According to the second volume of Yoshiki Tonogai’s (Doubt, Judge) suspense-action manga series, Secret, will end in three volumes. The third volume will be released in April 2015 in Japan.
The series was serialized on Square Enix’ Monthly Shounen Gangan magazine on October 12, 2013. The first compiled book volume was released on May 22, 2014. The second compiled book volume was released on October 22, 2014. The series will be published in North America by Yen Press on January 2015.
“There are three murderers hiding in your midst.” These are the ominous words given to the six survivors of a tragic bus accident, followed by an ultimatum: Within one week, the murderers must anguish over their crimes and find some way to answer for them, or the evidence of their sins will be given to the police. But when every person has a secret, who can you trust…?
The eight-year running cross-dressing manga of Minari Endou (Hatenkou Yuugi, Kuroinu O’clock) named ‘Maria Holic‘ will end on the January issue of Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine on November 27.
Announcement on the magazine:
The 14th and final compiled book volume of Maria Holic will be published by Media Factory on January 23, 2015. The volume will be a special commemorative edition that includes a booklet of illustrations by special guest artists. An art book called, Maria Holic Gashuu (Maria Holic Art Collection), will also be released. More details will be revealed soon on the magazine’s official blog.
Maria Holic was first released on a Japanese seinen manga magazine, Monthly Comic Alive, in 2006. Tokyopop licensed the beginning of the manga in North America. The compiled book volumes of Maria Holic were released on the following dates: (Japanese then English release)
Volume 1 – February 23, 2007 | September 1, 2009
Volume 2 – November 22, 2007 | November 23, 2009
Volume 3 – July 23, 2008 | March 2, 2010
Volume 4 – December 12, 2008 | June 29, 2010
Volume 5 – October 23, 2009 | November 9, 2010
Volume 6 – February 23, 2010 | February 3, 2011
Volume 7 – October 23, 2010 | TBA
Volume 8 – March 23, 2011 | TBA
Volume 9 – February 23, 2012 | TBA
Volume 10 – November 22, 2012 | TBA
Volume 11 – February 23, 2013 | TBA
Volume 12 – September 21, 2013 | TBA
Volume 13 – January 24, 2014 | TBA
Volume covers of the manga series:
Volume 1 Cover
Volume 2 Cover
Volume 3 Cover
Volume 4 Cover
Volume 4.5 Cover (Guidebook)
Volume 5 Cover
Volume 6 Cover
Volume 7 Cover
Volume 8 Cover
Volume 9 Cover
Volume 10 Cover
Volume 11 Cover
Volume 12 Cover
Volume 13 Cover
The manga series were adapted into two twelve-episode anime series, Maria Holic and Maria Holic Alive. It was produced by studio Shaft (Nisekoi, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica) and was licensed by Sentai Filmworks. The first season premiered on January 4, 2009 while the second season premiered on April 8, 2011. Maria Holic also has a Drama CD that was released July 25, 2008 and was produced by Frontier Works.
Synopsis of Maria Holic from MAL:
The story centers on a sophomore named Kanako who enrolls in all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants find her destined yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria—except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a cross-dressing sadistic boy.
The authors of Medaka Box, NisiOisin (Monogatari Series, Katanagari) and Akira Akatsuki (Muri wo Shouchi de Koibito desu, Toshokan Kyuuseishu Club), will work together on a one-shot manga story called Musume Iri-Bako (Girl in a Box). It will run on Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine’s 49th issue with a colored opening page on November 1.
The one-shot manga is expected to have 28 pages and will revolve around a cardboard box on a certain rainy day.
Announcement on magazine:
NisiOisin is currently writing three one-shots, one is Musume Iri-Bako. The other two will be RKD-EK9, in collaboration with manga artist Takeshi Obata (Death Note, Bakuman) and Nan Made Nara Koroseru? (Until What Will You Keep on Killing?) with Akihisa Ikeda (Rosario to Vampire, Kiruto). These two one-shots will be published on Jump Square magazine on November 4.
Today’s ranking comes from the November 2014 issue of the popular Japanese magazine, NewType; we’ve taken the time to translate the whole article for your enjoyment. Earlier this week we did a write-up on this issue, giving an in-depth look into the magazine itself as well as the posters that come with it: you can read that here.
