With the gradual increase in the number of light novel adaptations of anime, otaku have also expanded the previous ACG to ACGL to show their recognition of the genre of light novels. Previous works such as "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", "Catalogue of Magical Forbidden Books", and "Burning Eyes of Xana" have left a deep impression on everyone. But at the same time, the voices of disparaging light novels have never stopped. Recently, some Japanese media have listed three major reasons, from which they may be able to find out the dilemma that light novels are currently facing.

Reason 1: "Novels and manga"

Light novels are a genre of fiction, and at the same time, they are a kind of content aimed at otaku like manga, anime, and games. As a result, fiction readers will disparage light novels as "vulgar and childish reading", while comic readers will exclaim, "There are so few changes, it's boring!" ”

And for criticism of vulgarity and the like, many light novel readers will feel low. In fact, comic book readers are the main targets of this kind of criticism in the past, so they understand each other's feelings.

Also, think about it, what other industry today can have as many types of works as the manga industry?

As far as the market size of light novels is concerned, it now includes combat, fantasy, romantic comedy, youth stories, science fiction, and strict sù...... It can be said that all the elements that can be used are incorporated. Then it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to praise the light novel here.

Reason 2: "Light"

For those who don't read light novels much, the first thing that is more tangled is the word "light" in light novels.

As a result, there will be some vague biases such as "Since they are all light novels, there must be a lot of very frivolous works." "The author must have also created with frivolous ideas."

Almost all light novel readers, I don't think there will be the idea that "light novels have to look frivolous", right? After all, if you calm down and read, you will find that there are countless light novels that will not show a sense of "frivolity" at all. And the writing skills are also impeccable. There are some works where the plot unfolds melancholy. And there are also works with a lot of pages, which makes people feel that they can be used as blunt weapons.

For example, the "lightness" of light novels is like the "intelligence" of smartphones. But in fact, the essence of smartphones is not as simple as "smart".

Hey, those who are prejudiced against the word "light", I hope you still let go of this burden in your heart.

Reason 3: The feeling of scale

It's rare for someone who has only seen a little bit of the original manga anime to casually say, "What's the matter with the recent manga?"

This is because the overall scale of the manga is beyond the interpretation of a few works.

On the other hand, some people can just watch a little light anime and say something like "how is the recent light novel?". This is because it overly devalues the scale of light novels, right?

Although light novels are now being published at a rate of more than 150 copies per month, the readership is still relatively small. Therefore, light novels have only increased their popularity, but not many people actually read the original works, and most of the increased audience has been indirectly exposed to light novels in the form of guò animation, plus there are many people pointing fingers at the word "light......

As the saying goes, you don't see the forest for the trees. Compared to those who step into the forest of light novels to explore, the number of people who use the small window of "animation" to overlook the forest is overwhelming. In other words, today's light novels are often faced with being casually pointed at by outsiders. What a deal!

Light novels look stupid? Fight back against the top three reasons why light novels become stupid

Recently, some Japanese media have directly called light novels stupid, so some otaku refuted the views of the Japanese media one by one, telling the mainstream media where the selling point of light novels is.

First, the classification does not need to be clear

Although light novels are a branch of fiction, they also contain other elements such as illustrations, and the public is more inclined to list them as otaku content along with anime, manga, and games. But how many carriers are more content-rich? Contains elements such as combat, fantasy, romantic comedy, youth reasoning, etc., and it is better to encourage more than criticism.

Second: light has the benefits of light

Many people who don't read light novels are actually stuck with the word "light". A light word gives people the feeling that the content is empty and has no connotation, and many remarks criticizing light novels also start from this point. Even many readers of light novels think that light novels have to be "light". But in fact, many people don't usually read articles that are jerky and heavy. The "lightness" of light novels is actually like the "intelligence" of smartphones, but it's just its classification, in the final analysis, it's still a novel, you don't have to be confused by this word, it's not a bad thing to be able to calm down and read.

