Yun*chi to Release Anime Song Cover Album

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March 13, 2015

The official website for the Japanese live-action version of Yasuomi Umetsu’ 1999 adult OVA A KITE/KITE has posted a newly drawn promotional illustration by the anime director himself featuring the protagonist of the film, Sawa. The live-action Sawa portrayed by India Eisley has vivid red hair, not brown like the Sawa in the OVA. Yasuomi Umetsu has drawn Sawa as she is seen in the film and a postcard of this illustration will be given to the first 3,000 audience in theaters across Japan.

Japanese trailer for Kite:

Kite is a 2014 American action film directed by Ralph Ziman, based on the 1999 anime of the same name by Yasuomi Umetsu. The film stars India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe and Samuel L. Jackson.

Kite live-action movie synopsis from wiki:

In a vast, multicultural and decimated urban landscape, set after a financial collapse, Sawa, a beautiful but emotionally detached young woman, lives a secret life as a covert assassin. The daughter of a police detective involved in the investigation of human trafficking, she was orphaned at the age of 12 when an unknown assailant targeted both of her parents. Now 18, Sawa is intent upon eliminating members of the flesh-cartels whom she presumes murdered her family—men who exploit the defenseless children of a collapsed society for the pleasure of high-paying, foreign clients.

A Kite synopsis from MAL:

Sawa is a school girl, an orphan, and an assassin. She is being controlled by a corrupt cop who gives her targets to kill, detailing to her the crimes these men have committed in order to justify their death. Some of his power over Sawa has to do with her deceased parents and the promise of revenge. When another orphan, a teenage boy called Oburi, is brought in to assist Sawa, the two teenage killers form a bond of sorts. As they heal each other’s emotional wounds, they begin to dream of a life that would not be spent under the shadows of murder.

Source: Crunchyroll, Akiba Souken

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-Bu Love! Boys Loosen up at Indoor Hot Springs

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March 13, 2015

Following up on the recent Oedo Onsen Monogatari Hot Springs events which included characters from the Naruto and Kuroko no Basket series, the boys of Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! are heading to the hot springs after all that hard work of defending earth from evil.

Currently the event is scheduled to launch on March 18th and the website only has illustrations of the characters getting ready for a bath in their yukata. Limited edition goods and other announcements will be made soon.

4th Commercial Streamed for Shokugeki no Souma

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March 13, 2015

The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) manga began streaming the fourth commercial on Thursday. The opening theme song titled Hope Song by ULTRA TOWER is also previewed.

The third commercial was also streamed:

The second commercial was streamed earlier and previews the opening theme song titled “Hope Song” by ULTRA TOWER.

Here is the first commercial:

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

A new visual for the anime was also revealed in the most recent issue of Gigazine and Animate TV’s Winter 2014/2015 Anime Guide:

Additional members of the anime’s cast were also revealed at the stage panel last December. The newly announced cast members of the anime and their respective characters are as follows:

Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka in Aldnoah.Zero) will voice the role of Takumi Aldini

Yuuki Ono (Taiga Kagami from Kuroko’s Basketball) will join the cast as Isami Aldini

Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) is going to voice Satoshi Isshiki

Saori Oonishi (La Folia Rihavein in Strike the Blood) will voice Hisako Arato

The main cast of the anime were earlier revealed and includes:

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu (Kirito in Sword Art Online) voicing as Souma Yukihira

Risa Taneda (Mirai Kuriyama in Kyoukai no Kanata) will voice Erina Nakiri

Minami Takahashi (Mew from Pri Para) as Megumi Tadokoro

Shizuka Ishigami (Namu Mayu from Kenzen Robo Daimidaler) as Ikumi Mito

The second promotional video for the Shokugeki no Souma anime was also revealed, which introduces the newly announced characters:

The first staff members of the production crew that will be producing the anime have also been revealed and are as follows:

Director: Yonetani Yoshitomo (Tiger & Bunny Movie 1: The Beginning, Hoshi no Umi no Amuri)
Series Composer: Shogo Yasukawa (Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?, Terra Formars)
Anime Character Designer: Tomoyuki Shitaya (Kiss×sis, Bakuman)
Art Director: Jin Aketagawa (Aldnoah.Zero, AnoHana)
Music Composer: Tatsuya Katou (Mirai Nikki, Free!)
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)

Here is the first promotional video for the anime that was earlier released:

Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) is a comedy, ecchi cooking manga written by Yuuto Tsukuda, illustrated by Shun Saeki with Chef Yuki Mirosaki adding recipes to the manga. The series began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in late 2012 and to date has a total of 9 compiled volumes released, with the 10th volume releasing in Japan on November 4th. A light novel adaptation of the manga began in February this year in Shueisha’s Jump j-Books, written by Michiko Itou and illustrated by Saeki himself. The manga itself has sold over 2 million copies to date.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

Yukihira Souma’s dream is to become a full-time chef in his father’s restaurant and surpass his father’s culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma’s fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?

