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July 16, 2015

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The official website of the anime adaptation of Okayado’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga has revealed that the series will have a total of 12 episodes.

In addition to this, the website revealed the 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

Yurika Kubo (Hanayo Koizumi from Love Live! School Idol Project) voicing as Tionishia, Ogre and physical enforcer

Momo Asakura (Rin Kazari from Witch Craft Works) will voice Manako, a Cyclops and the team sniper

Saori Oonishi (Eriri Spencer Sawamura in Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) voices Doppel, a Shapeshifter and team infiltrator

Yu Kobayash (Mariya Shidou from Maria Holic) as Smith
Junji Majima (Tooru Acura from Hitsugi no Chaika) joined the cast as the protagonist Kurusu Kimihito.

The voice actors along with character designs were revealed earlier:

Sora Amamiya (Asseylum Vers Allusia from Aldnoah.Zero) will voice Miia

Ari Ozawa (Chiyo Sakura in Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) as Papi,

Natsuki Aikawa (Petra Ral in Attack on Titan) as Centorea Shianus

Mayuka Nomura (Sayaka Shimizu in Rescue Me!) will be voicing Suu

Haruka Yamazaki (Tomoyo Kanzaki from Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de) joins the cast to voice Meroune Lorelei
Sakura Nakamura (Akebi Sasaki in Girls und Panzer) voices Rachnera Arachnera

The main staff is as follows:

Direction: Tatsuya Yoshihara (Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san, Yoru no Yatterman)
Series Composition & Screenplay: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Ben-To, Yoru no Yatterman)
Animation Direction: Tatsuya Sunagawa (Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san) and Shunji Akasaka
Character Design: Tatsuya Sunagawa
Assistant Character Design: Shunji Akasaka
Sound Direction: Hiroto Morishita
Music: manzo and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Ao Haru Ride, Joshiraku)
Animation: Lerche (Assassination Classroom) and Seva

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.

Monster Musume synopsis from Haruhichan:

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?!

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://monmusu.tv/
And follow their Twitter: @monmusu_tv

Osomatsu-san Promotional Video Streamed

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July 16, 2015

The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Fujio Akatsuka’s Osomatsu-kun began streaming the first promotional video on Thursday. This is the third TV anime series which was announced last July as a commemoration of what would have been Akatsuka’s 80th birthday. It will begin airing in Fall.

New cast and character designs:

Takahiro Sakurai (Diamond no Ace‘s Miyuki Kazuya, Code Geass‘ Suzaku Kururugi) as Osomatsu, the eldest son
Yuuichi Nakamura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun‘s Umetarou Nozaki, Hamatora‘s Ratio) as the second son, Karamatsu
Kamiya Hiroshi (Bakemonogatari‘s Koyomi Araragi, Kuroko no Basket‘s Akashi Seijuuro) as the third son, Choromatsu
Jun Fukuyama (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu‘s Koro-sensei, Special A‘s Kei Takishima) as the fourth son, Ichimatsu

Other characters without voice actors yet:

Juushimatsu
Todomatsu
Totoko
Iyami
Chibita
Dayoon/Dayohn
Dekaban
Hatahou

Staff:

Director: Yoichi Fujita (Binbougami ga!, Classicaloid)
Character Design: Naoyuki Asano (Hana wa Saku: Touhoku ni Saku, Saint☆Onii-san (Movie))
Art Director: Seiki Tamura (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Akatsuki no Yona)
Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia)
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto (Yowamushi Pedal Movie)
Music: Yukari Hashimoto (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Golden Time)
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Sound director: Hiromi Kikuta (Haikyuu!!, Wake Up, Girls!)
Sound production: Rakuonsha (Nichijou, Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot (Great Teacher Onizuka, Kingdom)

Osomatsu-kun is a manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shounen Sunday from 1962 to 1969. It has been adapted into two different anime series of the same name, the first in 1966, produced by Studio Zero, and the second in 1988, produced by Pierrot and aired across Japan on Fuji Television, the anime satellite television network, Animax, and the South Korean kids channel, Cartoon Network Korea.

This series helped establish Akatsuka’s reputation as a gag comic artist, long before his other popular manga, Tensai Bakabon. Osomatsu-kun has appeared in numerous special issues of Shounen Sunday. Akatsuka has also included several manga adaptations of routines from Charlie Chaplin movies in the series.

In 1964, Akatsuka won the 10th Shogakukan Manga Award for Osomatsu-kun.

In 2015, a third series was announced as a commemoration of what would have been Akatsuka’s 80th birthday. It will begin airing in Fall.

