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  Crunchyroll is excited to announce the release and immediate availability of the Sorairo Utility OVA . It is available now for Crunchyroll members worldwide excluding Japan and China.     Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

It’s time to put 2021 in the rearview mirror and look forward to the new year. For most of us, that means thinking about how to make 2022 an even better year than the last with some New Year’s resolutions. Every year when this time rolls around, I make big plans. And while I resolve to better myself and start up good habits with the best of intentions, I notice they start to break down as the months go on. So this year, I’m bringing in a little backup: video games. It’s Time To Get Healthy Like many people, my first resolution every year is to be a little healthier after the indulgent past few weeks. Despite video games being a mostly sedentary hobby, there are a handful of titles that can help keep this goal from fizzling out. First, I’m turning to Ring Fit Adventure . Sure, there are a ton of games that get you up and moving, like the Just Dance series or Beat Saber, but there is something about my motion propelling the main character forward to save the world that’s really motiv...

  Crunchyroll is excited to announce more Catarina Claes adventures, as the service adds the  My Next Life As a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X OVA to the series catalog!    Wealthy heiress Catarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances! The best ending the game has for Catarina is exile, and the worst, death! She'll have to find a way to avoid triggering the flags of doom, and make her own happy future! The misunderstanding-based screwball love comedy now begins!   Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

There are decent Halo Infinite players, really great players, ranked Onyx players, and then there’s Remy “Mint Blitz,” an Australian streamer who won more than 100 free-for-all matches in a row.  First reported by Kotaku , Mint Blitz originally set out to win 50 consecutive free-for-all matches in the recently-released (and free-to-play) multiplayer portion of Halo Infinite . After winning 50 in a row, though, he upped the ante and sought to win 100 consecutive matches…and he did it. In fact, he continued on to win even more, finally breaking the streak around “105, 106 straight” wins.  Click here to watch embedded media The streamer said it took him about a week to amass 100 consecutive wins and it went essentially flawlessly, save for one hiccup: his PC froze and he was forced to quit out of Halo Infinite. However, his video shows that he was up by 10 points, meaning he was almost certainly going to win. Considering a PC freeze is out of his hands, Mint Blitz a...

  Before we jump forward into 2022, let's go back about 12 years — to a  Pop Team Epic -inspired take on  Tokyo Revengers !   A new series of mini acrylic standees is  now available for pre-order from Animall , depicting Takemichi, Mikey, and more as drawn by everyone's favorite  kuso  manga boy,  Bkub Okawa .     Animall specializes in anime and manga goods, and has plenty of  Tokyo Revengers -themed goodies. These feel like they're hitting at just the right time, though — a  second season of  Pop Team Epic  was announced  just last week.   Pre-orders for the tiny stars will be open on the site until  January 13 , with each figure costing 4,400 yen.   Source: Anime! Anime!     Watch  Tokyo Revengers  on Crunchyroll!   Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

With 2021 officially in the rear-view mirror, this week's episode of All Things Nintendo is all about looking ahead to 2022. With the upcoming year looking extremely stacked, Brian invites  Game Informer  creative director Jeff Akervik to talk about the biggest games scheduled to arrive on Switch in 2022. If you'd like to follow the people from this episode on Twitter, hit the following links:  Brian Shea (@brianpshea) , Jeff Akervik (@JeffAkervik) The All Things Nintendo podcast is a weekly show where we can celebrate, discuss, and break down all the latest games, news, and announcements from the industry's most recognizable name. Each week, Brian is joined by different guests to talk about what's happening in the world of Nintendo. Along the way, they'll share personal stories, uncover hidden gems in the eShop, and even look back on the classics we all grew up with. A new episode hits every Friday! Be sure to subscribe to All Things Nintendo on your favorite p...

  This article written by Adam Wescott was originally published August 21, 2021   Manga is one of the best things in the world. But where to start? Fluffy romance, high-octane action, or brain-melting weirdness? Thankfully as a bookseller I am qualified to offer suggestions. In the quiz below, I offer you my manga expertise. Just remember, there's no such thing as the "best" manga — just the one that's best for you!   Quiz Maker - powered by Riddle   What manga did you receive? What's your personal favorite? Let us know in the comments!       Adam W is a Features Writer at Crunchyroll. When he is not practicing so that he may one day read Atsushi Kaneko's Deathco in Japanese, he collaborates with a loose coalition of friends on a blog called Isn't it Electrifyin g?  You may find him on Twitter at: @wendeego   Do you love writing? Do you love anime? If you have an idea for a feature, pitch it to Crunchyr...

