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Crunchyroll is handling Food Wars: The Third Plate as part of the fall 2017 anime season and they’ve added a new round of clips from it to try and entice you to sample more of it. They definitely showcase aspects of the series pretty well and they’re also great for sharing to try and win over someone undecided to check it out with. Crunchyroll brings new episodes out every Tuesday at 12:30pm ET for members.

The previous seasons were directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, the series is being animated at JC Staff with Shogko Yasukawa handling the scripts and Tomoyuki Shitaya working on the character design adaptations. It’ll star Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Soma Yukihira, Risa Taneda as Erina Nakir, Minami Takahashi as Megumi Tadokoro, Ikumi Mito as Shizuka Ishigami, Maaya Uchida as Yūki Yoshino, Ai Kayano as Ryōko Sakaki, Taishi Murata as Shun Ibusaki, Yūsuke Kobayashi as Zenji Marui, Ai Kakuma as Mayumi Kurase, Rina Hidaka as Urara Kawashima, Banjo Ginga as Senzaemon Nakiri and Rikiya Koyama as Joichiro Yukihira.

The manga series is currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump by Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki with twenty-four volumes to its name so far. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America digitally and in print form.

Plot Concept: Soma Yukihira’s old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father’s culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school!

Can Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress to the school that he belongs there at all?!

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Sanrio announced back in January of this year that with a couple of manga projects out there and a smartphone game, they’re expanding a bit with a new anime series called Sanrio Danshi, aka Sanrio Boys. We knew previously that it was set for the winter 2018 season and now the official site has updated with a confirmed January 6th, 2018 debut on Tokyo MX and MBS before rolling out to other services over the next few days. Masashi Kudou directing it based on the composition by Takashi Aoshima. Atsuko Nakajima is handling the character designs while the animation is being produced by Studio Pierrot and Pierrot Plus. The Japanese cast includes:

• Takuya Eguchi as Kōta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves Pom Pom Purin
• Sōma Saitō as Yū Mizuno, he loves My Melody
• Jun Oosuka as Shunsuke Yoshino, he loves Hello Kitty
• Hiroyuki Kagura as Ryō Nishimiya, he loves Little Twin Stars
• Yūma Uchida as Seiichiro Minamoto, he loves Cinnamoroll

Plot Concept: The property follows Kōta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school as Yū Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My Melody. Yū tells Kōta that there’s nothing to be ashamed of for liking Sanrio’s cute characters. Together, Kōta, Yū, Shunsuke Yoshino, Ryō Nishimiya, and Seiichiro Minamoto learn to accept their love of the characters instead of feeling embarrassed.

The spring 2017 anime series Armed Girls Machiavellism is having its home video release plans handled by Kadokawa and they’ve set a familiar schedule for it. And now  ahead of its November 29th, 2017 release we have a look at the sixth and final package for the property. The series is getting a six-volume release that began on June 28th, 2017 where the DVDs are priced at 6,600 yen while the Blu-ray’s are priced at 7,600 yen.

The series will be directed by Hideki Tachibana based on the scripts by Kento Shimoyama and they’ve set Shoko Takimoto to handle the character designs with it being animated at Silver Link.

The Japanese cast includes Tasuku Hatanaka as Fudo Nomura, Yuki Takada as Rin Onigawara, Sayaka Kitahara as Mary Kikakujou, Nozomi Nishida as Satori Tamaba, Rina Hidaka as Warabi Hanasaka, Natsumi Hioka as Tsukiyo Inaba, Eriko Matsui as Kirukiru Amou, Miku Itou as Nono Mizunono, Akane Kohinata as Chouka U. Ubaragasaki, Miharu Hanai as Satsuki Kurasaki, Shiori Mutou as Ui Migii, Miharu Sawada as Tsunemi Totsuko, Yuki Yamada as Kinue Tanukihara, Natsumi Yamada as Niko Sawatari, Saki Fujita as Kyoubou and Tetsuji Ota as Kusuo Masukodera.

