Naruto Shippūden Anime Reveals Visual For New Arc Starting in May
New arc to feature "final decisive battle" between Team 7, Kaguya
Tokyo TV's official website for the Naruto Shippūden television anime series revealed a new visual on Monday for the series. The visual is for the new arc of the series that will start in May.
The combined 21st and 22nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine provided more details on Monday regarding the new arc. The issue confirmed that the new arc will go back to material based on Masashi Kishimoto's original manga, featuring the "final decisive battle" between the original Team 7 and Kaguya.
Asian Kung-Fu Generation will perform a new opening theme song titled "Blood Circulator" for the series starting in May.
The anime started its airing of the Naruto Shippūden: Itachi Shinden-hen: Hikari to Yami arc on March 3. The arc adapts Takashi Yano's two-volume Naruto spinoff novels Itachi Shinden, which tell the story of Itachi before the start of the manga.
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming a longer version of the second trailer for the Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization game on Monday. The trailer reveals that the game will ship in Japan for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on October 27.
Both the PS4 and PS Vita editions will be available in regular and limited editions. The limited editions will include box art illustrated by abec, a soundtrack CD, special contents Blu-ray disc, extra package for the Blu-ray and CD, "Dengeki Nerve Gear vol.4" pamphlet, and mini clear posters.
The official website also added character visuals for Philia and Strea.
The staff previously revealed the game's new character, who is an NPC named Premiere and voiced by Yuiko Tatsumi (The irregular at magic high school's Shizuku Kitayama).
The game's official website describes her as follows:
A mysterious girl. Does she have any interests? Expressionless, she stares fixedly at Kirito from afar and leaves a message for Kirito and his friends.
Bandai Namco Entertainment will release the game in the Americas and Europe in fall. The game will feature Japanese voices with English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish text. Bandai Namco Entertainment previously streamed an English trailer for the game in December.
New Cardcaptor Sakura Manga Is Sequel Launching in June
Series takes place in Sakura's 1st year of junior high school
The June issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine is announcing on Saturday that the members of the creative team CLAMP are launching the new Cardcaptor Sakura sequel manga series in the magazine's July issue on June 3. The manga will take place after titular character Sakura graduates from Tomoeda Elementary School, in her first year of junior high school. Sakura sees a mysterious dream, and an incident takes place.
The magazine notes that the manga series has sold over 12 million copies.
The magazine announced last month that CLAMP will publish a new manga in the franchise.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the original manga. NHK's BS Premium began re-running the Clow Card arc of the Cardcaptor Sakura anime on April 6. A book compiling previously published illustrations shipped on March 24. Six Animate Cafés in Japan began hosting a Cardcaptor Sakura theme starting on April 1.
The original Cardcaptor Sakura magical girl manga series ran in Nakayoshi from May 1996 to June 2000, and Kodansha published 12 volumes of the manga from November 1996 to July 2000. Tokyopop released the series in English in two editions, and Dark Horse Comics released the series in omnibus format.
An anime series produced by Madhouse aired in Japan from April 1998 to March 2000. A film titled Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie premiered in Japan in 1999, and Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card followed in 2000.
NIS America licensed the television anime in 2014 and re-released it in a Blu-ray Premium Edition and DVD Standard Edition in North America.
NIS America describes the story:
Ten-year-old Sakura lives a pretty normal life with her older brother, Toya, and widowed father, Fujitaka. At least she did, until the day she returned home from school to discover a glowing book in her father's study. After opening the book and releasing the cards within, Sakura is tasked with collecting each of these magical cards, while trying to live the life of a normal fourth grader. In the monumental task of collecting all the cards, Sakura must rely on her friends and family, and decide what she finds most important in life.
Discotek licensed Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie, which was previously owned by Geneon, in 2013 and released it on home video the following year. Geneon released Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card on DVD in 2003 with a new dub cast.
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Fate/Grand Order Smartphone Game to Run Fate/Zero Special Event
Gen Urobuchi writes original story
The official Type-Moon YouTube channel began streaming a commercial for the Fate/Zero-themed special event within its Fate/Grand Order smartphone game on Wednesday. The event will take place from April 27 to May 11.
The event, "Fate/Accel Zero Order," will have an original story composed by original Fate/Zero novel writer Gen Urobuchi. Iskander will appear in the story. ufotable produced the animation in the commercial.
The story is set in seven eras of human history. The seven chapters of the story total more than 1 million Japanese characters, and each of the servants also has his or her own story scenario.
Aniplex released the game on Android and iOS devices in July and August, respectively. Kinoko Nasu supervised and wrote the scenario with Yūichirō Higashide and Hikaru Sakurai. Takashi Takeuchi is in charge of character designs and art direction.
