The Pokémon Company shared the latest information and screenshots for their upcoming 3DS eShop title, Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo in an update on the official website.
Read Detective Pikachu Details Its Key Characters, Pokémon, And Gameplay on Siliconera!
Crunchyroll has previously reported about how Tokyo Big Sight, the traditional venue for the summer and winter Comiket dojinshi fairs, will be largely unavailable for some time due to preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Now it appears that the organizers of Comiket are already considering a change of venue to sites in Osaka and / or Nagoya.
コミックマーケット90申し込みで凄く不安になるアンケート質問がある。 pic.twitter.com/NxJTW6gn2e
— にえあ (@niea58) January 28, 2016
The source of this information is a tweet by Pixiv artist Niea, which includes a screencap and a sentence that translates to: "There are some very unsettling survey questions in the application for Comiket 90." The screen cap indicates that the "unsettling survey question" is asking applicants if they would still participate if the venue were moved to Osaka or to Nagoya.
Source: Otakomu
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Following the 20-second teaser, Bandai Visual today posted a 60-second PV for the second episode of the web anime adaptation of Yasuo Ohtagaki's Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga. It introduces overwhelming power of Full Armor Gundam and Daryl's countermeasure against it.
The 18-minute episode will be available for general audience in Japan at noon on February 12 (JST). Members of Gundam Fan Club are able to watch the episode two weeks earlier, from today, via the club's smartphone app. The sell price for the second episode in Japan is 800 yen and that for rental is 400 yen.
PV for the second episode
Teaser
Second episode main visual
ガンダムファンクラブにて第2話の最速先行配信が開始されました！→https://t.co/mABDtvWugy 2月12日（金）正午までの先行配信期間中はファンクラブ会員であれば追加料金なしでご視聴いただけます！#g_tb pic.twitter.com/um9AyJHjUV
— 機動戦士ガンダム サンダーボルト (@gundam_tb) January 29, 2016
Main Staff:
Scenario Writer/Director: Ko Matsuo (Rozen Maiden, RED GARDEN, Valvrave the Liberator)
Anime Character Design: Hirotoshi Takaya (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, ZETMAN)
Original Mobile Suit Design: Kunio Okawara
Animation Mechanical Design: Morifumi Naka (Gundam Unicorn), Seiichi Nakatani (Gundam Reconguista in G),
Hajime Katoki (Victory Gundam, Crossbone Gundam, Gundam Unicorn, and many other Gundam series)
Art Director: Hideki Nakamura
Color Design: Takako Suzuki
CG Director: Tomohiro Fujie (Gundam Unicorn, Gundam Reconguista in G)
Monitor Design: Takashi Aoki
Director of Photography: Taro Wakiakira
Editor: Daisuke Imai
Music: Naruyoshi Kikuchi (Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
Sound Director: Eriko Imai
Sound Effect: Mutsuhiro Nishimura
Production Sunrise (1st Studio/Gundam Unicorn)
Main Voice Cast:
Io Flemming: Yuichi Nakamura (Graham Aker in Gundam 00)
Daryl Lorenz: Ryohei Kimura (Ryota Kise in Kuroko's Basketball)
Claudia Peer: Toa Yukinari (Casca in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc)
Karla Mitchum: Sayaka Oohara (Alicia Florence in ARIA)
Cornelius Kaka: Daisuke Hirakawa (Rei Ryugazaki in Free!)
Graham: Shunsuke Sakuya (Agent Nyx in Lupin The Third Part 4)
Burroughs: Mutsumi Sasaki (Amane Shibazaki in Psycho-Pass 2)
J.J.Sexton: Hiroshi Tsuchida (Ukyo Samonji in Argevollen)
Source: Gundam.info
© Sotsu/Sunrise
© Yasuo Ohtagaki/ SHogakukan
Happy birthday to Durarara!!'s popular Shizuo Heiwajima (and adversary Izaya Orihara voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya - there was a swap with Izaya reciprocally getting Shizuo voice actor Daisuke Ono's May 4th date).
