VIDEO: CM for "Neon Genesis Evangelion" Manga Final Volume

Kadokawa announced today on April 30 that the final/14th volume of the manga version of Neon Genesis Evangelion, illustrated by the anime character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, will be released in Japan on November 20, 2014. The manga started its serialization in the February 1995 issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace, 10 months prior to the broadcast of the TV anime. After taking several breaks, the final episode to conclude its 18-year serialization, "LAST STAGE," was published in the July 2013 issue of Young Ace. The total print run of the 13 tankobons in Japan has reached 23 million.

 

The premium limited edition of the 14th volume comes with an original cover for the edition, bookend for the all 14 tankobons, 14-page booklet for Sadamoto's newly-drawn illustrations, and "Working Music CD" containing the tunes Sadamoto listened to during his drawing time. The tankobon itself also includes

a 28-page new manga episode. The 1,280-yen limited edition is only produced by order and the deadline

for the pre-order is July 31.

 

 

CM

 

Source: press release

 

© khara/Gainax

VIDEO: TV Anime "Tonari no Seki-kun" OP Song Official English Version

Japanese record company King Records today released "Tonarino Seki-kun: Uta Jyanai!? CD," the second compilation CD for the on-going TV anime Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time in Japan today on April 30. The 29-song album includes 12-language version of the OP song "Meiwaku Spectacle" (Trouble Spectacle), originally sung by popular voice actress Kana Hanazawa who voices the heroine character Rumi Yokoi. The 12 languages are: English, French, Germany, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean. King Records has posted a trial listening video for the English version with the lyrics, sung by Rumiko Varnes, a Tokyo-based veteran voice narrator. Can you sing along to it?

 

 

"Meiwaku Spectacle" English version by Rumiko Varnes

 

 

TV CM for "Meiwaku Spectacle" Japanese version by Kana Hanazawa

 

 

"Tonarino Seki-kun: Uta Jyanai!? CD" jacket (front)

 

 

(back)

 

© Takuma Morishige/Media Factory/Anime no Seki-kun Production Committee

X Japan to Perform at Madison Square Garden in October

It is officially announced today on April 30 that X Japan, one of the founders of Japanese visual-kei bands, will hold a live concert at Madison Square Garden in NYC on October 11. Back in 2008, the band planned to play their first show at the historic venue on September 13 of the year, but it was canceled due to the leader/drummer Yoshiki's health problem, Intervertebral Disc Displacement. X Japan will be the second Japanese rock band to headline the arena following L'Arc〜en〜Ciel, who held a show on March 25, 2012. Long before that, heavy metal band Loudness played as an opening act for Mötley Crüe in August 1985. This is their first live concert since the one at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center in Thailand on November 8, 2011.

 

The band will also release a new best album "THE WORLD~X JAPAN Hatsu no Zen Sekai Best~" on June 17. The first limited edition of the album comes with a 60-page photo book "X JAPAN World Tour

Selection 2009, 2010 & 2011 " and DVD "Exclusive Trailer of X JAPAN World Tour Live 2009, 2010 & 2011."

As reported, Yoshiki is now travelling the world for his solo tour "YOSHIKI CLASSICAL WORLD TOUR 2014"

till June. 

 

 

X JAPAN "THE WORLD~X JAPAN Hatsu no Zen Sekai Best~" song list:

DISC 1

01. Silent Jealousy

02. Rusty Nail

03. SCARS

04. ENDLESS RAIN

05. WEEK END

06. Kurenai

07. Forever Love

08. DAHLIA

09. X

10. Without you (LIVE VERSION)

 

DISC 2

01. ART OF LIFE

 

The jacket cover

 

Source: Natalie

 

"Sailor Moon Crystal" Anime to Run 26 Episodes?

Photos that purport to be of a trade show flyer for the upcoming Sailor Moon Crystal anime, slated to run the first and third Saturdays of the month starting July 5th, list that the series will run 26 episodes.  

 

A worldwide simulcast of the anime will stream on Niconico Douga.

 

via Tekidoki and @aers00 

 

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Anisong Singer May'n Returns To The US This Summer

Japanese anisong/rock singer May'n will make her return to the USA as a part of the "May’n Road to 10th Anniversary Japan＆World Tour 2014-2015『dots and lines』" tour. Two US show dates were announced, one in Los Angeles and another in San Francisco in July.

