Tuesday 29 December 2015

North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 27-January 2

Die WergelderFairy Tail Ice Trail manga ship

Manga Releases

TitlePublisherSuggested Retail PriceDate
As the Gods Will: The Second Series GN 10 (Digital Only)PleaseKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall GN 6CiteKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
Attack on Titan: Junior High GN 4AnimeNewsNetworkKodansha ComicsUS$16.99December 29
Blood-C GN 4PleaseDark Horse ComicsUS$12.99December 30
Citrus GN 4CiteSeven Seas EntertainmentUS$13.99December 29
Coppelion GN 7 (Digital Only)AnimeNewsNetworkKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
D-Frag! GN 7PleaseSeven Seas EntertainmentUS$12.99December 29
Die Wergelder GN 1 (Adult)CiteKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
The Heroic Legend of Arslan GN 4AnimeNewsNetworkKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
My Wife is Wagatsuma-san GN 10 (Digital Only)PleaseKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
Parasyte GN 5 (Digital Only)CiteKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
Space Brothers GN 10 (Digital Only)AnimeNewsNetworkKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
Tale of Fairy Tail: Ice Trail GN 1PleaseKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
Vinland Saga GN 7 (Hardcover)CiteKodansha ComicsUS$22.99December 29
Your Lie in April GN 5AnimeNewsNetworkKodansha ComicsUS$10.99December 29
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Milky Holmes Film's TV Ad Centers on Sherlock

Movie opens on February 27

The Movie Collection website posted a 30-second ad for the Gekijōban Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Gyakushū no Milky Holmes (Detective Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack) film Monday. This commercial centers on Sherlock Shellingford:
The film will open in 10 theaters in Japan on February 27.
The film's story will feature a three-way battle between The Gentlemen Thief Empire, the Genius 4, and the Milky Holmes groups. Just as the Milky Holmes group is settling down to relax at a hot spring after their study tour, an alarm goes off, because The Gentlemen Thief Empire intend to steal a treasure. The two groups start to battle for who gets to use the "Toys," when suddenly the Genius 4 rush to the scene.
The film's staff and cast are returning from the previous anime series. Takaaki Kidani is credited for the original concept and as the chief production supervisor at Bushiroad and Chronogear Creative, while Makoto Moriwaki is credited as chief director. Hiroaki Sakurai is directing the film atJ.C. StaffKazuyuki Fudeyasu is writing the script, and Seiya Numata is adapting Natsuki Taniharaand Yume Usahara's original character designs. Elements Garden is composing the music.
The film will star:
Suzuko Mimori as Sherlock Shellingford
Sora Tokui as Nero Yuzurisaki
Mikoi Sasaki as Hercule Barton
Izumi Kitta as Cordelia Glauca
Satomi Akesaka as Arsène/Henriette Mystère
Daisuke Kishio as Twenty/Kai Nijūri
Takuma Terashima as Stone River/Sōseki Ishinagare
Hiro Shimono as Rat/Jiro Nezu
Yoshino Nanjou as Kokoro Akechi
Ryoko Shintani as Hirano Hasegawa
Yukari Tamura as Saku Tooyama
Miyuki Sawashiro as Tsugiko Zenigata
Japanese professional wrestler Togi Makabe will voice a character in the film named Felder, who can use Toys and is also looking for the "jewel that resurrects the vanquished."
The franchise has inspired four television anime series and three anime specials.
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Anne Happy/Unhappy Go Lucky! Comedy Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed

Yumiri HanamoriHaruka ShiraishiKiyono Yasuno, more star in spring 2016 series

The official website for Anne Happy/Unhappy, the television anime adaptation of Cotoji's Unhappy Go Lucky! comedy manga began streaming a promotional video for the anime on Tuesday. The video previews the show's main cast and characters.
The site unveiled a new visual for the anime.
The anime's main cast includes:

Yumiri Hanamori as An Hanakoizumi
Alias: Hanako / Birthday: 12/31 / Blood Type: O / Unhappiness Type: Bad Luck
She's a trouble maker who has bad luck every aspect of her life. Despite this, she doesn't seem to worry and is very positive. Although she loves animals, they hate her. The only thing she worries about is her lack of breasts.

