Dragon Ball FighterZ Character Breakdown Video Highlights Beerus

Xbox One/PS4/PC game launches January 26, open beta on January 14-15

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Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming a character video for its Dragon Ball FighterZ fighting game on Thursday. The video highlights the playable character Beerus, and the character's special moves.

Bandai Namco Entertainment previously streamed similar character breakdown videos for Hit, Adult Gohan, and Yamcha.

Bandai Namco Entertainment will host an open beta for the game between January 14-15. Those who pre-ordered the game will have early access to the beta on January 13. The game will launch for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam in the Americas and Europe on January 26.

People who pre-order the game digitally will receive early access to Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta with two exclusive lobby avatars; and a Girls Stamp Pack with Android 21, Android 18, and Bulma at launch.

The game's Ultimate Edition will include the FighterZ Pass, a music pack with 11 songs from the anime, and a commentator voice pack. The FighterZ Pass will include eight additional playable characters that will be released after launch, and it will also be available for purchase separately.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Europe will also release a "CollectorZ Edition" that will bundle a Goku statue, three art boards, and steelbook packaging.

The game will launch in Japan on February 1 for PS4 and Xbox One.

In the game's story mode, as the mysterious Clone Army invades, the Super Warriors lose consciousness, and their powers. At the same time, the player protagonist becomes mind-linked to Goku. Goku and players must fight together to reveal the mystery behind the link and the Clone Army. The story mode will also have two other stories, where the player protagonist becomes mind-linked to Android 18 and to Frieza. The characters Android 16 and new character Android 21 "hold the key to the story."

Playable characters include Goku, Teen Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Freeza, Cell, Krillin, Piccolo, Android 18 (with Android 17), Android 16, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan (with Chiaotzu), Majin Buu, Gohan, Cell, Nappa, Ginyu, Super Saiyan Blue Goku, Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta, Gotenks, Kid Buu, Adult Gohan, and Hit. The game is also adding an original playable character designed by Akira Toriyama named Android 21, who is described as a scientist possessing intelligence rivaling Dr. Gero. 

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Mitchiri Neko TV Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, January 4 Premiere

Yūichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, more star in series about multiplying cats

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The official website for the anime adaptation of marketing company Frencel's Mitchiri Neko character franchise revealed the anime's cast, staff, and January 4 premiere date on Friday.

The anime will premiere on January 4 on MX TV at 5:59 p.m., and will air on weekdays in that time slot.

The anime will star:

• Yūichi Nakamura as Colorful
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Piyopiyo
• Jun Fukuyama as Mitchi
• Takahiro Sakurai as Honey
• Saori Hayami as Ribon
• Noriaki Sugiyama
• Hina Kino
• Kaede Hondo
• Satomi Akesaka

Frencel is credited with the original work, and Kyō Yatate is directing the series at helo.inc. Shiori Yamazaki is the sound director, and Tetsuya Kobayashi is composing the music.

The franchise centers on the cats known as "Mitchiri Neko," who seem to multiply greatly when left alone. (As the official YouTube channel for the franchise explains, "'Mitchiri' means sticking together or packed, and 'neko' means a cat in Japanese.") The cats are able to speak and mimic human behavior. The franchise has a variety of cat characters who have distinct personalities.

The franchise began as a four-panel manga on the Famitsu.com website in 2012, and it later moved to the Famitsu app. The manga currently runs on DeNA's Manga Boxapp. The manga inspired a smartphone game titled Mitchiri Neko Mix that debuted in January 2014. The franchise also inspired a series of short animations that began in the official Mitchiri Neko YouTube channel in 2014.

The franchise is also inspiring a new smartphone game titled Mitchiri Neko Bubble, and pre-registration is currently available for the game.

Frencel and G-angle are credited for a new manga adaptation that launched in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on October 3.

