AV Visionen picked up the home video rights for the Kantai Collection anime series back in April of this year but haven’t updated on that pick up for the German fans since then. While we knew previously that the series had gotten a basic solicitation on Amazon.DE where it’ll have separate DVD and Blu-ray releases priced at 38,99 and 39,99 euro respectively, a new detail has finally been added. The show has now been scheduled for an April 28th, 2017 release, though now it’s listed under Kaze Anime. The first volume looks to be four episodes worth with a hundred minute running time but there’s no information in regards to language options yet.

The show stars Sumire Uesaka as Fubuki, Saki Fujita as Akagi, and Yuka Iguchi as Kaga. The series was animated at studio Diomedea with Keizo Kusakawa directing based on scripts by Jukki Hanada. Character designs are done by Naomi Ide and Mayuko Matsumoto, who also served as the chief animation directors.

Plot concept: Set in a world where humanity has lost control of the oceans to the “deep sea fleet,” the only hope to counter this threat are the Kanmusu, a group of girls who possess the spirit of Japanese warships. The story revolves around Fubuki, a destroyer who comes to the Chinjufu base to train with other Kanmusu. Watch as their stories unfold!

[Source: Kantai Collection -Kan Colle-]

With just a couple of months until the Bikini Warriors property from the summer 2015 anime season brings out its two new OVAs, Hobby Japan has revealed a bit more of the cast. We learned previously that the episodes will focus on the team as we know them while adding in two new characters with Cleric and Kunoichi. Those roles will be played by Aimi Tanaka and Yumi Hara respectively.

The two episodes are being put out on one release with the DVD priced at 4,980 yen and the Blu-ray at 5,980 with a December 7th, 2016 street date. You can see some of the new character artwork for it to the right as well.

The previous TV series was directed by Naoyuki Kuzuya based on the series composition by Tsuyoshi Tamai. Kosuke Murayama handled the character design adaptations and it was animated at studio feel.

The Japanese cast includes Yōko Hikasa as Fighter, Kana Ueda as Paladin, Ai Kakuma as Mage and Chiaki Takahashi as Dark Elf.

Plot concept: Who needs all that armor when your stats are this stacked? Inspired by old school RPGs, Bikini Warriors is a death(and gravity)-defying adventure filled with dungeon crawls, giant weapons, and bikinis that must have rolled a natural 20 just to stay on.

Anime Limited picked up the rights to the Outlaw Star series back in January 2013 and now they’re getting ready to bring that to market in high definition for the first time. The company is looking at a December release for the show on Blu-ray for the first time after bringing out a DVD collection back in 2014 and it definitely looks to be worth it. Set for a December 5th, 2016 street date, there will be a limited collector’s edition that’s described as:

“Outlaw Star was one of the initial titles Anime Limited licensed and is a classic series that continues to act as a fun viewing experience for anime fans old and new.” says Andrew Partridge, President of Anime Limited. “It’s a great gateway into the world of anime for new fans and we’re so proud to be bringing the series to Blu-ray for the first-time in English speaking territories.”

The set will coming in Collector’s packaging, with the entire series (26 episodes) contained over four Blu-ray discs. Also included in the set will be a 100-page “Building a Universe” art book, that has not been produced in English anywhere before. It contains Line Arts, Image Boards and Mecha & Props.

On-disc content includes:

• The entire series (26 episodes) over four Blu-ray discs in English and Japanese with English subtitles
• Extras: Clean Opening and Closing title sequences, Character Design Galleries, Mechanical Design Galleries, Character Color Setting Gallery, TV Commercials and the Pilot Film.

Check out the details on the previous Japanese Blu-ray box set as well.

Plot Concept: Gene Starwind is a man with a past. Working as a part time mercenary, bounty hunter, and bodyguard. Piloting an experimental ship, Gene and his crew must uncover the secret behind the Outlaw Star and their mysterious crew member, Melfina, before the Pirates Guild and the mystic Tao priests catch up to them.

With the end of the Assassination Classroom TV series previously as well as the manga, it was revealed that the main TV series is getting a compilation film that will land in November that will have new material mixed into it. Additionally, the Kororo-sensei Q! spinoff comedy manga will be getting a feature film as well that will be screened at the same time. That spinoff manga comes from Kizuku Wanatabe and Jo Aoto as they work a silly angle for the property with Kororo as the demon king.