The opening song is “Shocking Blue” by Miku Itou while the ending theme song is “DECIDE” that’s performed by several of the characters.

The original work began in the later winter of 2014 in Shonen Ace and has five volumes out. We talked a bit about the title last summer before last when a brief promo was produced for it.

Plot concept: The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls, when it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the “Supreme Five Swords” was also formed.

After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students and such the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them.

Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl, what will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school too or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were…by being forced to dress and act like girls!

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Armed Girls Machiavellism Japanese Volume 6 Cover

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Armed Girls Machiavellism Japanese Volume 1 Cover

[Source: Armed Girl’s Machiavellism (Busou Shoujo Machiavellism)]

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The Black Clover anime is set for a four-cour run in Japan and with Crunchyroll simulcasting it (and doing a movie night soon) and Funimation producing a simuldub, what could be next? The show is now making the leap to Toonami with it set to premiere on December 2nd, 2017 in the plum 11:30 pm slot after Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters are broadcast.

Tatsuya Yoshihara, who recently directed Monster Musume and Long Riders, is on board to direct based on the series composition by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. Itsuki Takeda is working on the main character designs with Kumiko Tokunaga as the sub-character designer.

The show has Cris George directing based on the scripts from Bonny Clinkenbeard and the main cast include Dallas Reid as Asta, Micah Solusod as Yuno, Brian Mathis as High Priest, Dawn M. Bennett as Sister Lily, Sara Ragsdale as Arlu, Megan Shipman as Rekka, Daman Mills as Revchi, and Bill Jenkins as Tower Master.

The Japanese cast includes Gakuto Kajiwara as Asta, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Yuno, Junichi Suwabe as Yami Sukehiro, Genki Muro as Magna Swing, Ayumu Murase as Luck Voltia, Jun Fukuyama as Finral Roulacase, Nana Mizuki as Vanessa Enoteca, Kana Yūki as Noelle Silva, Satoshi Hino as Gauch Adlai, Kiyono Yasuno as Charmy Pappitson, Kenichirou Matsuda as Gordon Agrippa, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Julius Nova Chrono, Kousuke Toriumi as Nozel Silva, Katsuyuki Konishi as Fuegoleon Vermillion, Yuu Kobayashi as Charlotte Roselei, Daisuke Namikawa as Jack the Ripper, Daisuke Ono as William Vangeance, Asuka Nishi as Mimosa Vermilion, and Takuma Terashima as Klaus Lunette.

The manga comes from Yuki Tabata which began in February 2015 and has nine volumes released so far. Viz Media is releasing it here in compiled volumes as well as part of the Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.

Plot Concept: In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!

The Royal Tutor Chapter 57

The new week of digital comics and manga is underway and today has some good installments out to dig into. DC Comics hits us up with the latest Batman and Harley Quinn installment as well as the start of DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out.

Marvel Comics adds a few more German editions of some of their trades.

Shonen Jump lands from Viz Media with 200 pages of new manga for a buck. And Yen Press steps up with the latest chapters for Black Butler and The Royal Tutor.

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Funimation recently released another series with Crunchyroll with the Testament of Sister New Devil anime property. To get people in the mindset of checking out more of it they’ve brought out a new dub clip that has Basara initiating the master-servant contract with Mio, which means sexy times ahead. The set comes with Maria’s Secret Video as its bonus alongside the clean opening and closing, which means we get the full-length piece as the extras are listed as 29 minutes total.

