A few days ago Kotobukiya revealed a prototype for their latest figure, today the awesomely high-quality 1/8 scale figure of main heroine Sento Isuzu from Amagi Brilliant Park is now up for pre-order!
Sento Isuzu is sitting down in her signature red shirt and black mini skirt on a cloud base while pointing her finger and wielding her weapon the magical muzzleloader. Moffle is also displayed on the base.
Bandai Namco Games have revealed that their anticipated upcoming title Dragon Ball Xenoverse will be unfortunately delayed by one week in North America and in Europe, on all planned platforms. In spite of this, the publisher has also released over 50 new screenshots of the game.
Bandai Namco have revealed that Dragon Ball Xenoverse will be delayed in both Western regions, whilst the Japanese release of the game will release as scheduled on February 5th. The game was initially scheduled to release on February 17 in North America and will now release on February 24. In Europe, it was to release on February 15, but will now release 8 days later on February 27. Dragon Ball Xenoverse will release on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on the new dates. The game will also release on the PC via Valve’s Steam service, but on the 27th of February worldwide, with the European release of the game.
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE Shifts Its Launch Date to February 27th in Europe, Middle-East and Australasia [February 24th in North America].
In order to ensure the highest possible gameplay experience for our fans; we will be moving the DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE launch date to February 27, 2015, on Playstation 4, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC Steam.
Apart from the delay, the publisher have also released a plethora of new screenshots for the game, over 50 in fact.
The game will also have a playable scenario based on the most recent film in the Dragon Ball franchise, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. You will be able to relive the movie in its comedic and action scenes, controlling Goku in his new form and even unlocking Beerus and his attendant Whis as playable characters.
Bandai Namco have also released some new images of the character models from the game:
The game itself will be developed by Dimps, who produced the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. The game will feature a full 3D fighting and destructible environments similar to recent titles in the franchise. One major new feature of the game is that it has an original story and a new player created custom character. The game involves time travel where a bunch of demons, named Mira and Towa (from Dragon Ball Online) have affected the timeline of the series. The Supreme Kai of Time notices this problem and calls the aid of a new mysterious character from the future, you.
The game is initially set in Tokitoki City where players will be able to meet a different version of Trunks, where he will send the player back in time in order to fix the time distortions created by the demonic pair. Here is where the player can create their own character, a similar premise to Dragon Ball Online. Players can choose the race of their character from Earthling, Namekian, Majin and Frieza. Bandai Namco has released some new screenshots of the customisable races from the game, as well as some visuals of the default custom character – with red hair.
Here are the latest trailers for the upcoming game:
Dragon Ball Xenoverse is the upcoming instalment in Dragon Ball’s long running franchise of games. It will be developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Games. It will be Dimps’ 11th game in the franchise, with their last game being Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. Over 50 games have been developed based on Akira Toriyama’s top selling manga of the same name, since 1986 – two years after the manga’s debut. The series even spawned a MMO titled Dragon Ball Heroes which released for the PC.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse will be coming out on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on February 5th in Japan, 24th in North America and the 27th in Europe. The game will then release on Steam on February 27th.
Tite Kubo has confirmed on his Twitter account that the 612th chapter of the Bleach manga will not run in the next issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, which goes on sale in Japan on Monday.
A series of tweets related to his well-being began on January 6, he stated that he was not feeling well and visited a hospital. He also mentioned that he had only drawn half of the new chapter’s manuscript. He reported on Tuesday that he left the hospital after eight days and was heading to his studio.
Bleach entered the final story arc of the series titled Final Arc – The Thousand Year Blood War in 2012 on chapter 480. Tite Kubo has been drawing the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2001, and Shueisha published the 66th volume this month.
Anime visual:
Bleach is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper, a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. His newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife, and set him on journeys to various ghostly realms of existence.
