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Second Season for the Free! Anime Announced
– Sephi-According to a poster shown at the Free. -Special Talk Event, a second season for the anime will be coming in summer. Free …
Anime Adaption For Akame ga KILL! Announced
– Sephi-Square Enix' february issue of their Gangan Joker magazine announced an anime adaption for Takahiro Arai's manga Akame ga KILL. . The ninth compiled volume of the manga will be released on January 22nd in Japan …
TV Adaption for Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yattemita Announced
– Sephi-Ichijinsha announced in their Manga 4-Koma Palette magazine that Kosugi Koutarou's comedy manga Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yattemita will be adapted as a TV anime. Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol YattemitaBy request of her uncle the high schooler Nanako is made into their town's first local idol. To support her, the one year older Yuriko joins up with her …
Manga: Kimi no Iru Machi Ending After 27 Volumes
– Sephi-In this year's eighth issue of their Weekly Shounen magazine Kodansha announced that Kimi no Iru Machi will end with the 27th compiled volume. It was previously announced, that the limited edition of the 28th compiled volume will contain another OAD, yet it would seem that this was a false announcement. They now stated, that said OAD will be contained in the 27th and final volume of the manga …
Ping Pong Manga to be Adapted as a TV Series
– Sephi-It was announced that Taiyou Matsumoto's manga Ping Pong is to be adapted as an anime by director Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, The Tatami Galaxy). The manga was published from 1996 to 1997 in the Big Comic Spirits magazine and was completed within 5 compiled volumes. 2002 the manga was already adapted as a live-action movie and the newly announced anime is supposed to start airing in April on Fuji TV …
X Maiden TV Adaption Announced
– Sephi-Lambert announced they're working on a surreal 3D gag anime, titled X Maiden. The moe robot series is planned to be streamed on Niconico. On the X Maiden website certain characters and their respective voice actors are already listed …
Anime: Oscar Nomination for Kaze Tachinu
– Sephi-Hayao Miyazaki's Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) has been nominated for the Best Animated Film category and will face off against The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Ernest and Celestine, and Frozen. Shuhei Morita's short anime Tsukumo has been nominated for the Best Animated Short Film category as well. Hayao Miyazaki's eleventh and final movie has been nominated for film awards at several occasions in the past and has finally been awarded as the Best Animated Film by the New York Film Critics Circle, The National Board of Review, The Boston Society of Film Critics, The San Diego Film Critics Society, The Chicago Film Critics Association, The Online Film Critics Society, and The Toronto Film Critics Association …
Toyko Ghoul Manga Getting an Anime Adaption
– Sephi-In the tenth compiled volume of Sui Ishida's horror manga Tokyo Ghoul an anime adaption has been announced. The manga is being published since 2011 in Shuueisha's Weekly Young Jump, and last year it made the 27th place of the most sold manga series in Japan. More information on the upcoming anime are expected for future issues of the Weekly Young Jump magazine …
New Black Butler Anime Adaption Has Been Greenlit
– Sephi-The cover page of Square Enix' GFantasy magazine revealed that a new anime series for the Black Butler manga will be coming soon. Yana Toboso's shounen manga is being published under the name "Kuroshitsuji" in Japan since 2006 in the GFantasy magazine, which is released monthly. It currently consists of 16 compiled volumes …
Anime: TV Adaption for Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san Announced
– Sephi-In the spring season, starting April, a TV adaption for Kuzushiro's yuri manga Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san will start being aired in Japan. The anime is supposed to consist of only short episodes. Inugami-san to Nekoyama-sanYachiyo Inugami only resembles a dog in name, for she is a fanatic cat lover and would love nothing more than meeting an actual cat-girl …
Anime: KyoAni Announced Anime Adaption for Amagi Brilliant Park
– Sephi-Shouji Gatou's (Full Metal Panic. ) light novel Amagi Brilliant Park is to be adapted as an anime TV series by KyoAni. Amagi Brilliant ParkSeiya Kanie, your average high-schooler, is invited to a date in an amusement park by his mysterious and beautiful classmate, the transfer student Isuzu Sento …
Anime: Magi: Sinbad no Bouken Getting Anime Adaption
– Sephi-Shougakukan announced, that the spin-off series to Magi "Magi: Sinbad no Bouken" is to be adapted as an anime. Shinobu Ootaka's manga is being published since May 2013, however, the first Blu-ray Disc of the Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic anime, back in 2012, already contained 70-page prototype of Magi: Sinbad no Bouken. The anime adaption to the spin-off manga will appear as an OAD, bundled with the third compiled volume, which is expected for May 16th …
Anime: Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii Anime Adaption Announced
– Sephi-Shoujo manga Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii will be adapted into a TV format in April. Mangaka Dai Shiina seemed notably pleased by this announcement and stated that she's very eager to find out "how Nike's song will turn out". Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii is being published since 2012 by Hakusensha in their Hana to Yume magazine and consists of five compiled volumes as of now …
Anime: Previously Postponed Sailor Moon TV Series Will Air in July
– Sephi-The new Sailor Moon TV series has been announced quite some time ago, but now it was stated that the new anime will premiere in July. Also, it was said that this new series is not supposed to be a remake of the previous anime, but an adaption of the original manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. Toei Animation will once again take up their role as the animaton studio for this series and it will be directed by Munehisa Sakai (One Piece, Suite Precure) …
Anime: Another OAD for Kimi No Iru Machi Announced
– Sephi-In this year's eighth issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine they will announce on January 22nd, that the limited edition of the 28th compiled volume of Kimi no iru Machi will contain a new OAD. More information about the OAD will be revealed in the ninth issue of the Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It was, however, already implied, that this ninth issue will contain a "super important announcement" concerning the series …
Anime: TV Adaption for Ao Haru Ride Announced
– Sephi-In the February issue of their Betsuma magazine Shuueisha announced an anime adaption for Io Sakisaka's shoujo manga Ao Haru Ride. Some information about the voice actor cast has already been released. So it is said, that Yuuki Kaji will take up the role of the male protagonist, Kō Mabuchi, while Maaya Uchida will speak the female lead Yoshioka Futaba …
Anime: Two Seasons for Strange+ Announced
– Sephi-The February issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Zero Sum magazine revealed some new details for the anime adaption of Verno Mikawa's Strange+ manga. According to Ichijinsha the adaption will span over 2 seasons. The first season of Strange+ will start being aired on January 10th, 2014, in Japan and is supposed to be a five-minute anime …
Anime: Mushishi Sequel Announced
– Sephi-At the end of the Mushishi Tokubetsu-hen: Hihamukage TV special, a second season for Mushishi has been announced for April this year. This time again the major part of the staff from the first season will come together for the making: Studio: Animation Studio ArtlandRegisseur/Series Script Supervisor: Hiroshi NagahamaCharacterdesign/Chief Animation Director: Yoshihiko UmakoshiArt Director: Takeshi WakiTechnical Adviser: Yoshihisa OyamaDirector of Photography: Yuuta NakamuraEditing: Masahiro MatsumuraMusik: Toshio MasudaSound Director: Kazuya TanakaYuto Nakano and Mika Doi will take up their roles as voice actors for Ginko and the Narrator, respectively, once again. The original manga – consisting of 10 volumes – was published from 1999 to 2008 in Kodansha's Afternoon Magazine …
Funimation licenses D-Frag! School Club Anime
– valoonAnime is going to premiere on January 7. Source: ANNFunimation announced on Friday that it will simulcast the D-Frag. TV Anime …
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