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Jump sci-fi romance reframed in 2018 with Chihayafuru/Lychee Light Club star A live-action television series of Masakazu Katsura's Video Girl Ai (Den'ei Shōjo) manga has been green-lit for a January 2018 premiere on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Shūhei Nomura (live-action Chihayafuru, Lychee Light Club, Typhoon Noruda, pictured below) is starring in Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Ai 2018~. Viz released the manga and its 1992 original video anime adaptation in North America, and it describes the story: What would you do if a beautiful woman came out of your TV? "Date-less" Yōta, a loser with a heart of gold, finds himself hopelessly trapped in a love triangle between the woman he loves and his best friend. The fact that he winds up trying to help his love try and date his best friend may make him a fool, but his earnest wishes for her happiness allow him to encounter a mystical video shop that rewards him with a special video to cheer him up. To his shock and surprise, a beauti

In order to be cast as a superhero, one thing is for certain: you definitely have to be attractive. They don’t give these roles to any regular old schlub off the street (if they did that schlub would be very lucky). Each actor is carefully considered for the role to ensure that they found the perfect person to play the iconic characters everyone grew up loving in the comic books. They also work extremely hard to get into shape for their role, which makes them even more attractive and makes any regular person like us feel all the more jealous of their lifestyle (not to mention all the more inadequate). RELATED: 15 Insane Ways Actors Trained Their Bodies To Become Superheroes A lot of these fine-looking actors also happen to have really attractive significant others and a dating history you can’t even imagine. With all that money, talent, confidence and good looks, they can date anyone they want. In case you weren’t jealous enough of the actors involved in the DCEU for their looks, char

The revival of Young Justice in 2018 comes with not only new characters for the show but also some new costumes for the longer-serving members. Some of these new designs were unveiled for eager fans at SDCC in 2017, revealing that Artemis, Nightwing, Superboy and Aqualad will be wearing stealthy, black numbers more befitting of the revamped third Season — Young Justice: Outsiders. Young Justice is a fantastic looking show, from its explosive action sequences to its creative and fun updates to the iconic costumes of the young DC sidekicks. Phil Bourassa, one of the original character concept artists, shared some of his work in 2011 along with insights into the art direction for characters like Robin from showrunners Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman. RELATED: Fans of Steel: 15 Fan-Designed Superman Costumes We Wish Were Real “Having just finished drawing all the iconic DC characters for Crisis on Two Earths, I was excited to be working on the younger heroes, particularly Robin because he

The official website for the two-part anime film series based on Nanae Chrono's Peacemaker Kurogane manga revealed three more rough character designs on Friday. Hajime Saitō (voiced by Takashi Matsuyama) Tatsunosuke Ichimura (voiced by Yūji Ueda) Saya (voiced by Mikako Takahashi) The first film, titled Peacemaker Kurogane: Omō-michi (Path of Thoughts), is slated for June 2, 2018. The second film, titled Peacemaker Kurogane - Yūmei (Fate of Friends), is slated for next fall. Source: Animate Times

Anime starring Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, Saori Hayami premieres in January The official website for the original A Place Further Than the Universe (Uchū Yorimo Tōi Basho) television anime revealed a teaser video, character designs, staff, cast, and the series' January premiere on Wednesday. Kadokawa's TIFFCOM flyer describes the characters in English: Inori Minase as Mari Tamaki, a second-year high school student a sunny disposition. Although she has a great attitude and is admired by her friends, she is not good at finding a place in their midst or being a leader. In spite of being filled with curiosity, she is also rather cowardly and timid. She is troubled by the dilemma that although part of her wants to do things, another part of her just ends up not doing them. Her nickname is "Kimari." Kana Hanazawa as Shirase Kobuchizawa, a second-year high school student who attends the same school as Kimari. She is a black-haired beauty that turns heads, but she

According to artist Brad Walker, the Aquaman Rebirth series very nearly drew inspiration from Jason Momoa’s interpretation of the character from Justice League. RELATED: Aquaman’s Comic Is Basically Subtweeting Trump’s Presidency When Walker helped to launch the current series alongside writer Dan Abnett, he created designs for Arthur Curry that combined the traditional color scheme of Aquaman with Momoa’s more warrior-like depictionThe proposed tribal tattoos and intricate battle armor resulted in a design that looks rather similar to the character’s look in the 1990s. Don't think I ever posted these. Early round of #aquaman designs when we thought we would need to lean into the movie look. Ended up going more classic though, which I probably like better, anyway. pic.twitter.com/Rwv8DRIxDP — Brad Brad Walker (@IAmBradWalker) November 8, 2017 While DC ultimately decided to go with a more traditional depic

The official website for the two-part anime film series based on Nanae Chrono's Peacemaker Kurogane manga revealed another rough character design on Friday. Shinnosuke Tachibana as Suzu Yamatoya The site also revealed rough character designs for two more characters on November 10. Masami Iwasaki as Kai Shimada Takaya Hashi as Isami Kondō The site has previously revealed rough character designs for Tetsunosuke Ichimura, Susumu Yamazaki, Toshizō Hijikata, Shinpachi Nagakura, Heisuke Tōdō, Sanosuke Harada, Sōji Okita, Saizō, Hajime Saitō, Tatsunosuke Ichimura, and Saya. The first film, titled Peacemaker Kurogane: Omō-michi (Path of Thoughts), is slated for June 2, 2018. The second film, titled Peacemaker Kurogane - Yūmei (Fate of Friends), is slated for next fall. Source: Animate Times

DC Comics fans have likely grown used to the blue Rebirth banner on their comic book covers, but those days will soon come to an end. Today, the comic book publisher unveiled its new cover design, which replaces the banner in favor of a sleek corner box. The corner box will provide information about the issue number, price and rating. Each box will also feature the emblem of the starring hero or superhero group. So, Superman comics will sport his iconic “S,” Batman comics will display the telltale Bat-Signal and Green Arrow will get, well, an arrow. RELATED: Bizarro Boy Am Going to Arrive in DC Universe in 2018 The new cover design will replace the Rebirth banner much in the same way it replaced the New 52 initiative’s banner. DC Rebirth was first introduced in 2016 as a way for DC Comics to enact a continuity reboot that incorporated elements of the New 52, but reset the world of DC Comics back to a point prior to the “Flashpoint” arc. The en

Kelly Thompson, writer of Hawkeye and Rogue & Gambit, has signed an “exclusive agreement” with Marvel Comics, as announced Friday in a press release from the publisher. “Marvel was truly my first love,” Thompson said in a statement. “So to be here today, not only writing for Marvel but ‘going exclusive’ with them, is the definition of a dream come true. I remember visiting Disney World as a teen and being so consumed by an issue of X-Men that was due to come out that I was checking newsstands like a girl possessed until I located it. So yeah, this is everything I always wanted.” RELATED: Best Comics of 2017: Hawkeye Perfectly Blends Superhero and PI Genres Thompson made her Marvel debut in 2015, co-writing Captain Marvel & the Carol Corps with Kelly Sue DeConnick. Her other Marvel credits include A-Force and Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Captain Phasma. Outside of Marvel, Thompson first made a name in the mainstre

Justice League Dark artist Alvaro Martínez has shared some character designs from his upcoming Justice League comic book series. The forthcoming series is written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Martínez, Raul Fernandez and Brad Anderson. It centers on a team of magic and horror characters led by Wonder Woman. According to the cover of the first issue, Zatanna, Swamp Thing, and Detective Chimp will be on the team, but it has been hinted that many more members exist. RELATED: Two Justice League Series Announced from Tynion, Martinez, Williamson & Sejic Here are a few designs for the series..you can expect EVERYBODY from the magic corner of DC to show up in the series… and I´m drawing them all, super crazy 🤪 pic.twitter.com/1qvVMYl4SK — Alvaro Martínez (@AMartinezBueno) March 24, 2018 Following the initial announcement, Martínez took to Twitter to show off character designs. It is cle