Tokyo Game Show 2015 this past week revealed by DMM.com POWERCHORD STUDIO that they plan to bring the KanColleship girls browser game to your Android device! It’s scheduled for a winter release. The new version will share account information and data with the Flash client, so long loving KanColle enthusiasts won’t have to worry about losing their progress.
The distribution of Harusame and Yuudachi preparing to sortie TGS participation remembrance clearfiles at the Powerchord booth in a way of celebration.
There’s also a PSVita version of the game scheduled for release on November 26.
There’s also a cute Oktoberfest German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass announced to go live tonight!
Japanese magazine scans have revealed the fifth party member in the newly anticipated Persona 5 as Yusuke Kitagawa. His persona is named Goemon.
Yusuke Kitagawa is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Hideki from Chobits, Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) and is an honor student who is taking an art course at the Kosei Public High School. He’s a live-in disciple of a famous Japanese painter, known as Madarame.
Also announced were more details on the Persona 5 story.
The main characters will cause trouble in the big city, known as “Phantom Thieves of Hearts.” It is said that those who receive letters from the Phantom thieves will confess their crimes and reform themselves. The protagonist and his group target “corrupt adults” and steal their “corrupt hearts” in order to change the world for the better.
The persona names of the main characters were also listed.
An upcoming event in hobby shops across Japan starts on September 26th, and it features the girls from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The key art for the event takes this one step further and is centered around each of the 5 main girls, Madoka, Homura, Mami, Sayaka, and Kyoko, all dressed up as certain witches from the show. The event appears to be a lottery type event with all of the classic character goods: towels, glasses, cushions, key chains, posters, etc, centered around the theme of the 5 girls and their witch attire. You can check out pictures of the goods on the event’s official website or from Banpresto’s product page.
Also included with the event is a new line of prize figures due to be released sometime in 2016 based on the illustrations of each girl. From the manufacturer Banpresto, little else is known about the figures, but recent pictures were revealed that give a clearer picture of what to expect from the series.
Expect more news about the various goods once the event starts, although if you want the character goods you may have to go onto aftermarket sites to acquire them if you cannot make it to a hobby shop in Japan as information about how to obtain the items outside of the lottery event has not been given at this time. Hopefully the prize figures will be more widespread and easier to get ahold of online as most prize figures are.
During the Persona Special Stage show at Tokyo Game Show 2015, Atlus unveiled the opening theme with the lyrics for the upcoming title Persona 5. Composted by the renowned Shoji Meguro featuring vocals by Lyn this masterpiece blew us away.
Persona 5 will release in Japan in Summer 2016 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 and sometime later in 2016 for North America.
The official website of the anime adaptation of Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) manga has unfortunately announced that the upcoming final episode of the series has been delayed to next week.
The 24th and final episode of the Shokugeki no Souma anime will not be airing this week as scheduled and is delayed by one week. The final episode itself will air on TBS on Saturday, September 26 at 2:25am JST. The final episode will also air on MBS at 3:10am JST and on CBC at 3:45am JST the same day.
In addition to this, a hot summer visual of the girls was featured in the recent NyanType magazine and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.
The girls were also featured in a new double page spread visual in the September issue of Animedia. You can purchase the Animedia magazine here.
The series was also featured as a poster in the September issue of NyanType. You can view the other posters that come in this issue here.
In addition to this, the bonus illustrations that purchasers will receive for ordering the blu-ray volumes of Shokugeki no Soumahave been revealed.
A total of 7 outlets will be offering special illustrations, which may come as an acrylic board, box cover or special sleeve. In order to receive the bonus illustrations, you will have to order all 8 volumes of the Blu-ray from the respective outlets. They include:
Animate, storage box illustration
Gamers, A3 poster
Toranoana, storage box illustration
Sofmap, storage box illustration
Tsutaya, sleeve case
HMV, storage box illustration
Animaru, hug pillow cover
Amazon Japan will also be offering clear bookmarks with each volume purchase.
A B5 portrait will also be offered with the first purchase of volume 1.
