Japanese school that will teach cosplaying, being an idol, illustrating doujinshi, and more, to open in Akihabara

Akihabara is the epicenter of many aspects of Japanese subculture, from cosplay to anime, and everything in-between, and it will be the site of the Akiba Business School, which will be run by the Tokyo School of Anime, and will teach students about the many aspects of Japanese popular culture.

Students can choose one of the six courses when they enroll, and they are Idol, Idol Producer, Maid & Cosplay Business, Doujinshi, Anime Event Staff, and Anime Producer, and each course has a teaching staff which boast extensive knowledge in their respective fields. And with the school’s idol course, they even have TWO idol groups called Moe7 and SCHOOOOL.

The Idol, Idol Producer, Maid & Cosplay Business, Doujinshi courses are now being offered in the school’s official website, and it is open to all genders and nationalities, however, the forms are in Japanese and knowledge of the language is important.

The Tokyo School of Anime in West Kasai meanwhile will be holding information sessions for the school on February 27 and March 5, 12 and 19. The school is scheduled to open sometime in April 2017. The school is known for teaching voice acting, animation, figure design, sound engineering, anime creation, and the business of anime.

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Japanese school that will teach cosplaying, being an idol, illustrating doujinshi, and more, to open in Akihabara

[VIDEO] Brand new PV for Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt part 3 streamed

Then third of four Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt episodes will finally be shown later this month , and Bandai Visual has started streaming a brand new PV for the upcoming web anime, which is set in the Thunderbolt sector during the Universal Century’s One Year War.

The video gives us a preview on the climactic battle between the Psycho Zaku and the Full Armor Gundam. Meanwhile, Bandai also announced that the net anime will be having an exclusive release for the subscribers of the Gundam Fan Club app on March 3, before getting a wide release on March 18.

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt is set during the same time as the original 1979 anime, but is set in a different theater of war, which is in the Thunderbolt sector. It is based on the Gundam spin-off manga by Yasuo Ohtagaki, and will be released in four parts.

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[VIDEO] Magi: Sinbad no Bouken TV anime gets its very first TVCM

The King of the Seven Seas is jumping from the OVAs to a brand new TV anime, and to further the hype caused by the upcoming Magi: Sinbad no Bouken TV anime, a new TV ad was aired in Japan:

Daisuke Ono is returning as the mighty Sinbad, in this new TV anime which will act as a prequel to the main Magi series. Set 30 years before the events of Magi, the anime will follow Sinbad in his early days, as he tries to conquer dungeons.

The anime, which is based on Shinobu Ohtaka and Yoshifumi Ootera’s prequel manga, is slated to premiere this April 15, 2016, and will feature the cast and staff returning from the OVAs.

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[VIDEO] Magi: Sinbad no Bouken TV anime gets its very first TVCM

Symphogear anime not only gets a season 4, but a season 5 as well

Symphogear is getting a sequel anime, or rather, Symphogear is getting not one, but TWO sequel anime, as the series’ official website has now officially confirmed that the Senki Zesshou Symphogear franchise will be getting both a season 4 AND a season 5. Symphogear fans, rejoice!

The announcement for the sequels was first made during the Symphogear Live 2016 event at the Nippon Budoukan, however, no exact release dates for both new seasons have been mentioned as of writing. No exact titles for both new seasons have been announced either. More details for both season 4 and season 5 will be made in the days ahead.

So, who is excited? I surely am!

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Food Wars: Shokugeki no Souma Ni no Sara sequel anime to premiere summer 2016

Prepare for more “anime food porn” and heated kitchen battles this summer, as Souma, Erina, and all your other favorite Food Wars: Shokugeki no Souma characters return with a sequel anime, which will be titled Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara, which also means “Second Plate.”

Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara will be a direct sequel to the anime, which premiered spring of last year, and will pick up where the first anime left off. This sequel anime is scheduled to premiere summer 2016.

Seems like the details on this new season, such as the exact premiere date, new cast members, and more, will be revealed in the future, so stay tuned for more announcements.

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The Nominees for the Anime of the Year 2016 Award announced

The Anime of the Year, which is split between film and TV anime categories, are considered the most prestigious award in anime, and the winners will be announced in this year’s Tokyo Anime Award Festival. The announcement of winners will be made on March 21, 2016 at the at Toho Cinemas Nihonbashi.

