Fear, and loathing in Las Vegas are a well known rock band who formed in 2008 in Kobe, Japan. Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas is a combination electronica and metal. The singing is comprised of twin vocals; the destructive shouts of one vocalist contrast with the Autotune of the other which gives them a presence like no other.
They’ve only been featured in a total of two different anime series theme song performances. They performed “Just Awake” for Hunter x Hunter ending theme 1 and “Chase the Light!” for Kaiji – Hakairoku Hen’s opening theme.
Hunter x Hunter Ending Theme 1:
Kaiji – Hakairoku Hen Opening Theme:
Current Gokukoku No Brynhildr Anime Opening Theme:
The question is, does Fear, and loathing in Las Vegas’ style suit the anime series Gokukoku no Brynhildr? and why the sudden Opening Theme change when there are only 3 more episodes to go?
The official website for the Monogatari Series: Second Season anime began streaming a television commercial for the upcoming Hanamonogatari(Monogatari Series: Second Season +α) anime series on Saturday. The new video gives you a preview of the upcoming ending song “Hanaato -shirushi-” by Marina Kawano.
Suruga Kanbaru: That person is a devilish one.
Suruga Kanbaru: The devil just might be me.
After a 13 week delay, the five episode series about Suruga Kanbaru will premier in a marathon on the 16th of August.
The anime will first debut on Tokyo MX TV station on 16th of August from 7:00p.m. to 9:00p.m., followed by the BS11 channel and then the Niconico streaming service later that evening. Instead of the Hanamonogatari anime itself, character commentaries from the earlier Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases premiered on television on May 31 and will run for five straight weeks. Fans voted for which character commentaries will air.
Synopsis from Haruhichan.
Hanamonogatari features Suruga Kanbaru and is set after Koyomi Araragi graduates from high school.
The official website of the anime adaptation of the PlayStation Vita game Persona 4 Golden, has revealed the air date of the anime. Persona 4 The Golden Animation will begin airing from July 10. In addition, a new key visual was also released:
Persona 4 Golden is an enhanced re-release of Persona 4 for the Vita. The game featured lots of new content, including new Personas, cutscenes, scenarios, social links, a new character and an epilogue. The new character introduced in Golden is Marie. She will be voiced by Kana Hanazawa (Kuroneko from Oreimo, Mayuri Shiina in Steins;Gate) who voiced her in the game.
Persona 4 The Golden Animation will have the majority of the crew and the entire cast back to reprise their roles; Seiji Kishi, the director of Persona 4 The Animation will be chief director, with Tomohisa Taguchi, the director the second Persona 3 film taking the directing role. However, a new studio will be producing the anime. Taking over studio AIC will be A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Fairy Tail). The staff have stated that it will retell some events of the first anime, but will primarily focus on Golden‘s new story events and epilogue.
Here is the first promotional video for the anime:
Persona 4 first released on the PlayStation 2 in 2008, part of the Persona series in Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei franchise. The game received critical acclaim and strong sales. Since then, the game has spawned many adaptations and merchandises. To date, there are three manga adaptations, a light novel adaptation, and oddly enough a live stage production. An anime adaptation for the game, titled Persona 4: The Animation aired in late 2011 and garnered lots of attention. Persona 4 Golden, an enhanced port of the original game released last year on the PlayStation Vita and included a few new features and story elements, including a new secret ending. Persona 4 Arena also released two years ago with Arc System Works, who develop the Blazblue and Guilty Gear series. Last year Atlus has announced three new games in the Persona series: Persona 4: Dancing All Night for the Vita, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth for the Nintendo 3DS and Persona 5 for the PlayStation 3.
Here is a synopsis of the Persona 4 anime from MAL:
Persona 4 takes place in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV, during which it is said that one can see his/her “other half” when staring at the TV screen.
After hearing about a recent unsolved murder which occurred during the fog, the characters—Narukami, Chie, and Yosuke—discuss how each of them had attempted to watch the mysterious TV channel and witnessed the murder victim. The protagonist later realizes that during midnight when the channel is on, his body can phase into his television set as a gateway to enter another world infested with shadows.
After discovering this, they all decide to explore. When first completely entering the world, dazed and confused, Narukami meets Teddie. Mayonaka TV and the town murders seem to have a connection. The murder victims may be merely victims of Mayonaka TV. Everyone decides that they will together try to solve the mysterious murders by exploring the hidden world of Mayonaka TV.
