Muv-Luv Trilogy Smashes Stretch Goals with $1.17 Million

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November 3, 2015

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Nintendo isn’t new to censored content featured on their systems – such as name and costume changes for Bravely Default and a scene featuring Tharja, in Fire Emblem: Awakening – so it comes as no surprise this would potentially happen again. Thanks to Twitter user Teikage, screenshots reveal the differences between the Japanese release and the European release.

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Lin Lee – the character, in question, getting these cosmetic changes – is reportedly thirteen-years-old which makes sense that this censorship would arise when delivered to a Western/European audience. This definitely, also, explains Xenoblade Chronicles X receiving a Teen rating in North America and a 12+ rating in Europe.

As of this writing, it’s only been shown that two costumes have been censored. However, we’ll keep you updated if and when more information comes out.

Xenoblade Chronicles X, developed by Monolith Soft (Xenosaga trilogy, Disaster: Day of Crisis) and published by Nintendo, will be released in North America and Europe on December 4th, 2015 exclusively for the Wii U.

Sources: VG24/7, IGN (1) (2), Nintendo, Amazon.fr

Maia and Kokone Prepare for the Cold Winter Nights in This New Visual

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November 3, 2015

Maia Tsukigane and Kokone Kikogami from the Aquarion Logos anime series has been featured 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.

In addition to this, the series was also featured as a poster in theNovember 2015 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.

In addition to this, another new visual of the Aquarion Logos anime has been featured in the September issue of NewType as a double page spread.

Anime visual:

Aquarion Logos is an anime series produced by Satelight, and the third in the Aquarion franchise, after Genesis of Aquarionand Aquarion Evol, celebrating its 10th anniversary. The series is directed by Eiichi Sato, with character designs by Takeshi Mamezuka. The series’ opening theme will be composed by Yoko Kanno and performed by May’n. The series will begin airing in July 2015.

Pre-Order Xenoblade Chronicles X and Get… Pizza!

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November 3, 2015

For what seems like years, retailers and publishers have been spicing up your pre-order decision with tantalizing bonuses such as extra in-game content and even physical collectibles. Best Buy is hoping to add little… flavor to your decision to reserve Xenoblade Chronicles X, the upcoming JRPG developed by Monolith Soft (Xenosaga trilogy) and published by Nintendo.

Excluding the enamoring Collector’s Edition, for Xenoblade Chronicles X, if you pre-order by December 3rd, 2015, you will receive… a $10 virtual gift card for pizza. You heard it right, purchase the game, in full, by December 10th and you’ll have some sweet munchies to go with your brand new game.

A code will be provided for you, thus you will have to register that code by January 14th, 2016, at XCXPizzaCash.com where you’ll get your access to a $10 virtual prepaid Mastercard to slam down on some cheesy goodness. Better be quick, though, because if you hold off on that pizza for too long – January 31st, to be exact – all funds will be forfeited.

It’s certainly a more perplexing incentive to purchase what could arguably be one of the most anticipated follow-ups to Monolith Soft’s ever-expanding Xeno series. How can you say no to pizza, though?

If pre-ordering Xenoblade Chronicles X, launching exclusively on the Nintendo Wii U on December 4th, 2015, has you itching for a slice, you can pre-order here.

(Disclosure: Haruhichan is not affiliated or sponsored by Best Buy or Nintendo.)

Source: Crunchyroll

70s Sci-Fi Esque Short Film, Metroid: The Sky Calls, Dazzles

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November 3, 2015

Rainfall Films, a video production company based out of Los Angeles, skyrocketed in popularity back in 2008 with their infamous Legend of Zelda April Fool’s trailer. This faux trailer, released on IGN, became an overnight sensation resulting in, according to their website:

…it was watched over 2.5 million times, became the #1 video on Youtube and MySpace, and was the 4th most Googled term in the world.

Since then, Rainfall Films has been contributing post-production services on music videos and television shows, as well as producing another fan film featuring the legendary Amazon warrior-princess, hailing from Themyscira, Wonder Woman (a.k.a. Diana Prince) which also resulted in a massive Internet-wide boom. To this day, the video on YouTube has over 5 million+ views!

