Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Upcoming anime

TV Series
PictureName &
Description
Premiere
date
A18061-1895089080.1464236703Fukigen na Mononokean (TV)
In a certain tea shop there lives a man called the Mononokean. This morose looking man gained his name for his ability to work with yōkai, guiding the ones that wander in our world into the next. (from manga)
2016-06-28
A18160-480812730.1460530606Berserk (TV 2016)2016-07-01
A18189-3307148671.1464367189B-Project: Kodō Ambitious (TV)
Tsubaki is a new hire in the A&R department of the major recording company Gandala Music. Tsubaki is immediately assigned to oversee the idol unit "B-PROJECT," which is made up of three idol groups: Kitakore, Thrive, and MooNs. This is Tsubaki's first job, and she gets involved in various incidents and accidents as she deals with this group of young men who each have their own differing personalities.
2016-07-02
A17689-2284075131.1465052331Rewrite (TV)2016-07-02
A17985-2063486227.1461728142Love Live! Sunshine!! (TV)2016-07-02
A17236-1510921985.1463102579Hatsukoi Monster (TV)
Kaho Nikaidō finds herself head over heels for a mysterious stranger after he saves from being hit by a truck. Kaho has a few surprises in store for her when she discovers that her knight-in-shining-armor is her landlord's son — and in the fifth grade. (from manga)
2016-07-02
A18112-1869670755.1459132192Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara (TV 2)2016-07-02
A18197-1962075518.1464910652Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu (TV)2016-07-03
A18072-836097052.1458963114Tales of Zestiria the X (TV)2016-07-03
A18447-2961359291.1464366447Show By Rock!! Short!! (TV)2016-07-04
A18193-1487855946.1464669154D.Gray-man Hallow (TV 2)2016-07-04
A18457-2592982911.1464854247Bananya (TV)2016-07-04
A18122-1515374832.1464916222Amaama to Inazuma (TV)
Math teacher Kōhei Inuzuka is a widow with a young daughter named Tsumugi. Inuzuka isn't adept in the kitchen but with the help of his student Kotori Iida and his daughter, he embarks on a culinary adventure. (from manga)
2016-07-04
A18401-857894786.1464618743Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan (TV)
Saiki Kusuo, an otherwise normal teenager, has various super-powers, telepathy and telekinesis included. This should have been cool, but through experience, Saiki comes to realize that having powers while trying to lead an ordinary life is a bad mix. (from manga)
2016-07-04
A17122-994564317.1464322414Taboo-Tattoo (TV)
Justice Akazuka (nickname Seigi) is a young man who is good at martial arts. Seigi rescues a homeless old man on the street one day from some thugs, and the man gives Seigi an object that imprints a tattoo on his palm. However, it is not an ordinary tattoo, but a special weapon that gives Seigi supernatural powers such as warping space-time. Seigi then meets a female American agent named Easy, whose duty is to recover the tattoos. Seigi decides to help her and gets wrapped up in a cross-national conspiracy. (from manga)
2016-07-04
Puzzle & Dragons X (TV)2016-07-04
A18214-2342822862.1459917741Scared Rider Xechs (TV)2016-07-05
A18234-2225049199.1461255577Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu (TV)
Sakaguchi is a high school boy and also a "fudanshi" who loves boys-love stories. He hangs out with his friends, a fujoshi named Rumi, his gay friend Yūjirō, fellow fundashi Daigo, and his "normal" friend Nakamura. (from manga)
2016-07-05
A18036-3749461163.1454388039Masō Gakuen H×H (TV)
Kizuna Hida visits the strategic defense academy Ataraxia at his big sister's request. There, he encounters Aine Chidorigafuchi, a girl piloting the magical armor Zerosu. A communique about a serious mission arrives from Kizuna's sister. The mission is to rub Aina's chest. Kizuna has the power to level up a girl through indecent acts. With a battle against another world, the future depends on this power.
2016-07-05
A17690-2208087353.1462552307Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! (TV)2016-07-06
A18463-1736973364.1465232602Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls (TV)
Urara, Hanabi, and Inaho aim to become famous throughout Japan by creating anime renditions of themselves. To be a hit with everyone from kids to adults, they choose the theme of "magical girls." Now they aim to broadcast their one-cour (quarter of a year) magical girl anime. .
2016-07-06
A18235-2596915546.1464680348Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! (TV)2016-07-07
A18243-1518149779.1461357057Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars (TV)
12 years ago, in the country of Rimguard, a big incident left an unsolved mystery that has begun to fade from people's memories. Time passes, and sisters Yui and Rena are living peacefully in the Enastria Empire. However, one day, a large mecha attacks Enastria. This day marks the turning point when the two girls get caught in the vortex of fate.
2016-07-07
A18003-841226187.1464367512Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru! (TV)