Bleach has been serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump since August 2001, and has been collected into 65 tankobon volumes as of September 2014. The series has spawned a media franchise that includes an animated television series that was produced by Studio Pierrot from 2004 to 2012, two original video animations, four animated feature films, ten rock musicals, and numerous video games, as well as many types of Bleach-related merchandise. English-language releases of Bleach are coordinated by Viz Media, which has released several volumes of the manga each year since 2004, and published chapters of Bleach in its Shonen Jump magazine since November 2007. 62 such volumes are available in English as of November 2014. Viz Media secured foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime in 2006. Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim began airing dubbed episodes of Bleach in the United States that Fall, and Hulu later began to stream subtitled versions of the anime a week after each episode aired in Japan. Viz Media has also released each of the Bleach feature films in English.
15-year-old Kurosaki Ichigo is not your everyday high school student. He has from as far he can remember always had the ability to see ghosts and spirits. A fateful day arrives as Ichigo encounters the shinigami Kuchiki Rukia, who saves him and his family from a Hollow at the cost of injuring herself. During this encounter, with Rukia unable to defeat the hollow she transfers her shinigami powers into Ichigo. In the aftermath, unable to continue with her job, Rukia allows Ichigo to take on the role of a shinigami in her place as they together defeat the Hollows plaguing Ichigo’s town.
The first TV commercial has been streamed online for the upcoming release of Dragon Ball Xenoverse. This short commercial video showcases the ability to create your own character and time travelling to key points in the Dragon Ball story to save the Z Warriors from their rivals in this alternate timeline. The game itself will be developed by Dimps, who produced the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. The game will feature a full 3D fighting and destructible environments similar to recent titles in the franchise. The game involves time travel where a bunch of demons, named Mira and Towa (from Dragon Ball Online), have affected the timeline of the series.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse will be coming out on the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on February 5th in Japan, 24th in North America and the 27th in Europe. The game will then release on Steam on February 27th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoRbJxSY-w
A bunch of screenshots of the game were released, and here is the game’s main visual:
The official Twitter account of the Strike Witches anime has revealed that the third OVA of Strike Witches, Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 3 – Arnhem no Hashi, will be releasing in Japanese cinemas on May 2nd. Additionally, some small preview images of the OVA were revealed on the anime’s website.
The third OVA set after the events of the second season of the Strike Witches anime and before the 2012 movie. It will also be the final OVA in the Operation Victory Arrow series, which began with Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 1: St. Trond no Raimei which released in September last year and Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 2 – Aegean Umi no Megami,which released on the 10th earlier this month.
The official website of the Strike Witches anime have released the first images of Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 3:
Strike Witches is a media project that started in 2005 based off of Humikane Shimada’s illustrations. The first project was a manga from Yoshiyuki Kazumi, but was cancelled after one volume. A light novel series from Noboru Yamaguchi released the following year in Kadokawa Shoten’s Sneaker Bunko imprint for a total of 3 volumes. This was followed by an OVA and anime adaptation from Gonzo (Welcome to the N.H.K.) in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Since then, many more manga and light novel adaptations were released, as well as the anime’s second season and an animated film, all animated by AIC (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari).
Here is a synopsis of Strike Witches from Haruhichan:
The year is 1944 and the world lives in fear of unidentified flying objects called Neuroi. With the old-boy old guard unable to thwart this deadly menace, humanity turns its desperate eyes to an aerial attack force with much nicer legs. Meet the girls of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, better known as the Strike Witches. These darlings of the great blue yonder may not have standard issue uniforms, but they do have all the right stuff. Where the average flyboy falters, these dolls blast aliens to bits in the bat of an eyelash. With a little magic and a whole lot of leg, the girls of the 501st are winning the war on pants, and aliens!
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 3 – Arnhem no Hashi will be releasing in Japanese theatres on May 2nd. Further information about the upcoming OVA will be released soon.
The Coming of Age (Seijin no Hi) festival is celebrated on the second Monday of January. It celebrates those who have turned twenty years or who will do so before March 31 of the current year. Twenty is the age considered as the beginning of adulthood. It is also the minimum legal age for voting, drinking, and smoking in Japan. Many women celebrate this day by wearing furisode, a style of kimono with long sleeves that hang down, and zouri sandals. While men sometimes also wear traditional dress (e.g. dark kimono with hakama), but nowadays many men wear formal Western clothes such as a suit and tie more often than the traditional hakama.
It’s a special day for men and women alike, although this year, one dedicated Love Live! Yazawa Nico fan decided to put a twist on the traditional furisode for something a little more in line with her hobbies:
A group of women in the background can be seen wearing the more traditional garment, while the Yazawa Nico fan is equipped with a Yu Gi Oh! Duel Disk and glow sticks. After the event, she tweeted out a message saying: “The wait is over. Fukui prefecture. I did it. Coming-of-Age ceremony.” which also included more pictures:
A day before the event, she tweeted an image which included the costume she planned to wear:
Idol fans are clearly the most dedicated type of anime fans.
A brand new teaser video has been released for the 1st Blu-ray disc box of ufotable’s Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV). This new video teases the OST that will be coming with box set 1 of the anime and some behind the scenes look at how the soundtrack is recorded. The release will have the entire first season of the anime, totalling 13 episodes, with a short novel, a special box drawn by character designer Takashi Takeuchi, a special digipak, a 50 page booklet of interviews and production notes, textless versions of the OP and ED, all commercials and promotional videos, and of course a CD of the OST.
The first Blu-ray release of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works is the Blu-ray Disc Box 1, which will be out in Japan on March 25, 2015 for a total of ¥39,000 (~ $390.00 USD) without tax.
The main visual of the anime’s second cour, which will be airing from Spring:
With Durarara!!x2 Shou airing last Saturday and everyone settling back into Ikebukuro, fans are currently experiencing mixed feelings about the new opening and ending theme used.
While the new opening theme can’t top the first opening theme of the series, Uragiri no Yuuyake by Theatre Brook, it sure is different in a good way. OKAMOTO’S performs the opening theme song titled HEADHUNT:
The ending theme song titled NEVER SAY NEVER is performed by THREE LIGHTS DOWN KINGS. It doesn’t beat the first ending theme Trust me by Yuya Matsushita from the first season, but at least the animation sequence is identical.
What are your thoughts on the new opening and ending theme songs used for the second season? Personally I like the new and fresh approach. I prefer the opening theme over the ending theme, mainly because I feel that the ending theme is too fast paced for my liking.
Second season 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.
With the latest Naruto movie recently premiering in Japanese theaters last December, the official twitter account for the Naruto the Movie: The Last has revealed that it generated the most revenue out of all the Naruto movie franchise.
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The movie first debuted in 266 theaters across Japan on December 6th and managed to gross over ¥1.75 billion (¥1,753,112,500) by the end of December, greatly surpassing the revenue of Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie which premiered in 2012 and generated ¥1.48 billion.
Naruto the Movie: The Last visual:
Naruto is an original manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto. The manga began in 1999 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, where to date a total of 69 volumes have released. Since its debut the manga has sold over 130 million copies in Japan alone. The series has also received two TV anime series adaptation, covering the manga’s two parts: Naruto and Naruto Shippuden in 2002 and 2007 respectively. Both series were produced by Studio Pierrot. Additionally, a total of 9 anime films have released to date and numerous OVAs and specials. A light novel spin-off was produced by Masatoshi Kusakabe and released in 2002, and a spinoff manga, titled Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, began publishing in 2010 from Kenji Taira and was adapted into an anime in 2012. Today, the franchise is one of Japan’s most renowned and one of the most popular anime/manga series outside of Japan.
Here is a synopsis of the original series:
Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf village. Moments prior to his birth, a huge demon known as the Kyuubi, the Nine-tailed Fox, attacked Konohagakure and wreaked havoc. In order to put an end to the Kyuubi’s rampage, the leader of the village, the 4th Hokage, sacrificed his life and sealed the monstrous beast inside the newborn Naruto.
Shunned because of the presence of the Kyuubi inside him, Naruto struggles to find his place in the village. He strives to become the Hokage of Konohagakure, and he meets many friends and foes along the way.