The first volume, releasing on July 29 will contain episodes 1 – 3, a mousepad (Blu-ray version only), a booklet, Textless OP/ED, and audio commentary for episode 1.
The Blu-ray version will cost ¥8,000 ($64.70 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,800 ($55.00 USD) without tax.
The second volume, releasing on August 26 will contain episodes 4 – 6, a mousepad (Blu-ray version only), a booklet, Textless OP/ED, a drama CD, and audio commentary for one episode.
The Blu-ray version will cost ¥8,000 ($64.70 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,800 ($55.00 USD) without tax.
If you purchase volume 1 – 4, you will receive a B2 sized tapestry:
Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) is a comedy, ecchi cooking manga written by Yuuto Tsukuda, illustrated by Shun Saeki with Chef Yuki Mirosaki adding recipes to the manga. The series began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in late 2012 and to date has a total of 9 compiled volumes released, with the 10th volume releasing in Japan on November 4th. A light novel adaptation of the manga began in February this year in Shueisha’s Jump j-Books, written by Michiko Itou and illustrated by Saeki himself. The manga itself has sold over 2 million copies to date.
Yukihira Souma’s dream is to become a full-time chef in his father’s restaurant and surpass his father’s culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma’s fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?
Rias Gremory from the popular High School DxD anime series has received a sexy 1/6th scale figure by Chara-ani. Every curve of this excellent 1/6 scale figure has been crafted to stunning perfection, from her sexy underwear that accentuates her fantastic body to her inviting pose and mesmerizing look.
Japanese manga publisher Ichijinsha has revealed that Saburouta’s Citrus manga could very well be adapted into an anime series in the near future. The publisher posted on Twitter stating that they are currently in the planning stages with various companies about the possible adaptation, but nothing is solid.
The publisher has mentioned that they are currently in the planning stage and are looking into partnering up with a company that would help them produce an anime based on the manga. They are currently recruiting anyone who does want to help make Citrus into an anime, but no solid plans have been made so far.
Here’s a promotional video for volume 1 – 3 of the manga:
Citrus is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Saburouta. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime from November 17, 2012 and is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.
Citrus synopsis from MAL:
Fashionable Yuzu imagined the first day at her new school she transferred to after her mother’s remarriage a bit differently; she didn’t know it’d be an ultra-strict and conservative girls’ school. So instead of a sweet high-school romance, she butts heads with the stern student council president Mei—who turns out to be her new step sister. And she has to learn that hate and attraction are often not that far apart.
The Tokyo MX station, Yahoo! TV Japan, and other Japanese television schedules have listed episode 9 of the God Eater anime on September 27 as the final television episode of the series. The end of the television run does not preclude plans for the anime in another format or medium. The new fall 2015 anime Comet Lucifer will take over God Eater‘s 10:30 p.m. timeslot on October 4.
Anime visual:
God Eater is an Action Role Playing, Hack n Slash game developed by Shift and published by Bandai Namco Games. The games are set in a dystopian future Japan, where large monsters called Aragami have destroyed most of mankind. In the games you play as a God Eater, a small group of soldiers whose sole purpose is to defeat the Aragami using weapons made from the Aragami’s cells. A total of 3 games have been released since its start in 2010. The first game in the series released in Japan in February 2010 for the PlayStation Portable with an updated release titled Gods Eater Burst later in the year, where it also released internationally. A direct sequel to the game was published last year in Japan on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. The game has been announced to be localised, but no date has been given yet. An anime adaptation by ufotable was announced earlier this year, the released date of the anime is still unknown.
Anime adaptation of Bandai Namco’s PSP action game series “God Eater.”
Set in a post-apocalyptic Japan in the year 2071. The world has been mostly destroyed by mysterious monsters known as the Aragami. An organization known as Fenrir was made to exterminate Aragami using ‘God Arcs’, weapons made from Aragami cells. Those who specialize in exterminating Aragami are known as God Eaters. Their God Arcs originally could only keep a single form, however a new type has been discovered that can switch between gun and blade form. Since then, they have been classified new-types and the previous as old-types.
