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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JAM Project Cosplays Madoka Magica?!

It seems that Puella Magi Madoka Magica's popularity has reached new heights! Recently, three members of the ever manly JAM Project posted themselves cosplaying as characters from the said anime! Wait, what?!

Hiroshi Kitadani (left) posted the picture in his blog along with fellow group members, Hironobu Kageyama (center) and Masaaki Endoh (right) which depicts them consplaying as Madoka Kanamer, Mami Tomoe and Homura Akemi, respectively. As for their fans who are worried about them, don't worry, they also cosplayed other characters.

Source: Hachima Kikō via Anime News Network

OOO Net Movie All Stars - Kamen Rider Fourze

Here's the second known uploaded Net Movie Kamen Rider OOO All Stars: The 21 Leading Actors and Core Medals which features Dr. Maki examining the Fourze Driver and its Astro Switches!


Note, the video has captions so you know what is happening in this video.

Maaya Sakamoto & Kenichi Suzumura, Now Married

It's been announced that singer/voice actress Maaya Sakamoto (Evangelion, Ouran High School Host Club, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Escaflowne, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children) and voice actor Kenichi Suzumura (Kamen Rider Den-O, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, D.Gray-man, Ouran High School Host Club, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children) got married on August 8th.

Sakamoto stated, "In my life, I’ve always prioritized what I love, what made me happy and comfortable, and tied them to my future. Therefore, even with marriage, it’s something I wanted from the bottom of my heart, so I responded to those feelings." She continued, "When I’m with Mr. Suzumura, I feel calm. He is a kind person. For me to sing, act, and live as myself from here on, it’s hopeful to have a reliable partner by my side. Please watch over us warmly."

Meanwhile, Suzumura commented, "I am given strength to be with a woman that’s full of intelligence and energy. I’m already a merry person, but I laugh even more with her. She is an irreplaceable person who I love to spend time with."

He also wrote, "It’s been 17 years since I started voice acting. With this work, it is necessary to have many feelings. The moment my heart is moved in my day-to-day life turn to provisions, and it changes my expressions. I am certain that my new life will bring more provisions. What kind of things are awaiting me? What kind of expressions and emotions will I encounter? For a happy future, I will do my best to live as myself. I will do my best to deliver that happiness to someone with my expressions."

To those who still don't have the idea who they are, to put it simply, Aerith and Zack of Final Fantasy VII got married, or Lunamaria and Shinn of Gundam SEED got married and to Ouran High fans, Haruhi married Hikaru! From all of us here, congratulations!

Source: natalie via tokyohive, MyAnimeList for the voice actor info (link 1, link 2)

K-ON! the Movie's Basic Story Premise Revealed!

Pony Canyon's PR representative, Teppei Nojima who uses the Twitter account, @nojitetsu reveals in his account the basic premise of the upcoming K-ON! the Movie, and it seems that the girls are taking a trip outside Japan!

In the movie, the girls of Ho-kago Tea Time will have a graduation trip abroad to England, United Kingdom. To those who don't have an idea on what is that place, this is were the Queen lives, the Beatles originated and that country loves tea. Guess the girls will not have a hard time adjusting! It was earlier revealed that the movie will have an original story.

K-ON! the Movie premieres this December 3rd in Japan.

Source: Anime News Network, MyAnimeList

Kamen Rider Fourze Opening Theme, Confirmed

The name of Kamen Rider Fourze's theme song is now confirmed! Amazon Japan lists the single called, "Switch On!" under Kamen Rider Fourze. The single is to be released this October 26th.

Currently, there is no artist listed to sing the theme song, but it is rumored that Janne Da Arc's vocalist solo project, Acid Black Cherry will sing the theme song. To those who don't have the idea about their music, here's their song, Re: birth which was used as the theme song for the game, Another Century's Episode: R. Enjoy awesome mecha fights as this song is being played.


Acid Black Cherry is currently signed with the music label, Avex the music label that is responsible for recording most of the Kamen Rider songs in the past few years. Now you know why Gackt was able to sing for Kamen Rider!

Source: alternate-zer0 of HJU, LukaMillfy of HJU

Aya Hirano Leaves her Agency

Voice actress and musician Aya Hirano's agency, Spacecraft Entertainment has confirmed that she is leaving the agency as of August 20th. She is best known for her roles in anime, namely, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Haruhi Suzumiya which catapulted her to fame, Lucky Star's Konata Izumi and recently, Fairy Tail's Lucy Heartfillia.

The official Aya Hirano fan club, Aya Dama, will cease its operations on August 20. The club already stopped processing new applications or membership renewals on July 31. There is no word on Hirano's activities after her departure from Spacecraft Entertainment.