In a collaboration between Rainfall and Nerdist, back in June 2014, fans could vote for what Rainfall could bring to life once more including Final Fantasy VI and, one of Nintendo’s gem IPs, Metroid. It wasn’t long before Metroid towered as a champion, winning the majority vote later in July. Now, a year later, Metroid: The Sky Calls is out and, oh boy, is it a doozy. Paying a serious homage to 70s sci-fi legends like Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and, of course, the Metroid franchise itself, director Sam Balcomb and actress Jessica Chobot show that, if anything, Samus Aran could stand to show a thing or two to the leagues of notoriously awful video-game-to-film adaptations. That is, if Nintendo will allow her to.

Check out this brilliant, 12 minute short film for yourself!

For even more information, check out Rainfall Film’s official website: http://rainfall.tv/

Sources: IGN, Nerdist, Fortune

High☆Speed – Free! Starting Days – Theatrical Trailer

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November 3, 2015

The official website of the upcoming anime film adaptation of Kouji Ohji and Futoshi Nishiya’s High☆Speed! light novel series, the basis of Animation Do’s Free! anime, has revealed a new trailer. The film takes place during the time the bishounen swimming boys are in their blossoming youth, in middle school. The story will serve us Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club fangirls with the swim group’s origins and tribulations, a prequel.

A new visual for the film’s movie poster was also released. High☆Speed! – Free! Starting Days – is directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto and will feature animation from the appraised Kyoto Animation studio and Animation Do. The prequel film is set to release in Japanese theatres on December 5th, 2015.

The above video reintroduces one of the cast members in the upcoming film. In conjunction, to date, two members of the main cast have been revealed:

Nobunaga Shimazaki (Shidou Itsuka from Date A Live) will return to voice Haruka Nanase
Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Hiroomi Nase from Kyoukai no Kanata) is back to voice Makoto Tachibana

Additional members of the movie’s production staff were also revealed, where Kyoto Animation will be animating the film instead of Animation Do:

Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto (Amagi Brilliant Park, Hyouka)
Scriptwriter: Maiko Nishioka (Amagi Brilliant Park, Hyouka)
Anime Character Designer: Futoshi Nishiya (Free!, Nichijou)
Art Director: Joji Unoguchi (Free!, Nichijou)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Free!, Chuunibyou Demo koi ga Shitai!)
Music Composer: Tatsuya Katou (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Mirai Nikki)
Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Clannad)

Here’s a teaser trailer for the film:

Free! (Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club) is a TV anime series based of Kouji Ohji light novel High☆Speed!, which is illustrated by Futoshi Nishiya. The light novel received an honourable mention in the 2011 Kyoto Animation Award contest, and to date a total of 2 volumes have been published by Kyoto Animation. The anime adaptation aired from July 2013 for 12 episodes, animated by Kyoto Animation (Hyouka, Clannad) and Animation Do – with the latter’s animation debut. The second season of the anime, Free! – Eternal Summer, aired in Summer 2014. There were also radio shows and drama CD volumes released to promote the two anime seasons.

Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:

The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.

Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.

The Free! anime prequel film High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days- will be released in Japanese theatres from December 5th. Further information will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the film’s website here: http://movie-highspeed.com/
Visit the anime’s website: http://iwatobi-sc.com/
And follow the official Twitter: @iwatobi_sc

Source: Crunchyroll

Why We Haven’t Seen More of the Last Guardian

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November 3, 2015

The Last Guardian, being developed by Team Ico (known for producing Shadow of The Colossus and ICO) was last seen at its re-reveal premiere at E3 2015. However, the title was absent from both Tokyo Game Show and Paris Games Week. According to Sony Worldwide Studios boss, Shuhei Yoshida, this was intentional. Yoshida stated there was nothing to worry about, that the platform holder’s only limiting what the potential players see, otherwise it would spoil things.

Development is going well, but because it’s about the story, we don’t want to show too much,

We wanted to show that it exists, it works, it runs. It’s not like we won’t show anything before launch, but I think that we will try to limit what we show about the game.

Although it’s rather disappointing news, it makes us all the more excited to see what Sony has to offer us with this grandiose title.

It is estimated that there will be something shown at PlayStation Experience later in the year. The Last Guardian, having been in development for around 8 years now, it’s no wonder they want to shroud the title in mystery.

