At the recently held Winter Wonderfest at Chiba, Japan. Good Smile has announced 199 new figures for 2020.
Figures, figmas and/or nendoroids from various series such as Promare, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, In/Spectre, The Rising of The Shield Hero, Ghost In The Shell, Weathering With You, My Hero Academia, Fate/Grand Order, Bayonetta, Death Stranding, Overwatch and much more.
Here’s a sample size of the complete listing, lots to look forward to for the avid collector.
You can see the complete and detailed listing here.
Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Netflix produced Ghost In The Shell. Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will be directing the new series. Animated by Studio Production I.G. Many of the voice actors from the previously released Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime will reprise their roles in this new series.
In the year 2045, the world has entered a systematic “Sustainable War.” Hired as a mercenary unit, the former members of Japan’s elite Section 9 are faced with the sudden appearance of “Post-Human,” a being with tremendous intelligence and physical capabilities.
Netflix Original Anime Series “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045”.
Finally, the much anticipated Evangelion 3.0+1.0 has a Japanese theatrical release date. The show will premier in Japanese cinemas on June 27th 2020.
If you’re in Japan, you can pre-orders your for tickets from King Records, Evangelion Store, 7-Eleven, and LAWSON. The various stores will have different special limited products and pricing.
King Records has a CD “EVANGELION FINALLY Limited Edition Limited Edition with Movie Card”, which contains vocal songs by Yoko Takahashi and Megumi Hayashibara, also along with animation images in “Neon Genesis Evangelion” and “Evangelion New Theatrical Version”. Price: 5,390 yen (tax included).
Evangelion store will have “Ville’s Blue Bandana” signed by Director Anno HideakiLimited edition of the Evangelion Store, this is a set of cards featuring “Ville’s Blue Bandana” printed with the signature of Director Hideaki Anno . Price: ¥ 3,300 (tax included).
Seven Eleven you can either select a Kaiyodo Special Edition Evangelion
New Unit 2 Figure. Price: ¥ 36,000 (tax included). electric toy Evangelion machine Gatling fan. Price: ¥ 5,200 (tax included). Diorama acrylic stand (5 pilots). The group of five pilots in plug suits! Decorate your room or desk and enjoy the world of Evangelion. Price: ¥ 4,650 (tax included).
Lawson you can choose between an Outdoor branded collaboration pouch. Price: ¥ 6,200 (tax included). Evangelion theme’d cushion. Price: ¥ 6,200 (tax included).
Mobile phone manufacturer Oppo has now released the new Gundam Custom Edition. This is limited to 30,000 units and is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Gundam series.
The phone, as well the included accessories (even a complimentary shield design as a phone cover), comes in matching designs.
Based on the Oppo Reno Ace model, here are some of the specifications of the phone:
– 90Hz Screen Up To 1000 Nits
– ‘Dry Ice’ Constant Cooling System
– Snapdragon 855+
– SuperVOOC 2.0
– Game Color Plus
– 4D Vibration
– LinkBoost + Dual Wi-Fi
– 12GB RAM 256GB Storage
– LPDDR4x + UFS 3.0
The camera is no slouch either, on the back of the device, the camera setup comprises a 48MP f/1.7 main shooter, a 13MP f/2.4 telephoto camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera with a 116-degree field of vision, and a 2MP monochrome camera.
Unfortunately it doesn’t appear that the Gundam Edition is available outside of the Chinese market, but for those interested, it’s priced at $3599CNY (approx. $745AUD).
Lots of fan favourites are returning this season such as My Hero Academia, Sword Art Online, Food Wars, Psycho Pass and Fate/Grand Order. But there’s also lots of brand new anime starting so lets check out some PV’s!
Hoshiai no Sora / Stars Align
Genre: sports, drama, slice of life Streaming on Animelab
Babylon
Genre: mystery, psychological
BEASTARS
Genre: drama, slice of life
Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle
Genre: sci-fi, action
Well just like Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka, it’s Tamarket’s turn to Journey to the West – to Perth Anime Festival!
We’ll be at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre for the weekend of Saturday October 5 to Sunday October 6. Pay us a visit at the Tamarket double booth number #15 which is conveniently located right in the middle of the convention! We’ll be stocking a wide variety of anime goodies as well as our Lucky Bags in which you’ll find over $100 worth of merch for only $50 – grab one before they’re gone!
If you have any requests or queries for the convention, please get in contact with us either here, or via our facebook or twitter. See you at Perth Madfest!
Come pay us a visit at the Tamarket double booth at lucky stall number #13 which is pretty much located right in the middle of everything! We’ll be bringing you a wide variety of anime goodies as well as our famous Lucky Bags in which you’ll find over $100 worth of merch for only $50 – grab one before they’re gone!
