Saber Alter Figure Designed by huke Revealed

Today during Washington D.C.’s Katsucon 2016, Vertical Inc. has announced (a sister publishing company of Kodansha Comics) that Nisio Isin’s (Medaka Box) Bakemonogatari light novel, Ryou Yasuhachi’s (Tartaros Gekijou) Shinazu no Ryouken manga, Junji Ito’s (Uzumaki) Youkai Kyoushitsu and Tsutomu Nihei’s (Sidonia no Kishi) Blame! has been licensed in English.

The first announced license is Yasuhachi’s Shinazu no Ryouken (Immortal Hounds) action-romance, mature manga. The manga has been publishing since July 13, 2013 under Enterbrain’s Harta magazine. It has 3 compiled manga volumes published. The latest volume was shipped on August 12, 2015.

The English manga volume will be released sometime on July 2016.

Shinazu no Ryoukan synopsis from MAL:

Kenzaki Shin’ichi is leader of the Anti-Vector Task Squad. He’s in charge of hunting down Vectors, humans that carry with them the deadly Resurrection Deficiency Syndrome, a disease that can keep someone from resurrecting when they die.

Junji Ito’s manga collection Youkai Kyoushitsu (Dissolving Classroom) has been announced second. It has been published from March 18, 2013 to June 16, 2014 under Akita Shoten’s motto! magazine. The manga has only one volume.

Synopsis of Youkai Kyoushitsu by MAL:

A new student called Yuma Azeri has transferred to Keiko’s school. Azeri repeatedly, profusely apologizes to everybody around him, and is soon targeted by bullies. Meanwhile, reports have emerged of the outbreak of a mysterious disease…

The third announcement was a surprise for the fans of Blame! manga. A 10-volume, 66-chapter horror, seinen manga was previously published by Tokyopop from August 9, 2005 to November 6, 2007.

This rescue license is announced to be an 18-inch tall book.

Synopsis of Blame! from MAL:

Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head.

Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.

After the success of Kizumonogatari, the fourth and final acquisition goes to Nisio Isin’s Bakemonogatari light novel. The light novel is a part of the Monogatari Series: First Season collection, being the first and second volumes.

Vertical plans to release Bakemonogatari in three compiled volumes.

Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjougahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.

More information including release dates and formats will be included in this article as soon as we receive it.

Additional Cast for Joker Game and Theme Songs Announced

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February 13, 2016

The official website for the upcoming TV anime based on Kouji Yanagi’s spy mystery novel Joker Game has revealed additional cast members and the theme songs. The series will air in April 2016.

The addition cast is as follows:

Tessyo Genda (Terry Sanders Jr. from Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team) will voice Colonel Mutou
Kentarou Tone (Akira Hattori from Bakuman.) as John Gordon
Nobuyuki Hiyama (Hiei from Yuu Yuu Hakusho) as Alan Lelunier
Ryouta Takeuchi (Heroman from Heroman) as Jean Victoire
Shizuka Itou (Koko Hekmatyar from Jormungand) as Marie Torres

The opening theme will be titled “Reason Triangle” and performed by QUADRANGLE while the ending theme, “Double” will be performed by MAGIC OF LiFE. Each theme song will be released as a CD single, to be sold on April 27 and May 25.

The website also revealed a new visual:

The second promotional video also revealed that the series will air in April 2016.

The previously announced cast include:

Kenjiro Tsuda (Nicolas Brown from Gangsta) as Jirou Kamou
Jun Fukuyama (Yukio Okumura from Ao no Exorcist) as Jitsui
Yoshimasa Hosoya (Daryun from Arslan Senki) as Adagiri
Tomokazu Seki (Koro-sensei from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) as Sakuma
Kazuya Nakai (Souma Schicksal from God Eater) as Fukumoto
Ryohei Kimura (Hideki Hinata from Angel Beats!) as Kaminaga
Takahiro Sakurai (Atsumu Matsuyuki from AnoHana) as Tasaki
Hiro Shimono (Akihisa Yoshii from Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu) as Miyoshi
Yuuki Kaji (Haruyuki Arita from Accel World) as Hatano
Toshiyuki Morikawa (Griffith from Berserk) as Amari

The first members of the anime’s staff were also revealed earlier. They include:

Director: Kazuya Nomura (Robotics;Notes, Sengoku Basara: The Last Party)
Character Designer: Shirow Miwa (Dogs: Bullets & Carnage)
Animation Studio: Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Guilty Crown)

Here is the first PV of the upcoming anime:

Anime visual:

Joker Game is a Japanese mystery novel written by Kouji Yanagi in 2008. In the following year, the novel won the Mystery Writers of Japan award. Two sequel novels were also produced in 2009 and 2012 under the titles of Double Joker andParadise Lost, respectively. The novel received a live drama adaptation earlier this year.

