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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

One Piece Episode of East Blue airs The live-action television series based on Kaoru Fukaya's KANNAsa-n! manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, August 22 at 10:00 p.m. and earned a 9.7% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV August 27 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 8.4 One Piece Episode of East Blue: Luffy to 4-nin no Nakama no Daibōken Fuji TV August 26 (Sat) 21:00 130 min. 8.1 Crayon Shin-chan TV Asahi August 25 (Fri) 19:30 24 min. 7.9 Detective Conan NTV August 26 (Sat) 17:30 30 min. 6.3 Doraemon TV Asahi August 25 (Fri) 19:00 30 min. 6.2 One Piece Fuji TV August 27 (Sun) 9:30 30 min. 4.8 Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV August 27 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 4.8 Dragon Ball Super Fuji TV August 27 (Sun) 09:00 30 min. 4.6 Pokémon Sun & Moon TV Tokyo August 24 (Thurs) 18:55 30 min. 4.2 Animated O-saru no George (Curious George) NHK-E August 26 (Sat) 08:35 25 min. 2.9 Sources: Video Research (Kanto region) [V

Anime segments featuring popular characters to condense history lessons for children This year's 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is revealing on Monday that Fuji TV networks will air a "FNS 27-Jikan TV Nihon no Rekishi" (FNS 27-Hour Japan's History) special on September 9 and 10, which will feature anime segments from One Piece, Dragon Ball Super, Kochikame, and Chibi Maruko-chan. The event will air from September 9 at 6:30 p.m. to September 10 at 9:30 p.m. Preview images for the special in Weekly Shonen Jump feature Kochikame's protagonist Ryō dressed as Sakamoto Ryōma, Maruko from Chibi Maruko-chan dressed in a 12-layer kimono from the Heian Era, Gohan and Trunks from Dragon Ball Super in a rice field during Japan's ancient Yayoi Period, and Luffy from One Piece on a battlefield during the Warring States Era. Weekly Shonen Jump didn't reveal when during the marathon the anime segments would air, or how long each segment would be. Fuji TV had rev

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun; Silver Spoon; Magi; Attack on Titan; Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare in top 5 Rank Title Est. Weekly Copies Est. Total Copies Release Date Publisher Author Highest Rank Weeks on List 1 Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun 9 228,813 228,813 2017/08 Square Enix Izumi Tsubaki 1 1 2 Silver Spoon 14 222,819 630,246 2017/08 Shogakukan Hiromu Arakawa 1 2 3 Magi 35 126,468 239,670 2017/08 Shogakukan Shinobu Ohtaka 3 2 4 Attack on Titan 23 116,606 1,256,379 2017/08 Kodansha Hajime Isayama 1 3 5 Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare 6 113,166 113,166 2017/08 Shueisha Io Sakisaka 5 1 6 Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler 8 101,772 101,772 2017/08 Square Enix Story: Homura Kawamoto / Art: Tōru Naomura 6 1 7 Golden Kamuy 11 83,962 183,447 2017/08 Shueisha Satoru Noda 7 2 8 One Piece 86 82,017 2,273,811 2017/08 Shueisha Eiichiro Oda 1 4 9 Major 2nd 10 77,721 148,423 2017/08 Shogakukan Takuya Mitsuda 9 2 10 Yona of the Dawn 24 71,073 151,899 2017/08

Monster Hunter XX for Switch, Shin Jigen Neptune VIIR, Yomawari: Midnight Shadows games ship Japan's Game Ranking: August 21-27 Rank System Title Maker Release Date Weekly Copies Total Copies 4Gamer Reader Review 1 NSw Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Including Bundled Editions) CAPCOM August 25 84,277 84,277 2 NSw Splatoon 2 (Including Bundled Editions) Nintendo July 21 54,443 1,004,180 74 3 3DS Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Including Bundled Editions) Square Enix July 29 30,146 1,671,067 85 4 PS4 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Including Bundled Editions) Square Enix July 29 22,600 1,314,402 91 5 PS4 Shin Jigen Neptune VIIR Compile Heart August 24 15,775 15,775 6 3DS Snack World Trejarers Level-5 August 10 14,764 137,972 50 7 NSw Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo April 28 13,731 660,214 70 8 PSV Yomawari: Midnight Shadows (Including Limited Editions) Nippon Ichi Software August 24 8,255 8,255 9 PS4 Yomawari

Korean developers optimize original 2002 game for PS VR Korean video game publisher Blueside announced that it will release the Gungrave VR "cinematic action shooting game" for PlayStation VR in Japan in 2017. Korean game developer Iggymob is developing the game. The developers will preserve the world of the original Gungrave games and go beyond the story of the second title, Gungrave: Overdose, to create an optimized version of the original game for PlayStation VR. The game will feature infinite shooting, third-person "full-break action," and first-person "dynamic shooting." A PC version for use with Oculus, Vive, and other VR headsets is also planned after the PlayStation 4 release for use with PlayStation VR. Illustrator Yasuhiro Nightow and composer Tsuneo Imahori are returning from the original Gungrave game to work on the game. Imahori is composing the theme song "Bara Armati" for the game. Red Entertainment's original Gungrave game shipped for the PlayStation 2

Box set features both anime seasons, 2-episode OVA, other anime extras Kadokawa began streaming an ad on August 25 for a complete Blu-ray Disc box set of the Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts anime franchise. The video reveals that the box set will include a new "mini animation." The official website for the anime series had originally announced the boxset with the new anime work on July 28. The box set will include all 13 episodes of Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, all 13 episodes of Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 2, and both episodes of the Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts OVA. The set will also include five unaired anime that featured on the previous season 1 Blu-ray Disc and DVD release, and two unaired anime that featured on the previous season 2 Blu-ray Disc and DVD release. The Blu-ray Disc box set ships on November 29, and retails for 32,000 yen (about US$290). The anime adapts Kenji Inoue and Yui Haga's Baka to Test to Shōkanjū light novel series. Th

Anime series' episode debuted in 36 theaters on Saturday 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, opened at #8 at the Japanese box office this past weekend. The episode, the first in the anime's "Loum Arc," opened in Japan on Saturday in 36 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. Gundam: The Origin manga creator Yoshikazu Yasuhiko stated at a screening event on Saturday that "there will be more" of the anime series. Yasuhiko said he wants the anime to show the One-Year War arc next, but clarified that there isn't any official word yet on whether the anime will continue after the Loum Arc ends with the sixth episode. The "Loum Arc" will end with the sixth episode, titled "Rise of the Red

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