Saturday, May 31, 2014
Nightow's Blood Blockade Battlefront Manga Gets Anime
Story by Trigun's Yasuhiro Nightow of New York in a bubble with supernatural creatures
The July issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine is announcing on Wednesday that an anime project of Yasuhiro Nightow's Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen) is launching. More details will be in future issues of Jump Square and the spinoff Jump SQ.19.
Dark Horse Comics publishes the manga in North America, and describes the story:
Dark Horse Comics publishes the manga in North America, and describes the story:
A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.
After he finished Trigun Maximum in 2007, Nightow launched Bloodline Battlefront as a one-shot manga story in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in May of 2008. He then turned it into a three-part mini-series called Kekkai Sensen -Mafūgai Kessha- in the same magazine in 2009. He has since continued the story as a regular series in Jump SQ.19 in 2010.
Shueisha is publishing the ninth compiled book volume on Wednesday. The online Jump Shop will be offering various original goods such as T-shirts, portable stainless steel bottles, mugs, clear file folders, hooded jackets, and mousepads.
Nightow's Trigun and Trigun Maximum manga series inspired a television anime and an anime film, and he also co-created the Gungrave game and television anime.
After he finished Trigun Maximum in 2007, Nightow launched Bloodline Battlefront as a one-shot manga story in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in May of 2008. He then turned it into a three-part mini-series called Kekkai Sensen -Mafūgai Kessha- in the same magazine in 2009. He has since continued the story as a regular series in Jump SQ.19 in 2010.
Shueisha is publishing the ninth compiled book volume on Wednesday. The online Jump Shop will be offering various original goods such as T-shirts, portable stainless steel bottles, mugs, clear file folders, hooded jackets, and mousepads.
Nightow's Trigun and Trigun Maximum manga series inspired a television anime and an anime film, and he also co-created the Gungrave game and television anime.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Learn to speak Japanese by playing Minecraft
Kotoba Miners aims to teach through play.
You can find out more about the class and how to join on Kotoba Miners’ official site.
James York,
an English teacher and PhD student researching language learning in
virtual worlds, is teaching Japanese online by using Minecraft.
The
class, which he calls Kotoba Miners, takes place on a dedicated
Minecraft server which contains several structures built for different
learning activities.
Different buildings off of
“University Road” contain different exercises that encourage students
to read and and speak Japanese together. For example, in the “Ice
Palace,” players must communicate in order navigate a series of pressure
plates correctly. If they take a wrong step a trap will activate and
kill the player.
York told Tofugu in an interview that he became interested in learning languages in virtual communities when he joined a Japanese World of Warcraft
guild in 2006. He started the Minecraft server as a tool to teach
English to Japanese students by getting them to interact with English
speakers, but when the class ended and the Japanese students left, the
English speakers stayed and wanted to learn Japanese.
“I experimented with a number of virtual worlds and games as part of my research,” York told Tofugu.
“I rejected MMOs for lack of control over content and their often
extremely specialized discourse (e.g. ‘Prot Warrior LFG SFK pst’). I
also rejected a lot of social worlds (i.e. Second Life) for their
painful aesthetics, controls and distance between user and
content-creator. Minecraft is simple. Controls, aesthetics, and
gameplay. This means that you spend less time learning how to navigate
the game and more time learning and focusing on language.”
Alice of Singing Duo ClariS Leaves Unit
Member of duo that performed themes for Oreimo, Madoka Magica, Nisekoi leaves group to focus on studies
Sony announced on singing duo ClariS's website on Monday that Alice- one half of the duo- will leave the unit on June 4, when the group's third album "PARTY TIME" (cover seen right) is scheduled to be released.
Alice left a comment on the website, saying that she is leaving the duo in order to focus on her studies. She thanked the fans, the staff, and those related to the group for supporting her for the three-and-a-half years since she debuted. Alice described her experience as a part of ClariS as one of a dream world filled with happiness, and that the experience will be a wonderful treasure for the rest of her life.
The duo ClariS debuted in 2010 as middle-schoolers with their single "irony," which served as the opening theme to the Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai TV anime. From there, they performed the theme songs for the Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV anime and films, as well as the themes for Moyashimon Returns and Nisemonogatari. ClariS also performed the theme song for the Akiba's Trip PlayStation Portable game. Most recently, the duo provided two theme songs for the Nisekoi anime.
