To celebrate Shaft’s 40th anniversary, two of their most popular anime series are teaming up for a massive cross-over movie nobody has ever expected – Nisekoimonogatari! A new visual and a new PV have even been revealed by Nisekoi’s official website! Akiyuki Shinbo, who directed both series, will be at the helm of this project,...
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In the tradition of magical girl spin-offs like Prisma Illya and Magical Girl lyrical Nanoha, as well as in anticipation for TODAY, the official website for Is the order a Rabbit? has changed to feature its very own Mahou Shoujo spin-off, which is titled Is the Order a Magical Girl? In this new anime, Chino...
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A leaked magazine scan from the upcoming May 2015 issue of Monthly Shounen Magazine has announced that the hit supernatural anime, Noragami, will be getting itself a second season. Based on the manga series by Adachitoka, this new season will reunite the staff and cast from the first one. Staff: Director: Kotaro Tamura Series Composition:...
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In real life, chubby girls are often considered cute, and it’s also the same in anime as Japanese ranking website, Goo!, has asked fans on which anime chubby girl is the one who they think is the cutest. 500 respondents were polled, and they are made up of 250 men and 250 women. Do note...
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With April just around the corner, we have previously taken a look at the 7 spin-off and returning anime we are most excited about watching this new Spring 2015 season, and now, we continue our Spring 2015 preview with the new anime which will also be making their premieres this April. Spring is definitely one...
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Ship girl fans in Singapore rejoice because Arpeggio of Bluee Steel Ars Nova DC is hitting the country’s theaters this April 9, 2015, and there are also some prizes in store! The movie will be available in Japanese dub with both English and Chinese subtitles. It is actually a recap movie based in the Arpeggio...
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During a special Tekken 7 live-streaming event at the Bandai Namco headquarters in Japan yesterday, Tekken project lead Katsuhiro Harada has announced the three characters who will be added to Tekken 7’s roster, and they are Jin, Devil Jin, and a character from the Philippines named Josie Rizal. Josie Rizal, whose name is inspired by...
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Spring is in the air, and with the Winter 2015 anime slowly ending with their final episodes, fans are getting ready for Spring 2015 which is definitely one of the most loaded anime seasons in recent memory as it provides an A-list mix of anime returning for their latest seasons, spin-offs, and new anime. And...
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Last month, Dengeki G’s magazine’s official website teased a mysterious new visual for the Love Live! follow-up project known as Love Live! Sunshine!!, which seems to have inspired a few memes from the internet. Now, the magazine’s official website has revealed the other characters for this new project. Although the website unveiled how the other...
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OLDCODEX, one of the eight performing artistes at Lantis Festival in Singapore (this Saturday, ticket prices from S$48) has revealed their full setlist for the concert — and it includes the themes they performed for Kuroko’s Basketball and Free! Here’s the full setlist (with videos): WALK (Kuroko’s Basketball TV anime season 2 ED1) http://ift.tt/1H61lcG Dried...
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Tokyo Ghoul is undoubtedly one of the hottest and most popular anime and manga series these days, and it is getting itself a new game for the PlayStation Vita. The 18th issue of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine has unveiled new details on this Tokyo Ghoul video game titled, Tokyo Ghoul Masquerader, and it announced that...
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The English version of Sword Art Online: Lost Song doesn’t come out in Asia until May — but the Japanese version is out today! Want a sneak peek at what you can expect in the full English version of the game? Then tune in with us to the live stream: Watch live video from KarbyP...
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We have already featured various realistic Pokemon here on SGCafe, but not a lot of Digimon, and with the original cast of the original Digimon anime set to return for a new anime this April with Digimon Adventure Tri, let’s take a look at what some Digimons look like if they were real as imagined...
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One of Winter 2015’s most popular anime has just ended in Japan, but don’t worry Kantai Collection fans, because when the final episode was aired via Tokyo MX, there was a very special announcement. According to that announcement, the anime will continue with a new sequel anime, though it did not specify when the anime...
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In Japan, it is very common to hear anime songs, or anisongs, being sang in karaokes, and just like many karaoke songs, there are those which are so performed often that people are already getting tired of hearing them… just like the many songs people would often choose in karaokes around the world. Japanese media...
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Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is getting some sexy new costumes courtesy of ecchi video game series, Senran Kagura, and like the very costumes from Senran Kagura, these ones explode for some clothing damage These costumes are now available via DLC in Japan, and they feature up to 16 different costumes, all of which...
