According to the 2013 combined 4th/5th issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shounen Sunday magazine, a new Hayate the Combat Butler TV anime series has been green-lit for production. The new anime will air next spring on Tokyo TV. And it seems to inherit the character design and story line of the Hayate the Combat Butler: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You anime.
Hayate the Combat Butler is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. The series follows a 16 years old boy named Hayate Ayasaki who serves as a butler, bodyguard, confidante, and more to a girl named Nagi Sanzenin to pay off a huge debt due to his irresponsible parents.
The original Hayate the Combat Butler manga already inspired two TV anime series. The first one aired between 2007 and 2008 with the second one following shortly in 2009. 2012’s Hayate the Combat Butler: Can’t take My Eyes Off You was not directly based on existing material from the original manga. It tells a new story that is original to the anime. However, the story concept was created exclusively by the original author Kenjiro Hata.
Hayate the Combat Butler manga:
http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hayate_the_combat_butler/
According to the January 2013 issue of Kadokawa Group Publishing’s Ciel magazine, light novel Sekai Ichi HatsukoI – Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai is getting an anime adaptation. The boys-love story revovles around Takafumi Yokozawa, an employee at the manga division of the fictional publisher Marukawa Shoten.
Based on Shungiku Nakamura’s BL manga Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – Onodera Ritsu no Baai, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai is a light novel written by Miyako Fujisaki. It was first released on november 1, 2011. Nakamura’s original manga already inspired two television series. An OVA, bundled with the limited edition manga vol. 6, was released in September.
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – Onodera Ritsu no Baai manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/sekaiichi_hatsukoi/
During the recent CLAMP Festival 2012 event, the four-member manga artist group CLAMP has announced that they will launch a new series of the xxxHOLiC manga in Kodansha’s Young Magazine next February. The new series will be called xxxHOLiC: Rei (The kanji for “rei” roughly means “return”).
The original xxxHOLiC manga was serialized in Young Magazine periodically from 2003 until March 2010. It then moved to the Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in June 2010 where it ended serialization in February 2011. The manga inspired two anime TV series, an anime movie, and several animation DVDs. Besides, a live-action TV adaptation is slated to air next April.
The story revolves around Kimihiro Watanuki, a high-school student disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, who meets Yūko Ichihara, a witch who owns a wish-granting shop. Watanuki requests to have his ability to see spirits removed and, as payment, Yūko hires him to work in the shop, resulting in various supernatural encounters.
Read xxxHOLiC manga online: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/xxxholic/
From Last Saturday, the official site for Detective Conan movies has been streaming a teaser trailer for the 17th Detective Conan movie, Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea, which will open on April 20, 2013 in TOHO theaters throughout Japan.
The story of the new movie will take place on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan’s Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. In the teaser, a dead body with his left arm missing and a ship loaded with dynamites have been found. A spy has infiltrated the Aegis vessel which is putting Japan in danger. The trailer also reveals Heiji Hattori, Kazuha Toyama, Ran Mori and Kogoro Mori. With Ran’s complete trust, will Conan be able to find out the spy?
Detective Conan Manga online: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/detective_conan/
According to its official website, the second season of Chihayafuru will premiere on January 11, 2013.
Chihayafuru is a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu, serialised in Kodansha’s Big Love magazine. The story is about a girl named Chihaya Ayase, who is talented in playing the Japanese card game of karuta.
In May, 2011, Studio Madhouse announced that they would be producing an anime television series based on the manga. The first season aired between October 2011 and March 2012. A second season was greenlit for production in June 2012.
Read Chihayafuru manga online: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/chihayafuru/