 

The dots and lines tour will be the longest and the largest scale tour in her career, which will include 47 prefectures in Japan and 6 countries. Besides California, tour dates are already announced for Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and China.

 

Los Angeles show date

July 17, 2014

Doors @ 7:00pm / Starts @ 8:00pm

Venue: MI Concert Hall at Musicians Institute (1655 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood CA  90028)

Tickets: Advance $45 / Door $50 / VIP** $100

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/640985

For more info: www.utbhollywood.com/mayn

 

 

San Francisco show date

July 20, 2014

Time: Doors @ 7:00pm / Starts @ 8:00pm

Venue: Slim’s (333 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 MAP, (866) 55-TICKETS)

Tickets*: Advance $45 / Door $50 / VIP** $100

http://tickets.slims-sf.com/events/418605/May-n

For more info: http://www.j-pop.com/2014/mayn-at-slims/

info@shameless-self.com

 

* $1 venue surcharge and $5 service fee will be added to Advance and VIP tickets.
** The VIP ticket includes an exclusive pass to MEET & GREET with May’n after the show (Quantities are limited)

 

 

 

Here is almost 10 minutes of adorableness where May'n introduces her tour goods available during the tour stops. Please note only a limited selection maybe available during international dates. Please check the official site for updates. If you would like to see the full details for the tour merchandise, here is the Japanese goods page.

 

 

 

 

May'n released her new album, NEW WORLD on January 29th which includes hit songs like Chase The World (The opening theme to Accel World), Aozora (BTOOOM! ending theme) and ViViD (Blood Lad opening theme).

 

 

 

Her newest single, Re:REMEMBER has been selected as the opening theme of the new anime, M3 the dark metal and is set to be released on June 18th in Japan.

 

Joo-won to Play Lead in Korean “Nodame Cantabile”

Joo-won (Good Doctor, Gaksital) has been tapped to play the male lead in the Korean remake of Nodame Cantabile, with talk around the project suggesting Shim Eun-kyung (Miss Granny, Sunny) will play the female lead on the live-action drama, planned for an October broadcast on KBS.

Earlier this year, Korean’s Naver reported that broadcast sources have told them that Group 8, which produced Korean live-action dramas based on Boys Over Flowers, Princess Hours, and Playful Kiss, was now planning a K-drama adaptation of manga Nodame Cantabile.

Tomoko Ninomiya’s 2001 manga follows an arrogant perfectionist studying at a college of music who becomes involved with an eccentric, but talented pianist. It’s previously been adapted into anime, live-action Japanese drama and live-action movies.

via DramaBeans

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Earth: Year 2066 Early Access Review

GameSpot’s early access reviews evaluate unfinished games that are nonetheless available for purchase by the public. While the games in question are not considered finished by their creators, you may still devote money, time, and bandwidth for the privilege of playing them before they are complete. The review below critiques a work in progress, and represents a snapshot of the game at the time of the review’s publication.

Earth: Year 2066 starts out on a road to nowhere. It’s a familiar scene that promises adventures amid familiar postapocalyptic cliches, and it’s easy to spy echoes of

The opening shot. That’s about as good as it gets.

The problems start as early as the title screen. The title itself crashes down against a bland pixelated field, looking for all the world like it first saw life in 3D text renders in an early version of Microsoft Word. Then it does nothing. No music plays and no prompts to press a key pop up, and thus I spent my first 30 or so seconds with Earth: Year 2066 wondering if it was still loading or had simply locked up. But no, pressing the spacebar was my open sesame, and it dumped me into a screen that promised day and night solo play as well as a multiplayer component.

That all works in theory, but most any given game offers a significantly better experience compared to what you get for your 20 bucks here. The world itself resembles a game designer’s midterm exam, with oddly detailed rusted water towers and a vaguely Mad Maxian village with chain-link perimeters sharing a landscape with grass that looks like magnified stubble on Nathan Drake’s chin. It’s only by looking down at your shadow that you deduce that you’re a robot of some sort, and one that looks vaguely like the sentient machine from the Short Circuit movies in the 1980s. Johnny Five may be alive, but here it’s a curse, not a blessing.

