The official website for the Code Geass: Akito the Exiled series began streaming a new trailer for the fifth and final episode of the series on Friday. The episode will open in Japan in 36 theaters in Japan on February 6, after being delayed from its original fall 2015 release window. The trailer previews the episode’s story.
In addition to this, the website also unveiled a new visual for the episode. The tagline reads, “To live in this world, I’ll keep on fighting.”
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled is a theatrical OVA. It was officially announced in the bonus materials of Code Geass: The Miraculous Birthday. The new theatrical OVA is directed by Kazuki Akane (of Vision of Escaflowne and Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e fame) and once again features original character designs by CLAMP. It is a side-story that occurs between seasons one and two ofCode Geass.
The official website for the anime adaptation of Koutarou Kosugi’s Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [LocoDol] Yattemita. manga began streaming a 30-second commercial for the upcoming second OVA project, which is a Christmas special. The anime special will air on Christmas Eve before it ships on home video.
The special will air on TBS late at night on December 24, and then will air on CS-TBS Channel 2 on December 25 at 1:30 a.m., and then on BS-TBS on December 26 at 1:30 a.m. Miku Itou (who plays Nanako) and Sachika Misawa (Yukari) will perform a new opening theme. The staff will announce the artist for the new ending theme at a later date.
The staff will also host an “all-nighter” event at Cinemart Shinjuku in Tokyo on December 24, which will show select episodes and the OVA. Miku Itou and Sachika Misawa will attend the event.
In related news, Nanako Usami and Yukari Kohinata have gotten festive in the latest poster of the series revealed in the January 2016 issue of NyanType. This issue of NyanType can be purchased here and you can view the posters that came in this issue here.
Synopsis of Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. from Haruhichan:
In the town of Nagarekawa, Nanako Usami, an ordinary high school girl, is approached by her uncle to become a local idol or “Locodol,” partnering with upperclassman Yukari Kohinata to form the idol unit, Nagarekawa Girls. As the girls use their talent to promote Nagarekawa and their businesses, they are joined by Yui Mikoze, who acts as the local mascot, and Mirai Nazukari, who serves as Yui’s substitute.
Locodol, short for Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita., is a Japanese four-panel comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kotaro Kosugi. It made its first appearance in Ichijinsha’s Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine with the October 2011 issue. An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired between July and September 2014.
Kyoto Animation (Hibike! Euphonium, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) has released the second promotional video for their anime adaptation of Souichirou Shinno and Shirabi’s Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors Phantom World) novel. The new video introduces to us the main characters of the new anime and their powers. The video also previews the anime’s Opening theme song: “Naked Dive” performed by the duo SCREEN mode.
The Musaigen no Phantom World anime will start its broadcast on the midnight of Wednesday, January 6/Thursday January 7, on Tokyo MX, during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season.
The website also unveiled a new key visual:
The first commercial video for the upcoming series was also revealed:
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 Animagehere.
In addition to this the first promotional video was recently revealed. The new video introduces the main characters of the upcoming anime and previews the quality of its animation.
The main cast of the anime includes:
Hiro Shimono (Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows) leading the cast to voice Ichijo Haruhiko
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.
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.
The official staff and cast for the anime adaptation of Tappei Nagatsuki and Shintarou Otsuka’s light novel Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) have been revealed on the anime’s official Japanese website. The series will premiere in spring 2016.
The cast will include:
Yuusuke Kobayashi (Arslan in Arslan Senki) as Subaru Natsuki
Rie Takahashi (Miki ‘Mii-Kun’ Naoki in Gakkou Gurashi) as Emilia
Yumi Uchiyama (Etoile in Arslan Senki) as Pack
Chinatsu Akasaki (Nibutani Shinka in Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) as Felt
Rie Murakawa (Natsu Megumi in Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?) as Ram
Inori Minase (Eddelrittuo in Aldnoah.Zero) as Rem
Satomi Arai (Bisca Mulan in Fairy Tail) as Beatrice
Yuuichi Nakamura (Okazaki Tomoya in Clannad) as Lineheart
The main staff includes:
Director: Seiji Watanabe (Wakaba*Girl)
Character Original Concept: Shinichirou Ootsuka
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani (Free!, Busou Shinki)
Character Design and General Illustration Director: Kyuta Sakai (Steins;Gate)
Media Factory also uploaded a promotional video for the anime:
Anime visual:
Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Re: Life in a Different World from Zero) is a fantasy light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki with illustrations by Shintarou Otsuka. The series started in early 2014 being published under Kadokawa’s MF Bunko J imprint. To date a total of 6 volumes have been published. There have been two manga adaptations produced thus far. The first manga is drawn by Daichi Matsue and published under Monthly Comic Alive where the series ended at 2 volumes. The second series is by Makoto Fugetsu with the first volume releasing in March under Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine.