So what will happen to Aya Hirano's career now that she left her agency? Will she have new roles in anime after this fiasco? That is for us to find out in the near future.

Source: Natalie via Anime News Network Facebook

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable Update

We have previously reported that Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable for the PSP is on the works and recently, Famitsu posted screens and additional details about the game! In the addition, the official website for the game is now open.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable is an adventure/dungeon RPG game being developed by Bandai Namco Games in collaboration with Nitro+. The producers are Yusuke Tomizawa (God Eater) and Nitro+'s Yoshinao Doi (Steins;Gate). Anime scenario writer Gen Urobuchi is credited with project assistance and scenario supervision. SHAFT is in charge of animation production for the game while Gekidan Inukare are credited with design assistance for the witch designs they are providing for the game.

Adventure Mode

Dungeon Mode

The adventure part of the game is where the story progresses and where you talk to the characters in fully voiced scenes as you make choices on the map, leading you to the 3D dungeon RPG part where you take your magical girl(s) and take down the witch and her familiars.

The story is based on the anime, but also contains parts that were not in the anime, including a new witch. Depending on choices in game, there are multiple scenarios and multiple endings. Some situations may have possible outcomes which differ from that of the anime.

There are two new transformation scenes being animated by SHAFT for the game in addition to other scenes from the anime which will be included. One is for Madoka, which was not shown in the anime, and a new one for Homura while wearing glasses.

The game will be released March 15th, 2012 in Regular Contract Pack for 6480 yen that contains the game and a DVD with the same contents from the Blu-ray Edition. The game is also available in Limited Contract Box for 11900 yen.

The edition 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. Pre-orders for this release is now available on Play-Asia!

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.

Source: Famitsu via Crunchyroll News

Usagi Drop 03-05 – Father (?) and Daughter Moments

I can't believe that Daikichi is slowly becoming quite a believable father to Rin! Anyways, in these three episodes, Rin finally enters a proper kindergarten school and made some friends while Daikichi makes a life long career related decision for the sake of Rin.

The past two episodes of the series basically shows Daikichi slowly adjusting into becoming Rin's sorta adoptive father and gathers clues regarding Rin's mother to find out the reason on why she decided to abandon her at the first place. If there is one thing I observed about Rin is that she is now used to Daikichi's family and that she is now more open to them, especially Daikichi's mother. Also, she starts making a lot of friends in her school.

More on Daikichi, he decided to be moved into a different department so that he will have enough time to spend for Rin. I find his move quite admirable as it is pretty rare for a parent to ask his boss to move him in a different department for the sake of his child, what more if that child is just someone he took care of because of his dead grandfather?

Now to episode 5 in which we meet Makoto, Rin's mother who is a manga artist and based on one short scene, a quite popular too. Based on her actions when she talked with Daikichi, she is the kind of mother who slightly cares about her child. The only sign of affection she gave regarding Rin is that she doesn't want her to be teased by her classmates because she doesn't have the same family name like that of his guardian, and that's about it. This led to Daikichi having plans on formally adopting Rin because he now cares for her like she is his own daughter or something along those lines.

In addition, the entire episode has this same warm feeling that the first episode had in regards with the interactions between Rin and Daikichi, from Daikichi asking Rin if she wants to adopt his family name till Rin’s graduation from kindergarten. It was sweet and I can’t wait to see how Daikichi would raise Rin into a fine woman that her mother says she was, even if she is not his daughter by name.

Kamen Rider Kabuto English Dubbed Series

Almost two years ago, the 7th entry to the Heisei Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Kabuto aired in the Philippines on Cartoon Network and was dubbed in English. During its run here in the Philippines, a man uploaded episodes of the series in his Multiply account before it was taken down.

I was able to track down the guy and talked about him re-uploading the series even just a few episodes per day. He agreed, and here are the Kabuto episodes in English to those interested. To those who are wondering who is that guy, he goes under the alias, theSandies.

WATCH: Episode 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49

Also, to those who are asking for download links, ReD-X of HJU has put up a thread where you can find the episodes. You can visit it here.

UPDATE 1 (8/6/11): The uploader a couple of weeks ago went on vacation. Sorry to those who waited for the weekly re-release. Here's eps 7-10 for now. In these episodes, the first TheBee makes his debut... and so does the kitchen battles.

UPDATE 2 (8/8/11): Now with eps 11-20!
UPDATE 3 (8/12/11): Now with eps 21-30 halfway done!