In Earth: Year 2066, there are no winners.

Things fall apart all too quickly. You can jump around and knock over cars, but it’s initially not even clear if the keybinds you select for the three available weapon slots work at all. Such a pity, especially since robots dressed as clowns waste no time in firing at you, although they pelt you with enough bullets before you die that you might be led to think they’re harmless. Floating creatures resembling the sentinels from The Matrix also fly about and dive-bomb you, all the while moaning as though suffering from chronic indigestion. Sometimes they just sit in trees, seemingly oblivious.

On occasion, you get lucky and one of the three guns triggers to fire back, but the enemies have so much health that it’s about as fun as flinging rice at a brick wall (and generally looks like it, too). The frame rate always locks up for a second when the robotic enemies start attacking you, and strategy never grows deeper than shooting, strafing, and jumping. Revving sounds grow ever louder as your robot wanders the landscape, but I’ve never quite worked out if the sounds are coming from me or the surrounding enemies. In truth, I usually had more fun with the (seeming) bugs than the actual gameplay, with enemies sometimes shooting you far into the sky as though a giant just slugged you in Skyrim. Sometimes they even send you careening off the map.

I got one! Well, actually, he kind of got himself.

The unexpected flights off the world were hilarious at first, but then the shock settled in as I realized I could see the full extent of what I paid for. That road, that abandoned village (complete with a fuel tank that I can run straight through), a clump of hills, and a radar tower make up the entirety of Earth: Year 2066 in its current state, and it’s all set on a little beige square adrift in a sea of fluffy clouds. Perhaps there’s a message in there about the futility of human endeavor or even a cynical view of how the world will fare under the increasing pressures of overpopulation and the threat of wars. More likely, however, it’s just that the build released to Steam is a barely functional disaster without any signs of potential. You can experience the entirety of the game in 10 minutes tops.

Earth: Year 2066′s severe incompletion points to one of the major flaws of early access play; it’s in such a rough state that it makes DayZ look like a refined classic by comparison. This is access so early that it’s barely off the drawing board, and it’s worth wondering if developer Muxwell wouldn’t have been better served by outlining its full scope for the project on Kickstarter and generating more funds that way. Perhaps in time Earth: Year 2066 will morph into something that will surprise us all, and we’ll find a quirky indie story sharing the same screen space with those robots and dilapidated buildings. For now, however, it takes you down roads that you’re better off not taking.

What’s There?	A road, a junkyard village, some hills, a radar tower, some robots–and that’s about it.
What’s to Come?	If updates on Steam are any indication, bug fixes.
What Does it Cost?	$19.99, or too much.
When Will it Be Finished?	No telling.
What’s the Verdict?	Earth: Year 2066 is early access at its most literal, but there’s no concrete evidence that anything more exciting than this is in the works. Stay away for now. Far away.

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Sentai Announces “Amnesia” English Dub Cast

With DVD and Blu-ray releases coming June 3rd, Sentail Filmworks has announced the English dub cast for the anime adaptation of otome game Amnesia.

ABOUT AMNESIA

She runs through the flaming building seeking escape. She struggles in the water, desperate to keep afloat. She wakes in the hospital, with no knowledge of how she got there or memory of who she was. People she doesn’t know come to visit her, but only the one whom no one else can see, the spirit boy who calls himself Olion, seems to understand what has happened to her, and he tells her not to let anyone know of her amnesia.

As the Heroine struggles to recall her past and connect the random recollections in her mind to form memories, one thing seems sure: time is no longer a constant, and the date of August 1st – the day she keeps waking up in the hospital – is somehow significant. So are each of the people she meets, though the stories that link her to them seem to shift like sands in an emptying hourglass. Will she be able put the pieces of the puzzle together, and what will she see if it becomes complete?

Director

Kyle Colby Jones

English Vocal Cast

Heroine Maggie Flecknoe

Orion Shannon Emerick

Toma Christopher Ayres

Ikki Blake Shepard

Shin Houston Hayes

Kento Tyler Galindo

Waka Jay Hickman

Ukyo Patrick Poole

Sawa Allison Sumrall

Orion Shannon Emerick

Mine Molly Searcy

Rika Genevieve Simmons

Blu-ray/DVD Cover Art

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Ubisoft lining up Assassin’s Creed movie director

Talks are underway with Justin Kurzel to direct the upcoming Assassin’s Creed film, Deadline reports.

