[Video] Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza"s latest trailer, new characters unveiled

With the second Arpeggio movie titled Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza already slated to premiere on October 3, the movie’s official website has started streaming its very first trailer and has unveiled the new characters which will be introduced in the movie.

The video unveils the five Fog Ships who will be a huge part of the movie’s story, the Student Council President, Hiei, the Vice President, Myouko, and members Haguro, Ashigara, and Nachi.

The official website also unveils yet another fog battleship, Musashi, and Gunzou Chihaya’s father, Shouzo.

Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza will be a completely new work with a new original story which takes place after the events of the first movie, which is a compilation of the TV anime, Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova.

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[Video] Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza"s latest trailer, new characters unveiled

Love Live! The School Idol Movie"s exact release date announced

The official Love Live! staff twitter page has announced that the Love Live! movie, which was originally announced when the last episode of the anime’s second season ended, will be hitting Japanese cinemas this June 13, 2015.

【速報】完全新作劇場版『ラブライブ！The School Idol Movie』公開日決定！ 2015.6.13（SAT）ROAD SHOW!! 詳細は明日2/1、22時頃に公式ＨＰにて公開予定です! Sun_わかば #lovelive

— ラブライブ！公式 (@LoveLive_staff) January 31, 2015

The Love Live! staff also announced that more details on the movie will be revealed sometime later today. The movie was tentatively scheduled for Early Summer 2015 by Japanese movie website, Movies by Shochiku, and it seems that the movie really will be premiering around that time.

Now who is excited for Love Live! The School Idol Movie?!

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These are the Top 20 most attractive rich characters in anime according to Charapedia

In anime, just like the real world, sometimes money is power, and sometimes, several anime characters really have the power called money. But which of them is the one that fans find most attractive?

For this week’s poll, Japanese anime character database, Charapedia, has asked its readers which well-off anime character is the the most attractive, and 10,000 voters have responded. 48.1% of these voters are male while 51.9% are female. Here are the Top 20:

20) Suzuki Sonoko (Detective Conan)

19) Mikoto Misaka (A Certain series)

18) Nasuno Takamiya (Teekyu!)

17) Reiko Akimoto (Kochikame)

16) Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)

15) Kaiba Seto (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

14) Masato Hijikawa (UtaPri)

13) Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura)

12) Tsukasa Domyouji (Boys Over Flowers/ Hana Yori Dango)

11) Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)

10) Suneo Hanakawa (Doraemon)

9) Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High Host Club)

8) Maki Nishikino (Love Live!)

7) Ren Jinguji (UtaPri)

6) Kazuhiko Hanawa (Chibi Maruko-chan)

5) Tsumugi Kotobuki (K-On!)

4) Seijuro Akashi (Kuroko’s Basketball)

3) Nagi Sanzenin (Hayate the Combat Butler!)

2) Keigo Atobe (Prince of Tennis)

1) Keiichi Nakagawa (KochiKame)

It seems like classic Shounen gag anime, KochiKame is still going strong despite its age, and its resident rich and young pretty boy-rookie, Keiichi, just upset a lot of big names in a list full of popular rich characters.

But when you think of rich anime characters, there is often the image of the posh and rich ojou-sama (rich girls), and for the #3 rank in this list, it is none other than THE ojou-sama, Nagi Sanzenin, whose ridiculous amount of money can sometimes be listed as her very own superpower. Batman and Iron Man, beware.

Aside from Nagi, only two other ojou-samas have made it in a top 10 filled with male characters, and they are Mugi, who is often ignorant of the ways of common people, and Maki, whose large vacation homes often mean nothing to her.

The list is also full of upsets as #6 ranked Kazuhiko Hanawa beats the likes of Maki, Ren Jinguji, and Tamaki, three very popular rich characters, while #10 ranked Suneo beats out none other than Asuna, who only ranked 11th

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Mysterious new countdown website opens, will this be a new anime?

A new website has popped up, and it is called http://garakowa.jp/, and it teases its visitors with a view of a starry night sky coupled with a few clouds,  a countdown timer and the words which say “Restoring the world… Begins”.

The timer is set to reach zero on February 6, 2015 and it looks like it will not reveal its secrets until the countdown finally reaches 0.

According to Japanese blog, Hachimakikou, garokawa.jp is registered under Pony Canyon‘s domain. Pony Canyon of course is widely known in the anime industry as a popular music, movies, and anime producer.

Oh whatever could Garokawa be? Could it be a new TV anime? or something else entirely?

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Sources: Hachimakikou and animeanime.jp

Mysterious new countdown website opens, will this be a new anime?

Cinderella Girls producer Hironori Toba talks about The Producer, the original series, and more

The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls has already become one of this season’s hottest titles, and the series’ producer (no, not that producer), Hironori Toba, has recently sat down with Dengeki Online and talked about the new anime, the new idols, the new producer, and how it is different from the original iDOLM@STER series.

Toba is no stranger to the iDOLM@STER series, in fact, he has also produced the previous anime series focusing on 765 Pro. He talked about how this new anime will be different from the previous one, and stated that while the situation is somewhat the same (both 765 Pro and Cinderella Girls came from nobodies to superstars), the characters will be quite different and drew comparisons between the two leads, Haruka Amami from 765 Pro, and Uzuki Shimamura from Cinderella Girls. However, he admitted that drawing out that Cinderella Story for the girls in a different manner would be quite difficult indeed.

