Noitamina’s Top 30 Anime Songs Revealed

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January 30, 2015

Satsuki Kiryuin can be pre-ordered now.

From Trigger’s recent popular anime series, Kill la Kill, Honnouji Academy’s Student Council President Satsuki Kiryuin receives a wonderful figma of her wearing Junketsu and looking ready for battle.

She comes with three expressions, Bakuzan the special sword seen in the series which has the ability to cut Life Fibers and her Scissor Blade in normal and decapitation mode.

Kill la Kill – Satsuki Kiryuin Figma Action Figure – Pre-orders are available on JList and is scheduled to be released in August 2015.

Viz’s Weekly Shounen Jump Digital Serializes Boku no Hero Academia

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According to this week’s issue of Viz Media’s Weekly Shounen Jump digital magazine, they will be serializing Kouhei Hirikoshi’s (Sensei no Bulge, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen) manga, Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia). They will begin the release in the magazine’s next issue. The publisher also announced that the manga will run simultaneously with Japan’s release starting February 9, 2015.

The action, adventure, comedy and supernatural shounen manga was released on July 7, 2014 under Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump’s 2014 Issue #32.

There are currently two compiled Japanese manga volumes for the series. The first volume shipped on November 4, 2014 containing the first seven chapters. The second volume was released on January 5, 2015 including chapters 8-17. The third volume is planned to ship on April 3, 2015.

The manga was nominated among 14 manga titles for the 8th Manga Taishou Awards. The first volume of the manga reached 7th place on the Weekly Oricon Manga Chart for November 3-9, 2014. As of November 9, 2014, the first volume has sold 71,575 copies. The second volume of the manga reached one rank up with 167,531 copies. As of January 18, 2015, the volume sold 205,179 copies.

Boku no Hero Academia received a VOMIC adaptation (Shueisha’s Voice Comic) where the manga is shown on TV with special effects and character voice acting. The adaptation started on January 11, 2015 in Animax TV and has four episodes announced so far.

Episode Release:

Episode 1 – January 11, 2014
Episode 2 – January 17, 2014
Episode 3 – January 24, 2014
Episode 4 – January 31, 2014

VOMIC Cast:

Tessyo Genda (Sengoku Basara‘s Shingen Takeda, Crayon Shin-chan‘s Action Kamen) as All Might
Daiki Yamashita (Yowamushi Pedal‘s Sakamichi Onoda, Log Horizon‘s Touya) as Izuku “Deku” Midoriya
Yuuichirou Umehara (Orenchi no Furo Jijou‘s Wakasa, Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!‘s En Yufuin) as Bakugou Katsuki
Koutarou Nishiyama (Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!‘s Atsushi Kinugawa, Haikyuu!!‘s Kazuhito Narita) as Kamui Wood
Yuki Minami as Mount Lady and Izuku’s Mother
Yuna Taniguchi (Death Parade‘s Mai Takada, Robot Girls Z‘s Gromazen R9) as Younger Izuku

Synopsis of Boku no Hero Academia from MAL:

People are not born equal, a realization that 4-year-old Midoriya Izuku faced when bullied by his classmates who had unique special powers. Izuku was one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique powers. This did not stop Izuku from pursuing his dream, a dream of becoming a great hero like the legendary All-Might. To become the great hero he hopelessly wants to become, he now will join the ranks of one of the highest rated “Hero Academies” in the country: Yueiko. With the help of his idol All-Might, will he be able to claim the ranks and become a true hero?

Read the first few chapters from the first compiled volume of the manga in Japanese here.

Visit the manga’s official Twitter account here or the author’s official Twitter account here.

Source – Viz’s Official Weekly Shounen Jump Reader, SokkoHeroAca Blog

Plastic Memories TV Anime Air Date & Cast Revealed

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January 30, 2015

The recent issue of Kadokawa’s Dengeki G’s magazine has revealed that the Plastic Memories anime will be airing this April. In addition, the main cast of the upcoming series was also revealed.

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 this April 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

Source – Anime News Network

Top 10 Anime of 2014 According to 4chan

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We’ve already taken a look at the top 30 anime of 2014 according to Japanese textboard website, 2ch. Now it’s time to look at the top 10 anime of 2014 according to 4chan’s anime and manga image board, /a/.

