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‘Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat’ Manga Getting Second Anime Season

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Crunchyroll previously streamed the summer 2017 anime adaptation for the game for Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart, which is being localized as Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat. The show came and went and now it looks like it’s going to come back as a second season is on the production schedule. It’s not clear if this will be another season of shorts or something bigger but it’s also coming at a time when the game itself is getting an overseas edition put together.

The first season of the show had Kenshirou Morii directing based on the script by Hato with Soushi Kinutani and Seiya Miyajima handling the character designs while animation production is from DMM and W-Toon Studios. The opening theme song was performed by the four main actresses with “Ne! Ko!”

The Japanese cast includes Natsumi Takamori as Patricia of End, Eri Sendai as Michi Kuroki, Yuu Asakawa as Shachi Yuuri, Atsumi Tanezaki as Yuuki Asuhara, Yuri Yamaoka as Ibuchina Takada, You Taichi as Lucia of End, Ayuru Ohashi as Euracia of End, Juri Kimura as Tanaka-chan, Takeaki Masuyama as Ida, Ayaka Asai as Nonda Nora and Keiko Suzuki as the narrator.

Plot Concept: Handa Nora is a typical boy. One spring day, on his way to school, he comes across a beautiful girl named Patricia. Patricia is a princess of the afterlife, who had come to destroy all life on the planet. Nora and Patricia share a kiss, transforming him into a black cat.

[Source: ANN]


‘The Royal Tutor’ Gets Complete Japanese Anime Blu-ray Box Set

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The Royal Tutor Visual 2-1The spring 2017 anime series The Royal Tutor is having its home video release plans handled by Avex Pictures and they previously brought out a standard release plan for it. With it a year since it wrapped up its run, Avex Pictures is now back with a schedule complete box set for it. The set is planned for a February 8th, 2019 debut where it’ll be priced at 22,000 yen. The set is re-authored down to four discs and will include the clean opening and closing as extras for it.

The twelve episode series previously received a six-volume DVD and Blu-ray release that began on June 30th, 2017. The DVDs are priced at 5,800 yen each and the Blu-ray’s at 6,800 yen each. Check the full schedule below!

The show was directed by Katsuya Kikuchi based on the series composition by Kimiko Ueno. Rena Okuyama served as the character designer and it was animated at studio Bridge.

The Japanese cast includes Keisuke Ueda as Heine Wittgenstein, Yūya Asato as Kai von Grannzreich, the 2nd Prince, Yūto Adachi as Bruno von Grannzreich, the 3rd Prince, Daisuke Hirose as Leonhardt von Grannzreich, the 4th Prince, Shouta Aoi as Richt von Grannzreich, the 5th Prince, Shinnosuke Tachibana as Maximilian, Daisuke Namikawa as Ludwig, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Victor von Grannzreich and Takuya Eguchi as Rosenberg.

The property, which is currently being simulpublished monthly by Yen Press digitally, began in the fall of 2013 as serialized in Monthly G Fantasy. There have been six volumes released as of the broadcast of the anime adaptation.

Plot concept: Accepting the post of Royal Tutor at the court of the king of Grannzreich, Heine Wittgenstein is a little professor with a big job ahead! Each of the kingdom’s four princes has a rather distinct personality. Does their diminutive new instructor have what it takes to lay down some learning? It’s a comedy of educational proportions!

Volume Date Extras
Box Set 02/08/19 Booklet, Cast Bonus
1 06/30/17 Booklet, Cast Bonus
2 07/28/17 Booklet, Cast Bonus
3 08/25/17 Booklet, Cast Bonus
4 09/29/17 Booklet, Cast Bonus
5 10/27/17 Booklet, Cast Bonus
6 11/24/17 Booklet, Cast Bonus

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 6 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 5 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 5 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 4 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 4 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 3 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 3 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 2 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 2 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 1 Cover

The Royal Tutor Japanese Volume 1 Cover

[Source: Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine]

Yumi Uchiyama Boards Second ‘Kakegurui’ Anime Season

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Fans are continuing to be excited that the Kakegurui anime series is getting a second season that’s coming in January and now a bit more has been revealed about it. The official site has a quick hit little teaser that reveals that Yumi Uchiyama has boarded the project in the role of Miyo Inbami. Check out the spot below! Matsuda is working as a co-director for the new season. With the first season being on Netflix during the summer 2017 season it’s expected to premiere there as well.

