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According to the latest numbers reported by Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA) yesterday, the average circulation of Shueisha's signature manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump in the period between January and March 2017 was confirmed as 1,915,000 copies.

 

The number was less than one third of its peak of 6.53 million in December 1994 when it had nationally popular series including Dragon Ball (Akira Toriyama), Rurouni Kenshin (Nobuhiro Watsuki), and SLAM DUNK (Masahiko Inoue). And it is the first time for Japan's top-selling manga magazine to dip in circulation below two million since 2008 when the association started reported the verified circulation numbers.

 

Circulation of other two major Japanese weekly shonen manga magazines have been also falling. Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, which had 4.36 million copies in its peak of 1995, now prints

964,158 copies in average. Meanwhile, Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday currently has 319,667

copies, only 14 percent of its peak of 2.28 million in 1983.

 

 

Weekly Shonen Jump latest 24th issue of 2017

おはようございます！月曜です。週刊少年ジャンプ24号の発売日です！
表紙&巻頭カラーは、第1回人気投票開催「鬼滅の刃」！
センターカラーの「約束のネバーランド」「青春兵器ナンバーワン」「ROBOT×LASERBEAM」も必見。ぜひ！/M pic.twitter.com/HWR7fmtqXa

— 少年ジャンプ編集部 (@jump_henshubu) May 14, 2017

 

 

Source: Japan Magazine Publishers Association via: Yomiuri Shimbun

 

For all those Sonic the Hedgehog fans wishing they could see their original characters alongside our heroes in a game... now's your chance. The latest Sonic Forces trailers show the game's "Custom Hero" feature -- which allows players to create their own playable character for the first time in the history of the series.

 

 

The character creation function allows you to choose from a variety of colors, species, clothing, and gadgets to perfect your custom hero. A second new clip debuts Custom Hero gameplay on the Park Avenue stage:

 

 

The new game teams up two iterations of the speedy blue hedgehog to take back the world from Dr. Eggman. Players can play on 3D levels as Modern Sonic, and on old-school 2D platformers as Classic Sonic.

 

Sonic Forces will be available this holiday season for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

 

Source: Sonic the Hedgehog Official YouTube Channel

 

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Namco Bandai announced a new virtual reality experience called Evangelion VR: The Soul Seat. 

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Kadokawa's Kakuyomu website announced on Saturday that it is holding a contest for "entertainment novels that adults want to read." The website is partnering...

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and with it comes a new smartphone app this June in Japan that will let you read the manga and play an Iggy-raising game.

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The Continental Congress sent the Articles of Confederation to the thirteen states for ratification, but Maryland insisted on changes that Virginia rushed to oppose. Meanwhile, the American Revolutionary War raged on.
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Saber and Rider throw down in a new visual for Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] - 「Ⅰ.presage flower」, the first part of an anime movie trilogy of the third route in TypeMoon visual novel. The feature is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on October 14th.  

 

 

The trilogy of anime movies adapting the Type-Moon visual novel route in which Sakura Matō is the heroine features Tomonori Sudou, animation director/character designer of ufotable's Unlimited Blade Works TV anime, as director. Yuki Kajiura will be composing the music, with Aimer on the theme.

 

 

 

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During World War II, the Bismarck was the pride of the German navy - and the nightmare of Great Britain. It was enormous, overpowered, and a constant threat to the seas. So when they got word that the Bismarck had mobilized, the British raced to stop it.
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The official website for the upcoming new anime adaptation project based on Yoshiki Tanaka's sci-fi novel series Ginga Eiyu Densetsu/The Legend of the Galactic Heroes is today updated with a new "opening visual" featuring Reinhard looking up the starry sky. The visual is also published in the latest June 2017 issue of Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine released today. The publisher released the 14-volume novel series in Japan from 1982 to 1989.

 

It is also confirmed that a kick-of event for the new adaptation animated by Production I.G, titled "New Anime Project 'The Legend of the Galactic Heroes' Event ~The Encounter of The Stars~" will be held at Shinjuku Cultural Center in Tokyo on September 20.

 

The three main voice cast from the first anime series animated by Kitty film, Magic Bus, and K Factory: Ryo Horikawa (Reinhard von Lohengramm), Masashi Hironaka (Siegfried Kircheis), and Nozomu Sasaki

(Julian Mintz) are confirmed to join the event, alongside the original novel author Tanaka and the yet-revealed

new voice cast for Reinhard, Kircheis, and Yang Wen-li. At the event, the new voice cast and production

staff for the new anime will be revealed and a new promotional footage will be screened for the first

time. Pre-orders for the 5,400-yen ticket will be accepted on the ePlus online ticket service from 10:00 am

on May 13.  