During the KuroBas Cup 2015 event on Sunday, it was revealed with an announcement that production on a theatrical film for the Kuroko no Basket anime has been green-lit. More information will be revealed at a later date.
The Teiko Middle School Basketball Team. The class that produced three perfect seasons in a row, with five once-in-a generation players, called “The Generation of Miracles”. There was another player who all of them respected… A legendary 6th player. An up-and-coming power player, Taiga Kagami, is just back from America. When he comes to Seirin High School, he meets the super-ordinary boy, Tetsuya Kuroko. Kagami is shocked to find that Kuroko isn’t good at basketball, in fact, he’s bad! And he’s so plain that he’s impossible to see. But Kuroko’s plainness lets him pass the ball around without the other team noticing him, and he’s none other than the sixth member of the Miracle Generation. Kuroko makes a pact with Kagami to defeat the other members of the Miracle Generation, who have all played basketball at other schools. A battle of light (Kagami) and shadow (Kuroko) begins!
Kuroko no Basket, is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The English rendering The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays also appears in the artwork of the Japanese version. It was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2008 to September 2014, with the individual chapters collected into 30 tankobon volumes by Shueisha. It tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament.
By April 2014, Kuroko no Basket had 27 million copies in circulation. It is being adapted into an anime television series by Production I.G that began airing in 2012, with a third season having started in January 2015. A sequel manga by Fujimaki titled Kuroko no Basket: Extra Game began serialization in Jump Next! on December 29, 2014.
It has been announced in the 43rd issue 2015 of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sundays magazine that Shinobu Ohtaka’s fantasy manga Magi: The Laybyrinth of Magic has ended its Kou Empire Arc and the final arc will start in the 48th issue and will be shipped on October 28.
Also in the 43rd issue a special TV program has been announced about Magi that will air on Tokyo MX on September 30 at 1:05 a.m. and discuss the world of Magi centering on the Sinbad no Boken video anime series, also the “latest informations” about the franchise will be discussed.
Here is the first cover of the Manga:
Magi: The Laybrinth of Magic is a Manga series from Shinobu Ohtaka. The Fantasy Manga began in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday in June 2009. To date there are 26 volumes released with the 27 volume releasing on October 16. The anime adaption Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic by A-1 Pictures aired in Japan in October 2012 to March 2013 and the second season Magi: The Kingdom of Magic aired from October 2013 to March 2014.
Magi: Laybrinth of Magic synopsis by Haruhichan:
The story follows the travels of a boy named Aladdin around a strange land in which mysterious ruins called dungeons are said to house priceless treasures. Aladdin meets a friend, Alibaba, who strives to conquer a dungeon and obtain its treasures. Through all the meetings and partings he experiences along the way, Aladdin will also learn of his own fate…
After teasing the designs for weeks and first only announcing that acrylic cutouts and wallscrolls would be made of them, yesterday Aniplex announced a new 5 figure series featuring girls from 2 separate franchises. Rin and Saber from the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works franchise will be joined by Megumi, Utaha, and Eriri from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata. The designs feature the girls in stunningly detailed kimonos that only pictures can really do justice in describing.
No release date has been set, however the Original Kimono set that Aniplex released was 1/8 in scale and featured the girls from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Prices ranged from 9300 yen (about 78 USD) with multiple releases for Madoka only, to 12000 yen (about 100 USD) with a single release for the other four, so expect a similar pricing and release scheme for this new set as well.
The official website of the live-action drama adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) manga has revealed a brand new visual for the TV drama series, which starts on October 26th. Additionally, the cast member for Jouji “Joe” Nezu has also been revealed.
In addition, a new visual of the main cast was also revealed.
The drama’s website also revealed that the TV series will begin on MBS on Monday, October 26 at 12:50am JST. The drama will then air on TBS on the 28th at 1:11am JST.