Persona 4 The Golden Animation will air from July 10, during the Summer 2014 anime season. More information on the series, such as how much will be repeated from the first series, will release soon.
Nisekoi from studio Shaft, was one of this year’s standout shows. While the anime was visually stunning on TV, it would be interesting to see what changes they make in the forthcoming Blu-ray releases. Generally, the Blu-rays are better, since the studios have time to reproduce scenes of the anime that may have been rushed to make their schedules and deadlines, like with Non Non Biyori. Sometimes they are to uncensor the anime, like with Pupa and Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga. But as with the Wake Up Girls!release, the quality of the Nisekoi Blu-ray isn’t much better than the TV release.
So what’s wrong with the Blu-ray releases of Nisekoi? Shaft has decided to alter the backgrounds of many scenes into more generic colours and sparkles. While it is “better” for comedic situations it removes some of the great art that the studio is known for.
So lets take a look at how the Blu-ray of Nisekoi fairs up with the original TV version.
Spoiler Warning
Click on the images for the full resolution. The images on the left are the TV version and the images on the right are from the Blu-ray release
And have a gif comparison as well.
Nisekoi is a manga series that originally started off as a one shot from Naoshi Komi that released in January 2011. Komi then released the manga as a full series later on in the year, when it appeared in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Since 2011, 12 volumes have been released for the romantic comedy. Additionally a voiced comic has also been published and a light novel series. Viz Manga has also picked up the series late 2013 for English localisation, announcing that the chapters would be translated and released in Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha. A anime adaptation of the manga aired from January this year, and ended in May. The anime is produced by studio Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica).
Here is a plot synopsis of Nisekoi from MAL:
As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face…
Though Raku’s a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he’s dragged into family affairs when he’s forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang’s boss!
All the images above are from the Nisekoi Blu-ray Volume 3, which is currently available on Amazon Japan for ￥6,764 (~ $67.94 USD). The volume includes episodes 6, 7 and 8. The 4th volume will release on June 25, the 5th on July 23rd, the 6th on August 23rd and the final 7th volume on September 24th.
Our ranking for today comes from the June 2014 issue of NewType magazine. We’ve taken the time to translate the whole article for your enjoyment. Earlier this week we also 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 latest NewType Magazine, June 2014 issue.
Males Ranking:
1. Aladdin (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
2. Kazuto “Kirito” Kirigaya (Sword Art Online)
3. Kira Yamato (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
4. Raku Ichijou (Nisekoi)
5. Lelouch “Lelouch vi Britannia” Lamperouge – (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)
6. Koyomi Araragi (Monogatari Series: Second Season)
7. Hoozuki (Hoozuki no Reitetsu)
8. Shidou Itsuka (Date A Live)
9. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
10. Joutarou “JoJo” Kuujou (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures)
Females Ranking:
1. Tokaku Azuma (Akuma no Riddle)
2. Saber “King of Knights” (Fate/stay night)
3. Lacus Clyne (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)
4. Yukina “Sword Shaman” Himeragi (Strike the Blood)
5. Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
6. Chaika Trabant (Hitsugi no Chaika)
7. Seishiro Tsugumi (Nisekoi)
8. Sheryl Nome (Macross Frontier)
9. Miyuki Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
10. Chitoge Kirisaki (Nisekoi)
Series Ranking:
1. Akuma no Riddle
2. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
3. Date A Live
4. Kill la Kill
5. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
6. Strike the Blood
7. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
8. Captain Earth
9. THE iDOLM@STER
10. Haikyuu!!
Top 10 series streamed:
1. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny
2. Captain Earth
3. Mawaru Penguindrum
4. Nobunaga the Fool
5. Selector Infected WIXOSS
6. Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie
7. Kill la Kill
8. Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil
9. Buddy Complex
10. Wake Up, Girls!
Top 10 Blu-ray Disc sales:
1. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari Limited Edition
2. Monogatari Series: Second Season Nadeko Medusa Volume 2
3. Shingeki no Kyojin Volume 9
4. Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 Blu-Ray Box
5. IS: Infinite Stratos 2 Volume 5
6. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no MonogatariNormal Edition
7. Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Volume 4
8. Kuroko no Basket 2 Volume 3
9. Kill la Kill Volume 4 Limited edition
10. Little Busters!: Refrain Volume 3
Top 10 record count (People recording it on their TV):
1. Knights of Sidonia: The First Battle (ep1)
2. Akuma no Riddle: The World is Full of ___ (ep1)
3. Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin: Disowned and Exiled (ep1)
4. Ping Pong the Animation: The Sound of the Wind is in the Way (ep1)
5. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Enrollment Part I (ep1)
6. Black Bullet: The Last Hope (ep1)
7. Soul Eater Not!: Enrolling at Shibusen! (ep1)
8. Blade & Soul: Path (ep1)
9. Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou: Just Imagine (ep1)
10. Seikoku no Dragonar: A Boy and His Dragon (ep1)
Translations were done by Swaps4 and Lillia from Haruhichan.