Kurzel is relatively unknown, having only directed a few projects to date. Most recently, he worked on a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender–set to play the lead role in the Assassin’s Creed film–in the eponymous role of Macbeth.

According to Deadline, New Regency and Ubisoft Motion Pictures have yet to sign Kurzel to a deal, “but they are eager to get this film started, so it’ll come soon.”

The Assassin’s Creed movie has been in the works for some time now. Fassbender, known best for his roles in movies such as Prometheus, Inglorious Basterds, X-Men: First Class, and 12 Years a Slave, has been attached since mid-2012. (He’s never played the games, if you’re wondering.) Later that year, the movie was fast-tracked, and soon after playwright Michael Lesslie was brought on as a writer.

The movie was reportedly set for release in May 2015, but was delayed late last year until August 7, 2015. We recently learned the movie will be re-written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, though whether that will push the release even further back is unknown.

Assassin’s Creed is just one of six Ubisoft properties the company is attempting to base a movie on, the others being Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs, Far Cry, Splinter Cell, and Rayman’s Rabbids. Films based on games are notorious for falling apart before they are released, so it remains to be seen how many of these will actually come to fruition.

Chris Pereira is a freelance writer for GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @TheSmokingManX
Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email news@gamespot.com

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Xbox One coming to China this September

Microsoft announced today that it plans on releasing the Xbox One in China this September.

Microsoft’s corporate VP of marketing and strategy for devices and studios, Yusuf Mehdi, wrote in a statement, “Launching Xbox One in China is a significant milestone for us and for the industry, and it’s a step forward in our vision to deliver the best games and entertainment experiences to more fans around the world.”

This will make the Xbox One the “first-ever game console with OTT functionality in China.” OTT in this sense refers to

Regarding the partnership, Dazhong Zhang, senior VP of SMG and chairman of E-Home Entertainment wrote, “Via our cooperation with the world’s leading team, we will continue to develop video games fused with Chinese culture and provide further distribution support for locally produced Chinese video game content to the world.”

“Our joint venture is committed to providing opportunities for creators to unleash their imaginations for games, online education and fitness experiences for China and beyond,” wrote Medhi in a further update. “As part of our partnership, E-Home Entertainment is investing to establish an innovation program that will enable creators and developers to build, publish, and sell their games on Xbox One in China and in other markets where Xbox is available.”

Xbox announced earlier this year that they have shipped 5 million Xbox Ones across the 13 countries where the console is available, which “represents more than 60 percent greater sales than Xbox 360 in the same time period.” By September, the Xbox One will be available in 42 countries.

Justin Haywald is a senior editor at GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @JustinHaywald Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email news@gamespot.com

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Hunter x Hunter To Return to Weekly Shonen Jump

San Francisco, CA, April 29, 2014 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers exciting news to manga (graphic novel) fans as it announces the return of Yoshihiro Togashi’s acclaimed action/adventure, HUNTER X HUNTER.

The continuing series has been on hiatus, but returns on Monday, June 2^nd with the simultaneous release of brand new chapters of a new story arc in the Japanese version of Weekly Shonen Jump as well as the North American digital counterpart that is published by VIZ Media. Catch the latest English issues of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP at .

VIZ Media also delights North American WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP readers and subscribers with the announcement of the release of a brand new collectable YU-GI-OH! trading card. The latest card, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Evening Twilight will be mailed to current subscribers in early August.

In the HUNTER X HUNTER manga series, Hunters are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other people. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas, amazing stores of information, and the right to call themselves Hunters.

VIZ Media publishes the long-running HUNTER X HUNTER manga series in-print and digitally and recently released the latest edition – Volume 32. Future dedicated print and digital volumes of the series will be published twice a year. VIZ Media is also the home media distributor of the HUNTER X HUNTER anime series on DVD.

