Anime Trending Rankings of Winter 2015 – Week 9

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Just few more weeks and the season’s wrapping up! It’s already the 9th week! Here we have the list for the top 28 anime this week! As usual, results will be updated weekly here on Haruhichan.

You can click here if you wish to participate in Anime Trending‘s short survey, or you can click here if you are interested in their character poll or here for the theme song poll.

28. Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor – Exodus

Week 2 #24
Week 3 #27
Week 4 #26
Week 5 #26
Week 6 #26
Week 7 #27
Week 8 #25

27. Military!

Week 2 #23
Week 4 #24
Week 5 #21
Week 6 #25
Week 7 #24
Week 8 #22

26. Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD

Week 2 #26
Week 4 #28
Week 5 #27
Week 6 #28
Week 7 #25
Week 8 #24

25. Sengoku Musou

Week 2 #25
Week 3 #25
Week 4 #27
Week 5 #28
Week 6 #21
Week 7 #26
Week 8 #23

24. Dog Days 3

Week 2 #16
Week 3 #19
Week 4 #22
Week 5 #22
Week 6 #24
Week 7 #20
Week 8 #21

23. Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 50

Week 2 #15
Week 3 #21
Week 4 #25
Week 5 #23
Week 5 #27
Week 6 #27
Week 7 #28
Week 8 #26

22. Isuca

Week 2 #22
Week 3 #23
Week 4 #20
Week 5 #20
Week 6 #23
Week 7 #18
Week 8 #17

21. Seiken Tsukai no World Break

Week 2 #20
Week 3 #22
Week 4 #21
Week 5 #25
Week 6 #20
Week 7 #21
Week 8 #18

20. Koufuku Graffiti

Week 1 #10
Week 2 #10
Week 3 #15
Week 4 #15
Week 5 #9
Week 6 #14
Week 7 #16
Week 8 #15

19. Juuou Mujin no Fafnir

Week 2 #19
Week 3 #24
Week 4 #23
Week 5 #24
Week 6 #22
Week 7 #19
Week 8 #20

18. Kamisama Hajimemashita◎

Week 3 #11
Week 4 #10
Week 5 #15
Week 6 #17
Week 7 #15
Week 8 #14

17. Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Week 2 #21
Week 3 #18
Week 4 #16
Week 5 #19
Week 6 #18
Week 7 #22
Week 8 #19

16. Shinmai Maou no Testament

Week 2 #12
Week 3 #10
Week 4 #11
Week 5 #14
Week 6 #16
Week 7 #17
Week 8 #16

15. Yuri Kuma Arashi

Week 1 #8
Week 2 #11
Week 3 #16
Week 4 #19
Week 5 #18
Week 6 #19
Week 7 #23

14. Yoru no Yatterman

Week 2 #17
Week 3 #20
Week 4 #17
Week 5 #17
Week 6 #15
Week 7 #13
Week 8 #12

13. Absolute Duo

Week 2 #13
Week 3 #12
Week 4 #12
Week 5 #13
Week 6 #12
Week 7 #11
Week 8 #13

12. Tokyo Ghoul √A

Week 1 #4
Week 2 #5
Week 3 #6
Week 4 #6
Week 5 #7
Week 6 #8
Week 7 #10
Week 8 #10

11. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season

Week 2 #9
Week 3 #14
Week 4 #18
Week 5 #16
Week 6 #13
Week 7 #14
Week 8 #11

10. The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls

Week 2 #14
Week 3 #9
Week 4 #9
Week 5 #8
Week 6 #7
Week 7 #9

9. Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season

Week 1 #6
Week 2 #7
Week 3 #7
Week 4 #13
Week 5 #10
Week 6 #11
Week 7 #12
Week 8 #9

8. Rolling☆Girls

Week 2 #18
Week 3 #17
Week 4 #14
Week 5 #12
Week 6 #9
Week 7 #8
Week 8 #7

7. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Week 1 #9
Week 2 #4
Week 3 #4
Week 4 #7
Week 5 #5
Week 6 #4
Week 7 #6
Week 8 #5

