An Incurable Case of Love's Maki Enjōji Launches New Manga Series in June

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An Incurable Case of Love's Maki Enjōji Launches New Manga Series in June

The May issue of Shogakukan's Petit Comic magazine revealed on Monday that Maki Enjōji will start a new series in the July issue on June 8.

Enjōji also published the one-shot manga "Ore-sama no Ki mo Shiranaide" (She Doesn't Even Notice How Great I Am; seen right) in the May issue. The 44-page manga has color pages.

The romantic comedy one-shot manga's story centers on an overly self-confident man named Saeki. He looks perfect on the outside, and has a successful career, but his personality is regrettable. He falls in love at first sight with a woman who works at a ramen shop. However, the woman seems to be interested in nothing except ramen.

Viz Media released all 10 volumes of Enjōji's Happy Marriage!? manga series in North America, as well as both volumes of Enjōji's SP Baby manga. Happy Marriage!? inspired a live-action series in 2016.

Viz Media recently licensed Enjōji's An Incurable Case of Love (Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko made mo) manga. The company will release the first volume in October. Enjōji launched the manga in Shogakukan's Petit Comic magazine in February 2016 and ended the series on January 8. Shogakukan published the manga's seventh and final compiled book volume on March 8.

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Akiko Higashimura's Gisō Furin Manga About Forbidden Love Gets Live-Action Show

NTV announced on Thursday that it is producing a live-action television series adaptation of Akiko Higashimura's Gisō Furin (Disguised Adultery) manga that will premiere in July. Anne Watanabe (seen below) will star in the series as main character Shōko Hama, a part-time worker in her thirties and living with her parents.

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The manga's story begins when the protagonist goes vacationing abroad after tiring of dating, and has a "forbidden encounter" with a handsome man on the plane.

Yūma Suzuki and Seiichi Nagumo is directing the live-action series, with scripts by Rin Etou. Norihiko Nishi is credited as chief producer, and Shōshun Katō, Masahiro Mori, Kazunori Okada, and Tetsu Takei as producers. Kowa International is credited for production assistance.

Higashimura launched the color web manga on the web manga site XOY in December 2017. The manga moved to the LINE Manga service in January when XOY closed on January 18. Bungei Shunju published the manga's second compiled book volume on February 28, and the third volume is slated for April 25.

Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls have both previously inspired live-action adaptations. Kodansha Comics is releasing both manga in English.

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Anime Film 'Hello World' Announces Lead Voice Cast

The official website of the Hello World original anime film revealed main cast members, a teaser visual (pictured), and a teaser trailer on Thursday. The film will open in theaters in Japan on September 20.

Tomohiko Itou (Sword Art Online) is directing the film at Graphinica with script by Mado Nozaki (Seikaisuru Kado), featuring character designs by Yukiko Horiguchi (K-On!). Hello World marks Itou's first directorial work for an original anime film.

Takumi Kitamura (Haru Matsu Bokura live-action film) stars as the protagonist Naomi Katagaki, a shy 16-year-old high school student. Toori Matsuzaka (.hack//The Movie: Sekai no Mukou ni) also voices the same character, but his 10 years older future-self. Minami Hamabe (One Piece: Heart of Gold) will play the heroine Ruri Ichigyou, Naomi's classmate and a fellow library committee member.

The film takes place in Kyoto in the year 2027. The teaser trailer features famous Kyoto sites such as the Fushimi Inari Taisha and the Kamigamo Shrine. The trailer suggests that the film will tell a time travel story, with the text "If I could redo that time all over again."

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Berserk Manga Resumes After 8-Month Hiatus

This year's eighth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Friday that Kentarou Miura's Berserk manga will return from hiatus in the combined ninth and 10th issues on April 26. The new chapter will have a color opening page.

Miura last published a new chapter for the manga in August.

Miura launched the manga in 1989, and Hakusensha released the manga's 40th compiled book volume last September. Dark Horse Comics released the 39th volume in English on July 11.

Dark Horse Comics is reprinting the series in an embossed hardcover deluxe edition "in Miura's preferred 7x10 format." The first of these new releases shipped on February 27.

The manga follows Guts, a superhumanly strong warrior who wields a large sword, as he wanders a dark medieval world filled with demons, corrupt and decadent nobles, and other horrors. Every night, he is assailed by demons, attracted to the curse branded on him after a traumatic event. He makes his way through the world on a quest to slay a former friend turned demon, who took everything away from him.