The main cast of the live action drama has been revealed in costume and includes:
Taishi Nakagawa (Susumu Minami from Minami kun no Koibito: My Little Lover) will play Kiyoshi Fujino
Tokio Emoto (Shyogo Yokota in The Wings of the Kirin) as Takehito Morokuzu
Former kickboxer Daiki Miyagi will portray Jouji Nezu
Garigarigarikuson (Japanese Comedian) as Reiji Ando
Masato Yano (Suguru Teshigawara in GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Live Action Drama) will act Shingo Wakamoto
Hirona Yamazaki (Ichika Akimoto in Kamisama no Iutoori) plays Mari Kurihara
Aoi Morikawa (Tomoko Nagano from The World of Kanako) as Hana Midorikawa
Asana Mamoru (Maki in Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead) acting as Meiko Shiraki
Rena Takeda (Lil from Attack on Titan Live Action) playing as Chiyo Kurihara
Yuko Araki (Yuka in Dragon Seinendan) as Anzu Yokoyama
Masahiro Takashima (Kazuma Aoki from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II) will play The Chairman
The TV drama will be directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Mutant Girls Squad) and the series will air during the late night broadcast block. As Iguchi was made known about the announcement, he was in disbelief and laughing at the idea but he did not want to miss the opportunity to miss out adapting the manga.
In addition to this, the website revealed the TV anime series will have a total of 12 episodes and the first details about the Blu-ray and DVD releases of the anime. There will be a total of 6 volumes being released with each volume containing 2 episodes each. The first volume, releasing on September 30 will contain episodes 1 and 2, a special event ticket, new illustrations on a 3-sided case (designed by Junichiro Taniguchi), Gokuchuuki booklet (8 pages), Textless OP/ED, audio commentary for episode 1 and special set of cards. The remaining volumes will release on the last Wednesday of the month:
Volume 2- October 28th with episodes 3 & 4
Volume 3 – November 25th with episode 5 & 6
Volume 4 – December 23rd with episodes 7 & 8
Volume 5 – January 27th with episodes 9 & 10
Volume 6 – February 24th with episodes 11 & 12
All volumes will contain uncensored footage of the anime. The Blu-ray version will cost ¥7,000 (~ $57.00 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,000 (~ $48.90 USD) without tax. Along with the episodes, the volumes will also contain bonus video and audio material.
A new visual of the series has been featured in the September issue of NyanType, the poster features Hana Midorikawa, Mari Kurihara and Meiko Shiraki in prison-themed underwear. You can view the other posters that come in this issue here.
A new visual featuring Hana Midorikawa was featured as a poster in the August issue of popular Japanese magazine Megami:
Meiko Shiraki was also featured as a poster in the August issue of NyanType:
The Prison Schoolanime’s first episode aired on Tokyo MX on July 11th at 1:05am JST. The anime will then air on the 12th at 12:30am JST on KBS Kyoto followed by an airing on TV Aichi at 2:20 am JST. It will then air on BS11 at midnight on the 13th, on Sun TV an hour later at 1:00am JST, and finally at 3:30am JST on AT-X. The anime will also be streaming online on various platforms, including Niconico, J:COM, Bandai, Amazon and PlayStation Video.
The main cast includes:
Hiroshi Kamiya (Yuzuru Otonashi from Angel Beats!) will voice Kiyoshi Fujino
Katsuyuki Konishi (Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam) will voice Takehito Morokuzu
Akira Hiramoto first launched his manga in the Kodansha’s Young Magazine Weekly in February 2011. The manga won the best General Manga award alongside Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi’s Gurazeni manga at Kodansha’s 37th Annual Manga Awards in May. The same wraparound band on the 14th volume also notes that the manga has more than 3.5 million copies in print.
Akira Hiramoto’s Ago Nashi Gen to Ore Monogatari manga received a mobile phone anime adaptation in 2010. Hiramoto’s Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari manga inspired a live-action film in 2011. Akira Hiramoto also wrote the award-winning supernatural drama manga Me and the Devil Blues, which Del Rey published in North America.
