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    VISION8, a Tokyo-based company that plans and produces exhibitions and events, will hold "Noiji Ito exhibition: Shakugan no Shana ARTWORKS" at EDITION88@TOKYO ATOM in Akihabara, Tokyo, from August 16 to October 2, 2022. Admission is free.   This event will feature selected illustrations from Yashichiro Takahashi's Shakugan no Shana , Ito's first illustration work for a light novel series. She was originally active in adult PC games, and the success of this Shana series led her to the illustrations for Nagaru Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya series later.   In addition to color illustrations, the exhibition will display a number of rare rough drawings and line drawings that are not usually seen, so visitors can see the creative process of a single illustration at a glance.   A total of 35 works including color illustrations, rough drawings and line drawings will be exhibited, and they will be changed during the two exhibition periods. 17 works will be exh

    Voice actor Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami in Death Note , Setsuna F. Seiei in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ) released his latest digital single "EVERLASTING / Journey" on August 1. Both songs will also be included in his much-awaited seventh album "THE ENTERTAINMENT" to be released on November 2, 2022   RELATED: Voice Actor Mamoru Miyano to Release His 7th Album "THE ENTERTAINMENT" on November 2   "EVERLASTING" is featured as the theme song for the forthcoming smartphone game Fullmetal Alchemist MOBILE , which will be available on August 4, while "Journey" was used as the theme song for the TV anime special  Uta no Prince-sama: Maji LOVE ST☆RISH TOURS ~Tabi no Hajimari aired in Japan on July 31.   His official YouTube channel also posted a full music video for "EVERLASTING." The video consists of two parts: Miyano's singing performance with a warm light, and the ballet dancer who is growing up with dedication

    Following the digital release on June 1, the official YouTube channel for popular anisong singer LiSA has started streaming her latest fifth digital single song "Shifuku no Toki."   RELATED: Documentary "LiSA Another Great Day" to be Streamed on Netflix Worldwide in Fall 2022   The song's title, originally written in katakana "シフクノトキ," has a double meaning - "The Time of Bliss" and "The Time of Plain Clothes." It is a message song that accompanies each listener in his or her daily life. The various moments of happiness is regarded as "A Blissful Time," while the moments of returning to oneself as "The Time of Plain Clothes."   The music video depicts moments of bliss for LiSA as she returns to her private life, expressing her joy with an imaginary fairy cheering her on. And she performed with her own dog, Koromo, for the first time. She says, "Bliss is not something flashy or special, but so

  The official website and Twitter account for the Chainsaw Man  TV anime revved up today, revealing a brand new key visual for the upcoming series and additionally announcing that a new trailer and first cast information will be unveiled during a MAPPA stage event on August 5 at 8 PM Japan time. The event will be streamed on MAPPA’s YouTube channel.      #チェンソーマン 最新ビジュアル解禁！ 8/5(金)20:00～新PV公開＆メインキャストが明らかになるWEB特番を生放送！当日解禁のキャストが出演！ ▽配信URL YouTube #MAPPA チャンネル https://t.co/ycG5IfM0gg ABEMA https://t.co/lm2ZFSCOrT ニコ生 https://t.co/n3EuTQog8N #chainsawman pic.twitter.com/SjeDRn6372 — チェンソーマン【公式】 (@CHAINSAWMAN_PR) July 29, 2022       The staff for the Chainsaw Man anime is as follows:   Director: Ryu Nakayama ( JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 19 Director)
 Screenplay: Hiroshi Seko ( Mob Psycho 100 , JUJUTSU KAISEN ) 
 Character Design: Kazutaka Sugiyama ( Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation )
 Action Animation Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara ( Black Clover , Yatterman Nig