6. Junketsu no Maria

Week 2 #8
Week 3 #13
Week 4 #8
Week 5 #11
Week 6 #10
Week 7 #7
Week 8 #8

5. Durarara!!x2 Shou

Week 1 #5
Week 2 #2
Week 3 #1
Week 4 #2
Week 5 #4
Week 6 #6
Week 7 #3
Week 8 #2

4. Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season

Week 1 #3
Week 2 #3
Week 3 #5
Week 4 #3
Week 5 #2
Week 6 #1
Week 7 #2
Week 8 #1

3. Kantai Collection: KanColle

Week 1 #7
Week 2 #6
Week 3 #8
Week 4 #5
Week 5 #6
Week 6 #5
Week 7 #4
Week 8 #4

2. Death Parade

Week 1 #1
Week 2 #1
Week 3 #2
Week 4 #4
Week 5 #1
Week 6 #3
Week 7 #5
Week 8 #6

1. Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)

Week 1 #2
Week 3 #3
Week 4 #1
Week 5 #3
Week 6 #2
Week 7 #1
Week 8 #3

Greatest Improvements:

+8 Yuri Kuma Arashi
+4 Death Parade

Poorest Demotions:

Girls und Panzer’s Fluffy Haired Tank Otaku Figure

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Girls und Panzer‘s tank otaku, Yukari Akiyama, has received a wonderful 1/8 scale figure courtesy of Kotobukiya. She’s wearing the Anglerfish Team’s Tank uniform while holding a tank shell and cheerfully saluting at you.

Also the Girls und Panzer movie was confirmed to debut on November 21 today, more info about that can be seen here.

Girls und Panzer – Yukari Akiyama 1/8 Complete Figure – Pre-orders are currently available on JList and is scheduled to be released in July 2015.

Yukari Akiyama can be pre-ordered here.

This Upcoming Figure Has Clothes You Can Take off [NSFW]

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Japan are very fond of figures which have “cast off” clothing, which means you can remove what she’s wearing to get a good look at what’s underneath. With this figure you’re able to remove the skirt and bra to get a good look. The gorgeous styling is based on a creation by artist “Alpha” from an illustration that was on the cover of Push Illustration Archives.

PUSH!! Illustration Archives Cover – Alpha Cover Girl 1/7 Complete Figure – Pre-orders are currently available on JList and is scheduled to be released in September 2015.

Alpha Cover Girl can be pre-ordered here.

Boys Love Manga Doukyuusei to Receive Anime Adaptation

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During yesterday’s broadcast of Durarara!!x2 Shou, a promotional video revealed that Asumiko Nakamura’s manga Doukyuusei will get an anime adaptation. Some staff members were also revealed:

Director: Shouko Nakamura (Mawaru Penguindrum)
Character Design: Akemi Hayashi (Fruits Basket)
Art Director: Chieko Nakamura (Yuri Kuma Arashi)
Music: Koutarou Oshio
Studio: A-1 Pictures

While the main cast will be returning to their roles from the drama CD:

Kenji Nojima (Yuuto Kiba from High School DxD, Mamoru Chiba from Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal) will voice Rihito Sajou
Hiroshi Kamiya (Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!, Koyomi Araragi from Bakemonogatari) will be voicing Hikaru Kusakabe

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jic7f_doukyuusei-pv_tv

Doukyuusei anime visual:

The boys love manga is one volume in length and was serialized in Opera magazine between July 2006 and July 2007. It received a sequel three months later, titled Sotsugyousei, which completed in August 2009 with two volumes. The manga was also adapted to a live action movie in 2008.

Doukyuusei synopsis from Haruhichan:

The story begins during music class before the chorus festival, when male student Kusakabe Hikaru notices that the bespectacled honor student Sajo 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.

Source: Doukyuusei official website, MAL

Strike the Blood Receives Two-Episode OVA

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During the Dengeki Game Festival 2015 event it was announced that Strike the Blood will be receiving a two-episode OVA series scheduled to be released at the end of 2015. The OVA will be an original story written by Gakuto Mikumo.

A promotional video was also previewed at the event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc8XeCpXyh0

A new visual for the upcoming two-part Strike the Blood OVA was also revealed:

Strike the Blood, also known in short form as SutoBura, is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo with illustrations by Manyako. A manga adaptation began serialization in June 2012 in ASCII Media Works’s Dengeki Daioh. A 24-episode television anime adaptation by Silver Link and Connect aired between October 4, 2013 and March 28, 2014 in Japan.

Strike the Blood synopsis from Haruhichan:

The Fourth Progenitor—that’s the world’s strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman. However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was a apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there?!