Wendee Lee directed the dub for it and the main cast includes with Chris Hackney as Basara Toujou, Lauren Landa as Mio Naruse, Kira Buckland as Maria Naruse, Xanthe Huynh as Yuki Nonaka, Cindy Robinson as Kurumi Nonaka, Wendee Lee as Chisato Hasegawa, Jeannie Howard as Zest, Ray Chase as Yahiro Takigawa/Lars, Kirk Thornton as Jin Toujou, Wendee Lee as Young Basara, Harvey Manfrenjensen as Mamoru Sakazaki, Brian Beacock as Kyoichi Shiba, Todd Haberkorn as Takashi Hayase, Wendee Lee as Mio’s Mother, Todd Haberkorn as Mio’s Father, George C. Cole as Valga, Kyle Hebert as Zolgear, Kyle McCarley as Leohart, and Carrie Keranen as Shella.

The anime adaptation was set up at Production IMS where was directed by Hisashi Saito based on scripts by Takao Yoshioka and character designs by Yoshihiro Watanabe.

The cast includes Yuichi Nakamura as Basara Toujou, Ayaka Asai as Mio Naruse, Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Yuki Nonaka, Kaori Fukuhara as Maria Naruse, Yuu Asakawa as Chisato Hasegawa, Keiji Fujiwara as Jin Toujou, Tomokazu Sugita as Takigawa Yahiro, Iori Nomizu as Kurumi Nonaka, Go Inoue as Takashi Hayase, Daisuke Hirakawa as Kyoichi Shiba, Seiko Yoshida as Zest and Kenjiro Tsuda as Mamoru Sakazaki.

The anime is adapted from the light novels of the same name that come from writer Tetsuo Uesu. The light novel series began in 2012 and has ten volumes out so far in Japan. The property has two manga series out there and Seven Seas has picked up the rights to the main one by Kashiwa Miyako, which began in the spring of 2013 as it’s been serialized in Shonen Ace.

Plot Concept: The revolves around Basara Tojo, a first-year high school student who is flustered by a sudden question by his eccentric father, “Hey, didn’t you used to say you wanted a little sister?” Plus, his father announces that he is getting remarried. His father brings over two beautiful step-sisters, but then embarks on an overseas trip. However, the two sisters Mio and Maria Naruse are actually a novice devil and succubus.

Vertical Comics has made a pretty good pickup that’s in line with other releases as they’ve acquired the print rights to APOSIMZ from Tsutomu Nihei. The publisher has had good luck with the creators past works such as Knighs of Sidonia and this property is moving right along.

Check out our reviews of the first few chapters.

The 200,000 KM diameter artificial celestial body of APOSIMZ. Most of its volume is its core space, which is covered by a superstructural shell. Fifty centuries ago, the people who lost a war against the core lost their right to reside legitimately in APOSIMZ, and were left behind on the extremely cold surface. They face the spreading Frame disease. And aggressive automatons which appear frequently on the ruins level. Yet even so, somehow people survive.

Noise: A SciFi Adventure Set in the BLAME! Universe As detective Musubi Susono investigates a series of child kidnappings, her own partner is viciously murdered. But when the investigation takes a brutal turn, she is suddenly confronted by the killerand his vicious Silicon Creature…

Another reconnect and the start of a push forward.

Creative Staff:
Story: Marguerite Bennett
Art: Richard Ortiz
Colors: J. Nanjan
Letterer: Wes Abbott

What They Say:
Tonight, we will free Spain. Tomorrow, we will free the world!” Or so Renee Montoya hopes, but the rebels are falling to the fascists, and a new threat has arisen: Black Adam!

Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
Bombshells: United felt like it was on a course correction over the last issue or two and this one further cements that feeling for me as it ties us back to everything that had come before. Marguerite Bennett does some good stuff when it comes to doing recap material across a few panels as you can almost imagine it in a sing-song kind of way but it covers a lot of ground in a sweeping way. What helps with it is that Richard Ortiz was a somewhat surprising favorite of mine in the previous run and getting to see him work with so many characters, even just for a panel, definitely delights. There’s a lot to convey between word and art here and this team pulls it together well all while Nanjan delivers the color consistency that defines this series.

