An advance copy of the next issue of Young Gangan Magazine has revealed some very big news for Ritz Kobayashi’s mahjong manga, Saki. According to the scan, the series will be getting itself its very own live-action project. According to the leaked announcement, the live-action Saki project will be adapted into both a movie and a TV...
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Nine years ago, on August 31, 2007, Crypton Future Media launched a Vocaloid character named Hatsune Miku, and the rest was history. To celebrate this momentous occasion, a new software is being released, called the Hatsune Miku V4X, plus a ton of other celebrations. Here are a few demos from the new software: The birthday...
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Japanese figure maker, Pulchra, has recently asked fans to vote for which OreImo heroine will be getting a life-size figure. The voting is now over, and the fans have decided that Ayase Aragaki will be the one to get the life-size figure treatment, winning over Kirino and Kuroneko. Fans then had to pick which pose...
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The saga of Blizzard’s bestselling MMORPG continues with World of Warcraft: Legion, the sixth expansion to the ever-growing franchise. The expansion is now live in various regions, including South East Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia, China, Korea, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. World of Warcraft: Legion introduces a host of new features and content to...
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Good news Sword Art Online fans in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia, because Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced that they will be releasing the latest SAO game right here in South East Asia! Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will be released for the Asian market this November 8, 2016, for both the PlayStation 4...
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After a few days of teasing, MaidigiTV has finally started streaming the much-awaited TV ad for Lux’s Super Rich Shine Straight & Beauty shampoo, which stars Hatsune Miku and The Avengers/ Ghost in the Shell actress, Scarlett Johansson. The video features Miku wanting to have straight and beautiful hair like ScarJo, and features Miku taking off...
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Tadatoshi Fujimaki’s Kuroko’s basketball sequel manga, Kuroko’s Basket Ball: Extra Game is getting adapted into an anime movie, and now, new details have emerged about this new KuroBaske movie, including a new visual which reveals its official title. Unlike the manga, which is called “Estra Game,” the movie will be officially titled Kuroko’s Basketball: Final Game....
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Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine is one of Japan’s most well known manga magazines, as it has introduced us to many legendary anime titles like Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and even Nisekoi and To Love-Ru. The series has also introduced plenty of heroines, though it is clear that many of them...
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The announcement of the new Re:Zero visual novel by 5pb., titled “Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- DEATH OR KISS”, has many fans talking, and an advance look at the October 2016 issue of Megami Magazine has revealed new details on the upcoming visual novel, including some screenshots of Ram, Rem, and Emilia in swimsuits....
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During last weekend’s “Girls & Panzer Heartful Tank Carnival II” event, it was announced that the tank girls from Oarai will be making their return in a new anime. According to the announcement, Girls & Panzer Saishuushou, or Girls und Panzer: The Final Chapter, has been green-lit. A PV for the new anime was shown during the event,...
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Iron-Blooded Orphans is back for a second season, and it will be premiering in October. Gundam.info is teasing fans even further by releasing a new 3-minute PV, which would certainly whet any Gundam fans’ appetite and have them hyped for the new season. The video starts off by showing scenes from the...
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In an unexpected collaboration of sorts, the virtual diva, Hatsune Miku, stars in a brand new ad for the shampoo brand, Lux. In that video, Miku talks about Lux’s Super Rich Shine Straight & Beauty shampoo. But that’s just a teaser of what’s to come. Miku will actually be starring in a new Lux shampoo commercial, alongside Hollywood...
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Anime school uniforms are a staple during cosplay events, but sometimes, it makes one wonder how it would feel actually wearing one for everyday use, like actual students of that school from the anime. For this week’s Charapedia poll, of the 10,000 anime fans who voted, an overwhelming 82.5% of voters were actually female, while...
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The King of Monsters has arrived in Singapore, and Godzilla will be getting the royal movie treatment, as his latest movie, Shin Godzilla, also known as Godzilla: Resurgence in some countries, will be shown in iMax. The movie is distributed by Encore Films in Singapore, and will also be available to audiences in 2D and...
