Bandai Namco Games have announced a sequel to the 2015 fighting game, Dragon Ball Xenoverse. In addition, an announcement video has been released for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 showcasing that the upcoming game will feature lots of new colorful and vast environments. The game will also have players travel to pivotal moments from the franchise that have been corrupted by an unknown force. The game will once again be developed by Dimps.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will be releasing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and on PC via Steam in 2016.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse released on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and on PC, in early 2015. It was developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Games. Dimps produced the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series on the PlayStation 2, Gamecube and PlayStation Portable, and Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. Xenoverse featured a full 3D fighting and destructible environments similar to recent titles in the franchise. It featured an original story and with player created custom characters. 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 to travel back in time to set things right, you.
Aoni Production’s official website reported on Thursday that voice actress Yuko Mizutani passed away from breast cancer on Tuesday. She was 51 years old.
Mizutani made her TV anime debut in 1985, voicing Sarah Zabiarov in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam before going to lend her talents to numerous anime, movies, and video games.
One of her most famous roles was Sakiko Sakura, the elder sister in one of Japan’s most beloved TV anime, Chibi Maruko Chan. She also voiced Sora Takenouchi in Digimon Adventure and most recently voiced Ikuko Tsukino in Sailor Moon Crystal.
The voices for the episodes of Chibi Maruko-chan that will air on May 22 and May 29 have already been recorded. Fuji TV will announce a successor voice actress for future episodes at a later date.
Some of Mizutani’s video game voice work include Iris in Mega Man X4 and the Japanese voice of Minnie Mouse in the Kingdom Hearts series.
The official website of the Project Itoh anime project has announced that the Gyakusatsu kikan (Genocidal Organ) anime film is still in production and will be completed by the newly opened studio, Geno Studio.
Geno Studio, opened by former Fuji TV producer Kouji Yamamoto (anohana, Guilty Crown), will finish the production of the anime film. The new studio is a subsidiary of Yamamoto’s Twin Engine, an independent anime producer.
Animation studio Manglobe (Samurai Champloo, The World God Only Knows, Gangsta) were originally animating Gyakusatsu Kikan, but the studio filed for bankruptcy in October 2015 during the anime’s production. The film was originally set for a November 13th release date in Japanese theatres, but was delayed due to the news.
Shukou Murase (Gangsta., Ergo Proxy) the original director and writer for the film will continue his role. It was also noted that various other staff from Manglobe will continue working on the film. The production of Gyakusatsu Kikan is expected to end in late 2016.
A new promotional video was also released:
The main cast of Gyakusatsu Kikan includes:
Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) voices Cravis Shepherd
Satoshi Mikami (Kumado Minai in Mushishi Zoku Shou) will voice Williams
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) as Realand
Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan) is voicing Alex
Akio Ootsuka (Batou from Ghost in the Shell) voicing the role of Lockwell
Sanae Kobayashi (Lucy from Elfen Lied) will be voicing Lucia
Takahiro Sakurai (Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass) as John Paul
Here is the first promotional video of the anime, which previews the anime and music, done by Egoist:
The film is based on Project Itoh’s (Satoshi Itou) 2007 Science Fiction novel of the same name. The film itself was originally going to be produced by Manglobe (Samurai Champloo, The World God Only Knows) and directed by Shukou Murase (Ergo Proxy, Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve). The character designs will still be done by redjuice (Guilty Crown), who did the illustrations of the book’s republication in 2013. The group Egoist (Guilty Crown) will still be performing the theme songs of the film.
Here is a synopsis of the story:
The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies have transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it’s up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a Genocidal Organ.
Project Itoh is the penname of Japanese Science Fiction novelist Satoshi Itou. His first published novel was Gyakusatsu kikan (Genocidal Organ) that was published in 2007 by Hayakawa. The novel was well received and was nominated for the Nihon SF Taisho Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan. His second novel was an adaptation of Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots video game, which was published in 2008. Also in that year, Itoh wrote his next and final novel Harmony, which won the Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2009. During 2008, Itoh was diagnosed with cancer and unfortunately passed away in March 2009. He was working on another novel, Shisha no teikoku (The Empire of Corpses), which was eventually released in 2012 being finished by fellow writer Toh Enjoe. The novel won the Nihon SF Taisho Award for both writers. Two of the novels, Gyakusatsu kikan and Harmony, have been reproduced by novel publisher Hayakawa in 2013 and features illustrations by redjuice (Guilty Crown).
The Gyakusatsu Kikan anime film is still currently in production and is scheduled to finish in late 2016. A release date for the movie has yet to be revealed.
