As a kid I remember going to Chuck E. Cheese and jumping in their ball pit, swimming in the colorful array of plastic balls. Something about it was so appealing, and still is. A new bar called Ball Pool Bar Drive in Osaka has recreated that feeling for adults.
Earlier this year a pop-up ball pit bar opened in San Francisco for two days. However, this new ball pit bar in Osaka will be here to stay.
Dive doesn’t have tables or chairs, just a giant pit filled with over 20,000 colorful orbs for patrons to plunge into. There are all-you-can-drink rates for sixty to ninety minutes depending on the day, and the booze is served with lids so people don’t spill them in the ball pit.
For more information on how to get to Ball Pool Bar Drive, check out its Tabelog page.
The latest issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga will be getting a TV anime adaptation.
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Gintama, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized, beginning on December 8, 2003, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Set in Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer alongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after his editor suggested doing a historical series.
The series has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Sunrise and was featured at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full anime series titled Gintama that premiered in 2006 and continued until 2010. After a small hiatus,Gintama returned under the nameGintama (2011) and aired until March 26, 2012 with a total of 51 episodes. After another small hiatus, Gintama returned under the name Gintama’ Enchousen with a total of 13 episodes which aired from October 4, 2012 to March 28th, 2013. It also inspired two movies, Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen and Gintama: Kanketsu-hen – Yorozuya yo Eien Nare. Weekly Shonen Jump’s 33rd issue had teased that the manga is celebrating over a decade of serialization with “OOO” (an unrevealed term that can be spelled with three Japanese syllables).
In Japan, the Gintama manga has been popular, selling over 46 million copies. The anime and its DVDs have been featured, at various time, in Top Ten of their respective media, while TV Tokyo has announced that the firstGintamaanime was responsible for high sales overseas along with the anime adaptation from Naruto. Publications for manga, anime and others have commented on the Gintama manga. Positive response have focused on the comedy and characters from the series, while negative responses concern the manga’s artwork.
Life isn’t easy in feudal Japan… especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they’re not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki’s opted for the freelance route, taking any job that’s offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don’t pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!
A new TV anime adaptation of the Gintama manga is currently in production in Japan. Further information about the movie will be revealed at a later date.
Following the recent announcement that the recent 2016 anime adaptation of Kentarou Miura’s Berserk manga will continue in Spring 2017, the first teaser video has been announced. This 15 second video briefly teases a couple of the scenes from the next arc.
The Berserk TV anime will be taking a season break and will continue with its next arc in the Spring 2017 anime season, which generally starts in April.
The main cast of the anime includes:
Hiroaki Iwanaga (Guts in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) will be back to voice Guts
Kaoru Mizuhara (Shirushiru from gdgd Fairies) will voice Puck
Here is the teaser promotional video for the anime:
The project itself was announced in the recent issue of Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine. Miura comments in the issue that the manga will be on hiatus until Summer next year. He also mentions that the new anime project will depict Guts as the Black Swordsman. The magazine has also announced that the 1997 TV anime adaptation of the series will be released as a Blu-ray boxset on April 20, 2016. The boxset will retail for ¥18,000 ($148.80 USD).
Berserk is a dark fantasy manga written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura, that began in 1989. The manga is being serialized in Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine, where a total of 37 volumes have been published to date. The series was adapted into a TV anime series in 1997 for 25 episodes, being directed by Naohito Takahashi (Danball Senki W, Steel Angel Kurumi) and animated by OLM, Inc. (Pokémon, Inazuma Eleven). The manga also received an anime movie trilogy from 2012 under Berserk: The Golden Age Arc. The films were directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka (Gunbuster and Giant RoboAnimation Director) and produced by Studio 4°C (Tweeny Witches, Harmony).
Here is the synopsis of the first anime on MAL:
A brave young warrior named Guts fights for his fortune as a mercenary on the front lines. A fated encounter unites Guts with the charismatic and deadly young man named Griffith. Leading the rogue soldiers known as the Band of the Hawk, Griffith wields his formidable force like no other. Driven by a quest for status, the Hawks exert military and social prowess the likes of which have never been seen before. The armies of Midland will quake with fear as Griffith and Guts set off on a path that will bring the world to its knees.
