Sword Art Online only 6th?! The Top 30 bestselling light novel series of 2015

2015 is almost at an end, and the Japanese media website, Oricon, has just revealed which Japanese light novel series sold the most copies this year.  These are based on which light novel series are selling the most number of copies from the period of November 17, 2014 to November 22, 2015. Here are the Top 30:

1. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? by Fujino Oomori – 1,220,217 copies sold


2. The Irregular at Magic High School by Tsutomu Satou – 1,175,978 copies sold


3. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU by Wataru Watari – 1,050,446 copies sold


4. Overlord by Kugane Maruyama – 927,413 copies sold


5. Naruto Story Series by Masashi Kishimoto, Akira Higashiyama, Others – 883,833 copies sold


6. Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara – 788,895


7. Kagerou Daze by JIN – 494,721


8. Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuuby Touko Fujitani and HoneyWorks – 413,663


9. New Testament: A Certain Magical Index by Kazuma Kamachi – 405,666


10. Sword Art Online: Progressive by Reki Kawahara – 390,856


11. Boukyaku Tantei Series by NisiOisin – 380,413


12. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Side Story  by Fujino Oomori – 336,883


13. Haikyu!! Novel Edition!! by Haruichi Furudate and Kiyoko Hoshi – 333,922


14. No Game, No Life by Yuu Kamiya – 326,179


15. Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online by Keiichi Sigsawa and Reki Kawahara – 314,890


16. Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend by Fumiaki Maruto – 313,744


17. My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Short Story Collection by Wataru Watari – 313,159


18. Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign: Ichinose Guren, 16-Sai no Hametsu by Takaya Kagami – 302,486


19. GATE by Takumi Yanai – 294,451


20. The Devil is a Part-Timer! by Satoshi Wagahara – 289,046


21. Monogatari Series by NisiOisin – 288,060


22. Date A Live by Koushi Tachibana – 263,824


23. The Boy and the Beast by Mamoru Hosoda – 254,547


24. Kuroko’s Basketball -Replace- by Sawako Hirabayashi and Tadatoshi Fujimaki – 250,630


25. World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman by Akamitsu Awamura – 242,408


26. Accel World by Reki Kawahara – 237,742


27. The Testament of Sister New Devil by Tetsuto Uesu – 234,809


28. Aria the Scarlet Ammo by Chuugaku Akamatsu – 230,153


29. Chivalry of a Failed Knight by Riku Misora – 226,010


30. Naruto Shinden Series Shueisha by Masashi Kishimoto, Takashi Yano, Shin Towada – 216,734

It seems like annual favorites like Sword Art Online, A Certain Magical Index, The Irregular at Magic High School, and My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU were not able to get #1 this year, because 2015 seems to be the year of the goddess Hestia, as she boob strings her way to #1 in terms of sales. It’s the year of DanMachi for light novels, and from the rankings alone, Hestia really has defeated a lot of big names.

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Sword Art Online only 6th?! The Top 30 bestselling light novel series of 2015

Here are the Top 30 bestselling manga series of 2015

With the year already nearing its end, Japanese media website, Oricon, has just released their rankings for top selling manga series for 2015. These are based on which manga series are selling the most number of copies sold from the period of November 17, 2014 to November 22, 2015. Here are the Top 30:

1. One Piece by Eiichiro Oda – 14,102,52 copies sold


2. The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki – 10,304,112 copies sold


3. Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama – 8,778,048 copies sold


4. Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui – 8,605,861 copies sold


5. Kingdom by Yasuhisa Hara – 8,569,215 copies sold


6. Haikyuu!! by Haruichi Furudate – 6,531,508 copies sold


7. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma by  Yuuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki – 4,321,830 copies sold


8. Terra Formars by Yuu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana – 4,188,158 copies sold


9. Prison School by Akira Hiramoto – 4,058,119 copies sold


10. Tokyo Ghoul:re by Sui Ishida – 3,758,541 copies sold


11. One-Punch Man by ONE and Yuusuke Murata – 3,689,013


12. Blue Spring Ride by Io Sakisaka – 3,638,637 copies sold


13. Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida – 3,576,177 copies sold


14. Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto – 3,498,177 copies sold


15. Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima – 3,472,121 copies sold


16. Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe – 3,355,844 copies sold


