Manga Time Special Magazine Ends Publication

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Manga Time Special Magazine Ends Publication

Japanese publisher Houbunsha's Manga Time Special magazine ceased publication with its December issue (seen right) on Monday. Ruri Miyahara's Love Lab (Renai Lab) manga also ended in the same issue, alongside seven other manga by Nanae Mitsu, Sumi Machida, Abel Segawa, Yoshihiro Ando, Maichi, Gunsaburō, and Rai Kaneda.

Love Lab's 15th and final manga volume will ship this winter. Houbunsha will publish a special chapter for the manga in its Manga Time magazine in spring 2020.

Hazime Kuromugi's Futari ga Kazoku ni Naru Made ni, Mizuki Setoguchi's Local Joshi no Tōboe, and Sachi Nishioka's Rokujō Ikken no Tsukimono manga will all transfer to the Manga Time magazine. Kotori Kirihara's Otome wa Gibo ni Koishiteru, Hiko Yūki's Uchi no Kawaii Sōjiki Shirimasen ka?, Natsumi Hino's Kono Koi wa Fukami-kun no Plan ni wa Nai, and Natsuo Ishikawa's Boku no Uwamezukai manga will all transfer to Manga Home. Rurū Minase's Ōya-san wa Shishunki!, Chino Kurumi's Midnight Restaurant 7 to 7 Roku Tachibana's Kawaii Joshi o Komarasetai, and Riri Tōka's Cosplay Jimiko to Kameko Kachō manga will transfer to Manga Time Original.

Houbunsha launched the magazine in 1989 as a magazine with four-panel manga targeted at women. Notable series from the magazine include Love Lab and Ōya-san wa Shishunki!, which both inspired their own anime adaptations.

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Root Film Game Heads West for Switch, PS4

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PQube and Kadokawa Games announced on Monday that the newly announced Root Film game will get a release in Europe and North America for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Root Film is Kadokawa Games' sequel to its Root Letter mystery adventure game, and it features a new murder story by Hifumi Kōno. Similar to the first game, Root Film takes place in Shimane prefecture. PQube describes the game:

Root Film is about a TV series, called "Shimane Mystery Drama Project”, which was cancelled for an unknown reason 10 years ago. To reboot the project, three teams consisting of a director and an actress have been cast, including 23 year old Rintaro Yagumo, the main character of the game.

His excitement about this amazing opportunity is quickly curbed, when a horrible murder interrupts their location scouting process. Follow him and a cast of unique and memorable characters by character designer Taro Minaboshi as they are drawn deeper into the thrilling mystery of Root Film.

The game will launch in Japan in spring 2020 for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The members of the i☆Ris voice actress idol unit will voice the main characters, and Wataru Komada will voice the male protagonist.

The √Letter (pronounced "Root Letter") mystery visual novel shipped in June 2016 in Japan for the PS4 and PlayStation Vita. Rice Digital and PQube released the game in Europe in October 2016, and in North America in November 2016. Kadokawa Games released the game on PC via Steam in July 2017 and for iOS and Android in August 2017.

The game inspired a live-action remake game titled √Letter Last Answer, which replaced Tarō Minoboshi's illustrations in the original game with live-action photographs from 90 actors, and replaced the background illustrations based on actual Shimane prefecture locations with photographs of the real-life locations. The game launched for the Switch and PS4 in Europe on August 30 and in North America on September 3. The game also launched on PC via Steam on September 3.

The game is also inspiring a live-action Hollywood film adaptation.

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Sekina Aoi's Gamers! Light Novel Series Ends With 12th Volume

Illustrator Sabotenn revealed on their Twitter account on October 11 that the 12th volume of Sekina Aoi's Gamers! light novel series is the final volume. The 12th volume shipped on Saturday.

The series centers on the gaming lives of various high school students who play video games, including: Keita Amano, a lonely young man who loves video games; Karen Tendō, the beautiful president of the video game club; Chiaki Hoshinomori, who constantly fights with Keita; and Tasuku Uehara, who puts on a facade of being satisfied with his life in the real world, but he in truth loves video games.

Aoi and Sabotenn launched the novel series in 2014. Tsubasa Takahashi launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in October 2016. Kadokawa will publish the seventh and final compiled book volume for the manga on October 26.

The series inspired a television anime adaptation that premiered in July 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and Funimation streamed an English dub. Funimation released the anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in August 2018.

Aoi's previous Seitokai no Ichizon light novel series inspired The Student Council's Discretion television anime series in 2009, and the Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2 television anime series in 2012. Sentai Filmworks released the first anime on home video in March 2015, and released the second anime in May 2015.

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Scarlet Yuri Manga Ends

Chiri Yuino's Scarlet yuri manga ended in the December issue of Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime magazine on Friday.

Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the series in English, and it describes the story:

After ingesting an illegal drug that makes her hunger for blood, Finé Hera makes a pact with a beautiful but wolfish Red Riding Hood. Iris Redhood offers herself up to help Finé slake her bloodlust, but her…services come with a price. Now, the two are narcotics officers on the hunt for the very drug that changed Finé!

Chiri launched the series in Comic Yuri Hime in 2018. Ichijinsha released the first compiled book volume on February 18, and the second will ship on December 18.

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Witch Hat Atelier Gets Gourmet Spinoff Manga

The December issue of Kodansha's Monthly Morning two magazine revealed on Monday that Kamome Shirahama Witch Hat Atelier manga is inspiring the gourmet spinoff manga Mahōtsukai no Mayonaka Recipe (Witch's Midnight Recipe; tentative title) in the next issue on November 22. Hiromi Satō (Iso Asobi) is illustrating the manga.

The original manga's story centers on Koko, a girl who lives in a little village, and who has always dreamed of becoming a wizard. But being born without magical aptitude meant that she could never become a wizard, and could never hope to witness magic's spark. She gave up on her dream. But one day, a traveling wizard named Kiefley came to her village, and she happened to see him performing magic.

The manga launched in Monthly Morning two in July 2016. Kodansha published the manga's fifth compiled book volume on May 23, and the sixth will ship on November 21. Kodansha Comics began releasing the series in English in April.

The series was nominated for the Best Comic award at Angoulême International Comics Festival in January. The manga was also nominated for last year's 11th Manga Taisho awards. The series ranked in the top 10 on the list of the best manga for male readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.

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TV Special 'Lupin III: Prison of the Past' Premieres in November

Nippon Television announced on Friday that a new TV special for the Lupin III franchise will air on November 29 at 9:00 p.m. Titled Lupin III: Prison of the Past, it will be part of NTV's Friday Roadshow! weekend movie slot. During the same announcement, it was also revealed that the 2013 film Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie will air in the same slot on November 22.

The episode will focus on Lupin's gang descending upon the Kingdom of Doruente in order to rescue a famous thief who has been detained. While this takes place, the most notorious thieves from around the world gather in the kingdom.

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Director: Hatsuki Tsuji (Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Ishinshishi e no Chinkonka)

Script: Shatner Nishida

Character Design: Hirotaka Marufuji (Lupin III: Goodbye Partner)

Music: Yuji Ohno (Lupin III franchise)

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Voice actors Kanichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Namikawa and Miyuki Sawashiro are reprising their roles. Nobunaga Shimazaki (Lupin III: Part 5), Houko Kuwashima (Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna), Shinichiro Miki (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), and Hiroaki Hirata (Koi wa Ameagari no You ni) will also star in the special.

The Lupin III franchise is based on the manga by Monkey Punch. The manga has inspired six TV anime series, various specials, movies, and OVA episodes. The franchise's first 3DCG film Lupin III: The First is scheduled to premiere in Japan on December 6.

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