Haruka Shiraishi as Ruri Hibarigaoka
Alias: Hibari / Birthday: 07/09 / Blood Type: B / Unhappiness Type: Tragic Love
Her caring and good personality gets her caught up in many unhappy encounters with those who drag her into calamities. She has been attracted to a "certain person" to no avail for a long time. Because both of her parents are currently on assignment abroad, she's living alone. She is very good at cooking.

Kiyono Yasuno as Botan Kumegawa
Alias: Botan / Birthday: 02/23 / Blood Type: A / Unhappiness Type: Bad Health
Has an unusually weak constitution, to the point that her bones in her fingers will crack from only shaking hands. As the daughter of a doctor, she is very familiar with medicine. Because she gets injured so much, she is like a one-woman life-saving hospital ward who treats herself on a daily basis. Although she is a gentle princess type person who smiles a lot, she is very negative when it comes to herself.

Hibiku Yamamura as Hibiki Hagyū
Alias: Hibiki / Birthday: 04/01 / Blood Type: O / Unhappiness Type: No Sense of Direction
She has such a terrible sense of direction that it takes her three hours to commute to school alone. She loves her childhood friend, Ren, as her "Number 1." Because of her unyielding personality, she can't admit that she has no sense of direction. Additionally, she becomes very hostile toward every female who approaches Ren.

Mayu Yoshioka as Ren Ekoda
Alias: Ren / Birthday: 10/10 / Blood Type: AB / Unhappiness Type: Trouble with Women
She's a girl, but she has a troubling condition where females of any species are indiscriminately attracted to her. She plays the "straight man" to her childhood friend Hibiki. She always has very little energy and finds most things bothersome. If given the chance, she will take a nap.
Shin Oonuma (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts,Fate/kaleid liner Prisma IllyaWATAMOTE) is directing the anime at the studio SILVER LINKHitoshi Tanaka (Go! Princess Precure) is in charge of the series scripts, and Miwa Oshima (Baka and Test - Summon the BeastsGJ Club,Shin Koihime Musō) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.
The story centers around class 1-7 of Tennogofune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially unhealthy Botan on her first day of school, and together they try to find a way to turn their school life into a happy one.
Cotoji (No-Rin Petit) launched the manga in Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine's February 2013 issue, which shipped in December 2012. Houbunsha published the fourth compiled book volume of the manga on July 13. North American publisher Yen Press licensed the manga and will publish it under the title Unhappy Go Lucky!

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Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu Anime's Promo Previews Main Cast

Anime about high school bishōjo game creators premieres on January 7

The official Twitter account for the television anime of MinatoSoft's Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu(Girls aim for the Wilderness: Girls beyond the youth KOYA) game posted the anime's Comiket 89 promotional video on Tuesday. The video previews the show's main cast, as well as the ending theme "Sekai wa Kyō mo Atarashii" (The World is New Again Today) performed by the cast.
The anime will premiere on January 7 at 10:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, before it airs on MBS, BS11, and AT-X.
Takuya Satō (Selector Infected WixossSteins;GateMission-E) is directing the anime at Project No.9, with scripts by Yuniko Ayana (Bakuman.Hori-san to Miyamura-kunKinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic), based on the game's original scenario by Romeo TanakaTakayuki Noguchi (Queen's Blade 2: The Evil EyeRo-Kyu-Bu!Papillon Rose) is adapting the character design for animation, based on Matsuryū's original character designs for the game. Takahiro (Akame ga KILL!Yuki Yuna Is a Hero) is planning the project. Sayaka Sasaki is performing the opening theme song "Wastelanders" and the voice actresses for Sayuki (Haruka Chisuga), Yūka (Kana Hanazawa), Teruha (Satomi Akesaka), and Uguisu (Satomi Satou) are performing the ending theme song"Sekai wa Kyō mo Atarashii" (The World is New Again Today).
In the story, Buntarō is a student who wants to be something, but doesn't know what. One day his female classmate Sayuki announces she is working on a bishōjo (pretty girl) game. Sayuki scouted him because he wrote a good script for drama club, but Buntarō doesn't know anything aboutbishōjo games.
The cast are reprising their roles from the game:
  • Seiichirō Yamashita as Buntarō Hōjō
  • Haruka Chisuga as Sayuki Kuroda
  • Kana Hanazawa as Yūka Kobayakawa
  • Satomi Akesaka as Teruha Andō
  • Satomi Satou as Uguisu Yūki
  • Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Atomu Kai