The Berserk TV anime will be taking a season break and will continue with its next arc in the Spring 2017 anime season, which generally starts in April. Further details about the new season will be revealed at a later date.
The official Twitter account of the TV anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga has announced at that a second season is in production, at today’s One Punch Autumn Festival. Further details about the new season will be revealed soon.
The main cast for the first season of the anime includes:
Makoto Furukawa (Banri Tada from Golden Time) will voice Saitama
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) is voicing as Genos
Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan) will voice the Speed of Sound Sonic (Onsoku no Sonic), a villainous assassin
Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will be voicing as Tornado of Terror (Senritsu no Tatsumaki), a S-class rank 2 esper hero
Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) voices License-less Rider
Kazuhiro Yamaji (Jouji Saiga from Psycho-Pass) as Silver Fang
Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) is voicing King
Masaya Onosaka (Takeshi Momoshiro in Prince of Tennis) joins the cast to voice Puri Puri Prisoner
Wataru Hatano (Gajeel Redfox from Fairy Tail) as Metal Bat
One Punch-Man is an action, comedy, parody manga written by ONE and illustrated by Yuusuke Murata. The series began in 2009 as a free online web comic written by ONE, before being picked up by Shueisha and being featured in their Young Jump magazine publication in mid 2012, with Murata illustrating. To date, a total of 7 compiled volumes have been released with the 8th volume releasing on April 3rd. The series has become a phenomenon in Japan, selling over 4.5 million copies as of November last year, doubling its sales in one year.
In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams “AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t have your average problem… He’s actually a superhero that’s looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!
A second season of One Punch-Man has been announced and is in production. Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming season.
United Kingdom based video game publisher PQube has announced that they will be releasing Inti Creates’ Japanese rail shooter Gal*Gun: Double Peace for the PC via Steam on September 27th. The release will also see the inclusion of Steam Trading Cards.
Gal*Gun: Double Peace is a rail shooter set in a Japanese high school setting where players assume the role of Houdai Kudoki, a boring male student who gets accidentally shot with a strong love arrow. Now all the girls in the school are madly in love with him, but not the good safe kind. It is now your job to defend yourself from the hordes of Japanese high school girls and your one true love before love arrow robs Kudoki of all affection.
The game was first released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on August 6th, 2015. The game was released internationally by PQube for consoles last month in European and North American regions on the two systems.
PQube will be bringing Gal Gun Double Peace to Steam on September 27th. Further details about the release, including its system requirements, customization options, and port quality, will be revealed closer to release.
A new figure of Minako Satake in her Poka Poka Service outfit from THE IDOLM@STER Million Live series has been revealed. She comes in a cute but seductive pose with super-detailed clothing and a brilliant smile, and also includes a a cool base to complete the bath house scenery. By Phat Company.
The girls from the anime adaptation of Imigimuru’s Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! has been featured as a poster in the October 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here (get 5% off with coupon codeMOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and view the other posters that are included in this issue here.
Anime Visual:
Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Imigimuru. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Maoh magazine with the December 2012 issue. An anime television series adaptation by Feel premiered in July 2016.
Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! synopsis from MAL:
The manga focuses on an art club in a certain middle school, and its members: Subaru Uchimaki, who is a genius at drawing faces, but only wants to draw the perfect 2D wife; Colette, a rich troublemaker who never stops making mischief; and the club president, who sleeps through sessions and collects sleeping aids. Mizuki Usami is the only person in the club who wants to do art club-like activities, and constantly struggles to do so.
Good Smile Company have revealed a new 1/8th scale figure of Kantai Collection’s cool German Bismark Class Fast Battleship Bismark! She is shown in an action pose ready to fire cannons. Her badassness is just off the roof, and you can also unequip her hat to reveal her lovely blonde hair.
Following the broadcast of the final episode of the 2016 anime adaptation of Kentarou Miura’s Berserk manga, it was revealed that the anime will continue in the Spring 2017 anime season. It will be taking a seasons break, indicating at a split-cour series.
