Additional Cast Announced for 'Dr. Stone'

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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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Date a Live: Rio Reincarnation Game's Western Release Delayed to July

Idea Factory International announced on Wednesday it has delayed the North American release date of the PlayStation 4 version of Compile Heart's Date A Live Rio Reincarnation game to July 23. The company has also delayed the European release to July 26. The game was previously slated to ship on June 18 and June 21 in North America and Europe respectively.

Idea Factory International also revealed that the game will launch on PC via Steam on July 23. (That version was previously announced for a June release.)

The PS4 version will have two modified CG scenes. The Steam version will have no edited scenes.

Idea Factory International describes the game:

A brand new character named Rio appears, who calls Shido ”Papa” and is searching for the “most important thing.”​​

After having escaped nearly being trapped in a virtual reality, Shido is afflicted by a strange feeling.​

A disturbance in the world in which he lives. Someone is out there… He cannot shake the helpless, uncomfortable feeling. This strange feeling persists… A new paradise. A girl who has the same last name as Rinne–Rio Sonogami. The girl, along with Marina… for the sake of everyone's happiness, they wander in search of “the most important thing.”

The Date A Live Rio Reincarnation HD game shipped on PS4 in October 2017 in Japan. The game collection includes ports of the Date A Live: Rinne Utopia and Date A Live: Arusa Install PlayStation 3 games, as well as the Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation PlayStation Vita game. Idea Factory International's Western release will also include all three games.

Compile Heart is developing a new game in the series titled Date A Live Ren Dystopia, which is slated for release for PS4 in Japan this summer.

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Code Vein Game's Behind-the-Scenes Video Shows Staff Commentary

Bandai Namco Entertainment America began streaming a behind-the-scenes video for the Code Vein post-apocalyptic role-playing game on Wednesday. The video includes commentary from the game's development staff.

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Bandai Namco Entertainment announced last July that the game's release has been delayed to this year. The game was originally slated to launch in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 27, and for PC via Steam on September 28. The game was slated to launch outside Japan for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on September 28.

Bandai Namco Entertainment describes the game:

In the not too distant future, a mysterious disaster has brought collapse to the world as we know it. Towering skyscrapers, once symbols of prosperity, are now lifeless graves of humanity's past pierced by the Thorns of Judgment. At the center of the destruction lies a hidden society of Revenants called Vein. This final stronghold is where the remaining few fight to survive, blessed with Gifts of power in exchange for their memories and a thirst for blood. Give into the bloodlust fully and risk becoming one of the Lost, fiendish ghouls devoid of any remaining humanity.

The anime studio ufotable is animating the opening cinematic, and VAMPS is performing the opening song "Underworld."

Kotoni Shiroishi launched the CODE VEIN ‐Memory echoes- manga adaptation of the game in Kadokawa's Dengeki PlayStation magazine in June 2018.

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Brothers Conflict: Precious Baby Game Gets Switch Port

The official website for Idea Factory's Brothers Conflict: Precious Baby PlayStaion Vita game revealed on Wednesday that the game will get a port for the Nintendo Switch. The release will bundle a special booklet and two clear bookmarks, and people who pre-order will also receive a special booklet.

The original PS Vita game is part of Idea Factory's Otomate brand of games for female players, and it shipped in 2016. The "simulation love game with a slightly dangerous love between siblings" is itself a port that combines the Brothers Conflict Passion Pink and Brothers Conflict Brilliant Blue PlayStation Portable games.

Sylph's original Brothers Conflict novel series and multimedia franchise launched in 2010. Udajo illustrated the original story and Takashi Mizuno created the scenario. Atsuko Kanase planned and developed the original concept. The franchise includes novels, games, manga, and anime.

Funimation describes the story of the anime:

Ema Hinata is lonely. As an only child and the daughter of a famous explorer, for most of her life her closest companion has been Juli, her talking pet squirrel. But her father is getting remarried, and her new family is…a little unorthodox. Now, she's got 13 gorgeous guys as her stepbrothers, and they're all after her heart! But is romance what she wants, or is it family?

The television anime premiered in 2013, and Funimation streamed the series for North America as it aired. The series later received an unaired episode and two original video anime. Funimation released the series, with the unaired episode and OVAs, on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.

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Funimation Acquires UK Anime Distributor Manga Entertainment

Sony Pictures Television's Funimation Productions, LLC (Funimation) announced a deal to acquire UK anime distributor Manga Entertainment Ltd. (Manga Entertainment) yesterday. With the deal, Funimation will become the largest distributor of anime in the UK and Ireland.

The two companies have teamed up in the past, with Funimation sub-licensing its properties to Manga Entertainment until 2016, and again from late 2018 until the acquisition. Though full details were not disclosed, the announcement indicates the two will pool their properties to bring more anime to the UK and Ireland than ever. Manga Entertainment is set to distribute Funimation titles on Blu-ray and DVD, while Funimation will begin adding Manga Entertainment's library to its FunimationNow streaming service.

Popular anime confirmed for streaming on FunimationNow in the UK and Ireland include Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto: Shippuuden, and the Sword Art Online franchise. Available titles as of the announcement include the first season of Sword Art Online, Akira, Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Innocence, Toaru Majutsu no Index seasons one and two, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S, and a trio of films by Mamoru Hosoda: Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, Summer Wars, and Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki.

Manga Entertainment produces, licenses, and distributes anime, and was founded in the UK in 1987. It was a key player in popularizing anime in the West and has also dubbed anime and published manga in the UK, the latter under its Manga Books imprint. It has branches in the US and Australia, though both have been dormant in recent years and were not part of Funimation's acquisition.

Funimation, also a producer, licensor, and distributor, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and looks to continue to expand its presence in the global market for English-subtitled and dubbed anime. In January 2014 it began a simuldub program, allowing viewers quick access to English-dubbed anime via FunimationNow. The company claims its catalogue is comprised of over 600 titles representing over 10,000 hours of content. This content is accessible through FunimationNow in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Godzilla Suit Actor Haruo Nakajima is the Real Boss of Monsters in Coffee Collaboration

Legendary Pictures' Godzilla: King of the Monsters is set to open in U.S. and Japan theaters on May 31. The gargantuan Godzilla may be the work of computer wizards now, but in 1954 the monster was controlled by one man: Haruo Nakajima.

Nakajima wore the suit to play Godzilla in the original Godzilla film, and went on to reprise the role in eleven more films: Godzilla Rides Again, King Kong vs Godzilla, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster, Invasion of the Astro-Monster, Godzilla vs the Sea Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack, Godzilla vs Hedorah, and Godzilla vs. Gigan. He also played other giant monsters, including Rodan and King Kong.

Japanese beverage company SUNTORY's Boss coffee brand honored Nakajima in a new commercial ahead of Godzilla: King of the Monsters' premiere date. The commercial includes English subtitles.

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Nakajima passed away in 2017 at the age of 88.

Boss coffee is running a social media contest that will pick a winner to receive a one-of-a-kind Godzilla jacket. The contest is only open to residents within Japan.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters will star Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring, Bates Motel), and Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) will star in the film as a father, mother, and daughter. Warner Bros. describes the film:

The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

The first of Legendary Pictures' Godzilla films premiered in 2014. The planned Godzilla vs. Kong crossover film from director Adam Wingard is slated for May 22, 2020.

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Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls Game's PC Release Delayed

XSEED Games revealed on Wednesday that its release of Acquire's Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls game on the PC via Steam and the Humble Store has been delayed due to "an unforeseen issue involving IP licensing." The game was previously slated to release on Wednesday. XSEED Games will announce a new release date in the future, but is listing that the game will launch this summer.

The game shipped in Japan for the PlayStation 3 in 2009, and shipped in the West in 2011. The game also launched for iOS in 2011, and for the PlayStation Vita in 2015.

The game is part of the long-running Wizardry game series, and was the first Western release for a Wizardry game since 2001. AnimEigo co-founder Robert Woodhead co-created the original Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord game in 1981.

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'Tenki no Ko' Announces Additional Cast Members

The official website of Makoto Shinkai's original film Tenki no Ko has announced more cast in addition to a new key visual (pictured) and a trailer. The film will premiere in Japan on July 19.

Cast

Keisuke Suga: Shun Oguri (Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin)

Natsumi: Tsubasa Honda (Fullmetal Alchemist live-action)

Tomi: Chieko Baisho (Howl no Ugoku Shiro)

Nagisa Amano: Sakura Kiryuu (Love Stoppage Time live-action)

Yasui: Sei Hiraizumi (Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken)

Takai: Yuki Kaji (Shingeki no Kyojin)

Trailer

https://youtu.be/VGksHFs04Rc

In addition to being credited for the original work, Shinkai will also direct the movie and pen the scripts at CoMix Wave Films. Atsushi Tamura (Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen original illustration) will direct the animation and Hiroshi Taniguchi (Kotonoha no Niwa) will serve as art director. The characters will be designed by Masayoshi Tanaka (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.). Alternative rock band RADWIMPS (Kimi no Na wa.) will compose the music as well as perform the theme songs "Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Aru Kai" and "Grand Escape (Movie edit) feat. Toko Miura."

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Senran Kagura Reflexions Game Heads to PC on June 24

XSEED Games announced on Wednesday that it will release the SENRAN KAGURA Reflexions (Shinobi Refle -Senran Kagura-) game on the PC on June 24. The announcement noted that the game's controls have been adapted for PC.

The game launched digitally for the Nintendo Switch last September. Marvelous and Honey∞Parade Games released the game digitally in Japan in November 2017.

In the game, players use various massage techniques on Asuka. Depending on where the player touches Asuka, she will transform into different "moods" and appearances. For example, Asuka will be able to take on the form of a club senior, younger sister, idol, or home tutor. Asuka has seven different story scenes and six unique endings.

Marvelous established a new subsidiary called Honey∞Parade Games in May 2017 to focus on the production and promotion of the Senran Kagura series. Series producer Kenichirō Takaki previously headed the subsidiary before he left Marvelous.

The second season of the franchise's television anime series, Senran Kagura Shinovi Master: Tokyo Yōma-hen-, premiered last October. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and Funimation streamed an English dub.

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Main Cast Members Announced for 'Nichijou' English Dub

Funimation has revealed the English dub voice actors for the main characters of Kyoto Animation's Nichijou (Nichijou - My Ordinary Life). The company will ship a Blu-ray and a digital version on July 23, which will also include Nichijou: Nichijou no 0-wa (My Ordinary Life Episode 0).

Cast

Mio Naganohara: Leah Clark

Sakamoto: Anthony Bowling

Yuuko Aioi: Morgan Garrett

Nano Shinonome: Monica Rial

Hakase Shinonome: Jad Saxton

Mai Minakami: Brittany Lauda

Nichijou adapts Keiichi Arawi's ten-volume comedy manga. The anime adaptation aired in Spring 2011. Funimation previously released the series as a Blu-ray & DVD combo in February 2017.

Vertical Inc. licensed the manga for North America and translated the manga in its entirely, releasing volume 10 in September 2017.

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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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