Press Releases - April 2016
- DLSite.com Launches Spring Limited Time Sale 30% Off Campaign and 20% Reward Points Campaign ()
- BAND-MAID Extends World Domination to Mexico in October ()
- UDON Entertainment Releases Record of Agarest War 2: Heroines Visual Book in Stores ()
- Stranger of Sword City Now Available in North America ()
- New Trailer for Shooting Girl ()
- CyberConnect2 Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with a New Development Studio in Montréal ()
- MangaGamer Releases Ozmafia ()
- VIZ Media Launches Shōjo Manga Series The Heiress and The Chauffeur ()
- RIN-NE 2 Joins Anime Network Online¹s Latin America Lineup ()
- Killer Bundle 7 Launches With 10 Steam® Games ()
- Play First Assault Free This Weekend Only on Steam ()
- Dress-Up Simulator "Dream Girlfriend" Now Featuring Voice Acting ()
- Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol Short Film Festival Comes to Toronto ()
- Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. Announced as Premier Sponsor of Otaku USA's Anime Fan Fest ()
- AnimeNEXT Welcomes Rei Hiroe As Guest Of Honor For Its 2016 Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey ()
- Durarara!! Voice Actor Darrel Guilbeau Coming to SaikouCon 2016 ()
- Pony Canyon Announces Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers- Special Live Stream Event 03 Details ()
- VIZ Media Delivers an Action Packed New Naruto Novel to Readers With the Debut of Naruto: Sakura's Story ()
- Hyperdevotion Noire Out Now on Steam ()
- J-POP SUMMIT 2016 Announces First Line-Up of Live Concert and Musical Artists Set to Perform at This Summer's Festival ()
- Lion Forge to Publish Original Comics Inspired by Dreamworks' Voltron Legendary Defender ()
- Digital Manga, Inc. - All Kimagure Orange Road Omnibus Now Available & New Tiers ()
- Corpse Party Now Available on PC ()
- Q Pop Presents Revolutionary Girl Utena Art Show ()
- English Version of Love Live! School Idol Festival Reaches 4 Million Players ()
- Announcing YetiCon, A Weekend Geekaway at Blue Mountain Resort ()
- Animazement Announces 2016 Charities ()
- Astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Appear at Animazement 2016 ()
- Animazement Hosts Toshiyuki Watanabe for Space Brothers Symphony ()
- Announcing Animatic Con 2016: The Ohio Region's New Anime and Cosplay Convention ()
- MangaGamer Releases First Kindred Spirits Drama CD ()
- X JAPAN's Yoshiki Supports Kumamoto Earthquake Relief Fund ()
- Stranger of Sword City Coming to Steam July 2016 ()
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force Comes to Your PS4 in July ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game May Products Announced ()
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Available Today on Steam ()
- "Flying Witch" Soars Into Anime Network Online's Spring 2016 Lineup ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Heads to the Middle East: Three Series to Air on MBC3 ()
- Section23 Films Announces August Slate ()
- Tickets Now On Sale for Project Itoh's "Harmony" ()
- J-Pop Summit 2016 Announces Opening Night Live Concert with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu ()
- Major Version 5.0.0 Update for The Battle Cats Released; Introducing character True Forms and Gamatoto Expeditions ()
- Yousei Teikoku Releases New Music Video and Message for A-Kon 2016 ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace" ()
- Members of NPC Collective to Play Otakon Matsuri 2016 ()
- Creator of Popular Webcasts, Drake McWhorter, to Appear at Otakon Matsuri 2016 ()
- Seven Seas Renews With comiXology and Expands to Amazon ()
- "Ushio and Tora" Returns to Anime Network Online This Spring ()
- Japanese Death Pop Idol Unit "Death Rabbits" Releases New MV ()
- eigoMANGA and hoopla digital Distributes Digital Comics To Libraries ()
- Vertical Launches New Audiobook Program with Cult Favorites Kizumonogatari and Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City Parts 1 & 2 ()
- VIZ Media Announces The Legend of Zelda™: Legendary Edition Manga Omnibus Release ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Trinity Seven" ()
- BESPA KUMAMERO Releases 15th Anniversary Single ()
- BAND-MAID Fights Fire With Metal in "the non-fiction days" Music Video ()
- Sailor Moon Tribute Concert Returns to New York ()
- Sugoi Japan® Awards 2016 ()
- SaikouCon Brings in Avocado Games as Featured Guest for SaikouCon 2016 ()
- My Hero Academia to Stream on Hulu ()
- PONY CANYON Announces “PONY CANYON LIVE -From the Pony's Mouth-” Details ()
- UDON Entertainment Releases 2nd Volume of Kill la Kill in Stores ()
- MangaGamer Releases Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning on Steam, Uncensored ()
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Announces Auditions for Korean Television Drama Adaptation of The Idolmaster ()
- UDON Entertainment Releases 3rd Volume of Steins;Gate in Stores ()
- XSEED Games Announces Upcoming Nintendo 3DS Release for Corpse Party and Reveals Long-Anticipated Release Date for Windows PC Version ()
- It's Time for All Things to End in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse ()
- KOEI TECMO America Unveils New Time, Weather, and Life Point System Features for Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book ()
- VIZ Media Announces the Premiere of Hunter x Hunter on Adult Swim ()
- Ray Gigant to Arrive in North America and Europe on May 3, 2016 ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses “Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Fleeting Blossom: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky” ()
