With the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki’s manga The Seven Deadly Sins on the way, the “Chijoha Hatsu Kokai Shingeki no Kyojin Tokubetsu-hen & Nanatsu no Taizai Saishin Tokuho” television program has revealed the Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) x The Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai) crossover key visual on Sunday which will be displayed at Shinjuku Station in Japan.
The image inserts The Seven Deadly Sins characters Diana, Meliodas and Hawk into a key visual for the Attack on Titan anime. Instead of the Colossal Titan, Diane peers over the wall. Meliodas and Hawk take Eren’s place in front of the wall. The collaboration developed because Kodansha’s Shonen Magazine serializes both manga, and Yuuki Kaji voices the main characters in both anime adaptations.
A 7.4-meter (about 24-foot) tall version of the key visual crossover image will hang near the east entrance of Shinjuku Station from October 3 to 6. Diane will appear almost life-size in the display. The crossover art will also appear in the November issue of Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine on October 9. The issue will include comments from Attack on Titan manga creator Hajime Isayama and The Seven Deadly Sins manga creator Nakaba Suzuki.
The Seven Deadly Sins anime series will debut this October 5 and air throughout the fall 2014 anime season.
The Seven Deadly Sins synopsis from Haruhichan:
The “Seven Deadly Sins,” a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia, were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d’état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king’s only daughter, sets out on a journey to find the “Seven Deadly Sins,” and to enlist their help in taking back the kingdom.
The first trailer for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki’s manga The Seven Deadly Sins was streamed on Sunday. The anime series will debut this October and air throughout the fall 2014 anime season. You can watch the past eight commercials here.
The trailer features the ending theme “7 -seven-” which is performed by FLOW x GRANRODEO and the opening theme “Netsujou no Spectrum (熱情のスペクトラム)” by Ikimono-gakari.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26sghc
Man: They were slaughtered… And in a single instant. Only by seven people… Elizabeth: The kingdom’s most evil knight brigade, with each soldier having the symbol of an animal engraved on their skin. Gilthunder: So they truly were alive… Elizabeth: If there is a single hope to stopping the Holy Knights, it’s The Seven Deadly Sins! Text: The destiny of the kingdom Text: Was thrown into chaos by them. Soldier: That… Legendary…! Meliodas: Sin of Wrath. Dragon Sin. Meliodas! Diane: I’m the Serpent Sin, Diane! I’ll lend you my power! Elizabeth: This is the power of the Seven Sins…! Gilthunder: The trecherous knight brigade… The Seven Deadly Sins… Gilthunder: Disappear. Text: The justice of sin will be tested. Meliodas: I have things that I must do. Narrator: Nanatsu no Taizai.
The cast is as follows:
Meliodas will be voiced by Kaji Yuki (Rentarou Satomi from Black Bullet!)
Elizabeth Liones will be voiced by Amamiya Sora (Akame from Akame ga Kill!)
Hawk will be voiced by Kuno Misaki (Kate Hoshimiya from Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda)
Diane will be voiced by Aoi Yuuki (Varel Jin from Blade and Soul)
King will be voiced by Fukuyama Jun (Yukio Okumura from Ao no Exorcist)
Ban will be voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Shinsaku Takasugi from Bakumatsu Rock)
Production crew:
Director: Okamura Tensai (Ao no Exorcist, Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha, Medabots)
Series Composition: Suga Shoutarou (Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha, Isshuukan Friends., Rinne no Lagrange)
Character Design and Animation Director: Sasaki Keigo (Ao no Exorcist, Kimi ni Todoke, Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda)
Music: Sawano Hiroyuki (Aldnoah.Zero, Kill la Kill, Shingeki no Kyojin)
Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Ao no Exorcist, THE iDOLM@STER, Shinsekai yori)
Key Visual:
The Seven Deadly Sins (Nanatsu no Taizai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. It has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine since October 2012, with the chapters collected into ten tankobon volumes as of June 17, 2014. The manga features a setting similar to the European Middle Ages, with its titular group of knights representing the seven deadly sins.
As of August 2014, The Seven Deadly Sins had over 5 million copies in circulation. It is currently being adapted into a television anime by A-1 Pictures that will debut on October 5, 2014. The manga has been licensed by Kodansha Comics USA for English publication in North America, while the chapters are released digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries as they are published in Japan. The Seven Deadly Sin anime will debut this October, during the 2014 Fall/Autumn anime season.
The Seven Deadly Sins synopsis from Haruhichan:
The “Seven Deadly Sins,” a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia, were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d’état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king’s only daughter, sets out on a journey to find the “Seven Deadly Sins,” and to enlist their help in taking back the kingdom.
All through spring season, I was looking forward to watching Glasslip. P.A Works had just delivered a masterpiece in Nagi no Asukara (which I reviewed) the previous season, so you can probably understand why I was excited to see what Glasslip would be like. Just like how Nagi no Asukara has impressed me so much, I was hoping the same would happen with Glasslip. I did try to keep my hype level to a minimum after learning that Mari Okada would not be doing the script. However, even that could not temper my eventual disappointment over this anime. If I learned anything from this anime, it’s not too expect too much out of the same animation studio. They don’t always deliver great things all the time. Although I should have learned this lesson from Kyoto Animation’s disappointing lineup last year… Anyway, let’s get to Glasslip.