  It's already been a huge year for Kyoto Animation after wrapping up the near decade-old Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club franchise and holding a 10th-anniversary event for Hyouka , but there's still more to come as Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions also celebrates ten years since its spectacular debut on October 4, 2012.   A commemorative visual was released, along with details for a celebration event later this year.       RELATED: REPORT: A Tour of The Hyouka Anime 10-Year Anniversary Pop-Up Museum     The event, titled "Far Eastern Magic Napping Society of Summer's Fall Festival", will be held on November 12 at J:COM Hall Hachioji in Tokyo. Cast members Jun Fukuyama (Yuta), Maaya Uchida (Rikka), Chinatsu Akasaki (Shinka), Azumi Asakura (Kumin) and Sumire Uesaka (Sanae) will be present, joined by opening theme song performer ZAQ.   An "all night" screening afterparty will also take place after the event at Cinema City in Tachikawa, Tokyo

  ORIENT 's spring break is finally over, and we're raring to get right back into all the samurai-versus-demon action for the continuation of the series' English dub, which will launch into a weekly flurry of blows from August 1 at 1:30pm PT .   Here's the historic list of cast and crew for Episode 1 (13 overall):   Cast A.J. Beckles (Takemichi in Tokyo Revengers ) as Musashi Stephen Fu (Noé in The Case Study of Vanitas ) as Kojiro Emi Lo (Destiny in takt op.Destiny ) as Tsugumi Caleb Yen (Hathaway in Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway ) as Naoe Daman Mills (Asakaze in Sonny Boy ) as Naotora Kaiji Tang (Gojo in JUJUTSU KAISEN ) as Tatsuomi / Haruhisa Brian Anderson (Sosaku in Pretty Boy Detective Club ) as Katsumi / Natsuki Kristen McGuire (Milim in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ) as Shunrai Ben Balmaceda (Ohtomo in Aoashi ) as Aoshi Aleks Le (Zenitsu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ) as Akihiro Shara Kirby (Karin in Love Live! Nijigasaki High Sch

  The official website and Twitter account for the Chainsaw Man  TV anime revved up today, revealing a brand new key visual for the upcoming series and additionally announcing that a new trailer and first cast information will be unveiled during a MAPPA stage event on August 5 at 8 PM Japan time. The event will be streamed on MAPPA’s YouTube channel.      #チェンソーマン 最新ビジュアル解禁！ 8/5(金)20:00～新PV公開＆メインキャストが明らかになるWEB特番を生放送！当日解禁のキャストが出演！ ▽配信URL YouTube #MAPPA チャンネル https://t.co/ycG5IfM0gg ABEMA https://t.co/lm2ZFSCOrT ニコ生 https://t.co/n3EuTQog8N #chainsawman pic.twitter.com/SjeDRn6372 — チェンソーマン【公式】 (@CHAINSAWMAN_PR) July 29, 2022       The staff for the Chainsaw Man anime is as follows:   Director: Ryu Nakayama ( JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 19 Director)
 Screenplay: Hiroshi Seko ( Mob Psycho 100 , JUJUTSU KAISEN ) 
 Character Design: Kazutaka Sugiyama ( Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation )
 Action Animation Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara ( Black Clover , Yatterman Nig

  The official Twitter account for the JUJUTSU KAISEN franchise revealed today that despite no new anime being shown ( for now! ), the manga series by Gege Akutami  is still going strong, with over 70 million   copies printed (physically) and sold (digitally) in total as of the release of the 20th volume on August 8. This number includes the physical print run of the manga but not digital sales that will happen on the day.     【祝！】いつも #呪術廻戦 を応援いただきありがとうございます！　 8月4日（木）のコミックス第20巻発売をもって、シリーズ累計発行部数が7000万部を突破しました！（デジタル版含む） 引き続きの応援どうぞよろしくお願いいたします！ pic.twitter.com/tv4ljKbYOr — 呪術廻戦【公式】 (@jujutsu_PR) July 29, 2022     While this is a massive achievement for the series, it doesn't actually move JUJUTSU KAISEN 's rank in the best-selling manga list, with the series falling short 2 million copies of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail 's 72 million copies. This number is also 10 million more than when we checked into the series ahead of the release of the JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

