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In this issue:

- "Madoka Magica: Battle Pentagram" Preview, Attacks and Rocket Launcher Homukini
- "D-Frag!" Anime Staff and Cast Listed
- Latest "Madoka Magica: Rebellion" Ad
- Top 10 Anime That Examplifies Female Friendship
- "Dragonar Academy" Anime Site Launches

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"Madoka Magica: Battle Pentagram" Preview, Attacks and Rocket Launcher Homukini

Following this month's opening of anime movie Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion, mahou shoujo fans have a December release of PS Vita game The Battle Pentagram to look forward to. In addition to a new preview from Namco Bandai, there's an early look at the girls' special attacks, and set of alternate outfits, such as bikini Homura and school uniform Kyoko, offered with the limiteed edition.

The adventure/3D action game from Dragon Ball: Battle of Z developer Artdink and Namco Bandai is divided into daytime adventure gaming, in which the magic girls socialize and bond, and nighttime witch battling, in which the player teams up with an AI partner to battle through various witch's labyrinths, leading up to the big showdown with Walpurgis Night.

Beyond a health meter, the battle mechanics include a mana meter, drained by using the characters' special skills (Madoka's light arrows and assists Kyubey, Homura's time powers, Mami's gun blasts' and ribbons, etc.). Either meter can be refilled by using a Soul Gem charge and three charges can be used to revive a fallen partner.

The game's "what if" story is supervised by the Magica Quartet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7fqromXdT0&feature=player_embedded

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"D-Frag!" Anime Staff and Cast Listed

Another upcoming anime with a newly launch site and newly revealed staff is cast is the Brains Base (Durarara!!, My Little Monster, SNAFU) adaptation of Tomoya Haruno's manga D-Fragments (D-Frag! for short). The 2008 ongoing comedy follows a delinquent press ganged joining four notorious girls in their game development club.

Staff:

Director: Seiki Sugawara
Series Composition: Makoto Uezu (Is It a Zombie?, Katanagatari)
Character Design: Kentarou Matsumoto
Music: Nijine (Baka and Test)

Cast:

Kazama : Konishi Katsuyuki
Ruka: Kana Hanazawa
Takao: Itou Shizuka
Chitose: Saitou Chiwa
Sakura: Takahasi Mikako
Oosawa-sensei: Koshimizu Ami
Ataru: Fukuyama Jun
Funabori: Toyosaki Aki
Noe: Katou Emiri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnmblDwbSrA&feature=player_embedded

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Latest "Madoka Magica: Rebellion" Ad

If you look around online, you can find some pretty wild Madoka Magica: Rebellion spoilers. You might be able to deduce a few from the latest commercial.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22133831?via=thumb_watch

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Top 10 Anime That Examplifies Female Friendship

Friendship is a beautiful thing for both men and women, which anime does a great job portraying, however idealized it may be. While many female otaku fantasize over male friendship in anime, there are lots of anime focused on the friendship between girls as well. Goo Ranking asked Japanese men which anime make them roll around in joy when they watch to see displays of friendship between girls. The votes were collected in September and 1077 men answered. Here are the results.

#1 K-ON! 100
#2 Railgun 75.4
#3 Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Lucky☆Star 52.6
#5 Minamike 50.9
#6 KINMOZA! 47.4
#7 Yuru Yuri 45.6
#8 Saki 43.9
#9 ARIA 42.1
#10 YUYUSHIKI 40.4

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"Dragonar Academy" Anime Site Launches

Shiki Mizuchi and Kohada Shimesaba's Dragonar Academy or Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi light novel series has been adapted into a manga, slated to be released by Seven Seas next year. With an anime coming along, a new site (http://www.seikokutv.com/) has launched for the series, sporting a 2014 date and a clean look at the series visual.

The harem comedy follows a put upon young man attending a school for dragon tamers, whose dragon hatches as a beautiful young woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-c1e3-1JGU&feature=player_embedded

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