Have you ever wanted to be woken up by a beautiful anime girl? Or to experience being part of the world of Sword Art Online? Well, with the advances of virtual technology, you can now live both those fantasies with the newly released Asuna Alarm application for Android!
Sony Media have teamed up with the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online to create an alarm application feature Asuna for Android. The app uses Live2D technology that is also found in various other anime character alarm apps. The application itself allows users to set up at time where the app will inform you to wake up, just as Asuna would. Of course, the voice actress of Asuna, Haruka Tomatsu (Naruko Anjou from AnoHana) returns to voice her in the app. But there are more functionalities than just the alarm.
Another core feature is the talk function. This allows you to speak to Asuna and she will respond. Ask her questions make her say commands or just say hello. She will easily respond to basic questions such as the date, current time, weather, and even fortune telling. Asuna might even fall asleep if you idle too long.
She will also have various lines to say throughout idling in the application and in response to some questions, and even you get a little “hands on” with her. She will even greet you correctly depending on the time of the day. Of course, do note that she currently responds to and in Japanese.
There is also more than just speaking to Asuna. You can also change what outfit she is currently wearing, from her typical combat clothes or for something more casual.
You will also be able to purchase additional costumes for Asuna.
Here is a video of Asuna in action:
The Asuna Alarm application is currently out now in the Google Play Store for supported Android devices, for free. Many of the app’s functions may only work in Japan. There has been no confirmation whether the app will come to iOS.
The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Okayado’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga has revealed more cast members of the upcoming anime, who will be voicing the protection team Monster Ops: Neutralization.
The cast of the Monster Ops: Neutralization team have been revealed. 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
The series will the premiere on Wednesday, July 8 at 12:30 a.m. on Tokyo MX TV, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and AT-X. The series will then premiere on BS11 and Niconico. It was also revealed recently that Junji Majima (Tooru Acura from Hitsugi no Chaika) has 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
A series of commercials for the main monster girls were also revealed earlier in the week:
Various visuals have been featured in Japanese anime magazines. The most recent visual features Cerea, the centauride who happens to be the third resident of Kurusu’s home. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.
Recently a new visual featuring Cerea was featured in Megami which can be purchased here.
A new visual from the recent issue of NewType has been revealed that features Papi the harpy, the half human and half bird sub-species.
Another visual was also revealed in the June issue of Megami which can be purchased here. The new visual features Miia, waking up and ready to start the day.
While another visual for the anime was also revealed in the most recent issue of Animage:
The anime adaptation was revealed on the 7th manga volume of Takemaru Inui’s manga series Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou (Everyday That There Is a Monster Girl), there was wraparound jacket band announcement revealing that the TV anime adaptation of the manga will premiere this July, during the summer 2015 anime season.
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 for the anime adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow’s Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront) manga series has revealed that the 12th and final episode has been delayed beyond the previously announced July 4-5 weekend dates. The anime’s production committee explained that the staff determined that the final episode cannot air in a 30-minute timeslot, since its required length will be longer than estimated.
The staff still plan to air the final episode on the MBS, Tokyo MX, and BS11 stations, but the broadcast dates and times have yet to be determined. When the dates and times are decided, the anime’s official website and Twitter account will announce them.
Instead of the final episode, a special program for Kekkai Sensen will air on the following stations and dates:
MBS: Saturday, July 4 at 27:28 (effectively, July 5 at 3:28 a.m.)
Tokyo MX: Sunday, July 5 at 24:00 (effectively, July 6 at midnight)
BS11: Sunday, July 5 at 24:30 (effectively, July 6 at 12:20 a.m.)
The staff members had announced that they would delay the final episode until July 4 at 26:28 JST (July 5 at 2:28 a.m.) on MBS. However, MBS had already scheduled the premiere of the Durarara!!x2 Ten season for the same 26:28 timeslot on July 4.
In addition to this, the series has been featured as a double page spread in the July issue of Japanese anime magazine Animedia. The new visual features Klaus von Reinherz, Leonardo Watch, Zapp Renfro and others enjoying a nice time at the sea. You can purchase this issue of the Animedia magazine here.
