New character designs for the upcoming anime adaptation of Hobby Japan and Megahouse’s figure collaboration Bikini Warriorshave been revealed in Tony’s Heroine Works volume 58.
Here are the character designs that were revealed on the official website last week:
With the fourth and final movie, Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4, premiering on July 4, a new visual featuring Suzaku Kururugi and Lelouch Lamperouge has been featured June issue of NewType which can be purchased here.
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled is a theatrical OVA. It was officially announced in the bonus materials of Code Geass: The Miraculous Birthday. The new theatrical OVA is directed by Kazuki Akane (of Vision of Escaflowne and Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e fame) and once again features original character designs by CLAMP. It is a side-story that occurs between seasons one and two ofCode Geass.
A new anime visual of Naoshi Komi’smanga Nisekoi has been featured June issue of NewType which can be purchased here. The new visual features Marika Tachibana, Chitoge Kirisaki and Haru Onodera.
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.”
This week, the official TOHO AnimationYouTube channel revealed a video previewing the anime adaptation of Takemaru Inui’s popular Monster Musume manga. The video contains clips of the anime and previews the opening theme song, “Top Speed Fall in Love,” sung by the female cast members, in the background.
The voice actors along with character designs were also released this week as well.
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:
Anime visual:
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 Monster Musume anime adaptation will be airing this July during the Summer 2015 anime season. Further information will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.
Today we’ll be taking a look at NewType’s June 2015 issue from JList! This issue contains a total of 4 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content.
This issue can be purchased here, more info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with and can be viewed HERE.
My favorite posters from this months issue would have to be Hibikie! Euphonium and Nisekoi.
You can purchase the issue I covered in this post here or you can subscribe to JList‘s NewType subscription service for $11~$15/month here. All sales made through JList help us continue to bring unique content to the site as well as supporting us!
If you want us to review a different type of magazine each month, let us know. Also if you had the chance to win a poster or two from above, what would it be and why? I’m curious to know what posters anime fans would want on their wall. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
On May 17th, 2015, an exciting announcement was made for fans of the girls-riding-motorcycles themed manga, Bakuon!!. The wraparound jacket of the newly released 6th volume of the series promoted an upcoming anime adaptation for the series! However, although the announcement did reveal the anime being green-lit, it did not inform fans of the type of anime that would be released.
Bakuon!! is a manga that is written and illustrated by Orimoto Mimana. It has been serializing in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion Retsu since 2011 and has been, as of now, collected into 6 tankobon volumes. The story follows Hane Sakura, a girl that has to ride her bicycle up several steep hills just to get to her new high school. As she is desperately pedals to school on day, she sees and hears and sees a motorcycle zoom past her and instantly falls in love with it. It turns out that bike was driven by her new classmate Onsa Amano, who also happens to be in the school Motorcycle Club. The two quickly become friends, as they set out on a metaphorical and picaresque journey in the world of bikes and biking!
Previous Volume Covers:
In the past, the manga has collaborated with Tokyo Metropolitan and Metropolitan Police Department to promote the importance of traffic safety. Three events have been held so far, in which the public receives reminders in the forms of advertising with the characters, displaying bikes, and informational treats.
What’s the most important thing when you ride a motorcycle?” “It’s wind, freedom…, and a chest protector!!
More information about the anime will be released in the near future.
A preview of the cover of the upcoming issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine has revealed that a second anime film based on Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail manga is currently underway. The issue itself will be released in Japan on the 20th.
The week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine will also be revealing some concept art from the upcoming film drawn by Mashima himself. It will also be featuring a double chapter this week for the Fairy Tail manga, chapters 435 and 436. The first film in the series, Fairy Tail: Houou no Miko (Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess), released in Japanese theatres in August 2012.
