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    As part of its fifth anniversary project, the Kiratto Pri☆chan anime franchise will hold a special virtual concert, entitled "Minna no Iine de Nanika ga Umareru ( Something will happen with everyone's likes )!? Kirrato Virtual Live!" on the live-streaming service Z-aN on March 26.   RELATED : Kiratto Pri☆chan Thanks Fans with Special Clip Filled with Famous Scenes    As the fifth installments in the Pretty Series following Pripara/ Idol Time Pripara , Kiratto Pri☆chan was aired for 153 episodes from April 2018 and May 2021. With its comical story line and the highest level of CG stages in the series, the anime was highly popular in Japan for three long years.   The virtual live concert will feature the TV anime's original sequel story newly written by series composition writer Kazuho Hyodo . He writes on Twitter, "Virtual...? Don't underestimate it just because it's not a real live show! Streaming, virtual are the essence of Prichan! Th

  We recently learned all about the musical performances lined up for the 2023 Anime Awards , including songs from genre-spanning group  ALI , composer  KOHTA YAMAMOTO  and songwriter and composer  Yuki Kajiura . All of the performances will be in commemoration of past Anime Awards winners, and now we know exactly which song we'll get to hear from hit anime film Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train .   RELATED: 2023 Anime Awards Reveals Performances by ALI, KOHTA YAMAMOTO and Yuki Kajiura   Those who tune into the 2023 Anime Awards will get the opportunity to watch as Yuki Kajiura performs the film and TV arc's hit song "Homura," which was originally performed by Japanese singer LiSA and written by Yuki Kajiura. The song originally appeared in Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train and was also used as the final ending theme of the final episode of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc TV anime.     The TV ve

  The Anime Awards are quickly approaching, and we are excited to be publishing the next in our series of interviews with some of the event's judges! Today, we'll be talking to Domenico Guastafierro (aka cavernadiplatone), an industry professional, YouTuber, streamer, and author of European manga about his love of anime, what it was like to be a judge, and what he looked for when selecting nominees for the Anime Awards.   Editor's Note: This interview was originally conducted in Italian and has been translated for English audiences here.       Crunchyroll: Hello! Could you please introduce yourself to our readers?   cavernadiplatone : Hello everyone! I'm Domenico Guastafierro, aka cavernadiplatone, a content creator. I was the first Italian YouTuber  to talk about comics and animation on the platform. Over the years I have refined my discusion and entertainment skills through practical experience in television (RAI, Mediaset, NekoTV) improving my writing an

If you’ve paid any attention at all to Final Fantasy XVI, you likely already know how action-forward this game is. It’s easily the farthest a mainline Final Fantasy game has ever been from its traditional turn-based roots, with FFXVI being easily the most action-heavy yet. That’s not surprising, though, considering the game’s combat director is Ryota Suzuki, a former Capcom developer with nearly 20 years of experience designing the action in games like Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Devil May Cry 4, and most recently, Devil May Cry 5.  With such a personal connection to Devil May Cry, I couldn’t resist asking: Who would win in a one-on-one fight: FFXVI protagonist Clive or Devil May Cry 5 lead Dante? Suzuki had to answer this question with two of his bosses right beside him – FFXVI director Hiroshi Takai and producer Naoki Yoshida – so perhaps we should take this answer with a grain of salt. But I don’t know, having played both Devil May Cry 5 and two hours of FFXVI during a recent hands-on pr

In today's New Gameplay Today, your hosts Wesley LeBlanc, Kyle Hilliard, and Prima Games '  Jesse Vitelli  discuss Final Fantasy XVI after going hands-on with it during a recent preview. In this specific segment, Clive must fight the Eikon, Garuda. While he holds his own, he must tap into the powers of Ifrit to finally take her down, and you can watch all that play out in this new NGT. Enjoy! As you can see, the Eikon fights are shaping up to be massive, climatic, and flashy combat scenarios that we can't wait to see more of in the final game. For more, you can read Wesley's full Final Fantasy XVI preview thoughts  here . And you can read Jesse's thoughts over at Prima Games   here .  For more previews and discussions of some of the biggest games of 2023 and beyond, be sure to head over to our  YouTube page  for NGTs about Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon ,  Atomic Heart ,  Metroid Prime Remastered ,  WWE 2K23 ,  SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Sha