An art club in a certain middle school has the following members: Subaru Uchimaki, who is a genius at drawing faces, but only wants to draw the perfect 2D wife; Colette, a rich troublemaker who never stops making mischief; and the club president, who sleeps through sessions and collects sleeping aids. Mizuki Usami is the only person in the club who wants to do art club-like activities, and constantly struggles to do so. (from manga)
2016-07-07
A18139-2605203024.1462247477Handa-kun (TV)
Handsome teenage calligrapher Sei Handa is worshiped by all his classmates as an aloof superstar--too bad Sei's inherent negativity and neurotic personality make him believe that everyone actually hates him. (from manga)
2016-07-07
A17700-1108754377.1464317528Amanchu! (TV)2016-07-08
A18169-3043617460.145879177591 Days (TV)
During the Prohibition era, in the Lawless district the law has no power, the mafia rule the streets, and the illegally made liquor flows freely. At one time Avilio lived in this district, but after a mafia dispute ended in the murder of his family, he went into hiding. Later, Avilio receives a letter from a mysterious person that ignites his passion for revenge and leads him to return to Lawless. There, he infiltrates the Vanetti family and gets close to Nero.
2016-07-08
Time Travel Shōjo: Mari Waka to 8-nin no Kagakusha-tachi (TV)2016-07-09
A18159-1995430392.1458962683Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen: Mirai Hen (TV)2016-07-11
A18272-569304517.1461869802Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen: Zetsubō Hen (TV)2016-07-14
A18153-2549843316.1464855330Battery the Animation (TV)
Takumi Harada moves to a mountain town in Okayama prefecture during the spring break before he enters middle school due to his father's job transfer. Takumi is a pitcher, and after the moves he loses faith in his own talent, when suddenly his classmate Kō Nagakura appears in front of him. Kō has a strong desire to form a "battery" (a combination of a pitcher and catcher) with Takumi.
2016-07-14
A18179-1723474356.1464659768Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION (TV)2016-07
A17937-1085463395.1453310533Qualidea Code (TV)2016-07
A16917-1117535804.1458963353ReLIFE (TV)
Arata Kaizaki is an unemployed, single 27-year-old who has just been cut off from his parents' financial support. Unable to find a job due to him leaving his previous employer within three months, he is stuck. One night after drinking with a high school friend, Arata meets Ryō Yoake, a man who offers Arata pills to turn him back into a 17-year old so he can redo his life. After agreeing to the experiment, Arata joins a high school class, and meets Chizuru Hishiro, a socially-awkward silent beauty who yearns to have friends. Through connecting with her and other classmates, Arata must find what he lacks to live a happy life in the real world within a one-year time limit.
2016-07
Active Raid (TV 2)2016-07
A17986-1671524321.1452659413DAYS (TV)
Two boys met on a stormy night: Tsukushi, a boy with no special traits at all, and Jin, a soccer genius. On that night, Jin drags Tsukushi into the world of high-school soccer. (from manga)
2016-07
A17755-3305655895.1463644264Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin (TV)
The Katvarna Empire is at war with the neighboring Republic of Kioka. In the Katvarna Empire, the lazy, woman-admiring Ikuta hates war, but due to certain circumstances, he grudgingly takes the High Grade Military Officer Exam. No one would have expected that this 17-year-old young man would eventually become a soldier called a great commander by others. Ikuta survives this world engulfed in war with his superior intellect.
2016-07
A17756-3085779610.1459061261New Game! (TV)
Aoba Suzukaze graduates from high school and joins the Eaglejump game company. The person who made the game that Aoba loved as a grade-schooler just happens to be Aoba's senior at the company.(from manga)
2016-07
A18064-1697528900.1458838585Mob Psycho 100 (TV)
"Mob" is a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body. (from manga)
2016-07
A18075-712144875.1455732979Orange (TV)
Naho Takamiya is a timid 16-year-old girl. One day, she receives a letter from her future self detailing actions she must take to prevent Kakeru Naruse, the new transfer student, from sinking into depression and taking his own life. (from manga)
2016-07
A18331-2243802754.1462208643OZMAFIA!! (TV)2016-07
A17328-2679853685.1464658883Servamp (TV)
When a stray black cat named Kuro crosses Mahiru Shirota's path, the high school freshman's life will never be the same again. Kuro is, in fact, no ordinary feline, but a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru's personal philosophy is one of non-intervention, he soon becomes embroiled in an ancient, altogether surreal conflict between vampires and humans. (from manga)
2016-07
Ange Vierge (TV)2016-07
A18174-2298676271.1458880282Cheer Boys!! (TV)2016-07
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Fanworks Studio Showcases Little Girl Anzu Pilot Anime at Annecy's MIFA Market

