The official website for Nozomi Uda’s Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge manga has revealed that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. The anime announcement was first revealed in Square Enix’s Gangan Online web manga site last Thursday.
Nozomi Uda launched the series on the Gangan Online website in 2013, and Uda published the manga’s 55th chapter on November 12. Square Enix will publish the manga’s fifth compiled volume on November 21, and the company will also publish the “volume 5.5” official fanbook on the same day.
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge synopsis from MAL:
Sighing, leaning on his elbows, sleepy eyes. Tanaka-kun is a boy that basically doesn’t try but isn’t disliked. This is a laid-back youth comedy about Tanaka-kun and the quiet Oota who can’t leave him alone.
From the popular Attack on Titan anime series comes a 1/8th scale figure of the Survey Corps corporal, Levi! He has been posed gracefully gliding through the air with his vertical maneuvering equipment as his Scouting Corps cape flutters behind him. His stand is a Titan’s head which has also been very carefully sculpted to capture the striking appearance of the Titans.
During the Kinro Kanshasai event on Monday, a new teaser trailer for the upcoming anime film of the Garo series was revealed. The movie will be titled Garo Movie: Divine Flame and is expected to premiere in Spring 2016.
In addition to this, an official website was launched and a new visual was unveiled. The tagline on the visual reads, “A baby born from a mother burned at the stake — What that life inherited, is the fateful title….”
The film is a sequel set four years after Garo: Honoo no Kokuin, the first Garo the Animation television series. Director Yuichiro Hayashi (PES: Peace Eco Smile), head writer Yasuko Kobayashi (5 episodes of Death Note), and the anime studio MAPPA (Zankyou no Terror) are reuniting after working on the first Garo the Animation television series.
Anime visual:
Garo: The Animation is the collective name of two Japanese anime series that are based on the Garo tokusatsu drama series that occur in the distant past compared to the contemporary settings of the live action series. The first of these series was titled Garo: Honoo no Kokuin in Japan, and it premiered on October 3, 2014. It features a new cast of characters who are mostly unrelated to the characters in the tokusatsu continuity.
A second anime series titled Garo: Guren no Tsuki began airing in October 2015. This second series, which had a premiere event at the 88th Comiket, features character designs from Masakazu Katsura. A film version of the first series, Garo Divine Flame, has also been announced and will be released on Spring 2016.
Good Smile Company have revealed a 1/8th scale figure of Nadeko Sengoku in her medusa version from the Monogatari Series: Second Season anime. The figure is based on the cover illustration of the ‘Otorimonogatari Volume 2 / Nadeko Medusa (Part 2)’ Blu-ray & DVD.
The Figure shows Nadeko as the Snake Goddess oddity with a cute smile together with a hint of madness on her face. Her white hair made up of snakes has been carefully sculpted to preserve the subtle movements, creating a dynamic scene with mysterious charm. The donation box, bottles of sake and money are all included as a part of the figure to bring out the original illustration as faithfully as possible.
Media Factory’s MF Bunko has updated the official website for Zero no Tsukaima on Wednesday revealing that they will will release the 21st volume of Noboru Yamaguchi’s Zero no Tsukaima fantasy comedy series on February 25, 2016. It will be the first new volume in to be published in five years.
Author Noboru Yamaguchi passed away at age 41 on April 4th, 2013, after a two-year battle with cancer. 20 volumes of the series were published, short of an intended 22. An unidentified new author is now writing content based on the manuscripts left behind by Noboru Yamaguchi. Eiji Usatsuka, who has drawn illustrations for the series since it began in 2004, will return to illustrate the cover art of the 21st volume (pictured above).
Zero no Tsukaima is a fantasy and comedy-oriented series of Japanese light novels written by Noboru Yamaguchi, with illustrations by Eiji Usatsuka. Media Factory published 20 volumes between June 2004 and February 2011. The series was left unfinished due to the author’s death on April 4, 2013, but the series is planned to continue to its conclusion with a different author. The story features several characters from the second year class of a magic academy in a fictional magical world with the main characters being the inept mage Louise and her familiar from Earth, Saito Hiraga.