Fairy Tail is a fantasy, action manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, being his second major publication after RAVE. The series has been published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2006, where a total of 48 volumes have been produced to date. Over the last few years, the series has grown in popularity, being the fourth highest selling manga in 2011. An anime adaptation of Fairy Tail started airing in 2009 and ended on March 30 2013, produced by A-1 Pictures (Aldnoah.Zero, AnoHana). A continuation of the anime, Fairy Tail (2014) launched in April last year with largely the same production staff and cast. 6 OVAs have been released thus far and a feature film, Fairy Tail: Houou no Miko, that was released in August 2012. The series also has its own monthly magazine, among other spin-offs.
If you are interested in the series, here is a synopsis from MAL:
Set in an imaginary world, the Earth Land, there exists a Mage Guild called “Fairy Tail”. Fairy Tail is stationed in the town Magnolia, residing in the Kingdom of Fiore, and is currently governed by Makarov, Guild’s master. Lucy Heartfilia, a 17-year-old girl, wishes to become a full-fledged mage and join one of the most prestigious Mage Guilds in the world, Fairy Tail. One day, out of pure coincidence, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a boy who is transportation-sick, but very cheerful in nature. However, the thing she does not know is that Natsu is the closest connection to Fairy Tail, as he is a Mage in Fairy Tail.
A second Fairy Tail anime film is currently in production. Further information about the movie will be revealed in the upcoming issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine and in the near future.
She’s dressed in her school uniform while sitting on the top edge of a chair, accompanied by her cute dog. Her school uniform is highly detailed from her pleated checkered skirt to red ribbon. She is also displaying a lovely smile which really shows off her bright and cheerful personality.
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. – Yui Yuigahama 1/8 Figure – Pre-orders are available on JList and is scheduled to be released in October 2015.
The official Warner Bros. YouTube channel began streaming a new commercial for the upcoming third Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Anthology Songs CD last Wednesday. It is due for release on May 25th and features Stardust Crusaders inspired “Stand Proud – Dramatic Ver.,” “OH MY GOD, JAHHHHHHH!” (a preview of which is online here), “Naked Silver” and “Star Platinum.”
In addition to this, a pair of Blu-ray ads featuring more of the anime’s TD-vision and more of Misato Fukuen voicing Iggy talking is also shown.
A special case is being offered with purchase of all three anthology CDs:
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders‘ first Blu-ray was released April 22nd (a limited edition featured a soundtrack CD and form for purchasing tickets to an October cast event), with the second vomlue due for release on May 27th.
Anime visual:
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump from 1986 to 2004, before being transferred to the monthly seinen magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. The current story arc, JoJolion, started in 2011.JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is currently Shueisha’s second largest manga series with its chapters collected into 111 tankobon volumes and counting (only Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, with over 180, has more).
A six-volume original video animation adaptation of the later half of the series’ third story arc, Stardust Crusaders, was released from 1993 to 1994 by studio A.P.P.P. Six years later, they produced a seven-volume series adapting the arc’s first half from 2000 to 2002. A.P.P.P. also produced a theatrical film of the first arc, Phantom Blood, in 2007. From 2003 to 2005, Super Techno Arts released an English dub of both OVA series as one on DVD in North America. The third story arc of the manga received an English release in North America from 2005 to 2010 by Viz Media, who will also publish the first and second arcs in 2015. A 26-episode television anime, produced by David Production and covering the first two arcs, aired on Tokyo MX and other stations starting in October 2012 and ending in April 2013. A second season covering the third arc titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders began broadcast in April 2014 and ended with episode 24 on September 13, 2014.
The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga has sold over 80 million copies in Japan alone, making it one of the best-selling manga series in history, and has spawned a large media franchise that includes several novelizations and video games, action figures, a jewelry line, and even snack foods.
