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Monday, July 15, 2013

More Summer 2013 Anime

[Source: Anime News Network]
Title: Brothers Conflict Starts: Tuesday, July 2 at 7:30 PM JST on AT-X  
Studio: Brains Base  
Genre: Romance  
Website: http://www.bc-anime.com/

Summary:
Adapted from Sylph's romance novel project of the same name, it tells the story of a girl who suddenly moves in with her 13 stepbrothers after her father remarries. 
Title: Danganronpa The Animation  
Starts: Friday, July 5 at 1:35 AM JST on MST  
Studio: Lerche
Genre: Action, Mystery, Psychological  
Website: http://www.geneonuniversal.jp/rondorobe/anime/danganronpa/
Summary: Danganronpa follows a group of high school students who are locked inside a school and told that the only way to escape is to kill another student without getting caught. After each murder, the students must hold a trial to discover who the killer is.
Title: Dog & Scissors 
Starts: Tuesday, July 2 at 1:00 AM JST on Tokyo MX  
Studio: Gonzo  
Genre: Comedy, Mystery  
Website: http://inuhasa.jp/

Summary:
High school boy Kazuhito Harumi is obsessed with reading. One day, he is killed during a robbery, but is brought back to life as a dog. His new owner is the sadistic novelist Kirihime Natsuno, who uses scissors to abuse Kazuhito. 
Title: Fantasista Doll  
Starts: Sunday, July 7 at 3:28 AM JST on TV Tokyo  
Studio: Hoods Entertainment
Genre: Science Fiction  
Website: http://www.fantasistadoll.com/

Summary:
Regular, everyday middle school student Uzume Uno comes into possession of five dolls who fight and power up using special cards.
Title: Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club  
Starts: Thursday, July 4 at 12:30 PM JST on TokyoMX
Studio: Kyoto Animation  
Genre: Sports  
Website: http://iwatobi-sc.com/

Summary:
Swimming enthusiast Haruka is enrolled in a high school that doesn't have a swim team, but after he's challenged by childhood friend Rin, he gathers together his old teammates from childhood, along with new member Rei, to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club.
Title: Futari wa Milky Holmes  
Starts: Saturday, July 13 at 10:00 PM JST on Tokyo MX
Studio: J.C. Staff / Artland  
Genre: Comedy
Website: http://milky-holmes-anime.com/futari/
Summary:
This is the third season of Tantei Opera Milky Holmes.
Title: Gatchaman Crowds 
Starts: Saturday, July 13 at 1:58 AM JST on Nippon TV
Studio: Tatsunoko Production  
Genre: Action, Adventure  
Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/GATCHAMAN_Crowds/

Summary:
Set in Japan in the summer of 2015, there are warriors who live in Tachikawa City known as "Gatchaman" who fight in special reinforced suits powered by the manifestation of spiritual powers. A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to help defend Earth against alien criminals, known as MESS.
Title: Genshiken Nidaime  
Starts: Sunday, July 7 at 1:00 AM JST on Tokyo MX  
Studio: Production I.G  
Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life  
Website: http://genshiken-2daime.com/

Summary:
Adapted from Shimoku Kio's sequel manga to Genshiken, the second season continues the adventures of The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture.
Title: Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon  
Starts: Friday, July 12 at 12:45 AM JST on Fuji TV  
Studio: A-1 Pictures  
Genre: Comedy, drama, romance  
Website: http://www.ginsaji-anime.com/
Summary:
Yugo Hachiken enters an agricultural school, where he meets many people who chose to go to the school in order to achieve their dreams.
Title: Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun- season 2  
Starts: Sunday, July 7 at 10:30 PM JST on TokyoMX
Studio: Studio DEEN  
Genre: Supernatural  
Website: http://hakken-den.com/
Summary:
This is the second season of Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East.
Title: Hyperdimension Neptunia
Starts: Friday, July 12 at 10:00 PM JST on BS Animax  
Studio: David Production  
Genre: Fantasy  
Website: http://www.nep-anime.tv/
Summary:
This series adapts Compile Heart's role-playing games, but will feature an all-new story.
Title: Kimi no Iru Machi  
Starts: Saturday, July 13 at 11:30 PM JST on TV Tokyo  
Studio: Gonzo  
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance  
Website: http://www.kiminoirumachi.com/

Summary:
Adapted from the manga of the same name, this story begins when Yuzuki suddenly moves from Tokyo into friend Haruto's countryside home.
Title: Kingdom 2  
Starts: Monday, July 8 at 11:45 PM JST on NHK-BS Premium  
Studio: Studio Pierrot  
Genre: Action  
Website: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/anime/kingdom/

