It’s already November, which means we are now a month into the new Fall 2016 anime season. While this new season is filled with returning anime like Haikyuu!!, Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans, Natsume’s Book of Friends, and Sound!! Euphonium, as well as spin-offs like WWW.WORKING!!! and ViViD Strike, several new titles have also managed to stand...
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Trap cosplayers may have been banned at the Tokyo Comic-Con, but Japan still loves them just the same. A poll in the Japanese rankings website, GOO, has asked 500 fans (250 male, 250 female), to vote for their favorite anime traps, or “otonoko” as they are often also referred to. There are a total of...
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Microsoft is offering up some huge savings for their Xbox ONE consoles at participating retailers here in Singapore, such as Best Denki, Courts, Challenger, Harvey Norman, PLAYe, Toy or Game (TOG) and more. These huge deals include the following bundles: Xbox One Gears of War 4 (500GB) Battle alongside JD Fenix and his friends as...
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After taking a look at the best AniSongs of the 1990’s (for Male and Female vocals), as well as the Top 20 best AniSongs of the 2000’s with female vocals, Charapedia has given the 2000’s male singers their own rankings for this week. Charapedia asked 10,000 people (48.7% male, 51.3% female) to vote for their favorite AniSong from...
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16-year old Minami Hamabe has been chosen to play the lead role in the live-action Saki project, which includes a 4-episode TV series, a TV special, and a live-action movie, and she has finally been revealed in costume, together with several cast members. Minami Hamabe as Saki Miyanaga Nana Asakawa as Nodoka Haramura Aika Hirota as Yuuki...
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Pokemon just released a new video which contains some of their biggest announcements yet! The new video first introduces us to the final evolutionary forms of the three Alola starters. Meet Decidueye, Incineroar, and Primarina! Ducideye seems like a Robin Hood-inspired Pokemon, and is actually a Grass/Ghost type, while Incineroar is NOT a fighting-type, but rather,...
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Singapore will be hosting the first-ever Pokemon-themed marathon in the Southeast Asian region, called the Pokemon Run SG! The event is happening this January 14, 2017, and will be passing by some of Singapore’s greatest and most iconic national landmarks. Pokémon Run SG brings to life the journey to train to be a Pokémon Master, against...
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The Golden Autumn Comic Exhibition at the Viva Beijing R&F Plaza has now opened, however, several anime fans were quite shocked to see a few life-size anime statues that were quite,,, um… unique? So yeah, that’s their life-size Naruto statue… or is it Boruto because of the hair and the letter “B”? There’s also “Eren” from Attack on Titan...
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From 27th – 29th October, Food Japan, ASEAN’s leading exhibition for Japanese F&B related products and services, launched a celebration of Japanese food, which focuses on three key areas – Health, Innovation, and Productivity. Visitors can check out over 1000 items from 300 exhibitors from 40 prefectures and can look forward to a wide variety...
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A certain auction in Japan has Love Live! fans clamoring, as Japan’s largest pre-owned pop-culture merchandise store, Mandarake, has auctioned settei (groundworks/designs) package from Love Live! Sunshine!!, which includes seven sheets of color guidance and reference, plus 38 sheets of design guidelines, shadow referring and character models. The images offer insights to the designs of the AQOURS...
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The Tokyo Comic-Con, Japan’s own version of Comic-Con, has now posted its cosplay guidelines, and it has generated some controversy. Aside from banning the usual, like actual military costumes and transparent costumes, they are also banning male cosplayers from dressing up as female characters. In other words, no traps allowed at the Tokyo Comic-Con. While...
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Remember Alola Exeggutor? How about Alola Dugtrio’s hair? How about Water starter, Poplio and its evolutions? Pokemon Sun and Moon seems to have some pretty outrageous designs, and it all seems to be a bit intentional according to the very people behind the games. Kotaku recently interviewed Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda, producer on Sun and Moon, as...
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Re:Zero’s demon twins (especially Rem) have captured the hearts of fans all over the world, so naturally. people would want to cosplay them. Now, thanks to Cospatio, Ram and Rem will finally get their official costumes released. Both costumes will feature the demon twins’ maid uniforms, which they usually wear wherever they go. It costs...
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Off from the recent success of the Danganronpa 3 TV anime, Spike Chuunsoft has now focused on their latest addition to the franchise, New Danganronpa V3, which will be released for the PS4 and PS Vita. Aside from Monokuma, the game will feature a whole new cast of characters, and they are finally revealed in...
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A TV anime adaptation for Square Enix’s smartphone “light novel-style RPG” for smartphones, Schoolgirl Strikers, has been green-lit, and revealed together with a newly-opened official website, which shows a brand new announcement video for the new anime. The video revealed that the Schoolgirl Strikers TV anime will be produced by J.C. Staff, and will be...
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A TV anime adaptation for Square Enix’s smartphone “light novel-style RPG” for smartphones, Schoolgirl Strikers, has been green-lit, and revealed together with a newly-opened official website, which shows a brand new announcement video for the new anime. The video revealed that the Schoolgirl Strikers TV anime will be produced by J.C. Staff, and will be...
