Cover : COVALOID GUMI Illustration by Masami Yuuki
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週刊VOCALOIDとUTAUランキング #359・301 [Vocaloid Weekly Ranking #359]
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Girl Friend BETA TV Anime Adds 15 More Cast Members
The official Twitter account for the Girl Friend (Kari) (Girl Friend BETA) television anime announced a new cast member every day from August 6 through August 20. The full list of new cast members is:
Previously announced cast members include:
Naotaka Hayashi (Morita-san wa Mukuchi, Magi - The Kingdom of Magic assistant director) will direct the anime at the studio SILVER LINK (No-Rin, C³, Baka and Test). Michiko Yokote (Love Stage!!, No-Rin, Genshiken) will handle series composition. Noriko Tsutsumiya (Dragonar Academy, C³, Kokoro Connect animation director) is designing the characters based on original character designs by QP:flapper (MM!, Oreimo 2, Sora no Method).
Kadokawa will release the first issue of the special Girl Friend (Kari) Magazine on August 22. The magazine will include four manga series that focus on specific characters from the anime. Tsukako Akina launched the Girl Friend (Kari) Kokomi Shiina ~Koi Shite Madonna~ manga in the September issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine on July 26.
CyberAgent's blogging website Ameba started service for the game for smartphones in 2012. As of June 2014, the number of registered users has passed 5.3 million. The game features over one hundred girls for the player to date, each voiced by a different voice actress. Some of the game's cast includes Yui Ogura as Momoko Asahina, Nana Inoue as Kazumi Kawabuchi, Megumi Toyoguchi as Akiho Shigetō, and Yukari Tamura as Koruri Tokitani
- Haruka Tomatsu as Nonoka Sasahara
- Kaori Ishihara as Yuzuko Hazuki
- Kikuko Inoue as Kanata Amatsu
- Aoi Yūki as Isuzu Shiranui
- Yukari Tamura as Koruri Tokitani
- Minori Chihara as Mahiro Natsume
- Minako Kotobuki as Saya Kagurazaka
- Minami Tsuda as Mutsumi Shigino
- Maaya Uchida as Nao Miyoshi
- Rie Kugimiya as Matsuri Kagami
- Emiri Katō as Rino Suzukawa
- Houko Kuwashima as Shinobu Kokonoe
- Noriko Shitaya as Remi Tamai
- Ayahi Takagaki as Tsugumi Harumiya
- Ai Kayano as Haruko Yumesaki
Previously announced cast members include:
- Kaori Nazuka as Fumio Murakami
- Sakura Tange as Chloe Lemaire
- Satomi Satou as Kokomi Shiina
- Hitomi Harada as Erena Mochizuki
- Rina Satou as Akane Sakurai
Naotaka Hayashi (Morita-san wa Mukuchi, Magi - The Kingdom of Magic assistant director) will direct the anime at the studio SILVER LINK (No-Rin, C³, Baka and Test). Michiko Yokote (Love Stage!!, No-Rin, Genshiken) will handle series composition. Noriko Tsutsumiya (Dragonar Academy, C³, Kokoro Connect animation director) is designing the characters based on original character designs by QP:flapper (MM!, Oreimo 2, Sora no Method).
Kadokawa will release the first issue of the special Girl Friend (Kari) Magazine on August 22. The magazine will include four manga series that focus on specific characters from the anime. Tsukako Akina launched the Girl Friend (Kari) Kokomi Shiina ~Koi Shite Madonna~ manga in the September issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine on July 26.
CyberAgent's blogging website Ameba started service for the game for smartphones in 2012. As of June 2014, the number of registered users has passed 5.3 million. The game features over one hundred girls for the player to date, each voiced by a different voice actress. Some of the game's cast includes Yui Ogura as Momoko Asahina, Nana Inoue as Kazumi Kawabuchi, Megumi Toyoguchi as Akiho Shigetō, and Yukari Tamura as Koruri Tokitani
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
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Happy Independence Day Indonesia!
