Infamous tablet maker Wacom has posted their latest drawing demonstration video, this one featuring doujinshi creature turned manga pro Yun Koga, most known as the creator of boy love manga Loveless, put the Cintiq 27QHD touch through its paces. Experience Koga sketch, line, and color a piece of artwork.
Source: Crunchyroll
A new visual for the original anime series Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei by Production IMS and 3D animation studio Orange has been featured in the March 2016 issue of NewType as a double page spread. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In related news, Asami Kazari from the series has been featured as a poster in the March 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
The cast for the anime is as follows:
The staff includes:
The first promotional video:
Anime visual:
Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS and Orange is producing the 3D CG, with Gorou Taniguchi as chief director. It is scheduled to air from January 2016.
Active Raid synopsis from Haruhichan:
Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section’s 3rd Mobile Assault Division, popularly called “The Eighth,” who don powered armor “Willwear” exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime.
Last year Love Live! School Idol Project fans had a chance to vote for which μ’s idol member will be the campaign girl for Glico’s Watering Kissmint chewing gum and Maki Nishikino won. To celebrate, Glico posted a newly animated television commercial featuring Maki and the μ’s tune “Angelic Angel”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fjjCg8FySE
Fans were able vote after buying one of 16 different gum variants (in four flavors: Peach, Ume Sour, Muscat, and Lychee Lemon) and entering a serial number on the voting website. As thanks, the fan received free wallpaper for PCs and smartphones.
Source: Hachima Kiko, ANN
A television anime adaptation of Ichigo Takano’s dramatic shoujo manga Orange has been green-lit and is slated to premiere in summer. The first key visual for the series and staff members were also revealed.
The staff consist of:
Anime key visual:
Orange is a slice of life romance shoujo/seinen manga series written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano. It was first serialized in 2012 in Bessatsu Margaret manga magazine and later in Monthly Action. It has been compiled into 5 volumes so far. It’s published in English (online) by Crunchyroll, in French by Akata and in Spain by Ediciones Tomodomo. A live action film adaptation of the same name was released on December 12, 2015. A television anime adaptation has been green-lit.
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.
Official site: http://orange-anime.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnimationOrange
Source: Comic Natalie
Raiden, one of Japan’s longest-standing shoot-em-ups, is finally getting a new release after almost ten years with Raiden V. Developer/publisher Moss has revealed the opening sequence which doesn’t back down from kicking the door down with bombastic guitar-riffs and its sporadic, high-flying action that SHMUP veterans have grown accustomed to.
Raiden V will take advantage of the Xbox One’s cloud services to track data from other players, in real-time. In particular, one feature will allow players to view a friend’s ghost-like path from a previous playthrough to help those in a bind. Each level will also dynamically bounce off of the decisions you and your friends make in real-time, thus making it difficult to simply cheat off of your buddy’s performance.
A “cheer system” will also be implemented for Raiden V‘s online modes which will have you cheering on other players to encourage them. Additionally, your scores will be tallied in real-time on a flow chart to help give an impression of your skills and how you’ve improved. As to be expected from a modern sequel, the game is said to tower over its predecessors with the highest amount of stages and weapons in a Raiden title to this date.
With an abysmal 54,813 hardware units sold as of September 2015 – and seemingly no traction going into February 2016 – it can be seen as surprising to some to see Moss sticking to their guns and issuing out Raiden V as an exclusive to the Xbox One. While it’ll take some time for Microsoft to stamp their mark on the Asian market, it’s commendable to see developers and Microsoft, themselves, still believe in expanding their territory.
With publisher 5pb. announcing that Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness would no longer be an Xbox One exclusive, it could be a worrisome sign of the times that Microsoft might need to revitalize interest. Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Vanquish) is no stranger to exclusivity deals and their upcoming title Scalebound could be the key in propelling the Xbox One into more Japanese households in 2017.
Let’s hope that Raiden V will live up to its long-awaited hype when it releases, both physically and digitally, in Japan on February 25th for the Xbox One.
Source: Gematsu
The official website for upcoming original TV anime Qualidea Code has revealed additional cast members for the lead characters of the Chiba Prefecture faction. The series follows children of Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba as they fight to defend their cities from unknown invaders.
