[NEW ANIME] Moe Comedy Manga, Slow Start, gets a TV anime adaptation

Brace yourselves folks, we’ve got a new moe anime coming! The most recent cover of the moe manga magazine, Manga Time Kirara, has revealed that Yuiko Tokumi’s 4-panel comedy manga, Slow Start, is getting itself a TV anime adaptation.

The manga follows Hana, a girl who got sick during her high school entrance exams and had to start a year late for her high school life. Now, she has to catch up with her friends who have been in high school a year longer than her.

While they have already announced a TV anime adaptation, the magazine cover didn’t reveal the anime’s staff and cast yet. Expect more details to be announced in the days to come.

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[NEW ANIME] Moe Comedy Manga, Slow Start, gets a TV anime adaptation

Southeast Asian supermarkets and convenience stores now selling PlayStation Network Prepaid cards

Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited has some good news for Southeast Asian gamers! This is because several supermarkets and convenience stores across Southeast Asia are now selling PlayStation Network Prepaid cards!

In Singapore, Sony has partnered up with 7-Eleven and Cheers to distribute these PSN Pre-paid cards to customers across the country. Over 10,000 locations across the region are now also selling these Prepaid cards. Here’s how much they cost in Singapore:

Each PSN prepaid card contains a digital code which consumers can redeem to top up their e-wallet for purchases such as full games, add-ons and membership from the online PlayStation Store. PS Plus is the premium membership service which offers additional benefits to gamers, including online multiplayer on PlayStation 4, free game downloads and discounts on selected digital content.

“This is just the start of our efforts to make digital purchases on our online PlayStation Store more accessible to gamers in the region,” said Hiroyuki Oda, Deputy President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia. “We want to offer consumers greater choice in deciding where to buy and how to pay for their favorite digital content. These cards are also wonderful Christmas gifts for friends and family.”

The prepaid cards are an alternative for consumers who do not have credit cards or alternative payment solutions such as PayPal which are required to make digital purchases at the PlayStation Store.

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A Certain Magical Index light novel editor tells fans to "wait a little longer" for anime"s season 3

Dengeki Bunko, which publishes Kazuma Kamachi’s A Certain Magical Index light novels, already knows that fans really want to see a season 3 for the TV anime adaptation. In fact, the light novel’s own editor, Kazuma Miki, has acknowledged the demand time and time again.

During the “New Work Announcement” panel discussion during the “Dengeki Game Festival 2017 & Dengeki Bunko Spring Festival 2017 & Dengeki Comic Festival 2017” event, Editor Miki revealed that A Certain Magical Index will be having a new fighting game titled Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On. The game is a cross-over between the light novel and Sega’s Virtual On video game. But after talking about the game, Miki talked about season 3…

Miki told fans to “please wait a little longer for season 3!” Though he did not specify which anime it is, many fans already know what series he’s talking about. Miki also serves as a producer for the various anime for the A Certain series. The editor and anime producer previously talked about season 3 on twitter, telling fans in an unofficial statement that season 3 is “plausible”.

The season 3 of A Certain Magical Index has been demanded by fans for a long time now, and it has even become a meme in several anime circles. Well, it does seem that Dengeki Bunko knows that the fans really want to see season 3, however, it also seems that we may be waiting a while longer to see it. Take note JC Staff, the fans are seriously waiting.

As for the new fighting game, Sega will be shipping it for both PS4 and PS Vita platforms in 2018.

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A Certain Magical Index light novel editor tells fans to "wait a little longer" for anime"s season 3

Macross Frontier"s Sheryl Nome returns with brand new music video

As promised, Sheryl Nome is back! The Galactic Fairy revealed her latest song, “Gooorgeous” in front a a crowd via the two gigantic street vision screens, UDX Vision in Akihabara and the ALTA Vision in Shinjuku. Twitter user @prima_dresara caught the video as it was playing in Shinjuku:

 

ふぁぁぁぁぁぁぁあ！！！ pic.twitter.com/0kA8T0XDr3

— PRIMA (@prima_dresara) March 12, 2017

Of course, that’s the voice of Japanese anisong superstar, May’n, who is also Sheryl Nome’s singing voice in the TV anime, as well as the Macross Frontier movies.

Sheryl Nome is one of the two main heroines from Macross Frontier. Aya Endou voiced her in the anime, while May’n is her singing voice. This is all part of the franchise’s 35th anniversary celebrations, with more being revealed soon!

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[VIDEO] Irregular At Magic High School movie gets brand new trailer and visual

During the “Dengeki Game Festival 2017 & Dengeki Bunko Spring Festival 2017 & Dengeki Comic Festival 2017” event, the staff of the upcoming Irregular At Magic High School: The Girl Who Calls the Stars movie revealed the film’s latest PV, which also introduces a few new characters, including American exchange student, Angelina Kudou Shields.

The new trailer also gives us a preview of the anime movie’s theme song, “SPEED STAR”, which is performed by GARNiDELiA. It also reintroduces the characters who will be returning from the TV anime. The staff also introduced a brand new key visual featuring Angelina Kudou Shields and Tatsuya Shiba.

The movie will be premiering on June 17, 2017. The anime movie’s story is an original one, not found in the light novels, and is written by series creator, Tsutomu Satou himself. The story takes place in the Shiba siblings’ villa on the Ogasawara Island archipelago. There, the siblings encounter a deserter from the nearby  National Defense Naval Base, and she asks them for help.

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Snuggle up to your favorite ice skater with these Yuri!! on Ice "arm pillows"

Sometimes, you might just want to snuggle up to an arm instead of hugging someone. In Japan where Dakimakura are king, there’s also something called the “Arm Pillow”, which provides a titillating alternative to the bigger and more expensive full body pillows known as dakimakura. These “Arm Pillows” are more popular among the ladies, and the latest ones by Kotobukiya feature the three main characters from the hit skating anime, Yuri!! on Ice.

Each pillow comes shaped like an L and measures in at 750 mm x 750mm. Each one costs 4,860 yen, tax included, and will be released in June 2017. It comes with two sides, with one side featuring the skaters in their performance attire while the the other side features them in their sleepwear.

Yuri Katsuki

Victor Nikiforov

Yuri Plisetsky

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Snuggle up to your favorite ice skater with these Yuri!! on Ice "arm pillows"

Hoozuki"s Coolheadedness ready to make you laugh out loud again as season 2 is announced

Hoozuki is back to take us all to hell! After several hilarious OVAs, Hoozuki’s Coolheadedness, also known as Hoozuki no Reitetsu, has announced that the anime will have a second season premiering this October 2017. The announcement was made via an event for the anime, which was later confirmed by the official website. They also revealed a new visual:

Aside from the new visual and release date, not much is still known from this latest season.The announcement comes after some teasing from an event last December. More news are expected to be announced in the days to come.

The anime is based on Natsumi Eguchi’s hilarious dark comedy manga about an Oni named Hoozuki. He works as an aide for the Great King Enma, and is administering the day-to-day operations in hell.

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Hoozuki"s Coolheadedness ready to make you laugh out loud again as season 2 is announced