Dirgahayu Republik Indonesia
Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan ke - 69
Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: "independence or death"! - Soekarno
Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: "independence or death"! - Soekarno
週刊VOCALOIDとUTAUランキング #358・300 [Vocaloid Weekly Ranking #358]
Cover:VOCALOID GAKUPO Ilustration by Kentaro Miura
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Rina Satou, Asuka Ōgame, Mikako Komatsu Star in Happy Cooking Graffiti Anime
The official Twitter account for Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazines announced the lead cast, staff, and premiere date for the television anime adaptation of Makoto Kawai's four-panel manga Happy Cooking Graffiti (Kōfuku Graffiti) on Saturday.The series will star Rina Satou (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, A Certain Scientific Railgun S) as Ryō Machiko, Asuka Ōgame (Vividred Operation, Kokoro Connect) as Kirin Morino, and Mikako Komatsu (Nisekoi, K) as Shiina.
The story follows Ryō, a middle school girl who lives by herself. She has a knack for cooking, and she makes friendships with everyone through her food. The cooking manga is "full of detailed cuisine art to whet the appetite and slightly erotic meal scenes." The "kōfuku" in the title is a wordplay on two Japanese homonyms — one which means "happiness," and another that means "appetite."
Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Monogatari series director Akiyuki Shinbo will helm Happy Cooking Graffiti as chief director at Shaft. Mari Okada (Selector Infected Wixoss, AKB0048) will be in charge of series composition and Kazuya Shiotsuki (Nisekoi chief animation director, Madoka Magica animation director) will design the characters.
The series will premiere this winter.
Kouki Uchiyama, Ai Kakuma, Yukiyo Fujii Star in KyoAni's Amagi Brilliant Park TV Anime
The cast of Kyoto Animation's anime adaptation of Shoji Gatoh's Amagi Brilliant Park light novel series was announced on Saturday. The series will star:
Additional cast includes:
Gatoh (Full Metal Panic!) started the series with illustrations by Yuka Nakajima (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!/Papa Kiki!) last year, and Fantasia Bunko published the third volume in January. Yasuhiro Takemoto (Full Metal Panic!, Lucky Star, Hyōka) is directing the anime. AKINO with bless4 (Aquarion themes) will perform the opening "Extra Magic Hours."
Amagi Brilliant Park will premiere on October 2.
Kouki Uchiyama (Soul Eater Not!, Haikyuu!!, Nisekoi) as Seiya Kanie
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Ai Kakuma (Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara, Dragonar Academy, Aldnoah.Zero) as Isuzu Sento
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Yukiyo Fujii (Patema Inverted) as Latifah Fullanza
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- Shiori Mikami as Kobori
- Ryoko Shiraishi as Macaron
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Sylphy
- Ayako Kawasumi as Moffle
- Yuka Aisaka as Muse
- Minami Tsuda as Salama
- Ai Nonaka as Tirami
The "slapstick drama" begins with Seiya Kanie, a high school boy who is invited on a date in an amusement park by a mysterious beautiful transfer student
named Isuzu Sento. He is introduced to Latifah, a "real" princess and
the park's manager, and is asked to be the acting manager of this
"disappointing amusement park in the Tokyo suburbs."
Amagi Brilliant Park will premiere on October 2.
Nobunaga Shimazaki, Maaya Uchida Lead Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. TV Anime's Cast
The staff of the television anime adaptation of Yume Mizusawa's Ore, Twin Tail ni Narimasu. (I, Will Become a Twin Tail.) light novel series unveiled the cast for the series on Saturday. The announcement was first made at the TBS Anime Festa event on the same day.The anime's cast will star Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!, Pupa) as protagonist Sōji Mitsuka, Maaya Uchida (Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live, Norgami) 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. In addition, Tesshô Genda will star as Lizadgildy, Tetsu Inada will join the cast as Draggildy, and Sumire Uesaka will play the role of Tail Red, Sōji's alternate form.
Maaya Uchida will perform the anime's opening theme song, titled "Gimme! Revolution." The single containing the song will ship in Japan on October 22. The ending theme single will be released on the same day, and will be performed by the voice actresses of the three main heroines.
The story centers around Sōji Mitsuka, an ordinary high school boy who happens to have an obsession for twin-tail hair. One day, a mysterious beautiful girl named Thouars (Tuaaru) appears before him from a parallel world. At the same time, monsters appear in his town, and they declare that all twin-tails in the world belong to them.
These monsters feed off the "attribute power," the spiritual energy of humans. Thouars entrusted Sōji with Tail Gear, imaginary armor initiated by powerful Twin-Tail attributes. With the armor, Sōji transforms into Tail Red, a twin-tail warrior girl, to protect Earth.