The previously announced cast include:
It has also been revealed that the cast members of Qualidea Code anime will make a stage appearance at AnimeJapan 2016, which will be held March 25–27 at Tokyo Big Sight.
In addition to this, the character designs for the upcoming anime has been revealed in the February 2016 issueof NewType. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
Qualidea Code is part of an overall multimedia project by five publishers: Shueisha’s Dash X Bunko imprint, Kadokawa’s Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint, Kadokawa’s MF Bunko J imprint, Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint, and Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine.
The staff include:
Here’s the first promotional video:
Anime visual:
Qualidea Code is a Japanese multimedia project co-published by Shueisha’s Dash X Bunko imprint, Fujimi Shobo’s Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint, Media Factory’s MF Bunko J imprint, Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint, and Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine. The original concept was developed by Marvelous and a three-person unit of writers known as Speakeasy made up of Koushi Tachibana, Sou Sagara and Wataru Watari. It launched in 2015 with several light novels, and a manga will be serialized in Jump Square in 2016. An anime television series will be produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Kenichi Kawamura.
Qualidea Code synopsis from MAL:
The story takes place in a world where people continue their war against the “unknown”—the enemy of humanity. Children who have been evacuated to a cold sleep facility during the invasion by the “unknown” several decades ago wake up from their slumber and learn that their bodies developed some supernatural forces. In order to protect the country from the “unknown” emerging from the Tokyo bay gate, the boys and girls wage battles in the defense the cities of Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba.
Source: Qualidea Code official website, Ota Suke
From the popular anime series Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry comes a delightful figure of the A Rank Knight, Stella Vermillion. She is shown ready to fight in her school uniform while wielding her Device, Laevateinn. Her uniform is damaged and you can see a glimpse of her breasts. Great detail and excellent craftsmanship by Broccoli.
Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry – Stella Vermillion 1/8 Figure – This figure is current available on JList here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
A new incredible cast-off figure of Mighty Wife Mary Asahina from the popular hentai manga Netorare New Heroine by artist Konkit has been revealed. She is wearing her battle uniform which has been damaged so you can see a little bit of her bare breasts. Her face and figure are a sight to behold. You can even cast off her panties. to reveal her very nice goods.
Netorare New Heroine – Aisai Senshi Mighty Wife Mary Asahina 1/6 Figure – This figure is current available on JList here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
The girls and boys of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round are back once again and are in Valentine’s spirit with 34 new DLC costumes for all characters. The DLC is on sale now for Xbox One and Steam, and will come out on February 16th for PlayStation 4.
The official website for the anime adaptation of Gamon Sakurai’s Ajin sci-fi action manga series began streaming a promotional video for the upcoming OVA that will be bundled with the limited edition of the manga’s eighth compiled book volume.
Here’s a synopsis for the upcoming OVA:
Bundled with the limited edition of the manga’s eighth compiled book volume.
Ajin are humans that cannot die. Seventeen years ago, they first appeared on a battlefield in Africa. From then on, more of their kind are discovered within the human society. Their rarity in appearance means that, for experimental purposes, the government will generously reward anyone who captures one. In the present day, for what a certain high school student expects to be a typical summer holiday, his life is about to turn unexpected…
Here’s the most recent visual for the anime:
The first promotional video was recently revealed:
In addition to this, the trailer for the second film in the series, Ajin Part 2, was recently streamed. The second film will open in Japan in May.
The first film in the planned trilogy, Ajin Part 1: Shoudou (Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel), opened in Japan on November 27 for a two-week limited engagement. It held its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 28.
The film’s cast is as follows:
Anime visual:
Ajin: Demi-Human is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Gamon Sakurai. It will be adapted into three anime films.
Ajin synopsis from Haruhichan:
Ajin are humans that cannot die. Seventeen years ago, they first appeared on a battlefield in Africa. From then on, more of their kind are discovered within the human society. Their rarity in appearance means that, for experimental purposes, the government will generously reward anyone who captures one. In the present day, for what a certain high school student expects to be a typical summer holiday, his life is about to turn unexpected…
During a recent event for the Street Fighter franchise’s latest game Street Fighter V, the organizers recently held a special cosplay contest for Chun-Li cosplayers titled the Miss Chun-Li contest. The competition included a model and gamer, Kayo Satoh, gravure model, Yuka Kuramochi, and actress Mai Hino, but somehow the cosplayer and body builder, Taichi Shimizu won as Zangief.
