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    Before its opening at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo on January 31, a final dress rehearsal for "Real Fighting 'Hajime no Ippo' The Glorious Stage!!," the first stage play adaptation of George Morikawa's long-running boxing manga Hajime no Ippo , was revealed to Japanese net news media.   Then their video reports to introduce the play's main cast in costume and their iconic boxing moves, including the protagonist Ippo Makunouchi's Dempsey Roll, have been posted on YouTube. 21-year-old Kyoji Goto , who is cast as Ippo, has experience of shoot boxing, a combat sport created by former kickboxer Caesar Takeshi.   As the manga's 30th anniversary project, the stage play will be performed from January 31 to February 9, 2020. 44-year-old Kohei Kiyasu , who voiced the protagonist Ippo Makunouchi in the anime series from 2000 to 2014, is attached to write and direct.      via: Cinema Today:     via: Mini Theater Tsushin:    

    A compilation film based on the 2019 TV anime Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai / The Magnificent KOTOBUKI is set to be released in Japan in the fall of 2020. The news was revealed at the TV anime and the game app's first-anniversary event "Tachihi no Kotobuki Koukusai" held at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo today on February 1.   According to the announcement, the "perfect edition" compilation film will include a newly-produced episode in addition to a digest of the TV anime's 12 episodes, and its audio will be re-recorded in 7.1 ch surround sound. And screenings in the MX4D theaters are also planned.     Teaser trailer:   Teaser visual:     劇場版『荒野のコトブキ飛行隊 完全版』の制作がイベントステージにて発表されました！！ TV全12話を再構成し、新作エピソードを加えた劇場版！！ 7.1ch音声とMX4Dも同時上映決定！！ 2020年 秋！大迫力の空戦をお楽しみに！！ #コトブキ 　(P有澤) pic.twitter.com/XlL3vTpWkP — TVアニメ『荒野のコトブキ飛行隊』公式 (@kotobuki_PR) February 1, 2020     The TV anime Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai / The Magnificent KOTOBUKI was directed

    Toei Animation's official YouTube channel has started streaming a six-minute episode "Sore he / To Sora," the first episode of DIGIMON ADVENTURE 20th memorial story . The prequels to the upcoming all-new anime film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna  were originally produced as the reward for the supporters of the crowdfunding for the TV anime's 20th-anniversary project, and were screened at the pop-up store in Shibuya PARCO in Tokyo.    This first episode focuses on Sora Takenouchi (CV: Suzuko Mimori): "Over ten years have passed since that initial adventure. Sora worries over what she should do with her future. What choice has she ultimately arrived at?"     English-subbed clip:     Original clip:   「20th メモリアルストーリー」 『空へ』公開！ https://t.co/FdcqYyl8Qa 華の勉強に集中している空。 「今日もいかないの？」ピヨモンの呼びかけも届かない。 最近みんなと会っていない。 「空さん元気？」 電話越しのミミの声。 あの夏の冒険から11年。 劇場版の前日譚。 #デジモン pic.twitter.com/qjxpISL9KB — 【公式】デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆 (@

    The official YouTube channel for 27-year-old anime voice actor Yuma Uchida has started streaming a three-minute music video for his fifth solo single song "Over" to be released on February 19, 2020. The rock tune is featured as the ED theme for the ongoing TV anime Ahiru no Sora , in which he is also cast as one of its main characters, Momoharu Hanazono.   This is his first music video filmed with his band members. Like a vocalist of a rock band, he performs fiercely, kicking up a microphone stand and swinging cables around. He says on Twitter, "The MV for 'Over' is posted! The fifth single's challenge is rocking in the rain!! You can see a different face from the previous Uchida! Please check it out, everyone!!"   While working as one of the popular anime voice actors, he made his solo singer debut from King Amusement Creative with his first single "NEW WORLD"  in May 2018, and has released four singles and one original album so fa

