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Find the Devil Hunters During Chainsaw Man GPS Rally

  Do you have what it takes to be a Devil Hunter? A new GPS game is testing hopefuls in exchange for prizes!   Titled  Chainsaw Man  Public Safety Anti-Magic Division 4 Devil Hunter Recruitment ~Search for the Devil Hunters GPS Rally~ , the event will take place across five train stations in Tokyo, ending at a pop-up shop in Sunshine City ALTA. Participants can download a special app and collect digital "stamps" at all six locations, turning them in at the end for event art.     RELATED:  Monster Strike x Chainsaw Man  Collab Results in Devilishly Fun Character Art   The pop-up shop also offer posters, pillows, and more. Some of these prizes will also be offered during a follow and retweet campaign being held by the  event's official Twitter account .     RELATED:  Chainsaw Man  Manga Adds 2 Million Copies to Its Total Run Since Anime Began   The  Chainsaw Man  GPS rally and pop-up shop ...

REVIEW: Whisper of the Heart Live-Action Sequel is Trapped in the Past

Image via official Twitter account   Disclaimer: Crunchyroll is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex.   When is a sequel not a sequel?   The origins of Studio Ghibli’s beloved Whisper of the Heart goes back to 1989 and the pages of Japanese shojo magazine Ribon. It was there Aoi Hiiragi serialized the manga that would become the Ghibli classic, transformed into a film that would soon surpass the original story in notoriety and fame. A testament to its ubiquity with the studio, when Ghibli made their own spiritual sequel in The Cat Returns , it was Hiiragi who turned that film back into a manga, rather than the other way around.   Yet nothing was stopping another studio from taking up the reins of the original story to put their own take on this classic romance. It’s a shame about the result then.     2022's live-action Whisper of the Heart is neither an adaptation...

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Anime Gets Witchy in Halloween Visual

  A new themed visual has arrived for The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten , the upcoming anime adaptation of Saekisan's novel series that's set to premiere in Japan in January 2023. This one is pure Halloween goodness as it depicts Mahiru in a witch costume with a doll that looks suspiciously like Amane.   RELATED: The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Admires the Harvest Moon in New Visual   Check out the video and full visual:       Kenichi Imaizumi  ( After School Dice Club ) is in the director's chair for  The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten , with  Keiichiro Ochi  ( The Quintessential Quintuplets ) writing the series composition based on  Saekisan 's original light novels,  Takayuki Noguchi  ( Queen's Blade ) adapting  Hanekoto's  original character designs for animation and  Moe Hyuga  ( Steins;Gate 0 ) providing the music. The series will be produc...

Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- Reveals World Premiere Preview Plans for Anime NYC

  If you're heading to Anime NYC this year, you'll be among the first people in the world to see a portion of the new Kaguya-sama: Love is War anime adaptation arc. Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- is set to open theatrically in Japan on December 17, but ahead of that the first part—which is about the length of one episode—will be shown in a preview screening at Anime NYC on November 19.   RELATED: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Confirms Theatrical Screenings of Next Anime Arc Ahead of TV Broadcast   Check out the new trailer and key visual:       #NEWS An early Christmas present arrives to @animenyc with the world premiere preview screening of the first part (about one episode length) of the highly anticipated Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- on November 19th! ???????? pic.twitter.com/eaYqA6J9h6 — Aniplex of America (@aniplexUSA) October 30, 2022   Kaguya Shinomiya VA Aoi Koga will be...

Pascal is Peaceful in NieR:Automata Ver1.1a TV Anime Teaser Trailer

  Not every Machine wants to fight, and now a new teaser visual and a new teaser trailer have been published for NieR:Automata Ver1.1a , an upcoming TV anime based on the ground-breaking science fiction action RPG developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix about two factions of artificial lifeforms waging war in the ruins of a far-flung future Earth.   The visual and teaser trailer (below) feature Pascal, a pacifist Machine Lifeform who leads a village of peaceful Machines, and it has also been confirmed that voice actor Aoi Yuki reprises her role as Pascal from the NieR:Automata game in the TV anime adaptation.     RELATED: NieR:Automata Ver1.1a TV Anime Goes Inside the Bunker in New PV   Square Enix describes the story of the original NieR:Automata video game as follows:   The distant future…   Invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing a new type of threat: weapons known as “machine lifeforms.” In th...

R-Type Final 3 Evolved, R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos Head to the West

  Following up on the initial reveal of some fresh R-Type shoot 'em ups, NIS America has confirmed plans to publish both in the west. R-Type Final 3 Evolved is coming to PlayStation 5 in the west in spring 2023, followed by R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC in summer 2023.   RELATED: Angelian Trigger Shoot 'Em Up Teased for Nintendo Switch   Building on the side-scrolling action of R-Type Final 2 , R-Type Final 3 Evolved features exclusive stages created by Kazuma Kujo, all of the homage stages from the first Stage Pass and an update that adds in new playable ships, a new multiplayer mode, global rankings and more. NIS America's release will support Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish language options.   R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos boasts an Unreal Engine 5 remake of the two turn-based strategy entries, and this will mark the western debut for R-Type Tactics II . Check out a brief tease...

Brown Dust II Mobile RPG Reveals First Trailer

  A teaser website and social accounts recently launched for publisher Neowiz and GAMFS N's Brown Dust II along with the first trailer. The mobile RPG sequel doesn't have a release date yet, but it's in the works for a worldwide launch and you can see some footage in the debut preview.   RELATED: Dragalia Lost Mobile RPG to End Service on November 29   Here's the English version of the trailer:     The first Brown Dust launched on iOS and Android devices in March 2019 and was rebranded as Brave Nine a year later. Stay tuned for more on Brown Dust II as further announcements are made.   Via Gematsu     ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine . You can read his comics at subhumanzoids . Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox .   Source: Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!