Yuuichirou Hayashi directed the first season based on the series composition by Yasuko Kobayashi and character designs by Manabu Akita. MAPPA is on board to produce the animation. The music is being handled by TECHNOBOY’S PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND.

The Japanese cast includes Saori Hayami as Yumeko Jabami, Minami Tanaka as Meari Saotome, Tatsuya Tokutake as Ryouta Suzui, Yuki Wakai as Itsuki Sumeragi, Karin Nanami as Yuriko Nishinotōin, Mariya Ise Midari Ikishima, and Miyuki Sawashiro as Kirari Momobami.

The series has six volumes out so far and is published digitally and in print in English by Yen Press.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you’re the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it’s not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It’s reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she’s gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!

Final ‘Encouragement of Climb’ Season Three Blu-ray Anime Releases Artwork Arrives

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© Shiro / Earth Star Entertainment

The summer 2018 series Encouragement of Climb: Third Season is getting its home video releases handled by SMIRAL and they’ve set a good plan for the show. We’re just a day away from the third and final volume of this series coming out and now we have a look at the artwork for it and the run as a whole with its packaging, which really makes me wish we had it released here. The thirteen episode series is being released as a three-disc set on Blu-ray only that began on September 28th, 2018. They’re all priced at 6,800 yen each.

Yusuke Yamamoto worked as the director and on the series composition for the first two seasons and is back for more as is Yusuke Matsuo who served as the character designer and chief animation director. 8bit is handling the animation production once again as well, which puts all the right pieces of the puzzle back together.

The Japanese cast includes Kana Asumi as Hinata Kuraue, Yuka Iguchi as Aoi Yukimura, Nao Tōyama as Honoka Kurosaki, Yōko Hikasa as Kaede Saitō, and Yui Ogura as Kokona Aoba.

Yuka Iguchi (Aoi), Kana Asumi (Hinata), Yōko Hikasa (Kaede), and Yui Ogura (Kokona) performed the opening theme “Chiheisen Stride” (Horizon Stride) in character. With the ending, Yuka Iguchi (Aoi), Kana Asumi (Hinata) handled that one in character with  “Irochigai no Tsubasa” as the title.

The original manga from Siro began back in 2011 in Comic Earth Star and has thirteen volumes released so far. Crunchyroll simulcast all three seasons but no home video pickups were ever made.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot concept: Aoi and Hinata are childhood friends. Aoi prefers staying indoors and is afraid of heights, whereas Hinata is outgoing and loves mountaineering. They both decide to climb a mountain in order to see a sunrise they saw together when they were younger.

Volume Date Extras
1 09/28/18
2 10/26/18
3 11/30/18

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 Japaneese Volume 3 Cover

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 Japaneese Volume 3 Packaging

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 Japaneese Volume 2 Cover

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 Japaneese Volume 2 Packaging

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 Japaneese Volume 1 Cover

Encouragement of Climb Season 3 Japaneese Volume 1 Packaging

[Source: Encouragement of Climb]

New ‘Egao no Daika’ Anime Key Visual Debuts

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© Tatsunoko Pro / Egao no Daika Production Committee

We learned recently that a new work to celebrate the 55th-anniversary of Tatsunoko is on tap for the winter 2019 season with a January premiere scheduled for Egao no Daika. We’ve had a good bit of information from the start and lots of cast updates recently but now we have a new key visual for it. This one shows off the character designs well as well as some of the mecha material in the shadowed background. We also got clearer looks at those below. The project has Toshimasa Suzuki directing based on the scripts from Shinichi Inotsume. With NOB-C on board for the original character designs, Naoto Nakamura is handling the adaptation for this. Obviously, Tatsunoko is handling the animation production.

