Broadcast Schedule Confirmed for "Blue Exorcist :Kyoto Saga"

The son of Satan is back for another round starting next month when Blue Exorcist -Kyoto Saga- premieres.

The new series will air on the following channels:

TBS: Saturdays at 1:55 AM starting January 7
MBS: Saturdays at 2:10 AM starting January 7
CBC: Saturdays at 2:50 AM starting January 7
BS-TBS: Sundays at midnight starting January 8

Attack on Titan Season 2 Gets a Release Date

Attack on Titan is finally getting ready to return for a second season, which mean that it's time for Hiroyuki Sawano to think up some more confounding titles for the tracks of a new soundtrack.  The popular composer closed out November by Tweeting that he's glad to be returning to the format and the series, and is now having fun preparing to record in the new year.

In July, season 2 was announced for spring 2017.

Original: Hajime Isayama  (Bessatsu Shonen Magazine / Kodansha)
Chief Director: Tetsuro Araki
Director: Masashi Koizuka
Series configuration: Yasuko Kobayashi
Character Design: Kyoji Asano
Chief Animation Director: Kyoji Asano, Satoshi Kadowaki, Ayumi Yamada
Assistant director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Action Animation Director: Yasuyuki Ebara, Arifumi Imai, Takuma Ebisu
Art Setting: Yuho Taniuchi
Titan Setting: Takaki Chiba
Color design: Ken Hashimoto
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshihara
3DCG Director: Hiroshiju Shigenori
3DCG Producer: Yabuta Shuhei
Director of Photography: Yamada, Kazuhiro
Editor: Aya Hida
Acoustic Director: Masafumi Mima
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Sound effect: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Production: Techno Sound
Animation Production: WIT STUDIO

• Cast
Eren: Yuki Kaji
Mikasa: Yui Ishikawa
Armin: Marina Inoue
Jean: Kisho Taniyama
Annie: Yu Shimamura
Sasha: Yu Kobayashi
Christa: Shiori Mikami
Connie: Hiro Shimono
Reiner: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Bertolt: Tomohisa Hashizume
Ymir: Saki Fujita
Levi: Hiroshi Kamiya
Erwin: Daisuke Ono
Hanji: Romi Park
Hannes: Fujiwara Keiji

M.A.O to Voice One of Three Heroines in TV Anime "One Room"

The official website for SMIRAL animation (Ani Tore!, Makura no Danshi)'s new original short TV anime One Room confirmed today that 24-year-old voice actress M.A.O will voice one of its three heroines, 17-year-old high school girl Yui Hanasaka who will be featured in the first to fourth episodes. M.A.O recently played the lead character Luluco in the Space Patrol Luluco TV anime for Trigger, and is currently voicing Baranowska in Classicaloid, Sayaka Miyata in Keijo!!!!!!!!, and Papika in Flip Flappers.

According to the character description, Yui Hanasaka is a 17-year-old high school girl in the third grade. She had lived in Hokkaido, but recently moved to Tokyo to concentrate on her study for the coming university entrance exam, living with her older sister who is trying find a job. She is neat, serious, and works hard on everything. While being naive and slow, she is also mentally strong and sometimes takes a positive attitude unexpectedly.

Baki TV Anime is going to Resume

Keisuke Itagaki's 25-year-old martial arts series Baki will be celebrating its anniversary next month with an OAD shipping with volume 14 of the latest run on December 6th. This will be adapting the Prisoners Saga (Saikyou Shikeishu-hen/The Deadliest Condemned Criminals arc) in the manga's second installment Baki (1995-2005) rather than the ongoing fourth installment Baki-Dou (2014-).

But, that's not all. An early look an announcement has revealed plans to bring the story to a new TV anime.

The series started with Baki the Gappler, which ran 42 volumes starting in 1991. Then, Baki ("New Grappler Baki: In Search of Our Strongest Hero") ran 31 volumes starting in 1999, followed by Baki Hanma ("Baki: Son of Ogre"), which ran 37 volumes starting in 2005, and now,  Baki-Dou (Baki: The Way), which started in March, 2014.

Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen New Visual Revealed

Story:

"I think it's about time I talked about Kiss-Shot-Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade. I believe it's something I have to do. I met her in the spring break between my second and third years of high school. That meeting had such impact and was also quite devastating."