The Shokugeki no Souma anime will be airing from April next year during the Spring 2015 anime season. More information about the anime will be revealed at Jump Festa 2015 on December 21st, where series creator Yuuto Tsukuda will be in attendance.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://shokugekinosoma.com/
And follow their Twitter: @shokugeki_anime

Source – Shokugeki no Souma Anime Website

New Etotama Anime Visual Revealed

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March 13, 2015

The official website of the upcoming Etotama anime has revealed a new visual featuring all of the zodiac girls. The anime will premiere on March 10.

A new visual was also revealed in the February issue of Megami Magazine, which features the two main characters of the anime: Nya-tan and Uma-tan.

The main cast of the Etotama anime:

Rie Murakawa (Hotaru Ichijou in Non Non Biyori) will voice the main character Nya-tan, the cat zodiac

Eriko Matsui (Benio Yonomori in Mikakunin de Shinkoukei) voices Mo-tan, the cow zodiac

Ari Ozawa (Chiyo Sakura in Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) will voice the role of Uma-tan, the horse zodiac

Yumiri Hanamori (First major role) will play Uri-tan, the boar zodiac

Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) as Takeru Tendo, an Akihabara high school student

The anime’s staff were earlier revealed and includes:

Concept & Setting Creators: Takashi Hoshi (Schäferhund) and Tooru Zekuu (Trinity x Venus)
Director: Fumitoshi Oizaki (Acchi Kocchi, Romeo x Juliet)
Series Composition: Deko Akao (Noragami, Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Adult Character Designer: Akio Watanabe (The World God Only Knows, Bakemonogatari)
Pretty Mode Character Designer: QP:flapper (Sora no Method, Lucky Chance!)
Anime Pretty Mode Character Designer: Asami Takahashi (Doujins, First major role)
Chief Animation Director and Anime Adult Character Designer: Satoshi Koike (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Sword of the Stranger Key Animator)
Cgi Director: Daisuke Hirakawa (Rei Ryugazaki in Free!)
Animation Studio: Shirogumi Inc. (Moyashimon, Antique Bakery)

The opening theme song is titled “Retry☆Rendezvous (リトライ☆ランデヴー)” by Nya~tan (Rie Murakawa) while the ending theme song is titled “blue moment” by Seollal BOB (Nya~tan and the 12 zodiac members).

Two brand new promotional videos have been streamed for Etotama, both showcasing the 3D CGI of the anime. The first video is the third promotional video of the anime that introduces the main characters of the anime and the transformation sequence between their adult form and their pretty form.

The next video is entirely 3D CGI that also introduces the main characters and also the fighting scenes in the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ke31ehgyc

Etotama is a new original anime series produced by Japanese animation studio Shirogumi Inc. and Japanese media producer Tablier Communications. A manga based on the series by Takashi Hoshi and Tooru Zekuu, and illustrated by Hiroma Hino (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai dj – Anti-Reaju Pandemic) was launched in January this year in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Daioh magazine. The first compiled volume of the manga will be releasing on November 26th.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

Nya-tan, the cat of Chinese astrology wants to become a member of the Chinese zodiac. Nya-tan is simple and suffers from memory loss, and she tries various foolish ways to become a member. She meets Takeru Tendo, a high school student who lives alone in Akihabara, and becomes a freeloader at his house. Little by little, she gets closer to her goal.

The Etotama anime will be airing from April next year during the Spring 2015 anime season. It will contain both 2D and 3D segments. More information about the anime will release soon.

You can visit the project’s website here: http://shirogumi-nmd.com/etotama/
And visit the anime’s website: http://etotama.com/
And follow them on Twitter: @etotama_anime

Source: Etotama official website

Top 5 Anime Series Fans Don’t Want to See Live-Action Versions Of

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March 13, 2015

Japanese website My Navi recently asked their readers: Which anime series do you not want to see a live-action version of?

The poll had a total of 500 responses and only displayed the top 5, and here are the results:

5) Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (5% of the votes)

4) Mazinger Z (6% of the votes)

3) Neon Genesis Evangelion (7% of the votes)

2) One Piece (10% of the votes)

1) Slam Dunk (14% of the votes)

Another Look at Haruhi in New Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Anime Visual

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A new key visual for the upcoming anime adaptation of Nagaru Tanigawa and Puyo’s The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan (The Vanishing of Nagato Yuki-Chan) has been revealed in the April issue of Newtype magazine. The new visual features the return of Haruhi Suzumiya in her Kouyouen School uniform leading the Literature Club, much to the detriment of Kyon.

The anime’s website has also revealed the first character design sheet of the anime’s main characters. The sheet showcases various expressions of the characters that may appear in the upcoming series. The first and newly released sheet is a gag sheet, showing all the comedic expressions:

Yuki Nagato

Kyon

Ryouko Asakura

Tsuruya

Mikuru Asahina

Haruhi Suzumiya

Itsuki Koizumi

The main character designs were earlier revealed for the main cast, which includes the voice actors and actresses from the original The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya returning to reprise their roles.