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A TV anime adaptation for Square Enix’s smartphone “light novel-style RPG” for smartphones, Schoolgirl Strikers, has been green-lit, and revealed together with a newly-opened official website, which shows a brand new announcement video for the new anime. The video revealed that the Schoolgirl Strikers TV anime will be produced by J.C. Staff, and will be...
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A TV anime adaptation for Square Enix’s smartphone “light novel-style RPG” for smartphones, Schoolgirl Strikers, has been green-lit, and revealed together with a newly-opened official website, which shows a brand new announcement video for the new anime. The video revealed that the Schoolgirl Strikers TV anime will be produced by J.C. Staff, and will be...
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A TV anime adaptation for Square Enix’s smartphone “light novel-style RPG” for smartphones, Schoolgirl Strikers, has been green-lit, and revealed together with a newly-opened official website, which shows a brand new announcement video for the new anime. The video revealed that the Schoolgirl Strikers TV anime will be produced by J.C. Staff, and will be...
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Trainers, it’s time to haunt, because Pokemon GO will be having its first in-game event to celebrate Halloween! Because it is the season of fright, Gen 1’s ghost trio will be showing up a whole lot more, along with a few other Pokemon. This new “Pokemon GO Halloween” event will have Drowzee, Gastly, Gengar, Golbat, Haunter, Hypno,...
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KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! has proven to be one of 2016’s best anime, and now, new details on its upcoming second season have been revealed thanks to a new PV, which promises the return of the wacky party comprised of Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness… and of course, more EXPLOSIONS! The video...
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In harem anime, the main protagonist often has a few of anime’s most sought after heroines all to himself, and that is why many find some of them unforgivable, especially the fact that most of them are actually really dense (Ichika, we’re looking at you!). Japanese ranking website, Goo, recently asked which anime protagonist from the...
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After leaving fans guessing about the fate of the world in the magical girl anime, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, we are finally getting some answers as a second season has now been confirmed, and it will begin airing in 2017. The new season was revealed by the anime’s official twitter page, @anime_yukiyuna, which revealed that the...
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The huge Fantasia Bunko thanksgiving event has made some huge announcements, and one of them is that Ryo Mizuno’s Grancrest Senki/Record of Grancrest War light novels are getting adapted into a TV anime. The author is also the one behinf the Record of Lodoss War (1988-) and Rune Soldier (1998-) light novels. The story of Record of Grancrest...
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The huge Fantasia Bunko thanksgiving event has made some huge announcements, and one of them is that Ryo Mizuno’s Grancrest Senki/Record of Grancrest War light novels are getting adapted into a TV anime. The author is also the one behinf the Record of Lodoss War (1988-) and Rune Soldier (1998-) light novels. The story of Record of Grancrest...
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After the success of his Student Council’s Discretion light novels and getting them adapted into a TV anime, light novel author Sekina Aoi is getting another one of his School-Life light novels, Gamers!, adapted into an anime, and this time, it won’t be following a student council, but a school’s game club. Here is how Crunchyroll describes...
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That’s right folks, we are getting more “oppai” because during the “Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai” event, they announced that Ichiei Ishibumi’s infamous ecchi light novels are getting a brand new TV anime adaptation! They didn’t reveal much information on the new TV anime, such as when it’s going to be premiering or what it’s official title is. This...
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After more than a DECADE of waiting, we are finally getting a brand new Full Metal Panic! TV anime. Yes folks, it’s true, because this was just announced during the “Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai” event earlier today! XEBEC will now be animating the new project, with Planetarian director, Katsuichi Nakayama, at the helm. They also revealed a brand...
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Previously, Universal Studios Japan in Osaka featured an Attack on Titan exhibition and an Evangelion 4D experience, and now, they are changing their limited-time attractions a little bit, as they are opening an actual Evangelion ride and giving Attack on Titan a new 4D attraction, which would be quite different from the previous one. Known...
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Sword Art Online has been known for some very intense dialogue, while cat videos are fun to look at, and actually rule the internet! Now, Bandai Namco has combined these two in several OFFICIAL videos which feature cats getting some SAO voice-overs from the series’ Japanese voice actors or seiyuu. Wait a minute, did that...
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After taking a look at the best AniSongs of the 1990’s (for Male and Female vocals) and yielding not-so-surprising results, Charapedia is continuing their look at AniSongs of the past, this time looking in the ones from the previous decade, and ranking the ones with female vocals. Charapedia asked 10,000 people (59.1% male, 40.1% female) to...
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Two of Reki Kawahara’s light novels are gearing up for a crossover game which will be released for both the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita. Accel World vs Sword Art Online is shaping up to be one intriguing game, and Dengeki Online has now released new official images from the game itself: These official...
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In the Pokemon games, gyms and HMs like Fly, Surf, and Strength have been a staple, however, it seems that Pokemon Sun and Moon is shaking things up by seemingly replacing them with the Challenge Trials feature, as well as the PokeRide feature. During a recent press event, gaming website, Gamnesia, recently spoke to a Nintendo...
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Tecmo Koei is back with a new Attack on Titan game, and this time, it’s for the Nintendo 3DS. The new game will be developed by Ruby Party, which is known for Neo Romance. The new game will be called “Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death.” According to an advance copy of the latest...
