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Ascendent Animation Reveals Full Cast, Staff for Game World Reincarnation Anime's English Dub
🎬 Ascendent Animation announced the English dub cast and staff of the Game World Reincarnation anime adaptation. 📺
💬 Michaela Laws is directing the dub, with Steve Warky Nunez in charge of audio engineering/mixing, Kevin Frane as localization supervisor, and K. Cornell Kellum as executive producer.👥
🌟 The 8-episode anime premiered in January 2022 and is based on Re:mimu's manga game World Reincarnation ～ Sex on the First Night ～. The series follows an office lady who reincarnates as the villainess Diana and must prevent the game's bad ending. 📖
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Seven Seas Licenses My Cat is Such a Weirdo, Healer for the Shadow Hero, More Manga
🐱 Seven Seas announced the licensing of the manga series, My Cat is Such a Weirdo, Healer for the Shadow Hero and Becoming a Princess Knight and Working at a Yuri Brothel. Furthermore, Seven Seas licensed 945/gusao's The Dangerous Convenience Store webtoon manwha for an October release.🧚
🐾The first full-color volume of Tamako Tamagoyama's manga, My Cat is Such a Weirdo, will be released in October. The manga is a humorous take on the silly behavior of cats, showcasing their mischievous antics and endearing personalities.🐈
🌟Healer for the Shadow Hero, under its Steamship imprint, and Becoming a Princess Knight and Working at a Yuri Brothel, under its Ghost Ship imprint, will be published physically and digitally in February 2024. The two series delve into the fantasy genre, with one exploring the relationship between a war hero and a servant girl with a unique power, and the other taking on the story of a man in a princess' body, experiencing the life of Reina and becoming a yuri brothel worker.🛡️
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Medalist Olympic Ice-Skating Manga Gets TV Anime
🏅 The Olympic ice-skating manga, Medalist, created by Tsurumaikada, will be adapted into a TV anime directed by Yasutaka Yamamoto and produced by ENGI. It won the Best General Manga category in this year's Shogakukan Manga Awards and was nominated in Kodansha's 47th annual Manga Awards this year.
🎬 Yasutaka Yamamoto, director of Noblesse, will lead the anime production with Jukki Hanada in charge of series composition and screenplay, and Chinatsu Kameyama designing the characters. The anime adaptation announcement came with a visual and staff unveiling, alongside a commemorative illustration by Tsurumaikada.
📚 Kodansha USA Publishing has licensed the manga, and the story revolves around Tsukasa and Inori, two characters dreaming of worldwide ice-skating fame, with the only thing that sees them through being their tenacity.
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Police Arrest Japanese YouTuber for Uploading Gameplay, Anime Footage
🚨👮♂️ Japanese YouTuber Arrested For Copyright Violation!
A 52-year-old man and YouTuber was arrested in Nagoya City on Wednesday for allegedly uploading gameplay footage of the Steins;Gate game and footage from Spy×Family and Steins;Gate anime with subtitles and narration, violating guidelines set by Kadokawa and Nitroplus. This is the first arrest in Japan made over an upload or stream of game footage.
🎮📹 Police Arrest Japanese YouTuber for Uploading Gameplay & Anime Footage!
According to police, the suspect posted these videos on YouTube and earned money from them. Many companies create guidelines for their games that specify which sections of their games are allowed to be uploaded, monetized and streamed to discourage spoilers and prevent content creators from uploading story content and profiting off of it.
📚📺 Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) organization noted in its own announcement that this is the first arrest made in Japan over an upload or stream of game footage.
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MAPPA CEO Reflects on Financial Performance of Chainsaw Man
📺 MAPPA CEO Manabu Otsuka commented that the production cost of Chainsaw Man was entirely covered by the anime despite wishing for better BD/DVD sales.
📈 The CEO regarded it as a success but expressed dissatisfaction with the anime failing to leave the same impact as Jujutsu Kaisen. Otsuka also said that he would like the series to reach more of the audience that pays for home video releases.
🌍 The Chainsaw Man anime premiered on TV Tokyo and five other affiliated channels, as well as on Amazon Prime Video, and was streamed on Crunchyroll in over 200 countries and territories around the world. The anime's 12th and final episode aired on December 28.
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Anime Aunties Visit Japan - Day 5: Nintendo Store, Hedgehogs, and Studio FLAT
🎮 "Anime Aunties Visit Japan - Day 5: Nintendo Store, Hedgehogs, and Studio FLAT" 🦔
Jacki & Lynzee visited Shibuya and got to experience the iconic Shibuya Scramble, visit the One Piece store and enjoy Shibuya's Nintendo Store, Pokémon Center, and ChikuChiku CAFE (Hedgehog Cafe). The PARCO building contained everything a gaming/anime enthusiast could want with high-end fashion stores, a Capcom store, a JUMP shop, and a Nintendo Store with Mario and Zelda statues, Animal Crossing characters, plushies, and merchandise for fans of every title.
At the Nintendo store, Jacki and Lynzee played Mario Kart 8 and managed to get to second and third place. The store was a shopper's paradise, with home goods, bags, towels, and pens that featured famous gaming television characters.
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The Best Series Out Now on the Viz Manga App
📱💻📚 The Viz Manga app is now available in the US and Canada! Our team of reviewers has you covered with recommendations for the best manga series to read, including popular shōnen and shōjo hits, as well as more off-beat titles. Remember, while a subscription grants access to all titles on both the app and web versions, some content is restricted to browser-only access.
If you're in the mood for a classic, make sure to check out the newest release of the critically acclaimed series "One Piece". The Straw Hat Pirates continue their search for the ultimate treasure, the One Piece, in this long-running epic adventure filled with heart, humor, and action.
Fans of romance should definitely give "Ao Haru Ride" a try. This shōjo manga follows the story of Futaba, a girl who has trouble expressing her feelings, and Kou, a boy with a mysterious past. Can they overcome their respective struggles and find love?
For something a bit different, check out "Interspecies Reviewers". Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like: a manga about a group of adventurers who review brothels run by various mystical species. It's certainly not for everyone, but if you're looking for something outrageous and off-the-wall, this might be the series for you.
What are you waiting for? Download the Viz Manga app now and start exploring all the different options available!
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J-Novel Club Adds 7 More Novels, 5 More Manga; Reveals Audiobook for Full Metal Panic!
Company to also release audiobook for My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World
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Broadcast starts every Thursday from July 6th!
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Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 Anime's 2nd Half Reveals New Visual
👾 The MAPPA Stage 2023 event revealed a new visual for the second half of Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 which will premiere this fall.
🎉 The first half of the anime aired as a one-hour special on March 3, and Crunchyroll streamed it under the title Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1; it is also streaming on Hulu and includes the new opening theme, "Under the Tree," performed by SIM.
🦸♂️ Attack on Titan The Final Season consists of two parts: the first part aired in December 2020, and the second part premiered in January 2022. Adult Swim began airing the anime in January 2021, and Funimation began streaming an English dub in the same month.
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Crunchyroll Debuts English Dub of Mashle: Magic and Muscles Anime on May 26, Adds Orguss Anime to Catalog
🎬🔊 Crunchyroll announced that the English dub of Mashle: Magic and Muscles is set to debut on May 26, and reveals more additional cast for the dub, including Stephen Fu as Lance, Brian Anderson as Finn, Anjali Kunapaneni as Lemon, and Ben Diskin as Dot. The anime premiered in Japan on April 7 and is currently being streamed on Crunchyroll.
🔙🚀 On the other hand, Crunchyroll has started streaming all 35 episodes and the series' first 16 English-dubbed episodes of the 1983 anime series, The Super Dimension Century Orguss. The anime story follows ace fighter pilot Kei Katuragi, who found himself in the future after transportation went wrong and is now hunted down by an extremist group as he tries to go back to his timeline aboard his mecha Orguss. The anime is streamed globally except for Italy on Crunchyroll.
