Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen Episode 1 - Falcom Academy's Opening Ceremony - [2014]

Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (Japanese: みんな集まれ！ファルコム学園 Hepburn: Minna Atsumare! Farukomu Gakuen, lit.Everyone Assemble! Falcom Academy) is a Japanese 4-panel comedy manga series by Daisuke Arakubo, serialized in Field Y's Falcom Magazine. It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes as of December 2013. An anime television series adaptation began airing from January 5, 2014 to March 30, 2014.^[1] The second season titled Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC will begin airing in January 2015.^[2]

The manga was serialized to celebrate the Japanese video game company Nihon Falcom's 30th anniversary. Various characters from Nihon Falcom's video game franchises appear in the series.

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes . [J.C.Staff, 2010]

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (探偵オペラ ミルキィホームズ Tantei Opera Mirukii Hōmuzu, lit. "Detective Opera Milky Holmes") is a media franchise owned by the Japanese trading card game company Bushiroad. The first release was an Internet radio drama, released in December 2009. An anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between October and December 2010, with a special episode aired on August 26, 2011. The second anime season aired between January and March 2012 with another special aired on August 25, 2012.^[1][2] A third series, titled Futari wa Milky Holmes, aired between July and September 2013.^[3] A fourth series titled Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD aired between January and March 2015. Other media includes a manga adaptation serialized in Comp Acebetween May 2010 and January 2011; two visual novels, released for the PlayStation Portable in December 2010 and August 2012 respectively; a trading card game tie-in with Bushiroad's Weiß Schwarz; and a light novel series published by ASCII Media Worksunder their Dengeki Bunko label.

The series is a homage to the detective fiction genre, with the four female leads named after famous fictional detectives: Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot and Cordelia Gray. Milky Holmes is also the name of a voice acting unit consisting of the series' four main voice actresses; Suzuko Mimori, Sora Tokui, Mikoi Sasaki and Izumi Kitta.

Set in the near future in the Great Era of Detectives, chosen people are born with supernatural abilities known as Toys (トイズToizu). Those who use these Toys for evil are responsible for a wave of crimes and necessitate employing Toy-using detectives to help solve them. In the Yokohama District, Opera Kobayashi runs a detective agency named Milky Holmes, made up of four budding young detectives, Sherlock Shellingford, Nero Yuzurizaki, Hercule Burton and Cordelia Glauca, who each wield their own unique toys and train to become detectives at Holmes Detective Academy.

The video game casts players in the role of Kobayashi, who must utilise Milky Holmes' unique abilities to stop the Thieves' Empire, a band of thieves led by the mysterious Arséne. The second puts players in the role of another detective, Ellery Himeyuri. TheAlternative TV specials also take place in this universe, in which Kobayashi and Milky Holmes are assisted by another Toy user, Lily Adler, in fighting against the Thieves' Empire whilst visiting London.

In the first two television anime series, the four girls of Milky Holmes, Sherlock, Nero, Hercule and Cordelia, end up losing their Toys during an encounter with the Thieves' Empire. Taken away from their rich lifestyle and thrown into an attic, the girls must try and regain use of their Toys or else face expulsion from Holmes Detective Academy. Futari wa Milky Holmes, which takes place two years after the other series, follows two young girls, Alice and Kazumi, who, inspired by Milky Holmes, form their own detective unit, Feathers, and fight against a group of thieves known as the Color the Phantom. Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD sees Milky Holmes help an idol named Marine Amagi recover her Toys, the seven Elements, which have been stolen from her.

Tamako Market (たまこまーけっと Tamako Māketto) - [Kyoto Animation, 2013]

Tamako Market (たまこまーけっと Tamako Māketto) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Naoko Yamada. The series aired in Japan between January 10 and March 28, 2013. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. A film sequel premiered in Japan in April 2014.

Source: wikip.

Tamako Kitashirakawa is the eldest daughter of a family which runs the Tama-ya mochi shop in the Usagiyama Shopping District (うさぎ山商店街 Usagiyama Shōtengai). One day, Tamako encounters a strange talking bird named Dera Mochimazzi who comes from a distant land searching for a bride for his country's prince. After becoming overweight from eating too much mochi, Dera ends up becoming a freeloader in Tamako's home. The series follows the everyday life of Tamako, her friends, family and neighbors, and this peculiar bird.

The Tamako Market anime television series is produced by Kyoto Animation and aired on Tokyo MX between January 10 and March 28, 2013. The series is directed by Naoko Yamada and the script is written by Reiko Yoshida.^[1] The art director is Ikuko Tamine and the character designs are provided by Yukiko Horiguchi. The sound director is Yota Tsuruoka and the music is composed by Tomoko Kataoka.^[2] Bonus short episodes are included with the Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes, which began release from March 20, 2013.^[3] The opening and ending themes respectively are "Dramatic Market Ride" (ドラマチックマーケットライド Doramachikku Māketto Raido) and "Neguse" (ねぐせ, Bedhead), which are both performed by Aya Suzaki under her character name Tamako Kitashirakawa.^[4] The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and it is streamed on the Anime Network.^[5] It is also streamed in the United Kingdom on Anime on Demand.^[6]

A film sequel, titled Tamako Love Story (たまこラブストーリー), premiered in theatres in Japan on April 26, 2014. The film was produced by the same staff and featured the same cast as the television series.^[7] The film's opening theme is "Koi no Uta" (恋の歌) by Mamedai Kitashirakawa (Keiji Fujiwara). The film's ending theme is a different version of "Koi no Uta" sung by Aya Suzaki and the film's main theme song "Principle" (プリンシプル) is also by Suzaki.

A light novel titled Tamako Market, written by Mutsuki Ichinose and illustrated by Yukiko Horiguchi, was published by Kyoto Animation on April 8, 2013.^[8]

Q Transformers Anime's 1st Episode Streamed

sources:  animenewsnetwork.com, tfw2005.com

Alternative title:

キュートランスフォーマー 帰ってきたコンボイの謎 (Japanese)

Genres: comedy, science fiction

Themes: mecha

find similar anime based on genres & themes

Vintage: 2015-01-06

Official website:

キュートランスフォーマー 帰ってきたコンボイの謎 (Japanese)

News:

2nd Q Transformers Episode Has Optimus Discussing 'Crappy Games' (Jan 14, 2015)

Q Transformers Anime's 1st Episode Streamed (Jan 8, 2015)

Q Transformers TV Anime's Opening Sequence Streamed With OLDCODEX (Dec 27, 2014)

1986 Game Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Gets TV Anime (Aug 7, 2014)

The official YouTube channel for DLE Inc. began streaming the first episode of the Q Transformers: Kaettekita Convoy no Nazo (Q Transformers: The Mystery of the Convoy Returns) anime on Monday. The episode is titled "30-Shūnen Shōhin no Nazo" (The Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise).

The episode stars Optimus Prime (Yoshimasa Hosoya), Lockdown (Tatsuhisa Suzuki), and Bumblebee (Ryohei Kimura) as they struggle with the Q-Transformers smartphone game. Lockdown asks about the trio's cute design makeover and Optimus and Bumblebee reply that it is to appeal to girls. Bumblebee has the idea to further market their franchise's 30th anniversary by doing a 12 Animals of the Zodiac tie-in, to which Lockdown replies they should just bring backBeast Wars instead. The group continues to speculate on how to make Transformers appealing to girls, including making themselves soft or participating in a romance triangle as young male versions of themselves. Bumblebee says about the latter that he definitely wouldn't want to see that. Then Bumblebee and Lockdown ask Optimus for a more serious idea, and he thinks hard but starts sweating, and the two ask if he's OK. He then asks the two to wait a minute, and the episodecuts to a promo for the "Q-Transformers" merchandise and game.

The TV anime is inspired by the 1986 Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) game TheTransformers: Mystery of Convoy. The game also inspired a smartphone app earlier this year.

