Web Manga 'Haishin Yuusha' Gets Anime Adaptation

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Web Manga 'Haishin Yuusha' Gets Anime Adaptation

Video game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment's &CAST!!! smartphone application announced on Friday that Takahito Oosaki and Ikurou's fantasy web manga Haishin Yuusha (The Brave-Tuber) will receive a short anime adaptation. The series will be streamed on the &CAST!! and Production I.G's Anime Beans applications.

Synopsis

For the most part, Wisdaregidor is your typical fantasy world: monsters wreaking havoc, taverns packed with gung-ho adventurers, and a demon overlord looking to rule it all. But Wisdaregidor has one thing you'll never find in Middle-earth: the Internet! Zane and Kuku are two adventurers trying to build a fanbase. The pair will do whatever it takes to get more subscribers for their streamed videos, even if it means taking on the demon lord himself! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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Director: Kazuya Fujishiro (Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka episode director)

Sound Director: Shuuhei Abe (Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino sound production)

Sound Production: Saber Links

Studio: Acca Effe, Giga Production

Production Cooperation: Production I.G, Anime Beans

Production, Planning: Bandai Namco Entertainment, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting

20 of the cast members are performers from &CAST!!!'s "Hour Love Yell!" program. A public audition will be held for the roles of the main characters Zane and Kuku.

Oozaki and Ikurou launched the manga on MAGCOMI's Comic Garden website in February 2018 and ended it on March 20. MAGCOMI printed the manga under its Blades Comic imprint and published the second and final volume on May 10.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English earlier this January and plans to ship the first volume on September 10.

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Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Game Gets Release on PS4, PC

Game designer and Grasshopper Manufacture founder Goichi "Suda51" Suda announced at the MomoCon event on Saturday that the Travis Strikes Back: No More Heroes game is getting a release on PlayStation 4 and PC (via Steam). Suda51 had teased earlier this month that he would be making an announcement at the convention.

The game launched on the Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe on January 18.

In the game's story, The Bad is out to avenge the murder of her daughter Bad Girl at the hands of Travis Touchdown, but a game console known as the Death Drive Mark II sucks both of them in.

The game features collaborations with independent game developers. Players can explore seven different games, including action, racing, and puzzle games.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is the latest installment in Goichi "Suda51" Suda's No More Heroes game series. Grasshopper Manufacture released No More Heroes for the Wii in 2007, and later for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A sequel, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, shipped on the Wii in 2010.

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TV Anime 'Granbelm' Reveals More Cast

The official website of the Granbelm original anime revealed five more cast members, in addition to a commercial on Friday.

Cast

Nana Rin: Juri Kimura (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria)

Mimi Rin: Nozomi Kasuga (Planet With)

Claire Fugo: Marika Kouno (Mitsuboshi Colors)

Sasha: Yumi Uchiyama (Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru)

Shisui Tsuchimikado: Yukari Tamura (Katanagatari)

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The TV anime will broadcast on July 5 on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS channels' Animeism programming block.

Director Masaharu Watanabe (Wakaba*Girl) will helm the series at Nexus, with Jukki Hanada (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu) in charge of series composition. Kei Imanaka is designing the characters based on Shinichirou Ootsuka's (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) original designs. Kenichiro Suehiro (Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou) is composing the music.

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Touken Ranbu Throws Support Behind Marugame Castle Wall Reconstruction Efforts

The Marugame Castle in Kagawa Prefecture is famous for having the tallest stone walls in Japan. Unfortunately, they suffered damage last year from heavy rain. As reconstruction efforts are underway, the castle's official website announced on May 7 that the Nikkari Aoe sword will be displayed to the public between June 1 and 9.

The Nikkari Aoe is the name of a famous Japanese sword owned by the Marugame Kyōgoku clan. It is also the name of a Touken Ranbu character.

The Touken Ranbu browser game and anime franchise is showing its support for the Marugame Castle's wall reconstruction with a brand new illustration of Nikkari Aoe (the character) that was released on the franchise's official Twitter account on May 17.