The newly added cast includes:

  • Yumiri Hanamori as Yūki Soleil
  • Saori Hayami as Stella Shining
  • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Joshua Ingram
  • Rina Satou as Reira Etoile
  • Nobutoshi Canna as Harold Miller
  • Ryotaro Okiayu as Izana Langford
  • Makoto Koichi as Yuni Vanquish
  • Junya Enoki as Lune Vanquish

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yūki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person’s life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold … and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua.

“Yūki! If you have spirit and guts, you can do anything!”

“…No, not this again! Joshua, be nobler!”

Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling … for smiling is essential to living.

This is a story of two girls born on distant planets.

Third ‘Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs’ Anime DVD/BD Release Artwork Arrives

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© Miura Tadahiro / Shueisha · Yuragiso’s Ms. Yana’s Production Committee

The summer 2018 anime series Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs is having its home video releases in Japan set up and they’ve set a standard schedule for it. We’re catching up on the artwork a bit with the motion lenticular for the third volume and flat versions of the cover now available as released earlier this week. The twelve episode series is getting a six-volume release where both formats are listed as limited editions with the release beginning back on September 26th, 2018. The DVDs are priced at 6,000 yen each while the Blu-ray’s are priced at 7,000 yen. Check out the full schedule below.

The series had Tsuyoshi Nagasawa directing based on the series composition by Hideaki Koyasu. Kyouko Takeya worked on the character designs with Xebec producing the animation.

The Japanese cast includes Yuuki Ono as Kogarashi Fuyuzora, Miyuri Shimabukuro as Yuuna Yunohana, Rie Takahashi as Sagiri Amano, Eri Suzuki as Chisaki Miyazaki, Ai Kakuma as Nonko Arahabaki, Sayaka Harada as Chitose Nakai, Yui Ogura as Yaya Fushiguro, Anzu Haruno boarding as Koyuzu Shigaraki and Mikako Komatsu as Oboro Shinto

The manga comes from creator Tadahiro Miura and began in February 2016 with eleven volumes out so far. Seven Seas brought out the first volume out on May 2018.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: Homeless and haunted by ghosts, high schooler Kogarashi thinks his luck has finally turned when he finds Yuragi-sou–a cheap boarding house that was formerly a hot springs inn, now full of super sexy, scantily clad female tenants. If Kogarashi can use his spirit abilities to banish the ghost that haunts the inn, he can even live there rent-free! But when the ghost, a beautiful teenage girl named Yuuna, appears before him, Kogarashi takes pity on her and is suddenly not so sure about the exorcism. Will he help save Yuuna from becoming an evil spirit? And what supernatural secrets do the other boarders hold?

Volume Date Extras
1 09/26/18 Booklet, Character Song CD, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Promos, Commercials
2 10/24/18 Booklet, Character Song CD
3 11/28/17 Booklet, Soundtrack CD 1
4 12/26/18 Booklet, Character Song CD
5 01/30/19 Booklet, Soundtrack CD 2
6 02/27/19 Booklet, Character Song CD

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 3 Cover A

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 3 Cover B

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 3 Cover Lenticular

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 2 Cover A

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 2 Cover B

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 2 Cover Lenticular

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 1 Cover A

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 1 Cover B

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Volume 1 Cover Lenticular

[Source: Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs]

‘Terraformars’ Manga Hits Hiatus Again

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It’s been a struggle for creators Yu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana with their manga series Terraformars as it’s been off and on with hiatuses for a bit and that ended up delaying an OAD until the end of August. The series was on hiatus until this past September when it got underway again but they only managed three chapters before the series had to be delayed and now put on indefinite hiatus due to Sasuga’s health issues that he’s in recovery from. No return dates are being set at the moment so that the focus can be on recovery.

The first anime season was produced at LIDEN FILMS with Hiroshi Hamasaki directing based on scripts by Shogo Yukawa. Character designs were done by Masanori Shino while Satoshi Kimura did the secondary character design work.

