Yandere Simulator is a stealth game about stalking a boy and secretly eliminating any girl who seems interested in him, while maintaining the image of an innocent schoolgirl.
If gossip, bullying, and murder suicide weren’t enough to satisfy your yandere needs, Yandere Simulator developers have added yet another questionable tactic to gain the affection of your senpai, and it’s torture.
With this dark new update you will be able to trap characters in Yandere-chan’s basement and torture them for hours. The goal is to lower their sanity. However there are options for torturing 12 hours or over, but that will cause Yandere-chan to skip school, lowering her reputation, labeling her as a delinquent. Once you drop your victim’s sanity to absolute 0 they will become Yandere-chan’s slave and do your bidding.
After you achieve 0% sanity, you can take your slave with you to school and they will murder someone for you, and afterwards commit suicide. In this way you don’t have to dirty your hands, and if there are two students getting in Yandere-chan and senpai’s way then this is a wonderful tactic to get rid of both of them at once.
Japanese website Amiami have updated their website with a hug pillow of Mikoto Misaka and Ruiko Saten from Kazuma Kamachi’s Toaru Kagaku no Railgun anime series. Each pillow cover will sell for 10,800 yen ($88.65), tax included.
Japanese rock band from Nagoya, SPYAIR, have posted a preview of their music video for “I’m a Believer,” the opening theme for the second TV anime season of Haruichi Furudate’s volleyball manga Haikyuu!! The song is on the Japanese iTunes store now, with the CD single following on October 21st.
In addition to this, the official website for the second anime adaptation of Haruichi Furudate’s Haikyuu!! has recently revealed that the anime will have 25 episodes across nine Blu-ray/DVD volumes. Amazon Japan is also listing the nine volumes for pre-order.
Here’s the most recent promotional video for the highly anticipated second season of its TV anime series. The video also previews the opening theme song “I’m a Believer” by SPYAIR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceImm_9Jxzw
Haikyuu!! is a volleyball sports manga written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. The Haikyuu!! debuted as a one shot manga that was released in Winter 2011 in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Next! magazine and another one shot in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. After that the manga became a weekly series in the same magazine where to date a total of 13 compiled volumes have been released, with the 14th volume releasing on the 27th. A crossover chapter with Naoshi Komi’s Nisekoi manga was produced in July last year. An anime adaptation of Haikyuu!! was produced this August in theSummer 2014 anime season that ran for a total of 26 episodes. The series was directed by Susumu Mitsunaka (Cuticle Tantei Inaba) and produced by Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Kuroko’s Basketball).
A chance event triggered Shouyou Hinata’s love for volleyball. His club had no members, but somehow persevered and finally made it into its very first and final regular match of middle school, where it was steamrolled by Tobio Kageyama, a superstar player known as “King of the Court.” Vowing revenge, Hinata applied to the Karasuno High School volleyball club… only to come face-to-face with his hated rival, Kageyama!
A tale of hot-blooded youth and volleyball from the pen of Haruichi Furudate!!
A member of the Spiral Cats Cosplay Team, has done a wonderful reproduction of League of Legend’s attack-damage bruiser Riven in her Battle Bunny skin. She has managed to stay true to the original skin of the merciless fighter and is ready for battle!
Japanese website Amiami have updated their website with a hug pillow of Yukina Himeragi from Gakuto Mikumo’s Strike the Blood anime series. The pillow cover will sell for 10,800 yen ($88.65), tax included.
She has also been featured as a 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.
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?!
Good Smile Company have revealed prototype images of the upcoming 1/8th scale figure of Nakiri Erina from the Shokugeki no Souma series. The figure is based on the reaction scene to Erina’s Eggs Benedict during the breakfast buffet challenge of Toutsuki Culinary Academy’s “Hell Training Camp” and is posed seated on a detailed throne wearing a very noble looking outfit.
The figure is slated to go on sale for 11574 yen ($97 USD) with tax and scheduled to release in May 2016 with pre-orders opening up on October 20th.
The official website of Studio Trigger’s (Kill la Kill, Ninja Slayer) upcoming original Kiznaiver anime has recently launched and revealed the first visual for the TV anime. In addition, the site has also revealed the first set of character designs for the main cast.