Here are the top 10 anime of 2014 according to /a/:

10. Amagi Brilliant Park

8. Space☆Dandy

7. Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

6. Barakamon

5. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

4. Parasyte

3. Mushishi Zoku Shou

2. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

1. Ping Pong The Animation

Here are the full poll results:

Durarara!!x2 Shou Episode 4 Images Previewed and Synopsis Revealed

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January 30, 2015

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

Episode 4 preview images:

Episode 4 will be titled “When in Rome, Do What the Romans Do” and here’s a synopsis from the official website:

The massive 10 million yen bounty placed on Celty has caused all the remaining members of the motorcycle gangs and Yellow Scarves into a frenzy being obsessed trying to catch her, leaving the city of Ikebukuro in disarray. Mikado Ryuugamine, Kururi Orihara, Mairu Orihara and Kyohei Kadota, who were involved in such disturbances before, are going to go through even more hardships. And at the center of all the troubles is Celty, who has a mysterious luggage and is trying to escape all the drama. But when everyone gathers together, all the confusion will be at its peak…

The second and first promotional video for the second season was revealed earlier:

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 during last week:

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.

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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

Holy Breaker! Opening Previewed

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Visual Arts have posted the short version of the opening of Holy Breaker! -The Witch Betrayed Blue Moon Wicca.-, the new visual novel from Clannad and Little Busters! veteran Itaru Hinoue. The theme song is titled Holy Breaker and sung by Faylan with lyrics by Leo Kashida.

The promotional video was streamed last December:

Key visual:

Holy Breaker! is a fantasy visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Tsukumo Izumi. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story’s narrative and dialogue. The text in the game is accompanied by character sprites, which represent who Tsukumo is talking to, over background art. Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites.

Synopsis of the game from vndb:

Hinoue Itaru’s visual novel project, with Kashida Leo as the scenario writer. A low priced visual novel that was initially sold at Comiket 87. You play as the protagonist Izumi Tsukumo, a second year high schooler who accidentally witnesses a fight between Tenma Minase, a witch, and Abeno Haruka, a demon hunter. The story focuses on Wicca and Paganism.

Source: Crunchyroll

This Saber Lily Cosplay by Usakichi Shows off the Feminine Qualities That Saber Lacks

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Saber is one of the three main heroines of the popular visual novel series Fate/stay night and cosplayer Usakichi has paid tribute to one of Saber’s alternate version, Saber Lily. Usakichi can be seen cosplayed as the pure and sweet “Princess of Knights” and shows off the feminine qualities that Saber lacks.

Cosplayers Arrested for Carrying Toy Guns at Anime Convention

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Over the weekend of January 23rd – 25th, two 18 year old cosplayers were arrested outside the anime convention known as G-Anime that takes place in Gatineau, in the Quebec province of Canada. The cosplayers were reported to have been armed with rifles, however as it turned out, they were, of course, only toy guns. The pair were arrested and fined $270 (Canadian dollars) but fortunately not charged for any crimes. Now that’s a hefty chunk out of their convention budget!

The two were spotted by government workers after getting out of their car that was parked next to the Palais de Congrés building (one of the major convention centres) and calls to the police were made who then arrived on the scene shortly thereafter to make the arrest. Videos showing the arrest can be found below.

Since, the G-Con Facebook page as well as other convention’s pages and websites have warned to not wear cosplays with weapons outside convention grounds for this exact reason. It seems people just don’t understand cosplay… But better safe than sorry!

Many are grateful that this took place in Canada rather than America, for fear of what may have become of the cosplayers had this taken place there, given the sensitivity of the gun control and police issues there.

Sinon Cosplay G-Con Gun Cosplayer Sword Art Online SAO Gun Gale Online GGO Haruhichan.com — Cosplay by Silica Hilton

What do you think about having weapons as part of cosplays? Do you think the warnings given was correct and that the police took the right form of action, or was it all an overreaction? What are your thoughts on this issue as a whole? Feel free to let us know in the comments section below!

Source: Anime News Network

Snow Miku 2015 Sapporo Snow Festival Commercial

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The Sapporo Snow Festival is a festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February. Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome are the main sites of the festival. The 2015 Snow Festival dates are 5 to 11 February and once again Snow Miku will also make an appearance, she has been a fixture in Hokkaido’s annual Sapporo Snow Festival since 2010.

The commercial features Snow Miku 2015, as well as some of the festivities that featured her sculpture previously. The snow version of her nendoroid and figma versions, as well as other Snow Miku Merchandise are included in this commercial.

Do You Want to Build a Snow Idol?

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January 28, 2015

The annual Sapporo Snow Festive will have snow sculptures of Love Live!‘s Kousaka Honoka, Sonoda Umi and Minami Kotori that will be displayed as part of the 66th Sapporo Snow Festival this year, illuminated nights between February 5 and 11. Keep in mind the snow sculptures are currently being built and below is a work in progress picture.

Snow Miku will also make an appearance again, she has been a fixture in Hokkaido’s annual Sapporo Snow Festival since 2010:

Source: Crunchyroll

Sailor Moon Crystal Black Moon Clan Cast and Character Designs Revealed

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January 28, 2015

The official website for the ongoing Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal anime series has revealed the cast and character designs for the Black Moon Clan who will start appearing in the anime from episode 15 on February 7.

From left to right the new cast is as follows:

Mamoru Miyano (Masaomi Kida from Durarara!!) will voice Prince Demande who seeks the Silver Crystal and Sailor Moon herself.
Tsubasa Yonaga (Nagisa Hazuki from Free!) as Saphir, the alchemist who harbors misgivings about his older brother Demande’s ambitions but still supports him.
Hiroki Takahashi (Koujaku from DRAMAtical Murder) as Rubeus who uses followers to subjugate the Sailor Senshi for Demande.
Houko Kuwashima (Tomoyo Sakagami from Clannad) as Esmeraude, the only woman of the four who harbors feelings for Demande.

The Black Moon arc of Sailor Moon Crystal launched earlier this month and features Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and other characters.

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The new arc itself began airing from January. The visual itself also showcases a new character that will appear in the arc, Sailor Chibi Moon. The Black Moon arc of the original manga was previously animated in the 1993 anime Sailor Moon R.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal is a new Sailor Moon anime for the 20th anniversary of Sailor Moon produced by Toei Animation.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal synopsis from Haruhichan:

New Sailor Moon anime commemorating the 20th anniversary of Sailor Moon.

Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.

Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold…

Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…?!

You can visit the anime’s official website: http://sailormoon-official.com/animation/
You can also follow their Twitter: @sailormoon_20th

Japanese Blu-ray Version of Fury Comes Bundled with a Copy of Girls und Panzer

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Amazon Japan are currently running a promotional collaboration between the World War II movie, Fury, and Girls und Panzer. The movie’s Japanese Blu-ray release will be bundled with a a copy of the Girls und Panzer Blu-ray. The release date is scheduled for March 18th and will sell for a total of 5,122 yen (about $43.4 USD).

The Girls und Panzer Blu-ray that is bundled with the Blu-ray version of Fury will include a commentary by none other than the anime’s tank otaku, Yukari Akiyama (CV: Ikumi Nakagami), who will be talking about the M-4 Sherman tank and the Tiger tank fight scene, which were both featured in the movie.

Yukari Akiyama also narrated the Japanese television commercial for Fury.

Here is the Japanese trailer for the movie and a brief synopsis:

Fury is a 2014 American war film written and directed by David Ayer. The film stars Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal. The film portrays tank crews during the final days of World War II in Europe. Ayer was influenced by the service of veterans in his family and by reading books, such as Belton Y. Cooper’s Death Traps, about American armored warfare in World War II. Ayer aimed for a greater degree of realism in the film than in other World War II dramas.

Rehearsal began in early September 2013 in Hertfordshire, England followed by principal photography on September 30, 2013, in Oxfordshire. Filming continued for a month and a half at different locations, which included the city of Oxford, and concluded on November 13. Fury was released on October 17, 2014. The film received positive reviews from critics and proved to be very successful at the box office grossing over $208 million.

Source: Yaraon

Yamada-kun to 7-Nin no Majo Commercial Streamed

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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo’s official YouTube account began streaming a commercial for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Miki Yoshikawa’s Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches) manga series on Wednesday. The series will be airing from April this year.

The series itself received an online OVA adaptation in 2013 on August 25, and 2 additional OVAs have been announced to be released in the upcoming release of the manga’s volumes. The upcoming TV anime will have the same cast as the OVAs, which includes:

Toshiki Masuda (Takashi Yura in Kimi no Iru Machi) will voice main character Toranosuke Miyamura
Maaya Uchida (Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) voicing as Miyabi Itou
Toshiharu Sasaki (Debut Anime role) will voice Kentarou Tsubaki
Ryota Ousaka from Sugane Tachibana from Gatchaman Crowds) will voice Ryu Yamada
Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) voices Urara Shiraishi
Eri Kitamura (Yui from Angel Beats!) will play Nene Odagiri
Daisuke Ono (Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler) as Ushio Igarashi
Yui Makino (Misaki Nakahara from Welcome to the NHK) voicing the role of Meiko Otsuka
Yuki Takao (Alka in Blade & Soul) playing as Maria Sarashima
Shinnosuke Tachibana (Soma Asman Kadar from Kuroshitsuji) voices Shinichi Tamaki
Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will be voicing Noa Takigawa
Masumi Tazawa (Kiriha Kurano from Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?) will play Rika Saionji

The staff of the anime were also revealed to be returning from the OVAs and involves:

Director: Tomoki Takuno (Love Live! School Idol Project and IDOLM@STER: XENOGLOSSIA Episode Director)
Assistant Director: Fumiaki Usui (Love Live! School Idol Project and Needless Assistant Animation Director)
Series Composer and Screenplay Writer: Michiko Yokote (Genshiken, Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
Anime Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Eriko Iida (Love Live! School Idol Project, Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon Assistant Animation Director)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Music Composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Freezing)
Animation Studio: Liden Films (Miss Monochrome, Terra Formars)

A couple promotional videos have released for the Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo OVA earlier in the year:

And here is the online OVA adaptation that released last year:

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches) is a comedy, romance, gender bending manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series began in 2012 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine where a total of 14 compiled volumes have been released to date. The series received a 2 minute special in August 2013 and will be receiving two OVA adaptations that will be bundled in the upcoming 15th and 17th volumes of the manga, releasing on December 17 and May 15, 2015 respectively. The OVAs will feature an original story and a saucy hot spring scene with all the main characters and 7 witches.

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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo TV Synopsis from Haruhichan:

Ryu Yamada is a second year student at Suzaku High. Ryu is always late for school, naps in class and gets abysmal grades. His life is a dead bore. The beautiful Urara Shiraishi, on the other hand, is Suzaku High’s brightest student. One day, without explanation, their bodies are swapped! Ryu ends up in Urara’s body, and Urara in Ryu’s.

The Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo TV anime adaptation will be airing from April this year.

Visit the anime’s website here: http://www.yamajo-anime.com/
And also follow their Twitter: @yamajo_anime

Source: Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo’s official YouTube account, animate

Yamato Class Battleship Prepares for Battle with a New Figure

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Fans of the KanColle franchise rejoice! If you’re lookin’ to get your hands on more cute girl battleship merchandise, look no further, as E2046 currently has a Yamato class battleship figurine available for ordering.

Kantai Collection – Yamato – Both the pre-painted version and garage-kit version are available for ordering on e2046.

The pre-painted version and garage-kit version can be pre-ordered now.

Oregairu 2 Promotional Video Streamed

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The official website began streaming a promotional video for the second season of the anime adaptation of Wataru Watari and Ponkan8’s Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) light novel series on Wednesday. The second season titled Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 2), will be airing in April during the Spring 2015 anime season.

In addition to this, the new character designs were previewed earlier. Here’s the characters in order: Yukino Yukinoshita, Yui Yuigahama, Hachiman Hikigaya and Iroha Isshiki.

The cast was also revealed earlier and include:

Takuya Eguchi (Kazuya Kujou in Gosick) will voice Hachiman Hikigaya
Saori Hayami (Ayase Aragaki from Oreimo) is back as Yukino Yukinoshita
Nao Touyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi) will return to voice Yui Yuigahama
Ayane Sakura (Kokoa Hoto in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) will voice new character Iroha Isshiki
Haruka Tomatsu (Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online) will be voicing Orimoto Kaori

The series will feature new crew members, including a new director and animation studio. The staff are as follows:

Director: Kei Oikawa (Outbreak Company, Minami-ke: Okaeri) replaced Ai Yoshimura (Ao Haru Ride)
Character Designer: Yuichi Tanaka (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Natsuiro Kiseki) will replace Yuu Shindou (Persona 4 The Golden Animation)
Animation Studio: Studio Feel (Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita., Minami-ke Tadaima) will replace Brains Base (Baccano!, Durarara!!)

MONACA (Nisemonogatari, Wake Up, Girls!) will again be in charge of music and Satoshi Motoyama (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Oreimo) will again serve as sound director.