Additional cast members include:

Fukujurō Katayama as Bluestreak

Go Inoue as Prowl

Jun Fukushima as WheelJack

Kouki Uchiyama as Smokescreen

Yūichi Nakamura as Rumble & Sunstreaker

Kōtarō Ishidate (Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono, gdgd Fairies) is directing the anime at DLE Inc., and is also providing the scripts. 6 Jigen Animation is providing the animation for the opening sequence.OLDCODEX performs the opening theme, "physical."

The remainder of the staff is as follows:

Music: Hajime and Jiro (from LiLi)

Animation Director: Mame Suzuki

Background Art: Sanae Fujioka

Organization Cooperation: Kuniosa Hirama

Recording Adjustment: Soichi Tsunekawa

Scripts: Kōtarō Ishidate

Sound Effects: Yoshiaki Tokunaga

The series premiered on Tokyo MX on January 6.

Q Transformers: Kaetekita Convoy no Nazo [Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns] - DLE - [2015]

Sources: qtransformers.com, tfwiki.net

Alternative title:

キュートランスフォーマー 帰ってきたコンボイの謎 (Japanese)

Genres: comedy, science fiction

Themes: mecha

find similar anime based on genres & themes

Vintage: 2015-01-06

Official website:

キュートランスフォーマー 帰ってきたコンボイの謎 (Japanese)

News:

2nd Q Transformers Episode Has Optimus Discussing 'Crappy Games' (Jan 14, 2015)

Q Transformers Anime's 1st Episode Streamed (Jan 8, 2015)

Q Transformers TV Anime's Opening Sequence Streamed With OLDCODEX (Dec 27, 2014)

1986 Game Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Gets TV Anime (Aug 7, 2014)

Promo video for the new Q-Transformers Chibi style figures. The promo showcases the first wave of figures and what i believe is a website game based on mystery of convoy Famicom game. Also teased is a new Animated show for Q-Transformers.

Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (キュートランスフォーマー 帰ってきたコンボイの謎 Kyūtoransufōmā Kaettekita Konboi no Nazo) is a cartoon released in support of the Q-Transformers toyline and mobile game. The short episodes include a CGI-rendered title sequence followed by drawn animation of several of the characters standing around a service area on one of Japan's many expressways, discussing aspects of Q-Transformers and Transformers in general. Episodes are broadcast on Tokyo MX, and released by animation company DLE on their YouTube and Nicovideo accounts.

Production

The episodes are written and directed by Kotaro Ishidate and animated by DLE, with Mame Suzuki directing the animation and Sanae Fujioka on backgrounds. Music is provided by JPop band LiLi members Hajime and Jiro. The CGI title sequence was animated by 6 Dimensional Animation, and features the theme song "Physical" performed by OLDCODEX, Tatsuhisa Suzuki's band.

Home video release

All 13 episodes of Mystery of Convoy Returns will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on May 22, 2015, with certain stores offering exclusive bonuses with its purchase. If purchased through Amazon, Tower Records, HMV or Yodobashi Camera, it comes with little figures of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Lockdown, while at Animate it includes rubber straps of their human designs shown in episode 1.

External links

• Credits on Q-Transformers site

Airdate	January 6, 2015
Writer	Kotaro Ishidate
Director	Kotaro Ishidate
Animation studio	DLE

                                                                               

Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC - [Dax Production] - [2015]

Sources: Hachima Kikō, fal-gaku.com, animenewsnetwork.com I, animenewsnetwork.com II

[ sequel of Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (TV) ]

Alternative title:

みんな集まれ！ファルコム学園SC (Japanese)

Plot Summary: The warriors who have been warped by the rampaging power of "justice" have been summoned into the world of Xanadu. It's up to Dark Fakt, a former villain, and principal Lappi to reeducate these students.

Genres: comedy, fantasy

Vintage: 2015-01-04

Official website:

TVアニメ「みんな集まれ！ファルコム学園」公式サイト (Japanese)

The story of the original four panel manga begins when the world is invaded by game developer Nihon Falcom's RPG characters, including characters from Ys, Sorcerian, Eiyū Densetsu Shikkusu Sora no Kiseki (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky). The characters come together in a crazy academy life in celebration of the game maker's 30th anniversary.

The first season of the TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Arakubo's Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (Everyone Gather! Falcom Academy) 4-panel manga premiered in Japan in January.

The official website for the Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (Everyone Gather! Falcom Academy) anime updated on Saturday, and announced that a second season of the TV anime has been green-lit (January 4, 2015 Tokyo MX). 

The image posted that celebrates the new anime reads:

Text: Congratulations and thank you for a second season of Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen!!
Raniki: Did someone say Raniki?
Alisa: We didn't, so GO HOME!

Italian:

Lo sviluppatore di videogiochi Nihon Falcom Co. ha annunciato il via libera la seconda stagione anime adattamento in anime del manga 4-koma Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (Everyone Gather! Falcom Academy) di Daisuke Arakubo, la seconda serie di corti animati debutterà il 4 gennaio sull’emittente Tokyo MX. Nella storia il mondo viene invaso da una serie di personaggi provenienti direttamente dai giochi RPG della Nihon Falcom. Si tratta tra gli altri dei personaggi di: Ys, Sorcerian, Eiyuu Densetsu Shikkusu Sora no Kiseki (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in The Sky). Tutti questi eroi confluiscono in una scuola speciale e totalmente fuori di testa, per celebrare il XXX anniversario del produttore di videogame.   Sono di ritorno sia lo staff che il cast: alla regia c’è sempre Pippuya (Ishida to Asakura) affiancato daKenichi Yamashita (Victory Kickoff) alla sceneggiatura e Mizuki Aoba (Initial D: final stage) al character design e alla direzione dell’animazione, il tutto è prodotto presso lo studio Dax Production.   Al doppiaggio ritroviamo: Yuuki Kaji - Adol Christin; Akemi Kanda - Estelle Bright; Kaori Mizuhashi - Tio; Kazuyuki Okitsu - Dark Fakt; Mitsuki Saiga - Joshua Astray; Naomi Shindoh - Rappi; Il manga a strisce è tutt'ora in corso sul magazine Dengeki Maoh di ASCII Media Works. La prima serie anime, partita il 5 gennaio 2014, si è attestata su 13 episodi da 3 minuti ciascuno.  Nel frattempo Nihon Falcom ha rilasciato l’ultimo nato del franchise Eiyuu Densetsu: Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Flash) per PlayStation 3 e PlayStation Vita. Director: Pippuya Screenplay: Kenichi Yamashita Original creator: Daisuke Arakubo Character Design: Mizuki Aoba Animation Director: Mizuki Aoba Broadcaster: Sun TV Tokyo MX cast: Yuuki Kaji as Adol Christin Akemi Kanda as Estelle Bright Kaori Mizuhashi as Tio Kazuyuki Okitsu as Dark Fakt Mitsuki Saiga as Joshua Astray Naomi Shindoh as Rappi

Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - Opening - [2013]

Maoyū Maō Yūsha (まおゆう魔王勇者, lit. Demon King and Hero), also known as Maoyu, or Archenemy and Hero in English, is a Japanese light novel series by Mamare Touno that was initially posted in a play format on the textboard 2channel in 2009. Enterbrain published five main novels in the series, in addition to three side-story novels between 2010 and 2012, selling over 450,000 copies in total. It has received several manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime adaptation by Arms aired in Japan from January 5 to March 30, 2013. The series follows the exploits of a human hero and the queen of demons who join forces to bring peace and prosperity to their war-torn world.

The story is set in a world embroiled by war between Humans and Demons. The Humans' greatest warrior known as the Hero invades the castle of the Demon King (魔王 Maō), leader of the Demons who is actually a Queen, as he is determined to vanquish her. However, instead of fighting back, the Demon Queen proposes an alliance with the Hero. She explains how a sudden end to the war can bring further chaos to the world as the Humans, once united to stand against their common enemies, would eventually begin fighting among themselves, with similar issues already occurring in the Demon Realm. Convinced by her words, the Hero joins forces with the Queen and together they execute a plan to bring prosperity and a lasting peace to both Humans and Demons alike.