While the voice cast for the characters have yet to be revealed, new character designs were revealed. The main cast includes:
Katsuhira Akata
The story’s protagonist. His sense of pain and his own feelings are dulled. His moods barely fluctuate, and he pays little attention to other people.
Noriko Sonosaki
A mysterious and beautiful girl who experienced kizuna (connection) with Katsuhira and the others, and assigns them missions. She is even more emotionless than Katsuhira, and feels no human kindness.
Hajime Tenga
A muscular idiot who tends not to look before he leaps. While he presents a rude front, he possesses the potential for leadership.
Tsuguto Yoshida
A handsome and self-satisfied honor student who is always surrounded by girls. He is a selfish and calculating man with an underhanded nature, and is cold to other men.
Honoka Maki
A girl who exudes a calm, grown-up air, and who tends not to group with people. She tends to say mean things, glare menacingly, and is generally unsociable.
Chidori Takashiro
Katsuhira’s friend, and the class representative-type who always sees to everyone’s needs (or is nosy, if viewed negatively). Does she hold complex feelings for Katsuhira?
Niko Niiyama
A mysterious yet spontaneous girl who says she can see fairies. Her personality is clear not just in her attitude but also in her fashion.
Yoshiharu Hisomu
A handsome man with a distinct face that anyone can recognize, but he is surrounded by many mysteries. His multiple piercings and his bandaged look are extremely distinctive.
The November issue of Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha Ltd.’s Pash! magazine also revealed the anime announcement of Studio Trigger’s next anime along with a visual:
Here is the anime’s synopsis:
Set in the fictional Japanese city of Sugomori City, one day Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira: “You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver.” The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his.
The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers.
Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land. But as the years go by, the city’s population is decreasing. The story is set in this town where Katsuhira and the others live.
In an interview in the magazine, scriptwriter Okada stated that the keyword for the series is “kizuna” (connection). The title itself is a play on “kizuna” and “naive.” Okada noted that she wrote the title before the story outline.
Studio Trigger is currently producing Kiznaiver, a brand new original TV anime. Further information about the anime will be revealed at a later date.
Japanese website Animeanime recently asked their readers: Which anime series from the summer 2015 anime lineup do you like the most? The poll had a total of 1000 responses and 60% of the voters were male while the other 40% were female. Here are the results:
10) Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
9) Non Non Biyori Repeat
8) Overlord
7) Working!!!
6) GATE
5) Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
4) Himouto! Umaru-chan
3) Gakkou Gurashi!
2) Prison School
1) Charlotte
Japanese website Amiami have updated their website with a hug pillow of Liliruca Arde from Fujino Omori’s Danmachianime series. The pillow cover will sell for 10,800 yen ($88.65), tax included.
Previously, a hug pillow of Hestia and Ais Wallenstein from the TVanime series was also revealed and each pillow cover will sell for 10,800 yen ($88.65) each, tax included.
Here’s a preview of the designs:
Anime visual:
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka?, also known as DanMachifor short, is a Japanese light novel series, written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. SB Creative has published six volumes since January 2013 under their GA Bunko imprint. It has received a spin-off light novel series and three manga adaptations. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff is scheduled to air from April 2015.
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka? synopsis from Haruhichan:
Commonly known as the “Dungeon,” the city of Orario possesses a huge labyrinth in the underground. Its strange name attracts excitement, illusions of honor, and hopes of romance with a pretty girl. In this city of dreams and desires, new adventurer Bell Cranel has his fateful encounter with the tiny Goddess Hestia.
Thus begins the story of a boy striving to become the best adventurer and a lonely goddess searching for followers both hoping to reach their goals and perhaps have some romance in the side.
The official website of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans anime has revealed that the TV series will be 25 episodes long, airing over two consecutive seasons.
The site has revealed that there will be a total of 9 DVD and Blu-ray volumes of the anime. The first volume, releasing on December 24th, will contain episode 1 and the remaining 8 volumes will have three episodes each, totalling 25 episodes. The anime will be a two cour series airing over two seasons back to back. The Blu-ray volumes of the anime will retail for ¥3,800 (~ US$31.80) and the DVD volumes will retail for ¥2,800 (~ US$23.44), without tax.