Trinity Seven, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace Get English Dubs
Section23 Films released its August 2016 release slate on Thursday, revealing that Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases of Trinity Seven and When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace will have an English dubs. The home video sets will ship on August 16 and August 30, respectively. The Blu-ray and DVD release of Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky, which ships on August 23, will also have an English dub option.
In addition, the release slate revealed that Sentai Filmworks will release subtitle-only DVD and Blu-ray Discs for the Wake Up, Girls! television series, Gourmet Girl Graffiti, and Punch Line in August.
World Trigger Anime's Main English Dub Cast Revealed
Brian Doe, Cathy Weseluck, more star in Toei Animation's dub
Toei Animation announced the main English cast members for its English dub of the World Trigger anime on Facebook on Thursday. The cast includes:
Brian Doe as Osamu Mikumo
Cathy Weseluck as Yuma Kuga
Caitlyn Barstow as Chika Amatori
Andrew Francis as Yuiji Jin
Marco Soriano as Replica
Toei Animation premiered the first three English-dubbed episodes at Anime Expo last July, and posted a promotional video in August. Toei Animation itself commissioned the English dub of the first six to seven episodes.
The first World Trigger television anime season from Toei Animation premiered in October 2014, followed by a second season in October 2015. The series ended earlier this month with 73 episodes in total.
Crunchyroll streamed the English sub of the anime as it aired in Japan. Hulu also streamed the series.
Toei Animation describes the anime story:
World Trigger begins when a mysterious gate to another world is opened in Mikado City, letting invaders from another dimension called "Neighbors" overrun the area.
A new defense league called "Border" is created in order to protect the City from these apparitions. The fighters are equipped with an amazing weapon called "Trigger" allowing them to put on an armor and use special powers.
The story takes place four years after those events, when a young student, Yuma Kuga, arrives at Mikado City. He witnesses, along with another student Osamu Mikuno, a portal opening. To fight the creature, Osamu finds himself forced to reveal his affiliation to the Border and pulls his Trigger out. When Osamu is injured, Yuma joins the fight and saves him. Yuma turns out to be very powerful!
Who is really Yuma? Why did he come to Mikado City?
Daisuke Ashihara's original World Trigger manga debuted in 2013's 11th issue of Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Viz Media added the series to its digital anthology version of Weekly Shonen Jump, and also publishes the manga in print.
Gundam Thunderbolt Blu-ray Has English Dub, Subtitles
Right Stuf to offer import of limited edition
Online retailer Right Stuf announced on Thursday that it will release an import of the Japanese limited edition Blu-ray Disc of the anime of Yasuo Ohtagaki's Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga. The Blu-ray Disc will have both English and Japanese audio tracks, and subtitles in English, Japanese, French, Korean, and Chinese. The disc will ship on July 2 and retail for US$89.99.
The bonus content included with the Blu-ray Disc will be the same as the Japanese release, but will not include English subtitles. The Blu-ray Disc will include: a box with an illustration by Hajime Katoki, a special disc that includes the "Those Who Challenge the One Year War ~Documentary of Thunderbolt~" video, a storyboard collection, a 108-page "animation works" book, a specially designed inner jacket, a specially designed sleeve case by Ohtagaki, a 16-page booklet, cast and staff audio commentary, and a promo video and commercial collection.
The first episode became available digitally on December 25, the second episode launched on February 12, and the third episode launched on March 18. Episodes are available via an EST (Electronic Sell Through) service that allows purchasers to download the episode, and it is the first time a Gundam series is available via this method.
The anime will get a director's cut edition that will screen for two weeks in 15 Japanese theaters starting on June 25. The home video releases will have the director's cut.
The story is set in the same One Year War in UC 0079 as the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime series, and it follows the battles between two ace pilots at the "Thunderbolt Sector," a shoal zone with numerous wrecks of space colonies and warships.
Ohtagaki launched the manga in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine in March 2012, and Shogakukan published the seventh compiled book volume on December 25. The manga has more than 1.6 million copies in print.
Netflix to Stream Magi: Adventure of Sinbad TV Anime Worldwide (Updated)
Streaming begins in Japan on Thursday, followed by other regions later
Netflix will be the exclusive streaming service for the fantasy television anime series Magi: Adventure of Sinbad in Japan, and it will also stream the anime worldwide. Weekly streaming in full HD will begin on Thursday, April 21 in Japan, followed by other regions later.
The television anime adapts Shinobu Ohtaka and Yoshifumi Ōtera's spinoff manga Magi: Sinbad no Bōken (Magi: Adventure of Sinbad). It premiered on April 15 on MBS, TBS, CBC, and BS-TBS in the "Animeism" programming block.