He also talked about the anime’s third episode where the three female leads, Uzuki, Mio, and Rin, all became back-up dancers in a concert. He said he wanted to convey the success of the girls, especially for Mio and Uzuki.

Toba also talked about the new Producer, Takeuchi-P, who is a little bit more intimidating than the 765 Pro Producer. As a producer himself, he said that the role is a “delicate existence” and must be able to accept a lot of people. He said that after a few character designs and illustrations, they finally settled on their producer and as it turned out, he became popular… very popular.

And as it won’t be iDOLM@STER without the music, he was asked if he was worried about the songs. To that, he answered that he “believes that it will be formed as the story goes along. The success of these songs, and the show, will also depend on the growth of the Cinderella Project’s members, especially in important scenes like concerts.

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Cinderella Girls producer Hironori Toba talks about The Producer, the original series, and more

Cinderella Girls producer Hironori Toba talks about The Producer, the original series, and more

The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls has already become one of this season’s hottest titles, and the series’ producer (no, not that producer), Hironori Toba, has recently sat down with Dengeki Online and talked about the new anime, the new idols, the new producer, and how it is different from the original iDOLM@STER series.

Toba is no stranger to the iDOLM@STER series, in fact, he has also produced the previous anime series focusing on 765 Pro. He talked about how this new anime will be different from the previous one, and stated that while the situation is somewhat the same (both 765 Pro and Cinderella Girls came from nobodies to superstars), the characters will be quite different and drew comparisons between the two leads, Haruka Amami from 765 Pro, and Uzuki Shimamura from Cinderella Girls. However, he admitted that drawing out that Cinderella Story for the girls in a different manner would be quite difficult indeed.

He also talked about the anime’s third episode where the three female leads, Uzuki, Mio, and Rin, all became back-up dancers in a concert. He said he wanted to convey the success of the girls, especially for Mio and Uzuki.

Toba also talked about the new Producer, Takeuchi-P, who is a little bit more intimidating than the 765 Pro Producer. As a producer himself, he said that the role is a “delicate existence” and must be able to accept a lot of people. He said that after a few character designs and illustrations, they finally settled on their producer and as it turned out, he became popular… very popular.

And as it won’t be iDOLM@STER without the music, he was asked if he was worried about the songs. To that, he answered that he “believes that it will be formed as the story goes along. The success of these songs, and the show, will also depend on the growth of the Cinderella Project’s members, especially in important scenes like concerts.

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Cinderella Girls producer Hironori Toba talks about The Producer, the original series, and more

Naruto"s final compiled volume to have a secret in its wrap-around jacket

Naruto‘s final chapter may have put the beloved manga series to a close, but for its 72nd and final compiled volume, or Tankoubon, there will be a “Secret” going to be revealed in its wrap-around jacket

What will this secret be? We will never know until February 4, 2015, which is when the final volume will be released in Japan.

So what do you think is this big secret?

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Naruto"s final compiled volume to have a secret in its wrap-around jacket

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax finally gets a Western localization

Western countries rejoice, because Sony’s official PlayStation Blog has announced that Sega’s light novel cross-over fighting game, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, will finally be heading west to North America and Europe later this year for the PS3 and the PS Vita.

The game is part of Dengeki Bunko’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations and it features several of the most popular Dengeki Bunko light novel heroes and heroines like Kirito and Asuna from Sword Art Online, Shana from Shakugan no Shana, Miyuki from The Irregular at Magic High School, Rentarou from Black Bullet, Kirino from OreImo, Mikoto from the A Certain Series, Shizuo from Durarara, and many more.

The game’s North American and European versions will be released this Summer 2015 with the North American version being available for both digital download and retail, while the European version is only available for digital download. A Chinese localization has been set for Asia sometime in Spring 2015

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[Video] Latest Yamada-kun & the Seven Witches PV streamed

Spring 2015 is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated anime seasons ever, and one of the titles coming into next season with a whole lot of hype is Yamada-kun & the Seven Witches. The upcoming anime‘s official youtube channel has just started streaming its latest PV.

The video features the image song, Ding! Ging! Dong!, which is performed by three of the main characters, Ryuu Yamada (Ryota Ohsaka), Miyabi Itou (Maaya Uchida), and Nene Odigiri (Eri Kitamura). The anime will be based on Miki Yoshikawa’s best-selling high school manga which has also inspired a live-action TV drama.

The anime will be part of an already loaded Spring 2015 season which begins this April.

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[Video] Latest Yamada-kun & the Seven Witches PV streamed

Fate characters invade Phantasy Star Online 2 in a new collaboration

Phantasy Star Online 2 has announced their latest anime collaboration, and it is none other than one of the most successful visual novel and anime franchises in Japan, the Fate series, particularly, Fate/ Hollow Ataraxia and Fate/ Kalaid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei!

Fate-themed AC Scratch items will be available in PSO2’s Japanese server starting January 28, 2015 and will feature costumes to make player avatars look like Kuro, Caren Hortensia, Avenger, Saber Alter, and Bazett Fraga McRemitz.

Weapons include Saber Alter’s Excalibur Morgan or Black Excalibur, Archer’s Kansou and Bakuya, and more. A Fate/ Illya poster will also be available for the game.

These additions are part of the January 28 update which will include Valentine’s day themes and new items. The game has previously done collaborations with anime like Yuru Yuri and Madoka Magica

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Fate characters invade Phantasy Star Online 2 in a new collaboration