Summary:
This is the second season of the Kingdom anime series, which is based on Yasuhisa Hara's historical manga.
Title: Kin-iro Mosaic  
Starts: Saturday, July 6 at 8:30 PM JST on AT-X  
Studio: Studio Gokumi  
Genre: Comedy  
Website: http://www.kinmosa.com/
Summary:
This title is based on Yui Hara's 4-koma about Shinobu, a Japanese girl who did a homestay in Great Britain. She receives a letter from Alice, the girl from her host family, telling her that she's coming to visit.
Title: Kitakubu Katsudō Kiroku (Chronicles of the Going Home Club)  
Starts: Friday, July 5 at 2:43 AM JST on NipponTV
Studio: Nomad  
Genre: Comedy  
Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kitakubu/
Summary:
Two incoming freshmen join the school's "Going Home Club," a club where the girls do whatever they want.
Title: Love Lab  
Starts: Friday, July 5 at 2:05 AM JST on MBS  
Studio: Dogakobo  
Genre: Comedy  
Website: http://www.love-lab.tv/
Summary:
Based on a 4-koma of the same name, the series revolves around the girls at the elite Fujisaki Girls' Midlde School.
Title: Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist  
Starts: Monday, July 8 at 1:05 AM JST on TV Tokyo  
Studio: Dogakobo  
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Website: http://makai-ouji.com/
Summary:
William Twining, a young aristocrat, accidentally summons a devil named Dantalion. The devil reveals that William is the "Elector" who can choose the next acting ruler of Hell.
Title: Monogatari season 2  
Starts: Sunday, July 7 at 12:00 AM JST on Tokyo MX  
Studio: Shaft
Genre: Supernatural  
Website: http://www.monogatari-series.com/2ndseason/
Summary:
The second season of Monogatari covers the material from the original light novel series starting from volume six.
Title: Recorder and Ransell Mi ☆ 
Starts: Monday, July 1 at 10:25 PM JST on AT-X  
Studio: Seven  
Genre:____  
Website: http://www.takeshobo.co.jp/sp/tv_rikoran_mi/

Summary:
This is the second sequel to Recorder and Randsell, which tells the story of the Miyagawa siblings, Atsushi, an elementary student who looks like an adult man; and Atsumi, his older sister who looks like an elementary student despite being in high school.
Title: Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS  
Starts: Friday, July 5 at 10:30 PM JST on AT-X  
Studio: Project No.9  
Genre: Comedy  
Website: http://www.ro-kyu-bu.com/
Summary:
This is the sequel to Ryu Kyu Bu, a series about a high school freshman who ends up as the coach of an elementary school's girl's basketball team.
Title: Senki Zesshou: Symphogear G  
Starts: Friday, July 5 at 2:35 AM JST on MBS  
Studio: Satelight  
Genre: Action  
Website: http://symphogear-g.com/
Summary:
This is the sequel to Senki Zesshō Symphogear, a show about a girl named Hibiki who gains the power of special armor known as Symphogear to help fight aliens.
Title: Senyū. season 2  
Starts: Wednesday, July 3 at 1:35 AM JST on TV Tokyo
Studio: Ordet / LIDEN FILMS  
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy  
Website: http://senyu.tv/

Summary:
This is the second season of Senyū., a series adapting Robinson Haruhara's original manga about a hero and a sadistic palace warrior who must team up to fight the demon king.
Title: Servant × Service 
Starts: Friday, July 5 at 3:08 AM JST on TV Asahi  
Studio: A-1 Pictures  
Genre: Comedy, Slice of life  
Website:
Summary:
Adapted from Karino Takatsu's slice-of-life comedy manga, the series follows the employees of a government ward office in a city in Hokkaido, particular the daily lives of the health and welfare division members.
Title: Tamayura - More Aggressive  
Starts: Wednesday, July 3 at 9:30 PM JST on AT-X  
Studio: TYO Animations  
Genre: Comedy, Slice of life  
Website: http://tamayura.info/
Summary:
This is the second season of Tamayura - Hitose, a series about a girl named Fu Sawatari who moves to a scenic old town named Takehara. There, it follows the story of her and her friends.
Title: Teekyū S2  
Starts: Sunday, July 7 at 10:27 PM JST on TokyoMX
Studio: MAPPA  
Genre:____  
Website: http://te-kyu.com/
Summary:
This sequel to Teekyū adapts Roots and Piyo's manga of the same name that centers around a girls' teenis team. However, the four girls hardly play any actual tennis.
Title: The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc  
Starts: Tuesday, July 9 at 1:35 AM JST on TV Tokyo  
Studio: Manglobe  
Genre:____  
Website: http://kaminomi.jp/index.html
 