17. Nisekoi by Naoshi Komi – 3,199,971 copies sold


18. Ace of Diamond by Yuuji Terajima – 2,940,024 copies sold


19. Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign by Daisuke Furuya, Takaya Kagami and Yamato Yamamoto – 2,850,718 copies sold


20. Magi by Shinobu Ohtaka – 2,820,526 copies sold


21. Bleach by Tite Kubo – 2,818,926 copies sold


22. World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara – 2,735,269 copies sold


23. Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi – 2,642,690 copies sold


24. Orange by Ichigo Takano – 2,321,095 copies sold


25. Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama – 2,308,421 copies sold


26. My Love Story!! by Aruko and Kazune Kawahara – 2,304,674 copies sold


27. My Hero Academia by Kouhei Horikoshi – 2,190,845 copies sold


28. Hoozuki no Reitetsu by Natsumi Eguchi – 2,148,504 copies sold


29. March comes in like a lion by Chika Umino – 1,979,421 copies sold


30. Black Butler by Yana Toboso – 1,957,229 copies sold

As expected, One Piece has topped this year’s crop of winners, and it does so convincingly, getting more than 3,000 copies sold over the #2 ranked Seven Deadly Sins manga. It seems that One Piece ain’t slowing down at all just yet!

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Here are the Top 30 bestselling manga series of 2015

Will we get a new Naruto series? New Naruto countdown will lead to the "Next Generation"

Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto series has ended on a high note with Boruto: Naruto the Movie… or did it?

A new Naruto countdown website has been opened, and this one will be leading to the “Next Generation,” and also features the silhouettes of the characters featured in Boruto. Can you guess who they are?

Scheduled to count down to zero at 3:30 p.m. on December 19, 2015, the countdown coincides with the very first day of Shueisha’s Jump Festa event, where there is a scheduled Naruto stage event at 3:00 p.m. JST.

No word yet on what will this countdown lead to, whether it will be a new series by creator Masashi Kishimoto, a new anime featuring Boruto and this new generation of ninjas, or something completely different from what we are expecting. Who knows? I guess we will only find out on December 19.

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Will we get a new Naruto series? New Naruto countdown will lead to the "Next Generation"

[VIDEO] MuvLuv Alternative spin-off anime, Schwarzesmarken"s latest PV is streamed

MuvLuv Alternative is the science fiction spin-off to the MuvLuv visual novel series, and now, it will be having yet another spin-off anime in Schwarzesmarken, which is set 18 years before the events of another MuvLuv Alternative spin-off, MuvLuv Alternative: Total Eclipse. Here’s the latest PV, which was released by Avex Pictures:

The anime will be based on the novel whose concept was written by Hiroki Uchida. It follows the 666th division as they battle gigantic alien monsters invading the earth known as the BETA.

The anime will premiere on January 2016.

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[VIDEO] MuvLuv Alternative spin-off anime, Schwarzesmarken"s latest PV is streamed

These Danboard Computer Glasses from Tokyo Otaku Mode are just the cutest

In a special partnership between Tokyo Otaku Mode and Kiyohiko Azuma’s bestselling comedy manga, Yotsuba&!, they are giving fans of the manga’s lovable cardboard robot mascot, Danboard, a special treat with the new Danboard Computer Glasses which can help protect your eyes fro from harmful blue light, which of course can cause eye strain.

The frames and lenses of all the glasses use raw material from Italian company Mazzucchelli, and assembled by master artisans in Sabae, Japan, a place in Japan famous for being one of the three biggest glasses manufacturing areas in the world.

The glasses use high performance, medical grade CR-39 lenses which can block out blue light, delivering Made in Japan quality to fans all over the world. The frames, glasses case, and cleaning cloth meanwhile also have a cardboard feel which bring out their Danboard theme.

These glasses can get your eyes protected from harmful blue light, which are usually emitted from TV screens, computer screens, or smartphones. These glasses are now available via Tokyo Otaku Mode for $148.99.

【Product Details】

Product Name:「Danboard Computer Glasses」

Pre-order Start Date: 2015/11/7

(Shipping from Feb. 2016)

Detail: $148.99 USD(No Shipping Fee)

Made in: Japan

Frame Material: Acetate

Lens:CR39

Blue Light Cut-rate:

England Standard (BS 2724:1987) 49% Cut

Japan Industrial Standard (JIS T 7333:2005)

31.8% Cut

Size: 1 Size Only (53/15/142)

Style: Full Frame/Uni-sex

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Heroes Nexus Championship (Singapore) qualifier #2 tournament live stream

If you play Blizzard’s team brawler/MOBA title, Heroes of the Storm, you might want to tune in today to the live stream for Heroes Nexus Championship (Singapore)’s 2nd qualifier.

