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For the last four years, manga magazine Ultra Jump has been running a series of animated Jojo's Bizarre Adventure commercials, staying a couple parts ahead of the anime. It now looks like Part 7 Steel Ball Run, about an 1890 alt-history horse race across the US, is being skipped in favor of Part 8, JoJolion. 

 

Begun in 2012, JoJolion returns to Morioh, a town in S-City, M-Prefecture (basically author Hirohiko Araki's hometown of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture), now devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (also an alternate version). If you can succinctly summarize the premise beyond that, congratulations! 'Cause it's rather wild. 

The ad promotes the May issue (out April 19) of the magazine's bonus Rohan Kishibe Manga Creator Kit, help on creating manga from the Diamond Is Unbreakable's author/stand user.

Volume 12 of Jojolion and 1 and 2 of a new Diamond is Unbreakable omnibus are also being released.

 

Some of the earlier ads with

Diamond is Unbreakable 

 

Part V: Vento Aureo

Running in Shonen Jump from 1995 to 1999, the phase moves the action to Naples in the year 2001, where the latest JoJo, Giorno Giovana, aims to become a mafia boss.

 

 

 

 Part VI: Stone Ocean is featured. 

Running 17 volumes  (volumes 64 to 80 of the entire series) in Shonen Jump between between 1999 and 2002, the series is set in Florida's Green Dolphin Street Prison and follows and the first female Jojo, Jolyne Cujoh. She's voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in works such as the All-Star Battle game. Allies include Ermes Costello (Chizu Yonemoto), Foo Fighters (Ryoko Shiraishi), Weather Report (Toru Okawa) and Narciso Anasui (Yuichi Nakamura).

 

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Spike Chunsoft announced today that Zero Time Dilemma pre-orders in Japan will get a premium booklet featuring 48 pages of various illustration and content.

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Crunchyroll's next streaming addition is Crane Game Girls, which is set to kick off on April 6 at 8:30am Pacific Time. 

 

Crane Game Girls will be available to Crunchyroll members in the following territories: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean).

 

 

Main Voice Cast:

 

 Mirai: Natsuko Hara (Rena Saeki in JK Meshi!)

「キャラクター紹介第一弾！！」
◆みらい（名古屋出身）15歳
CV：原奈津子
お金持ちの家庭でワガママ放題に育ったお嬢様。
一人っ子で自己中、でも甘え上手でいつも得する役柄。
自分に甘く嫌なことはすぐ投げ出す。 pic.twitter.com/VkedLYGerZ

— TVアニメ「クレーンゲール」公式 (@cranegamegirls) March 10, 2016

 

 Asuka: Sora Tokui (Nico Yazawa in Love Live!)

 Kyoko: Rico Sasaki 

 Saya: Sarara Yashima (Chika in Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation)

 Newscaster: Aina Suzuki (Shiori Sakurada in Castle Town Dandelion)

 

Main staff:

 Director: Mr. Milkman (JK Meshi!)

 Scenario: Uematsu Inoue

 Character Design: Fuyurisu.

 Background Animation: Shizuka Nakayama

 Animation: Hiroshi Namiki, Naoko Tokumaru

 Sound Effects: Wolli

 Supervision: Dr. Nakajima

 Cooperation: All Nippon Amusement Machine Operators' Union, Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association

 Production: KYOTOMA

 

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The cover of volume 11 of Type-Moon Ace, a mook ("magazine-book") published by Kadokawa dedicated to all things Type-Moon and Fate-related, is teasing a "major announcement" coming soon regarding the spin-off light novel series Fate/Apocrypha.

Fate/Apocrypha is a series of light novels set in an alternate timeline to Fate/stay night written by Yūichirō Higashide and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe. Five volumes of Fate/Apocrypha were published from 2012 - 2014. Already fans are speculating that the "major announcement" may involve a drama CD or an anime adaptation, although I think "pachinko machine" is another distinct possibility.

 

More information will be made available on April 15, 2016, when volume 11 of Type-Moon Ace goes on sale in Japan.

 

Source: Yaraon!

 

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Following the successful ending of the TV anime series, Bandai's official online store Bandai Premium has stated accepting pre-orders for S.H. Figuarts Cure Flora, the first character figure from the 12th PreCure series Go! Princess PreCure. The TV anime was aired in Japan from February 2015 to January 2016, and has received high acclaim both from critics and fans. Cure Flora is the 12th item from the pre-painted posable figure line following Cure Beat from the eighth series Suite PreCure♪ to be released this month.  

