Yu-Gi-Oh! Lawsuit Settled Between 4Kids, ADK, TV Tokyo

American production company 4Kids Entertainment announced on Thursday that there is an amicable settlement of the lawsuit between 4Kids Entertainment and Asatsu-DK (ADK) and TV Tokyo over the license of the Yu-Gi-Oh! property. According to 4Kids, the licensing agreement between the three parties will continue to be "in full force and effect with 4Kids continuing to serve as the exclusive licensing agent for the merchandise licensing, television broadcast, and home video rights to the Yu-Gi-Oh! property throughout the world outside of Asia."

The lawsuit was filed by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems last March, accusing the North American media distributor of "underpayments, wrongful deductions, and unmet obligations" and stating that 4Kids owed the companies US$4,792,460.36. Last December, a bankruptcy judge ordered that 4Kids' license of the Yu-Gi-Oh! series was still in effect, after earlier ordering a stay that barred ADK and TV Tokyo from selling the international license of the new Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal anime series to other companies.

source: animenewsnetwork

Hunter x Hunter Adds Aya Hirano, Masaya Matsukaze to Cast

This year's 46th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Aya Hirano and Masaya Matsukaze are joining the cast of the new Hunter X Hunter television anime. Hirano will play Menchi in the fifth episode, while Matsukaze will play the character known as Gittarackur as of the fourth episode on Monday.

The second television anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter X Hunter manga premiered on October 2. The cast thus far have been different from the cast in the earlier 1999-2001 television anime. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in several countries as it airs in Japan.

(ANN)

Major Gets New Final Original Anime

This year's 48th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine is announcing on Wednesday that an all-new, "truly the last" original video anime project of Takuya Mitsuda's Major baseball manga will debut in the middle of December. A new OVA volume will be bundled with the first new special compiled book volume (tankōbon) of the manga.

The OVA project will adapt the thus-far-unanimated World Series arc and the story's illusive final matchup, while the new book will let fans see the last pitch in the manga. The project promises the return of the "Golden Battery" in America.

The original manga ended in July of 2010 after a 16-year run. The story follows Gorō, the son of a major league batter who dreams of making it big himself. The manga began in the magazine in late 1994.

The manga inspired its first television anime series in 2004, and the sixth television anime series launched last year. The manga also inspired an anime film titled Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot in 2008. The 78th and (at the time) final limited-edition manga volume shipped last December with a special OVA.

A compiled book volume of BUYUDEN, the boxing manga that Mitsuda launched this past March, will also ship in the middle of this December.

(ANN)

MTV Streaming X-Men Anime's New Clip with English dubbing.

MTV's Splash Page blog began streaming an exclusive clip from the X-Men anime with English dubbing on Thursday.

The 12-episode series will premiere on the American television channel G4 on Friday at 11:00 p.m. ET. In the series and the above clip, Scott Porter plays Cyclops, and Steven Blum reprises his Wolverine role from the American series Wolverine and the X-Men and various video games. The Japanese studio MADHOUSE produced all four Marvel Anime series, including the upcoming Blade.

The story of X-Men revolves around the title mutant team being reunited after the death of a teammate. The members search in Japan for a missing teenage girl, Hisako Ikichi. "There, they encounter the fanatical and anti-mutant group, U-MEN, and discover what was important enough for Xavier to bring them back together."

Law of Ueki's Fukuchi Launches Anagle Mole Manga

Shogakukan's 47th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine began serializing the new Anagle Mole manga by The Law of Ueki creator Tsubasa Fukuchi on Wednesday.

The comedy manga takes place in a world where some people dwell on the surface of the planet while others live underground. Some of the world's underground inhabitants are plotting to invade the above-ground society. In order to understand the lives and behavior of those who live above them, the people who live underground are planning expeditions to the surface.

The story follows a young spy from the underground named Teisatsu. In the manga's first chapter, Teisatsu ventures to the above-ground world, and the people's customs shock him as he interacts with those he meets on his journey.

Weekly Shonen Sunday serialized Fukuchi's The Law of Ueki manga beginning in 2001, and the manga artist launched the ping pong manga series Takkoku!!! in Shogakukan's monthly Shonen Sunday Super Zōkan spinoff magazine in 2009.

(ANN)

Free Download Anime Bakuman Season 2, Episode 2

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Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing, Takagi convinces Mashiro to join him in becoming the greatest mangakas Japan has ever seen. Takagi, with his gift of writing, hopes to become a successful mangaka, and Mashiro, with his gift of art, hopes to marry the girl of his dreams, Azuki Miho.

