The official Twitter account of Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (Mikagura School Suite) has announced that the Vocaloid composer, Last Note.’s, manga and light novel series will receive a TV anime. The official website for the anime has also announced the adaptation. And today, the January 2015 issue of Kadokawa’s Comic Gene magazine was released with a cover image regarding about the anime announcement. Last Thursday, Nico Nico Douga had a live show about the anime announcement. The staff for the anime production has also been announced. Further cast and other announcements will be posted on the official Twitter account and on the official anime website.
Director: Tarou Iwasaki (Isshuukan Friends., Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo)
Series Composition, Screenplay: Masahiro Yokotani (Free!, Hataraku Maou-sama!)
Character Design: Manamu Amasaki (Halo Legends, Key Animator for Higashi no Eden Movie II: Paradise Lost)
Animation Studio: Doga Kobo (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Mikakunin de Shinkoukei)
The Vocaloid composer, Last Note., began his light novel series on July 24, 2013 with Akina being the illustrator. It has also a shoujo manga series that was serialized in Comic Gene magazine. The manga started few days before the light novel, July 13, 2013. The light novel currently has four volumes while the manga has three compiled volumes. The fourth light novel volume was published on July 25, 2014 while the third compiled manga volume was released on September 27, 2014.
Volume 1 Light Novel Cover
Volume 2 Light Novel Cover
Volume 3 Light Novel Cover
Volume 4 Light Novel Cover
Volume 1 Manga Cover
Volume 2 Manga Cover
Volume 3 Manga Cover
These projects serve as an adaptation for Last Note’s music series with the same name.
Synopsis of Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku‘s manga from Haruhichan:
A story based on the super popular song series from NND. Eruna Ichinomiya, a freshman who dreamed of a school life filled with cuteness, entered a boarding school—Mikagura Private School. In this school, each of the cultural club representatives have to battle each other, with unique powers…!! What will happen to Eruna, who somehow ended up becoming the representative of a certain club?!
During the Date A Fes (Date A Live Festival) event today, it was announced that the upcoming Date A Live Movie would be scheduled for Summer 2015. The event also revealed the upcoming Summer 2015 movie will be titled Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement.
A third Date A Live game was also announced which allows you to date Spirit girls, just like Shido Itsuka. According to yaraon, more information of the third game installment will be announced on December 19.
Date A Live is a Japanese light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. An anime adaptation series aired on TV from April 6 to June 22, 2013. Each episode was streamed in lower quality on Niconico a week before its TV premiere. Following the end of the first season, a second season was announced, titled Date A Live II, which began airing from April 11 to June 13, 2014. A theatrical film adaptation has been announced and slated for Summer 2015.
Date A Live Synopsis from Haruhichan.
Itsuka Shido is a high school boy. On the last day of the spring holidays, an explosion destroys the town and a girl in armor appears in front of him. Shido’s sister-in-law, Kotori, tells him that the girl is called “Special Disasterous Designated Creature: Spirit”, which causes a timespace quake. Kotori disclosed that she is the commander of the anti-spirit organization Ratatosk and orders him to go out on a date with the spirit girl. Kotori says, “I don’t ask you to beat the spirit. Just let her fall in love with you and save the world.”
Yesterday, the event officials announced at the PriPara x Pretty Rhythm Christmas ☆ Party that was held in Chiba Prefecture that the idol-anime series, PriPara, will receive a sequel that is slated on April next year. It was teased on the announcement that there will be “new friends” and “new locations.”
Various performances were also held in the collaborative event. There were live dance performances and fashion shows presented on-stage. There are even karaoke corners, goods and exhibition booth and rental shooting. A PriPara cosplayed character will even welcome you as you enter the event hall. The voice actors of the main characters of PriPara (who are the members of an idol group, i☆Ris) have also hosted the event with their character’s catchphrases such as Manaka Lala’s “Kashikoma!” and Minami Mirei’s “Pop Step Getchu!”
Fashion Show
Entrance
On the first stage event which was held on 11:30 a.m., the idol groups, i☆Ris, Prizmmy☆ and Prism☆Box (Prizmmy☆ & Prism☆Mates), performed the opening and ending theme song of both anime shows on-stage. In order of performance, i☆Ris sang the second opening song of PriPara, Miracle☆Paradise, Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live‘s second ending song, §Rainbow and PriPara‘s first opening song, Make It!. Then Prizmmy☆ sang the second opening theme of Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, EZ DO DANCE then the first ending theme of PriPara, Jumpin’! Dancin’!. Prism☆Box sang the fourth ending theme of Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live, Happy ☆ Star Restaurant and PriPara‘s second ending theme, Kiraki Runway☆.
