Tuesday 30 June 2015

Hayao Miyazaki"s never-seen-before World Masterpiece Theater sketches to be put on display

For the 40th anniversary of the World Masterpiece Theater, Nippon Animation will be giving fans a very special treat as they will feature never-seen-before sketches done by none other than the Oscar-winning anime director and Studeio Ghibli Co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki


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30 of the legendary anime director’s World Masterpiece Theater sketches, including the one seen above from Anne of Green Gables, will be among the 130 artworks going on display in Ikebukuro’s Tobu Department Store 8th floor event space area for the 40th anniversary exhibition. Also included are the legend’s sketches of Rascal the Racoon and Nero from the Dog of Flanders


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The exhibition will feature background illustrations and character sketches, which have never been on public display before from series which also include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Swiss Family Robinson, and Daddy Long-Legs. Also featured are artworks and background art from several legendary figures in Japan’s animation industry, including Takamura Mukuo and Seiji Endou.


3000 Leagues in Search of Mother by Takamura Mukuo


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From Anne of Green Gables


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Rascal the Raccoon painting by Seiji Endou


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Preliminary sketch from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer


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Before founding Studio Ghibli with Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki (and Takahata) both worked for World Masterpiece Theater and have worked on several titles including Rascal the RaccoonAnne of Green Gables, and The Dog of Flanders


Known as the The Sekai Meisaku Gekijouten, the exhibition will be held from July 30 until August 18, 2015. It is part of a 2-year tour which includes stops in Hiroshima and Hokkaido.


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Hayao Miyazaki"s never-seen-before World Masterpiece Theater sketches to be put on display

[Videos] Two new live-action Bakuman movie trailers streamed

The official TOHO movie channel has started streaming two new videos for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga about making a manga, Bakuman. The first video is the movie’s full trailer and the second one is the teaser trailer




Both videos also feature the movie’s theme song, “Shin Takarajima” by the J-Rock band, Sakanaction, which is a nod to manga legend and Astro Boy creator, Osamu Tezuka’s “New Treasure Island” manga which was released back in 1947. “New Treasure Island” was Osamu Tezuka’s first published manga and is fitting for a movie which pays homage to the manga industry itself.


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Takeru Satoh, who is known for playing Kenshin Himura in the live action Ruruoni Kenshin movies will once again be playing a Shounen Jump! character in aspiring manga artist, Mashiro Moritaka. Playing Mashiro’s manga-writing-partner, Akito Takagi, will be Ryunosuke Kamiki who plays Soujirou Seta alongside Satoh in the live action Rurouni Kenshin sequel movies.


The movie will be based on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s best-selling manga series about making mangas and is scheduled to premiere in Japan on October 3, 2015.


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[Videos] Two new live-action Bakuman movie trailers streamed

Blood Blockade Battlefront final episode is delayed until further notice

Some bad news for anime fans as the official website for the Blood Blockade Battlefront anime adaptation has announced that the anime’s 12th and final episode, originally scheduled to be aired on July 4, 2015, will be delayed until further notice.


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This means that fans will have to wait a lot longer than expected to finally see how the series will end. The anime’s staff announced that they have determined that the final episode cannot be aired in a 30-minute timeslot.


Now that’s a bummer indeed as the anime is currently at its climax. The official website however announced that a special program will be aired it its place instead


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Monday 29 June 2015

[VIDEO] Assassination Classroom 3DS game to feature God Eater costumes

The Assassination Classroom anime adaptation may have already ended, but its 3DS video game is still going strong, and it adds several very special God Eater DLC costumes this July 16, 2015, and they are all going to be free!


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This new DLC will include two new “Mission Time” missions, both of which contain the collaboration between Assassination Classroom and God Eater. One mission has the students attempt to kill Koro-sensei, who is wearing an Ogretail Aragami headgear, for a certain amount of time. The other mission meanwhile will have the players play as Koro-sensei himself, and still wears that Ogretail Aragami headgear


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Those who clear both of these missions will be rewarded with special collaboration costumes, which include the Ogretail Aragami headgear for Koro-Sensei, Alisa’s hair and costume for the female students, and Lindow’s hair and costume for female students. I wonder if Nagisa can wear both since he is considered a trap after all…


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The new Assassination Classroom game was released in Japan for Nintendo’s 3DS last March and it allows players to create their own avatar to be a Class E student and interact with the students, teachers, and other characters from the manga


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[VIDEO] Assassination Classroom 3DS game to feature God Eater costumes

Sunday 28 June 2015

Building which served as Nico Yazawa"s home to be demolished

The Shouhei Bridge Building in Akihabara, Tokyo has served as the anime pilgrimage spot for many Love Live! fans, also known as Love Livers, as it has been featured in the second season of Love Live! as the apartment complex Nico Yazawa lives in.


