Spring (Autumn in Aust.) Anime Chart

Well seems like the new charts have been released for the next season, and I already see a few I'll definitely be watching. Well enjoy and start planning ahead for another season. Credits go to the maker of this chart and by no means is it me.

Guilty Crown Lost Christmas game trailer streamed

Earlier we posted that a Guilty Crown game was announced that will be based around the time of the "Lost Christmas" event. The Youtube channel of developer Nitro+ is now streaming a promotion video for Guilty Crown: Lost Xmas, the ages 15+ PC adventure game spinoff of the Guilty Crown TV anime. Nitro+ has also announced that the game will be released on May 31st, 2012 for 5040 yen. The official websit ehas been updated with new images and information. The game's scenario is written by Jin Haganeya, one of the scenario writers for Nitroplus's Demonbane series and the theme song is sung by Itou Kanako (Steins;Gate TV Anime Opening).

Source:  Crunchyroll

Winter 2012 Anime List Preview

Another season has arrived and it is Winter 2012!! Many promising animes on the list so it will be worthwhile. However, it will be mostly sequels that will make anime fans dancing crazy. Check out the list and you will know what I mean :D

Source: ashirisu.files.wordpress.com

Rurouni Kenshin Live action film trailer released

Finally!! A trailer has been released!! I want to cry and sob with so much joy that is escaping my body~*~*~*~*~ ;;//////////;;  Rurouni Kenshin was one of my first anime that I watched when I was a kid, and I have loved and supported this amazing series ever since~!! And not to mention, Himura Kenshin was my first crush~*~*~*~*~ >////////////> So when I heard in 2010  that there would be a live action adaption, I was so happy!! ...I think I did cry~ :'D

Premiere date confirmed! - August 25, 2012 

Himura Kenshin - TAKERU SATOU [insert jizz face here]

Kamiya Kaoru - TAKEI EMI

Sagara Sanosuke - AOKI MUNETAKA

Myoujin Yahiko -TANAKA TAKETO  (debut role) [ohemgee why sou kyoote!! >//////<]

Takani Megumi - AOI YUU

Saito Hajime - EGUCHI YOUSUKE

Takeda Kanryou - KAGAWA TERUYUKI

Udo Jine - KIKKAWA KOUJI

Kenshin's Sakaba-sword and Sanosuke's Zanba-sword.

Source: Crunchyroll + Crunchyroll + JAPANATOR + Official Japanese Rurouni Kenshin website

Guilty Crown : LOST CHRISTMAS

A game will be released from the new series Guilty Crown in 2012 for PC. It will be based around the "Lost Christmas" incident. It will sell for 4,800 yen. ($48)
Nothing much has been said about this game, just that the official website has posted up basic details for the game. I am guessing in the new year, more details will be released. 
















Source: Guilty Crown official website
I am so excited!! >///u////< I can't wait to get it!!

Third season of Bakuman announced!

Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's manga about aspiring manga artists, Bakuman, will have a third season next fall. 

The second season is currently airing. The first season ran 25 episodes from October 2010 to April of this year. Meanwhile the original manga has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2008. 

Next fall is a bit of a wait, but hopefully it will be worth it!

Source: Crunchyroll

Top 10 Coolest Anime Heroes

1. Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

2. Lelouch (Code Geass)

3. Kazuma (Scryed)

4. Accelerator (To Aru Majutsu no Index)

5. Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad)

6. Kaburagi T. Kotetsu (Tiger & Bunny)

7. Nura Rikuo (Nurarihyon no Mago)

8. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

9. Hei (Darker Than Black)

10. Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate)

Source: Sankaku Complex

We all know that our coolest hero will be always a Troll. Trolls are beyond cool, they are the evolution of human beings. Well done Gintoki! :3 

Ao no Exorcist Movie Announced

According to the latest issue of Jump Square magazine, TV Anime series Ao no Exorcist (青の祓魔師, Blue Exorcist) was green-lit for movie production. So far, no other information was released.The series was aired this April and has a total of 25 episodes. It’s one of my favorite series, despite the fact that the Anime route is driven away from the original Manga by Kazue Kato (加藤 和恵).