Third: scale does not represent popularity

There are not many people who have watched anime that has already been converted into the original and discussed the subsequent plot development, because the readership of the manga is quite large. On the other hand, anime adaptations of light novels rarely discuss what recent novels are about, because people underestimate the size of the light novel readership. At present, only about 150 new light novels are published every month, and there are not many readers, but its popularity is increasing, and the number of people who come into contact with light novels through guò animation channels is also explosive. Many people see the forest for only the trees. After all, there are not many people who have stepped into the forest of light novels, but there are many more people looking at the forest through the window of guò animation.

In fact, the sales of orthodox novels are not optimistic in the current slump in the publishing industry, and now is a good opportunity to make money for comics and games, and I don't know where the future of light novels is.

Source: @Shunwang Animation Channel

Astound! "RWBY" director Monty Oum died young

At about 1 p.m. on Monday, February 2, U.S. time, Matt, a member of RoosterTeeth' independent animation studio, posted an obituary on the website, stating that the core of the animation "RWBY" team, producer and director Monty Oum (MontyOum), has passed away at the age of 33.

Previously, RoosterTeeth had already announced that um had been hospitalized. Matt said um had been hospitalized with a drug allergy 10 days ago and had remained in a coma.

Monte um is a well-known American web 3D animator. Born on June 22, 1981, Monte has said that he is 100 percent Asian, with Cambodian, Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese ancestry. He rose to fame with the 3D web animation Deadfantasy, released on October 15, 2007, and was hired by the Japanese game company Namco in 2008 to produce the game. In 2010, Monte announced that he was joining independent animation studio Rooster Teeth Production, and the Death Fantasy series has been on hold ever since. In 2012, Monte Gong started the "RWBY" animation project, and he will be the producer and director himself. After the animation was broadcast, it gained great popularity and a lot of praise for its wonderful fights and unique style in the American animation industry, and was nominated for the Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Digital Work (Producers Guild of America), the American Network Television Award for Best Animation Work (StreamyAwards), and the International Academy of WebTelevision.

On January 21, 2015, RoosterTeeth announced that it was hospitalized in a coma, and after the crowdfunding website GoFundMe opened the donation page, the donation amount reached $50,000 within 3 hours, exceeded $100,000 within 4 hours, and received more than $150,000 in donations within 24 hours.

Attached: The original text of Matt's obituary

Our dear friend, Inspiration Core and Powerful Companion Monte Ohm left this world forever yesterday at 4:34 p.m. He spent his last days in the company of people who loved him dearly. Ten days ago, Monte had a very severe allergic reaction to the drug, and after basic treatment, he fell into a coma. Despite his courageous battle against the disease, his overly weak body was not able to recover. He spent this time in the hospital well cared for and did not suffer any pain

Monte left his beloved wife Sheena forever, his father Moni, his brothers Wood, Sey, Kivan and Nit, his sisters Thea and Shirry, and his countless fans and friends. We are honored to be a part of his wonderful life.

Thank you for your generosity following Friday's announcement, which will help his family pay for his medical bills and deal with what happened to Monte. We are grateful for your help in getting us through these days!

We're going to honor Monte in our own way. Rather than asking for flowers and gifts, we want people to do something more interesting. I hope you can use your imagination to make this world a better place. If you are as familiar with Monte as we are, you will surely know that this is also his desire.

Monte was Chinese New Year's Eve.

We love you, Monte.

"One Piece" Character Song Release Commemoration! 5 large posters announced

Eiichiro Oda's "One Piece" anime version of the series of character songs "One Piece Japan Longitudinal! 47 Sightseeing Tour CD" will be released, and large posters will be hung at major stations in Japan's prefectures as a souvenir.

"One Piece Japan Divide! 47 Sightseeing Tour CD" is a CD that contains character songs sung by the main characters of "One Piece" divided into 47 groups and sung by each prefecture.

