Voice actress, Numakura Manami has announced the end of her artist activities. Together with that announcement, the sales of her complete best album, a final live performance, a new artist photo and cover photo was released. Moreover, she will continue with her voice acting as usual.
TV Anime “Hikaru no Go” Collab Cafe event will be opened for a limited time, starting from Nov. 28 at Animate Cafe in 3 cities: Ikebukuro, Sendai, Nagoya. The Cafe's items on the menu are based on the images of characters from Hikaru no Go and the merchandises will feature original artworks never seen before.
An **AKIRA** themed pop-up store commemorating the release of 「mini Q『AKIRA』PART.1」 mini-figures will open on Nov. 20th, 2019 at Roppongi Hills 「Art and Design Store」.
“Anitsuku 2019”, an animation production technique event, was held at UDX GALLERY on Sep. 28. The storyboard session held every year by director Komatsuda Daizen brought director Araki Tetsuro, famous for “Attack on Titan” and “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress”, as a guest to close into the secrets of storyboards.
The TV anime “Ojamajo Doremi” café and store will open for a time in the TV station official shop Tree Village. It will be open from Nov. 2 to Dec. 1.
The second charity photo session hosted by popular cosplayer Enako was held on Nov. 4 at Starrise Tower in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
The event “Anitsuku” was held in Akihabara UDX Sep. 28, and included a live session called “Illustrators’ Behind-the-Scenes Biz Trip Special”, where the participants talked about the fun of being Illustrator and the individual ways in which their profession intersects with the anime industry.
The first single live show by Saitō Shuka “Shulive’2019: How to Tie Up Shoelaces” was held Nov. 7, 2019. In playtime, the MC announced that the tour will start in Osaka in March, 2020, and continue in Nagoya and Tokyo.
The 3rd VR concert, 「Lapis Re:LiGHTs VR Magic Live ～First Magic Act～ in cluster」 from 『Lapis Re:LiGHTs ～The “idols” don't only sing, they use magic too. Do you believe in Idols? ～』 was held on Oct. 5, 2019.
One of the largest cosplay events in Japan, “Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2019,” was held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo on Oct. 26 and 27.
The 2nd PV for TV anime Ahiru no Sora has been released and features the passionate plays of a freakishly tall basketball club member. Broadcasting information was released at the same time. The series will be aired on TV Tokyo’s channel 6 starting on October 2nd.
「Gundam AGEII Magnum SV ver.」 piloted by Kujo Kyoya in 『Gundam Build Divers』 gets a gunpla kit with a scale of 1/144(HG). Currently available for pre-order on Premium Bandai.
「BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!」 and its 4th tie-up with Lawson as of September the 3rd, has been revealed. The campaign is to give out a limited quantity of originals goods which will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis
To commemorate the release of "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" (released on Sep. 11), the latest "Crayon Shin-chan"'s movie, all the 27 movies of the series can be streamed for free on "ABEMA"'s "Minna no Anime Channel". To commemorate the release of the latest movie, this project will be streaming the 27 movies of the series for free, including "Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~" that is appearing for the first time on "ABEMA", "Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure in Henderland" where the active character "Buriburizaemon" in "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" made an appearance, and "Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission". Do take this chance to recap "Crayon Shin-chan" movies series on "ABEMA" before watching the latest movie. The free streaming of all the 27 "Crayon Shin-chan" movies series will be available according on "Minna no Anime Channel". "Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes" will be released nationwide on Sep. 11, 2020.
From TV anime "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind" comes blazers and pants (slacks) which can be worn together as business suits inspired by Giorno Giovanna and Bruno Bucciarati. Pre-orders are available at "Premium Bandai" until Dec. 26, 2019.
The Anime adaptation of the silly cute FemBL "Fucked by My Best Friend" released a promo video with two versions. Shion and Rui are an amazing pick-up artist team with a success rate of 100. But one day, Shion was drugged by a mysterious lady, and a few hours later, he wakes up to find himself transformed into a woman's body. Rui, who comes to check on Shion, see's him in a woman's body and his male switch turns on. He hits on her(him) without knowing it's Shion, and... Two promo videos, each narrated by Chihaya Rui (voice: Furukawa Makoto) and Chihara Shion (voice: Yamamoto Kazuomi) have been released. Let's enjoy a bit of Rui's hot voice, Shion's Male and Female voice. It was also announced that the anime will be broadcast on BS11, so we can watch "Fucked by My Best Friend" anime all over Japan. The on-air version short anime of "Fucked by My Best Friend" is scheduled to be broadcast on Tokyo MX and BS11 on April 4, 2021. The premium version, which depicts the "graphic" scenes, will also be streamed from the same day. "Fucked by My Best Friend" Anime Broadcast/Streaming Information