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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2nd Season Anime Previewed in Commercial

Hiroshi Kamiya narrates ad for series premiering on January 16

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The official website for the second anime season based on Shūichi Asō's The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan) manga began streaming a commercial for the anime on Friday. Hiroshi Kamiya as Kusuo Saiki narrates the ad.

The anime will premiere late at night on January 16 at 25:35 (effectively January 17 at 1:35 a.m.) on TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, and TV Osaka, and will air later that night on TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting.

The new characters joining the second season include:

Yuuki Kaji as Tōma Akechi

Eri Kitamura as Mikoto Aiura

M.A.O as Imu Rifuta

The second season will also add the character Hiroshi Satō.

Hiroaki Sakurai (Di Gi Charat, Maid Sama!) is returning to direct the anime at EGG FIRM and J.C. Staff. Masayuki Onji (Kimi to Boku., Aoi Hana) is also returning as the character designer. Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Ono, and Nobunaga Shimazaki will perform the opening theme song "Silent Prisoner" as their characters alongside the Psychic Lovermusic group that also composes the music for the series.

The manga centers on a high school boy named Kusuo Saiki. He possesses supernatural powers that cause unfortunate events in his everyday life.

The first season premiered in July 2016. Funimation streamed the series with English subtitles as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English broadcast dub for the series.

The manga also inspired a live-action film that opened in Japan on October 21. The film earned 194 million yen (about US$1.7 million) to rank at #2 during its opening weekend.

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Violet Evergarden Anime's 4th Promo Video Previews Image Song in 4 Languages

Kate Higgins sings English version of "Violet Snow" song

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Kyoto Animation began streaming four more versions of the fourth promotional video for the Violet Evergardentelevision anime series on Friday. The videos feature the show's image song "Violet Snow" in four different languages: English, French, Chinese, and Korean.

English Version (sung by Kate Higgins)

French Version (sung by Michelle Michina)

Chinese Version (sung by Freda Li)

Korean Version (sung by Kang Min-joo)

Kyoto Animation previously streamed the same video featuring the song sung by Aira Yuki earlier this month.

The series will premiere on Tokyo MX1 at 00:00 on January 10 (effectively midnight on January 11), followed by ABC Asahi and TV Aichi on January 10, BS11 on January 11, and HTBHokkaido TV on January 13. Netflix will stream the anime series worldwide. The company will stream the series inside Japan starting in January when the anime airs on Japanese television. The company will then stream the series outside of Japan starting in spring 2018.

Kyoto Animation held the world premiere of the anime's first episode at Anime Expo in July. Anime Expo describes the story:

There are words Violet heard on the battlefield, which she cannot forget. These words were given to her by someone she holds dear, more than anyone else. She does not yet know their meaning.

A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation.

Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as “the weapon”, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of “Auto Memories Dolls”, who carry people's thoughts and convert them into words.

Violet begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people's emotions and differing shapes of love. All the while searching for the meaning of those words.

The anime stars:

• Yui Ishikawa as Violet Evergarden
• Takehito Koyasu as Claudia Hodgins
• Daisuke Namikawa as Gilbert Bougainvillea
• Aya Endo as Cattleya Baudelaire
• Kouki Uchiyama as Benedict Blue
• Minori Chihara as Erica Brown
• Haruka Tomatsu as Iris Cannary

Kyoto Animation announced the anime project based on author Kana Akatsuki and illustrator Akiko Takase's Violet Evergarden novel in May 2016, and has streamed two animated commercials from director and storyboard artist Taichi Ishidate. Takase served as character designer and animation director for the videos. Ishidate and Takase are returning for the anime itself, and Reiko Yoshida (Yowamushi Pedal, Bakuman) is in charge of series composition. Yota Tsuruoka is the sound director and Evan Call is composing the music. TRUE is performing the opening theme song "Sincerely," and Minori Chihara is performing the ending theme song "Michishirube" (Guidepost).