Synopsis by Haruhichan:
Suddenly high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him, things become worse when he is attacked. But when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor. When they finally manage to get a clue, Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone. Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices he gained the ability “Returns by Death.” A helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. And beyond the despair can he save the girl from the fate of death?
Hideo Kojima, the director of the highly revered Metal Gear Solid series, explains why he chose to partner with Sony. Superfluous to say, a man of his stature surely received numerous offers for partnership, but why Sony?
The legend himself explains in this video:
It is clear as water that Konami and Kojima did not mesh well together; hopefully the same cannot be (has already) said about Sony and Kojima.
Are you excited to see what his production’s new IP is going to be?
Catch the latest Pokemon movie on Cartoon Network this Saturday, December 19th, at 6:00pm ET/PT. Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages centers around the mysteriously adorable psychic/ghost type mythical Pokemon, Hoopa. Although this particular Pokemon doesn’t evolve, it has an alternate form, which it changes into by using the Prison Bottle. Its default form is Hoopa Confined, will then become Hoopa Unbound.
Hoopa is a mischievous Pokemon that knows how to talk!
In a desert city by the sea, Ash, Pikachu, and their friends meet the Mythical Pokemon Hoopa, who has the ability to summon all sorts of things—including people and Pokemon—through its magic ring. After a strange and scary incident, they learn a story of long ago, when the rampage of a terrifying Pokémon was stopped by a brave hero. Now, the threat that has been bottled up for many years is in danger of breaking loose again! Can Ash help his new friend overcome the darkness within…or will a dangerous secret erupt into a clash of legends?
Pokémon animation is licensed for broadcast in more than 160 countries and in more than 30 languages. The official Pokemon TV app is free to download for iOS and Android devices as well as for Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Google Chromecast. The Pokémon TV app allows fans to watch an array of episodes, updated regularly from Pokémon’s extensive animation library.
You rising Pokemon masters can also watch the prequel, Hoopa: the Mischief Pokemon on Pokemon.com or the Pokemon TV app!
With the 5th anniversary of the iconic movie, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, there is no better time to start on that Haruhi Suzumiya cosplay you’ve been planning. With Christmas just around the corner, Japanese cosplayer Kitaro resembled Haruhi perfectly. In their cosplay, Kitaro recreated Haruhi’s winter school uniform along with a well styled auburn wig. The photo-shoot resembles scenery from the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime, including the homeroom classroom, the club room, and North High.
To support Kitaro’s works and other cosplays, check out their BCY profile!
The latest issue of Shueisha’s V Jump magazine has revealed the first visual for the upcoming story arc of the Dragon Ball Super (Dragon Ball Chou) anime. The visual itself is for the anime’s next arc, the Champa arc. The arc will be focusing on the God of Destruction Champa, the twin brother of Beerus. The arc itself began in the 5th chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga and will be animated from episode 27.
Dragon Ball is an acclaimed manga created by Akira Toriyama that was first published in 1984. The first anime adaptation of the manga, Dragon Ball, first aired in 1986 and was produced by Toei Animation. The series ended in 1989, in which the second half of the manga was then adapted with a new name: Dragon Ball Z. The anime and manga series were insanely popular in Japan, with the manga itself selling over 156 million copies to date, being the second highest selling manga of all time. The anime was soon picked up by Funimation Entertainment in 1995 to distribute in North America, where they made their own dub for the anime. Since then, a slew of merchandise, films, manga, games and card games, began releasing worldwide to capitalise on the franchise’s popularity till this day, over 30 years since the manga was first published.
Here is the synopsis of the original series from MAL:
Bulma is a girl in search of the mystical Dragonballs that when brought together grant any wish. In her search she bumps into the owner of one of these balls, a strange boy named Goku. The two then set off together, Bulma in search of the Dragonballs and Goku on a quest to become stronger.
The first Blu-ray and DVD of Dragon Ball Super (Dragon Ball Chou) is currently available on Amazon Japan for ¥12,147 (~ US$98.40). The second release will be out on March 2nd. The anime is currently airing on Fuji TV every Sunday at 9:00am JST for a total of 100 episodes.