What are your thoughts on this months rankings? What would you personally change? I know some Nisekoi fans will be upset that Seishiro Tsugumi ranked higher than Chitoge Kirisaki. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
The official Strike Witches anime website has revealed the release date of Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 1: St. Trond no Raimei. It is the first of three planned OVAs and will release on September 20 in various Kadokawa Pictures Cinemas throughout Japan. Tickets for the OVA will be on sale from June 28. Each OVA will be a 30 minute special set after the events of the anime’s second season and before the film that released in 2012.
Strike Witches Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 1: St. Trond no Raimei will reunite the cast and crew from the previous animated instalments in the series. Thought one major change has been revealed. The production crew are as follows:
Animation Studio: Silver Link (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori)
The cast will be returning to reprise their respective roles:
Misato Fukuen (Konjiki no Yami in To LOVE-Ru) returns to voices Yoshika Miyafuji
Saori Seto (Grayfia Lucifuge in High School DxD) as Mio Sakamoto
Kaori Nazuka (Nunnally Lamperouge from Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch) as Lynette Bishop
Miyuki Sawashiro (Himeko Inaba in Kokoro Connect) as Perrine-H. Clostermann
Rie Tanaka (Mariabelle in Yozakura Quartet) as Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
Strike Witches is a media project that started in 2005 based off of Humikane Shimada’s illustrations. The first project was a manga from Yoshiyuki Kazumi, but was cancelled after one volume. A light novel series from Noboru Yamaguchi released the following year in Kadokawa Shoten’s Sneaker Bunko imprint for a total of 3 volumes. This was followed by an OVA and anime adaptation from Gonzo (Welcome to the N.H.K.) in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Since then, many more manga and light novel adaptations were released, as well as the anime’s second season and an animated film , animated by AIC (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari).
Here is a synopsis of Strike Witches from Haruhichan:
The year is 1944 and the world lives in fear of unidentified flying objects called Neuroi. With the old-boy old guard unable to thwart this deadly menace, humanity turns its desperate eyes to an aerial attack force with much nicer legs. Meet the girls of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, better known as the Strike Witches. These darlings of the great blue yonder may not have standard issue uniforms, but they do have all the right stuff. Where the average flyboy falters, these dolls blast aliens to bits in the bat of an eyelash. With a little magic and a whole lot of leg, the girls of the 501st are winning the war on pants, and aliens!
Strike Witches Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 1 will be releasing in Japanese theatres on September 20. Information about the later OVAs have not been revealed. You can visit the OVA’s official website for more information: http://w-witch.jp/
Ahead of the Blu-ray and DVD that is set to be released on July 25th, there is an event which will show the OVA screening at 14 different theaters nationwide on July 5th.
TV Commercial that was released last December:
Garupan OVA PV:
Key Visual:
Synopsis for the OVA from Haruhichan.
The story is based on the battle against Anzio High School.
The theatrical release date for the first upcoming movie of Shingeki no Kyojin titled “Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 1: Guren No Yumiya/Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow” has been decided.
The movie is set to be shown in a limited amount of theaters around Japan on November 22nd, 2014. In 2015 the second upcoming movie of Shingeki no Kyojin titled “Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa/Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom” is scheduled to be announced sometime during 2015.
The new films will feature new redubbing and a 5.1ch remaster with the same voice cast members such as Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger), Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa Ackerman), and Marina Inoue (Armin Arlelt).
The first film, Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 1: Guren No Yumiya/Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow, will cover episodes 1 through 13. The second film, Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa/Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom, will cover episode 14 through 25. They will once again feature director Tetsuro Araki at Wit Studio and composer Hiroyuki Sawano.
Synopsis for Shingeki no Kyojin from Haruhichan.
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.
Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.
We’re back again and this time with NewType’s June 2014 issue. This issue contains 2 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which I will be covering in this post. Info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.
This issue comes with a Mekakucity Actors Booklet and a Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Booklet which you can see below.
