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With Halloween approaching, a new set of gashapon can badges that feature various Halloween-themed artwork of the cast from the popular sports anime Kuroko no Basket has been revealed. New promotional illustrations for the upcoming badges have also been revealed.

The “Kuroko no Basket Capsule Can Badge Collection – Halloween 2015″ goes on sale in gashapon vending machines in Japan beginning in late September of 2015.

Source: Nijimen

Latest Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Anime Preview Posted

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The official website of the Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- TV anime began streaming a new preview for the fall 2015 TV anime on Friday. The opening theme titled “Overdrive” is performed by 27-year-old voice actress/singer Hitomi Harada, who is cast as Momoka Sagara in the anime. The ending theme will be titled “Ultra Super Hyper Miracle Romantic” and performed by by Mirei Shikishima (cast: Yuka Iguchi) & Mamori Tokonome (cast: Mikako Izawa).

The series will debut on AT-X on October 10.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x368p9x

The second promotional video was streamed last August:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=30w739g7JmQ

Recent anime visual:

The first members of the main cast were revealed along the first look of the anime’s character designs. The main cast includes:

Yuka Iguchi (Mako Reizei in Girls und Panzer) who voices Mirei Shikishima

Mikako Izawa (Satsuki Kashiwaba from Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita.) voicing as Mamori Tokonome

Yurika Kubo (Hanayo Koizumi in Love Live! School Idol Project) voicing as Meifon Sakura

Yuna Yoshino (Seekvaira Agares from High School DxD BorN) as Akira Hiiragi

Masumi Tazawa (Rika Saionji from Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo) is voicing as Kasumi Shigure

Asami Seto (Chihaya Ayase from Chihayafuru) voicing the role of Charlotte Scherzen

Hitomi Harada (Mizuki Himeji in Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu) will voice Momoka Sagara

Saori Oonishi (Eriri Spencer Sawamura in Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) joins the cast to voice Rayne Hasumi

Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara from The iDOLM@STER) as Lady J

Kikuko Inoue (Sanae Furukawa in Clannad) voicing as Torino Kazami

The main members of the anime’s production staff consists of:

Director and Anime Character Designer: Hiraku Kaneko (Seikon no Qwaser, Maken-Ki! Two)
Series Composer: Yousuke Kuroda (Trigun, High School of the Dead)
Chief Animation Directors: Takeshi Yoshioka (Bleach, Ibara no Ou) and Ippei Ichii (Isuca, Shirokuma Cafe)
Art Director: Hiroki Matsumoto (Strike Witches, Saki)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Hanasaku Iroha, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
Music Composer: Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Ao Haru Ride, Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation)
Animation Studio: Arms (Elfen Lied, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha)

Here is the first PV for the anime that also previews the Opening theme song Oh No, Oh No sung by Hitomi Harada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aOq5sPg_Q

Valkyrie Drive is a new mixed media project produced by Japanese media publisher Marvelous helmed by Kenichirou Takaki and Hiraku Kaneko, the creators of Senran Kagura. The project initially consists of three separate entities: an anime titled Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid-, a console game titled Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni-, and a free to play mobile game called Valkyrie Drive -Siren-. Each of the games will focus on different casts of female characters who each wield a unique weapon.

The synopsis of Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid-:

The “beautiful girl sexy battle action” anime is set on five artificial islands.

The Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- TV anime will be airing this October during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://valkyriedrive.jp/anime/
And their Twitter: @valkyriedrive

Top 10 Most Anticipated Anime of Fall 2015 According to Male Anime Fans

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September 12, 2015

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Charapedia recently asked male anime fans the question: Which anime series is the most promising from the fall 2015 anime lineup? You can view the full results here and the female results here.

Here are the top 10 according to the male fans:

10. Haikyuu!! Second Season

9. Heavy Object

7. (tie) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

7. (tie) Noragami Aragoto

6. Owari no Seraph 2nd Season

5. Yuru Yuri San Hai!

4. Lupin III

3. One-Punch Man

2. Owarimonogatari

1. Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??

Shomin Sample Anime Premieres October 7

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The official website of the Fall 2015 anime adaptation of Takafumi Nanatsuki and Gekka Uruu’s Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni “Shomin Sample” Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken (Story in Which I Was Kidnapped by a Young Lady’s School to be a “Sample of the Common People”) light novel series has revealed that the upcoming anime will air on October 7th. In addition, the second promotional video has been revealed.