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Utena Stage Musical Reveals Cast, Main Visual

Nogizaka46's Ami Nōjō plays Utena alongside Yuka Yamauchi, Shōjirō Yokoi, Tatemichi Riona, more

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The official website for La fillette révolutionaire Utena ~Shiroki Bara no Tsubomi~ (A White Rosebud), the stage musical adaptation of the Revolutionary Girl Utena (Shōjo Kakumei Utena) anime, revealed the stage play's cast and main visual on Friday.

The cast includes:

• Nogizaka46's Ami Nōjō as Utena Tenjō
• Yuka Yamauchi as Anthy Himemiya
• Shōjirō Yokoi as Kyōichi Saionji
• Riona Tatemichi as Juri Arisugawa
• Natsuki Ōsaki as Miki Kaoru
• Arisa Suzuki as Nanami Kiryū
• Yume Takeuchi as Wakaba Shinohara
• Airi Kumata as Shadow Girl A
• NENE as Shadow Girl B
• Kenshin Ikeda as Tōga (child)
• Ryōhei Yamauchi as Saionji (child)

The musical will run from March 8 to 18 in Tokyo at the CBGK Shibugeki theater. The anime's director Kunihiko Ikuhara is supervising the production, and Kōtarō Yoshitani (Dansui!, Hetalia ~in the new world~musical) is writing and directing. The stage musical will cover the titular girl Utena's battle with Tōga Kiryū, Kyōichi Saionji, and other student council members for the Rose Bride.

Be-PaPas — a group of industry professionals including Chiho Saitō, Yoji Enokido (Bungo Stray Dogs, Star Driver), Shinya Hasegawa (Golden Time, Taboo Tattoo), Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Yuri Kuma Arashi), and Yūichirō Oguro (Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie) — developed the Revolutionary Girl Utena manga and anime at the same time. Saito's manga debuted in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine beginning in 1996, and Shogakukan published the series in five compiled volumes. Viz Media licensed and sold the manga in North America, and recently released a collector's edition.

The 39-episode television anime adaptation from director Ikuhara originally aired in 1997. Central Park Media and later Nozomi Entertainment released the television series on DVD in North America, and Nozomi Entertainment is releasing the series on Blu-ray Disc. Nozomi Entertainment's YouTube channel is streaming the series in Japanese with English subtitles. Central Park Media also once released the 1999 film retelling, and the film is now streaming on Tubi TV with the English dub.

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Gundam Versus Adds G Gundam's God Gundam, Master Gundam

Both DLC mobile suits available in late January

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Bandai Namco Entertainment revealed on Thursday that it will add the God Gundam/Burning Gundam and the Master Gundam from Mobile Fighter G Gundam to its Gundam Versus game in the latter half of January. The game also added a "Battle Navi Set" as a free download on Friday, which features the characters Orga Itsuka, Fumika Andross, and Atra Mixta as battle navigators.

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The game shipped in Japan on July 6, while Bandai Namco Entertainment released the game in North America on September 29.

Unlike other games in the series, Gundam Versus is not adapted from an arcade game, but was developed with the PlayStation 4 console in mind. The game contains the series' familiar two-on-two battles, but has other game modes. The game features Boost Action (including boost dash, boost step, and new boost dive), Striker Select, and Awakening battle systems. For the first time in the series the game has a six-person online multiplayer feature. 

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Tokyo Shutter Girl Manga Inspires Kanazawa Shutter Girl Live-Action Film

Manga previously inspired live-action film in 2013

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Kenichi Kiriki's Tokyo Shutter Girl manga is inspiring a live-action film adaptation titled Kanazawa Shutter Girlthat will open in Japan on February 3. The film's official website began streaming 60- and a 90-second promotional videos earlier this month.

The manga's story centers on members of the photography club at an all-female high school. The girls visit various famous locations around Tokyo and photograph them. Instead of Tokyo, the film centers on 16-year-old Kana Natsume in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.

Kiriki is serializing a Kanazawa Shutter Girl short story in Takeshobo's Hontō ni Atta Yukai na Hanashi magazine, and the compiled volume will ship on January 11.

