April 2015 - Haruhichan Network - Anime news and more!

Danmachi’s Hestia Posters Are Very Seductive

On April 30, 2015May 2, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Two new key visuals for Fujino Omori's Danmachi has been revealed in the June issue of Megami and NyanType. The first visual is from June's Megami issue and features Hestia leaning over a bar while drinking a glass of red wine. While the second visual from June's NyanType issue displays her getting ...

Non Non Biyori Repeat Slated for July

On April 30, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

The official website for the upcoming second season of anime adaptation of Atto’s Non Non Biyori has revealed that it will air sometime during July. One month ahead of its premiere, an advance screening event will be held at Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Public Hall on June 14. Tickets will cost 2,500 y...

Fairy Tail and Nodame Cantabile Limited Edition Tea Collaboration

On April 30, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga and Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantible manga have teamed up with the Coca-Cola Company of Japan in order to run a new collaboration campaign to promote their Kochakaden Royal Milk Tea beverage. Kochakaden Royal Milk Tea is known as a relaxing and soothing drink whic...

Obama Thanks Japan for Karaoke, Anime and Emoji

On April 30, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, recently visited the White House in Washington to visit the current President of the United States, Barack Obama on Tuesday. In a public address to discuss free trade between the two nations, Obama spoke about the opportunity for young Americans to thank Japa...

Tokyo Ghoul Author Responds to Pepe the Frog with a Crossover Image

On April 30, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

A few days ago Tokyo Ghoul's author Sui Ishida received a thank you message from a fan with a Pepe the Frog image. It took him a minute to understand what the "Green Monster" was, but then he responded with a crossover image of Pepe the Frog and Rank 3 Ghoul Investigator, Saiko Yonebayashi. https:/...

2015 Dragon Ball Z Movie to be Directed by Tadayoshi Yamamuro + New Visuals Released

New Dragon Ball Anime Announced for Summer 2015

On April 28, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

The official Toei Animation website today announced a completely new TV anime series from the Dragon Ball franchise titled Dragon Ball Super. The series will feature an original story by Akira Toriyama, the creator of the initial Dragon Ball manga. Dragon Ball Super will premiere in Summer 2015 on F...

Anime Trending Rankings of Spring 2015 – Week 2

On April 28, 2015 by Misaka The Railgun

A lot of position changes have been swapped around this week on Anime Trending's Spring 2015 charts! As usual, results will be updated on Haruhichan each week. You can click here if you wish to participate in their survey. Week 1 37. Teekyuu 4 36. Urawa no Usagi-chan 35. Takamiya Nasuno Desu! ...

Top 30 Anime Characters You Would Want as Your Boss

On April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime characters would you want as your boss? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (46.1%), female fans (53.9%) and teens to adults in their 20s (73.2%) while the other 26.8% are 30 and over. Here are the res...

Evangelion Store Releases New Zippo Lighters of the Main Cast for 20th Anniversary

On April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 by Seiba

Zippo lighters of japan's favorite anime characters have become widely popular over the years. This week, the Evangelion Store released images of new Zippo lighters of Asuka, Kaworu, and Rei. The lighters feature a black titanium coating, a scratch resistant texture and beautiful laser engraving of ...

Yotsuba&! Manga to Return

On April 28, 2015 by Kaelasage

On April 24th, 2015, the official blog for Kadokawa's manga magazine, Dengeki Daioh, announced their manga lineup for the next issue. In it, surprisingly, was a new chapter for Azuma Kiyohiko's popular comedy manga Yotsuba&!. The last time Azuma published a chapter was eight months ago, in 2014....

Japan’s Weekly Anime Blu-ray & CD Rankings for April 13th – 19th

On April 26, 2015April 26, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Oricon have released the weekly anime Blu-ray and CD rankings for April 13th - 19th. Here are the sales results: Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray *1.　6,422　*6,422　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.5 *2.　3,922　*3,922　Psycho-Pass 2 Vol.5 *3.　3,386　*3,386　Yowam...

Hiro Mashima Sketches a Female Version of Natsu Dragneel

On April 26, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Fairy Tail‘s author Hiro Mashima is back once again but this time with a female version of Natsu Dragneel: His other recent sketches include: His recent ideas for the new 19th ending theme song “Never ever” by TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE, were a bit too ecchi according his his thoughts: He ...

