Things Heat up in the Recent Bungou Stray Dogs Visual

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Today we’ll be taking a look at NyanType’s July 2016 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the spring 2016 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 8 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 Megami – July 2016 issue post! View our posts of older issues here.

Bungou Stray Dogs

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

Haifuri

Infinite Stratos

Masou Gakuen HxH

New Game!

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Strike Witches

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 Girls und Panzer, Grisaia no Kajitsu and Prison School.

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!

If you want to see a different type of magazine each month, let us know in the comments below!

Kyoto Animation Award Winner Violet Evergarden to Receive Anime Adaptation

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Kyoto Animation (Hibike! Euphonium, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) have announced that Kana Akatsuki and Akiko Takase’s Violet Evergarden light novel, the winner of the 2014 Kyoto Animation Novel Award, will be adapted into an anime.

The studio has also produced a brand new commercial that announces the upcoming anime project. The commercial itself is animated by the studio and briefly shows off aspects of the novel.

The production staff of the commercial includes:

Director and Storyboard Artist: Taichi Ishidate (Kyoukai no Kanata, Kyoukai no Kanata I’ll Be Here)
Anime Character Designer and Animation Director: Akiko Takase (Amagi Brilliant Park and Free! Eternal Summer Key Animator)
Key Animators: Nami Iwasaki (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Kyoukai no Kanata), Fumio Tada (Kyoukai no Kanata, Amagi Brilliant Park), Kohei Okamura (High Speed! -Free! Starting Days-, Musaigen no Phantom World), Shinpei Sawa (Tamako Love Story, Kyoukai no Kanata), Nobuaki Maruki (Amagi Brilliant Park Chief Animation Director), Tatsuya Sato (Gundam Build Fighters and Kakumeiki Valvrave Digital Painter) and Miku Kadowaki (Kyoukai no Kanata Character Designer)
3D Art: Joji Unoguchi (K-ON! and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Background Artist)
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hibike! Euphonium, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)

Despite producing the commercial, it has not been confirmed whether the staff will be producing the upcoming anime project.

Here is the novel’s main visual:

Here is the novel’s commercial from Comiket 89:

Violet Evergarden is a Japanese light novel written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. The novel was entered into the 2014 Kyoto Animation Awards where it became the first winner of the grand prize in the novel category (the first winner of any novel, scenario and manga categories). The novel was published on December 25, 2015 by Kyoto Animation under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

Dr. Orlando created a doll that can release natural voice called Auto Memories Doll initially for his beloved wife, but is popular among the world, and even an organization to lend it is established. The lady that looks like she’s from a story book with blond hair and emerald eyes would say “This is Violet Evergarden, Auto Memories Doll Service will be there as soon as the customers wish to” with pretty and natural voice.

An anime adaptation of Violet Evergarden by Kyoto Animation has been announced. Not much is known about the project, including its format and whether the staff of the commercial will return. Further details will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/books/violet/

Source: Anime News Network

New Cardcaptor Sakura Anime Announced

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It has been revealed in the most recent issue of Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine has announced that a brand new anime based on CLAMP’s Cardcaptor Sakura manga is in production. Just in time too as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the series.

Celebrating Cardcaptor Sakura‘s 20th anniversary, CLAMP will also be releasing a new manga taking place after the events of the original manga, during Sakura’s first year of junior high school. The sequel manga will be releasing in Japan on June 3rd.

NHK’s BS Premium has also been celebrating the anniversary by rebroadcasting the anime since April this year. In addition, an artbook has been released featuring the best illustrations and art handpicked by CLAMP from previous Cardcaptor Sakura artbooks.

