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Dragon Ball Super Manga Ranks #2 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan May List
My Hero Academia, Zelda, Attack on Titan, others also rank
― The first volume of Toyotarō and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Super manga ranked at #2 on on Nielsen BookScan's Top 20 list for May. This month's list featured 12 manga volumes, including: #4 — Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia volume 8 #6 — Akira Himekawa's The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition volume 4 #9 — Hajime Isayama's Attack on Ti...
Boruto Franchise Gets 2nd Novel on July 4
Kō Shigenobu returns to write 2nd novel in "Academy Chapter"
― Shueisha announced on Friday that the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga and anime franchise is getting a second novel that will ship on July 4. The novel will be the second installment in the "Academy chapter" of the franchise that centers on Boruto entering the ninja academy along with Sarada, Shikadai, Inojin, and Chōchō to face a c...
Live-Action Hyouka Film Casts Fujiko Kojima, Amane Okayama
Film based on Honobu Yonezawa's mystery novel opens this fall
― The staff for the live-action film of Honobu Yonezawa's mystery novel Hyouka revealed more cast members and the film's fall debut on Friday. Fujiko Kojima (pictured below left) and Amane Okayama (below right) both join the film's cast as classic literature club members. Kento Yamazaki (live-action Your Lie in April, Orange) stars in the ...
Dream Festival! Anime's 2nd Season Debuts Online on August 23 Before October TV Premiere
The official Twitter account for the Dream Festival! television anime series announced on Friday that the anime's second season will debut online starting on August 23 at 9:00 p.m. on the Animate Channel, and will then air on television starting in October. Crunchyroll streamed the first 12-episode series as it aired, and describes the series: The Dream Festival is the stage that all idols dream o...
Studio Trigger Announces Inferno Cop Season 2
Studio previously teased possible sequel to net anime series
― The official Twitter account for New Jersey's AnimeNEXT convention posted on Friday that Studio Trigger announced at its panel on Friday that second season of Inferno Cop is in the works. Studio Trigger screened the latest episode of the anime at the panel, and thanked fans for the screening of what was the "true final episode" of Inferno...
Gamers! TV Anime to Premiere on July 13
The official website for the television anime of Sekina Aoi and illustrator Saboten's Gamers! light novel series announced on Friday that the anime will premiere on Thursday, July 13 at 9:00 p.m. on ATX, and it will also air on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 later the same evening. The anime will have 12 episodes. Manabu Okamoto (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World...
Studio Gokumi's Toji no Miko Anime Reveals 2 More Characters
Original anime project centers on female sword wielders
― The official website for Studo Gokumi's Toji no Miko (The Shrine Maiden Swordwielders) original anime project revealed two more character designs and details on Friday. The new characters are as follows: Kaoru Mashiko, a 15-year-old first year at Osafune Girl's Academy. Her sword is Nenekirimaru. She is taciturn and does not freely expend ener...
Tatsunoko's Infini-T Force Anime Reveals Character Designs
Anime Expo to host show's world premiere in July
― The staff of Tatsunoko Productions' Infini-T Force CG-animated television anime revealed the character designs for the four main characters, both in and out of costume, on Friday. The characters and cast members are as follows: Tomokazu Seki as Gatchaman (G-1)/Ken Washio Takahiro Sakurai as Tekkaman/Jōji Minami Kenichi Suzumura as Polymar/Takeshi Yor...
King of Prism: Pride the Hero Film's Video Shows Louis' Prism Show
King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm manga ends; trailer streamed for smartphone game
― Avex Pictures began streaming a video for the King of Prism: Pride the Hero character Louis Kisaragi's Prism Show and song "pride" on Friday. The video is the "director's cut" — it features scenes that do not appear in the King of Prism: Pride the Hero film that opens in Japan on Saturday. Avex Pictures also began strea...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Trailer Shows Gameplay, Boss
Gothic horror-style game headed to Switch/Xbox One/PS4/PS Vita/PC
― 505 Games began streaming an E3 trailer for Koji "IGA" Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night game on Friday. The video shows gameplay and a boss named Bloodless. Igarashi noted that boss' appearance may be altered in the future. Igarashi used Kickstarter to help fund the game. The project met its initial goal of US$500,000 wit...