The duo has made one live performance, but they were only visible as silhouettes behind a curtain to their fans during the concert. Instead, ClariS is normally illustrated as anime characters by various artists, including Akio Watanabe, Ume Aoki, and Hiro Kanzaki. Alice is portrayed in the color blue, while Clara is represented by the color pink.
Alice left a comment on the website, saying that she is leaving the duo in order to focus on her studies. She thanked the fans, the staff, and those related to the group for supporting her for the three-and-a-half years since she debuted. Alice described her experience as a part of ClariS as one of a dream world filled with happiness, and that the experience will be a wonderful treasure for the rest of her life.
The duo ClariS debuted in 2010 as middle-schoolers with their single "irony," which served as the opening theme to the Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai TV anime. From there, they performed the theme songs for the Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV anime and films, as well as the themes for Moyashimon Returns and Nisemonogatari. ClariS also performed the theme song for the Akiba's Trip PlayStation Portable game. Most recently, the duo provided two theme songs for the Nisekoi anime.
The duo has made one live performance, but they were only visible as silhouettes behind a curtain to their fans during the concert. Instead, ClariS is normally illustrated as anime characters by various artists, including Akio Watanabe, Ume Aoki, and Hiro Kanzaki. Alice is portrayed in the color blue, while Clara is represented by the color pink.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Psycho-Pass Anime Gets Xbox One Game by 5pb.
MAGES. game brand 5pb. announced on Tuesday that the Psycho-Pass anime will get a video game adaptation for the Xbox One. 5pb. also began streaming the game's first teaser movie.
The game will take place during the time period depicted in the first six episodes of the original television anime season. Nitro+ will create an original story with Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) providing the original plan and scenario supervision. The setting will change from the heart of a large city in the anime to a remote island in the game.
One new male and female character each will serve as the two protagonists who face off against a new enemy. Characters from the Unit 1 police team of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division will return. The anime's Kyoji Asano (Attack on Titan, Tokyo Marble Chocolate) is also returning to design characters based on Akira Amano's (Reborn!) original designs.
Features that capture players' true movements by utilizing the Kinect peripheral and SmartGlass feature are planned. However, gameplay without Kinect and SmartGlass will be possible. The title will have a function that allows players to send data from their smartphones to characters in the game.
Release date and price are undecided.
Psycho-Pass takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person's state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term "Psycho->Pass" in the anime's title refers to a standard used to measure an individual's being. The story centers around the "enforcement officer" Shinya Kōgami (Tomokazu Seki) who is tasked with managing crime in such a world. Naoyoshi Shiotani (Blood+, Tokyo Marble Chocolate) directed the series, Urobuchi wrote and edited the scripts, and Amano designed the characters.
The original anime premiered on Fuji TV's late-night Noitamina programming block in 2012. Funimation streamed the 22-episode series as it aired last year, and then added home video rights last year. Funimation announced the dub cast in December and released the series on Blu-ray Disc in March. The Psycho-Pass 2 television anime series will debut in October, followed by the Psycho-Pass movie this winter.
The game will take place during the time period depicted in the first six episodes of the original television anime season. Nitro+ will create an original story with Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) providing the original plan and scenario supervision. The setting will change from the heart of a large city in the anime to a remote island in the game.
One new male and female character each will serve as the two protagonists who face off against a new enemy. Characters from the Unit 1 police team of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division will return. The anime's Kyoji Asano (Attack on Titan, Tokyo Marble Chocolate) is also returning to design characters based on Akira Amano's (Reborn!) original designs.
Features that capture players' true movements by utilizing the Kinect peripheral and SmartGlass feature are planned. However, gameplay without Kinect and SmartGlass will be possible. The title will have a function that allows players to send data from their smartphones to characters in the game.
Release date and price are undecided.
Psycho-Pass takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person's state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term "Psycho->Pass" in the anime's title refers to a standard used to measure an individual's being. The story centers around the "enforcement officer" Shinya Kōgami (Tomokazu Seki) who is tasked with managing crime in such a world. Naoyoshi Shiotani (Blood+, Tokyo Marble Chocolate) directed the series, Urobuchi wrote and edited the scripts, and Amano designed the characters.
The original anime premiered on Fuji TV's late-night Noitamina programming block in 2012. Funimation streamed the 22-episode series as it aired last year, and then added home video rights last year. Funimation announced the dub cast in December and released the series on Blu-ray Disc in March. The Psycho-Pass 2 television anime series will debut in October, followed by the Psycho-Pass movie this winter.