Cardcaptor Sakura is a magical adventure manga written and illustrated by CLAMP. The manga began in mid 1996 in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine and ended in 2000 after a total of 12 compiled volumes. The manga has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The series was adapted into a 70 episode TV anime running from 1998 till 2000. The anime was produced by Madhouse (No Game No Life, Death Note) and directed by Morio Asaka (Chihayafuru, Ore Monogatari!!). Two anime films were also produced in 1999 and 2000: Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie and Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card respectively.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

Sakura Kinomoto is your garden-variety ten-year-old fourth grader, until one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious book containing a set of cards. Unfortunately, she has little time to divine what the cards mean because she accidentally stirs up a magical gust of wind and unintentionally scatters the cards all over the world. Suddenly awakened from the book, the Beast of the Seal, Keroberos (nicknamed Kero-chan), tells Sakura that she has released the mystical Clow Cards created by the sorcerer Clow Reed. The Cards are no ordinary playthings. Each of them possesses incredible powers, and because they like acting independently, Clow sealed all the Cards within a book. Now that the Cards are set free, they pose a grave danger upon the world, and it is up to Sakura to prevent the Cards from causing a catastrophe!

Appointing Sakura the title of “the Cardcaptor” and granting her the Sealed Key, Keroberos tasks her with finding and recapturing all the Cards. Alongside her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and with Kero-chan’s guidance, Sakura must learn to balance her new secret duty with the everyday troubles of a young girl involving love, family, and school, all while she takes flight on her magical adventures as Sakura the Cardcaptor.

A brand new Cardcaptor Sakura anime project has been announced for the franchise’s 20th anniversary. Further details about the anime, including its format, will be revealed thoughout the year.

Source: Anime News Network

Rumiko Takahashi’s New One-Shot Manga to Be Released next Week

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The creator of Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 is back at it with a new one-shot manga, due to be released next week. The 27th issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits, announced that the internationally acclaimed author Rumiko Takahashi’s new one-shot manga titled “Konya, Kanojo ga Yattekuru” (Tonight, She’s Coming) will be released in its next issue, which will be published June 6. This will be Takahashi’s first one-shot story for the magazine in six years, and will be one of the magazine’s 35th anniversary project. While not much is known about the one-shot, the magazine describes it as a “love comedy-ish mystery.”

Rumiko Takahashi made her professional debut in 1978 when she was still attending college. She has created many best-sellers such as Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2, and Inuyasha. Her latest work Kyokai no Rinne/Rin-ne has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 2009 and its second TV anime adaptation is currently airing on NHK-E.

高橋留美子：読み切り「今夜　彼女がやってくる」掲載　6年ぶりにスピリッツ“降臨” https://t.co/nMqOImUjAh

— MANTANWEB (まんたんウェブ) (@mantanweb) May 30, 2016

Source: Crunchyroll

Koe no Katachi Anime Film Visual & Cast Revealed

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May 31, 2016

The official website of the upcoming anime film adaptation of Yoshitoki Ooima’s Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) manga released a brand new visual and revealed the leading two cast members. The movie itself will be releasing in Japanese theatres on September 17th.

The first two cast members of the upcoming anime film was released:

Miyu Irino (Akito Hyuuga in Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito) will star as Shouya Ishida
Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) will be voicing as Shouko Nishimiya

The production staff of the Koe no Katachi anime includes:

Director: Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, Tamako Market)
Series Composer: Reiko Yoshida (Bakuman, Non Non Biyori)
Anime Character Designer: Futoshi Nishiya (Free!, Hyouka)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Amagi Brilliant Park, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Music: Kensuke Ushio (Ping Pong The Animation, Space Dandy)
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Hibike! Euphonium)

Here is the film’s first trailer:

Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) is a manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ooima. The series began as a one-shot in the February 2011 issue of Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. A full manga series was then produced in August 2013 where it was published weekly in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. The series itself ended on the 12th this month for a total of 61 chapters compiled into 7 volumes, with the last volume releasing on December 17th. Since its publication, the series has sold over 700,000 copies as of May 2014.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

Ishida Shouya bullies a deaf girl, Nishimiya Shouko, to the point that she drops out of school. As a result, he is ostracized and bullied himself with no friends to speak of and no plans for the future.

This is the story of his path to redemption.