    It has been confirmed that Modern Love: Tokyo , a Japanese remake of the American romantic comedy anthology Modern Love , will include an anime episode entitled "Kare ga Kanaderu Futari no Shirabe" ( The music for the two played by him ) directed by Naoko Yamada , the director of Kyoto Animation's K-ON! .   The original version was based on columns that appeared in The New York Times, and streamed on Amazon Prime Video for two seasons in 2019 and 2021. The Japanese version is set in Tokyo and consists of seven episodes that tell various stories related to love.   Yamada's "Kare ga Kanaderu Futari no Shirabe" is the only anime episode, and Haru Kuroki (Mirai Ota in Mamoru Hosoda's 2018 film Mirai ) and Masataka Kubota (Ken Kaneki in the Tokyo Ghoul live-action films) are cast as its two main characters. Kuroki voices the good-natured Tamami Sakurai, while Kubota voices Rin Kajitani, Tamami's high school classmate.   The story is abou

    The official website for the Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ trilogy anime film project has posted a poster visual and an 80-second full trailer for its third chapter "Hana no Maki" ( Chapter Flower ). Along with the tagline "May our Honmaru be Hanamaru from now on and forever," the clip features the third chapter's theme song "Ouka no Tayori" ( Letter of Cherry Blossom ).      80-second trailer:     30-second trailer:     Poster visual:     Following the first chapter "Yuki no Maki" ( Chapter Snow ) in May and the second chapter "Tsuki no Maki" ( Chapter Moon ) in July, the third chapter "Hana no Maki" directed by Sumie Noro ( Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle assistant director) will be screened for a limited time of three weeks from September 1.       Synopsis:   One day, Saniwa suddenly collapsed. Despite the worried sword boys, Saniwa does not seem to wake up at all.

    Voice actress Miku Ito (Kokoro Tsurumaki in BanG Dream! , Miku Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets ) will celebrate her 26th birthday of October 12 with two Blu-ray releases: "ITO MIKU Live Tour 2022 'What a Sauce!'" and "ITO MIKU Music Video Clips."   "ITO MIKU Live Tour 2022 'What a Sauce!'" includes the 17 songs performed in her solo concert of the same name held at Tokyo International Forum Hall A (capacity: 5,012) on April 16, 2022. It was her second concert in her 2022 solo tour, following the first one in Grand Cube Osaka Main Hall on April 9. As bonus contents, the disc also includes behind-the-scenes footage of the Osaka and Tokyo concerts, as well as the "Miku Ito Theory" interviews with her fellow voice actors, friends, and staff who are close to her.      Promotional video for the "ITO MIKU Live Tour 2022 'What a Sauce!'" concert tour:       伊藤美来 LIVE Blu-ray ????ITO MIKU L

  Crunchyroll Games is teaming up with NIJISANJI EN’s Enna Alouette and Millie Parfait to celebrate the world of anime RPGs in a new song and music video. The debut of the new single, titled “Pull for Your Heart,” will line up with Crunchyroll Expo on Friday, August 5th.   The music video has been teased on the Crunchyroll Games Twitter and looks to feature Crunchyroll-Hime as a character alongside Enna and Millie, while the latter two lead the full vocals. The song itself is produced by Chibanyan , a prolific producer of past NIJISANJI tracks and more.   Look forward to the full debut at Crunchyroll Expo on August 5th at 2PM PT on the Music Fest Stage and on Crunchyroll Collection after the debut! To keep up to date with the release, follow Crunchyroll Games and NIJISANJI EN!   Follow Crunchyroll Games: Facebook Twitter Instagram   Follow NIJISANJI EN: Enna Alouette Twitter   Enna Alouette YouTube Millie Parfait Twitter Millie Parfait YouTube NIJISANJI EN   So

