Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime characters are the most miserable and gloomy? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (67.4%), female fans (32.6%) and teens to their 20s (72.1%) while the other 27.9% are 30 and over.
Here are the results:
20. Nagisa Furiuawa (Clannad)
19. Miki Makimura (Devilman)
18. Lucy (Elfen Lied)
17. Yozora Mikazuki (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)
Goddess Hestia is back once again and this time in cute Nendoroid form! She is dressed in her iconic one piece white dress with blue string under her boob. She comes with fun extra parts including a set of expressions plus her favorite food Jagamaru-kun and a couple of hand and leg parts.
Cosplayer Nayupetta has tweeted some pictures of her cosplaying as the terrifying zombie version of Megumi Sakura, from the popular anime adaptation of Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba’s moe / survival horror Gakkou Gurashi!manga series.
A new visual of Charlotte Dunois and Houki Shinonono from Izuru Yumizuru’s Infinite Stratosseries has been featured as a poster in the Megami Magazine ULTRA DELUXE issue. This issue can be purchased here.
IS: Infinite Stratos is a light novel series by Izuru Yumizuru that was first released in 2009. The light novel was first published by Media Factory but issues between the author and publisher arose and ultimately Media Factory dropped the series. The series was picked up by Overlap, and with the change of publisher a change of artist was also issued. The first 7 volumes have been re-released under Overlap and the first new volume published was volume 8. Infinite Stratos was given an anime adaptation in 2011, which was produced by 8-Bit and ran for 12 episodes during the Winter 2011 anime season. An additional OVA and second season followed, once again produced by 8-Bit, and ran for 12 episodes during the Fall 2013 anime season. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kenji Akaboshi ran from mid 2010 to 2012.
Japan engineered an armed powered exoskeleton “Infinite Stratos” (IS) and it became the mainstream of weapons. Since only women can operate IS, women dominate the society over men. Orimura Ichika is a 15 year old boy and accidentally touches an IS placed in the IS pilot training school. He is found to be the only man who can operate IS and forced to enter the training school. Ichika’s busy school life surrounded by girls has begun.
The previously previewed figure of Lala Satalin Deviluke from the To LOVE-Ru Darkness series has finally received her preorder date and pricing information. The 1/6 figure from manufacturer Alter features Lala in, well, not much actually. Just a white bikini top, a pair of the shortest jean-shorts ever produced by man, a few bracelets, and a pair of chucks. It seems they had so little in the budget for her wardrobe they gave her a pair of shorts without a working button on them, hopefully collectors wont mind this malfunction.
You will be able to preorder up her and her unbuttoned jean-shorts starting on September 28th at a retail price of 11,800 yen ($91.50 USD).
It has been revealed in the upcoming issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine that the second season of Yusei Matsui’s Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) anime will be airing in January 2016, during the Winter 2016 anime season.
The first season of the anime began this January in the Winter 2015 anime season and ran for 2 cours spanning 22 episodes. The final episode itself aired on Saturday, June 20th where the second season was unveiled at the end of the episode.
A new key visual featuring the students of Class 3-E for the upcoming climax of the first season was revealed earlier:
Anime visual:
Assassination Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series began serialization Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from July 2012 and is licensed in English by Viz Media. The series follows the daily lives of an extremely powerful octopus-like teacher and his students dedicated to the task of assassinating him to prevent Earth from being destroyed. As of March 2015, thirteen tankobon volumes have been released in Japan with a circulation of ten million copies.
A single original video animation adaptation by Brain’s Base based on the series was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour on October to November 2013. This was followed by a television anime adaptation by Lerche, which began airing on Fuji TV in January 2015. This adaptation has been licensed by Funimation for release in North America. The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand. A live action film adaptation was released on March 21, 2015.
The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?
The second season of the Assassination Classroom anime is currently in production and will air on Fuji TV in January 2016, during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season. Further information about the second season will be revealed later in the year.
The official website for the upcoming Digimon World: Next Order revealed that the game will allow players to digivolve, battle, and travel alongside their Digimon.
A new trailer was recently revealed:
In addition to this, a new adorable new character by the name of Himari with her cute little Digimon companion, Salamon, was also revealed:
The female protagonist was announced and revealed last month, which you can see her character model in the screenshots below. Takuto, the male protagonist, is also shown, both with their cute Digimon companion running alongside them.