With all of this now getting closer, the official site has dropped a new key visual from it that highlights events a few years after the end of the story, which is certainly tantalizing.

The main cast and staff are returning for both projects.Animated at studio Lerche with Seiji Kishi directing it, Makoto Uezeu is handling the scripts while Kazuaki Morita will be tackling the character designs.

The show has set Jun Fukuyama as Koro-sensei, Tomokazu sugita as Tadaomi Karasuma and Shizuka Itou as Irina Jelavic. Also starring are Nobuhiko Okamoto as Karuma Akabane, Miho Hino as Sumire Hara, Subaru Kimura as Ryōma Terasaka, Ryota Ohsaka as Yūma Isogai, Eiji Miyashita as Sōsuke Sugaya, Ayaka Suwa as Tōka Yada, Shintarō Asanuma as Hiroto Maehara, Ryo Naitou as Taiga Okajima, Manami Numakura as Rio Nakamura, Kana Ueda as Yuzuki Fuwa, Fuko Saito as Kirara Hazama, Satomi Satou as Yukiko Kanzaki, Chie Matsuura as Megu Kataoka, Takahiro Mizushima as Kōtarō Takebayashi, Shinya Takahashi as Kōki Mimura, Sayuri Yahagi as Manami Okuda, Kouki Harasawa as Takuya Muramatsu, Aya Suzaki as Kaede Kayano, Shunsuke Kawabe as Masayoshi Kimura, Yoshitaka Yamaya as Tomohito Sugino, Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Taisei Yoshida, Hisako Kanemoto as Hinano Kurahashi, Minami Tanaka as Hinata Okano, Junji Majima as Ryūnosuke Chiba, Shiho Kawaragi as Rinka Hayami and Mai Fuchigami as Nagisa Shiota.

Property concept: Forget about homework and pop quizzes. The students of Class 3E have a far more important assignment: kill their teacher before the end of the year! A tentacle-d sensei that moves at Mach 20 is out to conquer the classroom after destroying seventy percent of the moon. In addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic, the murderous monster behind the lectern will teach his students everything he knows about the assassination game. Should some eager beaver prove to be a quick study in killing, he or she will save Earth from extinction – and collect a hefty reward. But they’d better take some serious notes while class is in session because their slaughtering sensei has eight deadly tentacles just waiting to wreak havoc on humanity!

The 24th film in the Crayon Shin-chan franchise debuted on April 16th, 2016 in Japan with Crayon Shin-chan the Movie Fast Asleep! The Large Attack on the Dreaming World to good results. Now, the film is beginning to make its way overseas a bit more as Odex is releasing it in Singapore soon. Ahead of its October 12th, 2016 debut they’ve now brought out an English subtitled trailer that gives folks a better idea of what it’s all about.

The new work brings back Wataru Takanashi to direct based on the script and ideas from Hitori Gekidan and Takanashi.

FUNimation previously released some of the TV series in dub-only form years ago. Check out the trailer for this year’s film release below.

Original concept: Crayon Shin-chan follows the wacky antics and adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke “Shin” Nohara and his parents, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan’s occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his inappropriate behavior. A typical gag involves Shin-chan confounding his parents by using the wrong phrase for the occasion; for example, saying “Welcome back!” instead of “I am back!” when he comes home.

Warner Bros. Japan is looking to bring together two different releases in one new box set soon with the Houkago no Pleiades. The Japanese distributor is putting together the original ONA series and the TV series into a new Blu-ray box that’s scheduled to land on December 7th, 2016 priced at 26,800 yen. The six-disc set will have the show across three Blu-ray discs with three CDs included, all of which are original soundtracks. The set will also come with a 128-page booklet with a new novel included. The clean opening and closing sequences are included as on-disc extras.

Directed by Shouji Saeki with character designs by Mai Otsuka, The series stars Natsumi Takamori as Subaru, Ayuru Ōhashi as Aoi, Houko Kuwashima as Minato, Kanako Tateno as Itsuki, Saki Fujita as Nanako and Yui Makino as Hikaru.

Plot concept: When Subaru goes to her local observatory to prepare for an upcoming meteor shower, she ends up seeing far more of the stars than she expected.

Instead of a simulated viewing of astronomical phenomena, she gets recruited to take part in a fantastic adventure with a mysterious young man, a bizarre alien creature, and a group of girls dressed in cute, magical garb. Together with the other girls (who are suddenly and strangely members of Subaru’s school), Subaru becomes part of a clandestine effort to retrieve fragments of an alien spaceship! However, the fragments are being scattered all over the universe.