Tokyo Shutter Girl also inspired a live-action film under the original title in 2013. One of the film's three directors, Kōtarō Terauchi, will return to direct the 2018 film.

The new film's cast includes Noel, Nana Takabatake, Nanaka Yotsuya, Haruna Takai, and Saika Hamada.

Tokyo Shutter Girl launched in Nihonbungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine in 2010, and the third compiled volume shipped in 2014. The manga was nominated for the seinen category of France's "Mangawa" awards earlier this year.

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Konohana Kitan Episode 12

“Time travel” isn't necessarily a concept you might associate with Konohana Kitan, and yet this finale manages to once again surprise and delight its audience with an unexpectedly emotional story that revolves around the twisting of time. For a series that started off feeling like just another fanservice-driven yuri-flavored slice-of-life, this final episode is a thorough reminder of how powerful and resonant Konohana Kitan turned out to be.

It all starts predictably enough, with the foxgirls travelling to the shrine in order to usher in the new year. The way the different quarters of Konohana Kitan's run have reflected the four seasons of the year has always been charming, but the past few episodes have felt especially timely with their wintry tones and palettes. The palling around doesn't last too long, since our clumsy Yuzu inevitably drops the mysterious scroll she found while cleaning out Konohanatei, and in chasing after it, she inadvertently stumbles onto the road of the gods. If the plot this week has any weakness, its that Yuzu's habit of literally stumbling into ghostly pathways and spiritual shenanigans has become a stale trope within this series, regardless of the excuse this adventure taking place during the Miracle of New Year's Eve. It's also unfortunate that we don't get to spend much time with the other girls this week, especially since this is the end of the season. While they all definitely have a presence in the story, since much of the emotion comes from Yuzu reflecting on how much she loves her home at Konohanatei, I personally wouldn't have minded a couple more scenes of this adorable cast playing off one another.

These complaints are easy enough to forgive when we get to the meat of Yuzu's Excellent Adventure, her arrival at the bustling headquarters of the kenzoku, who are the motley crew of fox spirits that work to grant the wishes and prayers of humans on Earth. These girls are all immediately likable, and I could imagine an excellent spinoff about the daily grind of trying to manage the impossible number of wishes that the kenzoku must receive every day, to say nothing of New Year's. Of particular note is Tsubaki, the fiery kenzoku who accidentally brings Yuzu to her place of work, only to get caught up trying to help her find her way back home. This task initially seems insurmountable, but eventually all of the kenzoku help Yuzu find her path back to Konohanatei, wherever and whenever it may be.

At first, the episode plays up this kenzoku plot as one final deep dive into Japan's culture and mythology, but the more time was spent focusing on Tsubaki and Yuzu's relationship, the more suspicious I became that Konohana Kitan was once again trying to pull a fast one on us. Rarely does a single figure stand out so much in an episode, unless the story is setting up one of the show's signature low-key revelations. Given how heart-wrenching these moments could be in previous episodes, I braced myself for the worse. That is, until the episode started laying on thick how Yuzu had gotten the kenzoku's patron goddess so into the idea of constructing her own hot spring inn for the gods. Combining that with the already established notion that these spirits were operating in a time far removed from Yuzu's present, the episode's end became clear to me fairly early on.

That's not to say I was disappointed or bothered by figuring everything out; it just made the whole episode work that much better. Just last week, I noted how much I enjoyed getting to see Okami take part in the action more, and this week we learn that the feisty young fox who accidentally spirited Yuzu away is the same woman who would come to be the head of the Konohanatei household. Tsubaki's touch eventually unfolds the ancient scroll that Yuzu has been carrying around and, far in the future, her desire to summon her surrogate family home ends up giving Yuzu a clear shot back to her own time. The old fox's look of stunned recognition cinches it, and suddenly what seemed like a one-off adventure for Yuzu becomes a key moment of understanding for the least developed member of the show's cast. This is a spirit who has been wandering from home to home for thousands of years, and only in Konohanatei has she managed to root herself to a sanctuary where she takes care of other hardworking girls. Yuzu isn't just another fox rounding out Konohanatei's staff; she's the friend that Tsubaki never knew she needed, a stranger whose heart is always filled with love, who wished for nothing more than for Tsubaki to find her place in the world. In planting the seeds for Konohanatei's inception, Yuzu is directly responsible for building the home and family that she has come to hold so dear.

