The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
She has also 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 anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga will start airing this July. In addition, a brand new visual has also been revealed.
The television anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga was revealed to be green-lit in the December issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Charat magazine. The series itself features cute girls working in a video game company, in a similar fashion to Shirobako‘s depiction of working at an anime company.
New Game! is a 4koma manga written and illustrated by Shoutarou Tokunou. The series began in 2013 in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine, where a total of 2 volumes have been published.
New Game! synopsis from MAL:
Follow Aoba Suzukaze, a fresh highschool graduate that is easily mistaken as a middle school student, as she joins the game company that produced her favorite game as a 3D artist and her cute antics in this story told through 4-koma.
The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga 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 anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga will start airing this July. In addition, a brand new visual has also been revealed.
The television anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga was revealed to be green-lit in the December issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Charat magazine. The series itself features cute girls working in a video game company, in a similar fashion to Shirobako‘s depiction of working at an anime company.
New Game! is a 4koma manga written and illustrated by Shoutarou Tokunou. The series began in 2013 in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine, where a total of 2 volumes have been published.
New Game! synopsis from MAL:
Follow Aoba Suzukaze, a fresh highschool graduate that is easily mistaken as a middle school student, as she joins the game company that produced her favorite game as a 3D artist and her cute antics in this story told through 4-koma.
The official website of NisiOisin and Take’s Zaregoto novel series has revealed that the series will be receiving an anime adaptation. Further details will be revealed at a later date.
Zaregoto is a supernatural, mystery novel written by Isin Nisio (NisiOisin) and illustrated by Take. The series began in 2002 being published by Kodansha under their Kodansha Books label. To date a total of 9 volumes have been produced. A spin-off series titled Ningen was produced in 2004 and ran for a total of 6 volumes, ending in 2010.
Here is the series synopsis from MAL:
The story revolves around protagonist “I” and the murders and mysteries he encounters. He tries in vain to stay out of the story, but instead he always gets dragged into the center of everything. Even though it seems that he contributes a lot, he always finds out that whatever he did was meaningless in the end.
An anime adaptation of Zaregoto is currently underway. Further information about the upcoming anime will be revealed at a later date.
The official website of the anime adaptation of Hiroshi Hiroyama’s Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya has announced that the upcoming fourth season, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!, is slated to air from July 6th. In addition, new visuals, character designs and a promotional video were also revealed.
Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! will begin its broadcast from July 6th on AT-X and Tokyo MX; as well as other unannounced broadcast stations. Prior to its debut, AT-X will be rebroadcasting all episodes of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! and an unaired episode on July 3rd from 8:30am JST.
The fourth season of the anime will be adapting the Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya Drei!! manga, which is the third manga and a direct sequel to the second manga in the series, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!. The anime itself had seasons two and three focusing on the second manga series, with the most recent anime Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! finishing its broadcast on September 26th last year.
Two more visuals were also revealed for the upcoming season:
The main cast of the upcoming anime has also been revealed with their updated character designs:
Mai Kadowaki (Sanya V. Litvyak from Strike Witches) returns to voice Illyasviel von Einzbern
Kaori Nazuka (Nunnally Lamperouge from Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch) is voicing Miyu Edelfelt
Misato Fukuen (Hikage Miyauchi in Non Non Biyori) as Tanaka
Rie Kugimiya (Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) will voice Beatrice Flowerchild
Ryoko Shiraishi (Hayate Ayasaki from Hayate no Gotoku!) voices Angelica
The remainder of the revealed cast includes:
Chiwa Saito (Homura Akemi in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) who will voice Chloe Von Einzburn
Shizuka Itou (Akeno Himejima from High School DxD) as Luviagelita Edelfelt
Kana Ueda (Yumi Fukuzawa from Maria-sama ga Miteru) is voicing Rin Tohsaka
Naoko Takano (Kohaku from Carnival Phantasm) voices Magical Ruby
Miyu Matsuki (Yoshinoya in Hidamari Sketch) is voicing Magical Sapphire
Hitomi Nabatame (Kazusa Touma in White Album 2) will voice Bazett Fraga McRemitz
The first promotional video was also revealed:
The production staff from the previous anime will return for the fourth season:
General Director: Shin Oonuma (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Kokoro Connect)
Series Composer: Kenji Inoue (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)
Anime Character Designer: Kazuya Hirata (Shomin Sample and Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Animation Director)
Music Composer: TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND (Witch Craft Works, Trinity Seven)
Animation Studio: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori)
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya is a spin off manga series from Type-Moon’s Fate/stay night franchise by Hiroshi Hiroyama. The manga follows Illyasviel von Einzbern in an alternate universe where she is a magical girl. The manga original released in 2007 in Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp Ace magazine and ran for 2 volumes. A sequel series Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei! released in 2009 and another titled Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei! began in 2012, which the latter is still ongoing at 6 volumes to date. The anime adaptation of the first manga series aired in June 2013 and a second series in July 2014, both of which were produced by Silver Link (Kokoro Connect,Non Non Biyori). A third season of the anime, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!, aired in Summer 2015.