Below is the trailer that was shown at E3 2015:

Source: Push Square

Koei Tecmo Working With “Prominent Overseas IP”

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November 3, 2015

Koei Tecmo has been making strides in their respective industry, both in game development and game publishing. With JRPGs like Nights of Azure and the Atelier series, both developed by Gust, and the immense, almost gargantuan success of the Dead or Alive series, it wouldn’t be too far from the truth to say that Koei Tecmo can become one of the next premier Japanese publishers in the West. The company has also capitalized on its trademark Dynasty/Samurai Warriors formula, collaborating with IPs across both video games and manga. Thus, spawning the likes of Hyrule Warriors, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, and Dragon Quest: Heroes.

Thanks to ZhugeEX, we are provided a peek into just how successful Tecmo Koei has been during the first half of the 2015/16 fiscal year.

Arslan: The Warriors of Legend – 60,000 units sold in Japan and Asia
Nights of Azure – 150,000 units sold in Japan and Asia
Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 100,000 units sold in Japan and Asia
Dead or Alive 5: Core Fighters – 4 million downloads
Nobunaga’s Ambition 201X – 600,000 downloads
My Gamecity (gaming platform) – 800,000 members

It’s worth noting that Nights of Azure is an entirely new IP for Koei Tecmo, also known by its Japanese name Yoru no Nai Kuni. With 150,000 units sold primarily in Japan and Asia – and debuting at #4 in software sales in Japan – it could prove to be even more beneficial for the company with its approaching North American release date of March 29th, 2016. With game software revenue down 10% due to delays, the future may look bleak though Koei Tecmo reportedly shattered their initial earnings forecast, bringing in a 45.7% increase at ¥2,477 million.

Cheeky of Koei Tecmo, however, was that they featured a bullet point in their collaboration expansions hinting at a “large-scale… collaboration with a prominent overseas IP.” It’s rare to see the West and East combine their efforts for a video game, in more ways than simply publishing games in North America, so whatever this could manifest into will be interesting.

All stops are being pulled out, it seems, for 2016 with Toukiden 2 and Nioh, both revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2015, and a list of releases in North America and Europe including the aforementioned Nights of Azure, Arslan: The Warriors of Legend, an Attack on Titan collaboration, and Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky.

For more information on release dates and available titles, all provided by Koei Tecmo, check out their official website: http://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/

Sources: AnimeNewsNetwork, ZhugeEX, I Play PS Vita, Niche Gamer

Chris Brown’s “Zero” Art Has Shocking Similarities to City Hunter

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November 3, 2015

Chris Brown released his single “Zero,” on September 18th, and for a while, there was no real buzz around it, until on October 30th, Twitter user Gregoire Hellot pointed out that the single’s cover looks a lot like a clip from City Hunter.

So far, the mangaka of City Hunter, Tsukasa Hojo has said nothing in response this, but the idea of him receiving a royalty in private is not out of the question. This is not the only time an American hip hop recording artist has paid homage to Japanese media. In 2007, Kanye West’s Stronger music video was directly inspired by the film, Akira, so this just means that anime and manga are becoming more mainstream, which is only a good thing.

Source: ANN, Crunchyroll, Kotaku, Twitter, YouTube

Terraformars Live-Action Film Receives a New Poster Visual

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November 2, 2015

Terraformars, originally released as a manga written by Yuu Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana, has been gaining momentum as of lately with a TV anime adaptation in September 2014 and several spin-off manga since its debut in 2011. According to Crunchyroll‘s listing for the aforementioned Terraformars anime, the sypnosis goes:

With Earth becoming increasingly overpopulated, an ambitious plan has been put into place to terraform Mars using mold and cockroaches. Nearly 500 years after the plan, a mission to Mars, Annex 1, is under way to accomplish crucial research into the Virus currently plaguing mankind with the crew members who’ve been injected with various DNA of life on Earth in order to combat the Terraformars, giant humanoid cockroaches.

Takashi Miike, responsible for helming the director’s seat on several live-action adaptations like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Yatterman, is once again providing his extensive experience for this film. Alongside Miike, Kazuki Nakashima, responsible for series composition and scriptwriting on anime such as Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill, is providing the script.

Back in August, there was another little poster tease in regards to the existence of the Terraformars film, but didn’t show off the ensemble quite yet in their epic spacesuits. To give starry-eyed cinema viewers a look into this live-action realization, a poster was recently revealed thanks in part to the film’s staff.

Terraformars-Live-Action-Adaptation-October-and-August — Terraformars’ August poster (left), October poster (right)

Terraformars will premiere on April 29th, 2016, in Japan, and star Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin live-action films) and Hideaki Ito (Western Sukiyaki Django) as the leading roles of Nanao Akita and Shoukichi Komachi, respectively.

