| Here is a collection of news briefs for the last week in anime/manga news. These briefs include announcements that would not normally receive their own news thread. Please check the News Board for previous major announcements. Last week's News Briefs can be found here. Upcoming Anime Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou The official site has announced the cast and staff for the series. A new key visual for the series is also available. Cast: Kazunari Usa: Yuuichi Iguchi Ritsu Kawai: Kana Hanazawa Mayumi Nishikino: Rina Satou Shirasaki: Gou Shinomiya Sayaka Watanabe: Hisako Kamemoto Sumiko: Sanae Kobayashi Staff: Director: Miya Shigeyuki Series Composition/Script: Konuta Kenji Character Design: Shinichi Kurita, Maki Kawano Guest Character Design: Junko Yamanaka Music: Akito Matsuda Sound Director: Kengo Kawazoe Music Produce: Lantis Production: DAX Production Studio: Brains Base Theme Song Singer: fhána Source: Yaraon!, Key visual Previous Related News: Manga 'Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou' to Receive TV Anime Adaptation [b]Love Stage!![/b] The official site for the series has announced some of the staff for the series. Staff: Director: Kenichi Kasai Series Composition: Michiko Yokote Character Design: Youko Itou Studio: J.C.Staff Source: Official site Previous Related News: Manga 'Love Stage!!' to be Animated Fairy Tail (2014) When it was announced that the Fairy Tail anime would reset April 2014, it was also revealed that Shinji Takeuchi would be taking over the role of character designs. Recently the new character designs for Natsu and Lucy were shown. Character Designs: Natsu Lucy Source: Crunchyroll Related News Post: 'Fairy Tail' Anime to Restart April 2014 Escha & Logy no Atelie The staff for the series has been revealed. Staff: Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki Series Composition: Tatsuhiko Urahata Screenplay: Tatsuhiko Urahata, Tatsuya Takahashi, Yoriko Tomita Character Design, Animation Director: Keiya Nakano Monster Design: Etsunobu Iwanaga Art Director: Chikako Shibata Color scheme: Matsuoka Tamae Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Akamatsu Editing: Masahiro Goto Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Animation Production: Studio Gokumi Source: Crunchyroll Previous Related News: Game 'Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky' to Have TV Anime Adaptation Due 2014 [b]Kenzen Robo Daimidaler[/b] Additional cast and staff have been revealed for the series along with a new PV. Cast: Shouma Ameku: Natsuki Hanae Kiriko Kikuna: Shizuka Ishigami Rikantsu Seaberry: Aya Suzaki Kazuo Matayoshi: Takehito Koyasu Penguin Emperor: Hideyuki Hori Michael: Taishi Murata Denis: Shintaro Asanuma Jake: Kentarou Itou Jim: Makoto Yasumura Nelzon: Jun Fukushima Narration: Rikiya Koyama Staff: Mechanic Design: Takahiro Yamada Prop Design: Yutaka Miya Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda Color Design: Yuuko Tsumori Film Director: Emi Inoue Editing: Bun Hida Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Music: Ryosuke Nakanishi Music Produce: Lantis Produce: Jenko Production: Penguin Empire Source: Animate.tv, Comic Natalie, Official site (for PV click past advertisement and scroll to middle of the page) Previous Related News: Manga 'Kenzen Robo Daimidaler' Gets Anime Adaptation Due Spring 2014 Other Anime News Most Popular 'Gundam' Anime Survey Results According to a survey conducted by NTT DoCoMo, the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime has been rated as the most popular series in the Gundam franchise. The 'Voice of the People' survey for the month of December was conducted between November 28, 2013 and December 12, 2013 with 5347 votes being cast. The results have been listed below. 1. Mobile Suit Gundam 2. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed 3. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 4. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny 5. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 6. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 7. Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 8. Mobile Fighter G Gundam 9. Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 10. Gundam Build Fighters 11. After War Gundam X 12. Turn A Gundam 13. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 14. Other Gundam Titles Source: Goo, Survey Results on Goo, Anime News Network [u]Manga News[/u] Sora no Otoshimono It has been announced that the April issue of Shounen Ace magazine, to be released February 26, 2014, will include a bonus chapter for the series. The last chapter recently was published in the February issue of the magazine. Source: Comic Natalie [b]New Titles for Shounen Jump (Weekly) Announced[/b] Four new manga titles will be launched over the next four issues of the Shounen Jump (Weekly) magazine, according to an announcement in its 10th issue. Illegal Rare by Hiroshi Shiibashi will debut in the 11th issue (to be published on February 10, 2014). iShoujo by Toshinori Takayama will debut in the 12th issue (to be published on February 17, 2014). Stealth Symphony by Ryohgo Narita (story) and Youichi Amano (art), will debut in the 13th issue (to be published on February 24, 2014). Tokyo Wonder Boys by Kento Shimoyama (story) and Tsunehiro Date (art) will debut in the 14th issue (to be published on March 3, 2014). Source: Scan via ANN Illegal Rare & Stealth Symphony on MAL |
NaruleachAug 12, 2014 1:03 AM
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| um... I see absolutely no difference in Natsu's and Lucy's designs... XD |
