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Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for One Piece Film Gold

Keith Silverstein plays Tesoro for film opening in U.S./Canadian theaters next month

FUNimation Entertainment announced the English dub cast for One Piece Film Gold on Thursday. The company also began streaming an English-dubbed trailer.

The cast — under ADR director Joel McDonald, ADR scriptwriter Clint Bickham, and ADR engineer Matt Grounds — includes:

• Colleen Clinkenbeard as Luffy
• Christopher R. Sabat as Zoro
• Luci Christian as Nami
• Sonny Strait as Usopp
• Eric Vale as Sanji
• Brina Palencia as Chopper
• Stephanie Young as Robin
• Patrick Seitz as Franky
• Ian Sinclair as Brook
• Keith Silverstein as Tesoro
• Michele Knotz as Carina
• Amber Lee Connors as Baccarat
• Daman Mills as Tanaka
• Tyson Rinehart as Dice

Funimation will release the film in theaters in the United States and Canada from January 10-17. Funimation's official website for film lists that the film will be “presented in English Dub.” The website doesn't mention English-subtitled screenings.

Funimation describes the film:

The Straw Hat pirates are hitting the big screen once again in an all-new high-flying adventure! The popular series that has captivated fans all over the world unfolds a new saga in the highly anticipated movie, One Piece Film Gold.

The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuary for the world's most infamous pirates, Marines, and filthy rich millionaires. Drawn by dreams of hitting the jackpot, Captain Luffy and his crew sail straight for the gold. But behind the gilded curtains lies a powerful king whose deep pockets and deeper ambitions spell disaster for the Straw Hats and the New World alike.

One Piece Film Gold opened in Japan on July 23. As of September 8, the film had earned 5,007,520,000 yen (about US$48.8 million) at the Japanese box office. The film earned 69,630,000 yuan (about US$10.1 million) at the Chinese box office in its first three days. The anime film opened in China on November 11. These box office earnings are the most any Japanese film has grossed in its first three days in China in 2016.

Original manga creator Eiichiro Oda served as the film's executive producer and was credited with the original work. Oda also served as the executive producer for the previous film in the franchise, One Piece Film Z. Additionally, Oda designed the various new costumes for the Straw Hat crew for the film, drew the rough drafts for the new characters, and also drew the film's first visual (pictured on the right).

Hiroaki Miyamoto (One Piece episodes 352-679, assistant director for One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island) directed 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) wrote the script. Masayuki Sato designed the characters for animation, and also served as chief animation director. Kazuo Ogura was the art director, while Nobuhito Sue was credited for art setting.

Sony Reveals Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Game for 2017 (Updated)

Ultimate Marvel vs. CAPCOM 3 also comes to PS4 on Saturday

Sony's Saturday keynote for the PlayStation Experience 2016 event revealed that CAPCOM will offer its Marvel vs. CAPCOM Infinite game next year. The event debuted a teaser video that featured CAPCOM's Ryu and Mega Man X, as well as Marvel's Iron Man and Captain Marvel. CAPCOM will preview gameplay footage during the CAPCOM Cup tournament for Street Fighter V later on Saturday.

Sony then announced that Ultimate Marvel vs. CAPCOM 3 will be available on PlayStation 4 starting on Saturday.

My Hero Academia Anime Previews 2nd Season in 1st Promo Video

Trailer previews U.A. Sports Festival arc

The official website for the My Hero Academia anime series began streaming the first promotional video on Sunday for the anime's second season.

The anime had announced a second season in June. The new season will cover the U.A. Sports Festival arc of Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga.

The anime's first season of 13 episodes premiered on the MBS /TBS channel on April 3. Funimation streamed the series in Japanese with English subtitles in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland as it aired in Japan. The company also streamed a Broadcast Dub.

Horikoshi's original manga also inspired an event anime that screened in Tokyo on November 27 and then in four other Japanese cities on Saturday. The anime will ship on DVD in Japan with a limited edition of the 13th volume the manga on April 4.

Horikoshi launched the superhero manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump in July 2014, and Shueisha published the 11th compiled volume in Japan on November 4. Viz Media is publishing the manga digitally in its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and in print. The company released the manga's sixth compiled volume in English on November 1.

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Toriko Gourmet Battle Manga Heads Toward 'Climax' on November 14

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro launched manga in 2008; Viz publishes manga in English

This year's 49th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro 's Toriko manga will publish a "climax" chapter in the magazine's 50th issue, which Shueisha will publish on November 14. The word "climax" written in the phonetic katakana alphabet often refers to the final chapter of a manga. The expanded "full course" chapter will have 31 pages.

Viz Media publishes the manga in North America, and it describes the manga:

In a savage world ruled by the pursuit of the most delicious foods, it's either eat or be eaten!

Gourmet Hunter Toriko! This is the great era of gourmet food! And only Toriko can hunt down the ferocious ingredients that supply the world's best restaurants. As a gourmet hunter, Toriko tracks and defeats the tastiest and most dangerous animals with his bare hands.

Shimabukuro launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2008, and Shueisha published the manga's 41st compiled book volume on October 4. Viz Media publishes new chapters of the manga digitally simultaneously with the Japanese release in its digital English version of the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and also published the manga's 35th volume on August 2.

Bleach Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2018 Starring Sōta Fukushi

Live-action Gantz film's Shinsuke Sato directs film

This year's 38th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Tite Kubo's Bleach manga is getting a live-action film adaptation that will open in Japan in 2018. Sōta Fukushi (live-action Toshokan Sensō/Library Wars' Hikaru Tezuka, live-action Strobe Edge's Ren Ichinose, live-action Kami-sama no Iu Toori's Shun Takahata) will star in the film as Ichigo Kurosaki, and Shinsuke Sato (live-action Gantz, Gantz II: Perfect Answer films, Oblivion Island anime film) is directing the film.

Shueisha is publishing Bleach's final chapter in the 38th issue on Monday. The combined 36th-37th issue had teased on August 8 that the 38th issue would have an "important announcement" for Bleach.

Bleach entered its final story arc in February 2012. The manga's 73rd volume then announced that the 74th volume will be the final volume.

Kubo launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001, and Shueisha published the manga's 73rd volume on July 4. Viz Media is publishing the manga in North America digitally in English as new chapters are published in Japan. The company is also publishing the manga in print and published the 67th volume on July 5.

The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that ran for 366 episodes from 2004 to 2012. Viz Media obtained the television and home video rights to the anime in 2006. The series premiered with an English dub on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block that same year, and eventually aired all the episodes by 2014. Viz Media announced in June that it will release the television anime series on Blu-ray Disc, and the first volume shipped on July 19.

The manga has also inspired four anime films, a series of novels, and several video games. A series of stage musical adaptations launched in 2005, with the latest entry finishing its run on August 4.

Reviews chapter 38 of Pokemon XYZ Ash ketchum the second place is the first loser

                                             After weeks of wait for the chapter 38 of Pokemon XY&Z this Thursday is revealed the ending of the battle between Ash Vs Alan begins with Charizard beating Pikachu then ash changes for Goodra and Alan for Bisharp and then Goodra lose the fight ash brings greninja and defeat Bisharp then Alan pulls out his last pokemon Charizard and the final battle and the final battle begins greninja with an advantage then charizard matches but never with a clear advantage and then the final attack with greninja  golden   shuriken  and charizard blast burn and greninja begins to faints and alan wins the battle. They give the trophy to alan and starts the attack of teamflare but at this point no one who is seeing the chapter care about it.

                                   This chapter was disappointing at least, the final battle was good but it was not the best do not even compared to the previous chapter. What bothers most is not to lose but how much the creator of pokemon effort to deceive the public in which ash would win the league kalos as reveal the titles of the chapters with ash champion and fighting the elite four. To the creators of pokemon take the trophy that you gave alan make a 3D print and enter it where sunlight does not reach

Viz Media Licenses Sweet Blue Flowers, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Queen's Quality Manga

Queen's Quality is sequel to Kyousuke Motomi's QQ Sweeper manga

Anime News Network's Otakon 2016 news coverage sponsored by Yen Press. 

Viz Media announced at its Otakon panel on Friday that it has licensed Takako Shimura's Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana), Akira Himekawa's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Kyousuke Motomi's Queen's Quality (Queens Quality) manga.