Before we go to the listings here is the image scan of the November 2014 Anime Popularity Ranking from the latest NewType Magazine:
Females Rankings:
1. Shino Asada (Sword Art Online II)
2. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online II)
3. Saber (Fate/Stay night)
4. Chiyo Sakura (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun)
5. Miyuki Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
6. Asseylum Vers Allusia (Aldnoah.Zero)
7. Lacus Clyne (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
8. Gou Matsuoka (Free!: Eternal Summer)
9. Aoi Sakurai (Rail Wars!)
10. Sayla Mass (Gundam)
Series Ranking:
1. Sword Art Online II
2. Aldnoah.Zero
3. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
4. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
5. The iDOLM@STER
6. Free!: Eternal Summer
7. Sabagebu!
8. Haikyuu!!
9. One Piece
10. Zankyou no Terror
Top 10 series streamed:
1. Sword Art Online
2. Log Horizon
3. Shingeki no Kyojin
4. Diamond no Ace
5. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
6. Sword Art Online II
7. Barakamon
8. Kuroshitsuji
9. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009 ver.)
10. Psycho-Pass
Top 10 Blu-ray Disc sales:
1. Frozen MovieNEX
2. Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season Volume 3
3. Haikyuu!! Volume 2
4. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Volume 1
5. Kill la Kill Volume 9
6. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei School Entry 2nd Chapter
7. Persona 4 The Golden Animation Volume 1
8. Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Episode 3
9. Kuroko no Basket 2 Volume 8
10. Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu
Top 10 record count (People recording it on their TV):
1. Zankyou no Terror: Highs & Lows (episode 9)
2. Psycho-Pass: something (episode 9)
3. Persona 4: The Golden Animation: A missing piece (episode 9)
4. Sword Art Online II: World of Guns (episode 1)
5. Doraemon Birthday Special
6. Haikyuu!: The Point that Changes the Momentum (episode 23)
7. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: Do You Have Enough Excitement? (episode 9)
8. Barakamon: Let’s All Go Together (episode 10)
9. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Yokohama Disturbance V (episode 23)
10. Rail Wars!: Could it be Our Little Secret? (episode 10)
As always, Sword Art Online seems to be taking the spotlight but it is a nice change of pace to see Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu on the list. What are your thoughts on this month’s rankings? What would you personally change? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
On June 9th earlier this year it was Toujou Nozomi’s birthday, she is one of the nine main characters from Love Live! School Idol Project series. A dedicated fan who goes by the Twitter username qooalex83 decided to show his love and appreciation for the idol by getting a full back tattoo of her.
On the 10th of June he tweeted an image which shows the outline of the tattoo.
The full tattoo was completed earlier this month and now looks like this:
After countless hours of laying down and getting the idol tattooed onto his back, he went out with friends in celebration of this feat.
The anime adaptation of Yu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana’s manga Terra Formars has been anticipated for some time. Whilst the TV anime has had some issues with censorship, the OVA that was bundled with the manga’s 10th volume is fully uncensored and features gruesome scenes and gore that the manga is known for.
Spoilers for the OVA
Here are some of the more graphic scenes from the OVA, which feature the brutal terraformars tearing apart the humans limb by limb:
And here is a scene from the censored broadcast for comparison:
Terra Formars is an original manga written by Yu Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. The series was first published in 2011 in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine. To date the series has 8 volumes published. The manga ranked 1st in Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers guidebook, with over 6 million copies in print. A TV anime and OVA were announced in February this year. The OVA will handle the first arc in the series, the Bugs 2 Arc, and the anime series will continue on with the Annex 1 arc.
Here is a synopsis of the series from Haruhichan:
With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost-effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold.
It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.
The Terra Formars TV anime series is currently airing on Saturdays at 12:30am on Tokyo MX, during the Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season. The second OVA will be bundled with the 11th manga volumes releasing on November 19th.
Production: 8-bit (Infinite Stratos, Grisaia no Kajitsu, Yama no Susume)
The cast includes:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Arata Kangatari‘s Arata, Sword Art Online‘s Kirito, Trinity Seven‘s Arata Kasuga) as Tooru Kokonoe
Nozomi Yamamoto (Genshiken Nidaime‘s Chika Ogiue, Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai‘s Senri Misono,Joshiraku‘s Tetora Bouhatei) as Julie Sigtuna
Ayaka Suwa (Tokaku Azuma from Akuma no Riddle, Ikumi Suzuki from Jinsei, Komine Nozomi from Nozo x Kimi) as Tomoe Tachibana
Ayaka Imamura (Mini from Akame ga Kill!) as Miyabi Hotaka
Haruka Yamazaki (Tomoyo Kanzaki from Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de, Eita Kidou from Oreshura, Mizuha Amagi from Vividred Operation) as Lilith Bristol
In addition to this, the leaked key visual has been revealed:
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?!