Pilot based on Hiroyuki AiharaNami Adachi's picture book

Animation studio Fanworks (Honobono LogGanbare! Lulu Lolo - Tiny Twin Bears)announced on Tuesday that it will participate in this year's MIFA (Marche international du film d'animation) animation market, which is run by and concurrently with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. It will offer its two-minute Little Girl Anzu(Anzu-chan) pilot animation for consideration and will pitch it to possible buyers.
The anime is based on Hiroyuki Aihara and Nami Adachi's Usagi-chan to Yukidaruma(The Rabbit and the Snowman) picture book. Fanworks previously adapted Aihara and Adachi's Ganbare! Lulu Lolo - Tiny Twin Bears picture book series. Masanori Numaguchi directed and storyboarded the pilot. Yukiko Murayama and Manabu Okada composed the music, and Kaori Hino is credited as art director. Ririko Ishikawa, Momoko Kouchi, Saeko Suzuki, and Ayumu Takenami star in the voice cast.Charaken is credited for planning and production.
The anime centers on Anzu-chan, a rabbit and an only child who likes to play in the forests and fields. It will be based on the first story in the picture book series, where Anzu-chan meets and passes the time with a snowman named Yuki. Fanworks is planning to turn the pilot animation into a full series.
Established in 1960, Annecy is the world's oldest and largest animation film festival. This year, it runs from June 13-18 at the French community of the same name. The MIFA animation market runs concurrently from June 15-17. The Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch co-production animated film The Red Turtle, directed by Michael Dudok de Wit, will open the festival. The festival will also host a special screening of Cinelicious Pics' 4K digital restoration of Eiichi Yamamoto's 1973 experimental anime film Belladonna of Sadness on June 13 and 14. Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and The Beast will run during an open-air screening at the festival.
Keisuke Matsumoto's "Into the Pocket" episode for the Super Short Comics series is screening in competition in the TV Films category, and Makino Atsushi's music video for Sasanomaly's "The Synthesesia Ghost" song and Masanobu Hiraoka's Japanese- and French-produced music video for Ez3Kiel's "L'Œil du cyclone" song are screening in competition in the Commissioned Films category.
The festival also announced that it will screen the Gamba: Gamba to Nakama-tachiCG-animated film and The Anthem of the Heart anime film outside of competition. No Japanese feature films are screening in competition this year.
Additionally, Koji Yamamura's animated short film "'Parade' de Satie" and Ryo Orikasa's "Suijungenten" clay short film will screen in competition in the short films category. No Japanese short films will screen out of competition.
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Ange Vierge Fantasy TV Anime Reveals Visual, July 9 Premiere

Anime of Kadokawa/Sega card game stars Minako KotobukiYumi HaraAki ToyosakiRika TachibanaSarah Emi Bridcutt