The Shomin Sample anime will begin its broadcast from Wednesday, October 7th at 11:30pm JST on AT-X. The anime will then air on Tokyo TV on the 8th at 10:30pm JST, on the 9th on Sun TV at 12:30am JST and on KBS half an hour later at 1:00am JST.

The second promotional video of the anime has also been revealed, which previews the main characters of the anime:

The first members of the anime’s cast has been revealed and includes:

Tamaru Atsushi (Ooji Mochizou from Tamako Market) as Kagurazaka Kimihito, the sample commoner featured in the title

Serizawa Yuu (Shiragami Youko from Jitsu wa Watashi wa) as Tenkuubashi Aika, the loner who starts a club with the main character

Tachibana Rika (Sae from The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls) as Arisugawa Reiko, Aika’s rival

Morinaga Chitose (Fumie from Owari no Serafu) as Jinryou Karen, a girl from a samurai family

Kuwahara Yuuki (Arikawa Hime from Himegoto) as Shiodome Hakua, an antisocial child prodigy

Oonishi Saori (Sawamura Eriri from Saekano) as Miyuki Kujou, the main character’s “maid”

Hara Yumi (Shijou Takane from The iDOLM@STER) as Hanae Eri, the main character’s childhood friend

The first members of the anime’s staff include:

Director: Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!, Nozo × Kimi)
Series Composition: Kento Shimoyama (Bleach, Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden)
Anime Character Designer: Takao Sano (Chitose Get You!!)
Music Composer: Hiromi Mizutani (Non Non Biyori, Hell Girl)
Animation Studio: Silver Link (Non Non Biyori, Kokoro Connect)

Here is the anime’s first PV:

Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni “Shomin Sample” Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken is a romantic-comedy, ecchi and harem light novel series written by Takafumi Nanatsuki (Gakuen to Sekai to Gakuen, Love★You) and illustrated by Gekka Uruu (Onii-chan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne, Yagate Maken no Alicebell) under Ichijinsha Paperback on December 2011. There are currently 9 light novel volumes. The first volume was released on November 19, 2011 and the 9th volume was shipped on January 20, 2015. A drama CD was included on the 5th light novel volume of the series.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

In a hidden school surrounded by mountains, young ladies of good families are taught everything a high class lady needs to know. They are also completely cut off from the outside world, keeping them sheltered and innocent. However, a problem has come up recently– more and more graduates are failing to cope with the modern world after graduation. To deal with this problem, they’ve decided to kidnap a male commoner student, and enroll him as a student. They hope that this will be a gentle way to introduce the girls to the outside world.

Kagurazaka Kimito is chosen for this dubious honor, mostly because he seems utterly average. However, the school leaders also seem to have concluded he’s a homosexual with a muscle fetish. When Kimito hears that the alternative may be castration (to protect the girls’ purity), he eagerly plays along with this misconception. Now he’ll just have to survive the attention of many high class young ladies that are completely out of touch with the world!

The Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni “Shomin Sample” Toshite Gets Sareta Ken anime will premiere on Wednesday, October 7th at 11:30pm JST on AT-X, during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. More information about the anime will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://syominsample-anime.jp/
And follow them on Twitter: @anime_syomin

Source – Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni “Shomin Sample” Toshite Gets Sareta Ken Website

Final Ore Monogatari!! Anime Episode Delayed

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September 12, 2015

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The official Twitter account of the anime adaptation of Kazune Kawahara and Aruko’s Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!) manga has announced that the 24th and final episode of the series will be delayed by one week. The episode will not air next week as scheduled, but the week after.

【放送情報：俺物語!!】日本テレビにて9月16日（水）に予定しておりました「俺物語!!」第24話の放送は休止となり、9月23日（水）に振替となりますのでご注意くださいませ。 #anime_ore http://t.co/dURQogVISA

— TVアニメ「俺物語!!」公式アカウント (@anime_ore) September 9, 2015

The final episode of the Ore Monogatari!! anime will broadcast on September 24th at 1:29am on NTV, a week later than its scheduled September 17 air date. There will be no supplementary episode next week, so the anime will be taking a week break.