Kamen Rider OOO WONDERFUL OST - Rocket Rider

As we all know, Kamen Rider Fourze first made his appearance on Kamen Rider OOO WONDERFUL Shogun and 21 Medals movie last August 6th and along with its release is the release of the official OST. Here is Kamen Rider Fourze's theme during the movie entitled, Rocket Rider which gives us a hint on how the music of the actual show will be.


This. This is glorious. The music fits well with the show's space-theme and it sounds like some song coming from a Daft Punk album... and I love Daft Punk!

GokaiRed Gold Mode in DiceOh Action!

Here's GokaiRed Gold Mode in action as seen in DiceOh Arcade game. It is not sure if we will see GokaiRed wearing GokaiSilver's Gold Mode armor in the main series. The video also features GokaiSilver in action.


Too bad, GokaiRed Gold Mode wasn't seen using the Gokai Legend Dream finisher in this video.

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.

Bakemonogatari - NicoNico Douga's Best Anime of the 21st Century

Nisio Isin's Bakemonogatari tops ranking of NicoNico Douga's Best Anime of the 21st Century. Rankings are based on combination of "title/production/story power," "character power" and "anime music power." Anime included in the top 50 were the ff:

2. Clannad
3. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
4. AIR
5. Angel Beats!
6. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
7. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
8. Ano Hi Mita Hana
9. Toradora!
10. K-ON!
11. To Aru Majutsu no Index
12. Fullmetal Alchemist
13. Lucky Star
14. Code Geass
15. Steins;Gate
16. Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
17. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
18. Macross F
19. Natsume’s Book of Friends
20. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
21. Ore no Imouto
22. Gintama
23. Hayate no Gotoku
24. Minamike
25. Full Metal Panic
26. Eureka Seven
27. Shakugan no Shana
28. Spirited Away
29. Grave of the Fireflies
30. Sora no Otoshimono
31. Working!!
32. Gurren Lagann
33. Ghost in the Shell
34. Fate stay/night
35. Infinite Stratos
36. Rozen Maiden
37. Amagami SS
38. One Piece
39. Seitokai no Ichizon
40. Aria
41. Garei Zero
42. Gundam Seed
43. Durarara!!
44. Naruto
45. Zero no Tsukaima
46. Milky Holmes
47. Hanasaku Iroha
48. Tiger & Bunny
49. Shinryaku! Ika Musume
50. Sousei no Aquarion

Do you agree on what the NicoNico users chose? I am kinda surprised that either One Piece or Bleach were part of the top 50 list.

Source: NicoNico Douga via Sankaku Complex

Gundam AGE Begins this October 9th!

The official site of the latest addition to the long running Gundam franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE confirms the official air date of the series! The new series will be airing on MBS・TBS on October 9th at 5:00pm.


The new series will have three generations of "father, child, and descendant" as the lead characters. The main characters pilot the Gundam unit to fight against an unknown attacking enemy (UE) and save Earth in a "One Hundred Year War" — an apparent homage to the One Year War of the first Gundam series. The series takes place in the A.G. aka Advance Generation timeline.

Source: alafista

Code Geass GAIDEN to Air this Winter?

We have previously reported that Sunrise's Masayuki Ozaki aims that the new Code Geass series, Code Geass GAIDEN: The Ruined Land of Akito to be released next year. Recently, toy retailer Mega House hints that the said series will be released Winter this year!

In their website, they feature of a figure of Lelouch Vi Britannia's appearance at the near end of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 and placed a not that the demand of this figure will increase once the new Code Geass series will hit this Winter.

Code Geass GAIDEN: The Ruined Land of Akito is set on the same Code Geass universe except it won't star Lelouch. The story is set in Europe where a Knightmare Unit of Zone Eleven boys and girls must rescue allies left behind on the battlefield.

The director is Kazuki Akane (The Vision of Escaflowne, Noein - to your other self), Shigeru Morita (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Blood+) and Takahiro Kimura once again adapting CLAMP's original character designs for animation, and Akira Yasuda returns to design the mechanical Knightmare units.

Source: Crunchyroll News, MyAnimeList

Madoka Magica Portable PSP Game Announced!

The 500th issue of Dengeki PlayStation magazine will announce that Puella Magi Madoka Magica will have an adventure dungeon role-playing game for the PSP and it set to be released this March 15, 2012!

Yusuke Tomizawa (God Eater) and Yoshinao Doi (Steins;Gate, Madoka Magica) are producing the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable game, and the anime's head writer Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero) is collaborating on the project's planning and supervising the scenario. Bandai Namco Games will publish this new game while studio SHAFT will be in-charge with the animation like they did with the original anime.