The Koe no Katachi anime film, produced by Kyoto Animation, will be scheduled to release in Japan on September 17 this year. Additional information about the anime will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://koenokatachi-movie.com/
And follow their Twitter: @koenokatachi_M

Top 15 School Club Managers in Anime

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Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime manager do you find the most charming? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (44.2%), female fans (55.8%) and teens to their 20s (69.6%) while the other 30.4% are 30 and over.

Here are the results:

15) Aki Kino (Inazuma Eleven)

14) Mamori Anezaki (Eyeshield 21)

13) Haruno Yoshikawa (Ace of Diamond)

12) Haruka Koga (H2)

11) Minami Asakura (Touch)

10) Miki Kanzaki (Yowamushi Pedal)

9) Chiyo Shino’oka (Big Wind-Up!)

8) Iroha Isshiki (Oregairu 2)

7) Minami Kawashima (Moshidora)

6) Gou Matsuoka (Free!)

5) Riko Aida (Kuroko’s Basketball)

4) Ayako (Slam Dunk)

3) Yachi Hitoka (Haikyuu!)

2) Satsuki Momoi (Kuroko’s Basketball)

1) Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyuu!)

Ellen Baker Will Be Your Personal Sensei in New Hug Pillow

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In Japan, there’s a new English textbook called New Horizons with a very cute looking teacher named Ellen Baker, who teaches Japanese kids proper English and has become the new darling of internet fan artists all over the world. This is a wonderful hug pillow cover of Ellen Baker sensei with 2 illustrations of the fictional American teacher in normal and sexy pose. Made from 2way tricot materials which are used in premium hug pillow covers providing a soft and silky smooth experience.

Summer Is Here with Latest Bakuon!! Visual

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May 31, 2016

A new visual for the TV anime adaptation of Mimana Orimoto’s Bakuon!! manga series has been featured as a poster in the July 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.

In addition to this, Rin Suzunoki from the series has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of NyanType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters from this issue here.

The series has also been featured as a double page spread of May 2016 issue of NewType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Anime visual:

Bakuon!! is a motorcycle, slice of life manga written and illustrated by Mimana Orimoto. The series began in early 2011 being serialized in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion Retsu magazine. To date a total of 6 compiled volumes have been produced, with a 7th volume releasing on March 18, 2016. The series itself features motorcycles from real companies. An anime adaptation has been announced and slated for 2016.

Bakuon!! synopsis from MAL:

The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.

2016 Berserk TV Anime Slated for July 1st

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May 31, 2016

The official website for the upcoming 2016 anime adaptation of Kentarou Miura’s Berserk manga has announced that the TV anime will begin its broadcast on July 1st. In addition, new character designs have also been revealed.

The first episode of Berserk will air on Friday, July 1st at 10:30pm JST on WOWOW. The anime will also start airing on MBS, TBS and CBC a week later, with a broadcast on BS-TBS starting on the 9th.

The anime’s Twitter account has revealed the first set of character designs for the anime’s main cast:

Hiroaki Iwanaga (Guts in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) will be back to voice Guts
Kaoru Mizuhara (Shirushiru from gdgd Fairies) will voice Puck
Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) as Farnese
Kazuyuki Okitsu (Jonathan Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is voicing as Serpico
Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) voices Isidro

The supporting cast includes:

Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) is going to voice Azan
Toa Yukinari (Casca from Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) as Casca
Takahiro Sakurai (Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass) voices Griffith
Akio Ohtsuka (Batou in Ghost in the Shell) is voicing Skull Knight
Unshou Ishizuka (Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop) will be voicing the Narrator

The leading members of the anime’s production staff includes:

Director: Shin Itagaki (Teekyuu, Devil May Cry)
Series Composers: Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Yuruyuri San Hai!) and Takashi Yamashita (Cencoroll)
Anime Character Designer: Hisashi Abe (Gunslinger Girl, Chobits)
Music Composer: Shiro Sagisu (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Magi)
Animation Studio: Liden Films (Miss Monochrome, Terra Formars)

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 Robo Animation 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 2016 Berserk TV anime will be airing every Friday at 10:00pm JST on WOWOW starting from July 1st, during the Summer 2016 anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed soon.