Here is a brief synopsis of the series from MAL:
Spin-off of Fate/stay night with Illyasviel von Einzbern as the protagonist, living an alternate life as a school girl. While taking a bath, she stumbles upon Kaleido Stick Ruby, who turns her into a magical girl.
The Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! anime will be airing on July 6th on Tokyo MX and AT-X, during the Summer 2016 anime season. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.
Natsu Kumai and Machi Amayadori from the anime adaptation of Masume Yoshimoto’s Kuma Miko manga 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.
In addition to this, she has also been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear is a Japanese manga series by Masume Yoshimoto, serialized in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since May 2013. It has been collected in six tankobon volumes and is also available on Media Factory’s ComicWalker web comic service. An anime television series adaptation by Kinema Citrus and EMT Squared is scheduled to air from April 3, 2016.
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear synopsis from Haruhichan:
The manga follows Machi, a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden at a Shinto shrine and takes care of a bear, who lives on mountain in Japan’s northern Tohoku region. The bear, Natsu, has the ability to talk and is Machi’s guardian. When Machi explains to Natsu that she will attend a school in the city, he gives Machi a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive city life.
Machi Amayadori from the anime adaptation of Masume Yoshimoto’s Kuma Miko manga series has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear is a Japanese manga series by Masume Yoshimoto, serialized in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since May 2013. It has been collected in six tankobon volumes and is also available on Media Factory’s ComicWalker web comic service. An anime television series adaptation by Kinema Citrus and EMT Squared is scheduled to air from April 3, 2016.
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear synopsis from Haruhichan:
The manga follows Machi, a middle school student who serves as a shrine maiden at a Shinto shrine and takes care of a bear, who lives on mountain in Japan’s northern Tohoku region. The bear, Natsu, has the ability to talk and is Machi’s guardian. When Machi explains to Natsu that she will attend a school in the city, he gives Machi a set of trials that she must pass in order to be able to survive city life.
The girls from the anime adaptation of Cherry Arai’s 4-koma comedy manga Sansha Sanyou has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
The cast members include:
Machico (Machiko from Sore ga Seiyuu!) will voice Serina Nishiyama
Sansha Sanyou is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Cherry Arai, serialized in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara magazine since February 2003. It has been collected in eleven tankobon volumes. An anime adaptation is currently airing.
Futaba Odagiri is the new transfer student with a super energetic personality; Teru Hayama is the class president with a surprisingly mean personality contrary to her innocent looks; and Youko Nishikawa is from a formerly rich, now extremely poor family who still holds on to her princess attitude. These three unlikely students with clashing personalities become good friends and survive the day-to-day teenage life in a very funny story.
The series has also been featured as a poster from the May 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
Here is the latest anime visual:
The main cast of the anime includes:
Atsushi Tamaru (Mochizou Ooji in Tamako Market) will voice Ayato Amagiri
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk (The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water) is a Sci-Fi, action, harem light novel series written by Yuu Miyazaki with illustrations from okiura. The series began in 2012 being published under Media Factory’s MF Bunko J imprint, where a total of 9 volumes have been published to date. The series was also adapted into a manga in Monthly Comic Alive magazine, produced by Ningen. The series will also be adapted into a PlayStation Vita game.
The Academy City on the water, Rikka (otherwise known as Asterisk) is the world’s largest stage for the integrated battle entertainment, “Star Wars Festival.” The young boys and girls of the “Starpulse Generation” belonging to the six academies made their wishes with Shining Armaments in their hands, vying for supremacy—Amagiri Ayato is one of them.
Ayato arrived at Rikka at the invitation of the Student Council President of the Seidoukan Academy, Claudia, and right after that he incurred the wrath of the “Petalblaze Witch” Julis, and ended up having to duel her.
The greatest academy battle entertainment, begins here!
Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: What anime series from the current season do you want to continue to watch? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (61.1%), female fans (38.9%) and teens to their 20s (69.5%) while the other 30.5% are 30 and over.