Hiroyuki Kanbe (Oreimo) is directing the series, and Naruhisa Arakawa (Outbreak Company, MAOYU, Spice & Wolf) is in charge of series composition. Kazuaki Morita (Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Danganronpa) is adapting Ayumu Kasuga's original character designs. The series is being animated at Production IMS (Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Master, Date A Live II).
Wit Studio Unveils 1st Original TV Anime, The Rolling Girls
Pony Canyon announced The Rolling Girls, the first original television anime from Wit Studio (anime adaptations of Attack on Titan, Hōzuki no Reitetsu). Kotomi Deai (second Silver Spoon season) is directing the anime, and Yasuyuki Muto (Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings franchise) is writing the scripts. Artist tanu (Tari Tari) is reponsible for the original character designs concepts, and Katsuhiko Kitada (Hal) is reponsible for the character designs.
週刊VOCALOIDとUTAUランキング #357・299 [Vocaloid Weekly Ranking #357]
Cover : VOCALOID GALACO NEO Ilustration by Tomioka Jiro
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Under the Dog Sci-Fi Anime Kickstarter Launches
Creative Intelligence Arts announced a Kickstarter on Friday for an original 24-minute anime titled Under the Dog. The project is seeking to raise US$580,000 by September 7.
The project aims to carry the tradition of older sci-fi anime titles such as Akira and Ghost in the Shell, and the material was written between 1994 and 1995. The production team is using Kickstarter in order to avoid the process of funding from production committees and therefore retain creative control of the anime. If the Kickstarter is successful, the team hopes to expand with more projects in the Under the Dog universe.
Masahiro Ando (Hana-Saku Iroha, Blast of Tempest) will direct the series based on a story by Jirō Ishii (428: In a Blockaded Shibuya, producer on Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors). Yuusuke Kozaki (Fire Emblem: Awakening) is designing the characters, Kinema Citrus is in charge of animation, and Orange Co. (Ghost in the Shell Arise) is in charge of 3D CGI. Creative Intelligence Arts founder Hiroaki Yura is producing. Keiichi Momose (Steamboy, Stand By Me Doraemon) is serving as Audio director, Kevin Penkin is composing the original score, and John Kurlander is serving as the mixing and recording engineer.
Ishii, Kozaki, and Yura are all guests at Otakon this weekend.
Creative Intelligence Arts describes the story:
The project aims to carry the tradition of older sci-fi anime titles such as Akira and Ghost in the Shell, and the material was written between 1994 and 1995. The production team is using Kickstarter in order to avoid the process of funding from production committees and therefore retain creative control of the anime. If the Kickstarter is successful, the team hopes to expand with more projects in the Under the Dog universe.
Masahiro Ando (Hana-Saku Iroha, Blast of Tempest) will direct the series based on a story by Jirō Ishii (428: In a Blockaded Shibuya, producer on Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors). Yuusuke Kozaki (Fire Emblem: Awakening) is designing the characters, Kinema Citrus is in charge of animation, and Orange Co. (Ghost in the Shell Arise) is in charge of 3D CGI. Creative Intelligence Arts founder Hiroaki Yura is producing. Keiichi Momose (Steamboy, Stand By Me Doraemon) is serving as Audio director, Kevin Penkin is composing the original score, and John Kurlander is serving as the mixing and recording engineer.
Ishii, Kozaki, and Yura are all guests at Otakon this weekend.
Creative Intelligence Arts describes the story:
Under the Dog takes place in 2025 in Neo Tokyo, five years after a devastating terrorist attack at the Tokyo Olympics. In the wake of the tragedy, the U.N. formed a covert ops unit dedicating to seeking out, then eliminating those responsible for the attack. Anthea Kallenberg, a girl of Swedish descent is a member of this elite group who has honed her combat abilities and has become a deadly assassin, but must come to terms as to who she really is.If funded, the finished product will be in Japanese with English subtitles, and also include the original soundtrack and behind-the-scenes diaries and interviews.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Yuichi Nakamura Joins World Trigger TV Anime's Cast
The combined 37-38th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday a more detailed cast list for Toei Animation's anime adaptation of Daisuke Ashihara's World Trigger manga.
From left to right in the image, the cast will star Yūichi Nakamura (Guilty Crown, Zettai Karen Children) as Yūichi Jin, Nao Tamura (Aiura, Log Horizon) as Chika Amatori, Tomo Muranaka (Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky, Oreca Battle) as the protagonist Yūma Kuga, Hideyuki Tanaka (Magic Knight Rayearth, Hellsing) as Replica, and Yuuki Kaji (Guilty Crown, Attack on Titan) as Osamu Mikumo.