It is rumored that the game will feature new witches, Mami having new special attacks and the first person is not Madoka Kaname, the protagonist of the original anime.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable will be released in Standard Editions priced at 6480 yen and Limited Editions which includes a Figma, handkerchief, illustration collection and much more freebies priced at 11900 yen.

Source: Yaraon! via Anime News Network, moetron, MyAnimeList

Mega Man - Still Important to Capcom

After the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 and Mega Man not being part of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, many fans wondered if Capcom will put the Mega Man brand to rest. Recently, Capcom's Christian Svensson answered during a video Q & A all the questions that bothering fans regarding Mega Man.

"Oh, absolutely not. The frustrating thing for me is I have nothing I can hold up and say, ‘Oh, here’s this other Mega Man thing’. Absolutely, we have other things… Mega Man is a very important brand to Capcom. We get questions [like] ‘Are you guys trying to kill the brand?’

"No, absolutely not. It will continue to be a very important brand for us. I wish I had something I could hold and display for you that that’s the case, but I don’t right now. But super, super important to us; I do want to express that."

He also answered the question regarding the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3, he says, "The decision was not made lightly. Certainly, we knew there would be a lot of upset people and in spite of that, we still had to make that decision. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about you at all. I unfortunately can’t get into the details of it, but it was not a decision that was made lightly and I can tell you that no one is happy about that decision, but it was a decision that had to be made."

Source: Capcom Unity via Siliconera

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger 23 – Peoples’ Lives Are the Future of the Earth

Also known as Fabulous Basco IV: Basco and Friends! In this episode, for the first time, Gai wasn’t able to figure out what Navi is talking about and now becomes part of the team’s biweekly routine of aimlessly looking for the Grand Power. Asides from Basco’s return, this episode contains many girl power moments.

Many fans wondered why Luka was so protective towards Ahim that it later led to shipping called, Luka x Ahim. This episode cleared that misconception that Luka is tomboy for Ahim, turned out that she has a little sister (sona ka ono hajimaite…) named Fia and she wasn’t able to bring her to a doctor when she was sick, and thus psychology wise, she instead carry her emotions of guilt by being overprotective towards Ahim. Speaking of which, the episode also serves as Ahim’s character development episode as she tries to prove in front of Luka that she is not her little sister that she is some pirate princess.

Compared to the other girl power episodes that I watched, it was not that impressive but it was not that bad. I just loved that they transformed into various sibling related Sentai teams (namely, Magiranger, Fiveman and GoGo V), but it wasn’t that it didn’t sold me less the Fiveman Gokai Change in which I suddenly remembered my old crush, Five Yellow or was it Pink. And the last Magiranger Gokai Change, boy, Ahim proves that she is indeed a Pink Ranger!

For the actual tribute itself, it never felt like a GoGo V tribute in my opinion, sure, we have Matsuri aka Go Pink but she does not have that impact of a mentor figure compared to her brothers, especially if we are talking about Matoi. I mean, she was just… there and didn’t give anything special to the episode asides from her presence and saying the episode title! Remove Matsuri out of the picture, and it would be one average filler episode. Also, the “sibling plot” felt a bit advance in some point since I find it best if they just use that plot in the Fiveman tribute.

As for the GoGo V Gokai Change, I knew it, Gai’s imagination can’t create a Go Titanium/Go Silver/Titanium Ranger/Insert Name of Possible Japanese name of Titanium Ranger here Ranger Key! I mean, he is a Sentai fan and doesn’t watch Power Rangers, so yeah. Now back to the fight, I just love that the GoGo V theme being played in the background, it adds a heroic feel in the battle that they should save the Earth and save lives because they are the Rescue Sentai GoGo V. As for the GoGo V Grand Power, understandable since Victory Robo’s main body base is a fire truck, so I am not surprised that the GokaiOh will have water hoses attached to its body.

Now to Basco, I just loved that he tries other approaches in getting the Grand Powers. If doing a direct approach won’t work, then do an indirect one and fool the enemy that Zangyack is the one responsible for it! Lastly, I just love his choice for Ranger Keys this time! I mean, Rio and Mele had long history of being the bad guys before helping the Gekirangers fight Long at the show’s last 3-5 episodes and prior to that, they occasionally helped the Gekirangers if they have no other options left, like when they were transported to Hong Kong or when they were transported back in the past. As for the use of Zubaan… well, my only memory about the guy is him forcing himself to be Boukenger’s Seventh Ranger and if you consider Power Rangers, him being hammy most of the time.

Special thanks to That Chick's That Toku Blog for the images, been busy lately so I wasn't able to get my own screencaps.