The series anime site celebrated with a special Twitter header, offered through the end of the day (Japan time.)
今日は静雄のバースデー！お誕生日記念にTwitterヘッダーをプレゼントです♪ 本編では我慢を強いられ中な静雄ですが、今日は甘い物でお祝いを！（ANX） #drrr_anime pic.twitter.com/m4z8qVXfR4
— TVアニメ「デュラララ!!×２」 (@drrr_anime) January 27, 2016
【デュラララ×2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY シズちゃんキャンペーン 】平和島静雄の誕生日を記念して本日（1/28）限定で、来場者特典『平和島静雄バースデーブロマイド』は現在コンシェルジュカウンターにて配布しております。https://t.co/hhRBkAixmg
— アニメイト池袋本店 (@animatehonten) January 28, 2016
【静雄 お誕生日おめでとうございます！！】 静雄のお誕生日のお祝いに、羽島幽平よりお花が届いております！デュラスト新潟会場の展示入口に飾っていますので、会場にお越しの際は、是非写真に収めてくださいね。#drrr_anime pic.twitter.com/Vyre9s6EUe
— デュラララ!!STREEEEET!! (@drrr_ev) January 28, 2016
1/28は平和島静雄のお誕生日です。「誕生日っつうのは、幸せになってもいい日なんだよな」もちろんです！ 今日という日が、静雄と静雄を長年愛してくださっている皆さまにとって幸せな日であることを祈ります。ハピバ！ pic.twitter.com/jx4elqq5tF
— デュラララ!! ゲーム公式 (@drrr_game) January 27, 2016
ラテアート【平和島静雄】＠デュラララ！！ LatteArt【Durarara!!】 本日お誕生日で一杯。 Happy Birthday! #平和島静雄生誕祭 #平和島静雄生誕祭2016 pic.twitter.com/tPVmD4Lc0c
— ベルコルノ＠ラテアート (@BELCORNO) January 28, 2016
#平和島静雄生誕祭2016 #1月28日は平和島静雄の誕生日 #デュラララクラスタさんと繋がりたい 静雄誕生日おめでとう、生まれてきてくれてありがとう。静雄を好きになってまだ9年ですがこれからもずっと愛し続けます。動画でお祝い！ pic.twitter.com/12eAv0CWRV
— 優子@〜平和島静雄生誕祭後夜祭〜 (@yuko2011711) January 27, 2016
@yuko2011711 2016年平和島静雄生誕祭がもう少しで終わってしまうので最後に静雄の海にダイブする私。 pic.twitter.com/HOCTixGCdS
— 優子@〜平和島静雄生誕祭後夜祭〜 (@yuko2011711) January 28, 2016
今から友達と静雄のバースデーケーキ1個目食べるー！！！！ pic.twitter.com/Qw2CZAaUj8
— 優子@〜平和島静雄生誕祭後夜祭〜 (@yuko2011711) January 28, 2016
（´-`）.｡oO（平和島静雄さん、お誕生日おめでとうございます）
— SHARP シャープ株式会社 (@SHARP_JP) January 28, 2016
#平和島静雄生誕祭2016 #デュラララクラスタさんと繋がりたい フライングで静雄のバースデーケーキ…⁽⁽(ી₍₍⁽⁽(ી( 'o' )ʃ)₎₎⁾⁾ʃ)₎₎まだまだ平和島静雄生誕祭の準備やるぞおおおおおお pic.twitter.com/zbnbHLniwN
— 優子@〜平和島静雄生誕祭後夜祭〜 (@yuko2011711) January 27, 2016
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AlainmendezCatmancer has to be the most Internet class ever created.
With Bravely Second releasing next month in Europe, Nintendo of Europe put together a trailer for the upcoming 3DS RPG to show off its new classes.
Read Bravely Second Trailer Focuses On Patissier, Catmancer, And More New Jobs on Siliconera!
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is one of the stars of the February 2016 PlayStation Plus roster.
Read Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Joins PlayStation Plus In February on Siliconera!