Minori Chihara (Chiaki Minami from Minami-ke) will reprise her role as Yuki Nagato

Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki Sakata from Gintama) will be back as Kyon

Natsuko Kuwatani (Yue Ayase from Mahou Sensei Negima!) as Ryouko Asakura

Yuki Matsuoka (Orihime Inoue from Bleach) will be back as Tsuruya

Yuko Goto (Hiro from Hidamari Sketch) voicing as Mikuru Asahina

Aya Hirano (Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail) returns to voice Haruhi Suzumiya

Daisuke Ono (Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler) will voice Itsuki Koizumi

The supporting cast characters did not have their designs updated;

Minoru Shiraishi (Minoru Shiraishi [Himeself] from Lucky☆Star) returns as Taniguchi

Megumi Matsumoto (Haruka Nanase in Free!) as Kunikida

In addition to this, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan was featured in the latest issue of Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace magazine which revealed many new staff members that will be production the anime series, they include:

The issue revealed many new staff members that will be production the anime series, they include:

Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri (Daily Lives of High School Boys, Working!!)
Background Artists: Mukuo Studio (The IDOLM@STER, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
Colour Setting Artist: Chie Tanimoto (AKB0048, Oreshura)
Photography Director: Atsushi Iwasaki (Fairy Tail, Shugo Chara!)
Photographers: T2 Studio (Steins;Gate, Oreimo)
Editor: Takeshi Sadamatsu (White Album Season 2, Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (K-ON!, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Sound Studio: Rakuonsha (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The IDOLM@STER)
Music Composer: Tatsuya Katou (Medaka Box, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya)
Music Studio: Lantis (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)

The previously revealed staff:

Planning: Takeshi Yasuda (Tokyo ESP)
Director: Junichi Wada (Fairy Tail Episode Director)
Series Composition: Touko Machida (Hitsugi no Chaika)
Character Designer: Ikuko Ito (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S)
Animation Production: Satelight (Log Horizon)
Production: North High Literature Club

Here is the first commercial for the anime:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2j73mr_yuki-chan-tvcm_tv

A new visual was also revealed in the February issue of NewType last month, March issue of NyanType and the April issue of NyanType:

The anime adaptation of the spin-off manga was made late last year. Anime store Docomo was revealed to be streaming the upcoming series, as well as the two other spin-off shows in the Haruhi franchise, The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyoron Churuya-san.

The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan is a spin-off manga in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, where it stars the eponymous character Yuki Nagato. The series takes place in the alternate universe established in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. The series is written and drawn by Puyo, which started in February 2010. To date, the series has a total of 5 volumes with the 6th volume releasing on December 26th this year.

There is very little information regarding the anime announcement of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, including whether or no Kyoto Animation will produce it. Two other spin-off manga were also produced into anime: The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya and Nyoron Churuya-san.

The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan synopsis from Haruhichan:

Yuki Nagato, the shy president of the literature club, has never been very sure of herself around other people. But around Kyon, the only boy in the tiny, three-person club, Yuki finds herself faltering even more than usual. For Kyon, and for her precious club, Yuki must find her confidence and let her true personality shine! Enjoy taking a fresh look at your favorite characters in this brand-new story set in the world of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya!

The anime adaptation of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan will be airing during the Spring 2015 anime season from April 3 on Tokyo MX and AT-X. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.haruhi.tv/yuki_chan/main.html
And follow them on Twitter: @yukichan_anime

Re-Kan! TV Anime Will Premiere on April 2

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The official website of the anime adaptation of Hinako Seta’s Re-Kan! 4koma has revealed the anime’s air date:

April 2: TBS (2:16am JST), CBC (3:30am JST)
April 3: Sun TV (23:30 JST)
April 5: TUT (1:20am JST)
April 11: BS-TBS (1:30am JST)

In addition to this, a new visual was also revealed:

Here’s the past visual:

The official website also revealed additional members of the anime’s cast:

Yoshihisa Kawahara (Yomotsu Hirasaka in Mirai Nikki) voices Daihen-zamurai

Mikako Izawa (Satsuki Kashiwaba from Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita.) will voice Hanako-san

Kujira (Orochimaru in Naruto) as Ero-neko

Eriko Matsui (Benio Yonomori in Mikakunin de Shinkoukei) will play the role of Merry-san

Aya Uchida (Kotori Minami in Love Live! School Idol Project) is voicing Kogal Spirit

Futaba Kino (First Major Role) will be voicing the Faceless Spirit

The main themes of the anime were also revealed. The Opening song will be Colourful Story and the Ending theme will be Kesaran Pasaran. Both songs will be performed by the duo every♥ing!, which consists of the anime’s two main voice actresses Ibuki Kido and Erii Yamazaki.

The previously revealed cast members of the anime includes:

Kido Ibuki (Rinka in Tokyo ESP) as Amami Hibiki, a polite and relaxed girl who often worries about others around her more than she worries about herself. She can see and communicate with the supernatural!

Itou Miku (Usami Nanako in Locodol) as Inoue Narumi, Amami’s classmate and friend who hates ghosts and scary stories.

