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Shion Mizuki's manga about Freyja Wion launched in April 2016 The October issue of Ichijinsha's Monthly Comic Rex magazine revealed on Saturday that Shion Mizuki is ending the Macross Delta - Ginga o Michibiku Utahime (Macross Delta - The Songstress That Guides the Galaxy) manga in the magazine's next issue on September 27. The manga spinoff focuses on Walküre member Freyja Wion and her daily life. Mizuki (Guilty Crown) launched the manga in Monthly Comic Rex in April 2016. Ichijinsha published the manga's second compiled book volume on April 27. The franchise has also spawned other manga and a novel. Tatsuwo launched an ongoing direct adaptation of the television anime in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine in April 2016. Kodansha published the manga's second compiled book volume on March 9. Kei Ichimonji launched Macross Delta Gaiden - Macross E in Kodansha's Magazine Special in May 2016, and ended it on January 20 when the magazine ceased publication. Kodansha p

Kensho Ono, Kaito Ishikawa, Daisuke Namikawa, Satoru Hino, Yuuki Kaji, more star Otomate, a brand for romance games aimed at female players, announced at Sunday's "10th Anniversary Otomate Party 2017" event that its upcoming Library Cross Infinite game app has a television anime adaptation in the works. Otomate and Wright Flyer Studios are collaborating on the "love-to-infinity puzzle role-playing game" for release on iOS and Android devices this year. In the game, a medical student named Shiina and nine male partners are trapped in a certain dimensional realm with many ancient texts and an enormous mysterious clock. Together, they must find a way to escape by uncovering clues before the clock strikes "13." The voice cast and characters include: Shiina (no voice cast) Kensho Ono as Satoru Kaito Ishikawa as Nao Daisuke Namikawa as Akora Satoru Hino as Eichi Yuuki Kaji as Tsukasa Yuuki Ono as Rekka Ryohei Kimura as Sō Shinnosuke Tachibana as T

Although crossover fatigue may be peaking, the inclination to blend stories between comic book publishers stands strong. Indeed, shortly after Marvel’s “Secret Wars” and DC’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” launched the mid-’80s era of events, the attempt to tell the biggest, boldest story possible made enormous crossovers an inevitability. This impulse ran rampant during the comic book boom of the ’90s, and if nothing else, the below selection of crossovers were a weird time for us all. Truth be told, there are plenty of bizarre ’90s crossovers that will live on as nostalgic highlights. Despite their obvious flaws, the likes of Batman/Starman/Hellboy fighting Nazis, or the X-Men gallivanting with the crew of Star Trek make for endlessly joyful reading. RELATED: Nostalg-UGH: 15 Unacceptable Characters From The ’90s That Wouldn’t Work Today Unsurprisingly, though, crossovers between comic book publishers can’t all be winners, and some of the nuttiest comic book combinations are downright u

California court upholds 2002 agreement with Tatsunoko A California court in June upheld a license agreement between Harmony Gold U.S.A. Inc. and Tatsunoko Production, affirming that Harmony Gold's license to The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada will expire on March 14, 2021. Harmony Gold can continue to make derivative works, including live-action adaptations, of all three titles, until the license expires. All licenses and sublicenses will revert back to Tatsunoko at that time unless both parties extend the agreement. Harmony Gold owns the title Robotech in perpetuity, but when its license expires it will no longer be able to use or exploit works that are derivative of the three anime titles. Arbitrition Case Harmony Gold initiated arbitration against Tatsunoko in November 2016. Tatsunoko responded with counterclaims seeking US$15 million in damages, claiming Harmony Gold had breached contract

California court upholds 2002 agreement with Tatsunoko A California court in June upheld a license agreement between Harmony Gold U.S.A. Inc. and Tatsunoko Production, affirming that Harmony Gold's license to The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada will expire on March 14, 2021. Harmony Gold can continue to make derivative works, including live-action adaptations, of all three titles, until the license expires. All licenses and sublicenses will revert back to Tatsunoko at that time unless both parties extend the agreement. Harmony Gold owns the title Robotech in perpetuity, but when its license expires it will no longer be able to use or exploit works that are derivative of the three anime titles. Arbitrition Case Harmony Gold initiated arbitration against Tatsunoko in November 2016. Tatsunoko responded with counterclaims seeking US$15 million in damages, claiming Harmony Gold had breached contract

