OVAA heartwarming story of a acrobatic jet-plane, BooBy and his friends climbing up the height of stardom. Currently adopted as a official character of Kansai International Airport. (Source: Tatsunoko Production)
ONAThese shorts revolve around Golden Kamuy's characters in a comedic light, with some shorts being direct adaptations of omake sections of the manga. Streamed on the official website and YouTube.
TV SHORT"47 Prefecture Dogs" is a short flash animation from a voice over variety TV program in Japan called "SAY! YOU! SAY! ME!" The animation takes Japan's 47 prefectures—or more specifically, the local delicacies or famous landmarks from each of the regions—and gives them a canine makeover. For example, the "Fukuoka-ken" (Fukuoka dog),—Fukuoka of course being home to asianbeat HQ—uses the delicacy "mentaiko" (spicy pollack roe) as the motif for its canine characterization. Each of the characters are played by voice actors that hail from each of the individual prefectures, "Fukuoka-ken" being voiced by Fukuoka's Kana Asumi. Another feature of this anime is the use of regional dialect. All the dogs speak in the dialect of their individual prefectures. So for the Fukuoka dog you hear a lot of "~to" and "~to yo" at the end of sentences; for the Aichi dog it's "~dagane," and for Ehime, "~zonamoshi," etc. (Source: AsianBeat.com, edited)
ONABased on XFLAG's Fight League smartphone game. Chain up, gadget generators! It's time to grind some gears! Fight League: Where the best fighters come to prove they're number one. Fighters from each Brand fight in preliminary matches for the right to take part in Fight League and claim the glory of victory for themselves. In the GGG Brand, GGG Brand Cups are held where Fighters use their prized gizmos and gadgets in battle. The keys to victory are Chaining—attacking in combination with your teammates—and strategy! Our story follows G-Wrench, who leads the team Boltechs and swings a giant wrench gadget like it's light as a feather. However, a chance meeting with a mysterious girl who suddenly appeared during a battle forever changes the fates of G-Wrench, the Boltechs, and all of GGG! (Source: XFLAG ANIME)
OVAOVA 1: In the midst of his everyday life, Rimuru suddenly realizes that there's nothing to do for recreation in Tempest. He suggests sumo wrestling as a way for everyone to have fun together, and his friends are immediately on board with the idea. Thus begins Tempest's first sumo tournament, in which everyone competes enthusiastically in hopes of winning the grand prize! Passionate contests break out not only among Benimaru and the men, but also among women like Shuna and Shion, and even Rimuru ends up joining in! OVA 2: One day, Shuna and Shion are fighting over Rimuru's squishy slime body as usual. Rimuru figures that giving them each a body double of himself would solve the conflict, but when he imagines some of his other friends asking him to do the same for them, he quickly drops that plan. Then he comes up with the idea to make a cushion in the shape of his slime form. He travels around Tempest to see if his friends know of any good materials he can use, and he learns that a special type of sand found along a lakeshore in the forest is exactly what he's looking for. So he sets out to collect some sand... but a monster is waiting for him by the lake! What's more, Milim hears about his plan for a picnic and comes racing down from the sky! OVA 3-5: Rimuru, now a teacher at the Freedom Academy in the Kingdom of Ingrassia, has become involved in the school's outdoor training event with his class. The outdoor training event is an annual competition in which the students of each class guard the teachers on a journey to a nearby town. Rimuru is assigned to Class A, while his own students in Class S escort the young Tiss-sensei. All the students are eager to show how much their daily training has paid off, but the situation turns around when they're attacked by thieves! (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the 12th-16th manga volumes.
MOVIEMother secretly threw a letter of her daughter in the snow ocean. The daughter in suspicion, followed her mother and sneak into a boat. She waits for a thaw with unreached feelings. Graduate Work 2015 by Satomi Maiya, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEHalf asleep with my eyes closed, my conscience flies beyond time and space and I transform myself to all the life forms existing. I become the universe and the universe becomes me, until I fall asleep.... It is a song to pray for the existence of heart and soul at an awakening. Graduate Work 2015 by ShiShi Yamazaki, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEA story of a father and a daughter. He projects the images of former himself on his daughter. Their feelings start to merge as their memories clearer. Graduate Work 2015 by Kohei Takeda, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MUSICOn a wonderful night the desire to stop time is overwhelming. Longing for it to remain at it is with a spirit of hope and love that we contain in ourselves worried that the passage of minutes might snatch it away.