  Saint Seiya heads to Hollywood later this year with the release of the live-action Knights of the Zodiac film and while the western release date for the movie isn’t confirmed, April 28 will see the adaptation launch in its home country of Japan. Ahead of then, the film released a brand new poster of the Japanese release as well as details on the film’s theme song.     Knights of the Zodiac , which will be released in Japan under the title of Saint Saiya The Beginning, will see its theme song be performed by American pop-star P!NK singing “Courage.”   Previously released trailer:   RELATED:   Knights of the Zodiac Live-action Film Gets Japanese Release Date   The cast of the live-action  Knights of the Zodiac  film includes Mackenyu as Seiya, Madison Iseman as Sienna and Sean Bean as Alman Kiddo. The film also stars Famke Janssen, Nick Stahl, Diego Tinoco, and Mark Dacascos. In addition to director Tomasz Baginski, other folks behind the scenes include Toei Animation pr

  Our cardiovascular health is at risk of suffering a sugar overdose and lots of beat-skipping this spring, as The Dangers in My Heart anime series promises a charming rom-com with the reveal of its main visual and trailer today. Check them out below!   Main Visual   On top of showing us the beginning of Anna and Kyotaro's attachment, the new trailer also provides a preview of the anime's opening theme song, "Shayo" ("Setting Sun") by rock duo Yorushika ( Kaina of the Great Snow Sea ). Kohana Lam will perform "Kazu Sentimental" for the ending theme.   Main Trailer   RELATED: ROUNDUP: Fall in Love with Anime All Over Again with These Valentine's Day 2023 Messages   Based on the manga by Norio Sakurai, The Dangers in My Heart is directed by Hiroaki Akagi ( Teasing Master Takagi-san , A Couple of Cuckoos ) at studio Shin-Ei Animation, with series composition by Jukki Hanada ( Bloom Into You ), character designs by Masato Katsumata

    Thanks to a new bonus item, THE FIRST SLAM DUNK earned an impressive 311 million yen (2.42 million USD) on 212,000 admissions in its 13th weekend, which was an astonishing growth of 240 percent compared to last weekend. That was enough to put the film back in first place for the first time in five weeks.   The 124-minute film has made 11,276,348,740 yen (87.7 million USD) on 7,745,549 admissions in 86 days since its release on December 3, 2022, becoming the 13th top-grossing Japanese film of all time.   RELATED : THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Scores a Six-Pointer to Move Up to 31st at All-Time Japanese Box Office   A new bonus item, the "Circle Clear File," has been available in theaters in a limited number of 500,000 since February 24.   映画を観てくださるみなさまへ感謝を込めて、 本日より新しいTHANKSプレゼント"円陣クリアファイル"をお渡ししております。 (※全国50万枚限定になります) 裏面にもデザインがあります。 まだまだ上映は続きますので、引き続き『 #THEFIRSTSLAMDUNK 』をお楽しみください！ #10billion #SLAMDUNK pic.twitter.com/i1cFDRWuu7 — 映画『THE FIRST SLAM D

    PathTLive , consisting of five members from the XR artist project "Alleles," will make their major debut from Sony Music Labels and heir debut song "mirAI wave!" will be featured as the opening theme for the forthcoming TV anime Kizuna no Allele .The song will be released digitally on the anime's TV premiere day, April 3, 2023.   RELATED : Kizuna AI Anime Launches New Project "Alleles" featuring 15 XR Artists   The theme of the project is "Dive with everyone from the real world to the virtual world" and "To connect the virtual and real worlds through 'a bond'." The members of PathTLive will play virtual characters in the TV anime, and will also be challenging themselves in various ways, including weekly mini-concerts, live streaming and dance lessons mainly on YouTube.   The project's first song an PathLive's debut song "mirAI wave!" is describes as "an upbeat pop number with lyrics l

