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News in this issue:
1. Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai season 2
2. Steins;Gate cafe
3. Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma short promo
4. Arakawa-sensei's new work
5. Clannad 10-year anniversary

Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai! Season 2 confirmed

This year June's issue of NewType released today, 8th May, has posted a new advertisement (see the picture below) for the TV anime Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! (or Chu-2 Byo), produced in 2012 by Kyoto Animation. According to the advertisement, season 2 of the anime has been confirmed.

Anime's twitter (https://twitter.com/anime_chu_2) also announced that they will update their official website (http://www.anime-chu-2.com/) in the next 24 hours.

In March, after the last episode of Tamako Market (also produced by Kyoto Animation), a short commercial about Chu-2 Byo was showed, called "Contract renewed" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IikZNz41J_g). Right after that, the anime official website has updated a new image, included a request for the fans to patiently wait.



The Gel Banana is...Tasty?! “Steins;Gate” Collaborative Cafés Open for a Limited Time

On April 25, the newest work in the hugely popular game series Steins;Gate, Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram, was released simultaneously for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In commemoration, collaborative cafés are open for a limited time in Cure Maid Café and Pasela Akihabara Electric Town.

What is turning heads at the café, to say the least, is the exquisite cuisine. The menu features gyudon (rice covered with beef and vegetables) from the lab members’ much loved gyudon shop called Sanbo, which apparently exists in every world line, and a delicious apple pie made by Kurisu who is now skilled at making food unlike how she was in the series. Fans are particularly impressed with a sweet item made in the image of a gel banana. The menu features a full array of items that combine deliciousness with the mood of the series.

As if that wasn’t enough, those who order from the collab menu will receive special goods that can’t be found anywhere else. Furthermore, the cafés are selling the newest Steins;Gate goods in advance, and they are also decked out with valuable game materials and illustrations on display. Due to all they offer, these collaborative cafés will surely put a smile on the face of any Steins;Gate fan!

The Steins;Gate café in Cure Maid Café has already closed, but the café in Pasela Akihabara Electric Town will run until May 26. For Steins;Gate fans who will be in Akihabara before then, make sure to visit the café!

Source: Otaku Mode



Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya's Short Promo Streamed

Fate/stay night's Illya re-imagined as magical girl in July TV anime

Publisher Kadokawa began streaming a 15-second advance promotional video for the magical girl anime Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya on Wednesday. A three-minute version streamed last month.

Hiroshi Hiroyama's original Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya manga re-imagines the Fate/stay night character Illyasviel von Einzbern in an alternate universe as a magical girl. The manga ran in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace from 2007 to 2008. Hiroyama then launched two sequel manga series: Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Zwei! from 2009 to 2012 and the most recent, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Drei!!, last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL07NjKMBvk&feature=player_embedded

More info can be found at the source: Anime News Network



Fullmetal Alchemist's Arakawa to Adapt Tanaka's Arslan Fantasy

The June issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Thursday that manga artist Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist, Silver Spoon, Hero Tales) is drawing an adaptation of The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki), the acclaimed fantasy novel series by Yoshiki Tanaka (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Sohryuden - Legend of the Dragon Kings, Tytania). The manga series will launch in the magazine's August issue on July 9.

The ongoing novel series, billed by Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine as the "world's greatest historical fantasy," already inspired two anime films and a four-part original video anime from 1991 to 1993. Central Park Media, who released the anime in North America, describes the story:

As an unnaturally heavy mist descends on the battlefield, King Andragoras and his most valued officers confer among the bodies of dead and dying soldiers. When Daryoon, a young but highly skilled officer, voices his reluctance to send men into battle under these conditions, the king, unstable and enraged, banishes him.

Now, Daryoon's new mission is to insure the safety of the King's only son, Prince Arislan. Daryoon and Prince Arislan set off on a quest of their own, but they can't succeed alone. They must convince both the Lord Narsus and his companion, the archer Elam, to join them in their quest to somehow help the soldiers win the war.

Now a group of only six they must somehow overcome an enemy of 300,000 soldiers! These unlikely soldiers have fate on their side, so anything can happen!

The 13-volume novel series also inspired an earlier manga series by Chisato Nakamura. Similarly, Tanaka's Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Sohryuden, Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, and Tytania novels all inspired both anime and manga.

Source: Anime News Network



"Clannad" 10 Year Anniversary Special Site Launches

The game Clannad released on April 28, 2004 and has since achieved a cult-like following. In celebration of the game’s 10 year anniversary, a special site was launched on April 14. Also, an illustration contest is currently being held on pixiv until May 27, and this summer a 10 year anniversary commemorative book will release.

Clannad was developed by Key and is known as an bishoujo (beautiful girl) game. It’s themed after the relationships between people and is closely tied with family, such as the main character’s parents and the main character’s ability to marry and start a family with the game’s heroines. The link between families is carefully drawn and is what made Clannad popular. Many fans use the fan-created catchphrase “Clannad is life” when explaining game.

A 10 year chronology is also on the site for fans to enjoy and take a look back at the history of this much-loved game.

Clannad 10 Year Anniversary Special Site:
http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/clannad_10th/ (Japanese)

Source: Otaku Mode