Remakes and remasters continue to become more common with each passing year and as Mortal Kombat has reached 11 mainline entries, some fans are looking back at the series’ history, especially as its 30th anniversary nears.  If it was up to Eyeballistic , a game development studio with multiple titles in the works, that 30th anniversary would include a remake of the original Mortal Kombat trilogy. In fact, the studio has created a “Mortal Kombat Trilogy Remake Petition” on change.org to get this theoretical ball rolling, as first reported by Nintendo Life .  Click here to watch embedded media “Mortal Kombat’s 30th anniversary is next year and we’d like to honor this amazing franchise by remaking the original Mortal Kombat Trilogy (MKT) on PC and consoles,” the petition reads. “MKT is a classic game combining all of the characters from MK1, MK2, MK3, and UMK3. It also includes nearly all of the stages from those games.”  Any studio could create a petition asking to re...

Riot Games’ Joe Ziegler is saying goodbye to his role as Valorant’s game director to work on something new at the studio. This news comes by way of a new post made by Ziegler on the official Riot website , in which he discusses his last eight years there. He reveals that Valorant, which was officially released last year , is something he’s been working on for eight years as the game director and that now, it’s time for him to move on.  “It is with a heart full of gratitude and deep excitement that I come to you today with news,” Ziegler writes. “After eight years working on Valorant, building it from the ground up with a team of dedicated and passionate developers who’ve worked tirelessly to serve you all with the respect and admiration that you deserve, I am giving up the mantle of game director of the Valorant tac-shooter to my good friend, Andy Ho [senior director of game direction at Riot] .”  Ziegler said Ho is someone who has put many years of work into Valorant as ...

Cobra Kai returns to Netflix for a fourth season tomorrow. The runaway hit show is based on The Karate Kid films of yesteryear, and even rekindles the feud between Daniel LaRusso (played by Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). We recently had the chance to play a mildly amusing Cobra Kai video game from developer Flux, and now we can show our love for the show with new skins in Fortnite . Sadly none of the characters from the Netflix show are represented in likeness, but their schools are. This means you can suit up as generic characters in the styles of Cobra Kai, Eagle Fang, and Miyagi-Do. Each character you purchase for 800 V-Bucks can change to any of the three schools. You have a variety to pick from, such as Shuto Striker, Mat Master, Keri Commander, Kata Captain, Dojo Defender, and more. You can get five styles in the Karate Ko Bundle, and another five in the Dojo Showdown Bundle. Both sell for 2,000 V-Bucks. Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy. ...

    The official Japanese website for the reboot TV anime based on Hiroyuki Takei's Shaman King manga has posted a six-minute special compilation video of its Osorezan Revoir arc. The arc depicting the encounter of Yo and Anna five years ago, and the parting of Yo's first guardian ghost, Matamune, was told in the anime's 30th to 33rd episodes aired in November 2021.   The song featured in the clip, "Osorezan Revoir" is sung by Megumi Hayashibara , who has voiced the anime's main heroine Anna Kyoyama since the first TV anime in 2001-2002. Using the poem in the original manga, it was originally composed by Kapitaro , who was a fan of the manga, and its video sung by Hatsune Miku was posted on Nico Nico Douga in 2010. In the following year, Hayashibara also posted her own performance video of the song on Nico Nico. The song has been officially included in her 14th original album "Fifty~Fifty" released in 2018.         #林原めぐみ さん...

    Aqours , the nine-member voice actress unit of the Love Live! Sunshine!! anime franchise, reached their sixth anniversary on 30 June 2021, and has been developing the anniversary project "We Are Challengers Project," including their first live-action music video "DREAMY COLOR."   During their live concert "Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours EXTRA LoveLive! ~DREAMY CONCERT 2021~" held at Pia Arena MM in Tokyo yesterday, on December 30, they revealed the latest information about the anniversary project. One of them was a collaboration song and anime music video with internationally popular virtual singer Hatsune Miku . The collaboration project itself was already announced back in June 2021, and its partner is finally revealed as Hastune Miku. It will be Aqours' first song collaboration with another artist. Further details will be announced soon.     ✨????Aqours×初音ミク コラボ決定????✨ 21年6月に結成6周年を迎えた「ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!」のAqoursと初音ミクのコラボが決定！???????????? ...