Story:
Touko Fukami’s life is pretty much perfect. She lives a carefree life hanging out with her friends following their own set of rules. One summer day, her life is thrown for a loop when a new boy, Kakeru Okikura, arrives in town. With a new arrival in their circle of friends, and the inherent desire for everyone in the group to begin dating each other, things begin to slowly change in their daily lives.
While this is fine and all, the anime moves at a pace that is much too slow even for a slice of life. It’s typical in slice of life anime to have a slow paced story, or none at all, but they usually augment the story with either humour or fun characters to help you get through the slower parts and to make it fun for you to watch. Glasslip had neither of them. There were a couple of times at the beginning when they put in a few jokes and it was slightly amusing, but they decided not to continue on that path. The romance part of this anime was, I suppose, treated a little more realistically than most other romance anime. However, it’s the awkward transition from friends to lovers, so at times it was hard to distinguish if they were just close friends or if they actually did think of each other as more than just friends. Partway in, they throw in supernatural elements into the anime which helped spice up the stale story, and in the end I was more intrigued by that part then anything else in the story. Still, in the end, even this new element couldn’t save the anime. Nothing really came out of the supernatural part of the anime. To add insult to injury, the ending felt rushed, even though the rest of the anime was really slow. How do you even manage to do that?
Eh, not really at this point.
In addition, none of what happens in the story matters if I don’t care about the characters. In addition to Touko Fukami and Kakeru Okikura, there are four other main characters. Yanagi, Yukinari, Sachi, and Hiro. However, Glasslip gave me zero reasons to care about any of these characters. Why should I care if two characters don’t work out romantically with each other? Why should I care what happens to Touko when she suddenly inherits this supernatural ability to see the future? Why should I care about anything in this anime? There’s no backstory to these characters aside from Kakeru, no real development of these characters, they do things to each other that will just make you not like them, etc. In the end, the character I liked best was a supporting character, Touko’s younger sister Hina, and that was only because she was the nicest character out of them all and that was a good enough reason to like her. By the time they actually did start to focus more on developing the characters and making them more likable, it was the last episode. That’s far too late to reverse the damage that has already been done.
Visuals and Animation:
If I have one really good thing to say about Glasslip, it’s its art. A lot of Glasslip‘s backgrounds could be considered works of art. The lighting, the shadows, the characters, and the overall backgrounds are drawn with a high level of detail. I think other anime studios can learn a thing or two from P.A Works on how to make a great looking anime. If P.A Works can keep up this kind of work, their anime could be one of the better looking ones in the industry. I really can’t say enough to praise Glasslip on its art. It’s easily one of the best looking anime I’ve seen.
Just one example of how great Glasslip looks.
The animation of the anime is pretty good, but not quite on par with Nagi no Asukara. I kind of figured the same amount of animation detail that was put into Nagi no Asukara could have also been put in here, especially with this anime being shorter. Regardless, the anime still looks fantastic.
Sound and Music:
I mentioned in my Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun review that many slice of life anime don’t have great soundtracks. Glasslip is a happy exception to this. There are a lot of points in the anime where there is no dialogue at all. You are often shown shots of the town or the sea. It’s during these parts when you get bored and start listening to the music. It’s a really good soundtrack. It’s definitely better than most other slice of life anime. The piano is probably my second favourite instrument after the guitar and the piano is one of Glasslip’s primary instruments of choice. The soundtrack compliments the artstyle, as well as the scenes it’s placed in. The opening 「夏の日と君の声」(Natsu no Hi to Kimi no Koe) by ChouCho is a very fitting song for the anime. It’s a beautiful song that fits the tone the anime projects. I could listen to that song all day. The ending 「透明な世界」 (Toumei na Sekai) by nano.RIPE is a personal dislike for me, only because I don’t like nano.RIPE’s singing. On the plus side, I did like this song better than other nano.RIPE songs I’ve heard.
Final Verdict:
I really wanted to like this anime; I really did. It has beautiful art, and a soundtrack that exceeds most other slice of life anime. However, with characters that are as dull and unlikable as a pebble, and a snail-paced story that is rendered completely pointless if you watch it to the end, Glasslip has lowered the bar when it comes to storytelling. The aesthetics can’t hold up an anime on its own. Glasslip is an anime with far more style than substance.
+ Gorgeous art
+ Great soundtrack
– Extremely slow-paced story
– Bad characters
– Boring to watch
– Terrible ending
If you did stick with Glasslip until the end, what did you think of it? Is your opinion of it similar or different than mine? Let me know in the comments!
Cho Dengeki Stryker recently released on Steam, which is a popular platform to purchase video games digitally. It was first made available on MangaGamer which also hosts digital downloads along with physical versions of PC games that have to do with visual novels.
You can get it for US $39.99 on Steam, and it is also on MangaGamer (NSFW warning on MangaGamer’s link). MangaGamer gave the following information about the game which you can read below.