Between 2006 and 2012, the series was adapted by J.C.Staff into four anime television series and an additional original video animation episode. The first anime series was licensed by Geneon Entertainment in English, but the license expired in 2011. Sentai Filmworks has since re-licensed the first series as well as picking up the other three series. A manga version drawn by Nana Mochizuki was serialized in Media Factory’s manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive between August 2006 and October 2009. The manga is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment for release in North America. Three additional spin-off manga were also created, as were three visual novels.
Louise is a magician at the Tristein Academy, dubbed with the nickname “Zero Louise” due to her inability to effectively use her magic properly, resulting in zero successes. An upcoming test at her academy requires her to summon a familiar, a servant and partner to support her as a magician. Despite desiring a familiar that would be superior to her constantly mocking classmates, Louise ends up summoning Hiraga Saito, your average Japanese boy. Even with Louise and Saito both unwilling to accept each other, they have no choice. Louise cannot attempt another summoning and Saito cannot return to Japan, and so their life together begins. Based on the novel by Noboru Yamaguchi.
The January 2016 issue of Jump SQ, which will go on sale on December 4, will be revealing that a TV anime adaptation of Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists) has been green-lit.
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!
Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime teacher would be ideal for you? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (48.6%), female fans (51.4%) and teens to their 20s (87.5%) while the other 12.5% are 30 and over.
Here are the results:
20. Mahou-sensei Negima?!‘s Negi Springfield
19. Strike The Blood‘s Natsuki Minamiya/Natsuki-chan
18. Hidamari Sketch‘s Yoshinoya
17. Blue Exorcist‘s Yukio Okumura
16. Naruto‘s Iruka Umino
15. Gintama‘s Shouyou Yoshida
14. Nintama Rantaro‘s Hansuke Doi
13. Hell Teacher Nube‘s Meisuke Nueno
12. Blue Spring Ride‘s Yoichi Tanaka
11. Great Teacher Onizuka‘s Eikichi Onizuka
10. Slam Dunk‘s Mitsuyoshi Anzai
9. Naruto‘s Kakashi Hatake
8. Haikyuu!!‘s Ittetsu Takeda
7. Free!‘s Miho Amakata
6. Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei‘s Nozomu Itoshiki
5. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU‘s Shizuka Hiratsuka
4. Assassination Classroom‘s Koro-sensei
3. A Certain Magical Index‘s Komoe Tsukuyomi
2. K-ON!’s Sawako Yamanaka
1. Gintama Class 3-Z Ginpachi-sensei’s Ginpachi-sensei
The official website for the upcoming original 3D CG anime project Sushi Police announced that it will air on Tokyo MX from January 7, 2016. It is scheduled for a 5-minute time slot on the network and will also be made available on various online distribution channels.
The cast was also revealed and is as follows:
Akira Yamashita will voice Honda
Masaca If as Suzuki
Hiromitsu Okamoto will cast Kawasaki
Yumi Kikuchi (Mahoromatic) as Sarah
The staff includes:
Director: Tatsushi Momen (Deniroo’s Circus, Mr. Deniroo in Henteko Mushi)
Script: Ichiro Kusuno, Kotaro Ando
Studio: SEDIC International, KOO-KI
The term “sushi police” has been used by Western media outlets such as The Washington Post to refer the Japanese government’s attempt to certify and authenticate restaurants overseas which claim to serve Japanese food. The anime follows three men who crack down on bad Japanese restaurants.
Sushi Police was exhibited at 68th Cannes Film Festival in May, and its key visual received a prize at The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2015 Cannes Poster Awards. That award recognizes the “most amusing and over-the-top promotional materials from the festival’s market.”
Sushi Police anime visual:
Sushi Police synopsis from MAL:
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games around the corner, there’s also a worldwide sushi boom!
But what to do with all the bastardized sushi out there?
