You may not know LAIKA by name, but you probably know their movies. They did the spot-motion animated films Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls and their latest film,Kubo And The Two Strings
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In addition to the new characters and stages being added to Hyrule Warriors Legends for Nintendo 3DS, the game features a new system called “My Fairy” for Adventure Mode.
Because it is a crime NOT to share something with the evil President of the United States in it.
Today's dose of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven comes in the form of two more battle trailers, featuring Weather Report from Part VI: Stone Ocean and Funny Valentine from Part VII: Steel Ball Run.
In addition to improved graphics, New Danganronpa V3 will upgrade the school life, Class Trial features, and cinematics that we've seen throughout the series.
Starting December 8th, digital comic service Comixology has begun offering the North American manga from Vertical, with the titles that were published in Japan by Kodansha coming under that company's label.
Digital Manga Publishing has also recently added their library of work from "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka, including this breakout New Treasure Island and early mature audience work like Swallowing the Earth
The Gundam Global Portal has continued its introductions of the English dub cast for Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans with the news that Vash the Stampede/Power Ranger Johnny Yong Bosch will be voicing Orga Itsuka. He joins Kyle McCarley as Mikazuki Augus.
Crunchyroll is adding in more Lupin the Third anime, with Lupin the Third Part 2 episodes 80-155 set to go live for premium members today at 6:00pm Pacific Time. Free members will be able to watch the first half today, followed by the second half next week.
Five years have passed since master thief Lupin and his gang made their daring escape out of Japan and went their separate ways. Then one day Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko each receive an invitation from Lupin for a reunion aboard the luxury liner Sirloin. Reunited on the ship, they discover Lupin didn't send the invitations and the reunion is a trap by a vengeful Mister X, the Leader of the Scorpion Gang! Foiling Mister X’s plot while evading his ICPO nemesis, Inspector Zenigata, is all in a day’s work for Lupin and his gang, as their heisting adventures around the globe begin again!
Last time we checked in on Bandai Namco's battle trailers for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven they had just unleashed the Pillar Man known as ACDC. Now it's time to jump back up to Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable for a visit with Rohan Kishibe and Jotaro Kujo.
Following yesterday's double whammy we have two more JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven trailers to dig into today. Watch Mariah from Part III: Stardust Crusaders and Narancia Ghirga from Part V: Vento Aureo in action below.
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Every geologist needs a field hat to protect them from scorching sun and drenching rain, but a really lucky geologist will have a trusty dog. Meet the adventurous dogs who trekked across north Alaska, and the geologists who explored with them.
Yen Press has announced that beginning in 2016, they will be publishing a trio of shōjo manga works by Natsuki Takaya, including a new English language translation of Fruits Basket. In addition to Fruits Basket, Yen Press will also be publishing Liselotte & Witch's Forest and Twinkle Stars, which have not previously been released in North America.
Yen Press describes each series as follows:
"Fruits Basket is the story of Tohru Honda, a young girl who – following the untimely deaths of her parents – finds herself living in a tent on land belonging to the Sohma family. When the family takes her in, she discovers their rather unusual “curse”: possessed by spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, they transform into their zodiac animal when embraced by someone of the opposite sex."
"In Liselotte & Witch’s Forest, titular character Liselotte holds out hope of finding an important person from her past, but her quest leads her to a forest rumored to be inhabited by witches."
"Sakuya, the lead character of Twinkle Stars, has always been mesmerized by the night sky, but when she meets a boy at her eighteenth birthday party, she discovers that the stars may actually have more to do with her fate than she ever imagined."
Fruits Basket will be published in 12 volumes, and the first 2 volumes will be released in June of 2016 with additional volumes following at the rate of 1 per month afterwards. Liselotte & Witch's Forest will begin publication with the first volume being released in July of 2016 with new volumes following at a rate of 1 every three months. Twinkle Star will be published in 5 omnibus volumes, but the release schedule for this series has not been revealed yet.
Naughty Dog showcased the latest trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End during The Game Awards 2015, where we got to see a bit of the new character Nadine Ross, voiced by Laura Bailey.
Yen Press has announced that they are releasing early chapters of the new Baccano manga adaptation, driving towards a simulpublication. Shinta Fujimoto, author of sci-fi crime manga Red Raven adapts Durarara!! author Ryōgo Narita's series about criminals and killers, set in the 1930s but jumping back to the 18th century and forward to the 21st.
Other simul-pub plans include Jun Mochizuki's new vampire series Memoir of Vanitas.
BACCANO! fans, this month we'll start releasing the early chapters of Square Enix's new manga serialization leading up to simulpubs in Jan!
With the release of the January issue of Jump Square, the first details have been announced for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Good Luck Girl/Binbogami Ga! author Yoshiaki Sukeno's 2013 ongoing Twin Star Exorcists (aka Sōsei no Onmyō). Studio Pierrot (Naruto, Tokyo Ghoul) will produce the TV anime with Wagakki Band handling the theme.