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The anime adaptation of ONE and Yuusuke Murata’s One Punch Man manga is without a doubt one of 2015’s most highly anticipated anime, and to tease fans even further, Bandai Visual has unveiled the anime’s very first PV! The new PV teases the story, which is about the titular hero who is so strong that...
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The Tokyo Anime Award Festival‘s Anime of the Year award is one of the most important and coveted awards in the entire Japanese anime industry, and for this year, the award is given to three titles which the award-giving body, as well as the fans, think is the most deserving. And of these three, one...
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Anime Japan is now over, however, the event has shown that it is also a great venue for cosplay as hundreds of cosplayers have once again flocked to the Tokyo Big Sight for this year’s annual anime extravaganza. Japanese hobby magazine, Dengeki Hobby, was present at the event and they compiled some of the great...
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Looks like Anime Japan ain’t the only big anime-related event which kicked off in Tokyo yesterday, March 21, 2015, because that date also marked the beginning of the live-action stage spectacle known as Live Spectacle Naruto, and it kicked off with a bang over at the AiiA theater in Tokyo. The actors all showed their...
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Anime Japan 2015 is without a doubt one of the largest anime events on Earth, and just a month and a half removed from one of the biggest figure events in Japan, Winter Wonder Festival 2015, the event has featured plenty of great upcoming figure and plastic model kit announcements of its own. Here are...
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Just like real life, we often find several anime students with good grades as well as anime teachers who are willing to go the distance to help their students learn. These students and teachers have earned the respect of their peers and are often seen in various school-based anime series. For this week’s Charapedia poll,...
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It’s anime Japan tomorrow and because of that, there have been anime banners found everywhere around Tokyo, and some of these banners have some pretty important announcements, like the banners from To Love-Ru Darkness. These banners, which are seen in the wilds of Tokyo and feature some of the anime’s heroines, have announced that the...
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Namco’s Umaibou tasty sticks have a long history in making parodies out of popular anime, and in this new collaboration with Sword Art Online, they take a shot at one of the series most famous scenes, which is the climax of the series with Asuna (as Titania) all tied up, and Oberon and Kirito battling...
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The live-action Attack on Titan movie drew mixed reactions from fans when the live-action cast were featured in their costumes. However, during a morning variety show in Japan, they showed a feature on the live-action movie version, and it drew a lot of praise so far. The video showed a smoke-filled silhouette of the massive...
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Kirito’s GGO avatar, also known to fans as “Kiritrap”, has been quite a huge hit, and it was so popular that Japanese anime goods company, Genco, has released a snuggle sheet bed cover, featuring his GGO avatar. However, for this coming Anime Japan 2015, Genco will be following up their Kiritrap bed cover with a...
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Yu-gi-oh! is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new movie announced for 2016, with original main protagonist, Yugi, confirmed to return alongside his rival, Kaiba. And to tease fans further, a leaked scan from V-Jump magazine has revealed their signature cards, and they look a whole lot more “upgraded” than their older versions. The magazine...
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Out of all the characters in the history of the Gundam franchise, Char Aznable is the most copied, with “Char Clones” popping up in every single series. Char also has plenty of versions from his painfully obvious “disguise” in Gundam Zeta to his childhood version in Gundam the Origin I. The mighty Red Comet also...
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The official website for the Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold anime has some good news for fans around the world as it announced that the upcoming anime will be streamed around the world. The official website posted the new video which teases the gathering of all 12 Golden Saints. The video also announces that the...
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Any fan of High School DXD knows just how perverted the anime’s main character, Issei Hyoudo, really is, and for the second PV for the third season titled, High School DXD BorN, the lovable pervert, voiced by Yuuki Kaji (Attack on Titan’s Eren Yeager), sings a song about… well, you guessed it! Boobs! A little...
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With its release for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita already just a few days away, Bandai Namco games is teasing fans by releasing not one, but two new videos for Sword Art Online: Lost Song. The first video is a full-length PV which not only introduces the characters and explains the gameplay a bit,...
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Yukari Tamura has become one of Japan’s most beloved seiyuus, and it seems that the veteran voice actress best known for her roles as Nanoha Takamachi in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Tenten in Naruto, Mine from Akame Ga Kill!, and Suzuha Amane is Steins; Gate, may be putting an end at her illustrious career because...
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The official Girls und Panzer website has now been updated, and it features the new key visual for the upcoming movie, however, this new visual suggests that the movie won’t be as lighthearted as the original anime series The new poster visual features main heroine, Miho Nishizumi under some dark and cloudy skies with some...