It's a ridiculously powerful and heartfelt note to end the season on. Sure, Yuzu admits that her life at Konohanatei can't last forever, but time with her friends has changed her for the better, and she couldn't bear to live in a world without them. Yuzu truly loves and is loved by Satsuki, Tsubaki, and all the others who have come into her life. Thanks to the wobbly magic of time travel, the power of those bonds even stretches back thousands of years into the past, and it will continue to last as long as Konohanatei exists to give people a place to call home, even if only for one night. I never would have imagined that the colorful show about gay foxgirls would be able to conclude on such a rich and satisfying note, but here we are. Iyashikei anime are all about providing their audience with a subtle yet profound form of mental rejuvenation, a sense of healing that only well-written stories can provide. After twelve weeks of providing the coziest emotional comfort food, with a healthy side of genuinely moving pathos, I'm pleased to report that Konohana Kitan stands at the top of the iyashikei class. Simply put, this was a wonderful show.

Rating: A-

Konohana Kitan is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 38

With the titular character's Academy days at an end, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations starts its young heroes down the path to becoming professional shinobi. Although the preceding feature film and companion manga have already made it clear that Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki would make up a three-man cell, this week's episode shows fans exactly how the new Team 7 came into being. Despite the general predictability of the story beats and several choppily-animated action sequences, episode 38 is a solid entry point for the next phase of Boruto's ninja journey.

Following one of their usual arguments, Boruto and Sarada are none too pleased to discover that they (and Mitsuki) have been placed on the same team: Team 3, led by Konohamaru. Convinced that they won't be able to work together effectively, the bickering duo sets out to submit a formal reassignment request to Naruto, who's overseeing a training session in the surrounding woods. After Mitsuki informs his teammates of the Seventh's location, the trio hits a snag when a teenage Mirai (whom Konohamaru describes as “an expert personal bodyguard”) refuses to let them see Naruto. Although the ensuing battle gets off to a rocky start, Boruto and Sarada are able to subdue their opponent by playing off one another's strengths. By the time the kids make their way to Naruto, Sarada has a new request to submit: the re-naming of Team 3 to Team 7.

Episode 38 is arguably Boruto's most Naruto-ish episode to date. Tonally and thematically, the story elicits memories of the parent series pre-Shippūden: three inexperienced Genin (two of whom are constantly arguing) set out to accomplish a goal, disagreements ensue between the team's most outspoken members, compromise is reached, and a valuable lesson is learned in the end. Of course, the mild disdain between Boruto and Sarada is considerably more subdued than the complex love/hate relationship shared by their fathers, but on the surface, it's a reasonably similar dynamic. However, since they don't have the same level of deep-rooted emotional baggage as their dads and seem to be happier people in general, it's easy to see Sarada and Boruto eventually getting over their issues with one another and working well as teammates. (Though for the sake of comedy, it's unlikely they'll ever stop trading barbs.) The subversion of the infamous Naruto/Sasuke kiss is a great callback to the parent series and one of the show's funniest moments to date. Seeing Mirai as a Chunin is another cool continuity nod to Naruto Shippūden, and she poses just the right amount of challenge for the young heroes to make things interesting. (The joke about her being forgotten on the bridge is weak though.)