Beginning its tale in 19th century England, young aristocrat Jonathan Joestar finds himself locked in bitter rivalry with Dio Brando, a low-born boy who Jonathan’s father took under his wing after the death of Dio’s father. Discontent with his station in life, Dio’s fathomless lust to reign over all eventually leads him to seek the supernatural powers of an ancient Aztec stone mask in the Joestar’s possession—an artifact that will forever change the destiny of Dio and Jonathan for generations to come. Fifty years later, in 1938 New York City, Jonathan’s grandson Joseph Joestar must take up his grandfather’s mission and master the abilities necessary to destroy the stone mask and its immensely powerful creators who threaten humanity’s very existence, the Pillar Men.
The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba’s Gakkou Gurashi! (School-Live!) manga has released a preview of Inori Minase’s character in the Summer series.
Three pieces of preview audio of the voice of main character Yuki Takeya has been posted on the anime’s website. She will be voiced by Inori Minase, who has voiced Chino Kafuu in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
Inori Minase (Chino Kafuu from Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) will be voice the role of Yuki Takeya
Ari Ozawa (Chiyo Sakura from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) is going to voice Kurumi Ebisuzawa
M.A.O (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will voice Yuri Wakasa
Rie Takahashi (Asuka Fuji from Shirobako) as Miki Naoki
The staff was also announced and is as follows:
Director: Masaomi Ando (White Album 2) at Lerche (Assassination Classroom, Carnival Phantasm)
Scripts: Norimitsu Kaihou (Gunslinger Stratos
Anime Character Designer: Haruko Iizuka (Little Busters!, Tamayura)
Gakkou Gurashi! is a Japanese manga series written by Nitroplus’ Norimitsu Kaihou and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series began serialization in the July 2012 issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine. An anime adaptation by Lerche will begin airing in Summer 2015
Gakkou Gurashi! from Haruhichan:
Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it’s a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club: School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school… on her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club’s activities is way too hard to be perceived…
The Gakkou Gurashi! TV anime will be airing airing this July during the Summer 2015 anime season. Further information about the anime will be revealed in the following weeks.
The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Hobby Japan and Megahouse’s figure collaboration Bikini Warriors has launched and revealed that the anime will premiere in Summer 2015. A manga adaptation and a video game were also announced to be released this year. In addition to this, it was also revealed that different original creators will provide character designs for each main character.
The character designs that have been revealed so far include:
Fighter (designed by Hisasi)
Paladin (designed by AliceSoft’s Onigiri-kun)
Mage (designed by saitom) (Ninja Slayer)
Dark Elf (designed by Non Oda) (Queen’s Blade: Rebellion)
Hunter (designed by Rei Hiroe) (Black Lagoon)
Valkyrie (designed by Tony Taka)
Anime visual:
Bikini Warriors synopsis from Haruhichan:
Set in an RPG world with swords and magic, warriors must form a party to defeat the demon lord. But, these warriors are all wearing Bikini armor!!
Three new visuals for the the second season of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works anime has been featured June issue of NewType which can be purchased here. The first visual features Saber in the foreground while Archer and Shirou Emiya battle it out, the second visual features Rin Tohsaka in the foreground with the same scenario as the first visual. The last visual gives us a better look at what’s happening between Archer and Shirou Emiya.
Here is the latest visual for the anime:
Newtype magazine also featured a new magazine spread visual for the second cour:
The first visual for the upcoming second cour was revealed last January in the winter 2015 anime guide magazine by Gigazine which was handed out last December during the Comiket 87 event.
Fate/stay nightis a visual novel released by Type-Moon for the PC in 2004, and is the first in their Fate series. The visual novel was very successful and claimed the title of highest selling visual novel in that year. 2006 saw two adaptations of the game, a manga by Datto Nishiwaki and an anime series by Studio Deen. Additionally in that year, a light novel series titled Fate/Zerowas written by Gen Urobuchi. It is a prequel to the visual novels, set 10 years prior. An anime and manga adaptation of Fate/Zero were created, with the manga written by Urobuchi himself in 2011 and the anime being animated by ufotable. A second season of Fate/Zerowas also produced.
Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the horrific death of his parents, Shiro Emiya has only just begun to help others using the small tidbits of magic that he’s learned. However, when he’s suddenly caught in a battle between two more powerful Magus, Shiro finds himself performing a spell above his expected ability, summoning the beautiful spirit warrior Saber to protect him! But safety is only momentary as Shiro and Saber now find themselves thrust into in a secret world of dark magic and deadly challenges: a no-holds barred duel to the death known as the Holy Grail War! At stake: a prize of unimaginable power. But can the inexperienced Shiro and Saber survive long enough to even enter the contest? First they’ll have to withstand waves of treachery and assassination, even as Shiro scrambles to learn everything he’ll need to know to stay alive as seven teams of Magus and Spirit Servants face off in mortal combat!
A new visual for the anime adaptation of Masaki Tsuzuki and Takuya Fujima’s manga Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid has been revealed in a Japanese anime magazine. The new visual features Vivio and Einhard Stratos killing some time at the beach.
Anime visual:
Past visual:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid is the fourth installment in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, set 4 years after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. It is a manga series written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated by Takuya Fujima. The series began in 2009 in Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp Ace Magazine. To date a total of 12 volumes have been published. The series also inspired a spin-off 4koma series titled Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Life that is illustrated by Nekotofu. The first four volumes of the series has been republished in full colour under the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Full Colors title.
Set 4 years after StrikerS, Nanoha finally has time to get off her feet, now explore the Nanoha world in Vivio Takamichi’s shoes and her device, Sacred Heart.
Title (English): The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
Title (Japanese): 長門有希ちゃんの消失
Animation Studio: Satelight
Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Slice of life, Seinen
Episodes 6/16
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series is widely regarded as being one of anime’s best, or at least the first season is. The first season is anime in a nutshell. It has a sports episode, a music episode, a mecha episode, and of course, you have its supernatural, slice of life comedy episodes that define the series. God is here, and she’s bored! If you haven’t watched this series yet, stop reading this, and go watch it right now.
In 2009, a spin-off manga was created. This manga focuses on an alternate universe where Haruhi, and the rest of the cast have no super powers and it’s just them living their regular school lives. Nagato Yuki, who previously had no emotion due to her being an alien programmed to show no emotion is now a regular human who still keeps her archetype of being a quiet bookworm. However, now she has a crush on Kyon, since he joined the Literature Club. If you watched the movie, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (watch it, it’s absolutely amazing), it takes place in that world. After waiting 4 years for more of the Haruhi Suzumiya series after the movie, I was excited to see this anime, even if it was a spin-off.
The anime starts right where the movie starts, the week before Christmas. Except this is an alternate dimension than the movie, which takes place in the same world… Anyway, back to the anime. The story of the anime is simple: the main cast is living their own school lives in the same school that the main series takes place in. The only exception to this is that there is no Haruhi (at least not right away). The focus is more on the characters, and it should be as this is a romance anime. The main goal of this series is for Nagato to confess to Kyon, and she is helped along by Asakura Ryouko. Remember her from the main series? Yep, she’s back.
Is she going to try to kill Kyon for the third time? We’ll see…
While it is nice to see the series back, it is a little bit boring to watch at times. I absolutely loved the movie, so I thought the premise of the anime would work out well enough. My love for Nagato as a character makes the anime a little more bearable for me, but this is also a different Nagato than both the main series and the movie. This Nagato doesn’t quite have the appeal the other two did. She feels kind of boring. This Nagato still has her moments though. The one thing that remains unchanged though, is Haruhi Suzumiya. When she makes her return a couple of episodes in, it felt like I had gone back in time, to the point where I was watching the series for the first time. I felt that giddy excitement return, and I couldn’t help but smile whenever Haruhi did something crazy. “Haruhi is Haruhi”, Kyon has said before, and it seems she will never change.
This might seem familiar.
