Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable PSP Promo

The first promo of the upcoming Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable game for the PSP has been released in their official website! The promo features the gameplay, and the new animation sequences made especially for the game.


The game is available in Regular Contract Pack for 6480 yen that contains the game and a DVD with the same contents from the Blu-ray Edition and is also available in Limited Contract Box.

The Limited Contract Box is available for 11900 yen it contains the game, Madoka Kaname Figma School Uniform Version, a special Blu-ray Disc, a Kyubey-shaped pouch, HomuHomu handkerchief, a special clear card and a box illustrated by SHAFT and this version will be limited to the number of orders received.

And to those who will pre-order either of the two editions, you will receive a bonus film strip of the newly created transformations scenes for the game and a custom PSP theme code. Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable is to be released this March 15, 2012 for the PSP.

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Kamen Rider Ganbaride Game Featuring Fourze!

Here's the latest Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride 01 game which features Kamen Rider Fourze and most importantly, the gameplay for the game and the sound effects of the Astro Switches.


The entire commercial was narrated by Nobuyuki Hiyama (Highschool of the Dead's Kouta Hirano) who is also Kamen Rider Fourze's show narrator. The commercial features the new features of the game, such as the triple tag team feature and Fourze's Switches in action. It also features new cards in the form of OOO Burakawani Combo and Agito Shining Form.

Negima & Hayate the Combat Butler Movie Trailer

The official website for the double-billed Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final and Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven is a Place on Earth films began streaming a new combined full trailer of the movie.


More details about the films, here. Even both films are published in different magazines, this double-billing was made possible since both shows aired at the same TV station. Both films will open on August 27.

Kamen Rider OOO x Fourze Movie Wars Teaser

The first teaser of the upcoming Kamen Rider OOO x Fourze Movie Wars movie has been released. The film is said to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the franchise is set for a December release.


Is it me or it seems that Movie Wars is now an official Toei movie tradition similar to Sentai's Versus movies. It is said that the film will be released this December 10th.

Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross Game Trailer

The first trailer of the upcoming Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger game, Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross has been released! The trailer also features a gameplay video which features this game's Musou-style gameplay. The trailer also reveals that the Go-Ongers and the Shinkengers will use voice actors for their voices and not the actual actors.


In the game, the Gokaigers will fight a villain made for this game called, Devil Jark which will stop them to obtain the "greatest treasure of the universe." Asides from the Gokaigers, you can use four other teams; namely: Goseiger, Shinkenger, Go-Onger and Goranger. Players first fight the villain on foot and if you have already beaten it, you must fight his giant form with your team's mecha.

Super Sentai Battle: Ranger Cross will be released this September 8th for the Nintendo Wii.

The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra Trailer

The trailer of the much awaited sequel of the highly popular Nicktoon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra has surfaced the web after it was first seen on the San Diego Comic-Con!


The series planned to run for 26 episodes and it centers the new Avatar, Korra. After the conclusion of the War, Aang and Zuko brought people from the four nations together and founded United Republic, a large "metropolis powered by steampunk-type technology" such as cars and motorcycles. Aang and Katara had three children, the youngest (and only Airbender) of which is Tenzin. Meanwhile, Toph Bei Fong travelled extensively to teach Metalbending.

An anti-Bending movement called, "Equalists", who oppose the art of bending, utilize techniques such as chi-blocking to further their goals of revolution, led by Oman. Korra must fight rampant crime and the anti-bender revolt, assisted by two brothers, Mako, a Firebender, and Bolin, an Earthbender. She is also joined by her animal guide, Naga, and the Metalbending police force of United Republic, who are led by Toph's daughter.

Source: Avatar Wikia

Gokaiger Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship Special ED 3

Here is another Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's special ending sequence which featured clips for the upcoming Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship which will premiere on August 6th in Japan. The new ending sequence was first seen on the show's 22th Episode entitled, "A Promise on a Shooting Star."


In The Flying Ghost Ship, the Gokaigers are looking for the unbelievable treasure, the "God Eye." Searching for it, they boarded a ghost ship owned by the Ghost Captain, Los Dark and are forced to battle. Marvelous and the other 4 Gokaigers are left in hell!

