Love Live Idol
twenty new promotional spots for the home video
J stars Vic-
Westward!!?? tory Vs
Marvel Comics Crossover Shingeki no Kyojin!?
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Kimi No USo
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J-STARS VICTORY VS+ IS WESTWARD BOUND!
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o you like shonen? Do you like videogames? Do you like action (which I guess goes hand in hand with
the whole shonen thing)? Well good news! J-Stars Victory Vs+ is making its way to the west, you know that place that’s not the east? Well it’s heading there…I mean here and for the PS3, PS4 and PS Vita no less. With over 30 series building the roster of this battle royale, you may recognise a few familiar faces from One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z and a whole bunch more. While you’re at it, why not take the fight to some locales from said series, like Namek for example (that place has a pretty good track record for combat). You are also free to choose between a few different game modes to alter their experience. J-Adventure Story Moe for example allows you to battle through different worlds to determine the strongest character. Or, if you want some companionship, take on the 2 vs 2 Team Battle Mode that lets four players duke it out for bragging rights. Or just take on a classic Arcade Mode.
Idices: J stars Victory VS..........2 Marvel Crossover..........3 Love Live School Idol....4 kimi no Uso...................6
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n regards to the new release zone, Herve Hoerdt (Vice PResident of IP Strategy at Bandai Namco Games Europe) said:
“As the Number 1 and most famous publisher when it comes down to Anime/Manga video-games, it was our duty at Bandai Namco Games to bring J-Stars Victory VS + for Western fans! Not only we are bringing this epic medley of licenses to Europe, Middle-East and Australasia, but we are also delivering it with a massive added value: a PlayStation 4 version with new content!” URL: http://snapthirty.com/2014/12/22/j-stars-victory-vs-is-westward-bound/
Marvel Comics to Offer Shingeki no Kyojin Crossover on Free Comic Book Day
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Attack on Titan Manga: http://www.mangahere.co/manga/shingeki_no_kyojin/
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arvel Comics announced in the live “Secret Wars” presentation that Shingeki no Kyojin(Attack on Titan) and Marvel crossover will be available in their 2015 Free Comic Book Day, offering of Secret Wars #0. he Avengers and Guardians of Galaxy battle the Female Titan, Armored Titan and others on the streets of New York City in the Magazine Brutus’s one-shot in November. Hajime Isayama, the original manga creator, created the plot of this comic.
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The full staff includes: Scenario: Hajime Isayama Breakdown: C.B. Cebulski Line Artist: Gerardo Sandoval Color Artist: Dono Sanchez Almara Assistant Editor: Jake Thomas Editor: Tom Brevoort Editor in Chief: Axel Alonso Chief Creative Officer: Joe Quesada Publisher: Dan Buckley Executive Producer: Alan Fine The Free Comic Book Day promo event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 2. The visitor can get Free Comic Book Day sampler with Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, The Seven Deadly Sins, Noragami, and more. There are also others publishers in the Free Comic Book Day, including Viz Media (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokémon) and Udon Books (Street Fighter Super Combo Special). Related News: http://www.mangahere.co/news/shingeki-no-kyojin-manga-to-get-crossover-with-marvel-comics/
4 Love Live! School Idol Project’ Anime Gets Twenty New Promos
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antis, who handles much of the music for Love Live! School Idol Project, has put together twenty new promotional spots for the home video release and CDs for the series today. There’s a lot of variety to them in terms of the voice actors involved, but they’re all mostly plugging the same goods in largely the same way, just with some affections to their particular characters. The series got a seven volume route for it and Blu-ray only as the DVD releases will be purely for the rental market. The regular editions are priced at 3,780 yen for the first volume and 6,480 yen for the remaining six volumes. The limited editions are priced at 4,860 yen and 7,560 yet respectively for the first and remaining volumes. All releases will feature English language subtitles. The thirteen episode series will have the first episode only on the first disc while remaining volumes will have two episodes each. The first volume comes with special programs, promos, commercials and the clean opening
5 sequence. First press xtras include a new CD, and exclusive booklet and a postcard with the jacket illustration on it as well as gaming codes for various devices for the region. Series concept: Otonokizaka High School is planning to close within three years. However, nine female students come together with one thing in mind— to form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. ‘In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do…become pop stars!’ Their goal is simple: Become an overnight sensation and use their nationwide media exposure to promote their school and bring in a wave of new students to the ailing area. A simple but solid plan, they figure. Naturally, they’re nervous and wonder if this plan can really succeed, but for better or worse their new journey has begun… URL: http://www.fandompost.com/2015/01/17/lovelive-school-idol-project-anime-gets-twenty-new-promos/
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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is a Poorly Directed Anime
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paper, there’s a lot to like about Kimiuso. As a burnt-out musician myself, I can relate to Kousei’s struggles. The concert scenes are particularly beautiful. But the anime is torn between being a teen melodrama and a silly romcom, and second-time director Kyohei Ishiguro can’t seem to pull off the right balance. The biggest problem with the directing is that it lacks restraint. It’s clear that Ishiguro understands the basics of his craft, but he makes the common inexperienced director’s mistake of using these techniques in a heavy-handed way without understanding their deeper purpose. Kimiuso piles on the artistic effects in every single scene, regardless of their actual narrative weight, to the extent that it comes off as a distraction.
Now, I’m no expert when it comes to direction, cinematography, photography and all the other tricks of the visual trade. Deadlight knows a lot more than I do. That’s why this post is a collaborative effort. The two of us thought it would be a great idea to discuss how visual direction can alter the mood of an adaptation. Most importantly, we both agree that the animation is detailed and there is a lot about the visuals that is beautiful on the surface level, but underneath that, the direction is messy and Ishiguro doesn’t seem to understand what sort of story he is trying to convey. Anime versus Manga I’ve read the Kimiuso manga, and to be honest, I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of that either. The common criticisms levelled at the anime (such as weak characterisation and manipulative drama) are reflective of the source material. But Naoshi Arakawa understands the art of manga very well and he is particularly good at framing and pacing, so the story comes across as remarkably different.
7 Some things are very simple, like how the size of the panels affects the reader’s perception of the importance of a scene. Take the below image for an example: Reading from right-toleft, the first image is the most striking. The closeups of Kousei and Kaori are also given a lot of weight, while the silly humour and deformed faces take up a miniscule panel. As a result, it’s a lot less annoying in the manga as opposed to the anime. I understand the presentation of the jokes is a common problem in many manga -> anime adaptations. But I think Ishiguro handled it particularly poorly. In the anime, the chibi scenes draw particular attention to themselves for two reasons: 1) The music. This is symptomatic of Ishiguro’s more general urge to have a soundtrack blaring in every scene. 2) The chibi scenes make use of limited animation. It’s in clear contrast to the rest of the animation work. The camera angle is also very fixed during the anime chibi portions and makes use of only one or two shots. Because the contrast is so ungraceful, these scenes tend to stick out more, and more weight is placed on what should be offhand jokes. I wonder if the insistence upon a copy-and-paste adaptation in these scenes is a sign of Ishiguro’s lack of confidence in handling the humorous aspects of the source material. He seems to be much more at home with dramatic scenes, given his willingness to inject his own artistic touches. URL: https://fantasticmemes.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/shigatsu-wakimi-no-uso-is-a-poorly-directed-anime/
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Disenado por Genesis baez Diaz