Ongoing Investigations: Fire Emblem Heroes from Intelligent Systems, Granblue Fantasy the Animation ep. 1 from A-1 Pictures, Voltron: Legendary Defender S2.
Song: “Rainmaker” by Yonosuke Kitamura (Kazuchika Okada’s theme)
Food for Thought: What Japanese event would you plan a trip around?
Topics: We talk with Patz Prime about his recent trip to Japan.
The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of new anime, manga, novel, and artbook licenses for the U.S. It also lists new streaming/broadcasting announcements and posted crowdfunding projects available to U.S. residents. And finally, it includes anime/manga projects and live-action anime/manga adaptation announcements from Japan.
Part 1: Favorite licenses from 2016, Favorite anime and manga moments from 2016, Most disappointing anime from 2016, how has streaming changed the way we watch?
Song: “Kimi dake no Boku de Iru kara by GACKT (OP1 to Trickster)
Food for Thought: What were some of your favorite non-anime or manga things from 2016?
Part 2: Award nominations, top-selling anime and manga in Japan, the growth of the U.S. manga industry, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
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