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Re:Zero is the hottest anime right now, and while people are enjoying/ getting frustrated with Subaru’s suffering, 5pb. Games has announced that they will be making a new visual novel based on the series, and it is titled Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- DEATH OR KISS. Not much was announced for the new visual novel,...
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XII Braves’s latest mobile strategy game, Valiant Force, has now opened its pre-registration, and lots of in-game goodies await those who sign up, including an exclusive character and bonus items. Those who sign-up for pre-registration will be getting the hero, Leandra Nightsong, who is an exclusive 3-star hero who will support squads with her devastating spells during...
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New photos of unknown origin have emerged for the live-action Hollywood movie adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell, and they reveal what could be what the Section 9 cast will be looking like in the film. Scarlett Johansson – The Major (Motoko Kusanagi) Lasarus Ratuere – Ishikawa Chin Han – Togusa Yutaka Izumihara –...
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Kyoto Animation is adapting Yoshitoki Ooima’s dramatical manga, A Silent Voice, into an anime film. The movie centers around a deaf girl and the boy who used to bully her, and KyoAni has just released two new videos, which were released with Japanese subtitles to help the audiences who are hearing-impaired. 60-second trailer 30-second teaser...
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Final Fantasy fans in Singapore, Avex Asia has a huge treat for you this December, because the Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY orchestral concert will be returning to Singapore after seven years! Featuring the music from Square Enix’s beloved RPG franchise, the concert will be performed by the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra and conducted by Grammy award-winning...
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They’re back, and it really does seem that we are getting a taste of even more farming life this August, as Issue #39 of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday magazine has revealed that legendary mangaka, Hiromu Arakawa (Full Metal Alchemist, The Heroic Legend of Arslan) is ready to resume her farming manga, Silver Spoon. According to...
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The Rio 2016 Olympics is now officially over, and with Japan scrambling to host the next one, the country is bracing itself for Tokyo 2020. However, with the Olympics comes a new anime meme, compliments of a Japanese Table Tennis Olympian named Jun Mizutani. Mizutani has actually brought hoor for Japan by winning the country’s first...
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Back in 2014, Donuts launched a new idol raising and rhythm mobile game called “Tokyo 7th Sisters,” and it has become rather popular in Japan, competing with more mainstream idol mobile games like Love Live! School Idol Festival, iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, and iDOLM@STER Million Live. The game has become popular enough to even get its...
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The official Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress twitter page previously posted several teasers of a life-size statue of the anime’s female protagonist, Mumei, however, that statue was still unpainted. Now, the twitter page has tweeted new images of the life-size Mumei statue, and now, it’s finally painted! いよいよ明日からカバネリ＆バッテリー展に等身大無名立像が到着！朝イチは千本木彩花さんをお招きしてのプチ除幕式です！等身大無名ちゃん…、期待を裏切りません…!今日はチラ見せまで。ぜひ明日以降お台場に会いに来てください♪ http://pic.twitter.com/zXFBg3Zgh4 — 甲鉄城のカバネリ (@anime_kabaneri) August 20, 2016...
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The official YouTube channel for Gundam.info has now officially started streaming the brand new Gundam TV special, Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars, and it certainly mixes some elements of Gundam, harem anime, and action. Was that a certain somebody from the original Gundam Build Fighters near the end? Now who could she be? Here is how...
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While everyone is busy playing Pokemon GO, Nintendo casually reminded everyone that there are two more Pokemon games coming up later this year, and they are Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon. The Pokemon Channel started streaming two new Pokemon Sun and Moon videos, both of which introduce new Pokemon specias from the Alola Region. The...
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The upcoming Persona 5 anime special, Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers-, will be shown in Japan before the game itself even gets released, and a new TV ad for that special has finally began airing. Рекламный ролик Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- #ペルソナ５#Persona5 Запуск с 3 сентября. http://pic.twitter.com/kMjHhVmaon — Кагаяки (@kagayakiru)...
