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June 1st, 2013

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Shoko Nakagawa to perform in large-scale Hong Kong anime event ACG 2013 in July
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/shoko-nakagawa-perform-largescale-hong-kong-anime-event-acg-2013-july/ By Az on June 1st, 2013

Nakagawa in ACG 2009 Shokotan will be going to Hong Kong on July. She will be performing in large-scale anime event ACG Hong Kong 2013. ACG stands for Anime-Comic-Game.

ACG 2009 It has been four years since Shokotan last performed in ACG and a year since she performed in Hong Kong as part of her successful Asia tour. ACG 2013 is an event that spans five days from July 26 to 31. Shokotans performance is scheduled for the first day, July 26. But thats not all, as she will be in the live house KITEC Music Zone on July 28 for the live event Shoko Nakagawa GIZAHONKONG
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Looking forward to meeting you. There are no details on the ticketing for both events yet, so stay tuned for updates. Shokotan will also be releasing her latest single, Zoku Konton on July 5. With the guitarist ROLLY as her guest, she talked about the single in her regular Nico Nico Live show, Shokotan no wo and the happenings behind the making of its jacket, including being a black ribbon mummy.

The full trailer for Gintama the Movie: Final Chapter ~Be Forever, Yoruzuya~, with an original story penned by Sorachi Hideaki himself, has been revealed to the public just a few hours ago today, June 1. The trailer features a very different Shinpachi and Kagura. The visual for future Shinpachi and Kagura has already been revealed in the visual release, but the trailer shows that not only their looks, but also their attitude has changed much to the shock of Gintoki. Shinpachi charges and mows down a group of thugs, donning Gintokis famous Lake Touya sword. Saying youre on par with the Yoruzuya Being this weak, arent you a hundred years too early for that?says Kagura, now all grown up and beautiful, wearing a China dress this time with a Gintoki-design. Backing them up is an aggressive looking Sadaharu. It seems that by a strange power, Gintoki has been thrown to a futuristic Edo one where he does not exist anymore. Gintoki is shocked at the sight of a once thriving city now crumbling and could not believe how his companions have become: a badass Shinpachi and Kagura succeeding the Yorozuya, their old home now empty with the signboard fallen off, a uniformless Shinsengumi, and many more. You could also hear the theme song, SPYAIRs Genjou DESTRUCTION, in the background. The only one who could finish me off Is me, and me alone. says Gintoki in the final seconds of the trailer.

source: natalie

Gintama the Movie: Final Chapter ~Be Forever, Yorozuya~ full trailer is up! Featuring a cool Shinpachi and Kagura
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/gintama-movie-final-chapter-beyoruzuya-full-trailer-up-featuring-cool-shinpachi-kagura/ By Az on June 1st, 2013

As said in the previous article, this will be the finisher to all Gintama anime and movies, and will be on theaters starting July 6. Sure, Gintama has trolled all of us about ending a couple of times before, but this time, it looks like its ending for real. Live on forever, Yorozuya! Source: natalie

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Preview of Asami Imais music video Hoshikuzu no Ring now live


Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/preview-asami-imais-music-videohoshikuzu-ring-live/ By SunSoftware on June 1st, 2013

As you can tell by the title, the OVA is quite heavy. Accordingly, Imais music video is deep and mournful, with dramatic opera vocals and piano parts. See for yourself with the preview below. The single will be available in a DVD edition that includes the full music video and a making-of video, so if you were impressed by the preview, you should get this edition for 2,310 yen. The normal edition without the DVD costs 1,680 yen. Along with Hoshikuzu no Ring, the single will include Tender is the Night, the ending theme of 5pb.s upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 game Disorder 6. The full tracklist of the single is as follows: 1. Hoshikuzu no Ring 2. Tender is the Night 3. Rojiura no Planetarium 4. Hoshikuzu no Ring (off vocal) 5. Tender is the Night (off vocal) 6. Rojiura no Planetarium (off vocal) The voice actress of Chihaya Kisaragi and Noire is releasing her next single this month, and you can hear a 3-minute preview of her dramatic ballad right here. Video game fans should recognize Asami Imai for her role as the idol Chihaya from The Idolm@ster, followed by Kurisu from Steins;Gate and Noire from Hyperdimension Neptunia. Recently, she also held her birthday concerts in Shinjuku on May 25 and 26. Asami Imais eleventh single, Hoshikuzu no Ring, will be released on June 26. The song will be used as the opening theme of the anime Corpse Party: Tortured Souls The Cursed Screams of the Tyrannized Souls, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 24. For more of Imai coming this summer, check out the anime adaptation of Hyperdimension Neptunia and the PS Vita game Hyperdimension Idol Neptunia PP. Source: Famitsu