You can now check the release dates and rewards offered for all 11 of Fire Emblem Fates' maps.
Read Fire Emblem Fates DLC Schedule Released on Siliconera!
How long has it been since we heard about the game in which Pikachu is a talking detective? 2013? The sleuthing Pokémon's time has finally come, with Meitantei Pikachu: Shin Konbi Tanjyou (Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo) set to debut on Nintendo 3DS in Japan on February 3.
As you might have guessed, Great Detective Pikachu will have players teaming up with Pikachu to solve mysteries. It will be available on the eShop for ¥1,500 ($13), but a discounted price of ¥1,200 ($10) will be available until February 29.
Here's the official teaser. Yes, Pikachu talks. Yes, it's weird:
Via Kotaku
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One week before its TV premiere, Bandai's official online store Premium Bandai will start accepting pre-orders for a 15cm-size character decoration cake of the upcoming 13th PreCure TV series Mahou Tsukai PreCure!/Maho Girls PreCure! at 13:00 on February 1 (JST). The 3,780 yen cake comes with two ornaments of the series' teddy bear fairy Mofurun and the PreCure girls' transformation item Wrinkle Stone. Both can be used as keyholders.
And the set also contains a smartphone app "CharaDeco Surprise Picture" to take commemorative photos with Cure Miracle and Cure Magical, and a number for the "PreCure Telephone" that you can directly talk to the PreCure girls.
"Maho Girls PreCure!" CM
Source: press release
© ABC, Toei Animation
The Anthem of the Heart: Beautiful Word Beautiful World is a story about communication. Directed by Nagai Tatsuyuki (Toradora!, Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) and known in Japanese as Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda (“The Heart Wants to Cry Out”), The Anthem of the Heart is a powerful movie that strikes a delicate balance between powerful emotional drama and subtlety. It tugs at the heart strings without yanking them to the floor, and is a stronger film for it.
Naruse Jun is a child with a powerful imagination who loves to talk. However, a pivotal event in her life ends up transforming her from a cheerful young “chatterbox” to a quiet high schooler who finds it excruciatingly painful to utter even a few words. Unable to make friends and at odds with her mother, Jun gets assigned to a community outreach committee at her school despite her protests. However, the unlikely act of putting on a musical seems to be the key to helping not only Jun but her other classmates as well.
The Anthem of the Heart is filled with interesting characters whose small yet significant journeys reflect the complexities of communication. A seemingly boring “normal guy” named Sakagami Takumi, a responsible model student named Nitou Natsuki, and a fierce but injured star baseball player named Tazaki Daiki round out the core cast of characters. The unique challenges each of them face when it comes to speaking their minds fills the film with a pleasant and varied emotionally resonance, a kind of tapestry of different minds, feelings, and words. Though the story takes place in high school, I had no trouble connecting to the characters and their respective plights. I find that the challenges the characters face apply to audiences young and old.
The writer of The Anthem of the Heart, Okada Mari, has a reputation for creating very melodramatic stories that are seen variously as wildly unrealistic and hokey and as powerful expressions of emotional weight and power. The Anthem of the Heart is in many ways no exception. However, when it comes to achieving both a sense of subtlety in its characters’ stories and the near-cathartic nature of Okada’s emotionally-charged scenes, I believe that The Anthem of the Heart hits a near-perfect balance.
In particular, as the characters get to know each other over the course of the story, their growing bonds are shown to develop through their personal unique characteristics interacting with each other. The ways in which the characters speak to each other convey their individual strengths and flaws, and the gradual overcoming of these issues comes across not as contrived but as natural (though not necessarily predictable) developments. Jun’s inability to speak might come across as a vague “anime disease,” but it’s clearly implied to be psychosomatic, and given the circumstances behind why it happens, it’s not unreasonable even if it’s all in Jun’s head.