The official website for the television anime of Kadokawa and Sega's Ange Vierge trading card game revealed on Tuesday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MXKBS Kyoto, and TV Aichi on July 9. It is also airing on BS Fuji and Sun TV on July 10, and on AT-X on July 14.
The site also unveiled a new visual for the anime. The visual's tagline reads, "I will evolve, with you…"
The site previously streamed a promotional video for the anime last month.
Text: This world is trying to be lost.
Text: The blue world we live on: Earth.
Text: The black world that controls the night and magic: Darkness Embrace.
Text: The red world that is protected by the gods: Terra Libri Aurora.
Text: The gate that served as the portal, and the five worlds it connected to.
Text: The white world controlled by science and brain waves: System White Egma.
Text: The green world governed by weapons and military: Glynnesert.
Text: It was then that a group of girls with special powers called "Progress" awakened to their powers, called "Exceed."
Text: Because I just know we have more possibilities than this...
Text: Human from the blue world: Saya Sōgetsu
Text: Then I'll be your elder sister!
Text: Vampire from the black world: Almaria
Text: OK! I'm gonna make lots of friends!
Text: Angel from the red world: Elel
Text: That's why I'm calculating my maximum capacity for speed at my strength.
Text: Android from the white world: CodeΩ77Stella
Text: What a pain. Life's not just about a mission you know.
Text: Soldier from the green world: Nya Lapucea
Text: The girls were gathered in the giant academy city "Aoran Academy."
Text: And meet each other.
Text: There is one more α Driver who leads the Progress...
Text: α Driver: Amane Ayashiro
Text: The girls who protect the world Text: Aoran Academy student council president: Miumi Hinata
Text: The extremely logical black witch: Sofina
Text: With the powers the girls obtain, they stand up against the end of the world.
Narrator: Ange Vierge. TV anime starting broadcasts in July 2016.
Two Kadokawa brands, Fujimi Shobo and Media Factory, released the Ange Vierge trading card game in 2013. The story of the card game follows what happens when "Hairō" portals suddenly open, fusing three different worlds together. As a result, various mysterious "Exceed" powers are awakened in teenaged girls. An academy for these so-called "Progress" girls is built on the isolated Seiran Island in the Pacific.
The cast includes:
Masafumi Tamura (Modern Magic Made SimpleSoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation) is making his directorial debut with the series, and is also designing the characters. SILVER LINK (Strike Witches: Operation Victory ArrowFate/kaleid liner Prisma IllyaNon Non Biyori) isproducing the animation. Katsuhiko Takayama (ef: a tale of memories,Ga-Rei: ZeroAldnoah.Zero) is in charge of series composition, and is also penning the scripts. Ryōka, Akio Watanabe (Poyoyon Rock),Kurone MishimaTsunako, and Shunsaku Tomose are credited for original character design.
Konomi Suzuki will perform the anime's opening theme song, titled "Love is MY RAIL." The song's single CD is slated for release on August 3. Voice actress unit L.I.N.K.s (Yuka AisakaMai IshiharaYoshiko IkutaRie Takahashi, and Nozomi Yamamoto) will perform the ending theme song "Link with U," and the single will ship on August 10.
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Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Film's On-Set Photos Show Yamada in Costume as Ed