Right now, the series is going to have a movie. Apart from the truth that we don’t have any idea about the story of the movie at this point, it gives people a feeling, a feeling that we have sensed before, and if I recall it right, is similar to a series with a super short elder brother and an iron younger brother, and we call i tFullmetal Alchemist (鋼の錬金術師). It’s ture. Fullmetal series has two separate lines, one with a brand new story, the other follows the original Manga, and they both have a movie version. Similar thing can happen to Ao no Exorcist too. But Ao no Exorcist is a bit different. The Manga content is probably enough for another 25 episode, but if you want to make it an Anime, it turns out that the climax will probably be knowing that Rin is the son of Santon. Well, it’s just some assumption, what I mean is the Manga version cannot be made into a 25-episode Anime, however, it will be cool if you made it a 2-hour movie, or a 64-episode new Anime. The former will be my guess for the movie, while the latter could have the some possibility.
More news is yet to come! But I really do hope that the movie gives the series justice! ><
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Tekken: Blood Vengeance's 1st 7 Minutes Streamed

The official Tekken YouTube channel began streaming the first seven minutes of the computer-animated movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance on Friday. The video clip will only be available for streaming from November 18-25. The video clip is in Japanese and does not have subtitles.

The film ran in stereoscopic 3D in more than 375 American movie theaters in July, and then it opened in Japan on September 3.

Namco Bandai Games is streaming the first seven minutes of the film in commemoration of the upcoming release of the latest game in the Tekken franchise, Tekken Hybrid. The game bundle will include theTekken: Blood Vengeance film, the Tekken Tag Tournament HD game, and an early look at the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 game. It will be released in North America and Asia on the PlayStation 3 on November 22, in Europe on November 23, and in Japan on December 1. 

Source:Anime News Network

Takumii's note:

I want it!! I want it so badly!! The click was amazing!!

International Saimoe League 2011 is here!!

Vote now for your favourite Girl :)

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AKB48's Anime Conquer in Spring!

The Nikkan Sports newspaper is reporting on Tuesday that the idol group AKB48 is getting its first anime, which will air next spring. The broadcasting station and title of the project, which will have an all-original story, are still secret. Shoji Kawamori, the co-creator of theMacross franchise and the co-director of Macross: Do You Remember Love?, is the project planner and the chief director, and Toshimichi Ootsuki (Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone) is the executive producer. As the newspaper puts it, AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto is "of course" planning and supervising the project.

The anime will center around nine idol candidates who aspire to be "legendary idols," in the motif of AKB48's real-life sōsenkyō (general election) Top 8.

Mari Okada (AnoHana, Hanairo, Toradora!) is supervising and writing the scripts, and Mikan Ehime (Macross Frontier, Gravion Zwei) is designing the characters. Yoshimasa Hiraike (Working!!/Wagnaria!!, Amagami SS, Sketchbook ~full color'S~) is the actual hands-on director of the anime at Satelight (Macross Frontier, Aquarion, Shugo Chara!).

The idol group members will "battle" each other in auditions to be voice actresses in this project, and the newspaper reports that the members' standings in "sōsenkyō" (general elections) popularity contests will not be a factor. Out of 200 candidates from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and its other spinoffs, 30 will be selected and announced on a dedicated website in November. In the final round of auditions held in Tokyo, nine will be chosen to perform the theme song

Source: Anime news network

C0DE:BREAKER Anime Confirmed

Weekly Shonen Magazine teased in last week's issue that a big announcement for this week would be made. Now it's been revealed in the next issue, hitting shelves this Wednesday, that C0DE:BREAKER has been green-lit for an anime adaption.

This is the second anime adaption announcement that the magazine has made.Area no Kishi was previously announced to be getting an adaption.

C0DE:BREAKER follows a high school girl, trained in the martial arts and a young man with mysterious powers. 

www.jpopasia.com

Zero no Tsukaima 4th Season Confirmed

The official website of the Zero no Tsukaima series has updated to announce that the previously revealed fourth and final Zero no Tsukaima series, now called Zero no Tsukaima F, will be airing in January of 2012. The announcement was also made in November's issue of Comic Alive which went on sale today, sorta...

A re-airing of certain "best of" episodes of the past series, called the Zero no Tsukaima Kessaku-sen, will begin this October on Tokyo MX and other channels.

Previously: Fourth and Final Series of Zero no Tsukaima Green-Lit

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Takumii's Top 5 Comedy Must Watch List

I have to proclaim that these are the funniest anime titles according to myself. They are the funniest unpopular animes. Many popular titles such as Lucky Star and Gintama etc. are not added to my list because who doesn't know they are funny? There is no point to add them if everybody knows them. So this is the unpopular comedy  anime list to Takumii.

1. Seto no Hanayome

2. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu 

3. Lovely Complex

4. Inukami

5. Nyan Koi

To those who are in school holiday, give these animes a try. They are good for a reason!

Persona 4 the Animation Trailer

Another anime on its way to next season's arrival. It is Persona 4 and it will rock along with many other anime titles. I really have to repeat myself again, next season's anime is truly crazy. Everything seems so good and worth watching. Seriously recommend people to pick up some titles next season. Looks like Persona 4 will be on my list too!