The Japanese government’s urgent response is to team up with other ruling powers around the world to establish the World Food-culture Conservation Organization (WFCO) to protect and promote authentic local cuisine. And so the WFCO deploys its 9th Division to oversee Japanese cuisine abroad. The 9th Division, a.k.a. Sushi Police, is notorious for their aggressive conduct and they hassle anyone serving unauthentic Japanese food in the U.S., Russia, France, China, etc. They will resort to any means necessary to eliminate bad sushi. Soon they are despised by restaurant proprietors around the world.
This year’s 52nd issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Kana Hanazawa (Anri Sonohara from Durarara!!) will voice the character Zera in the television anime of Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail Zero manga. Kana Hanazawa said that she wants to faithfully portray Zera’s strength and gentleness. She added that she looks forward to being able to chat with Mavis.
Kana Hanazawa (Anri Sonohara from Durarara!!) as Zera
The other cast consists of:
Mamiko Noto (Alex Benedetto from Gangsta.) as Mavis Vermillion
Katsuyuki Konishi (Tatsumi Oga from Beelzebub) as Yury Dreyar
Hiroshi Shirokuma (Han-chan from Rolling Girls) as Warrod Sequen
Yoshihisa Kawahara (Bifou from Genei Toushi Bastof Lemon) as Precht Gaebolg
Akira Ishida (Athrun Zala from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed) as Zeref
Fairy Tail Zero visual:
Fairy Tail Zero (romanized as FAIRY TAIL ZERØ in Japan) is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima and a spin-off of his manga seriesFairy Tail. An animated version of the spin-off will air as soon as the anime finished airing the Tartaros arc.
Fairy Tail is a fantasy, action manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, being his second major publication after RAVE. The series has been published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2006, where a total of 48 volumes have been produced to date. Over the last few years, the series has grown in popularity, being the fourth highest selling manga in 2011. An anime adaptation of Fairy Tail started airing in 2009 and ended on March 30 2013, produced by A-1 Pictures (Aldnoah.Zero, AnoHana). A continuation of the anime, Fairy Tail (2014) launched in April last year with largely the same production staff and cast. 6 OVAs have been released thus far and a feature film, Fairy Tail: Houou no Miko, that was released in August 2012. The series also has its own monthly magazine, among other spin-offs.
The official website of the anime adaptation of Sorata Akiduki’s Akagami no Shirayuki-hime manga has revealed the first visual for the anime’s upcoming second cour, which will start airing from January.
The site has also revealed that Saori Hayami and eyelis will return to perform the main theme songs of the anime. Hayami will sing the Opening theme “Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru” and eyelis performs the Ending theme “Page-Kimi to Tsuzuru Monogatari.”
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime is a Japanese shoujo manga written by Sorata Akizuki. It was serialized in Hakusensha’s monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa DX but has since moved to LaLa and is published in collected volumes by Hakusensha. An anime adaptation produced by Warner Entertainment Japan and Studio Bones began airing in Japan on July 6, 2015. A second season has been announced to air in 2016.
The website also revealed a new visual for Obi:
The main members of the production staff consists of:
Director: Masahiro Ando (Sword of the Stranger, Hanasaku Iroha)
Series Composer: Deko Akao (Noragami, Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Anime Character Designer: Kumiko Takahashi (Cardcaptor Sakura, Ouran High School Host Club)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Ghost in the Shell, Sword of the Stranger)
Music Composer: Michiru Oshima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Arc the Lad)
Here is the promotional video of the anime’s first cour:
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime synopsis from Haruhichan:
Although her name means “snow white,” Shirayuki is a cheerful, red-haired girl living in the country of Tanbarun who works diligently as an apothecary at her herbal shop. Her life changes drastically when she is noticed by the silly prince of Tanbarun, Prince Raji, who then tries to force her to become his concubine. Unwilling to give up her freedom, Shirayuki cuts her long red hair and escapes into the forest, where she is rescued from Raji by Zen Wistalia, the second prince of a neighboring country, and his two aides. Hoping to repay her debt to the trio someday, Shirayuki sets her sights on pursuing a career as the court herbalist in Zen’s country, Clarines.
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime depicts Shirayuki’s journey toward a new life at the royal palace of Clarines, as well as Zen’s endeavor to become a prince worthy of his title. As loyal friendships are forged and deadly enemies formed, Shirayuki and Zen slowly learn to support each other as they walk their own paths.