Happening right now at the Enzo Games cybercafe near Mustafa Centre, the top four teams in this qualifier will head into an 8-team play-off on December 12 to fight for a handsome $40,000 prize pool.

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The Top 20 most pure and innocent anime characters according to Charapedia

In anime, there are characters who are wily and use their brains or knowledge of the world to their advantage, however, there are those anime characters who are so innocent that most of the time, they don’t even know what’s going on or are too pure to even know what that three-letter S word which ends with X means.

For this week’s Charapedia poll, 10,000 anime fans, 59% male, 41% female, were asked to rank the anime characters they think is most pure or most innocent. Of the 74 characters included in the poll, only the Top 20 were announced, and they are:

20) Meiko “Menma” Honma (AnoHana)

19) Index Librorum Prohibitorum (A Certain series)

18) Popura Taneshima (Working!)

17) Torhu Honda (Fruits Basket)

16) Yuki Takeya (School Live!)

15) Umi Sonoda (Love Live!)

14) Haruka Nanami (UtaPri)

13) Cocoa Hoto (Is the Order a Rabbit?)

12) Juushimatsu Matsuno (Mr. Osomatsu)

11) Saika Totsuka (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)

10) Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

9) Chino Kafuu (Is the Order a Rabbit?)

8) Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

7) Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)

6) Shoyo Hinata (Haikyuu!!)

5) Yui Hirasawa (K-On!)

4) Akari Akaza (YuruYuri)

3) Kosaki Onodera (Nisekoi)

2) Eru Chitanda (Hyouka)

1) Sawako Kuronuma (Kimi ni Todoke)

She may look like a scary “vengeful spirit” from The Ring, but when it comes to becoming actually pure and innocent, Sawako actually takes the cake as her moments can trump some of the “achievements in innocence” by some of the characters in this list.

meanwhile, #2 ranked Eru Chitanda is a sheltered rich girl, and this has resulted in her innocence, which has led to her curiousity, which of course has led to Oreki’s constant dismay as he is forced to expend energy. The other members of the Top 5 like Onodera, Akarin, and Yui are no slouches either. While Akari and Yui are legendary for being innocent and pure, Onodera has that shy personality which makes people want to protect her.

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The Asterisk War"s Ayato, director, and creator to hold stage event in AFA - Anime Festival Asia!

As we all know, AFA – Anime Festival Asia has now kicked off at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, and if you’re a fan of one of this season’s hottest anime, The Asterisk War, it would be a great time to head down there later today as the anime’s director, director Ono Manabu, the voice of Ayato, Atsushi Tamaru, as well as the author of the light novel, Yuu Miyazaki, will all be speaking at a special stage event during AFA!

Asuide from The Asterisk War main character, Ayato, Atsushi Tamaru is best known for his roles as Akira Kunimi in Haikyu!!, Takuma Hachimine in Meganebu!, Mochizo Oji in Tamako Market and Mikihiko Yoshida in The Irregular at Magic High School, while director Ono Manabu has titles like A-Channel, The Irregular at Magic High School, and Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere under his belt. Yuu Miyazaki meanwhile is the very author behind the series itself.

Holders of the Exhibition + Stage tickets can get the chance to see these three talk about the anime as well as make a very special announcement later today!

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The Asterisk War"s Ayato, director, and creator to hold stage event in AFA - Anime Festival Asia!

Love Live!’s μ’s, AKB48, and more confirmed for this year’s Kouhaku Uta Gasen

After all the speculations, NHK has finally announced the official participants to one of Japan’s most prestigious musical events, the Kouhaku Uta Gassen, or Red and White Song Battle. Only the “cream of the crop” of Japan’s music industry can be invited to the annual New year musical extravaganza, and it is considered a huge honor to be invited to perform.

With the Love Live! School Idol Movie being a big hit and having chart-topping singles here and there, Love Live!’s μ’s have been really popular this year, so much so that they have been confirmed to perform in an event where only the “Top Brass” of the Japanese music industry are invited to join in.

Another notable group joining the annual extravaganza is BUMP OF CHICKEN, the group best known for performing the theme song for Blood Blockade Battlefront, who surprisingly has decided to join in this year after years of turning down invites from NHK. This can be attributed for the group’s reluctance to perform on TV, however, they seem to have been mellowing out on the idea of performing on TV recently.

Here are the complete line-up of artistes and their teams, who will be performing during the annual New Year special Kouhaku Uta Gassen (the number in parenthesis next to the names represents the number of times they’ve performed on the program):

Red Team:

• E-girls (3)


• Ikimono-gakari (8)


• Sayuri Ishikawa (38)


• Miki Imai (2)


• AKB48 (8)


• NMB48 (3)


• Sakurako Ohara (1)


• Natsuko Godai (22)


• Fuyumi Sakamoto (27)


• Ringo Sheena (3)


• Aya Shimazu (2)


• Superfly (1)


• Mariko Takahashi (3)


• Yoshimi Tendō (20)


• AAA (6)


• Kana Nishino (6)


• Nogizaka46 (1)


• Perfume (8)


• Ayako Fuji (21)


• Seiko Matsuda (19)


• Kaori Mizumori (13)


• μ’s (1)


• miwa (3)


• Rebecca (1)


• Akiko Wada (39)

White Team:

• Arashi (7)


• Hiroshi Itsuki (45)


• EXILE (11)


• X Japan (6)


• KANJANI∞(4)


• Gesu no Kiwami Otome (1)


• Hiromi Go (28)


• Golden Bomber (4)


• Masahiko Kondō(10)


• Sandaime J Soul Brothers (4)


• SMAP (23)


• SEKAI NO OWARI (2)


• Sexy Zone (3)


• TOKIO (22)


• Hideaki Tokunaga (10)


• BUMP OF CHICKEN (1)


• Kiyoshi Hikawa (16)


• V6 (2)


• Masaharu Fukuyama (8)


• Gen Hoshino (1)


• Takashi Hosokawa (39)


• Hiroshi Miyama (1)


• Akihiro Miwa (4)


• Shinichi Mori (48)


• Keisuke Yamauchi (1)


• YUZU (6)

The line-up of artistes greeting 2016 will be split into two groups, red and white, with all the male artistes representing the White Team while all the female artistes representing the Red Team. The winners are then decided via popular vote.

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[VIDEO] New Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax PV shows new characters" moves

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition, the sequel to Sega’s popular light novel cross-over fighting game, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, is headed to PS3, PS4, and PS Vita consoles in Japan next month, and Sega has just released a new PV for the game which shows off the moves of the newly added characters, along with the ones returning from the previous game. Play the video until the end and you’ll see what might happen when Mikoto and Kuroko face off against one another…

The newly-added characters to the game include Emi Yuusa/ Emilia the Hero from The Devil is a Part-timer!, Quenser Barbotage from Heavy Object, Kuroko Shirai from A Certain Magical Index, and Tatsuya Shiba from The Irregular at Magic High School.

Scheduled for release on December 17, 2015, the home console versions for Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition will be available for the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4.

Aside from the new characters, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition will feature a better balance between the characters as French Bread and Ecole will be tweaking the game while also adding a few new features, which were not available in the original release. Though the original game was eventually released for home consoles as well as getting an English localization, no word yet whether this sequel game will also also be getting an English version.

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Madoka Magica short concept movie to be unveiled and hinting on new project

With Japanese animation studio, Shaft, celebrating its 40th anniversary with the Madogatari exhibition, which crosses over two of their most popular works in Madoka Magica and Monogatari, it was announced that a short concept movie related to Madoka Magica will be revealed during the event.

The exact same team behind the Madoka Magica anime, as well as the movies, the Magica Quartet, will be behind this new concept movie. Magica Quartet is comprised of four of the biggest names in the anime industry, Director Akiyuki Shinbo (Monogatari), writer Gen Urobuchi (Fate/ Zero, Aldnoah. Zero), character designer Ume Aoki (Hidamari Sketch), and animation studio Shaft (Nisekoi, Monogatari).

Even after the release and success of the third movie, Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story, the Magica Quartet have still been doing meetings, and this new concept movie was created out of those meetings. It has been hinted that this might even lead to a new work for Madoka Magica, and this new concept movie will be featuring a new story. Though it hints of a new project for MadoMagi, no official announcements have been made so far.

The Madogatari event’s first stop will be in Tokyo from November 27 to December 2, 2015 at 3331 Arts Chiyoda before moving the show to Osaka’s Herbis Hall from December 22-27, 2015. It will then continue from  February 9-14, 2016 in Sapporo. You can also check out which crossover goodies will go on sale for the event through this link.

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[VIDEO] As expected, One Punch Man"s Saitama completely dominates Fall Out 4

One Punch Man‘s overpowered main character, Saitama, has been known to completely destroy threats to humanity with just one punch, be it an asteroid or a monster or a mosquito girl, he can them with only well… one punch. But what happens when you put Saitama in the world of Fall Out 4? The answer is complete and utter domination.

Youtube user, The Ghost, made a Saitama mod and unleashed the overpowered hero into the wasteland to take on  Ghouls, Deathclaws, Raiders, and more. the result was predictable, with Saitama destroying everything with one punch.

Just one question though, why is the Caped Baldy not wearing a cape?

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Hiromu Arakawa"s Silver Spoon to return from hiatus in January 2016

Silver Spoon fans, rejoice! After a lengthy hiatus which started last May, Hiromu Arakawa’s agricultural manga, Silver Spoon, will finally be returning in January 27, 2016 in issue #9 of Weekly Shounen Sunday magazine’s 2016 edition.

The legendary mangaka, who is also responsible for creating Full Metal Alchemist and illustrating the Heroic Legend of Arslan manga, said she slowed down the pace of the manga due to the declining health of a family member. Last April however, was the end of that family member’s treatment, and Arakawa and said that she will continue making the manga as she watches over her family.

The return has been welcome news for fans who are eagerly awaiting for the manga’s return since May, which subsequently came after a shorter hiatus which lasted until April earlier this year.

Silver Spoon is Arakawa Hiromu’s follow-up to her successful manga series, Full Metal Alchemist. Set in an agricultural school in Hokkaido, it depicts the daily life of  Yuugo Hachiken, a student from Sapporo who had enrolled into the school under the false impression that he will be able to do well because of the easier academic courses. The series has inspired two anime series.

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Hiromu Arakawa"s Silver Spoon to return from hiatus in January 2016

The Familiar of Zero to release 21st volume after author Noboru Yamaguchi passes away

The Familiar of Zero light novel series was hit with tragedy last 2013 when its creator, Noboru Yamaguchi, passed away due to cancer. The series remained unfinished as only 20 of its planned 22 volumes have been finished. However, due to insistent public demand, MF Bunko, which publishes the series, has announced that they will be releasing a new volume… years after the author passed away!

They even released a new volume cover art featuring the series’ main heroine and one of the “four queens of tsundere,” Louise, who was illustrated by the series’ original illustrator, Eiji Usatsuka!

The author writing the new volume has still not been revealed, however, the works of this new author will be based on the manuscripts and plot left behind by Yamaguchi before he died. The new volume is scheduled for release on February 25, 2016.

Yamaguchi passed away before he finished the Familiar of Zero series in 2013, and has left behind some manuscripts for the next volume as he was planning to finish it before he passed away. The last volume, volume 20, was released in 2011.

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The Familiar of Zero to release 21st volume after author Noboru Yamaguchi passes away

Solid gold Millennium Puzzle from Yu-Gi-Oh! is made, worth 25 million yen

Yugi Muto’s Millennium Puzzle is one of the most important ancient Egyptian artifacts in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, and to help promote the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark of Dimensions film, a replica of that very Millennium Puzzle has been crafted out of solid gold!

Weighing in at an estimated 1.5Kg, this solid gold Millennium Puzzle is priced at a whopping 25 million yen! Pretty cheap, huh?

This solid gold artifact will be on display at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba from 19 – 20 December for the Jump Festa 2015 event. Meanwhile, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark of Dimensions film will open in Japanese theaters starting April 23, 2016, and will feature the return of the characters from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series, most especially Kaiba and Yugi.

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Fans trespass on golf course featured in the Girls und Panzer movie, official twitter issues warning

When it comes to dedicated fans, Girls und Panzer has some of them, as many fans regularly make pilgrimages to the areas which where featured in the anime, particularly in the small fishing town of Oarai. With the Girls und Panzer der Film movie already making its premiere, new real-world locations have been revealed in the film, and as expected, fans were visiting them.

However, one such location was not all too happy about them. Most of the locations featured in Girls und Panzer are public locations, however, one location, a golf course known as the Oarai Golf Club, is a private location, which means that not everyone is allowed to enter. However, that did not stop some fans from visiting the location, which prompted the anime’s official twitter page to post this:

ガルパンファンの皆様にお願いです。劇場版冒頭にゴルフコースが登場することは既に多くの方がご存知の通りですが、舞台となったゴルフ場に立ち入ることは、どうかご遠慮ください。ゴルフ場にはドレスコードなど厳格な規則を設けているところが多いのです。BV杉山 #garupan

— 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント (@garupan) November 23, 2015

The tweet warned fans to observe and respect the rules and regulations of the golf course and not visit the locations featured in the film without permission. The tweet discourages fans from going too wild in golf courses, such as being a bother to players, but also encourages fans to visit the golf course as patrons. The twitter page also announces that the golf course is now working on a tour for fans of the anime.

大洗ゴルフ倶楽部様からのお願いについては以下のサイトをご覧ください。 大洗町観光協会HP：https://t.co/2bO1ltisoH 大洗まいわい市場イベント情報：https://t.co/3CWf7AUtSG BV杉山 #garupan

— 「ガールズ＆パンツァー」公式アカウント (@garupan) November 23, 2015

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Fans trespass on golf course featured in the Girls und Panzer movie, official twitter issues warning

Kana Hanazawa to voice Zera in Fairy Tail Zero

The official website to the Fairy Tail TV anime has just been updated, and it has announced that Kana Hanazawa will be joining the main cast of Fairy Tail Zero as Mavis Vermillion’s best friend, Zera.

She will be joining the voice cast which was announced earlier, led by none other than Mamiko Noto (Hell Girl’s Ai Enma and Elfen Lied’s Yuka), who will reprise her role as the first master of Fairy Tail, Mavis Vermillion.

Other confirmed cast members include:

• Katsuyuki Konishi as Yuri


• Hiroshi Shirokuma as Warrod


• Yoshihisa Kawahara as Precht


• Akira Ishida as Zeref

Fairy Tail Zero is based on the manga written and illustrated by the creator of Fairy Tail and Rave Master himself, Hiro Mashima. Scheduled to begin airing January 2016, the story follows the meeting between Mavis and Zara, and some treasure hunters named Warrod Sequen, Precht, and Yuri Dreyer. These people would soon the founders of the Fairy Tail guild, and this is their story.

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[VIDEO] Very first PV for Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt episode 1 streamed

With excitement building for the latest Gundam anime, Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt, a brand new PV for the anime’s first episode has finally been streamed, and it features the core rivalry between two pilots which the anime will be focusing on.

The anime will follow the rivalry between  Sergeant Daryl Lorentz of the Principality of Zeon with his Psyco Zaku, and Ensign Io Fleming of the Earth Federation with his Full Armor Gundam. A short version of the video has also been released by Bandai Visual.

Set in the One Year War between Zeon and the Earth Federation, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt follows the story of two ace pilots, one fighting for the Earth Federation, the other fighting for the Principality of Zeon. It is set in the Thunderbolt sector which contains numerous wrecks from ships and colonies. As the video shows, the area itself can be hazardous to any mobile suit because of the debris.

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These are the subtle changes in anime as animators and directors are changed

We often see huge changes in anime when a series changes studios or character designers, with series like My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU and Log Horizon providing good examples. However, sometimes, changes in animation are a little more subtle, with fans barely even noticing the changes.

While changing studios or character designers provide big or noticeable changes, changing the director or the animators working on a project sometimes leads to some minor changes, as seen in the example above for the series, Gundam AGE. These are often seen in long-running anime such as One Piece and Dragon Ball, but they can also be seen in other series such as K-On! and A Certain series. Here are a few more examples of the subtle art changes whenever the animators or the anime director is changed, but the anime remains with the same studio:

Dragon Ball (Dragon Ball Super included)

Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon Crystal not included)

Nintama

Yu-Gi-Oh!

A Certain series

Crayon Shin-chan

K-On!

Hunter x Hunter

One Piece

Now that’s subtle.

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These are the subtle changes in anime as animators and directors are changed