Tommy Heavnely6's Next Single to Be Ending to "Bakuman"

Tommy Heavenly6 announced today that her newest single, "monochrome rainbow" will be released on October 26 and will double as the next ending for the anime Bakuman beginning on October 12.

This will be her first single in two years after her 2009 album "I KILL MY HEART". The second song on the single is said to be the Halloween version of "I'M YOUR DEVIL".

Tommy's new single will be released as a limited edition and a regular edition. The limited edition will feature a kareoke version of both the single and the second song. It will also include a download ticket for digital contents for the single, though it will be for a limited time.

Source: jpopasia.com

Takumii's notes: I'm a big fan and I was so happy after I saw the news!!

K-ON!! THE MOVIE!!

The official website of the K-ON! anime franchise began streaming the full trailer for the upcoming film on Monday. The trailer originally debuted in Japanese theaters on Saturday. The film will open in over 130 theaters in Japan on December 3.

The website also confirmed that three news songs — the opening theme song "Ichiban Ippai," the theme song "Unmei♪wa♪Endless!," and the ending theme song "Singing" — will be in the film. The trailer includes the opening theme song and the Intrumental theme track.

The movie will depict a story not told in the television series, even though it will follow the five female members of Sakuragaoka High School's light music club while they are still attending high school. The original television voice cast will reprise their respective roles in the movie, as will most of the main staff.

Source: Anime News Network

Yuruyuri's Sakurako & Himawari's Marriage Registration Offered?

As a joke, Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine editor-in-chief Naritarō Nakamura posted on his Twitter account on Sunday that the magazine's November issue would bundle a filled-out marriage registration form for the characters Sakurako and Himawari from Namori's Yuruyurimanga. Sakurako and Himawari are a popular yuri couple from this manga, which follows several fun-loving schoolgirls who take over the former room of a tea ceremony club for their own "Gorakubu" (amusement club).

Nakamura later wrote that he was considering whether the magazine really should bundle the form. He then posted that if his Twitter account received more than 2,000 followers, that the magazine would include the "proper government form."

Nakamura's Twitter account now has over 2,400 followers.

Nakamura confirmed on Sunday that the November issue of Comic Yuri Hime would bundle Sakurako and Himawari's marriage registration form. Nakamura cautioned that Sakurako is not so smart, so she probably "filled" out the form improperly. As a result, the editor noted (tongue-in-cheek) that the government would probably reject the form.

The November issue will go on sale on September 17.

Comic Yuri Hime has been publishing Yuruyuri since Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime S magazine ended publication in 2010. Ichijinshareleased the seventh volume of the manga in Japan on July 28.

An anime adaptation of Yuruyuri began airing in Japan in July, and Crunchyroll is currently simulcasting the anime outside of Japan.

Source: Anime News Network

My first reaction was.... "They are too young to be a yuri couple!!" Then I remembered that anything is possible in Japan... I bet all those fans died a little inside when this actually didn't happen. What a trolling prank~ 

Voice Actor/Narrator Junpei Takiguchi Passes Away

Voice actor and narrator Junpei Takiguchi passed away Monday, August 29 at 7:33 a.m. due to stomach cancer. He was 80 years old.

Takiguchi's best known voice-acting role was Dokurobee, the head of the Dorombo Gang in the Yatterman franchise from the first anime series to the 2008 remake and even Takashi Miike's live-action film. He was also Uranai Baba and other roles in the Dragon Ball series. From 1992 to July of this year, he narrated the popular railroad travel program Burari Tochū Gesha no Tabi on NTV for a total of 958 episodes.

Services will be held for relatives only at the request of the family.

Source: Anime News Network

Rest in Peace~ A great legend in seiyuu will surly be missed~ 

Lelouch-Less Geass Apparently Not Getting TV Series?

The Japanese Amazon site is listing a November 2011 release date for a DVD release of Code Geass Gaiden: Bôouoku no Akito, indicating that the third anime in the mecha war/political/drama franchise will be released as a direct to video OVA series. 

The Code Geass Gaiden Bōkoku no Akito project is set in Europe where a Knightmare Unit of Zone Eleven boys and girls must rescue allies left behind on the battlefield.

This new project will not feature the series' protagonist, Lelouch, but will take place in the same world.

The director for the new season is Kazuki Akane who also directed The Vision of Escaflowne and Noein - to your other self. Akira Yashuda will once again design the mechanical Knightmare units with Shigeru Morita providing script support. Takahiro Kimura will also be returning to adapt CLAMP's original character designs. 

http://www.geass.jp/akito/

Source: Crunchyroll