Bandai Namco Reveals English SAO Hollow Realization Trailer & Collectors’ Edition

Yesterday, on their American YouTube Channel Bandai Namco released the first English trailer for the upcoming PS4/Vita title, Sword Art Online Hollow Realization. The trailer in question is an English version of the third Japanese trailer, as none of the in game text has been translated yet. The game is set to come out sometime this fall, with no announcement yet as to whether this installment of the franchise will finally have an English dub or not. At the end of the trailer one can see an image of the PS4 Collectors’ Edition,…

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Azure Striker Gunvolt to Receive an Anime Adaptation

At Anime Expo on Sunday, during their panel developer, Inti Creates announced that they will be releasing an On Demand OVA series for their Nintendo 3DS title, Azure Striker Gunvolt (Armed Blue Gunvolt in Japan). The series is being produced by LandQ Studios and will be released this Winter 2016. Inti Creates has also stated they are interested in releasing the OVA on the Nintendo E-Shop. The series will be staffed by the following people/teams: Director/Storyboards/Producer: Yoshinori Odaka (Beyblade G-Revolution, Fullmetal Alchemist 2004 ver.) Script: Shigeru Murakoshi (Garo the Animation,…

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Crunchyroll to Begin Releasing Blu-Ray & DVDs

One of the major announcements from Crunchyroll this year’s Anime Expo, was the company has revealed that they will be distributing anime from their line up on Blu-Ray and DVD. Starting off this new business venture will be their distribution of the hit anime series Kabeneri of the Iron Fortress. They will be distributing their series in both a dub and sub format, as well with Kabeneri, they have acquired the rights to merchandise for the series. Here is a list of all the series they will be releasing in…

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Attack on Titan Season 2 Officially Announced

During a live event today, for Attack on Titan: Junior High an event attendee had released a Tweet explaining that, during the event, they began announcing information for the newest season of the series “Attack on Titan”. The series will be releasing next spring in 2017. The tweet is as followed: 【進撃祭 昼】二期キービジュアルと、2017春放送開始と発表!!内容は大型、鎧、エレン巨人、リヴァイ、ミカサ、アルミン(? ) 先生コメ「少し時間がかかってしまいましたが、その分クオリティと、計画性が高まっています。もう少しお待たせしますが、楽しみにしていてください 」 — 二個 (@izumi2co) July 3, 2016 The Tweet roughly translates as: “They just showed a presentation of season two, premiering spring of 2017! Details include Colossal and Armored Titans, Eren Titan, Levi, Mikasa, and…

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Crunchyroll Acquires Rights to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

During their Anime Expo panel, Crunchyroll announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to the critically acclaimed anime from 2010, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, both the English Dub and the Japanese Sub. No announcement yet, on when the series will be going live on the site, nor what territories it will be viewable to, as well as whether they’ll release the series in one drop or in multi-episode releases, but it will be releasing during the summer.   Source: Crunchyroll

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Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale Visuals & Promo Revealed

During Anime Expo 2017, Aniplex USA released new Visuals and a Promo for the upcoming 2017 film “Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale”. The visuals are drawn by character designer, Shingo Adachi, will be on bonus B2 Posters that will be offered with advanced tickets, which will be available on July 16 in Japan. Synopsis for the film: In 2026, two years since the SAO incident, a new game called “Oridinal Scale,” an Augmented-Reality MMO, is becoming popular among the players. But…strange things are happening in the game and Kirito and the…

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Bandai to Have a Gundam Toy Debut Event on LINE LIVE

On July 12th 2016, Bandai will be hosting an event on LINE LIVE that will be revealing a brand new toy-line for the “Mobile Suit Gundam” franchise. The event will be broadcasting at 2:00 PM JST, and will be hosted by Yuki Kuwahara and Sayaka Senbogi, the voice actresses of Cookie and Cracker from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Iron-Blooded Orphans. Along with this broadcast, LINE LIVE will be re-broadcasting the entirety of The Iron-Blooded Orphans in two episode intervals beginning at 4:30 PM JST starting July 10th. Source: Crunchyroll

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Crunchyroll to Stream Thunderbolt Fantasy

Crunchyroll recently announced that they will be streaming the Japanese/Taiwanese co-production series “Thunderbolt Fantasy”. The series is not an anime, but is instead a puppet show-like series, with writer Gen “The Urobutcher” Urobuchi involved in some fashion. No scheduled release date has been announced, but Crunchyroll will be streaming the series in all territories, but Asia.   Source: Crunchyroll

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