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) is a light novel series written by Wataru Watari and illustrated by Ponkan8. The light novels began in March 2011 and is published in Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint. To date there has been 9 volumes and 4 short stories published. There has been three spin-off manga adaptations written and illustrated by various people. The series also received an anime adaptation that aired in April 2012 that was animated by Brain’s Base (Baccano!, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun). Additionally, a visual novel was developed by 5pb. for the PlayStation Vita that released on September 19th last year.

Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:

This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters: “They’re a bunch of liars.” When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, “Not working.” A teacher gets Hachiman to join the “Volunteer Service” club, which happens to have the school’s prettiest girl, Yukinoshita Yukino.

Source Oregairu official website

Two New Commercials Streamed for Sora no Method Blu-rays

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January 28, 2015

With the first Blu-ray volume of Sora no Method releasing soon two new commercials have been streamed for last season’s original anime produced by newly opened Studio 3HZ and directed by Masayuki Sakoi (Strawberry Panic, Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Anata to Koibito Tsunagi). The first Blu-ray release of Sora no Method will be out in Japan on January 28th and the second volume will be out on February 20. Both will sell for ¥7,000 (~ $59.50 USD)

Here is commercial 2:

Commercial 3:

The first volume of the Blu-ray release will have: the first two episodes of the anime with additional audio commentary, a ticket to an event on April 26 at the Shinjuku Bunka Center, a 28 page story book written by series creator Naoki Hisaya with illustrations by original character designer QP:flapper, an 8 page booklet about illustrations and interviews, and two illustration cards. The second Blu-ray volume will have similar items.

And the latest visual of the anime:

Sora no Method synopsis from Haruhichan

It’s been seven years since an unusual saucer mysteriously appeared in the sky above Kiriya Lake. With no one knowing what this strange object was or where it came from, concern and panic spread amongst the people. But as time went on this occurrence went from oddity to tourist attraction. Before long, the world lost interest entirely, and the saucer remained nearly forgotten in the sky. Now, former resident Nonoka Komiya returns to the small town after seven years in Tokyo. With only vague memories of her time in the town, the appearance of a spritely girl named Noel causes Nonoka to slowly remember wishes she and four of her friends made in an old observatory.

You can visit the website here: http://sora-no-method.jp/
And follow them on Twitter: @sora_no_method

Sword Art Online Sing All Overtures Concert Merchandise and Visual Previewed

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On February 1st, the Sword Art Online – Sing All Overtures concert will be held at the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall. Cast members Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kazuto Kirigaya), Tomatsu Haruka (Asuna Yuuki), Sawashiro Miyuki (Shino Asada), Ayana Taketatsu (Suguha Kirigaya), Kanae Itou (Yui), Takagaki Ayahi (Rika Shinozaki), Rina Hidaka (Keiko Ayano), Saori Hayami (Sachi) and Aoi Yuuki (Yuuki Konno), along with theme song performers LiSA and Eir Aoi and composer Kajiura Yuki will also attend the event.

While the 7,000 yen ($59.7) tickets are sold out (pre-orders for tickets were available to purchasers of the limited edition of the first Sword Art Online II Blu-ray), the event visual and merchandise have just been posted to stoke up that jealousy of those who can’t attend.

Sword Art Online merchandise that will be sold throughout the concert include:

Events brochure – 2,000 yen ($17)

Photon Sword light – 24cm in length with 12 wrappable colors – 2,500 yen ($21)

Shirt – 3,000 yen ($25.5) each

Hoodie – 6,500 yen ($55)

Towel – 1,500 yen ($12.7)

Charms – 500 yen ($4.2)

Tapestry – 3,000 yen ($25.5)

Clearfile and sticker set, 1,000 yen ($8.2)

Framed print – 1,300 yen ($11)

Individual character visuals are also displayed on the website:

Source: Crunchyroll, Sword Art Online Sing All Overtures website

Super Pochaco the Plus-sized Model Takes on the Role as a Bar Maid

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January 27, 2015

Super Pochaco, who is also a Nitroplus mascot character that is plus-sized just like her buddy Super Sonico, receives a 1/6 scale figure where she has taken the role of a bar maid in a skimpy seductive bar maid costume.

She can be seen striking a cute pose with her tongue out while holding a order of two pint tankards and wearing a short skirt that exposes her frilly panties.

Super Pochaco 1/6 Figure Bear Maid Ver. – Pre-orders are available on JList and are scheduled to be released in April 2015.

While this version of Super Pochaco can be pre-ordered now, the original Beer Girl version can be ordered now.

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? 2 Announcement Leaked on Megami’s March Cover

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January 27, 2015