Source: Dengeki Online

Second Parasyte Live-Action Movie Trailer Streamed

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The official TOHO Movie Channel began streaming a new trailer for the second live-action movie of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s science-fiction manga Parasyte titled, Parasyte: The Final Act, on Friday. The video also features the movie’s theme song, “Colony”, which is performed by Japanese rock group Bump of Chicken. Parasyte: The Final Act will open in theaters throughout Japan on April 25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAxNeD_LB1c

The first trailer was streamed last December:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv7gOFbrGmE

The first part of the two-part Parasyte live-action film series, directed by Takashi Yamazaki (live-action Space Battleship Yamato, Always: Sunset on Third Street), debuted on 418 screens across Japan on November 29. It topped the weekend box office with 340,337,300 yen on 256,161 tickets sales, winning the battle with another strong new release of the week, Brad Pitt’s tank-featured war film Fury in 2nd with an estimated 200 million yen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKEI4A95wSg

Shota Sometani (live-action xxxHOLiC, All Esper Dayo!) stars in the films as Shinichi Izumi, Eri Fukatsu (Onnanoko Monogatari) plays Ryōko Tamiya, Shinichi’s teacher who has a Parasite take over her body, and Ai Hashimoto (Blood-C: The Last Dark, live-action Another, Sadako 3D) plays Satomi Murano, Shinichi’s classmate and childhood friend. Ryota Kosawa (Always: Sunset on Third Street, A Boy Called H) is writing the films’ scripts.

These films adapt Iwaaki’s original manga serialized in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine from 1990-1995. The 10-volume series (later reprinted in an eight-volume version) has more than 11 million copies in print.

Parasyte live-action part 1 and 2 posters:

Synopsis for the first live-action Parasyte movie from asianwiki:

Mysterious worm-like aliens fall from the sky. They penetrate through the ears or nose into human beings and live off their brain while dominating the body. Now with human appearance, the parasites live among humans.

Shinichi Izumi (Shota Sometani) is an ordinary high school student. His best friend is Satomi Murano (Ai Hashimoto). One day, Shinichi Izumi is attacked by a parasite, but he is able to fight off the parasite before it takes over his brain. The parasite though lives within his right hand. Shinichi Izumi and the parasite now live together. Shinichi believes the parasites are responsible for countless murders all around the world and he feels responsible, because he knows the truth.

Meanwhile, Ryoko Tamiya (Eri Fukatsu) is a teacher that starts her new post at the same high school where Shinichi attends. She has been taken over by a parasite and comes to observe Shinichi.

Heavy Object Date, Visual and Staff Revealed

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The official website for the 10th anniversary of Kamachi Kazuma, the author of Toaru Majutsu no Index and several other light novel series, debuted in Dengeki Bunko, has revealed a new visual and the staff for the upcoming anime adaptation of the Heavy Object Light novel series on Sunday. The website also announced that the anime will premiere in October 2015.

During the Dengeki Bunko Aki no Saiten (Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival) last year it was announced that a television anime adaptation of the Heavy Object Light novel series by Kazuma Kamazhi (Toaru Majutsu no Index, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun) has been green-lit. In addition the main cast were revealed:

Natsuki Hanae (Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul) as Quenser Barbotage
Kaito Ishikawa (Tobio Kageyama from Haikyuu!) as Heivia Winchell
Eri Suzuki (Sanae Higashihongan from Rokujouma no Shinryakusha) as Milinda Brantini
Shizuka Itou (Akeno Himejima from High School DxD) as Frolaytia Capistrano

In addition, the staff is as follows:

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

The first promotional video was also streamed:

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

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

Heavy Object synopsis from Haruhichan:

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

Source: Kamachi Kazuma 10th anniversary site, ANN

The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Split into Two Cours

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During the live-stream “IM@S 10th Anniversary Nico Live ~The IDOLM@STER Road to 10th” program on Saturday they confirmed that The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls television anime will air in split cours. The first 13-episode season began airing from January 10 and will air the finale episode on April 11, and the second season is scheduled to run from July to October.

A new poster visual for The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls was bundled in the April issue of Megami:

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 on The 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.