1/8 Takanashi Rikka by Kyoto Animation and Bandai Armor Girls Project Tobiichi Origami announced
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/18-takanashi-rikka-kyoto-animationbandai-armor-girls-project-tobiichi-origami-announced/ By spartanchef on June 1st, 2013

Kyoto Animation announced in their website that they will be releasing a 1/8 scale figure of the very cute Evil Eye Takanashi Rikka! The 1/8 PVC figure is produced by Kojima Shou and because she is kneeling, the figure only stands about 12 cm. The Rikka figure is in a kneeling pose with her
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signature eyepatch and holding a pistol and her umbrella strapped in a holster in her left thigh. A perfect must-have for all them Chuuni fans

Meanwhile, Bandai has announced that the latest addition to their Armor Girls Project (AGP) line will be Date-A-Lives Tobiichi Origami!

This figure is made of PVC and ABC and stands about 140 mm. Like all figures under the AGP line, this figure is completely posable. She comes with her own flight pack as well as an array of spirit-fighting weaponry. All weaponry are removable. This figure is set for release September 2013 and costs about 7140 Yen.
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Eevee and Friends Happy Party Time adds merchandise to Pokemon Centers 15th anniversary
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/eevee-friends-happy-party-timeadds-merchandise-pokemon-centers-15th-anniversary/

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Keychains and pins with the English translation of the event (Eevee and Friends: Happy Party Time!):

With a month of school holidays and their fifteenth anniversary in full swing, the Pokemon Center has new Eevee merchandise to offer. Fifteen years of the Pokemon Center means fifteen years of Eevee merchandise as well, and to help celebrate Sylveon (Ninfia) has come along for the ride. Previously, the only goods available as part of the fifteenth anniversary were those you could win through lottery. One chance at this meant having to spend 3500 yen or more, with the lowest prize being a sticker sheet.

And of course any stationary you can imagine putting these happy Pokemon on to return to school in style:

Mobile accessories will also be available so you can take Eevee and his friends anywhere you are.

Starting June 1, though, customers will be able to pick up their own Eevee merchandise to celebrate. Merchandise includes canvas carrying bags for bottles and make-up (or even pencils)

If your meal needs a little Eevee love as well, there are tumblers, coasters and bowls available too.

T-shirts

Dont worry if you cant make it to the Pokemon Center in person as the Amazon branch will have the merchandise starting June 7. Source: Famitsu

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Yukari Tamura takes on donut-cats in Donyatsu!


Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/yukari-tamura-takes-donut-catsdonyatsu/ By KaleNagasaki on May 31st, 2013