Sasara Kusugawa from the ToHeart2 series has received a generic sexy bunny outfit figure. She’s wearing a tight and revealing white bunny girl costume complete with black stockings, white cuffs, and bunny ears.
She’s a 1/5th scale figure is approximately 230mm in length. The level of detail is truly outrageous, and her pose is designed for maximum erotic impact. This figure is sculpted by Masaaki Kobayashi (Orca Toys). If the white bunny costume isn’t to your taste, there’s also a red bunny costume version of this figure which is included in this post.
While the white version of this figure is amazing and can pre-ordered here now, there’s also a red version of this figure which can be pre-ordered here.
With the latest The iDOLM@STER anime series debuting last Friday, dedicated fans of the franchise have identified some of the locations featured in The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls anime.
Here are some of the comparison images which have surfaced so far:
According to Japanese blog Yaraon, fans started to arrive at the locations which were identified just 2 hours of the first episode’s broadcast. Keep in mind it the first episode was broadcasted at midnight on Tokyo MX, which means fans ventured outside at around 2am just to visit the locations.
Here’s a visual of the anime series:
The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls is a mobile social game developed by Mobage and published by Bandai Namco Games. The game involves the player to interact with other players, where they need to perform various tasks. The game features a total of 100 idols to be collected, who are represented as trading cards in the game. The game acts out like other social games where you will need to use a form of stamina to do a task – where it is refilled over time. The game has been reported to earn 1 Billion Yen (~ 10 Million USD) per month from in-game purchases of items and idols, and has over 4 million users as of April this year. A live concert of the game with all the voice actresses, Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls 1st Live Wonderful M@gic!!, was held at the Maihama Amphi Theater in Chiba Prefecture where the anime adaptation was announced last year.
The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls synopsis from Haruhichan:
There are many idols with long-established talent agency 346 Production. And now the company is starting a new program, the Cinderella Project!
Girls leading normal lives…
They are chosen to be aspiring idols and see another world for the first time in this Cinderella story. Can they all climb the stairs that lead to the palace?
Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Piercing) announced on his official Twitter account that the 323rd chapter for his manga Vagabond will be published in Kodansha’s Morning magazine’s ninth issue on January 29, 2015. Inoue admitted that it “has been a while” since his last chapter, which was published a year ago.
The series went on a 4-month hiatus last February 2014 and planned to resume it on June. But it was delayed again until fall.
Vagabond is an action, adventure, historical and samurai manga that was published on March 23, 1999. Inoue served as the story writer for the manga. The manga served as a fictionalized account of the life of a Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, a character from Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel, Musashi. The manga has collected 37 compiled manga volumes. The 37th volume was released on July 23, 2014. The current volume focuses on the arc after the Yoshioka War. Here is a list of the volume that covers the different arcs of the manga:
Volumes 28-present: After the Yoshioka War/Kojirou revisited – Chapters 243–present
Here are the first ten volumes of the manga:
Volume 1 Cover
Volume 2 Cover
Volume 3 Cover
Volume 4 Cover
Volume 5 Cover
Volume 6 Cover
Volume 7 Cover
Volume 8 Cover
Volume 9 Cover
Volume 10 Cover
Viz Media, an English publishing company, licensed the series for English release in North America. There are currently 36 compiled manga volumes being published. The latest manga volume was published on October 21, 2014. The 37th volume will be published on April 21, 2015.
The manga won the Grand Prize for manga at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival. It has also won the Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in the same year. In 2002, it has also won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and has sold more than 82 million copies worldwide. Also, the North American version for the manga was nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category.
Synopsis of Vagabond manga from MAL:
Growing up in 17th century Sengoku era Japan, Shinmen Takezou is shunned by the local villagers as a devil child due to his wild and violent nature. Running away from home with a fellow boy at age 17, Takezou joins the Toyotomi army to fight the Tokugawa clan at the battle of Sekigahara. However, the Tokugawa win a crushing victory, leading to nearly three hundred years of Shogunate rule. Takezou and his friend manage to survive the battle, and afterwards swear to do great things with their lives. But after their paths separate, Takezou becomes a wanted criminal, and must change his name and his nature in order to escape an ignoble death. Based on the book “Musashi” by Eiji Yoshikawa, Vagabond is a fictional retelling of the life of Miyamoto Mushashi, often referred to as the “Sword Saint” – perhaps the most famous and successful of Japan’s sword fighters.
