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One-upping anime studio ufotable's Fate/zero adaptation, their adaptation of Type-Moon's Fate/stay night modern fantasy visual novel will be kicking off with two hour-long specials. Episode 0, "Prologue," will air October 4th, followed by Episode 1, "Day of Winter, Night of Destiny," on the 11th.

Episode zero is being shown at today's preview screening in ufotable's home town of Tokushima. Episode one is being shown at the other Japanese and international locations.

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Last visual and stills

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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.

In a bit of Kodansha fellowship, Attack on Titan is helping to launch the new adaptation of The Seven Deadly Sins with a special spoof collaboration visual, featured on titanic promo art, such as a 7.4 meter tall billboard at Shinjuku station. At that height, The Seven Deadly Sin's giant, Diane, is almost life-size.

The Seven Deadly Sins Trailer by pKjd

via Natalie and pKjd

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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 @aicnananiime.

Atlus USA have shared information on the paid downloadable content for the North American release of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

Read Persona 4 Arena Ultimax DLC Prices Revealed For North America on Siliconera!

Producer Atsushi Kurooka and the folks at Platinum Games have discussed their third-person beat 'em up video game adaptation of The Legend of Korra in a video posted on PlayStation's Youtube station. The game inspired by the animated show's first two seasons, with mini-games such as pro-bending matches and a Naga endless-runner will  be released on October 21st for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and on 22nd for Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

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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 @aicnananiime.

Hyrule Warriors is getting a bunch of upcoming DLC, both free and paid. Here are some of the details.

Read Hyrule Warriors Is Getting A Ton Of DLC; Epona Coming October 16th on Siliconera!

J-rock artist Gackt has worked with Square Enix on a couple of projects like lending his songs to Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and voicing Genesis from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. He has a new role for the upcoming game 3594e.

Read Gackt Is Voicing Another Square Enix Character on Siliconera!

One Piece's official portal site One Piece. com revealed today on September 26 that 61-year-old veteran voice actor Toru Furuya is voicing Sabo, the adopted brother of Monkey D. Luffy and Portgas D. Ace, in the upcoming episodes of the TV anime series. He was chosen by Eiichiro Oda himself, the original creator of the manga, in the secret audition for Sabo. The character voiced by Furuya will start appearing from the 663rd episode scheduled to be aired on September 28. By the way, Mayumi Tanaka, the voice actress for Luffy is now 59 (born in 1955), so the two are in the same generation.

Toru Furuya made his debut as a professional voice actor for the protagonist "Kid" in Kaizoku Oiji/The Pirate Prince in 1966 when he was 13 years old. The first anime character made him so famous among the Japanese general public was Hyuma Hoshi in Kyojin no Hoshi/Star of the Giants in 1968-1971 (1st series) and its sequels. He has played various anime characters for more than 48 years,

including Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam series), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya series), Kyosuke Kasuga

(Kimagure Orange Road), Yamcha (Dragon Ball series), and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon series). 

Toru Furuya

Sabo disguised as Lucy

Source: One Piece. com via Comic Natalie

(c) Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Fuji TV, Toei Animation

Ahh the Sayla cover. Finally! The battles fought over that cover image were almost as epic as those within this book’s pages.

On sale this week!

The first volume of the manga adaptation of Kunihiko Ikuhara's Mawaru Penguindrum will be released on September 24th in Japan! The manga's author, Isuzu Shibata has been posting countdown illustrations on her blog featuring characters from the series to celebrate the launch, especially the ones who have never been drawn in color for the manga. The Mawaru Penguindrum manga started running in the monthly magazine Comic Birz in 2013.

The cover of manga vol. 1.

Count down illustration 1：Yuri & Tabuki couple

Count down illustartion 2 : Ringo Oginome

Count down illustartion 3: Masako Natsume and Esmeralda

Count down illustration 4: Himari Takakura and Penguin 3

More illustrations are planned to be posted on her blog, although she admits that she is never on time, until the day of release.

Source: Isuzu Shibata official blog

Copyright ©ikuni chowder,pengroup / Isuzu SHIBATA All rights reserved.

Andrew E. Larsen is an historian who specializes in Medieval England and blogs about pop culture and history at An Historian Goes to the Movies. In "Disney's Robin Hood: A Bit More Medieval Than You Might Think," Larsen explores the film's true inspiration, which wasn't Robin Hood but a different medieval tale.