The series stars Yoshimasa Hosoya as Akari Hizamaru, Hidenobu Kiuchi as Shōkichi Komachi, Shizuka Itou as Michelle, Kaito Ishikawa as Marcos, KENN as Alex, Ai Kayano as Sheila, Daisuke Ono as Keiji Onizuka, Chiaki Takahashi as Kanako Sanjō, Aki Toyosaki as Yaeko Yanasegawa, Tomokazu Sugita as Ichirō Hiruma, Koji Yusa as Adolf Reinhard, Akira Ishida as Joseph, Unshou Ishizuka as Sylvester, Tetsuo Komura as Liu Yiwu, Ayane Sakura as Eva Frost, Kenji Akabane as Ivan Perepelkina, Romi Park as Elena Perepelkina, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shichisei Hiruma, Tooru Nara as Alexander Asimov, Nozomi Sasaki as Hong, Hidenori Takahashi as Jet, Sayaka Ohara as Xi Chunli, Yuuki Ono as Bao Zhilan and Takahiro Fujiwara as Borgijin Dorjiberke.

Plot concept: TERRAFORMARS makes its anime debut as a startling work of science fiction and adventure. With Earth becoming increasingly overpopulated, an ambitious plan has been put into place to terraform Mars using mold and cockroaches. Nearly 500 years after the plan, a mission to Mars, Annex 1, is under way to accomplish crucial research into the Virus currently plaguing mankind with the crew members who’ve been injected with various DNA of life on Earth in order to combat the Terraformars, giant humanoid cockroaches.

[Source: ANN]

Japanese ‘Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky’ Anime DVD/BD Releases Scheduled

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The feature film The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky had itself an August 18th, 2018 debut in Japan and now the film is getting its home video release plans. The film is scheduled for a February 27th, 2019 debut with Aniplex Japan distributing. It has a regular edition DVD priced at 3,800 yen while there’s a limited edition DVD and Blu-ray priced at 7,000 yen and 8,000 yen respectively. The limited editions come with a bonus DVD with extras to be determined as well as a 64-page booklet.

Working from a new story by original creator Nakaba Suzuki, the film has Noriyuki Abe serving as the chief director with Yasuto Nishikata directing. Makoto Uezu adapted the story to screenplay while Keigo Sasaki is back as the character designer and chief animation director with production at A-1 Pictures.

The Japanese cast includes Yuuki Kaji as Meliodas, Sora Amamiya as Elizabeth, Jun Fukuyama as King, Misaki Kuno as Hawk and Mamoru Miyano as Gilthunder so far.

The manga is created by Nakaba Suzuki with twenty-five volumes in print so far and over three million copies in circulation total. The manga series began in 2012 and Kodansha Comics is bringing the series out for North American fans in print while Crunchyroll has the digital chapters being published on their site.

Property Concept: When Holy Knights arrest her family, Princess Elizabeth seeks out a group of legendary warriors known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Finding them is no easy task and her journey takes her to a small tavern run by an unassuming, albeit perverted, barkeep and his talking pig. But this man reveals himself to be Meliodas-the Dragon Sin of Wrath! Agreeing to help her, the two seek out the remaining sins.

[Source: Seven Deadly Sins]


‘Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Toshitemo’ Anime Feature Cast Expands

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© Even if tomorrow is over

A new original anime feature film was revealed earlier this month for a 2019 debut with Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Toshitemo, which translates as Even if the World Will End Tomorrow. The film is set for a January 25th, 2019 debut and the official site has now updated with some new information. With some good details and first casting revealed previously, we now have a few new additions to that which includes:
  • Kenjiro Tsuda as Genji Hazama
  • Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shū Izumi
  • Nana Mizuki as Yūri

Check out some of the recently revealed character designs below as well.

The previously announced cast includes:

  • Yuuki Kaji as Shin Hazama
  • Maaya Uchida as Kotori
  • Yoshiki Nakajima as Jin
  • Sayaka Senbongi as Kotoko
  • Aoi Yūki as Miko
  • Inori Minase as Riko

The project has Yuhei Sakuragi directing it based on the screenplay he wrote with Craftar listed as handling the original work. A novel is in the works from Sakuragi as well. No casting has been revealed as auditions are currently being held.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: The story deals with Shin and Kotori, who are both third years in high school. Shin lost his mother when he was little, and since then he has a tendency to close himself off. Kotori is his childhood friend who always looks out for him. One day, another “self” from another Japan appears in front of them.