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After being directed by Evangelion creator, Hideaki Anno for Godzilla: Resurgence, Godzilla will be returning next year, and this time, with another legendary anime great in writer Gen Urobuchi (Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass). The infamous “Urobutcher” will be writing the script for a new Godzilla anime movie, which is scheduled to premiere in 2017. Polygon Pictures,...
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Last week, Charapedia asked fans to vote for the female anime characters who they think has the most beautiful face. For this week, they are giving the guys their turn by asking which male character has the most handsome face. Sorry Alex, they said face, but then again, you are handsome too… right? With 10,000...
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New details have emerged for the live-action movie adaptation of Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga. According to a leaked scan from the upcoming Issue #38 of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine, which also contains the final chapter of the Bleach manga, the actor who will be playing the lead role of Ichigo Kurosaki will be Sota Fukushi....
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Heads up One Piece fans here in Singapore, because on 19th August, Golden Village Plaza will be screening One Piece Film Gold, however, only people cosplaying as One Piece characters can watch! Known as ONE PIECE FILM GOLD – Singapore Book of Records, the event aims to set a Singapore record for most cosplayers in a One...
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The first and second batches of entries for the Wattention Plaza Cosplay Competition are now both up, and it is in the fans’ hands to decide who are the winners! Fans can have a meet and greet the Top 3 Finalists of the cosplay contest, however, it is still not decided who they will be, so your...
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Spoilers from the upcoming issue of Weekly Shounen Jump! magazine’s issue #38 have finally come in, and they have reveled what the ” Bleach special announcement” that was announced in the previous issue is for, and yes, they announced that Bleach is getting itself a live-action movie. The announcement was made after the 686th and...
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It seems that Legendary Pictures is serious about adapting Pokemon’s Detective Pikachu game into a live-action movie, and they have called on some pretty big guns to write the movie’s script. Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor screenwriter, Nicole Perlman, has been tagged in writing the Detective Pikachu movie’s script, alongside Alex Hirsch, who is the...
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Good news Gundam fans, because much like the original TV anime, Gundam.info has announced that the Gundam Build Fighters Try sequel TV special titled Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars, will also be streamed online via their official website and YouTube channel. According to Gundam.info, they will be streaming the TV anime special for a limited time...
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Brace yourselves folks, that infamous blue ribbon is back, and so is the goddess that comes with it! Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is getting itself a new OVA this December, and Warner Brothers Anime is teasing fans with a brand new PV. The new OVA will be released in both...
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One of Digimon’s original Chosen Children, Yamato, is known for his musical prowess, and in a brand new PV for the upcoming Digimon Adventure tri. Kokuhaku, he and his in-story band, Knife of Day, rocks out with their new song, “Boku ni Totte.” While the new PV has a strong music video feel to it, it...
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Square Enix released a press statement saying that one of the most anticipated games in the world today will be delayed a few months. According to the video game giant, Final fantasy XV will have its release date moved from September 30 to November 29, 2016. FFXV Director Hajime Tabata later went on a video himself to...
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The Kagerou Daze Niconico program, “Seek at Mekakucity” ended with a very important announcement, where they revealed that Mekakucity Actors is getting itself “More Anime.” This means that Jin’s light novel and vocaloid song series, Kagerou Daze, is getting itself a new anime, which has tentatively been titled “Mekakucity Reload.” The program revealed that this new anime project will...
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The bi-annual Comic Market, or Comiket, may be mostly about fan-made works and anime-related merchandise, but the event is also known for some of the weirdest and wildest cosplays on Earth, and it’s latest edition, Comiket 90, is certainly one of them. For Day 3, the cosplayers came out in droves, and closed out Comiket...