The contest hadn’t even started yet, but Shimizu was already the crowned winner.
Shimizu was supposed cosplay as Chun-Li, but since he’s a body builder, the rules were bent so they could get the okay for him to appear was as Zangief. Not only is Kayo Satoh is a terrific cosplayer, but she’s also a very talented Street Fighter player.
Some Chun-Li posing.
Mai Hino also performed the Spinning Bird Kick, but since she’s not much of a Street Fighter player, she accidently called it the “Spinning Bird Head.”
You can all understand why Shimizu won, right?
Well, there’s always next year…
You can watch the full Street Fighter V event here:
Source: Kotaku
The boys from the Digimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime series have suited up for Valentine’s Day and have been featured in the March 2016 issue of Animedia as a poster. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition to this, a new promotional video for the second film of the in the Digimon Adventure tri. series, Digimon Adventure tri.: Ketsui, debuted on the official website on Tuesday.
The video ends with a teaser for the third part, Digimon Adventure tri.: Kokuhaku (Confession), which will open this summer. In the teaser, Patamon says, “Sayonara, Takeru” (T.K.), and Takeru replies by yelling Patamon’s name.
The film will open for a limited three-week run in Japanese theaters on March 12. It will also be available online for a fee on the same day, and theaters will offer an early limited edition Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray Disc and DVD will then debut at regular retailers on April 2.
In addition to this, the boys from the Digimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime series has been featured in the February 2016 issue of Otomedia as a poster.
The Digimon girls have also been featured as a poster. Meiko Mochizuki, Sora Takenouchi, Mimi Tachikawa, and Yagami Hikari have been featured in the February 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
The cast members of the 8 Digi-destined have also been revealed. The voice actors and actresses from the previous anime will not return and will instead include a new cast:
Recently the official website also revealed a new key visual for the series. In addition to this, it has also been revealed that the Kouji Wada will return to do the opening theme song “Butter-Fly” while Miyazaki Ayumi will return to perform “Brave Heart” for the insert song. The Digimon cast will remain the same.
The main staff members of Digimon Adventure Tri. includes:
The anime will be set 6 years after the end of the original series, and 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02. The newly announced anime will be produced by Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece) and follow 17 year old Tai who is currently in high school with Agumon.
Digimon (Digital Monsters in Japan) is a large multimedia franchise that was based on Bandai’s Digivice products, which first released in 1997. The toys were based on Tamagotchis, which were also produced by Bandai. The toys were seen as more female orientated products, so Bandai created a new line of products for a male equivalent. The first anime adaptation, Digimon Adventure, was produced in 1999 by Toei Animation. A film and TV anime were released alongside each other in 1999, the movie being a 20 minute anime produced by Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). Since then there has been numerous anime series, toys, figures, manga, video games and trading card games in the franchise. And this year, will mark the 15th anniversary of Digimon Adventure.
You can click on the Digi-Egg on the anime’s official website: http://digimon-adventure.net/
And follow the campaign on Twitter: @Digi_advntr15th
Source: Artbooksnat
Tokyo Ghoul‘s author Sui Ishida is known for posting art on Twitter and recently he posted a Valentine’s Day themed Juuzou Suzuya and a wishes that fans got a chance to enjoy some delicious chocolate.
He recently posted tribute for Naki’s birthday.
Back in December he was getting emotional about reading shoujo manga from authors like Ryo Azuki, he then shared a tribute piece to Amu Meguro’s Honey (or Honey So Sweet) from Bessatsu Margaret that recently moved him.
Earlier this year he was talking about how he would like to check out the art at the 2015 Naruto exhibition and here’s his take on Naruto‘s Sasuke Uchiha:
He also did a sketch for SankakuHead’s birthday featuring Himouto! Umaru-chan‘s Umaru doma.