Good Smile Company have revealed plans to release a Nendoroid figure of One-Punch Man‘s popular cyborg S-Class hero Genos. He follows the Saitama Nendoroid that’s scheduled for a April 2016 release.
The January issue of Shinchosha’s Monthly Comic@Bunch magazine revealed on Saturday that Kohske’s Gangsta. manga is going on hiatus due to the author’s current poor health. The magazine and official website will provide information when the series is set to resume.
In other news, it was revealed that the anime’s DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases in Japan are being postponed, starting with the third volume release. The third volume was slated to ship on November 26. The committee announced that once it makes a decision regarding the new release dates, it will reveal the dates on the show’s homepage and on its official Twitter account.
Manglobe, the studio that animated the series, filed for bankruptcy on September 29.
Gangsta., stylized as GANGSTA., is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kohske. It has been published in Shinchosha’s Monthly Comic@Bunch magazine since 2011. The series has inspired a spin-off manga, an audio drama series, an anime television series, and an original novel.
Gangsta. synopsis from Haruhichan:
In the city of Ergastulum, a shady ville filled with made men and petty thieves, whores on the make and cops on the take, there are some deeds too dirty for even its jaded inhabitants to touch. Follow the “Handymen,” Nic and Worick, who take care of the jobs no one else will handle. A new group attempts to muscle in on their block and the cops enlist them to weed out the upstarts no questions asked. The only thing is, there’s a witness to the slaughter that they absolutely refuse to silence, so they decide to take her in instead.
The final results for the 2016 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook rankings have been revealed and Oregairu has topped the series ranking for the third year in a row. You can check out last years results here.
Here are the results:
Light Novels
1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru
2. Sword Art Online
3. Tenkyou no Alderamin
4. Eirun Last Code
5. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
6. No Game No Life
7. Toaru Majutsu no Index
8. Danmachi
9. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
10. Escape Speed
Male Characters
1. Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)
2. Kirito (Sword Art Online)
3. Kamijou Touma (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
4. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
5. Shiba Tatsuya ( Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei)
6. Sora (No Game No Life)
7. Bell Cranel (Danmachi)
8. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu)
9. Sakuta Azusagawa (Seishun Buta Yarou)
10. Maou Sadao (Hataraku! Maou-sama)
Female Characters
1. Misaka Mikoto (To Aru Majutsu no Index)
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
3. Isshiki Iroha (Oregairu)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Asuna (Sword Art Online)
6. Megumi Kato (Saekano)
7. Shiro (No Game No Life)
8. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
9. Othinus (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
10. Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) is a guide book that publishes a list of the top ten most popular light novels and their characters according to readers polled on the Internet. An introduction to each of the works comes with each listing, along with an interview of the light novel’s author or authors for first place. Many of the light novels that have been listed in this guide book were later adapted into anime series. Most of the light novels listed contain a series of volumes, but some single-volume light novels also get listed. The first release of the guide book was on November 26, 2004 and is the 2005 listing. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu and Toaru Majutsu no Index have appeared in the top ten in six out of ten issues of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, while the Haruhi Suzumiya series and the Book Girl series have appeared in five.
Bandai Visual began streaming a 90-second promotional video for the first episode of the upcoming four-episode anime adaptation of Yasuo Ohtagaki’s Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga on Monday.
A 30-second promotional video was also streamed:
The main staff consist of:
Scenario Writer/Director: Ko Matsuo (Rozen Maiden, Valvrave the Liberator, Yozakura Quartet)
Anime Character Design: Hirotoshi Takaya (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Mugen Senki Portriss, Zetman)
Original Mobile Suit Design: Kunio Okawara (Gundam Build Fighters, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Dandy)
Yuuichi Nakamura (Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail) will voice Io Fleming
Ryohei Kimura (Hideki Hinata from Angel Beats!) as Daryl Lorentz
Toa Yukinari (Casca from Berserk: Ougon Jidaihen) as Claudia Palh
Sayaka Ohara (Irisviel von Einzbern from Fate/Zero) as Kara Mitchum
Daisuke Hirakawa (Laito Sakamaki from Diabolik Lovers) as Cornelius Caca
Shunsuke Sakuya (Kenjirou Shibazaki from Zankyou no Terror) as Graham
Mutsumi Sasaki (Grandfather Mikage from Gin no Saji) as Burroughs
Hiroshi Tsuchida (Daikichi Kawachi from Usagi Drop) as J.J. Sexton
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt anime visual:
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuo Ohtagaki. The manga takes place in the Universal Century timeline during the events of Mobile Suit Gundam. An Original net animation adaptation by Sunrise is currently in development, with the release of the first episode on December 25, 2015 via EST (Electronic Sell Through) service.