On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, a storied all-girls boarding school for elite young women full of potential and good breeding. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school’s long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. But on the first day of school, only five boys make the cut. Kiyoshi Fujino, one of the lucky few, is thrilled by this discovery, his heart leaping with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, day in and day out. But little does he know of the shocking fate that awaits him.
The Prison School anime airs every Saturday at 1:05am JST on Tokyo MX during the Summer 2015 anime season, for a total of 12 episodes. The first Blu-ray and DVD volume of the anime will be released on September 30.
A scan of the 43rd issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine has revealed that Kotoyama’s Dagashi Kashi manga will be adapted into an anime. Further information about the anime adaptation will be revealed at a later date.
Dagashi Kashi is written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It began serialization in Shounen Sunday magazine in June 2014. The manga is currently ongoing, with two compiled volumes published.
Dagashi Kashi synopsis from Haruhichan:
Shikada Kokonotsu’s father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu’s father is famous and she wants him to join her family’s company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!
An anime adaptation of Dagashi Kashi is currently in production. More details about the anime will be unveiled in upcoming issues of Weekly Shonen Sunday.
During the Persona Special Stage event at Tokyo Game Show 2015, Atlus revealed that a Persona 5 anime has been green-lit. Atlus have yet to announce whether it’d be something like a prologue-like anime short, similar to what Bandai Namco did with Tales of Zestiria.
In addition to this, during the 2015 Tokyo Game Show, Atlus and Sega have announced that the next installment in their popular Persona series, Persona 5 will release on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in Summer 2016. The game has been delayed from a Winter 2015 release date. Additionally, the third promotional video of the game has been revealed. This new video showcases more of the game’s story, premise and gameplay. It is also the first trailer to feature voice acting and reveals the main cast at the trailer’s conclusion.
Persona 5 will release on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Summer 2016 in Japan. Details about the European and North American release have yet to be updated.
Persona 5 is an upcoming role-playing video game currently in development by Atlus for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. It is the fifth main title in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei series of video games.
A new visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga has been featured as a poster in the October 2015 issue of Otomedia magazine. The new visual features Genos and Saitama, illustrated by key animator Hiromi Taniguchi.
In addition to this, a 30 and 15-second versions of the commercial for upcoming anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga featuring JAM Project’s theme “The Hero!! Set Fire to the Furious Fist.”
The third promotional video was recently revealed and announced that the ending theme song will be perfomed by Hiroko Moriguchi and titled “Hoshi yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru.”
The series will premiere on October 04, 2015, on TV Tokyo and Nico Nico. Subsequent airings will follow on:
TV Osaka and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting on October 05, 2015.
KBS and BS Japan on October 06, 2015.
In addition to this, the official website recently revealed a new visual:
Yuusuke Murata has also been busy posting new sketches on Twitter:
In addition to this, the second promotional video was recently streamed:
Anime visual:
The main cast for the anime is as follows:
Makoto Furukawa (Banri Tada from Golden Time) will voice Saitama
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) is voicing as Genos
Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan) will voice the Speed of Sound Sonic (Onsoku no Sonic), a villainous assassin
Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will be voicing as Tornado of Terror (Senritsu no Tatsumaki), a S-class rank 2 esper hero
The anime’s supporting cast consists of:
Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) voices License-less Rider
Kazuhiro Yamaji (Jouji Saiga from Psycho-Pass) as Silver Fang
Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) is voicing King
Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) will join the cast as Zombieman
Katsuyuki Konishi (Luxus Dreher in Fairy Tail) will be voicing Tanktop Master
The main crew members of the anime’s staff were also unveiled and will consist of:
One Punch-Man is an action, comedy, parody manga written by ONE and illustrated by Yuusuke Murata. The series began in 2009 as a free online web comic written by ONE, before being picked up by Shueisha and being featured in their Young Jump magazine publication in mid 2012, with Murata illustrating. To date, a total of 7 compiled volumes have been released with the 8th volume releasing on April 3rd. The series has become a phenomenon in Japan, selling over 4.5 million copies as of November last year, doubling its sales in one year.