A new 1/8th scale figure of heroine Mira Yurizaki from the popular Dimension W series has been revealed by Good Smile Company. She is presented in her signature outfit complete with tail and her head piece. She is posed kneeling down while looking back with lovely smile.
Japanese mobile phone operator NTT Docomo has revealed the results of its popularity poll for the spring 2016 anime season courtesy of its streaming service dAnime Store. The poll was open between May 6th and May 13th and tallying a decent total of 68,569 votes.
Here are the results:
20. Big Order
19. Anne Happy
18. Hundred
17. Shounen Maid
16. Sousei no Onmyouji
15. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096
14. Sansha Sanyo
13. Boku no Hero Academia
12. Kiznaiver
11. HaiFuri
10. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
9. Joker Game
8. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2
7. Kuma Miko
6. Flying Witch
5. Bungou Stray Dogs
4. Macross Delta
3. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
2. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
1. Sakamoto desu ga?
From the popular moe fantasy anime KonoSuba, comes this new sweet figure of cute heroine Aqua. She is shown in her signature blue outfit complete with frilly skirt, dark blue boots with knee high socks, and her funky hair accessory. Brought to you by the wizards at Belfine.
In the recent issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine it has been revealed that Daichi Sorayomi’s Keijo!!!!!!!! (Hip Whip Girl) manga will be adapted into a TV anime. Since its announcement, the first visual, main cast and staff were revealed.
In addition to this, the official website of the anime has revealed the first visual of the upcoming anime:
The main cast was revealed on the official website of Weekly Shonen Sunday and includes:
Lynn (Maya Kyoudou from Sabagebu!) voicing as Nozomi Kaminashi
Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) as Sayaka Miyata
Saori Oonishi (La Folia Rihavein in Strike the Blood) voicing the role of Non Toyoguchi
Kaede Hondo (Kukuru Nonomoto in Fushigi na Somera-chan) will voice Kazane Aoba
The production staff includes:
Director: Hideya Takahashi (Fantasista Stella, Pokémon: The Origin)
Series Composer: Takao Kato (Pandora Hearts and To Love-Ru Director)
Anime Character Designer: Keiya Nakano (Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky)
Animation Studio: Xebec (To LOVE-Ru, Soukyuu no Fafner)
Keijo!!!!!!!! is a Japanese manga series by Daichi Sorayomi which is currently serialized in the Shuukan Shounen Sunday since July 2013 with a total of 9 volumes. The 10th volume scheduled to publish on February 18.
Keijo!!!!!!!! synopsis from MAL:
Kaminashi Nozomi (17) is an exceptional gymnast. So much so that colleges with some of the best gymnastic programs are trying to recruit her. Unfortunately for them, she has other plans. Due to her family being extremely poor, money is everything to her. That’s why she wants to step into the world of “Keijo.” “Keijo” is a type of gambling sport where girls stand on a small floating platform and compete against one another. The aim is to push the other contestant off of the platform into the water, but they are only allowed to use their butt or breasts to push the others off. Will Nozomi be able to compete in the intense world of “Keijo” and bring wealth and fortune for her family?
Xebec is currently producing an anime adaptation of Keijo!!!!!!!! More information regarding the series will be revealed later in the year.
The official website of the currently ongoing anime adaptation of Tappei Nagatsuki and Shintarou Otsuka’s Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) light novel series has announced that the next three episodes are likely to be postponed.
The 8th, 9th and possibly 10th episode of the Re:Zero anime may be delayed on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka and TV Aichi from May 22nd to June 5th. The reason for this is due to the broadcast of the French Open. Depending on the French Open broadcast, the upcoming episodes may only air at a different time rather than a different day.
The anime will be split up into a total of 9 Blu-ray and DVD volumes, totalling 25 episodes. The first volume will release in Japan on June 24th, with the final volume releasing on February 24th, 2017. The first and last volumes will contain 2 episodes, whilst all the other volumes will feature three episodes.
Here is the anime’s main cast:
Yuusuke Kobayashi (Arslan in Arslan Senki) voicing as Subaru Natsuki
Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) is a fantasy light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki with illustrations by Shintarou Otsuka. The series started in early 2014 being published under Kadokawa’s MF Bunko J imprint. To date a total of 8 volumes have been published. There have been two manga adaptations produced thus far. The first manga is drawn by Daichi Matsue and published under Monthly Comic Alive where the series ended at 2 volumes. The second series is by Makoto Fugetsu with the first volume releasing in March under Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine.