HUNTER X HUNTER manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga career began in 1986, at the age of 20, when he won the coveted Osamu Tezuka Award for new manga artists. He debuted in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jumpmagazine in 1989 with the romantic comedy Tende Shawaru Cupid. From 1990 to 1994 he wrote and drew the hit manga series, YU YU HAKUSHO (also published by VIZ Media, rated ‘T’ for Teens), which was followed by the dark comedy science-fiction series, Level E, and the adventure series, HUNTER X HUNTER. In 1999 he married the manga artist Naoko Takeuchi.

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is VIZ Media’s renowned weekly digital serial anthology that features the synchronized latest chapters of a variety of popular manga series debuting on the same day as the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine counterpart. Subscribers can access issues via VIZManga.com, the VIZ Manga App, or with the Apple iPad Newsstand App. Exclusive 1 Year Memberships are available for only $25.99 and include 48 weekly digital issues as well as special premiums including 4 Yu-Gi-Oh! Collectable Trading Cards, rare one-shot manga releases, digital-only promotions, and access to additional subscriber-only content including creator interviews and insightful promo videos.

Current WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP issues feature the latest chapters of many of the world’s most popular series such as ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, BLEACH, NARUTO, NISEKOI, ONE PIECE, TORIKO, SERAPH OF THE END and WORLD TRIGGER. Monthly series such as BLUE EXORCIST and YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL debut on the closest Monday after the Japanese release. Also serialized in the anthology is fan favorite ONE-PUNCH MAN, and the most recent addition to the magazine, STEALTH SYMPHONY. More information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is available at:.

For more information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and exclusive subscriber offers, please visit shonenjump.viz.com.

For more information on VIZ Media manga titles, please visit www.VIZ.com.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by three of Japan’s largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and INUYASHA, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

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Hunter x Hunter To Return to Weekly Shonen Jump
Mike Ferreira

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GTA 5 unaffected by GameSpy shutdown; some Rockstar games not so lucky

Rockstar’s biggest game on the market right now, Grand Theft Auto V, will not be affected in any way by the shutdown of GameSpy’s servers at the end of May. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for some of Rockstar’s older games, including Max Payne 3, Red Dead Redemption, and Grand Theft Auto IV, some of which will see certain features soon become unavailable.

Rockstar announced today that its “teams are currently working to patch specific older titles to keep the transition as smooth as possible and minimize the impact to online-enabled play and your in-game experience.”

Most of its games will not be dramatically affected, with only leaderboards or Rockstar Social Club features being removed. While disappointing, those measures are preferable to the outright removal of multiplayer support, which is what’s happening in a handful of cases.

Those cases include the Mac version of Max Payne 3, the PlayStation 3 version of Midnight Club: Los Angeles, and all versions of Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition (including Dub Edition Remix). None of these three games will offer online multiplayer after May 31, or possibly sooner.

Meanwhile, Social Club website stat tracking and leaderboards are on their way out of Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV, and Midnight Club LA. In-game multiplayer leaderboards in the PS3 versions of Red Dead, GTA IV, and Midnight Club LA are on the chopping block as well, as are Social Club features in Beaterator and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on DS and PSP.

Rockstar’s support website lists the full details on the implications of the GameSpy shutdown for all of its games.

Other companies’ games are being similarly affected by the May 31 GameSpy shutdown. The PC versions of Crysis and Crysis 2 will lose their multiplayer modes on that date, as will a range of 2K Games PS3 titles, most notably Civilization Revolution and Borderlands. 2K has indicated it’s exploring ways to bring back multiplayer for those two titles, while EA has indicated it hopes to do the same with the early Battlefield games.

Chris Pereira is a freelance writer for GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @TheSmokingManX
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ZAQ Tapped for “Rail Wars!” Ending

Following last week’s roll out of a web presence for the summer anime adaptation of Takumi Toyoda and Vania 600′s Rail Wars! light novels, official Twitter feeds for the series and the band ZAQ (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, I couldn’t become a hero, so I reluctantly decided to get a job.) announced that ZAQ will be performing the Rail Wars! ending. The single will be released August 20th.