The poster not only features popular characters who sing songs from a certain area, but also local specialties. For example, Trafalgar Rowe, who represents Osaka, eats Osaka's famous takoyaki in the poster. There are also posters of Chopper, Sanji, Usopp and Doflamingo.

These posters are scheduled to be on display for one week from today (February 2 in some areas) (February 3 in some areas), so don't forget to take a photo when you see it.

Love life is unstoppable! TSUTAYA Music Sales Chart Announced

Recently, Japan's largest online mall, TSUTAYA Anime Online Mall, announced the sales list of the music department of the online store in January this year. This list counts the sales from January 1, 2015 ~ January 31. As a result, new music releases in January have taken the front row. For example, Nana Mizuki, Yui Horrie, Maaya Sakamoto and other super popular voice actors & singers have achieved remarkable results.

And last year's "Lovelive! has also released their new songs, and has 3 CDs in the top 10. This may also be related to the results of recent anime reruns. However, since last month, the only LL song that has remained on the list is "Winter がくれた予感".

In addition, the just-released "ONEPIECE" 47 prefectural character CDs are also shining on the list. In terms of the top 20 rankings, there are 5 CDs selected, and if the ranking is extended to the top 30, there are 8 CDs. That's amazing enough proportions. However, among them, there are many voice actors who rarely sing and sing one after another, which is probably also a big magic weapon to increase popularity.

【TSUTAYA Anime Online Mall January 2015 Music Charts】

The first "ballad" rairu

The second place is "Rockon." NANO

The third place "エデン" Nana Mizuki

The fourth place "ワールドエンドの庭" Yui Horie

五位《ボクらの最終Theor理》いかさん

Sixth place, "Winter がくれた予感", "Lovelive! 》／BiBi

Seventh place: "Autumn のあなたの空遠く", "Lovelive! 》／lilywhite

Eighth place: "永遠フレンズ", "Lovelive! 》／Printemps

Ninth place "Panasonic が二元に恋する15のreason" Panasonic

10th place "PunkyFunkyLove" (with DVD) GRANRODEO

11th place "ONEPIECEニッポン縦断! 47 クルーズCDin Osaka LOSTIN Shinsekai "ONEPIECE" / Trafalgar Rowe (Voice actor: Hiroshi Kamiya)

The twelfth "幸せについて私が知っている5つの方法/色" Sakamoto Maaya

The thirteenth "フィルライト" Xia Dai Xiaoming

The fourteenth "ONEPIECEニッポン縦断! 47 クルーズCDin Kumamoto LivingFire >> ONEPIECE / Portkas · D. Ace (Voice actor: Noboru Furukawa)

Fifteenth "border" ClariS

16th place "ONEPIECEニッポン縦断! 47 クルーズCDin Fukushima Katana "ONEPIECE" / Roronoa Zoro (Voice actor: Kazuya Nakai)

Seventeenth place "LinkageRing" GARNiDELiA

The eighteenth place "NEOSIGNALIFE" Yui Naori

Twentieth place "ONEPIECEニッポン縦断! 47クルーズCDin Chiba GO! GO！ CHIBANG！ >> ONEPIECE/Sanji (Voice actor: Hiroaki Hirata)

Twentieth place "ONEPIECEニッポン縦断! 47 クルーズCDin Okayama Bridge of Dreams" "ONEPIECE" / Shanks (Voice actor: Shuichi Ikeda)

*(Statistics from January 1, 2015 ~ January 31, 2015 sales jù)

Nobushi Aramaki's version of the trailer for "EVA" debuts without a number

DWANGO Co., Ltd. and Khara Co., Ltd. jointly planned the "Japan Animator Expo" to explore the infinite possibilities of Japanese animators, and the trailer for the 12th installment, the animated short film "evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)" directed by Nobushi Aramaki, the director of "Apple Nuclear Wars".

The information related to the work in the trailer is just a picture, and the rest of the place is a "match man" who is dancing excitedly and performing hard. But you don't have to regret it, because the feature film can be seen on February 6, and the story content of this work has also been revealed.