Series synopsis from Haruhichan

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…

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

Second Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Commercial Reveals Air Date

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The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Masaki Tsuzuki and Takuya Fujima’s manga Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid began streaming a 15-second commercial on Sunday. The website also revealed that the anime will premiere on April 3 at 22:30 JST on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ4SupEQCm8

The first commercial was streamed last January:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2efj2v_mahou-shoujo-lyrical-nanoha-vivid-cm_tv#from=embediframe

Nana Mizuki will perform the opening theme song “Angel Blossom” and Yukari Tamura will perform the ending theme song “Sukidatte Ienakute”. In addition to this, two new cast members were also revealed last January:

Eri Kitamura (Yui from Angel Beats!) as Rio
Misato Fukuen (Yin from Darker than Black) as Corona

Previously announced cast:

Mamiko Noto (Kotomi Ichinose from Clannad) as Einhard Stratos
Kaori Mizuhashi (Yagyuu from Senran Kagura) as Vivio Takamachi
Yukari Tamura (Mine from Akame ga Kill!) as Nanoha Takamachi
Nana Mizuki (Hinata Hyuuga from Naruto) as Fate Testarossa

Staff:

Director: Yuuki Itoh (Vividred Operation assistant director)
Script Writer: Naruo Kobayashi (ToHeart2)
Character Designer: Masaaki Yamano (Oreshura)
Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Accel World, Fairy Tail, The iDOLM@STER)

A new visual was also revealed:

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.

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid synopsis from Haruhichan:

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.

Source: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid official website

Plastic Memories 2nd Key Visual Revealed

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The official website for the original TV anime project Plastic Memories launched the second key visual on Saturday.

The recent issue of Kadokawa’s Dengeki G‘s magazine also revealed that the anime will air from April 5.

The main cast of the anime has been revealed. With the new anime character designs that were previously released, the leading characters includes:

Yasuaki Takumi (Matsuda from High School DxD) will voice the leading character Tsukasa Mizugaki, a high school graduate new employee at SA Corp.’s terminal service who is clueless about what his job is. He is teamed up with Isla, a Giftia/android

Sora Amamiya (Asseylum Vers Allusia from Aldnoah.Zero) will be voicing Isla, a Giftia/android who doesn’t show much emotion. She is teamed up with Tsukasa Mizugaki and has to help him since he has little idea what his role is. Like all Giftia, she has an expected function span of 9 years

Chinatsu Akasaki (Shinka Nibutani in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) voices Michiru Kinushima, although she is the same age as Tsukasa she is his senior and teaches him about what his role is at SA Corp

Sayuri Yahagi (Suzu Hagimura from Seitokai Yakuindomo) as Zack, a Giftia/android who is partnered with Michiru and appears to be a young boy, but he has enough power to take of himself

The supporting cast includes:

Megumi Toyoguchi (Chifuyu Orimura in Infinite Stratos) will voice Kaduki Kuwanomi

Satoshi Hino (Yuuji Sakai in Shakugan no Shana) as Constance

Kenjiro Tsuda (Sadaharu Inui from Prince of Tennis) is going to voice Yasutaka Hanada

Aimi Terakawa (Tomoya Mizuhara from Onee-chan ga Kita) voicing as Sherry

Sumire Uesaka (Sanae Dekomori in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) as Eru Miru

Nobuo Tobita (Kamille Bidan in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam) is voicing Takao Yamanobe

The anime’s staff includes:

Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara (GJ-bu, Engaged to the Unidentified)
Script Writer and Creator: Naotaka Hayashi (Steins;Gate Scenario Supervisor, from MAGES)
Anime Character Designer: Chiaki Nakajima (Love Lab, Yuruyuri)
Original Character Designer: okiura (Infinite Stratos)
Animation Studio: Dogakobo (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, GJ-bu)

Here is the first promotional video for Plastic Memories:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwzkLARyZ4

Here is a synopsis of Plastic Memories from Haruhichan:

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…

The Plastic Memories anime will be airing from April 5 during the Spring 2015 anime season. Further information will be revealed in the near future.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.plastic-memories.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @pla_memo

New Prison School Visual Revealed

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A new visual for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s manga series Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) has been revealed.

It was also revealed on a wraparound jacket band on 16th manga volume of Akira Hiramoto’s manga series Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) that the TV anime adaptation of the manga will premiere this summer.

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.

Visual:

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 (Kangoku Gakuen) anime will be airing this July during the Summer 2015 anime season. More information about the series will be revealed in the near future.