Shonen Jump's World Trigger Manga Gets TV Anime
Shueisha and Viz Media announced on Tuesday that Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga is getting a television anime adaptation.
Viz Media describes the series as follows:
Weekly Shonen Jump's newest series is out of this world! A gate to another dimension has burst open, and from it emerge gigantic invincible creatures that threaten all of humanity. Earth's only defense is a mysterious group of warriors who have co-opted the alien technology in order to fight back!
World Trigger debuted in last year'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 it will publish the first print volume on October 7.
Ashihara previously wrote the four-volume Kashikoi Inu Lilienthal manga in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump from 2009 to 2010.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
【初音ミク】 ワンルーム・オール・ザット・ジャズ 【オリジナル曲】 - Vocaloid
Just found great vocaloid song here enjoy:
DATEKEN feat. Hatsune Miku - One Room, All That Jazz !
Monday, May 26, 2014
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Akame ga KILL! TV Anime's Supporting Cast, Staff Unveiled
The June issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine is announcing the supporting cast and staff for the Akame ga Kill! television anime on Thursday.
The series will star:
The dark action fantasy manga follows the title character, Akame, a girl who was bought, and raised by the Empire as an assassin. After meeting Akame, a boy named Tatsumi vows to stand up to the evil of the corrupt Empire with the secret assassin group Night Raid and special weapons known as Teigu.
Tomoki Kobayashi (Tears to Tiara, sola) is directing the anime, and Makoto Uezu (Danganronpa The Animation, Qwaser of Stigmata) is in charge of the series scripts with original creator Takahiro supervising the scenario. Kazuhisa Nakamura ( Jormungand) is designing the characters, and Taku Iwasaki ( Black Butler, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Gatchaman Crowds) is composing the music.
Additional staff includes:
The manga began in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine in 2010, and the ninth compiled volume of the manga shipped in January. Takahiro launched the Akame ga Kill! Zero prequel with artist Kei Toru in Square Enix's Big Gangan magazine last October.
The series will star:
- Yuu Asakawa (Fate/stay night, Ikki Tousen) as Leone
- Sōma Saitō (Haikyu!!) as Tatsumi
- Katsuyuki Konishi (Kill la Kill, Silver Spoon) as Braht
- Yukari Tamura (Kill la Kill, Steins;Gate) as Mein
- Risa Mizuno (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino) as Najenda
- Mamiko Noto (Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne, Freezing) as Schere
The dark action fantasy manga follows the title character, Akame, a girl who was bought, and raised by the Empire as an assassin. After meeting Akame, a boy named Tatsumi vows to stand up to the evil of the corrupt Empire with the secret assassin group Night Raid and special weapons known as Teigu.
Tomoki Kobayashi (Tears to Tiara, sola) is directing the anime, and Makoto Uezu (Danganronpa The Animation, Qwaser of Stigmata) is in charge of the series scripts with original creator Takahiro supervising the scenario. Kazuhisa Nakamura ( Jormungand) is designing the characters, and Taku Iwasaki ( Black Butler, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Gatchaman Crowds) is composing the music.
Additional staff includes:
- Art Director: Yoshito Takamine
- Color Design: Miyuki Sato
- Director of Photography: Keisuke Nakamura
- 3D Director, Modeling: Hiroshi Souma
- Editing: Masahiro Goto
- Sound Director: Hozumi Gôda
The manga began in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine in 2010, and the ninth compiled volume of the manga shipped in January. Takahiro launched the Akame ga Kill! Zero prequel with artist Kei Toru in Square Enix's Big Gangan magazine last October.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Sword Art Online II Airs July 5th + Worldwide Premiere
The Sword Art Online II website has revealed that the series will air from July 5th. The website has also revealed that there will be special advance screenings of the first episode that will take place on July 4th Worldwide, with the Japanese premiere being on June 29th.
Sword Art Online II
will begin airing from July 5th (Saturday) on various television
networks. It will first air on Tokyo MX at 11:30pm JST and then on MBS,
TV Aichi, tvk, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, Teletama, Hokkaido TV and TVQ
Kyushu. The episodes will then be released every week at the same time
on the same networks. The series is also airing in South Korea on
Aniplus, and in Thailand and Singapore on cable TV.
