Yuyushiki TV Anime Teaser Streamed

yuyushikiJust this Friday, the official website for the television anime Yuyushiki has begun streaming its 30-second promotional teaser. This is the same video which debuted at the Comic Market 83 event last year. Yuyushiki is an original work by Komata Mikami, a four-panel manga which follows the life of three girls as they work together in the data processing club.

The website has also announced the main cast of the anime, which includes Pretty Rhythm Dear My Future’s Karin and Fractale’s Phryne, Minami Tsuda. Keep Reading

Web Ikipara Comic Released by Ikki Paradise

news_large_koduredoshin-prThe official website for Shogakukan’s Monthly Ikki Magazine Ikki Paradise, had just launched a new web manga serialization. Dubbed as “Web Ikipara Comic,” the serialization started on Friday. This new special section serves to dish out manga which is particularly made for the web. What’s more, is that this is free and open to all readers! The website will update new chapters every Friday.

Web Ikipara Comic corner had just launched with two fresh new manga series this Friday. Keep Reading

Shunju Aono Debuts Ore wa Motto Honki Dashitenai Dake

orewamottoManga creator Shunju Aono, known for his works in I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow, will be launching a new series. Titled Ore wa Motto Honki Dashitenai Dake, this new story will be included in the new manga lineup by Shogakukan’s Monthly Ikki. As announced on December 25, Ore wa Motto Honki Dashitenai Dake will be launched on the February 2013 issue of the magazine, along with Yasuto Miura’s Hakka Shojo manga in the same issue. Keep Reading

Loner Manga Gets Live Action Television Adaptation

11471We have seen many live action series based on manga and television anime, and many of them have indulged the fans with in-the-flesh journey of the characters they used to only read. Through live-action, we can thoroughly feel the character’s emotions, attitudes and reactions towards everything that is happening to them. It’s a great spin off to any written work, having a true human input to every given feeling.

Here’s another live action series coming your way, and it’s sure to make you relate to the entire story. Keep Reading

Cast for Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai Movie Revealed

AuraThe official website for the anime film adaptation of Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai has announced the full cast for the movie. This plot is created by Romeo Tanaka, known for his other novel, Humanity Has Declined. See the cast list below:

Nobunaga Shimazaki as Ichirō Satō Kana Hanazawa as Ryōko Satō Marina Inoue as Ōshima Satomi Akesaka as Imawano Hisako Kanemoto as Kobato Ryohei Kimura as Takahashi Hiroki Yasumoto as Yamamoto Yumiko Kobayashi as Itō Kappei Yamaguchi as Suzuki Chiwa Saito as Hino Kenichirou Matsuda as Andō Kishô Taniyama as Kinoshita Yu Kobayashi as Oda Satsuki Yukino as Ichirō’s Elder Sister Kaho Kouda as Ichirō’s Mother Showtaro Morikubo as Kume Takahiro Mizushima as Dorisen Ryotaro Okiayu as Man in a Black Robe Tetsu Inada as Man in a White Robe Jouji Nakata as Narrator

Shimazaki and Hanazawa’s roles were previously revealed August 2012 as they were casted for the lead roles in the movie. Keep Reading

Yankee-kun to Megane Chan Creator Launches New Manga

yamada-kun.pngAnd another new manga is coming your way, this time, from the renown Miki Yoshikawa, creator of Yankee-kun to Megane-chan and Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo series. Yoshikawa has announced on her twitter account on Monday that she will start an all new series this February. Followers are pleased with this news, and Yoshikawa has given her gratitude for the support of her fans. It was this support, she says, that led her to a new serialization. Keep Reading

Ballroom Dancing Themed Manga Launching in Kodansha

natsumi-ando2013 gears up for the arrival of new series, not only hitting television screen but manga pages as well. There is a new series in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi Magazine, and it centers on something surprisingly different—ballroom dancing! The February issue of the Nakayoshi Shoujo manga anthology has began the serialization of Natsumi Ando’s newest title, Waltz no Ojikan (trans., Waltz of Time).

The new manga revolves around a boy who used to love ballroom dancing, but has lost interest in it for a particular reason. Keep Reading