 

The 130mm-tall figure comes with three face parts, six right wrist parts, five left wrist parts, her weapon Crystal Princess Lod and Cure Perfume, a mini figure of Miss Shamour, and a custom stand. The retail prices is 5,400 yen (about 49 US dollars) and its scheduled to be shipped in August 2016. 

 

 

 

 

 

Cure Flora anime visual

 

Source: Bandai Premium

 

© ABC/Toei Animation 

  

At the panel, producer Yosuke Hayashi and director Hiroya Usuda from Koei Tecmo talked a bit about the game and also showed off the trailer for Medli.

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"Cool Japan" just seems like a bunch of political, hype nonsense, until it's your city that gets wrecked by some interplanetary space war. Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans recently batted the full Cool Japan cycle. First, the anime destroyed Alberta, Canada capital Edmonton under the nom de guerre of "Arbrau." This was picked up on by Nopy's Blog, who did a rundown of real versus anime locales, which was picked up by the local Metro News affiliate, which was then picked up by Japanese anime blogs.

 

oh god one of our local newspapers reported on fact the final episode of Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans was in Edmonton pic.twitter.com/CpLSl0dCXA

— Tanner is Not Crash (@TannerLPer) March 24, 2016

 

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If you ever dreamed of mixing the murder mystery horrors of Danganronpa with the first entry in the Zero Escape series, well, Spike Chunsoft has you momentarily covered. A quick April Fools' gag from Spike Chunsoft popped Monokuma in the world of 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. 

 

Don't tell me you wouldn't buy Nine Coins, Nine Purses, Nine Bears: The Novel for your Monokuma OS-compatible devices or graphic calculators.

 

Nine Coins, Nine Purses, Nine Bears: The Novel
Coming soon to Monokuma OS and graphing calculators #zeroescape pic.twitter.com/J2NBHadVHW

— Spike Chunsoft (En) (@SpikeChunsoft_e) April 1, 2016

 

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It's been the better part of a year since Comp Ace's irregularly published TYPE-MOON spinoff has offered an update on plans for the long-anticipated remake of vampire visual novel Tsukihime. Well, there's an 11th edition out April 15th, and a preview of its contents is promising news about the project.

 

 

The issue will also feature

Fate/EXTRA Last Encore - with new art for the upcoming Shaft anime based on the PSP RPG

Fate/EXTELLA - with new screen shots and character information

Lots of Fate/Grand Order material, including a scoop on Chapter V, art, stories and more

Co-creator/write Kinoko Nasu discussing Fate/Extra and Fate/Grand Order

The latest information on Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]

 

Last we heard, Tsukihime's center of action is being moved close to Tokyo and in addition to updating the designs for the existing cast new characters will be introduced, particularly related to protagonist Shiki Tohno's school.

 

 

 

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What does it take to become an animator? Where should you start, what should you study, and how can you get better? Dan answers these questions from the perspective of a professional animator who's worked in games and movies!
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While the spring season announcements are still rolling in, Crunchyroll went ahead and announced a big acquisition for this summer. Crunchyroll will stream the new Berserk anime, with date/time, territories, and other details to be announced later.

 

In the meantime, you can check out the awesome new visual, followed by a synopsis and staff/cast details, below.

 

 

An immensely popular fantasy comic, with over 40 million copies in print worldwide, Berserk’s anime adaptation begins airing this July!

 

Boasting a deep story, fascinating characters, overwhelming and intricate art, and an unparalleled creative flair, it makes a strong impact on reader hearts and lives. It’s a fantasy comic that has fascinated not only Japanese readers, but people all over the world, and is widely considered to be one of the leading comics of all time. Set in a world where swordplay, magic, and monsters run wild, it portrays the protagonist Guts’ magnificent way of life. Packed to the brim with top-notch action, romance, spectacular scenes, and drama, it is sure to entertain the audience!

 

Miura Kentarou’s “Berserk” is currently serialized in Seinen Comics Magazine Young Animal. Volume 38 releases June 24th!

 

Staff!

 

◆Original Creator/Story Supervisor：Miura Kentarou

(Studio Gaga）(Serialized in Hakusensha Young Animal）

◆Director：Itagaki Shin

◆Series Composition：Fukami Makoto

◆Series Composition Assistance：Yamashita Takashi

◆Main Character Design：Abe Hisashi

◆Music：Sagisu Shirou

◆Insert Song：”Hai yo”by Hirasawa Susumu

◆Production：LIDENFILMS

◆Animation Production：GEMBA／Millepensee

 

Cast!