 

公式サイトリニューアルに合わせてオープニングビジュアルも解禁しました！こちら本日発売のアニメージュ6月号にも掲載されてますので、ぜひチェックしてください。https://t.co/CsBusO3HV4 　#gineidenanime pic.twitter.com/GXZVdwHeY6

— 新アニメプロジェクト「銀河英雄伝説」 (@gineidenanime) May 10, 2017

 

 

Source: "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" new anime project official website, Twitter

 

The June issue of Dragon Age magazine and the site for Kazuki Sakuraba's alternative-history mystery series Gosick has posted a message sharing the sad news that artist Hinata Takeda passed away in January of an undisclosed illness. Takeda also wrote and illustrated the Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth manga, and Sakuraba says that the time they met, Takeda reminded them of that series' heroine, Yune. 

 

「武田日向さん」
ゴシックブログ更新しました。https://t.co/zF3XMNWOKs pic.twitter.com/VEbuwdvN7b

— 桜庭一樹 (@sakurabakazuki) May 9, 2017

 

Gosick and Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth were both adapted into 2011 TV anime.

 

 

via LiveDoor 

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Good news for fans of Gundam Build Fighters: Sunrise has announced a new project entitled Gundam Build _Extra Battle Project with a teaser preview video that summarizes the action from the two previous Gundam Build Fighters series and the Island Wars TV special.

 

 

Details (such as the format, the cast, the crew, and the release date) are currently scarce about the new project. So far, only the title has been announced. More information will be released at a later date via the official Gundam Build Fighters home page and Twitter feed (@buildfighters).

 

Source: Otakomu

 

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For anime fans of a certain age, Megazone 23 was either a gateway anime, or just one of many anime titles that came to form the basis for much of late 80's and early 90's anime fandom with its focus on sci-fi action and mechanical designs, with the first episode of the series selling a reported 25,000 VHS copies in 1985. As previously reported, recent train station ads were found by eagle-eyed anime fans that confirmed a crowdfunding project to revive the franchise along with Pretty Sammy using the Campfire platform with AIC being involved.

 

Now, the Japanese Campfire campaign for Megazone 23 sits at 94% funded, with 63 days left on the campaign to raise 10 million yen. Normally, such a campaign would easily hit its goal and most wouldn't worry outside of the immediate backers, but with such a large amount being raised per person to fund a promotional video for the Megazone 23 revival before work gets underway on the new project, it's a wonder that fans still remember the show after all this time. It's too bad that Campfire is Japan-only, because I know plenty of people that would be willing to help fund this project.

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The first Genshiken manga is getting a new edition in Japan. Called Genshiken “Shinsouban” (“New Edition”), this new version will be five omnibus-sized volumes in total (as opposed to nine volumes in the original release), and will be printed on larger, A5-size paper. The volumes will also feature brand new covers, as seen above.

The first volume goes on sale May 23rd. As to whether or not I’ll be getting it, the answer is “probably.” I am a sucker for new covers, and the only thing preventing me from owning the anime version five times over was cost. It’ll also hinge on whether or not there are any store-exclusives like with the Genshiken Nidaime releases. No word yet on what, if any, special image cards will be included.

When the thirteen colonies of North America broke away from Great Britain, they struggled to draft their first constitution. After great debate, they created the Articles of Confederation and formed the United States of America.
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If you're playing or already finished Zero Escape: The Nonary Games on PlayStation 4, you're probably hoping to finish the series on Sony's console, as well. Aksys Games and Spike Chunsoft have you covered, since they announced plans to bring the third game, Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, to PS4 in North America this fall.

 

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma will be available both physically and digitally when it launches. 

 

 

Key Features   Excellence In Narrative and Puzzles Kotaro Uchikoshi is back with diabolic new puzzles and fully animated story sections that push boundaries of interactive storytelling!   Meet Our New Contestants New comers and familiar faces round out a robust cast of characters. Find out who will live and who will die in this epic clash of wills.   Beautiful HD PS4™ Graphical Experience Zero Time Dilemma has been beautifully remastered with impressive new HD graphics to accompany the English and Japanese voice over options to flesh out the narrative.   Vast Branching Paths Multiple endings and non linear story mechanics will keep you coming back again and again to find the truth!