Source: Sui Ishida’s Twitter
Title (English): Fire Emblem Fates
Title (Japanese): ファイアーエムブレムif
Developer/Publisher: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
Genre: Tactical Role-Playing Game
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
In 1990, the original Fire Emblem was released in Japan. Controlling individual soldiers on the battlefield was something new to the world of gaming. The original Fire Emblem created the tactical role-playing genre and this genre has seen numerous offspring like Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea, and XCOM. Despite being the progenitor of the genre, the Fire Emblem series stumbled into the start of the new millennium and profits were falling. Seeing the end in sight for the series, Intelligent Systems prepared for the last hurrah with Fire Emblem: Awakening back in 2012. The game was a smashing success and easily broke Nintendo’s worldwide unit sales goal of 250,000. It sold over 230,000 copies in Japan alone in the first week, and by the end of 2014, worldwide sales totaled just under 2 million. With these encouraging numbers, Nintendo greenlit another game in the series soon after Awakening was released. This game would end up being split in three by the end of development, and ファイアーエムブレムif would release in Japan in June 2015 to the delight of fans, and sold just as well as Awakening did. In the West, it has been renamed Fire Emblem Fates.
There are spoilers ahead, but most of it has been revealed in the trailers.
*Minor Spoilers Ahead*
The overview of the game is this: Two kingdoms, Nohr and Hoshido, are in a tense peace. Hoshido enjoys the peaceful times, while Nohr is constantly looking for ways to show off its glory. Despite the peace, the two sides skirmish often, but all-out war has been avoided so far. You play as Corrin (you can change the name), a Nohrian prince/princess who is coming of age. Corrin has enjoyed a relatively peaceful childhood, surrounded by the Nohrian royal family and their various retainers. In order to prove his/her loyalty to Nohr, Corrin must kill a Hoshido soldier one way or another. While on a misson to fulfill this condition, Corrin is captured by Hoshido, where he/she learns he was actually born a Hoshidan prince/princess. After meeting his/her blood family, and Hoshido’s retainers, Corrin tries to come to terms with what he/she has just been presented. Nohrian assassins break into the Hoshidan capital and Corrin’s blood mother, the queen of Hoshido, is killed. The two sides declare open war on each other, and during the first battle, Corrin finds himself/herself surrounded by both royal families. There he/shemust make the choice between siding with the family that raised him/her, or the family that he/she was born into.
*End of Spoilers*
The three games are Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, and Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations. Revelations is the third story, is only available as DLC, and you must own a copy of either Birthright or Conquest. The choice Corrin makes determines what side you will join. However, unless you got your hands on the game’s special edition (which has all three games on one 3DS cart), you will have to make the choice when you buy the game. Birthright will side you with Hoshido, and Conquest will side you with Nohr. The splitting of the games like this has already caused fans to pick a side, and yesterday’s Fire Emblem Fates event in Toronto was no exception.
Nintendo of Canada rented out a building in Toronto for this event, and posted the event on their website. For the first time, Nintendo had you reserve your place in the event instead of making it public as they usually do. The first 100 people got a free t-shirt, and the t-shirt was based off whether or not you wanted to play Conquest or Birthright. Having a private venue for the event was certainly a plus, as Nintendo could set up as they wanted instead of being restricted like their events at Best Buy. It was a really nice set-up too, as they split the room between Conquest and Birthright.
I am personally a bigger fan of Birthright, if only because I’m a sucker for true family, so I played the demo for Birthright. The gameplay for both will be similar of course, but the story will change depending on which version you pick up. Birthright will follow Awakening’s formula of being able to openly traverse the map and take on random battles. Conquest will play like classic Fire Emblem games where grinding is not an option. This may help you make your choice of which game you would like to play if you only have one choice. The only true way to get the whole story however, is to play all three games.
The demo I played had me on Chapter 13, which is a fair way into the game. The mission was a simple ‘defeat all the enemies on the map’ objective, with the enemy boss being Camilla. Since I was under a time limit with no tutorial, I had no way of learning about the units I had. There are new classes to this game that were not in previous games like the Ninja class for Hoshido, as well as new weapons. Being a little rushed and not knowing the limits of my units, I lost a couple of characters to silly mistakes, or misjudging their strength. I also wasn’t given enough time to complete the mission and I had to move on for other people to play. According to my friends who played Conquest, they played Chapter 10, where the objective is to defend multiple areas for 11 turns.
In terms of general gameplay, there aren’t any real changes. The biggest fundamental change is durability of weapons has been taken out. Weapon durability/uses has been a mainstay of the series for as long as I can remember. Not having that in the game is really odd. I’m not sure how other people will react to that change, or how the developers balanced not having durability. In addition, on the map I played, there are spots on the map called Dragon Veins that have an effect on the battlefield. These can only be activated by members of the royal family, however, the enemy royal family can activate these as well. Keeping the effects of Dragon Veins in mind will also determine how you position your units on the battlefield. Corrin also has other abilities that can alter the battlefield including summoning bridges, but these particular ones weren’t in the demo.
One of the new fun parts of the game outside of battle is My Castle. My Castle is an expansion of the Barracks from Awakening, where your units can mingle with each other. In addition, My Castle serves as your base of operations, where you can freely walk around the castle, shop for items, increase support with other characters, relax in the hot springs, etc. You can place any of the available improvement buildings anywhere you want, and you can also upgrade them with gold to give better improvements.
From what I’ve noticed the animation is a lot smoother, and they’ve given the characters feet. The characters in Awakening were missing their feet for whatever reason, likely due to the team not knowing the capabilities of the 3DS. Now that they know, they were able to deliver a game that better pushes the 3DS. If the cutscenes look as good on the 3DS as they do in Nintendo’s videos, then that’s another plus. The cutscenes and general art look fantastic.
I suppose I’ll also take a minute to discuss some of the controversial localization decisions. It’s been the source of multiple news stories over the last month, particularly over the issue of the exclusion of the Skinship mini-game. In the Japanese version, you could invite characters to your private quarters where, after a bit of head-patting, their support with Corrin is raised. I suppose this was deemed too weird for the West, so this head-patting game was removed but getting the support increase was retained. I am not a fan of anything getting censored or removed even if it is weird, so this change did not make me happy. However, the support increase is still there which does salvage it a bit. There is also no dual audio for the game despite Awakening having the option.
If you’re a fan of Fire Emblem, I feel like it would be a crime to miss these games. The fee for getting the full experience is high, but I feel like this story could be worth it all. Just the set-up alone is enough to encourage multiple playthroughs of the game to experience the epic story these games look like they’ll provide. If you’re on the fence, you can wait and see what other players say, but I feel like these three games will be something special and an experience that shouldn’t be missed if you have a 3DS. The game releases next week on February 19 in North America, and later this year for Europe.
Are you ready to choose your fate?
The official website 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 revealed the character designs for the main cast. It was also revealed that the anime will begin its broadcast on April 7th at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX. The series will also air on BS11 on the 8th at 12:30am JST and on Sun TV at 2:00am JST.
The cast with their character designs includes:
The staff is as follows:
In addition to this, the website recently unveiled a new 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?
The Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? TV anime is in production and will be start its broadcast on Thursday, April 7th at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX. Further information about the series will be revealed at a later date.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://netogenoyome.com/
And follow their Twitter: @netoge_anime
Source: Netgame no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? official website
Cosplayer Mikehouse did their own spin on Satsuki Kiryuin’s senketsu transformation in the form of a dark and sophisticated photoshoot. The cosplay, also featuring different pictures as Ryuuko Matoi by a change of wigs, features a handcrafted senketsu cosplay with edged latex like material and a life-like scissor-blade prop. The photoshoot’s setting also featured the use of red and darkened lighting along with steam to match the color scheme and set an intimidating mood.
To support the cosplayer, Mikehouse, you can visit their worldcosplay profile!
Since the anime Kill La Kill aired, the halls of convention floors have been flooded with beautiful cosplays from the original anime by Trigger. Recently, cosplayer Mikehouse did their own spin on Ryuuko’s senketsu transformation in the form of a dark and sophisticated photoshoot. The cosplay, also featuring different pictures as Satsuki Kiryuin by a change of wigs, features a handcrafted senketsu cosplay with edged latex like material and a life-like scissor-blade prop. The photoshoot’s setting also featured the use of red and darkened lighting along with steam to match the color scheme and set an intimidating mood.
To support the cosplayer, Mikehouse, you can visit their worldcosplay profile!
