The wraparound jacket of the 15th and final volume of Tsutomu Nihei’s Sidonia no Kishi manga has announced that another of Tsutomu Nihei’s works, Blame!, will receive an anime movie adaptation. Nihei also made revealed the news on his Twitter account on Thursday, adding that POLYGON PICTURES will animate the project.
Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! manga was produced and shown within Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki. Nihei produced the manga before Sidonia no Kishi, which ran from 1998 till 2003 for a total of 10 volumes. It also received an anime adaptation in the form of 6 web specials in 2003 from Group TAC (Igano Kabamaru , Tantei Gakuen Q).
Blame! synopsis from MAL:
Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head.
Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.
Blame!, pronounced “blam”, is a ten-volume 1998 cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei published by Kodansha. A six part original net animation was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release.
Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime mascot is the cutest? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (54.8%), female fans (45.2%) and teens to their 20s (69.0%) while the other 31.0% are 30 and over.
Here are the results:
20) Sonic from Kekkai Sensen
19) Tanuki from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
18) Kon from Bleach
17) Piyo-can from Uta no Prince Sama
16) Hawk from The Seven Deadly Sins
15) Shiro from Crayon Shin-chan
14) Mokona from Magic Knight Rayearth
13) Taroumaru from Gakkou Gurashi!
12) Haro from Mobile Suit Gundam
11) Happy from Fairy Tail
10) Gekota from the A Certain Magical Index series
9) Tetsuya #2 from Kuroko no Basketball
8) Elizabeth from Gintama
7) Cerberus from Cardcaptor Sakura
6) Tippy from Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
5) Pikachu from Pokémon
4) Nyanko-sensei from Natsume Yujin-cho
3) Kyubey from Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
2) Sadaharu from Gintama
1) Tony Tony Chopper from One Piece
Animax Germany have revealed that they will be broadcasting the first episode of the Digimon Adventure tri. anime on November 22nd, one day following its release in Japan.
The first episode of Digimon Adventure tri. will air on Animax Japan this Sunday, at 8:15pm CET. The anime has been allocated a 110 minute timeslot and will have Japanese audio and German subtitles. It will only be available to users who have Sky. The episode itself will be out in Japan the day before, Saturday the 21st, in cinemas across the country. The Blu-ray of the anime will be out on December 18.
In addition to this, the first commercial for the upcoming first episode of the 6 part Digimon Adventure tri. series has been aired on Tokyo MX. The new video showcases new footage and designs of the Digidestined of the upcoming sequel, set 6 years after the end of the originalDigimon Adventure anime. The video also previews the new rendition of the anime’s main theme, “Butter-fly” by Kouji Wada.
A new visual of the series has also been featured as a double page spread in the December 2015 issue of NewType as a poster. This issue of NewType can be purchased here.
In addition to this, two new poster visuals has been revealed in the November issue of Animedia and NewType for the upcomingDigimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime series. The first visual is from the November issue of NewType which can be purchased here.
While the second visual is from the November issue of Animedia which can be purchased here:
In addition to this, a new video has been streamed for the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. anime film series. The new video is a preview of the anime’s Opening sequence, which uses the new rendition of the first season’s main theme, “Butter-fly” by Kouji Wada.
Digimon Adventure tri. will be a 6 part anime film series with the first episode, Saikai (Reunion), releasing in Japan on November 21st this year. The Blu-ray release of the first episode will be out in Japan on December 18.
In addition to this, a new visual of the series was featured September issue of Animedia for the upcomingDigimon Adventure tri. theatrical anime series as a poster. The new poster is promoting the first film, Reunion.
The magazine also featured a double page spread with information about the characters from the series.
Yagami Hikari – 2nd year in middle school. She’s popular with the boys in her brother’s soccer club due to her cute charm. She loves ice cream. Her Digimon partner is Tailmon.
Takaishi Takeru – 2nd year in middle school. He appears to be popular with the girls in school. While he lives separately from his brother due to their parents’ circumstances, they get along very well. His Digimon partner is Patamon.
Kido Jou- 3rd year in high school. He attends prep school to prepare for university exams and is engrossed with studying daily but worries because he isn’t getting the grades that he wants. His Digimon partner is Gomamon.
Tachikawa Mimi – 1st year in high school. She has a cheerful, expressive personality. Currently she is living away from Japan, in America. Her Digimon partner is Palmon.