 

◆Guts：Iwanaga Hiroaki　　 

◆Puck：Mizuhara Kaoru

◆Farnese：Hikasa Youko　 

◆Serpico：Okitsu Kazuyuki

◆Isidro：Shimono Hiro　　　 

◆Azan：Yasumoto Hiroki

◆Casca：Yukinari Toa　　　 

◆Griffith：Sakurai Takahiro

◆Skull Knight：Ootsuka Akio

◆Narration：Ishizuka Unshou　　

 

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Marvelous is working on a high-speed Musou-style game for the Fate series with Fate/Extella, and they shared some additional information during Anime Japan 2016, including a Fate/Grand Order collaboration.

Read Fate/Extella Has Been In Development Since Before Fate/Grand Order on Siliconera!

Siliconera caught up with Zero Time Dilemma director to talk about randomized events, philosophies behind its inspiration, how graphic the game will be, and more on the mysteries behind the series.

Read Zero Time Dilemma Director On Randomized Events, And How Graphic The Game Will Be on Siliconera!

 

The main staff for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of March Comes in Like a Lion, which is based on the manga of the same name by Chica Umino, has been announced. The staff for the show includes:

 

• Original author: Chica Umino (serialized in Young Animal published by Hakusensha)
• Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
• Character design: Nobuhiro Sugiyama
• Art settings: Yasuhiro Nakura
• Art director: Seiki Tamura
• Sound director: Toshiki Kameyama
• Music: Yukari Hashimoto
• Animation production: Shaft
• Production: March Comes in Like a Lion Anime Production Committee

 

Additionally, a new key visual featuring series protagonist Rei Kiriyama and the three Kawamoto sisters (Akari, Hinata, and Momo) has also been released:

 

 

March Comes in Like a Lion is the story of 17 year old professional shogi player Rei Kiriyama, who lives by himself after his family dies in an automobile accident. Rei begins to open his heart to other people after befriending the Kawamoto sisters.

 

 

The TV anime adaptation of March Comes in Like a Lion will air on NHK during the Fall season of 2016.

 

Special thanks go to Scott Green for the news tip.

 

Source: Otakomu

 

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Turner’s Adult Swim has announced the production of sequels to OVA FLCL. Back for the new season is FLCL series creator Kazuya Tsurumaki, serving as supervisor with director Katsuyuki Motohiro (Psycho-Pass) and character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion) on the Production I.G anime. Also joining this season is writer Hideto Iwai (Last Dinner). 

 

Turner describes the project

Created in 2000, FLCL told the tale of Naota, a 12-year-old boy who met a woman that would forever change his life…whether he liked it or not. 

In the new season of FLCL, many years have passed since Naota and Haruhara Haruko shared their adventure together. Meanwhile, the war between the two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity rages across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenaged girl who believes there is nothing amazing to expect from her average life, until one day when a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. Soon enough, Medical Mechanica is attacking her town and Hidomi discovers a secret within her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko can unlock.

But why did Haruko return to Earth?
What happened to her Rickenbacker 4001 she left with Naota?
And where did the human-type robot ‘Canti’ go?

 

“The original FLCL is an anime classic and has been a fixture on Adult Swim since we first laid eyes on it,” said Jason DeMarco, senior vice president/creative director, Adult Swim On-Air. “I’m beyond thrilled to be able to produce a sequel with the original creators, for Toonami, where it belongs.”


“FLCL has become an anime classic over the years, yet it has remained vibrant,” said Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, co-founder, president and CEO of Production I.G. “This new season will capture the hearts of both longtime FLCL fans from around the world and new anime viewers.”

 

TFW you get to make a sequel to the greatest anime of all time and can finally tell everyone. FLCL 2/3!!!! pic.twitter.com/7M38oqJR57

— LICH KING DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) March 24, 2016

 

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Sanrio, the creators of Hello Kitty and numerous other popular mascot characters, are rolling out a new short-form TV anime entitled Aggressive Retsuko. The titular character is the result of a 2015 general election poll where fans voted that they wanted to see a new character with a salaryman / office lady theme.

 

 

In Aggressive Retsuko, Retsuko is a red panda who works all day as an office lady at a successful trading firm. However, the stresses of office life and dealing with her overbearing co-workers are often too much for Retsuko to bear, so she blows off steam by performing solitary karaoke in a "death metal" voice.

