Benji Webbe Disrespects BABYMETAL at the Kerrang! Awards

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The official website of the anime adaptation of Tappei Nagatsuki and Shintarou Otsuka’s Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) light novel series has revealed that a body pillow cover of Rem is currently in production. The pillow is scheduled to release this August in Japan for a total of ¥12,000 ($113.00 USD).

Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) is a fantasy light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki with illustrations by Shintarou Otsuka. The series started in early 2014 being published under Kadokawa’s MF Bunko J imprint. To date a total of 8 volumes have been published. There have been two manga adaptations produced thus far. The first manga is drawn by Daichi Matsue and published under Monthly Comic Alive where the series ended at 2 volumes. The second series is by Makoto Fugetsu with the first volume releasing in March under Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine.

Here is the series synopsis from Haruhichan:

Suddenly high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him, things become worse when he is attacked. But when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor. When they finally manage to get a clue, Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone. Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices he gained the ability “Returns by Death.” A helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. And beyond the despair can he save the girl from the fate of death?

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://re-zero-anime.jp/
Follow their Twitter: @Rezero_official

The Summer Heat Gets to the Fairy Tail Girls

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Fairy Tail‘s author Hiro Mashima is known for producing sketches for each season, and he’s back again with a wonderful sketch of Lucy and Wendy trying to fight the summer heat.

His recent sketches include:

US Senator Candidate Sends Supporters to Hentai Site

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June 13, 2016

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Republican Nevada Senate candidate, Sharron Angle, shared a campaign flyer that sent her supporters to a very naughty website.

The candidate criticized her opponents in the mailer, including Republican Rep. Joe Heck, and encouraged people to “look at candidate websites and see what they say about themselves.” The unfortunate mistake that occurred has left everyone in shock and laughter. joeheck.com (NSFW) was linked, and it’s definitely a hentai site. It makes you wonder how many innocent supporters lost their hentai virginity at that moment. Never too late to bring someone to the dark side, I suppose.

Joe Heck’s actual website is drjoeheck.com. An honest mistake, right?

In a 500 voter poll in April, Heck came in at 67 percent while Angle polled at 11 percent. Reporters titled her as “a Dead Woman Walking.”

Source: GoBoiano

Tokyo Ghoul Author Pays Tribute to Christina Grimmie

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Tokyo Ghoul‘s author Sui Ishida is known for posting art on Twitter and he has recently paid tribute to singer Christina Grimmie in his latest sketch.

Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 11, 2016) was an American singer and songwriter, known for her participation in the NBC singing competition The Voice and for her covers of hit songs by contemporary pop musicians. In June 2011, she released her debut EP, Find Me. Her studio album With Love was released in 2013. A second EP, Side A, was released in 2016.

In 2014, Grimmie took part in season 6 of The Voice and finished in third place. Adam Levine, her coach on the show, announced in the finale that regardless of the results he would sign her to his label 222 Records. Lil Wayne also offered to sign her to his label, Young Money Entertainment. She was signed with Island Records for a short time before being dropped.

Grimmie died on June 11, 2016, of gunshot wounds inflicted in an attack following a concert she had performed the night before.

In related news, Ishida recently announced that not only did he sit down for an interview talk with Togashi, he also drew a whooping 69 pages of Hunter x Hunter manga telling the history of popular character Hisoka Morow. He recently provided a sketch of Hisoka.

On Valentine’s Day he posted a Juuzou Suzuya and a wishes that fans got a chance to enjoy some delicious chocolate.

He recently posted tribute for Naki’s birthday.

Back in December he was getting emotional about reading shoujo manga from authors like Ryo Azuki, he then shared a tribute piece to Amu Meguro’s Honey (or Honey So Sweet) from Bessatsu Margaret that recently moved him.

Earlier this year he was talking about how he would like to check out the art at the 2015 Naruto exhibition and here’s his take on Naruto‘s Sasuke Uchiha:

He also did a sketch for SankakuHead’s birthday featuring Himouto! Umaru-chan‘s Umaru doma.