A brand new super hero epic that will electrify your soul!! Yuuki Yamato has modeled his young life after the super heroes he loves. When his best friend Haruna is teased by bullies, he always tries to defend her — but his life is not a comic book, and things never work out as planned. One day, after yet another failure, Haruna tells Yamato that she is moving away. She asks him to come and see her off, but Yamato — his pride still wounded — cannot find the courage to face her. When Yamato is feeling his lowest, an old man appears before him. He is known as the Memory Collector, and he will grant one wish in exchange for a memory. Yamato makes his wish: to become Dengeki Stryker, his favorite comic book hero.
Years later, an army of cyborgs from the Balbora Empire appear in the city where Haruna now lives. With the police and the army powerless against the Empire’s mechanical might, it falls to a single hero to stop them — a hero who looks remarkably like Dengeki Stryker!
I have yet to play this game, but I have heard that you cannot tell the difference between the all ages version or the adult rated version. Will you be getting this game?
The third promotional video for the upcoming anime adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa’s manga Shigatsu Wa Kimi no Uso has been released. The new video introduces the main cast and characters of the series and showcases the visuals of the series, as well as some of the music. The anime itself will air from October 10th at 2:20am JST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPSRP58sCag
In addition the anime’s official website has released a new visual:
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso PV 2:
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso PV 1:
The cast includes:
Natsuki Hanae (Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul, Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) as Kousei Arima, the fallen prodigy.
Risa Taneda (Yukari Hinata from Yuyushiki, Mirai Kuriyama from Kyoukai no Kanata) as Kaori Miyazono, the wild violinist.
Ayane Sakura (Anzu Kiriyama from Kokoro Connect, Gasper Vladi from Highschool DxD) as Tsubaki Sawabe, the caring childhood friend.
Ryota Ousaka (Mao Sadao from Hataraku Maou-sama!, Marco Bodt from Attack on Titan) as Ryota Watari, the playboy athlete.
Yuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan, Alibaba Saluja from Magi) as Takeshi Aiza, the hairdo rival.
Saori Hayama (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu, Ayase Aragaki from Oreimo) as Emi Igawa, the cool and composed pianist.
Kyouhei Ishiguro (Fairy Tail, Psycho-Pass) is directing the anime at A-1 pictures (Sword Art Online, Oreimo, The iDOLM@STER). Takao Yoshioka (High School DxD, WataMote) is writing the scripts. Yukiko Aikei (Accel World, Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) is the character designer and chief animation director. Masaru Yokoyama (Queen’s Blade, Freezing Vibration) is composing the soundtrack. Jin Aketagawa (High School DxD, AnoHana) is sound director and due this October, airing under the fall 2014 anime season.
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso synopsis from Haruhichan:
Piano prodigy Arima Kosei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital that resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano even though his hearing was perfectly fine. Even two years later, Kosei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world in monotone, and without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kosei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kosei was used to.
It has been a man’s dream for a woman to cook food for them. And for most of the anime fans, it is truly ideal for an anime character to serve them food, in their apron, at the kitchen. Charpedia conducted a questionnaire to 10,000 anime fans and asked which female anime character would they want to cook for them.
The poll’s audience is composed of 65.1% male and 34.9% female. Whereas 82.9% of the fans are around their thirties while the remaining 17.1% are teenagers upto twenty year-olds.
The results are as follows, starting with:
#10: Tachibana Marika from Nisekoi (196 votes)
#9: Hayate Yagami from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (211 votes)
#8: Chitanda Eru from Hyouka (222 votes)
#7: Yazawa Nico from Love Live! School Idol Project (234 votes)
#6: Mikan Yuuki from To LOVE-Ru (237 votes)
#5: Yonomori Kobeni from Mikakunin de Shinkoukei (238 votes)
#4: Yukinoshita Yukino from My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (414 votes)
#3: Haruka Minami from Minami-ke (627 votes)
#2: Hirasawa Ui from K-ON! (807 votes)
#1: Yuuki Asuna from Sword Art Online (1223 votes)
How about you? Which character would you like to cook for you?
A new commercial has been released for the second cour of Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro’s manga Akame ga Kill! Akame ga Kill! will continue to air this fall with a new opening theme titled “Liar Mask” performed by Rika Mayama and ending theme titled “Tsuki Akari” performed by Sora Amamiya.
Akame Ga Kill! 2nd Cour Commericial:
A pair of bonus flash anime shorts have also been put online for a limited time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm9OFeLe1WM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTfi8PdgxNs
Key Visual:
Akame ga Kill! is an original manga written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. The manga is a dark action fantasy that launched in 2010 and is published in Square Enix’s monthly Gangan Joker magazine. To date there are 9 volumes of the manga complied. The manga has sold relatively well, with the eighth volume selling over 37,000 copies in its first week. Additionally, a prequel manga titled Akame ga Kill! Zero started serialization in October last year. It is once again written by Takahiro, but features Kei Toru as the artist.
Akame ga Kill! Synopsis from Haruhichan:
In a fantasy world, fighter Tatsumi sets out for the Capitol to earn money for his starving village, and finds a world of unimaginable corruption, all spreading from the depraved Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor’s ear. After nearly becoming a victim of this corruption himself, Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating the corruption plaguing the Capitol by mercilessly killing those responsible.
The official website for the God Eater anime has released the first key visual. The anime series is to be produced by ufotable, not much information about the series has been released, so expect more information in the upcoming months.
