Ange Vierge
| Alternative title | アンジュ・ヴィエルジュ |
| Source Material | Trading Card Game by Kadokawa |
| Casts | Aki Toyosaki as Elel Aoi Yuki as Ramiel Ayane Sakura as Eins Exaura Kana Hanazawa as Code Omega 46 Xenia Mai Aizawa as Dr.Michael Mai Ishihara as Sofina Minako Kotobuki as Saya Sougetsu Minori Chihara as Code Omega 33 Carene Nozomi Yamamoto as Mayuka Sanagi Rie Takahashi as Code Omega 00 Yufilia Rika Tachibana as Code Omega 77 Stella Saori Hayami as Aurora Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Nya Lapucea Saya Sato as Clara Shizuka Itou as Aoi Mikage Sumire Uesaka as Ageha Sanagi Yoshiko Ikuta as Ruby Yuka Aisaka as Miumi Hinata Yukari Tamura as Amane Ayashiro Yumi Hara as Almaria |
| Director | Masafumi Tamura |
| Scenario | Katsuhiko Takayama (Aldnoah.Zero, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Big Order) |
| Character Design | Masafumi Tamura |
| Opening Theme | “Love is My RAIL” by Konomi Suzuki |
| Ending Theme | “Link with U” by L.I.N.K.s |
| Studio | SILVER LINK |
| Official website | http://ange-vierge-anime.com/ |
| @ange_anime | |
| Broadcast date | 9 July 2016 (1630 GMT/ 2330 WIT/ 0130 JST) |
There are five worlds in this universe. The Black World, where night and magic reigns: Darkness Embrace. The Red World protected by gods and prayers: Terra Rubiri Aurora. The White World, where science and technology rule: System White Eguma. The Green World controlled by weapons and the military: Grunewald Silt. And finally, The Blue World: Earth. One day, the Halo which connects the five worlds, opened without notice, The World Connect, a sign of impending destruction. The power source that sustains the worlds, the World Crystals will lose their power, and when the five worlds join completely, all will be destroyed. This is the end of the worlds: World End. In order to save the worlds, girls with the power to do just that have assembled on Seiran Island on Earth, the Blue World. People call them the Progress Girls, with the special ability known as Exceed. And those who have the ability to link with the Progress and amplify their powers are called Alpha Drivers. The progress can use powerful abilities based on the strength of their relationship with their Alpha Driver. In order to prevent the end of all the worlds, World End, these girls continues to fight the Ouroboros.
Ange Vierge was an anime series which adapted from a TCG (Trading Card Game) with the same name. Although adapted from a card game, but there’s no any card or “card battling duel” scene in this anime. Instead from showed some card gaming scene, this anime presented some girls with their outstanding ability to prevent the world destruction. Maybe rather than Yu-Gi-Oh! or even Cardfight!! Vanguard this anime might be looked like Infinite Strator or maybe Vividred Operation. This was one of the interesting point from this anime because although being adapted from a TCG, there’s no any card-battling scene or reference and made this anime could be watched by anyone, those who played the Ange Vierge TCG or those who didn’t play any TCG before. Usually a TCG anime will be perceived as a kid shows because presented some card game battling, but actually this first episode of Ange Vierge was far beyond the kid shows. For almost 15 minutes this anime showed some scene where the girls were chattering each other while being in no any clothes, yes, being naked with all those shiny rays all over the screen. Animation-wise this anime had some amazing scene, especially the battle scene where there were some fluid animations and some dynamic cinematographics. For you who wanted to watch this anime, although this is an anime which was adapted from a TCG, chill, you can also enjoy it althought you didn’t play any TCG because there was no any card-battling here, and also please be cautious to your surrounding and be responsible when you watch this anime due to some adult contents in it. (Rafly Nugroho/KAORI Newsline)
Arslan Senki Fuujin Ranbu
| Alternative title | アルスラーン戦記 風塵乱舞
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance |
| Source Material | Light Novel by Yoshiki Tanaka
Manga by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist, Silver Spoon) |
| Casts | Yusuke Kobayashi as Arslan
Hosoya Yoshimasa as Daryun Daisuke Namikawa as Narsus Natsuki Hanae as Elam KENN as Gieve Maaya Sakamoto as Farangis |
| Director | Noriyuki Abe (Flame of Recca, Bleach dan Yu Yu Hakusho) |
| Scenario | Makoto Uezu (Assassination Classroom, Ah! My Goddess) |
| Original Character Design | Kazuo Watanabe (Madoka Magica)
Ushio Tazawa (Senyuu, Kill La Kill) |
| Sound Director | Jin Aketagawa (Dimension W, Suisei no Gargantia, Aldnoah.Zero) |
| Music | Jin Aketagawa (AKB0048, Aldnoah.Zero) |
| Opening Theme | Tsubasa by Eir Aoi |
| Ending Theme | Blaze by Kalafina |
| Studio | Liden Film (Senyu) |
| Official Website | http://arslan.jp/2/ |
| @arslan_anime | |
| Broadcast Date | July 3rd 2016 (1500 WIB/1700 JST) |
Prince Arslan is back with his crew to take his kingdom back from Lusitanian who took their kingdom because Arslan’s father, King Andragoras III have lost against them in the war months ago.