Anime visual:
Kekkai Sensen is a Japanese shounen manga by Yasuhiro Nightow. It has published bimonthly in the magazine Jump SQ.19 ever since 2009 and moved to Jump Square upon the former’s ending. It follows a young photographer named Leonardo Watch who obtained the All Seeing Eyes at the cost of his sister’s eyesight. He moves to the city of Hellsalem’s Lot to join an organization known as Libra to fight several monsters as well as terrorists. The manga has been published in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.
A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They’ve lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.
On June 29th, 2015, theofficial website for the Nisekoi anime announced that, bundled together with the 21st volume of the Nisekoi manga, a limited edition original anime DVD would be released. The release date is set for January 4th, 2016, presumably the same date the 21st volume of the manga will be published.
This DVD is to contain anime adaptations of Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-Chan spinoff manga, in which Onodera Kosaki becomes a magical girl, as well as Komi Naoshi’s Shinkon bonuses, in which Komi pictures situations in which Raku and certain Nisekoi girls are newlyweds. These include Kosaki, Marika, Tsugumi, and, upon the release of the 21st volume, Chitoge. It has also been announced that the new episode of the Magical Pâtissier adaptation will feature a new magical girl, as well as a new sister character.
Magical Pâtissier
Shinkon Excerpt
The limited edition bundle is to include Volume 21 of Nisekoi with a special cover, the original anime DVD, a special booklet with Komi’s ShinkonChitoge short, one new Nisekoi PR card for the Weiβ Schwarz game, and the Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-chan postcard calendar. Although the bundles will not ship until early 2016, the deadline for reserving a bundle will be October 26th, 2015.
The announced production cast includes all returnees:
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Chief Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Character Design: Sugiyama NobeHiroshi
Animation Production: SHAFT
Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-chan, is a Nisekoi spin-off by Taishi Tsutsui, with Naoshi Komi getting original creator credit. The comedy features a magical girl version of Kosaki Onodera whose family runs a Japanese sweets shop, is transforming into a magical girl in this story. An anime adaptation was released as the 8th episode of Nisekoi:. You can find more information on it here.
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, 18 volumes have been released for the romantic comedy. Additionally a voiced comic has also been published- even a light novel series. Viz Manga has also picked up the series late 2013 for English localisation, translating and releasing it in Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha. A anime adaptation of the manga aired from January to May in 2014, and a second season aired in the Spring 2015 anime season. The anime is produced by studio Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica).
Nisekoi synopsis from Haruhichan:
“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.”
In addition to this, a new visual was revealed for the upcoming “Haikyu!!Matsuri!” event to be held at Yokohama Pacifico on August 30 was also posted:
A new visual of the main characters was revealed earlier:
Haikyuu!! Second Season is scheduled to broadcast on MBS, Tokyo MX, CBC, BS11 and other stations across Japan this October. It was also revealed earlier that 16-year old voice actress Sumire Morohoshi (Akiatsu!’s Ichigo Hoshimiya) will voice Hitoka Yachi.
Previous visual:
Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine also revealed that the Haikyuu!! anime will have two compilation films. The first film, Haikyuu!! Owari to Hajimari (Haikyuu!!: Ending and Beginning) will be releasing in Japan on July 3rd whilst the second compilation film,Haikyuu!! Shousha to Haisha (Haikyuu!!: Winners and Losers), releases on September 18th. There will also be a stage play adaptation of the series starting in November.
A new trailer video for the first Haikyuu!! compilation film, Haikyuu!! Owari to Hajimari (Haikyuu!!: Ending and Beginning) was streamed earlier this month. The video features the TV anime’s theme song “Imagination” by SPYAIR:
The second season of Haikyuu!! was previously announced last December in the Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Haikyuu!! is a volleyball sports manga written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. The Haikyuu!! debuted as a one shot manga that was released in Winter 2011 in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Next! magazine and another one shot in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. After that the manga became a weekly series in the same magazine where to date a total of 13 compiled volumes have been released, with the 14th volume releasing on the 27th. A crossover chapter with Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoi manga was produced in July last year. An anime adaptation of Haikyuu!! was produced this August in theSummer 2014 anime season that ran for a total of 26 episodes. The series was directed by Susumu Mitsunaka (Cuticle Tantei Inaba) and produced by Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Kuroko’s Basketball).
A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata’s love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as “King of the Court.” Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club… only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama!
A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!