Viz Media will release Sweet Blue Flowers in 2-in-1 omnibus editions with a new translation.

Shimura (Wandering Son) launched the manga in 2004 and ended the series in 2013. Ohta Books published the manga in eight compiled volumes.

Digital Manga, Inc. previously licensed the manga and released the first volume digitally in 2014. The online manga service JManga also began releasing Sweet Blue Flowers before ending service in 2013.

Viz Media describes the story:

Fumi Manjoume, an introverted, bookish teenage girl, is beginning her first year of high school at Matsuoka Girls' High School. She enters the school year with her heart broken by a previous relationship. At about the same time, she reconnects with her best friend from ten years ago, Akira Okudaira, who is now attending Fujigatani Girls' Academy as a first-year high school student. As they reconnect, they both deal with their own respective romantic problems, and help each other get through them.

An anime adaptation premiered in 2009, and Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. Right Stuf released the series on DVD in 2012.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is slated for March 2017. Manga creator duo Himekawa launched the Twilight Princess manga in Shogakukan's MangaONE app on February 8, where it serializes every other week. Twilight Princess marks the pair's return to drawing The Legend of Zelda manga after an eight-year hiatus. Shogakukan published the first volume of the manga in Japan on June 24.

Himekawa previously stated in May that Viz would publish the manga in English, but Viz was not able to confirm the license at the time.

Himekawa serialized The Legend of Zelda manga series from 1998 to 2008. The duo drew a prologue to The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword game in 2011.

Viz Media will also publish Himekawa's The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2 manga in English on November 1. The Legend Of Zelda: Legendary Edition is a new series of two-in-one releases of the pair's The Legend of Zelda manga. Each of the five omnibus volumes will contain two volumes of the original series with new covers, colored artwork, and a larger printing format. Viz Media previously published all 10 volumes in the series in singular volumes.

Viz Media will debut Queen's Quality in 2017. The manga is a sequel to Motomi's earlier QQ Sweeper manga, but according to Viz Media the story can stand alone. Motomi (Dengeki Daisy) began the ongoing series in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine in July 2015, shortly after ending QQ Sweeper in the same magazine. Shogakukan published the second compiled volume in June.

Viz Media describes the story:

When the secret of the girl who was sealed is unlocked, her monochrome daily life is transformed into a vivid one. Those two from QQ Sweeper will develop in a new battle, a new stage, and a new love!!

Viz Media's Shojo Beat licensed QQ Sweeper and published the third and final compiled volume in June.

2016 Berserk Anime Listed at 12 Episodes

The official website for Berserk's anime series listed two Blu-ray Disc boxsets for the series with a total of 12 episodes.

The first Blu-ray Disc box will ship on October 28 with the first six episodes, a script and storyboard booklet, a package drawn by character designer Hisashi Abe, and a soundtrack alternate takes CD. The second Blu-ray Disc box will ship on December 21 with episodes #7-12 and bonus items that have not yet been revealed. Both sets are priced at 22,500 yen (about about US$222),

The anime began streaming on Crunchyroll in July and 6 episodes have aired so far. It has also been aired on MBS, TBS, and CBC.

The anime adapts Kentarou Miura's dark fantasy manga of the same name. Miura himself is serving as executive supervisor for the series. Shin Itagaki (Basquash!, Ben-To, Teekyū) is directing the anime. Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Ōsama-tachi no Viking, Yuruyuri San Hai!) is supervising the series scripts in collaboration with Takashi Yamashita(Cencoroll). Hisashi Abe (Pet Shop of Horrors, Gunslinger Girl, Chobits) is designing the characters. Shiro Sagisu (Berserk films, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Megazone 23) is composing the music. LIDEN FILMS is credited for production, while GEMBA and Millepensee are credited for animation production.

Pokémon Sun & Moon Games' English Team Skull Reveal Trailer Streamed

The official YouTube channel for the Pokémon Company International began streaming a new English trailer for the upcoming Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games on Thursday. The trailer reveals the the same information as the earlier Japanese trailer, but also includes the official English names of the newly revealed Pokémon and characters.