Time is limited, and the girls face a nemesis who is seeking to gather all the parts for himself! The space race is on, and the sky is no longer the limit as the legendary animation studio GAINAX sets Subaru’s eyes on the stars in WISH UPON THE PLEIADES!

[Source: Houkago no Pleiades]

Excitement is definitely brewing as we’re getting closer to one of the bigger projects of the year from Funimation with the newly dubbed Vision of Escaflowne TV series and theatrical anime film. With a fun Kickstarter project earlier this year and some varied editions coming up when both releases debut on October 18th, 2016, they’ve now brought out a new nearly four-minute long clip from the beginning part of the first episode. This focuses on just a couple of characters but it definitely gives us another good idea of how these characters are going to be played.

The Vision of Escaflowne TV

Release date: 10/18/16

• Collector’s Edition – Blu-ray
• Kickstarter exclusive – Part 1 – Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
• Part 1 – Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
• Part 2 – Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
• Movie – Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack

Escaflowne: The Movie

Release date: 10/18/16

• Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
• New 2016 dub of new HD materials

The new English dub cast includes Aaron Dismuke as Van Fanel, Caitlin Glass as Hitomi, Alexis Tipton as Merle, Sonny Strait as Allen Schezar, Colleen Clinkenbeard as Millerna, Eric Vale as Dryden, Vic Mignogna as Folken, Felecia Angelle as Eriya, Michelle Rojas as Naria, Jeremy Schwartz as Dornkirk, Chris Guerrero as Balgus, Bryn Apprill as Chid, Chris Cason as Shesta, Chuck Hüber as Jajuka and Ian Sinclair as Gaddess.

Plot concept: High school student Hitomi is transported from Earth to the magical world of Gaea, where she meets boy prince Van Fanel, and is caught up in his quest to unite the countries of Gaea against the ominous Zaibach empire. On the way, she discovers a hidden ability and strives to unravel layers of mystery surrounding Van, his past, and the giant machine known as Escaflowne.

HOUSTON, September 27, 2016 – Sentai Filmworks, a leading independent distributor of Japanese anime and pop culture programming, announced today that they have acquired extensive distribution rights to the highly acclaimed, record-breaking Japanese anime film, Girls und Panzer der Film, for North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other territories. Sentai Filmworks will release additional information on Girls und Panzer der Film shortly, including distribution, release date, and streaming offerings.

“After seeing Girls und Panzer der Film last year, I knew we had to add this title to our already acclaimed library of movies.  It’s one of the most exciting titles we’ve acquired this year,” said John Ledford, President of Sentai Filmworks. “Sometimes we choose films because they are critically acclaimed. Sometimes we pick films because they’re runaway hits.  Girls und Panzer der Film is the perfect combination of both.”

During its recent Japanese theatrical run, Girls Und Panzer Der Film was ranked the highest-grossing movie of opening weekend and earned more than $21 million total at the Japanese box office. It is directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, the same director of the 2012-2013 Japanese TV anime series, Girls und Panzer, which was also extremely popular and well received.  The film continues where the beloved anime series Girls und Panzer left off, which takes place in a society where humanity exists in cities built atop gigantic carrier ships. A sport called “tankery” is a popular staple activity among high school girls.  The girls of the Oarai High School tankery team are in for a new challenge, as they work together to defeat rival schools in order to keep their school from being closed down.

Girls und Panzer der Film shattered both Japanese 2015 box office and DVD sales records, including

• Sold more than one million tickets and grossed more than $1.2 million U.S. in its opening weekend in Japan, becoming the number-one film in gross at the time
• Earned more than $2.3 billion yen ($21 million U.S.) total at the Japanese box office
• Won the prestigious Seiun Award Best Dramatic Presentation
• Awarded the Sanctuary Award from the 25^th Japan Movie Critics Award
• Number one for the first week of its domestic home video release, and the fourth-highest selling Japanese animation Blu-ray Disc to date among all anime (for first-week sales)

Girls und Panzer der Film will kick off its multi-pronged campaign at this year’s AkibaFest, an anime fan festival in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, from October 15-16. Fans can take pictures with Girls und Panzer der Filmcosplayers, create shareable GIFs at a GIF booth, shop exclusive merchandise, and score free swag.