Hakusensha published the first novel in the Berserk franchise, Berserk: Flame Dragon Knight, in June 2017. Makoto Fukami wrote the novel, which features an original story focusing on the character Grunbeld. Dark Horse will release the novel in English on April 17.

The manga has inspired three television anime series, an anime film trilogy, and several video games.

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Delayed 'Märchen Mädchen' Episodes to Broadcast on April 25

The official website of Märchen Mädchen announced that the delayed episodes 11 and 12 will air on AT-X on April 25. AT-X will also air the previous episodes with higher animation quality from April 28. Online services in Japan will also stream episodes 11 and 12 on April 29.

Märchen Mädchen is based on the 2017 light novel by the late Tomohiro Matsu's literary group StoryWorks and Kantoku. Shueisha published the fourth volume under its Dash X Bunko imprint in April 2018.

The anime adaptation by Hoods Entertainment began airing in Winter 2018. Episode nine was delayed for two weeks to improve the animation quality and aired on March 22 last year. Despite being planned for 12 episodes, The tenth episode aired one week later and was marked the "end" of the series by program guides. Episodes 11 and 12 were previously scheduled to premiere in December, but were pushed back to "April or later" due to various circumstances.

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Cheer Boys!! Anime Cast Member Appears in Live-Action Film Version

The official website for the television anime of Ryō Asai's Cheer Danshi!! (Cheer Boys!!) novel revealed on Friday that Yūki Yonai, who voices Haruki Bandō in the anime, will appear in the live-action film adaptation of the novel. Yonai will appear in a with the film's Haruki actor Ryūsei Yokohama in a bathhouse scene, which also appears in the anime.

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The film will open on May 10.

The film stars Ryūsei Yokohama as Haruki Bandō and Masaki Nakao as Kazuma Hashimoto. 27-year-old director Hiroki Kazama (After the Rain and Teiichi no Kuni spinoff mini-series) is directing the film. Mao Abe is performing the film's theme song "Kimi no Uta" (Your Song).

The original youth novel revolves around the "slightly odd and cute" members of a cheerleading squad at a men's university, and is loosely based on the real-life men's cheerleading team "Shockers." Shueisha published the novel in 2013.

Kenichi Kondō launched a manga adaptation in April 2016, an anime adaptation premiered in July 2016, and a stage play premiered in December 2016. Funimation streamed the anime with English subtitles as it aired in Japan, and later released the series on home video.

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Futari H Live-Action Films Unveil Trailer, Visual for 1st Film

The official website for the new live-action film adaptations of Aki Katsu's Futari H (Manga Sutra) manga began streaming a new trailer for Eiga-ban Futari H ~Love Again~, the first film, on Thursday. The films' Twitter account also revealed a new visual for the film.

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The first film will open in Japan on Friday, while Eiga-ban Futari H ~Double Love~, the second film, will open on May 10. Toshiaki Kondō is directing the films. The first film's story will begin from the arranged marriage of the couple Yura and Makoto, while the second film will begin from three years after they get married.

Katsu (Psychic Academy, The Vision of Escaflowne) has been drawing Futari H (Manga Sutra), which describes itself as a "love bible" or a "user's manual" for people in love, in Young Animal and Young Animal Arashi since 1997. Hakusensha published the manga's 77th volume on December 26, and the 78th volume will ship on April 26. The series' compiled books have more than 27 million copies in print in Japan, and 2.5 million copies in print overseas as of February 2018.

Katsu launched a spinoff manga titled Futari H Another on Hakusensha's new Harem manga website on November 29.

The original Futari H manga inspired two original video anime (OVA) series in 2002 and 2014, a live-action series in 2000, and three live-action films between 2011 and 2012.

Tokyopop published Katsu's The Vision of Escaflowne, Psychic Academy, and Manga Sutra in North America. Media Blasters licensed and released the 2002 OVAs on DVD in North America under the title Step Up Love Story.

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Funimation Streams Midnight Occult Civil Servants, Million Arthur Anime

Funimation announced on Friday that it will begin streaming Midnight Occult Civil Servants and the first and second seasons of Million Arthur on its FunimationNow streaming service this month.

Funimation will begin streaming the English simuldub of the television anime of Yōko Tamotsu's Mayonaka no Occult Kōmuin (Midnight Occult Civil Servants) manga on April 28 at 4:00 p.m. EDT in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia.

