The January issue of Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine announced on Friday that NisiOisin (Monogatari Series, Katanagatari) will draw a new series with Akira Akatsuki (Muri wo Shouchi de Koibito desu, Toshokan Kyuuseishu Club). The duo are reuniting for a new series titled Shounen Shoujo, it will debut in Jump SQ’s February issue, to be released on January 4.
The magazine teases, “What can be seen clearly in a society that lacks hidden individuality…?”
The duo had previously worked on Medaka Box, which was serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, published by Shueisha between May 2009 and April 2013. As of February 2013, Shueisha has compiled its chapters into 22 bound volumes. It was adapted into an anime television series that aired between April 5 and June 21, 2012. A second season aired between October 11 and December 27, 2012.
During the Sega Network Fan Appreciation 2015 event held in Tokyo’s Akihabara district on Sunday, more details about the previously announced anime adaptation of card game. The Ange Vierge anime will debut next year and will be produced by Silver Link (Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Non Non Biyori). The event also revealed a key visual featuring a new character alongside Miumi Hinata.
The cast so far includes:
Yuuka Aisaka (Aika Tsube from Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.) as Miumi Hinata (a first-year student from the blue world, Earth; Illustrator: Kantoku)
Mai Ishihara (Orange Pekoe from Girls und Panzer) as Sofina (the brilliant witch from the dark world, Darkness Embraces; Illustrator: Kira Inugami)
Saori Hayami (Shirayuki from Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) as Aurora (The amnesiac girl from the red world)
Kana Hanazawa (Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!) as SW=Code Omega 46 Senia (The android girl from the white world)
Rie Takahashi (Asuka Fuji from Shirobako) as Philia
Yoshiko Ikuta (Yukina Sonogi from Senkou no Night Raid) as Ruby
Nozomi Yamamoto (Chiko Shinmoto from Super Seisyun Brothers) as Mayuka
The project has a theme song by the group L.I.N.K.s — Yuka Aisaka, Mai Ishihara, Nozomi Yamamoto, Rie Takahashi, and Yoshiko Ikuta.
The game’s promotional videos (the first PV was by Production I.G that was released last year, the second PV was by Point Pictures and was released in 2014):
Ange Vierge is a Japanese trading card game released by Fujimi Shobo and Media Factory, two brand companies of Kadokawa Corporation. It was first announced in 2013. The franchise has a theme song by L.I.N.K.s, a group composed of the voice actresses Yuuka Aisaka, Mai Ishihara, Nozomi Yamamoto, Rie Takahashi, and Yoshiko Ikuta.
A manga adaptation titled Ange Vierge Linkage by Mako Komao with art by Sakaki Yoshioka began serialization in Fujimi Shobo’s shonen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age from 2014. An anime adaptation has been announced and will air in January 2016.
Synopsis of the franchise from ANN:
The story of the card game follows what happens when “Hairou” portals suddenly open, fusing three different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious “Exceed” powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called “Progress” girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.
Fuji TV began airing the second commercial for the upcoming TV anime special One Piece ~Adventure of Nevlandia~ on Sunday that will air on December 19. The video previews the theme song by J-Pop singer Namie Amuro titled “Black Make Up.”
The special will have a new and completely original story that will take place on a “Devil Fruit blocking” fog island in the New World that keeps Devil Fruit users from being able to use their powers. The crew will also again meet and have a rematch with the Foxy Pirates from the Davy Back Fight arc. Foxy now has three new subordinates: Doujack, Kanshou, and Koumei, the latter of whom is a member of a family of genius tacticians.
Koumei devises a plan where Zoro and Sanji take part in an eating contest, and the two eat a strange “good-for-nothing-only” mushroom that turns them into good-for-nothing men. The two are then locked in a jail cell. When the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates chase after their imprisoned crew, they land on the island of Nevlandia, which features a mysterious fog made from sea water, and it has the same effects as seastone. The Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival on Nevlandia is also a part of Koumei’s plan.
The special will be directed by Konosuke Uda who directed episodes 1-278 of One Piece, One Piece Movie 4: Dead Endand One Piece Movie 7: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle.
Anime visual:
The previous TV special titled,One Piece Episode of Sabo, aired on August 22. The end of the special announced that the13th anime film in the franchise will open in summer 2016.