The main cast of the Ore Monogatari!! anime has:

Megumi Han (Gon Freecss in Hunterx Hunter) will voice Rinko Yamato
Takuya Eguchi (Kazuya Kujou in Gosick) is going to voice Takeo Gouda
Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase in Free!) voices Makoto Sunakawa

The main staff members of the anime includes:

Director: Morio Asaka (Chihayafuru, Cardcaptor Sakura)
Script Writer: Natsuko Takahashi (Bleach, Baby Steps)
Anime Character Designer: Kunihiko Hamada (Chihayafuru, NANA)
Animation Studio: Madhouse (Death Note, No Game No Life)

Here is the anime’s main promotional video:

Ore Monogatari!! was first released by Kawahara the October 2011 issue of Bessatsu Margaret, a popular shoujo manga magazine. The original 100-page version of the story started off as a one-shot, but then returned to Bessatsu Margaret as a serialized work. Shueisha recently published the seventh compiled book volume in November 2014. The series won the Best Shoujo Manga award at the 37th Kodansha Manga Awards ceremony last year. It also received a crossover with Komi Naoshi’s hit manga Nisekoi.

Synopsis of Ore Monogatari!! from Haruhichan:

Takeo Gouda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don’t want him! (They want his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn! Takeo can hardly believe it when he crosses paths with Yamato again, and he finds himself falling in love with her… But with handsome Sunakawa around, does Takeo even stand a chance?

The final episode of the Ore Monogatari!! anime will air on September 24th at 1:29am on NTV.

You can visit the anime’s site here: http://www.anime-ore.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @anime_ore

Top 10 Most Anticipated Anime of Fall 2015 According to Female Anime Fans

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Charapedia recently asked anime fans the question: Which anime series is the most promising from the fall 2015 anime lineup? You can view the full results here and the male results here.

Here are the top 10 according to the female fans:

10. Owarimonogatari

9. Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??

8. Diabolik Lovers More, Blood

7. K: Return of Kings

6. One-Punch Man

5. Attack on Titan: Junior High

4. Osomatsu-san

3. Noragami Aragoto

2. Owari no Seraph 2nd Season

1. Haikyuu!! Second Season

Owarimonogatari Anime Starts October 4

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September 12, 2015

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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 collection Koyomimonogatari is the second volume, Owarimonogatari spans volumes 3-5, and the final volume Zoku Owarimonogatari 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

Source – Owarimonogatari Anime Website

Eriri Spencer Sawamura Is Getting Dressed in New Figure

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September 12, 2015

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A new figure from the series Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata was recently put up for pre-order from the good smiling people over at Good Smile Company. This time around it is none other than the twin-tailed osananajimi Eriri Spencer Sawamura!

The new 1/7 scale figure will be about 125 mm (almost 5 inches) tall and depicts Eriri getting dressed, with blouse and shirt unbuttoned while pulling up her stockings on a fuzzy carpet base. Exceptional detail is put into the stockings in this fig, complete with toe seams and stretching, as well as the small extras that come with the fig. From the shoes to the vest and even the cardboard box, from the prototype it seems that incredible detail was put into this fig to make it look great from both near and afar. Another nice detail is that you can display her with and without her green tracksuit jacket, depending on your mood or the weather.

The figure is going to retail at around 10,000 yen (about $83 USD) and will release in April of 2016; however, pre-orders will close on October 7th in Japan, so you have a little over a month to decide if you are going to be buying her from one of many direct sellers where she is already up for order.

Also included with the figure is a postcard with the illustration the figure is based off of, drawn by the character designer Kurehito Misaki.

Source: Good Smile Company

Senpai to Kanojo Gets a Live Action Film Trailer

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September 11, 2015

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Cinema Today posted the first trailer for the film adaptation of Atsuko Nanba’s Senpai to Kanojo. The theme song, “Aizu” is preformed by aiko (“Home” for Hankyu Densha Katamichi 15-fun-no-kiseki).

This one sided love story was first serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend from September 2004 to April 2005, it was then later compiled into two tankobon volumes. The series has over one million copies in print. Kyoko Yoshine plays the protagonist Rika Tsuzuki (Makoto Kagawa in Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu!), who falls madly in love with her senpai, Keigo Minohara played by Jun Shizon (Right Suzuki in Ressha Sentai ToQger). However, Keigo already loves someone else.

The film is set to release in Japan on October 17.

The movie poster.

Manga tankobon covers:

Keigo and Rika visual.

Senpai to Kanojo is a Japanese romance shoujo manga series written and illustrated by Atsuko Nanba.

Source: Crunchyroll

New Digimon World: Next Order Screenshots

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September 11, 2015

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Updated screenshots were posted on the official website for Digimon World: Next Order, a PS Vita title set to release in Japan next year. 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.

The new set of screenshots reveal a desert wasteland with broken machinery, while the screenshots from September 4 are wondrous and beautiful. I’m curious to hear where these take place as the game gets closer to its release.

Source: Crunchyroll

New Gakusen Toshi Asterisk Anime Visual Revealed

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September 11, 2015

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A new key visual for upcoming anime adaptation of Yuu Miyazaki and Okiura’s Gakusen Toshi Asterisk light novel series has been revealed in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue of NewType magazine here. The anime TV series adaptation will be by A-1 Pictures and it is scheduled to air from October 2015.

Last June another visual for the anime series was revealed:

The promotional video for the Gakusen Toshi Asterisk anime was streamed earlier:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lqt4y

In addition to this, the staff was also revealed earlier:

Original Story: Yuu Miyazaki
Original Character Designer: okiura (Infinite Stratos, Plastic Memories)
General Director: Manabu Ono (A-Channel, Saki)
Director: Setou Kenji (Weiß Survive R)
Character Designer & Animation Director: Tetsuya Kawakami (Robot Girls Z, Sword Art Online)
Music: Rasmus Faber
Music Production: Flying DOG (Accel World, Koufuku Graffiti)
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures (Aldnoah.Zero, Fairy Tail)

Some character designs were also revealed:

Julis Alexia von Riessfeld
Kirin Toudou
Claudia Enfield
Saya Sasamiya

Previous visual:

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuu Miyazaki and illustrated by Okiura. Media Factory has published 7 volumes since September 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Ningen began serialization in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from January 2013. It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures is scheduled to air from October 2015.

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk synopsis from Haruhichan:

The Academy City on the water, Rikka (otherwise known as Asterisk) is the world’s largest stage for the integrated battle entertainment, “Star Wars Festival.” The young boys and girls of the “Starpulse Generation” belonging to the six academies made their wishes with Shining Armaments in their hands, vying for supremacy—Amagiri Ayato is one of them.

Ayato arrived at Rikka at the invitation of the Student Council President of the Seidoukan Academy, Claudia, and right after that he incurred the wrath of the “Petalblaze Witch” Julis, and ended up having to duel her.

The greatest academy battle entertainment, begins here!

New Heavy Object Anime Visual Revealed

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September 11, 2015

A new visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kazuma Kamachi and Nagi’s Heavy Object light novel series has been revealed 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 for the 10th anniversary of Kamachi Kazuma, the author of Toaru Majutsu no Index and several other light novel series, debuted in Dengeki Bunko, has revealed new visuals for the upcoming anime adaptation of the Heavy Object Light novel series.

Past visual:

The Heavy Object anime adaptation will begin its broadcast this October during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. The series will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11, and AT-X.

The main cast of the series were revealed and consists of:

Eri Suzuki (Sanae Higashihongan in Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?) will voice the lead heroine Milinda Brantini
Natsuki Hanae (Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul) voices as Quenser Barbotage
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) will voice Heivia Winchell
Shizuka Itou (Akeno Himejima from High School DxD) voicing as Froleytia Capistranoy

In addition, the staff is as follows:

Director: Takashi Watanabe (Freezing, Shakugan no Shana)
Deputy Director: Chikara Sakurai (Little Busters!, Majimoji Rurumo)
Configuration: Yoshino
Character Design: Atsuko Watanabe (Hanayamata, Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai)
3DCG: Sanzigen
Music: Iuchi Maiko (Ano Natsu de Matteru, Dog Days, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun / Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Sound Director: Aketagawa
Sound Production: Magic Capsule (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S, High School DxD)
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)

A preview of the character designs in the upcoming anime were also revealed:

The Opening and Ending theme performers have also been revealed with ALL OFF and Kanto singing the themes respectively.

The first promotional video was also streamed earlier:

Anime visual:

Heavy Object is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryo Nagi. ASCII Media Works have published 8 volumes since 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko label. A manga adaptation with art by Shinsuke Inue was serialized in ASCII Media Works’s seinen manga magazines Dengeki Black Maoh and Dengeki Maoh from 2009 to 2011. It was collected in a single tankobon volume. A second manga adaptation, with art by Sakae Saito and titled Heavy ObjectS, was also serialized in Dengeki Maoh from 2011 to 2013. It was collected in three tankobon volumes.

An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival event on October 5, 2014. A new manga adaptation was also announced.

Heavy Object synopsis from Haruhichan:

Kwenser came to the Alaskan military base to study Objects, the new weapons that have completely revolutionized war as we know it – battles are fought by soldiers controlling Objects far away from harm. However, when he starts to get close to Object pilot Milinda, will he discover the grim truth behind Heavy Objects?

Source: Kamachi Kazuma 10th anniversary site

Dream Festival: Idol Boys?!