(Source: Araragi Koyomi Novel Synopsis)

The official website for the the Kizumonogatari film trilogy revealed a new visual on Thursday for the third and final film, Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen (Cold blood). The image features the film's heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa holding a red umbrella.

21st "Detective Conan" Movie Gets Release Date

Titled Meitantei Conan Kara Kurenai no Love Letter ("Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter"), it's set to release in Japan on April 15, 2017. The film will be set in Osaka and feature a new character named Momiji.

Early Preview of Youjo Senki Opening

Overlord and Youjo Senki, a pair of light novel series published by Kadokawa's enterbrain label with anime adaptations, just did a crossover webcast, featuring Yumi Hara (Albedo in Overlord), voice actress Aoi Yūki (Clementine in Overlord, Tanya Degurechaff in Youjo Senki), and musical act MYTH & ROID (MYTH & ROID (Re:Zero, BBK/BRNK - pronounced as Miss Android) as guests. Check out the announcements here. And, MYTH & ROID previewed the winter anime's opening, "Jingo Jungle."



MYTH & ROID - "Jingo Jungle" Live | Youjo Senki OP by pKjd

Source: crunchyroll

Main Staff Revealed for "Hinako Note"

The main staff has been revealed for Hinako Note, an upcoming TV anime based on a humorous 4-panel comic by Mitsuki about a shy girl and her unusual friends.

Story:
The story of Hinako Note follows the titular Hinako, a girl who is not very good at talking to other people. However, Hinako is so good at communicating with animals that the people of her hometown use her as a scarecrow. In high school. Hinako moves to the big city and decides to join the drama club to deal with her communication issues, but she finds herself in a strange setting: her boarding house is a used book store, and her new best friend is a beautiful girl who eats books!

New Images Released for "Lupin III" Film

The Blood Spray of Ishikawa Goemon will premiere in Japanese theaters on February 4, 2017.

Images released today show a decidedly younger Lupin and Goemon, as well as a new, brutish villain known as The Bermuda Spectre. By all accounts, the film is pitching itself as a prequel to the long-running franchise. While we have seen and heard various accounts of the first meeting between the two characters (a notable one being in the 30th anniversary special Episode 0: First Contact), this could well put them all to shame.

If we go back to some of the earliest accounts in the manga, Goemon hangs out with Lupin and the gang because he wants Lupin dead -- in particular, Goemon wants to be the one to kill him. Whether this will hold true in the upcoming film is anyone's guess, but seeing as the recent run of Lupin media has gone back to some much older concepts (such as Goemon and Fujiko being an item), it just might.

Source: Lupin Central / crunchyroll

"Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid" Upcoming Anime

Two more cast members have been announced for Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, an upcoming TV anime adaptation based on the humorous seinen manga by Coolkyoushinja about an ordinary office lady who accidentally ends up with a shape-shifting dragon as her personal attendant.

The new cast members of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid include:

Daisuke Ono as Fafnir, a rival dragon who becomes obsessed with video games after coming to the human world and Yuichi Nakamura as Makoto Takiya, Kobayashi's co-worker who has a fetish for maids.

"Tsugumomo" TV Anime Adaptation Confirms

"Tsugumomo" TV Anime Adaptation Confirms April 2017 Premiere

The official website and Twitter for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Yoshikazu Hamada's supernatural romantic comedy manga Tsugumomo open today, posting a teaser visual featuring its five main characters: Kazuya Kagami, Kiriha, Chisato Chikaishi, Kukuri, and Kokuyoh. The anime version visual is based on the cover of the renewal edition of the manga's 1st volume. The site also confirms that the TV anime is set for an April 2017 premiere in Japan.

TV series preview

Isekai Izakaya Nobu Upcoming Anime

Continuing the trend of fantasy foodie adaptations, the new volume of Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" (Parallel Universe Bar "Nobu") by Natsuya Semikawa and Kururi announces plans for an anime.

Story:
Imagine there is a bar with many weird kind of food and drink that might bring you to another world! The bar, so-called "Nobu" is located in a alley of the old city Aiteria. AT the very first step, diners feels like falling into another completely country, with cold, super cool beer, so-called "toriaezu Nama"!