The second stage event held on 2:30 p.m continuing live performances of the three idol groups (in order of performance):
CRAZY GONNA CRAZY by Prizmmy☆ (3rd opening theme of Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live)
Kiraki Runway☆ by Prism ☆ Box (2nd ending theme of PriPara)
Medley 01 (Chocolate Paradise & Pojikaru World) by Prism☆Mates
Medley 02 (Glory Days & Dancing Doctor) by Prism☆Mates
I Just Wanna Be With You ~ virtual and reality in between ~ by Prizmmy☆
Jumpin ‘! Dancin’! by Prizmmy☆ (1st ending theme of PriPara)
i☆Ris Performance
Prism☆Box Performance
In addition to the Prism Stone goods, there were new goods exhibited at the booths such as T-shirts, SoLaMi♡SMILE’s movable figures, nendoroids and more. There are also goods featured from the Pretty Rhythm series.
Nendoroid Goods
Overseas Edition of PriPara Arcade Games
PriPara’s Manaka Lala’s Figure
Microman Arts Figures
Food Booths
Pretty Rhythm Goods
Make-up and Costume Rental and Photograph Shooting
There will be an upcoming PriPara movie titled Gekijou-ban PriPara Mi~nna Atsumare! Prism Tours (PriPara the Movie: Eeeeveryone, Assemble! Prism Tours). It will be released on Japanese theatres starting March 7, 2015. The movie will also feature three characters from the Pretty Rhythm series. The first CM for the movie has also been released:
PriPara is an idol-anime produced by Tatsunoko Production (Psycho-Pass 2, Wake Up, Girls!) and was directed by Makoto Moriwaki (Hyper Doll, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes). It began airing on July 5, 2014. The anime had inspired a Japanese arcade game with the same name that was produced by Takara Tomy. It is Pretty Rhythm‘s arcade game series’ successor. It has also received a shoujo manga adaptation that was written by Hitsuji Tsujinaga and was serialized under Shogakukan Ciao magazine on July 2014.
Synopsis of PriPara from Haruhichan:
PriPara (Prism Paradise) is the successor to the popular Pretty Rhythm series. The first episode aired on July 5th, 2014. The new anime is set in the Pri-Para world, filled with girls’ dreams and yearnings for fashion, dance, and music. Every day, there are auditions that send top idols to worldwide fame on television and online. However, Laala’s school prohibits Pri-Para for elementary school children. An unexpected chance leads Laala to make her first entrance into the world of Pri-Para, where she will make her debut. PriPara is also a new game which is replacing Pretty Rhythm. Like Pretty Rhythm, PriPara has an anime which is based off of the game, and has a story line to it. The main characters that we know so far, Laala, Mirei, and Sophie, are also on the game.
Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live is the third anime series of the Pretty Rhythm franchise succeeding Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream and Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future. The anime aired on April 6, 2013 to March 29, 2014 with 51 total episodes. It was produced by the same studio who animated PriPara but was directed with a different director, Masakazu Hishida, who worked with the past two Pretty Rhythm series.
Synopsis of Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live from Haruhichan:
Naru Ayase is an 8th grader who can see the colors of music when she listens to it. For Naru, who is extremely good at decorating, becoming the owner of a shop like Dear Crown was her dream. One day, she finds out that the manager of a newly-opened shop is recruiting middle school girls who can do Prism Dance, and immediately applies. Naru begins to Prism Dance at the audition, and an aura she’s never experienced spreads out in front of her. At that moment, a mysterious girl named Rinne asks her if she can see “rainbow music”.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece anime series and to commemorate this, Fuji TV is planning to air the 2014 edition of the 2008 film One Piece: Episode of Chopper (One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus – Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura) at 9:00 pm on December 31. The 2008 tearjerker will be broadcast with a newly animated epilogue and special messages from the Straw Hat pirates concerning the anniversary.
