Yukina Himeragi Reveals Some Plot for the Upcoming Strike the Blood OVA

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Yukina Himeragi from the Strike the Blood anime series has been featured as a poster visual again but this time 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, she was also featured as poster visual in the November 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine 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, a new promotional video for the upcoming OVA was streamed:

The OVA’s first part will be released via Blu-ray format priced at 5,900 ($47.5) yen and DVD format priced 4,900 ($39.48) yen. The second part of the OVA meanwhile will be released on December 23, 2015. It has also been announced that Yuka Iguchi (Toaru Majutsu no Index‘s Index Librorum Prohibitorum) will sing the OVA’s opening song, while Kanon Wakeshima will perform the ending song.

A new visual for the upcoming two-part Strike the Blood OVA was also revealed:

Strike the Blood, also known in short form as SutoBura, is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo with illustrations by Manyako. A manga adaptation began serialization in June 2012 in ASCII Media Works’s Dengeki Daioh. A 24-episode television anime adaptation by Silver Link and Connect aired between October 4, 2013 and March 28, 2014 in Japan.

Strike the Blood synopsis from Haruhichan:

The Fourth Progenitor—that’s the world’s strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman. However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was a apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there?!

Dagashi Kashi Anime Slated for January and Character Designs + Staff Revealed

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The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Kotoyama’s Dagashi Kashi manga has revealed that the TV anime will be airing from January next year. In addition, the first set of character designs and staff members have also been revealed.

The first character designs for the anime have been revealed, which are being designed by Kanetoshi Kamimoto (Burst Angel, Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai.) and include:

Hotaru Shidare
Kokonotsu Shikada
Saya Endou
Tou Endou
You Shikada

The first members of the anime’s main staff have been revealed and 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, Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai.)
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama (Haganai, Isshuukan Friends.)
Animation Studio: feel. (Oregairu Zoku, Minami-ke Tadaima)

Anime visual:

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.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/dagashi/
And follow their Twitter: @anime_dagashi

Source: Crunchyroll

Mio Offers You Something Nice and Sweet in This New Visual

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Mio Naruse from the anime adaptation of Tesuto Uesu and Nekosuke Ookuma’s light novel series Shinmai Maou no Testament (The Testament of Sister New Devil) 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.

Recent anime visual:

Past visual:

Shinmai Maou no Testament is a Japanese light novel series by Tetsuto Uesu with illustrations by Nekosuke Ookuma. Seven volumes have been published by Kadokawa Shoten since 2012 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten’s Shonen Ace magazine since May 2013. A second manga adaptation has been serialized in Hakusensha’s Young Animal Arashi magazine since February 2014. An anime adaptation started airing in January 2015.

Shinmai Maou no Testament synopsis from Haruhichan:

“Hey, you said you wanted a little sister, right?” First year highschool student, Toujo Basara, was suddenly asked by his father and fell into a state of panic. On top of that, the eccentric father told him he will be getting remarried.

He then departed overseas after bringing Basara two beautiful step-sisters. But Mio and Maria’s true forms are actually the newbie Demon Lord and a succubus!? Basara was almost entered into a master and servant contract with Mio, but a “reversed” contract was formed by mistake, and Basara is now the master!? Moreover, Basara is being hit by one ecchi situation after another due to the contract, but Mio’s life is being pursued by other demon tribes and hero tribes! The most powerful contractor’s desire action drama begins!

The second season of the Shinmai Maou no Testament anime, titled Shinmai Maou no Testament BURST, will air on Saturday, October 10th at 1:40am JST on Tokyo MX. during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. Further information about the anime will soon follow

Visit the anime’s official website: http://anime-shinmaimaou.com/
And follow their Twitter: @shinmaimaou

Celebrate Hibike! Euphonium TV Series Sequel with This New Visual

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With the second TV anime series of Ayano Takeda’s Sound! Euphonium (Hibike! Euphonium) recently confirmed, 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

New Heavy Object Visual Stars Milinda

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A new visual for the anime adaptation of Kazuma Kamachi and Nagi’s Heavy Object light novel series has been revealed 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 visual was revealed in the December 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here and view the other posters that come in this issue here.

