Lucy Heartfilia from the hit anime and manga series Fairy Tail gets a seductive figure which puts the fan service shown in the anime to shame. She’s cosplayed as a catgirl in cute skimpy lingerie and thigh highs while holding a pillow.
She’s a 1/6th (24.5cm) scale figure and the level of detail shown on this figure is outstanding. This figure is by Orca Toys and sculpted by Clumsy Zero.
The official YouTube channel of Noitamina began streaming the opening theme for the Psycho-Pass Movie on Friday. The opening theme is performed by Ling Tosite Sigure and titled Who What Who What.
The opening theme also features text narration describing the Sybil System and how it enforces the law using Inspectors, Enforcers, and Dominators.
It also features the movie’s cast of characters:
Psycho-Pass Movie Promotional videos:
The movie premiered on January 9th across theaters in Japan and is set four years after the events of the first season.
Visual:
Psycho-Pass is an original animation from Production I.G. The Sci-fi, crime solving anime began airing from October 2012 and ended in March 2013. The series was directed by first timer Naoyoshi Shiotani, with the story being written by veteran Gen Urobuchi and the characters designed by Akira Amano. The series has received a manga and light novel adaptation, that began publishing in November 2012 and February 2013 respectively. Additionally, an Xbox One game based on the series is currently in development
The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person’s state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term “Psycho-Pass” refers to a standard used to measure an individual’s being. The story centers around the “enforcement officer” Shinya Kougami, who is tasked with managing crime in such a world.
In the future, it is possible to quantitatively measure a person’s emotions, desires, and every inclination. In this way, it is also possible to measure a person’s criminal tendency factor, which is used to judge criminals.
This is the story of a team of policemen dedicated to maintaining public order. Some of them work in the Enforcement Division, responsible for the apprehension of criminals, while others belong to the Supervisory Division which oversees their colleagues in Enforcement.
In the newest issue of Shueisha’s V Jump magazine has a new article about the upcoming Digimon Adventure Tri., which has revealed the first new image of Agumon in the upcoming series, showcasing his new design.
The article in the V Jump magazine showcases a new angle of series’ main protagonist Taichi ‘Tai’ Yagami, where the first designs were revealed in the anime’s first visual. This is also the first design for Agumon and any Digimon in the upcoming anime, which has a new character designer from the original anime series by Atsuya Uki. The main staff members of Digimon Adventure Tri. includes:
Director: Keitaro Motonaga (Date A Live, Katanagatari)
Anime Character Designer: Atsuya Uki (tsuritama, Cencoroll)
Series Composer: Yuko Kakihara (Sora no Otoshimono, Persona 4: The Animation)
Animation Studio: Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece)
The Spring 2015 anime will be set 6 years after the end of the original series, and 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02. The newly announced anime will be produced by Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece) and follow 17 year old Tai who is currently in high school with Agumon. Toei Animation released the first teaser video about the new series:
Digimon (Digital Monsters in Japan) is a large multimedia franchise that was based on Bandai’s Digivice products, which first released in 1997. The toys were based on Tamagotchis, which were also produced by Bandai. The toys were seen as more female orientated products, so Bandai created a new line of products for a male equivalent. The first anime adaptation, Digimon Adventure, was produced in 1999 by Toei Animation. A film and TV anime were released alongside each other in 1999, the movie being a 20 minute anime produced by Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). Since then there has been numerous anime series, toys, figures, manga, video games and trading card games in the franchise. And this year, will mark the 15th anniversary of Digimon Adventure.
The Digimon Adventure Tri. anime will be airing from April during the Spring 2015 anime season. Further information about the series will be released soon.
The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Durarara!! has released preview images and the synopsis for the second episode of Durarara!!x2 Shou, the first episode ofDurarara!!x2 Shou airs on Saturday at 11:30pm JST on Tokyo MX, GTV, BS11 and Tochigi TV.
Episode 2 preview images:
Episode 2 will be titled “Remember that Peace and Harmony are the most Important” and here’s a synopsis from the official website:
Celty Sturluson has gained even more attention after being reported on TV. A massive 10 million bounty has now been placed on the Headless Rider to uncover its identity. Meanwhile the school has been receiving many new freshman students. Some of the new students in their freshman year included Izaya Orihara’s younger sisters Mairu and Kururi. And there is also one particular new student that has an interest in Mikado Ryuugamine.
The second and first promotional video for the second season was revealed earlier:
This new anime is part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Durarara!! series, which began as a light novel series in 2004 published by ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko. The original light novels ended in January this year, but the creator of the series Ryohgo Narita, has stated that he will be begin a new series of light novels titled Durarara!! SH, set two years after the original’s conclusion. The first issue will release on April 10th. The light novels received an anime adaptation in 2010 from animation studio Brains Base. In addition, two manga adaptations were also released and a few visual novels. To date the light novels has a total of 13 volumes. and are illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.
