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  This week, summer anime  Remake Our Life!  paid tribute to the godly fame of  The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya . And the tribute continues, as the show offers up a new key visual and Twitter competition!   Episode 5  featured Nanako Kogure performing her own rendition of "God Knows..." The song was originally performed by Aya Hirano as Haruhi in the episode "Live Alive," and has gone on to become a celebrated anime song covered by everyone from Shoko Nakagawa to Masaaki Endoh.   To carry on the celebration, a new piece of collab art has been released — featuring Aki Shino dressed up as the S.O.S. Brigade leader herself.     @bokurema_anime , the official Japanese Twitter account for  Remake Our Life! , is currently running a poster giveaway in conjunction with official  Haruhi  Twitter account  @haruhi_anime . Five lucky people who follow both accounts and retweet the campaign announcement tweet will win a pos...

  If you're a fan of comedies that are bad at judging personal boundaries, then you're in luck, because Aharen-san wa Hakarenai ("Aharen is Unmeasureable"), a youthful romantic comedy manga by Asato Mizu ( DENKI-GAI ) about a girl who has difficulty communicating and the classmate that grows closer to her, is being adapted into a TV anime.   The main staff for Aharen-san wa Hakarenai has been revealed, including:   Original work: Aharen-san wa Hakarenai by Asato Mizu (serialized in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ magazine) Chief director: Yasutaka Yamamoto Director: Tomoe Makino Series composition: Takao Yoshioka Character design: Yūko Yahiro Music: Satoru Kōsaki & MONACA Animation production: FelixFilm Production: bilibili   The main cast for Aharen-san wa Hakarenai includes:     Inori Minase as Reina Aharen .     And Takuma Terashima as Raidou .     The story of Aharen-san wa Hakarenai follows the ev...

  Few manga authors have as much global notoriety as Junji Ito. For decades, his work has thrilled and horrified fans with its immaculate pacing, strong narrative, and absolutely chilling artwork. Stories like Tomie , Gyo , and Uzumaki have become classics of the horror genre, while his Cat Diary was lauded for its cleverness and humor and his adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein showed his versatility. In short, Junji Ito deserves all the praise he gets, and today, on his birthday, I'd like to celebrate his life and work with a quiz. Take it below to see how much you know about the modern horror master!   Quiz Maker - powered by Riddle     Daniel Dockery is a Senior Staff Writer for Crunchyroll.  Follow him on Twitter!   Do you love writing? Do you love anime? If you have an idea for a features story,   pitch it  to Crunchyroll Features! Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

Image via Netflix Japan   The elusive million PokéDollar bicycle from the Cerulean City Bike Shop in Pokémon Red and Green has been recreated in the real world and at a real-world scale, and is free to get – with no fetch quest from the Pokémon Fan Club President and voucher needed!      #ポケモン情報局 フォロワー100万人突破記念企画???? キミは覚えているか？ 誰もが憧れた、あの「じてんしゃ」を―― 　　????♪～ 再現した「じてんしゃ」の等身大模型を1名様に????!! 1⃣ @poke_times をフォロー 2⃣ #ポケモンの100万円じてんしゃ でツイート 応募は8月3日まで⏰ https://t.co/qfkdF7ROnm — ポケモン情報局【公式】 (@poke_times) July 30, 2021         The real-life replica of the Miracle Cycle bike was created for the celebration of 1 million followers on the Pokémon Information Bureau Twitter account, one follower for every PokéDollar the bicycle is worth (though in the original Pokémon Red/Green games, the money system was based on yen, meaning the 1 million yen cycle was worth roughly US$10,000 in 2995).   There will onl...

    The official Twitter for the ongoing 18th PreCure TV series Tropical-Rouge! Precure has posted an image art for its next 22nd episode to be aired in Japan this Sunday. The illustration that shows the girls enjoying the summer sea is newly-drawn by the episode's animation director, Nishiki Itaoka.   Itaoka is an acclaimed animator who is well known for his works on the impressive transformation scenes of the Precure girls, such as Cure Rosetta ( DokiDoki! PreCure ), Cure Princess ( HappinessCharge PreCure! ), Cure Twinkle ( Go! Princess PreCure ), Cure Miracle ( Maho Girls PreCure! ), Cure Gelato ( Kirakira PreCure a la Mode ), Cure Milky ( Star Twinkle PreCure ), Cure Earth ( Healin' Good PreCure ), and Cure Summer ( Tropical-Rouge! Precure ).   In the 22nd episode titled "The Great Adventure of Secrets! Find the Mermaid's Treasure!," the Tropical Club members start a training camp in Manatsu's hometown, Minamino Island. She and h...

      Japanese film production and distribution company Toho has announced the list of the films that surpassed the one billion yen (9.11 million USD) mark in the first half of 2021. According to the report, seven anime films, including Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train , which broke Japan's box office record of all-time, reached the milestone. In the Japanese movie business, a film is considered a hit if it exceeds one billion yen (of course, its success as a business depends on how much it cost to make).   Of the films distributed by Toho in the first half of 2021 (from November 2020 to June 2021), 11 films earned more than 1 billion yen, and two films released in October 2020 reached the number during the period.     - 2021 films   "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time" (March 2021) - 10.23 billion yen "Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet" (April 2021) - 7.47 billion yen "Shin-kaishaku Sangokushi" (December 2020)...