Iida Riho (Rin in Love Live! School Idol Project) as Uehara Kana, a popular blogger who is very curious about Amami’s ability.

M.A.O (Mikoto in Ore Twintails ni Narimasu) as Esumi Kyouko, Uehara’s childhood friend and also a former delinquent. Even so, she’s very caring and compassionate.

Yamazaki Eri (Roboko in Sekai Seifuku Bouryaku no Zvezda) as Ogawa, a bright but airheaded person who is a girl… maybe…

The staff of the anime was earlier revealed and includes:

Director: Masashi Kudo (Hayate no Gotoku! Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)
Series Composition: Takashi Aoshima (Sabagebu!)
Character Design: Aoi Yamamoto (Fairy Tail)

An event for the Re-Kan! anime will be held on March 14 at the 10th Cinema at United Cinemas Toyosu, where the first episode of the anime will be screened before its scheduled broadcast. The event itself is titled Re-Kan TV Anime Pre-Screening ~White Day Special~.The event will also see the main voice cast of the anime in attendance hosting a talk session with about the anime and their roles.

Here is the first promotional video for the anime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1p1vt4mX4A

The manga, Re-Kan!, was serialized under Houbunsha’s Manga Time Jumbo. The manga was first published as a one-shot in the magazine’s December 2009 issue. As of 2014, it has 5 compiled tankobon volumes. The fifth compiled volume was released on December 6, 2014.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

Amami Hibiki is a girl who can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena in her surroundings. The stories follow her daily life with both her friends and the otherworldly.

The Re-Kan! anime will be airing this April during the Spring 2015 anime season on TBS and BS-TBS.

Visit the anime’s website here: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/re-kan/
And follow their Twitter: @re_kan_anime

Source: Crunchyroll

New Nisekoi Season 2 Visual Spotted and Air Date Revealed

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March 12, 2015

A new visual for the second season anime adaptation of Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoi manga was revealed in a Japanese magazine which also announced the anime’s air date: April 10th on Tokyo MX at 23:00 JST, April 14th on MBS at 2:30am JST and on BS11 at 1:00am JST.

In year’s 14th issue of Shueisha’s Shonen Jump magazine they also revealed that Kotori Koiwai (Renge Miyauchi from Non Non Biyori) will join the cast of the second season anime adaptation of Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoi manga as Fuu.

A brand new visual for the second season anime adaptation of Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoi manga was also revealed in thelatest issue of Gigazine and Animate TV’s Anime Guide. Nisekoi Season 2 will be airing this April.

The anime’s second season will feature the debut of Haru Onodera, Kosaki Onodera’s younger sister, voiced by Ayane Sakura (Natsumi Koshigaya from Non Non Biyori). The website released the first visual for Haru:

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).

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.”

The second season of the Nisekoi anime will be airing this April, during the Spring 2015 anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.

Dont forget to visit the anime’s official website here: http://www.nisekoi.jp/
And follow the Nisekoi series on Twitter: @nisekoi_k

Source: yaraon

Tokyo Ghoul Author Sketches Naruto’s Sasuke

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Tokyo Ghoul‘s author Sui Ishida has been posting a lot of sketches to Twitter recently. Today, he took a break and was talking about how he would like to check out the art at the upcoming 2015 Naruto exhibition. Here’s his take on Naruto‘s Sasuke Uchiha:

Here’s some of his most recent sketches:

サンカクヘッド先生のお誕生日とお聞きして。ちゃんうま pic.twitter.com/sTOoU92AcR

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) March 9, 2015

ひよこサブレ pic.twitter.com/PYplYtQmjb

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) March 8, 2015

#月山習生誕祭2015　でした。たくさんのお祝いありがとうございました！ pic.twitter.com/DCV7ZbfFce

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) March 3, 2015

ＴＨＥ・うんこ　#月山習生誕祭 pic.twitter.com/MJEoWzGB3x

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) March 3, 2015

yeah #月山習生誕祭2015 pic.twitter.com/9Hxcyx6BQb

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) March 2, 2015

8話のEDのボツ。ボツじゃないのは東京MXで本日24:00より　#tkg_anime pic.twitter.com/hEm0U11XQw

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) February 26, 2015

グルカル期間イベントの真戸さんが強過ぎて俺の瓶兄弟が爆散した。 pic.twitter.com/CVYwTqDLyF

— 石田スイ (@sotonami) February 25, 2015

Source: Crunchyroll

New High School DxD OVA Announced

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March 12, 2015

The April issue of Fujimi Shobo’s Dragon Age magazine revealed on Monday that Ichiei Ishibumi’s High School DxD DX.2 light novel volume will bundle a Blu-ray Disc with an unaired anime episode, tentatively titled Yomigaeranai Fushichou (The Unresurrected Phoenix). The novel and bundled Blu-ray disc will be released on December 9, 2015.

