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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven is the next game in the action series, but this time, it’ll feature fights in big brawls for PlayStation 3 and 4.

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The official Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders today announced the premiere schedule in Japan for the upcoming Egypt Edition, which is the second half of the four-cour series.

Premiere schedule:

January 9: Tokyo MX (24:30~)

January 13: Touhoku Housou (25:48~), RKB Mainichi Housou (26:08~), MBS (27:00~)

January 14: CBC (26:58~)

January 16: Animax (20:00~), BS11 (24:30~)

It is also announced a B3-size 2015 calendar poster featuring the key visual for the Egypt edition will be

handed out at Warner Brother's anime booth in Jump Festa 2015 to be at Makuhari Messe in Chiba

Prefecture this Saturday and Sunday. A new PV will be also screened at the event (and it is expected to

be posted online soon).

ジャンプフェスタ情報更新ッ！ワーナーブースでは、2015年のカレンダーポスターが配布されるッ！！http://t.co/wvBDJm6Ymv #jojo_anime pic.twitter.com/ZGr4o7193u

— TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』公式 (@anime_jojo) December 19, 2014

Teaser PV

Source: "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" TV anime official Twitter

© Araki Hirohiko & LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS/Shueisha, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure SC Production Committee

If you haven't dived into the pages of The Silmarillion, there's a whole cosmology of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth that you may not know. This short video outlines the basics, explaining as much about the universe's divine and angelic beings as you can learn in four minutes.

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Sentai Filmworks has announced the license of Hayate the Combat Butler: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You. Based on the popular title published serially in Shonen Sunday and with animation production by manglobe Inc. (Samurai Champloo), this third season of the Hayate forges a new path with an original anime story based on a series concept by original author Kenjirou Hata.

They describe the series

It was a tumultuous summer, but it's drawn to a close and things have returned to normal at Sanzenin Mansion -- when suddenly a phone call is received from the Nevada police! "Have your father's belongings been found?" a voice asks. "No. I have no interest in such things," replies Nagi, as nonchalant as ever. But then a mysterious girl arrives, claiming what could be either a shocking truth or utter nonsense!

 

Hayate the Combat Butler: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You will be available soon through select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

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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.

From artist Ástor Alexander come these video game-inspired pulp covers: Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. My favorite is the Mario one, mostly because I imagine that it's a series, and every book ends with Mario heading to another castle.

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Clothing that blocks "digital pickpocketing" is now hipster-approved. But do we really need RFID-blocking pockets in our pants?

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Nintendo have released a new app for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, titled Badge Grab Center.

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V Jump magazine has revealed a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle follow-up, titled "Eyes of Heaven." "Steel Ball Run" antagonist Diego Brando, voiced by Takehito Koyasu, and "Battle Tendency" antihero Rudol von Stroheim, voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka, will be joining the roster for the PlayStation 3/4 game.

These and Jotaro, Josuke, Joseph, Caeser and Kakyouin, along with the new Dual Heat Attacks team-up system, will be showcased in a playable demo at the Jump Festva event.

via ShonenGameZ

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Currently there are two official sites for Go! Princess PreCure, the upcoming 12th installment of the long-running PreCure TV anime series, launched by Toei Animation and ABC Asahi Housou. Only thing we can find on their sites is still its title logo.

Meanwhile, Pretty Store Osaka, the largest official PreCure merchandise shop located in Umeda Hankyu Sanbangai in Osaka-city, today started countdown for the new series. The panel says, "There is 10 days left till the new characters are revealed." It means the visuals for the Go! Princess PreCure characters will be officially and legitimately revealed in Japan on December 26. Let's look forward to the day!