Here is the series synopsis from Haruhichan:
Suddenly high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him, things become worse when he is attacked. But when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor. When they finally manage to get a clue, Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone. Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices he gained the ability “Returns by Death.” A helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. And beyond the despair can he save the girl from the fate of death?
The next three episodes of the Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu anime may be delayed due to the broadcast of the French Open. Further details about the correct times will be revealed at a later date. The series will be a 2 cour series running for a total of 25 episodes.
The official website for the upcomingAccel World: Infinite Burst anime film began streaming the first commercial on Tuesday. The film will open on July 23 in Japan.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ayr3i
Here’s a visual of rht upcoming film:
Accel World: Infinite Burst is a brand new anime film of the Accel Worldfranchise. The anime film itself will feature a brand new story and include new characters, written by Kawahara himself.
The main cast and staff will return in the upcoming anime. The returning cast includes:
Accel World is a light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by HiMA. The series began serialization in ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko Magazine in 2008 and to date has a total of 18 compiled volumes. Two manga adaptations were released in 2010, one of which is a 4koma manga, with a spin-off manga releasing in 2012. An anime adaptation of the series was produced in 2012 by Sunrise (Love Live! School Idol Project, Code Geass) and directed by Masakazu Obara (Sora Kake Girl, Mai-HiME), which aired for a total of 24 episodes. Two video game adaptations were produced for the Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.
The year is 2046. Haruyuki Arita is a young boy who finds himself on the lowest social rungs of his school. Ashamed of his miserable life, Haruyuki can only cope by indulging in virtual games. But that all changes when Kuroyukihime, the most popular girl in school, introduces him to a mysterious program called Brain Burst and a virtual reality called the Accel World.
Oppai mousepads are some of the most functional pieces of anime merchandise for anyone who regularly uses a mouse or just generally wants a comfortable wrists. To promote the new One Piece movie, Film Gold, Morimoto Sangyo is releasing mousepads of Robin and Nami for fans. Not only do Oppai mousepads include a decent amount of space for moving your mouse around while gaming and browsing the internet, they also include a soft pillow-like texture that allows the owners wrist to be supported.
Both Mousepads are set to release in July, when One Piece: Film Gold hits theaters. Both feature Nami and Robin’s designs from the film, featuring Robin with her ponytail, open-chest dress, and long blue feather boa. Nami on the other hand, struts a beautiful white and gold-strapped dress, along with bun-like rolls in her hair.
Japan is known nowadays as a country with….diverse tastes in pornography, like tentacle hentai.
Tentacle hentai, or anime porn, is still a standing form of pornography in Japan. But where did it come from? It was never widely popular upon its first arrival, and that trend remains the same today. However, ask any anime fan, and I’m almost positive they know about tentacle hentai. Thankfully, our questions are answered in Noah Sterling’s Sexy Nerdy Stuff’s video about the history of tentacle hentai and why it still exists today.
The Love Live! The School Idol Movie was a huge hit among fans of the idol series. That being said, New York has become a new otaku tourist destination. The Love Live! New York City Walking Tour Pilgrimage Guide is coming to this weekend’s Our Love Live 12 dedicated doujinshi event. This 36-page self-published book will cost 700 yen (6.43 USD), and will feature many photos taken by the author chin77ms’ own trip through the city that never sleeps. Travel through New York City with μ’s and experience the Love Live! The School Idol Movie in person.
The official Twitter account for Wit Studio has revealed a new sketch of the original anime series Koutetsujou no Cabaneli. The new sketch displays Mumei stepping on Ikoma.
In addition to this, the series has been featured in the May 2016 issue ofNewType as a double page spread. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
The series was also featured in the February 2016 issue of Animage as a poster. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition to this, the official site of the recently teased original TV anime of Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) by Wit Studio opened recently and revealed cast members and additional staff members, as well as a key visual. The site also revealed that the series is expected to premiere in Spring 2016. The prologue to Kotetsujou no Kabaneri was also announced to premiere in selected movie theaters on March 18, 2016, and will be available for a week. A pre-screening event with the cast members will be held on March 19, 2016.
As the world is in the middle of an industrial revolution, a monster appears that cannot be defeated unless its heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. By infecting humans with its bite, the monster can create aggressive and undead creatures known as Kabane. On the island Hinomoto, located in the far east, people have built stations to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the station, as well as transport wares between them, with the help of a locomotive running on steam, called Hayajiro. Ikoma, a boy who lives in the Aragane station and helps to build Hayajiro, creates his own weapon called Tsuranukizutsu in order to defeat the creatures. One day, as he waits for an opportunity to use his weapon, he meets a girl named Mumei, who is excused from the mandatory Kabane inspection. During the night, Ikuma meets Mumei again as he sees Hayajiro going out of control. The staff on the locomotive has turned into the creatures. The station, now under attack by Kabane, is the opportunity Ikoma has been looking for.
A brand new visual for ufotable’s (Fate/Zero, Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin) upcoming Fate/stay night – Heaven’s Feel anime trilogy has been revealed in the June 2016 issue of NewType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition to this, the Type-Moon Ace Vol.11 has also revealed a brand new visual for the series.
ufotable’s (Fate/Zero, Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin) upcoming Fate/stay night – Heaven’s Feel movie will be releasing in Japanese theatres in 2017. There will be a total of 3 films.
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. ufotable produced a new Fate/stay night anime based on the Unlimited Blade Works route and is producing a Fate/stay night film based on the Heaven’s Feel Route.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
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 anime adaptation of Fate/stay night – Heaven’s Feel will consist of 3 movies. The films are currently scheduled to release in Japan in 2017. The full version of the new visual will be out with the magazine’s release.
The official website for the second TV anime adaptation of Kazuhiro Fujita’s first serialization work in the 1990s, Ushio to Tora (Ushio and Tora), has revealed a new key visual. In addition to this, the second season is scheduled to end on June 24th with episode 39.
Ushio and Tora is a yokai manga by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was adapted into three OVA series: one with six episodes released from September 11, 1992 to February 1, 1993; one with four episodes released from June 11, 1993 to August 1, 1993; and one single episode OVA released on October 1, 1993. The anime was released in the United States by ADV Films. A new television anime series based on the manga, to be co-produced by MAPPA and Studio VOLN, aired during summer 2015.
Ushio thinks that his father’s talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?
The official website for the anime adaptation of Karino Takatsu’s web manga, Web-ban Working!!, began streaming a video to introduce the characters on Monday.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4arya8
Visual for the upcoming series:
The main cast of the upcoming anime was also revealed, which will feature the return of the cast from the web manga’s Drama CD:
Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) will voice Daisuke Higashida
Haruka Tomatsu (Asuna from Sword Art Online) voices Hana Miyakoshi
Sora Amamiya (Miia from Monster Musume) as Shiho Kamakura
Kensho Ono (Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero) is voicing Yuuta Shindou
Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama in K-ON!) voicing the role of Sayuri Muranushi
Kouki Uchiyama (Raku Ichijou in Nisekoi) as Masahiro Adachi
Risa Taneda (Mirai Kuriyama inKyoukai no Kanata) voices Kisaki Kondou
The anime’s site has also revealed that Yumi Kamakura (Working!! and Working!!!) will return to direct the upcoming anime with A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Working!!) helming the anime’s production once again.
Here is the first promotional video:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41ck0k_
Working!! (Wagnaria!!) is a 4koma manga written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu. The series began serialization in 2005 in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine and ended on December 25th last year being compiled into 13 volumes. The series received a 4koma web manga spin-off titled Web-ban Working!! that has a total of 3 volumes released to date. The series received an anime adaptation in 2010 from A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail) that is directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike (AKB0048, Gugure! Kokkuri-san). The anime’s second season, Working’!!, was produced in 2011 by the same studio, but was directed by Atsushi Ootsuki (To LOVE-Ru, Ladies versus Butlers!). A third season of the anime aired in the Summer 2015 anime season.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Souta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who’s a year older than Souta, yet easily mistaken for an elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year-old store manager who doesn’t bother to do any work at all.
The WWW.Working!! TV anime is currently in production. Further information about the series will be revealed at a later date.
The official website for the anime adaptation of Mimana Orimoto’s Bakuon!! manga series has revealed a new key visual.
In addition to this, Rin Suzunoki from the series has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of NyanType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters from this issue here.
The series has also been featured as a double page spread of May 2016 issue of NewType. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
Anime visual:
Bakuon!! is a motorcycle, slice of life manga written and illustrated by Mimana Orimoto. The series began in early 2011 being serialized in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion Retsu magazine. To date a total of 6 compiled volumes have been produced, with a 7th volume releasing on March 18, 2016. The series itself features motorcycles from real companies. An anime adaptation has been announced and slated for 2016.
Bakuon!! synopsis from MAL:
The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.
The official website of the July 2016 anime adaptation of Fujimi Shobo and Media Factory’s Ange Vierge trading card game and mobile application has revealed a brand new promotional video that unveils new cast members and character designs.
Here is the anime’s second promotional video:
New members of Ange Vierge anime’s cast were revealed alongside new updated character designs. The main cast now includes:
Yukari Tamura (Nui Harime in Kill la Kill) leads the cast as Amane Ayashiro
Minako Kotobuki (Tsumugi Kotobuki in K-ON!) voices Saya Sougetsu
Yumi Hara (Takane Shijou in The iDOLM@STER) as Almaria
Aki Toyosaki (Yui Hirasawa from K-ON!) voicing the role of Elel
Rika Tachibana (Reiko Airisugawa from Syomin Sample) is going to voice Code Ω77 Stella
Sarah Emi Bridcutt (Asuka Kudou in Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?) as Nya Lapucea
Yuuka Aisaka (Aika Tsube in Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.) voicing as Miumi Hinata
Mai Ishihara (Orange Pekoe from Girls und Panzer) will voice Sofina
Rie Takahashi (Akane Uchida in Shirobako) as Ω00 Euphoria
Yoshiko Ikuta (Yukina Sonogi in Senkou no Night Raid) voicing the role of Ruby
Nozomi Yamamoto (Yukimura Kusunoki in Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) voicing as Mayuka
The leading members of the production staff include:
Director and Anime Character Designer: Masafumi Tamura (Strike Witches Movie Animation Director)
Series Composer: Katsuhiko Takayama (Aldnoah.Zero, Mirai Nikki)
Animation Studio: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
The Opening theme song of the anime will be Love is MY RAIL., performed by Konomi Suzuki. The Ending theme song will be Link with U sung by L.I.N.K.S.
Here is the anime’s first promotional video:
Ange Vierge is a Japanese trading card game that is produced by Fujimi Shobo and Media Factory, with the cards being illustrated by many of their light novel illustrators. The TCG got modest popularity in Japan and received a mobile application adaptation for iOS andAndroid developed by Sega, titled Ange Vierge Girls Battling the Second Discipline Committee. The game itself is similar to many Japanese TCG mobile games where it is online focused and features numerous cards to collect and purchase from events and booster packs. Ange Vierge also received a manga adaptation that is written by Mako Komao and illustrated by Sakaki Yoshioka.
Here is the series synopsis:
The story of the card game follows what happens when “Hairou” portals suddenly open, fusing three different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious “Exceed” powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called “Progress” girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.
The Ange Vierge TV anime will be broadcasting this July, during this Summer 2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed soon.
It has been revealed on the cover of the latest and 15th volume of Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako’s Strike the Blood light novel series, that a new series of OVAs are in production.
The newly announced OVA series will be the second set of OVAs, following the Fall/Autumn 2013 anime adaptation. The first OVA series consists of 2 OVA episodes that were released in late 2015.
The main cast of the Strike the Blood TV anime and 2015 OVAs includes:
Yoshimasa Hosoya (Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko’s Basketball) voicing as Kojou Akatsuki
Risa Taneda (Mirai Kuriyama in Kyoukai no Kanata) who voices Yukina Himeragi
Rina Hidaka (Airi Kashii in Ro-Kyu-Bu!) as Nagisa Akatsuki
Ryota Osaka (Haruto Tokishima in Kakumeiki Valvrave) voiced Motoki Yaze
Asami Seto (Chihaya Ayase from Chihayafuru) as Asagi Aiba
Hisako Kanemoto (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon Crystal) who voiced Natsuki Minamiya
Yuka Iguchi (Mako Reizei in Girls und Panzer) voicing as Astarte
Kenta Miyake (Mohammed Avdol from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) voiced the role of Rudolf Eustach
The anime’s production staff includes:
Chief Director: Takao Sano (Chitose Get You!!)
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto (The Prince of Tennis II)
Series Composer: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Guilty Crown, Accel World)
Anime Character Designer: Keiichi Sano (Absolute Duo, Kamisama no Memochou)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Aldnoah.Zero, anohana)
Music Composer: Assumed Sounds (Debut Anime Role)
Animation Studio: Silver Link (Non Non Biyori, Kokoro Connect)
Strike the Blood is a supernatural, action, ecchi light novel series written by Gakuto Mikumo and illustrated by Manyako. The series began in mid 2011 being published under ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko imprint. To date, a total of 15 volumes have been released. A manga adaptation of the series began in 2012 from Tate serializing in Dengeki Daioh magazine. A TV anime adaptation was produced in the Fall/Autumn 2013 anime season that ran for 24 episodes. It was produced by Silver Link (Non Non Biyori, Kokoro Connect) and directed by Hideyo Yamamoto (The Prince of Tennis II). Two OVAs were also produced and released in late 2015.
A brand new OVA series based on Strike the Blood has been green lit. Further information about the new anime releases will be revealed later in the year.
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