In addition to this, another visual for the anime adaptation has been revealed in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue ofNewType magazine here.

In addition to this, the official website for the 10th anniversary of Kamachi Kazuma, the author of Toaru Majutsu no Index and several other light novel series, debuted in Dengeki Bunko, has revealed new visuals for the upcoming anime adaptation of the Heavy Object Light novel series.

Past visual:

The Heavy Object anime adaptation will begin its broadcast this October during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. The series will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11, and AT-X.

The main cast of the series were revealed and consists of:

Eri Suzuki (Sanae Higashihongan in Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?) will voice the lead heroine Milinda Brantini
Natsuki Hanae (Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul) voices as Quenser Barbotage
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) will voice Heivia Winchell
Shizuka Itou (Akeno Himejima from High School DxD) voicing as Froleytia Capistranoy

In addition, the staff is as follows:

Director: Takashi Watanabe (Freezing, Shakugan no Shana)
Deputy Director: Chikara Sakurai (Little Busters!, Majimoji Rurumo)
Configuration: Yoshino
Character Design: Atsuko Watanabe (Hanayamata, Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai)
3DCG: Sanzigen
Music: Iuchi Maiko (Ano Natsu de Matteru, Dog Days, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun / Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Sound Director: Aketagawa
Sound Production: Magic Capsule (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S, High School DxD)
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)

A preview of the character designs in the upcoming anime were also revealed:

The Opening and Ending theme performers have also been revealed with ALL OFF and Kanto singing the themes respectively.

The first promotional video was also streamed earlier:

Anime visual:

Heavy Object is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryo Nagi. ASCII Media Works have published 8 volumes since 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko label. A manga adaptation with art by Shinsuke Inue was serialized in ASCII Media Works’s seinen manga magazines Dengeki Black Maoh and Dengeki Maoh from 2009 to 2011. It was collected in a single tankobon volume. A second manga adaptation, with art by Sakae Saito and titled Heavy ObjectS, was also serialized in Dengeki Maoh from 2011 to 2013. It was collected in three tankobon volumes.

An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival event on October 5, 2014. A new manga adaptation was also announced.

Heavy Object synopsis from Haruhichan:

Kwenser came to the Alaskan military base to study Objects, the new weapons that have completely revolutionized war as we know it – battles are fought by soldiers controlling Objects far away from harm. However, when he starts to get close to Object pilot Milinda, will he discover the grim truth behind Heavy Objects?

Super Sonico Hopes You Have a Happy Halloween

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Nitroplus’s mascot designer Santa Tsuji is back once again, and this time with a festive Halloween treat! He’s revealed new Halloween artwork for Super Sonico and Super Taruko.

Source: @t_santa

Anime Adaptation of New Game! Announced – Shirobako but with Video Games

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The December issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Charat magazine will be announcing on Wednesday that a television anime adaptation of Shoutarou Tokunou’s New Game! manga has been green-lit. The series itself features cute girls working in a video game company, in a similar fashion to Shirobako‘s depiction of working at an anime company.

New Game! is a 4koma manga written and illustrated by Shoutarou Tokunou. The series began in 2013 in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine, where a total of 2 volumes have been published.

New Game! synopsis from MAL:

Follow Aoba Suzukaze, a fresh highschool graduate that is easily mistaken as a middle school student, as she joins the game company that produced her favorite game as a 3D artist and her cute antics in this story told through 4-koma.

Source: Otakomu, ANN, Otaku Tale

Bakuon!! TV Anime Slated for 2016

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The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Mimana Orimoto’s Bakuon!! manga series has launched, revealing that it will be a TV anime scheduled for a 2016 broadcast.

The anime adaptation of Bakuon!! was revealed on the 6th volume of the manga with a wraparound jacket.

Bakuon!! is a motorcycle, slice of life manga written and illustrated by Mimana Orimoto. The series began in early 2011 being serialized in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion Retsu magazine. To date a total of 6 compiled volumes have been produced, with a 7th volume releasing on March 18, 2016. The series itself features motorcycles from real companies. An anime adaptation has been announced and slated for 2016.

Bakuon!! synopsis from MAL:

The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Sakura Hane is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.

Source: ANN

Megami – December 2015 Posters [Contains NSFW Images]

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Today we’ll be taking a look at Megami’s December 2015 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the fall 2015 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 18 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content.

This issue can be purchased here, more info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.

Don’t forget to view our NyanType – December 2015 issue post! View our posts of older issues here.

Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova

Aquarion Logos

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

Hacka Doll The Animation

Heavy Object

Hibike! Euphonium

Komori-san wa Kotowarenai!

Lance N’ Masques

Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni “Shomin Sample” Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Shinmai Maou no Testament

Strike the Blood

Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai

Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

Girls und Panzer

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

Anitore! EX

If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with and can be viewed HERE.

My favorite posters from this months issue would have to be the Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, Heavy Object and Valkyrie Drive posters.

You can purchase the issue I covered in this post here or you can subscribe to JList‘s Megami subscription service for $12~$16/month here. All sales made through JList help us continue to bring unique content to the site as well as supporting us!

If you want to see a different type of magazine each month, let us know. Also, if you had the chance to win a poster or two from above, which would it be and why? The best comment will receive a $10 JList certificate when next month’s Megami post goes live; we’ll email you the coupon via the email you used to comment. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Little Busters!, Tomoyo after Visual Novels to Get English Releases

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VisualArt has announced that their KEY brand titles Little Busters! and Tomoyo After ~It’s a Wonderful Life~ will be getting official English releases. The company has announced that they will be taking from fan translations and adapting them, thus removing the fan translations from the servers hosting them.

Tomoyo After〜It’s a Wonderful Life〜 is a spinoff of the earlier Clannad visual novel, which inspired both anime and manga. Tomoyo After〜It’s a Wonderful Life〜 focuses on the popular tomboy character Tomoyo. The game itself inspired manga by Yukiko Sumiyoshi. The game was ported to such systems as the PlayStation 3.

In 2007 the release of the PC software Little Busters! inspired a television anime that aired in Japan in 2012, followed by the Little Busters! Refrain television anime in 2013 and the Little Busters! EX original video anime project in 2014. Crunchyroll streamed the two television anime, and Sentai Filmworks released both in North America. The original game received several ports, including one for the PS Vita.

Source: AnimeNewsNetwork

Hibike! Euphonium Season 2 and Film Announced

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The official website of anime adaptation of Ayano Takeda’s music genre novel series Sound! Euphonium (Hibike! Euphonium) has announced that the TV anime series will be receiving a compilation movie and a sequel TV series.

The compilation film will be titled Hibike! Euphonium the Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band. However, little information is currently available, although it is known that the film will recap the events of the 2015 TV series while the sequel series will take place afterwards.

In addition to this, it was recently revealed that the 7th volume of the Blu-ray release will contain an OVA, titled Kakedasu Monaka (Running Monaka). The preview video for the OVA was also released:

The cast members for the first anime season included:

Minako Kotobuki (Tsumugi Kotobuki in K-ON!) will voice Asuka Tanaka, who plays the Euphonium

Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) as Haruka Ogasawara, the Saxophone player

Minori Chihara (Yuki Nagato from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) voices the role of Kaori Nakaseko, who plays the Trumpet

Haruki Ishiya (Ayumu Kominato in Selector Infected WIXOSS) voices the role of Shuuichi Takamoto, the Trombone player

Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) will voice Noboru Taki, the brass band club’s advisor

Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi in The IDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls) will voice leading character Kumiko Oumae, who plays the Euphonium

Ayaka Asai (Mio Naruse from Shinmai Maou no Testament) as Hazuki Katou, the Tuba player

Chika Anzai (Chaika Travant in Hitsugi no Chaika) is voicing Reina Kousaka, the Trumpet player

Moe Toyota (Sakura Inami in Kyoukai no Kanata) who will voice Sapphire Kawashima, who plays the Contrabass

The main production staff of the first anime season includes:

Original: Takeda Ayano
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara (Clannad)
Series Composition: Jukki Hanada (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Series Director: Naoko Yamada (K-On!)
Character Design: Shoko Ikeda (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Art Director: Shinohara Mutsuo (Clannad)
Color Design: Takeda Akiyo (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Instrument Design: Takahashi Hiroyuki
Director of Photography: Takao Kazuya
Sound Director: Tsuruoka Yota (Bakemonogatari)
Music: Matsuda Akito (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation (Amagi Brilliant Park, Kyoukai no Kanata, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

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. An anime adaptation has been announced.