The Champa arc of Dragon Ball Super (Dragon Ball Chou) will start from the 27th episode of the anime, airing next year in mid January.
Sabbat of the Witch is a visual novel about a young man named Shuji Hoshina who has a mysterious power that lets him feel other people’s feelings. He witnesses his popular classmate Nene Ayachi masturbate and learns she’s also a witch! This is a beautiful 1/7th scale figure of Nene Ayachi the Witch by Broccoli. Her cuteness is captured perfectly from the game, you can’t help but adore her cuteness.
Ayumi Otosaka from the popular Charlotte anime has recently received a cute Nendoroid Figure by Good Smile Company. Ayumi as she comes with a number of interesting parts including three expressions, a special omelet rice, nose bleed part, and more. Pose her to recreate scenes from the anime.
The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Mimana Orimoto’s Bakuon!! manga series has revealed a new visual for the series featuring Hane Sakura.
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 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.
The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists) has revealed three cast members and the character designs for the main two.
The announced cast is as follows:
Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) as Rokuro Enmado
Megumi Han (Gon Freecss from Hunter x Hunter) as Benio Adashino
Ayumu Murase (Rui Ninomiya from Gatchaman Crowds) as Yuto Ijika
The series will be animated by Studio Pierrot (Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto) and to broadcast in 2016. The first key visual of the series was also unveiled.
Avex Pictures will exhibit the series on December 19 and 20 at Jump Festa 2016, which will be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Fusion musical group Wagakki Band will perform the theme song of the series.
The series art and story is done by Yoshiaki Sukeno (Binbougami ga!) and currently has six volumes in print. It has been serialized by Jump SQ Magazine since November 2013.
Sousei no Onmyouji synopsis from MAL:
Rokuro is from a family of exorcists, but he’d rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but an exorcist! He’s forced to own up to his own incredible potential when new arrival Benio stirs his competitive spirit. But their rivalry gets a twist when they earn the prestigious title of “Twin Star Exorcists”—two supreme fighters fated to marry and birth the ultimate spiritual warrior!
The Straw Hats from One Piece are joining in the enthusiasm for Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere. The pirate crew will be demonstrating it in a lead-in video playing ahead of Episode VII, which opens in Japan along with the rest of the world on December 18.
The Japanese dub cast for the movie will not be announced until the feature’s premiere.
In addition to this, a new teaser for the upcoming One Piece Gold anime movie has been streamed.
This new One Piece movie will be the 13th coming out, it will be airing this summer on July 23rd, 2016. Eiichiro Oda, the original creator of the One Piece manga and anime will obviously be the executive producer. The film will be directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto, who directed the One Piece TV anime from episode 352 to 679 and was the assistant director forOne Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island. The script will be written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa, screenwriter of the Black Butler live action, the Samurai Sensei drama series and Strawberry Night. This will his first anime-related work.
Here’s a great unique figure from the anime adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow’s Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront) manga series featuring the leader of Libra, Klaus Von Reinherz. He comes in a cool pose with super stylish background like a 3D poster illustration.
With the recent announcement of a third season of Strike Witches in production earlier this year, comes this 1/8th scale figure of Charlotte E. Yeager from the folks at Alter armed with her machine gun. This is version 2.0 where Charlotte wears a maroon colored uniform and a different pose.
From the epic fantasy anime about super powered female warriors, Madan no Ou to Vanadis, comes this great huge 1/4th scale figure of main heroine Eleonora Viltalia. She is presented in a blue bunny girl costume instead of her usual Vanadis outfit but still looks great and even more sexy, showing off those amazing curves and butt. This outstanding figure is by FREEing.
During the recent December 15 Super Smash Bros. direct, the final DLC character has been revealed and it is none other than the Umbra Witch Bayonetta from Platinum Games’ Bayonetta. She will be in the game with all her powers, including Witch Time and her Wicked Weaves. Her inclusion in the game was a result of a poll that Nintendo conducted asking fans for what of their characters they would want in the game. Bayonetta herself was ranked first in Europe and in the top 5 in North America.
Bayonetta will be available in Super Smash Bros. For 3DS & Wii U very soon, with the development team aiming for a February release.
In related news, Cloud Strife recently sliced into the game and is available and is now playable.
The live-action movie adapted of Ichigo Takano’s Orange shoujo manga series is now top of the Japanese box office with 312 million yen (2,558,540 American Dollars).
