Seiyuu, or Japanese voice actors, are celebrities in Japan, and they have very strong fan followings, not only in their home country in the Land of the Rising Sun, but also abroad. For this week’s Charapedia poll, they asked anime fans to vote for their favorite voice actors, and for today, we are looking at the...
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SGCafe is giving away 1,00,000,000,000,000,000 units of free oxygen if you read this article! Yey, right?! OK, that one was pretty obvious, but today is indeed April 1, which means today is April Fools’ Day, and the people in the anime, manga, and video game industry have all made some very… um… important (?!) announcements...
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During yesterday’s “Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV” event for the upcoming Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation 4, it was announced that there will be a story to set up the events of the game, and it will be released as a 5-episode anime titled Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV, which will follow the exploits of Noctis, Gladios, Ignis, and...
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Final Fantasy XV is without a doubt, one of the most highly anticipated games right now, and the “epic adventure” of FINAL FANTASY XV kicks off with an equally momentous occasion later today, with UNCOVERED: FINAL FANTASY XV. New details of the game and key surprises will be revealed, and you can watch the live stream here: Hosted...
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Launched in 2015, WAKUWAKU JAPAN is a channel on cable TV and IPTV in Singapore, focused on Japanese entertainment. Bringing to the shores of Singapore the best selection of programmes from Japan, the channel is available on television screens 24 hours a day, and 365 days a year. WAKUWAKU JAPAN has something for the whole family....
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With the Spring 2016 anime season about to start, many fans are preparing to meet the new titles which they will be seeing for the first time, like Ace Attorney and My Hero Academia. However, Spring is also loaded with plenty of series which will be returning for spin-offs or new seasons, and we take a...
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After months of rumors, French game developer, Ubisoft, has now officially confirmed that they are finally opening a new studio in the Philippines. This would be Ubisoft’s 30th studio, and the very first major gaming studio to open in the country. Best known for their Assassin’s Creed games, Ubisoft is opening their new studio in Santa...
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With some anime only having just one episode left, the Winter 2016 anime season is about to end. But as the winter anime end, the new Spring season promises some fresh new faces, which we will be following for three months or so. The new season will introduce some new anime, which some fans will...
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Heads up Assassination Classroom fans in Singapore, because before the second live-action Assassination Classroom movie premieres in the country, GV Cinemas is holding a special fan screening a full five days before its Singapore premiere on 28 April! The ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM 2 Special Fan Screening will be held at the GV Plaza Hall 7 on 23 April 2016,...
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Anime Japan 2016 made two very important announcements about the Fate series for 2017, and one of them being a TV anime for the highly popular Fate/ Extra game, which will be titled Fate/ Extra Last Encore. Teaser trailer for the upcoming TV anime has been streamed: This means that we will finally be able to...
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After an intense battle, the 25th and final episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Iron-Blooded Orphans ends by leaving everyone at the edges of their seats and still wondering what will happen next, however, fret not Gundam fans, as the anime ends with a promise… To Be Continued According to the announcement, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Iron-Blooded...
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During a stage presentation for the mecha anime, Majestic Prince, the anime’s cast made few very important announcements, and one of them is that the TV anime, which was aired back in 2013, will be getting itself its own animated feature film, which has been tentatively tiled, Gekijouban Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince, and here is the project’s...
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One of the hottest anime returning in July 2016 is definitely Berserk, and during the Anime Japan 2016 event in Tokyo, we finally get a new look at the upcoming anime, as a new PV for Berserk (2016) has been released by NBC Universal, and here it is: He who fights monsters indeed… A new...
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Ladies, time to rejoice, because the sword boys of Touken Ranbu are finally getting their own TV anime adaptation! An announcement for the anime was spotted during the Anime Japan 2016 event, and it says that we should expect to see the new anime in 2017. The anime will be adapted by ufotable (Fate/Zero, God...
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The twin tail is one of the most celebrated hairstyles in all of anime, and is often associated with tsunderes, though not all twin-tailed characters can be considered one. For this week’s poll, Charapedia has asked 10,000 anime fans which anime character with twin tails is their favorite. Of the 10,000 fans who participated in...
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Who is Nisekoi‘s best girl? It is the debate which has went on even before the anime adaptation was even aired, and the latest official poll by Weekly Shounen Jump! Magazine just adds fuel to the fire as a certain somebody finally takes the #1 rank for the very first time! Approximately 24,000 Shounen Jump! readers voted...
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When Pokemon GO was first revealed, fans went crazy, as the game promises an experience where you can explore the real world in search of Pokemon. Now, new details have been revealed by Niantic, the very company developing the game for smartphones. Here is a Zoomed out view of the Pokémon GO Game Map: According to...