Aside from the awkwardly-animated Mirai fight, the only real issue with this week's episode is how Sarada's actions undermine important events from recent story arcs. There have now been several high-stakes situations in which Boruto and Sarada have worked well as a team and acknowledged one another's good points, so Sarada's dismay at being assigned to Team 3 is a little perplexing. Her ardent insistence on being reassigned comes across as downright hurtful, even if some of her concerns about Boruto's approach to ninjutsu are valid. Still, the name change being her idea is a touching bit of mea culpa.

While the idea of an entire series set at the Ninja Academy represented an interesting departure from the original Naruto, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations seems to heading in a fun albeit familiar direction. Whether the show will stick to shorter stories or dive into lengthy arcs is anyone's guess, but we can certainly look forward to what adventures await the new Team 7.

Rating: A-

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

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URAHARA Episode 12

“It's fun to create stuff” is a positive message but not a revolutionary one. So for the final episode of URAHARA, “Goodbye Parfait” to hinge on such a simple theme is a bit of a letdown. This show was always beautifully drawn and well-styled, but when it came time to make its final impression, it harped on a message of creativity that viewers are already familiar with. Like URAHARA as a whole, this finale had some good moments but was mostly just okay.

The shrimp is not an intimidating final boss, but the show sure treats him that way. Rito, Mari, Kotoko, and Misa are unconvincingly running for their lives while Misa tries to use her burgeoning creativity to summon more than just beads. But thanks to the power of friendship, the girls all work together to think outside the box and transform the beads into something that's stronger than so many individual shiny pieces of plastic. It's a very basic metaphor for the way the girls amplify their creativity with teamwork time and again. And since they've had so much experience doing this for the duration of the show, it's no surprise when they defeat the Big Bad halfway through the episode. Commence the sluggish falling action.

“Creativity begins with imagining what you want to create” so dreaming is okay, Kotoko blandly deduces. Perhaps that's why the girls allow their fantasy version of Harajuku to linger on a little longer while they gorge on a massive parfait—which they created together, nudge nudge. By now I'm beginning to suspect that Misa's idea of creativity is just “glue two different things together:” She attached a shiny star to Super Bead Kitty, and she dumped shrimp tempura on the parfait. But either way, her creative awakening is a milestone in Scooper evolution, indicating that even these dull-minded thieves can be inventive if they're willing to learn. Sure enough, our trounced and reformed Ebifry is among that group. It's an indication of how URAHARA's theme of creativity can be downright bland when it's reiterated over and over like this.

Finally, it's time to say “Goodbye, Parfait” and shatter the illusion. Without the veil of imagination, Harajuku is looking pretty busted. But with the help of the Scoopers, Harajuku denizens, and the real Sayumin, we're led to believe it'll be back to normal in no time. I'm not entirely sure what the significance of the cat being trapped in the fantasy world with them means—maybe that their time wasn't wasted because not all of it was fake? I do have to give URAHARA kudos for making a wrecked Harajuku look just as lovely as the fantasy one. Even when the animation is choppy, like during the Ebifry fight, the show's most enduring consistency is the stylistic beauty of its art.

With that, URAHARA is done and dusted without even hinting at a second season. By the time this episode wraps up, everything has been explained, partly because of the show's slow pace and basic thematic message about creativity. The rest of the credit is due to the artists and animators who transformed URAHARA into such a pretty self-contained fantasy world that admittedly didn't have much going on under the surface.

Rating: C

URAHARA is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

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Akio Ohtsuka Reprises Role as Dimple in Live-Action Mob Psycho 100 Series

Series premieres on Netflix on January 12

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The official website for the live-action television series of ONE's Mob Psycho 100manga revealed on Friday that Akio Ohtsuka will reprise his role as Ekubo/Dimple in the live-action series. Ohtsuka played the character in the anime adaptation.

The rest of the cast includes:

Tatsuomi Hamada as the main character Mob

Kazuki Namioka as Reigen, Mob's master and a self-proclaimed psychic

Nogizaka46 member Yūki Yoda as Tsubomi, Mob's childhood friend whom he has a crush on

The series will premiere on Netflix on January 12, and will also premiere on TV Tokyo's "MokuDora 25" time slot on January 18. BS Japan will begin airing the series on January 23.

