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  Find your super suit, My Hero Academia  is going all out on its 5th anime anniversary celebrations in March and April, with two live streams, a public poll to once and for all decide on what is the best fight from the anime so far, and so much more! A visual drawn by the 5th season character designer  Hitomi Odashima was released for the celebrations.     Starting off the celebrations is the above visual, of which goods and merchandise based on visual will be released at some point this year. The second event is the "TV anime best bout" poll, where fans get to vote on what fight from the TV anime series they think was the most mighty.   The third event will be an online stage on AnimeJapan weekend. The fourth event will be a special stage on April 3–the 5th anniversary of the first episode airing on TV in Japan–with the lead cast of the series, And finally, the fifth event is the actual 5th season of the TV anime, which starts on Japanese TV on March 27.   Prev

    The official website for voice actress/singer-songwriter Tomori Kusunoki   announced on February 28 that her second EP "Forced Shutdown" is set to be released on on April 28, 2021. All of the four song in the EP are written/composed by herself.   The bonus DVD/Blu-ray for its first production limited edition includes two new music videos for the title track "Forced Shutdown" and a new song "Vanilla," as well as two lyric videos. In addition, footage from "Kusunoki Tomori Birthday Candle Live MELTWIST,"  which was streamed on her 21st birthday, December 22, 2020, will also be included.       "Forced Shutdown"  teaser video:     ＼新情報 その②／ 4/28(水)発売の #楠木ともり 2ndEP「Forced Shutdown」は Blu-ray付き・DVD付き・フォトブック付き・通常盤の4形態で発売！ Blu-ray・DVDには、新MV2曲や昨年開催されたBirthday Candle Live「MELTWIST」の映像を収録！ ▶️ご予約はこちら https://t.co/J27eSPZDsB (スタッフ) pic.twitter.com/nl4qj2DXaJ — 楠木ともり 公式info (@tomori_kusunoki) February 28, 2021     P

    The official Twitter for the upcoming stage play adaptation of the Dropkick on My Devil!  anime series has posted a 30-second trailer to introduce its two main characters in costume, Jashin-chan and Yurine Hanazono, for the first time.   Yuzuha Shibata , who is cast as Jashin-chan, was the unanimous choice of all the judges at the audition. Details about the actress who plays Yurine have not yet been revealed at this time.　     #舞台邪神ちゃんドロップキック いよいよ予告映像解禁です✨✨ 柴田邪神ちゃんに加え、ゆりね役の…？ キャスト発表をお楽しみに???? #邪神ちゃんドロップキック #舞台邪神ちゃん #舞台jcdk pic.twitter.com/1JPBlWAqat — 舞台邪神ちゃんドロップキック＠チケット【残140枚】 (@b_jyashinchan) March 1, 2021     The highly-anticipated play was originally scheduled to be performed at YES THEATER in Osaka four times on December 26 and 27, 2020, and its tickets were immediately sold out. However, it has been postponed to March 20, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of performances has been changed from four times to two (13:00 /17:00).   Probabl

    On Sunday, February 28, 2021, Bushiroad's multimedia franchise BanG Dream! celebrated its sixth anniversary. To commemorate the special day, its official YouTube channel posted a two-minute special PV to look back at its six-year history including games, anime , and live concerts.          2021年2月28日 #バンドリの日 いつも「BanG Dream!」プロジェクトを応援してくださるバンドリーマーの皆様、本当にありがとうございます。 より多くのキラキラドキドキをお届けするため、「BanG Dream!」プロジェクトは7年目も駆け抜けていきます！ 今後も応援の程、よろしくお願いいたします！！ pic.twitter.com/OuVhGxO0gG — バンドリ！ BanG Dream! 公式 (@bang_dream_info) February 28, 2021     Also on the day, a special program to announce the future development and prospects of the BanG Dream! franchise and its smartphone game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! was streamed on YouTube.           New information revealed in the programs include:     BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia Ⅱ : Song I am. , the second part of the upcoming two-part anime film BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia is set to be released in Japan

    Voice actress Rie Takahashi , best known as Megumin in KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! and Emilia in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- , announced on her official Twitter on February 27, her 27th birthday, that she will make her solo singer debut soon.   She has performed as the leader of the three-member voice actress idol unit Earphones since 2015 and is the second member to make her solo singer debut following Marika Kohno , who released her debut single in February 2021.    In addition, her official member's site "RIE TAKAHASHI OFFICIAL MEMBER'S CLUB TAKAHASHIRITSU RIEKOUKOU" is set to be opened on April 15, 2021. The site will offer various exclusive content, such as videos, voices, a section where Takahashi will answer questions from fans with illustrations, and birthday messages. The access code to the site will be included in the "TAKAHASHIRITSU RIEKOUKOU School Badge with Voice," which will be available at