Below are screenshots from the update from September 4.
Digimon World: Next Order is due out for PS Vita in Japan in 2016.
The upcoming ATLUS title Persona 5 has been making waves since it’s initial announcement. Famitsu’s latest issue focused on Persona 5, sharing a lot of new screenshots.
Ryuji and his persona, Captain Kidd
More screenshots that focus on the Protagonist and Ryuji
Anne and her persona, Carmen
Anne and the gang and a look at some of the dungeons
Morgana and her persona, Zoro
Morgana shown in her natural form and her cat form playing video games with the Protagonist
Yusuke and his persona Goemon
Yusuke and Goemon
Persona 5 will release in Japan in Summer 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, and sometime later in 2016 for North America.
This burger has become infamous since Burger King’s fifth anniversary and the Black Burger’s debut.
The Japanese version is made with buns blackened with onion, black pepper, cheese blackened with bamboo charcoal and garlic sauce with squid ink. However, rumors are spreading that the American version will be made with A1 steak sauce. Not much else is yet known about how the buns are blackened, but the ingredients are listed in the image below.
Kanadajin3, a well known Canadian, living in Japan for the past 4 years, made a video in 2014 about the mysterious Black Burger. Apparently, it’s really good!
The anime adaptation of Okayado’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga is one of the more popular series this season so there is no surprise that more is on the way. But, the final episode of the anime that aired earlier today may have already revealed that a second season has been confirmed.
During the 12th and final episode of Monster Musume, small sign can be seen at the 16:20 mark with the words “Niki Kettei”, which translates to “Season 2 Decided”. Though there is the “IF” at the top, which could hint to there being a possibility of a second season rather than a confirmation. Or it could just refer to “1F”, the 1st floor.z
There will be a total of 6 volumes being released with each volume containing 2 episodes each. The first volume, releasing on September 16 will contain episodes 1 and 2, along with: a textless Opening and Ending sequence, a priority pass for tickets for the special event in November, a special jacket, and a hidden voice command of Mia. The remaining volumes will release on:
Volume 2 – October 14th with episodes 3 & 4
Volume 3 – November 18th with episode 5 & 6
Volume 4 – December 16th with episodes 7 & 8
Volume 5 – January, with episodes 9 & 10
Volume 6 – February, with episodes 11 & 12
All volumes will contain uncensored footage of the anime. The Blu-ray versions will cost ¥6,800 (~ $55.00 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥5,800 (~ $47.00 USD) without tax. Along with the episodes, the volumes will also contain special jacket cards, visuals, a hidden recording of one monster girl, and additional video and audio material.
Here is the cover of the first volume:
and the first commercial:
The cast of the Monster Ops: Neutralization team were revealed earlier. The team are a group of females who try to enforce the Interspecies Protection Act, dealing with anyone who to break it or cause general trouble. The revealed cast includes:
Rei Mochizuki (Anna Kozuki in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) as Zombina, a Zombie and the team commando
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou, usually translated as “Everyday Life with Monster Girls” but also as “Daily Life with a Monster Girl” or “Everyday Monster Girls“, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Okayado. The manga first began as a series of hentai one-shots. An anime adaption has been announced to Air in July 2015.
Monster Musume is currently published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten in their Monthly Comic Ryu magazine and by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States, with the chapters collected and reprinted into—so far—6 tankobon volumes. The story revolves around Kimihito Kurusu, often referred to as “Darling” among various other things, a Japanese student whose life is totally thrown into turmoil after becoming involved with the “Interspecies Cultural Exchange” program by mistake.
Monsters—they’re real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood—not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the “Cultural Exchange Between Species Act,” these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they’re trying.
When a hapless human named Kurusu Kimihito is inducted as a “volunteer” into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kurusu’s job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kurusu, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what’s a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!
The Monster Musume anime itself has ended, with the final episode airing earlier today on Tokyo MX at 12:30am JST. A second season of the anime may already be in production.
Rias Gremory from the popular High School DxD anime series has received a new sexy 1/6th scale figure by A+. She is wearing a sexy two-piece swimsuit whilst making a seductive pose for you. Rias looks really great with that two-piece swimsuit and “interesting” pose.
Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime series deserves a video game? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (58.0%), female fans (42.0%) and teens to their 20s (79.9%) while the other 20.1% are 30 and over.