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However, there are some sad news about the anime pilgrimage spot as the building has failed earthquake safety tests and been deemed unsafe when a major earthquake strikes Japan once again as it has been found out that it may collapse. Because of this, the Tokyo Kouyuukai has determined that it must be torn down and tenants must find a different building to live in and vacate the premises by the end of September. The building is set to be demolished by the end of the year. Here are a few comparison images around the building’s area


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Now that’s a shame indeed. Hopefully, this will give rise to an even more structurally sound and safer building for tenants


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Building which served as Nico Yazawa"s home to be demolished

[Video] My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU video game"s TV ad streamed

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU. Too is one of the hottest anime of the spring 2015 season and it’s about to get a new video game courtesy of 5pb. games. The announcement video for that new game has finally been streamed, and without further ado, here it is:



The video as narrated by Hiratsuka-sensei and she announces the new game and says that just like the first game, players will once again get to play as Batman Hachiman. The video also features scenes from the anime’s second season.


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More details on this new game will be announced in the days ahead.


This will be the second game for the series as 5pb. has previously released a visual novel game for the PlayStation Vita back in 2013. It came bundled with the anime adaptation’s OVA and even contained a Saika route! The video concludes with Saika, so does this mean everybody’s favorite trap will also be a huge part of this new game?!


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[Video] My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU video game"s TV ad streamed

Monogatari Final Season"s Owarimonogatari briefly listed for 2015

Japanese Animator, Hiroko Kazui, who has previously worked on other Monogatari titles like Hanamonogatari and Monogatari series second season, has briefly listed in her own personal website that Owarimonogatari, which is part of the final season of NisiOisin’s Monogatari series, is listed at 2015. The Owarimonogatari listing has already been taken off the site.


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The Owarimonogatari listing was actually part of the animator’s list of works and it was placed under the year 2015. Does this mean we should expect a new Monogatari anime later this year? Well, fans are certainly hoping for it!


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Owarimonogatari is a three-volume story which is part of the Monogatari series Final Season and includes “Oogi Formula,” “Sodachi Riddle”, and “Sodachi Lost”.


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Monogatari Final Season"s Owarimonogatari briefly listed for 2015

Is the Order a Rabbit?? season 2 to premiere this autumn, teases Cocoa"s big sister

Looks like we are having more coffee house fun this October because the lovable gang of Is the Order a Rabbit? will be returning for a new season this Autumn, and it’s new season will be titled Is the Order a Rabbit??. The announcement happened during the Manga Time Kirara Festa 2015 event which previewed the anime with a video. So far, the video has not been released yet.


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According to reports coming from fans who attended the event, the video teased a new character who readers of the manga are quite familiar of, and she is none other than Mocha, Cocoa’s big sister. A new key visual image has also been released


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More announcements about this new season will be made in the days to come


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Is the Order a Rabbit?? season 2 to premiere this autumn, teases Cocoa"s big sister

UtaPri Revolutions final episode teases a new season

As the final episode of Utano☆Prince-sama Revolutions ended with a bang, the anime left a very special message to its fans and it seems to be a good one


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The episode ended with “To Be Continued…” which is then followed by the episode’s end card, which says “See You Next Season☆” (image pictured above), which seems to be teasing that there is yet another UtaPri anime in the works


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No new announcements on this “promise” has been made so far, so make sure to stay tuned!


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UtaPri Revolutions final episode teases a new season

Love Live! Sunshine school idol group now officially titled Aqours

Move over μ’s, because there are new school idols in town! With voting now officially done, the official website to the Love Live! follow-up project, Love Live! Sunshine, has announced that the School Idol group will be named Aqours


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The name Aquors won by majority vote during an official election held by Dengeki G’s Magazine to determine the group’s official name.


Aquors is actually is a combination of Aqua (as they come from a seaside town) and Ours. A total of 23,789 votes were cast and the name Aquours was chosen as it got a total of 4,644 votes. The group will also release their debut single this October 7, 2015.


So, what do you guys think of the new batch of school idols?


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Friday 26 June 2015

[Videos] Two new Monster Musume PVs introduce Centorea and Suu

The anime adaptation of Okayado’s New York Times best-selling ecchi monster girl manga series is definitely one of the most-hyped titles coming into July as part of the upcoming Summer 2015 season, and two new character PVs for Monster Musume have been streamed.