Visual:

Source: Osomatsu-san official website

Mysterious Ougi Oshino Figure Revealed

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Ougi Oshino can be pre-ordered here.

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July 16, 2015

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With the news of the Owarimonogatari anime slated for this October, a new figure of Ougi Oshino from the Monogatari series has been revealed by Kotobukiya. The very mysterious Ougi is shown in her school uniform and signature short haircut while standing atop a giant black hand.

Monogatari Series: Second Season – Ougi Oshino 1/8 Figure – Pre-orders available on JList here and is expected to be released in December 2015.

Prepare for Trouble & Make It Double with This New Visual

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A brand new visual of the Senki Zesshou Symphogear series has been featured in the August 2015 issue NewType magazine. The new double paged spread visual features Maria Cadenzavna Eve and Tsubasa Kazanari striking a wonderful pose together. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.

A new visual from the August 2015 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine recently featured Chris Yukine and Tsubasa Kazanari kicking back on the beach in their bikinis. This issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine can be purchased here.

Anime visual:

Symphogear, also known as Senki Zesshou Symphogear, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Encourage Films, with production assistance from Satelight, which aired on Tokyo MX between January 6, 2012 and March 30, 2012. A second season entitled Senki Zesshou Symphogear G aired between July 4, 2013 and September 26, 2013, while a third season, Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX, began airing from July 3, 2015.

Senki Zesshou Symphogear synopsis from Haruhichan:

Two years ago, a pair of idols, Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou, collectively known as ZweiWing, fought against an alien race known as Noise using armor known as Symphogear. To protect a girl named Hibiki Tachibana, who got severely wounded by the Noise, Kanade sacrificed herself. Two years later, as Tsubasa has fought the Noise alone, Hibiki ends up gaining the same power as Kanade.

Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans TV Anime Announced for October

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July 15, 2015

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Animation studio Sunrise have just announced their next Gundam anime: Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans). The anime will be a brand new TV series that will be airing from October 4.

The synopsis of the series has been revealed:

The show is set 300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the “Calamity War.” A woman named Cordelia sets out on a journey to Earth to speak for the independence of the Martian city of Chryse, which is under the control of the Earth government. Escorting her is the private security company CGS, which protagonists Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka are members of. When a group named Gjallarhorn attacks CGS and Cordelia, Orga sees this as a chance to rebel against CGS and launch a coup. Mikazuki and Orga are thrust into a new conflict. To fend off Gjallarhorn, Mikazuki rides an old mobile suit from the Calamity War, powered by a nuclear reactor, the Gundam Barbatos; a mobile suit that steals weapons, armor, and parts from enemies to become stronger.

The main characters of the upcoming series have also been revealed. The main characters of the series include (left to right):

Akihiro Altland
Biscuit Griffon
Lead character Mikazuki Augus
Olga Itsuka
Eugene Sevenstark
Noruba Shino

The designs for the lead Gundam and mechs were also revealed:

The first members of the series’ production staff were also revealed:

Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai, Toradora!)
Series Composer: Mari Okada (Toradora!, AKB0048)
Anime Character Designer: Michinori Chiba (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE)
Mecha Designers: Naohiro Washio (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Kakumeiki Valvrave), Kanetake Ebikawa (Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE), Ippei Gyoubu (Gundam Reconguista in G), Kenji Teraoka (Code Geass, Gundam Build Fighters), and Tamotsu Shonohara (Rean no Tsubasa)
Art Designer: Kusanagi (Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito, High School of the Dead )
Music Composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo)
Animation Studio: Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam, Love Live! School Idol Project)

Here is the first promotional video for the anime:

Gundam is one of Japan’s largest and most iconic franchise. The franchise is mostly set in a science fiction future that focuses on giant mechanical robots. The franchise was created by Hajime Yatate, a group of animators from the studio Sunrise, lead by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It began in 1979 with the release of the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, though while the anime itself did not receive high praise and viewings, the eventual gunpla models from Bandai launched the series into popularity. Since then, there has been a plethora of anime series, OVAs, films, manga, light novels, games and merchandise based on the franchise. It has become an iconic symbol of Japanese pop culture where Bandai make over 50 billion yen per fiscal year on the models alone.

Here is the synopsis of the original series:

In the year Universal Century 0079, humanity lives in space colonies called Sides. Side 3, the Principality of Zeon, has declared war on the Earth Federation. After the intial fighting, an 8-month stalemate occured. However that stalemate breaks when Amuro Ray stumbles into the Gundam, the Earth Federation’s secret weapon. Now Amuro and the crew of White Base must stand up to Zeon in order to end the war.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans will be airing from October 4th on 28 channels in Japan, during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. Further information about the new anime will be revealed soon.