Funimation describes the series:

When Miyako Arata starts his brand-new job as a civil servant, he's shocked to find out he's not serving the regular public—he's working with supernatural beings! Referred to as “Anothers”, Miyako and his team deals with the trouble they cause, unseen by the human eye. But while on his first assignment, Miyako surprises everyone with an unheard-of ability—he can understand the Anothers!

The anime premiered in Japan on April 7. Crunchyroll began streaming Midnight Occult Civil Servants on April 7 for users in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Latin America.

Tetsuya Watanabe (Rumbling Hearts, Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry, Schwarzes Marken) is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Tatsuto Higuchi (CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon, Schwarzes Marken, My-Otome) is in charge of series composition. Eriko Itō (Hamatora, Danchigai, Love and Lies) is designing the characters.

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Funimation is streaming the second season of the Million Arthur television anime of Square Enix's Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur (Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur) massively multi-player online role-playing game as it airs in Japan on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The English dub will premiere on April 25. The anime will stream in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia.

Funimation is also streaming the first season of the Million Arthur anime weekly, starting on April 25. The company will begin streaming the English dub on May 5.

Funimation describes the anime:

The legendary sword “Excalibur” weighs and measures all. Anyone it deems worthy of gaining tremendous power does so, and inherits the name “Arthur”. However, Excalibur dubs generously. With an overabundance of “worthy” dignitaries, six Arthurs travel to England to defeat the corrupt leadership that plagues their country and the world.

The second anime season premiered in Japan on April 4.

The first anime season premiered on October 25, and aired for 10 episodes. The anime has 23 aired episodes, and the show's sixth home video release includes an unaired episode.

Youhei Suzuki is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Tsuyoshi Tamai (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Strike Witches) is in charge of the series scripts. Yoshinari Saito (Venus Project: Climax) is the character designer, and Masahito Onoda (Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2, No-Rin) is the sub-designer. Ken Naito (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is the art director, and Shiho Mizoe (Amanchu! Advance) is the color designer. Yūji Kondō is credited as editor. Yoshikazu Iwanami is the sound director, and Magic Capsule is credited as the sound producer. Gō Shiina is composing the music, with Lantis as music producer. GENCO is producing the anime.

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God Eater 3 Gets Switch Version on July 12

Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced on Thursday that it is releasing its God Eater 3 game on the Nintendo Switch on July 12. The company began streaming an announcement trailer that shows the Switch version's portable multiplayer gameplay.

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The exclusive pre-order bonuses for the Switch release are Yuri and Estelle's costumes from Bandai Namco Entertainment's Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition game.

God Eater 3 launched with both English and Japanese audio in North America and Europe on February 8 for PlayStation 4 and PC.

The game debuted in Japan on December 13 for PS4. The game features the new character Yūgo Pennywort (Hugo Pennywort; voiced by Tomokazu Seki). Anime studio ufotable returned to animate the opening sequence.

Bandai Namco Entertainment describes God Eater 3:

Earth no longer resembles the home we know of now. The Aragami, terrifying beasts that live only to consume, are carving a path of destruction and misery wherever they are encountered. To combat this threat an elite group of heroes known as God Eaters are called upon to save humanity. God Eaters are individuals who have been bestowed upon them the ability to wield powerful new God Arcs, special weapons powered by Oracle Cells and the only known weapons capable of destroying the monstrous Aragami. However, another mission is coming into focus; something is happening to the God Eaters and the line between light and dark has never been so thin. It's time to start breaking free from the cursed shackles that bind the souls of the God Eaters as the battle rages on around them.

The God Eater game franchise inspired a 13-episode television anime series in 2015. Aniplex of America released the anime with an English dub on Blu-ray Disc.

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Super Neptunia RPG's PS4, Switch Release Delayed to Summer in West

Idea Factory International announced on Thursday that its planned release of Compile Heart's Super Neptunia RPG (Yūsha Neptune: Sekai yo Uchū yo Katsumoku se yo!! Ultimate RPG Sengen!!) game for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch is delayed from this spring to summer. The release will include both physical and digital versions in North America and Europe. The PS4 release will include "two slightly modified CGs," but gameplay will remain the same as the original Japanese release for all platforms.

The company previously stated that the console release will have English and Japanese audio and the option for French subtitles. It will be Idea Factory International's first game in the Neptunia series to launch for Switch.

Idea Factory International announced earlier this month that the game will also launch for PC via Steam in the West this summer. The Steam release will include English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and French subtitles.