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Nitroplus is also selling A4-sized clear files with the aforementioned illustration as a charity item. These clear files will be sold at Marugame Castle's event space. All proceeds will go towards the wall's reconstruction.

The reconstruction is expected to be completed by 2023.

Touken Ranbu is a "sword personification training game" published by DMM that takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as bishōnen. Nitroplus designed the characters and scenario. The game launched in Japan in 2015 and it has more than 1.5 million registered users.

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'Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator' TV Anime Reveals Additional Cast

The official website of J.C.Staff's Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator (A Certain Scientific Accelerator) has revealed additional cast members. The anime will premiere on July 12 at 10:00 p.m. on AT-X, followed by Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS11. It will also be streamed on AbemaTV.

Cast

Kato: Sayumi Watabe (Koi wa Ameagari no You ni)

Mikihiko Hishigata: Ryota Osaka (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry)

Hirumi Hishigata: Ayumi Mano (Date A Live III)

Yuuko Kaida (Yakusoku no Neverland) and Nozomi Sasaki (Bokura ga Ita) will be reprising their roles as Aiho Yomikawa and the Misaka sisters, respectively.

A pre-screening event for the first episode will take place on June 29 at Yunika Vision in Shinjuku. A talk show with voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto (CV: Accelerator) and series director Nobuharu Kamanaka will also be held at Toho Cinemas Shinjuku on the same date.

Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator adapts Toaru Majutsu no Index Gaiden: Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator, which is a spin-off series of Kazuma Kamachi's original light novel. The tenth compiled volume of the manga will release on June 26.

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Square Enix Announces Star Ocean First Departure R Game for PS4, Switch

Square Enix announced on Saturday that it will release Star Ocean First Departure R, an HD port with new features of its Star Ocean First Departure remake game, for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

Enix released the first Star Ocean game for the Super Famicom in 1996, and then Square Enix released Star Ocean First Departure as a remake on the PlayStation Portable in 2007. tri-Ace developed both games.

Square Enix opened a website for the new game on Saturday, and also announced that Katsumi Enami (original character designer for Baccano!, Restaurant to Another World franchises) is serving as character illustrator. The company revealed the character illustrations for (from left to right) Roddick Farrence, Millie Chliette, and Dorne Murtough.

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'Ni no Kuni' Announces Two Additional Cast Members

The official website of OLM's theatrical adaptation of Level-5's Ni no Kuni game revealed two more cast members on Friday. The film will open in Japan on August 23.

Cast

King Flander: Masatou Ibu (Uchuu Senkan Yamato)

Ojii-san: Tsuyoshi Muro (Kyou kara Ore wa!! 2018 live-action)

Ni no Kuni is a fantasy RPG developed by Level-5 in collaboration with Studio Studio Ghibli. They released the first game Shikkoku no Madoushi on Nintendo DS in 2010, which was then ported onto the PlayStation 3 in November 2011. The game was followed by its sequel Revenant Kingdom on PlayStation 4 in March 2018.

Yoshiyuki Momose (Mimi wo Sumaseba) will direct the film that will feature an original story. Joe Hisashi (Howl no Ugoku Shiro) will compose the music and Akihiro Hino, the CEO of Level-5, is in charge of the script.

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'Machikado Mazoku' TV Anime Reveals Lead Cast

The official website of J.C.Staff's TV anime adaptation of Izumo Ito's Machikado Mazoku manga has revealed the main cast members and a new key visual (pictured). The anime will air on July 12 on TBS, followed by BS-TBS on July 14.

Cast

Yuuko Yoshida: Konomi Kohara (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)

Momo Chiyoda: Akari Kito (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)

Lilith: Minami Takahashi (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)

Mikan Hinatsuki: Tomoyo Takayanagi (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)

Hiroaki Sakurai (Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan) will direct the anime, and Keiichirou Ohchi (Hinamatsuri) is in charge of the series composition. Mai Ootsuka (Non Non Biyori) will design the characters.

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7SEEDS Anime's Promo Video Previews Ending Song

The official website for the anime of Yumi Tamura's 7SEEDS manga began streaming a promotional video for the anime on Monday. Netflix is streaming an English-subtitled version of the same video. The video previews the anime's ending theme song "WISH" by majiko.

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The anime will premiere on June 28, delayed from its original April premiere date.

Netflix describes the anime:

In the immediate future, a giant meteorite has collided with earth. All living organisms, including mankind, have been wiped off the face of the planet. The government, who had foreseen this outcome, took measures to counter the worst-case scenario called Project 7SEEDS, in which five sets of seven young men and women were carefully selected and placed into teams. Each participant sought ways to survive on a deserted island.

Yukio Takahashi (Dog & Scissors) is directing the anime at GONZO. Touko Machida (The IDOLM@STER, Chaika the Coffin Princess, Harukana Receive) is in charge of series composition. Youko Satou (Dog & Scissors, Saiyuki Reload Blast, Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-) is designing the characters.

Amatsuki will perform the show's opening theme song "Ark."

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Additional Cast Announced for 'Dr. Stone'

The 26th issue of this year's Weekly Shounen Jump announced new cast members for TMS Entertainment's Summer 2019 TV anime Dr. Stone.

Cast

Suika: Karin Takahashi (Diamond no Ace)

Ruri: Reina Ueda (ReLIFE)

Gen Asagiri: Kengo Kawanishi (3-gatsu no Lion)

Kaseki: Mugihito (Dororo)

Dr. Stone adapts Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi's post-apocalyptic manga of the same name. Shinya Iino (Made in Abyss assistant director) is directing the anime and Yuuichirou Kido (Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi script) is in charge of the series composition. Yuuko Iwasa (Yowamushi Pedal Movie) is designing the characters for animation and Tatsuya Katou (Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?), Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau), and Yuki Kanesaka (Kekkai Sensen & Beyond insert song composition) will compose the music.

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Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko Anime Gets Novel in July

The official Twitter account for the anime adaptations of the Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko multimedia franchise revealed the cover and July 19 release date for the franchise's first novel on Saturday. The novel's title is Toji no Miko - Ryūkyū-ken Fūroku (Toji no Miko - The Chronicle of the Ryūkyū Swords). Aoi Akashiro, the script supervisor for the Katana Maidens: Mini Toji anime, is penning the novel, with art by the franchise's original character designer Yoshinori Shizuma. Tatsuya Takahashi, the script supervisor and writer for the first anime, is credited for the novel's story concept.

The anime's official website previously revealed the novel on April 26.

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The novel's story is set one year before the Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko anime, and begins in August 2017 when two individuals arrive at Naha Airport. The story centers on Heijō Institute third year middle school student Hokuto Asahina and Renpu Girls' School first year middle school student Suu Inami. Both are chosen to test the Storm Armor project that the Sword Administration Bureau is jointly developing with the U.S. Armed Forces. On the same day, another Toji arrives in Okinawa: Yume Tsumebakuro, a sixth grader at Ayanokōji Martial Arts School. All three do not yet know how their destinies intertwine. The story chronicles the secret struggle centering on the Storm Armor that involves the three girls, the Elite Guard, and the Mokusa organization.

In the franchise's story, since ancient times, shrine maidens who wield swords have been exorcising "aradama," strange monsters that threaten the human world. These young women who wear school uniforms and a sword are called "Toji," and they serve as an official unit within the police force as a "special religious service police squad." The government authorizes the Toji to wear swords and serve as government officials, and the government has set up five schools throughout the country for the girls to attend.

The girls live ordinary school lives, while occasionally performing their duties, wielding their swords and using various powers to fight and protect the people. In the spring, the five schools send their best Toji to compete in a tournament. As the tournament comes closer, all of the representatives rigorously train themselves in order to get stronger and improve their skills.

Studio Gokumi's original 24-episode television anime project premiered in January 2018. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan, and Funimation streamed an English dub. The franchise also inspired the Mini Toji short anime, which premiered on January 5. Crunchyroll also streamed this anime.

The Toji no Miko: Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi smartphone game launched for iOS and Android devices in Japan in March 2018.

Sakae Saitō launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Shōnen Ace magazine in October 2017, and ended it on March 26.