Izumi Koushiro- 1st year in high school. He is skilled at computers and has both the ability to analyze and understand situations. Sometimes he gets so absorbed with what’s in front of him that he ignores everything else. His Digimon partner is Tentomon.
Ishida Yamato – 2nd year in high school. Even as a high school student, he continues to be in a band as bass and vocals, as he had in middle school. His Digimon partner is Gabumon.
Takenouchi Sora – 2nd year in high school. She acts as the “big sister” who organizes/settles the group of Chosen Children. She is classmates with Taichi. Her Digimon partner is Piyomon.
Yagami Taichi – 2nd year in high school. He is part of the soccer club in school and continues to fervently train for soccer every day, but lately has started to decide on his career path. His Digimon partner is Agumon.
Here’s the most recent visual for the upcomingDigimon Adventure Tri. anime series, it showcases two of the main Digimon that will appear in the anime, Omegamon and Alphamon as they clash.
The new visual features the two main Digi-destined, Taichi “Tai” Yagami and Yamato “Matt” Ishida, riding the fusion of their two Digimon, Omegamon (Omnimon) as it battles with Alphamon. In the other anime series, both are members of the Royal Knights, the guardians of the Digital World. The reason for the two to fight has yet to been revealed.
The first footage of Digimon Adventure tri. has been recently released which has revealed lots of new information about the upcoming series. It has revealed that the anime will be released in Japanese cinemas and will run for a total of 6 episodes. The first episode will be titled Saikai (Reunion). An event will be held on August 1st which will have a special screening of the anime’s first episode, before being released in Japanese cinemas on November 21st this year.
The cast members of the 8 Digi-destined have also been revealed. The voice actors and actresses from the previous anime will not return and will instead include a new cast:
Natsuki Hanae (Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah.Zero) will voice lead character Taichi “Tai” Yagami
Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer from Gokukoku no Brynhildr) will play Hikari Yagami
Recently the official website also revealed a new key visual for the series. In addition to this, it has also been revealed that the Kouji Wada will return to do the opening theme song “Butter-Fly” while Miyazaki Ayumi will return to perform “Brave Heart” for the insert song. The Digimon cast will remain the same.
The Spring 2015 anime will be set 6 years after the end of the original series, and 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02. The newly announced anime will be produced by Toei Animation (Sailor Moon Crystal, One Piece) and follow 17 year old Tai who is currently in high school with Agumon. Toei Animation released the first teaser video about the new series:
Digimon (Digital Monsters in Japan) is a large multimedia franchise that was based on Bandai’s Digivice products, which first released in 1997. The toys were based on Tamagotchis, which were also produced by Bandai. The toys were seen as more female orientated products, so Bandai created a new line of products for a male equivalent. The first anime adaptation, Digimon Adventure, was produced in 1999 by Toei Animation. A film and TV anime were released alongside each other in 1999, the movie being a 20 minute anime produced by Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). Since then there has been numerous anime series, toys, figures, manga, video games and trading card games in the franchise. And this year, will mark the 15th anniversary of Digimon Adventure.
Only time will tell whether if Davis or any of the other characters from Digimon Adventure 02 will appear in the upcoming anime. Digimon Adventure tri. will be a 6 part anime film series with the first episode releasing in Japan on November 21st this year. An advanced screening of the episode will be revealed at Digi-Festa on August 1st. Further information about the anime will be revealed soon.
Moonies, it’s time to get excited. Yes, there’s more Sailor Moon merchandise! These cute compacts aren’t only charms, but they also hold candies inside of them. If you’re a sailor senshi at heart and have a sweet tooth, you’re in for…well…a treat!
In last month’s reveal of the Sailor Moon candy dispenser compacts, Bandai introduced our favorite meatball head’s original transformation brooch, the Starry Music Box, Chibi Moon’s Prism Heart compact, and the Silver Crystal. The previous release included the Crystal Star Brooch, the Cosmic Heart Compact, the Crisis Moon Compact, and the Luna-P Ball.
This latest collection of candy compacts will include four new dispensers that are replicas of Sailor Moon‘s Eternal Moon Article, the Chibi Moon Compact, a reprinted toy version of the Silver Crystal, and an alternate colored version of the Crystal Star. Pre-orders are available now for 5,400 Yen (44 USD) for 10 items.
