Marisa Kirisame one of the protagonists of the Touhou Project, with the other protagonist being Reimu Hakurei, has joined E2046‘s Gathering Collection. She’s an ordinary human magician who specializes in light and heat magic and currently resides in the Forest of Magic.
Marisa Kirisame – Pre-orders for the pre-painted version and garage-kit version are available on e2046.
Tomorrow, it will be officially revealed in Ichijinsha’s Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine’s April 2015 issue that Kazusa Yoneda’s (Echo-Pun, Little Busters! Noumi Kudryavka) Danchigai 4-koma manga will receive an anime adaptation. It has also been announced on the magazine’s official Twitter account. The staff for the anime has also been revealed.
【祝！アニメ化！】 告知解禁！ 『だんちがい』TVアニメ化決定!! あの大人気団地4コマがついにTVアニメに!!!! 21日発売のぱれっと4月号では、『みりたり！ 乙型』と一緒にW表紙で登場!!!! #だんちがい
— まんが4コマぱれっと編集部 (@4komaPalette) February 20, 2015
More information will also be announced at Anime Japan 2015’s event to be held at Tokyo Big Sight on March 20-22, 2015. The event will be at 1:00pm – 1:45pm Japan Time, preceeding Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita‘s panel.
【AnimeJapan2015】 ついに発表となった『だんちがい』含むぱれっと連載4タイトル、ニコ生ステージイベント決定！ 詳細は今日発売のぱれっと4月号＆後日webページで！ #ろこどる #未確認で進行形 #みりたり #だんちがい pic.twitter.com/1TGMfqXaJS
— まんが4コマぱれっと編集部 (@4komaPalette) February 20, 2015
The comedy, slice-of-life manga series started in the magazine’s August 2011 issue under the label 4-Koma Kings Palette Comics on June 11, 2011.
Danchigai currently has two compiled manga volumes. The first volume was released on November 22, 2012 while the second volume was released on December 22, 2014. The third volume will be available on April 22, 2015. On May 12, 2014, the manga was published online on the magazine’s official website.
Anime Staff:
Danchigai Cut/Visual:
Danchigai‘s anime announcement illustration:
Synopsis of Danchigai from MAL:
The story revolves around Haruki and his four sisters: Mutsuki, Yayoi, Uzuki, and Satsuki. While their life may seem monotonous—aside from the fact that Haruki’s sisters don’t give him a single opportunity to rest, lecturing him about every perceived mistake and playing tricks on him—Haruki still likes his life.
Read the first chapter of Danchigai in Japanese here.
Just last month, Viz Media, an English manga publisher, announced that they have licensed Kouhei Hirikoshi’s (Sensei no Bulge, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen) manga, Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) for digital release on Weekly Shounen Jump. Yesterday, they revealed on their official twitter account that they will be releasing the manga in print starting August 2015. Boku no Hero Academia‘s digital English release was last February 9, 2015.
SUPER ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 2! My Hero Academia will have a graphic novel release starting this August! #manga #mha pic.twitter.com/KhLCDhRMCC
— VIZ Media (@VIZMedia) February 19, 2015
The action, adventure, comedy and supernatural shounen manga was released on July 7, 2014 under Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump’s 2014 Issue #32. There are currently two compiled Japanese manga volumes for the series. The first volume shipped on November 4, 2014 containing the first seven chapters. The second volume was released on January 5, 2015 including chapters 8-17. The third volume is planned to ship on April 3, 2015.
The manga was nominated among 14 manga titles for the 8th Manga Taishou Awards. The first volume of the manga reached 7th place on the Weekly Oricon Manga Chart for November 3-9, 2014. As of November 9, 2014, the first volume has sold 71,575 copies. The second volume of the manga reached one rank up with 167,531 copies. As of January 18, 2015, the volume sold 205,179 copies.