    "Dark spiral journey," the OP theme for the summer 2021 TV anime Beach Boy Riverside , was released digitally on July 30. Soon after that, a four-minute music video for the song featuring the highlights from the anime story was posted on YouTube.   The rock tune was produced by Q-MHz , a four-member Japanese musical producer unit consisting of Aki Hata, Tomokazu Tashiro, Katsuhiko Kurosu, and Tomoya Tabuchi. And Yuko Suzuhana , the vocalist of Wagakki Band , served as the singer.     "Dark spiral journey" MV:     "Peach Boy Riverside" OP movie:     Digital single jacket:     Q-MHz :     Yuko Suzuhana :     The TV anime adaptation of Coolkyousinnjya ( Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid )'s fantasy manga Peach Boy Riverside premiered in Japan on July 1, 2021, and has also been simulcast on Crunchyroll to its members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, ...

    In addition to the main MV for their 20th single song "Summer Dude" introduced early this month, the five-mmeber voice actress idol unit  i☆Ris has also posted a dance music video for the song featuring their dance performance filmed in a studio. These clips will be included in the bonus DVD/Blu-ray for the single.   "Summer Dude" is set to be released on August 18, 2021. It will be their first single after one of its six founding members, Azuki Shibuya, left the unit in the end of March 2021. To commemorate the release, the members' online autograph session for the purchasers of the CD will be live-streamed on their official YouTube channel from August 23 to 25 (The streaming itself can be viewed by those who have not purchased the CD).       "Summer Dude" dance MV:     Main MV:     CD+Blu-ray edition:     CD+DVD edition:     CD-only edition:     ????20thSG『...

    Ahead of its advance online screening, a 30-second digest clip of the first episode "Idol Amattemasu!" ( An idol has been left over! ) of the forthcoming web anime Idol Land Pripara is now streamed on YouTube.   As reported, Takara Tomy Arts (T-ARTS Company) announced early this month that the release of its new smartphone game app Idol Land Pripara  and the web anime series of the same name were again postponed to the spring of 2022 from the original date of the spring of 2021. For those who can't wait, an advance online screening of the web anime's Episode 1 will be held on PIA LIVE STREAM  from August 18, then that of Episode 0 will follow from September 1.   The 30-second clip introduces a new character Amari Katasumi (CV: Riho Iida)'s Pripara idol debut. Amari (literally means  leftover in Japanese) is a first-year student at the private Basilico Academy High School in Papparajyuku. As her name implies,...

Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Square Enix Release: July 27, 2021 ( PlayStation 4 , Switch ), 2021 ( PC ) Rating: Teen Reviewed on: Switch Also on: PlayStation 4, PC 14 years ago, The World Ends With You hit the Nintendo DS and was praised for its style and innovation. It had an electrifying soundtrack, an exciting battle system that utilized the DS’ touchscreen, and the undeniable hook of exploring Shibuya, Tokyo. There was nothing like it on the market. Neo: The World Ends With You doesn’t make the same grand entrance; instead, it’s content to embrace the first game's strengths and even some of its faults. What that leaves is an experience that’s still engaging and intriguing, but it doesn’t create a lasting impression like the original. Neo: The World Ends With You brings in a brand-new cast and the start of a new Reapers’ Game, where players must fight to win or face erasure from the world. Protagonist Rindo gets randomly caught up in the competition when a...

One of the best moments of Pokémon Red and Blue  is finally obtaining the bicycle. Quickly speeding across the world you spent hours trudging across on foot feels liberating and you appreciate it as much as any of your pocket monsters. Well, what if I told you that The Pokémon Company is giving away a real-life version of that bike? That's right it could be yours … as long as you live in Japan. As spotted by Kotaku , The Pokémon Company is celebrating reaching one million Twitter followers by creating a replica of Generation 1’s bicycle. While garnering a million fans is a big deal, that number has dual significance. It directly references the in-game price tag of the bike, which fans likely remember stood at 1,000,000 Poké-monies (or whatever Pokémon currency is called). Since players’ wallets were capped at 999,999, it was literally impossible to purchase and could only be obtained by trading a bike voucher earned earlier in the game. Click image thumbnails...

  It's a big year for  Puella Magi Madoka Magica . Gen Urobuchi's hit magical girl series is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and a second season of spinoff series  Magia Record  premieres in  just over a week . To celebrate, the series is collaborating with Japanese credit card company MI Card to offer a  pair of credit cards  sporting brand new artwork.   The art is penned by the creative team at Shaft, and there are two to choose from. One features Madoka and Iroha, while the other shows the main cast going shopping — a scene reminiscent of their shopping trip in episode 10:     Customers who sign up for one of the new cards will get a set of two stickers featuring the art from both.     Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story  is based on the mobile game spinoff of  Madoka Magica . The second season of the series will begin  August 7 on Crunchyroll.   Source: Anime! Anime! ...

War for Wakanda is easily the most exciting expansion to hit Marvel’s Avengers, and we finally know when it’s coming. On August 17, players will get to take control of Black Panther to explore a brand new story serving as the game’s largest content update yet.  In addition to adding a Christopher Judge-voiced T’Challa to the roster of heroes, the free expansion (yes expansion and not an Operation like with Kate Bishop and Hawkeye) introduces new enemy types and two supervillains, one of which is Klaw. Black Panther’s long-time nemesis has teamed up with AIM to invade Wakanda to steal its precious vibranium.  Wakanda and its surrounding jungles offer a vibrant new biome to explore that contains the Birnin Zana Outpost, the laboratory of T’Challa’s brilliant sister, Shuri, and other locations. There's also a new drop zone for solo or team play. In addition to the story quests, players can engage in new threat sector missions and other superheroic activities. Of course,...