Welcome To The Ballroom

"Invisible Sensation," "Swing heart direction" debut in anime next Saturday The official websites for the musical artists Unison Square Garden and Mikako Komatsu announced on Saturday that they are returning to the Welcome to the Ballroom anime to perform its new theme songs. Unison Square Garden (pictured right) performs the new opening "Invisible Sensation," while Komatsu (pictured below) sings the new ending "Swing heart direction." The songs will debut in the anime's second half on September 23. "Invisible Sensation" will ship on CD on Novmeber 8, and the download version will debut on November 15. "Swing heart direction" and two other songs will debut on CD and via download on the same day, November 8. Unison Square Garden and Komatsu already perform the anime's first opening and endin theme songs, "10% roll, 10% romance" and "Maybe the next waltz," respectively. The series has been streaming on Amazon's Anime Strike as it airs in Japan since July. Kodansha Com

Anime's 2nd half debuts with new opening, ending theme songs next Saturday The official website for the Welcome to the Ballroom anime unveiled a new promotional video and visual for the anime's second half on Monday. The video previews the anime's new opening theme song "Invisibile Sensation" by Unison Square Garden. Aside from Unison Square Garden, Mikako Komatsu is also returning to perform the new ending theme song "Swing heart direction." The songs will debut in the anime's second half on September 23. "Invisible Sensation" will ship on CD on Novmeber 8, and the download version will debut on November 15. "Swing heart direction" and two other songs will debut on CD and via download on the same day, November 8. Unison Square Garden and Komatsu already perform the anime's first opening and ending theme songs, "10% roll, 10% romance" and "Maybe the next waltz," respectively. The series has been streaming on Amazon's Anime Strike as it airs in Japan since July. Ko

Author is preparing for new chapters The November issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine debuted on Wednesday with fewer pages in Tomo Takeuchi's latest Welcome to the Ballroom manga chapter due to the author's health. Nevertheless, the magazine notes that the author is preparing for future chapters. Kodansha Comics is publishing Tomo Takeuchi's original manga series in North America, and it describes the story of the series: Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants to be good at something - anything. Unfortunately, he's about as average as a slouchy teen can be. The local bullies know this, and make it a habit to hit him up for cash, but all that changes when the debonair Kaname Sengoku sends them packing. Sengoku's not the neighborhood watch, though. He's a professional ballroom dancer. And once Tatara Fujita gets pulled into the world of the ballroom, his life will never be the same. Takeuchi began the series in Monthly Shonen Magazine in 2011, and Koda

Metropolitan Tournament will end in anime before manga The official Twitter account for the Welcome to the Ballroom manga posted a note from creator Tomo Takeuchi about the anime adaptation on Monday. The note reveals that the plot of the anime's story will pass the manga before the end of the Metropolitan Tournament. Takeuchi's full note reads: Thank you very much to everyone on the cast and staff for creating a wonderful anime. For the end game of Metropolitan Tournament, the original work and the anime were going to advance the story at the same pace, but the original work is falling behind so the anime will go ahead of it. The original work isn't finished, but I will convey my plans for it to advance. Furthermore, as I continue to work on the original, I will set my sights on developments that happen at the Metropolitan Tournament and after. I think I will release parts that differ from the anime, though they will start from the same plan, but I will be happy if