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Crunchyroll Announces Final Fairy Tail Anime and More for Fall 2018
Latest update: 10/19
The fall 2018 anime season is upon us, so it's time for a flurry of new announcements from Crunchyroll! We'll keep updating this post and the attached chart with each new addition, so keep checking back for more!
- Tuesday October 23, 2018
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Things Are Just Ducky at Space Brothers Bath House Collaboration
Spa event offers four special baths at three-day event
Kosugi-yu bath house and Space Brothers are teaming up to bring you four unique ways to relax! An upcoming three-day collaboration will offer medicinal baths, rubber duckie baths, and more. Check out the details after the jump!
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Survival-Horror Goes Ape in "Monkey Peak" Tate Anime
Mini anime based on manga about a corporate vacation gone horribly wrong heads to Anime Beans app on October 26th
Don't you hate it when your peaceful company vacation to the mountains turns into a survival-horror scenario when you and your co-workers are beset by an angry monkey wielding a machete? If not, you'll be happy to know that Monkey Peak, a horror manga written by Kouji Shinasaka and illustrated by Akihiro Kumeta, is being adapted into a "tate anime" ("vertical anime") that will be distributed on the Anime Beans smart phone app. Hit the jump to learn more.
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Maquia Anime Film's Deluxe Blu-ray Lined Up for March 2019 Release
Movie to be packed with bonus features, booklet, and more
Mari Okada's Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is a special film, and it's getting an equally special release on Blu-ray in the form of a deluxe edition. Check out details and a preview after the jump!
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My Hero Academia Game Details Endeavor and Shoot Style Deku DLC
Pre-order bonus and free character will both be available at launch
My Hero Academia game My Hero One's Justice touches down in the west this Friday, so Bandai Namco went ahead and revealed further details for some of the day-one additions. Read on for more.
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Persona Q2 Trailer Welcomes Players to the Junessic Land Theme Park
One of the RPG's cinematic dungeons is on display
It's time to take a brief reprieve from the Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth character trailers and focus on another of the RPG's cinema-inspired dungeons. Enter Junessic Land after the jump.
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The 5 Most Loved and Hated Vampires in Anime
According to the fans at Anime-Planet!
Taking Japan's interest with blood types to new extremes, the nocturnal creatures are on the prowl for your blood. That is, untll they realize how special you are and feel super conflicted about what kind of thirst they're experiencing when they catch a glimpse of your neck. At least, that's what this list leads me to believe. Hit the jump for part 4 of our 5-Part Halloween-themed October special, the 5 most loved and hated vampires!
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Supernatural Everyday Comedy Manga "Ayakashiko" Gets Audio Drama
Main cast revealed for CD included as a bonus with the Japanese special edition of Volume 6 of Hijiki's manga
Ayakashiko, a supernatural everyday comedy manga by Hijiki about a human and a bunch of yokai sharing a boarding house in Asakusa, is being adapted into an audio drama that will be included with the special edition of the Japanese release of the sixth volume of the manga. Hit the jump to learn more.
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Anime vs. Real Life – Zombie Land Saga’s Plot to Save Saga Is Ingenious
Check out the real-world locations of ZOMBIE LAND SAGA
ZOMBIE LAND SAGA’s plan to revive some of the country’s most beloved idols and entertainers, to have them promote Saga Prefecture as "regional idols" is as hilarious as it is ingenious. The show does a lot to promote Saga Prefecture, and we’re here to help, by showing you all the real-world places that have been featured in the show so far. Just hit the jump for more!
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Heroes Form a Party in New Key Visual for Endro~! TV Anime
Original slice-of-life / fantasy series heads Japanese airwaves in January of 2019
A new key visual and the story introduction have been revealed for Endro~!, an upcoming original slice-of-life / fantasy TV anime about a group of young would-be heroes going to school to learn how to defeat the Demon King. Hit the jump to learn more.
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Check Out an Exclusive Trailer for the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia!
256-page tome is available today in standard and limited editions
Dark Horse officially released the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia today, covering over 30 years of the most iconic video game franchises of all time in both standard and limited edition versions. Hit the jump for an exclusive trailer debut!
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Why Did the Official Twitter Account Tweet "uwu"???
It's 2018, the world has gone crazy, and Twitter's official account is proof of it.
Today was quite the day on Twitter: just five hours before billionaire flamethrower salesman Elon Musk's black-hearted declaration of love for anime (and subsequent tweets which I think we can all agree would be best forgotten), the Official™ Twitter Account made a bad tweet.
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Japan Box Office: Natsume Yujin-cho Film Sells 500,000 Tickets in 4 Weeks
"Magical girl lyrical Nanoha Detonation" ranks 6th in its opening weekend
After making a sensational No.1 debut, Natsume Yujin-Cho: Utsusemi ni Musubu/Natsume Yujin-cho the Movie: Ephemeral Bond has continued its successful box office run. The 104-minute film based on Yuki Midorikawa's fantasy shoujo manga series still ranks eighth in its fourth weekend, and its official Twitter confirmed it had already sold 500,000 tickets in Japan. Hit the jump for more details.
- Monday October 22, 2018
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Madhouse Founder Explains The Reason for Production Halt of Satoshi Kon's Dreaming Machine Film
Anime adaptation project based on Kon's "OPUS" manga is still alive
It has been eight years since Madhouse announced that they would continue the production of the late Kon Satoshi's unfinished last anime feature film project Yumemiru Kikai/Dreaming Machine in November 2010. The studio's founder Masao Maruyama explained the reason for the long production halt of the film at the 20th Bucheon International Animation Festival in Korea on October 20. Read the story after the jump.
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Saitama Prefecture's Soka Commissions New Anime for City's 60th Anniversary
Kimi no Matsu Basho e comes to YouTube next month
The city of Soka in Saitama Prefecture is commemorating its 60th anniversary with a new anime! Kimi no Matsu Basho e drops next month, and a new trailer is online to sample now. Check out the PV and screenshots after the jump!
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Nico Nico to Stream 90 Hours of Astro Boy for Tezuka's 90th Birthday
Special guests and other Tezuka works will round out the streaming event
Nico Nico is preparing to pay tribute to one of Osamu Tezuka's greatest works... with a 90-hour marathon! The streaming service will be running more than three solid days of Astro Boy, as well as inviting guests in for interviews and airing other Tezuka classics. Get the scoop after the jump!
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