The book kicks off with a recap of some of what Kate Kane has been up to over over the years after starting in 1943 and going back in time with how her story was told over the radio, which just delights me even more. Ortiz’s panels are fantastic here, especially with Selina, but as it delves into the larger war and all those involved it’s a crazy bit of fun that unfolds so that we can understand what she’s been through and why she’s back in Spain once again. Her time with Renee has made that a necessity so that she stops running and starts dealing with mistakes from the past and the consequences of her actions. The problem is that she has been away for some time and convincing others to let her get back in the mix of things isn’t easy, though Renee is doing her best to get it done for her.

Even though this is a continuation of the previous series it is still a new series so some character recap is expected as a new arc gets underway. Delving into what Kate and Renee have been through before, going back to 1935 and the loss of Jason to the Cheetah, may be repetitive for long time readers. But the team makes it work because it hits the right emotional beats here and follows what Renee was up to in the time since, contrasting with Kate but making it clear both have continued to fight injustices. It plays well with some of the nods in the montage sequences and the inspirational side it’s trying to evoke but it completely grabs my attention with that last page and the reveal of who looks to be running things in Spain as that makes for a compelling shift in the narrative for me – and the potential for some really intense action and character material to come.

In Summary:
I can’t help but to feel that I may have been too harsh on the opening storyline for Bombshells: United but it just didn’t click for me and the thought of losing a book I adored kind of panicked me in a way. There were good things but the series feels far more “on track” to what makes it work for me in the last few issues that I’m just thrilled to be back in this space again and reconnecting with the wide range of Bombshells that there are. The circle around to Kate, who kicked off the original series, is a very welcome piece for me and heading back to Spain even more so as there’s a lot of material to mine. Bennett keeps things moving well even while recapping a lot and she benefits hugely from some great artwork and layouts from Richard Ortiz. Very good stuff all around.

Grade: B+

Age Rating: 13+
Released By: DC Comics via ComiXology
Release Date: November 17th, 2017
MSRP: $0.99

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Viz Media has made a pretty sweet pickup that will delight a segment of their fans with the Sorairo Flutter manga. The book from Okura and Coma Hashii will be localized as That Blue Sky Feeling and is set for a June 2018 print release.

The book kicked off in January 2017 as serialized in Gangan Joker .

Plot Concept: Noshiro Dai, a 17 year old boy, transfers to new high school. But one of his new classmates -Sanada Kou- is always alone and distances himself from others. Then one day Noshiro hears rumors that Sanada is gay.

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With a minimal amount of promotion out there for the winter turned into spring 2016 and then into summer, fall, winter, spring, summer and now fall TV series Rilu Rilu Fairilu that began back in February 2016, the promos for new episodes have been doing the heavy lifting. With little promotion to it and no pick-up for streaming either, it’s not a series that has garnered much in the way of attention, even with all of its cute aspects. A new promotional spot for the next episode on November 24th, 2017 has arrived, however, and it’s a pretty good piece so that people can see the series in action. The show, animated by Studio Deen, is being directed by Gojo Series based on the overall composition from Aya Matsui. Nishichi Yamaguchi is on board handling the character designs.

The show stars Yumiri Hanamori as Lip, Aya Uchida as Himawari, Rina Hidaka as Sumire and Aina Kusuda as Rose.

Plot Concept: In a strange magical world of Little Fairilu lives the Fairlu: small magical fairies representing flowers, insects and other entities born from the Fairilu Seed. Each of the Fairilu are born with their own key which only fits to a Fairy Door they need to search. If the certain Fairilu finds the right door, they can finally mature into full fairies, which also links them to the human world. But the Fairilu must study and go to school to learn about the world in which they live while meeting new friends.

TMS Entertainment has now brought out the Itazura na Kiss series to another streaming service with Tubi TV now handling the twenty-five episode series here. It originally aired in 2008 in Japan with TMS Entertainment and Bandai Visual behind it. It was directed by Osamu Yamasaki with character designs by Maki Fujioka. Discotek Media brought the show out on DVD last year.