The anime aired during the Summer 2016 anime season starting on Friday, July 1st at 10:00pm JST on WOWOW. The series aired for a total of 12 episodes. The series also aired on MBS, TBS and CBC.
The main cast of the anime includes:
Hiroaki Iwanaga (Guts in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) will be back to voice Guts
Kaoru Mizuhara (Shirushiru from gdgd Fairies) will voice Puck
Here is the teaser promotional video for the anime:
The project itself was announced in the recent issue of Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine. Miura comments in the issue that the manga will be on hiatus until Summer next year. He also mentions that the new anime project will depict Guts as the Black Swordsman. The magazine has also announced that the 1997 TV anime adaptation of the series will be released as a Blu-ray boxset on April 20, 2016. The boxset will retail for ¥18,000 ($148.80 USD).
Berserk is a dark fantasy manga written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura, that began in 1989. The manga is being serialized in Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine, where a total of 37 volumes have been published to date. The series was adapted into a TV anime series in 1997 for 25 episodes, being directed by Naohito Takahashi (Danball Senki W, Steel Angel Kurumi) and animated by OLM, Inc. (Pokémon, Inazuma Eleven). The manga also received an anime movie trilogy from 2012 under Berserk: The Golden Age Arc. The films were directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka (Gunbuster and Giant RoboAnimation Director) and produced by Studio 4°C (Tweeny Witches, Harmony).
Here is the synopsis of the first anime on MAL:
A brave young warrior named Guts fights for his fortune as a mercenary on the front lines. A fated encounter unites Guts with the charismatic and deadly young man named Griffith. Leading the rogue soldiers known as the Band of the Hawk, Griffith wields his formidable force like no other. Driven by a quest for status, the Hawks exert military and social prowess the likes of which have never been seen before. The armies of Midland will quake with fear as Griffith and Guts set off on a path that will bring the world to its knees.
The Berserk TV anime will be taking a season break and will continue with its next arc in the Spring 2017 anime season, which generally starts in April. Further details about the new season will be revealed at a later date.
A new visual for the upcomingSword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film has been featured as a poster in the October 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here (get 5% off with coupon codeMOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and view the other posters that are included in this issue here.
A new visual for the upcomingSword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film has been revealed in the recent issue of Dengeki G’s magazine. The film itself is set to release in Japan in Spring 2017.
In addition to this, the official website for the upcoming Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale has revealed that the anime film will have its theatrical is scheduled for a Spring 2017 release in North America.
The first full theatrical trailer has been released with English subtitles, which introduces the series’ new focal game: Ordinal Scale.
In addition to this, a new visual for the upcoming Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale anime film has been featured in the July 2016 issue of NewType as a poster. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
The film will release in Japan in over 150 theatres. In addition, the International website of the movie has also echoed that the film is set for a Spring 2017 release. The Spring 2017 season of anime generally runs from late March until June.
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sora in No GameNo Life) will be back to voice Kirito
Haruka Tomatsu (Haruka Takayama inSakura Trick) returns as Asuna
Kanae Itou (Ruiko Saten from Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) voicing as Yui
Ayahi Takagaki (Mikako Satsukitane in Sora no Otoshimono) will voice Lisbeth
Miyuki Sawashiro (Celty Sturluson fromDurarara!!) is back as Sinon
Ayana Taketatsu (Kirino Kousaka from Oreimo) voicing Leafa
Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji from One Piece) will return to voice Klein
Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) as Agil
Koichi Yamadera (Togusa in Ghost in the Shell) will reprise his role as Akihiko Kayaba
The film will feature the new VMMO Ordinal Scale that utilises the new Augma Augmented Reality device. Players rank up in the game by defeating monsters and using special items.It will have an original story, not adapting of Kawahara’s any previous work; set after the Mother’s Rosario arc, which was the third and final arc to be animated in Sword Art Online II. The arc itself was featured in the light novel’s 7th volume.
The Director of first two seasons, Tomohiko Ito (Silver Spoon, Seikimatsu Occult Gakui), will return to direct the film alongside Anime Character Designer Shingo Adachi (Working!!, Galilei Donna). Yuki Kajiura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica,Fate/Zero) will also return to compose the music and A-1 Pictures (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, AnoHana) will be back to animate the film. Reki Kawahara will be writing the movie’s original story.
