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TV Anime 'Jashin-chan Dropkick' Gets Sequel
The Jashin-chan Dropkick (Dropkick On My Devil!) event held on Sunday has announced that the series will get a sequel since it has exceeded 2000 sold copies of the first season's Blu-ray and DVD volumes. The campaign was announced last October when the total sales were less than 1000 copies. It was also announced that the character song "Jinbouchou Aika" will be released on CD. Jashin-chan Dropkick is a supernatural comedy manga that began serialization via Comic Meteor magazine in April 2012 wi...
Kenichi Sonoda's New Anime Project 'Bean Bandit' Announces Staff and Cast Members
Kenichi Sonoda's new anime project Bean Bandit has announced staff and cast members. A crowdfunding project was announced during Anime Central last May when the new GunSmith Cats short was screened, and the goal was reached within a month. The anime will be screened at Anime Central this year. The initial goal for the anime project was to produce a five-minute animation. It later announced additional milestones where the length of the animation would be increased for each subsequential mileston...
'Lupin III' Franchise Gets New Movie
NTV's Friday Roadshow! has announced on Friday that Lupin III franchise will get a new movie for "Winter 2019." More Information will be revealed at a later time. Lupin III franchise is based on the manga of the same title by Monkey Punch. Tokyo Movie Shinsha adapted the manga into three TV series, which the last ended on 1985. The series returned in 2012 with 13-episode Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna series by TMS Entertainment introducing brand new cast group. Telecom Animation Film joined the produc...
Manga 'Kemono Michi' Gets Anime Adaptation
The Twitter account for Kadokawa's Shounen Ace magazine announced that Natsume Akatsuki's Kemono Michi manga will receive an anime adaptation in 2019. Synopsis Professional wrestler and animal lover Shibata Genzo is suddenly summoned to another world. Greeted by a princess, she requests to get rid of the evil beasts roaming in this world. Outraged that he was asked to kill monsters, Genzo German suplexes the princess. Unable back to get back to Earth, he decides to live a peaceful life and manag...
New Short Anime of 'Kemono Friends' Franchise in Production
On Wednesday, the goal of reaching 10,000 pre-registrations for the newly announced Kemono Friends 3 mobile game was met, resulting in the decision of a new Kemono Friends short anime. On Saturday, the goal was confirmed during the Kemono Friends 2 TV anime pre-screening event. More information will be announced at a later time. Kemono Friends is an smartphone game series by Nexon, which originally ended in December 2016 with a second installment the game launching in Summer 2017. The first TV...
Manga 'Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?' Gets TV Anime
An official website has launched and announced that manga Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? (How Many Kilograms are the Dumbbells You Lift?) will get a TV anime for this summer. Synopsis Hibiki Sakura is your average high school girl with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline, she decides to look into joining the nearby gym. There, she runs into a girl from her grade named Akemi Souryuuin. Akemi, who has a muscle fetish, tries to get Hibiki to en...
Mystery Manga 'Kyokou Suiri' Gets TV Anime
An official website has opened and announced that the manga adaptation of Kyokou Suiri (In/Spectre) novel will get TV anime. The staff members were also revealed. Synopsis At the young age of 11, Kotoko Iwanaga was abducted by youkai for two weeks and asked to become their "God of Wisdom," a mediator between the spirit and human worlds, to which the girl quickly agreed but at the cost of her right eye and left leg. Now, six years later, whenever youkai wish for their problems to be solved, they...
TV Anime 'Free!: Dive to the Future' Gets Recap Movie
The official website for the Free! franchise has announced that a recap movie of Free!: Dive to the Future TV anime will premiere in Japanese theaters on July 5. The recap movie will also include new scenes. It also announced that the previously announced new anime that will be out in 2020 will be a movie featuring a brand new story for Haruka, which will premiere in Japanese theaters in Summer 2020. The announcement video that revealed both was also released during the "Free!: Dive to the Futu...
TV Anime 'Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san' Gets Second Season
The February 2019 issue of Shogakukan's Gessan magazine has announced a second anime season of Souichirou Yamamoto's Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san (Teasing Master Takagi-san) manga on Saturday. Yamamoto launched the romantic comedy manga in Gessan Mini, the supplement brochure to Gessan magazine in July 2012. After ending the serialization of Fudatsuki no Kyouko-chan in June 2016, Yamaoto transferred Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san to Gessan the following month. Shogakukan published the ninth volume l...
Live Anime 'Virtual-san wa Miteiru' Gets Specials
The official website for the currently airing Virtual-san wa Miteiru live anime has announced Blu-ray discs information. There will be six volumes total released, with previously announced 12 episodes and two unaired episodes included. The first unaired episode will be included in fifth volume while second and final unaired episode will be included in sixth and final volume, both releasing on May 24. Virtual-san wa Miteiru is a live anime featuring the Virtual YouTubers that announced in Decemb...
Manga 'Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita.' Gets TV Anime
An official website opened for a TV anime adaptation of Alfred Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. (Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It) on Wednesday. Details regarding the broadcast, airing stations, cast, and production studio will be announced on the official website and Twitter account in June 2019. Synopsis Yukimura Shinya and Himuro Ayame are two scientists that want to find out if love can be solved by a scientific theory. These two sc...
Keiichi Hara Directs 'Birthday Wonderland' Anime Movie
Warner Bros. Japan announced an anime movie adaptation of Sachiko Kashiwaba's Chikashitsu Kara no Fushigi na Tabi (Strange Journey from the Basement) children's novel on Tuesday. Keiichi Hara (Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai) will direct the movie under the title Birthday Wonderland, which will premiere on April 26. Actress Mayu Matsuoka (Chihayafuru live-action) will voice the protagonist Akane. Russian illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov is in charge of character designs and visual. Miho Maruo (Nodame Cantab...
Anime Adaptation of 'Naruto Shinden: Oyako no Hi' Novel Announced
The combined sixth and seventh issue of Weekly Shounen Jump of 2019 announced on Monday that Mirei Miyamoto's "Naruto Shinden: Oyako no Hi" (Naruto New Story: Family Day) book in the Naruto Shinden (The New Legend of Naruto) novel series will receive an anime adaptation. The anime will air within the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations TV anime for three weeks beginning on February 10. The announcement was originally made through the Jump Festa leaflet, which was distributed at the Weekly Shounen Ju...
Spin-off of 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans' Series Announced
The Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 3rd Anniversary The Reflection event on Sunday has announced that the series will get a spin-off. Titled Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Urðr Hunt, the spin-off will be available on the series' smartphone application, which combines game and anime content. The spin-off takes place between the first and second seasons. Some staff members from the TV series will return for the project. More information, including the release date, will be ann...
Novel 'Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo' Gets TV Anime
Fate Project Year End Special Show 2018 on Monday has announced that Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo novel will get a TV anime. Titled Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note, the anime will adapt the popular episode of the same title as well as the anime original story related to it. The anime is slated for Summer 2019 via Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV and MBS. Its pilot episode, which is the previously announced new Type-Moon anime, was also aired on Monday. Synopsi...
TV Anime 'Persona 5 The Animation' Gets Second TV Special
At the end of one-hour Dark Sun… TV special on Monday, it was announced that Persona 5 The Animation anime series will get another TV special. Titled Stars and Ours, it considers the second and final part of the TV special, and is planned for March 2019 broadcast. It has also revealed that the 11th volume of the series will include Dark Sun... TV special and an "unaired episode". It will be released on May 29, 2019. Persona 5 the Animation is a TV anime adaptation of the latest Persona game ser...
Light Novel 'Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded' Gets TV Anime
An official website for Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded light novel has launched and announced that it will get TV anime. Titled Cup Craft, the anime is slated for next year. Introduction 15 years ago, an unknown hyperspace appeared on Pacific Ocean. Beyond that, there is a mysterious world with fairies and goblins living in Rat Semani. Sun Teresa City, a city that lives two hundred ten thousand immigrants from across the two different worlds, with various races and colorful culture and peop...
TV Anime Adaptation of 'Nekopara' in Production
The Neko Works booth at the Comiket 95 event announced on Saturday that a TV anime adaptation of its Nekopara visual novel series is in progress. Neko Works developed the first Nekopara game in December 2014 and has since released four more games in the series, including sequels and prequels. Sekai Project published the games in English on the Steam platform simultaneously with the Japanese release. The visual novel series has sold over 2 million copies. Sekai Project launched a Kickstarter cam...
Short ONA 'Miru Tights' Announced
An official website for the short anime by illustrator Yomu has launched. Titled Miru Tights, the anime will be streamed early summer of 2019. Introduction A rainy morning in April. Cherry blossoms are struck by the rain and floats in the puddle. High school students enter the school gate, carrying various colors of umbrellas. "Good morning, Ren," Yua greeted Ren, wearing wet tights in front of the shoe cupboard. When Ren faced her glumly, Homi, who was drenched, joined them as if she is jumpin...
TV Anime 'Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu' Gets Special
The official Twitter account of Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu has announced that the series will have a special event to be held on March 3, 2019, with a pre-screening of the anime's unaired 14th episode. Cast members of the anime namely Minato Narumiya (CV: Yuuto Uemura), Seiya Takehaya (CV: Aoi Ichikawa), Ryouhei Yamanouchi (CV: Ryouta Suzuki), Kaito Onogi (CV: Kaito Ishikawa), Masaki Takigawa (CV: Shintaro Asanuma), Shuu Fujiwara (CV: Kensho Ono), as well as the anime's OP and ED perform...
'Lupin III' Franchise Gets New Movie
Manga 'Kemono Michi' Gets Anime Adaptation
New Short Anime of 'Kemono Friends' Franchise in Production
'Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai' Announces Supporting Cast
Short Anime 'Hulaing Babies' Announces Cast and Additional Staff Members
TV Anime 'Ueno-san wa Bukiyou' Adds More Cast Members
Live Anime 'Virtual-san wa Miteiru' Announced
TV Anime 'Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki' Announces Additional Cast Members
New 'Fruits Basket' TV Anime Adds More Cast Members
TV Anime 'Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai' Announces Cast Members
Additional Staff for 'Hitoribocchi no ○○ Seikatsu' Announced