 

 

The Aggressive Retsuko short-form anime debuts on April 02, 2016, on TBS as part of the King's Brunch variety TV program. Each episode will be approximately one minute in length. The series is directed by Rareko (Sushi and Beyond).

 

 

This character speaks to me on a personal level.

 

Sources:

MoCa

Official Aggressive Retsuko home page

 

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Tucked away in a secret theater inside the Witness is a film clip from the indie movie Nostalghia, where we watch a man agonizingly - and for no rational reason - try to carry a flickering candle flame across a watery courtyard. This little clip brilliantly captures the feeling of playing The Witness and presents a metaphor for the player's struggle to solve its difficult puzzles. (---More below)
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In the theater beneath the windmill, Jonathan Blow hides a clip from an indie film called Nostalghia. It's directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, the same man who directed the Stalker movie that birthed its own series of games. In the clip, we watch a man agonizingly make his way across a watery courtyard, carrying a flame that keeps blowing out in the wind. He tries, he fails, he thinks about cheating - he goes back to the beginning and starts all over again. The film is a perfect metaphor for the player's experience, trying again and again at a task that seems meaningless to any outside observer yet remaining fanatically dedicated to carrying it out the right way. In the film, the main character's been instructed by a mad man that carrying this candle will save the world, and what begins as a casual agreement for him becomes an obsession that he shares. In the same way, the Witness may begin as a simple challenge for players, but soon draws them in to a world of patterns and puzzles that they can't help but see everywhere in the real world, in the objects that surround them in day-to-day life. The end of the Witness shows us a live action film clip of a person (perhaps Jon Blow) stumbling through the game development studio, finding these patterns in everything he sees, and showing us how our exploration of the game and immersion into its puzzles mirrors the inescapable obsession of the developer, who after years of crafting over 600 of these puzzles, can't help but see them everywhere and who has now passed that obsession along to us through the very game that created it.
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Marvelous is releasing the latest of Type-Moon’s series with Fate/Extella, an upcoming PS4 and PS Vita game in the style of the Musou series. Here’s the latest screenshots and info on the new "Form Change" feature.

Read Fate/Extella Gives Us A Closer Look At Nero, Tamamo-no-Mae, And Altera on Siliconera!

An early look at 4/8 issue of Young Animal magazine, out in Japan March 25th, has revealed the staff and cast for the new anime adaptation of  Kentaro Miura's fantasy horror Berserk, slated to run on the MBS late-night Animeism block and satelite broadcast WOWOW starting in July. Shin Itagaki (Ben-To, mastermind of the Teekyu anime) helms the LIDEN FILMS production with Psycho-Pass' Makoto Fukami in charge of writing series composition.

 

The Golden Age anime movies' leads reprise their roles.

 

アニマルにベルセルクのキービジュアルきてるねえ。7月からでスタッフやキャストも。板垣伸監督とな。 https://t.co/LlNfIwy5Db

— 六甲 (@earlbox) March 22, 2016

 

Director: Shin Itagaki
Series configuration: Makoto Fukami
Series configuration assistant: Takashi Yamashita
Main Character Design: Hisashi Abe
Music: Shirō Sagisu
Insert song: Susumu Hirasawa
Production: LIDEN FILMS
Animation production: GEMBA / millepensee

Cast:

Guts: Hiroaki Iwanaga
Puck: Kaoru Mizuhara
Farnese: Yōko Hikasa
Serpico: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Isidro: Hiro Shimono
Azan: Hiroki Yasumoto
Casca: Toa Yukinari
Griffith: Takahiro Sakurai
Skull Knight: Akio Ōtsuka
Narration: Unshou Ishizuka

 

 

via otakomu

 

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A new video of the Ace Attorney 6 prologue has surfaced, this time with English subtitles.

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Hyrule Warriors Legends release later this week for the Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo UK has shared an infographic detailing the features included in the game.

Read Hyrule Warriors Legends Infographic Details All The Game’s Main Features on Siliconera!

Spike Chunsoft shared the latest on their upcoming anime, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy, with a peek at 12 new characters in this week’s issue of Famitsu magazine.

Read Danganronpa 3 Anime Features 12 New Characters, Monomi Returns on Siliconera!