Anime visual:
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.
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.
The first 2016 issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has revealed on Monday that the next issue will feature an “important announcement” about Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) manga. The second 2016 issue of the magazine will ship in Japan on December 14.
The announcement will mark the third anniversary of the manga’s launch. The series’ upcoming chapter will feature color pages to celebrate the announcement.
In addition to this, the bonus illustrations that purchasers will receive for ordering the blu-ray volumes of Shokugeki no Soumahave been revealed.
A total of 7 outlets will be offering special illustrations, which may come as an acrylic board, box cover or special sleeve. In order to receive the bonus illustrations, you will have to order all 8 volumes of the Blu-ray from the respective outlets. They include:
Animate, storage box illustration
Gamers, A3 poster
Toranoana, storage box illustration
Sofmap, storage box illustration
Tsutaya, sleeve case
HMV, storage box illustration
Animaru, hug pillow cover
Amazon Japan will also be offering clear bookmarks with each volume purchase.
A B5 portrait will also be offered with the first purchase of volume 1.
The first volume, releasing on July 29 will contain episodes 1 – 3, a mousepad (Blu-ray version only), a booklet, Textless OP/ED, and audio commentary for episode 1.
The Blu-ray version will cost ¥8,000 ($64.70 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,800 ($55.00 USD) without tax.
The second volume, releasing on August 26 will contain episodes 4 – 6, a mousepad (Blu-ray version only), a booklet, Textless OP/ED, a drama CD, and audio commentary for one episode.
The Blu-ray version will cost ¥8,000 ($64.70 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,800 ($55.00 USD) without tax.
If you purchase volume 1 – 4, you will receive a B2 sized tapestry:
Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) is a comedy, ecchi cooking manga written by Yuuto Tsukuda, illustrated by Shun Saeki with Chef Yuki Mirosaki adding recipes to the manga. The series began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in late 2012 and to date has a total of 9 compiled volumes released, with the 10th volume releasing in Japan on November 4th. A light novel adaptation of the manga began in February this year in Shueisha’s Jump j-Books, written by Michiko Itou and illustrated by Saeki himself. The manga itself has sold over 2 million copies to date.
Yukihira Souma’s dream is to become a full-time chef in his father’s restaurant and surpass his father’s culinary skill. But just as Yukihira graduates from middle schools his father, Yukihira Jouichirou, closes down the restaurant to cook in Europe. Although downtrodden, Souma’s fighting spirit is rekindled by a challenge from Jouichirou which is to survive in an elite culinary school where only 10% of the students graduate. Can Souma survive?
The official website for the upcoming short TV anime adaptation Ojisan and Marshmallow directed by Hisayoshi Hirasawa and Noriyoshi Sakaki and based on the notorious Pixiv manga comedy by Rekomaru Otoi has just revealed the character designs.
The character designs along with the cast is as follows:
Tetsu Inada (Gamagoori in Kill la Kill) will voice Habahiro Kusaka
Eri Kitamura (Yui in Angel Beats!) as Iori Wakabayashi
Kana Hanazawa (Sengoku Nadeko in Monogatari Series) as MIO5
Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu in Fairy Tail) will cast Isamu Wakabayashi
Suzuna Kinoshita (Nekobi in Sore Ike! Anpanman) as Machida
Kaori Taguchi as Mukai
Chika Yoshitomi as The Marshmallow Factory’s Senior
Nozomi Furuki (Chess Belle in Owari no Seraph) as The Marshmallow Factory’s Junior
A new visual was also unveiled:
The series had its first volume published in November and has since reached over 20 million views on Pixiv. Ichijinsha published the first compiled book volume in November and the second volume, Motto! Ojisan to Marshmallow, in June. Otoi began the ongoing spinoff series Wakabayashi-kun ga Nekasete Kurenai in Futabasha’s Manga Action magazine in 2015.
Ojisan to Marshmallow synopsis from MAL:
The series is about a man named Kusaka who has a fascination for marshmallows. Kusaka gets involved in a relationship with an office lady named Wakabayashi, and the story focuses on their relationship in the workplace.