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Viz, who releases the series in North America, describes it
Rokuro dreams of becoming anything but an exorcist! Then mysterious Benio turns up. The pair are dubbed the "Twin Star Exorcists" and learn they are fated to marry... Can Rokuro escape both fates? When Rokuro's best friend Ryogo goes missing, Rokuro is forced to ask Benio for help to enter Magano, the realm of the evil Kegare, to rescue him!
It turns out there is a woman in Jojo's Part 5. Who knew? ;)
Bandai Namco continues to rack up the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven character trailers. The latest focuses on Trish Una of Part V: Vento Aureo below.
When female Link character Linkle was first revealed she was shown briefly among the other new playable characters in Hyrule Warriors Legends. Now she has her own character trailer that shows more of her dual-wielding crossbow moves below.
Consoles take a complicated route to get from us - all the way from being minerals in the ground to being assembled in factories across the world. A close look at how this happens reveals ethical and logistical difficulties worth talking about. Varying labor laws, outsourced work, and even worker reluctance make factories hard to inspect for good working conditions. Further down the chain, the raw minerals used in consoles often come from war-torn regions such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, where local militias seize control of the mines and use them to raise funds to propagate their brutal civil war. The electronics industry has gotten better about rejecting conflict minerals, but it's far from perfect. Microsoft and Sony are part of industry organizations to track and reduce abuse along supply chains, but Nintendo has only made small steps and simply refuses to collaborate with the rest of the tech industry to help solve this problem. Console manufacturers can still do more by putting a bigger focus on supply chain audits, voicing support for laws that would improve nationwide standards, being vocal to draw attention to these issues, and giving factories a bigger lead time for product launches. As consumers, we need to understand the impact our demand for launch day console availability has on pushing more unsafe labor practices and consider whether a small price increase (perhaps as little as $5) to guarantee that our consoles were manufactured without conflict minerals would really be too much of a price to pay. ___________
Oh my god. Oh my god. Genndy Tartakovsky’s iconic cartoon series Samurai Jack, which blended scifi and Japanese swordsman awesomeness, came to an end over a decade ago now. It’s lived on in the form of comics since, but at long last, Jack is coming back to television for a whole new season of adventures.
Crunchyroll previously reported on a teaser video that hinted that the 20th installment in the Detective Conan series of anime theatrical films (known as Case Closed in North America) would involve a confrontation between series protagonist Conan Edogawa and the mysterious Black Organization, the evil crime syndicate that is responsible for trapping him in his child-like state after a failed assassination attempt.
Now this speculation appears to be confirmed, because a new teaser visual (above) has been released along with the official title of the 20th film: Detective Conan: Junkoku no Nightmare ("Nightmare of Pure Black").
Detective Conan: Junkoku no Nightmare is scheduled to hit Japanese theaters on April 16, 2016.
Joining June's figma Sakura Kinomoto and this upcoming January's school uniform version ofCardcaptor Sakura's titular lead, Max Factory has now prepared a poseable figure of her confidant, Tomoyo Daidouji, set to be distributed by Good Smile Company in June 2016 and now available for order.
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"Oh my! How wonderful!"
From the masterpiece shoujo manga series 'Cardcaptor Sakura' comes a figma of Sakura-chan's best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji!
Using the smooth yet posable joints of figma, you can act out a variety of different scenes.
A flexible plastic is used for important areas, allowing proportions to be kept without compromising posability.
She comes with her gentle standard expression, a warm smiling expression as well as an expression for filming!
Her school bag is included to pose her on the way to school, and an alternate front head part with a hat is also included.
Tomoyo-chan's beloved video camera is also included, along with an arm part to recreate her famous 'hand on cheek' pose!
The joined hand parts can be used by Tomoyo-chan alone or together with figma Sakura Kinomoto: School Uniform ver. (sold separately) to display them holding hands!
Beginning on Friday, December 4th, the Splatfest will let players choose between burgers or pizza this time around to decide once and for all which of the foods is superior.
Crunchyroll previously reported on the disappearance of software company Winkysoft's web page and Twitter presence, which sparked speculation among Japanese fans that the company may have gone out of business. Now the speculation has been confirmed: as of November 10, 2015, the company has initiated bankruptcy proceedings. Winkysoft's current liabilities total some 250 million yen (about $2 million US).
Winkysoft is probably best known in the West for developing the original series of Super Robot Wars video games for Banpresto. Based in Suita, Osaka, Japan, Winkysoft was founded in 1983.
From the anime series Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]comes a figma 2.0 of lead Shirou Emiya. The poseable figure comes with a cheerful smiling expression, a shouting expression for combat and a condescending expression. Optional parts include his school bag, slipper parts, an enhanced steel pipe and a right hand with magic circuits. The twin blades, Kanshou and Bakuya are also both included.
GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, a humorous 4-panel comic by Satoko Kiyuduki, is concluding its serialization after running for 10 years in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat seinen manga magazine. The final installment of the series about an eccentric class of students learning the principals of art and design will run in the February 2016 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat, which will be published in Japan on December 28, 2015.
GA Geijutsuka Art Design Classwas adapted into a TV anime in 2009, which is available via streaming on Crunchyroll. An English language version of the manga is distributed digitally by Yen Press.
