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News Roundup: May 12-20, 2017

Sekai Project, a video game publixher, is launching a new brand called Maiden Voyage, which will focus on otome and BL games. The first game under the label will be The Bell Chimes for Gold. According to Anime News Network, “The game centers on a herbalist named Maria, who saves up enough money to marry her master, when he suddenly dumps her for someone else. After he tells her she has the skills to make enough money to buy herself a husband, she decides to do just that. Otsusun Club previously launched an unsuccessful Indiegogo campaign to release the game in English.” They are also releasing two other games.

The anime Dive!! will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Kodansha USA published Ema Toyama’s Aoba-kun ni Kikitai koto manga on digital platforms recently. According to Kodansha Advanced Media: “Mayo is a high school loner who has issues with communication. She starts a peculiar job at a “Listening House,” where she silently listens to people’s problems. But her first client is Aoba-kun, the star of the basketball team who is seemingly perfect! Could Aoba-kun and his complicated situation be too much for Mayo to handle?! So begins the secret relationship between the girl who lacks communication skills and the guy who seems to have it all. Enjoy the first volume of this heart-warming love story.” They also released other manga.

Kaoru Fukaya will release a new series for the KANNAsa-n! manga series for Shueisha’s YOU magazine. According to Anime News Network, “The story of the original manga centers on its straightforward and energetic protagonist Kanna Suzuki, who remains happy even with an unreasonable boss and a no-good husband and mother-in-law. She is a ”super housewife“ who takes care of the house and raises her kids while working as a fashion designer.”

Fruits Basket will be released on Blu-ray by Funimation.

The cast for MAGES’ B-Project stage play has been announced.

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