Synopsis of Boku no Hero Academia from MAL:
People are not born equal, a realization that 4-year-old Midoriya Izuku faced when bullied by his classmates who had unique special powers. Izuku was one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique powers. This did not stop Izuku from pursuing his dream, a dream of becoming a great hero like the legendary All-Might. To become the great hero he hopelessly wants to become, he now will join the ranks of one of the highest rated “Hero Academies” in the country: Yueiko. With the help of his idol All-Might, will he be able to claim the ranks and become a true hero?
Read the first few chapters from the first compiled volume of the manga in Japanese here.
Visit the manga’s official Twitter account here or the author’s official Twitter account here.
Source – Viz Media’s Official Twitter account
New mousepads featuring various shrine maidens from the popular Japanese doujin game series Touhou Project by the one-man developer Team Shanghai Alice have hit the market. Each mousepad is A5 in size (148x210cm) and features gorgeous art in “deforme” (aka “super deformed”) style. Each mousepad costs $8.40 and pre-orders are currently open and will be in stock later this month.
Here are the different shrine maiden designs you can choose from:
Touhou Project Mousepad – Hakurei Reimu – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Kirisame Marisa – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Izayoi Sakuya – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Remilia Scarlet – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Flandre Scarlet – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Patchouli Knowledge – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Koakuma (Little Devil) – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Alice Margatroid – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Saigyouji Yuyuko – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Cirno – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Yakumo Ran – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Chen – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Yakumo Yukari – Pre-order here.
Touhou Project Mousepad – Konpaku Youmu – Pre-order here.
Personally I like the Hakurei Reimu and Cirno design the best, which one do you prefer? Let us know in the comments below!
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is back once again collaborating with One Piece to offer a limited edition Serana Highway STAR S-HYBRID. The Nissan nicknamed Thousand Serena, a play on the Straw Hat Pirates’ Thousand Sunny ship, features a special One Piece car wrap illustration and hubcaps.
The vehicle will be available for purchase at 3,250,000 yen (approximately US$27,300), but limits its right to purchase to families. Due to the popularity of this car during the test-driving period at numerous Nissan dealerships in Japan, Nissan has made nine of these cars available for purchase. Only children and/or their legal guardians can apply for the raffle and the deadline ends on March 9, 10:00 A.M. after which the lucky nine will be chosen.
In addition, since you would need to travel the world with this Thousand Serena in search of the greatest treasure of them all, the One Piece, Nissan will also give buyers enough gasoline to drive the 40,000 km (approximately 25,000 miles) needed to find it.
In 2010 a similar campaign was launched and a commercial for it was broadcasted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RHlXP-tMPk
Source: ANN, Nissan Serena campaign website
Pizza Hut Japan have teamed up with Kantai Collection,for a collaboration that the ship daughters are going to enjoy. Starting on February 23, participating Pizza Hut locations will have special pizza boxes with a Kantai Collection illustration which features Akatsuki, Ikazuchi, Inazuma and Hibiki:
With each medium sized pizza order, you’ll get a special Shimakaze card sticker and a clear file with the Pizza Hut themed Kantai Collection illustration on:
There’s also a special delivery bike which features Mutsuki:
While the Pizza Hut located in Kanda, Tokyo, will be displaying girls from the Kantai Collection series on their shutters:
The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) manga began streaming a new commercial on Friday. The opening theme song titled Hope Song by ULTRA TOWER was also previewed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozIHBn_k_Sk
A new visual for the anime was also revealed in the most recent issue of Gigazine and Animate TV’s Winter 2014/2015 Anime Guide:
Additional members of the anime’s cast were also revealed at the stage panel last December. The newly announced cast members of the anime and their respective characters are as follows:
The main cast of the anime were earlier revealed and includes:
The second promotional video for the Shokugeki no Souma anime was also revealed, which introduces the newly announced characters:
The first staff members of the production crew that will be producing the anime have also been revealed and are as follows:
Here is the first promotional video for the anime that was earlier released:
Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) is a comedy, ecchi cooking manga written by Yuuto Tsukuda, illustrated by Shun Saeki with Chef Yuki Mirosaki adding recipes to the manga. The series began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in late 2012 and to date has a total of 9 compiled volumes released, with the 10th volume releasing in Japan on November 4th. A light novel adaptation of the manga began in February this year in Shueisha’s Jump j-Books, written by Michiko Itou and illustrated by Saeki himself. The manga itself has sold over 2 million copies to date.
Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:
Yukihira Souma’s dream is to become a full-time chef in his father’s restaurant and surpass his father’s culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma’s fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?
The Shokugeki no Souma anime will be airing from April next year during the Spring 2015 anime season. More information about the anime will be revealed at Jump Festa 2015 on December 21st, where series creator Yuuto Tsukuda will be in attendance.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://shokugekinosoma.com/
And follow their Twitter: @shokugeki_anime
Source – Shokugeki no Souma Anime Website
The official website of the anime adaptation of Nagaru Tanigawa and Puyo’s The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan (The Vanishing of Nagato Yuki-Chan) manga has revealed new updated coloured character designs of the Spring 2015 anime, days after the first designs were revealed.
A new updated set of character designs for the The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan anime have been revealed, showing the main characters in colour for the first time. The character designer of the anime is Ikuko Ito (Asatte no Houkou, Sailor Moon SuperS). The main cast was earlier revealed and features the return of the cast from previous Haruhi anime:
The supporting cast characters did not have their designs updated;
In addition to this, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan was featured in the latest issue of Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace magazine which revealed many new staff members that will be production the anime series, they include:
The issue revealed many new staff members that will be production the anime series, they include:
The previously revealed staff:
Aya Hirano also revealed on Twitter that the upcoming anime will be scheduled to air from April next year, during the Spring 2015 anime season.
【アニメ出演情報】
来春放送の新番組「長門有希ちゃんの消失」に涼宮ハルヒ役で出演します。— 平野綾オフィシャルインフォ (@Hysteric_Barbie) December 18, 2014
A new visual featuring Ryouko Asakura and Yuki Nagato was also featured in the latest issue of NyanType:
The anime adaptation of the spin-off manga was made late last year. Anime store Docomo was revealed to be streaming the upcoming series, as well as the two other spin-off shows in the Haruhi franchise, The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyoron Churuya-san.
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan is a spin-off manga in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, where it stars the eponymous character Yuki Nagato. The series takes place in the alternate universe established in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. The series is written and drawn by Puyo, which started in February 2010. To date, the series has a total of 5 volumes with the 6th volume releasing on December 26th this year.
There is very little information regarding the anime announcement of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, including whether or no Kyoto Animation will produce it. Two other spin-off manga were also produced into anime: The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyoron Churuya-san.
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan synopsis from Haruhichan:
Yuki Nagato, the shy president of the literature club, has never been very sure of herself around other people. But around Kyon, the only boy in the tiny, three-person club, Yuki finds herself faltering even more than usual. For Kyon, and for her precious club, Yuki must find her confidence and let her true personality shine! Enjoy taking a fresh look at your favorite characters in this brand-new story set in the world of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya!
The anime adaptation of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan will be airing during the Spring 2015 anime season on Tokyo MX and AT-X. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.haruhi.tv/yuki_chan/main.html
And follow them on Twitter: @yukichan_anime
Source – The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Anime Website
It has been revealed that the Psycho-Pass Movie has earned over 770 million yen (about 6.5 million US dollars) since debuting on January 9. This is an outstanding result for a R15+ rated anime movie. The movie received the rating by Eirin (Film Classification and Rating Committee) due to its strong violence scenes including murder and human body’s damage, it debuted 4th in its first weekend, earning an impressive 136,899,100 yen on 93,164 admissions.
To celebrate this amazing feat, Psycho-Pass RE:Start (new edit version) and Psycho-Pass 2 will be streamed for free on Nico Nico Douga on February 20 and 21 (JST). The program will also include a talk show between the chief director Katsuyuki Motohiro and director Naoyoshi Shiotani at Sanuki Film Festival.
