The broadcast start date for the TV anime *Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches* has been confirmed. The anime will kick off on Tokyo MX on April 12 before being broadcast on networks nationwide in Japan.
*Shishou Series* is a short story occult horror novel series that began being published on 2channel in 2003 and continues to this day with more than 113 stories available online.
*The Heroic Legend of Arslan* is a TV anime that will begin broadcasting on April 5. This time, Yuki Kaji has been announced to be performing in the main cast as Lord Silver Mask.
The TV anime *Blood Blockade Battlefront* will begin broadcasting on MBS, Tokyo MX, and BS11 this April. At this time, new cast members have been announced.
The TV anime *Knights of Sidonia: War of the Ninth Planet* will begin broadcasting during Animeism on MBS, TBS, and other networks this April. This time, information on the theme songs has been announced.
*Ghost in the Shell: Arise*, the tetralogy released between 2013 and 2014, takes a fresh turn: A TV series titled *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture* will start airing from April 5 on Tokyo MX. It will be broadcast on BS11 as well.
*Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma* is currently serializing in *Weekly Shonen Jump* (Shueisha) and a TV anime is coming in April. Information on the anime continues to be dished out, which includes this time the key visual, broadcast channels, and additional cast members.
A special video of *Sindbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima (Sinbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island)*, a theatrical anime made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Nippon Animation, was released recently. A joint project by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi, it is an original movie set to release in July 2015.
The *Haruhi Suzumiya* series, which was first published in 2003, is big hit light novel franchise. The TV anime version followed in 2006 and created a huge movement both in Japan and overseas.