The manga is a prequel to Ohtaka's main Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic manga, which also inspired a television anime. Magi: Adventure of Sinbad takes place 30 years before the events of Magi and focuses on Sinbad's journey to become king.
The manga has already inspired five original video anime (OVA) episodes that have shipped with previous volumes of the manga. The main staff and cast are returning from the video series for the television anime. Yoshikazu Miyao (Inazuma Eleven, S.A) is directing the series at studio Lay-duce (Classroom Crisis) off scripts by Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, Silver Spoon). Souichirou Sako is designing the characters for animation and is also serving as chief animation director, and Tomohiro Ōkubo is composing the music. PENGUIN RESEARCH is performing the opening theme song "Spotlight," and Fujifabric is performing the ending theme song "Polaris."
Daisuke Ono is returning from the main Magi television series and the OVAs to play Sinbad. Other returning cast members include Akira Ishida as Yunan, Tomokazu Sugita as Drakon, Ai Kayano as Serendine, Katsuyuki Konishi as Badr, Yōko Hikasa as Esra, Keiji Fujiwara as Hinahoho, Takahiro Sakurai as Jafar, Ayumi Fujimura as Pipirika, Takehito Koyasu as Barbarossa, and Hiroki Touchi as Baal.
Netflix is also the exclusive streaming service of Kuromukuro, the ongoing 15th anniversary project of the anime studio P.A. Works. It began streaming the anime in Japan with English subtitles last week. As part of its efforts to produce more content worldwide, Netflix will stream Production I.G's Perfect Bones anime worldwide and Dreamworks' reimagining of the Voltron animated series.
Previous anime with Netflix streaming exclusivity — including Knights of Sidonia and Ajin — streamed on Netflix outside of Japan after an entire season had finished its Japanese broadcast. Netflix streamed new Ajin episodes in Japan three days after they originally aired on television, but without English subtitles.
Some titles are streaming on Netflix in Japan with English subtitles, such as the main Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic television anime, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kill la Kill, Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman, and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
Update: Magi: Adventure of Sinbad's Netflix stream in Japan does not include English subtitles
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Story Details Unveiled
Film opens this Saturday in Japan, early 2017 outside of Japan
This year's June issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine revealed a story teaser for the upcoming anime film Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions on Thursday. The magazine reads:
For the sake of his motives, Aigami spies on Yugi and his friends as they live their everyday lives. However, after coming in contact with Kaiba, and because their goals conflict, they begin a duel. To combat Kaiba, a skilled and powerful duelist, Aigami employs frightening tactics...!
The magazine also features the quotes, "Kaiba and Aigami, who seek to obtain the Millennium Puzzle, finally duel!," "The duel field turns into dimensional terrain through Aigami's power!," and "Kaiba's monsters become powerless...!"
The Japanese version of the film will feature the following returning cast and characters:
Shunsuke Kazama as Yūgi Mutō
Kenjiro Tsuda as Seto Kaiba
Hidehiro Kikuchi as Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor)
Hiroki Takahashi as Katsuya Jōnōchi (Joey Wheeler)
Junko Takeuchi as Mokuba Kaiba
Maki Saitou as Anzu Masaki (Téa Gardener)
Rica Matsumoto as Ryō Bakura
Additional cast members include:
Actor Kento Hayashi in his first voice acting role as Aigami, a mysterious boy who appeared before Yūgi and the others as they went about their usual daily life.
Kana Hanazawa as Sera, a mysterious girl who accompanies Hayashi's character Aigami
Satoshi Hino as Mani, who travels with Aigami to perform their mission.
Kendo Kobayashi as Kudaragi
Jungle Pocket as minions of the Kudaragi Group
Satoshi Kuwabara (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II) is directing the film, which opens in Japan on April 23 and outside of Japan in early 2017
Daisuke Kishio, Kotono Mitsuishi also reprise roles from Danganronpa 2 game
The official website of the Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen (Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope's Peak Academy-) anime revealed additional cast members for both its "Mirai Hen" and "Zetsubō Hen" parts on Friday.
The new cast members appearing in the "Mirai Hen" part of the anime include:
Kanata Hongou as Ryōta Mitarai
Rie Kugimiya as Daisaku Bandai
Kenta Miyake as Great Gozu
Hongou previously starred in the 2014 Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~ stage play as Makoto Naegi. Hongou will also play Ryōta Mitarai in the "Zetsubō Hen" part of the anime, but the character will have a different look:
The other newly-announced cast for the Danganronpa 2-based "Zetsubō Hen" part includes Daisuke Kishio as Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, and Kotono Mitsuishi as Peko Pekoyama. Both reprise their roles from the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game.
The website will reveal more cast members on Monday.
