This year, they released the trailer of the upcoming Little Busters anime. Since it was made on April 1, no one knew if it was true or not. Previously, they had announced a new visual novel called Rewrite in collaboration with the writer of the When They Cry series. Visual novel producer Key has a reputation for making announcements that may or may not be true. They have also changed their name to Bagel to emphasize the new direction the company is taking.įor a while, Shounen Jump’s main page was taken over by Usopp, a character from the popular One Piece series. However, creating stories with largely female casts has gotten old, and Navel has decided to switch to all-male casts. Navel, known for their harem visual novels has had a couple of anime adaptations: Shuffle and We Without Wings. The game is set to be released 18,000 years from now. It also appears that work on their next game, Dramatical Murder, has been halted in favour of a new project: Dramatical Mother. Game developer Nitro+Chiral, a branch of Nitro+, recently changed their name to Bitro+.
While there are no plans to continue the series further, you can look forward to a new anime based on the series. It will use 8-bit graphics.Īnyone who played the Grandia series on the Sega Saturn/Playstation/Dreamcast/Playstation2 will no doubt have fond memories of it. Upcoming anime, Accel World, may look nice in the promos, but don’t be fooled. Given the existence of Carnival Phantasm, I actually wouldn’t put this one past them. The front cover of volume one features the ever-popular Sakura Kinomoto from Card Captor Sakura.Ī new anime called Koha ACE is being released by Typemoon. It will feature news and insights into the anime/manga and game industries. Unfortunately, Yui will be transferring schools in the second season, so say your goodbyes now.Ī new magazine has just been released: Arika Magazine. Who wouldn’t buy into a trio of cute girls singing cute songs?įans of Yuru Yuri probably enjoy seeing the entire cast together. The series seems to have exhausted its entertainment value though, so Capcom had to come up with something new. Rockman, better known as Mega Man outside of Japan is one of those classic game heroes that stand alongside Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. I don’t know about you, but I prefer the 2D versions. Original source: Live Action Puella Magi Madoka MagicaĪs if one live action anime announcement wasn’t enough, prepare yourselves for real-life magical “girls”. Of course, all Iskandar can ask is, “where’s my cow?” Waver may pretend to by a boy in Fate/Zero, but her true colours are made clear in Sensha Otoko.
April 1 marked the premiere of the romantic movie Sensha Otoko: A True Tank Story. If you’ve suspected that there was something going on between Waver and Iskandar from Fate/Zero, then you may be right. Taking a hint from the hugely successful Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann series, Idolmaster will once again be stepping into the mecha genre with the Mujin Gattai Kisaragi movie. Idolmaster has already received a mecha anime in the form of Idolmaster Xenoglossia, but the series didn’t quite perform as well as some had hoped. Due to the success of the series outside of Japan, the three male characters will be played by foreigners and they will travel to different parts of the world. The Square Enix web magazine Gangan Online, made an announcement concerning the production of a live action version of the anime Daily Lives of High School Boys. (Note that some of the links may have returned to normal.) Live Action Daily Lives of High School Boys Here are some of the pranks that went on over the weekend. If you missed what went on in the anime world, worry not. With Google’s well-known pranks, some of the smaller ones can be over-looked. Anime-related companies are known for staging April Fools’ pranks every once in a while.