You can visit the new project’s site now: http://g-tekketsu.com/
And follow the series on Twitter: @g_tekketsu

Source – Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans Website

One Piece Jeanist Contest Goes Live

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July 15, 2015

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Banpresto have launched a website for Jeans Freaks, a website which is hosting a One Piece Jeanist Contest. From July 21 – August 10, fans can vote for which characters look the best in jeans. The contest allows fans to vote for their favorite male and female once per day. Results will be announced in late August.

Source: Jeans Freaks

Summer Themed Charlotte Visual Revealed

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A new key visual for the recently released Charlotte anime has been featured as a double page spread in the August 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.

Recently a new visual featuring Joujirou Takajou, Nao Tomori and Yuu Otosaka has been featured as a double page spread in the August 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animage. You can purchase the Animage magazine here.

Recently a double page spread where Yuu Otosaka shows off his inner Leleouch was featured in the August 2015 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine. This issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine can be purchased here.

The July issue of NewType also featured a visual of the anime before it broadcasted:

The Charlotte anime premiered on Tokyo MX on Saturday, July 4th at midnight, effectively making it air on Sunday, July 5th.

The anime’s staff includes:

Director: Yoshiyuki Asai (Ah! My Goddess and Soul Eater Episode Director)
Anime Character Designer: Kanami Sekiguchi (Shirobako, Tari Tari)
Original Character Designer: Na-Ga (Clannad, Angel Beats!)
Art Director: Kazuki Higashiji (Angel Beats!, Nagi no Asukara)
Sound Director: Satoki Iida (Angel Beats!, Assassination Classroom)
Music Composer and Screenplay Writer: Jun Maeda (Angel Beats!, Clannad)
Animation Studio: P.A. Works (Angel Beats!, Nagi no Asukara)

Main visual:

Here is the second newly revealed visual, which reveals a darker theme to the anime:

Charlotte is a Japanese anime television series produced by P.A.Works and Aniplex and directed by Yoshiyuki Asai. The series, which is written by Jun Maeda with original character design by Na-Ga, is the second original anime project created by visual novel brand Key following the 2010 series Angel Beats!. The anime began airing in Japan on July 4, 2015, and is simulcast by Crunchyroll and Animax Asia in South and Southeast Asia. A manga adaptation illustrated by Haruka Komowata began serialization in ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki G‘s Comic.

Synopsis of Charlotte from Haruhichan:

Very few adolescent boys and girls have an onset of special abilities. Yuu Otosaka uses his ability unbeknownst to others in order to lead a satisfying school life. And then, a girl named Nao Tomori suddenly appears before him. Their encounter reveals the destiny for wielders of special abilities.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://charlotte-anime.jp/
And follow the new Angel Beats! & Charlotte Twitter: @Charlotte_AB_

Type-Moon Inspired Visual Novel “Wish” Gets Localization Kickstarter

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July 15, 2015

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Culture Select is a new localization startup company based in Delaware, USA. Culture Select‘s CEO, John Baumlin, has worked on visual novels such as Fault -Milestone One-, An Octave Higher, and Ecchi Mery and the Perils of the Cosmic Shrine alongside companies such as MangaGamer and Active Gaming Media. Their newest project brings us Wish -tale of the sixteenth night of lunar month. Wish is a type-moon inspired visual novel created by the Migiha, a group of doujinshi artists who have sold their games and doujins at Comiket, the biggest annual comic convention in Japan. For fans of Fate/Stay Night, Tsukihime, and Kara No Kyoukai, the Wish visual novel is sure to be enjoyed.

As a result of the large Western anime following, fans in English-speaking countries also want to experience the thrill of reading and playing through visual novels. That’s where localizing start up companies come in. Companies such as Sekai Project have translated many visual novels based solely on Kickstarter funds. One of such is the iconic Clannad, set to release in English on steam in Fall 2015 with $541,161 pledged from fans.

The plot of Wish along with the main characters are described on the Kickstarter page.

Have you ever wondered what lies beyond a dream?

Tenka Kurono is an adopted son of the Kurono family, who has been managing the Kuromiya Shrine for several generations. His older sister Mutsuki and upperclassman Rinna are runemasters – prana users who have been defending the land of commoners since ancient times. Ever since Mutsuki and Tenka’s father left without a trace, Mutsuki has been entrusted with the shrine – including taking on the odd request to defeat monsters. Keeping watch over the family is An’ya, the supernatural deity enshrined in the holy vessel within the Kuromiya Shrine.

Prana, a kind of finite life energy that can be used to activate supernatural magic…Tenka is infatuated with the powers of runemasters and trains in secret, longing to stand side-by-side with Mutsuki and Rinna. Despite his greatest desires though, Tenka himself is quite ordinary, and his prana reserves rival that of an insect.

How can he be of any use to anyone around him in this supernatural universe that exists beyond him? He gets his first chance after hearing a mysterious voice call out to him…

Culture Select‘s current goal for the project is set for $4,800, with pledges already reaching $1,107 as of July 13th, with the Kickstarter ending on August 7th. There is currently a Steam Greenlight page open for voting for the visual novel as well.

Source – Comiket, Kickstarter, Culture Select

Top 10 Anime Series from NewType’s August 2015 Issue

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July 15, 2015

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Today’s series rankings come from the August 2015 issue of the popular Japanese anime magazine, NewType. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.

Here are the rankings for the top 10 anime series for August 2015:

10) Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic
9) Arslan Senki
8) Hibike! Euphonium
7) RWBY
6) Kekkai Sensen
5) The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
4) Love Live! School Idol Project
3) Owari no Seraph
2) Danmachi
1) Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan Has a Surprisingly Good OP/ED

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July 15, 2015

Although deceptively too much like Sword Art Online for its own good, Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan has some elements that make it stand out. The OP – for one – sounds promising at the very least. Though the animation budget appears to be less than stellar, it does try to mesh modern CGI with traditional animation, and it gets the job done. The track “D.O.B.” by Iori Nomizu however sounds fantastic. Have a listen below!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2x8ri2

Opting for a more classic looking ED animation, the show manages to save some face with the end of each episode, also including progression shots of character sketches/line art drawings. A nice, humble ED with a melodic tune does the show justice. The track used is “Hallelujah” by la la larks. What do you think of it? Watch it below!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2x8t7a

The Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan anime began its broadcast on Thursday, July 9th at 12:30am JST on Tokyo MX. The anime will also air on Sun TV at 1:30am JST and on TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting at 2:35am JST. It will then show on the 10th on Chiba TV and TVK at 1:00am JST, on Saitama TV at 1:05am JST, and on the 11th on BS11 at 3:00am JST.

The main cast of the anime includes:

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kirito from Sword Art Online) will be voicing Kanata Age
Nao Touyama (Kanon Nakagawa in The World God Only Knows) voices Lecty Eisenbach
Iori Nomizu (Haruna in Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) is voicing the role of Rico Flamel
Nozomi Yamamoto (Yukimura Kusunoki in Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) as Misora Whitale
Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail) will voice Lloyd Allwin
Saeko Zougou (Chaika Bohdan in Hitsugi no Chaika)is voicing Flonne Flamel
Risa Taneda (Mirai Kuriyama from Kyoukai no Kanata) as Yuri Flostre
Kaori Sadohara (SG550 in Upotte!!) is voicing Chloe Zeveni

The main staff of the anime was also revealed and consists of:

Director: Takayuki Inagaki (Kiniro Mosaic, Grisaia no Kajitsu)
Series Composer: Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Rosario + Vampire, Gingitsune)
Anime Character Designer: Osamu Horiuchi (Full Metal Panic!, Hayate no Gotoku!)
Animation Studio: Diomedea (Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?)

Here is the anime’s main visual:

Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuu Moroboshi and illustrated by Yuka Nakajima. Fujimi Shobo has published five volumes since July 2013 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Arisu Shidō started serialization in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from July 26, 2014. An anime adaptation was announced last July.

Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan synopsis from Haruhichan:

The story is set in a world where humanity, driven off the land by the threat of magical armored insects, now live in aerial floating cities. Thus wizards—aerial combat mages who fight the insects with magical powers—came into being.

Kanata Age is a young man who lives on the floating wizard academy city of “Misutogan.” He was once celebrated as the “Black Master Swordsman,” the elite ace of the S128 special team; however, he is now despised as the “traitor of the special team.” One day, he is assigned as the instructor of E601, a team that has suffered ten consecutive defeats. E601 has three girls—Misora Whitale, Lecty Eisenach, and Rico Flamel—with one or two peculiar quirks.

Visit the anime’s official website here: http://ku-sen.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @kusen_official

Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki’s OP/ED Are Just as Badass as You Think

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July 15, 2015

Featuring an intense track and incredible visuals – the Chaos Dragon OP sure is impressive. Smooth animations with a pretty nice color scheme as well as badass rock track “ISOtone” by Natsumi Kon, the OP definitely kicks ass. Watch it for yourself below and you will not regret it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xfl8g

With visuals just as gorgeous as the OP, if not more, the ED is one you won’t be skipping at the end of episodes. The track “Delta Decision” by Eiha (Miyuki Sawashiro), Lou (Maaya Uchida), Meryl (Haruka Terui) sounds amazing, blending more melodic pieces with hard rock riffs. Watch it below, and like with the OP, you will not regret it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xfljw

The Chaos Dragon anime will debuted this Summer on July 2nd at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX. The anime will then air on KBS Kyoto and BS11 on the following day at 1:00am JST and on Sun TV in the next time slot.

The first members of the anime’s main cast has been revealed. They include:

Marina Inoue (Laura Bodewig in IS: Infinite Stratos) will voice Ibuki, a descendant of the Nil Kamui royal family, created by illustrator Simadoriru

Miyuki Sawashiro (Shino Asada in Sword Art Online II) voices Eiha, Ibuki’s guardian who has fused with a demon, created by author Izuki Kogyoku

Soma Saito (Twelve from Zankyou no Terror) as Soirot Clasbari, a member of the Black Dragon Knights of Donatia, created by writer Kinoko Nasu

Maaya Uchida (Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) joins the cast as Ro Chenfa, a religious assassin from Kouran, created by writer Gen Urobuchi

Unshou Ishizuka (Joseph Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) is voicing Kagraba, a mysterious trader from Haiga, created by author Ryohgo Narita

The site has also revealed two characters whose cast members haven’t been revealed so far.

Val, a demon bound to Eiha

Meryl Sherbet, a magic sword

Meril, a NPC follower of Soirot

Two new promotional videos of the anime has also been released. The first video itself reveals the cast members of the anime and also previews the series’ Opening theme song: ISOtone performed by Natsumi Kon (Isshuukan FriendsOP, Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince OP).

And here is the second PV:

The first members of the anime’s production staff were also revealed:

Director: Masato Matsune (Meganebu! Animation Director, Fate/Prototype CGI Supervisor)
Series Composers: Shou Aikawa (Oh! Edo Rocket, Fullmetal Alchemist Scriptwriter), Ukyou Kodachi (Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road Screenplay Writer)
Music Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto (Koutetsu no Vendetta, Druaga no Tou: The Aegis of Uruk)
Animation Studios: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori), Connect (Strike the Blood, Campione!)

Chaos Dragon is a new mixed media project that currently consists of a mobile game, a board game and an anime. The project is based on a series of table top RPG sessions that were held by DM Makoto Sanda, the creator of the Rental Magica series, under the title of Red Dragon that spanned 6 days. The game involved a brand new original world envisioned by Sanda and has 5 players creating their own characters traversing through the game’s world and Sanda’s planned situations. The 5 players include: Gen Urobuchi, the creator of Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica andFate/Zero, Ryohgo Narita, the creator of Baccano! and Durarara!!, Kinoko Nasu, one of the creators of Fate/stay night, Izuki Kogyoku, the author of Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou, and illustrator Simadoriru.

Each of the players created their own characters in the game and will have varying impacts in the Chaos Dragon projects. The board game will be titled Chaos Dragon: Hau Shunjuu, the mobile game titled Chaos Dragon: Konton Senso and the anime titled Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku.

Here is a synopsis of the anime from Haruhichan:

The story takes place in Huanli (the Year of Dazzling) 3015. Donatia and Kouran, two countries fighting for supremacy, are causing the world to be torn apart due to the constant war. Amidst the strife is the island country Nil Kamui, which has lost its independence. Red Dragon, the guardian god of Nil Kamui, goes out of control. Will the island country be able to regain its independence?

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://chaosdragon.red/
And follow their Twitter: @chaosdragon_red

Prison School’s OP Looks Brutal yet Captivating

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July 15, 2015

One of the more anticipated shows of the season is Prison School. With its broad array of characters, (including several gorgeous girls), the animation looks incredible, as well as just the right amount of ecchi. “Ai no Prison” by Kangoku Danshi (group formed by the cast (Hiroshi Kamiya, Katsuyuki Konishi, Kenichi Suzumura, Daisuke Namikawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu)) is the track that plays and it sounds great, perfectly fitting the absolutely sick animation style. Watch the full OP below.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xl8at

The Prison School anime’s first episode aired on Tokyo MX on July 11th at 1:05am JST. The anime then aired 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.