German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass has received a special Oktoberfest CG from Strike Witches‘ Shimada Fumikane for the popular browser game, Kantai Collection.
Here’s the normal art for Z1:
Zwei remodel:
In addition to this, the browser game recently introduced its fall accouterments, including seasonal furniture, voice lines for 45 Kanmusu and festival yukata for nine of the ship girls.
The official website for Namori’s popular slice of life Yuru Yuri manga series has revealed that the upcoming third season, titled Yuru Yuri San☆Hai!, will start airing from October 6. In addition, a brand new visual and new videos have also been revealed.
The anime will air on TV Tokyo on Tuesday, October 6th at 2:05am JST. The anime will also air on TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting at 3:00am the same day. It will then air on TV Hokkaido on the 7th at 2:35am JST, TV Osaka and TV Aichi on the 8th at 3:05am and 2:35am JST respectively, and on TV Setouchi on the 9th at 2:15am JST. Before the anime’s debut, the second episode of the Yuru Yuri: Nachuyachumi!+ special will air later this month.
The preview videos for the Opening and Ending theme songs of the series have been revealed just weeks before the anime’s debut. The Opening song for the anime will be Chochocho! Yuru Yuri☆Capriccio!!! who is sung by the main cast of the anime. The cast will also perform the Ending theme Acchu~ma Seishun! The two songs will go on sale in Japan on October 28 for ¥1,350 (~ US$11.25) each.
Here is the preview video for the Ending theme:
Here is the cover of the OP:
And the cover of the ED:
The main cast from the previous anime will return to reprise their roles:
Shiori Mikami (Krista Lenz in Attack on Titan) will return as Akari Akaza
Minami Tsuda (Megumi Yoshikawa in Wake Up Girls!) is voicing Yui Funami
Yuka Ootsubo (Kanako Mimura from The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) voices Kyouko Toshinou
Rumi Okubo (Tsumiki Miniwa in Acchi Kocchi) as Chinatsu Yoshikawa
Suzuko Mimori (Sherlock Shellingford from Tantei Opera Milky Holmes) returns as Himawari Furutani
Aki Toyosaki (Yui Hirasawa from K-ON!) voicing as Chitose Ikeda
Emiri Katou (Kyuubey from Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will voice Sakurako Oomuro
Saki Fujita (Ao Nanami from Yozakura Quartet) as Ayano Sugiura
The staff from the recent OVA, Yuru Yuri: Nachuyachumi!, will be producing the anime replacing the staff from the previous TV anime seasons. The new staff includes:
Director and Script Writer: Hiroyuki Hata (Yuru Yuri: Nachuyachumi!, Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga.)
Series Composer: Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass)
Chief Animation Director and Anime Character Designer: Motohiro Taniguchi (Yuru Yuri: Nachuyachumi!, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
The first promotional video for the anime was earlier revealed:
Yuru Yuri is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Namori. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime S magazine from June 12, 2008, before being moved over to Comic Yuri Hime in September 2010. An anime adaptation by Dogakobo aired in Japan between July and September 2011; a second season aired between July and September 2012. A third season is currently in production
Right after starting middle school, Akari Akaza joins the Amusement Club which is composed solely by her two childhood friends, Kyouko Toshinou and Yui Funami. Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Akaza’s classmate, becomes a member after finding out about the dissolution of the Tea Club.
The Amusement Club, situated at the tea room facility since the Tea Club disbanded, has no clear purpose, being free for the girls to do whatever they want.
The third season of the Yuru Yuri anime, Yuru Yuri San☆Hai!, will begin airing on Tuesdays, starting from October 6 at 2:05am JST on TV Tokyo, during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. The second episode of the Yuru Yuri: Nachuyachumi!+ special will air in September. Further information about the the anime will be revealed soon.
Genres: Comedy, Slice of life, Super power, Seinen
Episodes: 12
If you follow me and what I review, you know I love my comedy/slice of life anime. While most of the time I watch comedy/slice of life anime without any real twists in them, I occasionally do step outside of what’s normal for a change of pace. So when I saw there was comedy/slice of life that combined super powers, I was curious to see what kind of twist this could have on a traditional take of the genre. The result? Not much, really. However, that in no way hampered my enjoyment of this anime.