Key Visual:
God Eater is an Action Role Playing, Hack ‘n’ Slash game developed by Shift and published by Bandai Namco Games. The games are set in a dystopian future Japan, where large monsters called Aragami have destroyed most of mankind. In the games you play as a God Eater, a small group of soldiers whose sole purpose is to defeat the Aragami using weapons made from the Aragami’s cells. A total of 3 games have been released since its start in 2010. The first game in the series released in Japan in February 2010 for the PlayStation Portable with an updated release titled Gods Eater Burst later in the year, where it also released internationally. A direct sequel to the game was published last year in Japan on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. The game has been announced to be localised, but no date has been given yet.
A God Eater television anime series created by Ufotable has been announced.
God Eater synopsis from Haruhichan:
Anime adaptation of Bandai Namco’s PSP action game series “God Eater.”
The official website of Log Horizon anime has released a new visual and character designs for the upcoming second season, based on Mamare Touno and Tetsuya Kumagai’s light novel series of the same name.
The website has released updated character designs for the main cast and characters of Log Horizon season 2. The main cast and characters of the upcoming anime includes:
Takuma Terashima (Yoshifumi Aoki from Kokoro Connect) who will return to voice Shiroe
Tomoaki Maeno (Junichi Tachibana in Amagami SS) is back as Naotsugu
Emiri Kato (Kyuubey from Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) is reprising her role as Akatsuki
Jouji Nakata (Alucard in Hellsing) voices Nyanta
Daiki Yamashita (Sakamichi Onoda from Yowamushi Pedal) as Touya
Nao Tamura (Ayuko Uehara in Aiura) voices Minori
Eriko Matsui (Benio Yonomori in Mikakunin de Shinkoukei) as Isuzu
Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail) voices Rundelhaus Kode
Yumi Hara (Takane Shijou in The iDOLM@STER) will be voicing Marielle
Ayahi Takagaki (Lisbeth in Sword Art Online) is voicing Henrietta
Misaki Kuno (Kate Hoshimiya from Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda) is playing as Serara
Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai) voices Soujirou Seta
Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) as Krusty
Mariya Ise (Stocking Anarchy from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) voicing as Lenessia Eruarte Cowen
Keiji Fujiwara (Tatsuya Kimura from Hajime no Ippo) returns to voice Regan
The anime’s Opening theme will once again be Database by Man with a Mission featuring Takuma. Additionally, a sneak peak at Yun*chi’s upcoming single Wonderful Wonder World* has released, which previews the Ending theme for the second season of Log Horizon, Wonderful Wonder World*:
The anime’s staff was also revealed on the website. It was revealed that Studio Deen will be taking over the anime’s production, where the first season was headed by Satelight and co-produced by Deen. and are as follows:
Series Composer: Toshizo Nemoto (Log Horizon, Tokyo Majin)
Character Designer: Tetsuya Kumagai (Log Horizon, Skip Beat!)
Animation Studio: Studio Deen (Log Horizon, Rurouni Kenshin)
The first promotional video of the second season of Log Horizon also released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S1nNqmsv9U
Log Horizon is a light novel series created by Mamare Touno in 2010, when he submitted the novel onto the community driven site Shosetsuka ni Naro. The series was then published by Enterbrain in March 2011 and features illustrations from Tetsuya Kumagai, where a total of 7 volumes has been produced since. A bunch of manga adaptations were then issued after the novel’s publication, all of which are written by Touno. An anime adaptation of the novels began in October last year by studio Satelight and Studio Deen, airing for a total of 25 episodes and covering ~5 volumes.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
By its eleventh expansion pack, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Elder Tale has become a global success, having a following of millions of players. However, during the release of its twelfth expansion pack: Novasphere Pioneers, thirty thousand Japanese gamers who are all logged on at the time of the update, suddenly find themselves transported inside the game world and donning their in-game avatars. In the midst of the event, a socially awkward gamer called Shiroe along with his friends Naotsugu and Akatsuki decide to team up so that they may face this world which has now become their reality along with the challenges which lie ahead.
The second season of the Log Horizon anime will be airing from October 4th on NHK E at 5:30pm JST, during the Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season. The series will also be 25 episodes long continuing onto the Winter 2014/2015 anime season.
So what do you think of the new designs with Studio Deen heading the anime’s production? Let us know in the comments below.
Kicking off this Fall season as one of the earlier shows to begin airing, Terra Formars managed to catch the attention of quite a few, as both fans of the manga as well as those unfamiliar with it look forward to seeing if it’s worth following. A sci-fi anime where humans fight giant cockroaches on Mars? Well, you can’t blame people for being at least a little interested! The premise may sound ridiculous but the tone of the anime is quite dark – this of course would come as no surprise to fans of the manga. Let’s take a look at this bug swarmed anime and see if it should be left to thrive or crushed under our feet!
Set centuries in the future, Terra Formars details the story of a band of operatives who go from Earth to Mars to battle the threat of oversized cockroaches. Yes, it sounds ridiculous. But with a little suspension of disbelief this may yet be an interesting anime!
