Popular Fall 2016 Anime Adaptations
The anime industry in Japan is fueled by more than 400 production studios in the country alone, and it has continued to gain significant international success over the years.
Here’s what’s happening with the Fall 2016 anime lineup.
Bungo Stray Dogs – Season 2
Bungo Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス Bungō Sutorei Doggusu), is a Japanese manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa. A television anime adaptation by Bones recently came out last April of this year and the second part premiered in October.
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The story mainly follows the members of the Armed Detective Agency and their everyday lives. The plot of Bungo Stray Dogs centers on characters that are gifted with supernatural powers. The main characters use their powers to solve mysteries and carry out missions that are assigned to them by the mafia as well as for their everyday needs.
Keijo!!!!!!!! (競女!!!!!!!!, Competitive Girl) , also known as Hip Whip Girl, is a Japanese sports manga series by Daichi Sorayomi with an anime television series produced by Xebec which aired October 6.
The anime series is set in an alternate reality where a new, women-only, gambling sport known as Keijo has risen in popularity since its introduction in the dawn of the 21st century. Keijo matches are held atop floating platforms in large water-filled stadiums where bikini-clad players fight to incapacitate their opponents or push them out to the water, but they can only hit each other using particular body parts.
Drifters (ドリフターズ Dorifutazu) is an alternate history Japanese manga by Kouta Hirano. The story of the popular manga series centers on various historical figures summoned to an unknown world where their skills and techniques are needed by magicians in order to save their world from total destruction. A television anime version started airing October 7.
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Izetta: The Last Witch (終末のイゼッタ Shūmatsu no Izetta) is an anime series that aired early October. The anime is produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and directed by Masaya Fujimori. The story is set in an alternate universe on the eve of World War II. The main character, Izetta, is the last surviving member of a clan of witches who possess the ability to manipulate any object they touch using magic. Izetta promises to devote her gift to protect Princess Fine and the tiny Alpine Kingdom of Eylstadt from invasion by the imperialistic forces of Germania.
Aside from all the latest anime this fall, there are also some all time favorite anime characters. Which one is your favorite?