Joker Game synopsis from Haruhichan:

Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the “D Agency.” The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuki from the Imperial Japanese Army. His ideals lead him to recruit people beyond military academy graduates and personnel, while training them to become skilled agents in arts of manipulation. These agents would become a specialized team to conduct operations. One such antihero agent, under the name Jiro Kato, goes on a harrowing mission to uncover secret documents titled “Black Notes,” while battling forces from within and without his own ranks.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://jokergame.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @jokergame_anime

Source: Joker Game official website

Monster Musume’s 11th Manga Volume to Bundle Pool Episode OVA

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February 13, 2016

The official site for the anime adaptation of Okayado’s Monster Musume (Everyday Life with Monster Girls) manga has revealed that the series will receive an OVA. The OVA will be bundled with the 11th manga volume, which will be shipped on November 12, 2016. It will be adapting chapter 17 from the 4th volume and will focus on a gym pool episode involving Miia, Cerea, Mero, Polt, and Kurusu.

Director Tatsuya Yoshihara and writer Kazuyuki Fudeyasu will return for the OVA episode. Seva will return to animate the episode.

Anime visual:

Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou, usually translated as “Everyday Life with Monster Girls” but also as “Daily Life with a Monster Girl” or “Everyday Monster Girls“, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Okayado. The manga first began as a series of hentai one-shots. An anime adaption has been announced to Air in July 2015.

Monster Musume is currently published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten in their Monthly Comic Ryu magazine and by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States, with the chapters collected and reprinted into—so far—6 tankobon volumes. The story revolves around Kimihito Kurusu, often referred to as “Darling” among various other things, a Japanese student whose life is totally thrown into turmoil after becoming involved with the “Interspecies Cultural Exchange” program by mistake.

Monster Musume synopsis from Haruhichan:

Monsters—they’re real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood—not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the “Cultural Exchange Between Species Act,” these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they’re trying.

When a hapless human named Kurusu Kimihito is inducted as a “volunteer” into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kurusu’s job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kurusu, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what’s a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://monmusu.tv/

And follow their Twitter: @monmusu_tv

Source: Moca News

The Girls from Oshiete! Galko-chan Get Comfortable in New Visual

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February 13, 2016

The girls from the anime adaptation of Kenya Suzuki’s comedy manga Oshiete! Galko-chan have been featured as a double page spread in the March 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

The main cast for the anime is as follows:

Azumi Waki (Eri Higuchi from Anitore! EX) will voice Galko
Miyu Tomita (Taihei Doma from Himouto! Umaru-chan) as Otako
Minami Takahashi (from Shokugeki no Souma) as Ojou

The main staff include:

Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Hayate no Gotoku!, Nyan Koi!, SKET Dance)
Character Designs: Kenji Fujisaki (Blood Lad, Cross Fight B-Daman, Ozma)
Animation Studio: Feel (Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai., Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku, Outbreak Company)

Anime visual:

Oshiete! Galko-chan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenya Suzuki. An anime television series adaptation began airing in January 2016.

Oshiete! Galko-chan synopsis from Haruhichan:

Follow the daily school life of Gyaruko-chan, Otako, and Ojyo in this series of comedic short stories. Gyaruko-chan has a tendency to speak rudely, but she’s basically friends with everyone. Otako is the quiet loner of the class, but she is good friends with Gyaruko-chan. Ojyo speaks her mind freely and naturally.

Additional Cast for Bakuon!! and Theme Songs Announced

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February 13, 2016

The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Mimana Orimoto’s Bakuon!! manga series has revealed additional cast members and the theme songs. The series is scheduled to premiere for spring 2016.