You can visit the project’s website here: http://berserk-anime.com/
And follow the Twitter: @berserk_anime

Source: Anime News Network

Ako Hits the Beach in Latest Netoge Visual

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A new visual for the TV anime adaptation of light novel Netgame no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? (And you thought there is never a girl online?) has been featured as a poster in the July 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.

The series has also been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.

The series has also been featured as a poster in the May 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

The cast with their character designs includes:

Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Mikado Ryuugamine from Durarara!!) will voice Hideki Nishimura
Rina Hidaka (Mutsuki from Kantai Collection) as Ako Tamaki
Inori Minase (Chino Kafuu from Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) as Akane Segawa
Mao Ichimichi (Yuuri Wakasa from Gakkou Gurashi!) as Kyou Goshouin
Hitomi Ohwada (Midori Imai from Shirobako) as Nanako Akiyama
Yoshino Nanjou (Akiho Senomiya from Robotics;Notes) as Yui Saitou

The staff is as follows:

Director: Shinsuke Yanagi (Momo Kyun Sword, Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS)
Series Composition: Tatsuya Takahashi (The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls)
Animation Production: Project No.9 (Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Momo Kyun Sword, ImoCho)

Visual:

Past character visual:

Previous key visual:

Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta? is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shibai Kineko and illustrated by Hisasi. ASCII Media Works have published eight volumes since 2013 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kazui Ishigami began serialization in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki G‘s Comic from August 30, 2014, and has been collected in a single tankōbon volume. An anime television series adaptation has been announced.

Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? synopsis from MAL:

Our naïve protagonist proposes to a female character in an online game, only to find out that the player is actually a guy. Traumatized by that, he decides to never trust a girl online, but now, two years later, a female player is proposing to him. What will happen?

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://netogenoyome.com/
And follow their Twitter: @netoge_anime

Megami – July 2016 Posters [Contains NSFW Images]

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May 30, 2016

Today we’ll be taking a look at Megami’s July 2016 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the spring 2016 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 18 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 – July 2016 issue post! View our posts of older issues here.

Bakuon!!

Gakusentoshi Asterisk

Girls und Panzer

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

Haifuri

Hundred

Infinite Stratos

Kumamiko

Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?

New Game!

Onigiri

Pan de Peace!

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Sansha Sanyou

Sousei no Onmyouji

Wagamama High Spec

Poster 17

Poster 18

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 Bakuon!!, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, and Sansha Sanyou.

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!

If you want to see a different type of magazine each month, let us know in the comments below!

Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai! Blu-Ray Sets Announced

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May 30, 2016

Kyoto Animation’s Twitter account for Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai! announced on May 27th Nico a cast stream titled ~ Yami no Honou ni daka rete kike ~ Ankoku mis no kai ~ shuu ~ would main cast Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaka, Sumire Uesaka, and Azumi Asakura from the anime series will make an appearance. While this got fans hoping for a third season, that unfortunately isn’t the case, at least not yet.

It has been announced that a new 3-disc season sets were scheduled for July 13th and August 17th at 27,000 yen (about 242.52 USD) each.

Each collection with include the season’s lite episodes and never before seen shorts, an 84-page booklet featuring character introductions, short stories, collections of visuals/magazine spreads, staff measure, merchandise art, Darkness Notes, and opening and ending production art.

Not previewed yet, retailers will also have incentives in the form of bonuses such as mousepads, tapestries, blocks, drama CDs, and replica art.

A Nico Nico marathon of the first season is also scheduled for July 10th.