Kanako Mimura Is Rather Elegant While Eating Cake

On April 26, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Kanako Mimura from the popular The [email protected] Cinderella Girls anime series receives a wonderful figure by Kotobukiya which shows her sitting on a cushion and enjoying a slice of cake. She's shown wearing her school uniform while rocking a beautiful smile. The [email protected] Cinderella Girls - Kanako M...

Lupin III Anime Trailer Streamed

On April 26, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

The official website for the 2015 Lupin III anime began streaming the first promotional video on Thursday. In addition to this, the original May broadcast has been pushed forward to the Fall/Autumn 2015 season, airing in October instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjrukzfu_Z8 A new visual for...

Love Live! School Idol Project Movie Trailer Streamed

On April 24, 2015April 25, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Lantis began streaming a new 90-second trailer for the upcoming Love Live! School Idol Project Movie on Friday. The movie will release on June 13th of 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V0m1M3on8Q The first two commercials were streamed last February: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFsLp5mB...

Assassination Classroom 2nd Anime Season & Live-Action Film Sequel Revealed

On April 24, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

The official website for Yusei Matsui’s Shonen Jump hit Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) has announced that the anime and the live-action film adaptation of the manga will both receive a sequel. The sequel live-action film titled, Ansatsu Kyoushitsu~Sotsugyou-hen~ (Assassination Class...

Psycho-Pass Opening 1 Cover by PelleK

On April 24, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

PelleK is a Norwegian rock and metal vocalist who covers a wide range of music genres on his YouTube Channel and on the 19th of April he covered Psycho-Pass' opening theme song, "abnormalize" by Ling Tosite Sigure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJWGT7BFQjI He recently covered Kuroko no Basket 3r...

Top 20 Ship Girls

On April 24, 2015October 21, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Japanese website Goo has recently asked their users: Which ship girl is your favorite from the Kantai Collection series? A total of 500 people responded, 250 male and 250 female. Here are the results: 20, 19. Torpedo Cruiser Kitakami and Light Cruiser Ooyodo 18. Destroyer Yuudachi 16, 17. Torped...

Selector WIXOSS Anime Movie Green-Lit

On April 23, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

The official twitter account for the Selector Infected WIXOSS franchise revealed on Sunday at a fan event for the franchise that production of a new movie has been green-lit. https://twitter.com/selector_anime/status/589751216587939840 In addition to this, an announcement video was streamed which ...

Newtype – May 2015 Posters

On April 23, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Today we’ll be taking a look at NewType's May 2015 issue from JList which features a few unique Project Itoh posters! This issue contains a total of 4 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content. This issue can be purchased here, more info on wher...

Teekyuu’s 5th Season OP Song by Kana Hanazawa Previewed

On April 23, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Following up on the announcement for the fifth TV anime adaptation of Roots and Piyo's comedy manga series Teekyuu earlier this month, the fifth season’s theme song titled “Qunka!” performed by Kana Hanazawa has been previewed in a recent CM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGQO-Pd1PY Before the ...

Lupin III Anime Visual Revealed

On April 23, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

A new visual for the upcoming Lupin III TV anime series has been revealed. The new Lupin III anime will be airing in May this year, during the Spring 2015 anime season. This will be the first full Lupin III anime series in over 30 years. The new upcoming Lupin III anime will be set in Italy and S...

Bakemono no Ko English Subtitled Trailer

On April 23, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Madman Entertainment began streaming the English subtitled trailer for the upcoming movie by director Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, Summer Wars), Bakemono no Ko (The Boy and the Beast) on Tuesday. The film itself is scheduled to release in Japan on June 11, 2015 and the movie’s official website is n...

Shirobako’s Ema Yasuhara Receives Her Own Hug Pillow

On April 22, 2015April 23, 2015 by Jake "Swaps4" Caprino

Japanese website infinitedayo have updated their website with a hug pillow of Ema Yasuhara from P.A. Works’ original anime Shirobako. Each pillow cover will sell for 12,960 yen (about $108) each, tax included. Only a 100 covers will be printed of each character. Previously announced hug pillows i...

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