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Each year, April Fools' Day gives a chance for creators in the anime, manga, and games industry to showcase their creativity. With the popularity of social media in recent years, many of these expressions of creativity become viral easily. We shared some of our favorites on our Twitter account, but we also want to share them with the rest of the community.

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Dance with Devils
On the official website, creators of the series announced the anime Wanko to Odore: Dance with Dogs.


Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
The official website featured the character Chino Kafuu as the lead character of Gochuumon wa Mahou Shoujo Desu ka?. It also featured a voice clip of Chino.


Hanayamata
An article in the fictional Sports Hanayamata newspaper announced that Masaru Oofuna has replaced Machi Tokiwa in the Yuihama Academy Middle School yosakoi club.


Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic
"Our daily lives will shine in blond!" The key visual of series was edited with all the characters having blond hair.


Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
On its official website, adult game creator Age Soft announced the TV anime Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Next Generation (Kari), slated for 2017, and a live-action adaptation in order to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the title. A teaser trailer was also uploaded to its YouTube channel.


Mushishi
The official website of the series announced an upcoming movie, Mushishi: The Perfect Love.


Nisekoimonogatari
Animation studio Shaft announced Nisekoimonogatari, a movie crossover of the Nisekoi and Monogatari Series franchises, as its 40th anniversary work.


Satin Loeb
The Studio Ghibli fan site Ghibli Communication Hiroba posted an exclusive look into the animation studio's next work, Satin Loeb, scheduled for release in Summer 2015. The announcement claimed, in order to produce the movie, Studio Ghibli moved its production base overseas and was renamed Sahara Ghibli. Satin Loeb would be based on Rie Asami's fantasy novel of the same name, which is set in the fictional desert kingdom of Satin Loeb.


Selector Infected WIXOSS
The official website of card game maker Takara Tomy announced a live-action movie adaptation of the series. It also featured a trailer on its YouTube channel, but the trailer has since been removed.


Shirobako
The Twitter account of mangaka Takeshi Nogami, whom the character Takezou Nogame is based on, announced a TV anime adaptation of the fictional manga Dai San Hikou Shoujo Tai. The tweet has since been deleted. Episode 1 of this fictional anime will be bundled with the seventh Blu-ray and DVD volume of Shirobako on June 24, 2015.


Tantei Opera Milky Holmes and Peeping Life
The official website of the Milky Holmes franchise announced a new anime, Peeping Life: We Are Milky Holmes, for broadcast in 2016.


The iDOLM@STER and The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
An article written by Yoshizawa in the fictional Derem@s Shimbun newspaper announced the merger of 765 Production, of The iDOLM@STER, and 346 Production, of The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, into 1111 Production (pronounced "One Four Production"). 765 and 346 add up to 1111.


The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
A special website of the Flash game Kirarin☆DASH! featuring Kirari Moroboshi and Anzu Futaba was opened. The game remains playable after April Fools' Day.


Toaru Majutsu no Index
Web artist Teruya published a trailer of TV anime Toaru Kagaku no Suzushina Yuriko, featuring Touma Kamijou and a crossdressing Accelerator, on his Twitter account.


Wake Up, Girls!
The YouTube channel of distributor Avex Pictures uploaded an edited music video of the theme song "Tachiagare!" It featured an extended clip of seiyuu Minami Tanaka, who voices the food-loving Minami Katayama, eating sandwiches. The new music video was titled "Meshiagare!" ("Let's eat!") and has since been removed.


Working!!
The official website of the series announced the new video game Wagnari Untouchable!! to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary. It features 100 million ways to raise each of the main characters.


Other

AKB84
The six-person seiyuu unit AKB84, composed of Kenji Akabane, Marina Inoue, Ryouhei Kimura, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Yoshino Nanjo, and Yuuki Ono was announced. AKB is derived from Akabane's name, while 84 refers to the year in which all six seiyuu were born.


Kagawa Prefecture Tourism Association
The official website of Kagawa Prefecture posted an advisory that 800 of the Pokémon Yadon (Slowpoke) have escaped from the prefecture's secret research center.


Momoiro Clover Z
The idol group updated its official website with members dressed as Dragon Ball's Frieza.


LONGLONGPhone 4.1S
"The era of scrolling has ended." Manga reading app Comico announced it is giving away 100,000 free units of a foldable long-screen smartphone that allows users to read manga while cutting back on scrolling.


Source: Dengeki Online, Gigazine
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Apr 1, 2015 9:45 PM
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The funny part is, how awesome it would be if these were actually real.
Apr 1, 2015 9:46 PM
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When I first saw Nisekoimonogatari, I admittedly fell for that hard.
Apr 1, 2015 9:47 PM
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LOL at that phone =D

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Apr 1, 2015 9:54 PM
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LOL @ GINKO...
Apr 1, 2015 9:55 PM
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i'm gonna assume not everyone around the world celebrates april fools. those ppl would probably have actually believed all those troll ads & that MAL actually got hacked w/ kitties.
Apr 1, 2015 10:02 PM
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Part of me want these to be real:

Gochuumon wa Mahou Shoujo Desu ka?.
Nisekoimonogatari
Dai San Hikou Shoujo Tai <---- No seriously, make this happen
Apr 1, 2015 10:08 PM
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How I wish some of these were real. I approve of that longlongphone lol.
Apr 1, 2015 10:10 PM
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i want my 3rd aerial girls' squad D:
Apr 1, 2015 10:10 PM
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That Mushishi one looks pretty cool. I cracked up so hard at the Selector WIXOSS, Tama looks quite buff and omg Chiyori. I like that AKB48 one though. And wow the LONGLONGPhone, that's amazing. You can bend it all sorts of ways and it's perfect for webcomic viewing!!!
Apr 1, 2015 10:11 PM

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Accelerator and rule 63, fucking wow
Apr 1, 2015 10:16 PM

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FINALLY I'm excited about an Index anime!

Accelerator as a trap is too delicious to pass up...

Also, the funny thing about the Nisekoi and Monogatari crossover is that.....that is more likely than getting Kizumonogatari at this point.

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Apr 1, 2015 10:17 PM
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Even when I know these are all just some April Fools jokes, I really wish some of them would actually happen, particularly the Mushishi one. Ginko looks so badass with that blade while holding his love, Tanyu.

Apr 1, 2015 10:17 PM

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Don't forget this one.

Red Bull Eye Drops
Apr 1, 2015 10:18 PM
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Literally died at the Kagawa Prefecture one.
Apr 1, 2015 10:19 PM

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IZEROII said:
Don't forget this one.

Red Bull Eye Drops

I did see that one, but it's not anime-related.
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Apr 1, 2015 10:21 PM

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This is not funny I wish this was real lol :c
Apr 1, 2015 10:21 PM

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lol. some of these would be so awesome :)

Apr 1, 2015 10:41 PM
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That longlongphone LOOOOL.

Omg, I wish the Mushishi movie was legit...
Apr 1, 2015 10:48 PM

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Mushishi: The perfect love. Omf-OMFG that almost killed me.

No mention of Ishida Sui stating in his tweets that he wants to do a Hisoka centric Hunter x Hunter spin off on April Fools?
Apr 1, 2015 10:54 PM

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Nisekoimonogatari & Mushishi: The Perfect Love were the best ones imo. I knew Nisekoimonogatari had to be a joke, because the budget for all those head tilts would put Shaft out of business.
Apr 1, 2015 10:55 PM
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Nuvi said:
Mushishi: The perfect love. Omf-OMFG that almost killed me.

No mention of Ishida Sui stating in his tweets that he wants to do a Hisoka centric Hunter x Hunter spin off on April Fools?





Seeing some HxH fans getting butthurt over this was amazing. Those delicious tears.
Apr 1, 2015 11:08 PM

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omg i want this mushishi movie
Apr 1, 2015 11:13 PM

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I've always thought Mushishi needed some action, glad to see they share my beliefs! That Index pic is super sexy hnnnng
Apr 1, 2015 11:28 PM
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This is great, really. Shows how awesome Japan is.
I would totally watch Wanko to Odore: Dance with Dogs. So adorable!!
Apr 1, 2015 11:30 PM

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Lol at that Ginko, hope it was real though :p
Chino chan in Mahou shoujo looks very adorable >_<
Apr 2, 2015 12:00 AM

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I guess you cannot find it anymore, but UtaPri got this game available only during April Fool's day (One of the screenshots).

Edit: lol @ that Yuriko Suzushina PV!! (Crossdressing Acce.)
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Apr 2, 2015 12:01 AM

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NOT COOL GHIBLI

NOT COOL
Apr 2, 2015 12:10 AM

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How about Shigatsu Kimi no Uso
(Your lie in april) means april fools!
"Everyone fails sometimes
But dreams won't fade, dreams won't fade
Let's chase them as many times as it takes and don't lose
Because today after all is today and once you wake up, it'll be a new morning"

~Aqours~
Apr 2, 2015 12:24 AM
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Some really nice stuff there. I especially like the Nisekoi x Bakemonogatari crossover idea.

Great now I'm hooked on that Kirari Dash game. Collect ALL the Anzus.
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Apr 2, 2015 12:54 AM

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I want this "new phone"
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Apr 2, 2015 12:56 AM

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Mushishi perfect love looks amazing XD
Apr 2, 2015 1:02 AM

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Matoro_Mahri said:
Non-canon Mushishi spinoff when.

Ginko needs to be armed to the teeth and go in guns blazing. 10/10 would watch.

I would watch that too XD
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Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic
"Our daily lives will shine in blond!"


woah.. so much blonde... @@"

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Accelerator is too perfect, even as a trap

+1

read from right to left
Apr 2, 2015 1:55 AM
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Slowpoke and crossdressing Accelerator take the cake.
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Apr 2, 2015 2:00 AM

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Omg trap Accelerator :D
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Apr 2, 2015 2:22 AM

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Nisekoimonogatari and Crossdressing Accelerator are the best ones xD That long folding phone LMAO xD

Apr 2, 2015 2:29 AM

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dafuq that accelerator XD

Loool that LONGPHONE is genius

Nisekoimonogatari <---- make this happen

Apr 2, 2015 2:30 AM

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Nisekoimonogatari & Mushishi: The Perfect Love were the best ones imo. I knew Nisekoimonogatari had to be a joke, because the budget for all those head tilts would put Shaft out of business.


Tilt ALL the heads!
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I pray to god that Nisekoimonogatari is for real!
Apr 2, 2015 3:12 AM

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The best one is the Love Live! School Idol Festival one:


The girl one everyone's home screen changed into an alpaca. Occasionally the brown one popped in.
Apr 2, 2015 3:15 AM

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I desperately want the Kimi ga Nozomu Eien one to be real now!
Apr 2, 2015 3:34 AM

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What the ......
LOL,,,i cant stop laughing...
Apr 2, 2015 3:36 AM

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I love the Index one with Accelerator too funny!!
Apr 2, 2015 3:40 AM

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Some of these were really great, lol. Mushishi: the perfect love and Nisekoimonogatari especially!

Too bad the trailer for Nisekoimonogatari is cant be viewed in my country.
Apr 2, 2015 3:58 AM

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I love April Fool's Day.
But wish some of these were really going to happen.
Apr 2, 2015 4:46 AM

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Mushishi one was probably too far fetched to fool anybody.
Ii tenki desu ne...
Apr 2, 2015 4:53 AM
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That's a beautiful phone. Conflicting, cuz I think I like that phone more then the one I have now.
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Apr 2, 2015 5:03 AM

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Does anybody know if the news about Noragami second season are true or not?
Apr 2, 2015 5:14 AM

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That Accelerator nice trap..
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