The first PV introduces the noble centaur who comes from a noble line of warriors, Centorea



The second PV meanwhile introduces the mysterious slime girl, Suu, who is “instant fun, just add water”



Both videos feature the anime’s OP song, “Saikousoku Fall in Love”, which is performed by the six main monster girls for the anime, Miia the Lamia (CV: Sora Amamiya), Papi the Harpy (CV: Ari Ozawa), Centorea the Centaur (CV: Natsuki Aikawa), Suu the Slime Girl (CV: Mayuka Nomura), Melo the Mermaid (CV: Haruka Yamazaki), and Rachnera the Arachne (CV: Sakura Nakamura).


The anime will be making its premiere in Japan this 8 July 2015


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[Videos] Two new Monster Musume PVs introduce Centorea and Suu

[Video] New Dragon Ball Super teaser introduces new characters

As fans of all ages eagerly await the return of one of the most popular animated series to ever come out of Japan, Fuji TV has started streaming a brand new teaser video for the upcoming Dragon Ball Super anime, and it introduces the new characters featured in the anime’s new visual



The new character, Shampa, is also a god of destruction like Beerus and it looks like this new character will be stirring things up. The video also features the song “Chouzetsu☆Dynamic” by Kazuya Yoshii, which also serves as the anime’s OP song


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This new Dragon Ball anime series will premiere in Japan on July 5, 2015 via Fuji TV and will be the first new Dragon Ball anime since Dragon Ball GT ended back in 1998.


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[Video] New Dragon Ball Super teaser introduces new characters

Thursday 25 June 2015

We are not surprised with #1 as Charapedia ranks the Top 20 best voice actresses who are the best singers

In Japan, voice actors, or seiyuus, are pretty much considered pop stars, and they even release their own songs, some of which are part of the soundtrack for the anime they are voicing a character for.


For this week’s Charapedia poll, the Japanese anime character database has asked 10,000 anime fans, 53.7% female and 46.3% male, which seiyuu is the best singer out there. The rankings are divided into male and female seiyuu rankings, with the male results being released on a later date. Here are the Top 20 females”:


20) Yuka Iguchi (A Certan series’ Index and Kantai Collection’s Kaga)


19) Suzuko Mimori (Love Live!’s Umi Sonoda and Yuru Yuri’s Himawari Furutani)


18) Yui Horie (Kanon’s Aki Tsukimiya and Love Hina’s Naru Narusegawa)


17) Aki Toyosaki (K-On!’s Yui Hirasawa and To Love-Ru’s Momo Deviluke)


16) Chiaki Takahashi (iDOLM@STER’s Azusa Miura and Chaos; Head’s Yua Kusonoki)


15) Miyuki Sawashiro (Black Rock Shooter’s Dead Master and Durarara!!’s Celty)


14) Asami Imai (iDOLM@STER’s Chihaya Kisaragi and Hyperdimension Neptunia’s Noire)


13) Yukari Tamura (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha’s Nanoha Takamachi and Akame Ga Kill!’s Mine)


12) Aya Hirano (The Haruhi Suzumiya series’ Haruhi Suzumiya and Fairy Tail’s Lucy Heartfilia)


11) Sora Amamiya (Seven Deadly Sins’ Elizabeth and One Week Friends’ Kaori Fujimiya)


10) Megumi Hayashibara

(Evangelion’s Rei Ayanami and Ranma 1/2’s female Ranma)


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9) Minori Chihara

(Beyond the Boundary’s Mitsuki Nase and the Haruhi Suzumiya series’ Yuki Nagato)


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8) Haruka Tomatsu

(Sword Art Online’s Asuna and Magi’s Morgiana)


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7) Maaya Sakamoto

(Ghost in the Shell: Arise’s Motoko Kusanagi and Monogatari’s Shinobu Oshino)


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6) Youko Hikasa

(High School DXD’s Rias Gremory and K-On’s Mio Akiyama)


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5) Ayahi Takagaki

(Gundam 00’s Feldt Grace and Symphogear’s Chris Yukine)


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4) Kana Hanazawa

(OreImo’s Kuroneko and Psycho-Pass’s Akane Tsunemori)


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3) Yoshino Nanjou

(Love Live!’s Eli Ayase and Riddle Story of Devil’s Nio Hashiri)


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2) Saori Hayami

(OreImo’s Ayase Aragaki and Monogatari’s Yotsugi Ononoki)


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1) Nana Mizuki

(Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha’s Fate Testarossa and Naruto’s Hinata Hyuuga)


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Fans think Nana Mizuki is the best singer among the seiyuus?! Who could have seen that one coming?! With chart-topping singles and collaborations and singing the theme songs for anime she is not even voicing a character for, Nana Mizuki is currently one of the most on-demand seiyuus today, and her victory comes at absolutely no surprise at all!