November 9th started what could be one of the biggest weeks for video games in Japan and Media Create has revealed just how massive it really was. Releases like the cross-over extravaganza Project X Zone 2, for the Nintendo 3DS, came out swinging with 40,945 units sold, championing through Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, another significant release, which sold 32,078 units.
The surprisingly invincible first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops III could not be beaten with 43,629 units sold on top of its already impressive 187,446 units sold since its release on November 6th. Splatoon manages to continue thriving in Japan with 21,098 sales on top of 784,000 units and Super Mario Maker is still seeing some moderate success with 12,442 units sold.
Software sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops III and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate seem to line up with the incredible 27,311 PlayStation 4 units sold within only a week. It’s worth noting that 33,000 units were sold last week, which show the PlayStation 4’s undeniable, worldwide momentum is not slowing down anytime soon. Additionally, the Nintendo Wii U sold only 9,935 units last week, but skyrocketed to almost double that with 17,921 units this week.
Microsoft’s Xbox One, however, shows no signs of improving with 524 units sold this week, barely breaking even with its 825 units sold last week.
Here’s the full list of sales for the week of November 9th to November 15th below:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
[PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III (SCE, 10/06/15) – 43,629 (187,446)
[3DS] Project X Zone 2 (Bandai Namco, 11/12/15) – 40,945 (New)
Viz Media scheduled the English dub premiere of the acclaimed Sailor Moon Crystal on their Neon Alley streaming service. The first two episodes will be available starting on November 20 in the evening. New dubbed episodes will follow, premiering every Friday night starting with episode 3 on November 27.
Viz describes their show:
Based on Naoko Takeuchi’s legendary manga series, the Sailor Moon Crystal anime saga, retells the story of Sailor Moon as she searches for her fellow Sailor Guardians and the Legendary Silver Crystal to stop the dark forces of Queen Beryl.
Also, Sailor Moon Super (Season 4) continues with two new subtitled episodes added every Monday. This includes Episodes 156 & 157 on November 9th, Episodes 158 & 159 on November 16th, Episodes 160 & 161 on November 23rd, and Episodes 162 & 163 on November 30th.
Also Catch SAILOR MOON R (Season 2) Episodes 24-46 available to stream now in their entirety with dubbed English dialogue.
Season 3 was also recently confirmed for the series. According to Toei Animation Europe, Sailor Moon Crystal’s third season will air on Japanese TV this summer.
There’s not much known about Danganronpa‘s 3rd main entry of the series. This event is a must and way overdo for fans of the franchise, like myself. The event will unveil new information on New Danganronpa V3 and the latest developments for the Danganronpa series. Spike Chunsoft will host the event on December 2, 2015 at 3:30pm JST in Tokyo and will last for an hour.
Danganronpa is a murder mystery franchise centered on students of Hope’s Peak Academy as they become trapped in a battle royal, pitting you against your classmates, of kill or be killed. You will find bodies, investigate, search for clues, and inevitably discover “who dunnit.”
Below is the trailer for Danganronpa V3 that was revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2015.
New Dangraronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shingakki (New Semester for Everyone’s Killing) is in development for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
Fighting games are notoriously overwhelming for newcomers with numerous tutorials being both on online and integrated into the games themselves, including Skullgirls and the Killer Instinct reboot for Xbox One. Super Sonico – the mascot for visual novel developer Nitro+ and one of the playable characters – hopes to alleviate some of that weight on your shoulders for the upcoming release of Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel.
The first video, released officially by publisher Marvelous, demonstrated common mechanics such as movement/dashing, grabbing, your basic light and heavy attacks, as well as combo strings, Lethal Blazes which act as super attacks, and an Infinite Blast which can cancel the opponent’s attacks.
https://youtu.be/o_oBV-vPynk
The second video, however, shows a more intermediate form of movement such as a super jump, air-dashing, recovery, guarding, a grab escape, as well as counter dashes and assists.
https://youtu.be/xLPoL1D26ik
You will have a chance to play as numerous Nitroplus-associated characters – including Super Sonico, Ein (Phantom of Inferno), and Saya (Saya no Uta) – when Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel launches on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on December 10th in Japan and sometime in 2016 for North America.
This year’s 51st issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine announced on Wednesday that the Ace of Diamond The Live stage play will receive a sequel in March 2016.