Mitsujiro Hashimoto directed the new official live-action film based off Ichigo Takano’s manga Orange, it opened on 302 screens in Japan on December 12th and making 312 million yen. The movie is expected to earn around 1.8 billion yen from its total domestic run.
For the comparison, the live-action film is ranked first while the latest James Bond movie “Spectre” is on second position, “The Little Prince” is 10th and “Girls and Panzer der Film” is 8th.
Naho Takamiya (Tao Tsuchiya) is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse (Kento Yamazaki). Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother’s suicide and he died one year later. 26-years-old Naho Takamiya thinks about Kakeru Naruse often.
2nd year high school student Naho Takamiya, with the knowledge of what she feels 10 years in the future, takes action to change her future.
Fans of Kojima’s work, including the Metal Gear series and cult-hit Snatcher, can rejoice as Sony Computer Entertainment and Hideo Kojima have officially announced that they will be partnering to bring Kojima’s next, debut title – with the resurrected Kojima Productions – exclusively to PlayStation 4.
This comes hot off the trails on our previous article which featured a Nikkei article, hinting at the impending collaboration as Hideo Kojima officially departed with Konami on December 15th.
“I’m happy to let you know that I have established my own independent studio today,” said Kojima as he sat beside Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment. “I’m thrilled to embark on creating a new franchise with PlayStation that will give you all a new and innovative gaming experience so please stay tuned.”
Here is the full announcement video and a press release, issued by Sony Computer Entertainment:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Kojima Productions, a newly formed studio by the acclaimed game designer Hideo Kojima, to develop its first software title as a console exclusive to the PlayStation(R)4 (PS4(TM)) computer entertainment system.
“PlayStation(R)’s history is one of game innovation and great new franchises,” said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “Hideo Kojima has been a huge part of that history, and we are therefore delighted that he has chosen to bring his brand new project to life in partnership with PlayStation. We look forward to working with him on an exciting new game and warmly welcome him to the PlayStation family.”
“I will be taking on a new challenge by establishing my own independent studio, and I am thrilled to be able to embark on this journey with PlayStation, who I have continued to work with all these past years,” said Hideo Kojima, Game Designer, Kojima Productions. “I cannot wait to deliver, with PlayStation, a game that will become a compelling franchise.”
SCE will continue to expand the world of PS4 to deliver entertainment experiences that are only possible on PlayStation.
Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 16, 2015 – KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS announced today that it has officially opened its doors. Lead by award-winning game designer, HIDEO KOJIMA, the studio with begin focusing its efforts in developing products that will push the boundaries in innovation and ignite consumer interest worldwide.
A new teaser for the upcoming One Piece Gold anime movie has been released on YouTube on December 15th.
This new One Piece movie will be the 13th coming out, it will be airing this summer on July 23rd, 2016. Eiichiro Oda, the original creator of the One Piece manga and anime will obviously be the executive producer. The film will be directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto, who directed the One Piece TV anime from episode 352 to 679 and was the assistant director for One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island. The script will be written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa, screenwriter of the Black Butler live action, the Samurai Sensei drama series and Strawberry Night. This will his first anime-related work.
The 12th movie, One Piece Film Z, was released three years ago at the time this post is written, it was one of the most popular anime movie that ever existed.
One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump since July 19, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankoubon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 75th volume released as of September 2014. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man whose body gains the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world’s ultimate treasure known as One Piece in order to become the next Pirate King.
The chapters have been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Since then, the still continuing series has aired over 672 episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed thirteen animated feature films, two OVA’s, and five television specials.
One Piece has received wide critical acclaim, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story. Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including highest initial print run of any book in Japan and the first book to sell over three million copies in Oricon history. As of 2013, the series had over 345 million volumes in circulation worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history.
One Piece synopsis from Haruhichan:
Gol D. Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death revealed the location of the greatest treasure in the world, One Piece. It was this revelation that brought about the Grand Age of Pirates, men who dreamed of finding One Piece(which promises an unlimited amount of riches and fame), and quite possibly the most coveted of titles for the person who found it, the title of the Pirate King.
Enter Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy that defies your standard definition of a pirate. Rather than the popular persona of a wicked, hardened, toothless pirate who ransacks villages for fun, Luffy’s reason for being a pirate is one of pure wonder; the thought of an exciting adventure and meeting new and intriguing people, along with finding One Piece, are his reasons of becoming a pirate. Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Luffy and his crew travel across the Grand Line, experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling strong enemies, all in order to reach One Piece.
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