It was announced at an end-of-year livestream for the mobile game series Shōmetsu Toshi on December 26 that an anime adaptation by Madhouse will air in April 2019. A key visual and the first promotional video have been released.
Shōmetsu Toshi is a popular action-RPG and drama game with over 9.5 million download worldwide. The key visual features the young girl Yuki, the only survivor from a city that disappeared, and Takuya, a courier and lone wolf.
The promotional video showcases the character cast including Yuki (Kana Hanazawa), Takuya (Tomokazu Sugita), Suzuna (Ayane Sakura), Rui (KENN) and Sumire (Natsumi Hioka).
A new game titled Shōmetsu Toshi -AFTERLOST- has also been announced to be in development.
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Shōmetsu Toshi
Initial Broadcast: April 2019
Official Website: https://shoumetsutoshi-anime.com/
PROJECT Shōmetsu Toshi Portal Site: http://project-shoumetsu.wrightflyer.net/portal/
©Wright Flyer Studios / Shōmetsu Toshi Production Committee
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The Prince of Tennis is a manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi that was serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 to 2008. It has spawned an anime series, musical, and live-action film. Shortly after its run ended a sequel manga titled New Prince of Tennis began serialisation in Jump Square which is currently ongoing.
Next year will mark the franchise’s 20th anniversary. In line with this, the manga’s author Takeshi Konomi appear at Jump Festa 2019 which was held at Makuhari Messe on December 22. There he revealed that a new movie titled Ryoma! Rebirth Movie The Prince of Tennis will be release in early spring 2020.
The film will feature a completely original story that takes place in the three months between The Prince of Tennis and New Prince of Tennis. The title logo was also unveiled at the event featuring a stained glass design with the colours of each school.
A visual was also shown drawn by Konomi himself that features a cool and collected Ryoma wielding a tennis racket like a samurai would hold his blade. The event wrapped up with Konomi performing the song Tenipuri tte Iina which he composed and wrote himself.
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Ryoma! Rebirth Movie The Prince of Tennis
Release Date: Early Spring 2020
Official Website: https://gaga.ne.jp/RYOMA_MOVIE/
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V6’s 50th double A-side single, “Super Powers / Right Now” will be released on January 16th. The music video of this song has now been released. The concept of the song is “a love song for adults” and was written by Shimizu Shota. It is a dark/sexy song with a tricky beat and is a song where you can feel the “new sound” of Shimizu Shota. The song depicts the game of love from a man’s honest perspective.
The music video depicts a dance scene and six variations of one scene using some gimmicks and editing effects. The sound is simple but the dance is very complicated.
Also, the single includes the theme song of the animation, “ONE PIECE” called “Super Powers.” The sleeve jacket of the first edition released with the music video is also gathering much attention.
This “ONE PIECE’s original illustration sleeve” is a special sleeve that includes an illustration depicting the members of “the wheat straw clan” and V6. The members of the clan and V6 are making the same pose in the illustration. This valuable illustration shows that it is possible to create a strong power by gathering everyone’s spirit together.
Shimizu Shota’s comments (“Right Now” – lyrics, music and arrangement)
I am very happy that I could write a song for V6. And I am very pleased that the members of V6 directly asked me to write a song for them.
I am so happy that idols which have been watching since my childhood are dancing in tune to this song that I wrote. I want to go back to my childhood and tell myself that I am going to write a song for them in the future.
I tried to write a song which elevates the charm of the group and I hope that many people will watch them dancing.
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Super Powers／Right Now
Release date: January 16th, 2019
First Edition A AVCD-94269/B
CD＋DVD ／ 1800＋tax
Comes with tall case and sleeve
First Edition B AVCD-94270/B
CD＋DVD ／1800＋tax
Comes with tall case and sleeve
Normal Edition AVCD-94271
CD ／1200＋tax
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Haregake, a creator of riddle-solving games that have brought in over 100,000 participants, has developed an all-new puzzle game called “Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System in JOYPOLIS” that is set to run at the indoor theme park TOKYO JOYPOLIS in Daiba, Tokyo from January 11 to March 17 next year.
The game will make use of the entire JOYPOLIS building and have participants solving riddles. You will take the role of an executive officer and use your smartphone to talk with Shinya Kogami, Nobuchika Ginoza and Shuusei Kagari to gather clues and solve the puzzles.
Trailer:
An incident took place with unknown origins that led to a murder… Will you be able to identify and stop the killer?
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Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System in JOYPOLIS
Location: TOKYO JOYPOLIS
Address: DECKS Tokyo Beach 3F-5F, 1-6-1 Daiba, Minato Ward, Tokyo
Running: January 11, 2019 – March 17, 2019
Reception Hours: 10:00-21:00
Access: 2-minutes on foot from Odaiba-kaihinkōen Station via Yurikamome Line / 5-minutes on foot from Tokyo Teleport Station via Rinkai Line
Participating: Purchase a ticket at the theme park on the day
Ticket Price: ¥1,500 (Separate fee charged for entry to TOKYO JOYPOLIS)
TOKYO JOYPOLIS Entry Fee: Adults (18+ Years) ¥800 / Children (17-Years and Below) ¥500
Event Page: https://nazoxnazo.com/psycho-pass_ss/joy
©Psycho-Pass Production Committee
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The broadcast of the brand new anime Shōmetsu Toshi will start in April. To celebrate, the anime had its own special event held on the KILLER PINK stage at Anime Japan 2019. The anime convention was held on Sunday 24th March.
As the opening theme song started to play, five of the anime voice actors and actresses Kana Hanazawa (Yuki), Tomokazu Sugita (Takuya), Ayaka Asai (Souma), Taisuke Nishimura (Geek) and Ayane Sakura (Suzuna) took to the stage. When special guest Yuichi Nakamura (Akira) joined the stage, the audience erupted into cheers.
First, the voice actors and actresses introduced the anime and talked about the characters of Shōmetsu Toshi. The audience experienced hearing the story of the anime from the characters’ perspectives. As it has been five years since the release of the game which then turned into this anime, Kana Hanazawa (Yuki) then presented her tough fight to make post voice recordings for the voice of Yuki again for the earlier part of the story.
They also showed the audience the latest anime trailer, to which the venue drowned in the applause.
Shōmetsu Toshi anime trailer 2
Continuing on, series director Shota Shimoda from Wright Flyer Studios also took to the stage. Shimoda reflected on the trailer and talked about important scenes with the audience.
There was also an announcement that advanced registration for the phone app game AFTERLOST – Shōmetsu Toshi started on that day. Along with this, an official website and Twitter have also been set up. As announcements and updates will be made from time to time, please check them out!
Wristwatches
Yuki & Souma: Memories as siblings
Yoshiaki: Hope for reunion
Tsubasa: Promise to reunite
The goods corner was selling collaboration jewellery made by the jewellery brand “U-TREASURE”. On the day, Kana Hanazawa and Ayaka Asai (Souma) wore U-TREASURE collaboration necklaces and the crowd went wild! Afterwards, the five members from the SP15 game idol unit; Haruka Shamoto (Homura), Emiri Iwai (Nami), Hina Suguta (Haruka), Aguri Ōnishi (Rena) and Hikari Sonoyama (Yua), took to the stage. After the girls talked about their expectations for the anime, the crowd erupted into cheers and the stage curtains closed.
An advanced showing of the anime has been planned, so if you are interested in this anime, please check it out!
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Shōmetsu Toshi advanced showing
Date & time: Monday 1st April /Doors open: 18:40／Start: 19:00
Location: Shinjuku Wald 9 (Shinjuku 3-chome East Building 9th floor, 3-1-26, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Prices: Designated seating only ー ￥3,000 (price includes tax)
Tickets: https://special.canime.jp/shoumetsutoshi/ticket/Game app “AFTERLOST – Shōmetsu Toshi official website: https://shoumetsu.wfs.games/
Anime Shōmetsu Toshi official website: http://shoumetsutoshi-anime.com
（C）Wright Flyer Studios／Shōmetsu Toshi Production Committee
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New characters have been unveiled for the upcoming TV anime series Shōmetsu Toshi.