Source: yaraon

Girls und Panzer Movie Date, Theme Singer and Visual Revealed

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At the talk show during the Oarai Spring Festival Kairaku Festa on Sunday, Director Tsutomu Mizushima confirmed that the movie edition of Girls und Panzer, will now premiere on November 21. The film was originally slated for this summer and was announced during the 18th annual Oarai Anglerfish Festival last year. Additionally, the movie is slated for 120 minutes, and Tsutomu Mizushima vowed to do his best to meet that goal. Singer ChouCho will perform the theme song.

A new poster with the visual for the upcoming Girls Und Panzer Movie also debuted on Sunday. It features Miho Nishizumi with a tagline that reads “Take it back”.

The talk show revealed that a trailer for the movie will come out in June and limited edition models will soon be available.

The first promotional video for the film released in July last year:

The first visual for the movie was revealed last November:

Girls und Panzer is a 2012 Japanese anime television series created by Actas. It depicts a competition between girls’ high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by Kiyoshi Sugiyama. Takaaki Suzuki, who has earlier acted as a military history advisor for Strike Witches and Upotte!!, was involved in the production of the anime. The series initially aired in Japan between October and December 2012, with two additional episodes airing in March 2013 and an original video animation released in July 2014. Five manga series and a light novel adaptation have been published by Media Factory. An animated film had been announced for release in 2014, however was pushed back to Q2 2015.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

You may have heard of kung fu, but the girls at Oarai High School practice gun-fu—really, really BIG 75mm gun-fu, in fact. It’s called Sensha-do, and it’s the martial art of operating armored tanks! They take it seriously too, and since winning the national Sensha-do championship is such a huge deal at Oarai, they sometimes go to extreme ends in order to get the best students from Panzer class to sign up. Which is how Miho Nishizumi, who HATES operating tanks, gets drafted to join doomsday-driven driver Mako, even-triggered gunner Hana, highly receptive radio operator Saori and combustible tank-fangirl and loader Yukari as the incomparable Anko Team. They may not be on the half-track to fame and fortune, and maybe a few of them would rather shop for tank tops than become tops in tanks, but once their focus is locked and loaded, they’re absolutely driven.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://girls-und-panzer.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @garupan

Source – Anime News Network

What Finishing Move or Abilities Do Anime Fans Want to Use? Here’s the Top 20

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Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which finishing move or ability would you want to use from an anime / manga series? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the female fans (50.6%), male fans (49.4%) and teens in their 20s (79.8%) while the other 20.2% are 30 and over.

Here are the male results:

20) Yuusuke Urameshi’s Reigan (Yu Yu Hakusho)

19) Dio Brando’s The World (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

18) Misogi Kumagawa’s Uso Tsuki (Medaka Box)

17) Monkey D. Luffy’s Gomu Gomu Pistol (One Piece)

16) Tatsuya Shiba’s Material Burst (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)

15) Edward Elric’s alchemy (Full Metal Alchemist)

14) Goku’s flight (Dragon Ball)

13) Naruto Uzumaki’s Rasengan (Naruto)

12) Meliodas’s Full Counter (The Seven Deadly Sins)

11) Touma Kamijou’s Imagine Breaker (Toaru Majutsu no Index / Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)

10) Kuroko Shirai’s Instant Teleportation (Toaru Majutsu no Index / Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)

9) Goku’s Instant Transmission (Dragon Ball)

8) Lelouch Lamperouge’s Mind-control Geass (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)

7) Ryota Kise’s Perfect Copy (Kuroko’s Basketball)

6) Kirito’s Starburst Stream (Sword Art Online)

5) Kuroko Tetsutya’s Misdirection (Kuroko’s Basketball)

4) Accelerator’s Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index / Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)

3) Seijuro Akashi’s Emperor Eye (Kuroko’s Basketball)

2) Mikoto Misaka’s Railgun (Toaru Majutsu no Index / Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)

1) Goku’s Kamehameha (Dragon Ball)

Absolute Duo English Dub Cast Announced

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March 14, 2015

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Going on with their Broadcast Dub Phase II, FUNimation Entertainment has announced the English dub cast for Absolute Duo on Thursday. The English cast includes voice actors from some known shows like Brynn Apprill (Kotori from Date a Live and Yaya from Unbreakable Machine-Doll), Whitney Rodgers (Yozora from Haganai NEXT and Chitose from D-Frag), And Michelle Rojas (Tohka from Date a Live and Nashiro from Tokyo Ghoul √A). It will be directed by Zach Bolton and Caitlin Glass with Sean Whitley in charge of writing the script.