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

Source: Crunchyroll

Kokoa, Rize and Chino Strike a Pose on a Pumpkin

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Koi’s 4koma manga series Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? (Is the order a rabbit?) has been featured as a poster in the December 2015 issue of NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here and view the other posters that came in this issue here.

In addition to this, another Halloween themed poster of the girls has been featured in the December 2015 issue of Megami. You can purchase this issue of Megami magazine here.

Another poster visual has been featured in the November 2015 issue of NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.

In addition to this, Chino Kafuu and Kokoa Hoto were preparing for the sequel anime in a new poster visual in the October 2015 issue of Megami.

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, also known in short form as GochiUsa, is a Japanese 4-panel comedy manga series by Koi, serialized in Houbunsha’s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Max since March 2011. It has been collected in three tankobon volumes as of March 2014. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired in Japan between April and June 2014. The second season is currently airing.

Synopsis of GochiUsa‘s first season from Haruhichan:

Cocoa arrives at the cafe Rabbit House one day, excited for rabbits. She actually all but lives in that cafe. She meets lots of different girls there, including a tiny and cool girl named Chino, a tough and soldier-esque girl named Rize, a spacey and quintessentially Japanese girl named Chiyo, and the ordinary but dignified Sharo.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.gochiusa.com/
And follow the anime on Twitter: @usagi_anime

NyanType – December 2015 Posters [Contains NSFW Images]

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Today we’ll be taking a look at NyanType’s December 2015 issue from JList which features a lot of new anime series that recently started airing from the fall 2015 anime lineup! This issue contains a total of 18 great posters along with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content.

This issue can be purchased here, more info on where to purchase the magazine will be at the bottom of this post.

Don’t forget to view our Megami – December 2015 issue post! View our posts of older issues here.

Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

Heavy Object

Hidan no Aria

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid

Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou

Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni “Shomin Sample” Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou

Shinmai Maou no Testament

Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai

Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

Yuru Yuri

Poster 16

Poster 17

Poster 18

If you are currently learning or plan to learn Japanese, I highly recommend you to try a copy of this magazine to study with. It is not only packed with posters, it’s also packed with previews, character profiles, articles, manga, and other great content which is great for studying and practicing with and can be viewed HERE.

My favorite posters from this months issue would have to be the Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry and Shinmai Maou no Testament poster.

You can purchase the issue I covered in this post here or you can subscribe to JList‘s Megami subscription service for $12~$16/month here. All sales made through JList help us continue to bring unique content to the site as well as supporting us!

If you want to see a different type of magazine each month, let us know. Also, if you had the chance to win a poster or two from above, which would it be and why? The best comment will receive a $10 JList certificate when next month’s Megami post goes live; we’ll email you the coupon via the email you used to comment. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Non Non Biyori Website Reveals Halloween Illustration

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The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Atto’s Non Non Biyori manga series has revealed a new Halloween illustration of Hotaru Ichijo illustrated by series character designer Mai Otsuka. The new illustration features Hotaru wearing a pumpkin hat and balancing a jack-o-lantern on her lap while displaying a charmful smile.

In addition to this, a beach themed visual of the series has been featured as a poster in the October 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.

The series was also featured as poster in the September issue of NyanType. You can view the other posters that came in this issue here.

The August issue of Megami also featured a summer themed poster:

The second season of Non Non Biyori, titled Non Non Biyori Repeat, premiered on July 6. Here’s the most recent visual:

The main cast from the first season includes:

Kotori Koiwai (Utsu-tsu from Gatchaman Crowds) as Miyauchi Renge

Rie Murakawa (Kurata Yui from Trinity Seven) as Ichijou Hotaru

Ayane Sakura (Shimakaze and numerous others from Kantai Collection) as Koshigaya Natsumi

Kana Asumi (Nyaruko from Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) as Koshigaya Komari

The production cast includes:

Director: Shinya Kawamo (Kokoro Connect, Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe wieder)
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida (Bakuman., K-ON!)
Script Writers: ReikoYoshida, Fumihiko Shimo (Fairy Tail, Amagi Brilliant Park), Yuka Yamada (Mushishi, Ao Haru Ride)
Character Design: Mai Otsuka (OreShura, Shakugan no Shana)
Chief Animation Directors: Mai Otsuka, Yuki Imoto (Shakugan no Shana, Little Busters!)
Color design: Miyuki Kibata (Kokoro Connect, Watamote)
Background Art: Kusanagi (Oreimo, Hellsing Ultimate)
Art Director: Anna Ooizumi (Btooom!, Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love])
Music: Hiromi Mizutani (Toriko, Hyakko)
Music Production: Lantis (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Production Studio: Silver Link (Strike the Blood, Kokoro Connect)

Non Non Biyori is a comedy slice of life manga written and illustrated by Atto. The manga began in 2009 and was published in Media Factory’s Monthly Comic Alive magazine. To date, there a total of 7 volumes that have been produced, with the 8th volume scheduled to release on March 23rd next year. An anime adaptation of the series was made during the Fall 2013 anime season. The adaptation was produced by Silver Link (Strike the Blood, Kokoro Connect) with Shinya Kawatsura (Kokoro Connect) directing. To date the manga has sold over 1 million copies in Japan. A key visual has been released for Non Non Biyori Repeat, along with a homepage background update on the official website.

Official website background:

Non Non Biyori Repeat Key Visual:

Non Non Biyori Repeat synopsis from Haruhichan:

The second season of Non Non Biyori

KanColle Browser Game Introduces Halloween CG

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With the Mackerel Pike Festival event for the KanColle browser game ending on October 30th, the recent update introduced a new upgrade for Zuikaku along with new fighter equipment, plus Halloween CG for the Italian Libeccio and Roma was introduced.

Maestrale Class Destroyer Libeccio

Vittorio Veneto Class Fast Battleship Roma

Shoukaku Class Standard Carrier Zuikaku (Second Update)

Shoukaku Class Standard Carrier Zuikaku (Third Update)

The new equipment includes:

Type 0 Fighter Model 52 (Skilled)

Zero Fighter Model 52C (Iwai Squad)

Zero Fighter Model 62 (Fighter-bomber / Iwai Squadron)

Zero Fighter Model 52A (Iwamoto Squad)

Type 0 Fighter Model 53 (Iwamoto Squadron)

Source: KanColle Wiki

Classy Heavy Object Visual Revealed in New Poster

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A new visual for the anime adaptation of Kazuma Kamachi and Nagi’s Heavy Object light novel series has been revealed in the December 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here.

In addition to this, another visual for the anime adaptation has been revealed in the October 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine NewType. You can purchase this issue ofNewType magazine here.

In addition to this, the official website for the 10th anniversary of Kamachi Kazuma, the author of Toaru Majutsu no Index and several other light novel series, debuted in Dengeki Bunko, has revealed new visuals for the upcoming anime adaptation of the Heavy Object Light novel series.

Past visual:

The Heavy Object anime adaptation will begin its broadcast this October during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. The series will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, TV Aichi, BS11, and AT-X.

The main cast of the series were revealed and consists of:

Eri Suzuki (Sanae Higashihongan in Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?) will voice the lead heroine Milinda Brantini
Natsuki Hanae (Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul) voices as Quenser Barbotage
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) will voice Heivia Winchell
Shizuka Itou (Akeno Himejima from High School DxD) voicing as Froleytia Capistranoy

In addition, the staff is as follows:

Director: Takashi Watanabe (Freezing, Shakugan no Shana)
Deputy Director: Chikara Sakurai (Little Busters!, Majimoji Rurumo)
Configuration: Yoshino
Character Design: Atsuko Watanabe (Hanayamata, Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai)
3DCG: Sanzigen
Music: Iuchi Maiko (Ano Natsu de Matteru, Dog Days, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun / Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Sound Director: Aketagawa
Sound Production: Magic Capsule (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S, High School DxD)
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo)

A preview of the character designs in the upcoming anime were also revealed:

The Opening and Ending theme performers have also been revealed with ALL OFF and Kanto singing the themes respectively.