The show is based on the manga of the same name which was created by Kaoru Tada. The original manga, which ran in the shoujo magazine Margaret, ran for twenty-three volumes between 1990 and 1999. The manga has been released by Digital Manga Publishing.

Plot concept: Ever since she entered high school, Kotoko Aihara wanted to be in the same class as Naoki Irie. The only problem is that Irie is the smartest student in school contrast to Kotoko being one of the dumbest. Now in her 3rd year of high school, she still isn’t there. However, one day her home gets destroyed and the only place left to go to was Irie’s home. Now that she lives close to him, will their relationship be the same, or will it become greater than it is?

© Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha · Fuji Television · Toei Animation

Toei Animation has started promoting the next episode of One Piece that’s due out Saturday on November 25th, 2017, in the US with episode 815. The series has been chugging along for quite a few years and is showing no signs of slowing down as they’re going after Sanji and his encounter with Big Mom. Check out the quick promo for the new episode below!

Crunchyroll streams the series in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America. FUNimation streams it to the USA and Canada.

Please note that Toei removes these previews when the episode premieres.

Series Premise: Monkey. D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who’ll never give up until he’s claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!

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A blast from the past has surfaced with Tubi TV now streaming the 1999 OVA series Tenamonya Voyagers. The show originally saw released from Bandai Entertainment a lifetime ago and has long been out of print and hasn’t been part of any recent rescue.

Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, it’s based on the original story by Ryoe Tsukimura with character designs by Masashi Ishihama and animation produced by Pierrot.

The Japanese cast includes Miki Takahashi as Ayako Hanabishi, Tomoko Kawakami as Wakana Nanamiya, Yuko Mita as Space Trash Paraila, Mika Doi as Tatsue Yokoyama, and Ryoko Kinomiya as the narrator.

Plot Concept: Paraila was an agent for a war organization in the space, but suddenly the supreme court of planets accused her of betrayal and she was forced to be a fugitive to escape from jail. Now she forms a team with a clueless school teacher, a bazooka lover girl and Paraila’s former sidekick. They will battle against Paraila’s enemies, and try to go to earth to escape from space justice.

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The latest season of this franchise has gotten underway with the first seven episodes of Cardfight!! Vanguard G Z now available for streaming through the official channel on YouTube. It has the closed captions option to watch the show with English subtitles not long after new episodes debut here. Promotion is moving on toward the eighth episode that now is set to land on November 24th, 2017 and the official channel has released the episode preview below!

Please note that TV Tokyo removes these previews as the episode goes live.

Property Concept: Cardfight!! Vanguard features a world where the game Cardfight!! Vanguard is becoming the latest craze among trading card games, becoming a part of everyday life for people all over the world. The game is not limited to Earth alone; battles between the creatures used by the players take place on another planet called Cray.

The story begins with Aichi Sendou, a timid middle schooler whose meek attitude often leaves him a target for bullies. Aichi was given a very rare card, “Blaster Blade”, when he was very young. It’s his one treasure that gives him hope. That is, until it gets taken from him. Although Aichi has never played Cardfight!! Vanguard before, he challenges the thief to a game in order to win the “Blaster Blade” back. This high-stakes game quickly draws Aichi into the world of Vanguard battles, which will test and change his worth as both a player and a person.

© Bird Studio / Shueisha · Fuji TV · Toei Animation

As the series continues its run as it’s been picked up for streaming through various services for Dragon Ball Super, promotion for the show with the new weekly episodes continues and they’ve added this, a preview for the 117th episode of the series that lands this coming November 26th, 2017 in Japan, clocking in at 30 seconds for it.

Toei Animation is animating the series that comes from a story concept from Akira Toriyama. The debut of the series marks the first new series for the property in eighteen years. The show is being broadcast in Asia, Germany, and elsewhere through various agreements set up.

Please note that Toei removes these previews when the episode airs.