【公式サイト公開】本日『フェイト／エクステラ』の公式サイトをティザーオープンしました。今後の最新情報は、公式アカウントからもお届けしていきます！ #FateEX https://t.co/dIifLyf7r1

— 【公式】Fate/EXTELLA (@FateEXTELLA) 2016年3月22日

Following the successful first set released in June 2015, Bandai's apparel division releases the second set of deodorant waters inspired by the seven popular characters from the Kuroko's Basketball anime series. Bandai's official online store Premium Bandai today starts accepting orders for them.

 

While the first set featured their basketball uniforms, the packages of the second features newly-drawn illustrations of the characters in their private clothes. The price for the 150ml items is 972 yen, and they will be also available at other general stores in Japan from late April.

 

 

Second set main visual

 

 

Tetsuya Kuroko edition (citrus marine)

 

 

Taiga Kagami edition (wild juicy)

 

 

Ryota Kise edition (musky citrus)

 

 

Shintaro Midorima edition (woody mode)

 

 

Daiki Aomine edition (mint floral)

 

 

Atsushi Murasakibara edition (squash dessert)

 

 

Seijuro Akashi edition (clean winds)

 

 

First set main visual

 

Source: press release

 

(C) Tadatoshi Fujimaki/Shueisha, Kuroko's Basketball Production Committe

 

Uncharted 4 has seen several delays since its initial announcement back in 2013, but developer Naughty Dog recently announced that the game has gone gold, meaning that it’s ready to be manufactured.

Read Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’s Development Has Finished on Siliconera!

At this weekend's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Viz Media announced plans to present spring's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure IV: Diamond is Unbreakable, along with the three earlier adaptations of Hirohiko Araki's cult manga on Viz.com. 

 

Viz has also been publishing the first three parts of the manga.

 

#C2E2 #VIZPANEL Spring Anime- JOJO's BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 4- DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE starts streaming in April on https://t.co/qck8cHL0At !

— VIZ Media (@VIZMedia) March 20, 2016

#C2E2 #VIZPANEL JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Parts 1, 2 and 3 will begin streaming on https://t.co/qck8cHL0At soon ! Stay tuned for dates!

— VIZ Media (@VIZMedia) March 20, 2016

 

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The Zener Works and Sony-developed RPG Okage: Shadow King originally launched on PlayStation 2 back in 2001, and now it's gearing up for a return. According to the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast, Okage will make the leap to PlayStation 4 this coming Tuesday, March 22.

 

The new PS2-emulated version of Okage: Shadow King will include a full set of Trophies. 

 

Here's a trailer of the original from the RetroBento channel:

 

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The official website for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, the upcoming fourth installment of the TV anime adaptations based on Hirohiko Araki's long-running action manga series, today updated with a new main visual featuring its main characters, and announced its premiere schedule starting on April 1. 

 

The anime's 2nd PV will be screened on three street visions: Alta Vision in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tonbori Station South & North in Namba, Osaka and Super Risa in Sebdai, Miyagi, only once around at 12:00 am on March 21. The video is expected to go online after that.  

 

 

New main visual

キービジュアル第2弾を公開ッ！よくよく見ると、原作ファンにはおなじみのあのキャラたちが…！？ https://t.co/LkyfqWVicX #jojo_anime pic.twitter.com/H9XHXHjOg6

— TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』公式 (@anime_jojo) March 18, 2016

 

 

Premiere schedule in Japan:

 April 1: Tokyo MX (24:30-)

 April 2: Mainichi Housou (25:58-), Touhoku Housou (26:18-)

 April 3: BS11 (24:00-)

 April 8: Animax (22:00-)

 

1st PV

 

 

Source: "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable" official website, Twitter

 

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White Day might have come and gone, but Fate is still celebrating with bishonen. First, Avenger Edmond Dantes, better known as The Count of Monte Cristo (or Gankutsuo in Japanese) has made his appearance in smartphone game Fate/Grand Order. Danganronpa's Rui Komatsuzaki designs the "Super High School-tier Heroic Spirit" with Nobunaga Shimazaki voicing the character. Series writer Kinoko Nasu blogged Dantes's "true worth" is in his third stage appearance as he demonstrated the "condensation of his chuuni essence."

 

 

Elsewhere the Ufotable White Day promotion, running through the 21st, has added its delayed fifth to the 5 Hottest Men of Fate with Fate/Zero's Diarmuid Ua Duibhne Lancer joining Fate/Zero Archer, Gilgamesh, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, and Tokiomi Tohsaka.

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.