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A live action stage play titled Alice in Deadly School Paradox has announced that their play will be adapted into an anime, which is titled Alice in Deadly School the Animation. A key visual was also revealed: Part of the “Alice in Project”, the anime has been described as a “medium-length anime,” which the staff...
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Comiket 90 continues with Day 2 (check out Day 1 here: http://ift.tt/2b4iutA), and as expected, the cosplays were a mixture of weird and awesome, as Comiket has always done. From muscular “lolis” to Zootopia cosplays to Pokemon to the usual Kantai Collection and Love Live! cosplays, Comiket 90’s second day has them all! And yes, we are...
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SMAP is disbanding this year after all. The popular Japanese boy band’s management sent out a fax to Japanese media late on Saturday evening (August 13) to confirm that the group will officially disband by December 31, 2016. The news comes seven full months after the first rumours of SMAP disbanding surfaced back in January....
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Comiket 90 kicked off yesterday, and as expected, cosplayers from all over the world gathered to show their love for the hobby. The event has built a reputation for being crazy, and Comiket 90 certainly is no exception, with plenty of crazy stuff happening all over the Tokyo Big Sight. プーさんやらサボローやらも。#c90 #c90コスプレ http://pic.twitter.com/IIgyR6FAb5 — シン・鈴木(阿部)...
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Hobby Japan’s line of cast-off ecchi figures, The 7 Deadly Sins (not to be confused with Nakaba Suzuki’s Seven Deadly Sins/ Nanatsu no Taizai manga), is announced to be getting itself a TV anime adaptation, which is titled sin Nanatsu no Taizai. A new official website for the TV anime has also been launched, along with...
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In anime, there are many factors which make a female anime character so lovable, like their personalities, their voice actress, and many other factors, however, for this week’s poll, Charapedia has asked 10,000 anime fans to vote for the female anime character who they think has the most beautiful face, and they must base their answers...
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With the launch of Pokemon GO in Singapore, many have rekindled their love of Pokemon. Now, a brand new dating service aims to get single Pokemon GO players in Singapore together, and it’s called Dating GO. Organised by Lunchclick, the event has been described as “the first Singles’ Pokemon Hunting Event in Singapore.” This Pokemon...
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The dancing Pikachu are back, and they have once again invaded the Japanese city of Yokohama for this year’s Pikachu Invasion! Our very own Japan correspondent, Zenko, recently visited Yokohama, and right from the time she got off her train, she can already see Pikachu everywhere! Here’s what Sakuragichou Station looked like: And by the...
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Bandai kicked off their GunPla Expo World Tour 2016 in Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City Hall C, where they announced new GunPla model kits which would certainly be bad for our wallets’ health. One of the biggest announcements is the next GunPla kit to get the RG treatment, and that is the Build Strike Gundam Full Package from...
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Before the upcoming Death Note sequel movie, Death Note Light up the NEW world, hits theaters in Japan this October, HULU Japan will be showing a 3-episode special, which will act as the prequel to the series, and it will be titled Death Note NEW GENERATION. The first episode, titled “Shinsei” (Rebirth), will revolve around Masahiro Higashide’s character,...
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For the past few months, two series have been dominating Newtype Magazine’s Newtype Rankings, and they are Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress and Macross Delta. And now it seems that the two of them are continuing their rivalry well into the September 2016 edition. MALE RANKING: 1) Hayate Immelman (Macross Delta) 2) Koyomi Araragi (Monogatari series)...
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Future Trunks may be able to go Super Saiyan and beat opponents down with his own fists, but sometime, he likes to use that trusty sword of his. For the latest episode of Man At Arms: REFORGED, the Stagmer brothers of Baltimore Knife and Sword replicated Trunks’ weapon, which was able to cut Metal Frieza...
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With the release of Pokemon GO here in South East Asia, many people are rekindling their love of Pokemon. We continue our look at the popular franchise, and this time, we ask the question of “What if Characters from other Anime were members of Pokemon’s Elite 4?” Previously, we asked the question of “What if...
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