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The very first One Piece-only theme park has finally opened in one of Tokyo’s most iconic landmarks, the Tokyo Tower, and surely enough, it really seems like its every One Piece fan’s dream. Found in the third floor of the iconic Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo One Piece Tower is considered the first theme park to...
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Pokemon is getting a new TV special based on the Mega Pokemon which will be shown next week, and to whet the appetites of the fans even further, a new PV has finally been streamed and it stars the legendary Pokemon, Primal Kyougre and Primal Groudon. The anime special is based on the Omega Ruby...
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A new TV ad for one of next month’s most highly-anticipated anime, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Souma, has been aired in Japan, and the official Warner Brothers anime youtube channel has now started streaming it. The new ad is narrated by Ikumi Mito, lovingly nicknamed my fans as “Nikumi”, as a pun on her name...
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Much like Pro Wrestling, the world of anime is full of finishing moves which are often cool, often quite practical, often lame, or often funny. Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, has recently asked its readers which finishing moves from anime do they wish they could use. Also included in the rankings are a few abilities...
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Live-action anime adaptations are notorious for being “hit or miss”, with some, such as the live-action Rurouni Kenshin movies, being both a financial and critical success while others like Parasyte and Lupin III being generally not well received by fans. Japanese media website, MyNavi Student has recently asked 500 people, both male and female, on...
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If you watch the ongoing anime about making an anime, Shirobako, you might get an idea about how tough and hectic the fast-paced world of anime making really is. And from the experience of Henry Thurlow, who hails from New York and currently works for Studio Pierrot in Japan, it looks like it is a...
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Yamaha has recently introduced their latest audio mixer, the AG03, however, they are also releasing a very special version of that device, and it comes with a very cute Hatsune Miku theme! This Hatsune Miku AG03 mixer comes with three channels with USB Audio Interface and can be used for web casting and recording, as...
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With its Japanese release already just a few weeks away, Bandai Namco Games’ official youtube page has released the very first web ad for Sword Art Online: Lost Song, which takes a look at three of the game’s heroines. Asuna, Leafa, and Yui. Lost Song will be the third SAO game Bandai Namco will be...
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With Japan’s otaku population steadily increasing, Japanese media website, MyNavi Student, has taken a look at some anime series which were aired in Japan on late night time slots (midnight onwards) that some non-otakus might actually enjoy. The website asked 432 people, both male and female, about their opinions, and these are just some of...
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The winners for the 9th Seiyu Awards have finally been announced, and some pretty big name voice actors (or seiyuus as they are called) have been included in the roster of winners. Last time, the special winners were announced, however this time, its the main winners. So who won? Here are the results: Best Male...
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Spring 2015 may be this year’s most packed and most anticipated season with plenty of big name anime titles having their respective premieres. And with Winter 2015 now winding down to its last few episodes, Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, has asked its readers which Spring 2015 anime are they most excited about. Just like...
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Compile Heart’s official youtube channel has started streaming the latest promotional video for their upcoming Hyperdimension Neptunia VII, which is split into three different games. This new PV takes a look at all three of these games as well as introduces the new characters players will be meeting in the games. Zero-Dimension Neptune Z follows...
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With the season of spring almost in the air, Japanese convenience store chain, Family Mart, will be releasing a few limited edition goodies featuring the virtual diva herself, Hatsune Miku, along with her Vocaloid friends. The campaign, called the “Hatsune Miku Spring Fair”, will be launched in all Japanese Family Mart convenience stores starting March...
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Studio Trigger, best known for producing Kill la Kill, is set to take on yet another explosive action anime in Ninja Slayer, and the upcoming anime’s official website has just announced its release date, which will be on April 16, 2015. It will be streamed at 11:00 pm Japan time in the Japanese streaming website,...
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Sometimes, anime can make you think, can make you wonder, and sometimes, it can leave you confused or even crying as some of these series really do play with your mind. Japanese media website, Goo, has recently asked 500 anime fans to vote for the anime series which they think is the most psychological is...
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Kantai Collection is one of the hottest anime titles right now, and companies are just lining up to collaborate with them to advertise their products, and the latest one is hygiene and medical supplies company, Hakujuji, which employed the use of torpedo-equipped destroyers in their promotional campaign. Well, whose wounds won’t heal with the Destroyer...
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With the “console battles” continuing with the upcoming release of Hyperdimension Neptunia VII, Sony Japan is offering fans a special treat, with some PlayStation 4 consoles featuring the console goddesses themselves. Fans can choose either one of three console designs, and they are Next Purple, Noire, and the four console goddesses of Gamindustry, Neptune, Noire,...
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