The first promotional video was also streamed earlier:

Anime visual:

Heavy Object is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryo Nagi. ASCII Media Works have published 8 volumes since 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko label. A manga adaptation with art by Shinsuke Inue was serialized in ASCII Media Works’s seinen manga magazines Dengeki Black Maoh and Dengeki Maoh from 2009 to 2011. It was collected in a single tankobon volume. A second manga adaptation, with art by Sakae Saito and titled Heavy ObjectS, was also serialized in Dengeki Maoh from 2011 to 2013. It was collected in three tankobon volumes.

An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival event on October 5, 2014. A new manga adaptation was also announced.

Heavy Object synopsis from Haruhichan:

Kwenser came to the Alaskan military base to study Objects, the new weapons that have completely revolutionized war as we know it – battles are fought by soldiers controlling Objects far away from harm. However, when he starts to get close to Object pilot Milinda, will he discover the grim truth behind Heavy Objects?

The GochiUsa Girls Get Spooky for Halloween in This New Poster

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Koi’s 4koma manga series Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? (Is the order a rabbit?) 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.

Another poster visual has been featured in the November 2015 issue of NyanType. You can purchase this issue of NyanType magazine here and you can view the other posters that come in this issue here.

In addition to this, Chino Kafuu and Kokoa Hoto were preparing for the sequel anime in a new poster visual in the October 2015 issue of Megami.

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, also known in short form as GochiUsa, is a Japanese 4-panel comedy manga series by Koi, serialized in Houbunsha’s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Max since March 2011. It has been collected in three tankobon volumes as of March 2014. An anime television series adaptation by White Fox aired in Japan between April and June 2014. The second season is currently airing.

Synopsis of GochiUsa‘s first season from Haruhichan:

Cocoa arrives at the cafe Rabbit House one day, excited for rabbits. She actually all but lives in that cafe. She meets lots of different girls there, including a tiny and cool girl named Chino, a tough and soldier-esque girl named Rize, a spacey and quintessentially Japanese girl named Chiyo, and the ordinary but dignified Sharo.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.gochiusa.com/
And follow the anime on Twitter: @usagi_anime

Hiro Mashima Wishes You a Happy Halloween with New Sketches

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October 31, 2015

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Fairy Tail‘s author Hiro Mashima is back again and this time to wish us a Happy Halloween! His new sketches include:

He recently did some other sketches which include some autumn outfits, a new character, and other assorted fun.

He also recently sketched Lucy being very seductive while displaying a cute pout:

His other recent sketches include:

His recent sketch of of Juvia doing the “kabe don” to Gray kicked up a storm on the internet:

He has also produced quite a few more sketches on his Twitter and here’s a few of them:

Last April he posted some sketches which he admitted may have been a bit too ecchi:

He also recently attempted to redraw the end card of episode 48 featuring Kagura Mikazuchi on the beach:

In addition to this, he also shared a recent sketch featuring Erza Scarlet and Lucy Heatfilia spending some quality time together.

His previous drawings include Natsu Dragneel and Erza Scarlet in a one piece swimsuit with cat ears:

Source: Hiro Mashima

Boku dake ga Inai Machi TV Anime CM Reveals Key Visual and Character Designer

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The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Kei Sanbe’s Boku dake ga Inai Machi manga series began streaming a new commercial for the series on Friday. The new commercial unveils the first key visual, and reveals that Keigo Sasaki (Nanatsu no Taizai, Ao no Exorcist) is designing the characters for the anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSHTHb6wcI0

The staff includes

Director: Tomohiko Itou (Gin no Saji, Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin, Sword Art Online 2)
Script: Kishimoto Taku (Gin no Saji, Haikyuu!!, Magi: Sinbad no Bouken)
Studio: A-1 Pictures (Aldnoah.Zero, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Sword Art Online)
Character Designs: Keigo Sasaki (Nanatsu no Taizai, Ao no Exorcist, Senkou no Night Raid)

Anime visual:

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi is an ongoing Japanese fantasy suspense seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe and serialized on Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace magazine since 2012. Volume 1 was released on January 26, 2013 and 5 volumes have been published so far. It’s published in French by Ki-oon. An anime adaptation has been announced and is scheduled to air in January 2016.

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi synopsis from MAL:

Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinadzuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Source: ANN

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