Source: Sui Ishida’s Twitter

Love Live! Sunshine!! Promotional Video 2 Streamed

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June 13, 2016

The second promotional video has been released for the upcoming Love Live! Sunshine!! anime. This new video briefly previews the setting of the upcoming anime and introduces the main characters of the idol group Aqours, from Uranohoshi Girls’ High School.

The Love Live! Sunshine!! anime will start airing from July 2nd at 10:30pm JST on Tokyo MX, during the Summer 2016 anime season.

A new promotional video was released that introduces the main idols of Aqours:

The cast consist of:

Anju Inami (Ino Yamanaka in the Naruto Stage Play) will voice Chika Takami

Rikako Aida (Poona in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart) voices Riko Sakurauchi

Nanaka Suwa (Yaya in Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de) as Kanan Matsuura

Arisa Komiya (Gravure Idol and Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) is voicing Dia Kurosawa

Shuka Saito (Unknown) will join the cast as You Watanabe

Aika Kobayashi (Singer of Freezing ED) will voice Yoshiko Tsushima

Kanako Takatsuki (Cover Artist, Part of AnisongCollab) as Hanamaru Kunikida

Aina Suzuki (Contestant in the 2013 Anison Grand Prix) voices Mari Ohara

Ai Furihata (Various Game Voices) is voicing Ruby Kurosawa

In addition to this, new character designs for the upcoming Love Live! Sunshine!! anime project have recently been revealed. The new character designs with their cast members and names include:

Aika Kobayashi (Singer of Freezing ED) will voice Yoshiko Tsushima
Shuka Saito (First Major Role) will join the cast as You Watanabe
Arisa Komiya (Gravure Idol and Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) is voicing Kurosawa Dia
Nanaka Suwa (Yaya in Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de) as Kanan Matsuura
Rikako Aida (Poona in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart) voices Riko Sakurauchi
Anju Inami (Ino Yamanaka in the Naruto Stage Play) will voice Chika Takami

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Love Live! School Idol Project is an original anime produced by Sunrise studios that aired in January 2013. The conception of the anime project started in 2010 by Dengeki G’s Magazine. The editors wanted the project to be heavily influenced by fans, such as the costumes, hairstyles and names. Throughout this process, a manga of the project simply called Love Live! began in early 2012 by Sakurako Kimino and Arumi Tokita. The next part in the project was the anime series, followed by this app and an OVA. The second season of Love Live! School Idol Project aired last year and an anime film will be released this Summer.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

Otonokizaka High School stands on the border of three cities: Akihabara—a pop culture mecca that’s evolving by the minute; Kanda—a conservative, cultured city where history and tradition reign supreme; and Jinbo—a quiet area reserved for a more mature, sophisticated population. Amidst this culture clash, the school now faces closure due to the enrollment of fewer and fewer students.

With the school planning to close within three years, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. “In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do… become pop stars!”

You can visit the proejct’s website for more information: http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/sp_sunshine.html
And follow their Twitter as well: @LoveLive_staff

Shokugeki no Souma Season 2 CM Previews Theme Song

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June 11, 2016

Warner Brothers Anime began streaming a commercial for the second anime adaptation of Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) manga on Saturday. The video features the theme song “Rough Diamonds” by SCREEN mode.

In addition to this, the official website recently unveiled a new visual for the second season.

The visual was first revealed in the latest issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump.

The second season of the anime will be titled Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara (Food Wars: The Second Plate) and will air on Saturday, July 2nd on Tokyo MX at 10:00pm JST. The series will also air on the 3rd on BS11 at 1:30am JST and on MBS at 2:28am JST.

In addition to this, the Opening theme song of the second season has been revealed and will be titled “Rough Diamonds” and performed by SCREEN mode while the ending theme song will be performed by nano.RIPE, with the song yet to be revealed.

Here’s the second promotional video for the second season:

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?

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

Top 20 Most Anticipated Anime of Summer 2016

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Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime series is the most promising from the summer 2016 anime lineup? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (53.7%), female fans (46.3%) and teens to their 20s (70.2%) while the other 29.0% are 30 and over.

Here are the results:

20) Orange

19) Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! LOVE!

18) Amaama to Inazuma

17) Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachi Gakari 2nd

16) Mob Psycho 100

15) Qualidea Code

14) Tsukiuta. The Animation

13) Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru!