  CyberConnect2 is bringing the Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 strategy-RPG to consoles and PC in 2023, and a new trailer has arrived to tease the fur-flying warfare to come. A year has passed since the events of the first game, and the sequel aims to introduce a revamped battle system and a brand new event system with choices that affect the overall experience.   RELATED: Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles Game Takes the Fight to the Nintendo Switch This Year   Check out the teaser trailer:     Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 is scheduled to launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store) sometime in 2023.   Via Gematsu     ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine and the Editor-in-Chief of Sci Fi Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids . Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox .   Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

    Tasuku Hatanaka 's talent agency Ken Production announced earlier today that the  Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress voice actor, who played Ikoma, had tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, I'm Enterprise, the agency for  Sayaka Senbongi  who voiced Mumei in the same series and marred Hatanaka in 2019, revealed that according to the guidelines set by the Ministry of Health, Senbongi is classified as a close contact, though has tested negative for the virus.   Agency photo of Tasuku Hatanaka:   Agency photo of Sayaka Senbongi:   According to Ken Production, Tasuku Hatanaka had come down with a fever on the morning of July 28 and underwent a PCR almost immediately. Later that day, it came back positive, This is when I'm Enterprise also announced that Sayaka Senbongi was a close contact and had also undertaken a precautionary PCR test, which came back negative. Both are under observation by their local health center, with Hatanaka undergoing treatment.   Th

    The official YouTube channel for voice actress/singer Saori Hayami has started streaming her third digital single song "Guide," which has been featured as the ending theme for the ongoing fourth season of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? TV anime. The song was digitally released on July 29.   The lyrical song was written/composed by Sho Watanabe , the keyboardist of the three-member rock band sajou no hana . The band also performed the TV anime third season's ending theme, "Evergreen," and the fourth season's opening theme, "Tentou."   Watanabe has collaborated with her since her first album "Live Love Laugh" released in May 2016. In a recent interview with encore , she describes her initial impression of the song, "Warmth and gentleness..., I got the impression of being wrapped around my heart when I listened to it. However, the lyrics had not only kindness but also powerfulness. I felt the stron

    Voice actor agency Arts Vision announced on July 29 that voice actor Daiki Yamashita (Izuku "Deku" Midoriya in My Hero Academia ) and Lynn (Maruzensky in Umamusume Pretty Derby ) were tested positive for COVID-19.   RELATED: Madoka Magica Voice Actor Aoi Yuuki Contracts COVID-19   According to the announcement, Yamashita showed symptoms of fever on July 28, and antigen test and PCR test were conducted on the same day. The antigen test was negative, but the PCR test was confirmed positive on July 29. He is currently undergoing treatment at home in accordance with the instructions of the health center and the doctor.   Meanwhile, Lynn was appearing on a live-streaming program for the summer 2022 TV anime Engage Kiss in which she has voiced one of its main character, Ayano Yugiri, on July 29. But in the middle of the program, she was found to be positive for COVID-19 according to the results of the PCR test she took a few days ago and forced to leave the progr

    A stage play adaptation of Akira Miyashita's Sakigake!! Otokojuku action manga is set to be performed at Shibuya Cultural Center Owada in Tokyo from October 7 to 11, 2022.   The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 1985 to 1991, and compiled in 34 tankobon volumes, printing over 27 million copies. Its 34-episode TV anime adaptation was aired in 1988 and a Taku Sakaguchi ( Prisoners of the Ghostland )-directed live-action film was released in 2007.     It is set in a private school "Otokojuku" that gathers delinquent boys from all over the country and gives them a radical Spartan education. The story depicts the comical daily lives, friendships, and fierce battles to the death of the students enrolled in the school.   Naoki Takeshi (Tenya Iida in the My Hero Academia stage play series) is cast as the protagonist, Momotaro Tsurugi, while Kozo Takeda , a former K-1 MAX kickboxer, plays Otokojuku's headmaster, Heihachi Edajima. A