#2 ranked Saori Hayami meanwhile ain’t any slouch either as she has voiced many AniSongs as well, and we all know what Love Live! seiyuu Yoshino Nanjou, as well as the versatile Kana Hanazawa can do on stage as singers.


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source: Charapedia



We are not surprised with #1 as Charapedia ranks the Top 20 best voice actresses who are the best singers

Wednesday 24 June 2015

Hyperdimension War Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls to have original protagonist

Compile Heart’s Shingo Onodera and Sega’s Masahiro Nakayama have recently sat down with Dengeki PlayStation Magazine to talk about their Hyperdimension War Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls crossover game as well as the upcoming Extreme Dimension Tag Blanc + Neptune VS Zombie Army game. In that interview, they revealed a few details about the games


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For Hyperdimension War Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls, it was revealed that the game will not have good’ol Nep-Nep (Neptune) or the Sega Hard Girls as the main characters, but will instead focus on an original protagonist named Hatsumi Sega. She will be designed by renowned illustrator, Tsunako, and will be a short girl with an s-shaped ponytail (Because it’s Sega). Development for the game has already started last fall and is handled by Felistella.


Many fans have believed that the game will be a crossover fighting game, however, the interview revealed that the game will in-fact be an RPG, just like the Hyperdimension Neptunia games, however, the gameplay will be quite different. It will focus on Hatsumi Sega and Hyperdimension Neptunia’s IF, who is based on Idea Factory.


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As for Extreme Dimension Tag Blanc + Neptune VS Zombie Army, Nakayama and Onodera revealed that Tamsoft is developing the game and it will not be a direct sequel to any of the Hyperdimension Neptunia games or any of its spin-offs. It will feature a school sports story where all the characters who appeared in Hyperdimension Neptunia U are featured wearing school uniforms.


Both the Hyperdimension War Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls crossover game as well as the upcoming Extreme Dimension Tag Blanc + Neptune VS Zombie Army game will be released for the PlayStation Vita


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Hyperdimension War Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls to have original protagonist

[Video] Boruto: Naruto the Movie"s first full trailer is finally here!

Naruto fans, rejoice! After months of waiting, we are finally able to see the very first full trailer for Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and the TOHO Movie Channel has finally started streaming it! Here is the English sub-titled trailer released by Kotaku’s youtube channel



And just in case you’ve missed it, here is the teaser trailer, which is a shorter version of the trailer above. This one is from the TOHO Movie Channel and unfortunately, it has no English subtitles



Both videos feature show that Boruto can also execute his father’s Shadow Clone Jutsu and also feature Boruto: Naruto the Movie’s theme song titled “Diver”, by J-Rock band, KANA-BOOM. The movie will make its Japanese premiere on August 7, 2015.


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So, who is excited for the movie?


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[Video] Boruto: Naruto the Movie"s first full trailer is finally here!

Tuesday 23 June 2015

God Eater teams up with Hyperdimension Neptunia and World Trigger for new collaborations

2015 really does seem to be the year for God Eater as not only will ufotable’s upcoming anime adaptation air this July 5, 2015, the God Eater 2: Rage Burst game is also teaming up with the Shounen Jump! anime and manga series, World Trigger, and the game itself will be personified as a character in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory II


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The game’s official twitter page, @project_ge, has revealed that the upcoming version 1.43 will be featuring several costumes inspired by Daisuke Ashihara’s Shounen Jump! manga, World Trigger. Costumes and weapons inspired by World Trigger characters, Osamu Mikumo and Kirie Konami are already confired. Who knows? Maybe we can also get Jin, Yuuma, and Chika costumes as well? Wouldn’t it be great if we could use Fuujin to slice up those pesky aragamis?


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Dengeko PlayStation magazine meanwhile will be revealing the God Eater game’s personification for the upcoming Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory II, and she looks a little bit like Alyssa, don’t you guys think?


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More announcements on the World Trigger collaboration will be announced during the God Eater Festival 2015 event which will be held this weekend.


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God Eater teams up with Hyperdimension Neptunia and World Trigger for new collaborations

[Video] Live-action Death Note TV ad teases the battle between Light and L

The battle between Light Yagami, or Kira, and his arch nemesis, L, has been one of the anime and manga industry’s most enduring rivalries, and that very rivalry is teased in a new TV ad for the series’ highly-anticipated live-action TV drama adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note.