The second promotional video for the movie was released last January:
While the first promotional video was released last November:
Psycho-Pass Movie Visual:
Psycho-Pass is an original animation from Production I.G. The Sci-fi, crime solving anime began airing from October 2012 and ended in March 2013. The series was directed by first timer Naoyoshi Shiotani, with the story being written by veteran Gen Urobuchi and the characters designed by Akira Amano. The series has received a manga and light novel adaptation, that began publishing in November 2012 and February 2013 respectively. Additionally, an Xbox One game based on the series is currently in development
Here is a synopsis of Psycho-Pass from Haruhichan:
The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person’s state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term “Psycho-Pass” refers to a standard used to measure an individual’s being. The story centers around the “enforcement officer” Shinya Kougami, who is tasked with managing crime in such a world.
In the future, it is possible to quantitatively measure a person’s emotions, desires, and every inclination. In this way, it is also possible to measure a person’s criminal tendency factor, which is used to judge criminals.
This is the story of a team of policemen dedicated to maintaining public order. Some of them work in the Enforcement Division, responsible for the apprehension of criminals, while others belong to the Supervisory Division which oversees their colleagues in Enforcement.
Source: Crunchyroll, Akiba Souken
In this year’s 13th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine they will be announcing on Monday that the bands Blue Encount and Negoto will perform the theme songs for the new Gintama television anime series. Blue Encount will perform the opening theme Day x Day, while Negoto will performing the ending theme Destiny.
The magazine also reveals that the new series will premiere on April 8 and run every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.
Blue Encount are from Kumamoto Prefecture, although they are now based in Tokyo. The four-member emotional guitar rock band made their debut on a major label last September, and they released the first single, Motto Hikari o in January.
Negoto is an all-girl new generation alternative rock band whose four members were born in the Heisei era (after 1989). They already performed theme songs for After School Midnighters, Galilei Donna, and Mobile Suit Gundam AGE. They will release their album Vision in March, and then embark on their first nationwide tour as the headliners.
Gintama 2015 visual:
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 name Gintama (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).
Gintama synopsis from Haruhichan:
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!
Source: Animenewsnetwork
At this year’s Japan Amusement Expo, SEGA finally revealed pictures, screenshots, gameplay and the cabinet of their upcoming arcade game based on the popular browser game and anime, Kantai Collection. Kantai Collection started as a popular free-to-play browser game by Kadokawa Games in 2013, featuring playable characters based on Japanese World War II warships. In 2015, the anime adaption known as KanColle was released, following the protagonist, the destroyer ship, Fubuki.
SEGA AM2’s arcade game includes a controller based on the player’s choice ship’s wheel and features 3-dimensional models. To keep the arcade game true to the original, it includes the feature of a port to check their ship’s status and recourses. Cards are used as a primary recourse for combat and gameplay in the original, however SEGA plans to develop the game into a full-on action genre arcade experience.
Earlier in the year, SEGA released posters featuring their 3-dimensional models of the characters in Chiba, Japan, the Makuhari Messe. At Club SEGA in Akihabara, Tokyo, SEGA held tests for the arcade game in late January. The game is set to release in the summer of 2015.
Source – Animenewsnetwork, Segabits, SegaNerds
Bandai Namco Games Japan have released a brand new trailer for Dragon Ball Xenoverse. This new trailer introduces the tyrant himself, lord Frieza! The video also goes into detail about the character customisation and how you can be part of Frieza’s army. The game itself will be developed by Dimps, who produced the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. The game will feature a full 3D fighting and destructible environments similar to recent titles in the franchise. The game involves time travel where two demons, named Mira and Towa (from Dragon Ball Online), have affected the timeline of the series.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse is now out on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on in Japan, and will be out on the 24th in North America and the 27th in Europe. The game will also release on Steam worldwide on February 27th. A playable teaser of the game can be viewed here: http://www.db-xv.com/en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-puV6dQ-Ic
You can check out the numerous screenshots of the game, and here its main visual:
You can visit the game’s Japanese website here: http://dbx.bngames.net/
The game’s International website here: http://www.dragonballxenoverse.com/en/
And follow Bandai Namco Games: @BandaiNamcoUS, @BandaiNamcoUK
Cecilia Alcott is a 1st year student at the IS Academy in Class One and the IS Representative Candidate of the United Kingdom and the 2nd heroine to be introduced to the Infinite Stratos series.
