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Gameplay trailers also preview female Robin, combo moves KOEI Tecmo Games began streaming a gameplay trailer for its Fire Emblem Warriors (Fire Emblem Musou) Nintendo 3DS and Switch game on Friday, revealing Elise from Fire Emblem Fates as a playable character. KOEI Tecmo also recently streamed a gameplay video for female Robin and two videos showing "dual secrets," special moves two characters can perform together. The first dual secrets video shows Lucina and Marth while the second shows Ryouma and Xander. Female Robin Lucina and Marth Ryouma and Xander The game is slated for release for both consoles in Japan on September 28, and in North America and Europe on October 20. The North American Special Edition will include a three-CD soundtrack, 25 cards with character art and slip case container, and a dual-sided poster showing the game's characters. The game's story begins when, the Kingdom of Aitriss is enveloped in darkness without warning, and an otherwor

Episode to open in 40 theaters on November 11 in Japan NBC Universal Anime began streaming a trailer for Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka?? ~Dear My Sister~, the new special episode for the anime Is the order a rabbit?? (Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka??), on Saturday. The video previews the theme song "Sekai ga Café ni Nacchatta!" (The World Became a Café!) by new singing unit "Petit Rabbit's with beans." The main cast comprised the singing unit Petit Rabbit's, which performed the opening theme songs for the television anime. The episode will begin screening in 40 theaters in Japan on November 11. The episode's theatrical screening was slated to premiere this spring, but it was postponed. Hiroyuki Hashimoto is returning to direct, but at the animation studio production doA instead of Kinema Citrus and WHITE FOX (the studios behind the previous television seasons). The original manga's creator Koi and Hashimoto are credited with the original story concept and script, and Yousuke Ok

Spice and Wolf's Takeo Takahashi directs series at Passione The official website for the television anime adaptation of Saburouta's Citrus yuri manga began streaming the anime's first promotional video on Friday. The site also revealed one more cast member, a new visual, the show's staff, and the January 2018 premiere. The anime will air on Tokyo MX, AT-X, and BS Fuji. Takeo Takahashi (Spice and Wolf, MAOYU, Hinako Note) is directing the series at studio Passione. Naoki Hayashi (Flip Flappers, D.C.III ~Da Capo III~ script) is overseeing the series scripts, and Izuro Ijuuin (Barakamon, Wagnaria!!3 animation director) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. Lantis is producing the music, and Infinite is producing the series. The anime stars: Ayana Taketatsu as Yuzuko Aihara Minami Tsuda as Mei Aihara Yukiyo Fujii as Harumi Taniguchi, Yuzuko's classmate Yurika Kubo as Himeko Momokino, Mei's childhood friend and student council vice

"Pure Love Chapter" opens in Japan on October 14 The official website for the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi (Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love or Star Blazers 2202: Warriors of Love) anime sequel project began streaming a 60-second trailer on Friday for the third film in the franchise, subtitled "Junai-hen" (Pure Love Chapter). The film will open in Japan on October 14, and will screen in 25 theaters, five more than the second film. The episode's below visual features the text, "The demon informs. Choose your love." Theaters screening the third film will again sell special edition Blu-ray Discs, and the film will also be available to stream online for a fee starting on October 14. The second film, subtitled "Hasshin-hen" (Departure Chapter), opened in Japan on June 24. The project is a seven-part theatrical anime project, and the first film, subtitled "Kōshi-hen" (Starting Chapter), premiered in Japan on February 25. The anime's story

Kappei Yamaguchi, Ayumu Murase join cast for series premiering on October 7 The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kore Yamazaki's The Ancient Magus' Bride manga began streaming the anime's third promotional video on Friday. The video previews JUNNA's opening theme song "Here." The site has also revealed a new key visual and two more cast members: Kappei Yamaguchi as Oberon Ayumu Murase as Cartaphilus The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and MBS at night on October 7, before later airing on AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, Hokkaido Broadcasting, and BS11. Wit Studio presented the first three episodes of the television series at Anime Expo last month, and Crunchyroll screened the episodes in theaters on July 26. Several theaters in Japan will also screen the first three episodes on September 9. The main cast includes: Atsumi Tanezaki as Chise Hatori Ryota Takeuchi as Elias Kouki Uchiyama as Ruth Aya Endo as Silver Other cast memb

5th film screens in theaters in Japan for 3 weeks starting on September 30 The official YouTube channel of PlayStation Japan began streaming a trailer on Thursday for Digimon Adventure tri. Kyōsei (Union or Symbiosis), the fifth film in the Digimon Adventure tri. film project. The video reveals that the film will be available for streaming in Japan through the PLAYSTATION Network on the same day the movie opens in Japanese theaters on September 30. (Highlight the following white text to read spoilers) [The countdown begins to the destruction of the real world at the hands of the out-of-control Meicoomon. Meicoomon's partner Meiko Mochizuki worries that this Digimon is one that should never have been created. Omegamon, Hackmon's ultimate form Jesmon, Alphamon, and the Digimon apparently mutated by Meicoomon face off in battle.] The film will open on September 30 in Japan and will screen for three weeks. Theaters screening the film will also sell a limited edition Blu-ray

Ozaki's "Glory Days" song serves as theme for 1st film opening on September 16 Toys Factory began streaming an official anime music video on Thursday for Hiroya Ozaki's "Glory Days" song. The video features footage from both the original Eureka Seven anime series alongside scenes from the upcoming first Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution anime film. "Glory Days" serves as the film's theme song. Some of the other music the film will feature include "Acperience 7" by Hardfloor, Hiroshi Watanabe's "Get it by your hands HI-EVO MIX" (a remix of a similarly named track from the original anime), and Naoki Satō's background music. The first film in the planned trilogy made its worldwide debut at Otakon on August 12. The first film will open in Japan on September 16, and will also open this fall in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Funimation is in charge of the North American release, and Madman Ente

5th episode in theatrical series premieres in Japan on Saturday Bandai began streaming a promotional video for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Loum no Kaisen), the fifth episode of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime, on Thursday. The video features the episode's theme song, "I CAN'T DO ANYTHING - Sora yo -" by Takayuki Hattori presents GUNDAM THE ORIGIN featuring AYA. (Note: The YouTube video in the link above is region-locked to Japan.) The Gundam.info portal site previously streamed English-dubbed trailers, as well as the first 11 minutes of the episode in both the English dub and in Japanese with English subtitles. The episode, the first in the anime's "Loum Arc," will open in Japan on Saturday in 35 theaters — more than double the previous four episodes' 15 theaters. The episode's screenings will also be extended to four weeks, double the two-week screening run that each of the previous episodes had. The "Lo

Limited edition release slated for November Retailer iam8bit announced this week that it is working with CAPCOM to release a new edition of Street Fighter II for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in late November. Retrotainment Games is manufacturing the SNES cartridge, which will come with an instruction booklet, embossed box, and "retro in-pack surprises." The game costs US$100, and there will only be 5,500 made. Of these, 4,500 will be red-colored cartridges while the remaining 1,000 will be glow-in-the-dark green; the different colors will be distributed randomly to customers. Street Fighter II debuted for arcades in 1991 and was later ported to SNES. The game was recently inducted in The Strong's Video Game Hall of Fame. Nintendo's upcoming mini SNES will include Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, while the Japanese mini Super Famicom will include Super Street Fighter II [Via Siliconera]

Game slated for October 12 in Japan, January 23 in N. America/Europe Square Enix began streaming a trailer for Tokyo RPG Factory's Lost Sphear game on Wednesday. The video shows gameplay footage from the game, and shows both battle and the world map. The game will launch in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on October 12. The game will arrive in North America and Europe for PS4, Switch, and PC on January 23, 2018. Players in North America and Europe who pre-order the digital edition through the PlayStation Store will receive a "Memoirs of the Moon" Dynamic Theme for the PS4, and the two music tracks "Market Town Marpennig" and "Town of Elgarthe." Physical editions for PS4 and Switch will be available only through the Square Enix Online Store, and they will come with download codes for the "Town's Theme #1" and "Town's Theme #2" tracks. The website's description of the game is as follows: The next evolution in this new golden age of JRPG's arrives with LOST