The calendars for what’s on tap today couldn’t be more different and it’s certainly amusing. Crunchyroll has just one new show on tap as the other simulcasts have ended for the season.

• 6:55am - SHONEN ASHIBE GO! GO! GOMA-CHAN - Episode 17

The free side brings out last week’s two finales plus the Shonen Ashibe that came out.

• 6:55am - SHONEN ASHIBE GO! GO! GOMA-CHAN - Episode 16
• 11:00am - THE HIGHSCHOOL LIFE OF A FUDANSHI - Episode 12
• 2:00pm - HYBRID X HEART MAGIAS ACADEMY ATARAXIA - Episode 12

Funimation has a couple of simulcasts and Broadcast Dubs on tap today plus a bunch of dubs from home video releases and the first two episodes of Omamori Himari arriving!

	Tales of Zestiria The X - Season 1	9	Sub	TV-14	9/27/16
	SERVAMP - Season 1	11	Dub	TV-14	9/27/16
	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. - Season 1	Special 63	Sub	TV-14	9/27/16
	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. - Season 1	Special 58	Sub	TV-14	9/27/16
	Cheer Boys!! - Season 1	9	Sub	TV-14	9/27/16
	Hetalia - Season 6	125-126	Dub	TV-MA	9/27/16
	Maria the Virgin Witch - Season 1	3-12	Dub	TV-MA	9/27/16	Trailer
	Mikagura School Suite - Season 1	3-12	Dub	TV-14	9/27/16	Trailer
	Omamori Himari - Season 1	1-2	Sub	TV-MA	9/27/16
	One Piece - Season 8	493-494	Dub	TV-14	9/27/16
	Overlord - Season 1	1-2	Dub	TV-MA	9/27/16
	Rainy Cocoa - Season 1	3-12	Dub	TV-PG	9/27/16	Trailer
	Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Season 2	13-24	Dub	TV-14	9/27/16
	Sky Wizards Academy - Season 1	1-2	Dub	TV-MA	9/27/16	Trailer
	Sky Wizards Academy - Season 1	1-2	Sub	TV-MA	9/27/16	Trailer
	The Heroic Legend of Arslan	13-14	Dub	TV-14	9/27/16

The free side brings out last week’s simulcasts plus a number of dub samples!

	SERVAMP - Season 1	12	Sub	TV-14	9/27/16
	Hetalia - Season 6	125-126	Dub	TV-MA	9/27/16
	Omamori Himari - Season 1	1-2	Sub	TV-MA	9/27/16
	One Piece - Season 8	493-494	Dub	TV-14	9/27/16
	Overlord - Season 1	1-2	Dub	TV-MA	9/27/16
	SHONEN HOLLYWOOD -HOLLY STAGE FOR 49- - Season 1	1-13	Sub	TV-PG	9/27/16
	The Heroic Legend of Arslan	13-14	Sub	TV-14	9/27/16

The Anime Network doesn’t have anything on their schedule for today.

Kamisama Kiss Volume 13

The last round of Tuesday arrivals are here on ComiXology and Amazon Kindle and there’s a lot to like. Dark Horse delivers up some new Avatar: The Last Airbender while DC Comics hits us up with new trades such as Adventures of Supergirl and Constantine while Vertigo slides out Fables and Survivor’s Club. Marvel Comics has a very fun batch of Franklin Richards books as well as a run of Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus to check out. Add in a few issues of Storm and some other titles and the variety is weird but intriguing.

On the manga side, Viz Media drops in 21 volumes of Kamisama Kiss to check out, which is pretty impressive! Kodansha Comics works their familiar run of new trades from the print side as well as some Del Rey Manga titles getting a new digital lease on life. And there are five simulpub titles out today as well!

Ryuji’s running out of time before Rose will be lost to him forever in the season finale of Dragon Crisis.

What They Say:
Rose has been taken by Onyx. With Rose gone and the knowledge he hurt Rose, Ryuji passes his days as a shell of his former self. The dragon empress Maruga arrives to announce Onyx’s dangerous intentions. When she forces Ryuji to make a decision, he finally finds a desire hidden deep within himself. However, Onyx and Sapphie already have plans to take the weakened Rose out of the country. The final battle for Rose is about to begin! With Rose gone, Ryuji passes his days as a shell of his former self. The dragon empress Maruga arrives to announce Onyx’s dangerous intentions. Ryuji finally finds himself and heads off for the final confrontation.

The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
With the previous episode, we saw Rose being essentially handed over to Onyx for what he believes to be her benefit, but it was a difficult thing for him to have to do since it wasn’t what he wanted. Others understood what he was doing, though they may not have agreed with it, but it was his and Rose’s choice to make. In the time since then, which hasn’t been all that much it seems, Ryuji has withdrawn pretty handily to the point where he’s hardly even noticeable to many people anymore. While he felt he was doing the right thing, it pained him to do so and the pain is doubling up inside of him, eating away at his feelings and sense of self-worth.

Being the last episode, there’s a fair bit of buildup in the first half about what it is that Ryuji must do but also with Rose as she copes with her memory loss on board Onyx’s special Society plane that’s about to whisk her away. It naturally turns heavily to the action side as everyone gets behind Ryuji and his desire to rescue her, though it takes a little bit for him to actually get involved with the actual situation. Thankfully, his sister really does know how to drive fast so that helps to get them there. What’s interesting is that Sapphie finds herself generally being on Rose’s side for everything after all that’s been said and done so she does her best, when opportunities arise, to try and jog her memory about the whole situation so that she can remember how she truly feels about Ryuji.

Like past episodes, there’s a good sense of action about it that works well, even if it goes over the top with planes stopping planes and the car being literally thrown on top of the larger plane so that Ryuji can get inside, somehow, to see her. Certain logical elements are cast off here, but the end results are what we want as viewers, to see the pair reunited and to be honest with each other in figuring out what it is they really want from each other. There’s a difficult choice involved with what Ryuji has to say, and it’s actually a positive that the difficult choice is really presented and that Rose initially wants to go the opposite route and remain a child so she can be with Ryuji. The more personal side of the show has been the better part of it from the start, but it does complement the action pretty well here as the stakes rise with Onyx doing his best to bring Rose back with him.

In Summary:
Overall, Dragon Crisis was one of the more fun shows of the season it aired as it dealt with a certain lightness to it without letting it dominate. The series has a serious angle to work through with the pasts of the characters, the family history that Ryuji has and the larger nature of the dragons themselves, but it also knew when to just have fun and make you smile. The structure of the show was definitely different than the usual as it messed with the enemy of the week formula a bit. While some of the character introductions were a little annoying as I don’t think the cast needed to be expanded much for such a short run show without making it seem like too much, overall everyone has a good part here and there’s a lot to like. It’s the kind of show that I think will hold up better on a re-watch and in a season set format as well. It’s one of the few shows of the season that I still hope does get picked up and brought out in bilingual form.

Grade: B+

Streamed By: Crunchyroll

Viz Media has rolled out their next digital manga sale on ComiXology and Amazon Kindle with the series Angel Sanctuary. The series comes from Kaori Yuki which ran in the shojo magazine Hana to Yume between 1994 and 2000 for twenty compiled volumes. All of those volumes are now on sale on the two services for $4.99 and $4.49 per volume respectively. The property proved pretty popular for fans as it had a three episode anime series produced that was released by Central Park Media and then rescued by Media Blasters, and there was a series of Drama CDs in Japan as well that covered other story arcs.

Viz Media released the manga series in full in North America.

Plot concept: Why is Setsuna so mixed up? Despite his attempts to be noble, he’ll fight anyone anytime; he ignores all authority; and he harbors feelings for his sister that can only be described as “”incestuous.”” Why is he such a mess? The reason may be found with two demons from the underworld and their enemy, an insane angel who is distributing an insidious computer game called Angel Santuary.

The new anime series Kaiju Girls premiered in Japan today as a web anime series and the show has gained some additional distribution quickly as we expected. Crunchyroll has picked up the series with the first episode gone live earlier today while new episodes will land on Tuesday’s at 6am ET for viewers. The service has a strong availability for it as it’s open worldwide outside of Asia.

The main cast includes Riho Iida as Agira/Aki Miyashita, Aina Suzuki as Miclas/Miku Ushimaru and Yurika Endō as Windom/Reika Shiragane.

The series is directed by Minoru Aashina while Norimitsu Kaiho is handling the concept and setting for it. With character designs by Nekosuke Ōkuma (Nitroplus), Hiroshi Tani, CHOCO, Jirō Tomioka, Namaniku ATK (Nitroplus), Nekokan Masshigura (Nitroplus), Bakutendo, and minoa (Nitroplus)., Studio Puyukai and Mdicrie are handling the animation for it.