Figurine company WAVE have revealed images of the upcoming amazingly detailed 1/10th scaled Beach Queens figure version of Cecilia Alcott. She’s in a pink swimsuit and is seen smiling proudly while showing off her amazing assets.
Infinite Stratos – Cecilia Alcott 1/10 Figure Ver.2 BEACH QUEENS – Pre-orders are currently available on JList and is scheduled to be released in August 2015.
The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Durarara!! has released preview images and the synopsis for the 7th episode of Durarara!!x2 Shou, which airs this Saturday at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX, GTV, BS11 and Tochigi TV.
Episode 7 preview images:
Episode 7 will be titled “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” and here’s a synopsis from the official website:
They talk about the two Russian Assassins out in the wild. The story of fugitives who has broken an unwritten law that must never be broken. Vorona and Slon, members of an organization, are working in Japan as handymen. Dennis, Simon and Egor “Philosophical Killing Machine”, are watching and following the situation. From a faraway land, they continue to live out their story and have spread into the city of Ikebukuro, sparking a new situation.
The second and first promotional video for the second season:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29rmpl
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27wr9j_%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9-x%EF%BC%92-pv01_creation
Two countdown commercials were also released for the second season:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ebqu2_durarara-x2-shou-countdown-cm2-celty-ver_tv
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2e96d8_durarara-x2-shou-countdown-cm_news
This new anime is part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Durarara!! series, which began as a light novel series in 2004 published by ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko. The original light novels ended in January this year, but the creator of the series Ryohgo Narita, has stated that he will be begin a new series of light novels titled Durarara!! SH, set two years after the original’s conclusion. The first issue will release on April 10th. The light novels received an anime adaptation in 2010 from animation studio Brains Base. In addition, two manga adaptations were also released and a few visual novels. To date the light novels has a total of 13 volumes. and are illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.
A manga adaptation by Akiyo Satorigi started serialization in the shounen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy on April 18, 2009. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan in January 2010. Two games based on the series for the PlayStation Portable were released, and a game for PlayStation Vita was released on June 19, 2014 in Japan.
Visual:
Here is a synopsis of the first season from Haruhichan:
In Tokyo’s downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless “Black Rider” who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.
Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro’s most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.
Source: Durarara!! official website
Most of us, especially manga fans, are fond of licensed and translated volumes. Not just because they are legal, but it gives off a good feeling to own one and to collect a lot of them. And we want some Japanese manga volumes to be translated and licensed… so bad.
On Monday, Vertical Comics, an English manga and light novel published, announced on their official Tumblr and Twitter account that their manga licensing survey is up for requests! The publishing company asks the readers for any manga series that they want to get published by them around Spring 2016.
Spring 2016 manga license survey – It’s here! License hunting season is open! No rescues No titles that… http://t.co/IgXkzn5ujt
— Kodansha Books (@KodanshaBooks) February 17, 2015
Here are the criteria for the series that you would like to request:
Click here to participate in the survey! The deadline of entries will be on February 26. Results will most likely be announced around Summer on AnimeExpo and Otakon.
Remember to hunt the manga that fits into the criteria properly. To know which publisher manga titles were at, it is easier to browse on MangaUpdates.
Here are some of the titles Vertical Comics already published:
Feel free to ask the publisher in their Ask.fm account.
Source – Vertical’s Official Twitter Account
A lot of ups and downs are happening in Anime Trending‘s Top Character Poll! And here we present you the results for Week 5!
To vote for the character poll, click here or if you want to vote for the theme song poll, click here. Also, don’t forget to participate in the Winter 2015 Anime Poll for Week 5 here!