The first Blu-ray volume will contain additional bonuses that include:
A download code for Gundam Barbados in the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force PlayStation Vita game
A special 20 page booklet
Staff and Cast audio commentary
A limited disc sleeve
A special three panel case
The main characters of the series include (left to right):
Akihiro Altland
Biscuit Griffon
Lead character Mikazuki Augus
Olga Itsuka
Eugene Sevenstark
Noruba Shino
The designs for the lead Gundam and mechs:
The first members of the series’ production staff were also revealed:
Here is the first promotional video for the anime:
Gundam is one of Japan’s largest and most iconic franchise. The franchise is mostly set in a science fiction future that focuses on giant mechanical robots. The franchise was created by Hajime Yatate, a group of animators from the studio Sunrise, lead by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It began in 1979 with the release of the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, though while the anime itself did not receive high praise and viewings, the eventual gunpla models from Bandai launched the series into popularity. Since then, there has been a plethora of anime series, OVAs, films, manga, light novels, games and merchandise based on the franchise. It has become an iconic symbol of Japanese pop culture where Bandai make over 50 billion yen per fiscal year on the models alone.
Here is the synopsis of Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans:
The show is set 300 years after a great conflict between Earth and Mars known as the “Calamity War.” A woman named Cordelia sets out on a journey to Earth to speak for the independence of the Martian city of Chryse, which is under the control of the Earth government. Escorting her is the private security company CGS, which protagonists Mikazuki Augus and Orga Itsuka are members of. When a group named Gjallarhorn attacks CGS and Cordelia, Orga sees this as a chance to rebel against CGS and launch a coup. Mikazuki and Orga are thrust into a new conflict. To fend off Gjallarhorn, Mikazuki rides an old mobile suit from the Calamity War, powered by a nuclear reactor, the Gundam Barbatos; a mobile suit that steals weapons, armor, and parts from enemies to become stronger.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans is airing every Sunday at 5:00am JST during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. Further information about the new anime will be revealed soon.
Two new visuals have been revealed for the anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga in the November 2015 issue of Animedia and NewType. The first new visual features both Saitama and Genos:
There will be a total of 12 episodes for the One Punch-Man TV anime series. A total of 6 Blu-ray and DVD volumes of the anime will be released with 2 episodes each. The first volume of the anime will also contain an OVA, and the 10th volume of the manga will be bundled with a separate OVA.
The OVA with the first volume is titled Shinobiyori Sugiru Kage (A Shadow That Snuck Up Too Close) and is a 10 minute special of original story, written by ONE himself. The volume will release on December 24 and will contain additional goodies aside from the OVA:
Episodes 1 and 2
The first promotional video
A recording of the anime’s first episode pre-screening event
The first two episodes of the spin-off anime One-Punch Man Hamidashi Gekijou (One-Punch Man Forced Out Theater)
Priority ticket applications to an upcoming event for the anime
A Character Song CD
A 12 page booklet
Cast commentary for the first episode
Two commercials were also released for the Blu-ray and DVD release:
In related news, the series has been featured as a poster in the October 2015 issue of Otomedia magazine. The new visual features Genos and Saitama, illustrated by key animator Hiromi Taniguchi.
In addition to this, a 30 and 15-second versions of the commercial for upcoming anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch-Man manga featuring JAM Project’s theme “The Hero!! Set Fire to the Furious Fist.”
The third promotional video was recently revealed and announced that the ending theme song will be perfomed by Hiroko Moriguchi and titled “Hoshi yori Saki ni Mitsukete Ageru.”
The series will premiere on October 04, 2015, on TV Tokyo and Nico Nico. Subsequent airings will follow on:
TV Osaka and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting on October 05, 2015.
KBS and BS Japan on October 06, 2015.