The Ace of Diamond The Live play ran from August 1 to August 9 at the Zepp Blue Theater in Roppongi. Pony Canyon released the performance on DVD on Wednesday.
The first play’s main cast consisted of:
Ren Ozawa as Eijun Sawamura (seen above)
Tomoki Hirose as Satoru Furuya
Takuma Wada as Kazuya Miyuki
Taiga Fukizawa as Haruichi Kominato
Subaru Hayama as Yōichi Kuramochi
Taizo Shiina as Ryōsuke Kominato
Ryousuke Takahashi as Jun Isashiki
Yūsuke Ueda as Masashi Yūki
Hiroyoshi Mizunuma as Tōru Masuko
NAO-G as Kōichirō Tanba
Airu Shiozaki as Chris Yū Takigawa
Daichi Nakashima as Keisuke Miyauchi
Shouhei as Ichirō Sakai
Yuuki Aomine as Norifumi Kawakami
Ryouichi Wada as Kenjirō Shirasu
Takurō Sawada as Kenta Maezono
Yasuhisa Kato as Tesshin Kataoka
Saki Endo as Rei Takashima
Keisuke Fujita as Kazuyoshi Ōta
Ami201 as Kiyokuni Azuma
Hirotsugu Kurosu as J. Animal M.
Hisato Izaki as Naoyuki Zaizen
Office ENDLESS produced the play, while voice actor and scriptwriter Shinato Asanuma (Ace of Diamond‘s Yoichi Kuramochi, Majestic Prince‘s Toshikaze Asagi) directed the play and wrote the screenplay.
Ace of Diamond is an ongoing anime adaptation of the popular sport’s manga by Yuji Terajima.
Crunchyroll’s synopsis of the series is as follows:
I want to pitch to that mitt again… A meeting with catcher Kazuya Miyuki changed the 15-year-old Eijun Sawamura’s life. He said goodbye to all his friends and knocked upon the door of Seidou, a prestigious baseball school, intent on testing his own strength. There, he met many proud baseball players who were betting everything on the sport! A classic tale, yet new and fresh. All the emotion and excitement of the popular baseball manga is at last coming to television in the form of an anime!
Aksys Games has revealed, on their official site, that Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator – an update to 2014’s 2.5D fighting game Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign – will be making its way over to North America, in tandem with its Japanese release. No pricing has been announced or whether a paid update will be available for those who have purchased Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign.
Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator will provide updated mechanics, new modes, and, of course, new fighters. Long-time fans of the Guilty Gear franchise will be keen to spot returning characters like Jam Kuradoberi and Johnny Sfondi.
Jam Kuradoberi
Jam Kuradoberi (left) vs. Johnny Sfondi (right)
Johnny Sfondi
Dizzy will also be making a return, thanks in part to receiving 32,990 votes in a ballot – held by developer Arc System Works – a triumph over fan-favorite Bridget by only 350 votes. Unfortunately, however, a trailer has not been released that features Dizzy in-game.
A brand new fighter to the series, Jack-O, will also be featured in the update with her distinctive Halloween aesthetic and wild, unstable personality! Another interesting feature about Jack-O is the inclusion of minions whom she can summon and their roles change depending on your button input.
Jack-OJack-O (left) vs. Jam Kuradoberi (right)
Jack-O with her trademark Jack-O-Lantern mask
You can decide Heaven or Hell for yourself when Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator hits shelves and digital platforms in spring 2016 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4! For more information, check out Aksys Games official site and here’s the trailer that debuted at Tokyo Game Show 2015 to get you hyped up for the upcoming release:
The latest chapter of World Trigger will not be included in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shonen Jump of this year due to the author, Daisuke Ashihara, suddenly falling ill. The magazine announced that the series will continue in the 53rd issue on November 30th.
World Trigger synopsis from MAL:
One day a gate to another world opened in Mikado City. This entities of the other world, called Neighbors, sent out an invasion force that overran the area surrounding the gate. Given the technological superiority of the Neighbors, the destruction of the city seemed only a matter of time. But then suddenly Border appeared in the town, an organization that researches the technology of the Neighbors to protect this side of the gate. In a short time they built a huge base and became established as the line of defense against the Neighbors. One day a student named Yūma transfers to the same middle-school class as Osamu, a teenager who belongs to Border. He has a weapon called Trigger that is only allowed to be possessed by people in Border, and claims to have come from beyond the gate.