Previously announced cast members for "Mirai Hen" include:
Megumi Ogata as Makoto Naegi
Yōko Hikasa as Kyōko Kirigiri
Saki Fujita as Seiko Kimura
Inori Minase as Ruruka Andō
Takuya Eguchi as Sōnosuke Izayoi
Hidekatsu Shibata as Kazuo Tengan
Keiji Fujiwara as Kōichi Kizakura
Ogata and Hikasa are reprising their roles from the first Danganronpa game and anime.
Previously announced cast members for "Zetsubō Hen" include: Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kazuichi Sōda, Megumi Ogata as Nagito Komaeda, Ami Koshimizu as Ibuki Mioda, Ai Kayano as Mikan Tsumiki, Yu Kobayashi as Mahiru Koizumi, Suzuko Mimori as Hiyoko Saionji, Romi Park as Akane Owari, Hiroki Yasumoto as Nekomaru Nidai, and Jun Fukuyama as Teruteru Hanamura.
TARAKO will replace Nobuyo Oyama in the role of mascot character Monokuma in the upcoming television anime and other installments in the franchise.
The characters in the anime's "Mirai Hen" part include:
(From left to right)
Kōichi Kizakura
Seiko Kimura
Great Gozu
Sōnosuke Izayoi
Ruruka Andō
Jūzō Sakakura
Ryōta Mitarai
Monokuma
Miaya Gekkōgahara
Kyōsuke Munakata
Kazuo Tengan
Monomi
Chisa Yukizome
Yasuhiro Hagakure
Makoto Naegi Kyōko Kirigi
Daisaku Bandai
Aoi Asahina
The upcoming anime series will be split into two parts: "Mirai Hen" (Future Chapter) and "Zetsubō Hen" (Despair Chapter). "Mirai Hen" will air in July, while "Zetsubō Hen" will air sometime after. "Mirai Hen" will focus on the characters from the first game installment, while the "Zetsubō Hen" will tell the story of the characters of the Super Danganronpa 2 game. The anime will illustrate what happened to the characters before the events of the game.
The television anime series will be the conclusion of the "Hope's Peak Academy" series' original story.
Kazutaka Kodaka is in charge of the original scenario concepts and overall supervision. Rui Komatsuzaki is credited with the original character designs, and Seiji Kishi is directing. Norimitsu Kaihō (School-Live!, Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation) is in charge of the scenario on the project, and animation studio Lerche is returning to animate the project. Kazuaki Morita and Ryoko Amisaki are designing the anime's characters. The Danganronpa Design Team is credited with the original background designs. Masafumi Takada is composing the music, and Yoshinori Terasawa is the "Otasuke Producer."
Dr. Slump Voice Actress Lists Arale Role in Dragon Ball Super
Mami Koyama played character in earlier Dragon Ball guest appearances
Voice actress Mami Koyama's official website lists her upcoming roles and appearances, and recently revealed that she will play Arale in the Dragon Ball Super episode airing on Fuji TV on May 15.
Arale is one of the main characters of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's earlier manga Dr. Slump. The character previously appeared in a sequence of episodes within Dragon Ball (pictured right), as well as in a Dragon Ball film and several video games. Koyama played the character in the original Dr. Slump anime and in her guest appearances in Dragon Ball.
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 10-16
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Attack on Titan, One-Punch Man, Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, Fairy Tail,Assassination Classroom, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma, Tokyo Ghoul, Nichijou, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on April 16.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven English Video Reveals June 28 Release Date
Fighting game's latest trailer previews 3rd part of manga, anime
Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming a new trailer for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven fighting game on Friday. The video reveals that the game will ship for the PlayStation 4 in North America on June 28 and previews the third part of the manga and anime, Stardust Crusaders.
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming the second English chapter trailer in March. The video previews the second part of the manga and anime, Battle Tendency.
The game shipped for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in Japan on December 17. The Sony Store is also offering the game in a bundle with one of three specially-designed PlayStation 4 consoles, each of which comes in either black or white.
The game's story mode features characters from all eight parts of the manga jumbled together in an original story that manga creator Hirohiko Araki supervised himself. The story mode also features the new original Dio character, Dio who has arrived in Heaven. His Stand is "The World Over Heaven."