Film is shooting on location in Volterra, Italy

Italian newspaper La Nazione posted three photographs from the set of the live-actionfilm of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga on Tuesday. The stills show the film's shooting in the Italian town of Volterra, and show lead actor Ryōsuke Yamada in costume as his character Edward Elric.
Filming began in Italy in early June, and will wrap up in Japan in the second half of August. The film will open in Japan in winter 2017.
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Fumihiko Sori (live-action Ping Pong) is directing the film. On adapting the source material, Sori said, "I want to create a style that follows the original manga as much as possible. The cast is entirely Japanese, but the cultural background is Europe. However, it's a style that doesn't represent a specific race or country." Regarding the faithfulness of the adaptation, which has characters of non-Japanese ethnicity, the director said, "There will never be a scene in which a character says something that would identify him/her as Japanese."
The film stars Ryōsuke Yamada (Hey! Say! JUMP member and live-action Assassination Classroom's Nagisa) as Edward Elric, Tsubasa Honda (live-actionBlue Spring Ride's Futaba) (pictured top right in image to the right) as Winry Rockbell, and Dean Fujioka (live-action Happy Marriage!?) (pictured bottom left in image to the right) as Roy Mustang. Other cast members include:
The film tells the story in one complete film. Ed is being aged up to 20 years old; he was originally 15 in the manga.
Sori told Oricon he has a deep affection for the story that tells the "truth of living," and said, "It is my dearest wish to turn this wonderful story into a film, and it is not an exaggeration to say that I am living for this reason." He added that he "wants to create a wonderful film that uses techniques that challenge Hollywood," and noted that nowadays Japanese filmmaking techniques have progressed greatly.
Arakawa published the manga from 2001 to 2010 inSquare Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan, and Viz Mediareleased the series in North America and describes the story:
In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother's bodies...the legendary Philosopher's Stone.
The series inspired the Fullmetal Alchemist television anime series in 2003 and its sequel film, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa, in 2005.Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, a second television anime series based more closely on the original manga's story, debuted in 2009. A spinoff anime film, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, premiered in 2011.

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Monday, 7 March 2016

Fairy Tail Stage Play's Main Visual Previews Main Cast in Costume

Brain/Zero, Midnight, Cobra, Angel previewed in costume for 1st time

The official website for the stage play of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga revealed a main visual for the play on Friday that reveals the main cast in costume. The visual shows the cast members in costume for the characters Brain/Zero, Midnight, Cobra, and Angel for he first time.
The website also revealed four new cast members:
The website previously revealed visuals for the following cast members:
D-BOYS actor Shuuto Miyazaki as Natsu

Atsushi Shiramata as Gray

Hirofumi Araki as Jellal

Kento Ono as Hibiki

Ren Ozawa as Lyon Vastia

Ayu Manaka as Lucy Heartfilia

Minami Tsukui as Erza Scarlet

Misaki Momose as Wendy Marvell
The rest of show's cast includes:
  • Naoya Gomoto as Brain/Zero
  • Yamato Furuya as Midnight
  • Ikkei Yamamoto as Cobra
  • Anju Inami as Angel
Akiko Kodama (Live Spectacle Naruto stage play director) is directing the production and is penning the script. The play will run at the Sunshine Theatre in Ikebukuro, Tokyo from April 30 to May 9.
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One Piece Film Gold Reveals Original Film Characters

Eiichiro Oda serves as executive producer for film opening on July 23

The official website for the One Piece franchise revealed the character designs on Monday for One Piece Film Gold's original characters. Shueisha published the rough drafts of these characters thatOne Piece manga creator Eiichiro Oda drew in this year's 14th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump on Monday.
The new characters are (from left to right):
  • Gild Tezoro, a casino king who controls the huge golden ship Gran Tezoro. He is a devil fruit user who ate the "Gol Gol fruit." He is an extremely rich man who is said to possess 20% of the monetary "Beli" that exist in the world.
  • Carina, a very popular songstress with a beautiful voice. She is surrounded in mystery.
  • Dice, a dealer on Gran Tezoro. He is a large-bodied man clad in muscles who offers his audience the highest level of game. He also has a special ability.
  • Baccarat, a devil fruit user who ate the "lucky lucky" fruit. When she touches someone, their luck changes. She is a mysterious and elegant woman who acts as an escort for the Straw Hat pirates. She is the concierge of the Gran Tezoro
  • Mr. Tanaka, a devil fruit user who ate the "nuke nuke" fruit ("nukenuke" means "to do something however one pleases," but "nuke" can also mean "to draw out"). With his secretive devil fruit powers he is in charge of Gran Tezoro's interior security.
Oda is serving as the film's executive producer as well as being credited with the original work. Oda also served as the executive producer for the previous film in the franchise, One Piece Film Z.
Hiroaki Miyamoto (One Piece episodes 352-679, assistant director for One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island) is directing the film, and Tsutomu Kuroiwa (live-action Black Butler film, live-action Liar Game: The Final Stage film, live-action The Perfect Insider TV series) is writing the script.
One Piece Film Gold will open in Japan on July 23.
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