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Naruto Series' 'Narutop 99' Character Poll Winner Minato Gets One-Shot Manga by Original Creator Masashi Kishimoto
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Naruto franchise, a character popularity poll was held, resulting in Minato Namikaze the Fourth Hokage as the winner with 792,257 votes. To follow, the franchise's original creator, Masashi Kishimoto, will draw an original short manga featuring Minato. The top 22 characters from the poll were also featured in a visual created by Kishimoto, who also added comments regarding the poll. The original Naruto anime will also air four "brand-new" episodes starting in September to celebrate its anniversary, while the Boruto sequel manga and anime continue to be released.
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Re:cycle of Penguindrum
Ultimately, this is still the same Penguindrum people already know and love, just condensed, slightly restructured, and with just a bare minimum of new material.
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Exclusive: Cinedigm Acquires Streaming Rights for Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water TV Anime
Cinedigm Acquires Streaming Rights for Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water TV Anime
Gainax's science-fiction adventure anime Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water's streaming rights are acquired by Cinedigm from GKIDS. The series' remastered version will be streamed exclusively on RetroCrush this June. RetroCrush serves as a free ad-supported video-on-demand service available in the US and Canada. Digital Media Rights' goal is to "serve as a community built for the consumption and discussion of the Golden Age of Japanese animation, (and some not so retro), from the perspectives of pop culture, fandom, art, internet memes & more." The streaming platform plans to include a library of content that "hasn't had proper streaming releases outside of Japan." The staff features directors such as Hideaki Anno, character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, sound director Katsunori Shimizu, and musical composer Shiro Sagisu.
Source: Anime News Network
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Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Cast, Staff for In Another World With My Smartphone 2 Anime
Crunchyroll has recently unveiled the English dub cast and crew of the second season of In Another World With My Smartphone anime, which will premiere on April 17. This new season will feature a new staff and animation studio, with director Yoshiaki Iwasaki at the helm alongside Deko Akao on series composition and Chinatsu Kameyama on animation. A new cast and voice actor : Bryson Baugus as Touya and Celeste Perez as Yumina, as well the returning Leah Clark , Jill Harris, Michelle Rojas, Sarah Wiedenheft, Monica Rial, Marissa Lenti will complete the English dub. The first season of the anime premiered back in 2017, and if you're looking for a quick catch-up for the second season, you can watch subbed episodes on Crunchyroll.
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In/Spectre Anime's 2nd Season Reveals English Dub Cast, Premiere
In/Spectre Anime's 2nd Season Premieres with English Dub Cast on Crunchyroll!
Crunchyroll has announced that it has begun streaming the English dub for the second season of the supernatural mystery anime, In/Spectre. Cast members Lizzie Freeman and Brandon Winckler return to their lead roles along with several new and returning cast members. The anime premiered on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and Animax in Japan in January 2023. The Crunchyroll co-production was part of the Crunchyroll Originals Slate which aired 12 episodes in the first season. Additionally, Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English. The anime is directed by Keiji Gotoh with a script by Noboru Takagi, character design by Kentarou Matsumoto, and theme songs by KanoeRana and Mamoru Miyano.
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Suzume Anime Film Earns US$2.15 Million on Friday in U.S.
Makoto Shinkai's anime film Suzume debuted in the US with great success, earning $2.15 million on its Friday premiere and ranking at #4. The movie is projected to reach $5 million in its opening weekend. The film has also seen record-breaking success in other countries, earning the title of the highest-selling Japanese anime in China of all time and ranking #1 on its opening day in many countries' box office charts. The movie centers around Suzume Iwato, voiced by Nanoka Hara, and a young man named Sōta Munakata, voiced by Hokuto Matsumura, on a journey as the "Door-Closing Master." Suzume was directed and written by Shinkai, who is also credited with the original story. Other staff members include Masayoshi Tanaka as the character designer and Kenichi Tsuchiya as the animation director.
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Seiji Hayashi's Ichigoki's Under Control!! Manga Ends
Seiji Hayashi's manga, Ichigoki's Under Control!!, published its final chapter in Weekly Shonen Jump's 20th issue this year. The manga's final volume will release on June 2. MANGA Plus and Viz Media released the manga in English digitally. The manga tells a story about Ichigoki, who becomes a cyborg after an encounter with an escaped gorilla.