When the story finally reaches its climax and we get the signature Okada Mari “characters open up and express everything that’s on their minds” scenes, they build off of and encapsulate the themes of The Anthem of the Heart. Rather than coming “out of nowhere,” the seemingly melodramatic exposition of the characters’ feelings makes perfect sense within the context of its story. There’s a particular moment at the end of the film with Jun’s mother that had me on the verge of tears, but it was not about me feeling for the characters. Rather, what hit me so hard was seeing and empathizing with her realization in that instant.
Anthem of the Heart actually has me wondering if the importance of communication is one of the recurring ideas of Okada’s writing. When I think about it, this message can be seen in works including Ano Hana, Aquarion EVOL, Wixoss, and even M3: The Dark Metal. Those scenes when characters just talk about their feelings that are criticized for being unrealistic might just be purposefully so, not because Okada only knows how to bludgeon the viewers with her ideas but because the unabashed expression of how one truly feels might just be what her vision of a better world looks like. Gradually peel away the fears and the awkwardness, and learn to connect without ambiguity or ego. Would it be going too far to say that there’s an interesting idealism to be found here?
Snow underground! Endured this with @MrShadowAnt and @hisuiRT just to see the #anthemoftheheart movie! @aniplexUSA pic.twitter.com/13faJudIgY
— Dr. Ogiue By Rock!! (@sdshamshel) January 23, 2016
If you have the opportunity to watch The Anthem of the Heart, I recommend going out of your way to check it out. That said, don’t be crazy like me: my friends and I braved the worst blizzard in the past 10 years just to get our anime movie. I’m glad the movie turned out to be good because we would have been quite angry otherwise!
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The Pokémon Company just announced that Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo is releasing for Nintendo 3DS on February 3, 2016 in Japan. The first trailer shows us the hardboiled Pikachu at work.
Read Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo To Release In Japan On February 3 For 3DS on Siliconera!
AlainmendezMamoru looks like a generic goon that tries to intimate the protagonist into handing over a macguffin more than the romantic lead in this scene.
Back in November, the Monthly Comic Bunch serialization of Kohske's Gangsta. manga went on hiatus as the author dealt with health problems that saw her briefly hospitalized. An avid social media user, Kohske has posted an update to Twitter, thanking fans for their support and New Year's cards, and adding that she's working towards resuming the series.
手前が道民なもので手元に届くのに時間がかかってしまったんですが 年賀状を下さった読者の皆さんありがとうございました！素敵なイラストや応援メッセージ全て舐めるように拝読させて頂きましたﾚﾛﾚﾛ ただいま連載再開に向け頑張っておりますので今年もご贔屓の程どうぞ宜しくお願いいたします
— コースケ(GANGSTA.7巻発売中) (@go_kohske) January 24, 2016
In the meantime, she has been having some fun with flexible drawing models
おほっフレキシブルボディのマッチョさんとオッパイさんが届いた(*´∀｀)ｵｼﾘｶﾜｲｲ 手足どころかナニのモデルまでしっかり三種類付いてくるんだね…今のところ使う予定が全くないけどめちゃくちゃ捨てにくい pic.twitter.com/Ndn9qq5o6h
— コースケ(GANGSTA.7巻発売中) (@go_kohske) January 23, 2016
ひとりフレキシブルガラハッド祭り pic.twitter.com/9jp6uNNSxc
— コースケ(GANGSTA.7巻発売中) (@go_kohske) January 23, 2016
And treated fans to a bit more fun and a chart for organizing the series
5巻の表紙裏にしようか迷ってやめたやつ pic.twitter.com/FgJVbp6y1X
— コースケ(GANGSTA.7巻発売中) (@go_kohske) January 24, 2016
これを中学から15年程やり続けるといよいよ作品を跨いだ系統図みたいなのが作れて自分の性癖の遍歴が顕著に出て超面白いのでお勧めです 名前と簡単な設定や思い出も添えておけばこの様な黒歴史の早見表になり中二病の回転寿司も手軽に楽しめます pic.twitter.com/Zs9X98NDvk
— コースケ(GANGSTA.7巻発売中) (@go_kohske) January 9, 2016
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Last week, Nintendo revealed the Fire Emblem: Fates edition of the New 3DS XL.