Unshou Ishizuka (Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop) will voice Hayakawa
Yoko Hikasa (Rias Gremory from High School DxD) as Tazuko
Shinichiro Miki (Lockon Stratos from Mobile Suit Gundam 00) as Rin’s Father
Mitsuo Iwata (Kintarou Ooe from Golden Boy) as Onsa’s Father
Kazusa Aranami (Grendizer from Robot Girls Z) as Sayama
Azusa Tadokoro (Fino Bloodstone from Yuushibu) as Yume Sakura

The official website also revealed that Sayaka Sasaki will perform the opening theme “FEEL×ALIVE” while various cast from the anime: Hane Sakura (Reina Ueda), Rin Suzunoki (Nao Touyama), Onsa Amano (Yumi Uchiyama), Hijiri Minowa (Rikako Yamaguchi) will perform the ending theme song “Voon! Voon! Rando On!”

The previously announced cast includes:

Nao Touyama (Claudia Enfield from Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) will voice Rin Suzunoki
Yumi Uchiyama (Miou Ootori from Sabagebu!) as Onsa Amano
Rikako Yamaguchi (Takako Fujiwara from Diamond no Ace) as Hijiri Minowa
Raimu Kawasaki
Hane Sakura

Here’s the most recent trailer which revealed the cast:

The staff for the anime was recently revealed and include:

Director: Junji Nishimura (Glasslip, True Tears)
Series Composition: Kurasumi Sunayama
Character Design: Isao Sugimoto (Girls und Panzer, Kemeko Deluxe!)
Studio: TMS Entertainment (D.Gray-man, Lupin III (2015))

In addition to this the first promotional video was recently revealed:

In addition to this, the official website previously revealed that it will premiere in April 2016 and unveiled a new visual for the series.

The official Twitter account also welcomed the New Year with the illustration pictured below at the start of January.

The anime adaptation of Bakuon!! was revealed on the 6th volume of the manga with a wraparound jacket.

Bakuon!! is a motorcycle, slice of life manga written and illustrated by Mimana Orimoto. The series began in early 2011 being serialized in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion Retsu magazine. To date a total of 6 compiled volumes have been produced, with a 7th volume releasing on March 18, 2016. The series itself features motorcycles from real companies. An anime adaptation has been announced and slated for 2016.

Bakuon!! synopsis from MAL:

The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.

Source: Bakuon!! official website

Top 10 Male Anime Characters Fans Want to Marry

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Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime character would you want to spend the rest of your life with and marry? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (60.2%), female fans (39.8%) and teens to their 20s (65.3%) while the other 34.7% are 30 and over.

Here are the results:

10) Miyuki Kazuya (Diamond no Ace)
9) Hoozuki (Hoozuki no Reitetsu)
8) Seijuurou Akashi (Kuroko no Basket)
7) Hijikata Toushirou (Gintama)
6) Reiji Kotobuki (UtaPri)
5) Shirou Emiya (Fate/Stay Night)
4) Souta Takanashi (Working!!)
3) Makoto Tachibana (Free!)
2) Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)
1) Koushi Sugawara (Haikyuu!!)

Otome Game Ozmafia!! To Receive Short Anime This Summer

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February 12, 2016

The official Twitter for the game brand Poni-Pachet revealed that an anime adaptation of its game Ozmafia!! has been green-lit for this summer on Thursday. The Machi Asobi Vol. 15 event revealed last fall that it will be composed of anime shorts and based on an original story from the game.

The cast has not been revealed yet but the game cast consisted of:

Akiko Hanamura as Fuka
Tarusuke Shingaki (Cadis Etrama di Raizel from Noblesse: Awakening) as Caramia
Kazuyuki Okitsu (Masaomi Asahina from Brothers Conflict) as Kyrie
Atsushi Kakehashi (Susumu Miyanomori from Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku: Kinetograph) as Axel
Mitsuhiro Ichiki (Kazuya Aoi from Freezing) as Scarlet
Junya Enoki (Takeru Takaishi from Digimon Adventire Tri.) as Hänsel
Takuya Kirimoto (Taira from Freedom) as Caesar

Manga Gamer also streamed the opening movie for the game back in July, 2014:

Ozmafia!! was originally released on June 28, 2013 via various Windows OS computers and later released via PlayStation Vita on February 26, 2015 with the title Ozmafia!! -vivace-. Four character songs were released in 2013 and 2014, and a soundtrack for Ozmafia!! -vivace- was released on November 25, 2015.

