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Niconico Streams Shana III, Future Diary, Haganai, C3, Maken-Ki
posted on by Egan Loo
The anime distributor Funimation and the video-streaming service Niconico announced at New York Comic Con on Friday that they will stream the following anime titles as they air in Japan:
- Shakugan no Shana III Final
- The Future Diary (Mirai Nikki)
- Haganai (Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai)
- C³
- Maken-Ki
Funimation and Niconico will also announced titles Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing and Guilty Crown. The new anime titles will begin streaming on Friday.
Like the two previous Shakugan no Shana television series, Shakugan no Shana III Final premiered in Japan on October 7.
The Future Diary anime inspired a "pilot" anime that came bundled with the 11th manga volume last December. The story follows Yuki, a loner who avoids people and prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.
Tokyopop shipped in Japan in April, and the television anime premiered on October 9.
Yomi Hirasaka and Buriki's original Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai light novels premiered on October 6.
The anime adaptation of Hazuki Minase's C³ (C Cube/Cube x Cursed x Curious) supernatural action comedy light novels begins when a high school student named Haruaki Yachi (Yuuki Kaji) receives a mysterious, super-heavy black cube from his father overseas. That night, Haruaki wakes up to a suspicious noise in the kitchen, and he discovers a fully naked girl. The girl, Fear (Yukari Tamura), happens to be an instrument of torture — the first of several surprises that Haruaki receives. The anime premiered in Japan on October 1.
Hiromitsu Takeda's original Maken-Ki! manga premiered on October 4.
Image © Hazuki Minase/ASCII Media Works/C³ Production Committee
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