In the crazy and fantastical story about a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, donut-cats have even taken over beloved voice actor Yukari Tamura. In the short series Donyatsu, Yukari Tamura will play the main character, or should I say cat (or maybe donut-cat), Donyatsu. Yukari Tamura is best known for her roles in Muromi-san (Muromi-san), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Nanoha Takamachi), Gintama (Saki Hanano), and Kuroshitsuji (Elizabeth Midford). This year in particular seems to be a busy one for Yukari Tamura. Not only will she be the voice of Donyatsu, but she is also lending her voice to Ore no Imto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Kanako Kurusu) and Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (Masuzu Natsukawa). Yukari Tamuras beautiful voice has been capturing audiences since 1997. If you are unfamiliar with her songs, a great place to start would be her singles that were featured as the ending themes to the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series. These include Little Wish ~lyrical step~, Spiritual Garden, Hoshizora no Spica, and Beautiful Amulet. Other cast members for Donyatsu include Keiji Fujiwara (Blue Exorcists Shiro), who will play the bagel-cat Begaru, Junji Majima (Ore no Imto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nais Kohei Akagi, and Hunter x Hunters Leorio), who will voice the cougar-like cat Baumcougar, and Saori Hayami (Zettai Bei Leviathans Leviathan), who will voice the bearlike cat Kumacaron. Donyatsu was originally a manga illustrated by Yusuke Kozaki that was featured in Square Enixs Young Gangan in 2011. The approximately two minute anime shorts will be directed by Mankyu, the lovely genius that brought us Tono to Issho. Starting on June 1st, Donyatsu will run before feature films in T-Joy theaters, with a new short released every month.

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Were you surprised when a game based on the anime and light novel series OreImo was announced for the PS3? Well, this isnt a visual novel like the PSP games this is the OreImo version of the Idolm@ster. Previously, we discovered in Dengeki PlayStation that Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Happy End will feature five girls who, for some reason, decide to take over the idol world (isnt there another idol game coming out?). Those five girls are the little sister Kirino, goth loli cosplayer Kuroneko, deceptively refined yandere Ayase, small and arrogant Kanako, and the normal Minami.

Check out the newly released ending below, sung by Hikari Shinna. Source: Crunchyroll

OreImo Happy End turns your little sisters into idols


Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/oreimo-happy-lets-manage-idols/ By SunSoftware on May 31st, 2013

As the hero of the anime, Kyousuke, you work as the budding idols lucky manager. Why they want him to manage, we have no clue.

Ore ga maneejaa ni naru wake ga nai! (I cant become a manager!) One of your jobs is to man the camera in photo sessions. This mode takes advantage of the PS3s graphics engine to make the girls look better than ever before in 3D. You get to decide their costumes and environments, so you can make them
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look as charming as possible. However, if you try to take any weird photos, the girls will get mad and as OreImo fans know, its not good to make them mad.

Each girl will also have her own website, where you can read her blog entries, write replies, give them life counseling, and upload pictures from your photo sessions. By coordinating the content on the site, youll strive to get as much page views as possible.

We dont have any details on other parts of the game, but Bandai Namco has listed some information on the limited edition HD Complete Box. The info theyve given isnt very specific, but along with the game, the package will include: A box with a specially illustrated cover An booklet containing 2D scenes from the game An audio CD A movie Blu-ray Disc Other unrevealed content

The limited edition will cost 10,980 yen, and the normal edition will cost 7,480 yen. Both editions will be released on September 26. Are you excited to turn your little sisters into idols this fall? Source: Dengeki

Of course, in between jobs, youll get to talk to the idols through cutscenes. In the scenes below, Kirino is in a bad mood and Ayase is threatening to kill you, but those shots would get a lot of page views.

Swimming anime Free! has new trailer, Haruka version


Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/06/swimming-anime-free-trailerharuka-version/

June 1st, 2013


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Animation Dos sexy swimming anime is coming this summer, but to whet our appetites, theyve given out a trailer featuring the cool-headed hero and even a glimpse of his muscular chest.Free! is the next anime coming from Animation Do, the division of Kyoto Animation responsible for hits like K-ON! and Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai. The anime was first teased in March in a commercial featuring a lot of manly pectorals, earning it the nickname that sexy swimming commercial. The story begins with a boy named Haruka Nanase who leads an uneventful high school life until his old friend Rin challenges him to a swimming match and utterly creams him. Ignited by a renewed passion, Haruka and Rin gather their childhood friends, who won a swimming tournament together in elementary school, and form their high schools swimming club. In this new 60-second trailer, we get to hear some lines by Haruka, voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki (Itsuka from Date A Live, Taichi from Tari Tari). Also, those of you who are lucky enough to live in Japan have a chance to watch the first episode of Free! at an advance screening and talk session with the cast on June 26 in Chiyodas Marunouchi Piccadilly 3. For more information, check the animes official website. The rest of us will have to wait until July to see more of Harukas chest. KyoAni will probably reveal four more trailers for the rest of the main cast. Who do you want to see? Source: Yaraon

AKB48 continues to set and break records in the Oricon charts for the number of copies sold with their latest single, Sayonara Crawl.

AKB48: Sayonara Crawl sells 1.763 million copies + Senbatsu Elections live broadcast details
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/05/akb48-sayonara-crawl-sells-1-763million-copies-senbatsu-elections-live-broadcast-details/

Sayonara Crawl has already sold approximately 1.763 million copies since its release on May 22 and will appear on the June 3 weekly ranking as the top-selling single for the week. This is AKB48s thirteenth million seller since 2011s Sakura no Ki ni Narou, putting them on par with rock
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duo Bz. AKB48 is also now the top female seller of all time in Japan, overtaking Ayumi Hamasakis 21.41 million total copies sold with their 21.85 million copies, spear-headed by Manatsu no Sounds good!, another election single, which sold 1.82 million. What we can draw from this is that once again, the elections are fierce. Sayonara Crawl is an election single, meaning a copy of it allows for one vote. More than a million votes have yet to be revealed, since the first day counting has only around 350,000 votes, so anything can happen. The reveal of the vote counts and rankings will be on June 8 in Nissan Stadium, Yokohama. Which brings us to the viewing of the event itself. For those who have access to Japanese TV, you can tune in to Fuji Television on the night of the event as they have monopolized the TV broadcast of the event again this year. The show will be four hours and forty minutes long, one with the atmosphere of a real election one that is sure to be tense. There will also be a backstage coverage after the reveal of the top member (and after the weather forecast), giving us a glimpse of the heavy emotions that result from this heavy pressure AKB48 tradition. There is no word yet if Google+ or YouTube will livestream the event, but if the same broadcast system continues from last year, they probably will and with live translators too, so watch out for that.

Nintendo Direct Japan May 31: Monster Hunter 4 set for September 14 release w/ 3DS bundle
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2013/05/nintendo-direct-japan-31-monsterhunter-4/ By KarbyP on May 31st, 2013

Capcom has announced a new confirmed release date for its highly-anticipated 3DS multiplayer action title in Japan, Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS. Members to look out for: (from left) Yuko Oshima, Mayu Watanabe, Rino Sashihara A total of 246 members have filed their candidacy for the elections, more than half of which are members of the sister groups SKE, NMB, HKT, JKT, and SNH. Aces from all of the groups are looking for a spot in the senbatsu, making 16 members seem a little too small for all the favorites. Fuji TVs AKB48 32nd Single Senbatsu Sousenkyo coverage is on June 8 (Saturday), starting 6:00 PM and ends 10:40 PM (JST). Will AKB48s reigning queen Yuko be the first to claim the top twice? Or will CG idol Mayuyu usher in a new generation as she claims rank 1? Maybe first day counting top one Sashiko will stay on top? No one knows. So for the love of your oshi, dont miss it. source: Oricon (1)(2) The game will retail for 5,990 yen when it hits video game stores in Japan on September 14, which is a Saturday (and quite rare for Japanese video game releases). This date also happens to be just one week before Tokyo Game Show kicks off in Japan. For gamers who do not yet have a 3DS, or Monster Hunter fans who must have everything, Nintendo and Capcom are also collaborating on two special limited edition 3DS bundles: Goa Magara Black and Airu White designs. No price was announced for either limited edition SKU, but both were said to be available only in short supply.

A new trailer for Monster Hunter 4 was also shown today. Weve embedded the full Nintendo Direct Japan broadcast
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below; the Monster Hunter 4 trailer runs from 14:04 till the end of the video. That said, some of you might want to watch from the 07:50 mark onwards. Thats when the Monster Hunter 4 bit in the broadcast comes on. The games producer, Ryozo Tsujimoto, briefly summarises some of the new additions that the developer has made to the highly-anticipated 3DS title two new weapons, a bevy of new monsters to hunt, and more.

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