The first print bonus of the game's "Anime Edition" will also include a Blu-ray Disc with an original video anime. The "youth adventure" game is slated to ship on March 25.
MinatoSoft first announced the game collaboration in 2013, then unveiled details in 2014 as the first of four titles in its "Takahiro IV" project. The other titles were the Akame ga KILL! anime based on Takahiro's manga, the Washio Sumi wa Yūsha de Aru. novel written by Takahiro and illustrated byBUNBUN, and the Yuki Yuna Is a Hero (Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru.) anime planned by Takahiro. MinatoSoft opened a teaser site for Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu in August.
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Tuesday 22 December 2015

Upcoming anime

PictureName &
Description
Premiere
date
A17647-2490062287.1442031100Prince of Stride Alternative (TV)
"Stride," is an extreme sport that involves six people on one team who run relay races through towns. Hōnan Academy and other schools compete to win eastern Japan's top Stride competition, "End of Summer." However, Hōnan's team has shut down. First-year high school students Takeru Fujiwara and Nana Sakurai attempt to restart the club, but they must recruit six members for the team. They ask Riku Yagami to join, but he turns them down by saying that Stride is the one thing he doesn't want to do.
2016-01-05
A17185-1121621451.1448911250Haruchika – Haruta & Chika (TV)
Haruta and Chika are members of their high school wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down. The two are childhood friends, and they spend their days practicing hard while also trying to recruit new members. When a certain incident happens within their school, they work together to solve it.
2016-01-06
A17731-2560630775.1450424169Myriad Colors Phantom World (TV)
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." Haruhiko Ichijō, 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.
2016-01-06
A17686-1455821173.1443463366Assassination Classroom (TV 2)2016-01-07
A17703-1298034704.1449209588Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei (TV)
Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor "Willware" exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime. Assistant inspector Asami Kazari is assigned to The Eighth with the task of assessing the unit's status and reporting it to her superiors. But her true goal is to rehabilitate this sloppy, haphazard, justice-less group.
2016-01-07
A17723-2933719206.1449598239DAGASHIKASHI (TV)
Kokonotsu Shikada does not want to inherit his family's rural candy store as his father wishes. A girl named Hotaru, who's crazy about small-time candy stores, appears at the store and repeatedly visits in order to convince him to take it over. (from manga)
2016-01-07
A17217-2954109697.1446140671ERASED (TV)
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo. (from manga)
2016-01-07
A17751-1880090161.1445573779Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu (TV)
Buntarō is a student who wants to be something, but doesn't know what. One day his female classmate Sayuki announces she is working on a bishōjo (pretty girl) game. Sayuki scouted him because he wrote a good script for drama club, but Buntarō doesn't know anything about bishōjo games.
2016-01-07
A17513-1371735471.1439245777Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation (TV)2016-01-07
A17794-2410501431.1450461183Ojisan to Marshmallow (TV)
Kusaka is an older man who loves marshmallows, and Wakabayashi is an OL (office lady) who loves Kusaka. Their relationship unfolds at their office. (from manga)
2016-01-07
A17552-3296757496.1439778525Norn9: Norn + Nonette (TV)2016-01-07
A17685-904753564.1449806506Divine Gate (TV)2016-01-08
A17752-2864651997.1446655708Sekkō Boys (TV)2016-01-08
A17788-3617553583.1446789176Oshiete! Galko-chan (TV)
Galko, Otako, Ojō are a "gal," an otaku, and a proper lady and also good friends. The three high school girls with different perspectives discuss the kinds of secrets you can't tell boys. (from manga)
2016-01-08
