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Kumiko Saiki’s Kageki Shojo!! Manga Takes 1-Issue Break
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Author lost father earlier this month
The December issue of Hakusensha‘s Melody magazine revealed on Friday that Kumiko Saiki‘s Kageki Shojo!! manga did not appear in the issue due to Saiki’s personal circumstances. The manga will resume in the next issue on December 26.
Saiki additionally explained in a Twitter thread that her beloved cat passed away at the end of summer, and while she was still grieving that loss, her father suddenly passed away earlier this month. Saiki added the two deaths are the reason for the manga taking a break from the December issue, as she said it was impossible mentally and physically for her to finish the chapter.
Saiki serialized the original manga under the title Kageki Shoujo! (with one exclamation mark) in Shueisha‘s Jump Kai magazine from 2012 to 2014, and ended the original serialization after the magazine ceased publication in October 2014.
Saiki then launched the ongoing sequel manga under the title Kageki Shoujo!! (with two exclamation marks) in Melody in 2015. The manga was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga in Kodansha‘s 44th annual Manga Awards in 2020. Hakusensha released the 12th volume on April 5.
Shueisha published the original manga in two volumes, but re-released the series in one compiled volume in March 2019 with the title Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero. Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in one omnibus volume in English under the title Kageki Shoujo!! The Curtain Rises. Seven Seas is also releasing Kageki Shojo!! in English, and it will release the seventh volume on December 20.
Seven Seas describes the story:
Ever since she was a little girl, Sarasa has wanted to play the role of Oscar as part of the Kouka Acting Troupe, an all-female acting troupe similar to the Takarazuka Revue. But before she can do that, she has to attend two years at the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. As Sarasa practices singing, dancing, and acting, she grows closer to the other girls in her year, including her roommate, the stoic former J-idol, Ai. Though Sarasa is great at making friends, her outspoken nature and grand ambitions earn her lots of enemies as well.
The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that premiered in July 2021. Funimation streamed the series and also streamed an English dub. Funimation then released the series on home video on May 31.
Sources: Melody December issue, Kumiko Saiki‘s Twitter account
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Shin Kamen Rider Film’s Trailer Reveals Previously Unannounced Cast
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March 25, 2023By
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Film opened in Japan on March 17
The official website for Hideaki Anno‘s Shin Kamen Rider live-action film began streaming a new trailer for the film on Friday. The trailer reveals previously unannounced cast from the film (the film has already opened, but these cast members were not announced prior to the film’s opening).
The previously unannounced cast members include:
The film opened in Japan on March 17. The film sold 345,000 tickets to earn 542 million yen (about US$4.12 million), ranking at #2 in its opening weekend.
Katsuro Onoue is credited as associate director, with Ikki Todoroki as assistant director. Famed designers Mahiro Maeda, Ikuto Yamashita, and Yutaka Izubuchi — who have collaborated with Anno on many previous projects such as Evangelion — were the designers for the film. (Yamashita was already previously revealed as the designer of the updated Cyclone motorcycle.) Isao Tsuge was the costume designer. Taku Iwasaki (Read or Die, Jormungand, Gurren Lagann) composded the music.
Shinichiro Shirakura was the executive producer, with Daiju Koide and Kazutoshi Wadakura credited as producers. Muneyuki Kii is credited for planning and production. Tōru Mori was the line producer, and Masanori Kawashima was the associate producer.
Sousuke Ikematsu plays Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider, while Minami Hamabe plays Ruriko Midorikawa. Other cast members include Tasuku Emoto as Hayato Ichimonji, Shinya Tsukamoto as RIRIKO‘s father, Tōru Tezuka as Kōmori Augment-01, and Suzuki Matsuo.
Anno directed, scripted, and produced the film. Shotaro Ishinomori is credited as the original creator.
In addition to co-writing and directing the Evangelion franchise, Anno is the writer and chief director of the Shin Godzilla film and the writer of the Shin Ultraman film.
Sources: Shin Kamen Rider‘s website, Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web
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Crunchyroll to Stream Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation, To Every You I’ve Loved Before, To Me, The One Who Loved You Connected Anime Films
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March 24, 2023By
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Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation, To Every You I’ve Loved Before, and To Me, The One Who Loved You anime films.
Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyo-hen (Graduation Chapter), the new anime film based on Shō Harusono‘s Sasaki and Miyano manga, will stream in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, India, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The film will screen at SakuraCon from April 7-9 and Anime Central from May 19-21, ahead of the unannounced premiere date on Crunchyroll.
