2014 Anime of the Year Awards by Anime Trending

With Winter 2015 nearly reaching it’s halfway mark, why don’t we wave our final goodbyes to the highlights of 2014? Throughout January, Anime Trending followers have been voting for their proclaimed “Anime of the Year”, with their selections ranging from their most favoured of each season; Noragami and Nisekoi from Winter 2014, No Game No Life, Mekakucity Actors and Isshuukan Friends from Spring 2014, Aldnoah.Zero, Akame ga Kill!, Zankyou no Terror, Sword Art Online II, Tokyo Ghoul and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun from Summer 2014, and Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu from Fall 2014.

A total of 25,192 votes were counted in this survey. Their fanbase consists of 68% of male respondents, while the other 32% are female.

8. Tokyo Ghoul – 1,691 votes

7. Sword Art Online II – 1,802 votes

6. Aldnoah.Zero – 2,046 votes

5. No Game No Life – 2,264 votes

4. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso – 2,401 votes

3. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – 2,782 votes

2. Noragami – 3,481 votes

1. Zankyou no Terror – 3,580 votes

What were some of your favourites from 2014? Let us know in the comments!




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Second Attack on Titan Movie

A Eren and Levi B2 poster was offered with advanced tickets purchases for the second Attack on Titan movie Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa). Advanced tickets went on sale November 29th.

In addition to this, the first visual for the second season was released last month and it was also revealed that the second season of Attack on Titan will be airing sometime in 2016. More information about the upcoming anime will be revealed at the second compilation film on June 27.

The Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) series was created by Hajime Isayama. It started off as a manga in 2009 and is published in Kodansha’s monthly Bessatsu Shounen Magazine. To date there has been 14 compiled volumes of the manga. A prequel light novel adaptation started in 2011, and two spin-off manga started serialization in 2012: Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall and Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou. In April 2013 the series was picked up for an anime adaptation. The anime series was produced by the newly formed Wit Studios. The series has grown in popularity since the anime’s debut, with the manga selling over 36 million copies as of April this year. Two live action film adaptations will be releasing in Japan next year. The first images for the live-action 2015 Attack on Titan film were also earlier released.

Here is a synopsis of the anime from Haruhichan:

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.

You can visit the film’s official website here: http://shingeki.tv/movie/
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Hatsune Miku Gets a Boy Partner

With the 66th Sapporo Snow Festival being just under a week away, virtual-diva Vocaloid Hatsune Miku is preparing the hype for the event with a new video which features the story of Snow Fairy Miku.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_of2sKbRUko

The video features Snow Miku 2015 in a boy-meets-girl story with the music written by 40mP and illustrations by Tama. [TEST] provides the guitar performance and Mao with the bass, with mastering by yasu.

The Sapporo Snow Festival is a festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February. Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome are the main sites of the festival. The 2015 Snow Festival dates are 5 to 11 and a Snow Miku 2015 commercial was previewed last month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdjG09mElxw

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Dragonball Z Shoes by Mexican Designers Look Pretty Sweet

This past week Mexican apparel company Heredia Clothing have launched a line of sneakers with designs inspired by none other than the king of all shonen anime; Dragonball Z. When one thinks of Mexican shoe designers, they’d imagine that they’d be knockoffs, but they are in fact entirely licensed!

Three designs have been released so far – one based on Goku, one on Vegeta and one on Trunks. All three look awesome, but the Goku one is sure to be most popular! A pair will cost you over 9,000 400 pesos which translates to roughly $27. Not bad at all. They are only available in Mexico for the time being but let’s hope the popularity abroad encourages retailers to sell them internationally! (And hopefully for the same price too.

They look pretty great, don’t they? What do you think of the shoes – would you buy them if they were available in your country? For that price, I know I certainly would – at least the Goku ones. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below! Until next time, the prince of all Tomokis – signing out!


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RWBY Creator Monty Oum Passes Away

Rooster Teeth wrote on Monday that RWBY creator and director Monty Oum passed away on Sunday afternoon at the age of 33.

Rooster Teeth revealed earlier this week that Monty Oum had been hospitalized. Matt then confirmed that Monty Oum fell into a coma ten days ago after suffering an allergic reaction to a medical procedure. In the words of Rooster Teeth’s Matt, Monty is survived by “his wife  Sheena, his father Mony, his brothers Woody, Sey, Chivy and Neat, and his sisters Thea and Theary, as well as a countless number of fans and friends.”

Monty Oum was the creator, director, writer, animator and a voice actor of RWBY. He worked for Rooster Teeth Productions, where he originally started animating the popular Machinima series Red vs. Blue in its eighth season.

He had also worked on several individual fan projects, such as Dead Fantasy and Haloid, although he had stated that his main goal was to create an original series, which came to pass with RWBY. He voiced Lie Ren.

You can help support Monty Oum’s family by checking out the fundraiser at this link.

If you haven’t seen RBWY, you should definitely check out the first episode on Rooster Teeth’s YouTube channel below:

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RWBY (pronounced “Ruby”) is an American animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth Productions. The show is set in the fictional world of Remnant, which is filled with supernatural forces. The series focuses on Team RWBY, which consists of Ruby Rose (Lindsay Jones), Weiss Schnee (Kara Eberle), Blake Belladonna (Arryn Zech) and Yang Xiao Long (Barbara Dunkelman). The first episode was released on the Rooster Teeth website on July 18, 2013, following an exclusive screening at RTX. The second volume premiered on July 4, 2014, at RTX and to the general public on July 24, 2014.

Following its announcement, the show became a viral hit, resulting in many cosplays and fan adaptations. One of the fan adaptations was a video game, titled RWBY: Grim Eclipse; the game was later officially adopted by Rooster Teeth, and is currently under development. The show has received positive critical reception, particularly towards the soundtrack, and anime-influenced animation.

Monty Oum passed away on February 1st, 2015, leaving the future of RWBY uncertain for the time being.

Source: ANN, Rooster Teeth



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One Piece

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One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda.One Piece has received wide critical acclaim, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story. Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including highest initial print run of any book in Japan and the first book to sell over three million copies in Oricon history. As of 2013, the series had over 345 million volumes in circulation worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history.

One Piece synopsis from Haruhichan:

Gol D. Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death revealed the location of the greatest treasure in the world, One Piece. It was this revelation that brought about the Grand Age of Pirates, men who dreamed of finding One Piece(which promises an unlimited amount of riches and fame), and quite possibly the most coveted of titles for the person who found it, the title of the Pirate King.

Enter Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy that defies your standard definition of a pirate. Rather than the popular persona of a wicked, hardened, toothless pirate who ransacks villages for fun, Luffy’s reason for being a pirate is one of pure wonder; the thought of an exciting adventure and meeting new and intriguing people, along with finding One Piece, are his reasons of becoming a pirate. Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Luffy and his crew travel across the Grand Line, experiencing crazy adventures, unveiling dark mysteries and battling strong enemies, all in order to reach One Piece.




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Top 6 Anime of 2014 According to 4chan

We’ve already taken a look at the top 30 anime of 2014 according to Japanese textboard website, 2ch. Now it’s time to look at the top 6 anime of 2014 according to 4chan’s anime and manga image board, /a/.

Here are the top 6 anime of 2014 according to /a/:

6. Barakamon

5. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

4. Parasyte

3. Mushishi Zoku Shou

2. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

1. Ping Pong The Animation

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