Kōichi Sakamoto, who is also working with Hamada on Ultraman Geed, is directing the show. Fuminori Kobayashi is serving as producer. Reiko Yoshida and Kei Kunii are penning the scripts.

The original manga creator ONE (One-Punch Man) launched the Mob Psycho 100 series on Ura Sundayin 2012 and later in Shogakukan's Manga ONE app in 2014, and it ended on Friday. Shogakukan published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on October 19.

The anime adaptation of ONE's original manga premiered in Japan in July 2016 and Crunchyrollstreamed the series with English subtitles as it aired in Japan. Funimation streamed an English dub for the anime last December.

Funimation describes the story:

Kageyama Shigeo (a.k.a. Mob) is an 8th grader with powerful psychic abilities. Working under his not-so-capable master, Reigen, Mob uses his powers to exorcise evil spirits. But his will to be normal causes him to suppress his powers and feelings until he hits 100 percent — a point where his pent-up emotions are unleased and a darker power takes over.

The manga is also inspiring a stage play starring voice actor Setsuo Ito reprising his role as Mob from the anime, and it will run from January 6-14. In addition, the anime will get an event centered on the character Reigen: it will include compilation screenings of the television anime with some new parts.

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Food Wars! The Third Plate Episode 12

At least we know why that specific reveal was left out of an earlier episode—Food Wars was saving it to end the season on. That's not entirely surprising, nor is it a particularly bad plan. For a split-cour series, there needs to be something sufficiently compelling to whet our appetites for the next half, and Tsukasa and Soma's impromptu pseudo-shokugeki wasn't quite enough.

Of course, that's partially because of how rushed it was. I don't always like to make comparisons with the source material, but there was some serious abbreviating this time that didn't do the storyline any favors. The manga gives this battle almost an entire volume when you add up the pages, so this much-streamlined version of events feels a little lackluster. In part this could be because the audience isn't likely to be familiar with the properties and flavors of venison—unless you live in a rural area, it's not a meat many people have sampled. (I find it usually just gives people gas; I'll take moose over venison any day.) Therefore, we're a little more in the dark than with some of the other main ingredients—I'd really have liked for the episode to go over venison and how to prepare it in more detail, such as we saw in season two with the turtle Hisako cooked.

Despite this, the reactions of the tasters—Megumi, Hisako, and Erina, who Soma knew were there all along—are particularly interesting and do a good job of highlighting the differences between Tsukasa's venison and Soma's. We've seen Food Wars use foodgasms to show us the nuances of people's reactions to a dish before; the most notable is the difference between a good meal and one of Soma's creepy experimental foods. That's largely gone away since season one, so it's nice to see how starkly different the girls' reactions are this time. Soma's dish causes the usual “violent” reaction that we see in the show—clothes explode off (except Tsukasa's which just sort of open) and there's a real sense of surprise on the part of the tasters, as if they weren't prepared for the flavors of Soma's cooking. When the girls eat Tsukasa's dish, however, they're transported to a gentle woodland paradise, clothed in translucent white dresses symbolic of purity when contrasted with the nakedness of their Soma reactions. The implication is that Tsukasa's cooking somehow tastes more natural, gentler on the tongue than Soma's surprising use of ingredients. While I would argue that both are valid cooking methods and that “gentle” doesn't always trump “surprising,” it makes sense given Totsuki and its history that Tsukasa would be declared the winner—even before Central, experimentation was looked at somewhat sideways.

The real takeaway here (before the big reveal at the end) is that Soma's cooking makes Tsukasa distinctly nervous. He's unpredictable, which is a detriment to the anxious chef himself, but also to the worldview espoused by Azami. Soma's dish forces Tsukasa to question his own views, and that's not something he's at all comfortable with. While he doesn't quite manage to express that to Azami, it's clear that it concerns him, which is likely to resurface at some point further down the line.