The cast includes Masako Nozawa as Son Goku, Son Gohan and Son Goten, Ryo Horikawa as Vegeta, Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma, Takeshi Kusao as Trunks, Mayumi Tanaka as Krillin, Masaharu Satou as Kame-Sen’nin, Toshio Furukawa as Piccolo, Naoko Watanabe as Chi-Chi, Yuko Minaguchi as Videl, Unshou Ishizuka as Mr. Satan, Kôzô Shioya as Majin Buu, Kouichi Yamadera as God of Destruction Beerus and Masakazu Morita as Whis.

Plot Concept: Reuniting the franchise’s iconic characters, Dragon Ball Super will follow the aftermath of Goku’s fierce battle with Majin Buu, as he attempts to maintain earth’s fragile peace. Overseen by Dragon Ball’s original creator, Akira Toriyama and produced with Fuji Television, Dragon Ball Super will draw on its historic past to create a bold, new universe welcoming to fans and endearing to new viewers.

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The fall 2017 anime series Tsukipro: The Animation has its home video release schedule set and it’s following a familiar pattern. The thirteen episode series is getting a seven-volume Blu-ray release in Japan that begins on December 22nd, 2017. The DVD releases are priced at 6,800 yen each while the Blu-ray releases aer priced at 6,800 yen each.

Keitarou Mononaga is serving as the general director with Juria Matsumura being the hands-on director working from the series composition by Mariko Oka. PRA is producing the animation.

Plot Concept: The series will follow the lives and drama of four TsukiPro groups with SolidS, Quell, SOARA, and Growth.

Tsukiproj Japanese Volume 1 Covers

Tsukiproj Japanese Volume 2 Covers

[Source: Tsukipro]

© Bird Studio / Shueisha · Fuji TV · Toei Animation

The second collection of Dragon Ball Super arrived recently from Funimation as the DVD/BD combo set landed on October 3rd, 2017. To help people get back into the mood of it all, and to give them a taste of the dub, a fun new clip has been released that gives us a look at Vegeta showing Goku how to do his first task on Lord Beerus’ world. The set contains thirteen episodes of the series in bilingual form with twenty-five minutes in extras. Those include the familiar opening and closing sequences but also some video interviews with Jason Douglas & Ian Sinclair.

Toei Animation is animating the series that comes from a story concept from Akira Toriyama. The debut of the series marks the first new series for the property in eighteen years. The show is being broadcast in Asia, Germany, and elsewhere through various agreements set up.

The cast includes Masako Nozawa as Son Goku, Son Gohan and Son Goten, Ryo Horikawa as Vegeta, Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma, Takeshi Kusao as Trunks, Mayumi Tanaka as Krillin, Masaharu Satou as Kame-Sen’nin, Toshio Furukawa as Piccolo, Naoko Watanabe as Chi-Chi, Yuko Minaguchi as Videl, Unshou Ishizuka as Mr. Satan, Kôzô Shioya as Majin Buu, Kouichi Yamadera as God of Destruction Beerus and Masakazu Morita as Whis.

Plot Concept: With Majin Buu defeated, Goku has taken a completely new role as a…radish farmer?! With Earth at peace, our heroes have settled into normal lives. But they can’t get too comfortable. Far away, a powerful god awakens to a prophecy revealing his demise at the hands of a formidable being. When his search for the Saiyan God brings him to Earth, can Goku and his friends take on their strongest foe yet?

The summer 2017 anime series Hitorijime My Hero is getting a familiar and standard bit of distribution in Japan on home video. With the third volume coming out this week on November 24th, 2017 we now have a look at the cover artwork and our first look at the fourth volume next month. The twelve episode series is getting a six-volume release that begins on September 22nd, 2017. The DVDs are priced at 6,264 yen each while the Blu-ray’s are priced at 7,344 yen each.

