News Roundup: Sept. 12-18

September 18, 2015

This is what we’ve got for this week’s news roundup!

Sailor Pluto and Chibi Usa lip balm set

Sailor Pluto and Chibi Usa are getting their own lip balm as part of the Miracle Romance cosmetic line. The products are owned by Premium Bandai’s Creer Beaute. The lip balms will come in a set costing 3024 yen and will be released in December.

screenshot from demo of Mystic Dynasties- Serendipity of Aeons

Interested in helping indie otome game developers? Mystic Dynasties: Serendipity of Aeons is on Kickstarter and looking to surpass their already fully-funded financial goal. The campaign ends on Oct. 7.

Viki front page

Viki, an drama streaming service, is trying something new with their original television reality series called “Dramaworld.” According to Soompi, the drama is the “story follows 20-year-old college student and K-Drama fangirl Claire Duncan (Liv Hewson) whom, with a touch of magic, gets transported into her favorite show with her bias, Joon Park (Sean Richard).” The show will be 10 episodes and will air in only on Viki in 2016.

Tokyopop

Tokyopop is releasing a manga and self-publishing app to support smaller publishing companies and people. For more information on Tokyopop’s plans read Publisher Weekly’s article.

The Ancient Magus’ Bride volume 1

The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga is getting a drama CD. The CD will be bundled with volume 5 and is set to release March 5, 2016.

RIN-NE vol. 1 (Viz)

Rumiko Takahashi’s RIN-NE, an anime based off of her manga, will be getting a second season in spring 2016. The manga is published by Viz and you can watch the anime on Crunchyroll.