Top 10 Characters (Male)
10. Akashi Seijuro from Kuroko no Basket 3
Voice Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya (Shingeki no Kyojin‘s Levi)
Newly ranked
9. Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul √A
Voice Actor: Natsuki Hanae (Nagi no Asukara‘s Hikari Sakishima)
Week 4 #7
8. Nagisa Shiota from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)
Voice Actress: Mai Fuchigami (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova‘s Iona)
2 weeks at #8
7. Koro-sensei from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)
Voice Actor: Jun Fukuyama (Code Geass‘ Lelouch Lamperouge)
Week 4 #4
6. Heiwajima Shizuo from Durarara!!x2 Shou
Voice Actor: Daisuke Ono (Barakamon‘s Seishuu Handa)
Week 4 #9
5. Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season
Voice Actor: Kensho Ono (Diamond no Ace‘s Todoroki Raichi)
Week 4 #6
4. Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero 2
Voice Actor: Natsuki Hanae (Outbreak Company‘s Shinichi Kanou)
Week 4 #3
3. Decim from Death Parade
Voice Actor: Tomoaki Maeno (Log Horizon‘s Naotsugu)
Week 4 #1
2. Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!x2 Shou
Voice Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya (Noragami‘s Yato)
Week 4 #5
1. Karma Akabane from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)
Voice Actor: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index‘s Accelerator)
Week 4 #2
Top 10 Characters (Female)
10. Touka Kirishima from Tokyo Ghoul √A
Voice Actress: Sora Amamiya (Akame ga Kill‘s Akame)
Week 4 #5
9. Utaha Kasumigaoka from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Voice Actress: Ai Kayano (Witch Craft Works‘ Kasumi Takamiya)
Newly ranked
8. Maria from Junketsu no Maria
Voice Actress: Hisako Kanemoto (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou‘s Sayaka Watanabe)
Week 4 #9
7. Nona from Death Parade
Voice Actress: Rumi Okubo (Yuru Yuri‘s Chinatsu Yoshikawa)
Week 4 #8
6. Julie Sigtuna from Absolute Duo
Voice Actress: Nozomi Yamamoto (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai‘s Senri Misono)
Week 4 #4
5. Kongou from Kantai Collection: KanColle
Voice Actress: Nao Touyama (Kiniro Mosaic‘s Karen Kujou)
Week 4 #10
4. Rin Shibuya from The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
Voice Actress: Ayaka Fukuhara (Trinity Seven‘s Lugh)
Week 4 #6
3. Kurokami no Onna from Death Parade
Voice Actress: Asami Seto (Chihayafuru‘s Chihaya Ayase)
2 weeks at #3
2. Celty Sturluson from Durarara!!x2 Shou
Voice Actress: Miyuki Sawashiro (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis‘ Rita)
Week 4 #1
1. Megumi Kato from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Voice Actress: Kiyono Yasuno (Hamatora The Animation‘s Koneko)
Week 4 #2
2 new entries! Did your favourite character ranked up or down? Don’t forget to vote for him/her!
Sword Art Online’s producer, A-1 Pictures, have revealed pictures for the commercial samples of three new Sword Art Online scented perfumes. The 25ml bottles similar to the character’s battle attire from LUXENT sell for 5,000 yen ($42.1) each.
The unisex Kirito eau de toilette is dry citrus with a touch of brandy, meant to evoke a mature spirit. It uses green apple, apricot and lime above Muguet, Rose, Jasmine, grapefruit and a musk and brandy base.
While the Asuna is a sweet, irresistibly refreshing scent of galbanum and jasmine. It uses galbanum, lemon, and apple above rose, jasmine, muguet and violet above music and cedar.
and finally, the Sinon is another mature scent of citrus and herbs. It uses green apple, herbs and lime above muguet, rose, jasmine and cyclamen above musk and brandy.