MOVIEOnly separated heart grows big without knowing it. Eventually self swelled something almost swallowed himself to disappear. Chaff failed to make a good rice crop. Graduate Work 2015 by Yagi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEAn ensemble play with men full of distorted energy. Graduate Work 2015 by Koya, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEThis place is where my grand parents, my parents, and I once lived. Even though I lose my memories and feelings of it, it does exist there and keeps to be in existence. Graduate Work 2015 by Ataru Sakagami, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEThe borderline of water, a body, or a bathtub gets more and more unclear. All are mixed together in the lukewarm water. Graduate Work 2015 by Tsumugi Harunari, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEOn a summer day an strange man who teaches Russian at the beach took me to a town. The familiar town looked totally fresh from a different point of view. The man should be there at the beach tomorrow. Graduate Work 2015 by Yoko Yuki, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. Prizes: - ASK? FILM FESTIVAL 2015 11th ANNIVERSARY, ASK? award - Image forum Festival 2015, audience award - Inter Collage Animation Festival 2015, audience award - MPTE AWARDS 2015, Aoi thubasa award (Source: Geidai Animation)
TVThe chronometer is a legendary treasure that has the power to manipulate time. The Susanoo Incident unfolded in the capital of Kyoto and ended with the death of the masked shogun, Mugensai. Having finished visiting the grave of his former master, Yoshida Shouin, Takasugi Shinsaku and his partner, Katsura Kogorou, return to Kyoto once again. Suddenly, the earth trembles and the sky splits open, and the chronometer, which was supposed to have been destroyed, appears from a rift in space-time. Now with a will of its own, the chronometer starts going on an uncontrollable rampage!! (Source: crunchyroll)
ONASoka city's 60th anniversary commemorative animation. Souta was born in Soka but has worked and lived in Tokyo until recently. He's engaged to Miki and decides to return to Soka to look for a new home where the two will live together. While house hunting, he encounters a mysterious bird and begins to chase after it. He then meets a woman named Akiko who time-slipped to the future. Souta shows her around the city and she reflects on how much has changed and her future as she too is engaged.
ONATezuka Production will create an original anime based on Osamu Tezuka's manga "Phoenix". As part of a collaboration campaign with Ehime Prefecture named "Dogo Reborn Project" to promote the restoration and repair of the Dogo Onsen hot spring bath house in Matsuyama.
ONAA parody opening for a spin-off of Gakkougurashi!, starring the characters from the visual novel Tokyo Necro by Nitro+. The animation was released by Nitro+ as an April Fool's prank, complete with an official website announcing a full TV series. The website was closed shortly after.
TV SHORTTokio Abiko has left his hometown in Yamagata prefecture to enter school in the great metropolis of Tokyo. On his first day, he encounters one of his classmates, a strange boy called Japan Hinomoto. Tokio soon realizes that Japan is the master of a very peculiar martial art – Todofu-ken: the Metro-erritorial Pre-fist-ure Style! With each of the 47 styles themed after a prefecture of Japan, enjoy a hilarious and unique tour of the country!
TVThe Karasuno High School Volleyball Club finally won their way into the nationals after an intense battle for the Miyagi Prefecture Spring Tournament qualifiers. As they were preparing for the nationals, Kageyama is invited to go to All-Japan Youth Training Camp. At the same time, Tsukishima is invited to go to a special rookie select training camp for first-years in Miyagi Prefecture. Hinata feels panic that he’s being left behind as one of the first-years and then decides to show up at the Miyagi Prefecture rookie select training camp anyway... (Source: Crunchyroll)
SPECIALDuring the final episode pre-screening event on Friday, it was announced that Double Decker! Doug & Kirill TV anime will get three extra episodes. Titled Double Decker! Doug & Kirill: Extra, the three episodes will be streamed via Bandai Channel and other streaming websites between February and April 2019. The Blu-ray and DVD for the extra episodes will also be released on May 24, 2019. (Source: MAL News)
MOVIEA girl who loves to dance but has no talent. "Talent" is not something to be added on, but rather "complements what is lacking." The important thing is to continually keep the easily wilted "flower" blooming beautifully. 1st Year Work 2011 by Toyomi Morishita, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
OVAAfter an airplane crash during a school trip, Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates were stranded on a seemingly deserted island. Mutsumi found the other survivors, and used her wilderness knowledge to help them. She expects that they will be rescued in about three days, which doesn't seem so long to endure. However, she didn't account for the fact that the island is populated with gigantic killer insects. Her knowledge of butterflies, wasps, and more may be the only thing that will help any of her classmates survive to be rescued. (Source: MangaHelpers) Note: Bundled with manga's 6th volume.
MUSICOfficial music video for UQiYO's song loTus featuring Pt. Ajay Pohankar. The song was included on their 3rd album "Stones" released two days later.
TVIn this world, cats aren't furry four-footed creatures, but human-like girls with ears, tails, and cat-like behaviors. Still kept as pets, they're allowed out on their own if they pass a special training and wear their bells. A young man running his own patisserie lives with two of these cats, Chocola and Vanilla, who help him out around the store. Maple and Cinnamon, two of the cats from home, also come in everyday, and together they enjoy a sweet life. Even if the cats don't always get along – and Azuki and Coconut certainly don't – things are peaceful and calm until a stray kitten follows Chocola home. (Source: Anime News Network)
MUSICOfficial music video directed by Kousuke Sugimoto for the collaborative song "Sleeping Beauty" by Korean hip-hop group Epik High and Japanese pop band Sekai no Owari ( End of the World).
TVThe story is set in San Teresa City on the fictional Pacific island of Kariaena. The "buddy police action" series follows the detective Kei Matoba and the alternate-world knight Tirana. 15 years ago, an unknown hyperspace gate opened over the Pacific. Beyond this gate lies Reto Semaani, a strange alternate world where fairies and demons live. San Teresa City — a city where over two million immigrants live from both worlds. As a result, there are the haves and the have-nots. Here is the world's newest "city of dreams." But in the shadow of the chaos, crime is rampant: drugs, prostitution, and weapon trafficking. The detectives who stand up to these heinous crimes are in the San Teresa City Police. When the detective Kei Matoba and the alternate-world knight Tirana — two individuals who differ in gender, personality, and even world of origin — meet, an incident erupts. Two worlds. Two justices. From this, the curtain rises on a buddy police action story! (Source: Anime News Network)
TVThe fearsome warlord, the demonic king—Oda Nobunaga! Before he was trying to rule over Japan, he was a teenager who began his path to greatness with his younger brother and faithful followers. Through succession, betrayal, battles, and bonds between one another, the struggles these boys face promise a future where they can blossom into powerful men. (Source: Crunchyroll)
SPECIALPicture dramas bundled with the Blu-ray and DVD volumes. The first tale features Nashetania 6 years ago when she was just 12 years old amidst the turmoil in her nation, the next features Fremy's encounter with a young girl, and the third features Adlet.
SPECIALThe Phantom Thieves were successful in reforming the heart of Masayoshi Shido, the politician behind all of the disturbing cases. Yet, the public’s response sharply differed from what they had expected. To correct the corruption of society and to achieve the justice they strongly believe in, Ren and the Phantom Thieves embark on their final battle. Source: Crunchyroll
TVTen years after facing defeat in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Waver Velvet, now Lord El Melloi II, teaches classes at the Clock Tower—the center of education for mages. However, his new status as "Lord" comes with a caveat: obey the orders of Reines, the younger sister of the deceased Kayneth El Melloi, until she is old enough to rule the House of El Melloi. Waver, along with his mysterious apprentice Gray, takes on a series of cases assigned by Reines and the Mages Association. With each case proving to be more complex than the last, could there be more to the Clock Tower than meets the eye, and what secrets does Reines hide?
MUSICDebut group single for the Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as part of the Love Live! PERFECT Dream Project. The music video for TOKIMEKI Runners , along with the opening movie for the Love Live! School idol festival ALL STARS, was released in the DVD/Blu-Ray release coinciding with the album. Note: The song featured in this music video was also used as an insert song in the TV anime Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai 2.
MOVIEThe old granny playing peek-a-boo is gone. Instead, a stranger appears and draws closer to the child. Peek-a-boo involves exercising memory, and looking directly at your partner. 1st Year Work 2011 by Keiko Shiraishi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIEA man blown by blizzard on Snow Mountain wants to return to his warm home. 1st Year Work 2011 by Hiroko Satsuma, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
MOVIE"BONNIE" is something like the wind, and she was hoping that everything would get blown away. 1st Year Work 2011 by Masanori Okamoto, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
