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- Wednesday July 23, 2014
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"The Last Naruto Movie" Planned for December
Next week's issue 35 of Weekly Shonen Jump is "staring a new era" of Naruto, "crowned" by a cover illustration, color pages and announcement
Next week's issue 35 of Weekly Shonen Jump is "staring a new era" of Naruto, "crowned" by a cover illustration, color pages and announcement that what's being called the The Last Naruto the Movie is scheduled for December 6th. Get a look at its more adult Naruto after the jump.
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VIDEO: "Senran Kagura 2" Footage Puts Its Male Character to Work
Action game sequel hits Nintendo 3DS in Japan on August 7
When Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson launches on Nintendo 3DS in Japan next month, players will be able to take control of Murasame, the series' first playable male character, via DLC purchase or Senran Kagura Burst save data. Thanks to a Niconico live broadcast, we've got a couple minutes of the character in action after the jump.
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"Samurai Warriors 4" Gets 'Special Anime Pack' PS4 Edition in the West
Action game hits PS3, PS4, and PS Vita in the west this October
When Samurai Warriors 4 launches in the west it will be available in a Special Anime Pack collector's edition that comes with a bunch of extra stuff for the PlayStation 4 version. The 10th anniversary set includes special packaging, Samurai Warriors 4, the Samurai Warriors: Legend of the Sanada anime on Blu-ray, an official soundtrack CD, and a handful of DLC costume packs. More after the jump.
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"Sgt. Frog" Author Presents Special Natsumi Day Sketch
Plus sketches of Urusei Yatsura's Lum, Twitter Fairy and more!
Sgt. Frog author Mine Yoshizaki showed a fondness for playing with the numerical puns associated with his characters. Today's date for sample 7.23 could be pronounced like na-tsū-hi... or an approximation of Natsumi. This was celebrated today with a special sketch of the Hinata family's Devil Summer. Get a look after the jump.
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XSEED Announces PS4 Version of "Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed" for North America
Enhanced PlayStation 4 version is due out this holiday season
XSEED Games is bringing Akiba's Trip 2 to the west as Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed, but the publisher previously only announced the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions. Those are both due out on August 12, but now we can also look forward to the enhanced PlayStation 4 version. Read on for more.
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VIDEO: "Kill la Kill" Drama CD Vol. 4 Previewed
Blu-ray/DVD Volume 8 is set for an August 6 release in Japan
The eighth Japanese volume of Kill la Kill is getting ready to drop on August 6, packing episodes 21-23 with a nice little collection of goodies. Bonuses include a gatefold case, another digipak illustrated by character designer Sushio, a special art board collection, and Drama CD vol. 4, with some of the audio previewed after the jump.
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"Onechanbara Z2: Chaos" Gets a Concrete Japanese Release Date
Action game sequel hits PlayStation 4 in Japan on October 30
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos was announced for PlayStation 4 around the middle of the month, and its reveal came with an October release window. According to this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, the action game sequel now has a more concrete Japanese release date of October 30. More after the jump.
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New "Macross" Anime In Its Planning Stages
Co-creator Shoji Kawamori has been discussing status of announced series
The March 26th end of the latest Japanese TV rebroadcast of 2008's Macross Frontier concluded with the announcement that a new TV anime is the works. There was no additional information at the time, and it sounds like you probably shouldn't expect much more soon. More after the jump.
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"Super Smash Bros." Screen Offers a Peek at the "Star Fox" Stage
Next Nintendo brawler hits 3DS first this summer, Wii U this winter
Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai recently made Star Fox the subject of his pic of the day on Miiverse. The next game in the Smash series features a stage that has players battling atop the Great Fox, which you can see in the dramatic angle pictured after the jump.
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"Space Brothers #0" Poster Unveiled
Chuya Koyama worked on screenplay about origin of the astronaut dreams of Mutta and Hibito Nanba
A-1 Pictures has presented a special poster for Space Brothers #0, set to be displayed in Japanese theaters starting this weekend ahead of the anime movie's August 9th debut. The feature, newly written by the original manga creator Chuya Koyama, promises to explore the origin of the astronaut dreams of Mutta and Hibito Nanba. Get a look after the jump.
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"Fate/stay night" Presentation to Stream Globally
Set your calendars for July 27th
If you're looking for the latest on this fall's ufotable produced anime based on popular modern fantasy visual novel Fate/stay night, make sure to mark your calendars for July 27th at 18:00 Japan time to catch the cast and staff on a Niconico Live “Fate Project Presentation.” The official Twitter feed for the series has announced in English that this will be "accessible to all worldwide fans!"" More after the jump.
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90CM Female Titan Figure Attacks Wonder Festival
From the makers of 1/2 scale Super Sonico and Cattleya
A-TOYS are no strangers to scarily large female figures. They've done several editions of 1/2scale swimsuit Super Sonico. They did the infamous 1/2 scale Queen's Blade Cattleya. The tradition continues at this weekend's Wonder Festival figure/garage kit event with the unveiling of their prototype of a 90cm figure of Attack on Titan's female titan. Get a look after the jump.
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VIDEO: "Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno" Theme Song PV by ONE OK ROCK
9th single "Mighty Long Fall/Decision" will be released on July 30
Four-member Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK has posted a full promotional video for "Mighty Long Fall," the theme song for the upcoming live-action film Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno), the first episode of the two-part Kyoto arc. Check the PV after the jump.
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Haruka Ayase to Star in Live-Action TV Drama Adaptation of "Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu." Manga
Nihon TV will air the drama in October
It is officially announced today that Mari Fujimura's love story manga Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. (I take a day off from my company) gets a live-action TV drama adaptation this October. 29-year-old popular actress Haruka Ayase will play the protagonist character Hanae Aoishi. Hit the jump for more information.
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Studio Ghibli's Latest Film "Marnie" Earns Less Than Half of "Arrietty" in 1st Weekend
Producer Suzuki says, "The future of Ghibli depends on the results of Marnie."
Studio Ghibli's latest anime film When Marnie Was There directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi opened in Japan with 461 screens on July 19 and earned a very disappointing 379,000,000 yen (about US$3,734,000) in its first weekend. It was only 42% of his first feature film in 2010, The Secret World of Arrietty. Hit the jump for more details.
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