In the latest preview, we saw the Gokaigers transformed into the Gorangers and had a baseball match with Baseball Mask. Also, we also saw them pranced into Battle Fever J and used their finisher, Penta Force. I wonder if they did the extremely awkward pose before executing it? Lastly, the G3 Princess cheering on our heroes!

Asides from that, the preview for the next episode entitled, "Peoples' Lives are the Future of the World" was seen. Navi tells them to that, "kindness will lead to a meeting." Luka and Ahim who are out in town meet the paramedic, Matsuri Tatsumi, the former Go Pink of GoGo-V. In front of this veteran woman soldier, Luka and Ahim try and impress! Basco also makes his return as he summon Rio, Mele and Zubaan to fight the girls! His monster, Firedroid Meran, later appears!

The episode features GokaiYellow and GokaiPink transforming into a group of sibling related warriors. Namely, MagiYellow and MagiPink, Five Yellow and Five Pink and lastly, Go Yellow and Go Pink.

Time Judged All, Reverse/Re:Birth & Kamen Rider Samba Music Video Preview Streamed

The the preview for the two new Kamen Rider OOO music videos, Time Judged All, Reverse/Re:Birth and Let's Hold Hands ~ Matsuken x Kamen Rider Samba ~ has been released! Time Judged All is part of Kamen Rider OOO Full Combo Collection CD and Reverse/Re:Birth will be both released on July 27th while Kamen Rider Samba will be released this August 3rd.

Time Judged All is sung by Shu Watanabe and Ryousuke Miura who plays Eiji Hino and Ankh. The song will be part of the Kamen Rider OOO Full Combo Collection CD which contains full versions of the various Combo themes and OOO Putotyra Combo's theme, POWER to TEARER and OOO Shauta Combo's theme, Shout Out.


Kamen Rider OOO Full Combo Collection will be released on both CD-only Regular Edition and CD+DVD Limited Edition, which includes the Time Judged All music video. Pre-order now at CDJapan and get a free poster while supplies last.

Kamen Rider Birth's character song, Reverse/Re:Birth is sung by Hiroaki Iwanaga and Asaya Kamijima which played Akira Date and Shitaro Gotou who both carried the mantle of Kamen Rider Birth. The music video also features Mayuko Arsue who plays Erika Satonaka.


Reverse/Re:Birth will be available in both CD+DVD Limited Edition and CD only regular version. Pre-order now at CDJapan and get a free Ganbaride Card while supplies last. It will be released on July 27th.


Let's Hold Hands ~ Matsuken x Kamen Rider Samba ~ sung by Ken Matsudaira, with Shu Watanabe and Ryosuke Miura and this is the theme song for Kamen Rider OOO WONDERFUL Shogun and 21 Medals movie which will air in Japan this August 7th.


Let's Hold Hands ~ Matsuken x Kamen Rider Samba ~ will be available in two versions: CD Only Regular Edition and CD+DVD, which includes the song's music video. It will be released on August 3rd. Pre-order now at CDJapan and get a free poster as a bonus while supplies last.

UPDATE: Reverse/Re:Birth Added.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Announced!

CAPCOM has just recently announced Ultimate Marvel vs. CAPCOM 3 in Japan and in the US in November for both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360! The new game is an upgraded version of the original Marvel vs. CAPCOM 3, which was released in Japan and in the United States in February.

Asides from the original roster of characters from the previous game, the new game will include 12 new characters, including the returning Strider Hiryu and Firebrand on the CAPCOM side, and Ghost Rider and Hawkeye on the Marvel side.


GAMPLAY TRAILERS: Strider vs. Ghost Rider | Hawkeye vs. Strider | Ghost Rider vs. Firebrand | Firebrand vs. Hawkeye

Some characters will also be available for download, namely Jill and Shuma-Gorath bringing to the total playable characters to 50. The game will retail for 4,990 yen (about US$63) in Japan and US$39.99 in America.

The game will also include 8 new stages, as well as a spectator mode, allowing players to watch live online matches.

