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The Cat Returns Heads to U.S. Theaters on June 26 & 27

  Good deeds can have surprisingly cat-astrophic results, or at least that's the premise in The Cat Returns, a 2002 theatrical anime film from director Hiroyuki Morita and the animators of Studio Ghibli, which heads back to U.S. theaters on June 26 & 27, 2022, via GKIDS and Fathom Events as part of their Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 programming. The Cat Returns will screen as follows at select theaters:

  Sunday, June 26, 2022 - 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM Local Time (English Dubbed)

Monday, June 27, 2022 - 7:00 PM Local Time (Japanese with Subtitles)

    RELATED: GKIDS and Fathom Events Reveal Lineup for Studio Ghibli Fest 2022

  GKIDS describes the story of The Cat Returns as follows:

  In this sequel to Whisper of the Heart, a quiet suburban schoolgirl, Haru, is pitched into a fantastical feline world and must find her inner strength to make her way back home. Walking with her friend after a dreary day at school, Haru eyes a cat with a small gift box in its mouth attempting to cross a busy street. The cat fumbles the package in the middle of the road as a truck is rapidly bearing down. Haru manages to scoop the cat away to safety. To her amazement, the cat then gets up on its hind legs, brushes itself off, and thanks her very politely.

  Strange behavior indeed, but this is nothing compared to what happens later that evening when the King of Cats shows up in a feline motorcade replete with vassals, maidens, and even Secret Service cats. In a show of gratitude for saving his son’s life, the king cat showers Haru with gifts – including a large supply of individually wrapped live mice – and decrees that she shall marry the cat prince and come to live as a princess in the secret Kingdom of Cats.

    For more information, including theaters and ticket sales, please visit the official Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 and Fathom Events event pages for The Cat Returns.

  Source: Official press release

  Copyright notice: © 2002 Nekonote-Do - Studio Ghibli - NDHMT

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: Paul Chapman

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Jump+ Manga Otodokemono Gets Tales of the Unusual TV Segment

  It's going to be a spooky summer, because Otodokemono ("Delivery Service"), a one-shot supernatural suspense manga by Okusutsuneharu about a couple that gets more than they bargain for when they become dependent on a mysterious smartphone delivery app, is being adapted into a live-action film segment that will air on Fuji TV as part of the Tales of the Unusual Summer `22 Special Edition TV program.

  The original Otodokemono manga is published on Shueisha's Jump+ digital manga service, and it won 2nd place in the "Strange Manga Award" competition hosted by Shueisha and Tales of the Unusual in September of 2021. The story follows Takuya Yamanabe, a web designer, and Yukari Yamanabe, a nurse, as they grow increasingly dependent on a strange smart phone app that promises to deliver anything within a matter of mere moments.

  RELATED: Tales of the Unusual TV Drama Gets Spooky with Haunted DQII Story

  The cast for Otodokemono includes:

  Hiromitsu Kitayama (Kis-My-Ft2) as Takuya Yamanabe.

Fujiko Kojima as Yukari Yamanabe.

Hina Higuchi (Nogizaka46) as the Delivery Woman.

Toshiki Ayata as Yoshio Tsukamoto.

and Others.

  The Otodokemono segment is written by Yahito Araki and directed by Masato Fuchigami. It will broadcast on the Fuji TV network as part of the Tales of the Unusual Summer `22 Special Edition TV program, which runs from 21:00 - 23:10 on Saturday, June 18, 2022.

  Source: Comic Natalie

  Copyright notice: © Fuji TV

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

By: Paul Chapman

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Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium Gets 3rd TV Anime in 2024, Theatrical OVA in 2023

  The music continues to ring out with two new Sound! Euphonium anime in the works to be released in 2023 and 2024. At an event for the Kyoto Animation-produced series tonight in Uji, the studio revealed that not only will the third TV anime series be coming in 2024, but ahead of then, a theatrical OVA will be released in 2023 based on the "Ensemble Contest Arc." A teaser video was released for the announcement.

    The Sound! Euphonium theatrical OVA, which is set to be screened in limited theaters across Japan, will also be released around the same time on Blu-ray in Japan. The third season was previously confirmed to be set in Kumiko's third year of school, with our floofy protagonist as one of the senior students in the Kitauji High School Concert Band.

  RELATED: The Band's All Here in New Key Visual for Sound! Euphonium

  The original Sound! Euphonium novels are published in Japan by Takarajimasha under their Takarajimasha Bunko imprint, and an English language version is also available from Yen Press. The first two seasons of Sound! Euphonium is directed by Tatsuya Ishihara at Kyoto Animation with Naoko Yamada chief directing the series and directing the spin-off film Liz and the Blue Bird. Both the series' and films feature animation produced at Kyoto Animation.

  Crunchyroll currently streams seasons 1 and 2 of Sound! Euphonium, describing the story as such:

  Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school. 

  Source: Sound! Euphonium on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

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Madoka and Her Magical Girl Friends Get Their Summer Wishes Granted in Don Quijote Collab

  After the whirlwind finale of Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story in April, the original magical girls of Puella Magi Madoka Magica are hanging up their powers to soak up some fun in the summer sun in a collaboration with the Japanese discount chain Don Quijote.

  A new visual of Mami, Homura, Madoka, Sayaka and Kyoko in their beach attire was released (and can be seen above), which inspires a range of goods featuring the characters that are available in Don Quijote stores all over Japan.

    ✨発売決定✨ ドン・キホーテ×「#魔法少女まどかマギカ 」コラボ決定‼️ ♥新商品販売 ♥購入特典配布 ♥栄三丁目店では、等身大パネルが登場❣️ ※催事終了後に通販を予定 期間:2022/6/18～なくなり次第終了 場所:全国のドン・キホーテ対象店舗https://t.co/Tm6WHlLZMR#madoka_magica pic.twitter.com/8CvP3yxzjp

— 驚安の殿堂 ドン・キホーテ???? (@donki_donki) June 2, 2022

    Some of the goods in question:

      The Don Quijote x Puella Magi Madoka Magica collaboration begins on June 18 in Japan and runs until July 10 or until stock runs out. The Sakae Sanchome store in Nagoya will not only have the goods for sale but a photo spot featuring standees of the Holy Quintet in their beach attire will be erected in the store during the same period.