Read A Closer Look At The Fire Emblem: Fates Edition New Nintendo 3DS XL on Siliconera!
AlainmendezGyabo!
A pair of popular josei manga - Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! by Yumiko Suzuki and Nodama Cantabile by Tomoko Ninomiya - are getting new, one-shot stories in the upcoming April 2016 issue of Kodansha's Kiss josei manga anthology magazine to be published on February 25, 2016.
Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! originally ran from 1988 to 1992 in Kodansha's Mimi magazine, The new chapter commemorates the release of the upcoming live-action TV drama based on the adventures of a spoiled rich girl pursuing her childhood crush.
Nodama Cantabile originally ran from 2001 to 2008 in Kodansha's Kiss magazine. The new chapter features series protagonists Chiaki and Nodame tackling the challenging "Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3" for the first time.
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Following the upcoming Ranma Saotome to be released in Japan next week, Bandai has added a new action figure of Shampoo, one of the heroines in Rumiko Takahashi's popular comedy manga series Ranma 1/2, in its S.H.Figuarts line for a June 2016 release. More details including its pre-order start date will be announced shortly.
The 130mm-tall Ranma Saotome figure will be released on January 30 at the price of 5,184 yen.
Source: Tamashii Web
© Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan
Bandai Visual today posted a 20-second trailer for the upcoming second episode of the web anime adaptation of Yasuo Ohtagaki's Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt manga. The 18-minute episode will be available for general audience in Japan at noon on Febarary 12 (JST). Members of Gundam Fan Club will be able to watch the episode two weeks earlier, from January 29, via the club's smartphone app.
While Japanese audience had to pay (500 yen for sell, 250 yen for rental) to watch, its first episode was streamed online for free for international audience via GundamInfo's official YouTube channel between December 25 and January 7. The sell price for the second episode in Japan is 800 yen and that for rental is 400 yen.
Trailer for the second episode
Second episode main visual
『機動戦士ガンダム サンダーボルト』第2話の有料配信日が【2月12日】に決定！先行配信も【1月29日】に実施！画像は第2話のメインビジュアルです！ #gundam_tb https://t.co/qQcT0YeLxV pic.twitter.com/vc99lzZzVm
— 機動戦士ガンダム サンダーボルト (@gundam_tb) December 25, 2015
Main Staff:
Scenario Writer/Director: Ko Matsuo (Rozen Maiden, RED GARDEN, Valvrave the Liberator)
Anime Character Design: Hirotoshi Takaya (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, ZETMAN)
Original Mobile Suit Design: Kunio Okawara
Animation Mechanical Design: Morifumi Naka (Gundam Unicorn), Seiichi Nakatani (Gundam Reconguista in G),
Hajime Katoki (Victory Gundam, Crossbone Gundam, Gundam Unicorn, and many other Gundam series)
Art Director: Hideki Nakamura
Color Design: Takako Suzuki
CG Director: Tomohiro Fujie (Gundam Unicorn, Gundam Reconguista in G)
Monitor Design: Takashi Aoki
Director of Photography: Taro Wakiakira
Editor: Daisuke Imai
Music: Naruyoshi Kikuchi (Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine)
Sound Director: Eriko Imai
Sound Effect: Mutsuhiro Nishimura
Production Sunrise (1st Studio/Gundam Unicorn)
Main Voice Cast:
Io Flemming: Yuichi Nakamura (Graham Aker in Gundam 00)
Daryl Lorenz: Ryohei Kimura (Ryota Kise in Kuroko's Basketball)
Claudia Peer: Toa Yukinari (Casca in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc)
Karla Mitchum: Sayaka Oohara (Alicia Florence in ARIA)
Cornelius Kaka: Daisuke Hirakawa (Rei Ryugazaki in Free!)
