ATT.JAPAN × JapanUp! magazine
APRIL 2021 (vol. 162)
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ANIME NOW 2021
Thus Spoke Kishibe
“JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” is a very popular comic series supported by rabid fans all over the world, with more than 100 comic book volumes and over 100 million copies sold. As one of the popular characters in the series, Rohan Kishibe is a genius cartoonist, and a spin-off TV series depicting his strange experiences, “Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan,” will be delivered worldwide exclusively on Netflix from the spring of 2021. Four episodes, including “At a Confessional,” “Mutsu-kabe Hill,” “Millionaire Village,” and “The Run” are scheduled to be released.
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BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise
BanG Dream!, also known as Bandori!, is a multimedia franchise project, which started as a comic series and expanded to various other media, including anime, a game, and a live performance by voice actors. The latest theatrical version of the anime, “BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise,” is the first half of a two-part series. It contains a story of the “promise,” from the formation of an all-female band “Roselia” to their joining the FUTURE WORLD FES. The theatrical version reconstructs the stories of the five members. Don’t miss it! It is scheduled to be released on April 23, 2021. https://roselia-movie.bang-dream.com/
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SHAMAN KING
The SHAMAN KING is a king of stars controlling everything in the world. Shamans, who are able to contact the Great Spirits, fight against each other for the position of the Shaman King, in the “Shaman Fight,” which is held once every 500 years. The popular manga series by Hiroyuki Takei, “SHAMAN KING,” will start as a new TV anime series! It will be the first adaptation of the complete series. As with the 2000 TV anime series, Megumi Hayashibara will perform the opening and ending theme songs. It is scheduled to be broadcast from April 2021 on TXN Network. https://shamanking-project.com/
©武井宏之・講談社／SHAMAN KING Project.・テレビ東京
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BELLE
The latest creation by the animation director, Mamoru Hosoda, who is known for directing “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Summer Wars,” “Wolf Children,” “The Boy and the Beast,” and “Mirai.” The story evolves in the Internet World, called “U,” where the number of account holders goes over 5 billion worldwide. Hosoda depicted the world of the Internet in some of his works, such as “Summer Wars” and “Digimon: The Movie.” How does he describe it in his latest story? It is scheduled to be released in summer 2021 at TOHO Cinemas nationwide. https://ryu-to-sobakasu-no-hime.jp/
The schedule of broadcast or release of these anime works/films in this article is for in Japan and may be changed outside Japan.
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ANIME PLACES 2021
In Japan, a tour to visit places that appear in anime, so-called “Anime Tourism,” is now gaining a lot of popularity. It is also called “pilgrimage to sacred places.” This article will introduce the latest popular spots that are called “sacred places.”
“Jujutsu Kaisen” is a popluar manga series, where a high school student at a sorcerer school fights against an enemy, called “Jurei” (Cursed Spirit). The original series is now serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The anime television series started in October 2020, and both the original and anime series are among the latest popular series. For example, in the 3rd episode of the anime series, the main character, Yuji Itadori, his classmates, Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki, and their teacher, Satoru Gojo, visit Harajuku. In the episode, the bustling city of Harajuku, including Takeshita-dori Street, is depicted, along with all the other interesting spots. If you pay attention to the background part of the anime, you will be more interested in the series.
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HYPNOSISMIC is a multimedia project with 18 male voice actors, where the characters compete against each other through rap performances. With music unique to each character and audio drama with impressive narrative, the project has widely expanded to live performance, stage performance, game apps, and comics, and it was made into a TV anime series in October 2020. In the anime, teams based in four cities, including IKEBUKURO, SHIBUYA, SHINJUKU, and YOKOHAMA, battle with each other through rap performances. You should pay attention to the backgrounds, which are modelled on actual spots in the cities. In the original series, in addition to these four teams, two other teams, based in OSAKA and NAGOYA, joined and a total of six teams have fierce rap battles with each other. You cannot take your eyes off of the future development of this project!
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■“Bad Ass Temple vs. Matenro”
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■“Fling Posse vs. MAD TRIGGER CREW”
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“If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die” is a heart-warming comedy, which depicts Okayama Prefecture’s minor idol group and an obsessive female fan. It was made into a TV anime series in 2020, and lots of main spots in Okayama City appeared in the show, including “Sha☆in Spile Hall,” a special facility dedicated only to local idols, which is a model for the stage in the series, Okayama Castle, Statue of Momotaro, Nishikawa Canal Park, Asahigawa Sakura-michi Road, Ikeda Zoo, Saijo Inari Temple, and Kibitsu-jinja Shrine. You can enjoy the anime as a reference for your trip to Okayama!
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