In addition to this, the third anime season of Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero’s High School DxD will premiere on April 4 and the anime visual was revealed earlier this month:

Two new visuals were also featured in the April and March issue of Megami:

The first promotional video for High School DxD BorN was also released earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9aLA0j1ZPM

Third season anime visual:

High School DxD is a light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The series began serialization in 2008 in Fujimi Shobo’s Dragon Magazine, before being published in their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. To date, there has been 18 compiled volumes. Three manga adaptation of the series have been published in 2010, 2012 and 2013, all of which have been written by Ishibumi. An anime adaptation was produced in 2012. It was animated by TNK (School Days) and directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Sora no Otoshimono: Tokeijikake no Angeloid, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora). Two OADs were then released, and were then followed by the second season of the anime in 2013. A Nintendo 3DS game was also released later that year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he’s got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel. To top it all off, he’s later reincarnated as a devil by his gorgeous senpai who tells him that she is also a devil and now his master! One thing’s for sure, his peaceful days are over. In a battle between devils and angels, who will win?

Source: High School DxD official website, ANN

High School DxD BorN Will Premiere on April 4

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The official website for the upcoming third anime season of Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero’s High School DxD has announced the anime’s air date:

April 4 on AT-X at 23:00 JST
April 6 on Tokyo MX at 12:30am JST
Sun TV 2:00am JST
April 7 on TV Aichi at 2:05am JST
April 9 on BS11 at 1:00am JST

In addition to this, the official website revealed a new key visual earlier:

Two new visuals were also featured in the April and March issue of Megami:

The anime’s website also revealed the Opening theme song for the upcoming anime. It was earlier revealed that Japanese female singer ChouCho will be performing the OP. The name of the song will be BLESS YoUr NAME and will be available in stores from April 15th.

Choucho is best known for her 5th single Yasashisa no Riyuu (Hyouka OP), 6th single DreamRiser (Girls und Panzer OP), and 8th single starlog (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya OP).

In addition to this, the site also revealed character information for the upcoming series and subsequently revealing the returning cast members and characters for High School DxD BorN. The returning cast includes:

Yuki Kaji (Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan) as Issei Hyoudou

Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) reprises her role as Rias Gremory

Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara from The iDOLM@STER) voices Asia Argento

Shizuka Itou (Luviagelita Edelfelt in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya) voicing as Akeno Himejima

Ayana Taketatsu (Suguha Kirigaya from Sword Art Online) will be voicing Koneko Toujou

Risa Taneda (Mirai Kuriyama from Kyoukai no Kanata) will play the role of Xenovia

Maaya Uchida (Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) voicing as Irina Shidou

Ayane Sakura (Kokoa Hoto in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) as Gasper Vladi

The first promotional video for High School DxD BorN was also released earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9aLA0j1ZPM

Third season anime visual:

High School DxD is a light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The series began serialization in 2008 in Fujimi Shobo’s Dragon Magazine, before being published in their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. To date, there has been 18 compiled volumes. Three manga adaptation of the series have been published in 2010, 2012 and 2013, all of which have been written by Ishibumi. An anime adaptation was produced in 2012. It was animated by TNK (School Days) and directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Sora no Otoshimono: Tokeijikake no Angeloid, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora). Two OADs were then released, and were then followed by the second season of the anime in 2013. A Nintendo 3DS game was also released later that year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he’s got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel. To top it all off, he’s later reincarnated as a devil by his gorgeous senpai who tells him that she is also a devil and now his master! One thing’s for sure, his peaceful days are over. In a battle between devils and angels, who will win?

Source: High School DxD official website

Monster Musume Gets TV Anime and Slated for July

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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.

The first anime visual was also revealed:

The official website also revealed a new visual:

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 MAL:

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?!

Source: otakomu, Monster Musume official website

Japan’s Weekly Anime Blu-Ray & CD Rankings for March 2nd – 8th

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March 12, 2015

Oricon have released the weekly anime Blu-ray and CD rankings for February 9th – 15th. Here are the sales results:

Rank / This week’s sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

Blu-ray
*1.　26,399　26,399　Monogatari Series: Final Season “Tsukimonogatari” Vol.2 Yotsugi Doll Part 2 Limited Edition
*2.　12,094　12,094　Digimon Adventure 15th Anniversary Blu-ray BOX
*3.　*5,482　*5,482　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Vol.1 Limited Edition
*4.　*4,947　*4,947　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition
*5.　*2,083　29,272　Monogatari Series: Final Season “Tsukimonogatari” Vol.1 Yotsugi Doll Part 1 Limited Edition
*6.　*1,490　*1,490　Rail Wars! Vol.6
*7.　*1,277　12,097　Stand By Me Doraemon Regular Edition
*8.　*1,222　15,136　Sword Art Online II Vol.5 Limited Edition
*9.　*1,172　*8,520　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Vol.1 Limited Edition
10.　*1,161　*1,161　Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Vol.6
11.　*1,007　11,388　Shirobako Vol.3 Limited Edition
12.　**,920　15,030　Stand By Me Doraemon Deluxe Edition
13.　**,827　*8,920　Hyouka Blu-ray BOX
14.　**,824　**,824　Kamisama Hajimemashita 2nd Season Vol.1
15.　**,664　*5,633　Amagi Brilliant Park Vol.3 Limited Edition
16.　**,617　*7,900　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei “Yokohama Souran-hen” Vol.1 Limited Edition
17.　**,607　*8,163　Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor – Exodus Vol.1
18.　**,528　**,528　Happiness Charge Precure! Vol.2
(cut-off 528)

DVD
*1.　6,953　54,733　Stand By Me Doraemon Limited Edition
*2.　3,333　*3,333　Monogatari Series: Final Season “Tsukimonogatari” Vol.2 Yotsugi Doll Part 2 Limited Edition
*3.　1,110　*1,110　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Vol.1 Limited Edition
*4.　1,041　*1,041　One Piece 17th Season “Dressrosa” Vol.9
*5.　*,939　**,939　Naruto: Shippuuden “Ninkai Taisen – Dai 7-han Futatabi” Vol.3
*6.　*,664　**,664　Pri Para Vol.6
*7.　*,536　*3,032　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Vol.1 Limited Edition
*8.　*,465　*3,300　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.2 Limited Edition
*9.　*,440　**,440　Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Vol.6
10.　*,437　27,698　Tonari no Totoro
11.　*,428　*2,985　Durarara!!x2 Shou Vol.1 Limited Edition
12.　*,417　**,417　Kamisama Hajimemashita 2nd Season Vol.1
13.　*,389　*9,719　Haikyuu!! Vol.8
14.　*,363　*3,255　Sword Art Online II Vol.5 Limited Edition
15.　*,340　53,586　Youkai Watch DVD-BOX Vol.1
16.　*,327　*3,486　Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder Vol.2 Limited Edition
17.　*,292　**,292　Rail Wars! Vol.6
18.　*,291　*5,967　Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road Vol.2
19.　*,290　**,290　Happiness Charge Precure! Vol.9
20.　*,289　*2,653　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.6
21.　*,273　**,273　Happiness Charge Precure! Vol.10
22.　*,272　21,197　Kaguya-hime no Monogatari
23.　*,257　*2,244　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei “Yokohama Souran-hen” Vol.1 Limited Edition
(cut-off 257)

CD Single
13.　*8,068　*8,068　Dog Days 3 ED “Stay With Me” by Yui Horie
18.　*5,019　46,636　Kantai Collection: KanColle OP “Mi-iro” by AKINO from bless4
19.　*4,952　43,209　Kantai Collection: KanColle ED “Fubuki” by Shiena Nishizawa
22.　*4,147　*4,147　Go! Princess Precure OP/ED Theme Song Single (Miracle GO! Princess Precure / Dreaming☆Princess Precure) by Karin Isobe / Rie Kitagawa
24.　*3,558　22,718　Doraemon: Nobita’s Space Heroes ED “360°” by miwa
28.　*2,476　55,143　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 01 “Star!!” by Cinderella Project
29.　*2,438　*2,438　Nanatsu no Taizai ED “Season” by Alisa Takigawa
31.　*2,175　*2,175　Tokyo Ghoul √A OP “Munou” by österreich
32.　*2,109　*2,109　Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 50 ED “Kiseki no YES (TEAC PUNCH CHOICE)” by ZEN THE HOLLYWOOD
34.　*2,011　55,511　Nanatsu no Taizai OP “Seven Deadly Sins” by MAN WITH A MISSION
36.　*1,670　16,167　Tokyo Ghoul √A ED “Kisetsu wa Tsugitsugi Shindeiku” by Amazarashi
37.　*1,633　*1,633　Gundam Build Fighters Try ED “Mayomayo Compass wa Iranai” by StylipS
42.　*1,357　*6,067　Koufuku Graffiti ED “Egao ni Naru” by Ryou Machiko (CV: Rina Satou) & Kirin Morino (CV: Asuka Oogame)
44.　*1,323　*1,323　Nanatsu no Taizai Vocal Collection Meliodas vs. Gilthunder (Kanpai!! / Righteous Thunder) by Meliodas (CV: Yuki Kaji) / Gilthunder (CV: Mamoru Miyano)
48.　*1,230　*4,746　Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin ED “Hoshikuzu no Sunadokei” by Takatori Hattori Presents Gundam The Origin featuring yu-yu
68.　**,913　*6,412　Shirobako OP/ED “Takarabako -TREASURE BOX-” by Masami Okui & “Platinum Jet” by Doughnut◎Quintet
71.　**,874　14,615　Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor – Exodus OP/ED “Exist” and “Anya Kouro” by angela (incl. in “Exist”)
72.　**,869　*5,708　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV) OP “Seishun Satsubatsu-ron” by 3-nen E-gumi Utatan
75.　**,837　12,083　Magic Kaito 1412 OP “Ai no Scenario” by Chico with HoneyWorks
81.　**,800　17,089　Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season OP “&Z” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
82.　**,795　10,026　Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season ED “GENESIS” by Eir Aoi
83.　**,789　*4,411　Aikatsu! 3rd Season IN “Beautiful Song (Taruto Tatan)” by AIKATSU☆STARS!
84.　**,785　*2,852　Death Parade OP “Flyers” by BRADIO
87.　**,767　90,577　”Fuyu ga Kureta Yokan” by BiBi [Eli Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo), Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile), Nico Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) from μ’s]
88.　**,751　19,732　Pokemon XY ED “DoriDori” by Shoko Nakagawa
91.　**,688　*4,673　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season Character Song Duet Series Vol.10 (RIVAL & BROTHER) by Taiga Kagami (CV: Yuuki Ono), Tatsuya Himuro (CV: Kishou Taniyama)
93.　**,675　*4,904　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OP “Nanairo Symphony” by Coala Mode.
96.　**,660　*6,299　Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! OP “Zettai Muteki☆Fallin’ LOVE☆” by Chikyuu Bouei-bu
99.　**,646　*3,922　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season Character Song Duet Series Vol.10 (Different Minds) by Tetsuya Kuroko (CV: Kensho Ono), Atsushi Murasakibara (CV: Kenichi Suzumura)
(cut-off 646)

