Animate ran a poll from July 9 – 29, and asked fans to vote for their favorite anime currently running anime from this season. 81.3% of the voters were female while only 18.7% were male, however, fans were allowed to vote for multiple answers.
So which are the anime that Japanese fans like the most this season? Here are the results:
45) Venus Project
44) Million Doll
43) Bikini Warriors
42) Teekyuu 5
41) Danchigai
40) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
39) Dragon Ball Super
38) Suzakinishi the Animation
37) Miss Monochrome S2
36) Wakako-zake
35) Okusama ga Seitokaichou!
34) Aquarion Logos
33) Wakaba*Girl
32) To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd
31) Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX
30) Gatchaman Crowds Insight
29) Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan
28) Chaos Dragon
27) Overlord 26) The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 2nd Season
25) Monster Musume
24) Jitsu wa Watashi wa
23) Wooser no Sono Higurashi: Mugen-hen
22) Makura no Danshi
21) Classroom Crisis
20) Hetalia: The World Twinkle
19) God Eater
18) Ushio and Tora
17) Non Non Biyori Repeat
16) Joukamachi no Dandelion
15) Himouto! Umaru-chan
14) Gakkou Gurashi!
13) Junjou Romantica 3
12) Rokka no Yuusha
11) Sore ga Seiyuu!
10) Shimoseka
9) Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
8) Gangsta.
7) Aoharu x Kikanjuu
6) Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
5) Charlotte
4) Prison School
3) Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
2) Durarara!!x2 Ten
1) Working!!!
A new visual of the anime adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School(Kangoku Gakuen) manga has been featured as a poster in the September issue of NyanType. The new visual features Hana Midorikawa, Mari Kurihara and Meiko Shiraki in prison-themed underwear. This issue can be purchased here.
In addition to this, the website revealed the 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 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.
The official twitter account for Lerche have posted a preview of a hug pillow of Yoshio Kobayashi from their Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace series that will be sold at the Comiket 88 event. The pillow case will sell for 10000 yen ($80.69).
Anime visual:
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplaceis a Japanese anime television series produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi premiered on Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block in 2015. The anime is inspired by the works of author Edogawa Ranpo.
The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba’s worries, he volunteers to be Akechi’s assistant.
A wonderful new visual for the popular ongoing TV anime of SankakuHead’s (Uzura Convenience, Arakure Neverland) manga, Himouto! Umaru-chan, has been featured as a poster in the September issue of Megami. This new visual features Umaru Doma and Nana Ebina eating delicious crepes. This issue can be purchased here.
The series was also featured in a previous Megami issue:
Anime visual:
Himouto! Umaru-chan is a Japanese manga series by Sankaku Head. It began serialization in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 2013. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. An alternative version was serialized for two chapters in Shueisha’s monthly magazine Miracle Jump in 2012. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo began airing in Japan from July 8, 2015. The “himouto” in the title is a pormanteau of himono (干物?, “dried fish”) and imouto (妹?, “little sister”).
Umaru is a renowned beautiful 16-year-old girl in town, living with her elder brother Taihei. She acts a perfect sister with a kind heart, intelligence and popularity, who everybody admires. So who would believe how true Umaru is at home? Sleeping, gaming, watching TV, eating junk food, drinking cola… that’s almost all she does at home, leaving all the housework to her brother.
Her camouflage is so perfect that when one of her classmates visits her home by surprise and witnesses “true Umaru,” she pretends as if she is Umaru’s younger sister. Taihei is always swayed by Umaru’s gap between ostensible face and spoiled life, but he cannot hate his comical and somehow lovable cute little sister!
She was also seen committing more terrorism as a poster in the MegamiMagazine Special issue. This magazine issue can be purchased here.
In other news, the series recently taken out a full-page ad in Japan’s largest newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun, to promote the anime’s cast theme song singles and first Blu-ray / DVD volume release.
In addition to this, the first Blu-ray / DVD cover was revealed and is due for release on August 29th:
Here’s the visual of the anime:
The new cast members include:
Kenta Miyake (Mohammed Avdol from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) as Raiki Gouriki
Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari) as Kosuri Onigashira
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai (Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist), abbreviated as Shimoseka, is a Japanese light novel series, written by Hirotaka Akagi and illustrated by Eito Shimotsuki. Shogakukan has published eight volumes since July 2012 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation titledShimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen with art by N’ Yuzuki began serialization in Mag Garden’s shonen manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade from May 2014. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff is scheduled to air from July 2015.
16 years after the “Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising” banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country’s leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush on).
With the “Counterattack! The Second SN Operation” launching for the popular browser game, Kantai Collection, on August 10 which includes seven maps that seem to reference the Solomon Islands Campaign and/or Guadalcanal Campaign. This weekend’s update introduces a small expansion to the midsummer seasonal dressing with Tenryuu Class Light Cruiser Tatsuta joining her sister in the offering of swimsuit CG.
During the summer event, the game updated with new summer swimsuit themed graphics of Tenryuu, Shigure (Kai Ni), Yuudachi (Kai Ni), Akashi (Kai), while Italia received limited graphics. Here are the previous swimsuit art that was revealed:
There is also new furniture available for the summer as well, including an Anchorage Beach Teahouse, a Commercial Shaved Ice Maker, Fleet Shaved Ice Flag, Beach Teahouse Flooring, Beach Teahouse Temporary Wall Boards and a Beach Teahouse Window. The next summer event is set to start in August.
In celebration of hitting our second Patreon milestone, this month we at Haruhichan are launching a surprise August giveaway for all you loyal users! Up for grabs will be several sweet otaku goods from our sponsors over at JList, including three t-shirts with unique designs which of course the winner can choose, two anime magazines, both NyanType and Megami which we know you love, and for our more mature audience members, three copies the erogame Raidy III by JAST USA – in either digital or physical format – the choice is yours!
But if those goodies weren’t enough for your palate or if you feel your chances are too slim, we have ten $10 JList gift certificates to throw in to the mix as well! Of course, just as usual, we will also be giving out random game codes and other digital mercy on Twitter. So there really is no reason to avoid entering the giveaway. Test your luck below!
Here’s a better look at the prizes that are in this giveaway:
NyanType and Megami magazines which include a ton of posters. View August’s posters for Megami here and Nyantype here. Here’s a few examples of posters that come in this magazine:
The popular yuri RPGErogame, Raidy III by JAST USA
10x $10 JList gift certificates which can be used to purchase anything of your choice from JList’s website here.
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 an 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, will be receiving a TV anime this October.
The first promotional video was also streamed:
Attack on Titan: Junior High anime visual:
Attack on Titan: Junior High synopsis:
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.
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.
A brand new visual has been revealed for the upcomingDigimon Adventure Tri. anime series. The new visual itself showcases two of the main Digimon that will appear in the anime, Omegamon and Alphamon as they clash.
The new visual features the two main Digi-destined, Taichi “Tai” Yagami and Yamato “Matt” Ishida, riding the fusion of their two Digimon, Omegamon (Omnimon) as it battles with Alphamon. In the other anime series, both are members of the Royal Knights, the guardians of the Digital World. The reason for the two to fight has yet to been revealed.
The official website of the Digimon Adventure 15th Anniversary has been updated with new character visuals, and chance to win tickets for Digimon Adventure Fes. 2015. It was also revealed that an event will be held on August 1 at the Toyosu PIT concert hall, which will look back at Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 and showcase a new preview of Digimon Adventure Tri.
In addition to this, the official website of the Digimon Adventure 15th Anniversary had Davis (Daisuke) from the second season of the Digimon anime,Digimon Adventure 02, in its meta tags last May. This may hint that he might appear in the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. anime, as well as any other characters from the second season.
Davis himself is the main character from Digimon Adventure 02 and this piece of information could hint that he could be appearing in the third season. This could also mean that other characters or Digimon from the second season would also appear and that the events that occurred in 02 could carry over. There is also a possibility that his name is there just for SEO.
The first footage of Digimon Adventure tri. has been recently released which has revealed lots of new information about the upcoming series. It has revealed that the anime will be released in Japanese cinemas and will run for a total of 6 episodes. The first episode will be titled Saikai (Reunion). An event will be held on August 1st which will have a special screening of the anime’s first episode, before being released in Japanese cinemas on November 21st this year.
The cast members of the 8 Digi-destined have also been revealed. The voice actors and actresses from the previous anime will not return and will instead include a new cast:
Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) will voice lead character Taichi “Tai” Yagami
Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will play Hikari Yagami
Recently the official website also revealed a new key visual for the series. In addition to this, it has also been revealed that the Kouji Wada will return to do the opening theme song “Butter-Fly” while Miyazaki Ayumi will return to perform “Brave Heart” for the insert song. The Digimon cast will remain the same.
The Spring 2015 anime will be set 6 years after the end of the original series, and 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02. The newly announced anime will be produced by Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece) and follow 17 year old Tai who is currently in high school with Agumon. Toei Animation released the first teaser video about the new series:
Digimon (Digital Monsters in Japan) is a large multimedia franchise that was based on Bandai’s Digivice products, which first released in 1997. The toys were based on Tamagotchis, which were also produced by Bandai. The toys were seen as more female orientated products, so Bandai created a new line of products for a male equivalent. The first anime adaptation, Digimon Adventure, was produced in 1999 by Toei Animation. A film and TV anime were released alongside each other in 1999, the movie being a 20 minute anime produced by Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). Since then there has been numerous anime series, toys, figures, manga, video games and trading card games in the franchise. And this year, will mark the 15th anniversary of Digimon Adventure.
Only time will tell whether if Davis or any of the other characters from Digimon Adventure 02 will appear in the upcoming anime. Digimon Adventure tri. will be a 6 part anime film series with the first episode releasing in Japan on November 21st this year. An advanced screening of the episode will be revealed at Digi-Festa on August 1st. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.
In other news, the series recently taken out a full-page ad in Japan’s largest newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun, to promote the anime’s cast theme song singles and first Blu-ray / DVD volume release.
In addition to this, the first Blu-ray / DVD cover was revealed and is due for release on August 29th:
Here’s the visual of the anime:
The new cast members include:
Kenta Miyake (Mohammed Avdol from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) as Raiki Gouriki
Yui Horie (Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari) as Kosuri Onigashira
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai (Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist), abbreviated as Shimoseka, is a Japanese light novel series, written by Hirotaka Akagi and illustrated by Eito Shimotsuki. Shogakukan has published eight volumes since July 2012 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation titledShimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaru-hen with art by N’ Yuzuki began serialization in Mag Garden’s shonen manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade from May 2014. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff is scheduled to air from July 2015.
16 years after the “Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising” banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country’s leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush on).
With the 5th episode of the Overlord anime broadcasting on AT-X on August 4, a new chibi-chara adventures of the Pleiades Six-Stars the combat maid squad of the Great Tomb of Nazarick has been announced, and will be aired and then published on the official website.
The cast includes:
Hiromi Igarashi (Orion from Amnesia) will voice Yuri Alpha
Mikako Komatsu (Hotaru Tachibana from Aoharu x Kikanjuu) will voice Lupusregina Beta
Manami Numakura (Machi Tokiwa from Hanayamata) will voice Narberal Gamma
Asami Seto (Kurokami no Onna from Death Billiards) will voice CZ2128 Delta
Ayane Sakura (Yozora Mikazuki from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) will voice Solution Epsilon
Kei Shindou (Gentoku Ryuubi from Ikkitousen) will voice Entoma Vasilissa Zeta
The first promotional video for the currently airing anime series:
Animation Studio: Madhouse (Monster, Hunter x Hunter (2011))
Visual:
Over Lord is a Japanese light novel series written by Kugane Maruyama and illustrated by so-bin. It began serialization online in 2010, before being acquired by Enterbrain. Eight volumes have been published since July 30, 2012. An anime adaptation has been announced. A manga adaptation with art by Hugin Miyama began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten’s seinen manga magazine Comp Ace from November 26, 2014.
The story begins with Yggdrasil, a popular online game which is quietly shut down one day; however, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as “the most powerful wizard.” The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) begining to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.
A new visual of Akeno Himejima from the anime adaptation of Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero’s High School DxD light novel series has been featured as a poster in the the MegamiMagazine Special issue. This magazine issue can be purchased here.
Recently a very saucy double page spread was revealed:
In addition to this, various High School DxD visuals have been featured in the recent issues of Megami and NyanType:
Anime visual:
High School DxD is a light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The series began serialization in 2008 in Fujimi Shobo’s Dragon Magazine, before being published in their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. To date, there has been 18 compiled volumes. Three manga adaptation of the series have been published in 2010, 2012 and 2013, all of which have been written by Ishibumi. An anime adaptation was produced in 2012. It was animated by TNK (School Days) and directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Sora no Otoshimono: Tokeijikake no Angeloid, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora). Two OADs were then released, and were then followed by the second season of the anime in 2013. A Nintendo 3DS game was also released later that year.
Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he’s got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel. To top it all off, he’s later reincarnated as a devil by his gorgeous senpai who tells him that she is also a devil and now his master! One thing’s for sure, his peaceful days are over. In a battle between devils and angels, who will win?
A new poster of the anime adaptation of Okayado’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga has been featured in the MegamiMagazine Special issue. This magazine issue can be purchased here.
In addition to this, the website revealed the series will have a total of 12 episodes and first details about the Blu-ray and DVD volume releases for 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 16 will contain episodes 1 and 2, along with: a textless Opening and Ending sequence, a priority pass for tickets for the special event in November, a special jacket, and a hidden voice command of Mia. The remaining volumes will release on:
Volume 2 – October 14th with episodes 3 & 4
Volume 3 – November 18th with episode 5 & 6
Volume 4 – December 16th with episodes 7 & 8
Volume 5 – January, with episodes 9 & 10
Volume 6 – February, with episodes 11 & 12
All volumes will contain uncensored footage of the anime. The Blu-ray versions will cost ¥6,800 (~ $55.00 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥5,800 (~ $47.00 USD) without tax. Along with the episodes, the volumes will also contain special jacket cards, visuals, a hidden recording of one monster girl, and additional video and audio material.
Here is the cover of the first volume:
and the first commercial:
The cast of the Monster Ops: Neutralization team were revealed earlier. The team are a group of females who try to enforce the Interspecies Protection Act, dealing with anyone who to break it or cause general trouble. The revealed cast includes:
Rei Mochizuki (Anna Kozuki in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) as Zombina, a Zombie and the team commando
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou, usually translated as “Everyday Life with Monster Girls” but also as “Daily Life with a Monster Girl” or “Everyday Monster Girls“, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Okayado. The manga first began as a series of hentai one-shots. An anime adaption has been announced to Air in July 2015.
Monster Musume is currently published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten in their Monthly Comic Ryu magazine and by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States, with the chapters collected and reprinted into—so far—6 tankobon volumes. The story revolves around Kimihito Kurusu, often referred to as “Darling” among various other things, a Japanese student whose life is totally thrown into turmoil after becoming involved with the “Interspecies Cultural Exchange” program by mistake.
Monsters—they’re real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood—not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the “Cultural Exchange Between Species Act,” these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they’re trying.
When a hapless human named Kurusu Kimihito is inducted as a “volunteer” into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kurusu’s job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kurusu, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what’s a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!
The official website of the Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- TV anime has revealed that the series will debut this October. In addition, a new visual the first members of the anime’s cast and staff were also revealed.
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)
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.
Chitoge Kirisaki from Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoimanga has been featured as a poster in the the MegamiMagazine Special issue. This magazine issue can be purchased here.
Another new visual featuring Chitoge Kirisaki, Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana at the hot springs was in the Animedia magazine which can be purchased here.
In the June issue of NewType a new visual featuring Marika Tachibana, Chitoge Kirisaki and Haru Onodera was previewed.
Nisekoi is a manga series that originally started off as a one shot from Naoshi Komi that released in January 2011. Komi then released the manga as a full series later on in the year, when it appeared in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Since 2011, 12 volumes have been released for the romantic comedy. Additionally a voiced comic has also been published and a light novel series. Viz Manga has also picked up the series late 2013 for English localisation, announcing that the chapters would be translated and released in Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha. A anime adaptation of the manga aired from January this year and ended in May. The anime is produced by studio Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica).
“Raku Ichijou is an average high school student. He also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family called the Shuei-gumi. Ten years ago, Raku made a promise… a secret promise with a girl he met. They promised one another that they will “get married when they reunite.” Since then, Raku never let go of the pendant the girl gave him.
Then one day, a beautiful girl named Chitoge Kirisaki transfers into Raku’s class. Their chemistry was more than off. There was not a moment where they were not fighting. But by a weird turn of events, Raku and Chitoge agree to become fake lovers. Although his heart is really interested in his classmate Kosaki Onodera, Raku must continue pretending to be Chitoge’s boyfriend.”
With Sega revealing earlier this year that the highly anticipated two-dimensional fighting game Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax will be releasing in North America and Europe on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita this year, the release date has been revealed. The game is scheduled to be released on October 6 with a “Limited Launch Edition” which will include a soundtrack CD with game music from composers like Teruhiko Nakagawa (Shinobi), Naofumi Hataya (NiGHTS into Dreams…), Kenichi Tokoi (Sonic and the Secret Rings), Jun Senoue (Sonic Adventure series, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Generations), and others, and will only be available with retail pre-orders and a limited number of launch copies.
Here’s the announcement trailer which was released earlier this year:
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax will be available on PlayStation 3 ($39.99) and PS Vita ($29.99) both digitally and at retail stores.
Here’s a first look at the limited launch edition:
Here’s the Japanese promotional video which features gameplay and more:
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is the ultimate classical anime arcade style fighting game that uses a partner assist system. A gorgeous 2D game featuring all your favorite characters, including Asuna and Kirito from Sword Art Online, Mikoto fromToaru Kagaku no Railgun, Shana from Shakugan no Shana, Shizuo from Durarara!!, Taiga Asuka from Toradora!, Tomoka from Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Kuroyukihime from Accel World, Kirino from Oreimo and more! There are 14 playable characters, along with 23 “assist characters” (like Leafa from Sword Art Online, Alicia from Valkyria Chronicles, and Kuroneko from Oreimo.) The game supports an original story campaign made called Dream Duel Story, plus online multiplayer mode, and save game functionality across PS3 and PSVita are supported.
Cool-kyou Shinja, the author of the popular 4 koma I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Sayingmanga series has been busy with volume 5 of the series that will be releasing on August 4th. His other popular comedy / ecchi series, Chichi Chichi, released last June and his Komori-san wa Kotowarenai! (Miss Komori can’t decline!) manga series scheduled for a TV anime in October. He has found time to apply his chest drawing skills to sketch Ebina from Himouto! Umaru-chan.
Here’s a sketch he done to celebrate the upcoming TV anime of Komori-san wa Kotowarenai! (Miss Komori can’t decline!).
A wonderful poster featuring Aiz Wallenstein and Hestia was featured in the August issue of popular Japanese magazine Megami. You can view the other posters that came in this issue here.
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka?, also known as DanMachi for short, is a Japanese light novel series, written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. SB Creative has published six volumes since January 2013 under their GA Bunko imprint. It has received a spin-off light novel series and three manga adaptations. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff is scheduled to air from April 2015.
Commonly known as the “Dungeon,” the city of Orario possesses a huge labyrinth in the underground. Its strange name attracts excitement, illusions of honor, and hopes of romance with a pretty girl. In this city of dreams and desires, new adventurer Bell Cranel has his fateful encounter with the tiny Goddess Hestia.
Thus begins the story of a boy striving to become the best adventurer and a lonely goddess searching for followers both hoping to reach their goals and perhaps have some romance in the side.
During the Otakon 2015 event, a lot of shocking announcements, especially in the manga field, were made and Sekai Project concludes the convention with a bang! The North American Visual Novel publisher, Sekai Project, announced during their panel that they will be entering the manga publishing business, along with the current publishing giants such as VIZ, Yen Press and Kodansha, by launching a manga initiative. The company will be debuting with Satoru Sao, Takumi Yanai and Daisuke Izuka’s fantasy-military manga, Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri. The start of the initiative and publishing details will be announced at a later date.
The manga was published under Alpha Polis since July 30, 2011. It has also accumulated seven compiled manga volumes. The 7th volume was released on June 23, 2015. The manga was based off of a five-volume light novel series that was published on April 12, 2010 to December 22, 2011.
Volume 1 Front Cover
Volume 1 Back Cover
It also received a 24-episode anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail) and began airing from July 4, 2015.
Synopsis of the GATE manga from MangaUpdates:
A gate appears in Tokyo’s Ginza district sometime in the 21st century. From the gate pours out monsters, knights from middle-age Europe, and other fantasy-like beings, and they kill many of the citizens of Tokyo. This event is known as the Ginza Incident.
The government sends a small group of soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (a replacement for Japan’s military) to the alternate world beyond the gate. Led by otaku soldier Youji, they find that the villages in the world are being attacked by a dragon. An elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon’s rampage joins the group in their travels across the dangerous new world.
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