Alter presents a fantastic 1/7 scale figure of adorable idol Nico Yazawa in her Perfect Charm outfit from the popular idol Love Live! School Idol Project anime. She is dressed in a cute frilly costume, complete with hat, lots of ribbons, cute socks, and a cute pose.
Love Live! School Idol Project – Nico Yazawa 1/7 Figure – Pre-orders are available on Jlist here and is expected to be released in April 2016.
A new fascinating 1/7th scale figure of Saber Bride from the popular game Fate/EXTRA CCC has been revealed. She is shown wearing her signature bridal gown-like costume in an absolutely perfect pose. This figure is wonderfully crafted to capture the elegance of Saber Bride. She also carriers her patented weapon the Aestus Estus: The Embryonic Flame. From Good Smile Company.
Fate/EXTRA CCC – Saber Bride 1/7 Figure – Pre-orders are available on Jlist here and is expected to be released in June 2016.
Saber Bride can be pre-ordered here.
The official website of the Persona 3 anime movies has revealed new details for the for the fourth and final film in the series: Persona 3 the Movie #4: Winter of Rebirth, , releasing on January 23. A brand new visual, the official movie poster, and two videos were all revealed for the film.
And here is the official poster for the film:
Two promotional videos have been revealed for the upcoming movie. Both videos showcases the limited time left SEES has before the end of the world.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2w75by_%E5%8A%87%E5%A0%B4%E7%89%88-%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8A%EF%BC%93-pv13-4-winter-of-rebirth_shortfilms
Here is the second PV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rObmVRz63M
New members of the anime’s staff have been revealed many will be returning from previous films:
The main cast of the game returned to voice their respective roles in the film series (not including Makoto):
There will also be an event on March 5th next year, Persona 3 the Movie Finale Event. The event will be held at the Stellar Ball in the Shinagawa Prince Hotel where members of the anime’s cast and staff will be in attendance. Further information about the event will be revealed soon.
Here is the synopsis of the film:
“The time of destruction is coming ever closer without a doubt. It cannot be stopped.”
To know death, to gaze at death, to face death.Makoto and his allies have grown through the many meetings and partings they have experienced.
Their fight might not be for the sake of the world, but for themselves. Even so, they have continued to fight, believing that there are peaceful days waiting at the end of the battle.
However, a boy says that destruction is the fate that humanity must shoulder. The boy they believed to be their friend tells them the truth of the situation without an emotion on his face.
The season changes to winter. Makoto makes a decision in order to greet the spring that is waiting beyond….
Persona 3 is a PlayStation 2 JRPG developed and published by Atlus in Japan in 2006 and in the West in 2007 and 2008. The game is part of a spin-off series to Atlus’ greater Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Upon release the game received overwhelmingly positive reception selling over 120,000 copies in the first week of release. The game follows a new student of Gekkoukan High School where he is staying at a new dorm. Set in a present day city, when the clock hits midnight very strange and dark things being to occur and the only way to stop them is with the new mysterious power, Persona. In the game players need to balance the typical High School life of exams, meeting with friends and studying, with exploring a large dungeon and defeating menacing foes. The game itself received a sequel titled Persona 3 FES two years after the release of the game. A port to the PlayStation Portable was also produced and released in 2009 in Japan, and 2010,2011 in the West. The game also included a playable female protagonist..
Here is a synopsis of Persona 3 The Movie #1: Spring of Birth:
Terrible creatures lurk in the dark, preying on those who wander into the hidden hour that lies between one day and the next—the Dark Hour. A secret school club known as SEES defends humanity from horrors and disasters while working to solve the mystery of the Dark Hour once and for all.
A movie based on the 2006 RPG Persona 3, announced at the end of the Persona 4 movie, The Factor of Hope.
The final film in the Persona 3 film series, Persona 3 the Movie #4: Winter of Rebirth, will be released in Japanese theatres on January 23rd, 2016. Any additional information about the film will be released in the weeks leading up to its release.