Here is the synopsis of the series from MAL:
The Universal Century began with mankind moving its burgeoning population into outer space. The year is UC0079. The cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth, Side 3, proclaim themselves the Principality of Zeon and launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Now, it is nearly one year since the war broke out. In the “Thunderbolt sector”, a reef section of space where a large quantity of wreckage from battleships and destroyed space colonies from the war lies, a violent battle plays out as the Earth Federation Forces set their sights on recapturing the Zeon controlled sector.
The official website of the anime adaptation of Sega’s Phantasy Star Online 2 began streaming a new promotional video and revealed the series to start premiere on January 7th on TBS with Shouta Aoi singing the theme song, now titled “Peerless Stargate.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3d3tsHDTk
The series will premiere on the TBS station on Thursday, January 7 at 1:46 a.m., and then run on the CBC, MBS, and BS-TBS channels. A special pre-broadcast talk show with Aoi, the director, and the producers will screen the first episode at Tokyo’s Theatre Shinjuku on December 29. The “Zessei Stargate” CD single will go on sale on February 3.
A new visual was also revealed:
Many new members of the anime’s cast have been revealed and consists of:
Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase in Free!) will voice Kouta Kayano
Takuya Satou (Toshiki Kai from Cardfight!! Vanguard) as Masaya Kudou
Rie Murakawa (Hotaru Ichijou in Non Non Biyori) voices Mika Konoe
Aki Kanada (Ginga Hagane in Metal Fight Beyblade) is voicing Yutaka Sasaki
Shun Horie (First Major Role) will be voicing Seiya Urisaka
Minami Kabayama (First Major Role) as Mayu Urisaka
Tessyo Genda (Kyuubi from Naruto) will voice SORO
Kikuko Inoue (Sanae Furukawa in Clannad) is voicing Yumiko
Katsuyuki Konishi (Luxus Dreher in Fairy Tail) is casted to voice Last Samurai
Emi Nitta (Honoka Kousaka in Love Live! School Idol Project) will voice Silva
Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi Hatake from Naruto) as Kid
Hiroki Takahashi (Eiji Kikumaru from Prince of Tennis) voices Mamoru Monzen
Marika Kouno (Rin Kohana in Sore ga Seiyuu!) will be voicing as Marika
Riko Kohara (First Major Role) as Riko
Yurika Takagi (First Major Role) will voice Yurika
They will join the previously revealed main cast that includes:
Shouta Aoi (Daiki Tomii from Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49) voices Itsuki Tachibana
Ayaka Suwa (Tokaku Azuma in Akuma no Riddle) is voicing Rina Izumi
Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer in Gokukoku no Brynhildr) as Aika Suzuki
Series Composer and Scriptwriter: Mitsutaka Hirota (Persona 4: The Animation, Hero Company)
Anime Character Designer: Minoko Takasu (O-jii-san no Lamp)
Animation Studio: Telecom Animation Film (Aikatsu!, Lupin the Third)
Here is the first promotional video for the anime:
The first visual:
The announcement of the anime, titled Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, was made at the offline ARKS Caravan event in Okinawa. The anime will have a brand new original story set in a near future Earth setting, within the universe of Phantasy Star Online 2. It will featuring stories from the players of the game, which is out on the PC, PlayStation Vita and mobile devices.