Kirino’s friend, Ayase Aragaki, from the popular series Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute) has received a new figure which displays her amazing cosplay skills. She has a very photogenic look as she smiles for you while holding a plate with cocktail glasses.
Kuroneko, the pure and dedicated fujoshi / otakukko (female otaku) and also one of the supporting characters from the popular series Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute) has received a new figure which displays her amazing cosplay skills. She looks at you nervously while sitting and playing with her long black hair.
Kirino the main character from the popular series Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute) has received a new figure which displays her cosplay skills in a classic bunny girl outfit. She is displaying a cheerful expression on her face as she shows off her dynamic body before your very eyes.
Misaka Mikoto has reproduced the scene from episode 13 of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun where she was seen prancing around in a cute swimsuit in a gravure style fashion but this time in figure form. She is shown to be enjoying a day on the beach while holding a floatie and giving us a cute smile.
During May of this year, Aniplex and Stronger released their prototype for their newest figure of Rin Tohsaka from Fate/Stay Night wearing her servant, Archer’s armor during the annual anime and gaming-centered event, Machi Asobi. During the airing of Ufotable’s anime adaption of Rin’s route, Unlimited Blade Works, in the Fate/Stay Night visual novels, there were multiple Rin figures and merchandise released, including a replica of her necklace, also on display at Machi Asobi.
The official website of The IDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls anime adaptation has revealed a new key visual for the upcoming second season. The second season will begin airing from July 17th at midnight JST (effectively the 18th) during the Summer 2015 anime season.
Here is the main visual of the anime:
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Games for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011 for feature phones, and compatibility was extended to iOS and Android devices on December 16, 2011. The game is based onThe Idolmaster franchise, and features a cast of new idol characters.
The story in Cinderella Girls follows the career of a producer in charge of leading and training prospective pop idols to stardom. Its gameplay follows a collectible card game format in which each idol is represented as a card, which the player may use to form a unit of idols to train in lessons, take to jobs, and compete against opponents. Cinderella Girls has made transitions to other media. An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures began airing in January 2015. Eight manga series, three sets of manga anthologies, two Internet radio talk shows featuring the series’ voice actresses, image song singles and albums, and live concerts have also been produced.
There are many idols with long-established talent agency 346 Production. And now the company is starting a new program, the Cinderella Project!
Girls leading normal lives…
They are chosen to be aspiring idols and see another world for the first time in this Cinderella story. Can they all climb the stairs that lead to the palace?
The magic begins now…
The second season ofThe iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls anime will be airing from Friday, July 17th on Tokyo MX at midnight JST (effectively the 18th) during the Summer 2015 anime season. The first Blu-ray volume of the anime will release on April 23rd. You can order any of the editions here: https://www.aniplexplus.com/itemXjtjLvGn
The official website of game developer, Tohoku Penet’s, original video animation adaptation for boys-love adventure, comedy game Gakuen Handsome revealed the anime’s cast. The anime, Gakuen Handsome The Animation will be released on August 28, 2015 and it could be reserved on Animate for ¥2,980. Pre-ordered DVDs will include an all CV Takuya version.
Kazunori Nomiya (Hiiro no Kakera‘s Ryou Kutani) as Renji Kagami
Game: Yoshida Ijuin
Yuto Suzuki (Diamond no Ace‘s Hiroshi Ono, Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49‘s Kou Oosaki) as Teruhiro Saionji
Game: Otokitsuneroji Shiga Shingo
Satoshi Tsuruoka (Fate/Zero‘s Caster, Prince of Tennis‘ Munehiro Kabaji) as Shingo Shiga
Game: Ha-uri Osamu dou-ku shiro
Taiten Kusunoki (Hunter x Hunter (2011)‘s Morel McCarnathy, Kingdom‘s Wu Meng) as Jirou
Game: Takaaki
Satomi Akesaka (Tesagure! Bukatsumono‘s Hina Satou, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes‘ Henriette Mystere) as Yuu
Game: 10Re;
*The game’s voice actors’ names could be mistakenly translated.
Gakuen Handsome is a BL adventure visual novel game that was popular in the market for PC in 2010. In December 2013, Tohoku Penet ported the game for smartphone-play to iOS and Android.