You can visit the film’s website here: http://www.p3m.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @P3movie
Source – Persona 3 The Movie Website
The Playstation Vita JRPG Atelier Escha & Logy Plus, is now available for pre-purchase for the North American release. For a little less than the cost of a AAA game, you will receive a premium copy of the game, an 18″x24″ poster, a 36 paged, full color artbook, and a single-disc soundtrack of 30 tracks with jewel case, all in a pretty collector’s box. The game releases on January 16, 2016, and currently the online shop has over 75% of its stock left, so hurry and make sure to pre-order it before all of the copies are sold out!
Here are some pictures of the aforementioned physical goods here:
The physical edition of Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky will ship on January 19. Otherwise, the game will be available digitally for everyone in North America on the same day and in Europe on January 20.
Here’s a trailer for the game:
Be sure to check out the developer’s official website here.
The publisher’s Twitter can also be found here.
Atelier synopsis from NIS America:
This world has gone through many Dusks, and is slowly nearing its end. Within this world, in the western reaches of the “Land of Dusk,” there was a nation that prospered thanks to its use of alchemy. There, in order to survive the eventual arrival of the “Dusk End,” the people devoted their efforts to rediscover and recreate lost alchemic technologies. Rediscovered technology from the past era was gathered in the alchemy research city known as “Central,” where research was conducted on how to halt the advance of the twilight. One of the heroes is a young man who researched alchemy in Central, the other a girl living in a small town on the frontier. This girl’s name is Escha. In the process of using her knowledge of ancient alchemy to help others, she was assigned to the Development Department. The young man’s name is Logy. Having learned the newest alchemic techniques in Central, he requested a transfer to this understaffed town to make use of his abilities, and meets Escha when he is assigned to the Development Department as well. The two make a promise to use their alchemy together, and bring success to the Development Department.
Source: Atelier Wikia, Crunchyroll, NISA Online Store
A special collaborative exhibition titled “Love Live! ~µ’s meet The Powerpuff Girls” will be held at the Parco Museum, located on the third floor of the Shibuya Parco building in Tokyo and will feature the characters from the Love Live! School Idol Project anime and game franchise.
The event will be held in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of The Powerpuff Girls‘ premiere on Japanese TV.
The exhibition will display artworks of the Love Live! characters in the American style inspired by The Powerpuff Girls while explaining the history of the Love Live! franchise. The staff will also offer visitors a bunch of merchandises using the american-stylized arts of the characters.
In July 2006 to June 2007, an anime based on The Powerpuff Girls american cartoon was also released and was titled “Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z” and was animated by Toei Animation and directed by Megumu Ishiguro. A manga of the same name by Shiho Komiyuno ran in Shueisha’s Ribon magazine between July 2006 and June 2007.
Source – Crunchyroll
South Park are no strangers to referencing anime and Japanese culture in their writings, such as the episode where they parodied Pokemon, and the episode where they parodied old Japanese martial arts shows, but this week, they took it a step even further, when South Park’s official website requested for all of their fans to send in their Yaoi fanart of Craig and Tweek to be used in the latest episode.
Make sure to check out the full episode here.
https://twitter.com/SouthPark/status/659596957329944576/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Much/status/659553866229415940/photo/1
#TweekXCraig pic.twitter.com/nvZpWAXKhJ
— SOUTH PARQ (@SouthPark) October 29, 2015
We have been getting to know some of the Asian girls who have introduced us to a art style called 'YAOI'. pic.twitter.com/F4wrSMyCOd
— SOUTH PARQ (@SouthPark) October 29, 2015
#TweekXCraig pic.twitter.com/jV1SFYt9df
— SOUTH PARQ (@SouthPark) October 29, 2015
Watch the new episode “Tweek x Craig” for free here: https://t.co/4XY3qBLIpB pic.twitter.com/XluVTjwta2
— SOUTH PARQ (@SouthPark) October 29, 2015
Source: Crunchyroll, Hulu, South Park Studios, Twitter
Kantai Collection‘s staff announced in January that they were working with Sega on a new KanColle arcade game which was supposed to be available during Summer, but the official Twitter account for the Kantai Collection‘s staff tweeted on Wednesday that there was an issue with the manufacturing process which now leads the game to be delayed to Spring 2016, even though the team already delayed it to this fall before.