The character lineup includes:
Jonathan Joestar from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu)
Will A. Zeppeli from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Yoku Shioya)
Robert E.O. Speedwagon from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Youji Ueda)
Dio Brando from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)
Joseph Joestar from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita)
Caesar Zeppeli from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Takuya Satō)
Rudol von Stroheim from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka)
Cars from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue)
ACDC from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Keiji Fujiwara)
Wham from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Akio Ohtsuka)
Lisa Lisa from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Atsuko Tanaka)
Jotaro Kujo from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Daisuke Ono)
Noriaki Kakyoin from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa)
J.P. Polnareff from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Fuminori Komatsu)
Hol Horse from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi)
Iggy from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Misato Fukuen)
N'Doul from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Kentarou Itou)
Joseph Joestar from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Unshou Ishizuka)
Mohammed Avdol from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Kenta Miyake)
Mariah from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Ayahi Takagaki)
Pet Shop from from Part III: Stardust Crusaders
Dio Brando from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)
Vanilla Ice from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Sho Hayami)
Josuke Higashikata from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Wataru Hatano)
Yukako Yamagishi from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Chinatsu Akasaki)
Kōichi Hirose from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Romi Park)
Shigekiyo Yangu from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi)
Akira Otoishi from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Showtaro Morikubo)
Yoshikage Kira from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Rikiya Koyama)
Rohan Kishibe from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya)
Okuyasu Nijimura from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Wataru Takagi)
Kōsaku Kawajiri from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Rikiya Koyama)
Jotaro Kujo from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (available via download code)
Giorno Giovanna from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Daisuke Namikawa)
Guido Mista from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Kenji Akabane)
Pannacotta Fugo from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Hisafumi Oda)
Narancia Ghirga from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Yuko Sanpei)
Trish Una from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Nao Tōyama)
Bruno Buccellati from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Noriaki Sugiyama)
Diavolo from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa)
Vinegar Doppio from Part V: Vento Aureo (voiced by Akira Ishida)
Jolyne Kūjō from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro)
Hermes Costello from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Chizu Yonemoto)
Enrico Pucci from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Jouji Nakata)
Weather Report from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Toru Ohkawa)
Narciso Anasui from Part VI: Stone Ocean (voiced by Yūichi Nakamura)
"Pucci who Waits for the Time of the New Moon" from Part VI: Stone Ocean
Diego Brando (with Stand Scary Monsters) from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)
Funny Valentine from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Yasuyuki Kase)
Johnny Joestar from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Yuuki Kaji)
Gyro Zeppeli from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Shinichiro Miki)
Alternate World Diego Brando (with Stand The World) from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)
Josuke Higashikata from Part VIII: JoJolion (voiced by Mitsuaki Madono)
Joshu Higashikata from Part VIII: JoJolion (voiced by Hiroaki Miura)
Hiroshi Matsuyama returned as director at CyberConnect2, Kenei Nakasha designed the game, and Chikayo Fukuda composed the music.
Funimation Reveals Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! Anime's Dub Cast
Austin Tindle, Sarah Wiedenheft, Mikaela Krantz, Morgan Garrett star
Funimation announced the English dub cast for the Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! television anime at the Anime Detour convention on Friday.
The cast, under ADR director Jerry Jewell, ADR engineer William Dewell, and script writer Samuel Wooley, includes:
Austin Tindle as Sōji
Sarah Wiedenheft as Aika/Tail Blue
Mikaela Krantz as Erina/Tail Yellow
Morgan Garrett as Twoearle
Bryn Apprill as Tail Red
Leah Clark as Dark Grasper/Acena/Anko
Michelle Rojas as Mikoto
Jennifer Green as Miharu
Tia Ballard as Mega Ne
Funimation describes the anime's story:
Soji Mitsuka is an ordinary high schooler with an extraordinary obsession. Twin tails are his fire, his air, his will to live! But when a mysterious woman from another world enlists his help to fight hideous monsters with various moe fetishes, Soji much transform into a powerful pigtailed…girl?
With the help of his childhood friend, the class president, and his endless devotion to pigtails, Soji and his crew form a twin-tailed threesome to take on the monsters who feed on the “attribute power” of humans. But Soji's new pigtailed powers come with a price; his surging popularity as the new heroin in town makes the twin-tailed trend explode, giving the monsters ample attribute powers to feed upon!
Funimation began streaming a promotional video for the complete series in March:
The anime premiered in October 2014, and Funimation streamed the series as it aired in Japan. Hulu and Crunchyroll also streamed the anime.
Hiroyuki Kanbe (Oreimo) directed the series, and Naruhisa Arakawa (Outbreak Company, MAOYU, Spice & Wolf) was in charge of series composition. The anime's Japanese cast includes Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!, Pupa) as protagonist Sōji Mitsuka, Maaya Uchida (Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live, Noragami) as heroine Thouars, Chinatsu Akasaki (Tari Tari, Love Lab) as Erina Shindō, M.A.O (Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita, Z/X Ignition) as Mikoto Sakuragawa, and Yōko Hikasa (K-ON!, Majestic Prince) as Isna.