A manga adaptation by Akiyo Satorigi started serialization in the shounen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy on April 18, 2009. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan in January 2010. Two games based on the series for the PlayStation Portable were released, and a game for PlayStation Vita was released on June 19, 2014 in Japan.
Visual:
Here is a synopsis of the first season from Haruhichan:
In Tokyo’s downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless “Black Rider” who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets.
Ryuugamine Mikado has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro’s most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.
The PlayStation Vita JRPG Atelier Ayesha Plus has been released in North America and Europe and a brand new trailer has been released to promote the game. This new trailer gives a brief overview of the main characters of the game and some of the gameplay mechanics of the game. The game is a port of Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk for the PlayStation 3 that released in Japan in 2012 and in the West in 2013. It is the first game in the Atelier Dusk series developed by Gust and published by Koei Tecmo, and the 4th game ported to the Vita. The games in the series involve typical turn based combat and a large system of harvesting and crafting items for quests and objectives.
Atelier Ayesha Plus is currently now available on the Vita in North America and Europe. The game will also have dual audio, both English and Japanese voices.
Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which supporting male characters would you like to see as the protagonist? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the female fans (54.1%), male fans (45.9%) and teens to their 20s (79.3%) while the other 20.7% are 30 and over.
Fans also voted for female support characters which can be seen here.
Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which supporting female characters would you like to see as the protagonist? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the female fans (54.1%), male fans (45.9%) and teens to their 20s (79.3%) while the other 20.7% are 30 and over.
Fans also voted for male support characters which can be seen here.
Here are the results:
20) Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura)
19) Erza Scarlett (Fairy Tail)
18) Mikuru Asahina (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
17) Sayaka Miki (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
16) Touka Kirishima (Tokyo Ghoul)
15) Suzuha Kirigaya / Leafa (Sword Art Online)
14) Nico Yazawa (Love Live! School Idol Project)
13) Chino Kafuu (Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?)
12) Yukiho Kousaka (Love Live! School Idol Project)
11) Azusa Nakano (K-ON!)
10) Ruiko Saten (A Certain series)
9) Shinka Nibutani (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
8) Krista Lenz (Attack on Titan)
7) Kagura (Gintama)
6) Kuroneko / Ruri Gokou (Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
Why do you watch certain anime? Does the genre appeal to you? The story of the anime? The studio that made it? The reputation of the anime? Do your friends recommend one to you? There is usually a reason why you watch a certain anime. There are certain people, like me, who will watch a particular anime if certain voice actors are in it. It’s like watching a movie or TV show because an actor or actress you like is in it. Girlfriend (Kari) found itself on my to-watch list just from the voice actresses in it alone. This anime features a lot of characters, most of which are played by industry veterans. Satomi Sato (Wendy Marvell from Fairy Tail), Rina Satou (Mikoto Mikasa from Index and Railgun), Sakura Tange (Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura), Mai Nakahara (Nagisa Furukawa from Clannad), Rie Kugimiya (Taiga Aisaka from Toradora, Shana from Shakugan no Shana), Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa Nakano from K-On!), Eri Kitamura (Sayaka Miki from Madoka Magica), Yui Horie (Minori Kushieda form Toradora, Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari)… I could go on for a while honestly, but these are just a few examples. With such a wealth of voice acting talent, Girlfriend (Kari)‘s got its voice acting down pat. So how does the rest of the anime do?
Story and Characters:
Being based off a mobile phone game where your objective is to pick out your girlfriends, naturally, Girlfriend (Kari) doesn’t have one over-arching story. There are way too many girls and not enough time. Each of Girlfriend (Kari)‘s episodes focuses on a particular set of girls as they solve their own problems. These stories are mostly unrelated to another group’s story, so it does feel a bit disjointed at times especially because of the massive cast. However, given the time they had and the number of characters, they did an admirable job making sure that all of the characters were properly introduced.
There’s about this many characters. This isn’t even all of them.
Since the story is pretty much non-existent, it’s up to the characters to carry the show. With a cast of characters that numbers over 50, I’m sure you’ll find one girl you like at one point or another. However, how much that girl appears on screen might disappoint you. There are five “main” girls: Kokomi Shiina, the main “protagonist”, Chloe Lemaire, the French transfer student, Erena Mochizuki, the camera obsessed girl, Fumio Murakami, the quiet library assistant, and Akane Sakurai, the school’s announcer. They appear as the main characters in the first two episodes and the last two episodes and sporadically throughout the other episodes. If you like these five, chances are you didn’t mind watching. If your favourite character was from the supporting cast, you may have only seen that girl for one or two episodes. Kokomi gets the most development out of all the characters, but it’s a small amount.