Yukina Hiiro served as the director working from the series composition by Yuusei Naruse. Fumina Nishino is on board as the character designer and the chief animation director with Encourage Films handling the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Tomoaki Maeno as Kousuke Ooshiba, Toshiki Masuda as Masahiro Setagawa, Shinnosuke Tachibana as Asaya Hasegura and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kensuke Ooshiba.

Coming as a spin-off to Hitorijime Boyfriend, this series kicked off in 2012 and six volumes as of this month.

The opening theme song is “Heart Signal” as performed by Wataru Hatano while the ending theme song is performed by the four main voice actors.

Plot Concept: The property follows Kensuke’s brother, Ooshiba Kousuke and friend, Setagawa Masahiro from the Hitorijime Boyfriend manga series.

Hitorijime Boyfriend Concept: “Would you like to break up with me again or be held, which would you prefer?” My former friend with the beautiful face, whom I’ve run into again after so long, only says things that cause me trouble. In the winter of sixth grade, Kensuke was upset about having to separate from his best friend Hasekura in middle school, and ended up breaking off their friendship. Three years has passed since then, and Hasekura comes in contact with Kensuke like nothing had changed. Kensuke was happy they could repair their friendship, but Hasekura says something completely out of left field…

Hitorijime My Hero Japanese Volume 4 Cover

Hitorijime My Hero Japanese Volume 3 Cover

Hitorijime My Hero Japanese Volume 2 Cover

Hitorijime My Hero Japanese Volume 2 Packaging

Hitorijime My Hero Japanese Volume 1 Packaging

Hitorijime My Hero Japanese Volume 1 Cover

[Source: Hitorijime My Hero]

© Yūki Tabata / Shueisha · TV Tokyo · Black Clover Production Committee

Tuesday has landed and it’s  very busy day of new anime episodes coming out. Crunchyroll’s calendar doesn’t list what’s actually coming out new so we have a look at what’s on tap to be unlocked for free that should have new episodes today as well with:

• 6:25am – BLACK CLOVER
• 7:00am – SHONEN ASHIBE GO! GO! GOMA-CHAN
• 7:55am – THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS THEATER (WEB)
• 7:55am – THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS THEATER (TV)
• 10:30am – CUTE HIGH EARTH DEFENSE CLUB LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
• 11:00am – SENGOKU NIGHT BLOOD
• 11:30am – JUNI TAISEN：ZODIAC WAR
• 12:30pm – FOOD WARS! THE THIRD PLATE
• 1:00pm – LOVE IS LIKE A COCKTAIL
• 1:45pm – EVIL OR LIVE
• 2:05pm – MAGICAL CIRCLE GURU-GURU

Funimation has a lot of new episodes on tap for anime fans today and already dropped a couple dozen of them earlier this morning with more to come that include:

• 1:00 am EST – NEW GAME! Episodes 3-12
• 1:00 am EST – Tales of Zestiria the X Episodes 2-12
• 1:00 am EST – Myriad Colors Phantom World Episodes 3-13
• 4:00 pm EST – Knight’s & Magic Episodes 3-13
• 4:00 pm EST – In Another World With My Smartphone Episodes 3-12
• 4:00 pm EST – Code:Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ Episode 5
• 4:00 pm EST – URAHARA Episode 5
• 4:00 pm EST – Dies Irae Episode 4

HIDIVE has one show for today with:

• 1:00 pm – Blue Gale Xabungle Episode 15

The Tuesday mix when it comes to digital manga and comics delights since there’s always something interesting to check out. Dark Horse goes for Best Wishes and Abe Sapien trades while DC Comics adds more Injustice 2 this week as well as four trades, including the first for the 2017 edition of Batwoman.

Marvel Comics digs into its past with a good run on Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four but also taps into the New Universe side with Psi-Force. There’s a lot of mixed bookswith one-shots this week as well that spans the years to check out.

On the manga side, Viz Media steps in with the latest Ooku release while Yen Press kicks off three series including A Polar Bear in Love. Kodansha Comics adds three simulpubs plus a good range of new trades this week including more Space Brothers.