News Briefs for Mar 3 - 9

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

Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to
The official site for the series has revealed the main cast along with some additional staff.

Cast
Yuuki Aito: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Sahoto Ashisu: Saori Hayami
Mihari Otosuna: Arisa Noto
Sena Kuroi: Rie Kugimiya

Staff
Prop Design: Yoshinori Deno
Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri
Color Design: Aiko Shinohara
Special Effect: Shin Inoie
Filming Director: Toshikazu Kuno
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Sound Studio: Magic Capsule
Music Composer: Tomoki Kikuya
Music: Lantis

Source: Official site
Previous Related News: Manga 'Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to' to Receive TV Anime Adaptation


Fuuun Ishin Dai☆Shogun
The official site for the series has revealed the main cast for the series.

Cast
Keiichirou Tokugawa: Tetsuya Kakihara
Kiriko Hattori: Ayako Kawasumi
Chiharu: Yukari Tamura
Hyakusuke: Hideki Ogihara
Houkouin: Miyuki Sawashiro

Source: Official site, Animate.tv
Previous Related News: 'Fuun Ishin Dai Shogun' TV Anime Announced Airing April 2014


Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
Additional cast for the series have been announced.

Cast
Shou Gongensaka: Youhei Oobayashi
Shuuzou Hiiragi: Mitsutaka Itakura
Youko Sakaki: Ryouko Yuui
Shuushou Hiiragi: Hiroki Touchi
Narrator: Kazuhiro Yamaji

Source: Official site
Previous Related News: 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' to Receive New TV Anime to Air Spring 2014


Blade and Soul
A new key visual along with additional cast for the series have been revealed.

Cast
Yu Lan: Shizuka Itou
Ga Kante: Rikiya Koyama
Yuu: Marina Inoue
Hon Douken: Cho
Lon: Ryoko Shiraishi

Source: Animate.tv, PV via Animate.tv
Previous Related News: Korean MMORPG 'Blade and Soul' to Receive TV Anime Adaptation Airing Spring 2014


Captain Earth
Additional cast for the series have been revealed.

Cast
Peter Westvillage: Kouichi Sakaguchi
Rita Hino: Kaori Nazuka
Setsuna: Asuka Kudou
Jin: Kouki Uchiyama
Ai: Nozomi Yamamoto
Rin: Megumi Han
Baku: Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Source: Post via Newtype


Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka
Additional cast and staff for the series have been revealed.

Cast
Tippi: Motomu Kiyokawa
Chinoto Father: Show Hayami

Staff
Art Director: Satoru Hirayanagi
Filming Director: Kentarou Minegishi
Color Design: Miyuki Satou
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa

Source: Meikyoshisui
Previous Related News: Manga 'Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?' to Receive Anime Adaptation


Other Anime News

Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014 Nominations for Anime of the Year
The nominations for Anime of the Year during this year's Tokyo Anime Award Festival have been announced. The winners will be announced on March 22, 2014.

Anime Movie of the Year:

• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
  
• Kaze Tachinu
  
• Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie
  
• Gintama: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare
  
• Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari

Anime TV Series of the Year:

• Uchuu Kyoudai
  
• Shingeki no Kyojin

Source: Anime! Anime!


Kaze Tachinu
The movie received the Best Animation Award at the 2014 Japan Academy Prize (also known as the Japan Academy Awards).

Source: Cinema today


Manga News

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Mangaka of the series, Shinobu Ohtaka, wrote on her blog that she is going to focus on some major deaths in the second half of the manga. In the blog, she expresses her thoughts on how she is going to approach and handle this. She also officially declared the manga reaching its midway conclusion with the second half of the story slowly wrapping things up as it comes closer to its final conclusion.

Source: Shinobu Ohtaka's blog, ANN
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