12) New Game!

11) ReWrite

10) Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen – Mirai-hen

9) ReLIFE

8) Handa-kun

7) Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi

6) D.Gray-man Hallow

5) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!

4) Arslan Senki (TV): Fuujin Ranbu

3) Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan

2) Shokugeki no Souma 2nd Season

1) Love Live! Sunshine!!

One-Punch Man Creator’s Mob Psycho 100 TV Anime Slated for July 12

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June 11, 2016

The official website of anime adaptation of ONE’s Mob Psycho 100 manga has announced that the upcoming TV anime will start its debut on July 12th. Additionally, a new visual and character designs were also revealed.

The first episode of the Mob Psycho 100 TV anime will air on the midnight of Tuesday, July 12th on Tokyo MX. The anime will also air on Yomiuri TV at 2:29am JST and on BS Fuji on the 13th at 12:30am JST.

Updated character designs have been revealed for the anime’s main cast:

Setsuo Ito (First Major Role) will voice Shigeo Kageyama
Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) as Arataka Reigen
Akio Ohtsuka (Batou in Ghost in the Shell) will voice Ekubo
Yoshimasa Hosoya (Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko’s Basketball) will voice Tenga Onigawara
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kirito from Sword Art Online) voices Teruki Hanazawa
Miyu Irino (Akito Hyuuga in Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito) is voicing as Ritsu Kageyama
Atsumi Tanezaki (Lisa Mishima from Zankyou no Terror) voices the role of Tome Kurata
Ayumi Fujimura (Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) as Ichi Mezato
Uki Satake (QT in Space Dandy) is voicing Tsubomi

The first members of the anime’s production staff consists of:

Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa (Death Parade, Death Billiards)
Series Composer: Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Owari no Seraph)
Anime Character Designer: Yoshimichi Kameda (Paroru no Miraijima)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Ghost in the Shell, Soul Eater)
Music Composer: Kenji Kawai (Higashi no Eden, Ghost in the Shell)
Animation Studio: Bones (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Noragami)

Here is the first promotional video, which introduces the main cast and characters:

Here’s the anime’s announcement promo video:

Mob Psycho 100 is a comedic action web manga written and illustrated by ONE. The series began in early 2012 being published in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday Web Comics. To date a total of 12 volumes have been published, with the 12th volume being released in June. ONE is also well known for his One Punch-Man manga, which recently was adapted into a TV anime.

Mob Psycho 100 synopsis from MAL:

Shigeo Kageyama (a.k.a. “Mob”) is a 8th grader with psychic abilities. He could bend spoons and lift objects with his mind from a young age, but he slowly began to withhold from using his abilities in public due to the negative attention he received. Now, the only thing he wants is to become friends with a girl in his class, Tsubomi. With his psychic “mentor” (who has no psychic powers), he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life.

You can visit the series’ website here: http://mobpsycho100.com/
And follow the anime on Twitter: @mobpsycho_anime

Source: Mob Psycho 100 official website

New Haruhi Suzumiya Anime Visual Revealed

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June 10, 2016

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A new visual for the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya franchise has been featured as a poster in the recent Animedia magazine issue. The new visual includes Mikuru Asahina, Itsuki Koizumi, Kyon, Yuki Nagato and Haruhi Suzumiya.

In addition to this, Lantis’ YouTube channel began streaming a video based on the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and revealed that an upcoming Haruhi Suzumiya compilation album is scheduled to ship on July 7 for 4,900 yen (about US$46).

Aya Hirano (Haruhi) gushes about the SOS Brigade’s “YouTube debut” and says, “We’re planning to do lots of other stuff as the SOS Brigade this year, so make sure to check for updates!”

The Complete Soundtrack of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Kanso) will include the complete soundtracks of the first and second seasons (including previously unreleased tracks), along with the opening and ending themes, insert songs, and radio theme songs.

The album celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first television anime, which premiered in 2006.

Akeno and Mii-chan Have Fun at the Sea in New Visual

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A new visual for the original anime HaiFuri has been featured as a poster in the July 2016 issue of NyanType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.