Assistant Director: Masashi Koizuka (Attack on Titan)
Script: Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill, Zankyou no Terror)
Character Designs: Satoshi Kadowaki
Visual Development Art: Hiroki Shinagawa (Kemonogari)
Animation Studio: Wit Studio (Attack on Titan, Hal, Hoozuki no Reitetsu)
Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written by Takaya Kagami and illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto with storyboards by Daisuke Furuya. It is published by Shueisha on Jump Square and in English by Viz Media on Weekly Shonen Jump. Takaya Kagami and Yamato Yamamoto launched the dark fantasy series in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine in fall 2012. Shueisha is publishing the sixth volume on September 4, and new volumes have regularly ranked on Oricon’s top 50 chart. An anime adaption was announced on August 28, 2014.
Owari no Seraph synopsis from Haruhichan:
One day, a mysterious virus appeared on Earth which killed every infected human over the age of 13. At the same time, vampires emerged from the world’s dark recesses and enslaved mankind. Enter Hyakuya Yuuichirou, a young boy, who along with the rest of the children from his orphanage, are treated as livestock by the vampires. Even in captivity, Yuuichirou dreams big. He dreams of killing vampires. He dreams of killing them all.
With the release of the 2nd volume of OGINO Makoto’s Kujakuou – Sengoku Tensei manga series, an animated promotional video for the series has been revealed.
Kujakuou – Sengoku Tensei is a Seinen / Super Natural manga series by OGINO Makoto. It is currently ongoing and has 2 volumes released with the 2nd recently released on the 27th of October. It is serialized in the Sengoku Bushou Retsuden magazine.
Touma Rei’s (Dawn of the Arcana, Tsukushite Agemasu) shoujo romance manga, Rokka Melt: Fiancé wa Yukiotoko (Rokka Melt: Fiancés Are Abominable Snowmen), will end on the January issue of Shogakukan’s Monthly Cheese! magazine on November 22.
Announcement page:
Volume covers 1-3 of Rokka Melt: Fiancé Wa Yukiotoko:
Volume 1 Cover
Volume 2 Cover
Volume 3 Cover
The manga was released on September 24, 2013 on Monthly Cheese! magazine. The first compiled volume was published on January 24, 2014. The second volume was published on March 26, 2014. The third volume was published on August 26, 2014.
Synopsis of Rokka Melt: Fiancé Wa Yukiotoko from MAL:
In the “chilly love triangle” story, a super-athletic high school girl is suddenly betrothed one day—to two ikemen (handsome) brothers who happen to be snowmen. The younger brother is tsundere (initially aloof and abrasive, but later kind-hearted), while the older brother is irresponsible.
We’re about a quarter/third of the way through this season, so it’s time for me to give my thoughts on what I am currently watching. In typical fashion, I’ve picked out a few comedy/slice of life anime to watch. That’s pretty much all I’m interested in for those who were wondering why my list is so small. The anime I’m watching this season (so far) are: Denki-Gai no Hon-ya-san, Amagi Brilliant Park, Shirobako, and Girlfriend (Kari).
Title (English): Denki-gai
Title (Japanese): デンキ街の本屋さん (Denki-Gai no Hon-ya-san)
Animation Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Genres: Comedy, Seinen, Slice of life
Episodes: 4/12
Denki-Gai is a tough anime to to really get into. Its humour relies heavily on the viewer’s understanding of ero manga and general otaku culture. Or you could get into it for the cute girls. There’s that too. This anime follows a manga store’s employees as they live out their otaku lives. As I mentioned, this anime is geared towards those who understand this kind of culture or are at least familiar with it. Otherwise, the jokes are going to fly over people’s heads and they’re not going to understand it, or they could find it offensive. For me, the humour is so over-the-top that it goes past being offensive and it enters the realm of ridiculousness. There was one episode devoted to what I can only describe as “otaku Olympics”, in which the employees take part in various ridiculous activities like rolling a giant ball, or “wife-carrying” where instead of holding an egg on a spoon, it’s a figure of the male characters’ favourite female character (waifu).
The sexual references are out of control!
After the first two episodes of ridiculous humour, things settle down and they begin to focus on the characters. All of the characters in this anime have some kind of close relationship with another character, and the past couple of episodes have been focusing on these relationships. It’s a nice change of pace, and it makes the characters more interesting. The characters themselves are also nice and diverse, which creates interesting dialogue between characters. The anime does a decent job in the other departments. Despite having established voice actors like Ayana Taketatsu and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, alongside rising star Ryota Osaka, these aren’t their best roles. Props go out to the less well-known voice actors for their good jobs in this anime.
Title (English): Amagi Brilliant Park
Title (Japanese): 甘城ブリリアントパーク
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 4/13
I’ve already given my first impressions of this anime, so I’m just updating my feelings on it now.
I feel that even though it started off slowly, it has been getting better each episode in my opinion. With the story and the characters getting development, I can see this becoming a good anime. Everything has been progressing at a nice pace. Hopefully Amagi Brilliant Park can stay on its current course as it is interesting now.
Title (English): Shirobako
Title (Japanese): Shirobako
Animation Studio: P.A Works
Genres: Comedy, Slice of life
Episodes: 3/?
How a studio can go from creating one of my all-time favourite anime (Nagi no Asukara) to one of the worst anime I’ve ever watched (Glasslip) in one year is beyond me. Thanks to Glasslip, I now have an almost complete spectrum of anime I like/dislike from P.A Works. Nagi no Asukara (love), Angel Beats (like), Hanasaku Iroha (dislike), Glasslip (hate). The only thing I’m missing is an anime that I think is just all right. Shirobako so far, looks like it might complete that spectrum.
Five high school girls create an anime in their last year of school, and they vow to work together in the future to create their own anime that will air on TV. Fast forward two and a half years later, and it focuses on one of the girls, Aoi Miyamori. She has managed to get into an animation company, as has one of her friends. From here, it follows her, and her co-workers’, frantic life working at an animation company as an assistant.
If anything, Shirobako is an educational experience if you were ever curious about how anime is actually created. I’m enjoying myself just by watching how much actually goes into creating just a single episode. Of course I know how expensive anime is to produce and I know animating is a crazy hard thing to do, but this is giving me an inside look as to how this all works. Shirobako, for me, is interesting on this premise alone. The story is simple, follow Aoi’s life as an assistant and watch an anime being produced and the lives of those who make them. Shirobako is another original anime by P.A Works, making this the third one in a row. As such, it uses the same kind of artstyle as Nagi no Asukara and Glasslip. It doesn’t look nearly as good as those two, but I still find it appealing. Sound wise, nothing has stood out. It’s all par for the course. The characters are decent enough I suppose. There is the issue of two of the five girls at the beginning who haven’t shown up since the first five minutes. However, given that the anime has an unspecified number of episodes, this could be a two-cour anime. If that’s the case, then I’m all right with the somewhat slow pace and how a couple of the main characters haven’t shown up yet.
Right now, Shirobako is a decent anime. It’s not good, but it’s also not bad. If this ends up being a two-cour anime, things could change later on.
Title (English): Girl Friend BETA
Title (Japanese): ガールフレンド(仮) (Girlfriend Kari)
Animation Studio: Silver Link
Genres: School, Slice of life
Episodes: 3/12
Ok, I’ll admit it; I decided to watch this anime based on the voice actors were in it. Or in this case, actresses. While it doesn’t contain huge names in voice acting, there are quite a few established voice actresses that are going to appear in this anime. Honestly, there’s too many to name; I’ll just leave this list here for you to browse through. Girl Friend BETA is an anime that is based on a game where you can have multiple girlfriends and date them. However, since that premise is way too open-ended with the sheer number of girls, they decided to go with just having those same girls live out their regular school lives with each other.
Admittedly, I probably should have guessed from the get-go that this probably wasn’t going to be the best anime. With the huge number of characters, there isn’t time to make any of them all that interesting and it’s hard to keep track of who is who. In addition, it’s not that entertaining to watch. They don’t try to spice up the characters with humour or give them elaborate backstories. As of right now, you have to like the characters at face value, but that isn’t really happening for me right now. The character I like best right now is Chloe Lemaire, the French immigrant girl who speaks in an obvious foreign Japanese accent. Although that could be my bias for the voice actress Sakura Tange, who I’ve been dying to hear voice a main character in an anime again since Cardcaptor Sakura. With a great voice acting cast, you don’t really have to worry about voice acting. That’s definitely covered. I like the general art, but I’m not a big fan of the girls’ designs. It seems intentional (it could be), but the girls’ breasts are so obvious that it kind of makes me uncomfortable at times.