In another place, at another time, the weapon of the decisive battle was also activated. The "AnotherNo.= No. Numberless Machine", which was secretly developed and experimented, was not controlled by humans, and suddenly began to go berserk. What did "AnotherNo.=No.Machine" create zào? This is the story of EVA rampage and roaring that kicks off in "another" world......

《evangelion：AnotherImpact（Confidential）》

Airing time: February 6

Supervision: Nobushi Aramaki:

AnotherEva setting: Atsushi Takeuchi

CG Director: Katsu Matsumoto

MADE ZUÒ: SOLADIGITALARTS/STEVEN'S

The pre-sale of tickets for the "Naruto" began Kishimoto's speech

The manga "Naruto" ended last fall, but it is still very popular, and the "Naruto Exhibition in Commemoration of the End of Serialization" as one of the spin-off events of the work has also received a ticket pre-sale event.

The "Naruto Exhibition in Commemoration of the End of the Serialization" is a large-scale project after the end of "Naruto", which will be held from Saturday, April 25th to Sunday, June 28th at the 52nd floor of the Mori Building, a high-rise building complex in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Tickets for the exhibition will be available on sale this Saturday (February 7), and fans who purchase pre-sale tickets will receive a new short manga created by the original author, Kishi Kishimoto, titled "Naruto Exhibition PREMIUMFANBOOK Shinbien Thunder no Book", with up to 19 pages, but the story content has not yet been revealed.

"Naruto" came to an end last year in the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump (published by Shueisha), ending a fifteen-year period of serialization. At the end of last year, the animated film "THELAST-NARUTOTHEMOVIE-" was released, which depicts the story after the end of the original work, and the planning and production of the new film "BORUTO-NARUTOTHEMOVIE-" was announced.

This time, the "Serialization Completion Memorial Kishimoto Saishi Naruto Exhibition" will also be held at the Osaka Bunka Center and Tempozan from Saturday, July 18 to Sunday, September 27. This qiē activity is part of the "Naruto New Time ** Curtain Project", I believe that "Naruto" will continue to be hot in the future, maybe it can fight for another ten years!

The original author's message to this exhibition:

Naruto has been serialized for fifteen years, and I've always figured out how to convey this "general idea" to readers in some way, but now that the serialization is over, I thought it was impossible. So when I received the project for the Naruto, I was really happy because I finally got this "general idea" in an ideal form. Readers, please walk through the Hokage world with Naruto again! When I visited the exhibition in person, I guess I must have been crying while walking. Even if you don't know much about Naruto, if you visit this exhibition, you will definitely be able to understand the full picture of Naruto! Finally, I would like to ask you again to come to this exhibition! I've been there many times myself, but if you find someone crying and walking, it's probably me (laughs).

Respectfully by Kishimoto Kishishi

"Serialization End Commemoration Kishimoto Saishi Naruto Exhibition"

Venue and time

Tokyo: Roppongi High-rise Complex Mori Building, 52nd Floor, Art Center Exhibition Hall, April 25-June 28

Osaka: Osaka Bunka Center & Tempozan (next to Kaiyukan) from July 18 to September 27

Tickets

Advance ticket: 1,900 yen (with bonuses) 1,800 yen (without bonuses)

Same-day ticket: 2,000 yen

Official website: http://

The theatrical version of "Meiji Tokyo Koiga" is decided! Released in July this year

The game "Meiji Tokyo Koiga", a work that fascinates girls, announced today that it will be released in July this year!

"Meiji Tokyo Koiga" is a female-oriented game that has fascinated many young girls, and the cumulative number of players in the series has exceeded 200,000. The game was first released on Android and later released on the PSP platform in September of the previous year. Due to the unanimous praise of players, the work will continue to release the sequel "Meiji Tokyo Koika Dusk Kiss" (original name: Meiji 東亰恋嘉トワヰライト·キス) on the PSP platform in April this year.