Cover and Back
Free! 2nd Season
Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season
Mekakucity Actors Booklet:
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Booklet:
Random articles, previews and manga pictures from the magazine:
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with.
Quite a few goodies in this issue of NewType. If you’re a collector which I’m sure most of you are, you’d love the booklets. Especially if you’re following the anime series of them.
Sadly the June 2014 issue of NewType is already sold out, but you can subscribe to JList’s NewType subscription service ($11-$15/month) which will reserve you a copy each month and be delivered to you every month.
If you want to see a certain magazine or product reviewed, let us know in the comments! Which poster did you like between the two? Also which booklet do you like better?
The official site for the Psycho-Pass anime project announced earlier today on the 6th of June that the 11-episode “New Edit Version” of the 1st TV anime series in 2012 will start airing on Fuji TV’s notiamina block on the 10th of July, then followed by other stations. Earlier this year we spoke about how a second season was announced along with a movie this winter.
It is planned to re-edit the 22 episodes from the first season into 11 one hour episodes with newly produced footage, hence the name Psycho-passProject Re:Start.
A second TV anime is scheduled in October then a feature film is slated for this winter. The site also announced a plan for an upcoming event “DIVE to Psycho-Pass: Psychopassuru Natsu.” The details on this event will be revealed at a later date, on the 19th of June.
Noitamina’s official YouTube channel today posted a 15-second CM for the “New Edit Version” below:
“Psycho-Pass Project” PV posted in March:
key visual:
Synopsis for Psycho-Pass from Haruhichan.
The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person’s state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term “Psycho-Pass” refers to a standard used to measure an individual’s being. The story centers around the “enforcement officer” Shinya Kougami, who is tasked with managing crime in such a world.
In the future, it is possible to quantitatively measure a person’s emotions, desires, and every inclination. In this way, it is also possible to measure a person’s criminal tendency factor, which is used to judge criminals.
This is the story of a team of policemen dedicated to maintaining public order. Some of them work in the Enforcement Division, responsible for the apprehension of criminals, while others belong to the Supervisory Division which oversees their colleagues in Enforcement.
New visuals were recently released on the official website for the upcoming anime adaption of Himegoto. Himegoto is set to air on the 7th of July, which falls under the Summer 2014 anime season. Each episode is set to be approximately 6 minutes per episode.
Be careful because some characters may not seem like what they are on the outside. If you’ve seen Kämpfer, you will understand what I mean.
Yuuki Kuwahara (Rattle in Freezing Vibration, first major role) will be voicing the cross dresser Hime Arikawa
Yuka Saotome (Sano from Plastic Nee-san, first major role) as student council leader 18-kin
Saki Ono (first debut role) voices Unko
Hisako Tojou (Julia Munberk from Freezing Vibration, first major role) as Albertina II
Ayane Sakura (Natsumi Koshigaya from Non Non Biyori, Yozora “Sora” Mikazuki from Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) will voice Mitsunaga Oda
Azusa Tadokoro (Aoi Kiriya from Aikatsu!, Kotori “No.1107” Takatori from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) playing as Hiro
Chinatsu Akasaki (Shinka Nibutani in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Yasuna Oribe from Kill Me Baby) voices Kaguya Arikawa
Minami Tsuda (Yui Funami from YuruYuri, Yui Ichii from Yuyushiki) is voicing Servant No. 1
Himegoto follows Hime Arikawa, a second-year student at Shimoshina High School. Forced to assume a large amount of debt from by his now-absent parents, Hime is saved by the three girls of his school’s student council after he is chased down by debt collectors. In return for paying off his debt, Hime agrees to their conditions of becoming the student council’s “dog” and spending his high school life dressed as a girl.
We’re back again and this time with NyanType‘s July 2014 issue. This issue contains a total of 16 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which I will be covering in this post. Most of the anime posters are anime series that are still currently airing. Info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.
This issue also comes with a Kantai Collection (KanColle) Mini Fanbook for you ship daughter fans.
Cover and Back
Akuma no Riddle
No Game No Life
Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi
IS: Infinite Stratos
Black Bullet
Seikoku no Dragonar
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou
Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
Haitai Nanafa
Captain Earth
Date A Live II
Fuuun Ishin Dai☆Shogun
Isshuukan Friends.
Kantai Collection: Kan Colle
Kenzen Robo Daimidaler
Kantai Collection (KanColle) Mini Fanbook:
Random articles, previews and manga pictures from the magazine:
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with.