Scum's Wish Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Main Cast

The official website for the anime adaptation of Mengo Yokoyari's Scum's Wish (Kuzu no Honkai) manga began streaming the show's first full promotional video on Thursday. The video reveals the show's main cast and January 12 premiere date.

Story: 17-year-old Awaya Mugi and Yasuraoka Hanabi appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Minagawa Akane, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share a loneliness-driven physical intimacy. Will things stay like this for them forever?

"Ultraman Orb" Comes Into Japanese Theaters in March of 2017

Ultraman Orb, the latest entry in the Ultra series of tokusatsu TV shows by Tsuburaya Productions, will continue the heroic adventures of Gai Kurenai / Ultraman Orb with an upcoming theatrical film entitled Gekijoban Ultraman Orb: Kizuna no Chikara, Okarishimasu! ("Ultraman Orb the Movie: I'm Borrowing the Power of Your Bonds!").

Storyline: In the film, Ultraman Orb must team up with the previous Ultra series heroes Ultraman Ginga, Ultraman Victory, and Ultraman X to save the Earth for the depredations of Murunau, an evil witch from outer space (played by comedian Oniyakko Tsubaki) who wishes to transform whatever pretty thing she fancies into her personal jewelry collection.

Nanbaka Season 2

The anime of Shō Futamata's Nanbaka manga will continue into a second season in January. However, unlike the first 13-episode season which is now airing on Japanese television until December, the second season will run weekly on digital services in Japan, starting with the Anime Store (Docomo Anime Store) on January 4. The first episode of the new season, episode 14, will also be available on the anime's official website for free.

Loser Looks for Love in "Hajimete no Gal" New Anime

Hajimete no Gal, a romantic comedy manga by Meguru Ueno about a luckless young man looking for love in all the wrong places, is being adapted into a TV anime. So far the production details (such as the staff, the cast, and the release date) have not yet been published, but an official website for the series has been launched.

Story: The story follows Junichi Hashiba, a high school student who has never had a girlfriend. Pressured by his friends, Junichi confesses his feelings to Yukane Yame, the trendiest "gyaru" in class, only to get more than he bargained for when she agrees to go out with him.

Source: crunchyroll

Kuroko no Basuke Last Game Anime Film Opens on March 18

The official website for Gekijōban Kuroko no Basuke Last Game (Kuroko no Basuke The Movie: Last Game), the anime film adaptation of Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game sequel manga, announced on Monday that the film will open in Japan on March 18.

Story-line:
The film will be a sequel to the television anime series, taking place after Kuroko and Kagami become second-year students. An American street basketball team called Jabberwock comes to Japan and plays a friendly match with a Japanese team, but after the Japanese team suffers a crushing defeat, the team members of Jabberwock start mocking Japanese basketball. Their comments enrage Riko's father, and so he gathers a team made up of the five members of the Generation of Miracles plus Kuroko and Kagami, called Vorpal Swords, to have a revenge match against Jabberwock.

Atom the Beginning Anime's 1st Promo Video, Story Intro Posted

Spring 2017 premiere confirmed for anime based on "birth story" of Astro Boy.

Tezuka Productions opened a website on Sunday for the anime adaptation of Tetsuro Kasahara's Atom the Beginning manga. The website confirms the previously listed staff and spring 2017 premiere date, and is also streaming a promotional video. The video features the narration: "This is a previously untold 'episode zero' story leading up to the birth of Astro Boy."

Isekai Shokudo comes to TV

Planned anime adaptation of light novel series currently being adapted to air on Japanese television.

It was reported not long ago that Junpei Inuzuka's light novel series Isekai Shokudo ("Alternate-World Restaurant") would be receiving both a manga and an anime adaptation, though details were scant on both. Now, the manga adaptation has been launched in the most recent Young Gangan magazine from Square Enix, and it's also been announced that the anime adaptation will be airing on television.

"Hirunehime" New Anime Film

Kenji Kamiyama's all-new film will be released on March 18, 2017

Warner Brothers Japan has posted a 60-second video featuring the footage from acclaimed anime director Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)'s upcoming feature film Hirunehime -Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari- (Princess Nap -The Story of Unknown Me-), including never-seen-before ones.