Besides L (played by Kento Yamazaki) and Light Yagami (played by Masataka Kubota), the video also features the drama’s version of the Shinegami, Ryuk, as well as the actress, Hinako Sano, who portrays Misa Amane.


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The live-action Death Note TV drama will begin airing in Japan this July 5, 2015 and will feature a different story to the original manga, the anime, and the live-action movies. You can also check out the cast costume reveal for the Death Note TV drama through this link


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[Video] Live-action Death Note TV ad teases the battle between Light and L

[ANIME] Live-action Attack on Titan movie trailer shows how the 3D Maneuver Gear works

Humanity is about to take its war against the titans in two new live-action Attack on Titan movies this summer season, and the movies’ official website has just updated to feature a new full trailer, which finally solves one of the fans’ biggest questions – how do the actors look while using the 3D Manuever Gears in the live-action movies?



A new 30-second teaser trailer has also been streamed, and they also feature the 3D Maneuver Gears in action



Besides the reveal of the iconic 3D Maneuver Gears, it has been announced that the movies will be 4D as well. The first live-action Attack on Titan movie will be the very first Japanese movie to use four different 4D systems to show the movie. The movie will not only be shown in IMAX theaters across Japan, but will also be shown in 4DX, MX4D, and D-Box screens which feature moving seats which move according to the action sequences of the film and also feature effects such as scent and wind.


A new poster for the movies has also been unveiled


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The first movie will simply be titled Attack on Titan and it will premiere in Japan on August 1, 2015. The second movie meanwhile will premiere on September 19, 2015 and it will be titled Attack on Titan: End of the World. The movie will also be shown in Singapore, and more details about the Singapore premiere can be seen through this link


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[ANIME] Live-action Attack on Titan movie trailer shows how the 3D Maneuver Gear works

Monday 22 June 2015

The 7 NEW anime to look out for this Summer 2015

As June is about to end to make way for July, new anime are about to take over and replace a few which have just ended. We now take a look at seven new anime fans should watch out for this upcoming Summer 2015 season.


Previously, we presented our list of returning anime that we think fans should continue, and this time, we take a look at new anime. These anime have not yet been officially adapted into an anime in the past, so therefore, you won’t be seeing titles like Dragon Ball Super, Non Non Biyori Repeat, and iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls part 2 here. After careful deliberation and much debating, arguing, and fighting, here are our picks:


Monster Musume


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Summer usually means ecchi anime, but out of all of them, the one which has the most hype coming into summer is Monster Musume, which is based on the New York Times bestselling manga by Okayado, which follows an exchange program between humans and monsters. Monster girl fans, rejoice!


Chaos Dragon


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Based on the tabletop rpg, Red Dragon, Chaos Dragon is a massive multi-media collaboration featuring characters made by some anime heavyweights, including Gen Urobuchi (Madoka Magica and Aldnoah.Zero), Kinoko Nasu (The Fate series and Tsukihime), and Ryohgo  Narita (Durarara!! and Baccano). The story is set in the country of Nil Kamui, which was wiped out in a war.


Sore Ga Seiyuu!


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Sore Ga Seiyuu is a behind-the-scenes comedy anime about seiyuus and is based on the manga written by actual seiyuu, Masumi Asano (Ikki Tousen’s Hakufu Sonsaku and Hayate the Combat Butler!’s Risa Asakaze) and illustrated by Hayate the Combat Butler! mangaka, Kenjiro Hata. With the success of anime like Shirobako and Bakuman, which give us a behind-the-scenes look at the anime and manga industries respectively, Sore Ga Seiyuu! is one which should not be missed


God Eater


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Based on Bandai Namco’s popular and bestselling video game series, this new anime adaptation depicts humanity’s war against the aragamis. With ufotable animating it, this one is surely going to feature beautiful animation and an engaging story


Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace


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Edogawa Ranpo has left an indelible mark in the history of Japanese literature, and Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace is inspired by this literary legend’s works and was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his passing. The anime is scheduled to be a part of the legendary Noitamina anime block which has produced many anime classics like Honey and Clover, Psycho-Pass, and Nodame Cantabile.


Charlotte


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After making us cry with Angel Beats!, Jun Maeda and Key Visual Arts are back with a new original anime titled Charlotte, which explores the lives of teenagers with supernatural powers. Since this is a Key anime, make sure you pack lots of tissues because you may be crying a whole lot… Just like Clannad


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What happens when fantasy and reality meet? This is the premise of Gate, which follows Japan’s Self Defense Force members as they explore a new world which was opened in a “gate” in the middle of Tokyo. This “gate” leads to a world filled with fantastical creatures from elves to dragons and everything in between


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