In addition to this, the official website recently revealed a new visual:
Yuusuke Murata has also been busy posting new sketches on Twitter:
In addition to this, the second promotional video was recently streamed:
Anime visual:
The main cast for the anime is as follows:
Makoto Furukawa (Banri Tada from Golden Time) will voice Saitama
Kaito Ishikawa (Tsumugu Kihara from Nagi no Asukara) is voicing as Genos
Yuuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan) will voice the Speed of Sound Sonic (Onsoku no Sonic), a villainous assassin
Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) will be voicing as Tornado of Terror (Senritsu no Tatsumaki), a S-class rank 2 esper hero
Yuuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo) voices License-less Rider
Kazuhiro Yamaji (Jouji Saiga from Psycho-Pass) as Silver Fang
Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) is voicing King
Masaya Onosaka (Takeshi Momoshiro in Prince of Tennis) joins the cast to voice Puri Puri Prisoner
Wataru Hatano (Gajeel Redfox from Fairy Tail) as Metal Bat
The main crew members of the anime’s staff were also unveiled and will consist of:
One Punch-Man is an action, comedy, parody manga written by ONE and illustrated by Yuusuke Murata. The series began in 2009 as a free online web comic written by ONE, before being picked up by Shueisha and being featured in their Young Jump magazine publication in mid 2012, with Murata illustrating. To date, a total of 7 compiled volumes have been released with the 8th volume releasing on April 3rd. The series has become a phenomenon in Japan, selling over 4.5 million copies as of November last year, doubling its sales in one year.
In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams “AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn’t have your average problem… He’s actually a superhero that’s looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!
The One Punch-Man anime will be airing this October during the Fall/Autumn 2015 anime season. Further information will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.
Fairy Tail‘s author Hiro Mashima is back again and this time with an early start for the Halloween season! This is followed by 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:
The official website of the Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement began streaming a new promotional video for the upcoming summer 2015 movie last Wednesday. The new video itself is to advertise the film’s Singaporean release, while also giving us a glimpse of some of the events in the film and focusing on the girls of the series. Additionally, the main theme of the movie is also previewed, Invisible Date by sweet ARMS. The movie is directed by Keitaro Motonaga (Date A Live, School Days) and animated by Production IMS (Date A Live II, Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu).
Date a Live: Mayuri Judgement will release in select theatres across Singapore from October 29th. The film already released in Japan earlier this year in August.
Previous promotional video:
Previous teaser videos:
A new visual for the upcoming summer 2015 movie was also revealed earlier:
Advance tickets for the film have opened earlier this year and various Japanese outlets offered various bonuses if you pre-ordered the tickets from them, with 8 stores offering limited edition bundles with the tickets. The outlets and bonuses are:
Animate, a A3 poster of Tohka and Kotori costing ¥2,040 (~ $16.80 USD)
Gamers, a A3 poster of Kaguya and Yuzuru priced at ¥2,040 (~ $16.80 USD)
Digi Can Japan, offering two types of paintings at two sizes, a F3 sized painting for ¥11,200 (~ $92.30 USD) and a F10 version for ¥17,700 (~ $145.90 USD)
Chara Ani, has a special storage box, costing ¥7,000 (~ $59.35 USD)
Good Smile Company, a chibi Yoshino rubber stamp going for ¥2,300 (~ $19.00 USD)
Circle K Sunkus, a large picnic sheet of Tohka and Miku costing ¥2,700 (~ $22.25 USD)
Toranoana, a 103cm x 36.4cm tapestry of a seductive Kurumi, selling for ¥4,500 (~ $37.10 USD)
Hobby Stock, a B2 tapestry of Tohka bundled for ¥4,500 (~ $37.10 USD)
Fantasia Bunko is also publishing a fan book for the series by original creator Koushi Tachibana and character designer Tsunako, titled Date A Live Material. Fantasia Bunko will release the fan book on March 20, and will include explanations on the characters, a short story exclusive to the book, and a dialogue between Tachibana and Tsunako regarding behind-the-scenes stories on the production the series, and a discussion about “Episode 0.”
Date A Live is a Japanese light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. An anime adaptation series aired on TV from April 6 to June 22, 2013. Each episode was streamed in lower quality on Niconico a week before its TV premiere. Following the end of the first season, a second season was announced, titled Date A Live II, which began airing from April 11 to June 13, 2014. A theatrical film adaptation has been announced and slated for Summer 2015.
Itsuka Shido is a high school boy. On the last day of the spring holidays, an explosion destroys the town and a girl in armor appears in front of him. Shido’s sister-in-law, Kotori, tells him that the girl is called “Special Disasterous Designated Creature: Spirit”, which causes a timespace quake. Kotori disclosed that she is the commander of the anti-spirit organization Ratatosk and orders him to go out on a date with the spirit girl. Kotori says, “I don’t ask you to beat the spirit. Just let her fall in love with you and save the world.”
