Haruhichan Network – Anime news and more!

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September 15, 2015

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With the Himouto! Umaru-chan‘s Umaru nendoroid released earlier this month by Good Smile Company, one collector, Sushi Kuihoudai, got this new Umaru nendoroid and had fun with it in a hilarious series of images.

K 2nd Season Premieres October 2

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The official website of the upcoming second season of the K anime, K: Return of Kings, has revealed that the upcoming anime will air on October 2nd, 2015, on MBS, TBS, and CBC. K: Return of Kings will also begin broadcasting on BS-TBS and AT-X on October 03, 2015.

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 from Code 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
Mamoru Miyano (Rintarou Okabe from Steins;Gate) voices Saruhiko Fushimi
Miyuki Sawashiro (Shino Asada in Sword Art Online II) will voice Seri Awashima
Masakazu Morita (Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach) as Yukari Mishakuji
Kaori Nazuka (Miyu Edelfelt from Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya) is voicing Douhan Hirasaka
Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) as Kotosaka
Shouzou Iizuka (Genji Kamogawa in Hajime no Ippo: Rising) returns as Daikaku Kokujouji

More of the anime’s staff were also revealed and currently consists of:

Director and Anime Character Designer: Shingo Suzuki (K, Coppelion)
Series Director: Hiromitsu Kanazawa (K, Seitokai Yakuindomo)
Series Composer: GoRA (K)
Chief Animation Director: Makoto Furuta (K, Seitokai Yakuindomo)
Art Director: Ken Naito (K: Missing Kings, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movies)
CGI Director: Takanori Kikuchi (K)
Sound Director: Chikako Yokota (Psycho-Pass, Dog Days)
Music: Mikio Endo (K , Coppelion)
Animation Studio: GoHands (K, Seitokai Yakuindomo)

Here’s the most recent trailer for the movie:

A third trailer has also been revealed and teases the main characters of the anime:

Here is the second PV that was revealed in March which teases the the Red King Mikoto Suoh:

Here is the first trailer:

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

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.

You can visit the anime’s new website here: http://k-project-come-back.jpn.com/
And follow their Twitter: @anime_k11

This Kitty Cat Katarina Cosplay Is Deadly and Vicious

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September 15, 2015

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Hikari Light, has recently mesmerized us with a cosplay of League of Legend’s vicious assassin Katarina in her Kitty Cat skin. She has managed to maintain the cool beauty’s menacingly deadly demeanor while staying true to the original look of the Thisskin.

Busty Meiko Shiraki Figure by Union Creative

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September 15, 2015

Meiko Shiraki can be pre-ordered here.

From the popular anime adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) manga comes this new figure of sexy Hidden Student Council Vice President Meiko Shiraki. She is shown in her school uniform carrying her whip and giving the boot to Andre who gets a good view at Meiko’s panties.

Prison School – Meiko Shiraki Hdge technical statue No.9 – Pre-orders are available on Jlist here and is expected to be released in January 2016.

Kurumi and Megumi Shine Brightly in This New Visual

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September 15, 2015

A new key visual for the anime adaptation of Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba’s moe / survival horror Gakkou Gurashi! manga series has been featured as a visual in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue of NewType magazine here.

September issue of NewType as a double page spread. The new visual recaps episode 5 of the TV anime series. You can purchase this NewType magazine issue here.

The official website recently revealed a new illustration where the main cast of the series can be seen in clothing suited for the summertime heat.

In addition to this, the July 18 report by Hon no Hikidashi, the official news site owned by Nippan/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, one of the biggest book distributors in Japan, recently revealed that the sales of the based on Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba’s Gakkou Gurashi! manga’s first volume in the week of July 6-12 increased about 10 times more than the previous week of June 29 to July 5. The anime’s first episode has already been viewed over 1.5 million times on Nico Nico Douga.

Anime visual:

Previous visual:

Gakkou Gurashi! is a Japanese manga series written by Nitroplus’ Norimitsu Kaihou and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series began serialization in the July 2012 issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine. An anime adaptation by Lerche will begin airing in Summer 2015

Gakkou Gurashi! from Haruhichan:

Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it’s a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club: School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school… on her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club’s activities is way too hard to be perceived…

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

Prepare for Owarimonogatari with This New Visual

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A new visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of NisiOisin’s Owarimonogatari has been revealed as a double page spread in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue of NewType magazine here.

In addition to this, the official website of the anime adaptation of NisiOisin’s Owarimonogatari has launched revealing new information about the upcoming TV anime, which will start on October 4th. In addition the site has also revealed the first visual and promotional video.

The first episode of the Owarimonogatari anime starts on the midnight of Sunday, October 4th on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV and on GTV. The series will also air on Chiba TV at 1:00am JST, on TVK at 1:30am JST, on TV Saitama at 1:30am JST, on TV Aichi at 2:05am JST, and on MBS at 2:30am JST, all on Wednesday, October 7th.

The site has also revealed some information about the anime’s format. The TV anime at the moment will currently cover the first two volumes in Owarimonogatari, which includes Ougi Formula, Sodachi Riddle, Sodachi Lost and Shinobu Mail. The final volume, which as Mayoi Hell, Hitagi Rendezvous and Ougi Dark, is already planned and scripted, but will not be produced into an anime until a later date. It has also announced that an anime of Koyomimonogatari is currently in planning.

Here is the first promotional video of the anime:

The main cast of the Owarimonogatari anime have been revealed, which introduces one brand new character:

Hiroshi Kamiya (Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!) returns to voice Koyomi Araragi

Kaori Mizuhashi (Miyako in Hidamari Sketch) is back as Ougi Oshino

Marina Inoue (Laura Bodewig from IS: Infinite Stratos) joins the cast to voice Sodachi-Oikura

The anime’s staff is as follows:

Series Director and Series Composer: Akiyuki Shinbo (Bakemonogatari, Hanamonogatari)
Director: Itamura Tomoyuki (Monogatari Series Second Season, Tsukimonogatari)
Series Composer: Fuyashi Tou (Nisekoi, Tsukimonogatari)
Anime Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Akio Watanabe (Nisemonogatari, Tsukimonogatari)
Music Composer: Kei Haneoka (Tsukimonogatari, Owarimonogatari)
Animation Studio: Shaft (Nisekoi, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)

The first light novel volume in Nisio Isin’s Mongatari Series: Final Season, Tsukimonogatari, was announced to be in-production in October 2014, and aired as a 4-episode New Year’s Eve TV Special that year. The short story collectionKoyomimonogatari is the second volume, Owarimonogatari spans volumes 3-5, and the final volume ZokuOwarimonogatari completes the series. Official announcements regarding the anime adaptations of Koyomimonogatari have yet to be made.

In 2012, Shaft announced it would be animating all of Nisio Isin’s Monogatari Series. At this time, the studio had already animated the 15-episode TV series Bakemonogatari starting in Summer 2009 and the 11-episode Nisemonogatari in Winter 2012.

Since the announcement, the 4-episode New Year’s Eve special Nekomonogatari: Kuro, 26-episode Monogatari Series: Second Season, and 5-episode Summer special Hanamonogatari have also been broadcast. Kizumonogatari is the only skipped adaptation in volume-order, despite its initial announcement in 2010 and a subsequent movie premiere date for 2012. Kizumonogatari‘s anime adaptation is still in production, no given date as of yet.

Bakemonogatari synopsis from Haruhichan:

The Monogatari series centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.

The Owarimonogatari anime will air every Sunday from October 4th at 12:00am JST on Tokyo MX, during the upcoming Fall/Autumn anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed soon.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.monogatari-series.com/owarimonogatari/
And don’t forget to follow the anime on Twitter: @nisioisin_anime

New Dark Visual of Classroom Crisis Revealed

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September 15, 2015

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With the original anime adaptation of the Classroom Crisis series debuted this year for the 2015 summer anime season, a new visual of the series has been featured as a visual in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue of NewType magazine here.

In addition to this, Mizuki Sera and Iris Shirasaki has been featured in a double page spread in the September 2015 issue of popular Japanese magazine Animedia.

Mizuki Sera and Iris Shirasaki were also featured in a double page spread in the August 2015 issue of popular Japanese magazine Comptiq. This issue of Comptiq can be purchased here.

The August 2015 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine also featured the series as a double page spread. The new visual features Mizuki Sera and Iris Shirasaki. This issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine can be purchased here.

The main cast includes:

Showtaro Morikubo (Shikamaru Nara from Naruto) will voice Kaito Sera, a young engineer teacher
Ari Ozawa (Chiyo Sakura in Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) voices Mizuki Sera, yougner sister of Kaito and is a third year engineer student
Sora Amamiya (Asseylum Vers Allusia from Aldnoah.Zero) as Iris Shirasaki, a thrid year reckless pilot
Aya Suzaki (Mako Mankanshoku from Kill la Kill) joins the cast to voice Tsubasa Hanaoka
Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa in Bakemonogatari) voices Karoruko Takanashi
Kana Asumi (Nyaruko in Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) is voicing Yuna Nounen
Shiina Natsukawa (Nonoka Komiya from Sora no Method) will be voicing Aki Kaminagaya
Minami Tsuda (Yui Funami from YuruYuri) as Makoto Ryouke
Yoshino Nanjo (Eri Ayase from Love Live! School Idol Project) will voice Subaru Yamaki
Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Mikado Ryuugamine from Durarara!!) will voice Kajiro Kitahara
Takayuki Kondu (Shuichiro Oishi from Prince of Tennis) voicing as Sakugo Maioka

The main staff of Classroom☆Crisis where earlier released and consists of:

Director: Kenji Nagasaki (Gundam Build Fighters, No. 6)
Series Composer: Fumiaki Maruto (White Album 2, Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata)
Original Character Designer: Hiro Kanzaki (Oreimo, Eureka Seve AO)
Anime Character Designer and Animation Director: Satoshi Ishino (Date A Live, Captain Earth)
Chief Animation Directors: Takeshi Yoshioka (Bleach, Beelzebub) and Ayumi Kurashima (Eureka Seven,Bounen no Xamdou)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita (The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls, Hanayamata)
Music Composer: Yuuki Hayashi (Death Parade, Gundam Build Fighters)
Animation Studio: Lay-duce (Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, Go! Go! 575)

Anime visual:

Classroom Crisis synopsis from Haruhichan:

With aims to one day reach out into the stars, humanity has colonized all the planets of the solar system. This story of young high school hopefuls is set in Fourth Tokyo in a Japanese Martian prefecture. Iris Shirasaki is a third year student/aspiring test pilot. Mizuki Sera is her peer/mechanic and Mizuki’s brother Kaito is their homeroom teacher and the young director of the program developing their talents.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.classroom-crisis.com/
And follow them on Twitter: @clcr_project

New Death Note Live Action Movie Release Date Slated for 2016

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September 15, 2015

Following the conclusion of the countdown on the live action Death Note website, Warner Bros. Japan have unveiled that a brand new live-action Death Note movie is being produced and slated 2016.

The announcement trailer for the movie was revealed at the conclusion of Death Note‘s live action TV drama:

The 2016 film will be a sequel to the three previous live-action films, Death Note, L: Change the World and Death Note: The Last Name and will feature a theme of “6”. The site mentions that only 6 Death Notes may exist in the human world at once and that only 6 shinigamis can only exist in the human world. The rule itself was previously mentioned in the original manga, but has not been used in any of the adaptations.

Death Note synpsis from Haruhichan:

Yagami Light is a 17-year-old genius from Japan who is tired of his life, school, and the state of the world as he knows it. One day, on the way home from class, Light stumbles upon a dark notebook with “Death Note” written on the front. Intrigued by its appearance, Light reads the first few sentences, only to find out that it states that anyone whose name is written inside will die. Discarding it as a joke, Light continues his daily activities. Soon after though, his human curiosity takes the better of him and prompts Light to try the notebook, discovering the truth behind the first sentence. Now, with power in his hands, Yagami Light is on a quest to change the world and become God of the New World. His path to holy status won’t be easy however, as another genius, known as L, is working against Light’s beliefs and Light himself. Who will win this power of Gods between humans?

Death Note is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The story follows Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook from a shinigami named Ryuk that grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name and face they know. The series centers around Light’s subsequent attempts to create and rule a world “cleansed of evil” as “God” using the notebook, and the efforts of a detective known as L to stop him.

Death Note was first serialized in Shueisha’s manga magazine Weekly Shounen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The 108 chapters were collected and published into 12 tankōbon volumes between May 2004 and October 2006. A television anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. Composed of 37 episodes, the anime was developed by Madhouse and directed by Tetsuro Araki. A light novel based on the series, written by Nisio Isin, was also released in 2006. Additionally, various video games have been published by Konami for the Nintendo DS. The series was adapted into three live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, November 3, 2006, and February 2, 2008.

The countdown on the website will end on September 13th at 10:30pm JST. Whether it is a remake, sequel, prequel or a spin-off movie, all will be revealed on Sunday.

You can visit the film’s website here: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/

Source: AkibaWeekly, Death Note Live Action Movie Website

GuP’s Nishizumi Miho Recieves 1/8 Figure

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September 15, 2015

From the figure manufacturer Wave, a new figure from the popular tank series Girls und Panzer was recently announced and its none other than everyone’s favorite tank commander Nishizumi Miho!

The 1/8 scale figure comes in at 220 mm (around 8.5 inches) and will be retailing at 9800 yen plus tax (about 82 USD). The figure features a smiling Miho in her signature panzer jacket, complete with anglerfish logo on the back. The prototype base is a rather detailed earthy patch on which her combat boot will be resting. Overall its a rather simple figure but one that will still be a welcome addition to any fan of the series.

The figure is now or will soon be up for preorder now at all major figure selling sites!

Love Live! Itasha Car Gets Wrecked in a Collision

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September 15, 2015

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The image of the actual sports car Honda S660 pictured below in working order was in Namba, collided with a small truck as seen in the picture and many were shocked when the local news featured it because it’s an itasha (anime themed cars) with Love Live! School Idol Project printed on it.

The collision was so hard that the side door, which featured Kotori, Honoka, and Umi flew off. Everyone on board both vehicles managed to escape with only minor injuries. However, there was no explanation on how the crash occurred.

Source: Yaraon

The Race Heats up in the Latest Yowamushi Pedal Anime Movie Second PV

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September 15, 2015

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The official website for the upcoming new original anime film based on Wataru Watanabe’s Yowamushi Pedal manga began streaming a new promotional video for the movie titled “RIDING PV.”

Recently a 80-second main trailer featuring its ending theme song “Link” by LASTGASP on Friday.

In addition to this, the main visual for the film was also revealed:

The film itself will be a new original film, in which the first draft of the film’s scenario will be done by Watanabe himself. The first promotional video of the upcoming video was also revealed at AnimeJapan last March:

Yowamushi Pedal is a manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Watanabe. The series launched in 2008 and is being published in Akita Shoten Weekly Shounen Champion magazine. To date, the manga has released a total of 39 volumes. An anime adaptation of the series began in October 2013 for a total of 38 episodes. The series was animated by TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, D.Gray-man) and directed by Osamu Nabeshima (D.Gray-man, Hamtaro). A second season of the anime, titled Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road, was produced in the following October for a total of 24 episodes.

Yowamushi Pedal synopsis from Haruhichan:

Otaku Sakamichi Onoda has just entered high school and plans to join the anime club. In middle school, Onoda didn’t have any friends with whom he could talk about anime, games, Akihabara and other otaku things, and he is hoping he can make such friends in the anime club, but he finds out it’s been disbanded. In order to reestablish the club he tries to find 4 other people who would like to join.Since he was a little boy, Onoda has ridden his mamachari—a bulky bicycle with a step-through frame mainly used for short rides, such as for casual fun or to pick up groceries—to go to Akihabara every week to check out or buy otaku things. Fellow freshman Shunsuke Imaizumi and bicyclist, while training, notices a boy (Onoda) riding his mamchari up a steep road.

Freshman and road racing cyclist, Shokichi Naruko visits Akihabara to get some Gundam plastic models for his younger brothers and meets Onoda who catches his attention because of the his cycling skill on the mamachari and later find out they go to the same school. Later on, both Naruko and Imaizumi try to convince him to join the bicycle racing club, but will he?

The upcoming Yowamushi Pedal anime film will be releasing in Japanese theatres this Summer. More information about the movie will be revealed in the upcoming months.

You can visit the film’s website here: http://yowapeda-movie.com/
Visit the anime’s official website: http://yowapeda.com/
Here is the anime’s official Twitter account: @yowapeda_anime

Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda. Ending Theme Previewed in New Video

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September 15, 2015

A brand new promotional video has been released for the upcoming Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda. (The Anthem of the Heart -Beautiful Word, Beautiful World-) anime film. The new video gives us a further glimpse at the movie and also previews the ending theme song: “Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru” performed by Nogizaka46. The film itself will reunite the main staff of the AnoHana anime.

The Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da (The Anthem of the Heart) anime film will be releasing in Japanese theatres from September 19th. Advance tickets for the movie are already on sale.

Here’s the second trailer with English subtitles:

Here’s the teaser commercial for the upcoming film:

In addition to this, a new visual for the upcoming 2015 film by the main staff members of the AnoHana anime has been revealed in the September 2015 issue of NewType as a double page spread. You can purchase this NewType magazine issue here.

The main cast includes:

Inori Minase (Chino Kafuu in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) as Jun Naruse

Kouki Uchiyama (Raku Ichijou from Nisekoi) as Takumi Sakagami

Sora Amamiya (Akame from Akame ga Kill!) as Natsuki Nidou

Yoshimasa Hosoya (Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko’s Basketball) as Daiki Tazaki

The upcoming film will reunite the all the main staff members behind the AnoHana anime series and film:

Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Toradora!)
Screenplay Writer: Mari Okada (Hanasaku Iroha, Toradora!)
Anime Character designer: Masayoshi Tanaka (High School of the Dead, Toradora!)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Aldnoah.Zero)
Music Composer: Mito (Space Dandy, Hanamonogatari ED)
Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Aldnoah.Zero, Sword Art Online)

Visual:

Here is the synopsis of the film from Haruhichan:

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a happy girl, but because of a [certain thing] she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day she is nominated to become an executive member of the “community outreach council.” On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical…

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.kokosake.jp/ and here: http://anthemoftheheart.com/
Like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kokosakeproject
And follow their Twitter: @kokosakeproject

Kotobukiya Shiro Figure Getting Re-Released

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September 14, 2015

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Up until recently if you wanted a Proper scaled figure of Shiro from No Game No Life you really only had 3 options: wait for Phat’s upcoming 1/7 scale, buy Kotobukiya’s 1/7 scale at a ridiculous post-market price, or buy a bootleg version of Koto’s scale. Unfortunately both versions of the Koto scale seemed to have prices that were very alarming in different ways.

No Game No Life Shrio Rerelease 08 — The price between after-market and bootleg prices is extreme

Luckily for everyone who was a fan of Kotobukiya’s version of Shiro they have decided to do a second manufacturing run of their version of the figure, which is going to retail in February of 2016 at the original price of 11,000 yen (about 91 USD). To get a better look at the figure the release photos from Kotobukiya are shown below.

However, this re-release from Kotobukiya raises questions of whether or not the manufacturer will fix some of the quality control issues that seemed to plague the original release. The photos from MFC user hitsun, showcased below, show many of the problems that several consumers seemed to be reporting with their Shiro, namely less than stellar quality of the paint on her hair.

While those tiny little painting errors may seem to not be a big deal, when you are spending around 90 USD plus shipping on a product you want it to be without any obvious defects like that. So while the re-release of the Kotobukiya figure will be great news for those who fell in love with the design, the errors of the previous release may scare potential buyers onto other Shiro figures. Speaking of which if you are not a fan of either of the two figures of Shiro currently available, manufacturer Aquamarine showcased a swimsuit version of Shiro at this years summer WonFes, although no more information has come out concerning the figure.

All in all the good news to take from this is that if you are a fan of Shiro or the series in general you now have more affordable and diverse figure options, now if only a proper Jibril figure were to be announced…

One Punch Man Anime Commercials Preview OP

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September 13, 2015

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Bandai Visual began streaming 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:

Director: Shingo Natsume (Space☆Dandy)
Studio: Madhouse (Hunter x Hunter, Parasyte)
Script: Tomohiro Suzuki
Character design: Chikashi Kubota (Robotics;Notes, Shinsekai yori)

The first promotional video for the One Punch-Man anime was earlier revealed at AnimeJapan 2015:

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.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

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.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://onepunchman-anime.net/
And follow its Twitter here: @opm_anime

Yuuko and Natsuki Get Shipped Together in This Official Poster Visual

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September 13, 2015

A new key visual for anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda’s Sound! Euphonium (Hibike! Euphonium) light novel series has been featured as a poster in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animedia. This issue of Animedia can be purchased here.

Another key visual 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 Animediamagazine 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.

Various visuals of the series have been featured in Megami, NyanType and Newtype:

The cast members for the anime include:

Minako Kotobuki (Tsumugi Kotobuki in K-ON!) will voice Asuka Tanaka, who plays the Euphonium

Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) as Haruka Ogasawara, the Saxophone player

Minori Chihara (Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) voices the role of Kaori Nakaseko, who plays the Trumpet

Haruki Ishiya (Ayumu Kominato in Selector Infected WIXOSS) voices the role of Shuuichi Takamoto, the Trombone player

Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) will voice Noboru Taki, the brass band club’s advisor

Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi in The IDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls) will voice leading character Kumiko Oumae, who plays the Euphonium

Ayaka Asai (Mio Naruse from Shinmai Maou no Testament) as Hazuki Katou, the Tuba player

Chika Anzai (Chaika Travant in Hitsugi no Chaika) is voicing Reina Kousaka, the Trumpet player

Moe Toyota (Sakura Inami in Kyoukai no Kanata) who will voice Sapphire Kawashima, who plays the Contrabass

The main production staff of the anime includes:

Original: Takeda Ayano
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad)
Series Composition: Jukki Hanada (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Series Director: Naoko Yamada (K-On!)
Character Design: Shoko Ikeda (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Art Director: Shinohara Mutsuo (Clannad)
Color Design: Takeda Akiyo (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Instrument Design: Takahashi Hiroyuki
Director of Photography: Takao Kazuya
Sound Director: Tsuruoka Yota (Bakemonogatari)
Music: Matsuda Akito (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation (Amagi Brilliant Park, Kyoukai no Kanata, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

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.

Sound! Euphonium synopsis from Haruhichan:

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.

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

Asuna and Leafa Show off Their Sexy Side with New Bikini Parasol Figures

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September 13, 2015

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The 1/7th scale “Sexy Bikini de Parasol” Sword Art Online 2 Asuna figure stands at 25cm with her parasol and have been previewed by Dengeki Hobby Magazine. Asuna will go for 12,960yen ($107 USD) ahead of a January release. Followed by a 30cm Leafa in February for the same price. These swimsuit figures are sure to quench your thirst and warm your heart come these cold winter months.

Source: Crunchyroll

Studio Ghibli Grand Exhibition Begins in Nagoya

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September 13, 2015

In Moricoro Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture. on September 12 the “Studio Ghibli Grand Exhibition” has begun. It will be open until November 8.

This exhibit is a part of the “32nd National Urban Greenery Fair Aichi,” which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi. The two main events includes Studio Ghibli’s and “When Marnie Was There x Yohei Taneda Exhibition.” Each exhibit will only be open for a limited time.

Koji Hoshino (Studio Ghibli president) commented during a related media conference, “I want everyone to come together and enjoy the behind the scenes of the worlds of Ghibli.” Yohei Tanada (concepter and art director on When Marnie Was There) added, “Being an art director at Ghibli, I got to oversee everyone’s hand-drawn work; it was a valuable experience. It’s an honor to have been a part of [Ghibli’s works] for eight years.”

In the When Marnie Was There x Yohei Taneda exhibit are sets that bring Ghibli’s latest movie to life. There are art displays of key segments from the movie as well as sets that put you in the middle of the Ghibli created world.

A perfect recreation of Marnie’s bedroom

The entrance to When Marnie Was There x Yohei Taneda

Cat bus from Spirited Away

Satsuki’s and Mei’s house, of My Neighbor Totoro

Source: Tokyo Otaku Mode

Dark Souls 3 Releasing in Japan on March 24th

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September 13, 2015

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Available on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, FromSoftware announced Dark Souls 3 will be released in Japan on March 24, 2016. It will be 7,430 yen (US$61) for the physical package edition and 6,930 yen (US$57) on PSN for download. The package edition includes a map and a soundtrack, supplies are limited.

Preorders begin on October 7. From Software will host a network test for the Playstation 4 version through October 16-18 from 8:00pm to 11:00pm JST. Players will have until October 4 to sign up for the network test

Bandai Namco released a gameplay trailer on August 4, showcasing the gorgeously bleak world of Dark Souls 3.

The PC and overseas release dates will be announced later.

Source: Anime News Network, Siliconera

Countdown Revealed on Death Note Live Action Website

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September 13, 2015