CD Album
*3.　25,124　*25,124　LiSA “Launcher” (incl. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei OP “Rising Hope” and Sword Art Online II EDs “No More Time Machine” and “Shirushi”)
19.　*6,057　**6,057　Pile “Jewel Vox” (incl. Tenkai Knights ED “Densetsu no Flare”)
20.　*5,915　423,348　Sekai no Owari “Tree” (incl. Crayon Shin-chan Movie 21: Bakauma! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival Battle!! ED “RPG”)
23.　*4,702　*24,733　Leo Ieiri “20” (incl. Dragon Ball Kai (2014) ED “Junjou”)
31.　*3,827　*20,911　Goose house “Milk”
32.　*3,517　**3,517　Konomi Suzuki “18 -Colorful Gift-” (incl. No Game No Life OP “This Game”, Madan no Ou to Vanadis OP “Ginsen no Kaze”, and Absolute Duo OP “Absolute Soul”)
41.　*2,991　*24,501　Sonar Pocket “Sonapoke-ism 5 ~Egao no Riyuu.~” (incl. World Trigger OP “Girigiri”)
68.　*1,546　**8,943　Last Note. “Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku”
70.　*1,495　**1,495　Hanae “Joukyou Shouko” (incl. Kamisama Hajimemashita 2nd season OP & ED “Kamisama no Kamisama” and “Ototo Oide”)
73.　*1,465　*64,091　MAN WITH A MISSION “5 Years 5 Wolves 5 Souls”
87.　*1,218　172,132　Ikimono-gakari “FUN! FUN! FANFARE!” (incl. Nanatsu no Taizai OP “Netsujou no Spectrum”)
95.　*1,017　*15,261　Kantai Collection: KanColle Original Sound Track “Akatsuki” by Soundtrack
(cut-off 1,017)

View the previous week here.

Source: Oricon Youtaiju, MAL

Anime Trending Fans Rank Their Favorite Characters for Winter 2015’s Week 8

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March 12, 2015

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Few characters remain and a lot had leaped from their previous ranks! This is Anime Trending‘s Top Character Poll and here we present you the results for Week 8!

Rankings from the previous weeks:

Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7

To vote for the character poll, click here or if you want to vote for the theme song poll, click here. Also, don’t forget to participate in the Winter 2015 Anime Poll for Week 5 here!

Top 10 Characters (Male)

10. Juuzou Suzuya from Tokyo Ghoul √A
Voice Actress: Rie Kugimiya (Toradora‘s Taiga Aisaka)

Week 6 #10
Week 7 #8

9. Decim from Death Parade
Voice Actor: Tomoaki Maeno (Log Horizon‘s Naotsugu)

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

8. Nagisa Shiota from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)
Voice Actress: Mai Fuchigami (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova‘s Iona)

Week 4 #8
Week 5 #8
Week 6 #7
Week 7 #9

7. Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!x2 Shou
Voice Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya (Noragami‘s Yato)

Week 4 #5
Week 5 #2
Week 6 #6
Week 7 #5

6. Producer
Voice Actor: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Debut)

Week 7 #10

5. Koro-sensei from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)
Voice Actor: Jun Fukuyama (Code Geass‘ Lelouch Lamperouge)

Week 4 #4
Week 5 #7
Week 6 #5
Week 7 #4

4. Akashi Seijuro from Kuroko no Basket 3
Voice Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya (Shingeki no Kyojin‘s Levi)

Week 5 #10
Week 6 #8
Week 7 #7

3. Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season
Voice Actor: Natsuki Hanae (Outbreak Company‘s Shinichi Kanou)

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

2. Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season
Voice Actor: Kensho Ono (Diamond no Ace‘s Todoroki Raichi)

Week 4 #6
Week 5 #5
Week 6 #3
Week 7 #3

1. Karma Akabane from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV)
Voice Actor: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index‘s Accelerator)