The video introduces the "ruffians" on Alola, who operate under the name Team Skull. Members of the team include Team Skull's "big sister" Plumeria and the boss Guzma. The video also reveals new Pokémon and new Alola versions of familiar Pokémon. Meowth, Marowak, and Raichu are all getting Alola versions in the new game. The new Alola Meowth is a dark-type Pokémon, the new Alola Marowak is a fire- and ghost-type Pokémon, and the new Alola Raichu is an electric- and psychic-type Pokémon.

The other new Pokémon introduced in the trailer include (in the order they're introduced in the above video):

Morelull, a fairy- and grass-type Pokémon

Wishiwashi, a water-type Pokémon who has both a solo and a school form

Pyukumuku, a water-type Pokémon

A manga adaptation of the game will premiere in the October issue of Shogakukan's Coro Coro Comics magazine on September 15. A preview of the manga will run in the September issue on Friday.

The games will debut in Japan and North America on November 18, followed by Europe on November 23. The three Starter Pokémon (pictured below) are: the Grass-type Rowlet (Mokuroh in Japan), the Fire-type Litten (Nyabby), and the Water-type Popplio (Ashimari).

The games' new Legendary Pokémon include Solgaleo and Lunala (pictured below):

The games will be available on the Nintendo 3DS worldwide in Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, and — unlike in the previous generation — Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Players can choose their preferred language when they launch each game.

2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon game franchise.

Funimation Reveals Dub Casts For Overlord, Shimoneta, 1st Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film, 6th Hetalia Season

Company also reveals upcoming home video release schedule

Anime News Network's Otakon 2016 news coverage sponsored by Yen Press. 

FUNimation Entertainment announced the English dub casts at its panel at Otakon on Friday for the Overlord and SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist television anime series, Hetalia The World Twinkle (season 6) anime series, and the first live-action Rurouni Kenshin film.

The dub cast for the Overlord television anime series, under ADR director Kyle Phillips, ADR engineers Jeremy Woods and Domonique French, lead writer Josh Grelle, and mix engineer Andrew Tipps, includes:

• Chris Guerrero as Ains Ooal Gown/Momonga
• Elizabeth Maxwell as Albedo
• Felecia Angelle as Shalltear Bloodfallen
• Anastasia Munoz as Narberal Gamma
• Jill Harris as Aura Bella Fiora
• Megan Shipman as Mare Bello Fiore
• Jeff Johnson as Demiurge
• Ed Blaylock as Sebas Tian
• Bryan Massey as Cocytus
• Mikaela Krantz as Clementine
• Brad Venable as Khajit Dale Badantel
• Ray Hurd as Gazef Stronoff
• Morgan Berry as Nphirea Balear
• Heather Walker as Hamusuke
• Clifford Chapin as Peter Mork
• Ben Phillips as Dyne Woodwonder
• Christopher Wehkamp as Lukrut Volve
• Lara Woodhull as Ninya

Funimation will release the complete series on a DVD and Blu-ray Disc combo pack on November 8.

The dub cast for SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist is as follows:

• Jamie Marchi as Ayame
• Josh Grelle as Tanukichi
• David Wald as Goriki
• Monica Rial as Anna
• Brittney Karbowski as Otome
• Lara Woodhull as Kosuri
• Mikaels Krantz as Hyoka
• Anthony Bowling as White Peak
• Christopher Sabat as Narrator/Base Black

Funimation will release the series on a DVD and Blu-ray Disc combo pack on November 29.

Funimation's new dub cast for Hetalia The World Twinkle includes:

• Taliesin Jaffe as Britain
• Cris George as Molossia
• David Matranga as Hutt River
• Clifford Chapin as Kugelmugel
• Justin Briner as Ladonia
• Dallas Reid as Republic of Niko-Niko
• Colleen Clinkenbeard as Monaco
• M. Kyle Maitland as Cameroon
• Dallas Reid as Davie

Funimation will release the series on DVD on November 8.