In addition to this, Mii-Chan from the series has also been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.

The series has also been featured as a poster in the April 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters included in this issue here.

Anime visual:

Haifuri is an upcoming Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS. Yuu Nobuta is directing the anime and Reiko Yoshida is handling series composition, with character designs by Naoto Nakamura and original character designs by Atto. It will begin airing in April 2016.

A manga adaptation will be serialized in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive.

Haifuri synopsis from MAL:

With Japan having developed as a maritime nation, it became necessary to have specialized schools to teach skills essential to protecting the sea. The setting is one such all-girls school. The girls who enroll here study to become “blue mermaids,” through classroom instruction and teaching of practical skills.

“Blue mermaids” are women who pursue the ocean for their professional occupation. They live by the motto “In the sea we live, the sea we protect, and by the sea we go.” They must excel in their studies, but must also adopt an international mindset. They are the “Elite of the Sea,” and are expected to be knowledgeable of the customs and cultures of other countries as well as their own.

The HaiFuri anime is currently in production and is currently scheduled for April, during the Spring 2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.hai-furi.com/
And follow their Twitter: @hai_furi

2016 Berserk TV Anime Promo Video Streamed

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The official website for the upcoming 2016 anime adaptation of Kentarou Miura’s Berserk manga began streaming the first promotional video on Friday. The TV anime will begin its broadcast on July 1st.

The first episode of Berserk will air on Friday, July 1st at 10:30pm JST on WOWOW. The anime will also start airing on MBS, TBS and CBC a week later, with a broadcast on BS-TBS starting on the 9th.

The anime’s Twitter account has revealed the first set of character designs for the anime’s main cast:

Hiroaki Iwanaga (Guts in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) will be back to voice Guts
Kaoru Mizuhara (Shirushiru from gdgd Fairies) will voice Puck
Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) as Farnese
Kazuyuki Okitsu (Jonathan Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) is voicing as Serpico
Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) voices Isidro

The supporting cast includes:

Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) is going to voice Azan
Toa Yukinari (Casca from Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) as Casca
Takahiro Sakurai (Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass) voices Griffith
Akio Ohtsuka (Batou in Ghost in the Shell) is voicing Skull Knight
Unshou Ishizuka (Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop) will be voicing the Narrator

The leading members of the anime’s production staff includes:

Director: Shin Itagaki (Teekyuu, Devil May Cry)
Series Composers: Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Yuruyuri San Hai!) and Takashi Yamashita (Cencoroll)
Anime Character Designer: Hisashi Abe (Gunslinger Girl, Chobits)
Music Composer: Shiro Sagisu (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Magi)
Animation Studio: Liden Films (Miss Monochrome, Terra Formars)

Here is the teaser promotional video for the anime:

The project itself was announced in the recent issue of Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine. Miura comments in the issue that the manga will be on hiatus until Summer next year. He also mentions that the new anime project will depict Guts as the Black Swordsman. The magazine has also announced that the 1997 TV anime adaptation of the series will be released as a Blu-ray boxset on April 20, 2016. The boxset will retail for ¥18,000 ($148.80 USD).

Berserk is a dark fantasy manga written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura, that began in 1989. The manga is being serialized in Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine, where a total of 37 volumes have been published to date. The series was adapted into a TV anime series in 1997 for 25 episodes, being directed by Naohito Takahashi (Danball Senki W, Steel Angel Kurumi) and animated by OLM, Inc. (Pokémon, Inazuma Eleven). The manga also received an anime movie trilogy from 2012 under Berserk: The Golden Age Arc. The films were directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka (Gunbuster and Giant RoboAnimation Director) and produced by Studio 4°C (Tweeny Witches, Harmony).

Here is the synopsis of the first anime on MAL:

A brave young warrior named Guts fights for his fortune as a mercenary on the front lines. A fated encounter unites Guts with the charismatic and deadly young man named Griffith. Leading the rogue soldiers known as the Band of the Hawk, Griffith wields his formidable force like no other. Driven by a quest for status, the Hawks exert military and social prowess the likes of which have never been seen before. The armies of Midland will quake with fear as Griffith and Guts set off on a path that will bring the world to its knees.