    The PreCure franchise's official YouTube channel has started streaming a 60-second special clip for the upcoming film Eiga Healin' Good PreCure Yume no Machi de Kyun! tto GoGo! Daihenshin!!  ( Healin' Good Pretty Cure The Movie: GoGo! Big Transformation! at The Town of Dreams ), featuring the six members of Yes! PreCure 5GoGo! . The clip is narrated by Cure Dream (CV: Yuko Sanpei), and reveals that Coco (Takeshi Kusao) and Nuts (Miyu Irino) will also appear in the film.   The 29th PreCure film will feature a joint battle between the 17th series Healin' Good Pretty Cure and the fifth series Yes! PreCure 5GoGo! in 2008-2009. The six members of the 5Gogo! team - Cure Dream, Cure Rouge, Cure Lemonade, Cure Aqua, Cure Mint, and Milky Rose - join forces with the four members of the Healin' Good team - Cure Grace, Cure Fontaine, Cure Sparkle, and Cure Earth.         ???? #映画プリキュア 最新作???? ???? #プリキュア5 特別映像解禁???? 今度公開する #映画ヒープリ では プリキュア５もスクリーンで大活躍

    Pony Canyon's official anime YouTube channel has started streaming a 90-second music video for anime voice actress Maaya Uchida 's upcoming 12th single song "Strobe Memory" to be released on May 12, 2021. The medium rock number will be featured as the ED theme for the forthcoming TV anime SSSS.DYNAZENON  to premiere in Japan in April 2021.   The song is written/composed/arranged by RIRIKO , who previously worked on Uchida's eighth single song "youthful beautiful" released in October 2018. The theme of the song is about "being close to your loved one and walking with them."   The music video for the song shows a lot of depictions of the "sky," which is linked to the lyrics. Its atmosphere changes in accordance with the waves of the song and various emotions, such as hesitation, determination, and moments of clarity. Mirrors also make an impressive appearance in the clip. The element of self-reflection in the lyrics seems t

  Seven Seas Entertainment 's deluge of February announcements is a classic manga license, this time revealing plans to release Shotaro Ishinomori's manga series  Kamen Rider  - THE CLASSIC MANGA COLLECTION . The four volume omnibus will be released in a special hardcover edition due out in North America in December 2021 , just in time for Christmas.    Synopsis: Kidnapped and experimented upon by the evil terrorist organization known as Shocker, Takeshi Hongo manages to escape their clutches and use his newfound strength to fight against their schemes. The adventures of Kamen Rider span dozens of television series and films, but in these pages are collected his very first adventures in manga print, drawn and written by original creator and manga superstar Shotaro Ishinomori.   SOURCE: Press Release   Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

  NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... is on the way to breathe new life into a beloved action-RPG this April, so we still have a little bit of a wait ahead of us. In the meantime, Square Enix shared a new preview that reveals the English voice cast , many members of which are reprising their original roles from 2010's NIER .    The main cast includes:    Ray Chase – Adult Protagonist Zach Aguilar – Young Protagonist Liam O’Brien – Grimoire Weiss Laura Bailey – Kainé Julie Ann Taylor – Emil Eden Riegel – Devola/Popola   The video has been age-gated, so you'll need to click through and watch it on YouTube.      NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... hits PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 23.      ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine . You can read his brand new comic, MONSTER FLIGHT , at subhumanzoids . Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox . Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

  Fans of the Bushiroad media mix project  BanG Dream!  are looking forward to this spring's  Promise , the first of two movies focused on the elegant band Roselia. The project's second film has been teased for some time, and today we get an official release date:  June 25 .   The date was revealed during today's sixth anniversary live stream, held on the project's  official YouTube channel . The stream also updated fans on the Nintendo Switch port of the project's mobile game, as well as a rescheduled live concert to take place this summer.     The two-film  BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia   kicks off on  April 23  with its first installment,  Promise.     Source: Comic Natalie     Get caught up to all the music — watch  BanG Dream!  on Crunchyroll!   Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

  Some quick news for fans of classic Sunrise mecha anime: Armored Trooper VOTOMS is receiving a fancy Bluray box set in Japan, and to celebrate this newest release, the Gallery of Hakaba venue in Nakano Broadway, Nakano Ward, Tokyo, Japan is featuring an art exhibition for Armored Trooper VOTOMS that will run from March 04 - 14, 2021.     A Bluray release of Armored Trooper VOTOMS is published in the United States by Maiden Japan, who describe the story of the series as follows:   The acronym stands for Vertical One-man Tanks for Offense & ManeuverS, but don't let the "Tank" part of the name VOTOMS fool you. Lightly armored, cheaply produced and powered by an explosive fuel mixture, these one-man power-suit systems are walking deathtraps, and only a fraction of the soldiers who dare to venture into combat inside one will survive their full deployment. But even in the human flesh grinder of the 100-year-old war between Gilgamesh and Balarant, there are a ha