A manga adaptation by Yurino Tsukigase was released in 2012, prior to the game’s release. It was originally published in Otome High! and later released via Web Comic Action. Futabasha published three compiled volumes of the manga.

Here’s a synopsis of the series:

Ozmafia!! follows the tale of Fuka, a girl with amnesia who doesn’t remember her own name, once she’s rescued from the streets by members of the Oz family mafia. She begins trying to do her best in this dangerous city where several different rival mafia gangs are constantly at war for control and territory.

As Fūka tries to make do for herself amidst this danger, what fate lies in store for her? Will she grow close to one of the members of another faction? Will she fall in love with a member of the Oz family and face a love-triangle over her affections? The choice is yours!

Source: Poni Pachet Twitter, ANN

Sega Saturn Visual Novel, Eve: Burst Error, Is Getting a 2016 Remaster

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February 12, 2016

For better or for worse, the “remaster” trend that has been sweeping the video game industry seemingly has no boundaries. Although we’ve seen newer blockbuster titles such as The Last of Us receive an update for the next generation, other developers have taken an alternate route to reintroduce titles such as Final Fantasy X and Grim Fandango to a new, fresher audience.

El Dia is considering no exception to this bandwagon, revealing the opening sequence to Eve: Burst Error R. Originally by the name Eve: Burst Error, this 1995 visual novel was the creative cultivation of the late producer/writer Hiroyuki Kanno and chiptune composer Ryu Umemoto whom collaborated together on several projects such as YU-NO and Desire before they unfortunately passed away in 2011.

Character designer Nao Tajima, another frequent collaborator of Kanno and Umemoto, will be returning to Eve: Burst Error to illustrate new event CG along with the original graphics, in their entirety, receiving an impressive face-lift with a complete restoration and recolor. Additionally, numerous features will be added to bring the PC/Sega Saturn visual novel up to speed with modern demographics such as the ability to skip text.

Eve: Burst Error R will task players with the chance to play as both Marina Hojo, a renowned intelligence agent with a stunning 99% success average, and Kojiroh Amagi, a down-trodden private investigator who is approached to take a suspiciously important job to locate a piece of art. The first of its kind for the mid-90s, Eve: Burst Error R will allow you to switch between both Marina and Kojiroh whenever you please. As players progress through the story, the two characters will eventually collaborate with one another and discover an underlying correlation that could collide both of their cases into one.

With a slew of up-and-coming publishers taking a headstrong approach to widening the Western visual novel market, Eve: Burst Error R could possibly not just be a showcase of its revolutionary, ahead-of-the-curb diverging narrative for a shiny, new Japanese audience – but perhaps even the North American audience, as well. To take a glance into the titles of yore, it would be interesting to see how visual novels have matured over the years and also get a look-see into Eve‘s stylistically fluorescent atmosphere.

Eve: Burst Error R is expected to release on April 28th in Japan for the PlayStation Vita and PC.

Source: Gematsu

Top 10 Female Anime Characters Fans Want to Marry

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Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime character would you want to spend the rest of your life with and marry? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (60.2%), female fans (39.8%) and teens to their 20s (65.3%) while the other 34.7% are 30 and over.

Here are the results:

10) Haruka Minami (Minami-ke!)
9) Nagisa Furukawa (Clannad)
8) Eru Chitanda (Hyouka)
7) Yukina Himeragi (Strike the Blood)
6) Hinata Hyuuga (Naruto)
5) Yukino Yukinoshita (Oregairu)
4) Tsubasa Hanekawa (Monogatari)
3) Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
2) Ui Hirasawa (K-On!)
1) Kosaki Onodera (Nisekoi)

The Morose Mononokean TV Anime Announced

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February 12, 2016

Square Enix launched an official website that has revealed that Kiri Wazawa’s The Morose Mononokean (Fukigen na Mononokean) is getting a television anime adaptation. The official website also revealed a new visual for the series, which shows the characters Hanae Ashiya, Haruitsuki Abeno, and Moja Moja.