The team also announced on their account that they will try to provide a playable test machine during winter. The official website for this Sega’s Kancolle Arcade game also streamed two trailers for the game in August.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaHe-Dh_XsI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvBAH2YMneY
Some images for this Kancolle game were also released in February during the Japan Amusement Expo.
Source – ANN
On October 15, Idol and Voice Actress, Ai Takabe, was arrested in her home in Shibuya, after the Tokyo Metropolitan Police found her in possession of a small bag of cocaine, which she says she got from a friend. It is now known yet as to why the police raided her home in the first place, but, right now she is being held in the Metropolitan Police Women’s Detention Center until her trial.
Even though she has not received any sentence yet, it looks like she may not be able to receive any work. For example, her talent agency, Oscar Promotion, issued a statement saying they canceled their contract with her, the Kill Me Baby official website took her name off of the list of staff, as well as the section of the website which credited her for voicing the character, Agiri. The broadcasting company TBS, which aired Kill Me Baby also took her name off of the staff and cast section of their website for the show, and then Amazon Japan, who was going to stream Kill Me Baby, have now decided against it.
With any luck, the young 27 year old will be able to get off with a light sentence, which would include rehab, as well as a fine, however, it will be difficult for her to continue to find work in the entertainment industry of Japan once her sentence is served due to Japan’s very conservative stance on illegal narcotics.
Source: Rocketnews24, Japan Today
CAPCOM is adding two new Attack on Titan characters in their Monster Hunter Explore mobile game available for both Android and iOS in Japan. They will be available for two weeks starting November 5th. The Survey Corps’ and Garrison forces will be the two new characters available along with the three dimensional maneuver gears as weapons, as you can see below.
A follow-up announcement will be made by CAPCOM on November 5th.
Monster Hunter Explore trailer (Japanese):
Source: Official website – ANN
Japanese lesbian lifestyle website Gachirezu recently asked their female readers: Which 2D character do you want as your girlfriend / lover? The poll displayed the top 5, and here are the results:
5) Fujiko Mine (Lupin III)
4) Mitsuki Kanzaki (ImoCho)
3) Ai Haibara (Detective Conan)
2) Haruka Tenoh / Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon)
1) Eli Ayase (Love Live! School Idol Project)
Recently, the United Nations’ Special Envoy on Child Protection, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, has begun to discuss the banning of manga that “depicts sexual images of children in Japanese manga.” She adds, “I accept that the freedom of expression argument should prevail when it comes to adult pornography.” During her speech, she asked for the Japanese government to clamp down on illustrations of children that contain sexual undertones, referring to mainly manga, as they are not currently illegal under the amendment to the law regarding the possession of child pornography.
This amendment, which came into effect last year, made it illegal in Japan to possess child porn, so long as you had no plans on selling it or distributing it, but this year, in July, it became illegal to possess whatsoever. Although manga readers everywhere might fear that this will encroach on the materials that are discussed in their favorite series, and series still to be written, there should be no reason to raise concern as six years ago, similar talks were had between the United Nations and Japan, and nothing really happened.
For those truly interested interested in the entire speech, here is the hour-long speech where she outlines in detail what she wants for the Japanese government to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zGsuP8TNq8
Source: Vice News, Rocketnews24, YouTube, ANN, Wikipedia
FunnyKnights have revealed images for a 1/8 scale figure of Kongou from the popular moe military anime, Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova. She is dressed in a purple dress while making a dynamic pose. Her amazing character design is faithfully recreated in figure form.
Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova – Kongou 1/8 Figure – Pre-orders are available on Jlist here and is expected to be released in April 2016.
Japanese and South Korean social media app LINE has released a new series of stickers, based on ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man anime series.
LINE users can purchase this sticker collection of One Punch-Man where they’ll be able to attach them to messages and send to friends who also use the app. The sticker set retails for $1.99 and can be purchased here. LINE itself is one of East Asia’s most popular social media apps, with over 400 million users.