The dub cast for Rurouni Kenshin, under ADR directors Zach Bolton and Joel McDonald and ADR engineers Cris George and Peter Hawkinson, is as follows:

• Micah Solusod as Kenshin Himura
• Alexis Tipton as Kaoru Kamiya
• Eric Vale as Sanosuke Sagara
• Trina Nishimura as Megumi Takani
• Alison Viktorin as Yahiko Myojin
• Robert McCollum as Hajime Saito
• John Swasey as Jin'e Udo
• Josh Grelle as Gein
• MARCUS STIMAC as Banjin Inui
• Kent Williams as Aritomo Yamagata
• J. Michael Tatum as Kanryu Takeda

Funimation will release the first film under the title Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on November 1. The film screened in theaters in the United States on August 8-10.

Funimation also highlighted its recent and upcoming home video release lineup:

• World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman (August 2)
• Absolute Duo (August 9)
• Barakamon (August 9)
• Assassination Classroom (Season 1 Part 2, August 16)
• Blood Blockade Battlefront (August 16)
• High School DxD BorN (September 6)
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (October 4)
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (October 4)
• 1st live-action Attack on Titan film (October 4)
• The Vision of Escaflowne and Escaflowne: The Movie (October 18)
• Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (November 1)
• Ergo Proxy (Blu-ray Disc only, November 1)
• Snow White with the Red Hair (November 1)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Season 1 Part 2, November 8)
• Psychic School Wars (November 1)
• Hetalia The World Twinkle (DVD only, November 8)
• Omamori Himari (DVD only, November 8)
• Sky Wizards Academy (November 8)
• Sword of the Stranger (November 8)
• Overlord (November 8)
• Castle Town Dandelion (November 15)
• Chaos Dragon (November 15)
• Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Season 1 Part 1, November 15)
• Aquarion Logos (Part 1, November 22)
• Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun (DVD only, November 22)
• One Piece (Season 8 Voyage 4 on DVD, November 22)
• Prison School (November 22)
• Summer Wars Collector's Edition (November 22, features art book, concept art, interviews, behind-the-scenes videos)
• Death Parade (November 29)
• Heavy Object (Part 1, November 29)
• SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (November 29)
• Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (entire OVA series, in early 2017)

Additionally, Funimation announced that it launched a new anime recommendation show on Friday titled "Anime Gateways."

New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 24-30

3 Tokyo Ghoul volumes, One-Punch Man, Haikyu!!, Akame ga KILL!, Prison School, My Hero Academia, Fairy Tail Zero, Monster Musume: I ♥ Monster Girls

The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on July 30.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Publisher	Weeks on List	Cover
1	3	Tokyo Ghoul #1	Sui Ishida	Viz Media	56
2	1	One-Punch Man #1	Story: ONE / Art: Yuusuke Murata	Viz Media	48
3	5	Haikyu!! #1	Haruichi Furudate	Viz Media	4
4	-	Akame ga KILL! #7	Story: Takahiro / Art:Tetsuya Tashiro	Yen Press	1
5	-	Prison School #4	Akira Hiramoto	Yen Press	1
6	-	My Hero Academia #4	Kōhei Horikoshi	Viz Media	5
7	-	Tokyo Ghoul #2	Sui Ishida	Viz Media	34
8	10	Fairy Tail Zero	Hiro Mashima	Kodansha Comics	2
9	8	Monster Musume: I ♥ Monster Girls #2	Anthology	Seven Seas Entertainment	2
10	4	Tokyo Ghoul #7	Akiko Higashimura	Kodansha Comics	6

Pokémon Go Banned in Iran Due to 'Security Concerns'

Iranian authorities reportedly had conditions for game's launch

BBC News reported on Friday that Iran's official body overseeing online activity, the High Council of Virtual Spaces, has banned the smartphone app Pokémon Go due to "security concerns."

The game has not officially launched in Iran, though Iranians on social media have discussed playing Pokémon Go.

According to a report written by the Islamic Dissemination Organisation's Mehr News Agency and translated by anti-censorship blog Global Voices Advox, Iran's National Foundation for Computer Games (NFCG) told the developers of Pokémon Go that the NFCG would filter the game before it would allow it to launch in Iran. NFCG director Hasan Karimi Ghodosi said there would be two conditions: that the game's server be located in Iran and that locations in the game be coordinated in advance with the NFCG.