If you have any requests or queries, please get in contact with us either here, or via our facebook or twitter.
The convention train for 2019 still keeps on chugging, back again for Melbourne’s dedicated anime convention! We will be attending Animaga, starting Saturday 24th of August and concluding on Sunday 25th located at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.
Come visit us at Tamarket, we can be found at our booth – E4 right near the entrance and exit of the convention, where we will bring you a wide selection of anime goods. We are looking forward to serving our customers!
If you have any requests or queries, please get in contact with us, either here, or via our facebook or twitter.
It’s time for another season already! Finish off your current watchlist and get ready for these shows.
Dr. Stone
One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he’s got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Shounen
Fire Force
Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called “Infernals.” While the Infernals are first generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shira begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Shounen
A Certain Scientific Accelerator
Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator focuses on the strongest Level 5 after he protects the cheerful Last Order at the price of much of his power. Recovering at the hospital, Accelerator has led a relatively quiet life until he ends up saving the life of Estelle Rosenthal, a mysterious girl carrying a photo of Last Order. Unfortunately, Accelerator now finds himself dragged into a new conflict in the form of a sinister organization called Disciplinary Action which plots to use Last Order for a dangerous mission. Now that they have set their plan into motion and are in pursuit of the young girl, it’s up to the world’s most powerful esper and his newfound companion to protect Last Order and defend Academy City in the process.
Genre: Super Power, Supernatural, Fantasy, School
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note
When Lord El-Melloi II, the later Waver Velvet, gets asked to claim his inheritance over Adra Castle, he travels there with his apprentice Gray to do so. But they are not the only ones called that way. The will of the previous owner states that the assembled contestants—including Luviagelita Edelfelt—must compete in a game of wits to win the castle.
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural
Given
“It’s stuck deep inside me and I can’t get it out of my head. Mafuyu’s voice is an insane and dangerous weapon.”
That day, Ritsuka Uenoyama started to feel that playing the guitar and playing basketball, both of which he liked very much, were becoming boring. He then encounters Mafuyu Sato, who’s holding onto a broken guitar, and decides to fix it. The moment Uenoyama finishes fixing the guitar, Mafuyu becomes completely attached to him. However, after hearing Mafuyu sing it leaves a deep impression on him.
Genre: Music, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai
Street Corner Demon
Awakening her dormant abilities as a devil one day, Yuuko Yoshida aka Shadow Mistress Yuuko, is entrusted with the mission to defeat the Light clan’s shrine maiden, a magical girl, by her ancestor Lilith. Yuuko meets magical girl Momo Chiyoda through her classmate Anri Sada, and challenges her to a duel, but loses quickly due to her lack of strength.
Since then, Yuuko has struggled with her role as a devil and her duel with Momo, and borrowed help from her regularly. However, by a strange coincidence, Yuuko also weakens Momo by taking away her power to cooperate in protecting the peace of Tama city.
Genre: Slice of Life, Comedy, Magic
Maidens of the Savage Season
The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other: answering the question, “What’s one thing you want to do before you die?” One of the girls blurts out, “Sex.” Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls, with different backgrounds and personalities, onto their own clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths toward adulthood.
Genre: Drama, School, Shounen
Cop Craft
15 years ago, an unknown hyperspace gate opened over the Pacific. Beyond this gate lies Reto Semaani, a strange alternate world where fairies and monsters live.
San Teresa City—a city where over two million immigrants live from both worlds. As a result, there are the haves and the have-nots. Here is the world’s newest “city of dreams.” But in the shadow of the chaos, crime is rampant: drugs, prostitution, and weapon trafficking. The detectives who stand up to these heinous crimes are in the San Teresa City Police. When the detective Kei Matoba and the alternate-world knight Tirana—two individuals who differ in gender, personality, and even world of origin—meet, an incident erupts. Two worlds. Two justices. From this, the curtain rises on a buddy police action story!
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Magic, Police, Sci-Fi
How Many Kilograms are the Dumbbells You Lift?
Sakura Hibiki is your average high school girl, with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline she decides to look into enrolling in the nearby gym. There she runs into a girl from her grade named Souryuuin Akemi.
Akemi, who has a muscle fetish tries to get Hibiki to enroll in the gym despite its high ratio of macho men. Thankfully a beautiful trainer, Machio, appears and unknowingly convinces her to enroll and start her quest to a great body.
Here’s first trailer for Lupin III The First, er.. yeah sounds about right.
Anyway looks like they’ve done away with traditional 2D animation and gone in a different direction and now it’s in full 3D. Visually it, doesn’t look bad.
It’s due for a Japanese release on December 6th later this year.
You can visit the official site (in Japanese), but there doesn’t seem to be much there.
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