Thanks to NeoGAF user Chairmanchuck, several titles have been revealed to potentially release on the Steam PC platform. SteamDB, a site dedicated to keeping track of updates that appear on Steam’s database, lists an interesting armada of possibly upcoming releases.
Most notably, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and its sequel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair have been listed for both a developer comp and a beta test key. It’s unique to see a primarily handheld series grace the PC landscape, even with titles such as the enhanced Re;Birth ports of the Hyperdimension Neptunia series which first released on the PlayStation Vita. XBlaze Code: Embryo, the prequel to Arc System Works’ fighting game series, Blazblue, also makes an appearance in the database, alongside PlayStation Vita brethren Criminal Girls, Ray Gigant, and Steins;Gate.
Additionally, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster might also be on its way to your PC with a store/CD key being registered under the title. Steam averages upwards of 10 million concurrent users a day, thus it’s no surprise that developers and publishers alike are beginning to expose their title to Valve’s hugely successful marketplace.
Following suit, the internet quaked with a leak showcasing that a developer comp, beta key, and store key were registered – though quickly deleted – for the fabled Half-Life 3.
This information is, without a doubt, the most concrete evidence towards the existence of the next entry in the acclaimed Half-Life series. Could Valve be preparing to finally open the floodgates on their most anticipated title? Will E3 2016 be the moment we finally get to see, with our very own eyes, what has been sought after for almost nine years? You can count on Valve to leave too many questions left unanswered whenever Half-Life 3 is even slightly teased at.
Here’s the full list of what has been shown, so far, from SteamDB’s registry:
Rize Tedeza, Chino Kafuu and Kokoa Hoto from the anime adaptation of Koi’s 4koma manga series Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? (Is the order a rabbit?) has been featured in the January 2016 issue of Dengeki G‘s Magazine as a festive double page spread. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
Another festive poster of the cast has also been featured 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.
In related news, Chino has also been getting festive and has been featured as a poster in the December 2015 issue ofAnimedia. This issue of Animedia can be purchased here and you can view the other posters that came in this issue here.
In addition to this, the girls have been featured as a poster in the December 2015 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here and view the other posters that came in this issue here.
The girls were have been featured as a Halloween poster in the December 2015 issue of NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here and view the other posters that came in this issue here.
In addition to this, another Halloween themed poster of the girls has been featured in the December 2015 issueof Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here.
Another poster visual has been featured in the November 2015 issue of NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.
In addition to this, Chino Kafuu and Kokoa Hoto were preparing for the sequel anime in a new poster visual in the October 2015 issue of Megami.
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, also known in short form as GochiUsa, is a Japanese 4-panel comedy manga series by Koi, serialized in Houbunsha’s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Max since March 2011. It has been collected in three tankobon volumes as of March 2014. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired in Japan between April and June 2014. The second season is currently airing.
Synopsis of GochiUsa‘s first season from Haruhichan:
Cocoa arrives at the cafe Rabbit House one day, excited for rabbits. She actually all but lives in that cafe. She meets lots of different girls there, including a tiny and cool girl named Chino, a tough and soldier-esque girl named Rize, a spacey and quintessentially Japanese girl named Chiyo, and the ordinary but dignified Sharo.
A new Christmas visual of Takami Chika, Sakurauchi Riko and Matsuura Kanan from the upcoming Love Live! Sunshine!! anime project have been featured as a double page spread in the January 2016 issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK).
In addition to this, new character designs for the upcoming Love Live! Sunshine!! anime project have recently been revealed. The new character designs with their cast members and names include:
Aika Kobayashi (Singer of Freezing ED) will voice Yoshiko Tsushima
Shuka Saito (Unknown) will join the cast as You Watanabe
Arisa Komiya (Gravure Idol and Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) is voicing Kurosawa Dia
Nanaka Suwa (Yaya in Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de) as Kanan Matsuura
Rikako Aida (Poona in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart) voices Riko Sakurauchi
Anju Inami (Ino Yamanaka in the Naruto Stage Play) will voice Chika Takami
It was revealed earlier that the idol group name in Love Live! Sunshine!! was decided, thousands of fan voted and the group will be called Aqours and their first song will be released on October 7th.