SMIRAL Reveals Third ‘Island’ Anime Blu-ray Release Artwork

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© Frontwing / PROTOTYPE

The summer 2018 anime series Island is getting its home video releases handled by SMIRAL in Japan and they’ve set a solid schedule for it. The third volume is pretty much out now in Japan and we now have the finalized cover and a look at the packaging style overall. The series is getting a four-volume release on Blu-ray only where they’re priced at 9,200 yen each that began on September 28th, 2018.

Keiichirou Kawaguchi directed it based on the series composition by Naruhisa Arakawa. Kousuke Kawamura worked on the character designs for it while Studio feel handled the animation.

The Japanese cast includes Yukari Tamura as Rinne Ohara, Kana Asumi as Karen Kurutsu, Hibiku Yamamura as Sara Garandou, Yui Nakajima as Mei Tandori, Tomoyo Takayanagi as An Hatoma, Takako Tanaka as Emiri Sunada, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Setsuna Sanzenkai, Rina Satou as Kuon Ohara, and Takamasa Mogi as Tarō Harisu.

Yukari Tamura performed the opening theme song “Eien no Hitotsu” while Asaka is performing the ending theme song.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: The island of Urashima sits on the ocean far, far away from the mainland. The island is so lush and beautiful that one might mistake it for paradise, but the people there are trapped by a complex past and long-established traditions. Long since abandoned and all but forgotten by the mainland, the people of the island are ready to give up hope. But then, a young man named Setsuna who calls himself a “time traveler” washes up on the island. Setsuna has lost all of his memories except for a certain mission that he must fulfill. On Urashima, he meets three girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, and begins to work toward changing the island’s future. The story of a young man and the three girls he meets on an island full of mysteries and exclusive customs is about to be unraveled…

Volume Date Extras
1 09/28/18
2 10/26/18
3 11/30/18
4 12/28/18

Island Japanese Volume 3 Cover

Island Japanese Volume 3 Packaging

Island Japanese Volume 2 Cover

Island Japanese Volume 2 Packaging

Island Japanese Volume 1 Cover

[Source: Island]

‘Twinkle Star Precure’ Anime Series Set

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Every year we see the Precure series changing over to its next incarnation and it looks like 2019 won’t be any different. The Hugtto! Precure series got underway this past February and things are on track for that to change into the next show as Toei has opened a site for the 16th series with Star Twinkle Precure.

No details in regards to staffing or casting have been revealed, just the logo.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

[Source: ANN]

NBC Universal Japan Reveals Fourth ‘Golden Kamuy’ Anime Cour DVD/BD Release Artwork

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© Satoru Noda / Shueisha

The spring 2018 anime series Golden Kamuy is getting its home video releases handled by NBC Universal Japan and they’ve set a tight schedule for it. With the first cour already out and finished, the distributor has now listed their plans for the second cour with them launching on January 30th, 2019 and now the first artwork has arrived for it as the fourth volume. Both formats are listed as limited editions with the DVDs priced at 8,800 yen each and the Blu-ray’s at 9,800 yen each. Check the schedule below!

Hitoshi Nanba directed it based on the series composition by Noboru Takagi. Kenichi Ohnuki is handling the character design adaptation and Studio Geno handled the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Chikahiro Kobayashi as Saichi Sugimoto, Haruka Shiraishi as Ashiriba, and Kentarou Itou as Yoshitake Shiraishi, Houchou Ootsuka as Tsurumi, Kenjirou Tsuda as Hyakunosuke Ogata, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Genjirou Tanigaki, Jouji Nakata as Toshizō Hijikata, Kenji Nomura as Tatsuuma Ushiyama, Akio Ohtsuka as Tetsuzo Nihei, Tomokaze Sugita as Yohei and Kohei Nikado, and Toshihiko Seki as Kazuo Henmi.

The opening theme song will be “Winding Road” performed by MAN WITH A MISSION while the ending theme “Hibana” is being done by THE SIXTH LIE.

The series has thirteen volumes to its name so far as serialized through Young Jump and it looks like most recent volumes in Japan have sold around the 200,000 range. Viz Media is releasing the series in English in North America.

Check out our review of the first volume of the manga.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.