In fact, most of the supporting characters are forced to change something about themselves in order to get through their problems, but they usually revert back to their old selves in the next episode if they appear again. Personally my favourite character is Chloe because her misunderstanding of Japanese culture and language expressions makes up half the anime’s humour. She’s also an oddball to begin with, so she ends up standing out because of how different she is than all the other characters.
Chloe, never change.
Visuals and Animation:
I don’t really have anything special to say about Girlfriend (Kari)‘s visuals and animation. Much of it is par for the course with no real big standout parts. Even the concert scene, which usually has higher than normal production values, remains the same as the rest of the anime. Silver Link has previously worked on anime like the Baka and Test series, Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori, and the Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya series. So they are capable of making a good looking anime, it’s a shame that more work wasn’t put into this one. There’s also something off-putting about the characters’ design. Their breast sizes really stand out even if they’re not that big. It was something that really bothered me at the start, but I kind of got used to it over time.
Sound and Music:
Girlfriend (Kari)’s soundtrack again doesn’t stand out either. The OP, 楽しきトキメキ (Tanoshiki Tokimeki), is an upbeat song sung by the girls from the school band Neuron Creamsoft (Saori Hayami is the main vocalist). The ED, はれるかなぁ (Hareru Kana~) is sung by Kokomi Shiina (Satomi Satou). These are perhaps the only two real standout songs. Now, I don’t think I have to go to much into the voice acting talent. I established it back in the introduction. The voice actresses that are involved in this anime is the main draw of it. The vast majority of them have played a major role in one anime or another and if they weren’t a main role, they were in a famous anime in a supporting role.
Final Verdict:
Just like watching a movie or TV show for an actor or actress you like, this is a show you watch for that one, or two, or three, or more voice actresses that you like. The rest of the anime is painfully average and not much different than what you would find in any other school/slice of life anime. As such, it’s hard to recommend to anyone that doesn’t have an appreciation for the top-tier voice acting talent involved. For those that do have an appreciation for voice acting in their anime, then you might like what is presented here.
+ Veteran voice actresses play the vast majority of the characters
+ Chloe Lemaire
+/- Does a good job introducing every character, but not enough time to get to know any of them aside from the main characters
– So plain that it doesn’t stand out at all
– Not very engaging
Did any of you watch Girlfriend (Kari)? If you did, let me know what you thought of it in the comments!
It has been revealed on the wraparound of the 14th volume of Takeshi Azuma’s Denpa Kyoushi (Denpa Kyoushi – He Is a Ultimate Teacher) manga that the series will be receiving a TV anime adaptation. The anime is slated for April, during the Spring 2015 anime season.
The official website of the manga’s publication have released and new image about the new anime announcement.
The series itself has had a few anime based on the series, just commercials produced to promote upcoming volumes of the manga. A total of 3 anime commercials have been released, though whether the cast and staff from the commercials will return in the upcoming anime have not been confirmed. The commercials themselves also feature voices with:
Daisuke Ono (Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler) voicing as Junichirou Kagami
Kana Asumi (Yuno from Hidamari Sketch) who voices Suzune Kagami
NicoNico user Kuma@Hentaikuma as Kisaki Tenjouin
The commercials feature the following staff members:
Director: Hirofumi Ogura (Black Butler Season 2, Area no Kishi)
Character Designer: Tadashi Sakazaki (Zoids, Zoids/Zero)
Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Aldnoah.Zero)
Here is the first commercial:
Commercial 2:
And the last anime commercial produced:
Denpa Kyoushi (Denpa Kyoushi – He Is a Ultimate Teacher) is a comedy school manga written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma. The series began in 2011 in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine where a total of 14 compiled volumes have been released. A series of anime commercials based on the series have been produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Hirofumi Ogura in 2012 and 2013. A Drama CD based on the manga was also produced.
Here is a synopsis of the manga from MAL:
Kagami Junichirou was known as a physics genius when he was a teenager, and he was even published in “Nature.” However, after college, he suddenly lost all interest in science. As a NEET, he’s devoted himself to his anime blog and nerdy collecting habits. He claims he has a serious illness called “I can’t do anything I don’t want to do.” Desperate to get him to do something with his life, his little sister manages to get him a job teaching physics at his old high school. He’s certainly an unconventional teacher, but he becomes fairly popular with the students. After helping a girl who’s being ruthlessly bullied, Kagami finds that he actually likes teaching. Will he continue his career as a weird teacher? Will he go back into physics? Or will he end up back where he started?
The Denpa Kyoushi anime adaptation will be releasing this April during the Spring 2015 anime season. More information about the anime will be revealed in the upcoming issues of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine.
In the latest issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump it has been revealed that the third season of the Kuroko no Basket (Kuroko’s Basketball) anime will be 26 episodes long.
The third season of the Kuroko no Basket anime will be lasting over 2 seasons/cours for a total of 26 episodes. The magazine has also revealed that there will be a total of 9 volumes in the Blu-ray and DVD release of the anime. The first volume will contain 2 episodes while the remaining volumes will contain 3. The first volume will contain a bonus Drama CD with commentary from the anime’s characters and the song Seishun TIP-OFF!!~MVP Tetsuya 2 Go, which will release on April 24.
Kuroko no Basket, is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The rendering The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays also appears in the artwork of the Japanese version. It has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since December 2008; the individual chapters are being published in tankobon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on April 3, 2009, and the 29th volume released as of October 2014. The series concluded on September 1, 2014, however a sequel to the manga will appear in Jump Next starting on December 2014.
The Teiko Middle School Basketball Team. The class that produced three perfect seasons in a row, with five once-in-a generation players, called “The Generation of Miracles”. There was another player who all of them respected… A legendary 6th player. An up-and-coming power player, Taiga Kagami, is just back from America. When he comes to Seirin High School, he meets the super-ordinary boy, Tetsuya Kuroko. Kagami is shocked to find that Kuroko isn’t good at basketball, in fact, he’s bad! And he’s so plain that he’s impossible to see. But Kuroko’s plainness lets him pass the ball around without the other team noticing him, and he’s none other than the sixth member of the Miracle Generation. Kuroko makes a pact with Kagami to defeat the other members of the Miracle Generation, who have all played basketball at other schools. A battle of light (Kagami) and shadow (Kuroko) begins!
The third season of the Kuroko no Basket anime began on January 10th this season and will continue on through the Spring 2015 anime season for a total of 26 episodes.
The film nominations for the 87th Academy Awards, or the Oscars, have been released online and one of Studio Ghibli’s anime films has been nominated. Isao Takahata’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) has been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, alongside Big Hero 6, Song of the Sea, The Boxtrolls and How to Train your Dragon 2.
The Tale of Princess Kaguya is the second last Studio Ghibli film to release, following Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises and preceding Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There. The film itself is directed by Isao Takahata, who also directed Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbors the Yamadas. The film is based on an old Japanese folktale called Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter). The folktale centres around a princess named Kaguya who was discovered as a baby inside a glowing bamboo plant.
The Tale of Princess Kaguya originally released in Japan on November 23 in 2013 and has won various awards in Japan and in international film festivals, such as the Animation Film Award at the 68th Mainichi Film Awards and Best Animation Film at the 40th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
Studio Ghibli have only won one award at the Oscars, for Miyazaki’s 2001 Spirited Away, which is the first and only Japanese animated feature film to win the award. The Wind Rises was also nominated last year in the same category but lost to Disney’s Frozen.
Here is the main trailer for The Tale of Princess Kaguya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDrkokymLQ
The 87th Academy Awards will be taking place on February 22nd this year.
Kotobukiya recently revealed the Sento Isuzu figure a few days ago and now they’ve revealed a masterpiece of a figure based on Date A Live‘s most dangerous and lethal spirit, Kurumi Tokisaki.
Kurumi Tokisaki can be seen in her sexy lingerie and twin tails whilst lounging around on the floor. She’s a 1/7th scale (7x19cm) figure and is sculpted by Kento Ogasawara.
Last month, it was announced that the 46th compiled limited edition volume of Yuuji Terajima’s (Giant Step) Diamond no Ace will include the series’ third original video animation but no synopsis has been revealed yet. In a Japanese anime flyer, it was revealed that the third OVA will be centered towards the reverse ace pitcher of Seidou Highschool, Kawakami Norifumi. The cast was also announced, which are four of the second-year students. The story is an original, thus it wasn’t taken place in the manga. The limited edition set will be released on March 17, 2015.
Translation: Original Anime Story. Diamond no Ace’s 3rd OAD (OVA). Kawakami will finally be the protagonist!?
Announced Cast:
Hiro Shimono (Shingeki no Kyojin‘s Connie Springer, Tonari no Seki-kun‘s Toshinari Seki) as Kawakami Norifumi
Sakurai Takahiro (Code Geass‘s Suzaku Kururugi, Hitsugi no Chaika‘s Shin Acura) as Miyuki Kazuya
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma (Baby Steps‘ Nariyuki Koshimizu, Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road‘s Ryou Ibitani) as Kenjirou Shirasu
On November 17, 2014, the 44th compiled limited edition manga volume was released with the first OVA of the series. It was titled as Kominato Ryousuke Special Bangai-hen: Face and it appeared in the Diamond no Ace: Guide Book – Ura as a one-shot. The one-shot was published on May 14, 2014 as chapter 327.1.
The second OVA will be released along with the limited edition 45th compiled manga volume of the series tomorrow, January 16, 2015. It will be titled as Kuramochi Youichi’s Special Bangai-hen: OutRun. This is an adaptation of a one-shot that is included in the Diamond no Ace: guide Book – Ura that was published on March 17, 2014 as chapter 319.1. The OVA will show Kuramochi Youichi’s past.
The manga, Diamond no Ace, was published by Kodansha and was serialized by Weekly Shounen Magazine since 2006. There are will be 45 compiled manga volumes as of tomorrow. An anime adaptation was premiered on October 6, 2013 and is still airing. It was announced that it will end on March 2015. The anime was produced by a collaboration of Madhouse (Hajime no Ippo, Chihayafuru) and Production I.G (Kuroko no Basuke, Haikyuu!!).
Synopsis of Diamond no Ace from Haruhichan:
The story follows Eijun Sawamura, a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan’s storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination.
The limited-edition DVD will animate “Face -Kominato Ryousuke Special Bangai-hen-“, which appeared in the Ace of Diamond Official Guidebook Ura and tells the “moving secret story of the Kominato brothers that cannot be seen in the television series.”
With the second season of Nisekoi returning to Japanese screens this April, figurine manufacturer Max Factory have revealed images for the upcoming Chitoge Kirisaki figure.
This 1/7th scale figure is based on the main visual for the first season of Nisekoi which featured Chitoge Kirisaki Dressed in her iconic school uniform with rabbit ear like headband and black over knee socks in a cute dynamic pose.
North American anime licensor and distributor Sentai Filmworks have streamed the first couple two videos for their English dubbing of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, or Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! in English. The dub itself will be featured with the release of the collectors edition of Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! on DVD and Blu-ray, which will contain: all 12 episodes of the 2012 anime and the OVA, an eye patch similar to the one worn by Rikka Takanashi, various stickers based on the series,a keychain, a massive 152 page booklet that contains art and character information, audio commentary with the Japanese staff and crew, all the web shorts, all released promotional videos, and textless versions of the OP and ED. The anime itself is produced by Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Amagi Brilliant Park) and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya).
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! will be releasing in North America on February 24th and is currently being sold on Rightstuf for $77.99 USD. The release will come in both the English dub and Japanese dub with English subtitles.
Here is the first teaser:
And teaser 2:
Here is the main visual of the release:
Anime synopsis from Haruhichan:
Yuuta Togashi suffered from chuunibyou while he was in middle school. When he graduated, he put that dark history behind him and forgot about it… or he was supposed to. High school was smooth sailing and full of enjoyment—until the unavoidable, sad event occurs. The event that locks Yuuta into a contract with Rikka Takanashi and disrupts his desperately ordinary life.
Among anime fans, there are a lot of them who are music enthusiasts. Either they study, create, mix or just love to listen to music. However, in the anime industry, there are less than 600 music-themed shows that was made so far. Goo Ranking ranked the top 20 of these shows among 500 participants (250 male and 250 female respondents). There are two ranks that tied which lead to only 17 ranks.
Here are the results:
17) Bremen 4: Jigoku no Naka no Tenshi-tachi
16) Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
15) Pretty RhythmSeries (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37KII9VSi5Q
15) Tari Tari (tie)
15) Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ74fi7On6k
14) Bakumatsu Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6M5fg2qlLs
13) Kaikan Phrase
12) Senki Zesshou Symphogear: Meteoroid-Falling, Burning, and Disappear, Then…
11) The iDOLM@STER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbumt5oLi6A
10) Uta no☆Prince-sama♪
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu4K6kDN6o8
9) Suite Precure♪ (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fQwCTwM3w
9) Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (tie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78nLRjPfFo0
8) Sakamichi no Apollon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HloKLU1SRJQ
7) Piano no Mori
6) Detroit Metal City
5) Kiniro no Corda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76ymi_Pj00
4) Nana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kCbwVFwjM8
3) Macross Frontier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSlw_Dncr0o
2) K-On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnd1wSIyN-g
1) Nodame Cantabile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z7rs2ilUm0
From the poll, Nodame Cantabile is the top picked musical anime! How about you, what’s your top musical anime?
On December 30, 2014, voice actress Masumi Asano (Oda Nobuna no Yabou‘s Hisahide Matsunaga, Ikkitousen‘s Hofuku Sonsaku) announced on her blog and her official Twitter account that her and Kenjirou Hata’s (Hayate no Gotoku!) 4-koma doujinshi manga, Sore ga Seiyuu!, will have an anime adaptation. Today, the anime’s teaser website opened with details for the upcoming anime. Sore ga Seiyuu! will be under Studio Gonzo’s production (NHK ni Youkoso!, Hellsing) and will air in Summer 2015. Evil Line Records (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal) will be in-charge for the anime’s music.
The website revealed the main characters for the series named as Rin Kohana, Futaba Ichinose and Ichigo Moesaki.
The meta tags of the site’s source had listed their voice actresses as keywords. However, it was removed afterwards.
Marika Kouno (Nami Jougasaki from Rail Wars!) as Rin Kohana
Rie Takahashi (Another‘s Keiko Numata) as Futaba Ichinose
Yuki Nagaku (Debut role) as Ichigo Moesaki
Marika Kouno quoted a tweet with a note that it will be her first regular role in an anime series. She removed the post momentarily.
Kenjiro tweeted the character designer in-charge for the upcoming anime which will be Masakatsu Sasaki (A-Channel, Saki):
The first volume of the doujin was distributed in Winter 2011’s Comiket 81. Since then, the duo continued distributing new issues at Comiket events. The doujin has many different kinds of volume cover but it only has two compiled volumes. Also, the size of Sore ga Seiyuu!‘s volumes are much larger than the size of a regular volume of Hayate no Gotoku!.
Original Volumes:
First Volume: Sold at Winter Comiket 81 on December 31, 2011 with 36 pages.
Second Volume: Sold at Summer Comiket 82 on August 12, 2012 with 44 pages.
First Volume (Ver.1.00)
Second Volume (Ver.2.00)
Soushuuhen Volumes:
First Volume: Sold at Summer Comiket 86 on August 17, 2014.
Second Volume: Sold at Winter Comiket 87 on December 30, 2014. (This volume includes a collection of 4-komas from Sore ga Seiyuu! EX2, Sore ga Seiyuu! Futaba and Ha○te-kun and Sore ga Seiyuu! Rin-chan and Kamiya-san)
First Volume
Second Volume
WEB Collection:
First Volume: Sold at COMIC1☆8 on April 29, 2014 with 56 pages.
Special Volumes:
Sore ga Seiyuu! EX: Sold at Winter Comiket 83 on December 31, 2012 with 40 pages.
Sore ga Seiyuu! EX2: Sold at Summer Comiket 84 on August 11, 2013.
Sore ga Seiyuu! EX
Sore ga Seiyuu! EX2
Sore ga Seiyuu! Futaba and Ha○te-kun: Sold at Winter Comiket 85 on December 31, 2013. (This volume’s name is a reference to Hayate Ayasaki, the main character of Hayate no Gotoku!.)
Sore ga Seiyuu! Rin-chan and Kamiya-san: Sold at Summer Comiket 86 on August 17, 2014. (This volume’s name is a reference to the voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya.)
Sore ga Seiyuu! 2014 WINTER Sweat and Lives and Hocchan and: Sold at Winter Comiket 87 on December 30. 2014.
Futaba and Ha○te-kun
Rin-chan and Kamiya-san
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Synopsis of Sore ga Seiyuu! from Haruhichan:
The series centers on Futaba Ichinose, Ichigo Moesaki, and Rin Kohana, three rookie voice actresses. The manga features small but humorous observations of the voice actor industry.
Kodansha USA announced at Kinokuniya Books in New York and on its official Tumblr account that they have acquired eight new manga licenses. They have licensed The Science of Attack on Titan, Junketsu no Maria: Exhibition, Fairy Girls, Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral, Beageruta, Livingstone, Appleseed α and Watashi ga Motete Dousunda. Kodansha USA have also announced the release date for Attack on Titan‘s (Shingeki no Kyojin) Second Colossal Edition.
Their first announcement is the release date for Attack on Titan‘s Second Colossal Edition which will be out on September 2015. The first colossal edition of the manga has 944 pages containing volumes one to five of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan. The second edition will have five volumes too, ranging volumes 6-10. The huge omnibus volume will be priced at $49.99.
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Kodansha has also published the individual compiled manga volumes for the series. There are currently 14 of them. The 14th volume was released on November 4, 2014 while the 15th volume will be out on March 17, 2015. The Japanese version of the manga currently has 15 volumes and the latest volume was shipped on December 9, 2014. Kodansha has also licensed Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku, Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou and Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall.
Attack on Titan has a 25-episode anime adaptation produced by Production I.G (Kuroko no Basuke, Prince of Tennis). There will be a second season slated for 2016.
Synopsis of Attack on Titan from Haruhichan:
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.
Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.
The second announcement revealed that they have licensed The Science of Attack on Titan and the English-translated volume will ship this June 2015. It is an illustrative prose book that is a tie-in to Attack on Titan‘s world, written by Rikao Yanagita. The Japanese version of the manga shipped on August 8, 2014 with 208 pages.
