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One Piece fans are sure to get hyped as Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that it will be releasing One Piece Pirate Warrior 3 for the Nintendo Switch on December 21. The game (will be released in Japan) will contain challenge episodes, over 40 different downloadable content, as well as costumes that were released back in 2015.

The hype is definitely real—it was announced on Thursday in the official website of the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie that the film will be officially be screened in over 190 countries including Europe and the United States.

A new historical fiction/martial arts series is officially being placed under anime production for 2018 and its name is “Fist of the Blue Sky.” The newly announced anime project will be the third installment to the 35th anniversary of the “Hokuto no Ken” a.

As another series set to be released in the following year, “Gakuen Babysitter” has now revealed a new visual and an official promotional video. Along with the release of additional cast and staff for the production.

Director Hiroshi Yoshimura, producer Yusuke Tomiyama, character designer Kurumi Kobayashi, and general producer Yusuke Tomizawa of the upcoming “God Eater 3” have gathered together for a special interview on the upcoming features of God Eater 3.

Years after both its manga and film adaptation have been released, the drama work, “Piano no Mori” a.k.a. “Piano in the Forest” has officially gained an anime adaptation. Confirmed by NHK’s official website on Monday, more details will be revealed for the new adaption in this year’s 48th issue of Kodansha's Morning magazine on Thursday.

Rumors have been circulating last Thursday on news websites like Daily Cyzo and Livedoor that Yoko Kamio’s popular manga series hit Boys Over Flowers will be getting a live-action series. Finally, Kamio officially posted a statement on Twitter that says, "I believe that authors shouldn't respond to false rumors like this, which is why I hadn't talked about it.

It won’t be long—the live-action film adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist will be officially screened in Japan and in other countries very soon. An English-subtitled trailer was released on Monday by Warner Bros which also previews the song “Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo” (I’m By Your Side) performed by Misia.

With the latest light novel turned fantasy series, “Violet Evergreen” setting itself for January 2018, its official website releases new details. From a new key visual to new cast and staff members, all these details have been put up on the site as of Monday.

Synopsis Chise is a young woman who hasn’t has the easiest of lives, and in this rocky path she finds herself at a slave auction. When she is purchased by the mysterious Magus Elias, she finds a new door open to her and a new life awaiting as an apprentice and future wife.