My Hero Academia: Battle for All Gameplay Videos Preview Ochaco, Tenya
May 19 game features same voice cast as anime, includes side stories for each playable character
The official website of Bandai Namco Entertainment's My Hero Academia: Battle for All Nintendo 3DS game began streaming two gameplay videos on Sunday for Ochaco Uraraka and Tenya Iida.
The video for Ochaco previews her gameplay mechanics revolving around the "Zero Gravity" quirk, including a "rocket gauge" that players can fill by swiping upwards on the touch screen. When the gauge is full, Ochaco's movement speed and the number of midair jumps she can perform will increase.
The video for Tenya previews his fast-paced fighting style based on his "Engine" quirk, including an "engine meter" that players can fill by holding down on the touch screen. Filling the engine meter will drastically increase Tenya's movement speed. The video also reveals that the next gameplay video will feature Tsuyu Asui.
Bandai Namco Entertainment previously streamed gameplay videos for Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugō.
The game will ship on May 19.
The game's official website previously streamed the game's second promotional video and a commercial last month. The website streamed the game's first promotional video in December.
Each playable character in the game will have a side story that can be unlocked by beating the main story mode, as well as character customization options. The game's voice cast are reprising their roles from the currently airing television anime series.
In the game, players aim to become the "No. 1 hero," and the manga's characters will appear with their unique powers. The game will retail for 5,700 yen (about US$50). Those who purchase the first edition of the game will get two cards for the Boku no Hero Academia: Gekitotsu! Heroes Battle (My Hero Academia: Clash! Heroes Battle) arcade card game as well as a download code for a Nintendo 3DS theme.
The Boku no Hero Academia: Gekitotsu! Heroes Battle arcade card game will launch in Japanese arcades this month.
One Piece Burning Blood Game's Videos Preview Bonus Costumes
Swimsuits for Robin, Nami, Hancock, Perona; Gear 4 Luffy previewed in videos
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming three more views for its One Piece Burning Blood PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PC, and Xbox One game on Monday. The videos preview the bonus swimsuit costumes for Nami, Robin, Hancock, and Perona, and the Gear 4 Luffy character.
Nami, Robin, Hancock Swimsuit Costume Video
Perona Swimsuit Costume Video
Gear 4 Luffy Video
The "Natsu no Musume" (Summer Girl) swimsuit costumes for Nami, Robin, and Boa Hancock will be available in first print copies of the game in Japan, while a similar costume for Perona will be available as a bonus for the digital download version of the game. Those who pre-order the game in Japan will get a product code to download "Gear 4 Luffy (limited version)" as a playable character.
Bandai Namco Entertainment also began streaming a third gameplay video on Thursday. The video previews gameplay for Mihawk, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp.
Spike Chunsoft is developing the game. Kōji Nakajima (One Piece: Pirate Warriors franchise, One Piece Unlimited World Red) is producing at Bandai Namco, and Hiroyuki Kaneko and Tairi Kikuchi are serving as director and game designer, respectively.
The game will ship in Japan on April 21 on the PS4 and PS Vita only. The game will ship for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One on May 31 in North America and June 3 in Europe. The digital PC version will launch in June.
The North American version of the game will have a Collector's Edition, which includes the game, two figurines of Whitebeard and his grave, and an official artbook. It will only be available for the PS4 version of the game. Europe will also have a "Marineford Edition," which includes the same items as the North American Collector's Edition, but will be available on both the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game.
Those who pre-order the game in North America and Europe will get an exclusive metal case, as well as codes for Afro Luffy, Kung Fu Luffy, and Luffy Gear 4 as playable characters.
Bandai Namco Entertainment will also release the game in Latin America in 2016 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One. Bandai Namco Entertainment plans to release the game in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Neutral Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
Skip Beat!'s English Dub Kickstarter Campaign Casts Richard Epcar as Lory Takarada
Campaign hits US$140,000 of US$155,000 goal; will announce more cast at US$145,000
Voice actress Cristina Vee announced on Saturday that Richard Epcar (Durarara!!×2's Sloan, Lupin the Third's Daisuke Jigen) will play Lory Takarada in Pied Piper, Inc.'s planned English dub of the Skip Beat! television anime series, and revealed that Deborah Crane (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor) will handle the ADR script. The Kickstarter campaign for the show's North American release revealed the voice actor once the campaign hit US$140,000. The campaign will next reveal the voice actor for Maria Takarada once the campaign hits US$145,000.
In addition, Pied Piper, Inc. president Ann Yamamoto will hold a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Monday at 9:00 p.m. EST.