The film premiered in Japan on February 17, and screened alongside an anime short adaptation of Harusono’s Hirano and Kagiura spinoff manga.
Shinji Ishihira returned to direct the film at Studio DEEN. Other returning staff members include Takahiro Ueno as assistant director, Yoshiko Nakamura as screenwriter, Maki Fujii as character designer, and Kana Shibue as composer.
The television anime adaptation of Harusono’s Sasaki and Miyano manga premiered in January 2022 and aired for 12 episodes. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired and also streamed an English dub.
An OVA for the franchise shipped on DVD with the ninth volume of the main manga in July 2022. Harusono drafted the original anime episode, titled “Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chotto Shita Hanashi.” The episode is considered the 13th episode of the television anime series. Crunchyroll is streaming the episode.
The anime films of Yomiji Otono’s Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e (To Every You I’ve Loved Before) and Kimi o Aishita Hitori no Boku e (To Me, The One Who Loved You) novels will begin streaming on Crunchyroll on April 20 in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and India.
Both films opened simultaneously in Japan on October 7.
Each movie had different directors and animation studios. Jun Matsumoto (Brothers Conflict, Night Raid 1931) directed Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e at BAKKEN RECORD. Kenichi Kasai (Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile, Amanchu!) directed Kimi o Aishita Hitori no Boku e at TMS Entertainment. Riko Sakaguchi (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Mary and The Witch’s Flower) penned the script for both films, and shimano (JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World novel cover art) was credited for character design concepts for both films.
Otono released the two science-fiction romance novels on the same day on June 23, 2016. Both complement each other, but can be read in either order. The books take place in a world where traveling to parallel worlds is a common, everyday occurrence.
Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e centers on Koyomi Takasaki, a boy who lives with his mother after his parents divorce. He attempts to make friends in his new college prep school, but his social awkwardness combined with an atmosphere of focusing on studies means he is unsuccessful. One day, his classmate Kazune Takigawa approaches him, and tells him that she is actually from World Line 85, where she and Koyomi are lovers.
Kimi o Aishita Hitori no Boku e centers on Koyomi Hidaka, a boy who lives with his father after his parents divorce. He meets a girl named Shiori Satō at his father’s research lab, and they begin a relationship that is slowly blossoming into love. But everything changes when their parents decide to marry each other, and they decide to move to a parallel world where they are not stepsiblings.
Source: Crunchyroll (link 2, Joseph Luster)
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
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Rokudo’s Bad Girls Anime Reveals Onishima Alliance Cast
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March 24, 2023By
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The official Twitter account for the television anime of Yūji Nakamura‘s Rokudo’s Bad Girls (Rokudō no Onna-tachi) manga revealed on Friday a new visual and additional cast for Onishima Alliance members:
Reina Ueda will play three roles: Raino, Kazeno, and Amano, who are the Sumire triplets.
The additional cast also includes:

The anime will premiere on the TOKYO MX channel on April 7 at 25:35 JST (effectively April 8 at 1:35 a.m. or April 7 at 12:35 p.m. EDT), then on MBS, BS Asahi, AT-X, and Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions.
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Keiya Saitō (Baki) is directing the anime at Satelight, and Yūichirō Momose (So I’m a Spider, So What?, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer) is in charge of the series scripts. Shin’ya Segawa (Pastel Memories) is designing the characters. Hideaki Onishi is handling sub-character design, and Hiroyuki Taiga (Transformers: Robots in Disguise, FUUTO PI) is in charge of mechanical designs. Yasuyoshi Uetsu (Triage X) and Tomoaki Chishima are credited for prop design.
Kenichi Tajiri (The tale of outcasts) is the art director, and Yoshimi Kawakami (Fairy Tail) is the color key artist. Yūjirō Yamane (Bodacious Space Pirates) is the compositing director of photography, and Shūji Matsumoto (Girly Air Force) is editing. Hiroshi Yamamoto (Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!) is the sound director.
Nakamura launched the manga in Akita Shoten‘s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in June 2016, and ended it in April 2021. Akita Shoten published the manga’s 26th and final compiled book volume in June 2021.
The manga follows Tо̄suke Rokudо̄, a timid high school boy who gets bullied by delinquents. He receives a scroll from his late grandfather, leaving a mark on his forehead. The mark’s effect causes a delinquent girl named Ranna Himawari to fall in love with him.
Sources: Rokudo’s Bad Girls anime’s Twitter account, Comic Natalie
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