Graham: Shunsuke Sakuya (Agent Nyx in Lupin The Third Part 4)
Burroughs: Mutsumi Sasaki (Amane Shibazaki in Psycho-Pass 2)
J.J.Sexton: Hiroshi Tsuchida (Ukyo Samonji in Argevollen)
Source: Gundam.info
© Sotsu/Sunrise
© Yasuo Ohtagaki/ SHogakukan
Last week, Splatoon received its final weapon addition, and later today the game will get its final map added in the form of Ancho-V Games
Read Splatoon’s Final Map Will Make A Splash In The Game Later Today on Siliconera!
A new video gives us a look at how the character models from the 3DS version look on the Wii U.
Read Hyrule Warriors Legends Code Will Let You Play As The New Characters On The Wii U on Siliconera!
Nintendo's sent out the usual reassurances that stores shelves will be filled with amiibo of characters like Ryu, Roy, R.O.B., Timmy and Tommy, Kapp'n, and Charizard come March.
Read Nintendo Announces Animal Crossing, Pokémon, And Super Smash Bros. amiibo Release Windows on Siliconera!
Beginning at 7:45 PM JST on April 08, 2016, Ronia, The Robber's Daughter will be re-broadcast for the first time on terrestrial Japanese television on the NHK E TV channel. The re-broadcast will continue on a weekly schedule each Friday thereafter.
Ronia, The Robber's Daughter is a CG anime series that is directed by Goro Miyazaki and features animation produced by Polygon Pictures with assistance from Studio Ghibli. It originally ran from October of 2014 until March of 2015 on the NHK BS Premium satellite subscription channel.
The series is based on the children's book Ronia, The Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, the creator of Pippi Longstocking. The story involves the adventures of Ronia, the daughter of the chief of a tribe of bandits that dwell in a castle surrounded by forests in medieval Scandinavia.
Source: Animeanime.jp
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Updating fall's announcement of a second season of the adaptation of internationally acclaimed manga artist Rumiko Takahashi's latest serialized work, Kyoukai no Rinne/RIN-NE, the returning anime is now scheduled to debut on NHK E-tele April 9th, to run on Saturdays at 17:30. A re-run of the first season is running at the same slot to lead into this.
Earlier visual for the second season
Main visual for the first season
Main voice cast:
Rinne Rokudou: Kaito Ishikawa (Tobio Kageyama in Haikyu!)
Sakura Mamiya: Marina Inoue (Armin Arlert in Attack on Titan)
Rokumon: Hitomi Nabatame (Saori Makishima in Oreimo, Mana Aida/Cure Heart in Dokidoki! PreCure)
Tamako: Satsuki Yukino (Kagome Higurashi in Inuyasha)
Sabato Rokudou: Kappei Yamaguchi (Ranma Saotome in Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha in Inuyasaha)
Staff:
Broadcasting: April 9, 2016 (Saturday) every Saturday 17:30 -
Original: Rumiko Takahashi
Director: Seiki Sugawara
Series configuration: Michiko Yokote
Character Design: Kazuhiko Tamura
Music: Akimitsu Honma
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Production: NHK Enterprise
Production and copyright: NHK · Shogakukan Shueisha Production
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Nintendo has confirmed that, like Europe last week, North America will be receiving a 10-hour-long demo of Bravely Second: End Layer.
Read Bravely Second 10-Hour Demo Confirmed For North America on Siliconera!
Just like Hyrule Warriors, Hyrule Warriors Legends will work with all amiibo, even if they're not based on The Legend of Zelda characters.
Read Hyrule Warriors Legends Supports All amiibo on Siliconera!
Another joke has found new life in smartphone RPG Fate/Grand Order. Type-Moon has a history of going all-out for their April Fool's gags, and in 2013 they presented Saint Seiya mini-visual novel Back Alley Satsuki - Chapter Heroine Sanctuary, in which Bronze Heroines Satsuki, Riesbyfe, Sion, and Ciel (from Tsukihime), along with the Saber-hunting "Mysterious Heroine X," climbed through the twelve palaces of the Gold Heroines. Now Ms X is back as an Assassin class servant for F/GO in time for the "Saber Wars" event.