Meiji Tokyo Koika not only achieved great results on the game platform, but also released a large number of merchandise related to the work, including radio drama CDs, character song CDs, novels, manga, and other goods. So far, the producer has finally decided to enter the field of animation! Today, in addition to announcing the decision to make the theater version of the theater version, we also announced the list of people who made the theater version of the theater version and the synopsis of the story.

List of people who made the theatrical version of "Meiji Tokyo Koika":

Original: MAGES Co., Ltd.

Director: Hiroshi Watanabe (Masterpiece: "Hetalia TheBeautifulWorld")

Supervisor: Yukiko Uosumi (Script Supervisor of the original game)

Script: Noko Nakamura (representative work "Monthly Girl Nozaki-kun")

Original character: Karu

Character design: Akio Hirakawa

Animation zuò: STUDIODEEN

Copyright: Soul Preservation Committee

Synopsis of the theatrical version of "Meiji Tokyo Koiga":

One night when the red moon hangs in the air, Mei Ayatsuki, an ordinary high school girl, meets a man named Charlie who claims to be a thaumaturgist at a festival fair. Under his magic, Mei is transported to Tokyo in the Meiji era, where yokai reigned. Although Mei Yi's heart is full of doubts and uneasiness, she meets many people who represent Meiji culture at Shikameikan - Mori Ouwai, Harukusa Hishida, Otojiro Kawakami, Izumi Kagikaka, Koizumi Yakumo, and Fujita Goro, and with their help, she finally learns how to return to modern times. Returning to the modern era will require waiting until the next full moon night, and Mei Yi will need to stay with them until the full moon night arrives. Mei Yi works as a bartender in the Luming Pavilion and lives a busy day. But one day, she suddenly found that she could see the "soul" of the monster, and from this moment on, various events related to the monster began to occur around Meiyi......

A serenade with the mirror flower chapter as the main axis of the story, the story of "Ming Love" kicked off!

Official website:

https://mages.co.jp/meikoi_cinema

https://mages.co.jp/meikoi_cinema

Singapore Airlines to Broadcast 'Rider of Sidnia'

The Knight of Sidneya anime will be available on Singapore Airlines' aircraft from 1 March 2015. Singapore Airlines operates an in-flight entertainment system called KrisWorld, which features a selection of films, TV dramas and other audiovisual productions from around the world that are broadcast on its aircraft flying to 60 major cities in 30 countries around the world. Although most airlines offer in-flight entertainment systems, Silverblade World has been praised by passengers for its extensive work and high-quality service since its inception in 1995.

The broadcast of "Sidnia's Knight" on Singapore Airlines' own aircraft means that a large number of passengers from different countries and regions will be exposed to the work, which can be said to be an excellent way to promote the work. All 12 episodes of the first season will be broadcast on board from March 1 to June 31, 2015, with all 12 episodes of the first season aired in the original Japanese and English subtitles, with March being the exclusive release period for Singapore Airlines.

At present, many airlines want to use entertainment systems to attract customers to their own aircraft. In such a competitive situation, the arrival of Japanese animation on the plane is not only a great new mode of promotion for the work, but also a new entertainment experience for the guests who fly on the plane. "The Knight of Sidnia" is the first time that it has joined the entertainment service of an airline, and it is possible that more airlines will be cooperated with in the future to promote the work to the world through guò planes that fly between different places.

The original manga "The Knight of Sidnia" was created by Mitsuru Bi and serialized in the manga magazine "Monthly Afternoon" since May 2009, which is a science fiction work about human beings leaving the earth and resisting Qijuzi while finding a new home in the vast universe. The TV anime version was broadcast last year, and due to the great success of the first season of the TV anime, the producer has decided to release "The Theatrical Version of Sidnia's Knight" in March this year, and in April this year, the second season of the TV animation "Sidnia's Knight Ninth Puzzle Star Battle" will be broadcast.

From the very beginning of the production of the animated version, it has attached great importance to foreign publicity, and has achieved foreign broadcasting through Netflix, a world-class large-scale film rental company. Now that the second season is about to start, the producers have teamed up with airlines to continue to expand and increase the international visibility of the work. If it goes by the way, maybe in the near future, we will receive the good news that "The Knight of Sidnia" has won an international award!

The rotten girl is still strong! TSUTAYA Animation Sales List Announced

Every month, TSUTAYA Online Anime Store, an online shopping mall that specializes in selling anime images and music software discs, publishes the sales ranking of the previous month. And at the beginning of 2015, we found that Free! -EternalSummer-" and "Volleyball Junior!!" continued the strong momentum of 2014, ranking first and second in the January sales list. The second season of "Sword Art Online", which ranked fourth last month, rose to third, followed by "Inferior Students of Magic High School".

Although there are many new autumn selections in this list, the table of the second season of "Psychometrician" is more eye-catching. The theatrical version of this work is currently being released, and the sales of the first season of Blu-ray BOX are also very impressive. It can be seen that the second season + theatrical version has a very good chemistry.

And "White Box" also showed strong momentum. In addition to new women-oriented works such as "Laughing at the Cloudy Sky" and "The Seven Deadly Sins", classics such as "Slam Dunk" and "Theatrical Digimon THEMOVIES1999-2006" are also on the list. In addition, "Frozen" MovieNEX (Blu-ray &DVD), which failed to enter the top 20 last month, made a comeback this time and ranked 19th.

This ranking is based on the sales volume of the online shopping mall TSUTAYA online anime store from January 1, 2015 ~ January 31, 2015. The specific results are as follows:

【TSUTAYA Web Animation Mall January 2015 Ranking】

The first Free! - EternalSummer- Vol. 5

The second "Volleyball Junior!! Volume VII

3rd place "Sword Art Online" Season 2 Volume 4 [Complete Production Limited Edition]

Fourth place: The fourth volume of "The Inferior Students of the Magic Science High School, Nine School Battles".

Fifth Psychometrician 2, Volume II

Sixth place: "Monthly Girl Nozaki-kun" Volume 5

THE SEVENTH PLACE "ALDNOAH. ZERO, Vol. 5

Eighth place: The fourth volume of "Slam Dunk Blu-ray Collector's Edition".

The ninth "Black Butler BookofMurder" is in the first volume

10th place: Persona 4 Gold Edition, Volume 5

The eleventh "Laughing on the Cloudy Sky" rolls up the Blu-ray BOX

The Twelfth "Seven Deadly Sins", Volume I

The thirteenth volume of "Gancheng Glorious Amusement Park" is the second volume

The fourteenth "White Box" Volume II

THE FIFTEENTH "CROSSANGE ANGEL AND DRAGON WHEEL DANCE" VOL. 2

16th "Gundam G Restoration Movement" Volume II

Seventeenth Sailor Moon Crystal Volume IV

Eighteenth "Journey of Youth" Volume 5

No. 19 Frozen MovieNEX (Blu-ray & DVD)

20th Digimon THEMOVIES1999-2006

*(Sales from January 1, 2015 ~ January 31, 2015)

Doraemon holding hands with Hello Kitty! Collaboration merchandise will be released soon

Fujiko · DORAEMON, A CLASSIC ANIME CHARACTER CREATED BY F. FUJIO, AND HELLOKITTY, A POPULAR ANIME CHARACTER FROM SANRIO, HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL RELEASE A SERIES OF COLLABORATIVE MERCHANDISE "DORAEEMON×HELLOKITTY".

The original Doraemon manga celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, and Hello Kitty celebrated her 40th birthday last year. These two classic cat star anime characters are not only very compatible in age, but also one has no ears and the other has no mouth, which seems to be quite a good match together.

By the way, although Hello Kitty also has the appearance of a cat, the president of Sanrio has repeatedly emphasized that Hello Kitty is not a cat.

DORAEMON ×HELLOKITTY will be on sale for men and women between the ages of 20 and 30 in terms of miscellaneous goods, goods, and stationery from May. Details have not yet been announced, so please look forward to a follow-up report from Tencent Comics.

The plot of the movie version of Osamu Tezuka's posthumous work "Madonna Statue" was exposed

Based on a passage written in his diary by Osamu Tezuka, the live-action film "The Statue of the Virgin of the Bathroom (original name: トイレのピエタ)" will be released nationwide on June 6. Now this work has announced 3 additional actors and the main plot.

Following the previously announced lead singer and guitarist Yojiro Noda of the rock band RADWIMPS as the host Hiroshi Park, the three new actors announced this time are Hana Sugisaki, Masaya Nakagawa and Sayako Ichikawa. Among them, Mayi, a high school girl who meets Hiroshi and spends the last summer of her life with him, is played by Hana Sugisaki. Hiroshi's friend when he was hospitalized, Yokota, who likes women very much, is played by Masaya Nakagawa. Hiroshi's ex-girlfriend Ozaki is played by Sayaka Ichikawa.

The story begins when Hong, who knows that he only has 3 months left to live, meets a female high school student, Mayi, and Makai asks him "Do you want to die together now". Hiroshi carries Makai on his motorcycle and spends up speeding, but they don't end up dying like that. Hiroshi gave up his dream of being a painter and lived idly as a free man, and the last summer did not have any nostalgia for him, but after meeting Maai, he began to gradually attract her......

The film originated from an idea that Osamu Tezuka wrote in his diary before his death: "I have a great idea today! It's called "The Madonna of the Bathroom". The patient, who had been declared cancer, did not want to die without success, so he began to paint on the ceiling of the inpatient bathroom...... (omitted) purification and ascension. This is the challenge that this dying man is facing the world! ”

The live-action version was supervised and scripted by Daiji Matsunaga of the documentary film "Biyo Bilu", produced by Shinji Ogawa who had served as a producer of "Norwegian Wood" and Morio Kashigi, who produced "Wolf Bèi".

Emi Ishikawa's horror manga "Screaming School" ended today

Emi Ishikawa's popular shoujo horror manga "Screaming School", serialized in the shoujo manga magazine "RIBON" (Shueisha), has come to an end in the latest March issue of this magazine, which goes on sale today (February 3).

"Screaming School" is a series of comic works that tell the horror stories that happen in the daily life of the ghost girl Huang Quan. Since its serialization in 2008, it has been accompanying readers for nearly 7 years.

Winner of the Grand Prize in the Children's Category at the 59th Shogakukan Manga Awards, it has also been adapted into an animated short film and a live-action film starring Haruna Kawaguchi, Alice Hirose, Mayu Matsuoka, Mitsuki Yamamoto, and Genie Kurihara.

April "SHOWBYROCK" idol band PV

The original TV anime "SHOWBYROCK", which is scheduled to air from April 2015, has unveiled the visual image of the 5th band and the introduction PV. The new band exposed this time is the student band "クリティクリスタ" composed of 4 idol beautiful girls.

The members of the band are all cute idol type female junior high school students. They come from the special arts department of the middle school of St. MIDI's Girls' School, and they are all members of the school's student council. After their debut performance at the school festival,With their own charm, they conquered the male classmates of the whole school.,It's said that there are already major record companies that have taken a fancy to their strength.,Want to sign with them.。 They are the formidable competitors that the protagonists of this game will encounter.

The original title of SHOWBYROCK is a band-themed mobile game from Sanrio. This game combines traditional music game elements that follow the melody and click on the screen with character development elements, and is a new mobile game that is easy to use. Since its launch in July 2013, the number of downloads has exceeded 700,000 as of October 2014.

The TV anime version is completely original, and there will be many bands with distinct personalities and charismatic characters who will work together to weave together the story of the anime style and bring a new feeling to "SHOWBYROCK".