Here’s a synopsis of the One Piece: Episode of Chopper from MAL:
The movie is a retelling of the Drum Island arc with new music and animation. Vivi has been removed from the plot while both Nico Robin and Franky, who joined the crew after the Drum Island arc, have been added. The movie also has the Straw Hat’s new ship, the Thousand Sunny. It has been stated that Oda will be creating a new character for this movie, Wapol’s older brother, Mushul, who also appears to be a Devil Fruit user.
One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump since July 19, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankoubon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 75th volume released as of September 2014. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gains the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world’s ultimate treasure known as One Piece in order to become the next Pirate King.
The chapters have been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Since then, the still continuing series has aired over 672 episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed thirteen animated feature films, two OVA’s, and five television specials.
One Piece has received wide critical acclaim, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story. Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including highest initial print run of any book in Japan and the first book to sell over three million copies in Oricon history. As of 2013, the series had over 345 million volumes in circulation worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history.
One Piece synopsis from Haruhichan:
Gol D. Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death revealed the location of the greatest treasure in the world, One Piece. It was this revelation that brought about the Grand Age of Pirates, men who dreamed of finding One Piece (which promises an unlimited amount of riches and fame), and quite possibly the most coveted of titles for the person who found it, the title of the Pirate King.
Enter Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy that defies your standard definition of a pirate. Rather than the popular persona of a wicked, hardened, toothless pirate who ransacks villages for fun, Luffy’s reason for being a pirate is one of pure wonder; the thought of an exciting adventure and meeting new and intriguing people, along with finding One Piece, are his reasons of becoming a pirate. Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Luffy and his crew travel across the Grand Line, experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling strong enemies, all in order to reach One Piece.
During the Wake Up, Girls!Festa.2014 Winter event at the Makuhari Messe venue it was announced that a sequel movie for Wake Up, Girls! will premiere in 2015. The announcement was revealed with this trailer:
Text: And so… Text: We… Text: Take our next step…
The movie will feature the return of the TV anime’s staff, with Yutaka Yamamoto (Fractale, Kannagi) directing the film at his studio Ordet. Touko Machida (Hamatora The Animation, Katanagatari) is writing the scripts, and Chikaoka Sunao (Blossom, Fractale episode 3, 9 and 11) will serve as both the character designer and animation director. Satoru Kousaki (Bakemonogatari, Monogatari Series: Second Season) from MONACA will compose the music, and DIVEⅡentertainment will produce the sound.
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Wake Up, Girls! is an anime series produced by Ordet and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Yutaka Yamamoto. A movie titled Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols opened in Japan on January 10, 2014, and a television series aired in Japan between January and March 2014. A second movie has been announced for 2015.
Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, the biggest city in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. In danger of having zero talent (literally), the president Tange hatches an idea of producing an idol group. On the brash president’s orders, the dissatisfied manager Matsuda heads out to scout raw talent. Matsuda makes a fateful encounter with a certain girl…
The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Mamo Williams’ Military! (Miritari!) 4koma manga began streaming the first promotional video on Sunday. The anime is slated to air from January 7 next year.
The main cast of the Military! anime were revealed last month in the 4-koma Palette magazine. Additionally, the site has released character designs for the main characters of series. The anime’s main cast and characters are:
Nao Touyama (Chitoge Kirisaki in Nisekoi) will voice Lieutenant Rutgalnikov
Military! (Miritari!) is a 4koma manga written and illustrated by Mamo Williams. The series first debuted in Ichijinsha’s Manga Palette Lite magazine in 2011 and ended its original run in May last year. To date a total of 5 compiled volumes have been released. A sequel series titled Military! Otsugata (Miritari! Otsugata) began serialization in Manga Palette Lite’s April issue this year.
Military! synopsis from Haruhichan:
The story takes place during a conflict between the Krakozhia Dukedom and the Grania Republic. In the midst of the fighting, a savior appears to the Krakozhia Dukedom, and it is a high school student named Yano Souhei. Two female soldiers, First Lieutenant Ruto and Second Lieutenant Haruka, appear in tanks to intrude on Souhei’s everyday life, followed by the enemy soldier Shachirofu, all of whom use firearms without hesitation at his house.