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Girly Air Force Manga by Takahiro Seguchi Ends

The July issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine published the final chapter of Takahiro Seguchi's manga adaptation of Kōji Natsumi's Girly Air Force light novel series on Saturday.

In the novels' story, mysterious flying creatures known as Zai suddenly appear, and in order to fight the creatures, mankind creates fighter aircraft called "Daughters," as well as the automatic fighting mechanism "Anima," which are shaped like human girls. The story centers on a young man named Kei Narutani, who yearns to fly in the sky, and an Anima considered to be humanity's trump card, a girl named Gripen.

Seguchi launched the manga in Monthly Shōnen Ace last October. Kadokawa published the manga's first compiled book volume last December.

Natsumi launched the novel series in 2014, and Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko imprint published the 11th volume on March 9, and will publish the 12th volume on June 8. Asagi Tōsaka provides the illustrations for the novels. Natsumi previously worked on the series composition for Gust's Blue Reflection game. The novel series inspired a television anime adaptation that premiered on January 10. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

ADV Manga previously published the first volume of Seguchi's Enmusu manga, while Vertical published both volumes of Seguchi's Sickness Unto Death manga.

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Gintama Manga's 'Final' Chapter Will Launch on June 17

Shueisha revealed on Monday that the "final chapter" of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga will launch on the official Gintama app on June 17.

This year's 26th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump had actually stated on Monday that the chapter will launch on June 10, but Shueisha posted on Twitter later on Monday that due to "various circumstances" the chapter will launch on June 17 instead. The same misprint will be in the upcoming 27th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump.

The manga's "last fanbook" will ship this summer. The magazine also stated that the manga's "final volume" is "planned" for a simultaneous release with the fanbook.

The manga ended its run in Weekly Shonen Jump in last year's 42nd issue on September 15 as planned, but Shueisha announced on September 15 that the manga would continue "for a little while longer" in Shueisha's Jump Giga magazine. The manga's run in Jump Giga launched with a 54-page chapter in the magazine's first winter issue on December 28. Gintama ran in Jump Giga for three consecutive issues. The third chapter in Jump Giga announced in February that the manga would continue in the free app.

The manga then launched in the app on May 13, and the second chapter in the app debuted on Monday. The next and supposed "final" chapter will then launch on June 17.

Sorachi began the manga in 2004. Viz Media published the first 23 volumes in English.

The manga has inspired several anime series including the latest one that started airing last July, two anime films, various OVAs and event anime, two live-action films, and two live-action net spinoff series. A new anime is "probably" in production.

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Former Dragon Ball Editor Kazuhiko Torishima Comments on Dragon Ball Evolution

Kazuhiko Torishima is the representative director of the Hakusensha publishing company. Before that, however, he worked at Shueisha and was Akira Toriyama's editor during Dr. Slump and the first half of Dragon Ball. On April 23, he held a lecture at Bunka Gakuen University in Tokyo where he answered questions from the audience. One of the questions that came up was about the live-action Hollywood film Dragonball: Evolution, which released in 2009. Torishima was asked, "What did you think of Dragonball: Evolution?"

Torishima responded: "It was my biggest failure in regards to screen adaptation." He said that after the film's failure, he spoke with lawyers familiar with screen adaptations and came to the conclusion that Shueisha would have had to pay money to have a say in how the material was handled. According to what he heard, the right to veto was a 5 billion yen (US$45 million) investment.

However, Torishima went on, this figure would have been 60-70% of Shueisha's yearly profit at the time, so they were not prepared to pay that sum. "Knowing what I know now of Hollywood, I would have said, 'Pay the 5 billion. In exchange, I want the distribution rights in Asia. I'll make sure you get a return on the money." I would have negotiated and gotten the veto rights," he said.

Other topics that came up during the lecture include the decline of print magazines and manga, the difficulties of bringing exposure to new artists in the age of digital manga and webtoons, and the necessity of the media mix in order to sell manga in today's world.

Dragonball: Evolution opened in the U.S. in April 2009 and holds a 15% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Akira Toriyama himself expressed dissatisfaction with the film in 2016. The film's writer Ben Ramsey apologized to the fans in 2016.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip

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