Here are the results:
20) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
19) Super Lovers
18) Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2
16 (tie)) Bakuon!!
16 (tie)) Anne Happy
15) Kiznaiver
14) Mayoiga
13) Macross Delta
12) Joker Game
11) Boku no Hero Academia
10) Flying Witch
9) Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
8) HaiFuri
7) JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai
6) Kumamiko
5) Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
4) Bungou Stray Dogs
3) Sakamoto desu ga?
2) Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
1) Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
The official website for the anime adaptation of Gamon Sakurai’s Ajin sci-fi action manga series has revealed that angela and fripSide will collaborate on the opening theme song for the anime’s second season. The new season is scheduled to premiere in October.
In addition to this, a new visual for the second film, Ajin: Shoutotsu, was revealed:
TV anime visual:
Ajin (Ajin: Demi-Human) is a supernatural, horror, mystery manga written and illustrated by Gamon Sakurai. The series first began in 2012 in Kodansha’s good! Afternoon magazine, where to date a total of 7 volumes have been release. An anime film trilogy was announced for the series as well as a TV anime series.
Ajin are humans that cannot die. Seventeen years ago, they first appeared on a battlefield in Africa. From then on, more of their kind are discovered within the human society. Their rarity in appearance means that, for experimental purposes, the government will generously reward anyone who captures one. In the present day, for what a certain high school student expects to be a typical summer holiday, his life is about to turn unexpected…
If you own either a Vive or Oculus Rift VR headset, then you can download both theses experiences and the boiler room from Spirited Away. All three of these worlds have been recreated by Nick Pittom from Fire Panda, a British virtual reality development studio that also produced the popular Apollo 11 VR experience.
Based on the play through video below, it seems as though Vive allows you to jump around the scenes using the controller in addition to physically walking. Although the experience isn’t completely interactive, nothing instills quite as much wonder as experiencing Studio Ghibli worlds with your own two eyes.
You can download the demo, which includes the boiler room from Spirited Away, the bus stop scene from My Neighbor Totoro, and the meadow from Howls Moving Castle from WEARVR right now, and it’s completely free!
Oppai mouse pads, or 3D mouse pads featuring the women (and sometimes men) of anime, are a unique part of Japan’s anime sub-culture. There’s a new line of these special mouse pads called “Voppai,” which pushes the boundary between anime and reality, by giving the girl the ability to react vocally to being fondled!
Not only do they respond to your touch, but their responses vary depending on how you touch them. The location and strength determine the response they give. Between you and me, I don’t think these were made for practical use.
The two characters who will be receiving the new vocal oppai mouse pad treatment are both original characters. The first one is named Shizuku, and she is voiced by Mao Tachibana. Her lines translate to:
“When you rub them gently, I get shivers.”
“Are you kind enough to like my boobs?”
“I…want to squeeze something between them, right here.”
The second character is named Mari, and is voiced by Minami Imaya. Mari is a waitress from “Pooters,” a play on the American restaurant chain, Hooters, which is best known for their scantily clad waitresses. Her lines translate to:
“Since I was in junior high, they’re still getting bigger…”
“And they’re stilling getting bigger.”
“Smooth and soft, don’t you think?”
They aren’t available for commercial use quite yet, as they were just introduced during the Character1 character content and merchandising expo at the Tokyo Big Sight last weekend.
Talented cosplayer Chihiro has done an outstanding job at cosplaying the deadly Mumei from the rampantly popular original anime series Koutetsujou no Cabaneli by Wit Studio.
Viz Media, a well-known North American distributor of anime, posted an extended English dubbed trailer for Sailor Moon Crystal Set 1: The Dark Kingdom Arc.
The company is offering the set on DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and in a limited edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on August 16. The limited edition will include:
Episodes 1-14 + Extras on 2 Blu-ray Discs and 2 DVDs
English dubbed and Japanese with English subtitles
Editors of Shueisha’s Dash X Bunko publishing label announced on Tuesday that writer and light novel author Tomohiro Matsu passed away suddenly on Monday due to an unspecified sickness. He was aged 43.
Tomohiro Matsu is best known for his debut work Mayoi Neko Overrun! and the recently completed Listen to me, girls. I am your father! (Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!) light novel series. Both works were adapted into television anime series in 2010 and 2012. He was also involved in overseeing the scripts of Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi, as well as story concept cooperation on the Ixion Saga DT anime.