Phantasy Star is one of the longest running JRPG franchises in the industry. Developed and published by Sega, the first game in the series released in Japan on the Sega Master System in late December, 1987. Since the first game’s release, over 10 games have been produced. The series eventually grew internationally with the release of Phantasy Star Online in 2000, a MMORPG that released on the Dreamcast, Xbox and PC. Since its release, the Online games became its own series. All of the games are set in the near future in various solar systems and clusters. The latest game in the series is Phantasy Star Nova, a single player RPG based on PSO2 for the PlayStation Vita.
Phantasy Star Online 2 is a video game in the Phantasy Star series published by Sega. It was released for Microsoft Windows on July 4, 2012, and for PlayStation Vita on February 28, 2013. A spin-off game, Phantasy Star Online 2es, was released for Android on April 7, 2014 and for iOS on May 14, 2014. The game is currently only available commercially in Japan and the Pacific Southwest, but an English-language patch was released.
Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation will air from January next year during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season, on TBS and BS-TBS. Further information about the series will be revealed in the near future.
Fuji TV began airing the first 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 End andOne 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.
In the most recent issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, the main cast for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kotoyama’s Dagashi Kashi manga was revealed. In addition, the anime’s main theme songs were also revealed.
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 main theme songs of the anime have also been revealed. Japanese singer Michi (Rokka no Yuusha OP & ED) will perform the anime’s Opening theme song Checkmate!? While Ayana Taketatsu herself will sing the Ending theme, Hey! Calorie Queen.
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)
The Dagashi Kashi anime is currently scheduled to air from January 2016, during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season. The series will air on the channels TBS and BS-TBS.
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!
An anime adaptation of Dagashi Kashi will air on TBS in January 2016 during the Winter 2015/2016. More details about the anime will be unveiled in upcoming issues of Weekly Shonen Sunday.
The independent (or indie, for short) game development landscape has been gaining momentum over the past few years. Humble beginnings become even greater futures with programmers and designers alike combining their hearts and souls into one hell of a passion project. Since Super Meat Boy‘s release back in 2010, the ecosystem has received what could be considered a massive overhaul.
Publishers like Playism and Degi Games have provided a glance into the doujin scene that been thriving in Japan with releases like Eschatos, a shoot-em-up (or SHUMP) with the world constantly shifting around you, and Astebreed, another SHUMP that amplifies the energetic nature of escaping projectiles and eliminating your foes to an entirely new level – all DRM free.
Even larger publishers, like Atlus, have allowed us gamers to witness titles we never thought could push the boundaries of interactive experiences, let alone RPGS, and – most notably – the Persona series. What started off as an odd spin-off to an already gigantic Shin Megami Tensei ethos, the Persona franchise has gained massive headway with Sega Sammy Holdings, the parent company of Atlus, reporting that the series has sold over six million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
It’s easy to see, now, why Ackk Studios didn’t just take inspiration from another hallmark of RPG goodness, Earthbound, but also the Persona series – which has cemented its place in the hearts of avid role-playing aficionados – for their upcoming title, YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.
Taking place in a real-life 1990s setting, Alex Eggleston, the protagonist, finds himself graduating college with a new perspective on the mystery of adult-hood. After discovering a video of a women he had met before on an imageboard, him and his friends take it upon themselves to unravel this mystery. Since YIIK‘s first trailer back in February, more pre-alpha footage has started to come out on YouTube which showcases gameplay, skits, and the simplistic, yet vibrant world of YIIK.
Featuring a flat-shaded aesthetic, almost harkening back to the low-poly graphical age of the original PlayStation, fans of Earthbound will notice YIIK‘s eclectic battle system. Each character has their own distinctive style of combat like Alex using a record player to perfectly time his attacks with each time the player succeeds in consecutively hitting the red and yellow parts of the record. Skills can, also, be radically different between characters with Velia using a skill like Bass Drop which drops the player in an 8-bit style scenario. Its sparkling, unique presentation is packed with variety and vibrancy, ensuring each character is eccentric and interesting in their own right.