Sources: AnimeNewsNetwork, Kitakubu

Square Enix Files Trademark for Shinra Game System

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November 2, 2015

It’s been over a year since Shinra Technologies was revealed at the previous Tokyo Game Show, back in September of 2014. This initiative – pioneered by Yoichi Wada, former vice president of Square Enix – was created to help the aforementioned Square Enix expand their software to a cloud-streaming service.

Donning the name of the megalomaniac conglomerate from Final Fantasy VII – one of Square’s earlier, most successful titles from 1997 – the company, Shinra Technologies, Inc., is headquartered out of New York City. Since its audacious reveal, the company is, in fact, so confident in its ability to dispel any disbelief and ambiguity in its platform that Shinra Technologies put their service through a live stress-test back in March at South by Southwest 2015. The platform has also already gone through beta tests in Kansas City and Texas, provided you were a subscriber to Google Fiber and Verizon FiOS.

With constant updates being posted on Twitter, via the account @Shinra_Tech, dating back only a couple days ago, the recent discovery that Square Enix has trademarked a logo for a “Shinra Game System” is mighty interesting. Looking through the European-based OHIM trademark-and-design database, you’ll notice Square Enix filed for a trademark on the 16th of October on the title for this inquisitive, possibly standalone system operating underneath the Shinra Technologies umbrella. The nail in the coffin? A figurative trademark on the logo for said system on the 30th.

Shinra-Game-System-Trademark-1 — Both trademarks registered in the OHIM database.

There’s only so much to speculate until Square Enix makes an official announcement. However, with video-game companies like Sony also cannon-balling into the cloud-based ecosystem with PlayStation Now and Remote Play, it’s exciting to see what Square Enix can bring to the table. For those interested, here’s an entire view of the logo’s trademark.

For more information about the service, visit their official website: https://www.shinra.com/

Source: Polygon, OHIM, All Games Beta

First Musaigen no Phantom World Promotional Video Streamed

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November 2, 2015

Kyoto Animation have streamed the first promotional video for the upcoming anime adaptation of Souichirou Shinno and Shirabi’s Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors Phantom World) novel. The new video introduces the main characters of the upcoming anime and previews the quality of its animation. The Musaigen no Phantom World anime will air in January 2016 during the Winter 2016 anime season.

The main cast of the anime includes:

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

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

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

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

Azusa Tadokoro (Fino Bloodstone in Yuushibu) as Ruru

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

Kikuko Inoue (Sanae Furukawa in Clannad) as Arisu Himeno

Shosuke Morohashi, whose voice cast has not been revealed yet

The production staff of the series are as follows:

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

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

Here is the series synopsis from Haruhichan:

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

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

Zero Escape 3, Now Titled Zero Time Dilemma

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November 2, 2015

Back in July of this year, at Anime Expo 2015, it was revealed that a third sequel is in development for the critically praised Zero Escape series at a panel hosted by Aksys Games. Other tidbits of information were provided such as a simultaneous Western localization and Aksys is aiming for a Summer 2016 release for the Playstation Vita and Nintendo 3DS.

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The visual novel-adventure series has had two predecessors with Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999, for short) – released for the original Nintendo DS in 2009 – and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward – released for the Playstation Vita and Nintendo 3DS in 2012. Developed by Chunsoft, prior to their merging with Japanese publisher, Spike, both games have been commended for its macabre, branching storytelling and diverse cast of characters. With both games receiving Metacritic scores breaching the 80 point average and a cult following in the West, it’s easy to see why this installment should be on your radar in 2016!

Now, three months after the reveal, Aksys Games has provided fans and those with a piqued interest an announcement, shedding light on its title, Zero Time Dilemma, the sequel’s general tone, and keeping their promise for a Summer 2016 release:

In keeping with the season and celebrating all things sinister and diabolic, Aksys Games and Spike Chunsoft would like to announce that the official North American title for Zero Escape 3 is… Zero Time Dilemma! Building on the success of its predecessors, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and Virtue’s Last Reward, series mastermind Kotaro Uchikoshi has pulled out all the stops to deliver the most compelling and mind shredding gaming experience ever seen on a handheld platform. Choice is your only method of salvation and your only means of escape. How much of your humanity will you sacrifice to earn your freedom? As a new age of ruin looms large on the horizon, you must make impossible decisions and weather unimaginable consequences as you straddle the line between absolution and damnation. Plan your escape. Summer 2016.

As if that wasn’t enough, Aksys posted ZTD‘s logo and key art to drive the point home on what can be expected in the next thrilling ride in the Zero Escape franchise:

Zero-Escape-3-Now-Zero-Time-Dilemma-2 — Zero Time Dilemma’s Logo

Zero-Escape-3-Now-Zero-Time-Dilemma-1 — Zero Time Dilemma Key Art

Keep an eye out for Zero Time Dilemma, developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Aksys Games, releasing Summer 2016!

Source: Kotaku, Aksys Games

Final Fantasy XV Food Truck Serves Burgers

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November 2, 2015

At Paris Games Week last week a Final Fantasy XV themed food truck served Chocobo and Behemoth burgers to hungry patrons attending the event.

Paris Games Week this past year was held from October 28th to November 1st, which accommodated 307,000 visitors, the highest attendance to date for the event, and also the largest space for the event, 60,000 m². PGW, or Paris Game Week, is a trade fair for video games. Held at the Paris expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France. When the event had its debut it was ranked as the 2nd most attended video game expo in the world after the German gamescom.

Okay, so it isn’t really Chocobo, it’s chicken, and the Behemoth burgers are made of beef. When you receive your meal it comes with a themed napkin and an art postcard.

Final Fantasy XV is set to release in 2016 as a simultaneous release worldwide. Square Enix plans to reveal the game’s release date in March during a special event. Tabata, director of the game, reported in an interview:

…I can tell you that it isn’t going to be released this year. I think we’ll be able to tell you when we’re making the announcement around PAX Prime, at the end of this month. We can certainly say to people: it’s not going to be 2017. It’s going to be before that.

Here is the most recent trailer of Final Fantasy XV:

Source: Anime News Network

Hibike! Euphonium Sequel TV Series and Compilation Movie Teaser Streamed

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November 2, 2015

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The official website of anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda’s music genre novel series Sound! Euphonium (Hibike! Euphonium) began streaming a new teaser video for the recently confirmed compilation movie and a sequel TV series on Monday.

In addition to this, a new visual of the series to celebrate the recent news has 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.

In addition to this, another poster of the series has been featured in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animedia. This issue of Animedia can be purchased here.

Sound! Euphonium Welcome to Kitauji High School’s Musical Instrument Club is a Japanese novel by Ayano Takeda, published on December 5, 2013 by Takarajimasha. The story focuses on the Kitauji High School Music Club, which is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser’s strict instruction.

Sound! Euphonium synopsis from Haruhichan:

Hibike! Euphonium begins when Kumiko Oumae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school’s brass band club as a first year. Kumiko’s classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school.

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

Tasteful Valkyrie Drive Poster Visual Revealed

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November 2, 2015

A new poster visual of the Valkyrie Drive series has been featured 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.

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.

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo’s Author Shares a Holiday Treat for Us

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November 2, 2015

Not only did Fairy Tail‘s Hiro Mashima reveal sketches for his series for Halloween, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo‘s Miki Yoshikawa had her own holiday treat to share who also happens to have her series published in the Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Source: Miki Yoshikawa

Voice Actress Miyu Matsuki Passed Away

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November 2, 2015

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It has been reported by voice talent management firm 81 Produce that voice actress Miyu Matsuki passed away on October 27, 2015. She was 38 years old. No information about if she passed on due to acute pneumonia has been revealed.

Earlier this year she noted that she had a fever since the start of the year that would not recede. She found out that she had acute pneumonia after she repeatedly went to the hospital for check-ups.

Some of her anime voice acting roles include Sapphire in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Anna in Shimoseka, Hisui in Carnival Phantasm, Harumi from Zetsubou Sensei, Cthuko from Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Shiina’s mother in Koufuku Graffiti, Yoshinoya from Hidamari Sketch, and Hagimura’s mother from Seitokai Yakuindomo.

In non-anime roles, Miyu voiced Claire in Sen no Kiseki II, Lailah in Tales of Zestiria, Iris in Aterlier Iris, and Waka in Phantom Breaker.

Source: Yaraon, 81 Produce on Miyu Matsuki’s blog, HDKirin

One Punch Man Oppai Hoodie Goes up for Sale

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