I was disappointed when I heard that Kyoto Animation would not be doing this anime. They did such a great job with the rest of the series, so I couldn’t imagine another studio doing it. I still hold this view as I watch this. It’s not that Satelight’s work here is bad, it’s just that Kyoto Animation did such an amazing job, so it’s hard to watch this and compare them. If I didn’t watch the movie, I would probably be more okay with this art style. Regardless, the anime still captures the general art style of the series.
All of the voice actors from the original Haruhi Suzumiya series returns in this anime to reprise their roles. As such, each character sounds exactly as they you remember from the old days if you watched the original series. The only voice actress that sounds different is Minori Chihara who voices Yuki Nagato. Even though it should be obvious that she would sound different now that Yuki has emotions, she sounds different than even the movie version of Yuki Nagato. I don’t mind Yuki’s voice in this anime, but I’m so used to regular emotionless Yuki, that it threw me off when I first started this anime. The songs for the anime don’t really excite me that much, but just like some of the other songs in the series, the opening is sung by the females of the series, and the ending is done by Minori Chihara. It’s nostalgic hearing some of the voice cast sing more songs together. It’s been a long time.
This anime is really meant for those fans looking to see more of the random shenanigans the series is known for, or those who want to see more of the romance side of things the regular series hinted at. This anime isn’t for newcomers to the series. There are too many references and hints to the main series for anyone looking to just watch this casually. I would highly recommend that you watch the main series before you watch this. In addition, you might as well watch the main series if you haven’t, since Haruhi is the mascot for this site.
What do you guys think of this spin-off of the Haruhi Suzumiya series? Let me know in the comments!
A brand new visual have been released for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Takemaru Inui’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga that features more monster girls that will populate the July TV series. It has also revealed the cast members for three more of the anime’s main characters.
The visual above is the new key visual and features all the leading female characters in the series: Miia, Papi, Centorea Shianus, Suu, Meroune Lorelei and Rachnera Arachnera. Additional members of the anime’s cast have also been revealed and include:
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 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.
A new 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.
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?!
The Monster Musume anime adaptation will be airing this July during the Summer 2015 anime season. Further information will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.
After figure company Kotobukiya released pictures of the body of their Hestia prototype figure shortly after the premiere of Danmachi, they finally released pictures of the colored pre-painted figure this morning. After the excitement behind the original unfinished one, the pre-painted figure features Hestia in her most popular outfit with her trademark ribbon. The figure features a beautiful airbrushed paint job, a delicate sculpt, and defined facial details.
While no preorder information has been released by Kotobukiya yet, you can view her My Figure Collection profile here.
The official website of the anime adaptation of Eiji Masuda’s Jitsu wa Watashi wa (The Truth Is I Am…) manga has revealed that the series will be airing from July 7th this Summer. In addition, a brand new visual and the anime’s character designs were also revealed.
The Jitsu wa Watashi wa anime will debut from Tuesday July 7th on TV Tokyo and TV Osaka at 1:35am JST. The anime will then air on TV Aichi on the 10th at 2:05am JST and on TV Setouchi at 2:15am JST on the same day.
The anime’s website has revealed the first set of character designs for the main cast of the anime. They 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
There will be a pre-screening event for the anime’s first episode on Saturday, June 20 at the Coconeri Conference Hall at Nerima Industrial Plaza. The event will see a special screening of the anime’s first episode before its official debut and will also have a talk session with the anime’s main cast. Voice actors and actresses Yuu Serizawa, Natsuki Hanae, Inori Minase, Reina Ueda, Aya Uchida and Mao Ichimichi, will be attending the event. It will open at 12:30pm JST with the event starting at 1:00pm JST and ending at 2:30pm JST. Tickets for the event will go on sale from May 11th at 10:00am JST.
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.
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.
The Jitsu wa Watashi wa anime will be airing from July 7th at 1:35am JST on TV Tokyo in the Summer 2015 Summer season. Additional information about the anime will be revealed in the near future.
A new visual for the original TV anime project Plastic Memories has been revealed in the June issue of NewType which can be purchased here. This new visual features a very clumsy Isla falling onto Tsukasa Mizugaki.
Last January she was also featured in Dengeki G‘s Magazine.
Plastic Memories is a Japanese anime television series produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara. The story was conceived by Naotaka Hayashi, who also wrote the screenplay, with original character design by Okiura. The series premiered in Japan on April 4, 2015.
This story takes place in a future not too far away when androids that look exactly like humans begin to spread across the world. The android production company SA Corp. produced Giftia, a new kind of android that has the most amount of emotion and human-like qualities out of any other model ever seen.
However, due to problems in technology, the androids have a service life, and once they pass that, they… Well, it gets pretty bad. For this sake, SA Corp. creates a terminal service in order to retrieve Giftia that have gone past their service life. A new employee at the terminal service named Tsukasa Mizugaki forms a team with the Giftia Isla to retrieve the other androids, but…
A new visual for Takeshi Azuma’s Denpa Kyoushihas been featured in a Japanese anime magazine and it displays higher production budget than the anime. This visual is illustrated by Shinryou Ishikawa and features Koyomi Hiiragi, Suzune Kagami and Minako Kanou from the series.
Anime visual:
Denpa Kyoushi (Ultimate Otaku Teacher) is a comedy school manga written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma. The series began in 2011 in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine where a total of 14 compiled volumes have been released. A series of anime commercials based on the series have been produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Hirofumi Ogura in 2012 and 2013. A Drama CD based on the manga was also produced.
Here is a synopsis of the manga from Haruhichan:
Kagami Junichirou was known as a physics genius when he was a teenager, and he was even published in “Nature.” However, after college, he suddenly lost all interest in science. As a NEET, he’s devoted himself to his anime blog and nerdy collecting habits. He claims he has a serious illness called “I can’t do anything I don’t want to do.” Desperate to get him to do something with his life, his little sister manages to get him a job teaching physics at his old high school. He’s certainly an unconventional teacher, but he becomes fairly popular with the students. After helping a girl who’s being ruthlessly bullied, Kagami finds that he actually likes teaching. Will he continue his career as a weird teacher? Will he go back into physics? Or will he end up back where he started?
A new visual for the upcoming Venus Project anime which is slated to air this July has been featured in a Japanese anime magazine. The new visual is illustrated by Saito Yoshinari and features Hara Eriko, Koujima Yuu, Nureha Miu, Ruka Sovagasky, Sarashima Mizuki and Takano Karen.
The anime adaptation for Venus Project was revealed to be in production last April. The project by Galat, which created Mahou Shoujo Taisen, includes anime, game, comic, live events, etc. The PlayStation Vita game and the web comic will launch in Spring, and the TV anime will be aired in Summer 2015 with twelve episodes total including six 30-minute anime episodes and six variety program episodes.
The cast includes:
Ami Himesaki (member of LinQ) as Karen Takano
Rui Tanabe (Nanana Ryuugajou from Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin) as Mitsuki Sarashina
Ruka Nemoto as Yuu Kashima
Anime visual:
Venus Project is a Japanese multimedia franchise conceived by software and 3D character studio Galat. The project revolves Japanese idols living in Japan in the near future. A video game for the PlayStation Vita was released in April 2015. An anime television series will air in July 2015. A web comic is also planned for release.
Venus Project synopsis from Haruhichan:
In the near future, Japan has developed sophisticated digital and image technology. People are enthusiastic for a new type of entertainment called “FORMULA VENUS.” Abbreviated as “F-V,” it is a sorted live battle of the top idol performances based on the idols’ power, techniques, and developed experience. The story is about the drama that happens among the girls in VENUS PROJECT as they aim for the top by concentrating on difficult battles, passion, and friendship.
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