Iran is the first country to ban the app, though a Saudi cleric previously claimed a 16-year-old fatwa (religious ruling) against the Pokémon card game should apply to Pokémon Go as well. New York state has banned registered sex offenders from playing the game.

The Pokémon Go app launched in select countries including the United States on July 6, and has since launched in more than 50 countries.

'MyJump' Customizable Manga Subscription App Launches, Video Previews Streamed

Users can read a selection from 200+ titles from Shonen Jump's history

Shueisha launched its MyJump smartphone app in Japan on Monday, and streamed introduction videos. The first video explains that the app allows readers to select which manga they would like to read from the history of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump.

The app has two different modes: "Weekly MyJump" and "MyJump Best." In "Weekly MyJump," users can subscribe to weekly chapters of several manga of their choosing. In "MyJump Best," users can collect their favorite manga chapters.

"Weekly MyJump" will have a fixed monthly subscription fee. The first month is free, and then users will pay 480 yen (US$4.71) a month if they want 10 titles per issue or 840 yen (US$8.25) a month if they want 20 titles per issue. The app will also offer new free manga daily. The app's library has more than 200 titles.

Users can also share their "MyJump Best" with others, though sharing is limited based on the subscription plan.

Shueisha also streamed promotional videos featuring various celebrities discussing what they are reading in their MyJump apps.

Singer Kaela Kimura:

Actor Kentaro Sakaguchi (live-action Umimachi Diary, My Love Story!!):

Actor Kendo Kobayashi (live-action Yatterman):

Dragon Ball's Akira Toriyama designed the app's official mascot characters Mai and Honbot.

The app is available for Android devices but has not yet launched for iOS as of press time.

Magi Manga Is Halfway Through Final Arc

Fantasy manga entered final arc last October

Manga creator Shinobu Ohtaka revealed in a post on the Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine's website on Wednesday that her Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic manga is halfway through its final arc.

The manga had entered its final arc last October.

Ohtaka's manga re-imagines characters from the classic story One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights). Ohtaka launched the manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in 2009, and Shogakukan published the manga's 30th compiled book volume (seen right) on July 15. Viz Media is releasing the manga in North America, and it published the 18th compiled book volume on June 14.

Aniplex USA licensed both television anime adaptations and released the series on DVD.

Yoshifumi Ōtera is also serializing the Magi: Adventure of Sinbad spinoff manga in Shogakukan's "Ura Sunday" webcomic site. The manga has been adapted into five OVAs bundled with special editions of the manga's compiled book volumes, as well as a television anime which premiered on television on April 15, and later on Netflix on July 14. Shogakukan shipped the manga's 10th compiled book volume on May 18.

Bleach Manga to End on August 22 With 'Important Announcement'

Manga launched in 2001, inspired TV anime, films, video games, rock musicals

This year's combined 36th/37th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Tite Kubo will publish the final Bleach manga chapter in the magazine's next issue, which Shueisha will ship on August 22. The next issue will also have an "important announcement."

The manga entered its final story arc in February 2012. The manga's 73rd volume then announced that the 74th volume will be the final volume. Hisashi Sasaki, the former editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Jump and the current Vice President for Global Shonen Jump at Viz, revealed four weeks ago that the manga will end in less than 10 weeks. The magazine announced on Monday that the manga would enter its "climax" in the next two chapters.

Kubo launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001, and Shueisha published the manga's 73rd volume (seen right) on July 4. Viz Media is publishing the manga in North America digitally in English as new chapters are published in Japan. The company is also publishing the manga in print; it published the 66th volume on March 1, and published the 67th volume on Friday, July 5.

The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that ran for 366 episodes from 2004 to 2012. Viz Media obtained the television and home video rights to the anime in 2006. The series premiered with an English dub in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim that same year, and eventually aired all the episodes by 2014. Viz Media announced in June that it will release the television anime series on Blu-ray Disc, and the first volume shipped on July 19/

The manga has also inspired four anime films, a series of novels, and several video games. A series of stage musical adaptations launched in 2005, with the latest entry currently running until Thursday, August 4.