Tomohiro Matsu also published six volumes of his Otome 3 Gensoku novel series from 2012 to 2013. His Hatena Illusion novel series remains unfinished due to his death, with the most recent fourth volume released last November. His last published work was his Isekai Kazoku Hyouryuuki Fushigi no Shima no Elza (Elsa of the Mysterious Island) novel on January 22.
Aside from his writings, Matsu has also been a staff member of the semiannual Comiket doujinshi fair since high school. He recently contributed an article for the 40th Comic Market Chronicle, which was published last year at Comiket 88 to commemorate the fair’s 40th anniversary.
A new visual for the original anime HaiFuri has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
The series has also been featured as a poster in the April 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters included in this issue here.
Anime visual:
Haifuri is an upcoming Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS. Yuu Nobuta is directing the anime and Reiko Yoshida is handling series composition, with character designs by Naoto Nakamura and original character designs by Atto. It will begin airing in April 2016.
A manga adaptation will be serialized in Media Factory’s seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive.
Haifuri synopsis from MAL:
With Japan having developed as a maritime nation, it became necessary to have specialized schools to teach skills essential to protecting the sea. The setting is one such all-girls school. The girls who enroll here study to become “blue mermaids,” through classroom instruction and teaching of practical skills.
“Blue mermaids” are women who pursue the ocean for their professional occupation. They live by the motto “In the sea we live, the sea we protect, and by the sea we go.” They must excel in their studies, but must also adopt an international mindset. They are the “Elite of the Sea,” and are expected to be knowledgeable of the customs and cultures of other countries as well as their own.
The HaiFuri anime is currently in production and is currently scheduled for April, during the Spring 2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed at a later date.
Eris from the anime adaptation of Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima’s Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!(Give Blessings to This Wonderful World!) light novel series has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
The series series has also been featured as a poster in the May 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters in this issue here.
The series was also featured in the same issue as above in another poster.
In addition to this, a second season of the anime adaptation has been announced following the conclusion of the TV anime. Kurone Mishima, the illustrator of the light novels, posted a congratulatory drawing on Twitter following the announcement.
In addition to this, it has been revealed that the sales Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima’s Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!(Give Blessings to This Wonderful World!) light novel series has increased three times in nine months after the production of its TV anime adaptation was announced in May 2015. The adaptation is animated by Studio DEEN and has been airing since January 2016.
Before the announcement, the novel series released eight volumes (including spin-off) and its total print run was 400,000 copies, 50,000 per volume. Then the sales started growing rapidly, reaching one million print run with 10 volumes by the end of 2015. As of now, the 11-volume series has a total of 1.5 million copies in print, each volume has 136,000 copies.
Kadokawa began streaming a 15-second commercial for the OVA that will be included in the ninth limited edition of Natsume Akatsuki and Kurone Mishima’s Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (Give Blessings to This Wonderful World!) light novel series. The video reveals that Aki Toyosaki (Momo Belia Deviluke from To LOVE-Ru Darkness) will play the character Yunyun in the episode and previews the opening theme “fantastic dreamer” by Machico. Yunyun will not appear in the TV anime series.
In related news the girls from the series have been featured as a poster in the April 2016 issueof Megami. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
Aqua and Megumin were recently featured as a double page spread in the March 2016 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition to this, Megumin has been featured as a poster in the March 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition to this, Aqua has been featured as a poster in the February 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that came in this issue here.
Here’s the recent anime visual:
The main cast of the anime has been revealed and includes:
Jun Fukushima (Yoshihisa Manabe from Kotoura-san) will voice Kazuma Satou
Japanese pop singer Machico will perform the anime’s Opening theme song “fantastic dreamer” with voice actresses Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi and Ai Kayano singing the Ending theme song “Chiisana Boukensha” in character.
The website also revealed two additional visuals:
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (Give Blessings to This Wonderful World!) is a fantasy adventure light novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. The series began in October 2013 being published under Kadokawa Shoten’s Sneaker Bunko imprint, where a total of 7 volumes have been produced to date. A spin-off light novel series titled Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o! is also being produced alongside the parent novel, with 3 volumes to date. A manga adaptation is currently being serialized in Fujimi Shobo’s Monthly Dragon Age magazine.
Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! synopsis from MAL:
The life of Satou Kazuma, a hikikomori who likes games, all too soon came to an end because of a traffic accident… It was supposed to, but when he woke up, a beautiful girl who called herself a goddess was in front of his eyes.
“Hey, I have got something a little nice for you. Wanna go to another world? You can take only one thing of your choice along with you.”
“…then I’ll take you.”