Synopsis of The Science of Attack on TItan from Kodansha:
This prose book (with illustrations) answers all your most burning questions about the world of Attack on Titan… like, do Titans use photosynthesis? And who would win in a fight, Ultraman or Titans? Okay, so they’re not so much “scientific” answers as they are wild speculation by the prolific Rikao Yanagita, but this is a man who takes his wild speculation VERY seriously.
Kodansha licensed Masayuki Ishikawa’s (Moyashimon, Hitokiri Ryouma) Junketsu no Maria 3-volume manga last year. Today, Kodansha announced as their third announcement that they have acquired the licenses to publish the one-volume sequel of the series, Junketsu no Maria: Exhibition. The sequel’s compiled manga volume in Japanese was shipped last week, January 7, 2015. Kodansha USA will release the English version of the sequel on August 2015 while the first volume of the original story will be released on February 24, 2015.
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The manga has an anime adaptation produced by Production I.G (Shingeki no Kyojin, Psycho-Pass). The anime is currently airing since January 11, 2015.
Synopsis of Junketsu no Maria from Haruhichan:
The story follows Maria, the most powerful witch who lives during the Hundred Years’ War in France. She despises war, so she obstructs battles with her strong magical powers. Her meddling with her succubus Artemis and incubus Priapos has caught the attention of the heavens, and so the Archangel Michael issues an edict. When Maria loses her virginity, she will also lose her magical powers. A beautiful angel named Ezekiel is supposed to watch Maria and make sure the witch does not use magic in front of people, but Maria continues to use magic anyways.
Hiro Mashima’s (Groove Adventure Rave, Nishikaze to Taiyou) Fairy Tail spin-off, Fairy Girls, was also licensed by Kodansha USA. The manga was written and illustrated by BOKU which centers around the female members of the Fairy Tail guild. The manga was published under Kodansha’s Magazine Special since November 20, 2014. Another spin-off which will be published in English is Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral. The manga was written and illustrated by Rui Watanabe under Kodansha’s shoujo manga magazine, Nakayoshi. The first chapter was released on August 2, 2014 and the manga tells about Wendy Marvell’s journey to the mysterious Dragon Valley.
Fairy Girls and Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral‘s first compiled English volume will be released on Fall 2015.
The parent story, Fairy Tail, has an anime adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures (Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, Sword Art Online). The first season aired on October 12, 2009 to March 30, 2013 with 175 episodes. A sequel began airing on April 5, 2014 and is still ongoing.
Synopsis of Fairy Tail from Haruhichan:
Set in an imaginary world, the Earth Land, there exists a Mage Guild called “Fairy Tail.” Fairy Tail is stationed in the town Magnolia, residing in the Kingdom of Fiore, and is currently governed by Makarov, Guild’s master.
Lucy Heartfilia, a 17-year-old girl, wishes to become a full-fledged mage and join one of the most prestigious Mage Guilds in the world, Fairy Tail.
One day, out of pure coincidence, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a boy who is transportation-sick, but very cheerful in nature. However, the thing she does not know is that Natsu is the closest connection to Fairy Tail, as he is a Mage in Fairy Tail.
The fifth announcement is Hiroaki Samura’s (Blade of the Immortal, Bradherley no Basha) action, martial-arts manga, Beagerutaa (Die Wergelder). The manga began publishing under Kodansha’s Nemesis magazine since July 7, 2011. The first compiled manga volume was released on February 22, 2013.
Kodansha USA will release the English version of the manga on Fall 2015.
Synopsis of Beagerutaa from MAL:
The action story revolves around battles over money between three woman: a “passionate psychedelic revenger” named Nami, a “china dress-wearing killing machine” named Je-Mao, and a female gang leader named Shinobu Aza.
Their sixth license is Tomohiro Maekawa and Jinsei Kataoka’s (artist for Eureka Seven, Deadman Wonderland) supernatural-seinen manga, Livingstone. Maekawa served as the writer while Kataoka as the illustrator. The manga began publishing in Kodansha’s Morning magazine since July 30, 2009. There are currently three compiled manga volumes. The third volume was shipped on October 23, 2014.
The first English-translated volume will be shipped this Fall 2015.
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Synopsis of Livingstone from MAL:
At the beginning of the 20th century American Doctor, Duncan MacDonald, engaged in a series of unethical experiments. Those experiments concluded that should one suffer a death not ordained by fate the human body lightened by an average of 30 grams, the weight of the a man’s soul stone.
Today, two men, Sakarai and Amano, are in the hunt to find people who are about to die before their time and either prevent their unnatural death or recover these stones, “Livingstones.”