This issue was quite good this month, I really liked the KanColle Mini Fanbook. I don’t play ship daughters but it’s a nice thing to have for a growing collection.
If I had to pick my personal favorites from the posters, it would be between Captain Earth, Date A Live II, Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou and Akuma no Riddle. It’s just so hard for me to pick one when I like them all deep down.
You can purchase the issue I covered in this post here or you can subscribe to JList‘s NyanType subscription service for $12~$16/month here.
If you want us to review a different type of magazine each month, suggest it to us in the comments. Also if you had the chance to win a poster or two from above, what would it be and why? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
We’re back again and this time with Megami’s July 2014 issue. This issue contains a total of 18 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which I will be covering in this post. Most of the anime posters are anime series that are still currently airing. Info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.
Cover and Back
Gokukoku no Brynhildr
Girls und Panzer
Soul Eater Not!
Kenzen Robo Daimidaler
No Game No Life
Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi
Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
Blade and Soul
Captain Earth
Star Plus One
Date A Live II
Seikoku no Dragonar
Isshuukan Friends.
Fujima Takuya
Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
Kaleido Star
Selector Infected WIXOSS
Random articles, previews and manga pictures from the magazine:
If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with.
Overall it was a good issue this month, I’m really digging the Kurumi Tokisaki from Date A Live II poster. Also I still can’t get over the fact Selector Infected WIXOSS noses are so weird.
If I had to pick my personal favorite posters from this issue, it would be Captain Earth, Date A Live II and Gokukoku no Brynhildr without a doubt. Maybe Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season as well… they’re just all so awesome it makes it so hard to choose.
You can purchase the issue I covered in this post here or you can subscribe to JList’s Megami subscription service for $12~$30/month here.
If you want us to review a different type of magazine each month, let us know. Also if you had the chance to win a poster or two from above, what would it be and why? I have an idea of which one everyone will be picking. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
— セーラームーン25th公式@劇場版公開中！ (@sailormoon_25th) June 5, 2014
It has been unveiled that the opening theme will be titled “Moonlight Densetsu (ムーンライト伝説)” by Momoiro Clover Z (Dragon Crisis! Ending, Mouretsu Pirates Opening and Ending 1, Joshiraku Ending) and composed by Revo (Shingeki no Kyojin Opening).
Also newly announced, Kenji Nojima voices Tuxedo Kamen while Ryou Hirohashi is Luna.
Kotono Mitsuishi (also known as Evangelion’s Misato, One Piece’s Boa Hancock and recently Gundam Build Fighter’s Rinko Iori) reprises the role of Usagi “Serena, Princess Serenity, Sailor Moon, Usako,Bunny” Tsukino
Rina Satou (A Certain Scientific Railgun’s Mikoto Misaka) as Rei “Sailor Mars” Hino
Shizuka Itou (Hayate the Combat Butler‘s Hinagiku Katsura, Gurren Lagann’s Boota and Darry, Jormungand’s Koko Hekmatyar) will voice Minako “Sailor V, Sailor Venus, Mina” Aino
Hisako Kanemoto (Shinryaku Ika Musume’s Squid Girl, Gargantia’s Amy) as Ami “Sailor Mercury” Mizuno
Ami Koshimizu (Code Geass‘ Kallen Stadtfeld, Kill la Kill‘s Ryuuko Matoi) as Makoto “Mako, Sailor Jupiter” Kino
The first key visual for the anime:
Synopsis from Haruhichan.
New Sailor Moon anime commemorating the 20th anniversary of Sailor Moon.
Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess. Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold…. Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?
A new video has surfaced for Sword Art Online II. This new video is the third TV commercial for the upcoming Sword Art Online IIseries. The new video gives you a preview of the upcoming series’ ending theme, “Startear” by Luna Haruna.
New footage of the second season of Sword Art Online is also shown. The series is set to air this July 5th, during the Summer anime season. More info about Sword Art Online II can be found here.
Synopsis from Haruhichan.
1 year after the SAO incident, Kirito is approached by Seijiro Kikuoka from Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Department “VR Division” with a rather peculiar request.
That was an investigation on the “Death Gun” incident that occurred in the gun and steel filled VRMMO called Gun Gale Online (GGO). “Players who are shot by a mysterious avatar with a jet black gun lose their lives even in the real world…” Failing to turn down Kikuoka’s bizarre request, Kirito logs in to GGO even though he is not completely convinced that the virtual world could physically affect the real world.
