On 18 April, Kalafina realeased their new single ‘To the Beginning’,  which at the same time is the opening song for the second Fate/Zero season. Watch the official video:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpfda8_tothebeginning_lifestyle

Lupin III will probably be this year great success. Behind everyone episode we got Dai Sato (Cowboy Bebop, Eden of the East, Samurai Champloo) as a writer, and Naruyoshi Kikuch (Trigun) which will be doing the composing for the music and opening theme.

All 13 episodes will based on original manga Plot, but still it will be prequel to to main plot, we can expected it on 4th April. Everything else means nothing in the eyes of this show.

You already got “Fate – Zerothen”, later the fantastically “Fate – Prototype”, and next the “Fate – Apocrypha” novel.

Now you’ll be getting an anime adaptation of a spin-off manga currently running “Fate – Kaleid Liner PRISMA ILLYA” (name is a half success). PRISMA ILLYA is set in an alternate universe, where in Illyasviel von Einzbern, Fate’s resident loli and Berserker’s master, is a magical girl (i loved it from the begining!).

Space Brothers will be an anime adaptation of [Chūya Koyama's] Space Brothers manga.  Story follows two brothers, Mutta and Hibito, who made a vow as kids to travel to space. The younger brother Hibito did become an astronaut, but not Mutta. However, Mutta’s life changes one day.

The anime will premiere in Japan on April 1, and a new episode will air every Sunday at 7:00 a.m.

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One Piece got’s already 538 episodes, there’s no doubt that this anime is multi-generational, so Toei will be re-airing the One Piece anime from episode one, only as a special edition with updated visual quality.

I suppose the bigger deal is that with a series as long running as One Piece, it’s kind of amazing that they’ll be starting from one again for a new generation of fans. Of course, the current up to date broadcast isn’t going anywhere.

One Piece is on TV since 1999 so it’s already at least 13 years of re-airing. Long enough to make it once again for another generation?

Yesterday TV Tokyo said that they will be creating a new animated series “Hometown Regeneration: Japan’s Folklore”. Created by Tomason Studios, the show will showcase a variety of short stories derived from traditional tales from all corners of Japan.

The first episode of the show will cover the Envious Neighbor fairy tale from Japan’s Tohoku region.

Actors:
Akira Emoto (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney).
Yoneko Matsukane (Cutie Honey, Urusei Yatsura).

If you like J-Rock, but you can’t afford to go on any concert, or just don’t have enough time (like me), you will probably be veary pleased, when i tell you that one of Japanese Rock Trio called “Ikimonogakari” will stream their free concert online. Event will take place 29 February at 8:30 am, and you can watch it HERE. Page is only in Japanese, but i hope on 29, it will be only one window there…

Film will be realesd in Japan on 14 April with a proud tittle “Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker”.

The story begins when the Mōri Detective Agency suddenly receives a threatening phone call. Then, a car explodes right before Kogorō Mōri’s eyes. If Detective Conan, and the others cannot decipher the coded message that the culprit lays down as a challenge: A blue boy and a blue zebra, rain from above…, they won’t be able to stop the next bomb. The threats continue until Conan and the others are at a soccer match between the rivals Ganba Osaka and Tokyo Spirits, and the culprit threatens the entire stadium.

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