Epcar joins Vic Mignogna (Dragon Ball Z's Broly, Ouran High School Host Club's Tamaki) as Yukihito Yashiro, Robbie Daymond (Sailor Moon's Tuxedo Mask, The Seven Deadly Sins' Gilthunder) as Ren Tsuruga, Grant George (Fate/Zero's Lancer, Kill la Kill's Uzu Sanageyama) as Sho Fuwa, and Erica Lindbeck (Coppelion's Ibara Naruse, Magi's Gyokuen Ren) as Kanae Kotonami (Moko).
Voice actors Mela Lee, Cristina Vee, and Jason C. Miller are producing the English dub.
The Kickstarter campaign will end on April 16 and has an initial goal of US$155,000. Pied Piper had originally launched an Indiegogo campaign for the franchise on March 1, but then relaunched the campaign on Kickstarter on March 17. The Indiegogo campaign had a goal of US$210,000. The Kickstarter campaign's base goal no longer includes a Blu-ray Disc release, although the Blu-ray Disc is still a stretch goal at US$185,000. The Japanese release was DVD-only.
Pied Piper acquired the license from TV Tokyo, and TV Tokyo is requiring the English dub as a condition of release. The company will not be able to release the series on a subtitle-only format. The license covers the United States and Canada only.
The television version of Yoshiki Nakamura's Skip Beat! shōjo manga premiered in Japan in October 2008. The series is available streaming on Crunchyroll. Viz Media publishes the original manga in North America.
Dates, Titles Revealed for Kuroko's Basketball's 3 Compilation Films
1st compilation film Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Kage to Hikari~ slated for September 3
This year's 19th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump revealed the titles and opening dates for the three Kuroko's Basketball compilation films on Monday.
The first film is titled Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Kage to Hikari~ (Winter Cup Compilation ~Shadow and Light~), and it will open in Japan on September 3. The second film is titled Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Namida no Saki e~ (Winter Cup Compilation ~Beyond the Tears~), and it will open in Japan on October 8. The third film is titled Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Tobira no Mukō~ (Winter Cup Compilation ~Crossing the Door~), and it will open in Japan on December 3.
Aside from the compilation films, an anime film adaptation of the Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game manga is also scheduled for 2017.
Tadatoshi Fujimaki launched the original Kuroko no Basuke manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2008, and he ended the series in September 2014. Shueisha published the 30th and final compiled volume of the manga in Japan in December 2014.
In the beginning of the original series, Taiga Kagami has just enrolled at Seirin High School when he meets Tetsuya Kuroko of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary "Generation of Miracles" basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship — against Kuroko's former teammates.
The original manga inspired three television anime series, in addition to the upcoming anime films. Viz Media announced last October that it will release the original manga in 2-in-1 omnibus editions in North America starting this summer.
The Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game manga is a sequel to the original manga. Fujimaki launched the manga in Jump Next in December 2014, and ended the manga last month.
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars' Final Episode Gets TV-MA Rating (Updated)
The final episode of Sailor Moon Sailor Stars debuted with English subtitles on Hulu on Monday with a TV-MA rating. All previous episodes in the series have been rated TV-PG.
Sailor Moon Crystal's English-subtitled version was also rated TV-PG for the first two seasons, but the currently-airing third season has a TV-14 rating. The English-dubbed version of Sailor Moon Crystal has a TV-14 rating.
Thanks to Koriander Bullard for the news tip.
Update: Sailor Stars' final episode's rating was changed to TV-14 within a day. Thanks, Adv193.
Kingdom Manga Gets Live-Action Short to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
3-minute video starring Kento Yamazaki debuts on April 18
Shueisha filmed a special live-action video for Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. The three-minute video stars Kento Yamazaki in the role of Shin, one of the manga's protagonists, and was filmed in Hengdian World Studios in China. The production released four stills from the video (see gallery below).
The video will debut on the manga's 10th anniversary website on April 18. A 60-second television commercial version will also begin airing on Fuji TV on April 19, and will debut on Fuji TV's Ariyoshi Hiroiki no Daretoku!? television program during the 11:00-11:30 p.m. timeslot.
Hara's historical manga centers around the slave boy, Xin, and his dream of becoming a great general for the state of Qin. Xin helps Ying Zheng, the young Qin king who shares his desire to unify China, rise to power within the state. The manga follows Xin as he does all that he can to become a superior commander of an army capable of defeating the Seven Warring States.
The record-setting manga has been running in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since 2006. Shueisha shipped the 41st volume on February 19, and will ship the 42nd volume on April 19. An anime series based on the historical manga premiered in June 2012 with a second premiering in June 2013. Funimation released streamed the series in North America, and released the first series on DVD on January 26, and the second series on DVD on March 8.
Gundam the Origin III: Dawn of Rebellion Anime's English-Dubbed Trailer Posted
3rd episode in video anime series premieres in Japanese theaters on May 21
The Gundam.info website posted an English-dubbed version of the second trailer for the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime's third episode, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III Dawn of Rebellion (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III Akatsuki no Hōki), on Monday.