Art for the character is provided by BUNBUN. According to Sword Art Online illustrator abec, BUNBUN and abec are neighbors, and aren't the same person despite what style similarities suggest. According to Kadokawa's Taiwan branch, they are the same person. BUNBUN also has a history of subbing for abec at events, possibly owing to the fact abec is (or has said they are) a girl who was in high school when SAO debutted. BUNBUN is also certainly very active promoting abec's work online too.
"Saber Wars: The Caliburn Awakens" features a limited gacha 5★ (SSR) Mysterious Heroine X, along with a chance to obtain 4★ (SR) Artoria Pendragon [Lily].
Featured servants include the game's previously introduced Sabers, Altera, Artoria Pendragon, Artoria Pendragon [Alter] (Saber), Artoria Pendragon [Lily], Okita Souji, Gaius Julius Caesar, Siegfried, Gilles de Rais (Saber), Chevalier D'Eon, Mysterious Heroine X, Nero Claudius, Fergus Mac Roich, & Mordred.
Craft Essences include
Crimson Fortress of Shadow
FGO期間限定イベント セイバーウォーズにて概念礼装「紅蓮なり影の国」を描かせていただきました！（差分っぽいものも上げておく） #FGO pic.twitter.com/En2q03TRwN
— ネコタワワ (@nekotawawa) January 19, 2016
Mikotto! Bride Training
Trueshot
Purely Bloom
Star of Artoria
FGOの新イベント、セイバーウォーズ で概念礼装「アルトリアの星」のイラストを描かせていただきました！ 「リリィよ、セイバーの星を目指すのだ！」的なアレ 依頼指定にはなかったマシュをこっそり描いたヽ（´▽｀）ノ #FGO pic.twitter.com/X2OGFDcU0l
— 石田あきら＠まおゆう16巻10/26発売 (@Akira_Ishida) January 19, 2016
BUNBUN previously worked with Type-Moon, illustrating their light novel Fire Girl, as well as
That Fate/Grand Order Rider is Alexander as a young Macedonia prince, voiced by Maaya Sakamoto
via Type-Moon Wiki Fate/Grand Order Wiki, Fate/Grand Order Cirnopedia and Grand Order Reddit
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In addition to the Fire Emblem Fates edition New Nintendo 3DS that was revealed yesterday, Nintendo has followed up with some details on the game’s first map pack DLC.
Read Fire Emblem Fates Details On Its First Map Pack DLC on Siliconera!
With just a month until the release of Fire Emblem Fates in North America, Nintendo of America announced a special edition New Nintendo 3DS XL console for the upcoming game.
Read Fire Emblem Fates Edition New Nintendo XL Announced For North America on Siliconera!
A poster visual for the upcoming 20th Detective Conan film, Meitantei Conan: Jyunkoku no Nihtmare/Detective Conan: Pure Black Nightmare, is revealed to Japanese media today. It features most on the main characters of the franchise, in addition to the members of the Black Organization: Gin, Vodka, Vermouth, Canti, and Korn.
The 20th film is expected to reveal the secret of the organization which is responsible for Shinichi Kudo's transformation to Conan, during complicated battles among Conan, Public Security Intelligence Agency, FBI, and the organization. It is set for a release in Japan on April 16, distributed by Toho.
黒ずくめの組織がズラリ！「名探偵コナン」劇場版最新作のポスター公開 https://t.co/OVB62WTQbp #名探偵コナン pic.twitter.com/LH3wVfFvQG
— 映画ナタリー (@eiga_natalie) January 19, 2016
Koubun Shizno, who has directed recent five Conan films, from 2011's Quarter of Silence to 2015's Sunflowers
of Inferno, is once again back to the director's chair. He was also recently highly praised for his directorial works
for the Knights of Sidonia series. Takeharu Sakurai, who worked on 2013's Private Eye in the Distant Sea and
2015's Sunflowers of Inferno, provides the script.
Teaser
"Black" edition teaser
via: Movie Natalie
(C) 2016 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee