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News Roundup: Oct. 7-13, 2016

October 14, 2016

Meiji Tokyo Renka

Meiji Tokyo Renka, an otome visual novel by Broccoli, will be getting an anime. Another game will also be released in 2017. According to Anime News Network, “The story of the Meiji Tokyo Renka franchise follows an ordinary high school girl Mei Ayazuki, who time travels to the Meiji period of Japan (around 1890), and her love stories with various historical characters.”

Lucky Japanese fans of Kiss Him, Not Me are invited to karaoke and cafe events based on the anime and manga. The events will happen in Akihabara and include themed food and drink items.

The Rose of Versailles

The Rose of Versailles manga will receive two new chapters about Marie Antoinette. They will be available in the Oct. 22 and Nov. 5 magazine issues of Shueisha’s Margaret magazine.

Boku to Rune to Aoarashi

The final chapter of Boku to Rune to Aoarashi by Kou Fumizuki will run in Hakusensha’s Young Animal magazine on Oct. 28.

Say, I Love You

Say ‘I Love You’ will end its run with the 18th volume set to be released sometime in the summer of 2017. The manga is being published, in English, by Kodansha Comics. There are currently 16 volumes published in English.

Vampire Knight memories

Viz Media has licensed a couple of new manga including, Vampire Knight memories.

Ayame-kun no Nonbiri Niku Nisshi

Ayame-kun no Nonbiri Nikushoku Nisshi by Mai Machi (and runs in Shodensha’s Feel Young magazine) is getting a live-action film. According to ANN, “The manga centers on Ayame and Tsubaki, who are researchers at a lab in the biology department of T University. Ayame is a “returnee,” someone who lived abroad for a while and then returned to Japan. He does things at his own pace and is a “dinosaur otaku,” and Tsubaki is his older colleague who is an enthusiast of studying the skeletons of birds and dinosaurs. The manga follows their slightly strange romantic relationship.”

Kamisama Kiss

Kamisama Kiss, a manga that runs in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine has revealed the title of its last OAD which will be called Kamisama, Shiawase ni Naru. The DVD will include a fanbook with an epilogue manga called Sono Ato no Futari. With that said, the creator of the manga, Julietta Suzuki, is releasing a new manga titled Tripitaka Torinique beginning Oct. 20.

The Wallflower vol. 30

Tomoko Hayakawa, who created The Wallflower, will be releasing a new manga titled Kira Kira Heart Drop in Shogakukan’s Petit Comic magazine in its Nov. 8 issue.

News Roundup: Oct. 7-13, 2016

October 14, 2016

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