  RELATED: Magia Record Final SEASON Anime Conjures New Visual Ahead of Spring Debut

  The final episodes of Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story, a spin-off of the hit 2011 TV anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica and is based on the Magia Record smartphone game, aired on April 3. Crunchyroll streamed the episodes, as well as both the first and second seasons, as they aired. The series is described as such:

  In exchange for the fulfillment of a wish, Magical Girls keep fighting, unbeknownst to the rest of the world. But Iroha Tamaki can’t seem to remember her wish. "When I became a Magical Girl, what did I wish for again?" There is a gaping hole in her life. Something important has been lost. But she continues to fight every day, without even knowing why… Then, a rumor begins to spread among Magical Girls. "Magical Girls can be saved if they go to Kamihama." Kamihama City, the city where Magical Girls and Uwasa are gathering. The story of Iroha Tamaki, in search of her lost wish, begins…

  Source: Donki on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

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Masayuki Suzuki Steps up to the Mic Again to Perform Kaguya-sama’s 3rd Season OP in The First Take

  Master vocalist and heartthrob Masayuki Suzuki once again stepped into THE FIRST TAKE's studio to perform his banger Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic- opening theme song "GIRI GIRI," the third single for the franchise's third season, in just one take alongside his partner in love, SILENT SIREN's Suu. As the description on the video says "ONE TAKE ONLY, ONE LIFE ONLY." 

    This is the 222nd video for the channel, which ranges from Sora Amamiya performing the opening theme song to The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement, to Aimer bringing her vocal skills to the studio for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc's opening theme "Zankyosanka," and even DISH performing "Neko(Cat)" for THE FIRST TAKE, being the most popular video on the channel at over 180 million views.

  RELATED: Kaguya-sama Season 3 Shows Off Shirogane and Fujiwara's Rap Skills in New Ending Theme Video

  Kaguya-sama's third TV anime season, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic- continues the rom-com TV anime series right here on Crunchyroll, with the first two seasons also streaming alongside an English dub. Crunchyroll describes the show as such:

  From a good family? Check! A good personality? Check! Shuchiin Academy is where all these elite students with bright futures flock to. As the two leaders of the student council, Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane have supposedly fallen in love… But after almost half a year, nothing has happened!? They both have too much pride and can’t be honest. Things have gotten troublesome, and they are now caught in a war of "How to get the other to confess their love first." This is a whole new romantic comedy, following an outbreak of cunning warfare between two elite students in love.

  Source: THE FIRST TAKE on YouTube

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

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Voice Actress Maaya Uchida Shows Off Vivid Performance in Her 8th Live Blu-ray Digest

    Voice actress Maaya Uchida (Rikka Takanashi in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Katarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) will release her eighth live Blu-ray "UCHIDA MAAYA LIVE 2022 'MA-YA-YAN Happy Cream MAX!!'" from Pony Canyon on July 27, 2022. 

  The disc contains her solo concert at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall (capacity: 5,002) on February 20, 2022, as part of her spring 2022 tour. The concept of the concert was an ice cream store. An American diner-style set was set up, and Uchida appeared on the stage in cute costume as its mascot girl. You can watch her vivid performance in a digest PV below!

    Blu-ray digest PV:

    CM for the concert:

    Blu-ray jacket:

    UCHIDA MAAYA LIVE 2022 　　「MA-YA-YAN Happy Cream MAX!!」 ????????Blu-rayジャケット・ダイジェストPV公開???????? 7月27日(水)発売！お楽しみに✨ ダイジェストPV????https://t.co/Rw69dAl4Zm ????詳細はこちら????https://t.co/NOODfpalkZ#内田真礼 #まあやらいぶ pic.twitter.com/0xOCP45XNL

— 内田真礼 Official STAFF (@MaayaUchida) June 3, 2022

    RELATED: Voice Actress Maaya Uchida Posts Highlights from Her 2nd Live DVD/Blu-ray "Smiling Spiral"

    Source: Maaya Uchida official YouTube channel

  ©PONY CANYON

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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Ayakashi Triangle TV Anime Confirms Its 2023 Premiere

    Following the initial announcement last December, the official website for the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of Kentaro Yabuki's (To Love Ru illustrator) romantic comedy manga Ayakashi Triangle confirmed today that it is set to premiere in 2023. Main staff and voice cast members will be announced later.

  The manga was first serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from its 28th issue of 2020 to its 20th issue of 2022, then has moved to the publisher's manga app/website Shonen Jump + since April 2022. It has released nine tankobon volumes in JApan so far and has printed over one million copies. Its English edition's publisher Viz Media describes the series as below:

  Teenage exorcist ninja Matsuri has his hands full protecting his town from harmful ayakashi. But all that exorcising has hardened his heart to the playful and helpless ones. Enter Suzu, Matsuri’s childhood friend who has a crush on him, and who calls ayakashi her friends. But one day, when Suzu is attacked by a powerful ayakashi, Matsuri ends up magically transformed into a girl! The jutsu is permanent, so now he has two challenges—defeat the growing number of ayakashi targeting Suzu and learn how to live as a girl! Is he man, or woman, enough for the task?

    ▽･━･▲･━･▽･━･▲･━･▽ 「あやかしトライアングル」 　✨2023年放送決定✨ ▲･━･▽･━･▲･━･▽･━･▲#矢吹健太朗 先生による、あやかし恋愛ファンタジー！ TVアニメが2023年より放送決定???? ▽公式サイトhttps://t.co/2Ztr9NidHz#あやかしトライアングル#あやトラ pic.twitter.com/MT4ziFfq4v

— TVアニメ「あやかしトライアングル」 (@ayakashi_anime) June 4, 2022

    RELATED: Mature Supernatural Manga Ayakashi Triangle Gets TV Anime

    Source: "Ayakashi Triangle" TV anime official website / Twitter

  ©Kentaro Yabuki/SHUEISHA

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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The Executioner and Her Way of Life – 10 – From Letdown to Taboo

Manon isn’t that surprised or intimidated by Akari Prime’s time magic, while it’s Akari who keeps getting surprised by this current iteration of the world. Manon was the child of a Lost One, a Japanese woman who was not intentionally summoned but simply appeared. Lord Libelle, Manon’s father, married the woman to bolster his power with her pure concept, but ended up never forcing her to use it, because he fell in love with her.

Manon is right that it’s a lovely story, but it has a cruel ending, as one day Flare executed Manon’s mom right in front of her, and didn’t even bother to kill her too. Manon grew up with everyone having great expectations for the child of a Lost One, only for her to have no magical power whatsoever. Branded a great letdown, Manon became mired in a life of uselessness an ennui…until she decided to embrace the dark side and become taboo.