To promote the start of general sales of its 7,000 ticket today on February 1, the official website for the forthcoming stage play adaptation of Aneko Yusagi's fantasy light novel series The Rising of the Shield Her o added four more cast visual including Myne Sophia played by Sarah Emi Bridcutt , the voice cast of the main antagonist character in the TV anime series.   The Australian–Japanese voice actress graduated from Nihon University College of Art's Department of Theatre in 2011 and also learned voice acting at Production Ace Acting Laboratory in Tokyo. She has been active as a professional voice actress since 2012, and this is her first major role in a stage play.   The stage play is directed by Satoshi Oogita on a script by Kaori Moriyama , the team previously worked together on the stage play adaptation of Midori Yuuma's cooking-themed supernatural light novel series Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits in 2018. It is set to be performed at COOL JAPAN PA

Publisher: Toge Productions Developer: Toge Productions Release: January 30, 2020 Rating: Teen Reviewed on: PlayStation 4 Also on: Xbox One, Switch, PC When life gets tough, people often reach for what comforts them and provides the extra boost to endure. For a lot of people, that can just be a good cup of coffee; they develop routines around when to get it, find favorite cafes that cater to their style, and get to know the baristas who are serving their beverage of choice. Toge Productions taps into this concept in Coffee Talk, an interactive experience that shows the powerful relationships that can form around a cuppa joe. While this theme makes for some engaging conversations, the writing falls into a tangle of clichés that go exactly where you expect.  Coffee Talk is set in Seattle in 2020, but isn’t exactly a representation of the real world. In this alternate reality, creatures like werewolves, vampires, and succubi coexist with humans. Elves are building startups

Quinn Bravesford and her squad are sent on a quest to find the Great Power — the key to save humanity. Is there hope within the desert or is it merely a mirage? Publisher: Idea Factory Release Date: Jan 30, 2020 Source: Latest PlayStation 4 Game Metascores on Metacritic

Click here to watch embedded media If you've followed the rest of our Magic: Legends coverage , you'll know we took a deep dive into Benalia and the Caliogo Morass, from its dark swamps to decadent interiors. Today we're showing off a different zone - the island of Shiv. Home to the iconic Shivan Dragon, the island sports a multitude of goblins, elementals, and other dangerous denizens to mop up as you interact and explore with characters like the plucky immortal goblin Squee. Check out the commentary-free video and the cover hub for more on Magic: Legends! Source: Game Informer

  Mobile game Fate/Grand Order  is continuing strong into 2020. The RPG adaptation of TYPE-MOON's ever-popular Fate  series was Twitter's most tweeted game of 2019 , and now it's blazed all the way to $4 billion in total earnings worldwide.   The game is free to play, but players jonesing for that one special Servant can drop real money for extra summons. The game has raked in more than $1 bil globally for the second year running—and the majority of that is out of Japan. More than 80%, in fact.     Unsurprisingly, the game's home country takes the lead on spending, with $3.3 billion of the game's earnings so far (81.5%) coming out of Japan. China is second with just under $416 million (10.4%), and the United States is third with just under $152 million (3.8%). That's an average of $291 per download globally... but $487 per download within Japan.   Fate/Grand Order  continues strong, with the anime adaptation of its Babylonia arc underway and a two-film

  The 2020 Academy Awards are coming up soon this year, an event where we celebrate talent, craft and cinematic ingenuity while desperately trying to ignore the films that should've actually been nominated. And that's nice and all, but I feel like it's avoiding the REAL issue: What do the nominees think about anime and manga? I'm gonna run through the films that are up for Best Picture and see if any of the people involved with them have an interest in the most blessed of art forms.    FORD VS FERRARI   In 2017, Ford vs Ferrari director James Mangold basically gave us the X-Men equivalent of Lone Wolf and Cub with Logan . It was an aging samurai story filtered through a comic book movie lense and it was outstanding. But Mangold is definitely at least aware of anime, as he described the character of the assassin Yukio as " almost kind of sprung from the anime world " when promoting the predecessor to Logan , The Wolverine .   Meanwhile, stars Christia

Click to watch embedded media With the announcement of Alien Hominid Invasion, The Behemoth is back and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than by playing the studio's most iconic game. Join Andrew Reiner, Ben Reeves, Joe Juba, and myself as we bungle our way through Castle Crasher's chaotic four-player co-op mode. We will be going live at 2 p.m. CT so be sure to come and hang out in the chat! If you can't get enough of Replay and our other shows, remember to subscribe on  YouTube ,  Twitch ,  Mixer ,  Twitter , or  Facebook  to get notified when we go live each week! Thanks and enjoy the show! Source: Game Informer