- VIZ Media Announces New Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto and Gangsta. Publishing Acquisitions ()
- 4K Media Signs Publishing Deal with Scholastic on Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Official Handbook ()
- Singer/voice Actress Inori Minase Releases 2nd Single on 13 April ()
- VIZ Media to Release Limited Edition Art Book Blanc et Noir: Takeshi Obata Illustrations ()
- MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies Available This May ()
- One Month Left to Submit to the Ottawa International Animation Festival ()
- Hyperdevotion Noire Will Now Launch on April 26 for Steam ()
- Animazement® Announces 2016 Charities ()
- URBANGARDE Merges Space Travel, Marriage, and Murder in "Femme Fata Fantasy" MV ()
- Digital Manga, Inc. - Kimagure Orange Road - New Figurine Tier and Merchandise Add-ons ()
- Super Gals! Coming July 2016 from Nozomi Entertainment ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Flying Witch" ()
- Government of Japan's 10th International MANGA Award (Updated) ()
- Explore the Art of the Anime Soundtrack with Strip Alone Complex ()
- Hidenori Kusaka And Satoshi Yamamoto Will Make Their First-Ever North American Appearance At The Nation's Preeminent Annual Pop Culture And Comics Convention ()
- Florida Supercon Set to Use The Jackie Gleason Theater for Main Events Stage ()
- SaikouCon Welcomes Voice Actor Robert Axelrod as Guest of Honor for SaikouCon 2016 ()
- Cosplay Academy Launches Kickstarter ()
- Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart Readies its Moe Army for Steam on April 18 ()
- Japanese Fashion Comes to Comicpalooza 2016 ()
- JAST USA Announces English Dub Option for Sonicomi ()
- YANAKIKU Debuts New Costumes at Tokyo Live Show ()
- Frontwing & AKABEi SOFT2 Announce "Sharin no Kuni" Collaborative Localization Project ()
- DLSite.com Launches Voice/Music/Anime Works 30% Off Campaign ()
- Anime Network Online to Simulcast “Onigiri" ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Onigiri" ()
- Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls Jumps to Your Dimension Fall 2016 ()
- Hanako Games Announces A Little Lily Princess ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Cobra the Animation" ()
- Yanakiku Debuts New Costumes with Cyntia, Lui Frontic Akabane Japan, and Hatsune with Bayband ()
- VIZ Media Releases Dragon Ball Full Color: Freeza Arc in Bold Print and Digital Editions ()
- Anime Network Online to Stream "Bakuon!!" this Spring 2016 ()
- Rooster Teeth Announces Premieres of Red VS Blue: Season 14, a RWBY Spin-Off, and New Animated Series Camp Camp ()
- Anime Consortium Japan to Stream One-Punch Man in Asia ()
- New Students in MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies ()
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Collection 2 and After War Gundam X Collection 2 coming July 2016 from Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. ()
- Digital Manga, Inc. - Sights Now Focused on Kimagure Orange Road Stretch Goals! ()
- "Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless" to Stream on Anime Network Online ()
- Anime Network Online to Stream "Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto" ()
- Naoshi Arakawa, creator of Your Lie in April, to Attend Anime Expo 2016 on July 14 as Guest of Honor ()
- Budo Grape Celebrates Drummer in 5th Set of Digital Singles, Announces 3rd UK Tour ()
- Voltage Inc. to Release Bad Boys Do It Better April 4 ()
- Pony Canyon Announces Kawaii Kon 2016 Panels and Screenings Schedule ()
- DeNA's MyAnimeList Offers over 20,000 Licensed Anime Episodes ()
- Crunchyroll to Simulcast BAKUON!! Anime Series for Spring 2016 ()
- Skip Beat! Kickstarter Reaches $100,000 and Casts Erica Lindbeck ()
- Mayor of Honolulu Declares April 8-10, 2016 Kawaii Kon Days ()
- BAND-MAID Previews New Album at Sakura-Con 2016 ()
- KOEI TECMO Announces the Triumphant Return of Renowned Strategy Series, Romance of the Three Kingdoms ()
- VIZ Media Announces the Digital Simulcast Premiere of Latest Season of Sailor Moon Crystal ()
- Classes Get a Later Start in May for MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies ()
- Digital Manga, Inc. Launches Classic Shounen Manga Kickstarter Campaign: Kimagure Orange Road ()
- VIZ Media Acquires Publishing Rights To SUSHI: JIRO GASTRONOMY ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Bakuon!!" ()
- High-Speed Action Strategy game, Guilty Gear 2 Overture Now Available on Steam ()
- Skip Beat! Kickstarter to Announce Kanae Kotonami Voice Actor at $100,000 Mark ()
- MangaGamer Announces Pre-Orders for The House in Fata Morgana ()
- MangaGamer Releases Tokyo Babel ()
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code to Be Released on Steam on April 19 ()
- Simon & Schuster Australia to Distribute VIZ Media in Australia and New Zealand ()
- Konami Digital Entertainment Brings the Universally Popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series to Houston ()
- Anime Network Online to Simulcast “RIN-NE 2” ()
- Quiz of Valkyrie, World's First Hentai Tactical Trivia Game, Launches on Nutaku ()
- Frontwing Announces "Purino Party" Puzzle Game For PC ()
- Global Yaoi Imprint Sublime Announces Worldwide Debut of Bohra Naono's Supernatural Romance Midnight Stranger ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses, "Tanaka-kun is Always Listless" ()
- SaikouCon 2016 Announces REAKT as Musical Guest ()
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anime
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