Earlier this year, Dengeki G‘s magazine hosted a poll to allow fans to name the 9 idols of Ura no Hoshi Girls Academy. A poll was also set up for the first series, Love Live! School Idol Project, where the name μ’s was chosen. Coming in first place for Love Live! Sunshine!! with a comfortable 4644 votes, fans have chosen:
Aquors (pronounced Aqua), combination of Aqua and Ours
In second place at 3013 votes is:
Palettes!, Nine girls, nine colors
And in third place, with 2770 votes, is:
Lir, the Celtic god of the sea
The official site of the new project has also revealed that the first single of Love Live! Sunshine!! will be released on October 7th this year. Additional information about the songs will be revealed in the August issue of Dengeki G‘s magazine, releasing on the 30th this month.
The main cast and actresses for the main 9 girls of Love Live! Sunshine!! have been revealed and include:
Anju Inami (Ino Yamanaka in the Naruto Stage Play) will voice Chika Takami
Rikako Aida (Poona in Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart) voices Riko Sakurauchi
Nanaka Suwa (Yaya in Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de) as Kanan Matsuura
Arisa Komiya (Gravure Idol and Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) is voicing Dia Kurosawa
Shuka Saito (Unknown) will join the cast as You Watanabe
Aika Kobayashi (Singer of Freezing ED) will voice Yoshiko Tsushima
Kanako Takatsuki (Cover Artist, Part of AnisongCollab) as Hanamaru Kunikida
Aina Suzuki (Contestant in the 2013 Anison Grand Prix) voices Mari Ohara
Ai Furihata (Various Game Voices) is voicing Ruby Kurosawa
Additional information about the characters and project have also been revealed:
The readers and fans of the series will be able to participate in the story
After seeing the success of μ, Chika Takami wishes to follow in their footsteps and become a school idol. The new group can be seen as a sister looking up to μ
The anime will be set in Uchiura, a small seaside town near Numazu, Shizuoka Perfecture
The nine girls attend Ura no Hoshi Girls Academy, a school with less than 100 students
It was earlier revealed that animation studio Sunrise, who animated the Love Live! School Idol anime, filed a trademark forLove Live! Sunshine!! on March 27th this year. The trademark was filed to cover the following areas that will utilise the name: Trading cards and related products, clothing, accessories and related products, and home console related products.
Love Live! School Idol Project is an original anime produced by Sunrise studios that aired in January 2013. The conception of the anime project started in 2010 by Dengeki G’s Magazine. The editors wanted the project to be heavily influenced by fans, such as the costumes, hairstyles and names. Throughout this process, a manga of the project simply called Love Live! began in early 2012 by Sakurako Kimino and Arumi Tokita. The next part in the project was the anime series, followed by this app and an OVA. The second season of Love Live! School Idol Project aired last year and an anime film will be released this Summer.
Otonokizaka High School stands on the border of three cities: Akihabara—a pop culture mecca that’s evolving by the minute; Kanda—a conservative, cultured city where history and tradition reign supreme; and Jinbo—a quiet area reserved for a more mature, sophisticated population. Amidst this culture clash, the school now faces closure due to the enrollment of fewer and fewer students.
With the school planning to close within three years, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. “In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do… become pop stars!”
Shogakukan’s web comic magazine Ura recently opened an official website that revealed that a television anime adaptation of ONE’s Mob Psycho 100 manga has been green-lit. The anime will air in 2016, and the studio BONES (Fullmetal Alchemist, Eureka Seven, Kekkai Sensen) is producing.
Mob Psycho 100 is a Japanese webcomic created by One, which began publication on Weekly Shonen Sunday Web Comics on April 18, 2012. A Chinese translation started publication in Taiwan on April 16, 2014. On December 1, 2015, an anime adaption by BONES was announced for release in 2016.
Mob Psycho 100 synopsis from MAL:
Shigeo Kageyama (a.k.a. “Mob”) is a 8th grader with psychic abilities. He could bend spoons and lift objects with his mind from a young age, but he slowly began to withhold from using his abilities in public due to the negative attention he received. Now, the only thing he wants is to become friends with a girl in his class, Tsubomi. With his psychic “mentor” (who has no psychic powers), he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life.
Japanese publisher and developer Capcom have revealed that a TV anime adaptation of their upcoming Monster Hunter Stories RPG is in production that will air next year. The first visual for the anime was also revealed.