Source: Famitsu via Ore-teki Game Sokuhō@Jin via Anime News Network

Voltron: The Game Trailer

IGN has just recently started streaming THQ's Voltron: The Game on YouTube and its official website. The game is based on the adaptation of Toei's Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV called, Voltron: Defenders of the Universe which ran for 124 episodes.


In Voltron: The Game a user can play the game solo, or a team of up to five online players can play simultaneously or two players can cooperate offline. Each Lion has its own strengths, resistances, and elemental attacks. When formed as Voltron, players will have to work together to wield his enormous sword.

The game will include clips from the animated series and recreate some big moments that fans should recognize like the discovery of the lions and the first formation of Voltron. It's described as an action adventure game.

Voltron: The Game will be released this October 25th on the Playstation Network and the following day on Xbox Live Arcade. The game cost $10.

Source: Hachima Kikō via Anime News Network, IGN

Gundam: New Gihren's Ambition PSP Trailer

The official website for Mobile Suit Gundam: New Gihren's Ambition has just released the the latest promo for the game in 500Kbps or 1Mbsps bandwidth. The game will ship for the PSP on August 25 for 6,280 yen (about US$79).


In this update to the venerable Gihren's Ambition line of Gundam games, the player can choose to control a mobile suit on the battlefield as a pilot (Amuro — first Gundam or Char's Counterattack version, Quess, Char, or Gaia), lead a unit as a commander (Char, Dozle, or Tianem), or oversee an entire force as a supreme commander (Gihren or Revil).

In addition to covering earlier Gundam titles such as the first Gundam anime and Char's Counterattack, the new game will cover Mobile Suit Gundam UC.

Source: Ore-Teki Game Sokuhō@Jin via Anime News Network

Kamen Rider Ganbaride Trailer... with Fourze!

We have previously reported that Kamen Rider Fourze's Astro Switches will replace Kamen Rider OOO's O-Medals for the Ganbaride game and just recently, the first promo video for the new and improved Kamen Rider Ganbaride game has been revealed!


Asides from the use of the Astro Switches you can now have 3 vs. 3 fights! In the trailer, we saw Kamen Rider 1, OOO and W versus Rising Ultimate Kuuga, Shadow Moon and Shocker Rider in which at the end, our heroes won. At the end of the video, they revealed how Fourze will look like in the game and the new Ganbaride machine during Fourze's duration.

All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation Latest Trailer

The official website for the upcoming Nintendo DS game, All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation (オール仮面ライダー　ライダージェネレーション) has just updated with their second promo video which features all the Riders that will appear in the game (less Birth) along with their respective finishers!


All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation is in celebration for Kamen Rider's 40th Anniversary. It is a side scrolling action game which features all Kamen Riders from Rider 1 to OOO, with the addition of Kamen Rider Birth. You can choose 2 of your favorite Kamen Rider and go through familiar stages and fight the various enemies throughout the 25 series.


All Kamen Rider Generation will be released August 4, 2011 for 5040 yen. A limited edition containing 28 different slip-on covers of different Riders for the game (printed across both sides of 14 sheets) will also be available.

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Tiger & Bunny Second Half Trailer

With Tiger & Bunny ending its first half last week, the third promo for the series has been released which includes mostly old footage and at the near end, some new footage and the new opening theme for the series.


The second half of the series takes place 10 months after the defeat of the famed NEXT, Jake Martinez by Barnaby Brooks, Jr. Now the duo being tagged as the "Super Tag Team" of the Hero World, they will face new obstacles, growing fame, new heroes, and new powers?!

The second half of Tiger & Bunny begins this July 3rd!

Negima & Hayate the Combat Butler Movie Teaser

The official website for the double-billed Negima Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final and Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven is a Place on Earth films began streaming a combined teaser trailer.

The producers also posted the list of theaters screening the double-billing throughout Japan and revealed the flyer that they started distributing on the same day to those theaters. The films will open together on August 27th.

Akiyuki Shinbo (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei) is returning to direct the Negima film at Studio Pastoral and SHAFT. The scriptwriter for the film has not been announced, but manga creator Ken Akamatsu is credited with the original story.


First-time director Hideto Komori (animation director of Darker than BLACK, Ergo Proxy, House of Five Leaves) is helming the Hayate the Combat Butler film at the studio Manglobe (The World God Only Knows). Yasuko Kobayashi (Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Den-O, Casshern Sins, Claymore, Shakugan no Shana) is scripting.

Even if both films were originally published in different magazines, they both aired in the same TV station, making this double-billing possible.

Source: Moon Phase via Anime News Network

Naruto Shippuden: Blood Prison Latest Trailer

The official website of the Naruto films has been revamped with the latest 92-second full trailer and 32-second teaser trailers for the eight overall Naruto film, Naruto Shippuden: Blood Prison. Below is the 92-second trailer.


After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as the Blood Prison.

Mui, the castle master, uses the ultimate imprisonment technique to steal power from the prisoners, which is when Naruto notices his life has been targeted. Thus begins the battle to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murders and prove Naruto's innocence.

Masahiko Murata is directing the film, with Akira Higashiyama writing the script. Tetsuya Nishio, Hirofumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yamashita, and Koji Yabuno are listed as character designers, while Yasuharu Takanashi and yaiba is composing the film's music. The film will open in theaters in Japan on July 30.

Source: Saishin Anime Jōhō via Anime News Network

Super Sentai 199 Movie's Final Trailer!

Even if the movie has just aired in theatres and debuted 2nd during its first week, prior to the airing of Gokaiger - Goseiger - Super Sentai: 199 Hero Great Battle, a new trailer has surfaced online and it has a lot of interesting new scenes!


The trailer features a closer look on the film's giant battle and GokaiSilver's cameo appearance! For more movie spoilers about the movie, you can check this post and if you want a less spoiler-ish version, you can check this post.

Usagi Drop Anime Promo

The website for Kanta Kamei and Production I.G's anime adaptation of Yumi Unita's Usagi Drop manga began streaming its first promo. The anime will premiere in Fuji TV's Noitamina block on Thursday, July 7 at 24:25.


In the story, 30-year-old bachelor Daikichi (Hiroshi Tsuchida) discovers a little girl named Rin (Ayu Matsuura) in his grandfather's garden while at his grandfather's funeral. Rin is the 6-year-old illegitimate daughter of Daikichi's grandfather, and Daikichi decides to take her in when no one in the family accepts the responsibility. A live-action film based on the manga is set to be released soon.

Power Rangers Samurai Wii & NDS Game Trailer

The first trailer of the newest Power Rangers game to hit the Nintendo Wii and DS, Power Rangers Samurai has just been released which is set to be released this holiday season and will be published by Bandai Namco games.


Based on the current Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Samurai it will let fans wield the Samuraizer to master the elements of Fire, Water, Sky, Forest, and Earth as they morph into Red, Blue, Pink, Green, or Yellow Rangers. Martial arts training and fitness combined with team based battles teach the importance of team work, friendship, and responsibility to battle hordes of Nighlok monsters.

Players can also unlock secret passageways, access hidden levels, and get hints on how to defeat the armies of evil while collecting enough Zords to gain the Samurai Megazord needed to take down the MegaMonster once and for all.

Source: Gamesutra, TheGamersHub via Henshin Grid

Kamen Rider OOO & Gokaiger Summer Movie Trailer Released

The very first actual trailer for the upcoming Kamen Rider OOO and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Summer Movies has been released! Both films will air this August 6th.

Kamen Rider OOO the Movie: WONDERFUL Shogun and 21 Core Medals, Kougami revives Gara, an ancient alchemist who is believe to have created the Core Medals and wants to be the "king of the world." It's up to Eiji and the gang to defeat her using the "lost medals" also known as the BuraKaWani Combo.


Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship, Marvelous and Company embarks on a journey to get the treasure on the ghost pirate ship. In their adventure, they meet a horde of past Sentai grunts, GouJyuJin fights an evil GokaiOh and the captain of the ghost ship, a creepy ghost.