Even though Seven Seas Entertainment wasn’t at Animation on Display (AOD) Convention or at Katsucon, the publisher still has a treat for Valentine’s Day: a shoujo-ai debut manga by Nio Nakatani, Yagate Kimi ni Naru (Bloom Into You). The production manager of the publisher, Lissa Pattillo, mentioned, “Bloom Into You won us over immediately with its adorable artwork and charming love story. Yuu’s dreams of a shoujo romance are easy to empathize with, and we’re eager to see if her dreams come true! We’re all yuri fans at Seven Seas, and are always looking forward to new titles we can bring to the genre’s dedicated English audience.”
The manga has been published since April 27, 2015 under ASCII Media Works’ Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine. It only has one compiled volume so far, which was released on October 24, 2015.
The publisher revealed that they will release the manga starting January 3, 2017 with two full-colored illustrations in single compiled volume.
Synopsis of Yagate Kimi ni Naru from Seven Seas:
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?
Look inside the manga (including the full-colored illustrations) in Japanese from Amazon here.
With the anime adaptation of Kouhei Horikoshi’s Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) manga on the way, Kouhei Horikoshi has taken to social media to give us a Valentine’s Day treat of Himiko Toga.
In addition to this, the official website began streaming the third promotional video on Sunday.
Here’s the second promotional video:
In addition to this, this year’s 11th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that Yuuki Kaji will voice the character Shouto Todoroki. The magazine also revealed the character designs for his school uniform and hero costume.
In addition to this, the character designs for characters Denki Kaminari and Eijirou Kirishima were recently revealed. This year’s 10th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced the voice cast for the two characters on Monday.
In addition to this, this year’s ninth issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced that Marina Inoue will voice Momo Yaoyorozu, and Yoshimasa Hosoya will voice Fumikage Tokoyami. The magazine also revealed the character designs for both characters in both their school uniforms and hero costumes.
In addition to this, a new visual was recently revealed:
Here is the second new visual showcasing their hero designs:
The cast includes:
Additional members of the anime’s staff were also revealed in the issue:
Here is the anime’s first promotional video:
Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) is an action adventure manga series written and illustrated by Kouhei Horikoshi. The series began in July 2014 under Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, where a total of 6 volumes have been compiled. The series has had good reception selling over 200,000 copies in 4 months, with the first volume selling out in short time. An anime adaptation of the series was announced in the November 2nd issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Here is the series synopsis from Haruhichan:
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?
A TV anime adaptation of Boku no Hero Academia will be broadcasting on Sundays at 5pm JST on MBS/TBS during April, during the Spring 2016 anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://heroaca.com/
And follow their Twitter: @heroaca_anime
The March 2016 issue of CoroCoro Comics has revealed that GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons X Nintendo 3DS game will be receiving a TV anime adaptation which will premiere this summer. This will be GungHo’s second anime adaptation following the Divine Gate TV anime which premiered on January 8.
The magazine is also announcing that the Puzzle & Dragons X game is slated to ship this summer in Japan in two versions: “Kami no Shou” (God Chapter) and “Ryuu no Shou” (Dragon Chapter). The game will feature a theme of “evolution” and will also feature cooperative play with friends in a cross battle. The game’s protagonist is Ace and his partner Tamazo. The television anime’s staff will also animate the game’s opening anime.
Puzzle & Dragons is a puzzle video game with elements of RPGs and strategy games, developed by GungHo Online Entertainment for the iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire platforms. In Japan, the title is often shortened to Pazudora, while in English it is shortened to PAD.
Puzzle & Dragons is at its core a match-three puzzle game, requiring players to move and match colored orbs arranged in a grid. The amount and type of matches determine which of the six monsters on the player’s team attack the waves of enemy monsters and how much damage they do. An additional layer of challenge is the acquisition, selection, and improvement of a team of monsters from among thousands ranging from standard fantasy fare, to deities from several religions and mythologies and characters from popular entertainment franchises.
The game is free-to-play and financed by the sale of in-game currency. It has seen great commercial success in Japan, where it was downloaded 32 million times by November 2014, and was also released in other Asian countries as well as in North America and many European countries. In September 2015, total worldwide downloads surpassed 50 million. Puzzle & Dragons is the first mobile game in history to reach $1 Billion in revenue.