Plot concept: Humanity’s battle of many years with the kaiju, giant monsters, has finally come to an end. Now that Earth has entered an age of peace, girls with the souls of kaiju have begun to appear, giving them the ability to transform into kaiju. They are known as the Kaiju Girls, and this is the powerful, transient, beautiful, and at times easygoing story of the strange fate these girls bear.

Nozomi Entertainment is just about a week away from the release of their 2015 pickup of A Town Where You Live, which will now be a Blu-ray release. Ahead of that release they’ve brought out a new clip for it that shows some of the silly male bonding that goes on as Haruto does what he can to move past some real emotional pain. The twelve episode series will arrive on October 4th, 2016 priced at $59.99 and will include the original Japanese language in PCM stereo along with English subtitles.

On-disc extras include the Clean Opening, Clean Closing, TV Spots, and Promotional Videos

Directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi and working from the series composition by Reiko Yoshida, the series aired in the summer 2013 season with character designs by Terumi Nishii. It’s based on the original manga by Kouji Seo and was animated by Gonzo.

The cast includes Ayane Sakura as Asuka Mishima, Megumi Nakajima as Yuzuki Eba, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Haruto Kirishima, Aya Endo as Kiyomi Asakura, Chiaki Takahashi as Aoi Kirishima, Daisuke Ono as Kyōsuke Kazama, Nana Kouno as Akari Kaga, Saki Fujita as Rin Eba, Sayuri Yahagi as Mina Nagoshi, Toshiki Masuda as Takashi Yura and Yuki Takao as Nanami Kanzaki.

Plot Concept: How far would you go for true love?

All his friends said he was just being “stupid” and “delusional,” but Haruto just couldn’t give up on her… Yuzuki, the girl that showed up on his doorstep one day, stole his heart the next, and then left just as abruptly as she arrived. With the faint hope of rekindling the romance they’d shared, Haruto decides to pursue her, moving away from the rural outskirts of Hiroshima to the big city of Tokyo.

However, soon after arriving, he learns that Yuzuki has seemingly moved on and has a new boyfriend. No matter how hard Haruto tries, she refuses to see him and won’t tell him the reason why she left him. He could move on, as many have urged him to, but is that truly what Yuzuki wants? He could try winning her back – after all, he’s already moved to the town where she lives – but how much farther will he need to go?

Crunchyroll must have some new cat themed material up every season because the Internet demands it. This time around it’s the new series Nyanbo!, which is set for Monday’s at 6:15 ET for viewers. With te first episode kicking off yesterday, the five minutes of cuteness is ready for new fans to board it.

Animated at Shirogumi, the series is directed by Akira Iwamoto, who also wrote the scripts. It’s based on the work by Kiyohiko Azuma, who created Azumanga Daiho.

Plot concept: The “Nyanbo” are creatures with square bodies with ears and tails that came to Earth from outer space. There’s Tora, who dreams of repairing their broken UFO and returning to space, as well as his sister Kotora, the precocious Shiro, the mischievous Mike, the mysterious Kuro, and many more. All of these Nyanbos are now happily living much like cats, free-spirited and sometimes getting into trouble, in places that humans don’t know about.

Toei Animation is getting ready for the next episode of their Mahoutsukai Precure! anime series with the thirty-fourth episode that’s set to land on October 2nd, 2016. Ahead of that, they’ve brought out a pretty fun and upbeat promo for that episode to get fans excited for it, though it’s again a very short one compared to some of the earlier promos.

The series is directed by Masato Mitsuka based on the series composition from Isao Murayama and character designs by Emiko Miyamoto. The animation is produced by Toei Animation.

Please note that Toei often takes these previews down around the same time as the episode airs.

Plot concept: Mirai is a 13-year-old girl who lives in the human word. One day she witnesses a mysterious object fall from the sky into the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Riko is of the same age and from the magical world. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she’s searching for a jewel with strong powers called “Link Stone Emerald.”

Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic users Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands that Riko hand over the “Link Stone Emerald,” which Riko herself had been looking for. To make things worse, Batti uses dark magic to create a monster known as a Yokubaru! Mirai and Riko join hands and with the magic words “Cure-up Rapapa!” they transform into the legendary Pretty Cure.