The Morose Mononokean (Fukigen na Mononokean) is a Japanese manga series drawn by Kiri Wazawa and has been serialized in Gangan Online since September 2013 with five volumes published. It is also currently being simulpublished in English as The Morose Mononokean by Crunchyroll since July 5, 2015.

The Morose Mononokean synopsis from MAL:

Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the “Mononokean” for help. This is a tale involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.

Source: Comic Natalie

Additional Sansha Sanyou Anime Cast Announced

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February 12, 2016

The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Cherry Arai’s 4-koma comedy manga Sansha Sanyou has revealed three additional cast members for the series which will premiere in Spring 2016.

The new cast members include:

Machico (Machiko from Sore ga Seiyuu!) will voice Serina Nishiyama
Aina Suzuki (Shiori Sakurada from Joukamachi no Dandelion) as Asako Kondou
Rika Momokawa (Shizuku Tendou from Fushigi na Somera-chan) as Shino Sonobe

The previously announced cast is as follows:

Mai Kanazawa will voice Futaba Otagiri
Ayaka Imamura as Teru Hayama (Miyabi Hotaka from Absolute Duo)
Yuu Wakui as Youko Nishikawa (Sumire Hikami from Aikatsu!)

The staff members include:

Director: Yasuhiro Kimura (key animation in Tsuritama)
Character design: Jun Yamazaki (key animation in Anohana)
Series composition: Hidoaki Koyasu (Akikan!, Lance N’ Masques, GJ-bu)
Animation production: Doga Kobo (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Himouto! Umaru-chan, Mikakunin de Shinkoukei)

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 has been announced.

Sansha Sanyou synopsis from Haruhichan:

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.

Source: Sansha Sanyou official website

Digimon Adventure Tri.’s 2nd Film Promo Video Streamed

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February 12, 2016

A new promotional video for the second film of the in the Digimon Adventure tri. series, Digimon Adventure tri.: Ketsui, debuted on the official website on Tuesday.

The video ends with a teaser for the third part, Digimon Adventure tri.: Kokuhaku (Confession), which will open this summer. In the teaser, Patamon says, “Sayonara, Takeru” (T.K.), and Takeru replies by yelling Patamon’s name.

The film will open for a limited three-week run in Japanese theaters on March 12. It will also be available online for a fee on the same day, and theaters will offer an early limited edition Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray Disc and DVD will then debut at regular retailers on April 2.

In addition to this, the boys from the Digimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime series has been featured in the February 2016 issue of Otomedia as a poster.

The Digimon girls have also been featured as a poster. Meiko Mochizuki, Sora Takenouchi, Mimi Tachikawa, and Yagami Hikari have been featured in the February 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

The cast members of the 8 Digi-destined have also been revealed. The voice actors and actresses from the previous anime will not return and will instead include a new cast:

Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) will voice lead character Taichi “Tai” Yagami
Suzuko Mimori (Umi Sonoda in Love Live! School Idol Project) voices Sora Takenouchi
Yoshimasa Hosoya (Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko’s Basketball) as Yamato “Matt” Ishida
Mutsumi Tamura (Sonya from Kill Me Baby) is voicing Koushiro Izumi
Hitomi Yoshida (Haru Miura from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!) will voice Mimi Tachikawa
Junya Ikeda (Ataru Suruga in Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince) voices Jo Kido
Junya Enoki (Shion Kiba from Cardfight!! Vanguard G) as Takeru Takaishi
Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will play Hikari Yagami

Recently the official website also revealed a new key visual for the series. In addition to this, it has also been revealed that the Kouji Wada will return to do the opening theme song “Butter-Fly” while Miyazaki Ayumi will return to perform “Brave Heart” for the insert song. The Digimon cast will remain the same.

The main staff members of Digimon Adventure Tri. includes:

Director: Keitaro Motonaga (Date A Live, Katanagatari)
Anime Character Designer: Atsuya Uki (tsuritama, Cencoroll)
Series Composer: Yuko Kakihara (Sora no Otoshimono, Persona 4: The Animation)
Animation Studio: Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece)

The anime will be set 6 years after the end of the original series, and 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02. The newly announced anime will be produced by Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece) and follow 17 year old Tai who is currently in high school with Agumon.