【お知らせ】新シリーズ「Go！プリンセスプリキュア」のキャラクターおひろめまでのカウントダウンを開始しましたっ!!き、きになる～♡♡♡ みんな12/26をお楽しみに!!(大阪本店)#PPS　 #プリキュア　#プリティストア pic.twitter.com/rfWM266D1z

— プリキュアプリティストア (@pps_as) December 16, 2014

Go! Princess PreCure title logo

Pretty Store Osaka

Related: FEATURE: Japan's Largest PreCure Pretty Store in Osaka Photo Report

Source: Pretty Store Osaka official Twitter

© ABC, Toei Animation

The official website for the ongoing TV anime Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road today announced the new OP and ED songs for the upcoming 2nd cour starting in January 2015. The new OP song "Remind" is performed by three-member mixture rock band ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D. The band previously provided "Reclimb" (6th single) as the OP song for the TV anime 1st season, and "Realize" (7th single) as the 1st ED song for the 2nd season Grande Road. "Remind" will be released as their 8th single on February 18, 2015.

"Remind" jacket illustration

ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D © ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D

After released their 2nd single "Yowamushina Honoo" (Weakling Fire) which used as the 2nd OP song for the

first TV anime, four-member rock band DIRTY OLD MEN changed its name to MAGIC OF LiFE. The new ED

song "Eikou eno Ichibyou" (One second to the victory) will be released as MAGIC OF LiFE's 2nd single on

the same day with "Remind."

"Eikou eno Ichibyou" jacket illustration

MAGIC OF LiFE © MAGIC OF LiFE

"Reclimb" ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D (6th single/Yowamushi Pedal 1st OP)

"Realize" ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D (7th single/Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road 1st ED)

"Yowamushina Honoo" DIRTY OLD MEN (2nd single/Yowamushi Pedal 2nd OP)

Source: "Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road" official website

©　Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion/Yowamusshi Pedal Production Committee

The final installment of the core D&D books has arrived, and it's really a hell of a book. I would even argue that this is the best Dungeon Master's Guide of any edition of D&D, ever. This is mainly because they've finally figured out what the DMG is: It's the hacker's guide to D&D.

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This is one of the news the PreCure fans have been waiting for a long time. It is confirmed that Amazon Japan has listed the Blu-ray discs of the first six PreCure feature films, from Futari wa PreCure Max Heart the Movie (2005) to Fresh PreCure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (2009). The first PreCure film released in both DVD and Blu-ray formats was HeartCatch PreCure: Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show...Desuka!? (2010). After the Blu-ray box sets of PreCure's first HD-produced TV series Yes! PreCure 5 released in Japan last year, the expectation for the Blu-ray release of the early films has been rising among the fans.

The Blu-ray discs for the first three films: Futari wa PreCure Max Heart the Movie (2005), Futari wa PreCure Max Heart 2: Yukizora No Tomodachi (2005), and Futari wa PreCure Splash Star: Chikutaku

Kiki Ippatsu! (2006) will be released on March 18, 2015. Then the next three films: Yes! PreCure 5:

Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken! (2007), Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!: Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday♪

(2008), and Fresh PreCure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (2009) will follow on June 17.

All of the discs will contain a newly recorded audio drama, visual sheet set of the highlight scenes, and

reprinted poster sheet, with bonus contents from the past DVDs including the theater events featuring the

voice cast. The current price for each discs at Amazon JP is 5,715 yen (about US$48.15).

DVD jackets

Eiga Futari wa PreCure Max Heart (2005)

Futari wa PreCure Max Heart 2: Yukizora No Tomodachi (2005)

Futari wa PreCure Splash Star: Chikutaku Kiki Ippatsu! (2006)

Yes! PreCure 5: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken! (2007)

Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!: Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday♪ (2008)

Fresh PreCure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (2009)

Source: Amazon JP

© ABC/Toei Animation

The Persona Super Live 2015 in Nippon Budokan: Night of the Phantom concert event is scheduled for February 5, 2015 in Chiyoda, and will feature an evening of music from Persona 3 and Persona 4. From the looks of the promotional material we might have some Persona 5 to look forward to as well, and the key visual for the event offers a little tease of the next game's protagonist.

You can get a tiny glimpse of him from behind, with the Persona 3 and 4 protagonists flanking.

Source: Games Talk via Gematsu

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. He also likes to draw comics. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

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The 2015 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook has revealed the top 20 manga titles for male readers in Japan for 2015. The guidebook was released yesterday in Japan and is comprised of selections determined through surveys taken by over 400 manga and publishing industry professionals in Japan, with three titles currently available on Crunchyroll Manga landing on the latest list. The full listing is below.

