3 New Support Characters Joins Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Crossover Game

3 new characters are added to upcoming Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax fighting game as support characters. This game features characters from the Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint.

These three new characters are: Holo from Spice and Wolf, Kaori Shimizu from Boogiepop Phantom and Sadao Maoh from The Devil is a Part Timer! (Hataraku Maoh-sama). Seen below are the characters in action.

Other support characters for the upcoming game include: Wilhemina Carmel (Shakugan no Shana), Leafa (Sword Art Online), Kuroneko (Oreimo), Toma Kamijo (A Certain Magical Index), Haruyuki Arita (Accel World) and Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!!).

Details about the game's release and the consoles where this game will be available is still unknown as of this writing.

[Source: Crunchyroll News]

Live-Action Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai Film's Full Trailer

Cinema Cafe's YouTube channel posted the full trailer of the live-action movie adaptation of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai (Haganai). The trailer features the film's theme song entitled "Hitotsu Dake" by Kera Kera.


The upcoming movie is inspired by the series of romantic comedy light novels written by Yomi Hirasaka. The movie revolves around Kodaka (played by Koji Seto), a half-Japanese/half-British transfer student & Yozora (played by Kie Kitano) as the two decided to form a club for misfits with hardly any friends.

The movie is written and directed by Takuro Oikawa, the movie is set to open on February 1, 2014.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Novel Plot Revealed

More details about the upcoming Samurai Sentai Shinkenger novel is finally revealed. The novel entitled "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger – Three Chances Of Winning", it is written by Akatsuki Yamatoya.

The novel is about the final battle between the samurais and the enemies of humanity, Gedoushu! Leading the samurais is the 18th head of the Shiba clan, Takeru Shiba. As for the Gedoushu, they are spreading an unknown virus to kill humanity. How will the samurais stop them?

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger – Three Chances Of Winning will be released this November 29.

[Source: DecaEnd of HJU]

Latest Live-Action Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai Movie Images

The staff of the live-action movie adaptation of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai (Haganai) posted new pictures coming from the upcoming movie.

The pictures feature the club playing a virtual reality gal game created by Rika Shiguma (played by Mao Kanjo) as they try to help Sena Kashiwazaki (played by Mio Otani) who has become a shut-in, and as they are sitting around their table. One image also features Sena in a bathing suit.


The upcoming movie is inspired by the series of romantic comedy light novels written by Yomi Hirasaka. The movie revolves around Kodaka (played by Koji Seto), a half-Japanese/half-British transfer student & Yozora (played by Kie Kitano) as the two decided to form a club for misfits with hardly any friends.

The movie's theme song is entitled "Hitotsu Dake" by Kera Kera. Written and directed by Takuro Oikawa, the movie is set to open on February 1, 2014.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Novel Adaptation Announced

It was recently announced that just like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai will also have novel adaptations starting with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

The new Shinkenger novel entitled "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger – Three Chances Of Winning" will be released this November 29. Other info such as how many Super Sentai shows will receive a novel adaptation or who is writing the Shinkenger novel is still unknown as of this writing.

[Source: Henshin Justice]

Live-Action Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai Release Date, Additional Cast Members Revealed

The release date of the upcoming live-action anime adaptation of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai (Haganai) is finally revealed along with two new stills coming from the movie.

The movie will be released this February 1, 2014. In addition, here are the additional cast members of the movie. Sara Takatsuki (Otomen, GTO) plays Yukimura Kusunoki, a youth who looks female, but claims to be a boy; and Mao Kanjō plays the brilliant and perverted Rika Shiguma.

The movie is an original story inspired by the light novels is written and directed by Takuro Oikawa.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax 2nd Gameplay Video

Here's the second gameplay video of the upcoming Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax fighting game developed by Sega. This game features characters from the Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint.

The playable characters featured in the video are: Shana (Shakugan no Shana), Asuna (Sword Art Online), Kirino Kosaka (Oreimo), Mikoto Misaka (A Certain Magical Index), Kuroyukihime (Accel World) and Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!!!).


The support characters featured in the video are: Wilhemina Carmel (Shakugan no Shana), Leafa (Sword Art Online), Kuroneko (Oreimo), Toma Kamijo (A Certain Magical Index), Haruyuki Arita (Accel World) and Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!!).