Digimon (Digital Monsters in Japan) is a large multimedia franchise that was based on Bandai’s Digivice products, which first released in 1997. The toys were based on Tamagotchis, which were also produced by Bandai. The toys were seen as more female orientated products, so Bandai created a new line of products for a male equivalent. The first anime adaptation, Digimon Adventure, was produced in 1999 by Toei Animation. A film and TV anime were released alongside each other in 1999, the movie being a 20 minute anime produced by Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). Since then there has been numerous anime series, toys, figures, manga, video games and trading card games in the franchise. And this year, will mark the 15th anniversary of Digimon Adventure.

You can click on the Digi-Egg on the anime’s official website: http://digimon-adventure.net/
And follow the campaign on Twitter: @Digi_advntr15th

Slice of Life HaruChika Visual Revealed in Japanese Magazine

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February 11, 2016

A new visual for the anime adaptation of Sei Hatsuno’s HaruChika novel series has been featured as a page spread in the March 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

In related news, the official website unveiled a new visual:

In addition to this, a visual of the series has also been featured as a double page spread in the December 2015 issue of Japanese magazine NewType. This issue can be purchased here.

The anime adaptation of HaruChika will be titled HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru and will begin its broadcast in January 2016, during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season.

The support cast was also revealed and includes:

Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) will voice Shinjirou Kusakabe
Miyoko Narushima (Ki-ja from Akatsuki no Yona) as Haruka Chisuga
Sei Maren (Shidou Itsuka from Date A Live) as Nobunaga Shimazaki
Naoko Serizawa (Atsumu Matsuyuki from AnoHana) as Asami Seto
Nobuhiko Okamoto (Obi from Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) as Kaiyuu Hayima
Yuki Yamada (Alka from Blade & Soul) as Akari Gotou
Seiichirou Yamashita (Takahiro Mizuno from Walkure Romanze) as Keisuke Katagiri

The first members of anime’s main cast have been revealed. They include:

Soma Saito (Adlet Mayer from Rokka no Yuusha) voicing Haruta Kamijou

Sarah Emi Bridcutt (Asuka Kudou in Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?) voices Chika Homura

The staff consists of:

Director: Masakazu Hashimoto (Soul Eater Not!, Tari Tari)
Series Composer: Reiko Yoshida (Bakuman., Hanayamata, K-ON!)
Anime Character Designer: Asako Nishida (Love Live! School Idol Project, Vampire Knight)
Chief Animation Director: Yurie Oohigashi (Another, Uchouten Kazoku)
Sound Director: Satoki Lida (Angel Beats!, Assassination Classroom)
Music Composer: Shiroh Hamaguchi (Shirobako, Girls und Panzer)
Animation Studio: P.A. Works (Charlotte, Shirobako, Angel Beats!)

HaruChika is a mystery novel series written by Sei Hatsuno that began in 2008 published by Kadokawa. To date the series has a total of 4 volumes released with the 5th volume scheduled to release in the upcoming months.

Anime visual:

Here is the series’ synopsis from Haruhichan:

The novels revolve around the title characters Haruta Kamijou and Chika Homura, who are members of their school’s concert band. Together, the two solve day-to-day mysteries by building on their childhood friendship.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://haruchika-anime.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @haruta_chika

The Phantom Girls Featured as a Double Page Spread

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February 11, 2016

The girls from the anime adaptation of Souichirou Shinno and Shirabi’s Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors Phantom World) novel has taken the spotlight and has been featured as a double page spread in the March 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Mai Kawakami has recently stolen the spotlight and 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 related news – Mai Kawakami, Reina Izumi, and Ruru have been featured as a double page spread in the February 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

In addition to this, another new visual for the girls from the series has been featured as a double page spread in the February 2016 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

In addition, Mai Kawakami from the upcoming anime has been featured as a poster in the February 2016 issueof Megami. This issue can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

The website also unveiled a new key visual:

A new visual for the has also been revealed as a double page spread in the December 2015 issue of Animage. You can purchase this issue of Animage here.

The main cast of the anime includes:

Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) leading the cast to voice Ichijo Haruhiko

Sumire Uesaka (Sanae Dekomori in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) voicing main character Mai Kawakami

Saori Hayami (Miyuki Shiba in Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) will voice Reina Izumi

Maaya Uchida (Rikka Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) is voicing Koito Minase

Azusa Tadokoro (Fino Bloodstone in Yuushibu) as Ruru

Misaki Kuno (Kate Hoshimiya from Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda) joins to voice Kurumi Kumamakura

Kikuko Inoue (Sanae Furukawa in Clannad) as Arisu Himeno

Shosuke Morohashi, whose voice cast has not been revealed yet

The production staff of the series are as follows:

Director: Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad, Hibike! Euphonium)
Series Composer: Fumihiko Shimo (Clannad, Kokoro Connect)
Anime Character Designer & Chief Animation Director: Kazumi Ikeda (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Clannad)
Art Director: Mikiko Watanabe (Amagi Brilliant Park, Kyoukai no Kanata)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Clannad, Hibike! Euphonium)
Music Composer: EFFY/Moribe Kosuke (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A Theme Song)
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hibike! Euphonium, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)

Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors Phantom World) is a supernatural and fantasy novel written by Souichirou Shinno with illustrations from Shirabi. The novel was published in December 2013 under Kyoto Animation’s imprint where it earned the award of Honourable Mention at the 2013 Kyoto Animation Awards.

Here is the series synopsis from Haruhichan:

The story takes place in the near future, in a world born of human imagination. What humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called “phantoms.” The main character, Haruhiko Ichijou, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability “Spirit of Five Elements,” Reina Izumi, who has the ability “Phantom Eater,” and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. They experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://phantom-world.com/
And follow their Twitter: @anime_PW

Casting for Reacord of Lodoss War MMO Announced

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February 11, 2016

For those unfamiliar, The Record of Lodoss War is a series of 8 fantasy novels, which originally ran from 1988-1993. The series originated from “replays”, or written transcripts of Dungeons and Dragons sessions. After his transcripts gained popularity, series creator and dungeon master Ryo Mizuno began to adapt the stories into a series of novels.

There have since been dozens of manga, anime and video game adaptations of the franchise, including a full 27 episode TV series.

The Record of Lodoss War Online is the newest adaptation of the franchise, and is being developed by Red Stone’s L&K Logic Korea and released by GameOn. After it’s initial announcement in 2013, the game was seriously delayed after initial alpha testing.

Now, L&K Logic is re-opening premium closed beta to further development, and in anticipation of it, have released the character designs and voices for various NPC heroes and villains.

Parn, voiced by Takuma Terashima

Deedlit, voiced by Aya Endo

Etoh, voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi

Ghim, voiced by Minoru Inaba

Woodchuck, voiced by Hiroaki Hirata

Slayn, voiced by Tomokazu Sugita

Karla, voiced by Kikuko Inoue

Ashram, voiced by Hiroki Takahashi

With retro graphics and classic RPG gameplay, the MMO hopes to also cater to older fans of the series.

The fre-to-play MMO’s story will be based around The Record of Lodoss War 1: The Grey Witch arc, and will progress further into the story in future content updates. Premium closed beta will re-open on Febuary 16th, and the game is set to release some time in 2016.

source: Dengeki Online

Cast Members for ReLIFE Anime Announced

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February 10, 2016

The official website for the anime adaptation of Sou Yayoi’s ReLIFE web manga has revealed the first two cast members in the upcoming series.

The two revealed cast members include:

Kensho Ono (Slaine Troyard from Aldnoah.Zero) joins the cast to voice Arata Kaizaki
Ai Kayano (Menma from AnoHana) is voicing Chizuru Hishiro

TMS Entertainment (Yowamushi Pedal, Detective Conan) will produce the upcoming anime. The first members of the anime’s voice cast will be revealed in the manga’s 5th volume, which will be released in Japan on February 12. The cast for main characters Arata Kaizaki and Chizuru Hishiro will be announced in the volume. Additional information will also be revealed at the series’ event on Anime Japan, on March 26.