Lawsuit Filed Against Pokémon Go Developers

Plaintiff claims game entices trespassing on private property

New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic Labs on Monday, claiming that the game Pokémon Go entices players to trespass by placing Pokéstops and gyms on private property without the owners' permission. The lawsuit seeks compensation and a change in the game's practices.

The lawsuit states that, since the game's launch, Marder has seen strangers loitering around his house with their phones, and that "at least five individuals" have knocked on his door to request access to his yard in order to catch Pokémon.

The lawsuit also cites other cases similar to Marder's, as well as the placement of Pokéstops at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The museum is one of several sites that have requested their locations be removed from the game.

Niantic's game update last weekend added safety warnings and advisories against trespassing.

Digimon Adventure tri. Films' English Dub Casts Vic Mignogna as Matt, Kirk Thornton as Gabumon

Thornton returns from original series dub

Film distribution company Eleven Arts announced a fourth round of voice actors for the English dub of the Digimon Adventure tri. – Chapter 1: Reunion anime film on Wednesday. The cast members are:

• Vic Mignogna as Matt
• Kirk Thornton as Gabumon, Garurumon (returning)

Previously announced cast members include:

• Mona Marshall as Izzy (returning)
• Jeff Nimoy as Tentomon, Kabuterimon (returning)
• Cristina Vee as Meiko Mochizuki
• Kate Higgins as Meicoomon
• Robbie Daymond as Joe
• R. Martin Klein as Gomamon (returning)
• Philece Sampler as Mimi (returning)
• Anna Garduno as Palmon (returning)
• Mari Devon as Togemon (returning)
• Doug Erholtz as Nishijima
• Johnny Yong Bosch as T.K.
• Laura Summer as Patamon (returning)
• Dave Mallow as Angemon (returning)
• Tara Sands as Kari
• Kate Higgins as Gatomon, Himekawa

In addition, voice actress Colleen O'Shaughnessy hinted earlier this month that she is also working on the English dub. O'Shaughnessy previously voiced the character Sora Takenouchi in the original Digimon Adventure anime, as well as other Digimon anime.

While several of the cast members are returning from Digimon Adventure, Daymond is replacing Michael Lindsay as Joe, Higgins is replacing Edie Mirman as Gatomon, Bosch is replacing Wendee Lee and Doug Erholtz (Digimon Adventure 02) as T.K., Sands is replacing Lara Jill Miller as Kari, and Mignogna is replacing Michael Reisz as Matt.

Eleven Arts and Toei Animation will release the English language version of Digimon Adventure tri. – Chapter 1: Reunion in theaters in the United States as a one-night Fathom Events screening in nearly 400 theaters on September 15. It will be followed by a national theatrical release in major cities.

The Digimon Adventure tri. project, which celebrates the 15th anniversary of Digimon Adventure (the first entry in the series), will have a total of six films. While the anime's human characters have a completely different Japanese voice cast from the original Digimon Adventure, the Digimon partners feature the same Japanese cast.

The first film, Digimon Adventure tri. Saikai (Reunion), opened in Japanese theaters last November, and Crunchyroll began streaming the film on the same day as four episodes. The second film, Digimon Adventure tri. Ketsui (Determination), opened in Japan on March 12 for a three-week run in theaters in Japan. Crunchyroll began streaming the film as four episodes on March 11.

The third film, Digimon Adventure tri. Kokuhaku, will open in Japan for three weeks on September 24, and will be available for paid streaming in Japan on the same day. The Blu-ray Disc of the film will be on sale at theaters on the same day, and the general release on Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be on November 2.

Naruto Epilogue Novels Get TV Anime This Winter

Shikamaru, Konoha, & Sasuke's Stories animated

The wraparound jacket band on Shō Hinata's Naruto Konoha Shinden Yukemuri Ninpō-chō novel volume is announcing on Thursday that a television anime adaptation of three Naruto Hiden/Shinden (Hidden Story/True Story) epilogue stories will air this coming winter. The television anime will adapt Takashi Yano's Shikamaru Hiden (Shikamaru's Story, pictured right), Hinata's Konoha Hiden (Konoha's [Hidden] Story, pictured below left), and Shin Towasa's Sasuke Shinden (Sasuke's Story, pictured below right). Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will reveal more information.