Content Warning : Mention of child pornography-related charges   On December 20,  Please tell me! Galko-chan manga creator  Kenya Suzuki was arrested for violating the Customs Act on the suspicion of trying to import books containing the images of naked children from Germany. On December 27, the Nagoya District Court announced that Suzuki has been charged for breaking the Customs Act for importing prohibited goods from abroad.   Meanwhile, on December 24, Kadokawa's Comic Walker platform, which released the Please tell me! Galko-chan manga chapter by chapter through its WebComic Apanda imprint,  revealed that it has pulled the series from its platform and stopped serialization due to "media reports about the author". The series' page now leads to a 404 error page.   The Toyota Police Department of the Aichi Prefectural Police arrested Suzuki, a resident of Funabashi City in Chiba prefecture, on December 20.  Nishi Nippon reported...

Demon’s Souls started it all. Sure, folks will argue that the concepts that would go on to become the modern-day Soulslike started even earlier in From Software’s history with games like Shadow Tower or the King’s Field games. But the modern incarnations feature challenging action/RPGs that offer battles with larger-than-life bosses, risk/reward offerings, mysteries to explore, and tight combat mechanics that force the player to commit to their choices. For the purposes of this list, I’m acknowledging that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has plenty of Soulslike framework, but due to some significant differences in player development and build options, it’s being left out of consideration here as a Soulslike. That said, it’s a great game and you should give it a try if you haven’t already. Alright, let’s hit up the list and find out what Soulslike titles are most worthy of your time as we wait with unbridled anticipation for new options to arise and take their own places on this list – ...

It's the end of the year, and Steam is running down the games the most people played in 2021 . To check out the entire expansive list, click the link here . Read below for some of the most surprising games Steam players invested their time into.  Starting out, news games like Valheim , New World , and the first season of Halo Infinite's multiplayer top the list with more than 200,000 peak players. However, some old stand-bys also make appearances, such as Grand Theft Auto V , Dota 2 , and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . Perhaps most surprising is Cyberpunk 2077 appearing in the top spot – somewhat shattering the illusion that CD Projekt Red's most recent game was an overall disaster . At the very least, a ton of people are still playing Cyberpunk more than a year later.  With over 100,000 peak players, Capcom's excellent Resident Evil Village makes an appearance, as does Farming Simulator 22 and Battlefield 2042. Games you might expect to see here are also acco...

  Ahead of the start of  Attack on Titan Final Season   Part 2  on January 9, the staff behind the series decided to share how the now-iconic key visual of Eren and his memories were pathed out in a making-of video showing the process from the image being conceived to the finished visual.     The visual in question:   Part 1 of  Attack on Titan Final Season  streamed on Crunchyroll as it aired in Japan on NHK-G from December 2020 to March 2021, with  part 2 premiering on NHK-G on January 9 at 24:05  (effectively January 10 at 12:05 AM). The cast and staff from the  Final Season Part 1  are set to return at MAPPA, with Crunchyroll continuing to stream the series,   Source:  Pony Canyon on YouTube   ---- Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called  TheDoctorDazza , tweets at  @DoctorDazza , and posts ph...

    As soon as Comic Market 99 starts, the official Twitter for the TV anime Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest posted new visuals of the protagonist Hajime Nagumo and the main heroine Yue for its forthcoming second season. This is the first time these visuals have been released to the public     Hajime Nagumo:     Yue:     【 初解禁✨ 】 ハジメ＆ユエの新ビジュアル公開???? 2nd season仕様になっています♪ コミックマーケット99ではオーバーラップブースにて 2人のスタンディがお待ちしております！ 会場にお越しの方はぜひお立ち寄りください✨ #ありふれた #ARIFURETA pic.twitter.com/50tvgb9lpr — TVアニメ「ありふれた職業で世界最強」2nd season (@ARIFURETA_info) December 30, 2021     Meanwhile, at the booth of Overlap, the publisher of the original novel by Ryo Shirakome, standees of the characters using the new visuals are now displayed. Our Japan Correspondent, Daryl Harding, who is at the venue, sent us some photos from the booth!       (photos: Daryl Harding)     The highly-anticip...