See How Much Money "PPAP" Has Made From the Song

"Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" has been an internet sensation, garnering over 90 million views on YouTube. "PPAP" has even charted om Billboard's Top 100, hitting #1 in Japan and #77 in the U.S. With all this popularity, the big question is, "How much money has Piko Taro racked in?"

The answer Piko Taro gave to that question was: "I haven't received a single yen from the song." This is incredibly strange, because the track is available as a paid download on iTunes, is commercialized on YouTube. Someone must be making a ton of cash off the viral sensation, and if Piko Taro is telling the truth, then someone needs to give him his due.

Source: crunchroll

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.

"Gintama" TV Anime's Return Scheduled

In a follow-up to the September news that a new Gintama TV anime was being planned, TV Tokyo has started listing that Hideaki Sorachi's alt-history-sci-fi-action-comedy will return late-night between January 8 and 9 at 1:35am.

The series was last adapted in the Spring 2015-Winter 2016 Gintama°. It and earlier seasons had been running at 6:00pm - which has been cause for complaints in the past.

Anime Vs. Real "Keijo"

Story:
Kaminashi Nozomi (17) is an exceptional gymnast. So much so that colleges with some of the best gymnastic programs are trying to recruit her. Unfortunately for them, she has other plans. Due to her family being extremely poor, money is everything to her. That's why she wants to step into the world of "Keijo." "Keijo" is a type of gambling sport where girls stand on a small floating platform and compete against one another. The aim is to push the other contestant off of the platform into the water, but they are only allowed to use their butt or breasts to push the others off. Will Nozomi be able to compete in the intense world of "Keijo" and bring wealth and fortune for her family?

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

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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