TVアニメ「RAIL WARS!」EDアーティストはZAQさんが担当して下さいます！たった今、ZAQさんの1stアルバム発売イベントで発表となりました♪EDの曲はかなりカッコいいのでお楽しみに♪(宣伝担当まっつん) #rw_anime

— アニメ「RAIL WARS!」公式 (@rw_anime) April 29, 2014

ZAQ Newシングル TVアニメ『RAILWARS!』EDテーマ担当決定！シングルは8/20発売！

— ZAQ公式 (@ZAQinfo) April 29, 2014

TVアニメ「RAIL WARS!」PV第１弾をまだ観てないという方！！是非、観てみて下さいませ♪⇒(宣伝担当まっつん) #rw_anime

— アニメ「RAIL WARS!」公式 (@rw_anime) April 29, 2014

Yoshifumi Sueda steps up to direct the Passione production with Masashi Suzuki (Oda Nobuna) writing. Makoto Uno (Gravion) heads character and animation direction with Sayaka Koiso (Battle Spirits) assisting on both.

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Joo-won to Play Lead in Korean "Nodame Cantabile"

Joo-won (Good Doctor, Gaksital) has been tapped to play the male lead in the Korean remake of Nodame Cantabile, with talk around the project suggesting Shim Eun-kyung (Miss Granny, Sunny) will play the female lead on the live-action drama, planned for an October broadcast on KBS. 

 

Earlier this year, Korean's Naver  reported that broadcast sources have told them that Group 8, which produced Korean live-action dramas based on Boys Over Flowers, Princess Hours, and Playful Kiss, was now planning a K-drama adaptation of manga Nodame Cantabile.

Tomoko Ninomiya's 2001 manga follows an arrogant perfectionist studying at a college of music who becomes involved with an eccentric, but talented pianist. It's previously been adapted into anime, live-action Japanese drama and live-action movies.

 

 

via DramaBeans

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Sentai Announces "Amnesia" English Dub Cast

With DVD and Blu-ray releases coming June 3rd, Sentail Filmworks has announced the English dub cast for the anime adaptation of otome game Amnesia. 

ABOUT AMNESIA

She runs through the flaming building seeking escape. She struggles in the water, desperate to keep afloat. She wakes in the hospital, with no knowledge of how she got there or memory of who she was. People she doesn’t know come to visit her, but only the one whom no one else can see, the spirit boy who calls himself Olion, seems to understand what has happened to her, and he tells her not to let anyone know of her amnesia.

As the Heroine struggles to recall her past and connect the random recollections in her mind to form memories, one thing seems sure: time is no longer a constant, and the date of August 1st - the day she keeps waking up in the hospital - is somehow significant. So are each of the people she meets, though the stories that link her to them seem to shift like sands in an emptying hourglass. Will she be able put the pieces of the puzzle together, and what will she see if it becomes complete?

 

Director

Kyle Colby Jones

 

English Vocal Cast

Heroine            Maggie Flecknoe

Orion                Shannon Emerick

Toma                Christopher Ayres

Ikki                    Blake Shepard

Shin                   Houston Hayes

Kento               Tyler Galindo

Waka                Jay Hickman

Ukyo                  Patrick Poole

Sawa                 Allison Sumrall

Orion                Shannon Emerick

Mine                  Molly Searcy

Rika                  Genevieve Simmons

 

Blu-ray/DVD Cover Art

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Gainax Site Features "Magica Wars" Welcome Visual

Once weekly, Gainax has scaled back their site's famous welcome page illustrations to a monthly schedule, with the art now being sold as limited posters through their store. For April, the work was by Minami Nanpo, one of the newer animators working on their anime shorts adaptation of Magica Wars, a free-to-play game in which each of Japan's 47 prefectures is represented by a magical girl. 

 

 

In March, they featured guest art of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt by ecco:

 

The artist also had a behind the scenes look on their blog:

 

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

ZAQ Tapped for "Rail Wars!" Ending

Following last week's roll out of a web presence for the summer anime adaptation of Takumi Toyoda and Vania 600's Rail Wars! light novels, official Twitter feeds for the series and the band ZAQ (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, I couldn't become a hero, so I reluctantly decided to get a job.) announced that ZAQ will be performing the Rail Wars! ending. The single will be released August 20th.