The upcoming anime will air on Fuji TV as part of their new 9:30am time slot. The series will be produced by David Production (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hyperdimension Neptunia) as Fuji TV acquired the studio in late 2014.
The game itself is a spin-off title from the main series and is scheduled to release in Japan on the Nintendo 3DS next year. Here is the latest promotional video for Monster Hunter Stories:
Here’s the intro video for the actual game:
It will be the first full TV anime based on Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise, though not the first time the series has been turned in anime form. A trailer for Monster Hunter Mezeporta Reclamation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmTxzZFsmb4
Monster Hunter is one of Japan’s most popular franchises. The series started in 2004 on the PlayStation 2, and has since been on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U and the PC. To date, the entire franchise has sold over 28 million copies, with the latest main instalment being Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS selling over 4.1 Million copies in Japan. Capcom has recently announced that the game will be releasing outside of Japan as Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate earlier this year, which will include additional content. A MMO, titled Monster Hunter Online was announced last year for China only. The beta opened in July last year and little information was released since. The next major title in the series is Monster Hunter X for the 3DS in late 2015.
The Monster Hunter Stories TV anime is currently in production and will air in 2016, alongside the game for 3DS. More information about both titles will be revealed soon.
It was revealed at the end of the theatrical screening of Ghost in the Shell creator Masamune Shirow and Excel Saga manga author Koshi Rikudo’s Koukaku no Pandora: Ghost Urn (Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn) that their manga of the same name will be receiving a TV anime adaptation. The TV anime will premiere on January 8 on Tokyo MX and other networks.
In addition to this, the cast and theme songs were announced.
The cast is as follows:
Sanae Fuku (Risa Shirakaba from Aikatsu!) as Nene Nanakorobi
Manami Numakura (Yurika Toudou from Aikatsu!) as Clarion
Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell) as Uzal Delilah
Junpei Morita (Kiel Aronnax from Wild Arms: Twilight Venom) as Buer
Satsumi Matsuda (Hiroe Atago from Saki Zenkoku-hen) as Buri
Rie Murakawa (Hotaru Ichijou from Non Non Biyori) as Bunny
Marie Miyake (Aki Mikage from Gin no Saji) as Takumi Korobase
Tetsu Inada (Kurogane from Tsubasa Chronicle) as Robert Altman
Junichi Suwabe (Jae-ha from Akatsuki no Yona) as Ian Krutz
Maria Naganawa (Masako Negishi from Komori-san wa Kotowarenai!) as Amy Gilliam
The staff is as follows:
Director: Munenori Nawa (D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Kiss×sis)
Script: Tatsuya Takahashi (The iDOLM@STER Movie: Kagayaki no Mukougawa e!, Grisaia no Kajitsu)
Character designs: Takuya Tani (Strike Witches, Persona 3 The Movie #1 Spring of Birth animation director)
Animation Studio: Studio Gokumi (Kiniro Mosaic, Saki Zenkoku-hen)
The TV anime will feature ZAQ’s opening theme song “hopeness.” Sanae Fuku and Manami Numakura are singing the ending theme song “LoSe±CoNtRoL” as their characters. ZAQ is writing, composing, arranging, and singing the opening theme song, and is also writing and composing the ending theme song. TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND is arranging the ending theme song.
Manga visual:
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Koshi Rikudo, based on a concept by Masamune Shirow. An anime adaptation was released in theaters in 2015, later airing as a TV series starting in January 2016.
Koukaku no Pandora: Ghost Urn synopsis from MAL:
In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and major world powers compete for technology and resources, the divide between rich and poor grows and the future for the poor looks bleak. In this transitional stage, everyone wanders around in a self-indulgent daze and the way out isn’t clear… This is the story of how two cybernetically enhanced girls meet.
The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists) has revealed that 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 official Twitter account for sports comedy anime Teekyuu has revealed that a seventh season is in production and will premiere from January 11th, 2016.
A new visual for the seventh season was also revealed:
Teekyuu is a sports comedy manga series, serialized in Earth Star Entertainment’s Comic Earth Star since February 2012. Its name is a pun on the Japanese word for tennis, teikyuu (庭球?). The manga has been adapted into an anime television series, which ran for six seasons in 2012 and 2015. A seventh was recently announced.