【中二病でも恋がしたい！】
●『中二病でも恋がしたい！』と『中二病でも恋がしたい！戀』Blu-ray BOX情報公開！
●第１期ニコニコ生放送一挙放送決定！https://t.co/zTjZbk5h4M #chu2koi https://t.co/zCbgMzqEEk

— 京都アニメーション (@kyoani) May 27, 2016

【公式サイト更新】
●『中二病でも恋がしたい！』と『中二病でも恋がしたい！戀』Blu-ray BOX情報公開！
●第１期ニコニコ生放送一挙放送決定！https://t.co/lD7RDw30Gb #chu2koi

— 『映画中二病でも恋がしたい！』 (@anime_chu_2) May 27, 2016

Source: Crunchyroll

Adorable Imouto Ruby Kurosawa Character Introduction

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The smallest, purest, and possibly the cutest little sister character, Ruby Kurosawa, member of Aqours’ adorable mini-unit CYaRon!, has had her introduction video released. The wonderful Ai Furihata provides the voice for Ruby.

The Sunshine!! TV anime is set to debut on Tokyo MX and other stations in Japan on July 2 at 10:30pm.

Love Live! Sunshine!! is being directed by Kazuo Sakai (Love Live! School idol project), with Jukki Hanada on series composition and Tatsuya Katou on music for the Sunrise production.

Source: Crunchyroll

Senran Kagura Shinovi versus Rips onto PC June 1

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The developer of the sexy ninja game series, Senran Kagura, announced on Tuesday that they will release a PC version of Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus via Steam on June 1. The company also added that it is possible to release the game on other PC platforms in the future.

The PC release will have all the PlayStation Vita DLC, HD textures, and a frame rate of 60 frames per second.

Choose from a huge selection of busty anime girls as you tear the clothes off your opponents.

Below is the trailer for the PC release of the title:

XSEED released Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus for the PlayStation Vita in 2014. The game is a sequel to its earlier Nintendo 3DS title, Senran Kagura Burst.

Source: Anime News Network

Fullmetal Alchemist Live Action Movie Confirmed with Cast

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Arakawa Hiromu’s Fullmetal Alchemist is one of the most iconic shounen manga of this generation, slating a 2003 anime and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, based on the manga. Now, Fullmetal gets its own live-action film. And it gets better – the movie has been confirmed to feature an all-japanese cast to release next year.

The film is to be directed by Fumihiko Sori, who also directed the Ping Pong movie in 2002. The film received mostly positive reviews, hopefully foreshadowing the outcome of the Fullmetal Alchemist movie. The cast includes Ryosuke Yamada as Edward, known for his parts in the bands Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC. Dean Fujioka is to play “Fire Alchemist” Roy Mustang while Tsubasa Honda stars as Winry Rockbell, Edward and Alphonse’s automail mechanic and childhood friend.

The cast as shown:

The director, Sori, stated, “I want to depict something that follows the original work as much as possible, the cast is entirely Japanese, but the setting is Europe. However, their race and nationality isn’t expressed in a specific form.”

The Fullmetal Alchemist film is slated for Winter 2017, with theater announcements to be revealed.

Source – Kotaku, Natalie

Steins;Gate 0 Slated to Release in North America & Europe This Year

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International video game publisher PQube has revealed that Steins;Gate 0, the sequel to the acclaimed Steins;Gate visual novel, will be getting an English release for North America and European regions in 2016.

The visual novel will be coming out later in the year on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, and is currently available for order on RiceDigital. Steins;Gate 0 released in Japan on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita on November 19.

Steins;Gate 0 is an official sequel to the original game and anime (however taking place before the final moments in another timeline), but will not be an entirely new concept and story. It will be based on all the material released after the game, including the threenovels and the various drama CDs. Here is the game’s synopsis:

The story of the game takes place on the beta world line, where Okabe could not save his precious person, Kurisu, on July 28, and ended up returning alone. However, the trailer for the game notes that Okabe does not know that Kurisu is in fact still there.