Story and Characters:
In a small town that seems to exist outside of the regular government, the Sakurada family is in charge of the country. Their distinction from the rest of the people is their super powers. The king, Souichirou Sakurada, wants his nine children to live a regular life like the other citizens. They own a house in the residential neighbourhood, the kids go to regular schools, and they partake in normal school activities. However, the king wants to ensure his children are protected at all times, and he installs security cameras all around the town to monitor his kids. The third eldest daughter and fourth child of the Sakurada family, Akane (who serves as the protagonist), is extremely shy and is absolutely terrified of the security cameras. So when the king decides he is going to hold an election to decide the next king (can be male or female for some reason), Akane makes it her campaign to eliminate the cameras.
She’s so scared of the cameras, that she hates even going outside.
While Akane does serve as the protagonist and gets the most screen time, the anime follows the entire family as they go about their daily business. The episodes are split into two or three smaller parts that each focus on one or two characters. One half of the episode might focus on Hikari, the upcoming idol in the family, and the other half would be about the eldest set of twins, Shu and Kanade. Most of the anime is about each of the children preparing their campaigns to become king and going about their business as royalty. Each of the children have their own unique power that they may or may not show off as often as perhaps I would have liked. The super powers are really just there for comedic purposes, and occasionally character development.
Being a seinen anime, there is a lot of focus on the characters. Some characters do get a lot of development, while others don’t. It’s not a particularly balanced mix, but everyone in the family gets an arc of their own at one point or another. A lot of the character development focuses on their reasons for becoming king or wanting to help another sibling become king. Some of the children actually want to become king for one reason or another, while others don’t have any ambition at all, and would prefer to assist a sibling of their liking to become king. Some of the reasons are silly, and some are more serious. Akane simply wants to abolish the security cameras so she can walk around in public without feeling embarrassed, while Kanade wants to right a past wrong that she can only fix by becoming king. On the other hand, there are the other siblings who want to help others. Aoi, the eldest child and technically the first in line for the throne traditionally, does not want it because of her hidden power. She prefers to help Akane and the youngest child, Shiori. You get the idea. It’s these dynamics that pit the siblings against one another in their campaigns, but at the end of the day, they are still siblings.
It’s a simple story with some fun characters that make it enjoyable.
Visuals and Animation:
I like the art of Joukamachi no Dandelion. It’s too bad I can’t always say the same for the animation. All you have to do is look at the OP and ED, and you can see that they were making animation shortcuts. There are a lot of still shots in the OP and ED. Once you get into the anime itself, it’s all right for the most part, but there are some parts where the animation just falls flat. There’s a concert scene around the halfway point in the anime that was just straight up messy. The camera angle switched every 3 seconds and all I saw of Hikari was her flailing her arms around the concert stage. I laughed; I couldn’t help it. It was certainly no Love Live concert scene.There were a couple of scenes were they stepped up the animation, but they were so few and far between that it doesn’t erase those scenes that are not animated right.
Sound and Music:
I’m guessing this is where this small studio put in most of the budget. Akane is voiced by none other than Kana Hanazawa, and just her alone must have cost them a lot. Other established voice actors were also brought in. Ai Kayano (Aoi), Ryouhei Kimura (Shu), Kaori Ishihara (Kanade), and Yui Ogura (Hikari), were the veterans alongside some of the lesser known voice actors who played other roles. These characters ended up getting most of the screen time, so it’s fair they brought in bigger stars to play the bigger roles. Speaking of Yui Ogura and Kaori Ishihara, since they were already part of the main cast, they are also the ones to perform the OP and ED. The two are a duo unit outside of anime, known simply as YuiKaori, and they perform the opening song, “Ring Ring Rainbow!!”. Yui Ogura does the ED, “Honey♥Come!!” by herself. Yui Ogura’s character, Hikari, is also an idol and as such, Yui Ogura does Joukamachi no Dandelion‘s insert songs as well. The songs in Joukamachi no Dandelion are upbeat pop songs that match the light-hearted nature of the anime itself.
Yui Ogura did a lot of singing in this anime.
Final Verdict:
Given how much fun I had watching Joukamachi no Dandelion, it’s a shame the anime didn’t really get a chance to be in the spotlight. There wasn’t a lot of hype for it, and it seems it kind of faded away. Those who did stick with it, like me, were rewarded with a very enjoyable anime about an eccentric royal family. The art is good, the voice actors help make this anime sound nice, and we got some catchy tunes thanks to the OP, ED and the insert songs. Sure, it’s no masterpiece, but it’s something that you can easily enjoy if you’re looking for something fun and simple.
+ A fun, quirky cast of characters
+ Good character development
+ Good art
+ Good voice acting
+/- As long as you’re into J-pop, you’ll probably like the songs here
– Not every character gets equal development
– Animation issues
Did you enjoy Joukamachi no Dandelion if you watched it? Let me hear your “votes” in the comments!
The official website of the anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda’s Hibike! Euphonium (Sound! Euphonium) novel series has announced that the upcoming 7th volume of the Blu-ray release will contain an OVA, titled Kakedasu Monaka (Running Monaka). The preview video for the OVA was also released:
The 7th Blu-ray and DVD volume of the anime will release on December 16 with the bonus OVA. It will only contain the special OVA among other visual and audio goodies. The 6th volume will contain the final two episodes of the anime. The next volume is volume 5 and will release in Japan on October 21st, containing episodes 9 and 10.
Here is the cover for volume 5:
And some of the bonuses bundled with the release:
A new key visual for the anime has been featured as a poster in the August issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.
A new visual featuring Hazuki Katou, Sapphire Kawashima, Reina Kousaka, Natsuki Nakagawa, Haruka Ogasawara, Kumiko Oumae and Asuka Tanaka ready for some summertime fun at the beach was recently featured in the Animedia magazine which can be purchased here.
The July issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animage also featured a double page spread of the series.
Another new visual which shows the girls from the series enjoying the springtime was featured in NewType.
Recently a new visual featuring Kumiko Oumae and Reina Kousaka sleeping while Asuka Tanaka watches over them was featured in the Animedia magazine.
Another visual of a certain memorable scene from episode 8 where Kumiko Oumae and Reina Kousaka are together was revealed in the July issue of NyanType as a poster.
Sound! Euphonium Welcome to Kitauji High School’s Musical Instrument Club is a Japanese novel by Ayano Takeda, published on December 5, 2013 by Takarajimasha. The story focuses on the Kitauji High School Music Club, which is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser’s strict instruction. An anime adaptation has been announced.
Hibike! Euphonium begins when Kumiko Oumae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school’s brass band club as a first year. Kumiko’s classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school.
Universal Studios Japan’s YouTube channel began streaming an English subtitled trailer for the upcoming second season anime adaptation of Takaya Kagami’s dark fantasy manga Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End). The new trailer previews the anime’s opening song, “Two souls -toward the truth-” by fripSide, and the video features some of the action that will be revealed asSeraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya continues the ongoing war between the humans and the vampires.
It was also revealed that the ending theme song “Orion” will be performed by Nagi Yanagi and the anime will premiere on October 10 at 10:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX. The following channels will also air the anime:
TV Aichi, October 11 at 1:50 a.m.
MBS, October 11 at 2:28 a.m.
AT-X, October 11 at 8:30 a.m.
BS 11, October 12 at 12:00 a.m.
TV Asahi CS Channel 1, October 19 at 1:00 a.m.
A new visual for the second season was also recently revealed:
Season one visual:
Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. It is published by Shueisha on Jump Square and in English by Viz Media on Weekly Shonen Jump. Takaya Kagami and Yamato Yamamoto launched the dark fantasy series in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine in fall 2012. Shueisha published the sixth volume on September 4, and new volumes have regularly ranked on Oricon’s top 50 chart. An anime adaption was announced on August 28, 2014.
One day, a mysterious virus appeared on Earth which killed every infected human over the age of 13. At the same time, vampires emerged from the world’s dark recesses and enslaved mankind. Enter Hyakuya Yuuichirou, a young boy, who along with the rest of the children from his orphanage, are treated as livestock by the vampires. Even in captivity, Yuuichirou dreams big. He dreams of killing vampires. He dreams of killing them all.
The official website of the Digimon Adventure 15th Anniversary project anime has revealed two new promotional videos for the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime film series, where the first episode will release on November 21st.
