphonium Novels Get Sequel About Kumiko's 2nd Year (Updated)
New 2-part novel shipping in August, October will also feature new 1st year characters
― The staff of Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium franchise announced at the "Hibike! Euphonium 2 Special Talk Event 1- 2-nensei Gōdō! Uji de Omatsuri Festival!" event in Uji, Kyoto on Sunday that Ayano Takeda will write a two-part sequel novel to her Sound! Euphonium novels. Similar to the recently-announced two n...
Anime Tamago Announces Projects For 2018
Shorts feature works by Imagica, Robot, Tomason, Usagi.Ou, Nanahoshi, Pinako
― The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) announced the studios and anime shorts chosen for the coming year's "Anime Tamago" (formerly "Anime Mirai") project on Monday. As in previous years, the anime shorts will train young animators on-the-job part of the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs' "Young Animat...
Junjō no Afilia Performs Hajimete no Gal Anime's Opening Theme Song
Series based on Meguru Ueno's manga premieres in July
― The official website for the television anime of Meguru Ueno's Hajimete no Gal (First-Time Gal) manga revealed on Saturday that idol group Junjō no Afilia (formerly) Afilia Saga) will perform the anime's opening theme song "Hajimete no Season." The anime will premiere in July, and will have 10 episodes and one OVA. The anime will star: Shintarō ...
My Hero Academia Anime Reveals Character Design For Stain
The official website for the My Hero Academia television anime series revealed the anime character design for the villain character Stain on Monday. Go Inoue (Tiger & Bunny's Keith Goodman/Sky High, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis' Kaisar Lidfard) will voice the character. The character will debut in the show's next episode, which will air on June 10. The show's staff had revealed a visual last June for ...
Fist of the North Star Manga Gets Stage Play in September
Ryūko Isogai, Ryūnosuke Kawai, Juri, Takeshi Hayashino, Naomichi Hanazono, Aoi Mizuki, Shigeru Chiba star
― A stage play adaptation of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) manga has been green-lit. The play, titled Hokuto no Ken - Seikimatsu Zako Densetsu (Fist of the North Star - End of the Century Legend of a Random Thug) will run for five days at Tokyo's Theater G-Ross...
Black Clover Anime's 1st Teaser Visual Revealed
Shueisha and Studio Pierrot opened a website on Monday for the television anime adaptation of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga. The website reveals the show's first teaser visual. 28-year-old anime director Tatsuya Yoshihara (Monster Musume, Yatterman Night, Muromi-san, Long Riders!) is directing the at Studio Pierrot. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Is the order a rabbit?, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Yatterman...
MAPPA Opens New Studio in Sendai in Spring 2018
Studio will be 1st regional branch for In This Corner of the World, Yuri!!! on Ice studio
― Studio MAPPA producer and CEO Manabu Ohtsuka along with Sendai city mayor Emiko Okuyama announced on Thursday that MAPPA plans to open a new studio in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture in spring 2018. The studio will be the first regional studio for MAPPA. The compan is headquartered in Tokyo. MAPPA also began accepti...
Mobile Game Developer Voltage Establishes Anime, IP Department
Company produces romance apps including Hana Yori Dango - F4 to First Kiss
― The Japanese romance app game company Voltage Inc. announced on Thursday that it established a new "Anime and IP Division" on May 1. The company established the division to capitalize and expand on the company's existing properties in terms of selling merchandise, creating stage play and anime adaptations, releasing publicat...
KEYTALK Returns to RIN-NE Anime to Perform New Opening Theme For 3rd Season
New theme song from 4-member band debuts in July
― This year's 28th issue of Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday magazine is revealing on Wednesday that four-member rock band KEYTALK is returning to the RIN-NE anime franchise to perform the new opening theme song for RIN-NE 3, the show's third season. The new opening theme, titled "Setsuna Yumemishi," will debut in the series in July. The 29th issue of Shonen...
Doug Liman Reveals Details on Edge of Tomorrow Sequel Film
Live Die Repeat and Repeat will be both prequel, sequel
― Director Doug Liman offered more details on Live Die Repeat and Repeat — the sequel to the live-action Edge of Tomorrow film — on the Happy Sad Confused podcast on May 24. Liman said that the movie will be both a prequel and a sequel, and that it will be "smaller." Liman revealed that the movie will be "mostly not on the battlefield," but that...
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer's Satoshi Mizukami Launches New Manga in June
Manga centers on supernatural problem-solver siblings who save girl
― The July issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine revealed on Tuesday that Satoshi Mizukami will launch a new manga titled Nihonmatsu Kyōdai to Mokuzō Keikoku no Bōken (The Nihonmatsu Siblings and Wooden Valley Adventures) in the magazine on June 30. (Note: The romanization of the title isn't official. The title could also...
Dies Irae Visual Novel's English Version Launches on Steam
Common route is free, heroine's routes available as paid DLC
― views Co., Ltd. released its English-localized version of Light's Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~ visual novel for PC via Steam on Thursday. The common story route is free to download and play. Kasumi, Marie, Kei, and Rea's routes must be purchased and downloaded separately as DLC. Light launched a Kickstarter campaign to localize the game in...
Metal Gear Franchise Gets Orchestra Concerts in Japan, N. America, Europe
Nicholas Buc to arrange tracks, conduct orchestras; singer Donna Burke to perform
― Konami Digital Entertainment announced on Friday that it is hosting a series of "Metal Gear in Concerts" orchestra concerts for its Metal Gear franchise. The first two performances will take place in Japan, but the concerts will then have a "world tour" that will have performances in North America and Europe. Australi...
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