Previous visual:
Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the near-future and focuses on various virtual reality MMORPG worlds. The light novels began publication on ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko imprint from April 10, 2009, with a spin-off series launching in October 2012. The series has spawned eight manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works and Kadokawa. The novels and four of the manga adaptations have been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press.
An anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan between July and December 2012. An Extra Edition episode aired on December 31, 2013, and a second anime series, titled Sword Art Online II, aired between July and December 2014. A video game based on the series, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, was released on PlayStation Portable in March 2013, with a second game, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment for PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) released in April 2014. A third game, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, was released on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in March 2015.
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players can control their avatars through brain waves using technology called “NerveGear.” When players enter the game, they discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive. To escape, players must beat the game by defeating each boss on all 100 floors; however, if they die in the game, they die in real life too. Their struggle for survival starts now…
The Pokemon Company International announced on Tuesday that it will launch a series of three to five minute animated shorts titled Pokemon Generations on its YouTube channel. The first two episodes of the series will debut on Friday, September 16 at 12:00p.m. EDT. The series will have 18 episodes in total.
Pokemon Generations will go over stories from the first six generations of the Pokemon game franchise. The Pokemon Company describes the series:
Pokémon Generations looks back at each generation of the Pokémonvideo game series, diving into the stories of the games more deeply and getting to know characters and Pokémon better. Visit each region, from Kanto to Kalos, to relive the world of Pokémon like never before!
The company released a trailer and concept art for the new series:
Nioh is described by players as a kind of demon, samurai action mixed with Dark Souls-like combat and atmosphere that sucks you into the feudal era of Japan. Koei Tecmo announced a worldwide launch date during Sony’s press conference earlier this week. Nioh comes to the PlayStation 4 on February 9, 2017, and first-print copies will include a code to download the full Sanada Yukimura armor set.
There will also be a deluxe edition that will be available in Japan for ¥10,800 (about 105 USD). It will include an avatar set, a season pass that’s good for three bonus missions, new weapons, youkai, bosses, and equipment.
The official website for Pokemon Sun & Moon‘s TV anime teaser website opened on Thursday and posted a promotional video and visual.
The promo states that the Pokemon television anime “dives into a new series” with “big adventures in the Alola region!” They also mention that Ash (otherwise known as Satoshi in Japan) will go to school with friends in the series. In an earlier announcement for the anime it was noted that the series will follow Ash’s school activities as he aims to graduate. Ash will also be using the new Z-Moves in battle in the anime, just as players will in the games.
The tagline in the visual reads, “”Let’s go! Be your very best! Big adventures!”
Of course, with every new region comes new places to explore and Pokemon and friends to meet. Ash will also encounter Kapu Kokeko, a god who protects the Alola region.
The TV anime inspired by the Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon Nintendo 3DS titles will premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliated stations in Japan in November.
The Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon games will release in Japan and North America on November 18, followed by Europe on November 23. The games will be available on the Nintendo 3DS worldwide in Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, and Chinese (traditional and simplified).
The games are also inspiring its very own manga adaptation by Tenya Yabuno (Inazuma Eleven, Digimon V-Tamer) titled Pokemon Horizon that debuted in the October issue of Coro Coro Comics on Thursday.
The currently airing Pokemon XY & Z television anime series premiered in Japan in October 2015, and then premiered in the U.S. on Cartoon Network on February 20.
We all have our guilty pleasures or things that would seem embarrassing to like, so we keep these things to ourselves. For anime fans, it’s watching an anime series that doesn’t quite fit their persona.
Japanese website, Sirabee, recently polled their readers on which anime they don’t want to be caught enjoying. With a total of 1,500 votes, they revealed the top 10 to be:
10- Girls und Panzer
9- Bakemonogatari
8- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
6/7 (tie)- Love, Chuunibyou & Other Delusions and Lucky Star
5- To Love-Ru
4- Card Captor Sakura
3/2 (tie)- The IDOLM@STER and K-On!