The official website for the manga had previously announced a portion of the cast earlier this week, but did not list Yūichi Nakamura or specific roles. Cast members that have not had their roles announced are Nobuhiko Okamoto, Rie Kugimiya, and Jun Fukuyama.
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.
Viz Media describes the series as follows:
The official website for the manga had previously announced a portion of the cast earlier this week, but did not list Yūichi Nakamura or specific roles. Cast members that have not had their roles announced are Nobuhiko Okamoto, Rie Kugimiya, and Jun Fukuyama.
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.
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!The World Trigger television anime will premiere on the TV Asahi station and its affiliates in October. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine's Jump Special Anime Festa will screen a World Trigger anime at its tour this November.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Attack on Titan: No Regrets Spinoff Gets Anime DVDs
Hajime Isayama's 14th Attack on Titan manga volume is announcing on Friday that the spinoff story Attack on Titan: No Regrets (Shingeki no Kyojin Gaiden: Kuinaki Sentaku) is being adapted into anime. The new anime will come on two new original animation DVDs that will be bundled with the 15th and 16th volumes of the main manga on December 9, 2014 and April 9, 2015, respectively.
Artist Hikaru Suruga and writer Gan Sunaaku launched this spinoff manga in Kodansha's Aria magazine last fall, and Kodansha Comics is publishing it in North America. Kodansha Comics describes the story:
This prequel to megahit Attack on Titan answers the questions: How did Captain Levi of the Survey Corps go from street tough to humanity's strongest soldier? And how did Commander Erwin become a cold, calculating leader, ready to sacrifice anything to save the human race? The fires that forged this bond of loyalty and trust were intense indeed!The staff and cast from last year's Attack on Titan television anime series are returning for these original animation DVDs:
- Director: Tetsuro Araki
- Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi
- Character Design: Kyoji Asano
- Animation Production: Wit Studio
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi
- Daisuke Ono as Erwin
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Kantai Collection Anime's 1st Promo Previews Animation
Kadokawa began streaming the first promotional video for the television anime adaptation of the Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- card game on Monday.
The anime will star :
Sumire Uesaka as Fubuki
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Saki Fujita as Akagi
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Yuka Iguchi as Kaga
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The anime will premiere in January 2015.
Keizou Kusakawa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?) is directing the anime of Kadokawa Games' moe-character card battle game at the studio Diomedea (Squid Girl, Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?). Jukki Hanada (Love Live! School idol project, Steins;Gate) is in charge of the series scripts.
Kadokawa Games launched the original free-to-play browser game with the service provider DMM.com in April 2013. In the game, players compete with cards featuring female moe characters inspired by Japanese World War II warships such as aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers. Players build, organize, and repair their anthropomorphized fleet to progress through maps.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Kantai Collection Anime's Staff, January 2015 Premiere Unveiled
The J-Cast News website had reported in April that the series would premiere this summer. Kadokawa Games had not announced a more specific timeframe, only that the show would premiere this summer or later.
Sumire Uesaka will star as Fubuki, Saki Fujita will star as Akagi, and Yuka Iguchi will star as Kaga.
Keizou Kusakawa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?) is directing the anime of Kadokawa Games' moe-character card battle game at the studio Diomedea (Squid Girl, Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?). Jukki Hanada (Love Live! School idol project, Steins;Gate) is in charge of the series scripts. The rest of the staff includes:
- Original Creators: DMM.com/Kadokawa Games
- Planning: Takeshi Yasuda
- Original Story Concept: Kensuke Tanaka
- Chief Production Director: Shinichiro Inoue
- Character Design/Chief Animation Directors: Naomi Ide, Mayuko Matsumoto
- Character Design Cooperation: Yoshinori Shizuma, Shibafu, Konishi
- Mechanical design: Tsutomu Miyazawa, Kōta Moroishi
- Creature Design: Tsubasa Shimizu
- Effects Director: Takashi Hashimoto
- Art Director: Maho Takahashi
- Color design: Shuji Kamimura
- Cgi Director: Eiji Inomoto
- CG Modeling Director: Hideki Kawabata
- CG Production: Orange
- Director of Photography: Yasuyuki Itou
- Editor: Yuuji Oka
- Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Music: Natsumi Kameoka
- Music Production: Flying Dog
- Production: Kan Colle Joint Fleet Headquarters
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