| I really like what they did with Mary's character design for Mekaku City Actors! I have full confidence in the anime adaptation since Jin is in charge of the script. I really can't wait for spring (not to say this winter is bad or anything; it's pretty good imo, especially in comparison to last winter). I'm also pretty excited for Haikyuu!!. |
Wind_Sr said: Stealth Symphony by Ryohgo Narita (story) and Youichi Amano (art), will debut in the 13th issue (to be published on February 24, 2014). I'm very curious about this. I would have preferred seeing it in a different magazine that's for sure (especially one that wouldn't put that much pressure on the authors). But still, as a fan of Narita's I can't wait to read it. |
| I can't wait for Mekaku City Actors. SHAFT is did good with Nsekoi and Mongatari, thy're on a roll. |
parfaited said: Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny... really? I don't mean this in a shits sucks kind of way but i'm currently working my way through Gundam and I preemptively made a point to avoid Seed at all costs. Now I feel like I should reconsider even though most things I hear about it are not good. Hmmm. 14. Other Gundam Titles. Oh okay but I loved War in the Pocket. ;( Also Gundam fans let me love you and should I watch Turn A Gundam after working my way through most things? I never quite figured out the ~placement~ of this series. In other news. Love Stage- JC Staff why did I not see this coming? And FT "new" designs look the same, just saying. Dafuq? Seed and destiny are my two favorite gundam, I gave seed a 9 and destiny a 8/10 don't listen what people say, watch it and see if you like it or not. |
keragammingFeb 2, 2014 1:22 PM
parfaited said: Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny... really? Seed and Destiny are really popular in Japan for some reasons. But yeah, they are bad. Seed is watchable, but good luck with Destiny. Glad to see Zeta as the third, but man, Chingchongs really have bad taste in Chinese cartoons. |
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parfaited said: Okay. keragamming: Well I try not to listen to what people say but 100 episodes are a big chunk of my time so in this case i'm inclined to listen a little. Seed is really good, I watch almost every gundam, and seed is my favorite, destiny is good but not as good as the first season u will know why after watching seed. Give it a try. |
parfaited said: SEED wasn't so bad, it was pretty good, although there are a few plot holes, lots of stock footage, and long boring fights, but it still managed to be entertaining and just a bit better than ZZ that's forsure.Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny... really? Also Gundam fans let me love you and should I watch Turn A Gundam after working my way through most things? I never quite figured out the ~placement~ of this series. SEED really lacks slapping, and watch out for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjfbUfcJUM ZetaZaku said: LOLGlad to see Zeta as the third, but man, Chingchongs really have bad taste in Chinese cartoons. |
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parfaited said: Gu In other news. Love Stage- JC Staff why did I not see this coming? I actually saw that coming from miles away, although I did hope it would be another studio for once. But oh well, I don't think Love Stage!! would be too hard to adapt. Just hope they do it well. They're doing a good job with Witch Craft Works from what I've heard though (and I'm enjoying the anime myself). |
| Looking forward to Love Stage. I need more shounen ai! Half_Bl00d said: um... I see absolutely no difference in Natsu's and Lucy's designs... XD Really? I think they do. But will have to wait until they are animated to see more. |
Wind_Sr said: 1. Mobile Suit Gundam It's expected to see the first in the franchise on top, super hyped to see this story and its animation remastered with the upcoming Gundam: the origin. Wind_Sr said: 10. Gundam Build Fighters Definitely one of the best Gundams even without the threat of actual death the battles this show has are amazing and characters are fun in their own way. Plus there is some plot surrounding Reiji that is starting to reveal itself. If it were my chart it would be ranked even higher. I'm sad that Gundam Unicorn and 08th ms team didn't make it on the list. |
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| Normally I'd give something like Love Stage a pass since it's Shounen Ai, but it's hard to ignore the person directing it. This is right up Kasai's ally too; he has a lot of talent when it comes to bromance pairings like Takagi x Mashiro! This is gonna be a fun watch, lol. So the writer of Baccano/DRRR is writing a manga for Jump. Well, I'm hype. |
News Briefs for January 27 - March 2 Shouldn't that be 'News Briefs for January 27 - February 2'? |
| Regarding the Gundam SEED topic, I actually thought SEED was decent but Destiny has quite a lot of problems especially in the second half. I'm not a big fan of Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou's character designs yet though. Can't wait to see a PV for Escha & Logy no Atelie soon too. VioLink said: Wind_Sr said: 1. Mobile Suit Gundam It's expected to see the first in the franchise on top, super hyped to see this story and its animation remastered with the upcoming Gundam: the origin. Wind_Sr said: 10. Gundam Build Fighters Definitely one of the best Gundams even without the threat of actual death the battles this show has are amazing and characters are fun in their own way. Plus there is some plot surrounding Reiji that is starting to reveal itself. If it were my chart it would be ranked even higher. I'm sad that Gundam Unicorn and 08th ms team didn't make it on the list. I haven't seen Gundam Unicorn yet but definitely this. I highly recommend giving Gundam Build Fighters a try. I'll probably review the series sometimes this year. |
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| Who knows. It might just be a long week for him. |
Numi said: News Briefs for January 27 - March 2 Shouldn't that be 'News Briefs for January 27 - February 2'? LOL woops. Surprised no one else said anything. Thanks for pointing it out. |
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Wind_Sr said: Numi said: News Briefs for January 27 - March 2 Shouldn't that be 'News Briefs for January 27 - February 2'? LOL woops. Surprised no one else said anything. Thanks for pointing it out. NP. Also thanks for the news on the upcoming SJ titles. Some of them look full of potential, given who wrote them. |
jmal said: VioLink said: I'm sad that Gundam Unicorn and 08th ms team didn't make it on the list. Was it even on the original survey? With it being the best selling Gundam of all time, I'm sure it would have gotten more than 19 votes (Age's total) if it were eligible. It looks like this is TV series only. 1st Gundam got more than half of all the votes though so it was definitely a blowout. Okay yeah that makes more sense. |
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| Hanazawa Kana voiced the girl that showed up in the second CM of Mekaku City Actors? No wonder I recognize that shy voice tone. That voice tone kinda reminds me to the voice of Fukasaku Aoi from Coppelion. |
Kazumi-Feb 6, 2014 4:08 AM
Wind_Sr said: According to a survey conducted by NTT DoCoMo, the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime has been rated as the most popular series in the Gundam franchise. The 'Voice of the People' survey for the month of December was conducted between November 28, 2013 and December 12, 2013 with 5347 votes being cast. The results have been listed below. 1. Mobile Suit Gundam 2. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed 3. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 4. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny 5. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 6. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 7. Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 8. Mobile Fighter G Gundam 9. Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 10. Gundam Build Fighters 11. After War Gundam X 12. Turn A Gundam 13. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 14. Other Gundam Titles *sigh* Seed and Seed Destiny, but no Unicorn. /edit Never mind just TV shows...still SEED above Zeta... |
MaorFeb 2, 2014 8:49 PM
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| Lets see if the upcoming ones are good. |
| Based Narita Ryohgo. Can't wait. |
| So, What do you think is on the other side? |
| Love Stage is must watch because of Izumi Sena. She looks so cute. Escha & Logy no Atelie- Fantasy with hot chicks. Thats also a must watch Kenzen Robo Daimidaler - Echii and mecha ! Thats another must watch Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou- School and slice of life ?! No thanks |
| I wonder in what position gundam unicorn would have been had it been finished? |
| Anything from Narita is a must-try for me, so I'll be checking out Stealth Symphony. |
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| I know everyone has their own taste and such but holy shit Gundam Seed & Destiny ranked so high?! I can maybe understand Seed but Destiny was a fucking train wreck. From the ones I've seen nothing beats 08th team, Victory Gundam, Turn A and 00 (as far as HD Gundam are concerned). Oh well to each his own I guess. |
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Half_Bl00d said: um... I see absolutely no difference in Natsu's and Lucy's designs... XD ^this! |
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Half_Bl00d said: um... I see absolutely no difference in Natsu's and Lucy's designs... XD Me neither |
thepath said: Love Stage is must watch because of Izumi Sena. She looks so cute. You know that Izumi is a guy, right...? |
| FUCK YOUR SURVEY TURN A IS #1 BITCH. |
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| Gundam Wing is only#5? Okay. *cries* |
Sora no Otoshimono It has been announced that the April issue of Shounen Ace magazine, to be released February 26, 2014, will include a bonus chapter for the series. The last chapter recently was published in the February issue of the magazine. looking forward for the bonus chapter :D |
| Well I'm kinda late but I'll comment anyways. parfaited said: Also Gundam fans let me love you and should I watch Turn A Gundam after working my way through most things? I never quite figured out the ~placement~ of this series. With being about half way through Turn A, there's really nothing special about it. Basically it's just average. I can't make a full opinion on it. Also you should give SEED a chance, it's not as bad as you think. If you would like to know more about other Gundam shows just message me. Uriel_The_Fourth said: I know everyone has their own taste and such but holy shit Gundam Seed & Destiny ranked so high?! I can maybe understand Seed but Destiny was a fucking train wreck. From the ones I've seen nothing beats 08th team, Victory Gundam, Turn A and 00 (as far as HD Gundam are concerned). Oh well to each his own I guess. Apparently when it comes to the Gundam shows, it seems people can't tell a good show from a bad show. It's hard to take so called "Gundam Fans" serious, when their views are terrible (It's like they didn't even watch the show). Thank you for using your brain. I agree with most of what you posted. |
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