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Kyoto Animation is one of Japan’s most well known animation studios, and their works are known the world over. From K-On! to Haruhi to Clannad to Chuunibyou, the animation studio has inspired legions of anime fans from all over the world. Japanese media website, Akiba Souken, recently asked 3,000 anime fans to pick their favorite...
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Two of the hottest games in Japan right now are Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X and Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, and these two series have formed an unlikely combination for Famitsu magazine’s 4.7 issue, which will feature Hatsune Miku hanging out with Dead or Alive’s Marie Rose. The image for the two has not been...
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A new official website has been launched for the upcoming new anime, 91 Days, which is set during the prohibition-era United States, where mafia families ruled. The website features a new PV for the upcoming anime, and it talks about what the anime will be all about – REVENGE. The PV introduces us to Avilio,...
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Yomiuri Shimbun has announced the winners for the 2016 edition of their annual Sugoi Japan Awards. The winners of these awards are works which fans feel that need foreign attention, and should be used to promote Japan. The categories are divided into anime, manga, light novels, and entertainment novels, and here are the winners: Manga Category:...
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Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope’s Peak Academy- is one of this year’s most anticipated TV anime, and this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu Magazine is running a feature on the upcoming anime, and they have revealed the visuals for 12 new characters, who according to Famitsu, all have connections to Makoto Naegi and the...
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Japanese animation studio, J.C. Staff (A Certain series, Shakugan no Shana) has announced that they will be animating Shinjirou’s action manga, Taboo Tattoo, which will be premiering in July 2016. The announcement was made in the manga’s 11th volume, and they also launched an official website and twitter page for the anime. The official website...
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The Anime of the Year Award is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the Japanese animation industry, and during the Tokyo Anime Award Festival’s awarding ceremony held last March 21, the winners for the various awards were announced, and just like last year, they were divided into the Film, TV, and Fan Award...
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He’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! And he’s got a brand new trailer for his new and upcoming live-action movie, HK/Hentai Kamen The Abnormal Crisis, which is a direct sequel to the live-action movie released back in 2013, and yes, panties are flying in this second trailer! The video, which starts off with plenty of flying panties, teases the film’s plot,...
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Sword Art Online: The Beginning Project is IBM’s collaboration project which shows off their virtual reality capabilities with the help of Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online light novel series. Daisuki.net was present during the “Alpha Tests” for the project, and they featured a special 10-minute video which detailed the happenings during these “tests.” The video...
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Resident Evil, also known as Biohazard in Japan, is one of the most well known zombie apocalypse franchises on Earth, and believe it or not, it is getting its own stage musical adaptation in Japan! Capcom’s official Japanese website for the franchise has revealed that the stage musical is really happening, and it will star former...
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Hakusensha, which publishes Mizuho Kusanagi’s Yona of the Dawn shoujo mangas, has announced that the manga’s upcoming limited edition bundles for Volume 21 and Volume 22 will be coming with a special Original Anime DVD (OAD), which will be animating the manga’s Zeno Arc. The first part of the OAD will come bundled with Vol. 21,...
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Yuki Midorikawa’s Natsume’s Book of Friends is returning for the fifth time, and this will be announced by the upcoming May 2016 issue of Hakusensha’s Monthly LaLa magazine, which will be celebrating the new TV anime with a color opening page, as well as a 46-page long chapter. According to the announcement, this 5th season will be airing...
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From the tradition of Chaos; Head, Steins; Gate, and Robotics; Notes comes the latest TV anime from MAGES. head, Chiyomaru Shikura, and it is titled Occultic;Nine, which will be a “paranormal science” story based on Shikura’s light novels series. The anime will follow 17-year old Yuuta Gamon, who runs an occult blog known as “Choujou Kagaku Kirikiri Basara,” and...
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Toei Animation’s official YouTube channel has started streaming a new trailer for the upcoming One Piece movie, One Piece Film Gold, and it introduces us to the film’s main villain, “Golden Emperor” Gild Tesoro, who is designed by One Piece creator, Eiichiro Oda himself. The video also introduces us to the entertainment city and casino where...
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The Fairy Tail TV is ending later this month, with the final episode airing on March 26, however, fans should not be worried as issue #17 of Weekly Shounen Sunday Magazine will be revealing that a new TV anime project is already in the works for Hiro Mashima’s bestselling shounen fantasy manga. Not much details...
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The Utsunomiya Parco has hosted the very first GunPla Expo event for 2016, which will be held until March 31, 2016. The event featured several limited edition merchandise, new announcements, and previews of several upcoming GunPla. One of the highlights of the event is the 1:1 scale RX-78-2 Gundam head found in the Utsunomiya Parco’s...
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With the release of the third episode of the 4-part Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt web anime for non-Gundam Fan Club members, Bandai Visual has now started streaming the very first PV for the anime’s fourth and final episode, which gives us a preview of the conclusion of the conflict between the Gundam Thunderbolt’s two main...