In addition, a new visual has been revealed for the series:

Announcement video for the anime:

ReLIFE is an ongoing Japanese fantasy drama seinen web manga series written and illustrated by Sou Yayoi. It’s published by NHN PlayArt on comico website since October 12, 2013 and has three volumes compiling the chapters published by Earth Star Entertainment released so far. It has been announced that a television anime adaptation has been greenlit and will air in 2016.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

The ReLIFE anime adaptation is currently scheduled to be broadcasted this year. Additional information will be revealed with the manga’s 5th volume and at the live event at Anime Japan on March 26.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.comico.jp/special/index.nhn?docno=2

Source: ReLIFE Anime Website

Saya and Hotaru Eat Cheap Candy in New Poster

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February 10, 2016

A new visual featuring Saya Endou and Hotaru Shidare from the anime adaptation of Kotoyama’s Dagashi Kashi manga has been featured as a poster in the March 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

In related news – According to the article in January, when the TV anime adaptation was originally announced in September of 2015, the first 2 volumes of Dagashi Kashi had sold about 450,000 copies total and were averaging about 200,000 sales per volume. When the 4th volume released on December 18, the total number of copies in print had increased about 1.2 million. As of January 10, about 1.6 million copies are in print.

As of the airing of the 1st episode of the Dagashi Kashi TV anime on January 10, 2016, sales had increased to about 1.6 million copies total, with each volume averaging about 400,000 copies per volume. Official sources cite interest in the TV anime as the driving factor for the surge in sales.

Here’s the second promotional video for the anime series:

Here’s the most recent anime visual:

The first promotional video:

The main cast of the upcoming anime has been revealed alongside new updated character designs. The main cast includes:

Ayana Taketatsu (Kirino Kousaka from Oreimo) will voice Hotaru Shidare

Atsushi Abe (Touma Kamijou from Toaru Majutsu no Index) is voicing Kokonotsu Shikada

Manami Numakura (Aoi Sakurai in Rail Wars!) voices Saya Endou

Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Makoto Tachibana from Free!) is voicing Tou Endou

Keiji Fujiwara (Tatsuya Kimura from Hajime no Ippo) as You Shikada

The leading members of the anime’s main staff includes:

Director and Series Composer: Shigehito Takayanagi (The World God Only Knows, Tokyo ESP)
Series Composer: Yasuko Kamo (Kanamemo, Tokyo ESP)
Anime Character Designer: Kanetoshi Kamimoto (Burst Angel, Yosuga no Sora)
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama (Haganai, Isshuukan Friends.)
Animation Studio: feel. (Oregairu Zoku, Minami-ke Tadaima)

Dagashi Kashi is written and illustrated by Kotoyama. It began serialization in Shounen Sunday magazine in June 2014. The manga is currently ongoing, with three compiled volumes published.

Here is the series synopsis from Haruhichan:

Shikada Kokonotsu’s father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in Summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu’s father is famous and she wants him to join her family’s company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/dagashi/
And follow their Twitter: @anime_dagashi

Skimpy Luck & Logic Poster Revealed

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February 10, 2016

A new visual for Bushiroad’s Luck & Logic TV anime has been featured as a poster in the March 2016 issue of Animedia. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Another poster of the series has been featured in the March 2016 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Another visual for the series has has been revealed in the February 2016 issue of NewType. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).

Luck & Logic is a media franchise created by Bushiroad. It consists of a trading card game, with the first products to be released on February 28, 2016, and an anime television series by Doga Kobo that is scheduled to air from January 9, 2016. The opening theme is “STORY” by Kensho Ono and the ending theme is “Meiyaku no Kanata” by Emi Nitta.

Luck & Logic synopsis from Haruhichan:

In the year L.C. 922, mankind faces an unprecedented crisis. Following the conclusion of a hundred-year war on the mythical world of Tetraheaven, the losing Majins sought a safe haven and invaded the human world Septpia. The government is forced to fight by employing Logicalists belonging to ALCA, a special police that protects the streets from foreigners of another world. Logicalists are given a special power that allows them to enter a trance with Goddesses from the other world.

One day, Yoshichika Tsurugi, a civilian who is lacking “Logic” and lives peacefully with his family, meets the beautiful goddess Athena while helping people escape from a Majin attack. She wields the “Logic” that Yoshichika that should have been lost. This leads Yoshichika to an unexpected destiny with Athena.

The future of the world depends on the “Luck” and “Logic” and these Logicalists.

New Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Poster Covers Most Fetishes One Can Have

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February 10, 2016