Since Masashi Kishimoto ended the main Naruto ninja manga in November 2014, Shueisha has published at least 10 novel volumes based on the franchise. There are six volumes in the Hiden (Hidden Story) series so far, and each volume revolves around a different character or characters (Kakashi, Shikamaru, Gaara, Sakura, the Akatsuki organization, and other ninja in Konoha). Viz Media has published Naruto: Kakashi's Story, Naruto: Shikamaru's Story, and Naruto: Sakura's Story.

The Shinden novel series contains three volumes so far. The two Itachi Shinden volumes shipped last year and inspired this year's arc of the Naruto Shippūden television anime series. Shueisha published Sasuke Shinden volume last year, and Viz plans to publish it as Naruto: Sasuke's Story - Sunrise next spring. Shueisha also published the Naruto: Dojunjō Ninden (Naruto: The Tale of the Utterly Purehearted Shinobi) volume last August.

Mashable: Willem Dafoe to Play Ryuk in Netflix's Live-Action Death Note

Film to premiere streaming in 2017

Media news website Mashable reported on Tuesday that actor Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man, Justice League) will voice Ryuk in Netlfix's live-action Death Note film.

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The film will premiere via streaming on Netflix in 2017.

The rest of the cast includes:

Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) as Light Turner

Keith Stanfield (Short Term 12, Straight Outta Compton) as L

Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers) as Mia Sutton

Paul Nakauchi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) as Watari

Shea Whigham (Boardwalk Empire) as James Turner

Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next) has signed on to direct the film, and Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) penned a recent draft of the script.

Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee (Dark Water, The Lake House, Shutter), Lin Pictures' Dan Lin (This Side of the Truth, Sherlock Holmes, The Lego Movie), Viz Productions' Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow), and actor Masi Oka (Heroes, Hawaii Five-0) are producers. Doug Davison (Dark Water, The Grudge, The Lake House) and Brian Witten (Dark City, American History X, Final Destination) are executive producers, and Niija Kuykendall and Nik Mavinkurve had been overseeing the project for Warner.

In Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's original 2003-2006 supernatural suspense manga, teenager Light Yagami finds a notebook with which he can put people to death by writing their names. He begins a self-anointed crusade against the criminals of the world, and a cat-and-mouse game begins with the authorities and one idiosyncratic genius detective.

In addition to the 2006 television anime adaptation and tie-in specials, Death Note also received a Japanese live-action film adaptation in 2006, with a sequel titled Death Note: The Last Name, and a spinoff titled L change the WorLd in 2008. A live-action television series adaptation premiered last July, and ended last September. A new film titled Death Note: Light up the NEW world, described as a "forbidden sequel" to the first live-action film, is set to open in Japan on October 29. The manga also inspired a stage musical by Broadway veterans in 2014. Viz released the manga, Japanese live-action films, anime, and other tie-in projects in North America, and Crunchyroll streamed the live-action television series.

Sword Art Online Gets Live-Action American TV Series

Laeta Kalogridis to write script; production company also plans VR experience

American independent production company Skydance Television announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the global live-action television rights for the Sword Art Online (SAO) franchise from Kadokawa.

The company plans to fast-track the launch of a live-action television series. Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Terminator Genisys) is writing the script and executive producing along with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross of Skydance. Kalogridis, who also penned drafts for the live-action Alita: Battle Angel and Ghost in the Shell films, mentioned that she has "for years... been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the SAO franchise."

Skydance Interactive is also planning a Sword Art Online virtual reality experience after the television series. Skydance Media CEO Ellison said the company is planning "a full-scale and wide-ranging set of live action franchise extensions across our business verticals."

Reki Kawahara's original Sword Art Online light novel series has two television anime adaptations, an anime special, and an upcoming anime film. It has also inspired multiple manga series, games, and a virtual reality demonstration in Japan.

The story revolves around a boy named Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya who enters a virtual-reality, massively multi-player online (MMO) world called "Sword Art Online." There is no escape from this world unless the player clears the game, but "game over" means the death of the player.

Aniplex of America releases the anime in North America and Yen Press publishes the light novels and manga.