Time Energy, the meter represented in the top-right of the screen, builds up as you take damage, allowing you to slow down time. This can be advantageous, especially with the aforementioned attacks that Alex uses, allowing you to have more time to accumulate an even stronger attack. Additionally, enemies can be seen in real-time in the world and your foes will stay dead permanently upon being defeated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RxbZXtUWjw
Skits, or cutscenes where the characters interact, are also reminiscent of Persona or even the Tales of series which provides a close-up look at the gorgeous, 2D art of each characters. Another notable highlight from the pre-alpha footage is the voice acting with voice direction being handled by Brittany Lauda (Holy Knight OVA, Ladies versus Butlers). Chris Niosi, otherwise known for his animations under the name Kirbopher, captures the essence of a post-grad wandering into an enigma with near anxiety perfectly as Alex. Alex’s friend, Michael, is voiced by Clifford Chapin (Tokyo Ravens, Robotics;Notes) and the actors share a likeable, endearing chemistry which is complemented by Melanie Ehrlich’s wonderfully realistic, enriching performance as Vella.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAuSVM9pQc
Another skit has been posted on Ackk Studios’ official YouTube, featuring two more characters Rory and Claudio debating over shoujo anime. Anthony Sardinha, known for his hilarious contributions to Team Four Star’s Dragon Ball Z: Abridged, has booming presence as Claudio and, take it from someone who obsesses over magical girl anime, really knows how to sell the magical girl crazed fan. Yuriofwind, a YouTuber notable for his videos about gaming mysteries and obscurities, provides the voice of Rory and his counter-points to Claudio come off convincing, perhaps even setting off rage in the most dedicated of magical girl fans who’ll undoubtedly play this game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5IwudfK8Vg
If my geeking out didn’t make things apparent, there’s a lot to be excited about with YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG. With only pre-alpha footage and a couple of trailers to go on, it makes the anticipation even sweeter. Its presentation catches the eye, draws the player in without the need for grandiose, spec-heavy graphics. The voice acting adds personality to an already stand-out cast of characters, which could set up for an interesting, mind-bending mystery narrative. Andrew Allanson’s music doesn’t shy from being “out there,” switching from chiptune melodies for an arcade setting and a snappy, synthetic battle theme to really drive home its tonality. Throw in a series of puzzles with an uncanny alternate world and you’ve found a glistening, prospective needle in a haystack of indie titles.
Ackk Studios and publisher Ysbryd Games hope to release YIIK: A Postmodern RPG between late-December 2015 to mid-February 2016 for PC/Linux/Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, and the Wii U. For more information, check out the official YIIK website and Ackk Studios’ official YouTube.
With the recent announcement of Cloud Strife confirmed as a crossover fighting character for Super Smash Bros 4, Play Arts Kai have revealed a figure of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children by Square Enix. This cool Cloud Strife figure comes with his colossal fusion swords plus tons of extra parts like hands, blades and Play Arts Kai base. Just like Figma and Revoltech, you can pose him as you wish thanks to the multiple joint of movement.
Shiro Amano, the illustrator for the Kingdom Hearts manga, has confirmed on Twitter that the manga series has finally ended on Friday. Amano said in the tweet, “It’s a little sad, but, the Kingdom Hearts manga has finished, so I probably won’t be posting any related tweets anymore.”
Amano, alongside the author of the manga, Nomura Tetsuya, finally finished the serialization of their Kingdom Hearts II in May.
Amano has created manga adaptations for Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days games. North American publisher Tokyopop released all four volumes of Kingdom Hearts, both volumes of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and two volumes of Kingdom Hearts II before the company shut down its North American publishing division in 2011.
Kingdom Hearts II manga synopsis from MAL:
Sora is a young energetic boy looking forward to exploring the world with his friends, Riku and Kairi. The threesome is working hard on completing a raft that will allow them to leave their island but one day a mysterious force causes Sora to gain a special weapon known as the Keyblade. He fights some weird monsters and gets transported to a strange town. Meanwhile, Donald and Goofy leave their castle to search for the king and the chosen one who holds the “key” to saving the world. Sora is attacked again by creatures known as Heartless but is helped out by an old man named Cid and a warrior named Leon. He eventually meets up with Donald and Goofy and they join forces to go search for his friends and the King.
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