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Bocchi the Rock! Anime Gets Compilation Film Next Spring
🎸 Aniplex announced that "Bocchi the Rock!" anime, which was adapted from Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga, will have a compilation film premiering next spring.
🎤 The TV anime of "Bocchi the Rock!" manga aired last fall.
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Banana Fish Director Hiroko Utsumi, MAPPA Unveil Bucchigiri?! TV Anime for January
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Director Hiroko Utsumi and MAPPA will premiere Bucchigiri?! TV anime in January. A promo video was revealed along with staff working on the anime, including Michiru Oshima as composer.
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Utsumi is not only directing the anime but also credited as the original story creator, and script supervisors. Other key staff members include Taku Kishimoto as a scriptwriter, Takahiro Kagami as a character designer, Hiroyuki Saita and Kiminori Itō as sub-character design and chief animation directors, Kurumi Suzuki as art director, and Yukiko Kakita as color key artist.
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Animation fans may recognize Utsumi and MAPPA from their work on Banana Fish while Utsumi has also directed Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, Free! Eternal Summer, and Sk8 the Infinity.
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Quintessential Quintuplets' Negi Haruba Designs Original Anime Pon no Michi
🀄 OLM's original anime "Pon no Michi" about girls turning a Mahjong parlor into their hangout will premiere January 2024.
🀄 High school student, Nashiko Jippensha, turns her father's empty Mahjong parlor into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, and sometimes play Mahjong.
🀄 "The Quintessential Quintuplets" creator, Negi Haruba, is drafting the original character designs.
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Anime Aunties Visit Japan - Day 7: Everything Gundam in Yokohama
It's 59 feet tall, and there's nothing else like it. Jacki and Lynzee check out the RX-78F00 "moving Gundam" at GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA!
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Somari and the Guardian of the Forest's Creator Still Struggling Financially, Has Regrets Over Anime Adaptation
📰 Manga creator Yako Gureishi, the author of Somari and the Guardian of the Forest, recently tweeted about their financial difficulties and desire to continue self-publishing the manga. The series had to end in 2020 due to the author's worsening health.
🌳 Gureishi expressed regrets about the Somari and the Guardian of the Forest anime adaptation, feeling uncomfortable about intruding upon the production. Gureishi also mentioned the uncompensated extra work involved in creating manga and their frustrations with the manga industry.
🎥 The Somari and the Guardian of the Forest anime premiered in January 2020 and had 12 episodes. The manga, published in English by Coamix, is available online for free on the website MyAnimeList.
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Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc Anime's English Dub Debuts on May 28
🎬 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc's dubbed version is set to debut on May 28, 2022 on Crunchyroll.
🎉 The anime premiered on April 9, 2022, and Crunchyroll is streaming episodes as they release. They are also streaming dubs of the show in other languages.
🎥 Director Haruo Sotozaki, the animation studio ufotable, and the main cast, including Zach Aguilar as Tanjiro and Abby Trott as Nezuko, are returning for the new arc.
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Delicious in Dungeon Anime's Teaser Trailer Reveals Main Cast, More Staff, January 2024 Debut
🍽️ The much-awaited anime adaptation of "Delicious in Dungeon" (Dungeon Meshi) manga by Ryōko Kui revealed its main cast, staff, and premiere date. The anime, produced by Studio Trigger, will premiere in January 2024.
🍲 The teasers reveal that the main cast includes Kentarō Kumagai as Laios, Sayaka Senbongi as Marcille, Asuna Tomari as Chilchuck, and Hiroshi Naka as Senshi. Yoshihiro Miyajima is directing the anime, while Kimiko Ueno is supervising the series scripts, Naoki Takeda is designing the characters, and Yasunori Mitsuda is composing the music.
🥄 "Delicious in Dungeon" is a unique story about adventurers on a mission to save their lost team member while figuring out how to survive on the food that the dungeon provides. The manga was nominated for various awards and is loved by many, making the upcoming anime adaptation one of the most anticipated anime series.
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