Oui (Yes), indeed!
That’s about it for this season for me. There are four other anime that I am thinking about starting: Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Sanzoku no Musume Ronja, and Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru. If any of you guys are watching these anime, could you recommend them to me knowing the kind of anime I like? Also, what do you guys think of the anime I’m currently watching if you are watching them as well? Let me know in the comments!
According to the official Twitter account of the manga artist Utako Yukihiro (Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist, Uta no☆Prince-sama♪, original character designer for Bonjour: Koiaji Patisserie), her fantasy, shoujo, gender-bender manga named Shounen Oujo (Boy Princess/Mimic Royal Princess) will resume on the beginning of next year. She also noted that more information about the resuming of her serialization will be announced at a later time.
Yukihiro put Shounen Oujo on hiatus last April 2013 and the manga is serialized in ASCII Media Works’ Sylph magazine. She also announced on her tweet that few goods related to the manga series will be sold on Animate, a Japanese anime and manga franchise goods store.
Shounen Oujo was released on January 22, 2011. And few months after, the first compiled volume was shipped on September 23, 2011. The second volume shipped on August 23, 2012. And the third volume shipped on August 22, 2013.
Volume covers of Shounen Oujo:
Volume 1 Cover
Volume 2 Cover
Volume 3 Cover
Synopsis of Shounen Oujo from MAL:
In a country where women rule supreme lives a poor but happy boy named Albert. An excursion to the city turns dangerous when he and his friend are abducted by slave traders, and later purchased by a noblewoman’s servant. If this wasn’t crazy enough, it turns out Albert looks exactly like the noblewoman who purchased him. But she’s no ordinary aristocrat. She’s a princess! And he’s to act as her double from today on!?
On Saturday, it was announced that there will be a manga adaptation of the currently airing anime, Ai Tenchi Muyo! according to the December issue of Kodansha’s Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine. It will be released on November 26 on the January issue of the magazine. The manga illustrator will be Haruna Nakazato, who won the 23rd Sirius New Face Awards in 2012 by his short manga called Hoshi no Ame.
The short comedy, sci-fi, shounen original anime show, Ai Tenchi Muyo!, was based from the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. It was made to promote the city of Takahashi in the Okayama Prefecture, Japan and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise. It aired on October 6, 2014 and is expected to have 50 5-minute episodes. The anime was produced by AIC Plus+ (Amagami SS, Strike Witches), directed by Hiroshi Negishi (Tenchi Muyo!, Love Pheromone) and was created by Kajishima Masaki (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari, Dual Parallel! Trouble Adventures).
Announcement of the manga adaptation:
Ai Tenchi Muyo! is a Japanese anime series produced by AIC. The series is based on the Tenchi Muyo! franchise and is sponsored by the city of Takahashi, Okayama in order to promote tourism for the city. It was also created to commemorate the franchise’s 20th anniversary. The anime series is set to air on Tokyo MX beginning in October 2014, which will consist of 50 four-minute episodes. The series will be directed by Hiroshi Negishi (who previously directed Tenchi Universe), with Suzuhito Yasuda providing the new, updated character designs. Many of the voice actors from the original franchise are set to return, with the exception of Ayeka, who will now be played by Haruhi Nanao.
In this story, the world is in chaos, thanks to Washu. Now in order to save it, Tenchi Masaki must go undercover as a student teacher at an all-girls school. Unfortunately for him, trouble always comes his way as he has a hard time to deal with the hijinks of his new students.
Voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kirito from Sword Art Online) has announced on a recent Niconico livestream for GA Bunko that a TV anime adaptation of Fujino Oomori and Suzuhito Yasuda’s light novel Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) is currently in production. The anime’s main cast and staff were also revealed, and the official website has launched with the first visual:
The anime is part of a new project to celebrate GA Bunko, the publisher of the light novel. Additional anime and other adaptations will be revealed soon for series published by the imprint. The cast of the anime was revealed and are as follows:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kirito from Sword Art Online) voices the lead character Bell Cranel
Inori Minase (Chino Kafuu in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) voicing as Hestia Warenstein
Saori Oonishi (La Folia Rihavein in Strike the Blood) will voice Eyes Warenstein
Maaya Uchida (Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) will be voicing Ririruka Ahde.