A prequel to Masamune Shirow’s (Ghost in the Shell, Exon Depot) Appleseed manga, Appleseed α, was also licensed by Kodansha USA. The manga, written and illustrated by Iou Kuroda (Nasu, Sexy Voice and Robo) was serialized under Kodansha’s Monthly Morning Two since July 22, 2014. It is a manga adaptation of a CG-animated film, Appleseed Alpha. The main manga, Appleseed, was published in North America by Dark Horse Comics with a total of four compiled manga volumes.
The first compiled volume of Appleseed α will be released in Japan on Friday, January 16, 2015. While the English version will be released this Fall-Winter 2015.
Appleseed has an OVA anime adaptation that was aired on April 21, 1988. It had a film adaptation that released on April 17, 2004.
Synopsis of Appleseed from MAL:
After World War 3 the General Management Control Office construct an experimental city known as Olympus inhabited by humans, cyborgs and bioriods. Bioriods are a genetically engineered being created to serve mankind. They run all administration of Olympus. Olympus was meant to be a utopian society. But for some it is less of a utopia and more of a cage. Calon Mautholos, an Olympus city police officer, is one of these people. Calon secretly conspires with a terrorist, A. J. Sebastian, to destroy Gaia, a super computer that runs Olympus. Out to stop them are Olympus city police SWAT team members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires. Deunan and Briareos are determined to stop the terrorist plot by any means necessary.
The last license announcement was Junko’s (Kimi to Aruku, Omamori Shimasu, Dokomademo) romantic-comedy shoujo manga, Watashi ga Motete Dousunda. The manga was published under Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend since April 13, 2013. There are currently five compiled manga volumes that was published. The fifth volume was shipped yesterday, January 13, 2015, with a Special Edition Drama CD.
This Fall 2015, Kodansha USA will be publishing the first volume in English.
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Synopsis of Watashi ga Motete Dousunda from MAL:
Serinuma Kae is a second year high schooler and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi-kun and Nanashima-kun. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed—and loses weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has became an attractive girl to her classmates, her snarky kouhai Shinomiya-kun, and her senpai Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them …with her constant BL-filled, fujoshi mind?!
The first commercial has been streamed for the Yuru Yuri: Nachuyachumi! OVA, which originally released in Japanese theatres last November. This new commercial reveals that the OVA will be released on Blu-ray and DVD. Early copies of the release will have a director’s cut of the OVA with additional scenes. The release also contains: the OST, textless OP and ED, all released trailers and promotional videos, a special booklet, a clear disc case, audio commentary, and a code to purchase tickets for the upcoming Nanamori Middle School Outdoor Festival. The OVA is produced by a new team with TYO Animations (Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Plastic Nee-san) animating, replacing animation studio Dogakobo (GJ-bu, Mikakunin de Shinkoukei), and is directed by Hiroyuki Hata (Kamichu!, ImoCho). The main cast of the anime TV series returns to reprise their roles in the OVA.
The YuruYuri: Nachuyachumi! OVA will be releasing on Blu-ray and DVD on February 18th. The Blu-ray will cost ¥7,500 (~ $63.80 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,500 (~ $55.33 USD).
Here is the main visual for the OVA:
Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! synopsis from Haruhichan:
Based on a manga series written and illustrated by Namori, serialised in Comic Yuri Hime S from June 12, 2008, later in Comic Yuri Hime in September 2010.
A New Fire Emblem game titled Fire Emblem IF for the Nintendo 3DS was announced during the Nintendo Direct session on Wednesday. It’s being developed by Intelligent Systems with character designs by Yusuke Kozaki, and also features a story by Shin Kibayashi, the author who provided the original idea for the Kindaichi Case Files manga. The Fire Emblem series is Nintendo’s big strategy-RPG series that has captivated fans with its epic stories and lovable characters.
A trailer featuring gameplay and CG animation was also revealed:
Fire Emblem is a fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Nintendo’s Intelligent Systems division and published by Nintendo as a first-party title, first appearing on the Famicom. The Fire Emblem series is well known for its innovation and for being one of the first Eastern style tactical role-playing games, with a strong emphasis on Western forms of medieval fantasy. The series is also renowned for having deeply developed characters, as well as the fact that most units’ death or defeat in battle is permanent in the game until the end of the play-through. The series currently spans thirteen games, and has been released on the Family Computer, Super Famicom, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii and Nintendo 3DS.
All games in the series were exclusive to Japan until 2003, when the seventh game in the series was released internationally under the title Fire Emblem, largely due to the popularity of Fire Emblem characters Marth and Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Fire Emblem was designed specifically with newcomers to the series in mind, and the first ten chapters were structured in a manner that eased newcomers into the gameplay. All Fire Emblem games produced since have also been released internationally, except for Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu on the Nintendo DS.
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