The show certainly relies on darkness in its animation. Most of it looks very drab and dull. This is most likely to set the tone though, and should not be thought of as a detriment. Noise filters and pitch black backgrounds during closeups give it an eerie feel. One that is complimented by its equally creepy soundtrack. It doesn’t help that the art style isn’t exactly your typical moe fix either – the character models are sharply drawn and aren’t the most colorful.
One can expect a visually bleak experience for sure. Once again however, it should be reiterated that this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as this may be exactly what the creators were going for – and if creating a dark atmosphere was the intention, they got the job done.
Akari Hizamaru – Our protagonist
As one can see, the designs and art style tries to stay faithful to the source. The visuals resemble classic anime from the 90s more than currently airing shows but some prefer this style and actually miss it – for those, Terra Formars may even be a refreshing look at a style less used today. Coupled with modern CGI the sci-fi aspect is handled well, as scenes involving advanced technology look nice without coming across as tacky or ridiculous as a result of using far too many colors and filters. It’s a very sober experience – one that immerses you deeper into this dark future world.
Urban or technologically advanced landscapes may not be very prevalent however, as the anime takes place on Mars for the most part. While the first episode simply introduces characters and offers a glimpse at a backstory, eventually the scene is shifted to Mars – where the rest of the show will presumably take place. That isn’t to say it’ll be boring though! In this future world Mars is teeming with giant cockroaches for humans to kill and plenty of action can be expected in later episodes.
The landscape of Mars
With a catchy opening theme and interesting premise, this show might be one to follow. Censorship will be at play in this show unfortunately but if one can look past that, the action seems promising as well. The atmosphere is rather dull and the show is visually reminiscent of classic sci-fi anime but if you fall under the niche audience membership who would enjoys such a thing, this is one anime worth following this Fall. To watch it, make sure to check out our download link for Terra Formars!
Will you be following Terra Formars? What expectations do you have and what do you think of it so far? Let us know in the comments section below!
As the previous season ends, most of us are getting ready for a whole new ride of twists and feels for this Fall season. With the visuals, previews and release dates being announced; and so are the official hashtags.
These hashtags are really useful for viewers, especially because they are official. We could look up a certain show using its hashtag and you can see different posts regarding to the latest episodes, news or events from different people. You could also reduce the amount of spoilers if you “mute” the hashtag using Tweetdeck or other Twitter platform. (Here is a guide on how to mute a hashtag.) The more users use the hashtag, the more collaborative the posts regarding to that anime will have, and the lesser spoilers will come through your Twitter feed.
Here is a list of the official anime hashtags from long-running shows, Summer leftovers and this Fall season (in alphabetical order):
Long-running Shows (Before Summer):
Abarenbou Kishi!! Matsutarou / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate-Hen / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Detective Conan / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Diamond no Ace / #ダイヤのA
Dragon Ball Kai (2014) / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Future Card Buddyfight / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
HappinessCharge Precure! / #precure
Hero Bank / #ヒーローバンク
Majin Bone / #マジンボーン
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Fate/stay night Ultimate Blade Works (2014) / #fate_sn_anime
Fuusen Inu Tinny / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Ganbare! Lulu Lolo 2nd Season / #lululolo #ルルロロ
Garo: Honoo no Kokuin / #anime_garo
Girl Friend BETA / #gf_anime
Grisaia no Kajitsu / #grisaia
Gugure! Kokkuri-san / #gugukoku
Gundam Build Fighters Try / #g_bf
Gundam: G no Reconguista / #gレコ
Hi☆sCoool! SeHa Girls / #セハガール
Hitsugi no Chaika: Avenging Battle / #chaika_anime #棺姫のチャイカ
Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de / #異能バトル
Kaitou Joker / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Kiseijuu / #kiseiju_anime
Oshiri Kajiri Mushi 3 / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
Log Horizon Season 2 / #loghorizon #Eテレ
Madan no Ou to Vanadis / #madan_anime
Magic Kaito 1412 / #kaito1412
Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season / #mushishi
Nanatsu no Taizai / #七つの大罪
Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji / #ookamishojo
Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu. / #ore_twi
Orenchi no Furo Jijou / #orefuroTV #オレフロ
Psycho-Pass 2 / #pp_anime
Sanzoku no Musume Ronja / NO OFFICIAL HASHTAG
selector spread WIXOSS / #selector_anime
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso / #kimiuso
Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis / #バハジェネ #bahamut_genesis
Shirobako / #musani
Sora no Method / #sorameso
Terra Formars / #terraformars
Tribe Cool Crew / #トラクル #tribecoolcrew
Trinity Seven / #トリニティセブン
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete / #waremete_anime
World Trigger / #ワールドトリガー
Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road / #yp_anime
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru / #yuyuyu
Several shows don’t have an official hashtag, it is preferable to create your own hashtag pertaining to the anime that you are going to talk about. It is much better if you simply use the title of the show without adding symbols. (E.g.: For Naruto: Shippuuden, you can just use #narutoshippuuden).
There are actually more than 60 airing shows and most of them are sequels (and there are several shows that aren’t included in this list). As the last season of the year, it gave us a bunch of interesting new shows and sequels to enjoy. How about you, which Fall shows are you going to watch?