This is why Manon doesn’t fear Akari in the least, nor Menou when she shows up to save Akari from certain death by Chaos magecraft. Not because she’s particularly powerful—Menou basically freezes her with her gaze then lops her arm off—but because, in short, Manon isn’t greedy. She’s had fun as a rebel and a taboo, but ultimately she’s just a vessel and sacrifice for something much, much worse…the little girl in the Iron Maiden who almost blew Momo up.

This girl is creepy and frightening as fuck, successfully toeing the line between twee and terrifying. Menou slits her throat, and she simply sheds her old skin and pops out of her dead body good as new. Then she twists her own head around dozens of times and stretches it vertically until it pops off to create a fountain of blood.

Out of that blood, multiple eldritch beasts emerge, and feast upon her corpse. Then she pops out of one of the monster’s mouths, once again whole. It’s an atmosphere-upsetting enough incident for Ashuna, still getting over Momo standing her up (though to be fair, Momo is bedridden), to sense from the mainland.

Yes, the girl herself is the Human Error Pandemonium, having escaped her prison of fog and is now ready to finish off the world she almost destroyed once before. Like Menou’s conundrum with Akari, how can you kill someone that won’t die when you kill them? We’ll surely find out in what’s looking like a season-capping final battle that’s sure to include more than just Menou as it progresses.

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Watch [Alexandros]'s Aoashi Manga/Anime Special Collaboration Music Video

    The official YouTube channel four-member Japanese rock band [Alexandros] has started streaming their latest digital single song "Mushinpakusu (Aoashi ver.)." The aggressive rock tune has been featured as the opening theme for the ongoing TV anime adaptation of Yugo Kobayashi's soccer-themed manga Aoashi.

  The band's vocalist Yohei Kawakami says, "This is a manga that I really love and cherish. Once I started reading it, I couldn't stop and found myself reading it in the morning. I was so inspired by the straight-forward Asito and his friends who set their goals and push forward innocently. This manga is really amazing." The song was released digitally on June 3 and its music video posted on the same day features various visuals from the original manga.

    "Mushinpakusu (Aoashi ver.)" music video:

    TV anime "Aoashi" opening movie:

    Digital single jacket:

    [Alexandros] artist photo:

    RELATED: Japanese Rapper Rinne Releases Spring 2022 TV Anime Aoashi ED Theme MV Depicting The Youth of Students

      The TV anime Aoashi premiered on NHK Educational TV in Japan on April 9, and has also been simulcast on  Crunchyroll to its members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.

    Trailer:

    Key visual:

    RELATED: Check Out the Non-Credit OP / ED for Aoashi TV Anime

    Source: [Alexandros] official YouTube channel / website

  © 2022 [Alexandros] ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

© 2022 Yugo KOBAYASHI, Shogakukan/ Aoashi Project

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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Yu Yu Hakusho Anime Posts Special Logo for Its 30th Anniversary Project

    The TV anime adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi's supernatural manga Yu Yu Hakusho started airing in Japan in October 1992. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the anime's official Twitter has posted a special logo featuring the protagonist Yusuke Urameshi. According to the post, a memorial illustration will also be revealed at 18:00 (JST) / 02:00 (PT) on June 10.

    ????アニメ「幽☆遊☆白書」30周年???? 2022年── 放送30周年突入???? メモリアルイヤーを記念して 30周年記念ロゴを解禁???? ◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ 30周年記念イラスト 6/10(金)18時解禁 ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢ “みんながいたからここまでこれたんだ”#幽遊白書#幽遊白書30周年 pic.twitter.com/bwJGkCsHaN

— アニメ「幽☆遊☆白書」公式 (@yuhaku_anime) June 3, 2022

    Produced by Studio Pierrot, the TV anime was aired for 112 episodes from October 1992 to January 1995. And during the airing period, two feature films were released in the summers of 1993 and 1994 - Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie and Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report. Its stage play adaptations were performed in 2019 and 2020, and a live-action drama daptation has been in the works for streaming on Netflix in December 2023.

  On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2018, two new anime episodes, "Two Shot" and "All or Nothing," were produced to be included in the TV anime's fourth Blu-ray box. Stay tuned to see what will be coming with this 30th anniversary project!

    Anime key visual:

    RELATED: Live-Action YU YU HAKUSHO Series Drops on Netflix in December 2023

    Source: "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime official Twitter

  ©Yoshihiro Togashi 1990-1994　©Pierrot/SHUEISHA

  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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Manga the Week of 6/8/22

SEAN: As June continues, what varieties of manga do we see before us?

Yen On debuts Your Forma, a sci-fi detective story that asks the question: what if getting 5G wireless injected into you from a vaccine was actually real? and it spied on your every sense? This could be very good or very bad, and I suspect that depends entirely on the politics of the writer.

ASH: Hmmm. The genre certainly appeals to me, but I suspect you’re right.

ANNA: Yeah, going to skip this one and I’m generally in favor of sci-fi goofiness.

MELINDA: I feel a little “yikes” on this one.

SEAN: Also from Yen On: The Eminence in Shadow 4 and Sword Art Online Progressive 8.

Yen Press, meanwhile, has new manga volumes. Adachi and Shimamura 3, Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense 4, Goblin Slayer Side Story: Year One 7, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 13, and A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! 11.

Viz debuts Ghost Reaper Girl, a Shonen Jump + series by the creator of Rosario + Vampire (though under a different pen name). Chloe wants to be an actress. But she’s 28, and her window is closing. Can she find fame as a ghost reaper, though? Note that this series is being published flipped at the request of its creator.

ASH: Interesting! Not much seems to be flipped these days, let alone at the creator’s request.

SEAN: Chainsaw Man is also ending with Vol. 11, though a sequel is in the works. We also see Black Clover 29, Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love 2, Snow White with the Red Hair 19, and Yona of the Dawn 36.

MICHELLE: I’m always here for VIZ shoujo.

ASH: For sure!

ANNA: Viz shoujo saving the week for me!

SEAN: Tokyopop has A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation 5.

Hope you like debuts from Seven Seas, there are a ton of them.

I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl (Osananajimi() wo Onnanoko ni Shiteshimatta Hanashi) is from Ichijinsha’s Comic Pool. A boy trying to practice his makeup technique has his best friend offer to be a guinea pig… but the results are more than either of them could have guessed. Despite the light-novel-ey title, this looks like fans of LGBT should enjoy it.

ASH: I’m definitely curious about this one.

SEAN: Namekawa-san Won’t Take a Licking! (Name Raretakunai Namekawa-san) is from Comic Yuri Hime, and features a bullied girl who decides, for her high school debut, to become a delinquent. Unfortunately, now she attracts the attention of the disciplinary officer. I am always wary of yuri series described as hilarious.