In addition to the television broadcasts,
the anime will also be airing on many licensed streaming sites. In
Japan it will be available on Niconico and Docomo’s anime service. As
for worldwide broadcasts:
- China – LeTV
- Taiwan – iFunTV
- France, Switzerland, Belgium, Algeria, Monaco, Tunisia and Quebec, Canada - Wakanim (French)
- Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria and Poland - Peppermint.TV (German)
- Rest of Europe – Daisuki
- Rest of World – Crunchyroll
Sword Art Online
season 2 will have worldwide premieres ahead of the July 5th broadcast
date. The Japanese premiere will be on June 29th from 2:30pm at
the TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo. As for other countries, they
are as follows:
- North America – July 4th at Anime Expo 2014
- France – July 4th at Japan Expo
- Germany – July 4th in various Cinemaxx and Cinedom theaters
- Hong Kong – July 4th at MCL Telford Cinema
- Taiwan – July 4th at Cinemark Taipei
- South Korea – July 4th at Megabox Dongdaemun
Some character art for the main
characters Kirito (voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka) , Sinon (voiced by
Miyuki Sawashiro – Himeko Inaba in Kokoro Connect) and Death Gun were
released on the site:
Sword Art Online is
a light novel series written by Reki Kawahara, who also is the author
of Accel World. The light novel series began in 2009 and has sold
millions of copies, topping the charts in 2012. Additionally in 2012, an
anime adaptation was released. The Sword Art Online anime
aired in July 2012 and was produced by A-1 Pictures, which received a
large reception. Since then, the series has appeared on a plethora of
media from handheld and browser video games, to spin-off mangas and
international merchandise. The latest canonical light novel, the
thirteenth in the series, was released in Japan on August 10th 2013. In
addition, Kawahara has relaunched the series as Sword Art Online: Progressive, a re-release of the light novels with additional content. The second issue of Sword Art Online: Progressive launched in December 2013.
The second season of Sword Art Online
will begin airing on July 5 throughout the Summer 2014 anime season.
The anime, produced by A-1 Pictures, will adapt the 5th and 6th volumes
from Kawahara’s novels. The Opening theme will be sung by Eir Aoi and
the Ending theme sung by Luna Haruna.
You can visit the anime’s official website here: http://www.swordart-online.net/
Saturday, May 17, 2014
「Hanayamata」 TV anime staff announced and key visual
TV Anime series Hanayamata is scheduled to air this July 2014, which falls under the Summer 2014 anime lineup. New visuals have been revealed on their website as well as the staff which can be seen below.
Naru Sekiya (CV: Reina Ueda)
Yaya Sasame (CV: Kaya Okuno)
Hana N. Fontainestand (CV: Minami Tanaka)
Tami Nishimikado (CV: Yuka Otsubo)
Machi Tokiwa(CV: Manami Numakura)
The TV series is going to be animated by
Madhouse which are the people behind Beck, Black Lagoon, Cardcaptor
Sakura, Chobits, Death Note and many more great series.
DIVEⅡentertainment will be the doing the music production which are well
known for the music of Hamatora The Animation Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W and Aikatsu!
The main staff:
- Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
- Writer/Series composition: Reiko Yoshida
- Character designer: Atsuko Watanabe
- Music: MONACA
- Music production: DIVEⅡentertainment
- Animation production: MADHOUSE
Synopsis from Haruhichan:
Normal appearance, normal intelligence,
normal in arts and sports… just normal. This is the entirely normal
14-year-old, Naru Sekiya. While she admires “Heroines” she continues to
live a normal life until one moonlit night she meets a fairy. This
foreign girl then guides her into the extraordinary world of the yosakoi
dance.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Adult PC Game 「Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai」 Gets TV Anime in October
The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of August's adult PC game Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd announced today on May 14 that it will start this October. The official Twitter account for the TV anime also launches today. The game was released in Japan in January 2013 for Windows PCs and has become one of the recent most successful adult games (I have seen so many street ads for the game in Akihabara).
The story revolves around the main protagonist Kyotaro Kakei, who is the sole member of the Library Club at Shiomi Academy. One day he receives an email from the "shepherd" (hitsujikai) who is said to be able to fulfill any wishes. It says, "You will experience a life changing event today." After an encounter with a second-year girl Tsugumi Shirasaki on the day, more and more girls join the club to be with him.