A supporting character from the upcoming Fall anime, Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete, changed voice actors. Akio Ohtsuka (Fate/Zero‘s Rider, Hunter x Hunter 2011‘s Uvogin) took over Masashi Hirose’s (Gundam Build Fighters’ Ramba Ral) role as Sakunoshin Honjou. The cause of Ohtsuka’s take over is because of Hirose’s long-term hospitalization.
The cast of the anime will still remain as follows:
Terashima Takuma as Akiyama Sou (Log Horizon‘s Shiroe, Blood Lad‘s Wolf)
Tomonaga Akane as Furukawa Yui (Diabolik Lovers‘ Cordelia)
Tamiyasu Tomoe as Hanamiya Nagisa (Little Busters!‘ Natsume Rin)
Mizusawa Kei as Hasekura Airi (Walkure Romanze‘s Celia Aintree)
Takada Hatsumi as Sasaki Kaori (Maria Holic‘s Tsutsui Honoka)
Tanezaki Atsumi as Azuma Yaeko (Zankyou no Terror‘s Lisa Mishima, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun‘s Natsume Asako)
Sato Satomi as Fukazawa Karin (K-On‘s Tainaka Ritsu, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu Ka?‘s Ujimatsu Chiya)
Yamaguchi Kappei as Taidarou Osafune (Death Note‘s L Lawliet, Detective Conan‘s Edogawa Conan)
Sound Director: Motoyama Satoshi (Oreimo, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)
Script: Murai Sadayuki (Natsuiro Kiseki) and Takahashi Tatsuya (Blazblue: Alter Memory)
Studio: Feel (Jinsei, Mayo Chiki!)
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete 30 second CM:
Key Visual:
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete, subtitled À la recherche du futur perdu, sometimes abbreviated as Waremete, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Trumple and released for Windows on November 26, 2010. The title is derived from In Search of Lost Time, a French novel written by Marcel Proust. There have been two manga adaptations published by Kadokawa Shoten and Media Factory. An anime adaptation produced by Feel and directed by Naoto Hosoda will begin airing in Japan on October 4, 2014.
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete‘s synopsis from Haruhichan:
The story is set one autumn at the beginning of the 21st century in the Uchihama area. Uchihama Academy is growing by leaps and bounds. With the construction of a new school building, there will be one last General Club Festival at the old building that is slated to be closed. The students vow to go all out to make this final cultural festival a success.
The Astronomy Club of the protagonist Sou Akiyama is filled with the big names on campus. Just before the festival on October 1, the club receives a request from the student executive committee to calm the uneasiness among the students. There are reports of ghost sightings, accidents, sleeping sickness, and other mysterious incidents at the old building. When Yui Furukawa, a quiet girl who transfered late into the school, appears before Sou, the gears of fate slowly begin to move.
Take aim at this beautiful Figma of Sinon from Sword Art Online II. Known as the best sniper in Gun Gale Online, She’s equipped with the infamous and deadly sniper rifle, Hecate II. She’s as fierce (or embarrassed) as you want her to be with her interchangeable facial features.
This Figma is sculpted by Shinji Koshinuma and Manufactured by Max Factory. Sinon is priced at $65 and can be pre-ordered from the links below.
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Trapped in an online world might not be so bad if you are surrounded by the fun characters that are found in Sword Art Online. This Figma action figure is of the awesome sniper Sinon, from Sword Art Online II. She comes to us in fine detail, along with fun extra parts including 3 expressions, Hecate II, optional bipod, pistol, effect parts, and extra head part. Great for SAO fans! By MAX Factory.
A commercial for the anime adaption of Grisaia no Kajitsu was broadcasted by Japanese television station Tokyo MX on Friday. The 15 second commercial features the voices of the 5 female leads and plays the theme song Rakuen no Tsubasa (Wings of Paradise) by Maon Kurosaki (Jormungand ED). Though not featured in the commercial, fripside vocalist Yoshino Nanjou (Love Live! School Idol Project OP and ED) will be singing the ED.
Grisaia no Kajitsu Commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls_uwqYP4eo
Grisaia no Kajitsu PV:
The cast will include:
Takahiro Sakurai (Makishima Shougo from Psycho Pass) as Yuuji Kazami, the male protagonist. His goal is to live a normal school life and abandon his past. He calls himself “an exchange student from Canada.”
Ryouko Tanaka (Kurugaya Yuiko from Little Busters!) as Yumiko Sakaki, the academy headmaster’s daughter. She tries to act like a loner and as such, does not get along with the other students. She’s also very blunt and hard to please.
Hiroko Taguchi (Kasugano Sora from Yosuga no Sora) as Amane Suou, the older sister character. She’s very reliable and admired by many younger than her. She’s also good at cooking and sought after for her beauty.
Kaori Mizuhashi (Tomoe Mami from Puella Magi Madoka Magica) as Michiru Matsushima, a girl who attempts to be a tsundere. Her desire to be a tsundere is so strong that she even dyed her hair blond and forces herself to talk differently. She’s silly yet energetic and tries her best, with varied results.
Tomoe Tamiyasu (Natsume Rin from Little Busters!) as Makina Irisu, the little sister character. She’s incredibly shy at first, but opens up to people she gets to know more of. Eventually she calls Yuuji “onii-chan!”