Adria Arjona

The path for the sequel to Pacific Rim continues to move right along with some new casting and information on the project as the start of production begins for the film that Universal Pictures set a February 23rd, 2018 release date for. The latest addition to the cast is that of Adria Arjona, though no role was associated with the reveal of the deal closing. Arjona is getting ready for a big event series coming up on NBC where she’s headlining Emerald City as Dorothy Gale that’s set to land on January 6th, 2017. So potential for her to be a bit more well-known is certainly there by the time this film rolls around.

It was revealed earlier this week that the project will begin filming in November in Australia but that there will be filming taking place in China. The film did a significant amount of its box office there and broke some records at the time and this project is seen largely as aimed at that market, particularly with a good bit of its funding coming there. So bringing in more talent from there is a given as it shooting there.

Directed by Stephen S. De Knight, the film starts John Boyega, Cailee Spaeny, Jiang Tian and Scott Eastwood. None of the cast from the original film have been confirmed to return and Charlie Hunnam saying specifically that he would be sitting this one out.

Original film concept: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

As the season progresses and we still seem to have no hope or hints toward any progress to be had on bringing out Dragon Ball Super to English-speaking audiences yet, the dream lives on. While we continue to wait to see what Toei Animation is going to do with it, they’re still doing their promotion for the show and they’ve added this, a preview for the sixtieth episode of the series that lands this coming October 2nd, 2016 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 will be broadcast in Asia and Germany next year through recently brokered deals.

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.

The official site for the upcoming anime project Miss Bernard said has updated ahead of its premiere on October 6th, 2016 with some good stuff. The latest is our first look at the animation for it with a thirty-second spot that also gives us a taste of the opening theme song, “Love! Library” from Shoujo Fractal.

Hisayoshi Hirasawa is directing it at Creators in the Pack based on the scenario from Yoshikazu Maeda. Gonta is on board to work on the character designs. The cast includes Eri Kitamura as Sawako “Miss Bernard” Machida, Mikako Komatsu as Shiori Kanbayashi, Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Endō and Aya Suzaki as Sumika Hasegawa.

Known as Bernard-jo Iwaku in its original manga form, the series comes from Yuki Shikawa as serialized in Monthly Comic Rex where it has two volumes out since it began in 2011.

The anime adaptation from Dream Creation means we should get something solid as they’ve largely mastered the short-form format with recent works that include I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying as well as Ojisan to Marshmallow.

Plot concept: The series is about the love of famous works of literature. It follows Sawako “Miss Bernard” Machida, a lazy girl who wants to be a well-read person — but does not actually read much. The manga recounts the conversations between “Miss Bernard” and her bookworm friends about the Bible, The Tale of the Heike, Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Door into Summer, The Great Passage, Fermat’s Last Theorem, and more masterpieces that she has not necessarily read.

The anime adaptation of the manga series Keijo!!!!!!!! is scheduled for an October 6th, 2016 debut and a new look at it has come from some secondary advertising. Warner Bros. Japan has dropped a new 90-second promo for the ending theme song CD from the lead actresses and while it has some overlaid material on it, we get to see a lot more of the show – while also getting a good taste of the song! Animated by Xebec, the series will be directed by Hideya Takahashi based on the series composition from Takao Kato. Keiya Nakano is handling the character designs for it.

The new cast additions include:

• Rena Maeda as Hanabi Kawai
• Hibiku Yamamura as Mio Kusakai
• Rie Takahashi as Rin Rokudō

The previously revealed cast includes Lynn as Nozomi Kaminashi, M.A.O as Sayaka Miyata, Kaede Hondo as Kazane Aoba and Saori Oonishi as Non Toyoguchi.

The work comes from creator Daichi Sorayomi which began back in 2013 and has eleven volumes out as of this past spring. The work is Sorayomi’s second after the three volume series Momi-Baraishi ran in Club Sunday for three volumes between 2011 and 2012.

The opening theme song is “DREAMxSCRAMBLE!” by AiRI while the ending theme song is performed by the four lead actresses with “Fantas/HIP Girlfriends!”

Plot concept: Kaminashi Nozomi (17) is an exceptional gymnast. So much so that colleges with some of the best gymnastic programs are trying to recruit her. Unfortunately for them, she has other plans. Due to her family being extremely poor, money is everything to her. That’s why she wants to step into the world of “Keijo.” “Keijo” is a type of gambling sport where girls stand on a small floating platform and compete against one another. The aim is to push the other contestant off of the platform into the water, but they are only allowed to use their butt or breasts to push the others off. Will Nozomi be able to compete in the intense world of “Keijo” and bring wealth and fortune for her family?