Volume Date Extras
1 07/27/18 32p Booklet, Sticker Sheet, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Promos & Commercials
2 08/29/18 32p Booklet, Sticker sheet
3 10/06/18 32p Booklet, Sticker Sheet
4 01/30/19 32p Booklet, Sticker Sheet
5 02/28/19 32p Booklet, Sticker Sheet
6 03/27/19 32p Booklet, Sticker Sheet

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 4 Cover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 4 Slipcover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 3 Slipcover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 3 Cover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 2 Cover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 2 Slipcover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 1 Packaging

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 1 Cover

Golden Kamuy Japanese Volume 1 Slipcover

[Source: Golden Kamuy]

Maiden Japan Showcases ‘Space Runaway Ideon’ Blu-ray Anime Packaging

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© Sunrise

Maiden Japan recently re-solicited the HD version of Space Runaway Ideon on Blu-ray as it’s set to land on February 5th, 2019 priced at $69.98 for the nearly 1,200-minute run. The distributor has now set the finalized packaging design for the set which will have six discs holding the complete run that saw streaming on HIDIVE this past year. Check it out below!

The 1980 anime series ran for thirty-nine episodes and was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Tomonori Kogawa handled the character designs and Sunrise handled the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Yoku Shioya as Cosmo Yuuki, Fuyumi Shiraishi as Kasha Imhof, Hideyuki Tanaka as Bes Jordan, Keiko Toda as Karara, Takkou Ishimori as Doba Ajiba, and Youko Asagami as Haruru Ajiba.

Plot Concept: When Earth archaeologists on the planet Solo dig up a set of strange vehicles, they have no idea that they’ve unearthed something that will change the course of mankind. Even more shocking is the discovery that a SECOND human race called the Buff Clan is also seeking the mechs! A deadly competition ensues as the two races battle to secure the secrets of what the Buff Clan calls the “Ide”. While the fight initially favors the Buff Clan, everything changes when young Cosmo Yuki and his friends accidentally power up the ancient machines that form the most powerful robot the universe has ever seen! But even with the Ideon defending them, the return to Earth won’t be easy, and there’s a long hard journey filled with combat and sacrifice ahead in SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON!


35th ‘Aikatsu Friends’ Anime Episode Previewed

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© BNP / Bandai / Dentsu / TV Tokyo

The new Aikatsu Friends anime series kicked off on April 4th, 2018 and now TV Tokyo is doing some new promotion for the show. The thirty-fifth episode is lined up for a December 6th, 2018 debut in Japan and sadly there’s no overseas streaming setup for the show, making this the only legal way to get a taste of the property.

Tatsuya Igarashi on board to direct based on the series composition by Yuuko Kakihara. Satomi Watanabe is handling character design and BN Pictures is handling the animation production.

The Japanese cast includes Akane Matsunaga as Aine Yūki, Ibuki Kido as Mio Minato, Karen Miyama as Maika Chōno, Yui Ninomiya as Ema Hinata, Azusa Tadokoro as Karen Kamishiro, Ayaka Ohashi as Mirai Asuka, and Sumire Morohoshi as Koko.

Plot Concept: The series features a new protagonist named Aine Yūki, who is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy’s general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school’s top idol, and becomes an idol herself.

‘Orange’ Anime Gets Dubbed Crunchyroll Distribution

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Crunchyroll has another dub of one of their shows that was previously streamed on just Funimation’s site with Orange now making its way over after the partnership on that front ended. The series now joins the previously simulcast Japanese language version there and complements it by giving fans more choice on what to watch and how to watch it.

Check out our review of the series.

Orange was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki based on the screenplay from Yuuko Kakihara. Nobuteru Yuuki served as the character designs and it was animated by TMS Entertainment and Telecom Animation Film.

The Japanese cast includes Kana Hanazawa as Naho Takamiya, Natsumi Takamori as Azusa Murasaka, Rika Kinugawa as Takako Chino, Seiichirou Yamashita as Kakeru Naruse, Makoto Furukawa as Hiroto Suwa and Kazuyuki Okitsu as Saku Hagita.