Ai Shimizu (Minami Mikoto from Mai-HIME) as Sachi Komine, the mysterious maid. She follows any command given to her and doesn’t know when a joke is being made.
The anime’s production team are as follows:
Director: Tanaka Motoki (Kiniro Mosaic)
Character Designer: Watanabe Akio (Bakemonogatari, Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai)
Series Composition: Kurata Hideyuki (Tokyo Ravens, Oreimo)
Music Composer: Elements Garden (Love, Election, and Chocolate)
Animation Studio: 8-Bit (IS: Infinite Stratos, Tokyo Ravens)
Grisaia no Kajitsu is an anime adaptation based off of the 2011 Japanese visual novel by Front Wing of the same name. The novel features character designs from Akio Watanabe and Fumio (Tomoyo After ~It’s a Wonderful Life~), scenarios written by Nachi Kio, Ryuta Fujisaki, Yoshigazu Kuwashima, and Kazuya, with Elements Garden (Mouretsu Pirates) composing the music. The visual novel won the 2011 Moe Game Awards grand prize, as well as various other awards for its scenario and music. Two sequels followed the release of the original, in 2012 and in 2013. The first novel was ported to the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita last year. Additionally, a manga adaptation began serialization last February.
It follows the story of Yuuji Kazami, a boy with a dark past and a dark demeanor. He enters Mihama Academy trying to become something that he is not. Mihama Academy is a prison-like school, with only five other students. Yuuji is informed that every other student has their own “circumstances” and he need not do anything to interfere or change anyone else. However, Yuuji will soon prove to be the foothold that the other students needed in order to take hold of their own lives and overcome their pasts.
Grisaia no Kajitsu synopsis from Haruhichan:
Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree.
Whatever the circumstances behind its establishment, Mihama Academy is at present home to five female students, all with their own reasons for “enrollment.” For better or worse, each girl has established a routine obliging of her current situation; life moves at an idle, yet accommodating pace within the walls of Mihama.
Yet with the arrival of the institute’s first male student, the nearly preposterously opaque Kazami Yuuji, the students at Mihama begin to fall out of step with their predetermined rhythms. Will Yuuji prove to be the element the girls around him needed to take hold of their lives once more, or will the weight of their pasts prove too steep a wall to overcome?
And in the first place, just who is Kazami Yuuji? While the true nature of the “job” he is wont to alight to at the most haphazard of moments remains shrouded in secrecy, one thing is for certain—his encroachment upon the quiet orchard known as Mihama Academy will prove itself momentous in one way or another. And of course, one cannot discount the possibility that perhaps Yuuji himself carries the weightiest past of any of the students…
Grisaia no Kajitsu will be airing October 2014 on Tokyo MX.
The No Game No Life manga artist/creator who goes by the name of Kamiya Yuu was recently caught tracing his works and someone took to social media to call him out on his tracing. This anime and manga series is really popular in both the western and eastern parts of the world, and this has come as a surprise to many people throughout the internet and social media. He isn’t the first person in the industry to be caught either; Sou Miyata, character designer and illustrator for Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse‘s novel, was fired from his position when some of his material was found to be blatantly traced.
As of this post nothing has been officially announced on what will happen to his works, or if he will lose his position for tracing other people’s artwork. It hasn’t been confirmed if he’s asked the artists if he could use their works.
Following up on the recent announcement of plans for a TV Anime adaptation of novelist Takaya Kagami (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives), manga creator Daisuke Furuya, and manga artist Yamato Yamamoto (Kure-nai)’s Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End) manga. Production credits have now been announced for the project.
The current confirmed staff are as follows:
Director: Daisuke Tokutsuchi
Assistant director: Masashi Koizuka (Attack on Titan)
Script: Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill, Zankyou no Terror)
Character designs: Satoshi Kadowaki
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.
Bandai Namco Games have revealed at the 2014 Tokyo Game Show that the next major Dragon Ball fighting game, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, will be coming to PC via Steam. In addition to this, the publisher has released a slew of new screenshots and gameplay videos.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse will be out on PC outside of Japan, where it will only be released on consoles. This marks the first Dragon Ball game coming to Steam, and the second on PC – after the MMO Dragon Ball Online. The announcement of the PC version comes after recent Japanese publishers’ foray into the PC market, with such titles like Naruto Shippuden Ninja Storm Revolution, Metal Gear Rising Revengence, and the recently announced PC port of Final Fantasy XIII.
The game itself will be developed by Dimps, who produced the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. The game will feature a full 3D fighting and destructible environments similar to recent titles in the franchise. One major new feature of the game is that it has an original story and a new player created custom character. The game involves time travel where a bunch of demons, named Mira and Towa (from Dragon Ball Online) have affected the timeline of the series. The Supreme Kai of Time notices this problem and calls the aid of a new mysterious character from the future, you.
The game is initially set in Tokitoki City where players will be able to meet a different version of Trunks, where he will send the player back in time in order to fix the time distortions created by the demonic pair. Here is where the player can create their own character, a similar premise to Dragon Ball Online. Players can choose the race of their character from Earthling, Namekian, Majin and Frieza. Bandai Namco has released some new screenshots of the customisable races from the game, as well as some visuals of the default custom character – with red hair.