A17829-1761648465.1448081812Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage (TV)
A comet falling will bring about a great calamity, and in order to choose a child fated by the falling comet, the family of the "Reiken" clan with a long storied history is once again resuming its entrance examination process to find disciples. The protagonist Lu Wang, who possesses a special soul that is only available once in a thousand years, decides to take the exam, and he starts down the path toward becoming an exceptional sage.
2016-01-08
A16614-2534942433.1448164682Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū (TV)2016-01-08
A17897-2107611814.1450723137Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (TV)
In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and major world powers compete for technology and resources, the divide between rich and poor grows and the future for the poor looks bleak. In this transitional stage, everyone wanders around in a self-indulgent daze and the way out isn't clear… This is the story of how two cybernetically enhanced girls meet.
2016-01-08
Tabi Machi Late Show (TV)2016-01-08
A16670-1341999349.1448086096Durarara!!×2 Ketsu (TV)2016-01-09
A17790-2374554246.1449798488BBK/BRNK (TV)
Returning to Japan after having been away for 10 years, Azuma Akira finds himself attacked and captured by armed strangers. What saves him is his childhood friend, the girl Ōgon Asabuki, and the Bubuki that had become her right hand.
2016-01-09
A17831-3738186362.1448082981Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri (TV 2)2016-01-09
A17833-2794945246.1448084878Luck & Logic (TV)
In L.C. 922, people faced a sudden crisis. In Tetra Heaven, the land of legend, a hundred years of war had come to a close. The gods who lost the war searched for a new place to live, and found it in Septpia, the human world, which they proceeded to attack. The Logicalists attached to ALCA, a special police agency whose duty it was to protect cities from assaults by foreigners (angels), were compelled to act in defense of cities, whether they wished to or not. Depending on their ability, Logicalists could initiate trance with goddesses from the other world, and stand a fighting chance on the battlefield. A civilian named Yoshichika Tsurugi, who lacked "Logic" and lived happily with his family, was caught up in an attack, and took shelter along with many people. He meets a beautiful goddess named Athena. In her hands, she had the "Logic" that Yoshichika lacked. Now both Yoshichika and Athena head to their destiny.
2016-01-09
A17670-2331808097.1450423970Schwarzesmarken (TV)2016-01-10
A17732-2150069314.1445016483Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (TV)
When Haruhito awakens, he's in the dark. He doesn't know where he is, why is he here, and where he came from. Around him there are several men and women who have the same circumstances. Haruhito and his companions find themselves in a "game-like world" called Grimgar and must form a party, cooperate, and learn new skills to survive the harsh environment together.
2016-01-10
A17743-2733697709.1445406512Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R (TV)
Komugi Yoshida is a somewhat clumsy second-year middle-school student whose strong point is her spiritedness. She performs as an idol like Kokona Saionji (her classmate and close friend) and Tsukasa Kisaragi (an idol who dresses in male clothing). However, unlike Kokona whose popularity is skyrocketing and Tsukasa with her charisma in male attire, Komugi's only gigs are low-end ones like those at the local shopping district. Still, Komugi has her "dream" as she lives her dual lives as a idol and a middle school girl. One day, a mysterious injured creature named Usa-P appears before Komugi and asks if she wants to be a Legendary Girl who can use magical powers. She reluctantly becomes Magical Nurse and fights waves of masked figures. Meanwhile, a Magical Maid and a Magical Sister also show up.
2016-01-10
A17778-247908454.1446496349Yami Shibai (TV 3)2016-01-10
A17531-1795736220.1444669119Nijiiro Days (TV)
Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi are high school students and close friends: The four boys have no club activities, and they hurry through their studies so they can spend their days having fun. Their main topic of interest: love. Natsuki has an unrequited crush on Anna, a girl from another class, and his friends keep meddling in their relationship. (from manga, Minami Mizuno)
2016-01-10
A17795-1304731172.1448218858Ōya-san wa Shishunki (TV)
The protagonist is living alone for the first time after finding employment. At his tiny, no-bath apartment he finds a landlord who looks like a little sister. She does the cooking and housework, so sometimes she seems like a grandmother, but she also enjoys a normal middle school life with her friends. (from manga)
2016-01-10
A17285-2025673088.1449598401Dimension W (TV)
Humanity harnessed a new inexhaustible energy from inventions called "Coils" in 2051. In 2072, a skilled recovery specialist named Kyōma Mabuchi encounters a mysterious, beautiful woman right in the middle of a certain job. It is a fateful encounter that opens the door to the new dimension "W."(from manga)
2016-01-10
A17920-1859287774.1450066983Ketsuekigata-kun! (TV 4)2016-01-11
A17777-3496096719.1448343811Snow White with the Red Hair (TV 2)2016-01-11
A17796-1211810216.1447235645Mahō Shōjo Nante Mō Ii Desu Kara. (TV)
Yuzuka Hanami is a young girl who has few friends but who can do anything. One day, Yuzuka gets accosted by a strange creature named Miton who is digging through a trash dump. Miton tells Yuzuka, "you have the makings of a magical girl" and seems extremely suspicious. When Yuzuka is suddenly transformed into a magical girl, she's wearing a bathing suit. (from manga)
2016-01-11
A17064-2227723391.1449720988Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut (TV)
Lux is a former prince of an empire named Arcadia that was overthrown via a rebellion five years earlier. Lux accidentally trespasses in a female dormitory's bathing area, sees the kingdom's new princess Lisesharte naked, and incurs her wrath. Lisesharte then challenges Lux to a Drag-Ride duel. Drag-Rides are ancient armored mechanical weapons that have been excavated from ruins all around the world. Lux used to be called the strongest Drag-Knight, but now he's known as the "undefeated weakest" Drag-Knight because he will absolutely not attack in battle. After his duel with Lisesharte, Lux ends up attending the female-only academy that trains royals to be Drag-Knights.
2016-01-11
A16555-1056965604.1448167232Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm (TV)2016-01-11
Teekyū (TV 7)2016-01-11
A17123-1704814036.1445853532KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! (TV)
Kazuma Satō is a hikikomori (shut-in) die-hard fan of games, anime, and manga. A traffic accident brings his disappointingly brief life to an end, or it should have, but he wakes up and sees a beautiful girl who introduces herself as a goddess. She asks him if he'd like to go to another world but he can only bring one thing with him. Kazumi chooses to bring the goddess. With that, he is transported to another world and his great adventure subjugating the demon king begins, but first the hard work of finding food, clothing, and shelter begins. Kazuma wants to live in peace, but the goddess raises one problem after another, and then the demon king's army has its eyes set on him.
2016-01-13
A17676-1940889695.1443119392Ajin (TV)2016-01-15
Fairy Tail Zero (TV)
Many years ago, Mavis Vermilion was a servant on Sirius Island, mistreated by a guild master and his daughter, Zera. But Mavis stayed positive, because her mother once told her that fairies never visit people who cry about their problems. When the guild came under attack, Mavis pulled Zera from the wreckage into the forest. Seven years went by, and the powerful wizards Warrod Sequen, Precht, and Yuri Dreyer arrived on the island, seeking a powerful jade gemstone. This journey would change the course of magical history. (from manga)
2016-01
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Naruto Franchise Gets New Boruto Manga Supervised by Masashi Kishimoto

Naruto assistant artist Mikio Ikemoto will draw new series focused on Boruto

The countdown website for the "Next Generation" of the Naruto franchise ended on Saturday to announce a new manga in the franchise. Mikio Ikemoto, who worked as an assistant under original manga creator Masashi Kishimoto on Naruto, is drawing the new manga. Kishimoto will supervise the manga, and Ukyō Kodachi (Naruto - Gaara Hiden: Sajingensō novel, Boruto -Naruto the Movie-screenplay cooperation) will write the manga's script. The new manga will focus on Boruto.
The new manga will be titled Boruto and it will run in Weekly Shonen Jump starting in spring 2016. The magazine will publish new chapters once a month.
Ikemoto wrote the two-chapter "COSMOS" short manga for Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997 and 1999.
Shueisha had launched the countdown site last month, and the countdown had featured the logo and the silhouettes of the characters from Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga — specifically, of the children of the main characters from the Naruto manga, who were featured in Boruto -Naruto the Movie- and in Kishimoto's Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring one-volume sequel manga.
Kishimoto ended his main Naruto manga after 15 years of serialization last November. He then wrote the Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring one-volume sequel manga, and also worked on the script and character designs and served as the chief production supervisor on the Boruto -Naruto the Movie- film sequel. A series of novels continued the story after the manga's end.
At a preview screening for Boruto -Naruto the Movie- in July, Boruto voice actress Yuko Sanpei said that she "wanted to see the films continue," and Kishimoto responded with a wry smile, "I can't. Please let me rest now." After finishing Naruto, Kishimoto said, "During this time, I finally went on my honeymoon. Even though my son has grown as big as[protagonist Naruto's son] Boruto." Kishimoto had gotten married over a decade ago.
Kishimoto attended this year's New York Comic Con event on October 8-11. He confirmed that he is working on plans for his next manga, a science-fiction story.
 The new Boruto manga will be published once a month in Weekly Shonen Jump. This article previously incorrectly stated that the manga would only run for one month.
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Hakuōki ~Otogisōshi~ TV Anime's Ad Previews Renka Theme Song

Renka performs "Don't Cry" theme song for April anime

The official website of the upcoming Hakuōki: Otogisōshi television anime began streaming a 15-second commercial video for the anime on Tuesday. The video previews Renka's theme song "Don't Cry."
The anime will premiere in April on Tokyo MXMie TV, and Sun TV.
The cast includes:
Houko Kuwashima as Chizuru Yukimura
Shinichiro Miki as Toshizō Hijikata
Showtaro Morikubo as Sōji Okita
Kousuke Toriumi as Hajime Saitō
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Heisuke Tōdō
Koji Yusa as Sanosuke Harada
Kenjiro Tsuda as Chikage Kazama
Toru Ohkawa as Isami Kondō
Nobuo Tobita as Keisuke Sannan
Tomohiro Tsuboi as Shinpachi Nagakura
Norio Kobayashi as Genzaburō Inoue
Takayuki Suzuki as Susumu Yamazaki
Takeshi Ohba as Kai Shimada
Ryusaku Chijiwa as Kashitarō Itō
Ryū Yamaguchi as Kyūju Amagiri
Hiroaki Yoshida as Kyō Shiranui
Hasumi Itō as Kaoru Nagumo
Ayano Ishikawa as Senhime
Akiko Katsuta as Kimigiku
The series of anime shorts will feature the characters from the Hakuōki games in chibi form, and will feature a completely new story with the theme "A normal every day that might have existed."
The story of the game franchise and its anime adaptations center around the historical Shinsengumi samurai group in Kyoto during the 19th century.
Idea Factory released the original Hakuōki Shinsengumi Kitan game for the PlayStation 2 in 2008. The game has since been ported into the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, andNintendo 3DS platforms. Idea Factory recently released a PS Vita port on September 25. Aksys Games localized and released the game's PlayStation 3 version in May. Aksys Games also previously released the game on the PSP and 3DS, and also released the Hakuōki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi spinoff PSP game.
The Hakuōki anime franchise includes the 12-episode Hakuōki series, the 10-episode sequel seriesHakuōki Hekketsu-roku, and the 6-episode Hakuōki Sekkaroku OVA series. The franchise also includes a prequel television anime series and two films that premiered in 2013. Sentai Filmworkslicensed the franchise in 2013. The franchise has also spawned seven stage musical adaptations, the latest of which opened in Tokyo in May.

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