The first images for the new designs of the characters have were revealed earlier:

Here’s the game’s main visual:

Here is the game’s latest Japanese trailer:

The main staff of the VN includes:

Planning and Creator: Chiyomaru Shikura (Robotics;Notes, Chaos:Head)
Producer: Matsubara Tatsuya (Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes Scenario Supervisor)
Character Designer: huke (Steins;Gate, Black Rock Shooter)
Scenario Writers: Hayashi Naotaka (Steins;Gate: Soumei Eichi no Cognitive Computing), Toru Yasumoto (Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu), Takimoto Masashi (Steins;Gate: Heiji Kyokusen no Epigraph), Tsukasa Tsuchiya (Last Magica no Dualism)
Music Composer: Takeshi Abo (Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head)

Steins;Gate is part of a series of “Scientific Adventure” games that occur in a singular universe, the others beingChaos;Head and Robotics;Notes. The games are a collaboration between developers Nitroplus and 5pb. They play out similarly to modern visual novels but are notably saturated with the usage of the main character’s gaming device, casually known as a trigger. All games focus heavily on scientific methods and theories which 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 the final game was Robotics;Notes in 2012. Steins;Gate originally was 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 planned to be released in 2014, but was cancelled within a month of release.

Steins;Gate 0 synopsis:

November 2010, the Beta World Line…

A story that unfolds after Rintarou Okabe returns, having failed to save “her” on July 28th. He had no idea that the system known as “Amadeus” would once again drag him into a world of dark conspiracy.

Yes, “she” is still there.

PQube will be publishing Steins;Gate 0 for the PS4 and Vita sometime in 2016. Further information about the visual novel will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the game’s website here: http://steinsgate.jp/zero/
And visit the series’ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steinsgatecommunity

Source: Rice Digital

You Can Remove Super Pochaco’s Football Costume in New Figure

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May 26, 2016

Super Pochaco can be pre-ordered here.

A new amazing 1/7th scale figure of Super Pochaco by Kaitendo has been revealed. It displays Pochaco in a sexy lingerie + football costume ready for some fun. This excellent figure is a perfect recreation of Tsuji Santa’s cute and sexy design, and boasts Pochaco’s delightfully huge breasts. The football costume is removable.

Super Pochaco Lingerie Football Suntanned ver. 1/7 Complete Figure – This figure is currently available on JList here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Orange Anime Visual, Cast & Promotional Video Revealed

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May 26, 2016

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The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation for Ichigo Takano’s Oranga manga has revealed a brand new visual, the main cast and the first promotional video for the July TV anime.

The main cast and character designs of the anime are as follows:

Kana Hanazawa (Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!) as Naho Takamiya
Seiichirou Yamashita (Takahiro Mizuno in Walkure Romanze) voicing as Kakeru Naruse
Makoto Furukawa (Saitama in One Punch-Man) is going to voice Hiroto Suwa
Natsumi Takamori (Mei Misaki from Another) will voice Azusa Murasaka
Rika Kinugawa (Liddy Steinberg from Hundred) voices Takako Chino
Kazuyuki Okitsu (Jonathan Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) voices as Saku Hagita

Here is the anime’s first promotional video, which introduces the main characters:

The first members of the anime’s production staff were revealed and includes:

Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki (Steins;Gate, Terra Formars)
Series Composer: Yuuko Kakihara (Chihayafuru 2, Persona 4: The Animation)
Anime Character Designer: Nobuteru Yuuki (Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Xenosaga)
Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment (Yowamushi Pedal, Detective Conan), Telecom Animation Film (Aikatsu!, Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation)

Orange is a romance school manga written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano. The series began in 2012 and ended in 2015 for a total of 5 compiled volumes. It was published in Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret magazine in its initial year but moved to Futabasha’s Monthly Action magazine in the following year. The manga was adapted into a live action film in 2015, being directed by Mitsujirō Hashimoto and starring Tao Tsuchiya. There will be a one shot special being published in April.

Orange synopsis from MAL:

One day, Takamiya Naho receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named Naruse Kakeru.

The Naho from ten years later repeatedly states that she has many regrets, and she wants to fix these by making sure the Naho from the past can make the right decisions—especially regarding Kakeru. What’s more shocking is that she discovers that ten years later, Kakeru will no longer be with them. Future Naho asks her to watch over him closely.

A TV anime adaptation for Orange is currently in production to air this July, during the Summer 2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed soon.

Official site: http://orange-anime.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnimationOrange

TV vs Blu-ray – Owarimonogatari

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