Ichigoki's Under Control!! was launched last November by Shueisha, and its first volume was published on April 4. Seiji Hayashi, who previously drew the I'm From Japan manga, created the manga. Ichigoki's Under Control!! is a coming-of-age and buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of Ichigoki and his mad scientist friend, Misao.
The I'm From Japan manga, also created by Hayashi, ended in 2020 in Weekly Shonen Jump. It inspired a TV anime series in April 2019.
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Banished From The Heroes' Party Anime's 2nd Season Reveals Title, Teaser Visual
Kadokawa reveals the new visual and title for the second season of Banished From the Heroes' Party anime! The title for the second season is Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita 2nd. The first season is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
The first season of the anime was directed by Makoto Hoshino and the series scripts were in charge of Megumi Shimizu, while Ruriko Watanabe designed the characters. Funimation streamed the first season of the series when it aired in Japan in Fall 2021.
Banished From the Heroes' Party is based on Zappon and Yasumo's light novel series that follos a young man who is ostracized from the hero community and forced to live a quiet life in the countryside.
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Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine Film Earns Best 3-Day Opening for Anime Franchise
The 26th Detective Conan movie "Kurogane no Submarine" broke franchise records and earned approximately 3.14 billion yen (about US$23.4 million) on its first three days. The story takes place on Hachijō-jima Island south of Tokyo, where engineers from around the world gather to witness the launch of a new system that enables facial recognition worldwide, and Conan receives a message from Subaru Okiya that a Europol agent has been murdered by the Black Organization's Gin. The film is directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa and has a cumulative franchise box office revenue of over 100 billion yen (about US$745.97 million).
The 26th Detective Conan movie had the best three-day opening for the franchise, earning 64% more than the previous movie. The film opened on April 14 and sold 580,000 tickets to earn approximately 850 million yen (about US$6.35 million) on its first day. Toho is aiming for the new film to be the first in the franchise to earn 10 billion yen.
The Detective Conan franchise's 25th anime movie, "The Bride of Halloween," sold 1,321,944 tickets for 1,907,467,150 yen (about US$15.06 million at the time) in its first three days and eventually earned 9.78 billion yen (about US$73.8 million). The 25 films have so far a cumulative box office revenue of over 100 billion yen (about US$745.97 million).
🎥💰 The 26th Detective Conan movie "Kurogane no Submarine" had the best three-day opening for the franchise, earning 64% more than the previous movie. The cumulative franchise box office revenue is over 100 billion yen (about US$745.97 million).
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Emma, A Bride's Story Manga Creator Kaoru Mori Recovering After Surgery
Kaoru Mori, the creator of Emma: A Bride's Story manga, is currently suffering from an unspecified illness, undergoing surgery to remove uterine fibroids but is now recovering. Mori had been suffering from allergic dermatitis and calcific arthritis before her hospitalization, and also had headaches due to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome earlier this year, with her previous conditions not improving. The manga artist assures fans that she is doing well mentally and will do her best to recover and get back to drawing as soon as possible.
Mori's newest chapter of Shirley Madison manga will appear in Aokishi's upcoming issue 13B but in an incomplete state due to her hospitalization. Her manga Emma inspired a television anime in 2005 and a sequel in 2007, while A Bride's Story manga continues to enjoy its ongoing publication.
Source: Anime News Network
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This Week in Anime - Has the Isekai Genre Given Up?
Nick and Steve wade through the latest season of isekai, reverse-isekai, and reverse-reverse-isekai and come to a startling revelation: we've truly reached the bottom of the barrel.
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Mamoru Nagano Speaks About His Theater-Exclusive Anime Gothicmade
Never shown outside of theaters on its director's orders, the 70-minute film has achieved a cult-like status among fans of The Five Star Stories manga series.
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Akudama Drive Manga Ends in May
DeNIMO will issue the final volume of Rokurou Ōgaki's manga adaptation of the original anime of Too Kyo Games and Studio Pierrot titled Akudama Drive in May. The anime is about a world divided by a war between the Kantō and Kansei countries. After the conflict ended, Kansei became Kantō's vassal state, leading to a decline of government and rise of crime.
The manga adaptation first hit digital shelves in 2020, with the eighth and latest issue came out in April. The anime itself premiered back in October 2020 on Japanese television and was released on Blu-ray and DVD in November 2021 by Funimation. Ōgaki, who launched the manga adaptation of The Unlimited – Hyōbu Kyōsuke in 2013, has previously worked on Zettai Karen Children and the manga spin-off Crazy Food Truck.
The English digital serialization of the Akudama Drive manga is being done by Renta!, while fans of the series looking for a physical copy will have to wait for the volume release from DeNIMO.
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This Week in Anime - The Best OPs and EDs This Season
Our columnists shared their favorite OPs and EDs this season, such as from Magical Destroyers and G-Witch season 2. They decided to preview all the theme songs this season and picked their favorites to talk about, instead of trying to preview every new show released. This approach allowed them to share the themes that they enjoyed the most.
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Otome Yōkai Zakuro Manga Resumes This Fall After 7 Years on Hiatus
Otome Yōkai Zakuro manga, which went on hiatus seven years ago after author Lily Hoshino gave birth to her first child, is set to resume publication on Comic Boost's manga website and app this fall. Lily Hoshino is also known as the original character designer of Kunihiko Ikuhara's Penguindrum original television anime.
Hoshino gave birth to a second child in March 2019, and she has not yet announced a return date for her Kigurumi Guardians manga, which also went on hiatus when she gave birth to her first child. The manga launched in Nakayoshi magazine in 2013 and has three volumes, with Kodansha USA Publishing having published all three volumes in English.
Otome Yōkai Zakuro manga inspired a 13-episode television anime series that aired in 2010. NIS America released the anime on DVD in 2012, and the manga's 10th compiled book volume shipped in 2015.
Source: Comic Boost's Twitter account
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Boruto Manga Goes on Hiatus
The Boruto manga will go on hiatus starting in the next issue and will return in the October issue, which should ship around August 20, according to the June issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine. The manga will enter a new arc upon its return. Ukyo Kodachi and Mikio Ikemoto launched the sequel manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in May 2016, and the manga ran monthly in the magazine.
The anime for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo in April 2017, Viz Media licensed the series and streamed it on Hulu as it aired in Japan, and Crunchyroll also streamed the anime. Kishimoto launched the original Naruto manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, and ended the series in November 2014.
The manga's 19th compiled book volume was published on February 3, and Viz Media is publishing the series both digitally and in print. The anime's "Part I" ended with its 293rd episode on March 26, and "Part II" of the anime has been green-lit.
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Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
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The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Resumes on May 22
The Case Study of Vanitas manga will return from hiatus after 11 months on May 22nd in Gangan Joker magazine. Yen Press has been publishing the manga simultaneously in English since its debut, and the story follows Noé, a young vampire in search of a friend's salvation, drawn to Paris by The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation.
The manga is written by Jun Mochizuki, the creator of Pandora Hearts and Crimson-Shell, and has been published in Square Enix's Gangan Joker since December 2015. In July 2021, the television anime of the manga premiered, and Funimation streamed the first part along with an English dub. The anime's second part premiered in January 2022, with both Funimation and Crunchyroll streaming it as it aired.
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Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister Manga Gets TV Anime
Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister manga is getting a TV anime to commemorate the manga's second anniversary and Marcey Naito's birthday. The story follows Uryu Kamihate, who ends up living with the three beautiful Amagami sisters in a working shrine and must marry one of them to take over the temple. The manga was launched in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in April 2021, and Kodansha USA Publishing licensed it.
The official announcement of the TV anime based on Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister manga was made on Marcey Naito's birthday during a special TV program. The manga describes the story of a young man who planned to forget his past and study at medical school, but fate brings him to a working shrine where he lives with three beautiful Amagami sisters and eventually ends up marrying one of them to take over the temple. The manga was launched in 2021, and its ninth volume was published on March 16 by Kodansha.
Sources: Marcey Naito's Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals, Previews Opening Theme
The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses anime's second promotional video and opening theme song artist has been revealed, featuring Tsuzuri with the song "NAME". The anime is set to premiere in July and follows Kaede Komura, a boy with a crush on his classmate Ai Mie, who always forgets her glasses. The manga is available in English through Square Enix Manga & Books and Comikey.
The chief director of the anime is Susumu Kudo, while the director is Katsumasa Yokomine, and Tamazo Yanagi is writing the scripts. Keiji Tani, Makoto Furuta, and Takayuki Uchida are the chief animation directors, with Hisashi Muramatsu as the sound director and Jimmy Thumb P composing the music.
The series will premiere on an unspecified streaming service next month.
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