With Halloween happening this Saturday, Toonami has revealed a treat for anime fans who aren’t going out for trick-or-treating. They have scheduled a marathon of Akame ga Kill! English dub and here’s the trailer for the series:
The schedule is as follows:
Key Visual:
Akame ga Kill! is a Japanese shounen manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It started serialization in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker in March 2010. The story focuses on Tatsumi, a young villager who travels to the Capital to raise money for his home only to discover a strong corruption in the area. The assassin group Night Raid recruits the young man to help them in their fight against the Empire to end its corruption.
The series was licensed by Yen Press in June 2014. A prequel manga focused on Akame’s backstory, Akame ga Kill! Zero, began serialization in Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan in October 2013. An anime television series adaptation of the main series premiered in Japan in July 2014. This is the second work in the Japanese game developer MinatoSoft’s Takahiro IV Project.
Akame ga Kill! synopsis from Haruhichan:
Night Raid is the covert assassination branch of the Revolutionary Army, an uprising assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, whose avarice and greed for power has lead him to take take advantage of the child emperor’s inexperience. Without a strong and benevolent leader, the rest of the nation is left to drown in poverty, strife, and ruin. Though the Night Raid members are all experienced killers, they understand that taking lives is far from commendable and that they will likely face retribution as they mercilessly eliminate anyone who stands in the revolution’s way.
This merry band of assassins’ newest member is Tatsumi, a naïve boy from a remote village who had embarked on a journey to help his impoverished hometown and was won over by not only Night Raid’s ideals, but also their resolve. Akame ga Kill! follows Tatsumi as he fights the Empire and comes face-to-face with powerful weapons, enemy assassins, challenges to his own morals and values, and ultimately, what it truly means to be an assassin with a cause.
Fortune cookies have been an exciting part of getting takeout from advice to an inspirational saying. Now, coming straight from Japan’s wholesale cat-themed food company Felissimo delivers fortune cookies with a more exciting inside – your own cat figurine. Instead of “Fortune Cookie,” Felissimo is naming these new snacks “Hide and Seek” cats.
Unlike the cookie texture and taste of most fortune cookies, these fortune cookies are triangular senbei rice crackers (a traditionally flat snack) packed along with karinto rice straws. Due to the size, each cracker set contains one cat each, with identical coats but different poses. The other cat figurines include tuxedo cats, tabbies, and grey cats as well.
Felissimo is releasing a different cat type a month with orders on the site for 2,372 yen or $20 a bag. To get all designs, order each month for a new cat type!
Source – Rocketnews24
The official Twitter account of Kouhei Horikoshi’s Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) manga posted a picture on Tuesday that revealed that a television anime adaptation has been green-lit. The post later got removed from the Twitter account.
In addition to this leaked announcement, this year’s 48th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has revealed in a small teaser that an important announcement about Kouhei Horikoshi’s Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) will be made on November 2nd. The announcement will be featured on an opening color page.
The 48th issue is also revealing that Hirofumi Neda will launch the Boku no Hero Academia Smash!! (My Hero Academia Smash!!) “special spinoff” manga on the Jump+ digital app and in Weekly Shonen Jump.
In conjunction with the upcoming announcement, Toho has recently registered the domain name HeroAca.com, under the name of TOHO Ad, the advertising company of the TOHO Group, on Tuesday.
Here’s the first volume cover:
Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) is an action adventure manga series written and illustrated by Kouhei Horikoshi. The series began in July 2014 under Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, where a total of 5 volumes have been compiled. The series has had good reception selling over 200, 000 copies in 4 months, with the first volume selling out in short time.
Synopsis of Boku no Hero Academia from MAL:
People are not born equal, a realization that 4-year-old Midoriya Izuku faced when bullied by his classmates who had unique special powers. Izuku was one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique powers. This did not stop Izuku from pursuing his dream, a dream of becoming a great hero like the legendary All-Might. To become the great hero he hopelessly wants to become, he now will join the ranks of one of the highest rated “Hero Academies” in the country: Yueiko. With the help of his idol All-Might, will he be able to claim the ranks and become a true hero?
Read the first few chapters from the first compiled volume of the manga in Japanese here.
Visit the manga’s official Twitter account here or the author’s official Twitter account here.