ASH: A different sort of delinquent manga than is often seen, it would seem.

SEAN: Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints (Yuuyake Trip) is from Houbunsha’s Comic Fuz. Two high school girls investigate supposedly haunted areas of their town and grow closer. The art is apparently the reason to get this.

ASH: I’ll admit, the premise intrigues me, too.

SEAN: This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World! (Yoku Wakaranai Keredo Isekai ni Tensei Shiteita You Desu) is a manga from Kodansha’s Suiyoubi no Sirius, based off a novel (not yet licensed, I believe). I’ve been told it’s another one of those “this becomes fluffy slice-of-life isekai assuming you can get past all the sexual assault and threats of slavery at the start” series. Sigh.

ANNA: No thank you!

MELINDA: oh my god.

SEAN: Lastly, The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This (Futari wa Daitai Konna Kanji) is a yuri series from the creator of Whispered Words (Sasameki Koto). A 30-year-old writer and a 22-year-old actress are living together as a couple, and we see their everyday life. This is extremely comfy and fun. It ran in Gentosha’s Comic Boost.

MICHELLE: Well, at least one of these appeals to me.

ASH: I rather liked Whispered Words, if I recall correctly.

MELINDA: This sounds actually great.

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: Monologue Woven For You 2, the 13th and final volume of New Game!, and Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs 5.

Kodansha has MORE Shuzo Oshimi in print next week, with Welcome Back, Alice (Okaeri Alice). This runs in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, and got a digital release in February, but the print came fast. Three childhood friends have what seems like a standard love triangle… then one of them shows up dressed as a girl.

ASH: Somehow missed this being licensed!

MELINDA: I don’t know what to expect from this. Maybe great?

SEAN: Also in print: Cells at Work! Baby 4 (the final volume), Interviews with Monster Girls 10, Lovesick Ellie 4, Orient 9, Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection 2, SHAMAN KING Omnibus 9, Sue & Tai-chan 4, Vampire Dormitory 5, and What Did You Eat Yesterday? 18.

MICHELLE: Hooray for more What Did You Eat Yesterday?!

ASH: Indeed!

MELINDA: YESSSSSSSSS

SEAN: The first digital debut is The Shadows of Who We Once Were (Nare no Hate no Bokura), a survival game manga from the creator of Until Your Bones Rot. It’s from Weekly Shonen Magazine, and… it’s a survival game manga.

The other digital debut from Kodansha is Joy, a BL manga from Kodansha’s Honey Milk. A shoujo manga artist is asked to write a BL work… and also discovers his assistant is gay. Maybe he can get inspiration for the BL by a fake relationship?

MELINDA: Oooo, this…

SEAN: Also digital: The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage 3, Changes of Heart 2, Chihayafuru 32, Girlfriend, Girlfriend 9, Kounodori: Dr. Stork 24, Love After World Domination 4, My Master Has No Tail 6, Oh, Those Hanazono Twins 2, and The Transcendent One-Sided Love of Yoshida the Catch 2.

MICHELLE: Insert habitual Chihayafuru squee.

ANNA: Gesticulates in celebration of the series, then transitions to despair at being so far behind.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has some print releases. We get Ascendance of a Bookworm’s 10th manga volume, By the Grace of the Gods 9, The Faraway Paladin 4, In Another World with My Smartphone 22, Marginal Operation 10, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 10, Otherside Picnic Omnibus 3, and The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 6.

J-Novel Club’s digital debut is a manga, The Saga of Lioncourt (Lion Coeur Senki), which is from Takeshobo’s Kissca. Office worker reincarnated as a warrior in a middle-ages era setting.

And also Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer! 3 (the final volume), How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom 16, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 3, Marginal Operation 13, and Otherside Picnic 7.

Ghost Ship debuts World’s End Harem: Fantasia Academy, a spinoff of a spinoff of the series that is for everyone who wants to bone 10,000 women who adore them. This is apparently a high school AU version.

Also from Ghost Ship: Ero Ninja Scrolls 3 and Might as Well Cheat: I Got Transported to Another World Where I Can Live My Wildest Dreams! 3.

Denpa has two new releases. The Men Who Created Gundam (Gundam Sousei) ran, appropriately, in Gundam Ace. It’s a done-in-one omnibus about the creators of Gundam… but expect comedy.

Vampeerz: My Peer Vampires is a Sunday GX series about the love between a teenage girl and a vampire… I think. The description is vague, but I mean, title.

ASH: Count me curious.

MELINDA: Same.

SEAN: And Airship has two early digital titles, including a debut. 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuukimama na Hanayome (Hitojichi) Seikatsu wo Mankitsusuru) is, yes, a villainess novel. But this time our heroine has done this a lot. She’s lived full lives. She’s done different occupations. She keeps getting killed. Now, on her 7th try, why not marry her killer?

We also get the first volume of Classroom of the Elite: Year 2.

That turned out to be a whole lot. Thoughts?

By: Sean Gaffney

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INTERVIEW: GameboyJones on How to Write Rap Songs About Anime

  Anime and hip hop have a long and deep connection. nujabes' legendary soundtrack for Samurai Champloo blew my mind as a kid, and, since then, we've seen Wu-Tang Clan compose music for Afro Samurai, as well as an increased influence going the other direction, with anime-inspired music from alternative artists like Open Mike Eagle and milo, but also mainstream artists like Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Frank Ocean, and many more.

  GameboyJones makes a living fusing the worlds of anime and hip hop. Every week, he hammers out a new song focusing on a specific anime character or series, and they're really good. This past February, we had the chance to feature him in an article highlighting Black creators and industry pros in the anime community, and we were lucky enough to sit down with him for a full-length interview!

    Crunchyroll: Could you please introduce yourself and what you do to our audience?

  GameboyJones: My name is GameboyJones, real name Austin Jones, I am a rapper who primarily raps about anime and pop culture as a whole — and then also I do other side content, such as reaction videos and streaming, stuff like that. 

  Did you start your music channel first or your reaction channel? What came first in the Austin-verse?  

GBJ: Music, 100 percent. I started music first — I started doing music when I was around 21 years old, and it kind of got me some opportunities to do other things. I didn't know what I wanted to do at first, [laughs] I was just rapping to rap! So, I sat on my hands for a few years before I kind of landed on the whole rapping about pop culture idea. And then once I amassed my fan base — I think I had over 100K subs at that point on my music channel — I started making other content. I could kind of veer off and do other things, which I need to get back onto, ‘cause I’ve been SLACKING for a little bit now! [laughs]

  I totally feel you, it's easy to lose sight of your creative projects!

  GBJ: It’s a dedication to something, and that's hard, especially. I mean, there’s only so many hours in a day. 

  Listen to GameboyJones' My Dress-Up Darling inspired song "Really My Type" on Spotify here

  Yeah, it’s true. So, I am interested in hearing a little bit more about how you started making music. How did you learn to rap and find beats? How did you equip yourself with all those skills?

  GBJ: Okay, so, what happened was, from when I was growing up, I had the ability to freestyle and do that sort of stuff almost immediately. I could do it very well for almost no reason. I had plenty of people who were like, “yo man, you should rap, you should rap, you should rap!” and I was like, “nope, nope, nope, nope!” Especially because I thought all of the rappers in my city were corny and I didn’t want to be corny, and I was also a hyper-critical rap critic. What ended up leading me to do it was my cousin who I lived with for a little bit. He said, “hey dude, you should just get on this mic and try to audition for this thing called ‘Team Backpack’,” which was a YouTube channel that I watched. They hosted Cyphers — Cyphers are like … you play a beat, you get a group of rappers and they spit whatever bars that they got. So I made a video for that.

  I got selected to go compete live in LA, which was cool. I didn’t win, but being around 300 other rappers, being in that environment full of good rappers, it motivated me to stick with it. But, again, that’s where the sitting on my hands for like three years thing happened — ‘cause I didn’t know what I wanted to do! I was just like, “I don’t wanna rap just to rap, and I’m not really rapping about my life like that …” That’s when I landed on the whole pop culture thing. When I started my channel, I would pick something off of the Top 100 songs on Billboard and I would just rap over whatever beat or instrumental it had.

  Oh wow!

  GBJ: Yeah, and I actually would fill in a few things instead. You know, like I’m rapping about comic books, anime, video games and stuff over it, and just doing a verse. I went viral a few times on Facebook doing it this way, and I was like, “OK, I think I’m onto something.” Then I integrated myself with the YouTube crowd. I was watching people, they actually edit videos and they stick to things like, “I’m going to make a song about Cuphead, I’m gonna make a song about Bendy, I’m gonna make a song about whatever anime.” I had an artist named Dan Bull, he told me, “hey I really wanna do a song, but I don’t know don’t do covers and stuff, you should really start doing original music, you can monetize it, put it up,” and that’s more so my speed. So that’s how I switched over into what I do now. 

  It’s funny because you talked about, “oh yeah, how did you learn all these skills,” and it’s like ... well I didn’t have money to pay anybody to mix music for me or make videos, so I definitely went to YouTube University and I learned how to mix well enough to get me to the point where I could pay people and make videos. I always just bought beats off of producers, I never produced myself. But yeah, that’s how I kind of got to where I am today from just doing that.

  YouTube University is just so cool because it’s opened the door for so many different creatives to learn how to do stuff that used to be locked behind thousands and thousands of dollars of coursework in colleges.

  GBJ: Yes!

  It always makes me really happy when people talk about being able to learn stuff on YouTube or online tutorials because that’s how I learned to do a lot of things, too, like how to video edit.

  GBJ: Yeah! See, boom. It’s so crazy, 'cause basically, everyone who edits my videos currently, they’re all high schoolers, and they’re just like, “Yeah, I just learned to do this on YouTube and I just really like doing this.” It’s crazy to me that there’s just so many of them who edit at this insane level right now. But again, we live with all of these resources available whenever you want, and they’re almost infinite too. You know, when I was in middle school, YouTube just became a thing, but people were like, “yeah here’s me at the zoo” on YouTube. It wasn’t like, “how to repair your car,” at that point! [laughs]

  Yeah totally, it’s become this really crazy huge resource, for sure. 

  GBJ: Oh no, absolutely.

  Okay, so I wanna know who your biggest musical influences are.

  GBJ: [laughs] So, this is always such a weird one for me, because it swaps around occasionally.

  For sure.

  GBJ: I think I got it pinned down, but there’s an artist called IDK that I really like, he’s probably currently my biggest one. He’s someone who motivates me to switch it up often 'cause he does a lot of R&B and rapping, so that’s cool. A rapper named Denzel Curry, he doesn’t exactly do what I do, but a giant amount of his references and stuff are, “hey here goes this anime/here goes the Harry Potter bar real quick, I’m gonna throw that out there,” and he’s just a high energy, fun dude. Early on I’d say Childish Gambino, he was just another suburban Black dude who rapped, and that’s what I always say, “I’m just a suburban Black dude who raps." [laughs] And then an artist named Smino, he does a lot of R&B, soul, a lot of funky stuff with his voice, it’s a lot. And then I’d say Trippy Red, he’s probably like, if I do autotune aesthetic-type stuff, he’s who I go to whenever I kind of want to replicate that. There’s my five and I’ll stop there! [laughs]

  That’s awesome! I do think that diversity of artists that you brought in really speaks to all of the different sounds and textures you’ve incorporated into your music.

  GBJ: Yeah, I always tell people I work for my ADHD.

  [laughs]

  GBJ: People go, “Hey man, you should stick to one style of sound!” And I’m like, "I would, but ..." [laughs] I can’t focus like that, man! to do the same sound ten times in a row, I can’t do it! My mind just doesn't work that way, unfortunately. I think I kind of got something where I could do like almost the same sound, but still switch it up enough currently, that’s how my year’s been going, but yeah, for the most part, I work for my ADHD. [laughs]

  Listen to GameboyJones' Demon Slayer inspired song "Tengen Uzui" on Spotify here

  For sure! I'd actually really love if you could walk us through your creative process — like, what are all the steps that happen from when you first get an idea for a song to when it gets finished and released?

  GBJ: So everything that I do always starts off with finding a beat. I will be on YouTube for hours, hours just scouring for a beat. I always tell people I can’t stick with a feel because ... the thing is, I could listen to a same-sounding beat that I just did for a song and be like, “nope, don’t feel it,” and I just have to move on. Then I'll listen to a plethora of different beats, just trying to figure out what I wanna do. Once I hear a beat, typically I go, “I like this,” and then I go, “what character or show can I incorporate with this sound?” Sometimes it comes to me immediately, sometimes I’ll ask a friend, like “Hey, you hear this. What character do you hear?” Sometimes it resonates with me, sometimes it doesn’t, but once I kind of get that going, I always go for my chorus first, and if I can’t make a chorus, I move on again. I find another beat. [laughs]

  But let’s just say, I typically always get my chorus and I always end up getting a rough idea on how my chorus and verse will go. I’ve been working with a lot of features lately, so I typically try to get that stuff done before I send it off to somebody who I think fits on it. But also whenever I have the rough version done I can send that off to a video editor so then they have something to go off of before I actually do my actual takes and get the song mixed.

  That’s a bit like in anime where they send off the storyboards for voice actors before the animation’s done.

  GBJ: Yeah! Yeah, exactly! 

  So I basically do that and then … 'cause I work on a biweekly basis, I try to get that stuff done. I typically always tell people, “hey you know you can get the verse in by a Monday,” cause I try to get stuff done prior — but man sometimes it’s hard with all the extra stuff that I’m doing currently. So, we get all the vocals in and get it mixed and make it sound nice. Then I have a good-sounding song to throw over top of that video to post on a Saturday. Yeah, I wanna say that’s usually how the whole process goes — it always starts off with some beat and whether or not I can freestyle a good little chorus in there or not. 

  That’s super fascinating to me. I don’t really have any experience making music, but I wouldn’t have guessed that the beat was the first thing that comes and then you sort of connect that to a character it reminds you of. That’s super interesting!

  GBJ: Yeah! There are some people who can write lyrics first, and that's way more mind-boggling to me! [laughs] Specifically because my delivery is dependent on whatever a beat sounds like. If I want to do, for example, an autotune-y delivery, I have to find a beat that works with that, with the melodies and stuff. But, if my body decides, "all right man, you wanna rap on some boom-bap stuff," well shit! I'm out of luck! [laughs]

  But yeah, the beat is always where I find the vibe and then I kind of adjust from there.

  Yeah, I can totally see how that would work. If you start with lyrics first it might not go. I guess you gotta find the vibe first!

  GBJ: Exactly ... unless you’re someone who can make beats or find someone who can make something on top of that. But you don't typically know what your performance or how you're going to say things will sound until after that aspect is done, unfortunately. At that point, it's just, I don't know ... it's a poem. It's spoken word at that point.

  That distinction makes a lot of sense to me. That was a really great explanation!

  GBJ: Hey, there we go. Seems like, you know, I do stuff with words sometimes! [laughs]

  GameboyJones' producing/streaming setup

  I have a pretty abstract question. Looking back through the years, we’ve got the soundtrack to Samurai Champloo; we’ve got Lupe Fiasco referencing Lupin the Third in a verse on a Kanye song; we’ve got Wu-Tang doing the soundtrack to Afro Samurai; and a few years ago you have Open Mike Eagle making an album that’s literally called —

  GBJ: Open Mike Eagle! Wow. I was not expecting that take to come in there, that’s awesome!

  Yeah! Well, he had that album, Anime, Trauma and Divorce.

  GBJ: That’s awesome.

  It was a really good album! But, you take all of those examples ... it feels like anime and hip hop have been linked together for a long time, and I wanted to get your take on why you think hip hop loves anime and why anime loves hip hop.

  GBJ: So, I will say that, yes, hip hop and anime have been linked for a very, very long time. I feel like sometimes it comes down to something like this ... hip hop has always been linked to Asian culture. There are lots of references to samurai, kung-fu movies, and so on. That's why we have projects like Wu-Tang Clan — and I think there's some people who figured out how to blur the lines a little bit more, or just outright embrace it. I think the one reason we've started to notice it a little more is specifically because of Kanye West — actually, I should have thrown him up as another inspiration!

Kanye, especially after watching this last documentary about him, was someone who was seen as an oddity when he first appeared. Everyone was like, "Oh, here goes a guy wearing polos, he's not really gangsta, he's just some smart guy." He was over here doing that, he's not into street things, and then, somehow over the years, he was able to basically say, "Yeah, I can actually rap. I can make good music." After he blew up in popularity, people started accepting different ways to be a rapper and accept things like anime — especially with him bringing in Lupe Fiasco to do that verse, "Lupe steal like Lupin the Third." He's over here introducing people to things like that. I think it's just really good that we're at a point right now where we can accept anime in rap as a society! [laughs] We definitely still have people who go, "ah man, that's corny" — all right, cool, whatever. I'm gonna make my corny money then.

  [laughs] Right?!

  GBJ: [laughs] I like that there are a lot of people who are nerds who can now express that and not care. I had plenty of people in high school who were like, "Aw man, I like so-and-so or such-and-such, but on the low." I'm like, "Why bro?!"

  I think a lot of people don't know how to say this one thing: "And?" If anyone asks you something like, "Aw man, you like those weird Japanese cartoons?" You just go, "Yeah, and?" [laughs] It shuts a lot of people up! They just go, "Yeah, uh ... It's weird, right?" "All right, and? I don't know what you want from me here." [laughs] "I enjoy it, so you're not changing my opinion on this."

  I never realized "and?" was such a powerful response, but it really is! [laughs]

  GBJ: Oh, it's amazing. The thing is — and not to get too deep here — people have hate for things, just unexplained hate for things, and usually, if you ask why, they don't have an answer for it. They just irrationally don't like it.

  Yeah, it’s true!

  GBJ: Yeah, “and?” is the best deterrent of anything for all time for me, and even if they give whatever answer, it’s typically gonna be stupid. You can pretty much combat it. 

  That’s true of most hateful rhetoric. If you just ask to hear what the person saying that hateful stuff, like why they think that, they will literally either just stop talking because they don’t know, or they’ll say something that you can immediately say, “well that’s wrong because ... here’s the actual study,” or whatever! [laughs]

  GBJ: Yeah, it stems from ignorance. The most common answer I get from people is, "You like anime? You mean like hentai?" Nope, not the same thing. Or, "Oh you like anime? You must like hentai, huh?" I do not. I don't knock people who are into it, but that's not me. It's fine. I'm like, "You probably do weird stuff too, but we're not gonna talk about that." [laughs] I don’t know what makes you more normal sir, but okay.

  Oh my god, right? [laughter]

  So, you put out great single after great single, but are you planning on ever putting out an album?

  GBJ: I always tell people … no [laughs]. I don’t plan on it — I wouldn’t be shocked if I ever did, though. Because I just don’t — again, ADHD. For me to focus on a theme, something to go in on, feels damn near impossible! I tell people if anything I'd probably do an EP instead of an album. I'll give you this nice collection of four tracks that just sound fun, but that's it, man. I don't wanna strain myself doing a concept album. I don't wanna do none of that, man! I just wanna sit around and be like, "what do I feel like this week?" and just jump into it.

  Yeah. It sounds like, that’s not a “no,” but it's more of a “if the vibes bring me to an album” [laughs].

  GameboyJones performing live at Nerdcore Partycon 2019

  GBJ: I’m a definite “go with the flow” guy. I definitely like being spontaneous, like that’s my thing. I just went to PAX, and it's funny because a lot of that was ... well, it started off as a troll. My dude Mega Ran was like, "Hey, who am I seeing at PAX?" And I said, "Me, if you give me a room and a ticket to get there. I'm dead serious, I will go to PAX right now." [laughs] And he said, "All right, bet. Call me." I called him and he said, "All right, you're on to go." I think three days before PAX started, he said, "Hey, yo, can you do a song?" And I was like, "Yeah I'll do two songs for you." Literally, I had to hurry up and hit somebody up to get a song done for a concert! But yeah, I jumped up there, did it, and it was cool. Again, spontaneous stuff. It's fun!

  That’s awesome! That is such a big part of success that people don’t talk about, where you do have to put in the hard work, you do have to build your own self up and build your talents and put your stuff out there, but you also have to be open to when you're lucky enough that people notice and people are willing to help you out. I think a lot of people feel like, “oh man, I shouldn’t take this opportunity, there’s someone better who could go to PAX instead of me,” but if you joke about it and then someone says “hey, you wanna come,” you take that opportunity if you can!

  GBJ: You do it, you absolutely do it. There’s so many people who don’t do it! It blows my mind! Even the dude IQ, he’s the one who actually got me there, he actually was saying, “there’s plenty of people that I know who will go, ‘yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ll come,’ but then flake,” so he was like, “thanks for coming, because you could have easily did that.” [laughs] I was like, “Nah man, I’m actually about this!”

  I'm not oblivious to the fact that there are plenty of people, just a crowd of, "Oh man, it should be me. How come I'm not the guy in the seat?" And I'm like, "I dunno man, are you really putting in the work that you think you are or are you slacking most of the time?" There are a lot of slackers! [laughs]

  I always tell people, I do have an “unfair” advantage. I definitely was born with a “give me the spotlight” personality very early on. I’m very, I’d say, respectful about it, I definitely want to stay very humble and I don’t try to step on toes while doing it, but if you’re gonna give me an opportunity to show out, I’m about to show out! [laughs]

  It seems like a really natural balance for you. You’re a really open, fun person to talk to, but you definitely come across as humble.

  GBJ: Well thank you very much. Yeah, it's one thing that I’ve always tried doing over the years. I’ve always told people I try to be as well-rounded as a person as possible. I think that's what helps me do all of this — I think I can talk to almost anybody about anything. I'm this guy, I like anime, I like video games, I like comics and stuff, but I can still talk to you about what happened in the last basketball game, the last football game, I can still talk to you about politics. I can talk to you about a lot of things, and I think having knowledge in a lot of areas and a lot of interests makes it so you never have a shortage of things to say or talk about. I definitely like being a people person.

  So, we were talking about this a little bit before we started recording: there’s a huge amount of good anime coming out literally every single season, but I wanted to ask if there are any currently airing anime that you’re keeping up with?

  GBJ: Currently airing? Love Is War and SPY x FAMILY are the two, I guess also Shield Hero, but I’m not really liking Season 2 that much right now, but I’m keeping up with it. I hope that it picks up. But those are the three that I’m keeping up with, and then the two that just finished — well, you know earlier last year, I mean we’re already, it’s May — but I just finished ODDTAXI and Ranking of Kings. I loved Ranking of Kings. I think Bojji is a dope character. He is adorable and I would kill for him! [laughs]

  He is the BEST. Do you think SPY x FAMILY is going to make it into one of your songs?

  GBJ: So, I just talked about this last night with somebody, and I was like I literally do NOT know what angle I would attack this song from. It’s hard. It's so weird! Do I attack it from the mindset of the child? The husband? The wife? Just being a spy? Do I try to take it and bar out with swaggy references? There's so much going on in the main story and sub-plots, because there's three stories happening at one time!

  [laughs] Right?!

  GBJ:  And I’m just like “oh my god,” I just don’t know what I would wanna do. So until I kind of get that figured out, I’m going to chill and hope that the idea finds me.

  Totally. Well I look forward to it when it does make it on to your channels.

  GBJ: Thank you very much, keep your fingers crossed for me.

  If you collaborate with anyone, who would you collaborate with?

  GBJ: My answer usually is always either IDK or Denzel Curry — I’d probably go with Denzel Curry though, because he’s more aligned with what I do as far as anime, comic books and all that stuff goes, and energy. But stylistically, I know I fit more with IDK. But yeah, man, a Denzel Curry feature right now? Yeah, that would be awesome!

  Well if either of them are reading this, you know who to contact!

  GBJ: Let’s do it, let’s do it. It seems like Denzel Curry started to use Twitter a lot more lately, so I’m gonna poke him a little bit ... start planting seeds. Also, funnily enough, IDK and Denzel Curry just released a song together last week, so... [laughs]

  I think it’s a sign!

  GBJ: It’s definitely one of those things where in my head it feels fully possible, it’s just figuring out the way to make it possible. So yeah, you know, fingers crossed.

  Well, I’m pulling for you. 

  GBJ: Let’s gooooo!

  Listen to GameboyJones' Naruto inspired song "I WANT THE SMOKE" on Spotify here

  Well, I hate to say it, but we’re at the last question.

  GBJ: Okay dang!

  Do you have anything in the works that fans should look forward to and do you have any parting words for your fans or anime fans in general?

  GBJ: I’d say currently working on a track for Madara [was in progress at time of recording, now released] with my dude Cam Steady that will be dope, very high energy, moshpit type energy. I’m looking forward to releasing this song. I’m gonna be performing at MomoCon at the end of May. [again, at time of interview] I have another performance in Chicago in August I think. I got two concerts and a song dropping that I know of.

  That is a lot!

  GBJ: You know, I told people 2022 is my year of figuring things out.

  Totally. Well, it sounds like you’re doing it! Anything else you want to say to your fans before we hang up?

  GBJ: Stream “Switch My Gear” — that’s the song I released this week [at time of recording] that I want to go viral so bad, and I think I can make it happen on TikTok. I’m gonna will it into existence, so hopefully when this thing comes out, I have done that!

  Alright, let’s go boys, make it happen.

  GBJ: Let’s goooo!