Game Visual:
An anime adaptation was announced around April Fools and fans thought that the adaptation was just a joke. Especially since the voice actors’ names are listed in a “weird way” (for example, Mitsurugi Sakuya was voiced by BB King ∞ gold × gold ∞).
Gakuen Handsome The Animation from MAL:
The school love story is set at Baramon High School, a private boys’ school for the prefecture’s most elite. The protagonist is a seventeen year old boy who transfers into the school and meets various major players on campus, such as the outlaw teacher, the soccer captain, and a childhood friend whom the protagonist has not seen for seven years. The school presents opportunities for friendship, love and conflict, and changes are now bound to happen in the main character’s life.
The official website of the upcoming Summer 2015 anime, Overlord, released its second promotional video with an opening theme song performed by the joint-collaboration of Masayoshi Oishi x Tom-H@ck as OxT titled as “Clattanoia.” It has also been updated that the anime will have an advance screening today at Tokyo’s United Cinema Toyosu Screen 10. The anime is also announced to air on July 7, 2015.
Kugane Maruyama started the romantic comedy, dark supernatural fantasy, game and harem light novel, Overlord, on July 30, 2012 under the publisher Enterbrain. He served as the writer while so-bin (Danmatsu no Millennion) is in charge with the novel’s illustrations. There are currently eight compiled light novel volumes being sold. The first volume was published on July 30, 2012 while the latest volume was published on December 26, 2014.
Volume 1 LN Cover
Volume 2 LN Cover
Volume 3 LN Cover
Volume 4 LN Cover
Volume 5 LN Cover
Volume 6 LN Cover
Volume 7 LN Cover
Volume 8 LN Cover
The series received a manga adaptation illustrated by Fugin Miyama (Eureka Seven: New Order). The manga began publishing under Kadokawa Shoten’s Monthly Comp Ace magazine since November 26, 2014. The first compiled manga volume for the series will be out this month.
It has also received a Drama CD adaptation. It was included with the fourth and sixth compiled light novel volumes. The cast for the Drama CD will recur on the anime.
Miyake Kenta (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders‘ Mohammed Avdol, Sword Art Online‘s Eugene) as Cocytus (Level 10 Kensei/Floor Guardian)
Chiba Shigeru (Yu Yu Hakusho‘s Kazuma Kuwabara, One Piece‘s Buggy) as Sebas Tian (Level 10 Monk)
Other Announced Cast:
Numakura Manami (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova‘s Takao, Love Lab‘s Riko Kurahashi) as Narberal Gamma (Level 1 Doppelganger; Level 10 War Wizard)
Mao Ichimichi (Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda‘s Renge Komadori, Gokukoku no Brynhildr‘s Kazumi Schlierenzauer) as Enri Emmot (Villager)
Hiroshi Shirokuma (Log Horizon‘s Woodstock W, Ninja Slayer From Animation‘s Earth Quake) as Gazef Stronoff
Staff:
Director: Naoyuki Itou (Digimon: Data Squad), One Piece: Strong World Episode 0)
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru., Mobile Suit Gundam SEED), Yukiko Maruyama (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda)
Color Design:
Series Composition and Screenplay: Yukie Sugawara (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin)
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu (Hunter × Hunter (2011), Trigun)
Editing: Kimura Kashiko (Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu, No Game No Life)
Sound Director: Fumihiroki Gou (Ninja Slayer From Animation, Rail Wars!)
Music: Shuuji Katayama (Francesca, Yurumates 3D)
Animation Studio: Madhouse (Monster, Hunter x Hunter (2011))
1st Promotional Video:
A new key visual was featured as double page spread in a Japanese anime magazine earlier this month:
Another visual was featured in the a magazine earlier this month:
Anime Visual:
Synopsis of Overlord‘s light novel from Haruhichan:
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.
Visit the anime’s official Twitter account here and don’t forget to use the official Twitter hashtag: #overlord_anime
It has been announced on the official website of the anime movie adaptation of Asumiko Nakamura’s (Anata no Tame Nara Dokomade mo, Pink Gold) Doukyuusei (Classmate) boys-love, slice-of-life manga that it will be shown in theatres on April 2016. A birthday fair for one of the main characters, Hikaru Kusakabe, will also be celebrated on July 6 – July 12, 2015.
Animate listed that the party will be held in Animate Shinjuku B2F Animate Hall for seven days. An autograph and colored illustrations from the mangaka will be given in the event as well as cast autographs. Exclusive venue benefits and a first edition limited special movie tickets, drawn by Nakamura, will also be sold. The admission on the event is free.
Limited Special Movie Ticket
Hikaru Kusakabe Birthday Card (Inside)
Hikaru Kusakabe Birthday Card (Outside)
Asumiko Nakamura began Doukyuusei manga under Akaneshinsha’s OPERA magazine from July 2006 – July 2007. The manga has six chapters compiled in one volume. The volume was released on February 15, 2008. A drama CD was released on April 25, 2008. Doukyuusei had 2 sequel volumes, Sotsugyousei (Graduate) and O.B. (Occupation to Beloved).
Doukyuusei Manga Volume
Sotsugyousei Manga Volume
O.B. Manga VOlume
Anime Cast:
Kamiya Hiroshi (Kuroko no Basket‘s Akashi Seijuurou, Shingeki no Kyojin‘s Levi) as Hikaru Kusakabe
Kenji Nojima (Shakugan no Shana‘s Keisaku Satou, Psycho-Pass‘ Nobuchika Ginoza) as Rihito Sajou
Anime Staff:
Director: Shouko Nakamura (Mawaru Penguindrum)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata)
Art Director: Chieko Nakamura (Yuri Kuma Arashi)
Director of Photography: Yukiko Nagase
Music: Koutarou Oshio
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama (Boys Be…)
Color Design: Ritsuko Utagawa (Gintama)
Character Design: Akemi Hayashi (Fruits Basket)
Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso), Half H.P. Studio (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!)
Promotional Video:
Anime Visual:
Synopsis of Doukyuusei from Haruhichan:
The story begins during music class before the chorus festival, when male student Kusakabe Hikaru notices that the bespectacled honor student Sajou Rihito is not singing.
Although he thinks that Rihito just doesn’t like singing, he finds him practicing alone in the classroom after school. Without even thinking, Hikaru calls out to him.
The official website for animator Hiroko Kazui has been updated to include storyboard work on the anime adaptation of Monogatari Series: Final Season‘s Owarimonogatari which has been listed for 2015. Her previous work includes storyboards for Hanamonogatari and various arcs of Monogatari Series: Second Season.
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 and Owarimonogatari 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. Monogatari Series: First Season’s Kizumonogatari is the only skipped adaptation in volume-order, despite its initial announcement in 2010 and a subsequent movie premiere date for 2012. When Kizumonogatari‘s anime adaptation will air remains unknown.
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 first official English subtitled trailer has been revealed for the upcomingNaruto Shippuuden Movie 8 – Boruto film, the first film set after the events of Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto manga. The trailer itself is released by Australian and New Zealand anime distributor Madman Entertainment, and presents an overview of the upcoming movie whilst previewing the main theme “Diver”, performed by the band Kana Boon.
Main visual of the film:
The two cast members of the new main characters were revealed:
Yuko Sanpei (Renton Thurston from Eureka Seven) will voice Boruto Uzumaki
Kokoro Kikuchi (Potpourri in Heartcatch Precure!) as Sarada Uchiha
The film was first announced at the premiere screening of the latest Naruto film, The Last -Naruto the Movie-, where Masashi Kishimoto was present and answered questions. Kishimoto will be chief production supervisor for the upcoming 2015 film. He stated:
Even though the manga ended, I haven’t taken a break. I am currently thinking about a story between Boruto and Sarada. Sasuke and Sakura will be in it, too. I am also thinking about Boruto’s lethal technique.
Kishimoto will continue to work on the franchise until at least Summer 2015 before moving on to other works. Junko Takeuchi, the voice actress of Naruto Uzumaki stated:
“I can’t possibly guess what’s it about. But I’ll enjoy it.
The film will feature a new cast of characters that were revealed in the final 700th chapter of the original manga. Boruto is the son of Hinata Hyuga and the 7th Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki. They also have a daughter named Himawari. Sarada Uchiha is Sasuke and “Sakura’s” daughter.