1- Love Live!
It seems that Japanese fans are embarrassed of enjoying Love Live!, even though the idol series has a loyal and dedicated following who are definitely not shy expressing it. Then again, maybe it’s because of those rowdy fans that they don’t want to be associated with the anime.
While being caught watching an ecchi like To Love-Ru and Bakemonogatari is understandably embarrassing, many fans also find watching a classic such as Card Captor Sakura to be embarrassing.
Today we’ll be taking a look at Megami’s October 2016 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the summer 2016 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 16 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content.
This issue can be purchased here, more info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.
Don’t forget to view our NyanType – October 2016 issue post! View our posts of older issues here.
Active Raid
Ange Vierge
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
Girls und Panzer
Idol Memories
Koe no Katachi
Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!
Masou Gakuen HxH
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
Shokugeki no Souma
Show by Rock!!
Sword Art Online
Taboo Tattoo
Tenkyou no Alderamin
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with and can be viewed HERE.
My favorite posters from this months issue would have to be Masou Gakuen HxH, Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!, and Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu,
You can purchase the issue I covered in this post here. All sales made through JList help us continue to bring unique content to the site as well as supporting us!
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A new visual for the best battle maid from the TV anime adaptation of Tappei Nagatsuki and Shintarou Otsuka’s Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) light novel series has been featured as a poster in the October 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and view the other posters that are included in this issue here.
In addition to this, another poster featuring Emilia and Rem has also been featured in the same magazine.
Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) is a fantasy light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki with illustrations by Shintarou Otsuka. The series started in early 2014 being published under Kadokawa’s MF Bunko J imprint. To date a total of 8 volumes have been published. There have been two manga adaptations produced thus far. The first manga is drawn by Daichi Matsue and published under Monthly Comic Alive where the series ended at 2 volumes. The second series is by Makoto Fugetsu with the first volume releasing in March under Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine.
Suddenly high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him, things become worse when he is attacked. But when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor. When they finally manage to get a clue, Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone. Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices he gained the ability “Returns by Death.” A helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. And beyond the despair can he save the girl from the fate of death?
Atlus’ highly-anticipated addition to their celebrated RPG series Persona 5 is only short of two weeks from releasing in Japan — on September 15th. While it’s international release won’t be for another five months — on Valentine’s Day, to be exact — the prestigious developer/publisher is ramping up the excitement for its native release with Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers.
Anime-streaming site Crunchyroll is jumping onto the hype train announcing that The Day Breakers will be simulcast on their website, starting on September 3rd, 2016, at 5:00am PT. Following episodes will be uploaded every Saturday, available first to all Premium members in North America, Central/South America, Australia/New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Ireland.
A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic) will be handling the animation with Takaharu Ozaki (Terraformars assistant director) making his directorial debut. Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers will serve as a prologue to the video game, establishing the connections between the main characters and the birth of the eclectic group known as the Phantom Thieves.
Here’s the description of Persona 5, courtesy of Amazon:
Persona 5 is a game about the internal and external conflicts of a group of troubled high school students – the protagonist and a collection of compatriots he meets in the game’s story – who live dual lives as Phantom Thieves. They have the typically ordinary day-to-day of a Tokyo high schooler – attending class, after school activities and part-time jobs. But they also undertake fantastical adventures by using otherworldly powers to enter the hearts of people. Their power comes from the Persona, the Jungian concept of the “self”. The game’s heroes realize that society forces people to wear masks to protect their inner vulnerabilities, and by literally ripping off their protective masks and confronting their inner selves do the heroes awaken their inner power, and use it to strive to help those in need. Ultimately, the group of Phantom Thieves seeks to change their day-to-day world to match their perception and see through the masks modern-day society wears.
Cover for the Blu-Ray/DVD release of Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers
Persona 5 is due to hit retail and digital shelves on September 15th, 2016 in Japan with North America, South America, and Europe receiving a release on February 14th, 2017.
The game is available to pre-order on Amazon both in a standard edition and — keeping with Atlus’ spectacular track record of amazing limited goodies — a premium “Take Your Heart” edition featuring a steelbook case, soundtrack CD, a 4″ Morgana plush, 64-page hardcover art book, and a Shujin Academy-themed school bag.
