Kadokawa Shoten’s Monthly Newtype magazine and Toyo Beverages have announced that they are collaborating on Strike Witches-branded canned coffee, which will be available in Japan starting on March 17. The coffee, which will be called “Witch no Kyūsoku” (Witch’s Break), will sell for 4,800 yen (about US$64) for a 30-pack, or 160 yen (US$2) per can. The 30-pack includes four original postcards illustrated [...]
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The roles for the nine cast members in AKB0048, the spring television animeinspired by the all-female idol group AKB48, were revealed on Wednesday. Among the nine winners who will voice roles in the show are self-professedanime fan Mayu “Mayuyu” Watanabe, voice actresses Sayaka Nakaya andAmina Satō, and three other members of AKB48 itself. Two hail from the Nagoya-based sister group SKE48 and one came from Osaka’s [...]
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The management agency 81 Produce and avex entertainment began takingapplications on Wednesday for their new audition project to find a vocalist who will debut with a theme song for an upcoming television anime series. This is the first time that Avex is holding an audition for an anime song vocalist, although the company often hosts auditions for idols, vocalists, and [...]
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The ninth and final Blu-ray volume of Sunrise’s Tiger & Bunny television anime series that was released on January 27 sold 21,757 copies in its first week to rank at No. 1 on Oricon’s weekly animation Blu-ray Disc rankings, bringing the total Blu-ray discs sold of the series to 233,000 copies. The original television anime series aired from April to [...]
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The North American anime licensing company Sentai Filmworks announced on Wednesday that it acquired the Getbackers television anime series. The anime will soon be available digitally through multiple outlets, with a home video release on bilingual DVD scheduled for later this year. Based on the manga series by Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine, the show follows the adventures of Ban and Ginji, [...]
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The fifth volume of Chako Abeno’s Dantalian no Shoka (The Mystic Archives of Dantalian/Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian) manga adaptation will bundle an anime DVD this August. The DVD will contain an all-new, original episode, “Ibara-Hime.” Director Yutaka Uemura, Huey voice actor Daisuke Ono, Dalian voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro, and other staff and cast members are returning from Gainax’s television anime series. Uemura, Ono, and [...]
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The website for Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump magazine began streaming a web anime based on Takanori Kawai’s Sekiei Ayakashi Mangatan supernatural action manga on Thursday. The story is set during the middle of Japan’s historic Edo period. It centers around Sekiei Toriyama, an eccentric but brilliant artist who only draws supernatural creatures — because he actually draws the creatures he encounters in his life. Kawai [...]
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The character brand companies Sanrio and Groundworks will launch a line of collaborative products between Khara’s new Evangelion films and Sanrio’s popular Hello Kitty character this May. The line commemorates this fall’s release of the Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. anime film with Hello Kitty redesigned in the motif ofEvangelion’s Rei Ayanami and Shikinami Asuka Langley. Stationery, goods, clothing, accessories, and other items will be rolled [...]
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The February issue of Ichijinsha’s Monthly Comic Zero-Summagazine started serialization on naked ape’s Otoh Saki’s (Switch, Dolls) and Ai Tenkawa’s (Wolf God) Kisshō7 -seven-manga on Wednesday. The Kisshō7 -seven- school comedy manga takes place at a high school in Kichioji, Tokyo, and revolves around the rumored “Kisshō7″ (Lucky 7), the seven beautiful student council members of the school. Digital Manga Publishing licensed Tenkawa’s Wolf God manga in [...]
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The Nico Nico Douga website’s âge live streaming event revealed designs for the anime adaptation of the Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse novel on Thursday. In July, a teaser websiteannounced that the adaptation will run on television in Japan next year. The Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipsenovel itself is spinoff of the 2006 romance simulation game Muv-Luv Alternative from the adult game company âge. The novel has been running in Enterbrain’s Tech [...]
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