This may not have been the best episode of this season, but it does manage to wrap things up while still preparing us for more Food Wars fun in April. If nothing else, we can now see Erina as a wounded soul trying to cope the best she can rather than an irredeemable jerk, and the scene of all of the Polaris kids protecting her from her dad is heartwarming. How she'll change further knowing who Soma's dad is remains to be seen—but I'd wager that her father has no idea what he's in for now that Erina is finding her own voice.

Rating: B-

Food Wars! The Third Plate is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

source:- Anime News Network

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The 9 Romance Anime to Watch During the Spring 2017 Season

Romance fans will have their hearts fluttering during the Spring 2017 season! There looks to be a fun variety of romance anime – from rom-coms to drama and even a few harems! Let’s take a look at the romance lineup.

1Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭ (Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ♭)

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Premier: April 14

Quick pitch: The story will pick up where season 1 left off, and continue the awkward relationships of the members of Blessing Software as they try to create a visual novel

2Clockwork Planet

Studio: Xebec

Premier: April 7

Quick pitch: Naoto Miura is a high school dropout that spends his days tinkering with machines. One day, a black box crashes into his home and he discovers a female automaton inside it. This chance encounter sets off a string of events that may change the world.

3Eromanga-sensei

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Premier: TBD April

Quick pitch: Masamune Izumi is light novel author in high school, and he feels people only read his stories because of the illustrations from “Eromanga.” Despite never meeting the artist, Masamune knows the person is reliable, if not perverted…until he discovers that his step-sister has been his secret illustrator the whole time.

4Busou Shoujo Machiavellism (Armed Girl’s Machiavellism)

Studio: Silver Link

Premier: April 5

Quick pitch: The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally an all-girl school. After becoming co-ed, the girls were permitted to carry weapons out of fear of being harassed by boys. The tradition has stuck for generations, and now troubled boys are sent to school to be punished by “The Supreme Five Swords.”

5Renai Boukun (Love Tyrant)

Studio: EMT²

Premier: April 7

Quick pitch: The Kiss Note. This powerful notebook has the power to create couples if a person’s name is written in it and they kiss someone. Guri is a cupid, and she uses this item to get others to fall in love. But she accidentally writes Seiji’s name down, and unless he kisses someone, Guri will die. Guri convinces Seiji to kiss his crush Hiyama, but she turns out to be a psychotic yandere. Seiji’s world is turned into chaos as Guri also confesses her feelings to him.

6Tsuki ga Kirei (The Moon is Beautiful)

Studio: feel

Premier: TBD April

Quick pitch: Akane Mizuno and Kotarō are third-year students at junior high school, and are becoming classmates for the first time. Along with Chinatsu Nishio and Takumi Hira, the group of friends will rely on each other to overcome the challenges they face as third-year students.

7Fukumenkei Noise

Studio: Brain’s Base

Premier: April 11

Quick pitch: Nino Arisugawa loves to sing, and made a promise to Momo Sakaki and Kanade Yuzuriha that she will find her voice. But, the three childhood friends went their separate ways, only to be re-united in high school. Nino still loves to sing, and is interesting in the world of band clubs.

8Souryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni…

Studio: Not revealed

Premier: April 3

Quick pitch: Mio reunites with Kujō at a class reunion. Old feelings start to rekindle, but Mio learns the Kujō has taken over his family’s temple as a priest. She thought priests were forbidden from romantic relationships, but the two can’t fight their passion for long.

9Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys

Studio: A-REAL / Project No.9

Premier: April 12

Quick pitch: Hinako Nakayama has spent most of her life being raised in state-run orphanages. When entering high school, she meets a boy named Hikaru, and he claims to be her twin brother. He reveals that they are the children of the head of the Onigashima yakuza family, and he begs Hinako to take his place at Shishiku Academy. The only problem is that it’s an all-boy academy that is home to Japan’s toughest delinquents.

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