Shounen Manga Binbogami Ga! Debuts as a TV Anime

Binbogami Yoshiaki Sukeno’s comedy shonen manga gets center stage this summer season as it gets animated for television series.

The official website for the series has partially opened and has revealed exciting details about the project. The hints about the animation’s airing period and the main staff have also been stated. This is a good news for the original manga lovers, who trails after the adventures of Hanazawa and Momiji in their quest for balancing the world. Keep Reading

Video Trailer for Fuse: A Gun Girl’s Detective Story Streamed

FuseAuthor Kazuki Sakuraba’s novel Fuse Gansaku Satomi Hakkenden is about to be animated in the light of Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō, and the trailers for this series are highly anticipated. Sakuraba, whose works feature thrilling mystery and adventure, has been much acknowledged in his GOSICK series. The video trailer features a .48 seconds of sheer animation, where music, atmosphere and character design proudly triggers more excitement for local viewers. Keep Reading

Tari Tari Animation Teasers Streamed

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Animation studio PA Works has recently released a promotional streaming of their new series, Tari Tari. The official website for the television animation has released this two-minute video, which introduces the story’s main characters and details. As the video states, the series will premiere locally in Japan this summer season. The Tari Tari Series was originally done by Evergreen.

The tale focuses on five high school students who are having a difficulty to fit in their own league. Keep Reading

Life Sized Gundam Featured in the Gundam Front Tokyo

Gundam diverMecha lovers will find this Tokyo spot a true wonder, as a new retail and entertainment compound has been built to realize the astonishing wonders of the science-fiction world of Gundam.

This building, located at the Odaiba waterfront district, is situated in the Koto Ward. An 18-meter Gundam Statue “Diver” is created to guard the area.

The facility is termed as the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, where the giant Gundam’s name was taken from, and contains a number of interesting retail outlets, which includes known brands such as H&M, UNIQLO and ZARA. Keep Reading

Teaser for Manga-based Live Action Series Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu Released

Kyou, Koi who HajimemasuJapanese talent agency TOP COAT has started streaming the first teaser trailer for the upcoming drama series Kyou, Koi who Hajimemasu.

This title was based on Kanan Miyama’s manga of the same title, and stars singer and moderl Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin, Ai to Makoto) and Tori Matsuzaka (Samurai sentai Shinkenger, We Can’t Change the World). Takei will be playing Tsubaki Hibino, an old fashioned girl who looks like as if she came from Showa Era and Masuzaka will play Kyouta, a modern heartthrob. Keep Reading

Yasushi Akimoto’s Marimo no Hana Animated Movie

Marimo no HanaAs announced in the February Issue of Shueisha’s Ribon Nagareboshi Lens. Yuko Kasumi and Yasushi Akimoto’s shoujo manga Marimo no Hana is about to receive its own anime adaptation.

The manga, which has just launched in the Ribon magazine since 201, has been receiving much attention, apparently because of the fame of one of its makers. Yasushi Akimoto is the one who has created and produced Japan’s most-numbered girl group, AKB48. Keep Reading

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Characters Wear Prada in a Men’s Magazine

final fantasyFinal Fantasy Franchise owner Square Enix has recently revealed that the April Issue of the popular men’s fashion magazine Arena Homme+ will be featuring the male cast in the latest addition to the FF series.

The characters will be dressed to impress, taking off their usual battle clothes into a more luxurious style fit for the contemporary men. Just like a regular, modern guy, draped in clean suits, the popular game warriors will be enveloped in Prada’s 2012 Spring/Summer Men’s Collection. Keep Reading