Source: @Rodemu_3rd
Following up on the recent uncensored versions of the first 4 episodes of the anime adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School manga, Niconico have streamed the uncensored version of the next 4 episodes, 5 through 8.
Niconico streamed the uncensored version of the anime, before the release of the anime’s Blu-ray and DVD volumes, known as Prison School: Freedom Edition. The episodes were available last month for a short period of time, weeks after the broadcast of the 8th episode. The final 4 uncensored episodes were also streamed on Niconico at the start of the month.
In addition to this, the official website revealed the first details about the Blu-ray and DVD releases of the anime. There will be a total of 6 volumes being released with each volume containing 2 episodes each. The first volume, released on September 30 and contained episodes 1 and 2, a special event ticket, new illustrations on a 3-sided case (designed by Junichiro Taniguchi), Gokuchuuki booklet (8 pages), Textless OP/ED, audio commentary for episode 1 and special set of cards. The remaining volumes will release on the last Wednesday of the month:
All volumes will contain uncensored footage of the anime. The Blu-ray version will cost ¥7,000 (~ $57.00 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,000 (~ $48.90 USD) without tax. Along with the episodes, the volumes will also contain bonus video and audio material.
It was also revealed that a live action television series adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School manga will premiere on the MBS and TBS stations this October.
A new visual of the series has been featured in the September issue of NyanType, the poster features Hana Midorikawa, Mari Kurihara and Meiko Shiraki in prison-themed underwear. The other posters that come in this issue can be viewed here.
A new visual featuring Hana Midorikawa was featured as a poster in the August issue of popular Japanese magazine Megami:
Meiko Shiraki was also featured as a poster in the August issue of NyanType:
The main cast includes:
The staff includes:
Recent visual:
Previous visual:
Akira Hiramoto first launched his manga in the Kodansha’s Young Magazine Weekly in February 2011. The manga won the best General Manga award alongside Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi’s Gurazeni manga at Kodansha’s 37th Annual Manga Awards in May. The same wraparound band on the 14th volume also notes that the manga has more than 3.5 million copies in print.
Akira Hiramoto’s Ago Nashi Gen to Ore Monogatari manga received a mobile phone anime adaptation in 2010. Hiramoto’s Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari manga inspired a live-action film in 2011. Akira Hiramoto also wrote the award-winning supernatural drama manga Me and the Devil Blues, which Del Rey published in North America.
Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) synopsis from Haruhichan:
On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, a storied all-girls boarding school for elite young women full of potential and good breeding. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school’s long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. But on the first day of school, only five boys make the cut. Kiyoshi Fujino, one of the lucky few, is thrilled by this discovery, his heart leaping with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, day in and day out. But little does he know of the shocking fate that awaits him.
Additionally, the director of the anime has noted that a second season of the series is questionable.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://prison-anime.com/
And follow their Twitter: @prison_anime
Source: Yusaani, Otaku Tale
Rooster Teeth has inevitably posted the trailer to season 3 of their fantastical series, RWBY.
RWBY is an anime inspired cartoon web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth Productions. The show is set in the fictional world of Remnant, which is filled with supernatural forces. The series focuses on Team RWBY, which consists of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long.
Following its announcement, the show became a viral hit, resulting in many cosplays and fan adaptations. One of these adaptations, a video game titled RWBY: Grimm Apocalypse Now, was later officially adopted by Rooster Teeth, and is currently under development.
Director of #RWBY Volume 3, @kerryshawcross, talks about the newly released Volume 3 trailer! https://t.co/dMzKeXwxqd
— Rooster Teeth (@RoosterTeeth) October 23, 2015
Source: Crunchyroll
Sailor Moon fans are in for another exciting treat in the form of a Proplica! Proplica has released multiple wonderfully made Sailor Moon props in the past year, the next one will be the Cosmic Heart Compact, set to release May 2016, and preorders will begin October 29th, 2015.
Sailor Moon is arguably one of the most beloved series. It became a global phenomenon in the late 90’s and continues to appeal to audiences young and old to this day by revitalizing the series with the new anime reboot, Sailor Moon Crystal.
This item is for online purchase only and will never be released in stores.
Source: Fandom Post