The site previously streamed the video in February with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
The video notes that the anime will be available in English in early summer. The anime will screen in 15 theaters in Japan for two weeks starting on May 21, although the episode will first screen at a special event in Yokohama on May 8. A limited-edition version of the Blu-ray Disc will go on sale at the theaters screening the episode on May 21, and the standard Blu-ray Disc and DVD will ship in Japan on June 10.
The episode will follow the youth who would become known as Char Aznable and his future comrade Garma Zabi after they join the Zeons' military academy.
The OVA's first episode, titled "Blue-Eyed Casval," premiered in a limited engagement in Japanese theaters in February 2015. The second episode, "Artesia's Sorrow," opened in Japan on October 31. Anime Consortium Japan is releasing the series digitally worldwide through a premium rental streaming program, and Right Stuf — in collaboration with Sunrise — is releasing the series on home video.
The anime project adapts Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga of the same name, which in turn is inspired by the first Mobile Suit Gundam anime's story.
Skip Beat's English Dub Kickstarter Campaign Casts Cristina Vee, Mela Lee
Vee plays Erika Koenji, Lee plays Maria Takarada; campaign hits US$145,000 of US$155,000 goal
Voice actress Cristina Vee announced on Monday that she and Mela Lee (Fate/stay night's Rin, Durarara!!'s Erika) will join the cast of Pied Piper, Inc.'s planned English dub of the Skip Beat! television anime series. Vee will play Erika Koenji, and Lee will play Maria Takarada. The Kickstarter campaign for the show's North American release revealed the voice actresses once the campaign hit US$145,000. The campaign already revealed that both voice actresses will also be producers for the dub.
Vee and Lee join Richard Epcar (Durarara!!×2's Sloan, Lupin the Third's Daisuke Jigen) as Lory Takarada, Vic Mignogna (Dragon Ball Z's Broly, Ouran High School Host Club's Tamaki) as Yukihito Yashiro, Robbie Daymond (Sailor Moon's Tuxedo Mask, The Seven Deadly Sins' Gilthunder) as Ren Tsuruga, Grant George (Fate/Zero's Lancer, Kill la Kill's Uzu Sanageyama) as Sho Fuwa, and Erica Lindbeck (Coppelion's Ibara Naruse, Magi's Gyokuen Ren) as Kanae Kotonami (Moko).
In addition to Vee and Lee, Jason C. Miller will also produce the English dub. Deborah Crane (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor) will handle the ADR scripts.
The Kickstarter campaign will end on April 16 and has an initial goal of US$155,000. Pied Piper had originally launched an Indiegogo campaign for the franchise on March 1, but then relaunched the campaign on Kickstarter on March 17. The Indiegogo campaign had a goal of US$210,000. The Kickstarter campaign's base goal no longer includes a Blu-ray Disc release, although the Blu-ray Disc is still a stretch goal at US$185,000. The Japanese release was DVD-only.
Pied Piper acquired the license from TV Tokyo, and TV Tokyo is requiring the English dub as a condition of release. The company will not be able to release the series on a subtitle-only format. The license covers the United States and Canada only.
The television version of Yoshiki Nakamura's Skip Beat! shōjo manga premiered in Japan in October 2008. The series is available streaming on Crunchyroll. Viz Media publishes the original manga in North America.
Netflix Starts Streaming Ajin TV Anime Outside Japan
Netflix began streaming the Ajin television anime outside Japan on Tuesday. The anime is available in English, Japanese, French, German, and Spanish audio, and is subtitled in those languages, in addition to Italian.
The television anime and the related anime film series adaptation are based on Gamon Sakurai's Ajin - Demi-Human manga. The TV anime series premiered in Japan on January 15, and Netflix streamed new episodes in Japan three days after their television airing.
In the manga's story, an immortal first appeared on an African battlefield 17 years ago. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student named Kei Nagai is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
The first film, titled Ajin: Shōdō, opened in Japan last November in 30 theaters in Japan for a two-week limited screening, after a screening during the Tokyo International Film Festival in late October. The second film, Ajin: Shōtotsu will open for a three-week limited engagement in Japan from May 6 to 26. The third film, Ajin: Shōgeki (Ajin: Crash), will open in Japan on September 23.
Sakurai launched the manga in Kodansha's good! Afternoon magazine in 2012, and Kodansha published the seventh compiled book volume in Japan last November. The eighth volume will bundle an original anime DVD on May 6. Vertical published the seventh volume in North America on February 23. Crunchyroll is posting new chapters as Kodansha publishes them in Japan.
