Saturday, December 5
New Otome Game Boasts All-Female Voice Acting Cast
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The new PlayStation Vita otome game Goes! is set at a high school that includes the study of magic and theology and focuses on good-looking boys. This may be par for the course for the genre, but unusually, the voice acting cast of Goes! is all female. Here are the characters: "Magic is wasted if you don't try it out in many different ways." Takashi Tsuzuki (Yuko Sanpei) Age: 17 Height: 178 cm (5'...
Crunchyroll Adds Jin-Roh, Fist of the North StarAnime Films to Catalog
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Both films available now with English dub, sub for members in U.S., Canada ― Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it has added the Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade anime film and the Fist of the North Star anime film to its catalog. Both films are available now in both subbed and dubbed formats, and are available for members in the United States and Canada. Hiroyuki Okiura directed and storyboarded the J...
Ushio & Tora ‒ Episode 23
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"This episode shows abstract human emotions in a concrete way, proving that Ushio has won over a lot of allies into loving him."
Justin Bieber Receives Frantic Welcome in Japan, Smooches AKB48
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The problematic pop sensation has now made his mark on his army of Japanese Beliebers. Justin Bieber, the young Canadian music star infamous for his string of questionable public activities, has touched down to Japan to appear on Japanese music program Music Station. Bieber's arrival at the airport was highly anticipated by an immense crowd of Bieber followers waiting by his exiting gate. 【速報】プライベ...
1st Kizumonogatari Film's Full Trailer Streamed
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1st of 3 planned Kizumonogatari films opens in Japan on January 8 ― The official website for Kizumonogatari movies began streaming the full trailer for the first film, Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen (Blood and Iron), on Sunday. The trailer first debuted at Madogatari, the Shaft anime studio's 20th anniversary exhibition that ran in Tokyo from November 27 to December 2. Kizumonogatari is the third vol...
GATE Anime Reveals Key Visual, Premiere Date for Show's 2nd Half
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2nd series based on Takumi Yanai's light novel series premieres on January 9 ― The official website for the GATE (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) anime series revealed the premiere date and the key visual (pictured below) for the show's second half on Friday. The second half will premiere on January 9 at 1:05 a.m. on Tokyo MX TV, and it will also air on MBS, TV Aichi, BS11, and AT-X. Kish...
Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast Film Plays in Beverly Hills, California
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Latest by director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children ― Laemmle's Music Hall theater began screening The Boy and the Beast, the latest film from director Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children), on Friday in Beverly Hills, California. The film will continue playing with English subtitles several times a day until at least next Thursday. ...
'Momoiro Clover Z vs. KISS' Music Video Collaboration Wins MTV Japan Award
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Masatsugu Nagazoe directed collaboration video with Sushio animation wins "Best Collaboration" ― The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Japan awarded the music video of the song "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina" — the collaboration song between idol group Momoiro Clover Z (Sailor Moon Crystal,Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F') and American rock band KISS — in the "Best Collaboration" category on Tuesday. Masatsug...
The Idolm@ster Million Live! App Gets PC Version
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Feature phone version to be discontinued on February 2; accounts can carry over to PC version ― Bandai Namco Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it will launch a PC version of its The Idolm@ster Million Live! app in early 2016. Bandai Namco Entertainment is also discontinuing its service for the game's feature phone version on February 2 at 2:59 p.m., although the Android and iOS versions will re...
Little Witch Academia: Tsukiyo no Ōkan Manga Ends in December
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Yuka Fujiwara launched manga based on Studio Trigger anime in September ― The January 2016 issue of Shueisha's Ribonshōjo magazine (cover pictured at right) announced on Tuesday that Yuka Fujiwara is ending her Little Witch Academia: Tsukiyo no Ōkan (Crown of Midnight) manga in the magazine's next issue, which Shueisha will publish on December 28. The manga's preview tagline shown in the magazine in...
Eiyū Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki SC EvolutionRPG's Promo Shows Anime Segments
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PS Vita version of 2006 PC game slated for December 10 ― The official website of Nihon Falcom's Eiyū Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki SC (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter Evolution) PlayStation Vita game began streaming a web shop promotional video for the game on Tuesday. The video shows some of the anime segments from the game. The game is the PlayStation Vita version of Nihon Falcom'...
Yo-Kai Watch Game Series Sells 10 Million Copies Worldwide
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Level-5 announced on Wednesday that its Yo-Kai Watch game series has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. The numbers were bolstered this year by the release of the Yo-Kai Busters Akaneko-dan and Yo-Kai Busters Shiroinu-tai spinoff games in Japan this past July, and the release of the originalYo-Kai Watch game in North America and Korea. Yo-Kai Busters has sold more than 2 million copies, ...
EVE Burst Error Visual Novel Remake Slated for 2016 on PC/PS Vita
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Late game designer Hiroyuki Kanno's original detective visual novel shipped in 1995 ― The latest issue of Kadokawa'sWeekly Famitsu magazine reported on Thursday that developer El Dia is working on EVE Burst Error R, a "refined" version of C's Ware and Hiroyuki Kanno's original EVE Burst Error PC-98 game, with new character designs by the game's original character designer Nao Tajima. The game is sla...
JAM Project Performs Garo: Crimson Moon's 2nd Opening Song
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Group performed 6 different versions of 1st opening song ― The staff for the Garo: Crimson Moon TV anime series revealed on Friday that JAM Project will return to perform the second theme song for the series. The new theme song "Tsukihana" (Moon Flower) will premiere with the show's second half in January. The single for the new opening theme will ship on February 10. JAM Project is performing the sh...
Pandora In the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn Anime Also Airs as TV Series in January
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2-week theatrical version premiered on Saturday; TV series premieres on January 8 ― The Kōkaku no Pandora theatrical anime special based on Masamune Shirow and Koushi Rikudou's science-fiction manga Pandora of the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (Kōkaku no Pandora - Ghost Urn) will also air as a TV series starting on January 8 on Tokyo MX. The theatrical anime opened in a two-week limited engagement in thre...
Dark Souls III 'Darkness Has Spread' Trailer Confirms April 12 Western Release Date
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US/EU limited editions detailed, 4-minute PSX gameplay video also streamed ― Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming an English "Darkness Has Spread" trailer on Friday for FromSoftware's Dark Souls III PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC game. The video confirms the American release date of April 12 for all three platforms. Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe also streamed the same trailer on Fr...
Idea Factory Brings MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies, Fairy Fencer F: Dark Advent Force to the West
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Monster Monpiece, Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed, Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart also get Steam releases in 2016 ― Idea Factory International announced at its second press event in San Francisco on