      You can watch and listen to GameboyJones' music on his YouTube channel and Spotify page. You can also follow him on his Instagram and Twitter accounts!

    Cayla Coats tweets @ceicocat. You can find her rarely updated YouTube channel here.  

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QUIZ: How Would You Confess Your Love in KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR?

  They say all's fair in love and war. No matter what methods you must resort to, you have to win big in the game of love. Who is the winner? The one who confesses their love and finds the object of their affection feels the same? Wrong! How would you fare in the world of Kaguya-sama: Love is War? Would you get them to confess to you or would you be the one to cave in? Let's find out if you can get your happy ending.

    Did you manage to get a confession or were you defeated? Let us know in the comments below!

      Amílcar Trejo Mosquera is a writer for Crunchyroll News. He also writes for O'kuroku Webzine (in spanish, sorry) and you can find him on Twitch, Twitter or Instagram.

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Shoot! Goal to the Future TV Anime Kicks Off July 2

  It's only a few short weeks until the opening match of the Shoot! Goal to the Future TV anime begins, with the official Twitter account for the series confirming tonight that kick-off starts on July 2 on Japanese TV. The series, which is a sequel to the original 1990s Shoot! anime, will be bringing its goals to Crunchyroll soon after the TV broadcast.

    【7/2（土）~順次放送決定????】 本作の放送日時が決定⚽ AT-X:7/2（土）23:30~ TOKYO MX:7/3（日）22:00~ テレビ静岡:7/3（日）24:30~ 読売テレビ:7/4（月）25:59~ BS日テレ:7/6（水）23:30~ BSフジ:7/6（水）24:30~ 他 HP☛https://t.co/cqto5B6zKY#シュートアニメ　#shootanime#サッカー好きか

— アニメ「シュート！Goal to the Future」公式 (@shoot_anime) June 3, 2022

    Noriyuki Nakamura (Dragon Slayer The Legend of Heroes film) is directing Shoot! Goal to the Future at EMT Squared, with soccer anime scheduled to premiere on July 2 in Japan, with AT-X getting the first showings at 11:30, followed by TV Tokyo on July 3 at 10 PM. Crunchyroll will be simulcasting the series this July. The official Shoot! Goal to the Future website describes the series as such:

  Atsushi Kamiya, a former captain at Kakegawa High School and the world-renowned "courageous captain" for a famous Italian soccer team…   And Hideto Tsuji, a student at Kakegawa High School, who seems uninterested in the now-weakened soccer team…   Their meeting is the start of a new legend...

  RELATED: Shoot! Goal to the Future TV Anime Kicks Up New Trailer, Key Visual [UPDATED]

    Source: Shoot! Goal to the Future on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.

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Free! -the Final Stroke- Film Celebrates Its Conclusion with Special PV

  The 2nd part of Free! -the Final Stroke-, the concluding film in the animated chronicles of the Iwatobi Swim Club team, is currently playing in select theaters in Japan, and to celebrate the series coming to a close, a special preview video full of dramatic moments has been published to Youtube on the official Kyoto Animation channel.

    RELATED: Free!–the Final Stroke– Celebrate Its Final Anime Film With Sweet Climax Visual

  Based on the original novel "High Speed!" by Kōji Ōji, Free! -the Final Stroke- is directed by Eisaku Kawanami and features animation production by Kyoto Animation. The first film debutted in Japanese theaters on September 17, 2021, while the second part debutted in Japanese theaters on April 22, 2022. Crunchyroll currently streams the Free! Iwatobi Swim Club TV anime and its sequel series.

  Source: Comic Natalie

  Copyright notice: © Kōji Ōji・Kyoto Animation / Iwatobi Fan Club 2021

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Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.

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Paul Returns to the Pokémon Anime for the 1st Time in 12 Years, Hop's Voice Actor Revealed

  This article contains up-to-date details on the current Japanese arc of the Pokémon anime. Spoilers for the English release.

  The Pokémon anime in Japan is headed towards this arc's finale with Ash making his way through the eight Pokémon Masters to become the very best. But even the very best need to train, and who better to train with than a previous rival? Also confirmed today was the voice actor behind Leon's younger brother, and rival in Sword and Shield games, Hop.

  After teases throughout the currently airing Pokémon anime, Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl's Paul returns to the mainline Pokémon anime for the first time in 12 years, with his last appearance in 2010. Paul, known as Shinji in Japan, will also retain his original voice actor Kiyotaka Furushima, who people might know him as now as the voice of Hanta Sero in My Hero Academia. Paul will be appearing in the June 10 episode helping Ash train.

    Meanwhile, the lovable Hop will be making his first full appearance in the mainline Pokémon anime with Takuto Yoshinaga (Agares Picero in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) voicing the character. Hop will be making his grand entrance in the June 17 episode watching from the stands as the Master's Tournament begins.

  RELATED: Pokémon Anime Teases the Master Tournament in Special Trailer

  The latest Pokémon anime, which is known as Pokémon Journeys in the west, airs in Japan every Friday on TV Tokyo. Netflix is releasing the series in North America, with the latest batch uploaded on May 26 titled Pokémon Master Journeys, with 90 episodes of the currently broadcast 113 episodes in Japan currently available in English. The next batch of episodes is set to be released at some point later this year under the new title Pokémon Ultimate Journeys.

  Source: Comic Natalie

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

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Ascendance of a Bookworm TV Anime Studies New Trailer Ahead of Season 3 Climax

  Myne and the bond she shares with her family are the focus of a new trailer for the currently airing third season of the Ascendance of a Bookworm TV anime under the backdrop of Maaya Sakamoto's ending theme song "Kotoba ni Dekinai." The trailer takes a look at the series as it heads towards the climax of this part of the ongoing franchise.

    RELATED: Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date

  The Ascendance of a Bookworm TV anime adapts the light novel series written by Miya Kazuki and illustrated by Yu Shiina into anime with Mitsuru Hongo in the director's chair at Ajia-do Animation Works. Crunchyroll is streaming the third season as it airs on Mondays both subbed and then later dubbed, describing the series as such:

  Avid bookworm and college student Motosu Urano ends up dying in an unforeseen accident. This came right after the news that she would finally be able to work as a librarian like she had always dreamed of. When she regained consciousness, she was reborn as Main, the daughter of a poor soldier. She was in the town of Ehrenfest, which had a harsh class system. But as long as she had books, she didn't really need anything else. However, books were scarce and belonged only to the nobles. But that doesn't stop her, so she makes a decision... "If there aren't any books, I'll just create some."

  Source: Ascendance of a Bookworm on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding