ReLife "Season 2"

The official website of the anime adaptation of Sou Yayoi’s ReLIFE web manga has announced that there will be an epilogue to the anime in the form of ReLIFE: Final Chapter. The Final Chapter will be 4 episodes long and won’t be out until March 2018.

The Final Chapter of the ReLIFE anime will be released on Blu-ray and DVD release of the 2016 TV anime. It will be 4 episodes long, though details on the length of the episodes have yet to be revealed. The episodes, however, will indeed continue on where the series left off.

The production staff  includes:

• Director: Tomo Kosaka (Detective Conan Key Animator)
• Series Composers: Kazuho Hyodo (Himegoto, Robot Girls Z), Michiko Yokote (Prison School, Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!)
• Anime Character Designer: Junko Yamanaka (Detective Conan, Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi)
• Music Composer: Masayasu Tsuboguchi (Debut Role)
• Sound Director: Shoji Hata (Fairy Tail, Log Horizon)
• Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment (Yowamushi Pedal, Detective Conan)

ReLIFE is a romance slice of life web manga written and illustrated by Sou Yayoi. The series began in late 2013 being released on NHN PlayArt’s comico web application. The series has a total of 6 compiled volumes, with the latest volume releasing on February 12. The first two volumes of the manga has more than 450,000 copies in circulation. The series was adapted into a live action stage play and a TV anime series in Summer 2017.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

Source: http://www.otakutale.com/2017/relife-anime-final-chapter-announced-4-episode-epilogue-releasing-march-2018/ 

Kimi no Na wa. Tops $4 Million in North America – Worldwide Gross over $350 Million

Kimi no Na wa. has broken numerous records where it has now been crowned the highest grossing anime film of all time. It has currently grossed over ¥33.93 Billion (~ US$290 Million) at the international box office, overtaking Spirited Away which ended its international run at ¥32.96 Billion (~ US$289 Million). The large bulk of the gross was domestically in Japan where, since the film’s debut on August 26, it has earned over ¥22.4 Billion (~ US$192.5 Million). In Japan, it is the 4th highest grossing film of all time.

The production staff of the movie consists of:

• Director and Series Composer: Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words)
• Animation Director: Masashi Ando (Spirited Away, Paprika)
• Anime Character Designer: Masayoshi Tanaka (AnoHana, Toradora!)
• Music Composer: Sayoko Narukawa (Debut Production)
• Animation Studio: CoMix Wave Inc. (Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken)

Makoto Shinkai is a well known anime director who got his start in the industry in 1997 directing the short film Other Worlds. His first major breakthrough in the industry was 2002’s Voices of a Distant Star, which won various awards including the Animation Kobe award and the Seiun Award. Since his debut 20 years ago, his films have received acclaim and recognition for the films’ plot, use of mature themes and breathtaking visuals. One of his more recent hits is 2007’s 5 Centimeters Per Second, which won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Shinkai’s most recent feature film is 2013’s The Garden of Words.

Kimi no Na wa. synopsis:

The story is set one month after a comet has fallen for the first time in a thousand years in Japan. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn’t at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn’t like the customs of her family’s Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo.

Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?

Source: http://www.otakutale.com/2017/kimi-no-na-wa-tops-4-million-north-america-worldwide-gross-350-million/ 

The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Calls the Stars

The full title of the Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei anime movie will be Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Hoshi wo Yobu Shoujo (The Irregular at Magic High School: The Girl Who Calls the Stars). The movie is set to release in June 17, 2017. The film itself will follow an original story written by Satou.

A new character was revealed that will debut in Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Hoshi wo Yobu Shoujo, Kokoa. A mysterious young woman who deserted the National Defense Navy and is being cared for by Miyuki.

Here is the film’s synopsis:

The seasons have changed, and it will soon be the second spring. The poor student older brother Tatsuya and the honor student younger sister Miyuki have finished their first year at their magic high school, and are on their spring break. The two go to their villa on the Ogasawara Island archipelago. After only a small moment of peace, a lone young woman named Kokoa appears before them. She has abandoned the Naval base, and she tells Tatsuya her one wish.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (The irregular at magic high school) began as an online novel series written by Tsutomu Satou that ran from 2008 till 2011 for a total of 6 volumes. The supernatural school series was then picked up by Dengeki Bunko and under their imprint since July 2011 – with Kana Ishida illustrating. To date a total of 19 volumes have been published, the latest on March 10th. The series was adapted into an anime series during the Spring 2014 season for a total of 26 episodes; produced by Madhouse (Death Note, Hellsing Ultimate) and directed by Manabu Ono (A-Channel, Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon).

Here is the series synopsis:

Magic has been recognized and analyzed over the last century. What was once the realm of folklore and tales is now a formalized practice and applied science. And magicians—those capable of using magic to its fullest potential—hold the power to change the world on every conceivable level.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei follows Tatsuya Shiba, a magician who excels at magical combat and technical knowledge, and Miyuki Shiba, his sister and the heir of the Yotsuba family who Tatsuya is assigned to protect, as they begin their first day at a school for magicians known as First High School. However, the school segregates the students based on their entrance exam scores, with the best students (known as “Blooms”) being assigned to First Course and the worst students (known as “Weeds”) being assigned to the Second Course. Due to the exams not accounting for his talents, Tatsuya is placed in the Second Course, making him an irregular student within the magic high school.

Source: http://www.otakutale.com/2016/mahouka-koukou-no-rettousei-anime-movie-releasing-january-2017-title-visual-trailer-revealed/