New Megazone 23 Anime Project Reveals New Visual
Ongoing crowdfunding campaign met goal for promo video
― Anime production company AIC's crowdfunding page for its Megazone 23 XI anime project added a new visual this week. The project is seeking to fund a five-minute promotional video for Megazone 23 XI (pronounced "sai" as in the Greek letter), AIC's brand-new anime in the Megazone 23 franchise. The campaign met its goal of 10 million yen (about US...
Anime Expo to Host World Premiere of Infini-T Force Anime
Director Kiyotaka Suzuki, voice actor Tomokazu Seki to attend July convention
― The official Anime Expo website announced on Friday that the convention will host the world premiere of Tatsunoko Productions' Infini-T Force CG-animated television anime at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 1. Director Kiyotaka Suzuki and voice actor Tomokazu Seki (Gatchaman/Ken Washio) will attend the premiere event for a Q&A...
Project Itoh's Genocidal Organ Film to Open in U.S. Theaters
Funimation schedules screenings for July 12-13
― Funimation Entertainment announced on Friday that it will screen the anime film of Project Itoh's Genocidal Organ novel in United States theaters on July 12 and 13. Funimation previously debuted the other two Project Itoh films, The Empire of Corpses and Harmony, in select theaters last year in April and May, respectively. The Empire of Corpses screene...
3rd Tokyo Dolls Animated Promo Video Streamed
Attack on Titan's Wit Studio, Square Enix's Visual Works animate video trilogy
― The official website for Square Enix's Project Tokyo Dolls smartphone game began streaming its third and final "Episode 0" promotional video on Friday. Like the first two videos, the the third video is animated by Wit Studio (Attack on Titan, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) and Visual Works, the CG movie production depart...
Konbini Kareshi TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Visuals
July premiere date announced
― The official website for Konbini Kareshi (Convenience Store Boyfriends), a multimedia project developed by Kadokawa's B's Log Comic magazine, updated on Saturday with a promotional video, key visual, and character visuals. The website also announced that the series will premiere on TBS at night on Thursday, July 6 at 1:58 a.m. (effectively Friday morning). The show will...
GATE Anime's English Dub Casts Molly Searcy as Rory Mercury
Full series ships on July 11
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Friday that Molly Searcy will play Rory Mercury in its English dub of the GATE anime. Previously revealed cast members include: David Wald as protagonist Yoji Itami Jessica Boone as Princess Piña Co Lada Juliet Simmons as Tuka Luna Marceau Brittney Karbowski as LeLei La Lalena Sentai Filmworks will release all 24 episodes on Bl...
Dragon Ball Fighters '2.5D' Fighting Game Briefly Listed Worldwide in Early 2018 (Updated)
Early PR: Guilty Gear's Arc System Works develops PS4/Xbox One/Steam game in 10 languages
― Bandai Namco Entertainment posted a press release, dated June 12, that announces the worldwide launch of a Dragon Ball Fighters "2.5D" fighting game on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam platforms in early 2018. According to the press release posted on Friday, Arc System Works (Guilty Gear, BlazBlue) is develo...
Hitorijime My Hero TV Anime Reveals Ending Theme Artists, July 8 Debut
4 main cast members perform ending theme song
― The official website for the television anime of Memeco Arii's Hitorijime My Hero manga revealed on Friday that the series will premiere on July 8. The anime will premiere on AT-X on July 8 at 11:30 p.m. and will then air later that evening on Tokyo MX, and on BS-NTV on July 11. The series will stream on dAnime. The website also revealed that the anime'...
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! OVA's Teaser Video Streamed
Anime's "concluding chapter" screens in 8 theaters in Japan for 3 weeks starting on August 26
― Pony Canyon began streaming a teaser video on Friday for the Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! original video anime (OVA). The video states that the anime is the "series concluding chapter." The OVA, subtitled "Ai to Seishun no Sotsugyō!" (The Graduation of Love and Youth), will screen in eigh...
Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Theme Song Artists
Netflix-only streaming also revealed for series premiering on July 1
― The official website for Kakegurui, the television anime of Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura's Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler manga, revealed the show's second promotional video on Friday. The site also revealed the show's theme song artists, July 1 premiere, and Netflix streaming. The series will premiere on Tokyo MX on July 1 at...
Made in Abyss Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Theme Song Artists, More Cast
New key visual, Amazon Prime-only streaming also revealed for series premiering on July 7
― The official website for the television anime of Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss manga revealed the show's second promotional video on Friday. The website also revealed more cast members, a second key visual, premiere times, and the show's theme song artists. The series will premiere on July 7 on AT-X at 9:30...
Magical Circle Anime Reveals Staff, More Cast, July 11 Premiere
Saori Ōnishi, Akira Ishida join cast; Hiroshi Ikehata is "series director"
― The July issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine, which ships on Monday, is revealing staff, more cast, and the July 11 premiere for Magical Circle, the new television anime adaptation of Eto's original Mahōjin Guru Guru (Magical Circle Guru Guru) manga. Saori Ōnishi will play Runrun (rightmost in visual right)...
No Game, No Life Zero Anime Film's 2nd Promo Video Previews Konomi Suzuki's Theme Song
Film features storyline from 6 millennia in the past
― The official website for the upcoming No Game, No Life Zero film began streaming the film's second promotional video on Friday. The video previews Konomi Suzuki's theme song "There is a Reason." The film will open on July 15. Although the film features the same main cast members as the previous television anime, many of them are credited as chara...
Crunchyroll Adds Ergo Proxy, Black Cat, Texhnolyze Anime to Catalog
Aquarion EVOL, Black Blood Brothers also added
― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will begin streaming five new Funimation titles, including Ergo Proxy, Black Cat, Texhnolyze, Aquarion EVOL, and Black Blood Brothers. Ergo Proxy is available to users in the United States and Canada. Crunchyroll describes the anime: Thousands of years after Earth's atmosphere was destroyed, adventure blooms in...
Compile Heart's Moero Chronicle Game Heads West on PC This Summer
2nd game in Genkai Tokki series debuted in Japan on PS Vita in 2014
― Idea Factory international announced on Thursday that it will release Compile Heart's Moero Chronicle (Genkai Tokki: Moero Chronicle) game in the West on PC. The release will have updated 1080p graphics, and the option to switch to Japanese and Traditional Chinese subtitles in addition to English. The game is slated for this summer...
GATE Anime's English Dub Casts Brittney Karbowski as LeLei La Lalena
Full series ships on July 11
― Sentai Filmworks announced with a video on Thursday that Brittney Karbowski will play LeLei La Lalena in its English dub of the GATE anime. The company will announce a new cast member every day this week. Previously revealed cast members include: David Wald as protagonist Yoji Itami Jessica Boone as Princess Piña Co Lada Juliet Simmons as Tuka Luna Marceau Sentai Filmwo...
Zhang Ziyi Joins Legendary's 'MonsterVerse' Franchise, Stars in Godzilla Sequel
Memoirs of a Geisha actress plays "significant figure" in Monarch organization
― Entertainment news website Variety reported on Thursday that actress Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha, Hero, The Grandmaster) is joining Legendary's "MonsterVerse" franchise, beginning with Godzilla: King of Monsters, the sequel film to Legendary Pictures' 2014 Godzilla movie. According to Variety, Ziyi's character "is a ...
New Kino's Journey TV Anime Unveils Staff, Title, Visual, Fall Debut
Twin Star Exorcists' Tomohisa Taguchi directs anime at Lerche, Yukie Sugawara supervising scripts
― The 56th volume of Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko Magazine revealed staff, visual, title, and Fall premiere of the upcoming new television anime adaptation of Keiichi Sigsawa's Kino no Tabi - the Beautiful World (Kino's Journey) light novel series. The series is titled Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World- the ...
Live-Action Gintama Film's Trailer Previews UVERworld Theme Song
Film opens on July 14
― The official website for the live-action film of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga began streaming a trailer for the film on Friday. The video previews the film's theme song "DECIDED" by UVERworld (Blue Exorcist, The Heroic Legend of Arslan). The film will open in Japan on July 14. Yūichi Fukuda (live-action HK/Hentai Kamen, Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store) is directing t...
Princess Principal TV Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, July 9 Debut
Takayuki Sugo, Miyuki Sawashiro, Takumi Yamazaki, Takaya Hashi, Yuko Iida join spy anime's cast
― The official website for the Princess Principal original television anime series began streaming the anime's second promotional video on Friday. The video reveals the anime's additional cast and July 9 premiere. The additional cast includes: Takayuki Sugo (Hell Girl's Wanyuudou, Mobile Suit Gundam UC's C...
Maid Sama! Manga Gets New Special Chapter in August
The official website for Hakusensha's LaLa DX magazine announced that the magazine will publish another special chapter for Hiro Fujiwara's Maid Sama! manga in the September issue on August 10. The teaser for the chapter reads, "When Misaki changes residence, Usui and Tora..." LaLa DX also published a special chapter for Maid Sama! in February. Fujiwara launched the manga in Hakusensha's Monthly L...
American/Japanese Anime Project 'Indigo Ignited' Streams Trailer
Cast stars Nathan Sharp, Sean Chiplock, Amanda Lee
― The official website for "Indigo Ignited," first project for Japan-based, American-run animation studio D'Art Shtajio, began streaming a trailer for the upcoming five-minute pilot film on Thursday. The staff also announced the lead voice cast: Nathan Sharp (Luck & Logic, NateWantsToBattle) is voicing Kieran, Sean Chiplock (Magi: The Labyrinth of Ma...
TOKU Opens Streaming Channel on Amazon Prime
Service offers anime, Asian films
― Olympusat Inc. announced on Thursday that its television channel TOKU is now offering a streaming service for Amazon Prime members through Amazon Channels. TOKU noted that it "has plans to launch its linear programming on Amazon Channels in the near future." The streaming channel offers Asian films and television series, including some anime series. Yosuga no Sora,...
My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Bitch Manga Gets TV Anime
Manga runs online, has 3 volumes
― Kadokawa's Comic Web Newtype online manga site announced on Friday that Namiru Matsumoto's Boku no Kanojo ga Majime Sugiru Shojo Bitch na Ken (My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Bitch, or "Case Where My Girlfriend is a Too-Serious Virgin Slut") manga will get a television anime adaptation. The broadcast details, staff, and cast will be announced at a later date. Wit...
Astro Boy: Edge of Time Game Gets English-Language Steam Release
Free-to-play game based on Osamu Tezuka's works to launch this month
― Active Gaming Media and Tezuka Productions announced on Wednesday that their Astro Boy: Edge of Time digital card game will get a Steam release this month. The free-to-play PC game will be available in both English and Japanese. Active Gaming Media launched a Kickstarter campaign for the game in August, but canceled it three days ...
Toei Registers Trademark For 'Kamen Rider Build'
Toei filed a trademark for "Kamen Rider Build" on May 18. The trademark went public on June 6. The first television series that launched the live-action special effects franchise Kamen Rider premiered in 1971, and the current series, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, premiered last October. The trademark for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid went public at around this time last year. Source: Japan Patent Office via The Tokusa...
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 29-June 4
My Hero Academia in top 10
― The live-action drama adaptation of Ryō Ikuemi's Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, May 30 at 10:00 p.m and earned an 12.4% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV June 4 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 11.3 Crayon Shin-chan TV Asahi June 2 (Fri) 19:30 24 min. 8.7 Doraemon TV Asahi June 2 (Fri) 19:00 30 min. 7.3 Chibi Ma...
2nd Pro Wrestler Plays Himself in Tiger Mask W
Details revealed for July 1's final episode
― The official website for Tiger Mask W (pronounced "Double"), Toei Animation's ongoing new anime based on Ikki Kajiwara and Naoki Tsuji's Tiger Mask manga, announced on Thursday that professional wrestler Kōta Ibushi will voice an animated version of himself in the show. He will appear in the 37th episode on June 24. Ibushi has wrestled multiple times as T...
Re:Creators Anime Reveals New Theme Song Artists
Opening theme song artists from first cour to return
― The official website for the Re:Creators anime announced on Friday that SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: Tielle & Gemie will perform the new opening theme song "sh0ut" and that Sangatsu no Phantasia will perform the ending theme song "Rubicon" for the second cour (quarter of the year). The second cour will premiere on July 8. The single with both "sh0ut" an...
Mary and the Witch's Flower Film's Trailer Previews Sekai no Owari Theme Song
Film from former Ghibli director Yonebayashi opens on July 8 in Japan
― The official Facebook for Studio Ponoc and Hiromasa Yonebayashi's upcoming Mary and the Witch's Flower (Mary to Majo no Hana) anime film began streaming a third trailer on Friday, and announced that rock band Sekai no Owari (live-action Attack on Titan, Princess Jellyfish) is performing the film's theme song "RAIN." Studio Ponoc'...
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni Anime's New Visual Marks Rainy Season's Start
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Jun Mayuzuki's Koi wa Ameagari no youni (Love is Like After the Rain) manga revealed a new visual on Thursday. The visual marks the start of the rainy season in the Kantō region, which includes Tokyo. The anime will premiere in January 2018 in the Noitamina programing block on Fuji TV and other channels. Noitamina began streaming the seri...
Anime Expo Hosts World Premiere of Welcome to the Ballroom Anime
Director Yoshimi Itazu, more staff attend July 2 premiere
― Pony Canyon announced on Thursday that will present the world premiere of its Welcome to the Ballroom anime at the Anime Expo convention on July 2. The anime's director Yoshimi Itazu, animation director Takahiro Chiba, and producer Tetsuya Kinoshita will participate in a Q&A session and giveaways. Pony Canyon began streaming an English-subti...
CyberAgent, Game Developer Cygames Establish Anime Fund in June
Companies to invest 3 billion yen in anime IP
― CyberAgent and its consolidated subsidiary Cygames announced on Thursday that they will establish CA-Cygames Anime Fund by the end of June. The companies will invest 3 billion yen (about US$27.3 million) in anime IP through the fund. CyberAgent's press release states: "CA-Cygames Anime Fund" will inject funds to the anime production committee to obtain ...
Pokémon GO Game Details 1st Anniversary Events
Niantic hosts event in Chicago on July 22, in Europe from June-September
― Game developer Niantic revealed details on Wednesday for its one-year anniversary plans for the Pokémon GO smartphone game. The upcoming events and plans also celebrate 750 million global downloads for the game. Niantic is hosting an in-game Solstice Event starting on June 13 that will feature Fire-type and Ice-type Pokémon, X...
1st New Haikyu!! Anime Compilation Film Adds 3 New Cast Members
Mutsuki Iwanaka, Wataru Hatano, Daisuke Nakamura play Aobajōsai High team members
― This year's 28th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing three more cast members on Monday for the Haikyu!! Sainō to Sense (Haikyu!! Genius and Sense) compilation film. The cast members are all members of Aobajōsai High's volleyball team. Mutsuki Iwanaka as Motomu Sawauchi Wataru Hatano as Kaneo Y...
Shenmue III Game Delayed to 2nd Half of 2018
Shenmue III project director Yu Suzuki announced via a video on Thursday that the development team is delaying the game until the second half of 2018. The development team will release a Backer Report later this month that will reveal more information. Suzuki explained regarding the delay: It's been almost two years since we began this incredible endeavor together. By utilizing new technologies, w...
Gundam Versus PS4 Game Introduces 94 Mobile Suits in Video
Action game ships in Japan on July 6, in the West this fall
― Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a 14-minute promotional video on Thursday for its upcoming PlayStation 4 Gundam Versus game. The video introduces each of the more than 90 Mobile Suits available in the game. The game will ship in Japan on July 6 and will arrive in the West this fall. The game will also have an English-subtitled r...
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 wa 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 Idolm@ster SideM Live On St@ge 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 Idolm@ster SideM Live On St@ge 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 Idolm@st...
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...
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