The official website for the upcoming Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season began streaming the second TV commercial on Sunday. The second commercial gives us a preview of the opening theme song &Z by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6d3jmFWb4
The first commercial was streamed last November and features spoilers for the first season and also gives us a sneak peak at the ending theme song GENESIS by Eir Aor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc8LYlX0Pc4
Visuals:
Aldnoah.Zero is a brand new original series created by Gen Urobuchi, the writer of the Fate/Zero light novels and anime, and Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica. The anime is directed by Ei Aoki who directed the Fate/Zero anime – teaming up with Urobuchi once again. The series is written by the “Olympus Knights”, a group of writers from Nitro+ (known for their science adventure visual novels) that is helmed by Urobuchi. Katsuhiko Takayama (Mirai Nikki) is the series composer, managing the flow and story of the series.
The character concepts are done by Masako Matsumoto (Naruto Shippuden) and the final character designs from Takako Shimura (Aoi Hana). The series features mechs designed by I-IV and Kenji Teraoka (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), and the music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan). The series is produced by A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail) and studio TROYCA (new studio opened by Aoki). The first series had a total of 12 episodes and was earlier confirmed to be a split cour.
In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission found a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Upon landing, astronauts discovered a enchanted utility later referred to as ‘Aldnoah’, giving the astronauts a status of superiority. Soon, many humans have relocated to Mars, and have adapted to the name ‘Martians’. After Princess Asseylum, a royal Martian princess, descends onto Earth in an attempt to create a treaty between both planets, a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity.
Nitroplus announced a while ago that they’re working on a new two-dimensional fighting game similar to Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, but instead of being able to play as characters from ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko published novels like Kirino and Kirito, you’ll be able to play characters such as Saber, Super Sonico and other Nitroplus characters.
The game will be using a point-character-and-assists system, just like Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax. The game is being developed by Examu, who are responsible for the Arcana Heart and Aquapazza games. The scans also mention that the game will feature double jumps, air dashes, and air blocking.
The characters confirmed by the magazine scan are:
A preview for the upcoming Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Special has been posted online and has revealed that the series will be receiving a beach episode and titled “It’s Summer! Beach Trip!”. The special will be bundled into the fourth volume and is expected to be released on December 24th.
Meanwhile Amazon have listed the fourth DVD / Blu-ray volume for the Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun anime series which has revealed the fourth volume cover and other goodies. The fourth volume will cover episode 7-8. The bonuses which come with this volume are as follows: a special video known as a ‘mini OVA’, special CD drawn design, digital specification jacket, commercials, audio commentary by the main cast and four illustration cards.
The official twitter account for the series has given us a preview of the goods to be sold at the Kadokawa booth at Comiket 87 which will be taking place on December 28, 29 and 30, 2014.
Anime visual:
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun) is an ongoing Japanese four-panel web romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Izumi Tsubaki. Its chapters are serialized in Gangan Online, have been published in both physical and digital releases of Shoujo Romance Girly and tankoubon volumes by Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Dogakobo began airing in July 2014.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun synopsis from Haruhichan:
High school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on schoolmate Umetarou Nozaki, but when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with him, he invites her to his house and has her help on some drawings. Chiyo discovers that Nozaki is actually a renowned shoujo manga artist named Sakiko Yumeno. She then agrees to be his assistant in order to get closer to him. As they work on his manga, they encounter other schoolmates who assist them or serve as inspirations for characters in the stories.
The official website of Yumi Nakata’s Oku-Sama ga Seito Kaichou! (My Wife Is the Student Council President!) manga has revealed that an anime adaptation of the series has been green lit by manga publisher Ichijinsha.
Oku-Sama ga Seito Kaichou! (My Wife Is the Student Council President!) is an ecchi, romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Nakata. The series began in August 2011 in Ichijinsha’s Comic Rex monthly magazine and to date a total of 6 compiled volumes have been released, with the latest volume releasing on July 26 this year.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
The story begins with Izumi Hayato running to be student body president. But when a beautiful girl swings in promising the liberalization of love while flinging condoms into the audience, he ends up losing to her and becoming the vice president. At the student council meeting, the newly-elected president invites herself over to Izumi’s house, where she promptly announces she is to become Izumi’s wife thanks to an agreement—facilitated by alcohol—made between their parents when they were only 3.
Not much is currently known about the Oku-Sama ga Seito Kaichou! anime adaptation. Further information about the series will release in the upcoming issue of Comic Rex.