このマンガがすごい！2015

1. A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi)
2. The Ancient Magus' Bride (Mahō Tsukai no Yome)
3. Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai
4. Ichiefu
5. Areyo Hoshikuzu
6. Goshoku no Fune
7. Gigantomakhia
8. Shirley
9. Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
10. Kenkō de Bunka-teki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu
11. Tanaka Yūichi Sakuhin-shū Machiawase
12. All You Need Is Kill and Tokyo Ghoul (tie)
14. Hakubo no Chronicle
15. Orange and Haikyu!! (tie)
17. The Heroic Legend of Arslan and How Are You? (tie)
19. Asobiai and Katsute Mahō Shōjo to Aku wa Tekitai Shiteita (tie)

List via ANN

Guidebook image via Comic Natalie

Humberto Saabedra is the Owner of AnimeNews.biz, Editor-in-Chief of PhoneNews.com and a part-time recording engineer. He can also be found musing on things (and Nico Robin) at @AnimeNewsdotbiz

本日案内開始！【ねんどろいど アーチャー スーパームーバブル・エディション】 http://t.co/B9cQRnZ01w #fate #fate_sn_anime #goodsmile グッスマオンライン特典は「英霊召喚シート」☆ pic.twitter.com/Qr2cpjaHyj

— カホタン＠グッスマのすみっこ (@gsc_kahotan) 2014, 12月 11

In retrospect the allure and success of Super Smash Bros. seems obvious. It's easy to look at the huge numbers the series pushes each time and chalk it up to typical Nintendo business savvy, but PBS's Game/Show is here to dig a little deeper. Explore the secret to Smash's success below. 

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Following a tweet over the weekend from Canadian game store Video Games Plus indicating the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer and Animal Crossing Villager Amiibo figures had been discontinued, Nintendo tells Kotaku that some figures "likely will not return to the market" once their initial shipment sells out.

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A new preview offers a first look at the animation for Trigger's spring 2015 Akira Amemiya (Inferno Cop, Kill La Kill episode director) directed adaptation of "Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez'"s Japanese take on the American take on Japanese sci-fi and martial arts light novel series Ninja Slayer.

About NINJA SLAYER FROM ANIMATION
STAFF
Original story written by Bradley Bond and PhilpNinj@ Morzez; translation by Yu Honda and LeikaSugi
Series Director: Akira Amemiya
Main Theme: BOOM BOOMSATELLITES
Animation Production: Studio TRIGGER

Story
Kenji Fujikido is a salaryman whose wife and child were killed in a ninja turf war. In a brush with his own death, Fujikido is possessed by an enigmatic ninja soul known as Naraku Ninja. Fujikido cheats death and becomes "Ninja Slayer" -a Grim Reaper destined to kill evil ninja, committed to a personal war of vengeance. Set in the dystopian underworld of Neo-Saitama, Ninja Slayer takes on Soukai Syndicate ninja in mortal combat.

The meta-fiction of the over-the-top sci-fi martial artists light novel series Ninja Slayer is that "translators" Yu Honda and Leika Sugi were introduced to "authors" Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez's Ninja Slayer as a fanzine at San Diego Comic Con 1997.

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Did you get your flu shot? I didn't really want to (I hate needles) but as an infectious disease physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, it would be exceedingly poor form if I opted out. My job requires it, and I recommend the vaccine to just about every patient, every day. The shot doesn't actually hurt, and if you look at the terrifying data—influenza kills between 3,000 and 50,000 Americans every year—it seems insane not to get immunized. Annual vaccination reduces your chance of dying from the virus by more than 40 percent! But on Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control announced that this year's vaccine kinda sucks. To be specific, it's less than 50 percent effective against the predominant strain of circulating virus. So what went wrong?

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The Fire Emblem series has been around since the Famicom days in Japan, but those of us in the west were first exposed to it via the 2003 Game Boy Advance game. Now that entry is officially available on the North American Wii U eShop, where it can be downloaded for $7.99. 

Nintendo's official page and synopsis: 

After centuries of peace, smoldering rivalries threaten to set the world aflame in a blaze of battle! The drums of war beat, noble houses plot treason, and allies becomes enemies. As Lycia stands poised for war, a shadowy figure manipulates empires for his own ends. Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector are brave warriors that are prepared to fight back the forces that would destroy their homeland. Help them gather other heroes to fight beside them, taking care that they do not fall in battle; otherwise they are lost forever. Plan your strategy and command the field of war as you train and learn each unit's strengths and weaknesses. Become a master tactician, and douse the embers of war before they burn the world to ash!

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. He also likes to draw comics. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

TYPE-Moon has laid out the books that they're bringing to the end of December Comiket 87.

This includes novels Lord El-Mellio II Case Files by Mita Makoto and Sakamoto Mineji (grown-up Waver-kun solves the case!), Fire Girl 3 AL written by former Liar Soft screenwriter Meteo Hoshizora, and illustrated by BunBun, and Fate / Apocrypha volume 5 by Yuuichirou Higashide with illustrations by Ototsugu Kono as well as manga Fate / strange Fake by Shizuki Morii, based on the 2008 elaborate April Fool's joke from TYPE-MOON and writer Ryohgo Narita (Baccano, Durarara).

A Lord El-Melloi mini-site is up at http://www.typemoon.com/products/tmbooks/elmelloi/index.html

strange fake plans were announced back in July

The TYPE-MOON wiki describes the premise:

The plot centers around a Grail War faultily copied from the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki. After the end of the third Grail War, an organization from the United States that has magi separate from the London based Mage Association as members took data from Fuyuki's Grail War and planned their own ritual. After seventy years, they used the city Snowfield as the Sacred Land for their own Grail War. They were unable to successfully copy every aspect of the ritual, which lead to it acting only as an imitation that has lost the Saber class and allowed for the summoning of strange Servants due to the definition of a "hero" being blurred.

The Mage's Association has sent Rohngall and his pupil, Faldeus, to investigate the city and the status of the war. Faldeus, a spy from the US organization, has Rohngall sniped upon arrival, despite knowing that Rohngall was simply a puppet. He announces that their Holy Grail War has been in development and that it is real, which causes an uproar at the Clock Tower, and wishes to "advertise" the project to the Association.

Meanwhile, TYPE-MOON posted a PDF of the Fate/Apocrypha material from comiket 86, more of Joan of Arc Saber, loli Jack the Ripper, Rider  Astolfo, the Twelfth Paladin of Charlemagne and the like

via otakomu

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Pre-orders have launched for the April 24th Japanese Blu-ray and DVD of the first part of the Gundam The Origin prequel anime adaptation. Along with this an official English subtitled trailer has been posted.  

オリジン第1話のブルーレイ＆DVD予約が始まりました！劇場で先行販売の豪華版ブルーレイはバンダイビジュアルクラブと公式サイトから申込可能！お見逃しなく！ http://t.co/pELs7aSDsH （サンコジ）#THE_ORIGIN pic.twitter.com/4cYK8CX844

— 機動戦士ガンダム THE ORIGIN (@G_THE_ORIGIN) December 4, 2014

[JP BD & DVD] Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin v1. Apr 24. https://t.co/B3CS3UpzKr http://t.co/AiK0ZTJrwT pic.twitter.com/vcGb42nJHa

— WTK (@WTK) December 4, 2014

Meanwhile, the first volume of G-Reco and first DVD of Gundam Build Fighters Try are due on December 25th and a set of ads promote the 35th anniversary collaboration. (the first Blu-ray set of Try is due March 27th).

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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.

Anime studio ufotable has posted an English version of their blog post explaining the differences that will be seen between the broadcast and Blu-ray versions of Fate/stay night. Using episode eight as an example, their digital team compares the Master (no pun intended, probably) edition to the versions filtered for TV.

They explain:

For the safely TV broadcasting,any TV programs before it on air it must use an auto detecting device called the paka-checker to check the brightness and the saturation.　And the device will change the brightness and the saturation to fit the guide line.

[Blog for English speakers] ufotable digital team: The Golden LIght http://t.co/5tScE93xPt 前回ポスト「黄金の光」―英語版を投稿しました:) pic.twitter.com/GxPyY5XdjG

— ufotable (@ufotable) December 3, 2014

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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.