 

TVアニメ「RAIL WARS!」EDアーティストはZAQさんが担当して下さいます！たった今、ZAQさんの1stアルバム発売イベントで発表となりました♪EDの曲はかなりカッコいいのでお楽しみに♪(宣伝担当まっつん) http://t.co/1hxsQXjvXv #rw_anime

— アニメ「RAIL WARS!」公式 (@rw_anime) April 29, 2014

ZAQ Newシングル TVアニメ『RAILWARS!』EDテーマ担当決定！シングルは8/20発売！

— ZAQ公式 (@ZAQinfo) April 29, 2014

TVアニメ「RAIL WARS!」PV第１弾をまだ観てないという方！！是非、観てみて下さいませ♪⇒https://t.co/DiRFWupU2z(宣伝担当まっつん) http://t.co/1hxsQXjvXv #rw_anime

— アニメ「RAIL WARS!」公式 (@rw_anime) April 29, 2014

 

Yoshifumi Sueda steps up to direct the Passione production with Masashi Suzuki (Oda Nobuna) writing. Makoto Uno (Gravion) heads character and animation direction with Sayaka Koiso (Battle Spirits) assisting on both.

 

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Eli Ayase "Love Live" Doll Debuts This August

Doll maker Azone will be returning to BiBi for their third Love Live figure. Following December's release of Printemps' Kousaka Honoka and March's release of Maki Nishikino, Eli Ayase is now scheduled for an August release.

 

The figure sells for 12,960yen.

 

Scale: 1/6
Size: Appx. 27cm Tall

[Set Contents]
-Main figure
-4th single costume set
-Shoes
-Hand parts x 5 types

 

Body: Pure Neemo flection L body/L bust shoulder articulated ver.
Head: Hair implanted soft vinyl head

 

The earlier Honoka Kosaka

 

The earlier Maki Nishikino

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Nintendo Reveal E3 Plans – News

In a video released today, Nintendo teamed up with Mega 64 to announce some of their plans for E3, including:

• An invitational Super Smash Bros tournament to be held at the Nokia Theatre.


• Smash Fest – fans can play Super Smash Bros early at Best Buy.


• Tree House Live – developers and Nintendo partners will live stream game announcements.


• Nintendo Digital Event – the Main Nintendo conference, taking place on June 10th at 9am.

You can watch the full video below:

This is an excerpt from the full story which was originally featured on gamrReview, read the full version here – Nintendo Reveal E3 Plans – News

Read more here: gamrReview

GameStop launching new Make-A-Wish donation program

Video game retailer GameStop is launching a new donation initiative that will allow shoppers to give to the Make-A-Wish foundation at stores across the country. Starting May 1 and running through May 31, GameStop shoppers will be given an opportunity to make a $1 donation to the wish-granting organization when they shop at GameStop and Spring Mobile stores in person or online.

GameStop aims to raise at least $75,000 in charitable donations during the month, the company said in a press release today. The retailer’s partnership with Make-A-Wish began in 2007, and through their efforts, more than a thousand children have been granted shopping sprees to date. In 2009, GameStop even brought WWE fighter John Cena to a store to play video games with a young boy.

“Wish kids are such an inspiration to me personally, and I’m excited to be able to offer our loyal customers an opportunity to show their support for this great organization by giving to those children in need,” GameStop CFO Rob Lloyd said in a statement. Lloyd is also a board member of the Make-A-Wish North Texas chapter.

Today’s announcement comes after GameStop told us last month that the company would be expanding its support for Make-A-Wish in 2014.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organization that grants “wishes” to children with life-threatening medical issues. World of Warcraft and Diablo developer is also a regular supporter of the Make-A-Wish foundation, most recently donating sales of World of Warcraft pets and mounts last year to benefit the organization.

Eddie Makuch is a news editor at GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @EddieMakuch
Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email news@gamespot.com

Read more here: Game Spot News

“The Irregular at Magic High School” Gag Manga Spin-Off Launches

In time for the current anime, The Irregular at Magic High School manga is proliferating through Dengeki Daioh manga magazines. Mahōka Kōkō no Yūtōsei and Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Tsuioku-hen have been running in the main magazine. Now, a Yonkoma Version 4panel gag manga has Kicked off in Dengeki Daioh g.

Tamago illustrates the comedy about the daily lives of Tatsuya, Miyuki and company.

Meanwhile, the main Dengeki Daioh’s June issue, on sale last weekend, offered a special bonus Miyuki earphone jack plug.

via Natalie

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain’t It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Read more here: Crunchy Roll