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Sentai Filmworks Licenses Broken Blade Anime Films

Sentai Filmworks announced on Monday that it has licensed the six-part anime film series Broken Blade (Break Blade). The Anime Network will stream the film series online starting in October, and Sentai Filmworks will release the series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2012.

The series was directed by chief director Tetsuro Amino (Macross 7, Shiki) and director Nobuyoshi Habara (Negima!, Fafner), with Production I.G and Xebec handling the animation. Masashi Sogo (Bleach, Fairy Tail, Gantz) wrote the screenplay.

The film series is based on Yunosuke Yoshinaga's alternate-world robot manga. Flex Comix publishes the manga in Japan, while CMX Manga published three manga volumes in North America before DC Comics shut down the imprint last year.

Sentai Filmworks describes the film series as follows:

In Cruzon, children are born with the ability to control quartz. This power allows them to levitate simple objects—or control enormous and complex mobile battle suits called Golems. But when an ancient Golem is discovered during the height of a brutal war, a young king and his beautiful queen turn to Rygart Arrow. Though an “un-sorcerer”, Rygart can miraculously pilot this ancient and powerful weapon. But in war, school friends can turn into bitter enemies and allies have suspicious motives.

(ANN)

Gundam AGE to Stream in 5 Languages as It Airs

The Nikkei business news source reported on Sunday that Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, the newest television anime series in Sunrise's Gundam robot franchise, will stream in five languages. According to Nikkei, the anime will stream overseas with Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Korean, and English subtitles at the same time it airs in Japan.

Nikkei added that Sunrise's Gundam.Info website will stream the anime for free for a month. The anime will premiere in Japan on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. EDT).

Gundam AGE's story will cover a century and three generations of Gundam pilots. In the year A.G. 101 (Advanced Generation) — several hundred years after humans have migrated into space — an Unknown Enemy (UE) suddenly attacks the space colony Angel and destroys it. In A.G. 108, the war with the UE comes to the home colony of seven-year-old Furitto Asuno. After losing his mother to the war, he is entrusted with the "AGE Device," a memory unit with blueprints for an ancient mobile suit known as "Gundam."

In the year A.G. 115, 14-year-old Furitto is at the Earth Federation base Arinsuton on the space colony Nora. For seven years, Furitto has continued developing the mobile suit with the base's engineers, and at last the "Gundam" is complete. However, the UE has arrived at Nora, and Furitto must fight in the very Gundam he built himself.

Akihiro Hino, president of the game studio Level-5 (Inazuma Eleven, Danbōru Senki), is supervising the story of the anime. Susumu Yamaguchi is helming the project after directing most of the Keroro Gunsō (Sgt. Frog) films. Yamaguchi also worked as a key animator on Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, and the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed titles.

(ANN)

2 Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi Game Trailers Streamed

The official website for the next video game in the Dragon Ball franchise, Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi (Dragon Ball Ultimate Blast in Japan), began streaming two new videos for the game on Friday. The new videos include the video shown at the Tokyo Game Show last month and a teaser commercial.

Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi will feature upgraded environmental and character graphics, with designs drawn from the original manga series. The name Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi was selected by English-speaking fans.

Namco Bandai Games will release the game in North America on October 25 and in Europe on October 28. The game will be released in Japan on December 8.

(Andriasang)

K-On! Film Partners with Lumine Department Stores

The Lumine department stores in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo are collaborating with the upcoming K-ON! movie production from October 7 to November 13 (November 9 in Shibuya). The Lumine Est and Lumine Man stores in those locations will display various K-ON!/Lumine promotional images and give away special K-ON! novelty items only available at those locations. The partnership is intended to promote both the stores and the K-ON! film before it premieres on December 3 in Japan.

In order to get the exclusive items, customers must spend over 5,000 yen (about US$65) to receive a scratch card. The card will determine whether the shopper gets a mug, a notebook, or one of 7 varieties of plastic folders. Quantities of all the items will be limited.

Lumine is a Japanese department store chain owned by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) that specializes in high-end products and fashion labels. There are various Lumine stores located throughout Tokyo and Yokohama, usually placed near JR East's train stations.

Naoko Yamada and Reiko Yoshida will continue their staff roles from the first two K-ON! television series as director and scriptwriter for the upcoming movie. A full trailer for the film centering on the five female members of Sakuragaoka High School's light music club began streaming on the official website in September.