Naruto is an original manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto. The manga began in 1999 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, where to date a total of 69 volumes have released. Since its debut the manga has sold over 130 million copies in Japan alone. The series has also received two TV anime series adaptation, covering the manga’s two parts: Naruto and Naruto Shippuden in 2002 and 2007 respectively. Both series were produced by Studio Pierrot. Additionally, a total of 9 anime films have released to date and numerous OVAs and specials. A light novel spin-off was produced by Masatoshi Kusakabe and released in 2002, and a manga spinoff, titled Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, began publishing in 2010 from Kenji Taira and was adapted into an anime in 2012. Today, the franchise is one of Japan’s most renowned and one of the most popular anime/manga series outside of Japan.
Here is a synopsis of the original series from Haruhichan:
Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf village. Moments prior to his birth, a huge demon known as the Kyuubi, the Nine-tailed Fox, attacked Konohagakure and wreaked havoc. In order to put an end to the Kyuubi’s rampage, the leader of the village, the 4th Hokage, sacrificed his life and sealed the monstrous beast inside the newborn Naruto.
Shunned because of the presence of the Kyuubi inside him, Naruto struggles to find his place in the village. He strives to become the Hokage of Konohagakure, and he meets many friends and foes along the way.
Naruto Shippuuden Movie 8 – Boruto will be releasing in Japanese theatres on August 7th. Further information about the movie will be revealed at a later date.
It has been revealed that the second anime adaptation of Koi’s 4koma manga series Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? (Is the order a rabbit?) will be titled Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? and will begin airing from October.
Here’s the most recent visual for the second season:
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, also known in short form as GochiUsa, is a Japanese 4-panel comedy manga series by Koi, serialized in Houbunsha’s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Max since March 2011. It has been collected in three tankobon volumes as of March 2014. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired in Japan between April and June 2014. A second season is currently in production.
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.
A new poster visual of Sakata Gintoki from Hideaki Sorachi’s action comedy manga Gintama has been featured in the July issue of Japanese anime magazine Animedia. You can purchase this issue of the Animedia magazine here.
Gintama, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized, beginning on December 8, 2003, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Set in Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer alongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after his editor suggested doing a historical series.
The series has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Sunrise and was featured at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full anime series titled Gintama that premiered in 2006 and continued until 2010. After a small hiatus,Gintama returned under the nameGintama (2011) and aired until March 26, 2012 with a total of 51 episodes. After another small hiatus, Gintama returned under the name Gintama’ Enchousen with a total of 13 episodes which aired from October 4, 2012 to March 28th, 2013. It also inspired two movies, Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen and Gintama: Kanketsu-hen – Yorozuya yo Eien Nare. Weekly Shonen Jump’s 33rd issue had teased that the manga is celebrating over a decade of serialization with “OOO” (an unrevealed term that can be spelled with three Japanese syllables).
Life isn’t easy in feudal Japan… especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they’re not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki’s opted for the freelance route, taking any job that’s offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don’t pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!
The anime itself finished with a total of 13 episodes on Friday and the first volume of the Blu-ray was released on June 24. A total of 8 outlets will be offering special illustrations, which may come as an acrylic board, box cover or special sleeve. In order to receive the bonus illustrations, you will have to order all 7 volumes of the Blu-ray from the respective outlets. They include:
Animate, acrylic board
Sofmap, Blu-ray box cover
Gamers, Blu-ray box cover
Toranoana, Blu-ray box cover
HMV, Blu-ray box cover
Tsutaya, Blu-ray sleeve cover
Amazon Japan, Blu-ray box cover
TBS Store, Multi Cross B1 poster
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) is a light novel series written by Wataru Watari and illustrated by Ponkan8. The light novels began in March 2011 and is published in Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint. To date there has been 9 volumes and 4 short stories published. There has been three spin-off manga adaptations written and illustrated by various people. The series also received an anime adaptation that aired in April 2012 that was animated by Brain’s Base (Baccano!, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun). Additionally, a visual novel was developed by 5pb. for the PlayStation Vita that released on September 19th last year.
This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters: “They’re a bunch of liars.” When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, “Not working.” A teacher gets Hachiman to join the “Volunteer Service” club, which happens to have the school’s prettiest girl, Yukinoshita Yukino.
Swaps4 Productions and Big Bang Studio are excited to unveil the highly anticipated launch of Melody's Melon Mania, featuring Projekt Melody! This captivating, free-to-play...