Visit Vagabond‘s official website here or VIZ Media’s official page for the manga here.
The latest issues of Dengeki G’s Magazine have released 2 new visuals for the Plastic Memoriesanime, one of which featuring a very clumsy Isla. In addition, the anime’s official website has revealed new characters that will appear in the upcoming anime and their character designs.
The anime’s website has also updated their character designs for the main characters of Plastic Memories, though no cast members have been revealed so far. The leading characters includes:
Tsukasa Mizugaki, a new employee at SA Corp.’s terminal service who joined after graduating high school. However, he does not know much about his job.
Isla, a Giftia who doesn’t show much emotion. She starts working in a team with Tsukasa, and supports him, since he does not know much. It is said that Giftias only have approximately nine years to function.
Michiru Kinushima, Tsukasa’s senior at work. Although they have no age difference, she teaches Tsukasa as his work superior.
Zack, a Giftia paired with Michiru. His appearance is that of a high-class young boy, but he has the power to complete all work smoothly.
The site has also revealed additional supporting characters:
Kaduki Kuwanomi
Constance
Yasutaka Hanada
Sherry
Eru Miru
Takao Yamanobe
The website of Plastic Memories also revealed a brand new visual:
The anime’s staff includes:
Original Creator: Naotaka Hayashi
Original Character Designer: okiura (IS: Infinite Stratos)
Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara (GJ-bu, Mikakunin de Shinkoukei)
Here is the first promotional video for Plastic Memories:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlwzkLARyZ4
Text: Tearing apart memories. That’s our job.
Text: A love story born from digital memories.
Red text: She is frightened. She hopes that these memories of love are fake.
Blue text: He wishes. He hopes that these memories of love are real.
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 sometime later this year. More information about the upcoming series will be revealed in the near future.
Kotobukiya have posted preview images online for their latest figure prototype, Sento Isuzu from Amagi Brilliant Park. No release date or any additional information has been released about this figure, but keep your eyes peeled since this figure will be hitting the markets in the near future.
Sento Isuzu is sitting down on what appears to be clouds while pointing her finger and wielding her weapon the magical muzzleloader. Moffle is also displayed on the base.
Speaking of Amagi Brilliant Park, a poster of the series was featured in the latest NyanType issue:
Toeir Animation has released the second trailer for the upcoming Go! Princess Precure anime. This new video introduces Minami Kaidou who can transform into Cure Mermaid. The video is also narrated by character Haruka Haruno. The upcoming anime is the 12th series in the Precure franchise, which will be directed by Yuuta Tanaka (Smile Pretty Cure! Episode Director) and animated by Toei Animation (One Piece, Digimon). The main cast of the anime includes: Yuu Shimamura (Annie Leonhart from Attack on Titan) as Haruka Haruno, Masumi Asano (Hakufu Sonsaku from Ikkitousen) as Minami Kaidou, and Hibiku Yamamura (Clone from Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi) as Kirara Amanogawa.
The first episode of the Go! Princess Precure anime will air on February 1st at 8:30am JST.
Here is the main visual of the anime:
Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:
Go! Princess PreCure is set in a boarding junior high school, named Noble Gakuen (Noble Academy). The protagonist Haruka Haruno is a 13-year-old first year student. Her big dream is to be a princess someday, because she has admired a princess in the picture book she has kept since her childhood. One day she transforms into Cure Flora with “Dress Up Key” which Prince Kanata of Hope Kingdom gave her as a good luck charm when she was little. Then she also finds other PreCure girls in her school, 14-year-old Minami Kaidou as Cure Mermaid and 13-year-old Kirara Amanogawa as Cure Twinkle. As the Princess PreCure team, with two fairies Pafu and Aroma, they decide to fight against dark witch Disupia (or Despair) who hates all the dreams in the world and wants to turn them to despair.
With the second season of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works debuting this April, figurine manufacturer WING have reproduced the Saber shown on the Fate/stay night [Realta Nua] Soundtrack cover illustration in figure form.
In this amazing recreation, Saber is wearing a cute one-piece white dress while frolicking around with her hair blowing around in the wind with a gentle smile on her face.
With Gintamareturning this April, Gintama has taken the spotlight and has been featured as the cover in the February issue of popular Japanese magazine Animage and Animedia.
Animage February 2015 cover:
Animedia February 2015 cover:
Gintama will be returning this April 2015. Here’s the main anime visual which was released with the new anime series announcement last December:
Better late than never, manga author Rei Hiroe has found the time to tweet his Black Lagoon New Year’s illustration. Revy from Black Lagoon and the heroines of his earlier manga series Hisuikyou Kitan, Shook Up! and Phantom Bullet are also featured in this illustration. He also mentions in the tweet that after Black Lagoon returned for its first collection in four and a half years last May, he hopes to have a new book out this year.
In addition to this, here are some of the goods which were sold at Comiket which took place on December 28, 29 and 30, 2014.
On January 11th, 2015, it was announced at the release event for Hanayamata‘s Character Songs that a two disc album featuring songs performed by the voice actors and songs in the anime and PS Vita game would be released on April 22nd, 2015. The album will be named “Hana Otome” which roughly translates to “Flower Maiden“.
The first disc will include the OP/ED songs for the anime and character songs by the five main voice actresses:Ueda Reina (Sekiya Naru), Tanaka Minami (Hana N. Fontainestand), Okuno Kaya (Sasame Yaya), Otsubo Yuka (Nishimikado Tami), and Numakura Manami (Tokiwa Machi). The second disc will contain the soundtrack music for the PS Vita game “Hanayamata Yosakoi Live!.” The limited edition album will cost 6,264 yen and will come with a photobook featuring Team Hanayamata, the band formed by the five voice actresses, the two CDs, and a box illustrated by the original manga author Hamayumiba Sou. A normal edition can be purchased for 3,564 yen but will only come with the 2 CDs.
Album Cover Art by Hamayumiba Sou:
1st disc song list:
Hana wa Odoreya Irohaniho (TV anime OP song) by Team Hanayamata
Dream Jump!! by Team Hanayamata
Hanayuki (TV anime ED song) smileY inc.
Yorokobi Synchronicity (PS Vita game theme song) by Team Hanayamata
Kodoku Signal (TV anime insert song) by Need Cool Quality
THUNDER, RAIN, Namida no Yukue by Need Cool Quality
Shinning glow by Ueda Reina (Naru Sekiya)
Smile by Tanaka Minami (Hana N. Fontainestand)
Kahakuiro Candy by Okuno Kaya (Yaya Sasame)
fluffy by Otsubo Yuka (Nishimikado Tami)
make a friendship by Numakura Manami (Tokiwa Machi)
Hana wa Odoreya Irohaniho short PV:
Hanayuki short PV:
Kodoku Signal short PV:
PS Vita game PV featuring Yorokobi Synchronicity:
The CD jackets for the Character CDs are shown below:
Sekiya Naru
Hana Fontainestand
Sasame Yaya
Nishimikado Tami
Tokiwa Machi
Hanayamata is a manga series written and illustrated by Hamayumiba Sou. It first premiered in Manga Time Kirara Forward in 2011, and has been serialized in the same magazine since. The manga has been collected into five tankobon volumes as of July 2014. It was adapted into an anime by MADHOUSE and aired during the Summer 2014 anime season.
Hanayamata synopsis from Haruhichan:
Normal appearance, normal intelligence, normal in arts and sports… just normal. This is the entirely normal 14-year-old, Naru Sekiya. While she admires “Heroines” she continues to live a normal life until one moonlit night she meets a fairy. This foreign girl then guides her into the extraordinary world of the yosakoi dance.
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