    During the live streaming program to celebrate the 10th anniversary of  The IDOLM@STER Million Live! series on February 27, five additional voice cast members of the forthcoming TV anime adaptation were announced, including Genta Nakamura (Baloria in DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai ) as Producer.     Nakamura took to Twitter to share his enthusiasm for the role as below:     I'm Genta Nakamura, and I will be playing the role of Producer in "The IDOLM@STER Million Live!" I'm very happy to be a part of The IDOLM@STER, which I've loved since I was a child! There are so many things I would like to talk about, such as my favorite songs and favorite communication sections, but I can't really summarize them all, so I hope to be able to talk about them slowly someday! I am still a rookie as a producer and a voice actor. Please lend me your help, dear senior producers! Let's make Million Live more exciting together!     改めまして！！ 『アイドルマスター ミリオ

How do you remake a game many consider to be a masterpiece? In our conversation with Resident Evil 4 (Remake)'s Director Yasuhiro Ampo and Game Director Kazunori Kadoi, we learned a few of the ways the team at Capcom is attempting this. From quality-of-life improvements and updated controls to a new knife system and parry mechanics, they've done quite a lot; and you can learn about it in the video below. For more Resident Evil 4, check out Game Informer's YouTube Channel to see the rest of our coverage of the game. You can also visit our hub for exclusive RE4 coverage , or watch the new trailer revealed at Sony's recent State of Play. Disclaimer: Capcom helped to arrange and cover travel accommodations for two in Osaka, Japan, in association with this cover story. As the world’s largest video game magazine, Game Informer’s editorial team is proud to remain impartial, professional, and committed to the truth in all forms of our content, regardless of any outside fa

  Crunchyroll recently announced plans to stream the MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES TV anime as it airs this April, and now we have another look at its main cast of characters. The official Twitter account shared a series of five character visuals highlighting Mash, Finn, Lance, Dot and Lemon, so let's take a gander while we train our own muscles for the premiere.   RELATED: MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Anime Streams on Crunchyroll in April 2023   Mash Burnedead VA: Chiaki Kobayashi (Moriarty in Moriarty the Patriot )     |◤━━━━━━━━━━━ キャラクタービジュアル解禁 ━━━━━━━━━━━◢| マッシュ·バーンデッド CV： #小林千晃 TVアニメ「マッシュル-MASHLE-」 2023年4月より放送開始！ ▶︎ https://t.co/DpxL8v42NH ◀︎ #マッシュル #MASHLE pic.twitter.com/SR2KdOUbGh — マッシュル-MASHLE-公式 (@mashle_official) February 26, 2023   Finn Ames VA: Reiji Kawashima (Fushi in To Your Eternity )     |◤━━━━━━━━━━━ キャラクタービジュアル解禁 ━━━━━━━━━━━◢| フィン·エイムズ CV： #川島零士 TVアニメ「マッシュル-MASHLE-」 2023年4月より放送開始！ ▶︎ https://t.co/DpxL8v4ADf ◀︎ #マッシュル #MA

    When it comes to truly learning about someone’s personality, horoscopes are sorta cute, but the real reveal comes from the Game Boy games they immediately played on Nintendo Switch Online. You can tell a lot about someone from the ones they’re most attached to — games that, with a simple aesthetic and approachable mechanics, provide a veritable portrait of the self. With that knowledge in mind, you can even make recommendations to people that correlate with their taste in cartridges for Nintendo’s classic little pleasure toaster.    Since this is Crunchyroll, those recommendations are gonna come in the form of anime series. So if you’ve found yourself looking longingly at Game Boy games recently, here are some shows you’ll probably enjoy as well.     TETRIS - BLUELOCK         A Tetris fan doesn’t just enjoy the thrills of an inescapable precipitation of boxes, they relish it. To them, it’s like a David Cronenberg film where, in the future, love provides no value and

    Whether you’ve engrossed yourself in anime for many years or you consider yourself a casual dabbler, before too long you will have caught wind of two groups of people whose diametrically opposed viewpoints have given rise to much debate.   I refer, of course, to the “manga first” enthusiasts versus the “anime only” stans. The names are fairly self-explanatory, but for the sake of exposition I will elaborate; the stance that separates one group from the other is whether they will explore the original manga first, or allow themselves to go into the subsequent adaptation with completely fresh eyes.   The arguments for both are fundamentally sound and could come down to any number of things. It may be a lack of time that keeps the anime only’s away from the pages, just as much as a sense of FOMO that compels the manga first crowd.   Like anything in life, there are shades of gray that sit somewhere in the middle, with outliers who venture into manga under certain exceptions, o