In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams “AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t have your average problem… He’s actually a superhero that’s looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!
The One Punch-Man anime will be airing this October during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. Further information will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.
It has been revealed that the 12th and final episode of the GATE (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) anime announced on Saturday that the series will continue with a second cour (quarter of the year) in January, 2016. The second cour will cover the “Flame Dragon Arc.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=oPfeTTcZGhs
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Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri (Gate: The Self-Defense Forces Fight Like This in Another Land)is a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi Yanai and originally illustrated by Daisuke Izuka. AlphaPolis published five volumes and three side-story collections from April 2010 to April 2014. AlphaPolis began publishing an expanded edition of the main series with illustrations by Kuroshishi in December 2012. A manga adaptation illustrated by Satoru Sao began in July 2011. An anime television series has been announced.
In August of 20XX, a portal to a parallel world, known as the “Gate,” suddenly appeared in Ginza, Tokyo. Monsters and troops poured out of the portal, turning the shopping district into a bloody inferno.
The Japan Ground-Self Defence Force immediately took action and pushed the fantasy creatures back to the “Gate.” To facilitate negotiations and prepare for future fights, the JGSDF dispatched the Third Reconnaissance Team to the “Special Region” at the other side of the Gate.
Youji Itami, a JSDF officer as well as a 33-year-old otaku, was appointed as the leader of the Team. Amid attacks from enemy troops the team visited a variety of places and learnt a lot about the local culture and geography.
Thanks to their efforts in humanitarian relief, although with some difficulties they were gradually able to reach out to the locals. They even had a cute elf, a sorceress and a demigoddess in their circle of new friends. On the other hand, the major powers outside the Gate such as the United States,China and Russia were extremely interested in the abundant resources available in the Special Region. They began to exert diplomatic pressure over Japan.
A suddenly appearing portal to an unknown world—to the major powers it may be no more than a mere asset for toppling the international order. But to our protagonists it is an invaluable opportunity to broaden knowledge, friendship, and ultimately their perspective towards the world.
A new visual of the upcoming K: Return of Kings featuring Reisi Munakata, Yashiro Isana, and Anna Kushina has been featured in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue of NewType magazine here.
In addition to this, new visuals were revealed on the website. The first visual is for the the Silver clan with their king Yashiro Isana, along with Neko and Kuroh Yatogami:
Red clan:
and a visual for the new Green Clan:
New Blue Clan member Gouki Zenjou:
The website also revealed two new characters of the main cast:
Kazuyuki Okitsu (Jonathan Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) will voice the Green King Nagare Hisui
Scepter 4 member of the Blue Clan, Gouki Zenjou, whose voice actor has not been revealed so far
The anime’s website is also currently running a campaign titled 100 Days x 100 Visuals, where a new visual is released each day for the 100 days leading up to the anime’s premiere.
The main cast of the anime consists of returning members from the first season and film:
Daisuke Namikawa (Rokuro Okajima in Black Lagoon) will return to voice Yashiro Isana
Daisuke Ono (Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler) returns as Kuroh Yatogami
Mikako Komatsu (Saika Totsuka from Oregairu) voices Neko
Satomi Satou (Ritsu Tainaka in K-ON!) will voice Kukuri Yukizome
Kenjiro Tsuda (Sadaharu Inui from Prince of Tennis) is back as Mikoto Suoh
Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari) is voicing Anna Kushina
Takahiro Sakurai (Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass) will voice Izumo Kusanagi
Jun Fukuyama (Lelouch Lamperouge fromCode Geass) voices Misaki Yata
Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) will voice the role of Rikio Kamamoto
Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan) as Tatara Totsuka
Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki Sakata from Gintama) will be voicing Reisi Munakata
Set in a world where history has taken a slightly different course from the one we’re familiar with, K follows the story of a young boy whose life is caught in a psychic war between seven kings.
Ashinaka High School is known for its unique setting: the entire campus is built on an island. Yashiro Isana, aka Shiro, is having lunch with a cat on one of the school rooftops. After his lunch break, Shiro goes on an errand for his classmate Kukuri to prepare for their upcoming school festival, only to be chased by some intimidating-looking men.
With the finale episode of Yasuhiro Nightow’s Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront) TV anime confirmed to broadcast on October 3 on MBS, October 7 on BS 11, and October 11 on Tokyo MX. A new visual featuring a Halloween-themed poster of the series by animation director and key animator Koichi Hayashi has been revealed in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animedia. This issue of Animedia can be purchased here.
The final episode of Kekkai Sensen, titled Hello World!, will air on MBS on October 4 at 3:58am and will finish at 4:47am JST. The anime will then air on BS11 on the 8th AT 2:30am JST, and on Tokyo MX on the 11th at 7:30pm JST. It will also be streamed on various Japanese services, including Niconico, Bandai Channel, d Anime Store and dTV.
In related news, various visuals of the series have been featured in magazines. The first visual seen below of the series has been featured in the September issue of Animage. The new poster illustration is done by character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop, Gosick, Noragami). This issue of Animage can be purchased here.
A new visual was also featured the latest issue of PASH! Magazine as a poster with Steven A. Starphase and Klaus Von Reinhertz preparing a feast for the gang at Libra.
Recently a cheery poster visual featuring William Macbeth, Mary Macbeth, Leonardo Watch and Michella Watch, from Yasuhiro Nightow’s Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront) has been featured in the August issue of popular Japanese magazine NewType.
In addition to this, the series has been featured as a double page spread in the July issue of Japanese anime magazine Animedia. The new visual features Klaus von Reinherz, Leonardo Watch, Zapp Renfro and others enjoying a nice time at the sea.
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Kekkai Sensen is a Japanese shounen manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. It has published bimonthly in the magazine Jump SQ.19 ever since 2009 and moved to Jump Square upon the former’s ending. It follows a young photographer named Leonardo Watch who obtained the All Seeing Eyes at the cost of his sister’s eyesight. He moves to the city of Hellsalem’s Lot to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists. The manga has been published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.
A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They’ve lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.
A new key visual for the upcoming second TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Ashihara’s Sci-Fi World Trigger, World Trigger: Toubousha-hen, has been revealed. It has also been announced that Pile (Love Live! School Idol Project‘s Maki) performs the theme song titled “Dream Trigger” and the series will debut on October 4th.
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World Trigger is a Sci-Fi manga written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. The series began early last year in Shueisha’s Weekly Shounnen Jump magazine. To date there has been a total of 5 volumes released. The manga is also currently available on Viz Media’s digital Weekly Shonen Jump. The TV anime adaptation by Toei Animation debuted on October 5, 2014 and is expected to run for 50 episodes.
A gate to another dimension has burst open, and from it emerge gigantic invincible creatures that threaten all of humanity. Earth’s only defense is a mysterious group of warriors who have co-opted the alien technology in order to fight back!
A new visual for the anime adaptation of Kohske’s Gangsta. manga series has been featured as a poster in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animedia with Worick Arcangelo, Nicholas Brown and Alex Benedetto in the new illustration. This issue of Animedia can be purchased here.
Gangsta. is a manga series written and illustrated by Kohske. It began serialization in 2010 in Shinchosha’s Comic @ Bunch magazine where to date a total of 6 compiled volumes have been released. It is Kohske’s first series, after publishing two short stories. Her second manga series, DOODLE, began publication last year. The site itself has revealed that a total of 2 drama CDs that have been produced and are currently available for ¥3,000 (~ $30.00 USD), with a third and final CD releasing on December 24th.
In the town of Ergastulum, there exists a feared group of people with increased speed and strength called Twilights. The town is ruled by four gangs: Paulklee, Corsica, Monroe, and Cristiano. Worick Arcangelo and Nicolas Brown make a living here as independent jacks-of-all-trades and find themselves caught in the middle of more than a little trouble.
The Gangsta. anime will be airing from July 2nd at 2:44am JST on ABC Asahi during the Summer 2015 anime season. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.
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