World Trigger, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara, and serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since February 2013. An anime adaptation of the series produced by Toei Animation started airing on October 5th, 2014.
Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested two Chinese nationals on Wednesday on charges of copyright violation, after they uploaded the latest chapter of The Seven Deadly Sins for a piracy site before its official release. The police suspect that the two suspects obtained the chapters from an elderly delivery company worker who was arrested on November 13th for allegedly giving a copy of Shonen Jump magazine to three previous suspects who were arrested around the same time for posting chapters of One Piece‘s manga to the internet without permission.
The police are now investigating if the delivery company worker was being paid to give the magazines to these scantalation groups, and also investigating if there are more groups of the sort doing these same acts. It begs the question though, why is this elderly delivery company worker being arrested, despite not understanding the consequences of his decision? Sure, it’s against policy give magazines to the public before its official release, but, does the old man deserve to be arrested for helping out pirates, despite not knowing what the people he was giving the magazines to were going to do with them?
The KanColle browser game recently received an update on November 18th with the latest seasonal event titled, Charge! Maritime Transport Operation! As you climb through the campaign with your combat ships to transport to a southern circular island, a quartet of new KanMusu are introduced, including another foreign friend.
Katori Class Training Cruiser Kashima
Kagerou Class Destroyer Arashi
Kagerou Class Destroyer Hagikaze
Graf Zeppelin Class Standard Carrier Graf Zeppelin
New enemies were also introduces for the event:
PT Imp Pack
Light Cruiser Princess
Submarine Princess
Destroyer Water Demon
In addition to this, Japanese fans think Kashima looks familiar to Charlotte’s Nao Tomori.
Daiki Kogyo who are known for producing mature adult figures have revealed images of a top-quality figure of a sexy woman with brunette hair, pouty lips, huge breasts, and lovely thighs based on the top notch designs of popular ero illustrator Oda Non. She is wearing a one piece dress that’s a little small on size, she’s trying her best to cover up. Clothes can be removed but please cast-off at your own risk, parts might be damaged during removal.
Here’s a side by side comparison of the illustration and the figure:
A new visual for the collaboration campaign between the two ongoing TV anime series, Noragami Aragoto and Attack on Titan: Junior High has been revealed in a new poster. Both manga run in related magazines (Monthly Shounen Magazine and Bessatsu Shounen Magazine) and the characters share voice actors in the anime series (Yuuki Kaji plays Eren and Yukine in Attack on Titan, while Hiroshi Kamiya plays Levi and Yato from Noragami).
The poster is displayed in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro station and within trains on the Seibu Ikebukuro line. Participating manga stores will also give away postcards of this image to customers of either manga series.
Noragami Aragoto Anime visual:
Noragami is a Japanese manga series by Adachitoka that began serialization in Kodansha’s Monthly Shounen Magazine in January 2011’s issue. It has been collected in fifteen tankobon volumes as of November 2015. An anime television series adaptation by Bones aired in Japan between January 5 and March 23, 2014. A second season, entitled Noragami: Aragoto, premiered on October 2, 2015, and is scheduled to have 12 episodes.
Attack on Titan: Junior High anime visual:
Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The series began in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shounen Magazine on September 9, 2009, and has been collected into 17 tankobon volumes as of August 2015. It is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by enormous walls; a defense against the Titans, gigantic humanoids that eat humans seemingly without reason. The story initially centers on Eren Yeager, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman and childhood friend Armin Arlert, who joins the military to fight the Titans after their home town is invaded and Eren’s mother is eaten. However, as the story progresses and the truths about the Titans are slowly revealed to the reader, the narrative shifts to encompass Historia Reiss, squad leader Levi, and other supporting characters.
A spin-off light novel series began in December 2011, and has received a manga adaptation. An additional light novel series and three additional spin-off manga series are also being serialized. A television anime adaptation produced by Wit Studio and Production I.G aired in Japan on MBS between April and September 2013 and a second season is confirmed to be released in 2016. Four video game adaptations developed by Nitroplus staffers in collaboration with Production I.G were announced to be released as bonus content for the third and sixth volumes of the Blu-ray Disc release of the anime, with another game developed by Spike Chunsoft for the Nintendo 3DS. A two-part live-action film adaptation, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: End of the World, was also produced by Toho and premiered in 2015. Attack on Titan and three spin-off manga are published in North America by Kodansha Comics USA, while the novels are published by Vertical. An anime adaptation of the Junior High spin-off manga, produced by Production I.G, began airing in October 2015. The anime has been licensed by Funimation Entertainment for North America, by Manga Entertainment for the UK, and by Madman Entertainment for Australasia.
Atlas USA began streaming a full trailer for the North American release of its Stella Glow Nintendo 3DS game to accompany its release on the 17th on Tuesday.
Stella Glow is a strategy role-playing game by imageepoch for the 3DS. It was originally going to be self-published but, SEGA picked up publishing duties. The game was announced in Fall 2014, set for a winter release. It wasn’t heard of again until March 2015.
In March 2015, it was revealed that the game was being now published by SEGA. Imageepoch revealed the game was pretty much done by its release announcement. However, the game had difficulty with getting the game published and distributed in stores. Eventually, they got SEGA to publish it. On March 31, Atlus was revealed to be the Western publisher.
Stella Glow synopsis from Amazon:
Stella Glow is strategy RPG for the Nintendo 3DS system developed by Image epoch (Luminous Arc franchise). The game centers around Alto and his childhood friend Lisette as they try to stop Hilda the Witch of Destruction, and features unique “Song Magic.” The game will contain English voices, but with the 20+ songs are in their original Japanese, performed by some of Japan’s most beloved voice actresses. As most reluctant heroes do, Stella Glow-protagonist Alto starts as a country boy in a small town. One day, he hears a song coming from the forest (which is odd, since song has been absent on the planet for thousands of years), where he discovers the lone Hilda. But after the chance encounter, Hilda reveals she’s the Witch of Destruction, determined to destroy the world with her Harbingers. As Hilda is about to destroy Alto’s hometown, he and Lisette are rescued by the Royal Knights and whisked back safely to the kingdom. Alto joins the 9th Regiment for the sole purpose of gathering the other Witches to stop Hilda.
Make sure to check out the publisher’s website here.
If this image isn’t Photoshopped, then the Japanese publication of the final volume of Tsutomu Nihei’s sci-fi manga, Knights of Sidonia features a wrap-around banner announcing the creation of a theatrical anime film adaptation of Blame, an earlier science fiction manga also made by Nihei.
Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame! manga was produced and shown within Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki. Nihei produced the manga before Sidonia no Kishi, which ran from 1998 till 2003 for a total of 10 volumes. It also received an anime adaptation in the form of 6 web specials in 2003 from Group TAC (Igano Kabamaru , Tantei Gakuen Q).
Blame! synopsis from MAL:
Killy is a man of few words. He wanders, seemingly endlessly, through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called Net Terminal Genes. And he has a very powerful gun, which he uses without hesitation whenever anything resembling danger rears its ugly head.
Who is this quiet, violent, determined man and what are these Genes he seeks? The small communities he finds tucked into the crevices of this towering, dystopic ruin hardly give him leads on his treasure, driving him to find larger enclaves of civilization where people can reveal more about the world he lives in and the quarry he seeks.
Blame!, is a ten-volume 1998 cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei published by Kodansha. A six part original net animation was produced in 2003, with a seventh episode included on the DVD release.
It was revealed on Tuesday that the theme song performers from the first season of Yao Ro Dushi from Yanai Tagami’s Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri (Gate: The Self-Defense Forces Fight Like This in Another Land) will return to perform the theme songs for the second season. Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets (Highschool of the Dead, Strike the Blood) is performing the opening theme “GATE II ~Sekai o Koete~” and the three main female cast members – Nao Touyama (Lelei la Lelena), Hisako Kanemoto (Tuka Luna Marceau), and Risa Taneda (Rory Mercury), will perform the ending theme.
Both songs will ship on CD on January 27, 2016.
In addition to this, it was revealed at the end of the 12th and final episode of GATE (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) that the series will continue with a second cour (quarter of the year) in January, 2016. The second cour will cover the “Flame Dragon Arc.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPfeTTcZGhs
Here’s the trailer for the series:
The main cast of the anime includes:
Junichi Suwabe (Archer in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) will voice Youji Itami, an Otaku human who is also the leader of the Self-Defense Force troops
Hisako Kanemoto (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon Crystal) as Tuka Luna Marso, a female Elf
Nao Touyama (Chitoge Kirisaki from Nisekoi) as Lelei la Lelena, a human mage
Risa Taneda (Mirai Kuriyama from Kyoukai no Kanata) as Rory Mercury, a demigod serving Emroy
The first members of the anime’s staff were also revealed and consists of:
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri (Gate: The Self-Defense Forces Fight Like This in Another Land)is a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi Yanai and originally illustrated by Daisuke Izuka. AlphaPolis published five volumes and three side-story collections from April 2010 to April 2014. AlphaPolis began publishing an expanded edition of the main series with illustrations by Kuroshishi in December 2012. A manga adaptation illustrated by Satoru Sao began in July 2011. An anime television series has been announced.
In August of 20XX, a portal to a parallel world, known as the “Gate,” suddenly appeared in Ginza, Tokyo. Monsters and troops poured out of the portal, turning the shopping district into a bloody inferno.
The Japan Ground-Self Defence Force immediately took action and pushed the fantasy creatures back to the “Gate.” To facilitate negotiations and prepare for future fights, the JGSDF dispatched the Third Reconnaissance Team to the “Special Region” at the other side of the Gate.
Youji Itami, a JSDF officer as well as a 33-year-old otaku, was appointed as the leader of the Team. Amid attacks from enemy troops the team visited a variety of places and learnt a lot about the local culture and geography.
Thanks to their efforts in humanitarian relief, although with some difficulties they were gradually able to reach out to the locals. They even had a cute elf, a sorceress and a demigoddess in their circle of new friends. On the other hand, the major powers outside the Gate such as the United States,China and Russia were extremely interested in the abundant resources available in the Special Region. They began to exert diplomatic pressure over Japan.
A suddenly appearing portal to an unknown world—to the major powers it may be no more than a mere asset for toppling the international order. But to our protagonists it is an invaluable opportunity to broaden knowledge, friendship, and ultimately their perspective towards the world.
Good Smile Company has been giving plenty of adoration to the Love Live! anime series with Nendoroids pouring out for each character in their charming training outfits.
As of this writing, there’s been seven confirmed figures for all the first year students (Maki Nishikino, Rin Hoshizora, and Hanayo Koizumi), all of the second year students (Honoka Kosaka, Kotori Minami, and Umi Sonoda), and with the announcement of Eli Ayase and, now, Nozomi Tojo joining the ranks accounts for a total of 2/3 of the third year students.
Eli Ayase
It’s only a matter of time before Nico Yazawa rounds out all of the characters, but, for now, take a look at Nozomi in all of her fortune-telling, level-headed glory! The Nozomi Tojo: Training Outfit Ver. Nendoroid is due out in May 2016 and can be pre-ordered here!
Feel the need to get your hands on this delightful Nendoroid? J-List has pre-orders available on all the cute training outfit Nendoroids for you to choose from below:
The first season of the anime began this January in the Winter 2015 anime season and ran for 2 cours spanning 22 episodes. The final episode itself aired on Saturday, June 20th where the second season was unveiled at the end of the episode.
A new key visual featuring the students of Class 3-E for the upcoming climax of the first season was revealed earlier:
Anime visual:
Assassination Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series began serialization Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from July 2012 and is licensed in English by Viz Media. The series follows the daily lives of an extremely powerful octopus-like teacher and his students dedicated to the task of assassinating him to prevent Earth from being destroyed. As of March 2015, thirteen tankobon volumes have been released in Japan with a circulation of ten million copies.
A single original video animation adaptation by Brain’s Base based on the series was screened at the Jump Super Anime Tour on October to November 2013. This was followed by a television anime adaptation by Lerche, which began airing on Fuji TV in January 2015. This adaptation has been licensed by Funimation for release in North America. The series was obtained by Madman Entertainment for digital distribution in Australia and New Zealand. A live action film adaptation was released on March 21, 2015.
The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?
The second season of the Assassination Classroom anime is currently in production and will air on Fuji TV in January 2016, during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season. Further information about the second season will be revealed later in the year.
Swaps4 Productions and Big Bang Studio are excited to unveil the highly anticipated launch of Melody's Melon Mania, featuring Projekt Melody! This captivating, free-to-play...