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Yoshiaki
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Tsubasa
Kenn as Rui
Natsumi Hioka as Sumire
Atsushi Imaruoka as Jack
Yurika Kubo as Kana
The newly-revealed characters are Yoshiaki, Tsubasa, Rui, Sumire, Jack and Kana. Yoshiaki and Tsubasa are brothers while the other four make up the members of the Kaito Dan.
The anime will premiere on TOKYO MX on April 7 at 23:30 (JST).
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Initial Broadcasts
TOKYO MX – Every Sunday at 23:30 from April 7
Yomiuri TV – Every Monday at 02:29 from April 8
BS11 – Every Sunday at 01:00 from April 7
AT-X – Every Wednesday at 21:00 from April 10
*Broadcast dates subject to change without noticeOfficial Website: http://shoumetsutoshi-anime.com
© Wright Flyer Studios / Shōmetsu Toshi Production Team
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It has been announced that Mao Abe will perform the opening theme for the upcoming anime adaptation of Shōmetsu Toshi set to begin airing in April this year. Titled Kotae, the opening video was posted to YouTube and the anime’s official website has now opened.
Shōmetsu Toshi is a popular action-RPG and drama game with over 9.5 million download worldwide. MADHOUSE is adapting the series known for creating and producing such works as Trigun, Death Note, Wolf Children and One Punch Man.
Singer-songwriter Mao Abe is celebrating her 10th anniversary since debuting this year and even performed at Nippon Budokan on January 22. This marks her second tie-up with an anime series, the first being Believe in Yourself which was used as the season one opening theme for Baby Steps.
The ending theme With Your Breath will be performed by SPR5, an idol group that appears in the series itself.
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Kotae
Vocals: Mao Abe
Lyrics/Composition: Mao Abe
Arrangement: akkin
Abe Mao Official Website: http://abemao.com/Shōmetsu Toshi
Airing: April 2019 via TOKYO MX and other channels
Official Website: http://shoumetsutoshi-anime.com
© Wright Flyer Studios / Shōmetsu Toshi Production Committee
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Shoumetsu Toshi is a popular action RPG mobile game developed and published by Wright Flyer Studios with 9.5 million downloads worldwide. An idol unit by the name of SPR5 features in the game. A live broadcast that aired on Nico Nico Live announced new information regarding the group.
Firstly, a music video for their song Alcyone was released from their upcoming anticipated album Supreme Revolution which is set to hit shelves on January 9, 2019. A new artist photo for the album was also released. Limited edition copies of the album include a DVD with the music video and its making-of.
Alcyone Music Video
The group’s track Five! Suspects! from the album where each member introduces themselves was also released officially on YouTube. A single-cut version of the track will be sold for ¥500 (tax included) at upcoming SPR5 events. Details TBA.
Five! Suspects!
An anime illustration of SRP5 for the upcoming 2019 adaptation of Shoumetsu Toshi has also been unveiled, showcasing the five members on stage looking up towards their dreams.
Be sure to keep up to date with Shoumetsu Toshi and SPR5 as we move towards 2019.
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Supreme Revolution
First Press Limited Edition (CD+DVD): ¥3,800 (+Tax)
*DVD includes Alcyone music video and its making-of footage.Regular Edition (CD): ¥3,000 (+Tax)
Canime Limited Edition (CD+2 DVDs): ¥4,800
*DVD includes Alcyone music video and its making-of footage. Bonus DVD includes a video translating to “Supreme Revolution ~Training Camp to Our Dreams!~”
SPR5・Shoumetsu Toshi Official Website: http://shoumetsutoshi-spr5.com
Shoumetsu Toshi Official Game Website: http://shoumetsu.wrightflyer.net/
Shoumetsu Toshi Official Anime Website: http://shoumetsutoshi-anime.com