Staff:
Original: Ōgasuto
Original Character: Bekkankō
Series Composition: Yoshimura Kiyoko
Director, Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Team Nico (Konishi Kenichi, Kamiya Tomomi, Sodeyama Asami, Hayashi Kaori, Shinoda Yu)
Music: Active Planets
Animation Production: Hood's Entertainment
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Beachside Novel 「Furage no Shokudō」 Has Anime in the Works
An anime adaptation of Miyako Aoyama's serialized light novel Kurage no Shokudō (literally, Jellyfish Restaurant) is "moving steadily along." The 38th issue of Starchild and Kodansha Box's digital literary publication BOX-AiR debuted this month with confirmation of this anime, the third one under the BOX-AiR program.
In the story, the protagonist finds himself lying on the beach one day. He is picked up by Arashi, who manages a restaurant called Kurage no Shokudō. When asked who he is, the protagonist tells a lie that he lost his memory — but he remembers everything, including the fact that his twin brother died.
Chinese illustrator Zhao Yingle drew the art for the serialized novel. Hiromi Taniguchi (animation director on Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~) is making her directorial debut on this anime and designing the characters. Chika Suzumura (Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~, Muromi-san) is in the middle of brushing up the script scenario.
The Kodansha Box imprint and King Records' Starchild Records label run the BOX-AiR program, which "considers" adapting the winners of the magazine's award into anime. The "Kodansha BOX-AiR Newcomer of the Year Award" launched in 2011, and the organizers selected Aruvu Rezuru - Kikai Jikake no Yōsei-tachi- out the first 11 award winners for BOX-AiR's first-ever anime. This anime eventually became part of the Anime Mirai 2013 lineup.
Mitsuwano won the program's 12th award in 2012. The organizers then revealed last year that Mitsuwano would be getting an anime adaptation also.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Taiga & Miyuki Join Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
Dengeki announced on Tuesday that Miyuki Shiba from The irregular at
magic high school and Taiga Aisaka from Toradora! will join Sega and
ASCII Media Works' arcade fighting game Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax as
playable characters this summer. Miyuki's support character will be
Tatsuya Shiba and Taiga's support character will be Takasu Ryūji.
Both Miyuki and Taiga will be played by the voice actresses from their respective anime, Saori Hayami and Rie Kugimiya.
Dengeki also added some screenshots:
The game's current roster of characters includes:
Kirito with Leafa as support (Sword Art Online)
Tomoka Minato with her four teammates as support (Ro-Kyu-Bu!)
Shana with Wilhelmina as support (Shakugan no Shana)
Mikoto Misaka with Tōma Kamijō as support (A Certain Magical Index)
Kirino Kōsaka with Kuroneko as support (Oreimo)
Shizuo with Celty as support (Durarara!!)
Boogiepop (Boogiepop Phantom)
Both Miyuki and Taiga will be played by the voice actresses from their respective anime, Saori Hayami and Rie Kugimiya.
Dengeki also added some screenshots:
The game's current roster of characters includes:
Kirito with Leafa as support (Sword Art Online)
Tomoka Minato with her four teammates as support (Ro-Kyu-Bu!)
Asuna with Leafa as support (Sword Art Online)
Shana with Wilhelmina as support (Shakugan no Shana)
Mikoto Misaka with Tōma Kamijō as support (A Certain Magical Index)
Kirino Kōsaka with Kuroneko as support (Oreimo)
Shizuo with Celty as support (Durarara!!)
Kuroyukihime with Haruyuki as support (Accel World)
Other support characters include:
Holo (Spice and Wolf)
Holo (Spice and Wolf)
Boogiepop (Boogiepop Phantom)
Sadao Maō (The Devil is a Part-Timer!)
"Innocent Charm" (Hinata no Maboroshi, voiced by Yui Ogura) from Ro-Kyu-Bu!
Kōko Kaga (Yui Horie) from Golden Time
Kino (Aya Hisakawa instead of Ai Maeda) from Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World
Mashiro Shiina (Ai Kayano) from The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Erio Tōwa (Asuka Ōgame) from Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl (Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)
Akira of the Virtua Fighter fighting game appears as a boss, and the game has a Sonic the Hedgehog stage.
Publisher ASCII Media Works and game developer Sega announced Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, their crossover 2D fighting game, in September at the Tokyo Game Show 2013 event. The game is the fourth collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and Sega, and it marks Dengeki Bunko's 20th anniversary.
The game opened in Japanese arcades earlier this spring.
Publisher ASCII Media Works and game developer Sega announced Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, their crossover 2D fighting game, in September at the Tokyo Game Show 2013 event. The game is the fourth collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and Sega, and it marks Dengeki Bunko's 20th anniversary.
The game opened in Japanese arcades earlier this spring.
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