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The original concept for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was quite different from the final version of the game.

Read Phoenix Wright Was Originally Going To Be A Private Eye Instead Of Ace Attorney on Siliconera!

Castle Siege will join the Colosseum stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Read Fire Emblem’s Castle Siege Stage Is Back In Super Smash Bros. For Wii U on Siliconera!

Two years ago, beloved science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson launched a crowdfunding campaign to start making a realistic swordfighting game. The Clang Kickstarter notched more than $500,000 towards that end. But a game never materialized and, as announced today, people who backed Clang are starting to get their money back. The game, it seems, won't be happening.

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Discotek Media's release of Mega Man: The Complete Series is due out on DVD September 30, and the company recently hit up Facebook to show off the packaging. Have a look at the front case, outer slip cover, and finished disc art below.

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

Whoa! DCAU mastermind Bruce Timm will executive producer a new digital Justice League cartoon for Machinima to debut in spring of 2015. Titled Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, it will be be co-produced by his Batman: The Animated Series partner Alan Burnett.

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Fate/hollow ataraxia, the visual novel sequel set half a year after Fate/stay night, is set for release on PS Vita in a port featuring touch-screen support, full voice acting, a new ufotable opening, theme by Aimer and mini-games including the new tower defense Capsule Servant and a return to Illya's Castle. In time for Tokyo Game Show, a new 30-second spot offers glimpses of the opening.

The game is set to be released in Japan November 27th.

20 different store specific store incentive posters, calendars, buttons and even mugs are being offered with pre-order

via kotelo

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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.

Nostalgic action-RPG Two Brothers is being remade in the Unity engine for PC and Wii U with new features and less bugs. It also has a new name: Chromophore.

Read Remake Of Nostalgic RPG Two Brothers Will Have Less Boring Dungeons on Siliconera!

Back to the Future 2's self-lacing, future Nike shoes have always been bananas expensive. But not anymore! Someone has finally made a knock-off version of the power lacers for under a $100.

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Viga is a long-time Genshiken ally; we even did a panel about Ogiue together at Otakon! Naturally, when requesting a drawing to commission, there was only one real choice.

If you’re interested in her work, check out her Tumblr and Twitter.

This week kicks off a festival celebrating novel and manga author NisiOisiN that starts with the September 19th release of Zoku Owarimonogatari, the conclusion of his modern fantasy Monogatari series' final season, and runs through the October 16 debut of his new series Okitegami Kyoko no Bobiroku. VOFAN illustrates the story of the forgetful detective, who will solve the mystery before it's forgotten!

The first printing of Zoku Owarimonogatari has a special bonus message from the author while Kyoko's first print has a special after story.

Commercials for the two books have started airing

Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto provides a look at some of the new demon enemies in the game.

Read These Are Some Of Bayonetta 2’s New Demon Enemies on Siliconera!

Tomorrow is the last day to submit license suggestions for our 2015 list. Let us know what you want to see from us.

(But before you do, please consider the rules laid out in the survey…We’ve received a tonne of void suggestions.)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QXCDB97

Following a countdown which confirmed director Kunihiko Ikuhara's latest anime project in Yuri Kuma Arashi, which was wrapped under the wider Penguinbear banner that also involves the manga tie-in running in Monthly Comic Birz since February, the latest update to the official site now features an airdate of January 2015 on the same TV network that aired Marawru Penguindrum in MBS.

With the airdate confirmed, we won't have to wait too long to see what Ikuhara has planned for his devoted fans following the debut of the project in 2012 and the animation short teaser in 2013.

via moca-news

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

With the unveiling of a visual featuring Rin, Shirow, Archer and Saber visiting the convenience store, the Lawson chain has started hyping their Fate/stay night campaign. Previews are preliminary, but the campaign, running September 23-October 20, will feature special merch and chances to win special goods including scripts signed by the cast, with purchase or social media collaboration.

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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.

The Nintendo 3DS can be used as a controller for the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros.

Read You Can Use Your 3DS As A Controller For Super Smash Bros. On Wii U on Siliconera!

【予告/ローソン】「Fate/stay night キャンペーン」が実施決定！詳細は後日ホームページにて発表します。いまから楽しみですね(^^)♪ #fate_sn_anime http://t.co/0lNqT4VOKL pic.twitter.com/d2XfP06aqd

— ローソンクルー♪あきこちゃん (@akiko_lawson) 2014, 9月 12