From here on, the great adventure of subjugating the Demon King will begin for the reincarnated Kazuma… Or so one would think, but it’s the labor for obtaining food, clothing and shelter that begins! Despite Kazuma wanting to live in peace, the goddess keeps causing problems one after another, and eventually, they attract the attention of the Demon King’s army!?
A new key visual for anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda’s Hibike! Euphonium(Sound! Euphonium) light novel series has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
In addition to this, the official website for the anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda and Nikki Asada’s Hibike! Euphonium (Sound! Euphonium) has revealed that the second season will air in October 2016.
Here is the latest trailer for the movie, which also reveals the release date of April 23:
Latest visual for the upcoming movie:
The anime’s cast consist of:
Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi in The IDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls) will voice leading character Kumiko Oumae, who plays the Euphonium
Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu e Youkoso (Sound! Euphonium) is a music novel series written by Ayano Takeda and illustrated by Nikki Asada. The series began in December 2013 being published by Takarajimasha. To date a total of 4 volumes have been published. A manga adaptation of the series was launched in November last year, by Ayano Takeda and Hami that is being published in Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web magazine. An anime adaptation of the series was produced for the Spring 2015 anime season by Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Amagi Brilliant Park) with Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) directing. The anime ran for a total of 13 episodes.
Hibike! Euphonium begins when Kumiko Oumae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school’s brass band club as a first year. Kumiko’s classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school.
A new visual for the anime adaptation of Ishizuka Chihiro’s Flying Witch manga has been featured as a poster in the June 2016 issue of Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come bundled in this issue here.
Anime visual:
Previous visual:
Flying Witch is a Japanese manga series by Chihiro Ishizuka. It has been serialized since September 2012 in Kodansha’s shounen manga magazine Bessatsu Shounen Magazine and collected in three tankobon volumes. The manga was first published as a one-shot on July 9, 2010 in the same magazine. An anime television series adaptation has been announced for April 2016.
Flying Witch synopsis from MAL:
Kowata Makoto is an air head with a bad sense of direction that just moved into her relative’s house… But is that all?
The official website of the 2016 TV anime adaptation of Katsura Hoshino’s D.Gray-man manga has revealed that the upcoming series will be titled D.Gray-man Hallow. The site has also revealed that the anime will air this July, and has also revealed a new visual, a new promotional video, the cast and the staff.
The cast is as follows:
Ayumu Murase (Shouyou Hinata from Haikyuu!!) will voice Allen Walker
Soichiro Hoshi (Kei Kusanagi from Onegai Teacher) as Wisely
Ryouta Asari (Toda from Chihayafuru) as Alma Karma
The production staff of the July anime consists of:
Director: Yoshiharu Ashino (Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo, Mahou Shoujo-tai Arusu)
Scriptwriters: Kenichi Yamashita (Ketsuekigata-kun!, Jitsu wa Watashi wa), Michiko Yokote (Gintama, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo ) and Tatsuto Higuchi (Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo, Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge)
Anime Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Yousuke Kabashima (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo)
Art Director: Kazushi Fujii (Medaka Box, Owari no Seraph)
Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment (Detective Conan, D.Gray-man)
The second promotional video for the anime has also been revealed:
Here’s the first promotional video:
D.Gray-man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who make use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of Akuma. Many characters and their designs were adapted from some of Katsura Hoshino’s previous works and drafts, such as Zone.
The manga began serialization in 2004 in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, published by Shueisha. It made the transition from a weekly to a monthly series in November 2009, when it began serialization in Jump SQ until December 29, 2012, where the series went on an indefinite hiatus. The series began serialization again on July 17, 2015 in a spin-off magazine of Jump Square, Jump SQ.Crown. There is also a spin-off novel series titled D.Gray-man Reverse, authored by Kaya Kizaki, that explores the history of various characters. As of August 5, 2014, Viz Media has released 24 volumes in the United States. The manga has also been adapted into a 103-episode anime series that aired from October 3, 2006 to September 30, 2008 in Japan. The anime is licensed by Funimation Entertainment in North America. Several related items of merchandise have also been produced.
D.Gray-man synopsis from MAL:
Toward the end of the 19th century, Allen Walker officially joins the organization of Exorcists that destroy the beings known as Akuma; mechanic weapons made by the Millennium Earl with the suffering souls of the dead. Allen has both a cursed eye and an anti-Akuma weapon as an arm, bearing the power of “Innocence,” a gift given to him as an apostle of God. Allen, along with his fellow Exorcists must put a stop to the Millennium Earl’s ultimate plot that could lead to the destruction of the world and all who live on it.
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