The crew that will be producing the anime were also revealed and includes:
Director: Yoshiki Yamakawa (Little Busters!, Kill Me Baby)
Series Composer: Hideki Shirane (Date A Live, Hayate no Gotoku!)
Anime Character Designer: Shigeki Kimoto (Sky Girls Sub Character Designer, Toaru Majutsu no Index Animation Director)
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) is a light novel series written by Fujino Oomori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. The series began in 2013 under SB Creative’s GA Bunko light novel imprint. To date a total of 5 compiled volumes and have sold over 500,000 copies. A total of three manga adaptations have been released based on the series.
Here is a synopsis of the series:
The story takes place in the town of labyrinths, Orario, also called “Dungeon.” Vel Clanel is a newbie adventurer that admires “Having a fateful meeting with a person of the opposite gender.” One day during an adventure, he is attacked by a Minotaur. Close to destruction, he is saved by a top-class female adventurer, Eyes Warenstein. He falls in love with her at first sight, and begins actions to become an adventurer that is on her level. He later encounters Hestia, a god called a “Lolita god” due to her stature who falls in love with him.
Not much is known about the Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka anime. More information about the series will be released soon.
This is the top 20 anime from the Autumn 2014 anime season, according to Sony’s periodic statistics for the top anime viewed with their Tome and Nasne platforms. Can you guess what anime series took the number 1 spot?
20. World Trigger
19. Akatsuki no Yona
18. Amagi Brilliant Park
17. Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji
16. Terra Formars
15. Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai
14. Trinity Seven
13. Gugure! Kokkuri-san
12. Madan no Ou to Vanadis
11. Grisaia no Kajitsu
10. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
9. Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo
8. Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete
7. Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
6. Denki-Gai no Honya-san
5. Sora no Method
4. Parasyte
3. Psycho-Pass 2
2. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV)
1. Gundam: G no Reconguista
Do you think Gundam: G no Reconguista deserved the #1 spot? what about other series, did they get the rankings they deserved? let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
ClariS is special in that it is a band created by two junior high school girls. The group debuted in 2009 and is still around in the present. The two girls, Alice and Clara, started out at first by posting song covers to NicoNico, a Japanese video sharing website. By September 2010, they were signed to Sony Music Entertainment! You may know them for singing the opening theme “irony” for Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai, “Connect” from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, “Naisho no Hanashi” from Nisemonogatari, or “CLICK” from Nisekoi.
However, five months ago, Alice left the band in order to concentrate on her studies. The remaining member, Clara, denied the rumors about the departure on a phone interview with Fuji TV’s morning show “Mezamashi TV,” but this denial was widely disregarded.
On October 25th, 2014, ClariS’ official site finally announced that a new song was coming out! The new song, titled “Clear Sky” would also play the role of introducing a new member of the band. The song will be bundled in a bonus CD in the 19th issue of M-ON! Entertainment’s Lis Ani! and will be released in Japan on November 8th, 2014. Interestingly, ClariS’ early song “DROP” was produced for the 1st issue of this same magazine in April 2010.
The new song, Clear Sky, is composed by Maruyama Maruko, who has been working with ClariS for a long time and has composed many of their songs.
A sample image of the album cover for Clear Sky was released as well:
ClariS’ members put priority on their schoolwork as they both only entered high school in 2012. Because of this, ClariS has not released photos of its members and employs artists to draw avatars instead. Neither Clara or Alice have told anyone other than their families that they are music artists.
Japanese gaming news website Dengeki Online announced on Friday that the upcoming Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei PS Vita game entitled Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out Of Order, will receive a crossover promotion with Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment featuring 2 bonus costumes selectable in-game. Both are produced by Bandai Namco Games.
In this collaboration, Kirito’s “Black Swordsman” outfit from Sword Art Online can be worn as an alternate costume for Tatsuya Shiba, while Asuna’s “Knights of the Blood” outfit can be chosen for Miyuki Shiba.
The game will be released in Japan on December 25, 2014 after a delay, originally set to be released 4 days from now. A regular copy of the game will be retailed for 6,140 yen (about$61 USD), while the special edition will be priced at 9,980 yen (about $100 USD). Directing the story of Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out Of Order is Tsutomu Satou, author of Mahouka’s light novel series.
Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba wearing their bonus costumes in-game:
Promotional Video:
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsutomu Sato, with illustrations by Kana Ishida. ASCII Media Works has published 14 novels under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since July 2011. There have been five manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works and Square Enix. An anime television series adaptation by Madhouse began airing April 5, 2014. As well as the upcoming PS Vita game Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out Of Order, a mobile game titled Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: School Magicus Battle were both announced at Dengeki Game Festival 2014 on March 16, 2014.
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei synopsis from Haruhichan:
Magic—A century has passed since this concept has been recognized as a formal technology instead of the product of the occult or folklore.
The season is spring and it is time for a brand new school year.
At the National Magic University First Affiliate High School, A.K.A Magic High School, students are divided into two distinct groups according to their academic performances. The “Bloom,” who demonstrate the highest grades and are enrolled in the “First Course,” and the “Weed,” who have a poor academic record and are enrolled in the “Second Course.”
This spring, a very peculiar brother and sister enroll as new students.
The brother is an under achiever with some deficiencies and enrolls as a “Weed,” while his younger sister is an honor student, who enrolls as a “Bloom.”
The brother, with a somewhat philosophical expression, and the younger sister who holds feelings a little stronger than sibling love for him…
Ever since these two have entered through the gates of this prestigious school, the calm campus was beginning to change…
On October 23rd, 2014, the official website for the anime short Matsuyama City began streaming the sequel to its 2013 original short.
The original short Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi – The Mystery of the Seven Gems and the Flying Castle follows three kids named Mattsu, Yamma, and Moburi as they try to recover seven jewels from Matsuyama’s famous attractions. Matsuyama is located in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in the country of Japan. The short features subtitles in English, French, German, Korean, and Chinese.
The sequel is titled Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi – The Naval Treasure and Riddle Island, and it follows the three main characters from the first short as they are transported to a floating version of Nakajima, a city that was merged with Matsuyama in 2005 and is no longer an independent city, and the surrounding islands west of Matsuyama. The three main characters decide that they need to return to Matsuyama City, but on their way back encounter the mysterious Alan Shirohama (named after the GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE band member Alan Shirahama who voices the character).
Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi – The Mystery of the Seven Gems and the Flying Castle:
Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi – The Naval Treasure and Riddle Island:
The cast features:
Watanabe Misa (Akeginu from Basilisk) as Mattsu
Kouchi Mayuko (Housekeeper from Getbackers) as Yanma
Mizuki Nana (Saya Kisaragi from Blood-C) as Moburi
Alan Shirahama (Alan Shirahama from GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE) as Alan Shirohama
Ishizumi Akihiko (S from 009-1) as Mysterious Man 1
Tamaki Yuya (Iida from Ping Pong) as Mysterious Man 2
The production cast is as follows:
Written by Sakamoto Saku
Music Provided by Endo Koji
Creative Director and Story Creator as Tanaka Junichi
All the cast’s members other than Watanabe Misa are from the Ehime prefecture. Watanabe is married to a man from the prefecture.
A brand new trailer has released for Konami’s upcoming PlayStation Vita game based on Naoshi Komi’s manga, Nisekoi: Yomeiri!? The video showcases some of the gameplay mechanics of the visual novel as well as a little codec call borrowed from Konami’s Metal Gear Solid games. The game is a visual novel adventure game that is being developed and published by Konami. Early versions of the game will also include an unknown reversible cover and have some form of connection to the Nisekoi mobile app that released last month. The game will also include a new exclusive character, Otama, voiced by Ayana Taketatsu (Azusa Nakano from K-ON!).
Nisekoi: Yomeiri!? will release on the Vita in Japan on November 27.
Additionally, a new updated visual for the game has released:
E2046 currently have listed the Naruga x Hunter figurine available for pre-order which has a limited stock. The figurine rendition was inspired by the original ‘Narga x Armor’ armor in the Monster Hunter franchise and looks fantastic.
Naruga x Hunter pre-painted and Naruga x Hunter garage kit are both available for pre-orders on E2046 and both are expected to be released on the 31st of October, 2014. There are only 30 pre-orders available for the pre-painted edition, so be quick and secure one for yourself if you’re a die hard fan of the series!
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