The awards-giving body, which is made up of a few select members, have narrowed down the candidates for nominees from a pool which contained 489  titles. These titles are anime that were shown between the period of November 01, 2014 and October 31, 2015, and they have now announced the nominees for this year, and they are comprised of:

THEATRICAL FILMS

• The Anthem of the Heart


• The Boy and the Beast


• Expelled from Paradise


• Love Live! The School Idol Movie

TV ANIME

• Mr. Osomatsu


• Your Lie in April


• Shirobako


• One Punch Man

All eight nominees announced have gained quite a good following, and have been well received by both fans and critics alike. It seems like this year will indeed be a tough one.

Last year, the Anime of the Year Award went to Frozen for the film category, while the Anime of the Year for the TV category went to Ping Pong the Animation.

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[VIDEO] Pokemon Moon and Pokemon Sun officially announced for Nintendo 3DS

During a Pokemon Direct live streaming presentation, Nintendo has confirmed the rumors which have recently been circling the internet: They are making a brand new Pokemon game, which will have the titles, Pokemon Moon, and Pokemon Sun.

According to the announcement, the game is slated to hit the market late 2016, and will be available for Nintendo’s 3DS platform, just like the previous Pokemon X and Pokemon Y generation. Hmmmm… when I hear those titles, I often think of the Sun Stone and the Moon Stone, as well as Lunatone and Solrock. Will those items and Pokemon play some part in these games?

This new game is part of the Pokemon franchise’s 20th anniversary celebrations, and will officially be the seventh generation in a 20-year franchise, which revolutionized the gaming world back in 1996. Nintendo has also confirmed that the game will be available in nine different languages, namely English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and both traditional and simplified Chinese.

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The Top 20 most Narcissistic characters in Anime, according to Charapedia

Like in real life, there are characters in anime that are too full of themselves, and really love themselves too much. For this week’s Charapedia character poll, the Japanese anime character database has asked which anime characters are the ones who they find the most narcissistic and has the biggest EGO.

With 10,000 votes (male: 36.9%, female: 63.1%), Charapedia presented a total of 68 characters, however, only the Top 20 were revealed, and they are:

20 – Mikoto Mikoshiba (Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun)

19 – Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)

18 – Kai Nijuuri / Twenty (Milky Holmes)

17 – Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High Host Club)

16 – Yuda (Fist of the North Star)

15 – Hosaka (Minami-ke)

14 – Sachiko Koshimizu (The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls)

13 – Shinji Matou (Fate)

12 – Shuu Tsukiyama (Tokyo Ghoul)

11 – Suzuki (Yu Yu Hakusho)

10 – Takiyashamaru Tairan (Nintama Rantaro)

9 – Ryota Kise (Kuroko’s Basketball)

8 – Cavendish (One Piece)

7 – Kanie Seiya (Amagi Brilliant Park)

6 – Jinpachi Toudou (Yowamushi Pedal)

5 – Suneo Honekawa (Doraemon)

4 – Tooru Oikawa (Haikyuu!)

3 – Kazuhiko Hanawa (Chibi Maruko-chan)

2 – Keigo Atobe (Prince of Tennis)

1 – Karamatsu Matsuno

Yes, Kanie Seiya is just like his namesake and real-life counterpart, Kanye West, as both of them really love themselves and both have huge egos the size of an entire continent, and yes, Takiyashamaru Tairan has been called the “ultimate narcissist,” however, the one who took the top spot in this poll is the Matsuno brother who really thinks he is the best thing that has ever happened to the world, Karamatsu, who may even give Narcissus himself a run for his money.

Given the large number of female voters  (63.1%), as guys tend to be more narcissistic than women apparently, it is also apparent that a lot of anime with a large female fanbase like Mr. Osomatsu, Haikyuu!, and Prince of Tennis , have placed high in these rankings. And it seems that the belief that guys are more narcissistic is evident here in this list, as 19 of the 20 characters voted into the Top 20 are guys! The rose among the thorns is iDOLM@STER’s Sachiko Koshimizu, who can actually give the guys in this list a run for their money about being too full of themselves.

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Live-Action Assassination Classroom"s second film to also feature manga"s ending

Looks like it’s not just the anime adaptation of Yusei Matsui’s Assassination Classroom manga which will be able to catch up to the manga’s ending, as a press conference for the second Assassination Classroom live-action movie has confirmed that the second film will be able to catch up to the manga as well.

The second live-action film is titled Assassination Classroom: Graduation, and is slated to premiere in Japan on March 25, 2016. According to Yusei Matsui himself, the film was timed with the ending of the manga, and all of this was thanks to a proposal that both the film and the manga will share the exact same ending.