The second promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Nisio Isin and Vofan’s 13th light novel Tsukimonogatari has been released. This new English subtitled video previews the anime’s premise and introduces the main character of the series and previews the Ending theme of Tsukimonogatari, border by ClariS. The original light novel itself was released in September 2012 and contains the Yotsugi Doll story, which focuses on Yotsugi Ononoki. The 4 episode anime will be the first entry into the third season of the Monogatari series. The anime will be once again directed by Akiyuki Shinbou (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) and produced by Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica). The main cast includes Hiroshi Kamiya (Yuzuru Otonashi from Angel Beats!) as Koyomi Araragi and Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) as Yotsugi Ononoki.
Tsukimonogatari will be a 4 episode special that will air on December 31st on Tokyo MX, BS11, and Niconico, during the Winter 2014/2015 anime season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kfoQJr0GU
Back in October Aniplex released the first promotional video of Tsukimonogatari with English subtitles:
The official website of the 2015 Digimon Adventuresequel anime has revealed that the upcoming Spring 2015 series will be titled Digimon Adventure Tri. Additionally, the first key visual for the upcoming series was released showcasing the new designs of the characters. The first staff members were also revealed.
The website itself has a set of mini games where users need to click on a Digi-Egg once a day to hatch it and unlock new content for the anime. Another aspect of the reveal was the first members of the anime’s staff. The visual itself showcases the new character designs for the anime that are produced by Atsuya Uki, which were earlier teased. The revealed cast 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.
Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:
Fifteen years after the summer vacation.
If we didn’t go to the Digital World. If I didn’t make this trip with others. If we didn’t change at all like this.
These Digimon were always with us. We’ve been friends all the time. We learned the importance of helping each other. All the things have made us what we are!
New stories for all the “DigiDestined” in the world. Taichi, seventeen, high school days.
The Digimon Adventure Tri anime will be airing from April next year during the Spring 2015 anime season. Further information about the series will be released soon.
The official website of the live action Attack on Titan films has released some new visuals for the upcoming two part movie. In addition to these new images, the size of the Colossal Titan that will appear in the movie has been revealed and also teased in one of the new visuals.
Here is the second new visual that was also released on the site:
The site has revealed the size of the titans in the upcoming films. In the original manga and the anime series the Colossal Titan is approximately 60m tall. The live-action films will have the titan double in size, towering at 120m even topping the king of the monsters, Godzilla, from the recent 2014 Godzilla film by Garth Edwards and Legendary Pictures who stands at 108m tall.
In regards to the cast, producer Yoshihiro Sato had discussions with creator Hajime Isayama and decided to cast actors and actresses that could act and flesh out the characters rather than just looking like them. One of the new original characters for the film, Shikishima, will be a key character to the film being titled “humanity’s strongest man”. Isayama will be overseeing the story of the upcoming film. Higuchi has confirmed that the two films will be set in the same world and feature the same characters, though the film will also incorporate new characters and enemies. The films were filmed at Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Toho studio.
The film’s staff includes:
Director: Shinji Higuchi (Nadia – The Secret of Blue Water)
Scriptwriters: Hajime Isayama (Attack on Titan Manga Creator), Yuusuke Watanabe (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods), Tomohiro Machiyama (Japanese Film Critic)
Character Designers: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wolf Children) and Takayuki Takeya (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Costume Designer)
Special Effects Director: Katsuro Onoue (Onmyoji, Uchuu Kyoudai Live Action Film)
Special Effects Modeller: Yoshihiro Nishimura (Suicide Club and Tokyo Gore Police Director)
Art Director: Tsuyoshi Shimizu (Killer Bride’s Perfect Crime, The Backwater)
Costumer Designer: Shinichi Miter (Wool 100%, 69)
Film Studio: TOHO (Ao Haru Ride Live Action Film, Pokémon Films)
The Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) series was created by Hajime Isayama. It started off as a manga in 2009 and is published in Kodansha’s monthly Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. To date there has been 14 compiled volumes of the manga. A prequel light novel adaptation started in 2011, and two spin-off manga started serialization in 2012: Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall and Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou. In April 2013 the series was picked up for an anime adaptation. The anime series was produced by the newly formed Wit Studios. The series has grown in popularity since the anime’s debut, with the manga selling over 36 million copies as of April this year. Two live action film adaptations will be releasing in Japan next year. The second season of the anime was earlier announced to air in 2016.
Attack on Titan live-action synopsis from asianwiki
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
The two live action Attack on Titan films will be releasing in Japan next Summer. The first film will release in August and the second film will release in the following month in September.
The official website for the Maria the Virgin Witch anime series revealed a new web commercial on Friday. The video previews the anime’s opening theme song, Philosophy of Dear World by ZAQ. The anime series is scheduled to air from January 2015 during the Winter 2014/2015 anime season.
The first promotional video was released last month:
The cast includes:
Hisako Kanemoto (Haru Ichinose from Akuma no Riddle) as Maria
Yuuki Ono (Masayuki Hori from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) as Garfa
Bin Shimada (Kami from Dragon Ball Kai) as Guillaume
Kenta Miyake (Hermann Saltza from Blassreiter) as Yvain
Sachiko Kojima (Sayako Kuwahara from Bamboo Blade) as Lolotte
Takahiro Sakurai (Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch) as Bernard
Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) as Gilbert
Mamiko Noto (Sheele from Akame ga Kill!) as Viv
Ai Kakuma (Isuzu Sento from Amagi Brilliant Park) as Anne
Miyuki Ichijou (Jodie Starling from Detective Conan) as Martha
Kikuko Inoue (Ureshiko Asaba from Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo) as Michael
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Maria the Virgin Witch is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masayuki Ishikawa. The manga was serialized in Kodansha’s Good Afternoon! from 2008 to 2013, then compiled in three tankobon volumes. Ishikawa has also been working on its sequel Junketsu no Maria exhibition on the same magazine’s 45th issue published in July of this year. The TV anime adaptation is directed by Goro Taniguchi, who is especially known for his directorial works for Sunrise, such as Infinite Ryvius, s-CRY-ed, Planetes, and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Production I.C (Ghost in the Shell, Kuroko no Basket) will produce the anime for the January 2015 premiere.
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.
According to various tweets between ufotable staff, the final episode of Fate/stay night (2014) Season 1, episode 12, will be one hour long. The second cour of the series is slated to air next April, 2015.
Fate/stay nightis a visual novel released by Type-Moon for the PC in 2004, and is the first in their Fate series. The visual novel was very successful and claimed the title of highest selling visual novel in that year. 2006 saw two adaptations of the game, a manga by Datto Nishiwaki and an anime series by Studio Deen. Additionally in that year, a light novel series titled Fate/Zerowas written by Gen Urobuchi. It is a prequel to the visual novels, set 10 years prior. An anime and manga adaptation of Fate/Zero were created, with the manga written by Urobuchi himself in 2011 and the anime being animated by ufotable. A second season of Fate/Zerowas also produced.
Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the horrific death of his parents, Shiro Emiya has only just begun to help others using the small tidbits of magic that he’s learned. However, when he’s suddenly caught in a battle between two more powerful Magus, Shiro finds himself performing a spell above his expected ability, summoning the beautiful spirit warrior Saber to protect him! But safety is only momentary as Shiro and Saber now find themselves thrust into in a secret world of dark magic and deadly challenges: a no-holds barred duel to the death known as the Holy Grail War! At stake: a prize of unimaginable power. But can the inexperienced Shiro and Saber survive long enough to even enter the contest? First they’ll have to withstand waves of treachery and assassination, even as Shiro scrambles to learn everything he’ll need to know to stay alive as seven teams of Magus and Spirit Servants face off in mortal combat!
The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Takumi Hiiragiboshi’s light novel series Absolute Duo has revealed the first promotional video on Friday. The video also gives us preview of the opening theme, Absolute Soul by Konomi Suzuki. The anime is slated to air from December 28 during the Winter 2015 anime season.
Absolute Duo is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yuu Asaba. Media Factory has published six volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Shinichiro Nariie started serialization in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from April 27, 2013, and has been collected in a single tankobon volume. A second spin-off four-panel comedy manga adaptation titled Absolute Duo Tea Party with art by Tooru Oiwaka will also be serialized in Monthly Comic Alive magazine with the December 2014 issue to be sold on October 27, 2014. An anime television series adaptation by 8-Bit was announced at Media Factory’s 2014 Summer School Festival event.
Absolute Duo synopsis from Haruhichan:
After losing a loved one, Tooru Kokonoe enrolls at Kouryou Academy so as to gain a “Blaze,” a weapon that is his soul manifestation, for the sake of revenge. He was expecting a weapon… What he got was a shield… How is he to seek revenge with something that isn’t even a weapon?!
The second promotional video for Death Parade has been streamed online. This new video introduces the setting of the anime and previews the type of life threatening games that would have to be played. The staff of Death Billiards will return to produce the series, including director, scriptwriter and creator Yuzuru Tachikawa (Arata-naru Sekai, Chi’s Sweet Home: Atarashii Ouchi Assistant Director) and animation studio Madhouse (No Game No Life, Hunter x Hunter 2011). Death Parade will star Tomoaki Maeno (Naotsugu from Log Horizon) as Decim and Asami Seto (Chihaya Ayase in Chihayafuru) as Onna.
The Death Parade anime will be airing from January 9 next year at 25:58 (effectively January 10, 1:58am) on NTV, followed by San TV and AT-X 1 in the following week, throughout the Winter 2014/2015 anime season.
Director Mamoru Hosoda, who directed the 2012 film Wolf Children, has just announced at a recent press conference his next film project, Bakemono no Ko (The Boy and the Beast). The film itself is scheduled to release in Japan on June 11, 2015 and the movie’s official website is now online and released the first key visual of the anime movie.
Hosoda will be directing and writing the script of his upcoming film. There are already plans for a French release of Bakemono no Ko with French movie studio Gaumont handling the distribution of the film outside of Asia. The film’s production staff were also revealed at the conference:
Director and Scriptwriter: Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
Animation Directors: Takaaki Yamashita (Digimon: The Movie, Wolf Children) and Tatsuzou Nishida (Summer Wars, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie – Conqueror of Shamballa)
Art Directors: Takashi Omori (From Up On Poppy Hill, Ponyo), Youhei Takamatsu (Hoshi wo Katta Hi), Youichi Nishikawa (Debut Role)
Music: Masakatsu Takagi (Wolf Children)
Animation Studio: Studio Chizu (Wolf Children)
At the conference, Hosoda discusses more about the premise of Bakemono no Ko:
The movie is a training story about a boy who was separated from his parents and becomes a disciple of a bakemono (supernatural creature). It’s going to be a traditional yet novel story. [I think] that there are thrilling things hidden in this town [Shibuya] of adventure. There are surprisingly few animated works set in Shibuya. Even though it’s a famous place, it’ll be novel as a movie setting.
The first trailer for Bakemono no Ko also released:
Mamoru Hosoda is a well known anime director who have directed many well known anime films. His first major work was with Toei Animation (Dragon Ball Z, One Piece) for the production of the Digimon series, where he directed the two Digimon films: Our War Game and Hurricane Touchdown. He also directed the 2005 One Piece film Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima. He later left the studio to work with Madhouse (Hunter x Hunter, No Game No Life) where he created and directed his first original film in 2006, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. He also directed the 2009 film Summer Wars before leaving Madhouse to form his own studio, Studio Chizu. Their first production is Hosoda’s 2012 original film Wolf Children, which won the 2013 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.
Here is a synopsis of the film:
The story is set in the human realm (Tokyo’s Shibuya ward) and the bakemono realm (“Shibutenmachi”). In these two worlds which must not intersect, there lives a lonely boy and a lonely bakemono. One day, the boy gets lost in the bakemono world, becomes the disciple of the bakemono Kumatetsu, and is renamed Kyūta.
Bakemono no Ko (The Boy and the Beast) will be releasing in Japanese theatres on June 11 next year. Further information about the film will release in the upcoming months.
The Christmas season is upon us and Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online and Miyuki Shiba from The Irregular at Magic High School have both geared up in a Santa costume together in order to promote both of their upcoming video games Sword Art Online: Lost Song and The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order.
The collaboration illustration in the magazine also promotes the Sword Art Online costumes which were revealed last October. Both Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba will receive a Sword Art Online costume for The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order game for the PlayStation Vita.
The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order game for the PlayStation Vita will be released in Japan on December 25.
Mikasa Ackerman of Attack on Titan receives a 1/8th scale figurine model from Kotobukiya. She’s dressed in her classic Survey Corps uniform which has jaw-dropping detailing and she’s also equipped with her 3D Maneuver Gear and dual blades. This figurine is sure to satisfy any viewer in need of an centerpiece for their collection.
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