The English dub set Jerry Jewell as the ADR director based on the scripts from Jamie Marchi. The main cast includes Sarah Wiedenheft as Azusa, Jeannie Tirado as Takako, Jason Liebrecht as Suwa, Dave Trosko as Hagita, Micah Solusod as Kakeru, Jill Harris as Naho, Caitlin Glass as Mother, Sonny Strait as Father, and Jeremy Inman as Teacher.

The opening theme song is from Yuu Takakashi with “Hikari no Hahen” while the ending is from Kobukuro with “Mirai.”

The manga has been released in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Plot Concept: During the spring of her second year of high school, Naho receives a letter. Its sender is herself from ten years in the future. Naho thinks it’s a prank at first, but when the things written in the letter start to come true one by one, she realizes that the letter is telling her of events that will happen in her future. It tells her that she’ll fall in love with Kakeru, a new student who transfers to her school… and that he’ll die in the winter of his 17th year. After learning the regrets and wishes of the 26-year-old Naho following Kakeru’s death, what can the 16-year-old Naho do differently?


9th ‘Uzamaid!’ Anime Episode Previewed

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© Kanako Nakamura / Futabasha

The anime series Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! is moving right along as part of the fall season and now a new piece of promotional material has landed for it. Kadokawa has revealed the first preview of the ninth episode that’s out on November 30th, 2018. Crunchyroll is handling the streaming for it with new episodes streaming every Friday at 11:30 am. Availability for it is pretty good as it’s open to viewers in North America, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, South Africa, Netherlands, and Latin America

Masahiko Ohta will be directing with Takashi Aoshima handling the scripts while Jun Yamazaki is handling character designs. More details will be coming later regarding the project though we did get a key visual that you can see to the right.

The Japanese cast includes Haruka Shiraishi as Misa, Manami Nakamura as Tsubame, M.A.O as Midori Ukai, Sayaka Harada as Mimika Washizaki, Shiori Izawa as Yui Morikawa, and Masayuki Katou as Yasuhiro Takanashi.

The manga began in 2016 in Manga Action magazine and has three volumes out now.

Check out the official manga site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: The property revolves around Misha, a little girl who lost her mother at an early age, and now lives with her father. Her father employs a maid named Tsubame, who was a former Self-Defense Force official and is also a lolicon.

‘ReLIFE’ Dubbed Anime Episodes Now On Crunchyroll

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Another series from the dubbed side has made its way onto Crunchyroll that was previously on the Funimation site with the ReLIFE property. The TV series is now available in its English dubbed form that complements the simulcast version of the Japanese language that was previously streamed. Fans can now check out or compare the two a lot more easily in how they were produced.

Check out our review of the series.

Animated at TMS Entertainment, Tomo Kosaka directed it based on the scripts from Kazuho Hyodo and Michiko Yokote. Character designs were done by Junko Yamanaka, whose other recent adaptations are featured in Servamp.

The Japanese cast includes Kensho Ono as Arata Kaizaki, Ai Kayano as Chizuru Hishiro, Ryouhei Kimura as Ryou Yoake, Haruka Tomatsu as Rena Kariu, Yuuma Uchida as Kazutomi Ooga and Reina Ueda as An Onoya.

Directed by Jeremy Inman, the English cast includes Micah Solusod as Arata Kaizaki, Josh Grelle as Ryo Yoake, Jeannie Tirado as Chizuru Hishiro, Alexis Tipton as Rena Kariu, Blake Shepard as Kazuomi Oga, Kristen McGuire as An Onoya, Bryn Apprill as Honoka Tamarai, Stephen Sanders as Nobunaga Asaji, Alejandro Saab as Akira Inukai, Caitlin Glass as Kokoro Amatsu, and Anthony Bowling as Koshi Usa.

Plot Concept: Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to share his troubles with…as he hits rock bottom a strange man named Ryo Yoake appears. Yoake invites Kaizaki to join a societal rehabilitation program for NEETs called ReLife. This program uses a mysterious drug to make him look younger, and sends him back to high school for a year…

14th ‘Kirakira Happy★Hirake! Cocotama’ Anime Episode Previewed

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© Bandai / TV Tokyo / Kata Production Committee

The latest Cocotama series is underway with the Kirakira Happy★Hirake! Cocotama property that began on September 6th, 2018. Ahead of its debut, TV Tokyo is showing off a preview of the fourteenth episode that’s coming in just about a week on December 6th, 2018. This series features Minami Takahashi as Haruka, Inori Misae as Ribbon, Mariya Ise as Pillow, and more.