The recent issue of Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Next! magazine has revealed that the upcoming third season of the anime adaptation of Haruichi Furudate’s Haikyuu!! manga will have its broadcast debut on October 7th. The season itself will run for a total of 10 episodes.
The third season of the anime will be titled Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou (Haikyuu!! Karasuno High vs Shiratorizawa Academy). It will air on Fridays starting October 7th on MBS, TBS, CBC, RKB, HBC, TBC, and BS-TBS. The times for the episodes will be revealed at a later date.
The second teaser promotional video for the third season has been revealed, which reveals that the anime will run for 10 episodes at the end of the video:
The leading members of the production staff from the previous seasons will return for season 3:
Animation Studio: Production I.G. (Kuroko no Basket, Ghost in the Shell)
The third season of the Haikyuu!! anime, Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou, will air every Friday from October 7th on MBS, during the Fall/Autumn 2016 anime season. Further information about season 3 will be revealed in the weeks leading up to the season’s debut.
Japanese visual novel computer software company Nitro+ and 5pb’s acclaimed visual novel Steins;Gate will be making its way to Steam on September 8th (9th in Japan).
The Steam release will be released in full 1080p HD visuals, the first for the series. The game will be published by 5pb. and their parent company Mages inc., and no information about whether this will be a re-release of JAST USA’s 2014 physical release of the game have been confirmed. Furthermore, the price and option to purchase the game have yet to be unveiled.
Here is the game’s introduction from the Steam page:
-Decide The Fate Of All Mankind-
CAN YOU CHANGE THE COURSE OF FATE?
AND SAVE THE ONES CLOSEST TO YOU?
STEINS;GATE is the award-winning time travel science-fiction interactive visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus.
It is widely considered to be one of the finest Visual Novels ever made.
STEINS;GATE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via mail, using a modified microwave. Their experiments into how far they can go with their discovery begin to spiral out of control as they become entangled in a conspiracy surrounding SERN, the organisation behind the Large Hadron Collider, and John Titor who claims to be from a dystopian future.
Interaction with the game takes place through the “phone trigger” system, where the player can receive calls and text messages and decide whether to reply to them or not, changing the outcome of the game’s plot.
Here are some screenshots for the Steam release:
The Opening sequence to the game:
The game itself already released internationally on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita last year. The official sequel to the game,Steins;Gate 0, will be releasing on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita later this year.
Steins;Gate is part of the series of science adventure games, a collaboration between developers Nito+ and 5pb. The games play out similarly to modern visual novels but notably with the usage of the main character’s device casually known as a trigger. All games focus heavily on scientific methods and theories and are incorporated into the game. The first game in the series was Chaos;Head, which released in 2008 for the PC. The next game, Steins;Gate released in 2009 and finally followed by Robotics;Notes in 2012. Steins;Gate originally released on the Xbox 360 before being ported to the PC, and all current generations, at the time, of consoles in Japan. An anime adaptation of the game was produced in 2011 that was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki (Terraformars, Blade & Soul) and Takuya Satou (Selector Infected Wixoss, Ichigo Mashimaro) and produced by White Fox (Katanagatari, Jormungand). A sequel film to the anime was produced in 2013 and featured an original story. A sequel light novel titled Steins;Gate The Committee of Antimatter was also produced this year.
Here is the synopsis of the Steins;Gate anime from MAL:
The eccentric mad scientist Okabe, his childhood friend Mayuri, and the otaku hacker Daru have banded together to form the “Future Gadget Research Laboratory,” and spend their days in a ramshackle laboratory hanging out and occasionally attempting to invent incredible futuristic gadgets. However, their claymore is a hydrator and their hair dryer flips breakers, and the only invention that’s even remotely interesting is their Phone Microwave, which transforms bananas into oozing green gel. But when an experiment goes awry, the gang discovers that the Phone Microwave can also send text messages to the past. And what’s more, the words they send can affect the flow of time and have unforeseen, far-reaching consequences—consequences that Okabe may not be able to handle…
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