The PlayStation Experience 2015 conference kicked off with an opening keynote, much like last year, with a keynote to present the audience with games they’ll be able to play on the show floor and upcoming releases on the PlayStation 4. Among these announcements, such as Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom and Ace Combat 7, came an unexpected surprise with Square Enix shocking the masses with a gameplay reveal for their upcoming, from-the-ground-up remake of Final Fantasy VII.
The trailer features main characters Cloud Strife and Barret Wallace working together to destroy one of Shinra Electric Power Company’s Mako reactor, despite clashing personalities. Cloud and Barret both trade quips along the way with other members of the insurgent group AVALANCHE such as Wedge, Biggs, and Jessie.
Cloud eventually finds himself pushed to a corner as he’s chased down by Shinra’s Peacekeeping Troops. One scene, in particular, proves pivotal to the plot of Cloud’s backstory with distorted glitches plaguing the screen as Cloud experiences pain as he begins to remind himself of his past.
Following suit, the trailer jumps right into the action as we experience combat both from Cloud and Barret’s perspective. The famous introduction of Cloud, where he takes a leap from the train heading into Midgar, wraps a beautiful ribbon around the trailer as its outro scene. Once the audience takes a deep breath to assess what they just witnessed, producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Tetsuya Nomura began to take the stage.
While on stage, Kitase mentioned that “the team is currently hard at work on… Final Fantasy VII Remake” and that the team is “continuing to develop the game and are finding new ways to update the content as we revisit it.” Nomura followed Kitase’s statement, adding that he’s “looking forward to updating you with new and surprising updates regarding this game.”
Looking into the combat system, it appears to be real-time – much in the vein of Final Fantasy XV – though producer Yoshinori Kitase said that he “can’t say the new game is completely action-based.”
“It has more of that element and real-time than the previous game. However, what makes Final Fantasy and RPGs different from other games is that the players have the ability to choose weapons, capabilities, and magic to be strategic minded. So while the new game has more real-time elements, it will also maintain that strategy building element, balancing these two factors perfectly to enhance the gaming experience.
“The way we harnessed the power of the PlayStation 4 was to maintain the graphic quality of characters like Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith in the movie called Advent Children in our game, and this was the starting point,” Kitase said, in regards to the graphical fidelity of the Final Fantasy VII Remake.
“So, what we’re aiming for with the Final Fantasy VII Remake is to have the same quality of these characters in real-time while playing the game, and this is only achievable with PlayStation 4.”
Final Fantasy VII Remake does not have a release window as of yet, though it will make its console debut on PlayStation 4. To keep you busy until its inevitable release, Square Enix has released the PC port of the original Final Fantasy VII on PS4 which comes with a theme modeled after the remake’s E3 2015 reveal trailer.
Mirei Shikishima and Mamori Tokonome from the Valkyrie DriveTV anime series has been featured as a poster in the January 2016 issue of NyanType as a poster. This issue of NyanType can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the posters that came in this issue here.
In addition to this, Charlotte Scherzen has also been featured as a poster in the January 2016 issueof Megami. This issue of Megami magazine here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.
Mamori Tokonome and Mirei Shikishima from the series have also been featured in the December 2015 issue ofMegami as a poster. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here and view the other posters that came in this issue here.
In addition to this, Japanese website Amiami have updated their website with a hug pillow of Mamori Tokonome and Mirei Shikishima from the Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid anime series. Each pillow cover will sell for 9,720 yen ($80.64), tax included.
Valkyrie Drive is a new mixed media project produced by Japanese media publisher Marvelous helmed by Kenichirou Takaki and Hiraku Kaneko, the creators of Senran Kagura. The project initially consists of three separate entities: an anime titled Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid-, a console game titled Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni-, and a free to play mobile game called Valkyrie Drive -Siren-. Each of the games will focus on different casts of female characters who each wield a unique weapon.
The “beautiful girl sexy battle action” anime is set on five artificial islands. Mamori is a “mermaid” transferred to one of those islands. When Mamori is attacked, a newly transferred girl named Mirei saves her. The enemy doesn’t stop, however, and the two are soon cornered. Just when they think all hope is lost, Mirei kisses Mamori, and Mamori turns into a sword. Mirei then wields the sword and launches a counterattack against their enemies.
A new festive visual of the magical girls from the anime adaptation of Masaki Tsuzuki and Takuya Fujima’s manga Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid has been featured as a poster in the January 2016 issue of NyanType as a poster. This issue of NyanType can be purchased here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0QK) and you can view the posters that came in this issue here.
Anime visual:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid is the fourth installment in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, set 4 years after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. It is a manga series written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated by Takuya Fujima. The series began in 2009 in Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp Ace Magazine. To date a total of 12 volumes have been published. The series also inspired a spin-off 4koma series titled Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Life that is illustrated by Nekotofu. The first four volumes of the series has been republished in full colour under the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Full Colors title.
Set 4 years after StrikerS, Nanoha finally has time to get off her feet, now explore the Nanoha world in Vivio Takamichi’s shoes and her device, Sacred Heart.
The first promotional video for the first film in the upcoming anime adaptation of Nisio Isin and Vofan’s Kizumonogatari entry in the Monogatari light novel series has been revealed. The promotional video teases with what’s to come in the prequel, set before Bakemonogatari and featuring the story arc Koyomi Vamp.
There will be three films for the Kizumonogatari anime. The first film, Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-hen, will release in Japan on January 8 next year.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3h05mq
The site has also revealed the main cast of the anime films:
Hiroshi Kamiya (Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!) returns to voice Koyomi Araragi
Maaya Sakamoto (Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell) voices Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade
Yui Horie (Naru Narusegawa in Love Hina) as Tsubasa Hanekawa
Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) is voicing Meme Oshino
The production staff of the Monogatari anime adaptations will also return to produce the movies:
As a huge Love Live! fan, it’s very hard and sad to hear that μ’s will preform their last live at the Tokyo Dome on March 31, and April 1 of 2016. Announced by the nine talented voice actors of our idol family during a special 30-minute program that aired/streamed yesterday in Japan. The shining school idol stars also announced that their final single will be released on March 2 as the Love Live! μ’s Arigatou Project ~Road to μ’sic Forever~ project. The project will also include theatrical screenings of the anime music videos and their previous concerts, streaming of their concert footage, and publishing of three books.
Although there was no announcement or even mention of μ’s breaking up, some fans assume their final live/final single reveal means the end to our favorite Love Live! unit. However, we still hope to see some guest appearance in the highly possible anime for Love Live! Sunshine!
Bandai Namco Entertainment announced this past Tuesday that they will launch a PC version of the acclaimed The IDOLM@STER game app, The IDOLM@STER Million Live!, in early 2016.
Unfortunately, this news also brings the sour update that Bandai Namco Entertainment will cease its service of the game’s feature phone version on February 2 at 2:59pm. Although the app will remain playable, updates and more content will no longer be added. Users of the game’s iOS and Android versions will be able to bring their account to the PC version.
The IDOLM@STER Million Live! first came to our phones or handheld devices in February 2013 as a spinoff of the original The IDOLM@STER games. The game features 765 Pro characters of the original series as well as 37 new idols! The game allows players to manage their own production company and raise their idols’ skills.
Bandai also released The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage app on September 3 for Android, and September 10 for iOS!
Through Indiegogo, Lab Zero Games has successfully funded Indivisible, the developer’s RPG game next to Skullgirls.
Back in October, Lab Zero Games, the team behind the notorious Skullgirls, made an Indiegogo page for their new upcoming RPG named “Indivisible“. On December 4th, as the fundraising came to an end, 30,620 generous backers supported 124% of all the funds needed for the game to be released, which is currently at $1,877,094.
Indivisible is a side-scrolling 2D Action RPG where players will navigate beautiful environments using a variety of different traversal abilities, and engage monsters in fast-paced combat. The game will be available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Mac and Linux systems in 2017.
Indivisible is inspired by games like Valkyrie Profile and Super Metroid with the unique character, world, and gameplay depth Lab Zero is known for. The game will feature a stunning soundtrack by famous Japanese game music composer, Hiroki Kikuta.
Watch the official Indiegogo campaign video for the game:
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