The official website of the live-action drama adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School(Kangoku Gakuen) manga began streaming a new special preview video, and it gives us a taste of how prison life will be tough for our five not-so-lucky prison boys. The video also previews the show’s theme song, “Searchlight” by Good on the Reel. The new TV series will begin on MBS on Monday, October 26 at 12:50am JST. The drama will then air on TBS on the 28th at 1:11am JST.
Recently, a brand new TV commercial which asks viewers which is better, breasts or butts?
In addition, a new visual of the main cast was also revealed.
The drama’s website also revealed that the TV series will begin on MBS on Monday, October 26 at 12:50am JST. The drama will then air on TBS on the 28th at 1:11am JST.
The main cast of the live action drama has been revealed in costume and includes:
Taishi Nakagawa (Susumu Minami from Minami kun no Koibito: My Little Lover) will play Kiyoshi Fujino
Tokio Emoto (Shyogo Yokota in The Wings of the Kirin) as Takehito Morokuzu
Former kickboxer Daiki Miyagi will portray Jouji Nezu
Garigarigarikuson (Japanese Comedian) as Reiji Ando
Masato Yano (Suguru Teshigawara in GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Live Action Drama) will act Shingo Wakamoto
Hirona Yamazaki (Ichika Akimoto in Kamisama no Iutoori) plays Mari Kurihara
Aoi Morikawa (Tomoko Nagano from The World of Kanako) as Hana Midorikawa
Asana Mamoru (Maki in Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead) acting as Meiko Shiraki
Rena Takeda (Lil from Attack on Titan Live Action) playing as Chiyo Kurihara
Yuko Araki (Yuka in Dragon Seinendan) as Anzu Yokoyama
Masahiro Takashima (Kazuma Aoki from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II) will play The Chairman
The TV drama will be directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Mutant Girls Squad) and the series will air during the late night broadcast block. As Iguchi was made known about the announcement, he was in disbelief and laughing at the idea but he did not want to miss the opportunity to miss out adapting the manga.
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.
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.
From the popular SHAFT anime series Nisekoi comes this new Beach Queen figure of Haru Onodera. She is dressed in an yellow two-piece swimsuit while displaying a wonderful happy expression. She’s 1/10th in scale and this figure is by WAVE.
DreamTech have revealed images for the upcoming 1/8th scale Hestia figure from the popular Danmachi anime series. The figure features her signature pigtails, blue ribbon, gown, and cheerful smile.
Bandai’s Megastore has revealed teaser images for a figure of Ginko Sakata, the gender-swapped version of Gintama‘s lead as seen in volume 50 of the manga’s and the 2015 anime season’s “Dekoboko” story. The release from their female-audience focused GEM line will include a mini-version of X-ko Hijikata, the gender-swapped version of popular Shinsengumi rival Hijikata Toushirou.
Gintama, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized, beginning on December 8, 2003, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Set in Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer alongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after his editor suggested doing a historical series.
The series has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Sunrise and was featured at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full anime series titled Gintama that premiered in 2006 and continued until 2010. After a small hiatus,Gintama returned under the nameGintama (2011) and aired until March 26, 2012 with a total of 51 episodes. After another small hiatus, Gintama returned under the name Gintama’ Enchousen with a total of 13 episodes which aired from October 4, 2012 to March 28th, 2013. It also inspired two movies, Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen and Gintama: Kanketsu-hen – Yorozuya yo Eien Nare. Weekly Shonen Jump’s 33rd issue had teased that the manga is celebrating over a decade of serialization with “OOO” (an unrevealed term that can be spelled with three Japanese syllables).
Life isn’t easy in feudal Japan… especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they’re not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki’s opted for the freelance route, taking any job that’s offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don’t pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!
With the First box set of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works released back in March this year, the five-disc Blu-ray set of theFate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season has topped the Oricon weekly overall Blu-ray chart selling 33,000 units in its first week. The set, also containing many bonus items such as two CDs (soundtrack and drama), a 50-page booklet and production material collection, was released in Japan on October 7, at the list price of 37,800 yen (about $316 US dollars). This is the third No.1 item for the Fate/stay night anime franchise.
