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Compilation film of anime's 3rd season opens on October 13 The official website for the Yowamushi Pedal franchise began streaming a trailer on Saturday for the Yowamushi Pedal Re:Generation compilation film. The film will have a two-week limited screening starting October 13. The film will incorporate footage from the third anime season with some new shots. The film will feature an original scene with Shingo Kinjō, Yūsuke Makishima, and Jin Tadokoro. The key visual above includes cuts of the scene. Saeki YouthK (Yūsuke Saeki) will perform the film's theme song "Tsuyosa Yowasa" (Strength and Weakness). The CD single for the song will ship on October 4. The television anime will get a fourth season in January. The 25-episode Yowamushi Pedal New Generation anime premiered in Japan on January 9. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The story of the original Yowamushi Pedal manga centers around Sakamichi Onoda, an otaku at Sōhoku High School. He lov

Atlus USA to release 3DS game on October 17 Atlus USA began streaming a new trailer for its upcoming Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth Nintendo 3DS game on Thursday. The video previews the Pugilist class. The company previously streamed trailers for the Fencer, Dragoon, Warlock, Masurao, and Botanist classes. Atlus USA will release the game on October 17. The launch edition for the game will include a 24-page art book, six-track music CD, and outer box. The game will have English audio. Atlus released Etrian Odyssey V for Nintendo 3DS in Japan on August 8. Like previous installments in the series, the game features dungeon mapping and turn-based battles. There are four races of playable characters and 10 classes.

Episode to open in 40 theaters on November 11 in Japan NBC Universal Anime began streaming a trailer for Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka?? ~Dear My Sister~, the new special episode for the anime Is the order a rabbit?? (Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka??), on Saturday. The video previews the theme song "Sekai ga Café ni Nacchatta!" (The World Became a Café!) by new singing unit "Petit Rabbit's with beans." The main cast comprised the singing unit Petit Rabbit's, which performed the opening theme songs for the television anime. The episode will begin screening in 40 theaters in Japan on November 11. The episode's theatrical screening was slated to premiere this spring, but it was postponed. Hiroyuki Hashimoto is returning to direct, but at the animation studio production doA instead of Kinema Citrus and WHITE FOX (the studios behind the previous television seasons). The original manga's creator Koi and Hashimoto are credited with the original story concept and script, and Yousuke Ok

PS4/Vita game ships in N. America, Europe in November NIS America began streaming a trailer for its Demon Gaze II game on Thursday. The video previews the game's Asteria setting, and also shows some of the monsters the players will face throughout the game. The game will launch for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in North America on November 14 and in Europe on November 17. The game will be available in both physical and digital copies. Both consoles will have a limited edition with a soundtrack, hardcover art book, and collector's box. Kadokawa Games released Demon Gaze II for PS Vita in Japan last September. NIS America previously released the first Demon Gaze fantasy dungeon role-playing game for the PS Vita in North America and in Europe in April 2014. NIS America describes the story: The world's western frontier—with a dark shroud covering his memories of the past. The land before him contains many labyrinths that hold both treasure and danger in equal volumes

"Pure Love Chapter" opens in Japan on October 14 The official website for the Uchū Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi (Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love or Star Blazers 2202: Warriors of Love) anime sequel project began streaming a 60-second trailer on Friday for the third film in the franchise, subtitled "Junai-hen" (Pure Love Chapter). The film will open in Japan on October 14, and will screen in 25 theaters, five more than the second film. The episode's below visual features the text, "The demon informs. Choose your love." Theaters screening the third film will again sell special edition Blu-ray Discs, and the film will also be available to stream online for a fee starting on October 14. The second film, subtitled "Hasshin-hen" (Departure Chapter), opened in Japan on June 24. The project is a seven-part theatrical anime project, and the first film, subtitled "Kōshi-hen" (Starting Chapter), premiered in Japan on February 25. The anime's story