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Eyewear fashion company eyemirror is returning to the world of Fate/ with their latest line of frames. This time, Fate/EXTELLA fans can see clearly with glasses inspired by the devoted Tamamo-no-Mae and the ever-popular Bride Nero.

The "Bride Nero" frames take their inspiration from the fan-favorite Nero Claudius variant found across teh franchils. The legs of the glasses take the form of her sword's variant, complete with a gold accent.

The Tamamo-no-Mae frames are painted in the blue and gold tones of her kimono, with the legs finishing in a brown pattern similar to her fluffy tail. On the sides are tiny reproductions of her Noble Phantasm, the Eightfold Blessing of Amaterasu.

Each pair of glasses comes with a Fate/EXTELLA cases and a character lens cleaning cloth.

Frames go on sale this Saturday, April 7, at select stores in Akihabara and Ikebukuro. Online orders will open the same day.

>> Fate/EXTELLA eyemirror Product Page

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Kara Dennison is responsible for multiple webcomics, and is half the creative team behind the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos. Her work can currently be read in Stranger Tales of the City from Obverse Books.

Tired of waiting for last year's Thunderbolt Fantasy x Touken Ranbu dream team-up to become a reality? There's a new one on the books -- if by "on the books" you mean "in our minds."

Thunderbolt Fantasy Project and DMM have collaborated a second time to create a meeting between Bu Huan Shang of Thunderbolt Fantasy and Sengo Muramasa of Touken Ranbu. The encounter is only five minutes long, but the Muramasa puppet is a thing of beauty.

Want to see the entire production? According to the trailer, you can expect it to hit in just under 200 years.

>> Thunderbolt Fantasy x Touken Ranbu 2 Page

>> Watch Thunderbolt Fantasy on Crunchyroll

>> Watch Katsugeki Touken Ranbu on Crunchyroll

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Kara Dennison is responsible for multiple webcomics, serves as community manager for (Re)Generation Who and PotterVerse, and is half the creative team behind the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

Continuing in Japan's long-cherished tradition of making April Fools' Day gags out of things fans would actually want to see, Toei Animation's annual contribution to the April 1st festivities is a movie poster advertising a fictional team-up film that combines Dragon Ball Super and PreCure Super Stars!.

The poster teases a clash between Son Goku and Cure Yell and poses the question of which one is truly "super".

Admit it, you'd totally love to see these two fight...

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

Mari Okada is a prolific anime screenwriter, with series composition credits that include the likes of Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, and Black Butler, among many others. The latest license from J-Novel Club is Okada's autobiography, so you can learn all about her rough rise in From Truant to Anime Screenwriter: My Path to "Anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart".

A free preview is now available on j-novel.club, and the eBook will go on sale in early May. 

Description:

From Truant to Anime Screenwriter: My Path to “Anohana” and “The Anthem of the Heart” by Mari Okada, Illustrations by Masayoshi Tanaka

From the writer of “Anohana: The Flower We Saw Saw That Day” and “The Anthem of the Heart” comes the next expressive tale of the fight against one's own demons.

Mari Okada grew up in rural Chichibu, a truant for most of her adolescent life. She observed school life from afar, often refusing to leave the confines of her room. But with the fateful encounter of a visiting school teacher, Okada was able to find her way through the echelons of school using her untapped skill of turning words on a page into a unique voice that truly captured the essence of one's own youthful spirit.

From her own personal desires to leave home and find a place in “the world outside”, Okada came face-to-face with her own anxiety and let her stories speak out on her behalf of her struggles to truly find peace with the world around her.

“From Truant to Anime Screenwriter: My Path to ‘Anohana’ and ‘The Anthem of the Heart’” is a gripping autobiography that details the not-so-successful life of one of anime's biggest screenwriters as she faces the hardest challenge of all: finding herself through her own works.

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

Want to show your Legend of the Galactic Heroes love in a big way for 2018? Dining Cafe Iserlohn Fortress has you covered. The themed restaurant and shop celebrates both the Empire and the Alliance with a variety of themed dishes and drinks.

A few of the items on the menu:

"Artemis Necklace" Egg and Olive Plate:

"Iserlohn-yaki" Takoyaki with Sauce:

"Today's Hyperion": Dish of the Day in Hyperion Bowl:

"Today's Brünhild": Dish of the Day in Brünhild Bowl:

FPA Light Beer/Imperial Stout (in souvenir glass):

You can also order a Thor Hammer Wave Salad, Garmisch Fortress Meatballs, and (of course) Admiral Yang's favorite tea with brandy.

And if you enjoy yourself, there's plenty to gain from multiple visits. Return diners can raise their rank in either the FPA or Empire each time they dine in, with a top rank of Colonel available after 15 visits. Plus, you can collect either marks or dinars, which can be used to order from a special menu on later visits. (Diner currency cannot be purchased with real money, and is only available from dining in.)

Naturally, there are several collectible coasters, too! 12 different patterns will be available each month, distributed at random with each drink order.

Dining Cafe Iserlohn Fortress opened this Monday in Tokyo's GAOH Kuromon Building.

>> Dining Cafe Iserlohn Fortress Website

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Kara Dennison is responsible for multiple webcomics, serves as community manager for (Re)Generation Who and PotterVerse, and is half the creative team behind the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

The official website for the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime series announced today on March 28 that the anime project will conclude with "Tanjou, Akai Suisei/Rise of The Red Comet," the upcoming second episode of its two-part "Battle of Loum" arc.

With the announcement, the site also thanks to the fans for their support, "This remarkable development would have never happened without passionate support from longtime loyal fans such as yourselves. We deeply appreciate your backing. Please enjoy the last episode, "Rise of the Red Comet," which will be released theatrically on Saturday, May 5th."

The anime adaptation is based on the original Gundam character designer Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's Gundam: The Origin manga, which was inspired by the first Gundam TV series in 1979-1980. The final sixth episode will get theatrical screenings in select 35 theaters across Japan from May 5, 2018,

for a limited time of four weeks. Then its DVD/Blu-ray will be released on July 13.

Back in August 2017, Yasuhiko reportedly expressed his desire to animate more stories from his Gundam

The Origin manga, focusing on the main part of the One Year War story. And fans expected it would be a

remake of the TV anime first series in his own style. But the possibility is now officially denied.

"Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin" anime episodes:

1. "Aoi Hitomi no Casval/Blue Eyed Casval" (February 28, 2015) 
2. "Kanashimino Artesia/Artesia's Sorrow" (October 31, 2015
3. "Akatsuki no Houki/Dawn of Rebellion" (May 21, 2016)
4. "Unmei no Zen'ya/Eve of Destiny" (November 19, 2016) 
5. "Gekitotsu Loum Kaisen/Clash at Loum" (September 2, 2017)
6. "Tanjou, Akai Suisei/Rise of the Red Comet" May 5, 2018)

"Rise of the Red Comet" 2nd trailer

DVD jacket

Source: "Gundam The Origin" anime official website

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Popuko and Pipimi, the small girl / tall girl combo from the riotous "crappy manga / crappy TV anime" Pop Team Epic, are continuing their respective roles as Batman and The Joker in a short but punchy TV commercial collaboration with Batman Ninja, an upcoming 3DCG anime theatrical film that transports the Dark Knight to Sengoku Era Japan.

Confused? Click here to see Crunchyroll's reporting on the genesis of the collaboration. In the commercial, Popuko / Batman is voiced by Kōichi Yamadera, while Pipimi / The Joker is voiced by Wataru Takagi. Yamadera and Takagi also provide the voices for the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime in the Batman Ninja film.

In Batman Ninja, Batman and his allies find themselves transported back in time to the Warring States Period in feudal Japan, where Batman's nemesis, the Joker, has usurped the place of the warlord Oda Nobunaga in an effort to re-write history.

Batman Ninja is directed by Jumpei Mizusaki and features animation by Kamikaze Douga and YAMATOWORKS. The film hits theaters in Japan on June 15, 2018, but the theaters are not upset.

(C)Bkub Okawa/Takeshobo・Kind Records

BATMAN and all related characters and elements © & ™ DC Comics. © 2018 Warner Bros. Entertainment

All rights reserved.

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

A giant Square Enix PC sale of over 70 games this weekend brings us Nier Automata and Final Fantasy titles on the PC at 60% off.

Read Square Enix PC Sale: 60% Off NieR Automata and Final Fantasy Titles (Updated) on Siliconera!

After announcing that the supernatural horror visual novel Higurashi When They Cry Hou will release for Nintendo Switch in Japan this June, publisher Entergram shared its first trailer for Switch.

Read Higurashi When They Cry Hou Gets Its First Trailer On Nintendo Switch on Siliconera!

It’s always a beautiful day in the neighborhood, even half a century later. PBS is teaming with Twitch once again to stream every episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, in celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary, as well as what would’ve been Fred Rogers’ 90th birthday.

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Update: Now available for $10 digitally as well.

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Entergram announced that the supernatural horror visual novel Higurashi When They Cry Hou will release for the Nintendo Switch in Japan on July 26.

Read Higurashi When They Cry Hou Is Headed To Nintendo Switch In Japan On July 26 on Siliconera!

MAPPA and Tezuka Production are teaming up to create a TV anime adaptation of Dororo, an unfinished historical fantasy manga by Osamu Tezuka about a young man who must defeat 48 demons to reclaim the parts of his body that were stolen from him as an infant.

Aside from the key visual and the teaser trailer above, not many details have been revealed about the new production, although an official website and Twitter feed (@dororo_anime) have been published. Although the exact release date has not yet been revealed, the Dororo TV anime will be digitally distributed worldwide via Amazon Prime Video.

The original Dororo manga was serialized from 1967 - 1968 in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Akita Shoten's Bōken'ō manga magazines, and English language version is available from Vertical, Inc..

Set in Japan during the Sengoku ("Warring States") Period, the story of Dororo follows Hyakkimaru, a young man whose warlord father sacrificed the infant Hyakkimaru to 48 demons in exchange for temporal power. However, Hyakkimaru survived the ordeal, and with the help of a prosthetic body and the aid of a young thief named Dororo, Hyakkimaru travels the war-torn lands of Japan defeating demons and slaying yokai in a quest to get his original body back.

Dororo has previously been adapted into a 1969 TV anime with direction by Gisaburō Sugii and animation by Mushi Productions as well as a 2007 live-action film with direction by Akihiko Shiota. The TV anime is published on DVD in North America from Discotek Media, while the live-action film was published on DVD in North America from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

In spite of the more extreme elements of Rick and Morty’s saucy fanbase, the Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland-created scifi parody remains a pretty entertaining watch. But after three stellar, wildly popular seasons, its future is uncertain.

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Atlus has a live stream on the way for Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night. The NicoNico Live broadcast kicks off on March 21 at 7:40pm Japan Time, and the announcements will include information on new playable characters. 

The stream will start with a gameplay session featuring host Hisanori Yoshida and idol group YuRuMeruMo!, and DJ Waka will follow it up with tracks from both rhythm games. The announcements are set to come next at 9:20pm, and Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night remix artist Lotus Juice plans to close things out with producer Kazuhisa Wada.

Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night hit PS4 and PS Vita in Japan on May 24. 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

The second anime project revealed at the "Game no Dengeki Thanks Festival 2018 featuring Dengeki Buko" event held at Bellesalle Akihabara today on March 10 is a new TV anime based on Kouhei Kadono's Boogiepop light novel series. The anime's official website and Twitter also open at the same time. It is scheduled to premiere within the year 2018.

Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh/Boogiepop and Others, the first volume of the series was published from Dengeki Bunko in February 1998 and the series celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. 21 volumes are currently available in Japan and the next volume Beautiful Panic Cute Teiougaku is set to be released on April 10. It was previously adapted into a 12-episode TV anime by Madhouse in 2000, under the title Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh/Boogiepop Phantom,

Shingo Natsume, recently highly praised for his directorial work for the TV anime One-Punch Man, is

attached to direct, alongside series composition writer Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man, ACCA: 13-

Territory Inspection Dept.) and character designer Hidehiko Sawada (One-Punch Man episode animation

director). Kensuke Ushio (DEVILMAN crybaby) provides the soundtrack music, and the 2000 anime's

Madhouse again works on anime production. 

Main visual

Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is cast as Boogiepop/Touka Miyashita,

and Saori Ohnishi (Muramasa Senju in Eromanga Sensei) plays Nagi Kirima.

電撃文庫25周年＆新作発表ステージにご登壇いただいた悠木碧さん（ブギーポップ／宮下藤花 役）、大西沙織さん（霧間凪 役）、ありがとうございました！！
収録はまだこれからですが、お2人の熱演にも期待大です！どうぞTVアニメ「ブギーポップ」を楽しみにお待ちください！#boogiepop pic.twitter.com/t8Z6SBQe0f

— TVアニメ『ブギーポップは笑わない』公式 (@boogiepop_anime) 2018年3月10日

Source: Kadokawa press release, TV anime "Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh" official website, Twitter

(C)2018 Kouhei Kadono/KADOKAWA Ascii Media Works/Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh Production Committee

After surprising and confusing fans with the first teaser PV titled "I tell you the truth" yesterday, the official YouTube channel for 53-year-old acclaimed director Kunihiko Ikuhara's upcoming original TV anime Sarazanmai released a second teaser PV "But I hate it" today. The mysterious series is c0-animated by MAPPA (Yuri!!! on ICE) and Lapintrack and is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2019. It will be his first TV work in four years since his last TV anime Yurikuma Arashi in 2015.   

2nd Teaser PV

-Am I a lie, Is the world a lie, Are we a lie.

-We are connected, but I hate it. 

-But I want it.

-Who is the person with strong desire?

-Don't let it go. Desire is your life.

1st Teaser PV

-Even if everything is gone and this world becomes empty.

-I tell you the truth.

-You are connected, but you are still alone.

-Don't let it go. Desire is your life.

Source: TV anime "Sarazanmai" official website