It was also revealed earlier that the series will have a total of 12 episodes.

n addition to this, the website revealed 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 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
Kenichi Suzumura (Hajime Tsunashi from Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken) as Shingo Wakamoto
Daisuke Namikawa (Rokuro Okajima from Black Lagoon) will voice Jouji Nezu
Kazuyuki Okitsu (Seishin Muroi from Shiki) as Reiji Andou
Sayaka Ohara (Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass) as Mari Kurihara
Shizuka Itou (Haruka Morishima from Amagami SS) will voice Meiko Shiraki
Kana Hanazawa (Nadeko Sengoku from Bakemonogatari) as Hana Midorikawa

The staff includes:

Director: Tsutomu Mizushima (Blood-C, Shirobako, Witch Craft Works)
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote (Genshiken, Joshiraku, Shirobako)
Character designer and Chief Animation Director: Junichiro Taniguchi (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Gosick, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Production: J.C. Staff (DanMachi, Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)

Latest PV of the anime:

Recent visual:

Previous visual:

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.

Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) synopsis from Haruhichan:

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.

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

Seven Seas Entertainment Licenses Secret no Mukougawa Manga for June 2016

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July 15, 2015

According to the official website of North American publisher, Seven Seas Entertainment, they have acquired the license to publish Hideaki Yoshikawa’s (Kaminomi, Kagaku na Yatsura) Secret no Mukougawa (The Other Side of Secret) manga as individual volumes. The first volume of the manga is slated for June 7, 2016 for $12.99 USD or $14.99 CAD with a colored insert.

The ecchi, demon-action, seinen manga was published under Media Factory’s Comic Alive magazine since September 27, 2014. The manga has accumulated two compiled manga volumes in Japan. The first volume was published on November 22, 2014 while the second volume was shipped on March 23, 2015. The upcoming third volume will be released on July 23, 2015.

Synopsis of Secret no Mukougawa from Seven Seas:

Yuto has been plagued by the disappearance of his sister after he witnessed her vanish through a strange portal. Seven years later, he sees two girls emerge from the same magical doorway. Not about to let this chance to find his sister pass him by, Yuto follows them back through it and is transported to a strange and dangerous world.

There Yuto finds his sister but at a price. A terrible mistake costs the lives of many of that world’s inhabitants, and Yuto is to blame. Can Yuto atone for what he’s done and bring his sister back home with him?

Source: Seven Seas’ Official Website

Steins;Gate, Rose of Versailles and Sugar Sugar Rune Manga Licensed by Udon Entertainment

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At the San Diego Comic Con International which was held last weekend, many manga panelists announced new licenses for their line-up, and Udon Entertainment announced three new manga titles to be published in North America: Nitro+’s (Togainu no Chi, DRAMAtical Murder) Steins;Gate, Riyoko Ikeda’s (Orpheus no Mado, Oniisama e…) Rose of Versailles (Versailles no Bara) and Moyoco Anno’s (Hataraki Man, Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki) Sugar Sugar Rune.

.@UdonEnt @ #SDCC15 get ready! pic.twitter.com/lAzcqxVz5r

— Deb Aoki (@debaoki) July 11, 2015

The first license was the three-volume sci-fi manga adaptation by Nitro+ and Yomi Sarachi (Touryou Gakuin no Hanayome, Kamioroshi), Steins;Gate. The manga was published on September 26, 2009 to July 27, 2013 under Media Factory’s Comic Alive magazine. It has received a 24-episode anime adaptation produced by White Fox (Akame ga Kill!, Hataraku Maou-sama!). The series was based on a visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus.

Udon Entertainment will release the first volume of the manga on August 2015.

.@UdonEnt @ #SDCC15 stein’s gate manga ! August 2015 pic.twitter.com/qXGZ5tH8QD

— Deb Aoki (@debaoki) July 11, 2015

Synopsis of Steins;Gate manga from MAL:

The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have managed to customize their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

The second license was a 1972 to 1973 shoujo manga classic by Riyoko Ikeda, Rose of Versailles. The manga was serialized under Shueisha’s Margaret magazine and has 10 compiled manga volumes. It has two anime adaptations, one 40-episode TV anime produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha (Doraemon, Lupin III) that was aired on October 10, 1979 to September 3, 1980 and a 4-minute special by Toei Animation (One Piece, Slam Dunk) that was released on 2007. The manga will be published in English in a 2-in-1 omnibus format slated for Spring 2016.

.@UdonEnt @ #SDCC2015 new! The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda – Spring/Summer 2016! a classic historic romance! pic.twitter.com/1Lv01lYlCE — Deb Aoki (@debaoki) July 12, 2015

Synopsis of Rose of Versailles from MAL:

Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.

The final license was a magical girl shoujo manga series, Sugar Sugar Rune, by the wife of the infamous anime director, Hideaki Anno, Moyoco Anno. The manga was published on August 2, 2003 to April 3, 2007 under Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine and Comics World’s Comic Fans magazine. It has 8 compiled manga volumes. The manga received a 51-episode anime adaptation produced by Studio Pierrot (Akatsuki no Yona, Yume-iro Pâtissière) and it aired on July 2, 2005 to June 24, 2006.

North American publisher, Del Rey Manga, has acquired the license for the manga before but Udon Entertainment took it over. The new first English volume of Sugar Sugar Rune will be published on Summer 2016.

@UdonEnt @ #SDCC2015 return of @anno_moyoco ‘s Sugar Sugar Rune! two young witches’ friendship is tested-Summer 2016 pic.twitter.com/B2zqhACtTx

— Deb Aoki (@debaoki) July 12, 2015

Synopsis of Sugar Sugar Rune by MAL:

Little witch-girls Chocolat and Vanilla are best friends, but only one of them can be Queen of the Magic World. To determine who deserves the title, they must go to the Human World and enter a strange competition. Whoever attracts the most human boys . . . wins!

Here’s how it works: When a boy falls for a witch-girl, she utters a few mystic words and the boy’s heart will be hers in jewel-like form. It may sound simple, but winning hearts is tricky business. While Chocolat had no problem enticing witch-boys with her forthright personality, human boys seem to be drawn to shy and modest girls like Vanilla. And to make matters worse, Chocolat is finding herself increasingly drawn to the cool and mysterious Pierre-who feels nothing for her! The girls had planned to be best friends forever, but both of them want to be Queen. Will their rivalry ruin their friendship?

Kodansha Comics Licensed Paradise Residence Seinen Manga

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July 15, 2015

During Kodansha Comics’ panel at the San Diego Comic Con last weekend, the hosts announced that the North American manga publisher has licensed Kosuke Fujishima’s (Aa! Megami-sama!, Taiho Shichau zo) Paradise Residence manga. The first English-translated volume of the manga is slated for March 2016.

.@KodanshaUSA @ #SDCC2015 new! paradise residence by Kosuke Fujishima, creator of Oh My Goddess – March 2016 pic.twitter.com/QrfGOhfONA

— Deb Aoki (@debaoki) July 11, 2015

On May 24, 2014, the first chapter of the comedy, slice-of-life seinen manga was published under Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine and is also featured on good! Afternoon magazine. The manga has currently one compiled volume that was published on February 23, 2015. The second volume will be published on August 21, 2015. A prequel manga titled Paradise Residence 0 was published on November 7, 2008 to March 7, 2012 with one volume shipped on the same date as the sequel’s first volume.

The manga received a light novel adaptation written by Kanan Norihara (Maruta Sagi wa Tantei desu ka?, Tenshi kara Hyakunen) on December 2, 2011. It has two compiled light novel volumes serialized under Kodansha.

Synopsis of Paradise Residence manga from MAL:

The new title of Kosuke Fujishima, the creator of Ah! My Goddess. Paradise Residence is about the battles in the first dormitory of the Kikka Institute, where the dorm mother is a grade school girl. The main character is Hatsune Takanashi, a student at the Kikka Academy girls’ dormitory. She’s active and straightforward, has trouble waking up, hates natto, and one of her main three urges is the lust for conquest!

Read Paradise Residence‘s first chapter in Japanese here.

Fall Anime Osomatsu-san Adds 3 More Voice Cast

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July 14, 2015

In addition to the previously announced cast for the Fall 2015 anime, Osomatsu-san, the official website of the anime added three more voice cast for the characters, two of them are Juushimatsu and Todomatsu, the last two of the Osomatsu sextuplets and the eye of their affection, Totoko.

New cast:

Ono Daisuke (Durarara!!‘s Shizuo Heiwajima, Working!‘s Satou) as the fifth son, Juushimatsu.
Irino Miyu (Daichi Manatsu from Captain Earth) as the sixth and youngest son, Todomatsu.
Endou Aya (Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai.’s Lisara Restall, Macross Frontier‘s Sheryl Nome) as Totoko.

Previously announced cast:

Takahiro Sakurai (Diamond no Ace‘s Miyuki Kazuya, Code Geass‘ Suzaku Kururugi) as Osomatsu, the eldest son
Yuuichi Nakamura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun‘s Umetarou Nozaki, Hamatora‘s Ratio) as the second son, Karamatsu
Kamiya Hiroshi (Bakemonogatari‘s Koyomi Araragi, Kuroko no Basket‘s Akashi Seijuuro) as the third son, Choromatsu
Jun Fukuyama (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu‘s Koro-sensei, Special A‘s Kei Takishima) as the fourth son, Ichimatsu

Remaining cast with no voice actors yet:

Iyami
Chibita
Dayoon/Dayohn
Dekaban
Hatahou

Staff:

Art Director: Seiki Tamura (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Akatsuki no Yona)
Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia)
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto (Yowamushi Pedal Movie)
Music: Yukari Hashimoto (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Golden Time)
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Sound director: Hiromi Kikuta (Haikyuu!!, Wake Up, Girls!)
Sound production: Rakuonsha (Nichijou, Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Animation Production: Studio Pierrot (Great Teacher Onizuka, Kingdom)

The prequel of the anime was aired with 86 episodes on February 13, 1988 to December 30, 1989 titled as Osomatsu-kun. The manga was published with 34 volumes under Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday magazine from 1962 to 1988. This Fall 2015 anime will be about Osomatsu-kun on his adult years.

Visual:

Source: Official Website

Jitsu wa Watashi wa’s OP/ED Prepare You for yet Another Summer Harem Anime

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The first thing one would notice when watching the OP is “Wow, those are some oversized… eyes”. For some reason, even by anime standards each character’s eyes look a bit eerie! But that’s clearly not the focal point of the show. Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa is bound to be a fun (if not slightly ecchi) harem anime, and the OP promises just that.”Himitsu wo Choudai” by Ars Magna is the track that plays during the sequence and one can watch it below!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2wx9xn

The ED comes with a fairly upbeat tune of its own as the screen pans across what appears to be the show’s “main girl”, the green haired beauty Youko Shiragami. The track is “Ienai Ienai” by Hilcrhyme, and the visuals are fairly simplistic, but a nice ending touch to an episode. Check it out below!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2wxaml

The Jitsu wa Watashi wa anime debuted last July 7th on TV Tokyo and TV Osaka at 1:35am JST.

The main cast of the anime include:

Yuu Serizawa (Ann Fukuhara from Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live) will voice Youko Shiragami

Natsuki Hanae (Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul) will be voicing Asahi Kuromine

Inori Minase (Chino Kafuu in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) voices Nagisa Aizawa

Reina Ueda (Naru Sekiya in Hanayamata) as Mikan Akemi

Aya Uchida (Kotori Minami in Love Live! School Idol Project) is voicing Shiho Shishido

Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will be voicing Akane Koumoto

Emi Nitta (Honoka Kousaka in Love Live! School Idol Project) voices Akari Koumoto

The main members of the Jitsu wa Watashi wa production staff includes:

Director: Yasutaka Yamamoto (Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?, Shinryaku!? Ika Musume Season 2)
Series Composer: Kenichi Yamashita (Ishida and Asakura, Ketsuekigata-kun!)
Anime Character Designer: Hirotaka Marufuji (Aquarion Evol, Nobunaga The Fool)
Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, Yowamushi Pedal)

Jitsu wa Watashi wa (The Truth Is I Am…) is a romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Eiji Masuda. The series began in 2013 in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion magazine where a total of 11 volumes have been published to date, with the latest volume releasing on April 8th this year.

Jitsu wa Watashi wa synopsis from Haruhichan:

Meet Kuromine Asahi, “the man who can’t lie,” On the way home, he just learned an important secret. That his crush, Shiragami Youko, is actually a vampire!

Can Asahi actually keep her secret?

It’s a fun, clumsy, one of a kind vampire romantic comedy!

More information will be released in the near future.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://jitsuwata.tv/
And follow their Twitter: @jitsuwata_anime

New Joukamachi no Dandelion Visual Makes a Splash

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July 14, 2015

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A brand new summertime themed visual of the girls from the TV anime adaptation of Ayumu Kasuga’s Joukamachi no Dandelion (Castle Town Dandelion) 4koma manga has been revealed in the August 2015 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine as a double page spread. The new visual features Kanade Sakurada, Aoi Sakurada and Akane Sakurada relaxing on a beach on a hot summer day. This issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine can be purchased here.

Anime visual:

Joukamachi no Dandelion (Castle Town Dandelion) is a comedy, slice of life 4Koma manga written and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. The series began in 2012 being published in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine where a total of 2 volumes have been published to date. The latest volume released in June last year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

The Sakurada family is a pretty ordinary family of eleven people living in a solitary house. Except that their father is the king, and each of the children has special powers. Also, to ensure their safety and to help citizens decide the next king, the house is observed by more than 200 security cameras.

Shimoseka’s OP Is Just as Dirty as Expected and That’s Great

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