You will be able to further customise your character with edits and changes to your character’s clothes, hair and style:
And here are some of the customisable characters in action, with a look at the new Trunks:
Some screenshots of the new characters and new environments, including the Supreme Kai of Time’s planet and the Time Storage Vault, were also released:
The main story of the game will be titled History is Changing, where you as the playable character must go back in time to key moments in the series to fix up all the problems.
Here are some visuals of the major characters in the game, including TokiToki a mysterious creature raised by the Supreme Kai of Time:
And of course, Bandai Namco have released lots of screenshots of the gameplay of Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
And Bandai Namco has also released a couple new trailers and gameplay videos for Dragon Ball Xenoverse at TGS 2014:
Dragon Ball Xenoverse is the upcoming instalment in Dragon Ball’s long running franchise of games. It will be developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Games. It will be Dimps’ 11th game in the franchise, with their last game being Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit for the PlayStation 3. Over 50 games have been developed based on Akira Toriyama’s top selling manga of the same name, since 1986 – two years after the manga’s debut. The series even spawned a MMO titled Dragon Ball Heroes which released for the PC.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse will be coming out the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and on PC – via Steam – sometime next year. Further information on the game will release soon.
So what do you think about the game coming to Steam? And how does the customisable character sound to you? Leave a comment below.
The first promotional video has been uploaded for the TV anime adaptation of Yu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana’s manga Terra Formars. The anime series will be animated by LIDENFILMS and is set to on September 27 which falls under the Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season.
The opening theme will be titled “AMAZING BREAK” and performed by TERRASPEX while the ending theme is performed by TERRASPEX again but titled “Lightning”.
A teaser video for the anime released back in March:
The revealed cast is as follows:
Yoshimasa Hosoya (Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko no Basket) will voice Akari Hizamaru
Hidenobu Kiuchi (Hei in Darker Than Black) who will return to voice Shokichi Komachi
Series Composition: Shougo Yasukawa (Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?)
Main Character Designer: Masanori Shino (Black Lagoon)
Character Designer: Satoshi Kimura (Buddy Complex)
Animation Studio: Liden Films (Miss Monochrome, Senyuu)
Visual:
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 with the 9th volume releasing on May 19th. 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 with the Annex 1 arc.
Terra Formars synopsis 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.
With the debut just 10 days away, a new 60-second extended preview video has been revealed for the TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Ashihara’s Sci-Fi World Trigger manga. The anime series will be produced by Toei Animation and is set to air this October 5 which falls under the Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season.
The anime opening theme will be titled “GIRIGIRI” and performed by Sonar Pocket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE43j_bIELs
World Trigger Promotional Video:
The staff is as follows:
Series director: Mitsuru Hongo
Series composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino (My-HiME, Macross Frontier)
Music: Kenji Kawai (Mobile Police Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Innocence)
Character design/General animation director: Toshihisa Kaiya (IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix), Hitomi Tsuruta (Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to)
Art design: HyunJung Lee (Akame ga KILL!)
Art director: Shinichi Imano (Toriko)
The cast is as follows:
Kaji Yuki (Haruyuki Arita from Accel World, Kou Mabuchi from Ao Haru Ride, Issei Hyoudou from High School DxD)
Okamoto Nobuhiko (Io Otonashi from Acchi Kocchi, Rin Okumura from Ao no Exorcist, Daichi Shijima from Devil Survivor 2 The Animation)
Kugimiya Rie (Happy from Fairy Tail, Kagura from Gintama, Shana from Shakugan no Shana)
Hideyuki Tanaka (Yusaku Kudo from Detective Conan, Jean Robert Lap from Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Issei Maebara from Konpeki no Kantai)
Nao Tamura (Ayuko Uehara from Aiura, Cosmos from Fairy Tail (2014), Minori from Log Horizon)
Jun Fukuyama (Yukio Okumura from Ao no Exorcist, Yuuta Togashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)
Visual:
World Trigger is a Sci-Fi manga written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. The series began early last year in Shueisha’s Weekly Shounnen Jump magazine. To date there has been a total of 5 volumes released. The manga is also currently available on Viz Media’s digital Weekly Shonen Jump.
World Trigger synopsis from Haruhichan:
A gate to another dimension has burst open, and from it emerge gigantic invincible creatures that threaten all of humanity. Earth’s only defense is a mysterious group of warriors who have co-opted the alien technology in order to fight back!
The first commercial for the second season of Mushishi Zoku Shou, Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Seasonhas been revealed. The second season is set to air this October 19 which falls under the Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season.
The first season titled “Mushishi” aired between October 2005 and June 2006. The sequel titled “Mushishi Zoku Shou” aired from April 5, 2014 to June 21, 2014. Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season is due this October 19 during the Fall season.
Mushishi Zoku Shou synopsis from Haruhichan.
They existed long before anyone can remember. They are simple and strange in nature, not resembling any other plant or animal in this world. In ancient times, people revered these bizarre creatures and called them “Mushi.”
People once again began to believe in the existence of these “Mushi” when they began affecting their lives in inexplicable ways.
The one who connects the world of “Mushi” to the world of humans — they were called the “Mushi-shi.”
All life exists not to hinder others in this world.
They are simply there to live as they were meant to.
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