For those who really enjoy the first season of Arslan Senki, it is highly recommended to watch the second season. The cinematography of the first season is so captivating that may reminded the audience of the first episode of the first season. The first episode will give you the idea of how Arslan will face his greatest enemy yet who also happen to be his cousin Hilmes. Semi spoiler alert: there is special surprise for those who love Gieve in the premier. (Dirman Sugito/KAORI Newsline)
B-Project: Kodou * Ambitious
| Alternate Title | B-PROJECT～鼓動＊アンビシャス～ |
| Original Source | Chiyomaru Shikuya |
| Cast | Hisako Kanemoto as Tsubasa Sumisora
Daisuke Kishio as Ryūji Korekuni Daisuke Namikawa as Shūji Daikoku Daisuke Ono as Tomohisa Kitakado Genki Okawa as Tatsuhiro Nome Kazuki Katou as Kento Aizome Kazuyuki Okitsu as Atsushi Daikoku Kousuke Toriumi as Sakutarō Yashamaru Natsuki Hanae as Yūta ashū Showtaro Morikubo as Hikaru Osari Tetsuya Kakihara as Momotaro Onzai Toshiki Masuda as Mikado Sekimura Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Gōshi Kaneshiro Yuuto Uemura as Kazuna Masunaga |
| Director | Eiji Suganuma (Kodomo no Jikan) |
| Series Composition | Deko Akao (Noragami, Flying Witch) |
| Original Character Design | Utako Yukihiro |
| Opening theme | Kodou Ambitious by B-Project |
| Ending theme | Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence by Kitakore |
| Studio | Studio A-1 |
| Official Site | http://bpro-anime.com/?from=lower |
| http://twitter.com/bpro_anime | |
| Broadcast Date | 3 July 2016 (1530 GMT/ 2230 WIT) 4 July 2016 (0030 JST) |
Tsubasa Sumisora is a new employee at A&R division of music label Gandala, she was assigned to handle B-Project, a project who consist 3 idol group: Kitakore, Thrive and MooNs.
B-Project is one of 3 anime on this season with idol as a main theme. Very interesting for those who want to know anything about how the professional idol industry really work. Although the demographic of this series is for women but men can definitely enjoy this series too. (Dirman/Newsline)
Bananya
| Alternative Title | ばなにゃ |
| Source Material | Mascot character from Q-Lia |
| Casts | Ayumu Murase as Torabananya
Yuuki Kaji as Bananya Yoshikazu Ebisu as Narrator |
| Director | Kyo Yatate (CoCo & NiCo, Sockies Frontier Quest) |
| Script | Kyo Yatate (CoCo & NiCo, Sockies Frontier Quest) |
| Animation Director | Jun Mita |
| Ending Theme | “Lucky Holiday” by AXELL feat. Yuuki Kaji |
| Studio | Gathering |
| Official Site | http://www.bananya-anime.com/ |
| @bananya_anime | |
| Broadcast Date | 4 July 2016 (2355 GMT/ 0655 WIT/ 0855 JST) |
Banana is the name of a plant which the fruits are used as a food. This is a secret story of a banana that nobody knows. One day there was a banana who can move on its own. Hence, a cat born from that banana and soon it’s called as Bananya.
As its title implied, this show has a Banana and a -Nya (cat’s voice in Japanese, or so it seems) in it, and this show really presented a Cat in a Banana which looked cute than any other banana, or cat. Aside from that, this 3 minutes short series really fit to watched during your free time. With its cute character design, colorful and some simple comical sketchy visual made this anime felt so comfy. For you who likes Banana or Cats, you might want to watch this. (Rafly Nugroho/KAORI Newsline)
Battery
| Alternative Title | Battery the Animation |
| Source Material | Novel by Atsuko Asano |
| Voice Actor | Ayumu Murase as Fumito Sawaguchi
Hozumi Gôda as Makoto Tomura Kaito Ishikawa as Keita Higashidani Kouki Uchiyama as Takumi Harada Ryohei Kimura as Shunji Mizugaki Shūta Morishima as Eiji Nobunishi Sōma Saitō as Nobuhiro Yoshisada Tasuku Hatanaka as Go Nagakura Yūi Fujimaki as Seiha Harada Yuichiro Umehara as Kazuki Kaionji Yuuki Ono as Shūgo Kadowaki |
| Director | Tomomi Mochizuki (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe) |
| Scriptwriter | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Character Design | Hideoki Kusama |
| Music | Akira Senju (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) |
| Opening Song | “Itsuka no Jibun” by anderlust |
| Ending Song | “Ashita, Haru ga Kitara” by anderlust |
| Studio | Zero-G |
| Official Site | http://battery-anime.com/ |
| @battery_anime | |
| Broadcast Date | 14 July 2016 (1555 GMT, 2255 WIT), 15 July 2016 (0055 JST) |
Takumi Harada is a talented pitcher who successfully lead his junior baseball team reach semifinal in his regional baseball tournament. Unfortunately when he reach middle school, he has to leave his teammate because his parents move to a rural town in Okayama district. In his first day living in that town, he meet Go Nakagura, a catcher from junior regional team. Eventually Go asks Takumi to play baseball together and shows his best pitch. At first, Takumi reluctant to gives his best pitch. It makes Go feels annoyed and provoke Takumi to gives his best. But when Takumi gives Go his best pitching, the ball is too fast for a catcher at his skill.
In baseball, Battery is a term that refer collectively to players in pitcher and catcher position. That term actually pretty accurate to describe Battery the Animation, a baseball anime which focused on 2 characters, talented pitcher Takumi who famous for his fastball and catcher Go who challenged himself to catch Takumi’s fastball perfectly. Takumi also described as a complex character. He is a talented pitcher who, implicitly, has some problems. He tends to be arrogant and reluctant to treat others well. His ambitious nature also sometimes makes his grandfather, who also a pitcher in his younger age, worry. Aside the story, the cinematography looks pretty good here and the animation also looks neat. Other good aspect of this show is how they handled the interaction between Haruki and Go. Their chemistry and dialogue is good, yet at the same time, still feel normal without too much bromance hint, which make this show suitable for general sport or drama audience, not only the fujoshi (Dany Muhammad/Indonesian Anime Times)
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