Details about the game's release and the consoles where this game will be available is still unknown as of this writing.

[via Anime News Network]

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax First Game Promo

Here's the first promo video of the Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax fighting game developed by Sega. This game features characters from the Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint.

The characters previously revealed to be playable for the game are: Shana (Shakugan no Shana), Asuna (Sword Art Online), Kirino Kosaka (Oreimo) and Mikoto Misaka (A Certain Magical Index). The game also features support characters and currently revealed support characters are: Wilhemina Carmel (Shakugan no Shana), Leafa (Sword Art Online), Kuroneko (Oreimo) and Toma Kamijo (A Certain Magical Index).


In addition, this year's Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival revealed that Durarara!!!'s Shizuo Heiwajima and Accel World's Kuroyukihime will be playable in this fighting game.

This is the fourth collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and Sega. This project marks Dengeki Bunko's 20th anniversary. Details about the game's release and the consoles where this game will be available is still unknown as of this writing. But for those fans who can't wait to play the game, Japanese location tests are scheduled to begin on October 11-13.

[via Moetron]

Oreimo's Kirino, Magical Index's Mikoto Joins Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Roster!

New characters for the upcoming Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax fighting game. The new characters are Oreimo's Kirino Kosaka and A Certain Magical Index's Mikoto Misaka!

Along with the previously revealed characters for the game, fans can have the chance to play the game at the demo stations at the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2013 event at the Akihabara UDX & Belle Salle.

In addition, the game will feature support characters that will aid players in battle against fellow Dengeki Bunko characters. Recently revealed support characters are Oreimo's Kuroneko and A Certain Magical Index's Toma Kamijo. Previously revealed support characters are Shakugan no Shana's Wilhelmina Carmel and Sword Art Online's Leafa.

The game will use the standard eight-way joystick and four buttons. The controls for the game are as follows A (weak attack), B (medium attack), C (strong attack) and D (support, to summon support characters). Players can also dash, back dash, and two levels of jump. A+B or A + B + down will unleash special Impact Skill attacks. Pressing A + B+ C simultaneously will expend one Blast icon for various Blast attacks.

This is the fourth collaboration between ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint and Sega. This project marks Dengeki Bunko's 20th anniversary. Details about the game's release and the consoles where this game will be available is still unknown as of this writing.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax First Gamplay Video

The first gameplay footage for the "Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax" has surfaced online! In this video, we see Shana vs. Asuna with Asuna getting a little help from Leafa.


The game features characters coming from various Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint characters. Seen in the first screenshots are Shakugan no Shana's Shana and Wilhemina Carmel and Sword Art Online's Asuna and Leafa. More characters will be revealed in the future.

[via Japanator]

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax 2D Fighting Game Announced

ASCII Media Works and Sega announced a new 2D fighting game called "Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax" at the Game no Dengeki booth in this year's Tokyo Game Show.

The game features characters coming from various Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint characters. Seen in the first screenshots are Shakugan no Shana's Shana and Wilhemina Carmel and Sword Art Online's Asuna and Leafa. More characters will be revealed in the future.

More information about the game will be revealed at the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival 2013 event at the Akihabara UDX & Belle Salle in Tokyo on October 6. The event will have demo stations where players can test the game with Asuna, Shana, and other characters.

[Source: Anime News Network]

Kamen Rider Ryuki Novel Spoilers

Spoilers for the Kamen Rider Ryuki novel has surfaced online and just like most Kamen Rider novels, this take place in an alternate universe. The novel was released last August 30 and written by Toshiki Inoue and Naohiro Okamura, with Inoue as the editor for the novels.

Ryuki, Knight, Zolda, Ouja and Femme are the main Riders. Imperer, Raia and Scissors are mentioned but die literally immediately and their human forms are unnamed. Shinji kills Imperer in the novel and doesn't regret it. Shinji is a jack of all trades, Ren and Yui are friends with benefits. Even if that is the case, he is still with Eri. Kitaoka has Alzheimer's disease while his "butler", Goro has his mouth sown shut with a golden wire and can't speak.