The dubbed series will be available on the FUNimation site on Monday, March 16th at 2:00 p.m. EDT with new episodes coming out every Monday.

The English cast for the anime is as followed:

Ricco Fajardo as Tor

Bryn Apprill as Julie

Caitlin Glass as Lilith

Ashleigh Domangue as Miyabi

Whitney Rodgers as Tomoe

Felecia Angelle as Sakuya

Jennifer McDaniel as Rito

Michelle Rojas as Imari

Here’s the first and second promotional video for the Japanese version:

Anime visual:

Absolute Duo is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yuu Asaba. Media Factory has published six volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Shinichiro Nariie started serialization in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from April 27, 2013, and has been collected in a single tankobon volume. A second spin-off four-panel comedy manga adaptation titled Absolute Duo Tea Party with art by Tooru Oiwaka will also be serialized in Monthly Comic Alive magazine with the December 2014 issue to be sold on October 27, 2014. An anime television series adaptation by 8-Bit was announced at Media Factory’s 2014 Summer School Festival event.

Absolute Duo synopsis from Haruhichan:

The story begins with Blaze—a weapon that is the manifestation of a human’s soul. Tooru Kokonoe happens to be qualified for this, but for some reason his Blaze is not a weapon, but a shield. Moreover, he enrolled in a school that teaches combat skills, and thanks to the school’s Duo partner system, he ends up living with a beautiful silver-haired girl.

Source: Anime News Network, FUNimation

Display Your Favorite Ship Girl with New Shigure Figure Available This Fall

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March 14, 2015

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With the anime based on the popular browser game Kantai Collection reaching its peak, figure companies are releasing their 2015 products quickly. One of these available in late September is the popular destroyer, Shigure from the Shiratsuyu Class. This beautiful 1/8 scale figure features Shigure’s aqua blue eyes, and guns and hair from her remodel.

Kantai Collection – Shigure Kai Ni 1/8 Figure – Pre-orders are currently available on JList and is scheduled to be released in September 2015.

Shigure Kai can be pre-ordered here.

Durarara!!x2 Shou Episode 10 Images Previewed and Synopsis Revealed

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March 14, 2015

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The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Durarara!! has released preview images and the synopsis for the 10th episode of Durarara!!x2 Shou, which airs this Saturday at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX, GTV, BS11 and Tochigi TV.

Episode 10 preview images:

Episode 10 will be titled “Episode 10: With this Parent, Exists this Child” and here’s a synopsis from the official website:

Akane was loved by her family and grown up with no issues what so ever. It was Izaya who reached out to the confused Akane who was wounded by knowing her family’s business. Shizou is chasing after Mikiya Awakusu. Shiki Haruya’s suspicion deepens. Masaomi Kida is slowly distrusting Izaya and his hidden knowledge, whilst Kadota and Chikage begin to confront each other’s gangs. The conflict between the Dollars and Toromaru intensifies as an unexpected person is caught up in the action…

The second and first promotional video for the second season:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29rmpl

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27wr9j_%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9-x%EF%BC%92-pv01_creation

Two countdown commercials were also released for the second season:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ebqu2_durarara-x2-shou-countdown-cm2-celty-ver_tv

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2e96d8_durarara-x2-shou-countdown-cm_news

This new anime is part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Durarara!! series, which began as a light novel series in 2004 published by ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko. The original light novels ended in January this year, but the creator of the series Ryohgo Narita, has stated that he will be begin a new series of light novels titled Durarara!! SH, set two years after the original’s conclusion. The first issue will release on April 10th. The light novels received an anime adaptation in 2010 from animation studio Brains Base. In addition, two manga adaptations were also released and a few visual novels. To date the light novels has a total of 13 volumes. and are illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.

A manga adaptation by Akiyo Satorigi started serialization in the shounen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy on April 18, 2009. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan in January 2010. Two games based on the series for the PlayStation Portable were released, and a game for PlayStation Vita was released on June 19, 2014 in Japan.

Visual:

Here is a synopsis of the first season from Haruhichan:

In Tokyo’s downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless “Black Rider” who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.

Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro’s most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.

Source: Durarara!! official website

Sakura Attired Characters to Greet People at AnimeJapan 2015

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March 13, 2015

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This year at AnimeJapan’s trade show, life sized standees will greet the visitors to the booths while being dressed in formal attire for the occasion.

20 different series will attend while dressed in a spring, sakura theme. Series include:

Aldnoah.Zero

Cencoroll 2

Denpa Kyoushi (TV)

Dog Days 3

Durarara!!x2 Shou

The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Gunslinger Stratos

Gintama

Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Nanatsu no Taizai

Naruto

Nisekoi

Punchline

Fate/stay night

Plastic Memories

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid

Persona 3 the Movie

Monogatari

Source: Crunchyroll

Aniplex Durarara!!X2 English Dub Announcement

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March 13, 2015

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After fans waited patiently for the second season of the popular anime Durarara!!, Aniplex of America released their official English dub announcement for Durarara!!x2 on Youtube. The english dub is to feature the voice talents of popular American voice actors such as Johnny Yong Bosch (Lelouch from Code Geass, Ichigo from Bleach) and Crispin Freeman (Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Itachi Uchiha from Naruto). With Bosch voicing Izaya Orihara and Freeman voicing Shizuo Heiwajima, they are featured in Aniplex’s english dub announcement.

In the announcement, Aniplex revealed that they will begin releasing and streaming their english dub starting on Tuesday, March 10th. As the japanese dub of the anime streams in Japan, the english dub will be available on the sites it is hosted on such as Hulu, Crunchyroll and Aniplex’s own channel. Unlike with most english dubs that come out after the original japanese series run, Aniplex will be adding new episodes every week.

The Durarara!!x2 dub is to feature the majority of the voice talents from their original cast. The cast includes:

Johnny Yong Bosch as Izaya Orihara

Crispin Freeman as Shizuo Heiwajima

Kari Wahlgren as Celty Sturluson

Darrel Guilbeau as Mikado Ryugamine

Bryce Papenbrook as Masaomi Kida

Michelle Ruff as Anri Sonohara

Yuri Lowenthal as Shinra Kishitani

Steve Blum as Kyohei Kadota
Brian Beacock as Walker Yumasaki
Mela Lee as Erika Karisawa
Spike Spencer as Saburo Togusa
Kyle McCarley as Aoba Kuronuma
Bridget Hoffman as Kururi Orihara
G.K. Bowes as Mairu Orihara
Vic Mignogna as Kasuka Heiwajima
Doug Stone as Shingen Kishitani
David Earnest as Seiji Yagiri
Bridget Hoffman as Namie Yagiri
Cassandra Lee Morris as Saki Mikajima
Keith Silverstein as Tom Tanaka
Dan Woren as Haruya Shiki
Christopher Smith as Kinnosuke Kuzuhara
Patrick Seitz as Simon Brezhnev
Doug Erholtz as Max Sandshelt
Lex Lang as Egor

Source – Anime News Network, AniplexUS

Angela Balzac Receives a Wonderful Figure

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March 13, 2015

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Angela Balzac from Urobuchi Gen’s Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise film project has received a wonderful 1/8th scale figure. Her cute and sexy design is perfectly captured in this figure with plenty of detail from her expressive face to her hi-tech costume.

Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise – Angela Balzac 1/8 Figure – Pre-orders are currently available on JList and is scheduled to be released in August 2015.

Angela Balzac can be pre-ordered here.

Mairu and Kururi Orihara Show Signs of Yuri in the Latest Durarara!! Visual

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March 13, 2015

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A brand new visual has been revealed for the twin sisters, Mairu Orihara and Kururi Orihara, from the Durarara!!x2 Shou series. This visual shows signs of girl-on-girl action and is from the most recent issue of NyanType which can be seen here.

In related news, the official website for the TV anime adaptation of Durarara!! has revealed that the ongoing anime Durarara!!x2 Shou will have a side-story special which will be previewed at screenings in several theaters on May 30, 2015. It will also be released with the sixth Blu-ray and DVD volume of Durarara!!x2 Shou on July 22, 2015.

Durarara!!x2 Shou visual:

Durarara!!x2 Shou synopsis from Haruhichan:

In Tokyo’s downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless “Black Rider” who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.

Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro’s most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.

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