Please note that TV Tokyo takes these previews down when the episode goes live.

The previous series began airing in October 2015 with OLM Inc providing the animation for it. The show is directed by Norio Nitta based on the series composition by Michihiro Tsuchiya and character designs by Shinobu Ookawa.

Plot Concept: Cocotama are tiny gods born from the thoughts and feelings of objects that people use with great care. The fact that Cocotama wear part of the egg they hatch out of as underwear is proof that they are still apprentices. The Cocotama use a mysterious magic, and they train hard to be of use to humans and to become full gods. They live inside human houses and stealthily move around to help humans find things they have lost, although they make many mistakes.

Frontier Works Reveals ‘Sakigake!! Otokojuku’ Anime SDBD Release Packaging

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Frontier Works is digging back into their past a bit for a release that they can get on Blu-ray even if they don’t have high definition materials for it. An SDBD release was previously scheduled for the Sakigake!! Otokojuku series from 1988 and now we’ve got a look at a really slick looking package for it. The thirty-four episode series is set for a December 21st, 2018 release priced at 27,000 yen with a high-quality 480i encode using the Blu-ray format. It looks like it’s being done as two discs with a booklet included as the main extra.

The set also includes the movie that came out in 1988.

Plot Concept: Otokojuku – a private school for juvenile delinquents that were previously expelled from normal schools. At this school, Japanese chivalry is taught through feudal and military fundamentals. Similar to an action film, the classes are overwhelmed by violence. Only those who survive it become true men.

Sakigake!! Otokojuku Japanese SDBD Packaging

[Source: Sakigake!! Otokojuku]

Direwolves Attack With A New ‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime’ Anime Simuldub Clip

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©川上泰樹・伏瀬・講談社/転スラ製作委員会

The anime adaptation of the manga That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime from Fuse and Mitz Vah got underway in Japan on its October 1st, 2018 premiere and a simuldub is moving right along from Funimation. They’re giving it some good availability as it’s set for viewers in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. With the popular shows, Funimation will roll out one or two simuldub clips early on and this series is definitely popular. Check out the clip from the second episode as Rimuru must lead the fight against the direwolves!

The show has Clifford Chapin directing working from the scripts by Kristen McGuire. The English cast includes:

  • Mallorie Rodak as Great Sage
  • Kristi Rothrock as Miho
  • E. Jason Liebrecht as Mikami
  • Brittney Karbowski as Rimuru
  • Dawn M. Bennett as Shizue
  • Jordan Dash Cruz as Tamura
  • Chris Rager as Veldora

The Japanese cast includes Miho Okazaki as RimuruTomoaki Maeno as Veldora, Yumiri Hanamori as ShizuMakoto Furukawa as Benimaru, Sayaka Senbongi as Shuna, M.A.O as Shion, Takuya Eguchi as Sōei, Houchu Ohtsuka as Hakurō, Rina Hidaka as Milim, Megumi Toyoguchi as Great Sage, Junichi Yanagita as Kurobee, Chikahiro Kobayashi as Ranga, Kanehira Yamamoto as Rigurdo, Haruki Ishiya as Rigur, Asuna Tomari as Gobuta, Atsushi Ono as Kaijin, Takuma Terashima as Satoru Mikami, Rie Tanaka as Trainee, Takaya Hashi as the dwarf king Gazeru, Kenjiro Tsuda as the minister Besutaa, Ken Narita as Fyūzu, Itaru Yamamoto as Beruyaado, Ryūichi Kijima as Gido, Akane Kumada as Ellen, and Kengo Takanashi as Kabaru.

The manga, which has just under 5 million copies in print in Japan, began in 2013 and a manga adaptation launched in 2015, both of which are being brought out by Yen Press and Kodansha Comics respectively.

Check out the official site and Twitter.

Plot Concept: Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm…as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!

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