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The current Winter 2016 anime season is about to end, and fans are now excited to welcome the new batch of anime which will be introduced during the upcoming Spring 2016 season, which begins next month. For this week’s poll, Charapedia has asked 10,000 anime fans to weigh-in on what upcoming new anime are they...
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Dante from the Devil May Cry series and Bayonetta are two of the most powerful demon-slaying characters in video games, so it’s no wonder that these two mighty warriors were the ones chosen by Screw Attack for their latest episode of Death Battle. In one corner, you have the mighty half-demon, Dante, who is seriously...
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Sword Art Online and IBM recently teamed up for a special promotional project called Sword Art Online: The Beginning, which demonstrated IBM’s VR capabilities through Reki Kawahara’s popular light novel series. 208 applicants were selected for the “Alpha Testing,” which which is really just a demo to compare how close IBM gets to the technology we...
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Pokemon is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and people who have started with the first generation had very fond memories with the original Red, Blue, and Green (not released outside of Japan) versions. To celebrate the franchise’s milestone, MyNavi Student asked its readers on which Gen-1 starter Pokemon was “the very best.” The poll had a...
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The cover of issue #16 of Weekly Shounen Jump! Magazine has announced that Haruichi Furudate’s volleyball manga, Haikyuu!!, will be getting a third TV anime, and it is slated to premiere in autumn 2016. The magazine cover, which announced the third season, features the Karasuno High Volleyball Team, and is illustrated by Haruichi Furudate himself....
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We are getting more KonoSuba, as the anime’s official twitter page has announced that we will be getting more of Kazuma, Aqua, Darkness, and Michael Bay Megumin, as a second season for the TV anime has been officially green-lit. 「この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！」第2期制作決定です！！！ たくさんの応援、本当に本当にありがとうございます！ これからも『このすば』をよろしくお願いいたします！ #このすば — TVアニメ『このすば』公式ツイッター (@konosubaanime) March 16, 2016 The anime also ended its run in...
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It’s time to duel once again this April, because Yugi is back! To further hype up the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions anime film later this year, legendary Yu-Gi-Oh! mangaka, Kazuki Takahashi will be coming back for a special 2-part manga, which will be the first chapter after the original series ended its run in...
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Sega’s latest Hatsune Miku: Project Diva game, titled Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X, is already nearing its release date later this month, and Sega’s official Hatsune Miku channel has started streaming a brand new PV, which previews some of the game modes and gameplay for the upcoming rhythm game. The PS Vita version is slated...
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Fate fans, rejoice! We are getting a brand new game in Type-Moon’s Fate franchise, and it will be the latest addition to their Fate/Extra series, and it will be titled Fate/Extella, which will be released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, and the official website has revealed Red Saber/ Nero and her master in a “new...
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Tokushima is one of the most hallowed cities for anime tourists in Japan, and every spring and autumn, the city hosts Machi★Asobi, which is considered one of Japan’s most popular anime festivals. The event is organized by none other than ufotable studio head, Hikaru Kondo, whose studio is responsible for hit anime like Fate/ Zero, Fate/ Stay...
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The Naruto spin-off manga for his son, Boruto, finally gets a release date, as announced by the official Shounen Jump! website, which means that fans can finally read Boruto when Weekly Shounen Jump! Magazine begins serializing the series on May 9, 2016. The Boruto spin-off manga will be illustrated by Naruto creator, Masashi Kishimoto’s former...
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Assassination Classroom is ending this week with the 16th issue of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine, and its final chapter is promising to end the series with a bang, however, the chapter will also be coming with a special spin-off story for all those fans wanting more. The spin-off will be a 7-page one-shot manga by Kizuku...
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After more than a year of waiting, Yoshihiro Togashi’s Hunter x Hunter manga is finally coming back from its long hiatus, as announced by Weekly Shounen Jump!’s official website. The manga started its hiatus back in August 2014, and will be resuming with the “Dark Continent Arc.” Not much details have been revealed about the...
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Bandai Namco Games has started streaming a brand new video for the latest Sword Art Online video game, Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization, which will be released for both the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita. Check it out: The video reveals that the game is going to be released in Japan sometime during Autumn 2016....
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Everybody’s favorite overpowered siblings are back, as a brand new PV for the upcoming The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie has finally hit the internet, and as expected, it gives us a taste of what Tatsuya Shiba can really do in a fight. The video compiles a few scenes from the TV anime, which...
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2017 will be a huge year for Sword Art Online fans, as the SAO movie, Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale will be shown during that time, and ANIPLEX USA has started streaming the very first teaser PV for the upcoming film: The film will feature an original story which will be set in a...
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