  Time to save up your money for the next date, 'cause during an event for the Rent-a-Girlfriend TV anime series tonight, it was revealed that the previously announced second season will be broadcast in 2022!  The announcement said that the returning cast and anime staff are working hard on the series and to await more information on the TV anime series in the future.     ✨スペシャルイベントありがとうございました！✨ 「イベントと彼女 -イベカノ-」にご参加いただいた皆さま、ありがとうございました！ そして… ／ #彼女お借りします TVアニメ第2期、 2022年放送予定！ ＼ #かのかり キャスト・スタッフ一同、放送に向けて頑張っていきます！ 続報をお楽しみに！ pic.twitter.com/I1qn7NdwDs — 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 (@kanokari_anime) February 28, 2021     Previously released teaser trailer:     TVアニメ #彼女お借りします ✨✨第2期制作決定‼️✨✨ いつも応援ありがとうございます！ #雨宮天 さん、 #悠木碧 さん、 #東山奈央 さん、 #高橋李依 さんによる録り下ろしボイスと共に、千鶴、麻美、瑠夏、墨が描かれた『2期決定記念イラスト』を公開！ https://t.co/Fcr6YhtTIY 続報をお楽しみに！ pic.twitter.com/a3NZImvoHA — 「彼女、お借りします」TVアニメ公式 (@kanokari_anime) September 25, 2020     Season 1 of  Rent-a-Girlfriend  aired from Jul

  During an event for The Irregular at Magic High School franchise tonight, it was revealed that the Reminiscence Arc from  Tsutomu Sato 's sci-fi action fantasy light novel series will be adapted into an anime , though if it'll be a TV series or a film is yet to be revealed. A teaser trailer for The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc was released.     【速報❗️】 「魔法科高校の劣等生 追憶編」アニメ制作決定！ 特報PVを公開いたしました！ 続報を楽しみにお待ち下さい！ #mahouka pic.twitter.com/Kle1kPQ2wx — TVアニメ「魔法科高校の劣等生」シリーズ (@mahouka_anime) February 28, 2021     The Reminiscence Arc appears in the 8th volume of the original light novel series, written by Tsutomu Satou and illustrated by  Kana Ishida , which has been released in English from Yen Press in 2018, who describes it as such:   Looking at Miyuki and Tatsuya now, it might be hard to imagine them as anything other than loving siblings. But it wasn't always this way...   Three years ago, Miyuki was always uncomfortable around her ol

  The latest character to be painted on the  Fate/Grand Carnival OVA key visual is none other than the famous painter  Leonardo da Vinci , who will be summoned into the weird and wacky Fate Carnival  world. The female interpretation of Da Vinci will once again be voiced by Maaya Sakamoto , who returns from the other anime adaptations of the Fate/Grand Order smartphone games.   Updated visual:     ????「Fate/Grand Carnival」最新キービジュアル???? ✨新登場キャラクター✨をご紹介するにゃ???? ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ????レオナルド･ダ･ヴィンチ CV： #坂本真綾 ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ????公式サイトはコチラ https://t.co/KFPjxXyii3 #FGC #FateGrandCarnival #FGO pic.twitter.com/NcKZ22BX9R — 「Fate/Grand Carnival」【公式】OVA 1st Season 6月2日発売！ (@FGOAP_FGC) February 28, 2021     The 30-minute "Season one" of  Fate/Grand Carnival  was first shown on a New Year's special for TYPE-MOON and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on June 6, with the other 30-minute OVA dubbed "season two" available to be consumed on Augu

  * MAJOR SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 46 OF  Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-  "REUNION OF ROARS". You have been warned. *   The latest episode of  Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- finally sees Subaru confront Elsa at the mansion, with his plan 100% in place and Garfiel ready to take down the gut-loving assassin. During the broadcast of the latest episode,  Re:ZERO creator  Tappei Nagatsuki was once again tweeting along, giving some behind-the-scenes information on the series, without spoiling (too much) of what is to come.   This week, the light novel author took a stab at Elsa's love of ... something? Nagatsuki ranks that "something" according to how Elsa judges it, but cheekily doesn't mention what said thing is. Though, we can probably all guess what it is.     エルザさんの何とは言わないけど判定 【エミリア＞スバル＞ペトラ＞ラム＞レム＞フレデリカ＞オットー＞＞ガーフィール＞＞＞ロズワール】 #rezeroneko — 鼠色猫／長月達平 (@nezumiironyanko) February 24, 2021     The above tweet translates as such:

  NIS America recently announced plans to bring The Caligula Effect 2 to PS4 and Switch in the west this fall. Before that, it's set to launch in Japan on June 24, and publisher FuRyu and developer Historia came through with the first full trailer and an eight-minute gameplay preview to get everyone ready for the sequel.   Here's the debut trailer:     And gameplay, which begins around the 40-minute mark:     Via Gematsu     ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine . You can read his brand new comic, MONSTER FLIGHT , at subhumanzoids . Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox . Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

  Based on the popular light novel series of the same name, Seven Seas Entertainment 's latest license is Ko Hiratori and J-Ta Yamada's JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World manga. The adaptation is due out in print and digitally in North America this August as part of the publisher's mature-rated Ghost Ship imprint.   Synopsis: The otaku boys get to have adventures when they’re hit by the inevitable truck and find themselves in yet another fantasy world. The girls, on the other hand...well, Haru finds out the hard way when her classmate Chiba gets the two of them truck-murdered into a fantasy world that treats women even worse than our world does. But a girl’s gotta do what she can to make the cash for survival, and Haru? She intends to thrive.     Source: Press release     ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine . You can read his brand new comic, MONSTER FLIGHT , at subhumanzoids . Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox .