Tiger & Bunny final episode live viewing event

The news section on official site was updated after episode 21 aired with more information about the all-night live event “Tiger & Bunny ~Thank you, and again, thank you!!~” that’ll take place on September 17th from 23:00 to 05:00. Guests at the main event in Shinjuku, Tokyo will be Hiroaki Hirata (Wild Tiger/Kotetsu T. Kaburagi) and Koji Yusa (Lunatic/Yuri Petrov) along with staff members. In addition to that, the last episode of Tiger & Bunny will be screened in movie theaters across the country, along with episode 24. More information on the locations and prices on the event page. Twitter is also being strongly involved in the event, the announcement on the official site wishes for “the whole world to experience the final episode”.

If you’re in Japan and going to the event (at any location) we’d love to hear your comments from it, so please don’t hesitate to contact us! (I’d definitely go if I was still in Japan.)

Tiger & Bunny director Keiichi Satou to direct a special anime for CLAMP Festival

Although this doesn’t directly concern Tiger & Bunny, this will probably interest the fans!

CLAMP Festival 2011 site announced that Tiger & Bunny’s director, Keiichi Satou, will be in charge of the new anime feature specifically made for the event, with new characters designed for it.

The new characters are featured prominently on the Festival site but other than that there’s not much information yet. (source)

(I’m not a huge fan of CLAMP myself though I used to be once. Still, I’m interested in seeing this.)

Tiger & Barnaby’s character song on Hoshizora Sunrise radio on August 21st

http://twitter.com/#!/hoshi_sun/status/102756685269049344

Tiger & Barnaby’s duet will be played during the Hoshizora Sunrise radio show that airs August 21st at 23:00 JST. According to the Twitter update, the song should play around 23:30 JST. You can find instructions how to listen to the radio here.

Tiger & Barnaby’s character song single is coming out on August 24th, more information with samples of the solo songs here.

(I’m looking forward to this!  ✧・゚:*o(≧ω≦)o*:・゚✧ Both Morita and Hirata are pretty good singers so I have great hopes for the duet!)

Tracklist & cover for Wild Tiger & Barnaby character song single (Updated)

Title: TV Anime TIGER & BUNNY Character Song “Seigi no Koe ga Kikoerukai” [Buy!]
Street date: August 24, 2011
Artists: Hiroaki Hirata (Wild Tiger/Kotetsu T. Kaburagi) & Masakazu Morita (Barnaby Brooks Jr.)
Track Listing:
01: Hero Unit “T&B” Tanjuu?! (Monologue 1)
02: Tiger & Barnaby Character Song “Seigi no Koe ga Kikoerukai” [sample]
03: Kotetsu, Hero no Iji (Monologue 2)
04: Tiger’s Character Song “Hamidashimono Sanka” [sample]
05: Barnaby no Gyakushuu (Monologue 3)
06: Barnaby’s Character Song “POWER OF JUSTICE” [sample]
07: Ketsuretsu… Soshite? (Monologue 4)
(source)
Updated to fix romaji, this is what happens when I type up stuff after episode 20 while wanting to toss tables. For srs. ( ゚Д゚ノ)ノ~┻┻
I was pretty excited about this CD when it was announced and every time there’s updated information I get more excited. I love the cover, too, with Bunny’s unfortunate posing again.
If you haven’t heard the voice actors sing before, you can find some samples here. (My favourite tracks for them are Asterisk by Morita and Rebirth by Hirata, btw.)

Artist lists for Asuka Comics anthologies

As I posted earlier, there are more manga anthologies coming from Asuka Comics. The artist lists for them were announced earlier on the Asuka Comics Twitter.

http://twitter.com/#!/gekkan_asuka/status/101992087456718848

#1 It Takes Two to Make a Quarrel will feature Asami You, Ichimiya, Ono Tsutomu, Oda Suzuka, Kano Ayumi, Sakazuki Ran, Kuriyama Kiyoshi, Sakusaka Min, Tegoshihara Toru, Tomo, Nagao Uka, Nijou Kuro, Fujiwara Ryo, Fujioka Youko, Pochi, Matsuo Hazuki, Mikimaki, Mitsushio Mamika, Yamashita Nanao. (Street date: September 26.)

http://twitter.com/#!/gekkan_asuka/status/101992398992850945

#2 First Catch Your Hare will feature nap, Ishida Souji, Kaneshiki Suisu, Kusunoki Jun, Sakurai Aya, Sawa Ike, Shion Akira, Shinjou Mayu, Soma Kazuki, Takarai Rihito, Tomo, Nagao Uka, Nokia, Matsuo Hazuki, Matsumoto Temari, Mitsushio Mamika, Yoshimura Takumi, Watari. (Street date: September 26.)

http://twitter.com/#!/gekkan_asuka/status/101992581759639552

#3 [title undecided] will feature Kurahana Chinatsu, Matsumoto Temari, Sugimoto Iqura, and more. (Street date: November 26.)

I tried to check the romaji for all those artists, please don’t hesitate to comment if I got someone’s name wrong!

And in other merchandise news (I can barely keep up with this stuff anymore), looks like there’ll be some character scents. I don’t really get the interest the Japanese have in these scents, but maybe that’s just because I’m hideously allergic to everything scented!

(ETA: Word on the boards street says that it’s Kenzo or nothing! Kenzo probably smells way better than these anyway, I’ve heard that the character scents aren’t that awesome…)

Oh and please do check out the translated interview with screenwriter Masafumi Nishida that Aki posted just earlier! (He’s the guy you can thank for Keith being Keith among other things.)