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

Top 10 Characters (Female)

10. Anastasia from The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
Voice Actress: Sumire Uesaka (GJ-bu‘s Tamaki Kannazuki)

Newly ranked

9. Fubuki from Kantai Collection: KanColle
Voice Actress: Sumire Uesaka (Sanae Dekomori from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)

Week 7 #10

8. Akira Mado from Tokyo Ghoul √A
Voice Actress: Asami Seto (Anohana‘s Atsumu Matsuyuki)

Week 6 #9

7. Maria from Junketsu no Maria
Voice Actress: Hisako Kanemoto (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou‘s Sayaka Watanabe)

Week 4 #9
Week 5 #8
Week 6 #7

6. Julie Sigtuna from Absolute Duo
Voice Actress: Nozomi Yamamoto (Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai‘s Senri Misono)

Week 4 #4
Week 5 #6
Week 6 #8

5. Celty Sturluson from Durarara!!x2 Shou
Voice Actress: Miyuki Sawashiro (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis‘ Rita)

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

4. Utaha Kasumigaoka from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Voice Actress: Ai Kayano (Witch Craft Works‘ Kasumi Takamiya)

Week 5 #9
Week 6 #5
Week 7 #5

3. Megumi Kato from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Voice Actress: Kiyono Yasuno (Hamatora The Animation‘s Koneko)

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

2. Rin Shibuya from The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
Voice Actress: Ayaka Fukuhara (Trinity Seven‘s Lugh)

Week 4 #6
Week 5 #4
Week 6 #4
Week 7 #4

1. Kongou from Kantai Collection: KanColle
Voice Actress: Nao Touyama (Kiniro Mosaic‘s Karen Kujou)

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

Who’s your favorite Winter 2015 anime character? Is he/he in the list? If not, don’t forget to vote for him/her!

Who Thought Jack the Ripper Was This Moe? New Fate/Apocrypha Figure Revealed

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March 12, 2015

Jack the Ripper can be pre-ordered here.

Joining the Saber Class Servant of the two Fate/Apocrypha figures available this year, Phat Company is releasing a 1/8 scale figure of the light novel’s Assassin Class Servant, Assassin of Black or Jack the Ripper.

Fate/Apocrypha – Jack the Ripper 1/8 Figure – Pre-orders are currently available on JList and is scheduled to be released in June 2015.

One Punch-Man Anime Visual Revealed

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March 11, 2015

The official website for the TV anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga has launched and has revealed a new key visual.

The TV anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga was announced to be green-lit in the latest issue of Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine.

Here is the promotional video for the manga:

One Punch-Man is an action, comedy, parody manga written by ONE and illustrated by Yuusuke Murata. The series began in 2009 as a free online web comic written by ONE, before being picked up by Shueisha and being featured in their Young Jump magazine publication in mid 2012, with Murata illustrating. To date, a total of 7 compiled volumes have been released with the 8th volume releasing on April 3rd. The series has become a phenomenon in Japan, selling over 4.5 million copies as of November last year, doubling its sales in one year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams “AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t have your average problem… He’s actually a superhero that’s looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!

Not much is currently known about the One Punch-Man anime. Further information will be revealed at the series panel during AnimeJapan on March 21st and the 22nd, where the staff, cast and first PV will be unveiled.

Source: One Punch Man fficial website

New Teaser for K 2nd Season Reveals Mikoto Suou

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March 11, 2015

Kings Records began streaming the second teaser video for the upcoming second season of K on Wednesday which reveals Mikoto Suou. K 2nd Season will debut this fall.

Last month a video was streamed that revealed some of the staff for the second season:

Original Work: GoRA x GoHands
Director, Character Designer: Shingo Suzuki (Coppelion, K)
Animation Production: GoHands (Seitokai Yakuindomo, Coppelion)

In addition to this, the official website unveiled two new key visuals:

K, also known as K Project, is an original television anime series by the studio GoHands (Seitokai Yakuindomo, Coppelion). The series launched in October 2012 and was helmed by director Shingo Suzuki (Coppelion). The series received modest reception for its plot, but it was praised for the fluidity of the visuals and art. The creator of the series, GoRa (who also helped with the series’ composition), also wrote the story of the many adaptations of K. To date, the series has two prequel mangas, a side story manga, two light novels and a PlayStation Vita game. A sequel film to the anime series, titledK Missing Kings, was also produced and released in July this year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

Set in a world where history has taken a slightly different course from the one we’re familiar with, K follows the story of a young boy whose life is caught in a psychic war between seven kings.

Ashinaka High School is known for its unique setting: the entire campus is built on an island. Yashiro Isana, aka Shiro, is having lunch with a cat on one of the school rooftops. After his lunch break, Shiro goes on an errand for his classmate Kukuri to prepare for their upcoming school festival, only to be chased by some intimidating-looking men.

Source: ANN

Parasyte’s Last Episode to Be Screened in Japan before Broadcasting

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