The game launched in Japan for the PlayStation 4 on December 20.

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Rurouni Kenshin Gets 'Final' 2 Live-Action Films in Summer 2020

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Warner Bros. Japan announced on Friday that two new live-action film adaptations of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga will premiere in summer 2020. The adaptations mark the final chapter of the live-action film series. The first part covers Jūji Kizu no Nazo (Mystery of the Cross-Shaped Scar), and the second part is Saikyō no Teki・Enishi (Most Terrifying Enemy - Enishi). Warner Bros. Japan opened a website for the films.

Takeru Satoh is reprising his role as Kenshin Himura, and Keishi Ōtomo is returning to direct the films.

A report about actress Emi Takei, who plays Kaoru Kamiya in the films, had revealed in September 2017 that a new live-action film adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin was planned.

The first live-action Rurouni Kenshin film opened in 2012 in Japan, while the first two sequels opened in August and September 2014. The films collectively grossed more that US$160 million internationally. Funimation screened all three films in United States theaters in August, September, and October 2016, respectively.

The films adapt Nobuhiro Watsuki's manga, which ran from 1994 to 1999 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. An anime series aired in Japan from 1996 to 1998 and spawned several anime video projects and an anime film. Viz Media published the original manga and the two-volume Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration reboot manga in North America, while Media Blasters released the television anime. ADV Films released the two Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal and Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection video anime projects and the Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture anime film on DVD, and Aniplex later released these three titles on Blu-ray Disc. Sentai Filmworks released the more recent Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc video anime series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

Sources: Rurouni Kenshin live-action film's website, Warner Bros. Japan's Twitter account, Comic Natalie

Update: Takeru Satō's spelling corrected. Thanks, Watanabefan.

Update 2: The Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal and Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection video anime projects also adapted the same final arc from the manga as the upcoming two live-action films will.

Update 3: Nazo typo corrected. Thanks, crosswithyou.

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'Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken' Manga Bundles 2nd OVA

A second OVA for Taiki Kawakami's Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken will be bundled with the 12th volume of the manga. The volume will ship on July 9.

The first OVA was initially planned to be bundled with volume 11 (pictured), which released on March 29. Due to production issues, the episode was postponed and will now be bundled with volume 13 that will release in December.

8bit's 24-episode anime adaptation that aired in Fall 2018 is based on the manga adaptation of Fuse's light novel. Kawakami has serialized the manga in Shounen Sirius since March 2015. The anime will get a second season in 2020.

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Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight Manga Listed With Live-Action Film

Retailer HMV is listing the cover for the May issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend magazine, which reveals that Rin Mikimoto's Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight (Gozen 0-ji, Kiss Shi ni Kite yo) manga is getting a live-action film adaptation. Both the magazine and the manga's 10th compiled book volume will ship on Friday.

Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English, and the eighth volume shipped on December 4. The company describes the story of the first volume:

At school, Hinana is an honors student, respected by all her classmates. She's totally above things as juvenile as crushes and dating. Secretly, though, she has but one wish: To have a fairy-tale romance. One day, a super-hot celebrity named Kaede shows up at Hinana's high school to shoot a movie, and it becomes difficult to keep up her act. By pure chance—or y'know, fate!—Kaede reveals his own ridiculous personality to Hinana, and her ordinary life turns breathtakingly romantic! Or just really, really … weird?!

Mikimoto launched the manga in the magazine in 2015, and the ninth volume shipped on November 13. The manga is nominated in the Best Shōjo Manga category for the 43rd annual Manga Awards.

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Live-Action Touken Ranbu Film Opens in Singapore on April 28

Odex revealed on Thursday that its screening of the Touken Ranbu live-action film in SIngapore will open on April 28.

The film opened in Japan on January 18, and it ranked at #5 in its opening weekend. The film eventually earned a cumulative total of 644,456,900 yen (about US$5.82 million).

The film's story centers on the historical Honnō-ji Incident, where infamous historical warlord Oda Nobunaga met his end after the betrayal of his general Akechi Mitsuhide. With the Touken Danshi's enemies seeking to change history by allowing Nobunaga to live, the characters must ensure that Nobunaga dies, even if there are some among them that were once swords of Nobunaga.

Saiji Yakumo (live-action Mars) directed the film, with a script by Yasuko Kobayashi (Attack on Titan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kakegurui). TOHO distributed the film.

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