Additionally, two new cast members have also been revealed:
Daisuke Namikawa (Rokuro Okajima in Black Lagoon) joins the cast to voice Daigo Nishijima
Yuuko Kaida (Shimei Ryomou from Ikkitousen) will voice Maki Himekawa
A new visual has also been revealed in the September issue of Animedia for the upcomingDigimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime series as a poster. The new poster is promoting the first film, Reunion.
The magazine also featured a double page spread with information about the characters from the series.
Yagami Hikari – 2nd year in middle school. She’s popular with the boys in her brother’s soccer club due to her cute charm. She loves ice cream. Her Digimon partner is Tailmon.
Takaishi Takeru – 2nd year in middle school. He appears to be popular with the girls in school. While he lives separately from his brother due to their parents’ circumstances, they get along very well. His Digimon partner is Patamon.
Kido Jou- 3rd year in high school. He attends prep school to prepare for university exams and is engrossed with studying daily but worries because he isn’t getting the grades that he wants. His Digimon partner is Gomamon.
Tachikawa Mimi – 1st year in high school. She has a cheerful, expressive personality. Currently she is living away from Japan, in America. Her Digimon partner is Palmon.
Izumi Koushiro- 1st year in high school. He is skilled at computers and has both the ability to analyze and understand situations. Sometimes he gets so absorbed with what’s in front of him that he ignores everything else. His Digimon partner is Tentomon.
Ishida Yamato – 2nd year in high school. Even as a high school student, he continues to be in a band as bass and vocals, as he had in middle school. His Digimon partner is Gabumon.
Takenouchi Sora – 2nd year in high school. She acts as the “big sister” who organizes/settles the group of Chosen Children. She is classmates with Taichi. Her Digimon partner is Piyomon.
Yagami Taichi – 2nd year in high school. He is part of the soccer club in school and continues to fervently train for soccer every day, but lately has started to decide on his career path. His Digimon partner is Agumon.
Here’s the most recent visual for the upcomingDigimon Adventure Tri. anime series, it showcases two of the main Digimon that will appear in the anime, Omegamon and Alphamon as they clash.
The new visual features the two main Digi-destined, Taichi “Tai” Yagami and Yamato “Matt” Ishida, riding the fusion of their two Digimon, Omegamon (Omnimon) as it battles with Alphamon. In the other anime series, both are members of the Royal Knights, the guardians of the Digital World. The reason for the two to fight has yet to been revealed.
The first footage of Digimon Adventure tri. has been recently released which has revealed lots of new information about the upcoming series. It has revealed that the anime will be released in Japanese cinemas and will run for a total of 6 episodes. The first episode will be titled Saikai (Reunion). An event will be held on August 1st which will have a special screening of the anime’s first episode, before being released in Japanese cinemas on November 21st this year.
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:
Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) will voice lead character Taichi “Tai” Yagami
Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will play Hikari Yagami
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 Spring 2015 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. Toei Animation released the first teaser video about the new series:
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.
Only time will tell whether if Davis or any of the other characters from Digimon Adventure 02 will appear in the upcoming anime. Digimon Adventure tri. will be a 6 part anime film series with the first episode releasing in Japan on November 21st this year. An advanced screening of the episode will be revealed at Digi-Festa on August 1st. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Forest Where the Wind Returns isn’t a movie, it’s a nature park!
Miyazaki is donating 300 million yen (2.5 million USD) of his own money to create a place where wonder meets reality. The heart of Miyazaki’s films will become a reality that fans can experience first hand. The facility will include a two story library and sleeping quarters to house up to thirty children. The play equiptment in the park will incorporate the already existing trees and boulders in the area. A lot of man power is going to be heavily relied on to get this project completed. The site that the park will be supposedly built on will be in the Zendo Foret Park on Kume Island in Okinawa.
We’ll have to wait two years to see it, but it will be worth it!
This new trailer shows off the incredible environments as well as the smooth gameplay. Lara Croft manages to trudge through despite the heinous beatings she undergoes in this newest Tomb Raider title. Rise Of The Tomb Raider is set to release on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on November 10 of this year. Don’t worry Tomb Raider fans, this game will also release on Windows PC in early 2016. However the PlayStation 4 release won’t be out until holidays next year.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Microsoft Studios and Square Enix. It is the sequel to the 2013 video game Tomb Raider. The game is scheduled to be released for Xbox 360 and Xbox One in November 2015, Microsoft Windows in early 2016, and for PlayStation 4 in late 2016.
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