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The latest live-action Death Note movie, Death Note: Light up the New World, will be premiering in Japan on October 29, 2016, and on that same date, Encore Films and Golden Village Vivocity have a special treat for fans, as they will be showing the first two live-action films, Death Note and Death Note 2: The...
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Itasha are a huge part of Japan’s anime subculture, and they have also been seen in the US, though not as common as it is back in Japan. One very particular itasha is being rented by Veluxity Car Rentals and Paramount Luxury Rentals in Miami, and it would certainly make Pokemon fans really interested. Oh,...
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Something strange just happened at a McDonald’s in Japan, as they seemed to “hire” a few youkai from Yo-Kai Watch to serve the customers. Jibanyan, Komajiro and Komasan all learned to work the counter, how to operate the griddle, cook and assemble the food chain’s signature burgers, and many more. But sadly, it seems that only Jibanyan...
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One of the longest running manga titles in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday, Hayate the Combat Butler!, is finally nearing its long and hilarious run, and as revealed in the magazine’s 47th issue, Kenjirou Hata’s 4th-wall-breaking butler comedy manga will be entering its final arc on November 16, 2016, in Shounen Sunday’s 51st issue. However, manga...
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Barangay 143 is a new anime co-produced by three companies from three different countries, TV Asahi from Japan, the Synergy88 Group from the Philippines, and August Media Holdings from Singapore, and new details about the upcomingt Spring 2017 TV anime have been revealed. According to the Managing Partner of Synergy88 Entertainment Media Inc., Jackeline Chua, the anime will also...
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Kyoto Animation’s A Silent Voice may not have had the box office numbers to compare with the Makoto Shinkai juggernaut known as your name., but the anime film has managed to dominate the latest edition of Newtype Magazine’s Newtype rankings, dethroning Re:Zero. Male Rankings: Kirito (Sword Art Online) Shouya Ishida (A Silent Voice) Koyomi Araragi (Monogatari)...
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The release of Sony’s PlayStation VR has brought about many great virtual reality experiences, including the experience of tutoring a Japanese school girl named Hikari Miyamoto in a game called Summer Lesson: Hikari Miyamoto. Now, that immersive virtual reality experience is getting an English version, to be released right here in South East Asia! In...
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Ever since Nisekoi ended earlier this year, it seems that manga creator Naoshi Komi still hasn’t taken a proper break yet, as he is also working on a new one-shot manga for the upcoming fourth issue of Giga Jump magazine. He is also releasing something called “Nisekoi Volume 0.” Nisekoi creator Naoshi Komi’s new one-shot is...
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Studio Ghibli has plenty of unforgettable films, and all of them have their fair share of unforgettable heroines. Japanese women’s website, MyNavi Woman, recently asked MEN what they think about Ghibli’s heroines, and asked to vote for which one is their favorite. A total of 101 guys participated in the poll, and they are all aged...
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Ash/Satoshi is off to a brand new Pokemon adventure in the Alola islands, and a brand new PV for the Pokemon Sun and Moon TV anime is not just introducing sh and Pikachu, but the people he will be meeting in this new adventure. The video was first shown during the “Gathering in the Pokémon...
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“The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 4th Live TriCastle Story” concert has one very special announcement made during its final day, and they revealed that Kuma-Jet’s 5-panel Cinderella Girls manga, The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls: Gekijou, is getting adapted into a TV anime. This new im@s anime is slated for 2017, with anime studio, Gathering, animating the project, much like...
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During the “TeniPuri Festa 2016 ~Kassen~” event, Prince of Tennis manga creator, Takeshi Konomi, took to the stage and made an important announcement: Prince of Tennis will be getting a new anime movie, and he himself will be its executive producer. The anime movie will be set in the three-month period between the original Prince of Tennis...
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The New Death Note movie, Death Note: Light Up the World, is premiering later this month, and the deadly Kira has definitely returned in several brand new videos, as he has prepared several messages. They also started streaming two new TV ads titled “Justice Version” and “Panic Version” Based on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s bestselling thriller...
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After Koushiro, Mimi, and Joe finally get their partner Digimon to get their Mega/Ultimate forms, the new poster visual for the upcoming 4th Digimon Adventure tri. movie, Soushitsu, has revealed that it’s now the turn of Sora’s partner Digimon to digivolve to her Mega/Ultimate Digivolution. The visual features Sora, her Mega-Digivolved partner, Hououmon, Taichi, and Yamato, taking...
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With the Sun and Moon games getting ready for release next month, the Japanese Pokemon YouTube channel has started streaming a new PV for its anime counterpart, and it gives us a taste of Ash/ Satoshi’s adventures in this brand new region, together with Pikachu of course! The new PV gives us a look at...
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They are adapting Tadatoshi Fujimaki’s sequel spin-off manga, Kuroko’s Basketball: Extra Game into an anime movie titled Kuroko’s Basketball: New Game, and a brand new promotional video has been revealed, and it gives us a look at two members of Team Jabberwock, the movie’s antagonists. Team Jabberwock is an American basketball team which plays streetball, and...
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