Kirito wanders in an unfamiliar world in order to gain any clues about the “Death Gun.” Then, a female sniper named Sinon who owns a gigantic “Hecate II” rifle extends Kirito a helping hand. With Sinon’s help, Kirito decides to enter the “Bullet of Bullets,” a large tournament to choose the most powerful gunner within the realm of GGO, in hopes to become the target of the “Death Gun” and make direct contact with the mysterious avatar.
The official twitter for the Rail Wars! anime has announced there will be a special Niconico live stream event on the 6th of June. The stream will reveal new content of Takumi Toyoda and Vania600’s manga everyday until July 7th.
An updated promotional video version 1.1 was released early last month:
First visual for the anime:
Rail Wars! was first released as a light novel series on the 16th of January, 2012. The full title for the Light Novel is Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyuu Tetsudou Kouantai (Rail Wars! Japanese National Railways Security Force). The series story is written by Takumi Toyoda and illustrations are done by Vania600. The series also received a manga adaptation that started late last year that is being written by Takumi Toyoda and drawn by Keiji Asakawa (Story & Art for Robotics;Notes). Japanese developer and publisher 5pb. (Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes) are also working on a game based on the manga and upcoming anime.
Rail Wars! is scheduled to air this July, during the summer 2014 anime season lineup. You can watch the live stream here: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv181584627
Rail Wars! Synopsis from Haruhichan.
The “dream railway paradise entertainment” story is set in a parallel world where Japan did not privatize its national railways. Naohito Takayama is an ordinary high school boy who dreams of a comfortable future working for the top-rated Japanese National Railways. He is assigned as a trainee in the Railways Security Force full of odd characters such as Sakurai, a troublemaker who hates men. On top of that, an extremist group called “RJ” plots to privatize the Japanese National Railways.
The staff of Space Dandy television anime unveiled a new promotional video and TV commercial for the second season of the anime via a Niconico live stream on Thursday. The official website has also revealed that the second season will be airing from the 6th of July. Additionally FUNimation has also announced that the dub of the second season will be airing from the 5th of July.
The website has also revealed that guest cast members will join the anime:
Kazuhiko Inoue
Sayaka Ohara
Hiroshi Kamiya
Iemasa Kayumi
Sayaka Kitahara
Ryohei Kimura
Taiten Kusunoki
Kenn
Seiran Kobayashi
Miyuki Sawashiro
Hidekatsu Shibata
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Sumiko Shirakawa
Takayuki Sugo
Toshihiko Seki
Shinpachi Tsuji
Kenjiro Tsuda
Shoko Tsuda
Miina Tominaga
Kazuya Nakai
Ryusei Nakao
Kaori Nazuka
Daisuke Namikawa
Yuuka Nanri
Megumi Hayashibara
Aya Hisakawa
Toshio Furukawa
Yui Makino
Yuji Mitsuya
Kouichi Yamadera
The creators contributing the second season are as follows:
Hiroyuki Aoyama
Naoyuki Asano
Masashi Ikeda
Makoto Ishido (Nitroplus)
Kazumi Inari
Kimiko Ueno
Toh Enjoe
Kunio Okawara
Katsuhiro Otomo
Tomoaki Okada
Gakuo Okada (Nitroplus)
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Atsushi Kamijou
Yoshimichi Kameda
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Toshiaki Kidokoro
Kinrikimantō (Nitroplus)
Takuhito Kusanagi
Chikashi Kubota
Yuka Koiso
Shigeto Koyama
Tsunenori Saito
Satoshi Saga
Dai Satō
Santiago Montiel
Hiroshi Shimizu
Atsushi Takahashi
Fumihiko Takayama (J.C.STAFF)
Shou Tajima
Goro Taniguchi
Jun’ichirō Tamamori
Kotaro Tamura
Yuriko Chiba
Shintarou Douge
Eiji Nakada
Yutaka Nakamura
Yasuhiro Nakura
Nama Niku ATK (Nitroplus)
Iho Narita (Kusanagi)
NiΘ
Keiko Nobumoto
Yuichi Higuchi
Akitsugu Hisagi
Michio Mihara
Masato Miyoshi
Masahiro Naoi
Atsushi Morikawa
Hayashi Mori
Sayo Yamamoto
Masaaki Yuasa
Yoshitomo Yonetani
Takaaki Wada
The second season/cour of Space Dandy will begin airing in Japan from July 6th, and in North America on Toonami from July 5th, during the Summer 2014 anime season.
Synopsis for the first season from Haruhichan.
Space Dandy is a dandy guy, in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come, first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety of aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!
A new visual was released for the upcomingTokyo ESP anime series which will air this July, during the summer 2014 anime season. In addition to the new visual, the cast crew that will be working on the series has also been revealed along with some new character designs.
If you look closely, you can see Yomi and Kagura from Ga-Rei:Zero
The official website for the anime has revealed the cast members of Tokyo ESP. The main cast and characters are as follows:
Ibuki Kido (Nanami Knight Bladefield from Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara, Akiko Himenokouji from Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!) will be voicing the main heroine Rinka Urushiba
Keisuke Koumoto (Kyoutarou Azuma from Yuushibu, Manabu Maejima from Another) will voice the main hero Kyoutarou Azuma
Sachika Misawa (Kuroyukihime from Accel World, Kagami Totori/A.S./Deadline from Fantasista Doll) is voicing Minami Azumi
Azusa Tadokoro (Fino Bloodstone in Yuushibu, Kotori Takatori from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will voice Murasaki Edoyama
Megumi Ogata (Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho) as Ayumu Oozora
Mai Aizawa (Mio Naganohara in Nichijou, Neris Filiam from Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan) will be voicing Kobushi Kuroi
Yoshihisa Kawahara (Yomotsu Hirasaka in Mirai Nikki, Hiromi Yasuoka from Bakuman 2) is playing as the Professor
The supporting cast and characters includes:
Tetsu Inada (Ira Gamagoori from Kill la Kill) will voice Rindo Urushiba
Yoshito Yasuhara (Aoshi Shinomori in Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan) as Inspector Nabeshima
Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi Hatake from Naruto) as Master Yodani
Jouji Nakata (Alucard in Hellsing) voices Chairman Edoyama
Tessho Genda (Kurama from Naruto) plays Hotokeda
Masashi Ebara (Guy Might from Naruto) voicing Shin Kakuno
Mugihito (Kinzo Ushiromiya in Umineko no Naku Koro ni) as Sukesaburo
Fuyuka Oura (Run Elsie Jewelria from To LOVE-Ru) voices Reia Oozora
Hirokazu Hiramatsu (Soujirou Izumi in Lucky☆Star) voicing as Casey
The production crew of the anime was also revealed. The main staff working on Tokyo ESP are:
Director: Shigehito Takayanagi (The World God Only Knows, Galaxy Angel)
Series Composer and Script Writer: Hideyuki Kurata (Oreimo, The World God Only Knows)
Script Writers: Katsuhiko Takayama (Mirai Nikki, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu), Yasuko Kamo (First role)
Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Mitsuru Ishihara (Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin)
Music Composer: Evan Call (Mouretsu Pirates) – part of Elements Garden
Music Production: Lantis (Another, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya)
Art Director: Ryoka Kinoshita (Upotte!!, Ixion Saga DT)
Animation Studio: XEBEC (To LOVE-Ru, Pokemon: The Origin)
The first visual released for Tokyo ESP:
The Tokyo ESP anime series will be airing from the 12th of July this year, during the Summer 2014 anime season.
Synopsis from Haruhichan:
The science fantasy story Tokyo ESP begins with Rinka, an extremely poor high school girl who lives with just her father in modern Tokyo. One day, she is going home from school when she chases a “flying penguin” to the top of New Tokyo Tower—only to have “fish swimming in the air” suddenly appear before her. One of the fish goes through Rinka and gives her extraordinary powers beyond those of normal humans, particularly the ability to slip through solid objects.
Update: The original Tweet was deleted by the user. We have provided a screenshot instead. Update 2: The User of the Tweet has stated that he/she had deleted the Tweet since it was misinformation. The second season/cour of Knights of Sidonia is not releasing as we have reported below:
Japanese news site Yaraon has reported that the anime Knights of Sidonia (Sidonia no Kishi) will be receiving a second season. They also reported that the anime was originally a 2 cour series, with 13 episodes airing one season and the other 13 airing two seasons over.
This is considered a rumour at the time of writing. No official confirmation or announcement has been released. While the website has a good record of reporting accurate news please take it with a grain of salt.
The official website of the anime adaptation of Knights of Sidonia had released three visuals for the first season:
Knights of Sidonia (Sidonia no Kishi) is a manga series from Tsutomu Nihei. The series debuted in April 2009 in Kodansha’s Afternoon magazine. To date there has been 12 volumes released. An anime adaptation of the series was produced in April this year, and is currently still airing. The anime is produced by Polygon Pictures, in their first full TV anime production. The series is directed by Koubun Shizuno (Detective Conan, Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride) with Sadayuki Murai (Natsume Yuujinchou, Mouryou no Hako) handling the series composition and screenplay, with Noriyuki Asakura (Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan) composing the music.
Here is a synopsis of Knights of Sidonia from Haruhichan:
It’s been a thousand years since the Gauna, a strange alien race with no known method of communication, destroyed the solar system. A portion of humanity managed to escape using enormous “seed ships” like the Sidonia, which have allowed them to maintain the population while drifting through space. Nagate Tanikaze is a young man who has been raised deep in the bowels of the ship. When he goes into training to pilot the huge robotic weapons known as Gardes, Nagate is entrusted with piloting the legendary unit known as Tsugumori. Nagate and his fellow pilots put their lives on the line against the Gauna, in the ultimate battle for the survival of humanity!
The second season of the Knights of Sidonia anime is currently unconfirmed. We will update you if an official confirmation is made from Polygon Pictures, or at the end of the first season’s finale.
The official website of Hanamonogatari has released a new key visual for the anime. The series is set after Monogatari Series: Second Season and will 5 episodes long, which will begin airing from August 16.
Hanamonogatari is the next instalment in the Bakemonogatari series and is the sequel to Monogatari Series: Second Season. It is an adaptation of the ninth light novel in the series by Nisio Isin. The series will once again be animated by studio Shaft (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, Nisekoi). The series was scheduled to air on May 31st but was delayed until April 16th due to scheduling issues.
The website also has updated character designs:
Hiroshi Kamiya (Yuzuru Otonashi from Angel Beats!) will return to voice Koyomi Araragi
Miyuki Sawashiro (Himeko Inaba in Kokoro Connect) will be voicing Suruga Kanbaru, the main character of Hanamonogatari
Chiwa Saito (Homura Akemi in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will be voicing Hitagi Senjougahara
Maaya Sakamoto (Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell) voices Shinobu Oshino
Yui Horie (Riki Naoe from Little Busters!) as Tsubasa Hanekawa
Kana Hanazawa (Ruri Gokou in Oreimo) as Nadeko Sengoku
Eri Kitamura (Sayaka Miki from Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will voice Karen Araragi
Yuka Iguchi (Mako Reizei from Girls und Panzer) as Tsukihi Araragi
Emiri Kato (Kyuubey in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) voices Mayoi Hachikuji
In addition, a new commercial for the upcoming series has also released:
Here is the first key visual of Hanamonogatari:
The Monogatari series is a collection of light novels, created by Nisio Isin. The novels started in late 2005 and published under Kodansha’s Box imprint, where there has been a total of 16 volumes to date. The 17th volume will release on April 3rd, and the 18th and final volume releasing later this year. The light novels have received and anime adaptation titled Bakemonogatari, after the first volume, in 2009 from the animation studio Shaft. Since then a total of 11 novels has been animated by the same studio. It has been reported that there has been over a million sales of the Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari anime. In addition, a drama CD, a PlayStation Portable game and many figures and figurines have been made based on the series.
Here is the synopsis of Monogatari Series: Second Season:
The bee apparition is now gone, and summer vacation where the phoenix apparition averted harm is over. Around Koyomi Araragi and the girls who started a new trimester, apparitions, or perhaps threats even worse, were creeping in ever closer. Tsubasa Hanekawa, Mayoi Hachikuji, Suruga Kanbaru, Nadeko Sengoku, Shinobu Oshino, and Hitagi Senjogahara. Their soliloquies, confessions—and farewells. 6 new stories are starting now.
Walking to school one day Tsubasa Hanekawa encounters a huge white tiger apparition at a crossroads that talks to her. The next day her house burns down. Homeless, and not wanting to stay with her family, she lies and tells them she has a place to stay, but instead sleeps in the old cram school. She’s awakened by an angry and upset Hitagi Senjogahara who ridicules her for worrying her and drags her to her place to stay instead. The two of them soon discover that Araragi has gone missing and has urged them in a text message not to look for him.
Hanamonogatari will begin airing from August 16, during the Summer 2014 anime season. The series will be a 5 episode special and will focus on Suruga Kanbaru. Additional information will release in the weeks leading up to the air date.
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