The “Black Swordsman” jersey also arrived in the office and they made sure to show it off:
One of the workers at A-1 Pictures couldn’t hold in her fan girl enthusiasm and decided to grope Asuna in excitement:
Source: Crunchyroll, A-1 Pictures Twitter
Japanese indie rock band BRADIO who performed the opening theme song for Mad House’s Death Parade television anime series, have recreated the opening theme sequence in person.
Here’s the official video for the song:
Anime visual:
Today’s ranking comes from the March 2015 issue of the popular Japanese magazine, NewType; we’ve taken the time to translate the whole article for your enjoyment. Earlier this week we did a write-up on this issue, giving an in-depth look into the magazine itself as well as the posters that come with it: you can read that here.
Before we go to the listings here is the image scan of the March 2015 Anime Popularity Ranking from the latest NewType Magazine:
Male:
1. Shinya Kougami (Psycho-Pass Movie)
2. Archer (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
3. Kirito (Sword Art Online II)
4. Nobuchika Ginoza (Psycho-Pass Movie)
5. Emiya Shirou (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
6. Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari Series)
7. Kaizuka Inaho (Aldnoah.Zero)
8. Producer (The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls)
9. Kujo Jotaro (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders)
10. Slaine Troyard (Aldnoah.Zero)
Female:
1. Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass Movie)
2. Saber (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
3. Tohsaka Rin (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
4. Asuna (Sword Art Online II)
5. Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi (Cross Ange)
6. Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
7. Oshino Shinobu (Monogatari Series)
8. Sento Isuzu (Amagi Brilliant Park)
9. Haruka Amami (The iDOLM@STER)
10. Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
Series:
1. Psycho-Pass Movie
2. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
3. Aldnoah.Zero
4. The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
5. Akuma no Riddle
6. Cross Ange
7. Kantai Collection
8. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
9. Monogatari Series
10. Love Live! School Idol Project
Top 10 series streamed:
1. Youkai Watch
2. Kiseijuu: Sei no kakuritsu
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
4. Sword Art Online
5. Yowamushi Pedal
6. Trinity Seven
7. Working!!
8. Shingeki no Kyojin
9. Psycho-Pass
10. Psycho-Pass 2
Top 10 Blu-ray Disc sales:
1. Frozen MovieNEX
2. Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season Volume 7
3. Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise
4. Sword Art Online II Volume 3
5. Free!: Eternal Summer Volume 4
6. Haikyuu!! Volume 6
7. Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Volume 1
8. JoJo’s Bizzare Adventures: Stardust Crusaders Volume 6
9. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Volume 3
10. Tangled
Top 10 record count (People recording it on their TV):
1. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Fan Service of Love and Youth (episode 1)
2. Kantai Collection: Hello! Commander! (episode 1)
3. Juuou Mujin no Fafnir: Dragon Garden Midgar (episode 1)
4. Koufuku Graffiti: Warm, Juicy. (episode 1)
5. Kamisama Hajimemashita 2nd Season: I’ve Started the ‘Being a God’ Thing Again (Episode 1)
6. Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor – Exodus: Visitor (Episode 1)
7. Seiken Tsukai no World Break: The Reincarnater (episode 1)
8. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Episode 12)
9. Junketsu no Maria: Perfect Virgin (episode 1)
10. Nanatsu no Taizai: Terrifying Cannon (episode 12)
Translations were done by Swaps4 and fgghjjkll from Haruhichan. Last months rankings can be viewed here.
Shinya Kougami has claimed the number one spot from Kirito this month, shooting him down to third while Archer is still steadily sitting at the number two spot. Nobuchika Ginoza is also on the rankings this month due to the Psycho-Pass Movie recently debuting in Japan. Emiya Shirou is hanging in there.
Akane Tsunemori has claimed the number one spot for the top 10 females this month while Saber is sitting at a comfortable number two for the second month in a row. Tohsaka Rin is at number three while trying to overthrow Saber. Asuna dropped from the third spot to fourth this month while Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi jumped from the eight spot to the fifth this month.
What are your thoughts on this month’s rankings? What would you personally change? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