The manga’s ending coincides with Japan’s graduation season, which is usually being done in March. The same issue of Shounen Jump is also announcing that they are starting a “Graduation Countdown” for the manga, and will also feature an illustration by Yusei Matsui, which comments on the manga’s ending.

Previously, issue #11 of Weekly Shounen Jump! Magazine announced that the series is headed to the “conclusion of the fated battle.” So, will Class E finally assassinate Koro-sensei and save the Earth? I guess we will find out in March.

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[VIDEO] One Piece"s Straw Hat Pirates promote new Razor Blades in a TV Ad

The Straw Hat Pirates of One Piece have teamed up Kai’s Xfit razor blades for a new ad campaign which involves special One Piece razor stands. A new PV for the partnership has been streamed, and it features the Straw Hats admiring Xfit’s features and how it can give users a smooth shave.

The collaboration also features special razors, which will come with special One Piece packaging. Meanwhile, the One Piece razor stands come in several variants. Luffy and Nami cost 5,400 yen each, while the superdeformed versions of Luffy, Zoro, Zanji, Chopper, and Trafalgar Law each cost 2,700 yen. All of these products are scheduled for release in March.

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[VIDEO] One Piece"s Straw Hat Pirates promote new Razor Blades in a TV Ad

[Video] God Eater anime"s Meteor Light Arc gets previewed in new video

After months of waiting, we are finally getting new footage from the unaired episodes of the God Eater anime, which will be called the Meteor Light Arc. The new footage also gives us a taste of what to expect, and will offer a look into the childhood of the anime’s main protagonist, Lenka.

On March 5, 2016, Episodes 10 – 13 will finally be aired via Tokyo MX, and they will follow the Meteor Light arc. The anime abruptly ended last September on episode 9, and definitely left many fans hanging. Its entire anime run for the Summer 2015 season was plagued with delays, as even the anime’s very first episode was met with a setback.

But despite all the delays, there are still fans who praised ufotable, the studio responsible for animating God Eater. Many have said that they would rather see ufotable’s usual excellent quality in an anime that is delayed, rather than see poor quality animation on an episode that has been rushed.

Previously, it was announced that the anime’s final four episodes, Episode 10: “Sange”, Episode 11: “Meteor Light”, Episode 12: “Dai-Ichi Butai”, and Episode 13: “Renge”, will be “coming this winter.”

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[Video] God Eater anime"s Meteor Light Arc gets previewed in new video

[VIDEO] Man attends Donald Trump rally in Sailor Moon costume, gets escorted out

The ever-so-controversial real-estate mogul, Donald Trump is running for president of the United States of America, and so far, he has attracted a lot of followers and protesters alike with all those controversial comments he has made. During a political campaign rally in Atlanta however, he attracted one unexpected guest.

Wearing a cosplay outfit from Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon franchise, the man, who people have identified as twitter user, @bootymath, chanted USA!, even after the crowd has stopped chanting, and created quite a commotion. However, it was still unclear whether this Sailor Moon cosplayer is a Trump supporter or a protester.

@realDonaldTrump champion of justice @bootymath here ready to fuck up some rallies in the name of the moon #USApic.twitter.com/bDWzci5vs1

— autumn (@princessbubbler) February 22, 2016

However, his cheering was interrupted when a few security guards approached him and escorted him out. What a bunch of party-poopers.

update: escorting @bootymath from the premises pic.twitter.com/LdEGA3Ih8B

— alex russell (@alexrussellglo) February 21, 2016

reporting to you live from the trump rally before we were removed pic.twitter.com/bIGot7s2fD

— alex russell (@alexrussellglo) February 21, 2016

currently pic.twitter.com/hGJa9pAZVa

— alex russell (@alexrussellglo) February 21, 2016

Can’t a guy just cosplay Sailor Moon and chant “USA!” in peace? Sailor Moon’s real name is Usagi, Usagi starts with U.S.A., coincidence? I think not, right?

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[VIDEO] Man attends Donald Trump rally in Sailor Moon costume, gets escorted out

One Piece Film Gold"s character costumes revealed, designed by mangaka Eiichiro Oda himself

The Straw Hat Pirates are getting a new look for the the upcoming One Piece Film Gold, and the anime movie’s official website has revealed how they might look like in their new outfits, and some of the designs, particularly the black leather and white suit outfits, have been designed by One Piece creator, Eiichiro Oda himself, Check out the designs:

One Piece Film Gold is slated for release on July 23, 2016, and will follow the Straw Hat Pirates as they enter a new dimension in the New World. So who here is excited for both films? I surely am!

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One Piece Film Gold"s character costumes revealed, designed by mangaka Eiichiro Oda himself