(ANN)

Nagayama Kento, Nishiyama Maki, Kanai Yuta, Tayama Ryosei are The newest “Ranma 1/2″ cast

Several more cast members have been announced for the live-action “Ranma 1/2” drama special that was announced last week. The newest additions are Nagayama Kento, Nishiyama Maki, Kanai Yuta, and Tayama Ryosei.

Based on the classic manga by Takahashi Rumiko, the drama was already known to be an original script starring Aragaki Yui as Tendo Akane, with Kaku Kento and Natsuna playing the two halves of Saotome Ranma.

Nagayama will play Ranma’s rival Kuno Tatewaki, while Nishiyama will play Akane’s sister Nabiki. Kanai has been cast as Gosunkugi Hikaru.

Tayama will play an original character named Okamada, who is the vice principal of Akane’s school and serves as an antagonist to the main characters.

NTV will broadcast the “Ranma 1/2″ drama special this December.

(TokyoGraph)

K-ON! Film's Streamed 30 Second Television Commercial on Tuesday

The official website for the K-ON! film adaptation began streaming a new 30-second television commercial on Tuesday. The ad contains no new footage but condenses the film's full trailer.

The K-ON! film will open in over 130 theaters in Japan on December 3. It will depict the five female members of Sakuragaoka High School's light music club in a story not seen in the television series. The official website also began streaming two teaser trailers for the film in April and June.

(ANN)

Nintendo Announced a Black Version of the Pokemon Typing goes in November

Continuing with a series of hardware announcements, Nintendo and Pokemon Company today announced a black version of the Pokemon Typing Bluetooth mini keyboard.

Like the original white keyboard, the black keyboard will come bundled with Pokemon Typing. Except for the color, the two keyboards are the same.

Look for the new color variation in mid November, priced ¥5,800

(Andriasang)

Sentai Filmworks Reveals New Acquisitions

Sentai Filmworks has formally revealed its acquisition of distribution rights to the Akikan!, Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai, and Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru television series and the Towa no Quon motion picture series.

The 12-episode harem comedy from 2009 Akikan! is based on Riku Ranjo & Hiro Suzuhira’s light novel series about a young man who begins living with aluminum beverage cans that have magically transformed into human girls that need daily transfusions of carbon dioxide from kissing to survive.

The first The World God Only Knows (Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai) anime TV series based on Tamiki Wakaki’s manga premiered last year. A second season aired this year. The romantic comedy revolves around a master of dating simulation games charged with seducing real girls to capture the runaway demons hiding in the girls’ hearts. Sentai has not clarified if its acquisition license includes the “KamiNomi” second TV series or OVA.

The fall 2010 Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru off-kilter slice-of-life comedy will be released domestically under the English title “And yet The Town Moves.” The adaptation of Masakazu Ishiguro’s manga revolves around the daily lives & whimsical thoughts of high school girls that work part time at a small, suburbian Japanese café.

Towa no Quon is Studio BONES’ ongoing series of six original sci-fi/action short movies that pit teens with supernatural powers against a shadowy government organization that considers the teens a dangerous threat to be eliminated.

The SoreMachi license is a nice treat.

(AnimeNation)

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Author: Hiro Mashima
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Published by: Kodansha
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Original run: August 23, 2006 – ongoing (Manga) | October 12, 2009 – ongoing (Anime)

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Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.

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Naruto Shippuden the Movie - Bonds Premieres at New York Comic Con on October 15th

San Francisco, CA, October 4, 2011 – Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, complements its presence at the 2011 New York Comic Con with the exclusive U.S. theatrical premiere of the latest NARUTO SHIPPUDEN feature film, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: BONDS (English subtitled), on Saturday, October 15th at 7:00pm at the New York School of Visual Arts Theatre. A special pre-show red carpet event featuring Japanese voice actress Junko Takeuchi, who provides the original voice for Naruto, will take place at the theatre beginning at 6:00pm.

The School of Visual Arts Theatre is located at 333 West 23rd Street, within walking distance of the Jacob Javits Convention Center where the 2011 New York Comic Con will take place October 13th–16th. Seating is on a first-come/first-served basis. Comic Con attendees can secure free tickets to the premiere at Viz Media's Booth #932. Check a schedule posted at the Viz Media booth for the designated times for free ticket giveaways!

The first 200 attendees in line for the premiere will receive a NARUTO plush toy. Premiere attendees will also receive a special Viz Media Heroes Of Anime gift bag with an amazing assortment of goodies, including the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™: Ultimate Ninja Impact™ video game for the PSP (courtesy Namco Bandai), NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Collectable Card Game packs (courtesy Bandai America), NARUTO keychains (courtesy Great Eastern), and other assorted collectibles.

“Junko Takeuchi is one of the most respected voice actors in the Japanese anime industry and we're honored to welcome her as a very special guest of honor for this theatrical premiere event,” says Candice Uyloan, Director, Marketing. “NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: BONDS is the second feature film in the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN story arc and Naruto and his friends must face down a dangerous new airborne menace in this latest action-packed adventure. Don't miss this fun event which is sure to be a must-attend for every anime and action film fan during New York Comic Con!”

In NARUTO SHIPPUDEN THE MOVIE: BONDS (rated T+ for Older Teens), a group of mysterious flying ninja have arrived from overseas to launch a sudden attack against the Hidden Leaf Village, leaving behind a wake of destruction. The group is revealed to be the “Sky Ninja” from the Land of Sky, a nation thought to have been destroyed by the Hidden Leaf Village long ago. To save their village, Naruto and his friends set out to stop this new threat. During the course of the mission, Naruto crosses paths with Sasuke, his friend who has parted ways from the Leaf Village.

About Viz Media, LLC:
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Viz Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha, Inc., Shogakukan, Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., Viz Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular monthly manga anthology SHONEN JUMP magazine and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and INUYASHA, Viz Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. Viz Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more about Viz Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

(ANN)

Evangelion Films Get PC Browser Game in 2012

The newly formed production company Marvelous AQL announced on Wednesday that a web browser game inspired by the new Evangelion films has been green-lit for production. The tentatively titled Browser Evangelion Shin Gekijōban game for personal computers was not revealed or leaked before its surprise announcement at Marvelous AQL's press conference for new titles. However, Marvelous AQL did not provide further details about the game beyond its planned 2012 service launch.

The company Marvelous AQL just came into existence last Saturday, October 1. The media production company Marvelous Entertainment had announced in May that it would be merging with the game publisher AQ Interactive and the mobile app developer Liveware.

Evangelion Shin Gekijōban is Hideaki Anno and Khara's four-part remake of Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime series. FUNimation Entertainment released the first two films on DVD and Blu-ray in North America after screening them in some theaters. (ANN)

Supporting Cast Members for Berserk Ōgon Revealed

On Wednesday, the Cinema Topics Online website revealed the supporting cast for Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago, the first film in the three-part retelling of the Golden Age arc of Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga:

Yuuki Kaji as Judou
Minako Kotobuki as Rickert
Takahiro Fujiwara as Pippin
Yoshirou Matsumoto as Corkus
Kazuki Yao as Gaston
Aki Toyosaki as Charlotte
Rikiya Koyama as Julius/Adon
Kenta Miyake as Zodd

None of the new film's cast thus far had also performed in the same roles in the earlier Berserk television series. Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine already revealed the three members of the new film's main cast last month:

Guts: Hiroaki Iwanaga (Tomica Hero Rescue Force, Moyashimon, Kamen Rider OOO)
Griffith: Takahiro Sakurai (Toriko, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.)
Casca: Toa Yukinari (Grey's Anatomy dubbing, Naruto Shippūden)

Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago will open in Japan in January, and the next two films will follow afterwards. The staff intends to eventually adapt the entire story from the manga. (ANN)

Bakuman x Sket Dance Crossover Anime Episodes Planned

The 43rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that the Bakuman. anime and Sket Dance anime will collaborate for three crossover episodes.

Two episodes will run in October, and one will run in November, but no further details about the episodes' release dates or story have been announced. Weekly Shonen Jump will publish the next announcement, including information about the character or characters who will hold the key to the crossover, on October 24.

Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata have been serializing the Bakuman. manga about Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student who is persuaded to work towards becoming a manga creator by two classmates. Kenta Shinohara's Sket Dance manga revolves around several students in a high school who form the "Sket Group" to solve any trouble in the student body. Both manga run in Weekly Shonen Jump. The second anime season of Bakuman. premiered on Saturday on NHK's E-Tele channel, while the Sket Dance anime has been running on the TV Tokyo network since April.

Weekly Shonen Jump announced last month that two crossover episodes between Gintama and Sket Dance would air on September 26 and September 29. (ANN)