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September 11, 2015

Ladies, it’s your turn to get an idol project! Bandai Namco, a company that has produced other idol projects such as Aikatsu! and the global phenomenon of Love Live! now brings idol boys to your smart phone. Dream Festival centers around five luscious idols working for a fictional talent agency. This will be a “2.5D” project, meaning fans will be able to follow the idols’ voice actors real life events.

However, this won’t just be a smart phone app, there will also include music videos and tons of merchandise, some of which will be in the form of Dream Festival cards (“Dorika”), which are used to unlock costumes and special stage performances.”

Below is a music video of the idols’ song “Glory Story!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REE6WPmPJk

The idols are as follows:

Kanade Amamiya. the rookie

Shin Oikawa, the romanticist

Junya Sasaki, who aims to be the best

Itsuki Katagiri, the dancer

Chizuru Sawamura, the angelic sweetheart

Who is your favorite boy so far?

Source: Anime News Network, Otaku USA

Top 20 Most Anticipated Anime of Fall 2015

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Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime series is the most promising from the fall 2015 anime lineup? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (55.1%), female fans (44.9%) and teens to their 20s (72.7%) while the other 27.3% are 30 and over.

Here are the results:

20. DD Hokuto no Ken 2 Ichigo Aji+

19. Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider

18. Teekyuu 5

17. Diabolik Lovers More, Blood

16. Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor – Exodus 2nd Season

15. Hidan no Aria AA

14. Heavy Object

13. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

12. Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru

11. K: Return of Kings

10. Attack on Titan: Junior High

9. Yuru Yuri San Hai!

8. Osomatsu-san

7. Lupin III

6. One-Punch Man

5. Noragami Aragoto

4. Owarimonogatari

3. Owari no Seraph 2nd Season

2. Haikyuu!! Second Season

1. Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??

Gochuumon Wa Usagi Desu Ka? Season 2 Preview Video Streamed

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September 10, 2015

Universal has posted their Comiket 88 preview of the second anime adaptation of Koi’s 4koma manga series Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? (Is the order a rabbit?), titled Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??. It has also been revealed that the series will be returning to TOKYO MX on October 10th.

In addition to this, Chino Kafuu and Kokoa Hoto are currently preparing for the sequel anime in a new poster visual in the October 2015 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.

In related news, it was revealed in the September 2015 issue of Houbunsha’s 4-panel Manga Time Kirara MAX magazine released on Saturday that the second season of Koi’s Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? anime will be produced by White Fox (Steins;Gate, Hataraku Maou-sama!), who already animated the first season, and Kinema Citrus (Barakamon, Yuyushiki). The sequel anime titled as Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? will premiere on October 10, 2015, as part of the Fall 2015 anime line-up.

Main Anime Cast:

Inori Minase (Gakkou Gurashi!‘s Yuki Takeya, Sora no Method‘s Noel) as Chino Kafuu
Ayane Sakura (Nisekoi:‘s Haru Onodera, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai‘s Yozora Mikazuki) as Kokoa Hoto
Risa Taneda (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri‘s Rory Mercury, Kyoukai no Kanata‘s Mirai Kuriyama) as Rize Tedeza
Maaya Uchida (Charlotte‘s Yusa Nishimori, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!‘s Rikka Takanashi) as Sharo Kirima
Satomi Sato (Golden Time‘s Nana, Fairy Tail‘s Wendy Marvell) as Chiya Ujimatsu

Second Season Visual:

The manga was published under the said magazine since January 19, 2011. There are currently three compiled manga volumes and the fourth volume will be released on September 26, 2015.

Synopsis of GochiUsa‘s first season from Haruhichan:

Cocoa arrives at the cafe Rabbit House one day, excited for rabbits. She actually all but lives in that cafe. She meets lots of different girls there, including a tiny and cool girl named Chino, a tough and soldier-esque girl named Rize, a spacey and quintessentially Japanese girl named Chiyo, and the ordinary but dignified Sharo.

Attack on Titan: Junior High Promotional Video 2 Streamed

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September 10, 2015

A new preview video for the upcoming anime adaptation of Attack on Titan: Junior High the parody manga written and illustrated by Saki Nakagawa, based on the original manga by Hajime Isayama, has been revealed. The series will air on October 03, 2015, on MBS.

In addition to this, the series has been featured in the September issue of Animedia as a poster. The new visual features Eren, Levi and Mikasa in their new chibi-like state for the upcoming anime.

The manga itself is a parody of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) where it follows the main characters of the series as if they were attending a school, Titan Jr. High. The anime will be a TV series that will begin its broadcast on MBS starting from October, in the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season.

The first promotional video was revealed earlier:

New character designs were also revealed:

The production staff of Attack on Titan: Junior High will be different from the staff behind the main series. The staff of the spin-off anime includes:

Director: Yoshihide Ibata (Ashiaraiyashiki no Juunin-tachi.)
Scriptwriter: Midori Gotou (Blood+, Genshiken Nidaime)
Anime Character Designer: Yuuko Yahiro (Diabolik Lovers, B Gata H Kei)
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai (Kurenai, Gunparade Orchestra)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Pokemon)
Music Composer: Asami Tachibana (Gundam Build Fighters Try, Haikyu!!)
Animation Studio: Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass)

Attack on Titan: Junior High anime visual:

Attack on Titan: Junior High synopsis from Haruhichan:

The story follows Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman entering Titan Jr. High, a school where humans and Titans study in the same area in coexistence. Because of a “traumatic” event, where the Colossal Titan ate his lunch back in middle school, Eren hates the Titans, and is constantly trying to find a way to rid the earth of their kind. Because of this, he has a hard time making friends, much to Mikasa’s worry.

In addition to this, the first visual for the second season was released this January and it was also revealed that the second season of Attack on Titan will be airing sometime in 2016.

The Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) series was created by Hajime Isayama. It started off as a manga in 2009 and is published in Kodansha’s monthly Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. To date there has been 14 compiled volumes of the manga. A prequel light novel adaptation started in 2011, and two spin-off manga started serialization in 2012: Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall and Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou. In April 2013 the series was picked up for an anime adaptation. The anime series was produced by the newly formed Wit Studios. The series has grown in popularity since the anime’s debut, with the manga selling over 36 million copies as of April this year. Two live action film adaptations will be releasing in Japan next year. The first images for the live-action 2015 Attack on Titan film were also earlier released.

Here is a synopsis of the anime from Haruhichan:

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.

You can visit the film’s official website here: http://shingeki.tv/movie/
And follow their Twitter for more information: @anime_shingeki

Attack on Titan Manga Has 3 More Years worth of Story Left

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In a recent interview with Antenna Japan Kawakubo Shintaro, the editor of Hajime Isayama’s Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan), has revealed that the manga will not be slowing down anytime soon. Since the manga started in 2009 and it has been 6 years, the comment is consistent with Isayama’s recent claim that the story is approximately “60% finished,” which is still approximately 3 more years left until the manga’s completion.

Another piece of information from the interview is that Shintaro wanted Isayama to draw the manga to appeal to the greater audience. The two argued about this topic for an entire year as Isayama wanted to create an impactful manga.

In addition to this, the first visual for the second TV anime season was released this January and it was also revealed that the second season of Attack on Titan will be airing sometime in 2016.

The Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) series was created by Hajime Isayama. It started off as a manga in 2009 and is published in Kodansha’s monthly Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. To date there has been 14 compiled volumes of the manga. A prequel light novel adaptation started in 2011, and two spin-off manga started serialization in 2012: Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall and Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou. In April 2013 the series was picked up for an anime adaptation. The anime series was produced by the newly formed Wit Studios. The series has grown in popularity since the anime’s debut, with the manga selling over 36 million copies as of April this year. Two live action film adaptations will be releasing in Japan next year. The first images for the live-action 2015 Attack on Titan film were also earlier released.

Here is a synopsis of the anime from Haruhichan:

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.

Source: Antenna

New Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Sega Prizes Announced

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September 10, 2015

New prize merchandise for The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan (The Vanishing of Nagato Yuki-Chan) was recently announced from Sega Prize, some of which even people who weren’t fans of the spin-off series may want to get their hands on.

First up is a 120 mm (4.72 in) x 220 mm (8.58 in) figure of Yuki Nagato taken from the anime’s key visual, in her classic brown overcoat and pink scarf over her school uniform.

Next up is something for all of the Haruhi fans out there, a 400 mm (15.74 in) plush of the long-haired ribbon-wearer in her Disappearance uniform.

Both the plush and the figure are planned to be released sometime in December, so be on the lookout for sites that pre-order prize merchandise in the coming months! (or check sites like ebay or amazon after their release)

Later this month the first of the Disappearance plush series from Sega Prize is set to release, a plush of Yuki! Also, an Asakura Ryoko plush is said to be released in October.

Source: Hobby-Maniax

Voice Actor Scott Freeman Found Guilty of Possession of Child Pornography

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