Spider-Man will square off with one of his greatest rivals in “Venom, Inc.,” a six-issue crossover that unfolds in The Amazing Spider-Man and Venom, beginning in December. RELATED: Spider-Man, Venom & the Sad, Sad Story of Eddie Brock Marvel editor Nick Lowe announced the event on the “This Week in Marvel” podcast, where he mentioned writer Dan Slott has wanted to incorporate Venom into his Amazing Spider-Man run, but the antihero was always tied up in other stories. The crossover begins in Venom, Inc. Alpha #1 by Slott, Mike Costa, Ryan Stegman and Brian Reber, before rotating back and forth between The Amazing Spider-Man and Venom, and then concluding with another one-shot issue. The story kicks off with Mania, a symbiote wearer introduced in Venom Vol. 2 #31 by Cullen Bunn and Declan Shalvey, getting ambushed by Lee Price. If you’ll remember, Price was the initial host of the Venom symbiote when this current volume l

A new four-part crossover from DC Comics, spanning Super Sons, Teen Titans, and Superman sees the Batman of Tomorrow time-travel to the present in order to prevent Superboy from causing the death of millions of innocent people. RELATED: DC’s Super Sons Is the Perfect Boy Meets World Meets Goosebumps Story According to ComicBook.com, “Super Sons of Tomorrow” — written by Peter J. Tomasi and drawn by Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Jorge Jimenez & Francis Manapul — prompts the Teen Titans to confront the following dilemma: “Is the life of an innocent child worth more than the lives of millions?” The Teen Titans will fall on the side of apprehending Superboy, while Robin chooses to stand beside his best friend. The four-part crossover begins in Superman #37 before continuing over in Super Sons #11, then Teen Titans #15, with Tomasi stepping in for regular series writer Benjamin Percy. The crossover will co

New fighting game crosses over Blazblue, UNIB, Persona 4, RWBY Arc System Works began streaming a new character introduction trailer for its Blazblue Cross Tag Battle crossover fighting game last Friday. The video reveals that Yōsuke Hanamura from Persona 4 Arena and Linne from Under Night In-Birth are joining the game as playable characters. Blazblue Cross Tag Battle is a crossover between the Arc System Works' Blazblue and Persona 4 Arena fighting games, as well as French Bread's Under Night In-Birth game. The game also includes characters from Rooster Teeth's RWBY franchise. The title is a two-versus-two game, and Arc System Works is planning to release it next year. Confirmed characters include Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi (Blazblue), Yū Narukami (Persona 4 Arena), Hyde (Under Night In-Birth), and Ruby Rose (RWBY). Blazblue: CentralFiction originally debuted in Japanese arcades in November 2015, and the game launched in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlaySta

Mylene's original voice actress Tomo Sakurai retired last year The official website for the Uta Macross Sumaho De Culture rhythm smartphone game confirmed on Wednesday that Aya Hirano (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Haruhi Suzumiya, White Album's Yuki Morikawa, Fairy Tail's Lucy Heartfilia) is voicing the character Mylene Jenius in the game. She replaces Tomo Sakurai, who voiced the character in the Macross 7 anime, due to Sakurai's retirement last year. The iOS and Android game launched on August 3, delayed from its previously planned spring debut. The game features the "tactical music unit" Valkyrie from Macross Delta and other Macross series characters such as Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee. The title is the "first super-dimensional rhythm game" in the Macross franchise and features various popular songs from the world of Macross. Source: Animate Times

PS4 game launches on September 29 Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe began streaming a new video introducing playable pilot and mobile suit pairs for its Gundam Versus PlayStation 4 game on Monday. The video introduces the characters from the Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam and Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Steel Seven manga that will appear in the game. Bandai Namco Entertainment previously streamed similar videos for Gundam 08th MS Team, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Ghost, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Beltorchika's Children, Gundam Unicorn, and Mobile Suit Gundam F91 characters. The game shipped in Japan in July, and the Japanese version of the game will get an