In addition to this, the official Twitter account for ufotable recently revealed two preview images for the upcoming “good ending” sunny day scenario for the second Blu-ray boxset release of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. It will be a special extra on the release adapting the good ending of the visual novel, which features this shot of Saber. The animated sequence itself will be 10 minutes long and included as a bonus.
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade WorksBlu-ray disc box 2 will release in Japan on October 7th. It will contain the remaining 13 episodes of the anime, which aired during the Spring season. The episodes will be stored on 5 Blu-ray discs in conjunction with the bonus ending, commercials, promotional videos and textless endings and openings. The box will also contain the second part of the OST and a drama CD. A special book and special booklet will also be contained, all sealed within a special box drawn by Type-Moon co-founder Takashi Takeuchi. The entire box will sell for ¥35,000 (~ $280.50 USD).
Here is the commercial for the Blu-ray:
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works was a split cour series (airing over two non-continuous seasons), where the first half aired on October 4 last year and the second half aired from April 4th.
Fate/stay nightis a visual novel released by Type-Moon for the PC in 2004, and is the first in their Fate series. The visual novel was very successful and claimed the title of highest selling visual novel in that year. 2006 saw two adaptations of the game, a manga by Datto Nishiwaki and an anime series by Studio Deen. Additionally in that year, a light novel series titled Fate/Zerowas written by Gen Urobuchi. It is a prequel to the visual novels, set 10 years prior. An anime and manga adaptation of Fate/Zero were created, with the manga written by Urobuchi himself in 2011 and the anime being animated by ufotable. A second season of Fate/Zerowas also produced.
Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the horrific death of his parents, Shiro Emiya has only just begun to help others using the small tidbits of magic that he’s learned. However, when he’s suddenly caught in a battle between two more powerful Magus, Shiro finds himself performing a spell above his expected ability, summoning the beautiful spirit warrior Saber to protect him! But safety is only momentary as Shiro and Saber now find themselves thrust into in a secret world of dark magic and deadly challenges: a no-holds barred duel to the death known as the Holy Grail War! At stake: a prize of unimaginable power. But can the inexperienced Shiro and Saber survive long enough to even enter the contest? First they’ll have to withstand waves of treachery and assassination, even as Shiro scrambles to learn everything he’ll need to know to stay alive as seven teams of Magus and Spirit Servants face off in mortal combat!
A new visual for 8-Bit’s currently airing original television anime Comet Luciferhas been revealed in the November 2015 issue of the Japanese anime magazine Animedia. You can purchase this issue of Animedia magazine here.
In addition to this, the official website for the Comet Luciferanime series, and the official Bandai Visual website, are both listing the first Blu-ray volume of the anime with English subtitles. The first volume will ship on January 29, 2016 in Japan.
Both sites also list a total of six Blu-ray volumes. The first volume will have two episodes.
Here’s the promotional video for the anime series:
Anime visual:
Comet Lucifer is an Japanese anime television series produced by 8-Bit and directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi. The series begin airing in October 2015. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Gift, a world covered in glittering blue crystals called gifdium. Sougo Amagi is a boy who lives in the town of Garden Indigo, which has prospered from the mining of these crystals. Sougo, whose hobby is collecting rare crystals, one day becomes involved in a dispute between classmates Kaon, Roman, and Otto. He wanders deep into the ruins of a mine and discovers an underground lake. There, Sougo meets a mysterious girl with blue hair and red eyes. Who is this girl, and what will their meeting bring? The door to an adventure opens with their newly formed bond.
New information about Kyoto Animation’s upcoming anime adaptation of Souichirou Shinno and Shirabi’s Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors Phantom World) novel has been revealed on its official website. The TV anime itself will start airing from January next year. In addition, the first visual, main cast and staff members were also revealed.
Musaigen no Phantom World will debut in January 2016 during the Winter 2016 anime season. The anime will broadcast on ABC Asahi, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi and BS11.
The first members of the anime’s main cast have been revealed alongside their character designs, which include:
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 as 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 main staff have also been revealed and consists of:
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.
The Musaigen no Phantom World anime will air in January 2016 during the Winter 2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed at the Kyoto Animation & Animation Do Fan Event in Kyoto, on October 31st and November 1st this year.
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