The 2016 Berserk TV anime will be airing every Friday at 10:00pm JST on WOWOW starting from July 1st, during the Summer 2016 anime season. Further information about the series will be revealed soon.

You can visit the project’s website here: http://berserk-anime.com/
And follow the Twitter: @berserk_anime

Shirobako Website Updates with New Celebration Visual to Display Awards

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June 10, 2016

The official website for P.A. Works’ original anime Shirobako has been updated with a new visual to display all the awards the series has won. The series was a recipient of featured received 20th Animation Kobe Awards’ animation work prize, 2016 Tokyo Anime Festival’s TV animation addition prize, 2016 Sugui Japan’s anime recommendation (ranked at #2).

Anime visual:

Shirobako is an anime television series produced by Warner Entertainment Japan and studio P.A.Works, which handled the animation. The series was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and aired in Japan between October 9, 2014 and March 26, 2015. A manga adaptation began serialization in ASCII Media Works’s Dengeki Daioh magazine in September 2014, and a novel was published by Shueisha in January 2015.

The title Shirobako refers to videos that are distributed to the production staff members prior to its release. These videos were at a time distributed as VHS tapes enclosed in white boxes and are still referred to as “white boxes” (thus the meaning of shirobako) despite the fact that the white enclosures are no longer in use.

Shirobako sysnopsis from Haruhichan:

Aoi will never forget how she felt the day her high school animation club’s labor of love was shown at the cultural festival. The sense of awe and the feeling of accomplishment that came with completing their very first project are exactly what encouraged Aoi and her club mates to enter the animation industry in the first place. But two years later Aoi has graduated, and now that she works as a production assistant for a big-name animation studio, the daunting reality of her job has somewhat diminished her enthusiasm. Despite the long hours and the punishing schedule, Aoi still hopes to fulfill the promise she and her club friends Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori made: to one day reunite and make a real animated feature of their own as professionals!

Source: Shirobako official website, Crunchyroll

Top 10 Anime for the First Half of 2016 According to Amazon Japan’s Sales

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Amazon Japan have unveiled the sales for the first half of 2016 anime DVD/BDs. These rankings are based on the sales made from the time period of November 16, 2015 to May 15, 2016.

Here are the rankings:

10. Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda. (Perfect limited production edition BD)
9. Osomatsu-san (Volume 2 DVD)
8. Owarimonogatari Episode 02: Sodachi Riddle (Perfect limited production edition BD)
7. Owarimonogatari Episode 01: Ougi Formula (Perfect limited production edition BD)
6. Osomatsu-san (Volume 1 BD)
5. Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza (First press limited edition BD)
4. Osomatsu-san (Volume 1 DVD)
3. Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin (Volume 2 BD)
2. Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Amazon Japan limited edition BD)
1. Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Special limited edition BD)

New Game! Girls Prepare for Debut in New Visual

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The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga series has been featured as a poster in the July 2016 issue of NyanType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.

In addition, the main cast, character designs and promotional video were also revealed, among a few other announcements.

The main cast members of the anime are as follows:

Yuuki Takada (Rin Kurosawa in Aikatsu!) will voice Aoba Suzukaze
Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) is going to voice Kou Yagami
Ai Kayano (Utaha Kasumigaoka from Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) as Rin Touyama
Megumi Yamaguchi (First Major Role) is voicing Hifumi Takimoto
Megumi Toda (Yuzu Iizuka in Sakura Trick) voices Hajime Shinoda
Ayumi Takeo (Debut Role) will be voicing Yun Iijima
Madoka Asahina (First Major Role) voicing as Nene Sakura
Chitose Morinaga (Karen Jinryou from Syomin Sample) as Umiko Ahagon
Eri Kitamura (Yui from Angel Beats!) will voice Shizuku Hazuki

In addition to this, a brand new promotional video was revealed, which previews the voices of the main cast:

The Opening and Ending theme songs will be performed by the newly formed idol group fourfolium, consisting of the anime’s main cast singing in character. The OP will be “Sakura Skip” and the ED will be “Now Loading!!!!”