  

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Coming summer 2017, it's the mobile RPG brought to you by TYPE-MOON, Aniplex of America, and DELiGHTWORKS: Fate/Grand Order. A new, translated short promo offers the latest hype for the story about taking back our future.  

 

See more at www.Fate-go.us

 

 

Earlier announce trailer

 

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The Seiken Densetsu Collection for Nintendo Switch is coming soon in Japan, and the official Twitter has seen fit to show off some of what you can expect from the collection soon, which will include Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, Seiken Densetsu 2, and Seiken Densetsu 3. Screen Switch Mode will let you choose to play in certain screen sizes, like Super Gameboy Mode and Game Boy Mode.

 

You can swap between various choices depending on which game you choose.

 

Switch版新機能①“画面切り替えモード”は、このような感じで
複数の画面サイズから遊びやすいものを選んでプレイすることができます！⇒つづく#聖剣コレ pic.twitter.com/leHAhKJzN8

— 聖剣伝説 -公式- (@Seiken_PR) April 28, 2017

 

Quick Save will let you save wherever you want.

 

Switch版新機能②“クイックセーブ”
宿屋を見つけないとセーブができない『聖剣伝説2」では特に、このクイックセーブ機能が活躍しそうです！
こまめなセーブ、大事！！#聖剣コレ pic.twitter.com/Q0rob7arOP

— 聖剣伝説 -公式- (@Seiken_PR) April 28, 2017

Music Mode will let you rifle through all the songs in-game and choose what you’d like to listen to.

 

Switch版新機能③“ミュージックモード”
ゲームをしていないときでも、ホーム画面から、3作品の楽曲を聴くことができます♪
『聖剣伝説コレクション』発売まであと1ヶ月。楽しみにお待ちください！https://t.co/6oLkuvyLPR #聖剣コレ pic.twitter.com/nJdqMNbmG9

— 聖剣伝説 -公式- (@Seiken_PR) April 28, 2017

Seiken Densetsu Collection will debut on Switch on June 1 in Japan.

 

[via Gematsu]

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We know so much about Ned Kelly's life through documents recorded at the time, and yet disputes over those details remind us how much different people's perspectives shapes our understanding of events. James Portnow interviews series writer Soraya Een Hajji about Ned Kelly!
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If you're a big fan of the Persona 5 soundtrack and a savvy record collector, you'll be excited to learn about the game's latest partnership. Atlus teamed up with iam8bit to release the Persona 5 soundtrack on vinyl, with two editions to choose from ahead of a Q4 2017 launch. 

 

The Persona 5 soundtrack is up for pre-order now in Essential Edition and Deluxe Edition forms. The $100 Essential Edition packs in 4 records with selected tracks curated by the Atlus Sound Team. Or, if you're more of a completist, you can grab the full 6-record soundtrack with the $175 Deluxe Edition, which will be released in a limited pressing of 1,000. 

 

 

As you can see, Atlus and iam8bit aren't quite ready to reveal the cover art, but they promise something stunning. iam8bit will also be documenting the creation of the sets in interviews, photos, and videos, including: 

 

• Mastering - They'll visit their favorite mastering studio, Infrasonic, and chronicle how music is mixed for the retro technology that is vinyl.
• Test Presses - They'll show you what it's like to create lacquers & test presses, which serve as the benchmark for the vinyl's audio quality.
• Vinyl Production - They'll hang with their friends from Noiseland at their factory in France, capturing the analog magic of melting "wax" and stamping records. It's pretty crazy to see because some of these machines are nearly 100 years old!
• Packaging - They'll reveal just how much work goes into creating a unique packaging experience from design to printing to assembly.
• Artwork - They'll reveal the "Mystery Album Art," the result of an intimate collaboration between iam8bit, ATLUS, SEGA, and a to-be-announced, top-secret artist.

 

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The announcement was made during a special commemoration broadcast from Fate/Grand Order’s Chaldea Radio Station, where the company revealed that a new Fate/Extella game is in the works.

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This time around, the wave includes free DLC for the characters’ swimsuit costumes, as well as outfits inspired by Persona 4’s spin-off games and Shin Megami Tensei IV.

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Citizens of the world, I say to you: get hype! The new Tick TV show starring Peter Serafinowicz starts airing on Amazon Prime this summer.

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Kotobukiya is ready to help you welcome a Phantom Thief of Hearts onto your display shelf. The protagonist of Persona 5 is now being featured in a 1/8 scale Hero Phantom Thief ver ARTFX J  statue. The 23cm figure with masked base sells for 12,960yen ahead of a September release. 

 

 

 

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