Summary:
This marks the third season of The World God Only Knows.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Grand Theft Auto 5 - Game Trailer

Grand Theft Auto V is coming September 17, 2013. Pre-order now and visit www.rockstargames.com/V for more details. ESRB Rating Pending: May contain content inappropriate for children. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Studio Trigger Crowdfunds Little Witch Academia 2

The Japanese animation studio Studio Trigger formally announced the sequel to its animated short Little Witch Academia by launching a crowdfunding project for it on Kickstarter. The original cartoon, which is currently streaming on Youtube and Crunchyroll, was one of four animated shorts created under the 2013 Anime Mirai project with Government funding as an initiative to foster the talents of up-and-coming animators. Credits for the tentatively-titled Little Witch Academia 2 confirm Yoh Yoshinari, Masahiko Otsuka and Naoko Tsutsumi returning as the director and character designer, scriptwriter and producer respectively.
 
Trigger had originally set a 20-minute runtime for the sequel and launched its crowdfunding project to raise $150,000 to increase the length by 15 minutes. At the time of this writing, the goal has already been more than achieved with a total of over $217,000. Studio Trigger has affirmed that it is considering stretch goals for the project.

Studio Trigger expects production on Little Witch Academia 2 to finish in the Winter of 2014. At this time, the studio plans to subtitle the cartoon in seven different languages and produce a Blu-ray release for April 2015.

In addition to staff biographies and preproduction artwork, the Kickstarter page for Little Witch Academia 2 offers this summary of the new project:

As a young girl, Akko was fascinated and mesmerized by Shiny Chariot’s magic show. Determined to become a witch just like Shiny Chariot, Akko enrolls in the prestigious witch academy, Luna Nova. Contrary to her expectations, the classes are unexpectedly boring. Akko struggles to keep herself in high hopes and spirits, but the reaction from her peers remain indifferent. In the previous episode, Akko became the school’s hero by slaying the dragon that appeared from the underground dungeon, but her fame is short-lived. The new episode will be a sequel with new characters to the previous episode.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Awesome Events the Final Day of Comic-Con

San Diego Comic-Con 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
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  • Listen to Neil Gaiman talk about everything (3-4 p.m. @ Room 6DE)
  • It’s hard to believe, but its been 25 years since Gaiman created The Sandman comic series. But now, the guy is into everything, and he’ll be hosting a panel to talk about his career and everything he’s working on. Here’s hoping the guest writer also spills some Who details, as well.
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  • Celebrate 50 years of awesome Marvel comics (1:45-2:45 p.m. @ Room 5AB)
  • Comic gurus Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Brunner, John Romita, Jr. and Roy Thomas will look back on 50 years of great Marvel comics — specifically The Avengers, X-Men, Doctor Strange and Nick Fury.
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  • Head Under the Dome with CBS’s new hit series (2:15-3:15 @ Room 6BCF)
  • The small screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel was a risky proposition, but CBS has put together one heck of series — and it’s doing pretty well in the ratings, as well. The cast and crew will be on hand to tease what they have in store for the weird little guilty pleasure. Here’s hoping this is the latest of many Under the Dome appearances at Comic-Con.
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  • Beware the Batman: Get a peek at The Dark Knight’s new animated series (1-2 p.m. @ Room 6BCF)
  • Cartoon Network is prepping this new, CGI-based Batman series — and they’ll be showing off some footage. The CGI look has received a mixed reception from fans, so this should be a good time to judge and see how it really looks in execution.
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  • Learn about George R.R. Martin’s new comic book series
  • The Song of Ice and Fire author is keeping busy (as much as fans might want him to just finish those books), and his latest project is the comic book Skin Trade. Martin is always fun, and this may be a first chance to find out about this series before HBO picks it up to make another hit series.
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  • Hang out with the cast of Supernatural and learn about S9 (10-11 a.m. @ Hall H)
  • Stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins will join executive producer Jeremy Carver to talk about the recent eighth season and tease what fans can expect fro year nine of the long-running CW series.
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  • Geek out over Doctor Who’s 50th with Matt Smith, Steven Moffat (12:30-1:30 p.m. @ Hall H)
  • Mastermind Steven Moffat will be getting us primed for Doctor Who’s 50th, along with stars Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman. In addition to the regular Who stuff, they’ll also be dropping some details about the anniversary special An Adventure in Space and Time, which will recount the creation of the series.
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  • Celebrate Dan Harmon’s return with the cast of Community (1:50-2:45 p.m. @ Hall H)
  • Stars Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ken Jeong and several others will join recently rehired showrunner Dan Harmon to talk about the series and what Harmon has in store for next season now that he’s back in charge. Harmon’s a fireball, so this should be entertaining.