The anime’s website has also released a special newspaper spread:

The main staff for the anime includes:

Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara (GJ-bu, Plastic Memories)
Series Composer: Fumihiko Shimo (Non Non Biyori, Amagi Brilliant Park)
Anime Character Designer: Ai Kikuchi (Mikakunin de Shinkoukei, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin)
Animation Studio: Dogakobo (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, GJ-bu)

There will be a pre-screening event on June 11th for the 1st episode of the anime. The event will also include talks from the cast and a live performance of the Opening theme song. There will be two sessions for the event, a midday session from 1:00pm JST till 2:30pm JST and an evening session from 4:00pm JST till 5:30pm JST. It will be held at TOHO Cinemas Nihonbashi with regular tickets availablefor ¥3,500 ($31.90 USD) and premium tickets for ¥4,500 ($41.00 USD).

Here is the anime’s previous visual:

New Game! is a 4koma manga written and illustrated by Shoutarou Tokunou. The series began in 2013 in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine, where a total of 3 volumes have been published. The series itself features cute girls working in a video game company, in a similar fashion to Shirobako‘s depiction of working at an anime company. The adaptation was announced in the November issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine.

Here is the synopsis of the series from MAL:

Follow Aoba Suzukaze, a fresh highschool graduate that is easily mistaken as a middle school student, as she joins the game company that produced her favorite game as a 3D artist and her cute antics in this story told through 4-koma.

The New Game! anime adaptation will be airing this July, during the Summer 2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed at a later date.

Sharo Kirima Becomes a Bunny Magician in New Figure

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June 9, 2016

Sharo Kirima can be pre-ordered here.

From the fun anime series Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, comes an amazing figure of the girl who is deeply in love with Rize but can’t confess her feelings yet, Sharo. She comes in a bunny girl costume complete with rabbit ears, and black stockings. You’ll love her soft smile that reflects her bashful personality, a great touch to the figure. From Kadokawa and Chara-ani.

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? – Sharo Kirima Bunny Ver. 1/7 Figure – This figure is currently available on JList here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Get Close and Personal with Android #18 in New Figure

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Fans of the hit anime series Dragon Ball Z will want to snap up this amazingly huge figure of Android #18 in her iconic outfit. Figure maker MegaHouse did a great job of replicating Akira Toriyama’s design in figure form. 18 looks magnificent with her sexy pose giving us a nice view of her amazing cleavage.

Dragon Ball Gals – Dragon Ball Z: Android #18 Figure – This figure is currently available on JList here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Tokyo Ghoul Author Sketches Hunter X Hunter’s Hisoka

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June 9, 2016

Tokyo Ghoul‘s author Sui Ishida is known for posting art on Twitter and it was recently announced that not only did he sit down for an interview talk with Togashi, he also drew a whooping 69 pages of Hunter x Hunter manga telling the history of popular character Hisoka Morow.

On Valentine’s Day he posted a Juuzou Suzuya and a wishes that fans got a chance to enjoy some delicious chocolate.

He recently posted tribute for Naki’s birthday.

Back in December he was getting emotional about reading shoujo manga from authors like Ryo Azuki, he then shared a tribute piece to Amu Meguro’s Honey (or Honey So Sweet) from Bessatsu Margaret that recently moved him.

Earlier this year he was talking about how he would like to check out the art at the 2015 Naruto exhibition and here’s his take on Naruto‘s Sasuke Uchiha:

He also did a sketch for SankakuHead’s birthday featuring Himouto! Umaru-chan‘s Umaru doma.

Source: Sui Ishida’s Twitter

Japanese Anime Fans Pick the Top 10 Strongest Women

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Japanese media website, Goo, asked their users: Which female characters from an anime series is the most handsome and strongest? Here are the results:

10. Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
9. Nojiko (One Piece)
8. Tsukuyo (Gintama)
7. Kushana (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
6. Haman Karn (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam)
5. Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
4. Makoto Kino (Sailor Moon)
3. Olivier Mira Armstrong (Full Metal Alchemist)
2. Mikasa Ackerman (Shingeki no Kyojin)
1. Nausicaa (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)

Madoka and Hitagi Exchange Clothes in New Figures

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