Unlike the original TV series and movies, they don't use cards to transform. They transform with an emblem in front of a mirror and jump straight into the Mirror World. Apart from everything is mirrored, there is no sound in the Mirror World. In the novel, they are not called Masked Riders, but instead they are called Masked Contractors. Asakura is said to be the embodiment of your standard Toshiki Inoue written jerks.

Just like in the movie, Femme asked Shinji to pretend to be her boyfriend, they end up dating for real and have sex. Lastly, the novel still follows the same Battle Royale struture with the ending nearly identical to the TV series.

[Source: DecaEnd of HJU]

Live-Action Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai (Haganai) Movie Trailer

The official website of the live-action movie adaptation of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukinai (Haganai) has posted the first trailer of the upcoming movie. The upcoming movie is an original story inspired by the light novels of the same name.


The original light novels is about Kodaka (played by Koji Seto), a half-Japanese/half-British transfer student whose delinquent-like blonde hair and fierce eyes scare people and a seemingly perpetually sullen girl named Yozora (played by Kie Kitano). The two decide to form Rinjinbu, a club for misfits with hardly any friends. Another member is Sena (played by Mio Otani), a beautiful girl who treats her male admirers like slaves but has never had any female friends.

The movie is written and directed by Takuro Oikawa and is slated for an early 2014 release.

Source: Anime News Network

Kamen Rider Den-O Novel Spoilers

Spoilers for the Kamen Rider Den-O novel entitled, "The Demon Dog of Tokyo World Tower" has surfaced online. The novel was written by Shinichiro Shirakura and was released last July 28th.

The novel takes place in April, 2013 and features adult Ryotaro and Hana. The novel is basically your standard Den-O episode and can work as an extra episode of the series.

The novel features the Cat Imagin and the Turkey Imagin (main villain) who made a contract to a dog. At one point of the novel, Momotaros possessed the same dog. Since this is a Den-O novel, the novel is filled with gags and it was implied in one scene that Hana gets drunk with the Taros.

Source: DecaEnd of HJU

Koji Seto Stars in Live-Action Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) Movie

Actor Koji Seto (Kamen Rider Kiva) and actress Kie Kitano (Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life) will star in the live-action movie adaptation of Yomi Hirasaka's Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) light novel series.

Seto turned his hair blonde for the first time in this movie. He added that he felt he was destined for this film role, since he himself has hardly any friends. The original author, Hirasaka revealed that the staff wanted to make a standalone work and not simply recreate the story of the original light novel series.


The original light novel is about Kodaka (Seto), a half-Japanese/half-British transfer student whose delinquent-like blonde hair and fierce eyes scare people and a seemingly perpetually sullen girl named Yozora (Kitano). The two decide to form Rinjinbu, a club for misfits with hardly any friends.

The movie finished filming last June. Directed by Takurō Oikawa (The Game), the movie is set to open early next year.

Source: Anime News Network

Kamen Rider Kuuga Novel Spoilers: New Kuuga Revealed

Some people already have a copy of the Kamen Rider Kuuga novel and below are some spoilers about it. The novel is written by Naruhisa Arakawa and was released today, June 28th.

Spoiler alert! Read at your own risk!

Taking place 13 years after the end of the series, the novel is about Ichijou and the police force investigating a mysterious white warrior and the return of the Grongi tribe. Godai is also in the movie and fight as Kuuga for one page. He did a lot more stuff out of suit.

Mika Natsume as seen in the TV series

The novel features the return of Ra-Baruba-De aka Rose-Tattooed Woman and with her are three new Grongis. Fighting them is a the white warrior, a prototype Kuuga. The man behind the mask is Mika Natsume, Jean's former assistant.

Mika uses a prototype Arcle to transform into this new Kuuga. The difference of this belt to the Arcle is that it lack the Amadam, the gem found in the center of the Arcle. Because of this, it is easier for its wearer to go berserk and the previous wearer went crazy and the belt was sealed inside the Coffin of Darkness.

The original Kuuga with the Arcle. Imagine it without the stone in the middle for the image of the prototype Arcle.

Mika's father was of the scientists who discovered the prototype Arcle and has notes about it in his research. Mika finds this 10 years after the end of the show. After sighting a few Grongi, she goes to the ruins and unearth the prototype Arcle and transform into a white Kuuga with red eyes.

She fights an unnamed Grongi in her white form, but it's killed by a different Grongi before she can finish it off. She later fights a Jellyfish Grongi and defeats it with a Rider Kick and is shocked with the explosion she caused. She later fights a Go lion and goes from white to black out of rage.

Kamen Rider Kuuga Growing Form aka a white Kuuga.

The form's eyes flashes between red and black, then completely black when she loses control to it. To put it simply, she is basically Kuuga in appearance with a few minor differences such as she has smaller horns. She uses steel frames and changes them into cannons, she shoots a huge beam out of Tokyo Tower. Godai shows up and stops her. The novel ends with the belt still in her.

Aside from the new Kuuga, there is also the new Beat Chaser 3000, which Godai sticks the Gouram on it while fighting Mika. The police also developed new weapons to fight the Grongi and with it, Ichijou kills one of them. Lastly, the Rose-Tattooed Woman escapes at the end of the novel.

Source: DecaEnd of HJU (link 2)

Remaining Heisei Kamen Rider Novels Update

Here are some updates for the remaining Heisei Kamen Rider novels has surfaced online. The updates include the current status and the new release dates of some of the novels.

Kamen Rider Kuuga will be released this June 28. The novel is written by Naruhisa Arakawa.

The Kamen Rider Den-O novel, entitled "The Demon Dog of Tokyo World Tower" will be released this July 28. The novel is written by Shinichiro Shirakura.

Lastly, the Kamen Rider Ryuki novel will be released this August 30. The novel was originally planned to be released this June 28 alongside with the Kamen Rider Kuuga novel. The novel is written by Toshiki Inoue and Naohiro Okamura, with Inoue as the editor for the novels.

Source: DecaEnd of HJU

Attack on Titan: Before the fall Light Novels Gets Rerelease

Japanese illustrator THORES Shibamoto (Trinity Blood) revealed on her Twitter account that the Attack on Titan light novel spin-off, Attack on Titan: Before the fall will have a rerelease! The novel was originally released in 2011.

The spin-off novel lasted for 3 volumes and is written by Ryo Suzukaze. Taking place prior to the start of the manga, the spin-off tells the origins of the 3D Maneauver Gear. Pictured in the first volume cover is the protagonist Angel.

Source: Crunchyroll News

Kamen Rider Hibiki Novel Spoilers

With the release of the Kamen Rider Hibiki novel last May 23, 2ch users posted their comments about it, which is basically spoilers for the said novel.

But before proceeding to the spoilers, the novel takes place in the Edo Era wherein Hibiki meets Henshin Ninja Arashi. The novel is written by Kamen Rider Hibiki TV series head writer Tsuyoshi Kida.

Spoiler alert! Read at your own risk!

Hibiki is 23 years old and Ibuki is 15. Other Oni that appeared in the TV show like Zanki and Todoroki didn't appear in the novel. In addition, the novel features a lot of new Oni.

Set sometime during Edo era, more or less a parallel re-imagining of the movie. Arashi and Hibiki's world is the same world, so it's not some sort dimensional crossover type of thing. Hayate's friends and allies appear as well. It's more Arashi than Hibiki, it's recommended that you watch Arashi before reading this. You don't really need to have watched Hibiki to understand the Hibiki parts.

There's a short part that connects to present time, but has nothing to do with Asumu or Hibiki. Doesn't really have much to do with the show for that matter either. Lastly, the Oni Armor (seen on the right) does appear and it's connected to Arashi.

Source: DecaEnd of HJU

Kamen Rider Hibiki Novel Plot Revealed

The plot for the Kamen Rider Hibiki novel has surfaced online. Written by series head writer Tsuyoshi Kida, it is set to be released this May 23 for 650 yen.

This novel has nothing to do with the original TV series as it takes place right after the end of the Warring States era, just as the Edo era begins. In this novel, Hibiki and his clan are hiding in a small village while fighting the Makamou. But one day, he meets Hayate, a ninja fighting against the evil Chigurumatou clan.

Hayate is no other than the classic Ishinomori hero, Henshin Ninja Arashi!

Source: Henshin Justice