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No release date announced for PC version Aksys Games announced on Friday that it will release the PlayStation 4 game Tokyo Xanadu eX+, the enhanced version of Nihon Falcom's Tokyo Xanadu game, in North America on December 8. Tokyo Xanadu EX+ will also get a PC release, but Aksys Games has not yet announced the release date. The limited edition release for PlayStation 4 includes a White Shroud statue, a Blade card game deck, a 60-page art book, a CD soundtrack, and a collector's box. The original Tokyo Xanadu game shipped for PlayStation Vita in North America in June. Nihon Falcom's Tokyo Xanadu game shipped for PlayStation Vita in Japan in September 2015. Tokyo Xanadu eX+ shipped in Japan last September. The "urban legend action RPG" takes place in Tokyo after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake cause fires, tsunamis, toxic gas leaks, and other calamities to hit the city, leaving 20,200 dead and 7,000 missing. The story will follow high schoolers Kō and Asuka in a post-ea

The official website for the Fate/Grand Order VR feat. Mash Kyrielight PlayStation VR game revealed on Saturday that the game will launch for free on December 6 on the PlayStation Store. The "Fate VR drama" project will allow players to enter the world of Fate/Grand Order and meet with the Servant Mash Kyrielight. Aniplex released the Fate/Grand Order smartphone game in Japan in summer 2015. The game received an English release in the United States and Canada on June 25. Type-Moon is working with Aniplex, Delight Works Inc., and Sega to launch the Fate/Grand Order Arcade game in Japanese arcades next year. Source: Gamer via Gematsu

Manga about girls who survive zombie apocalypse launched in 2012, inspired anime in 2015 The official Twitter account for Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara family of magazines revealed on Saturday that Norimitsu Kaihō and Sadoru Chiba's School-Live! (Gakkō Gurashi!) manga will return from hiatus in the February issue of Manga Time Kirara Forward on December 22. The manga went on hiatus starting in the magazine's September issue, and was planned to return by the end of the year. Kaihō and Chiba launched the manga in Manga Time Kirara Forward in 2012, and Houbunsha published the manga's ninth compiled volume in Japan on March 11. Yen Press is releasing the manga in English, and the company published the eighth compiled volume on September 19. The company describes the series: Meet the members of the School Living Club! There's the shovel-loving(?) Kurumi Ebisuzawa, the big-sister figure Yuuri Wakasa, club advisor Megumi Sakura, and last but not least, the ever-optimistic Y

New adaptation to adapt epilogue story for 1st time Netflix revealed the first key visual on Monday for Netflix's live-action series adaptation of Kei Sanbe's Erased (Boku dake ga Inai Machi) manga. The series will premiere in Japan on December 15, and is slated to debut in 190 countries this winter. The new series will adapt the manga's epilogue story for the first time. The series will star: Top row, left to right: Reo Uchikawa as Satoru Fujinuma (child) Mio Yūki (Death Note, Assassination Classroom, As the Gods Will) as Airi Katagiri Rinka Kakihara as Kayo Hinazuki (child) Center row, left to right: Shigeyuki Totsugi as Gaku Yashiro Yūki Furukawa (Itazura na Kiss, Laughing Under the Clouds, Lychee Light Club) as Satoru Fujinuma (adult) Tomoka Kurotani as Sachiko Fujinuma Bottom row, left to right: Noriko Eguchi as Akemi Hinazuki Jin Shirasu (Happy Marriage!?) as Kenya Kobayashi (adult) Hidekazu Mishima as Sawada Ten Shimoyama (live-action

The December issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Hero's magazine revealed on Wednesday that Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi's Ultraman manga will have a major announcement in the magazine's next issue on December 1. The manga will adorn the issue's front cover. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America, and it describes the story: Decades ago, a being known as the Giant of Light joined Shin Hayata of the Scientific Special Search Party to save Earth from an invasion of terrifying monsters known as Kaiju. Now, many years later, those dark days are fading into memory, and the world is at peace. But in the shadows a new threat is growing, a danger that can only be faced by a new kind of hero - a new kind of Ultraman... Shinjiro is an ordinary teenager, but his father is the legendary Shin Hayata. When he learns that his father passed on the "Ultraman Factor" to him, and that he possesses incredible powers, nothing will ever be the same again. The Linebarrels of Iron

40-page side-story will center on child of Chocotan, Happy The official website for Shueisha's Ribon magazine revealed on Wednesday that that Kozue Takeuchi will draw a side-story chapter for her Chocotan! (Chocolate & Tan!) shōjo manga titled "Happy-tan!" in the magazine's next issue on December 1. The side-story will have 40 pages, and will center on the child of Chocotan and Happy. The manga follows a talking female miniature dachshund puppy named Chocotan and Nao, the girl who owns her. The two are close friends, and Chocotan supports Nao as the girl deals with a romantic crush and life in general. Takeuchi launched the manga in Ribon magazine in 2011, and ended it on September 1. The 12th compiled volume of Chocotan! previously revealed in June that the 13th volume would be the final one. The manga inspired an event anime special that screened at the Ribon Festa 2013 in April of that year, and was also streamed online. The anime starred Rie Kugimiya, Ayane Sa

4-panel comedy manga inspired TV anime in July Manga creator Hiroyuki announced on his official website on Saturday that his Aho-Girl manga will end in the January issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, which will ship in December. The December issue of the magazine will also make the announcement when it ships on November 9. Hiroyuki added that the manga's 12th volume will be the final volume. Kodansha is listing that the volume will ship on December 15. Limited editions of the manga's 10th through 12th volumes are each bundling four episodes of the anime series on DVD in Japan. Kodansha Comics is releasing the manga in English under the title Aho-Girl: A Clueless Girl, and it describes the series: Yoshiko, a truly clueless high school girl, is never far from over the top hijinks. Her childhood friend has no choice but to look out for her! Hiroyuki (Doujin Work) launched the four-panel comedy manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2012, and the series moved to Bes

Original light novel series inspired TV anime in 2015 The 44th chapter of Megumu Soramichi's Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (Chivalry of a Failed Knight) manga on Square Enix's Gangan Online website revealed on Thursday that the manga's next chapter on December 7 will be the final chapter. Soramichi launched the manga on the website in 2014. Square Enix published the manga's 10th volume on October 11. The manga adapts writer Riku Misora's and illustrator Won's light novel series of the same name. Misora and Won launched the light novel series in 2013, and SoftBank Creative published the novel's 13th volume on October 12. The "school sword action" story revolves around Magic Knights, modern magic-users who fight with weapons converted from their souls. Ikki Kurogane goes to a school for these Magic Knights, but he is the "Failed Knight" or "Worst One" who is failing because he has no magical skills. However, one day, he is challenged to a duel by Stella, a foreign princess a

Manga adaptation of NisiOisin novel launched in 2015 This year's 12th volume of Kodansha's Young Magazine the 3rd magazine revealed on Monday that Osamu Mitsutani's manga adaptation of writer NisiOisin's (Monogatari series, Medaka Box) Himeiden novel will end in the magazine's next issue on December 6. The manga's fourth and final volume will ship on January 19. In the novel's story, an event that produced a high-frequency sound known as the "Great Scream" occurred worldwide on October 25, 2012 at 7:32 a.m. The event lasted only 23 seconds, but it slew around 2.3 billion people, about a third of the world's population. Half a year later, a 13-year-old boy named Kū Sorakara goes to the Kisaragi Clinic for a checkup, as it seems he has lost the ability to feel emotion about anything. But after his checkup, a group known as the Earth Destruction Army invites him to the organization. The group tells Kū that they want him to be a hero who will fight the wicked Earth, which is t

21-volume series inspired TV anime in 2012 Shueisha is listing that the 21st volume of Jō Takezuki's Campione! - Matsuro Wanu Kamigami to Kami Koroshi no Maō light novel series will be the final volume. The Amazon listing for the volume also lists that the light novel series has 1.4 million copies in print. The 21st volume is slated for November 22. Takezuki will launch a new series titled Shiniki no Campiones (Campiones of the Sanctuary) on December 22, with a second volume in January. BUNBUN (Yuki Yuna Is a Hero, Izetta: The Last Witch, Sakura Quest) is illustrating the new series. Sentai Filmworks licensed the novels' television anime adaptation, and released it on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2013. The company describes the story: Some people suddenly find religion, but for 16-year-old Kusanagi Godo, it's that REALLY old time religion that's found him! As the result of defeating the God of War in mortal combat, Godo's stuck with the unwanted position of Campione!, or