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The Joke's On You — Anime Does April Fool's Day - Part 1
posted on by Lynzee Lamb & Bamboo Dong
It's April Fool's Day, which means that plenty of anime companies are having a good chuckle with fake announcements, quirky crossovers, and more. Here's Part 1 of our round-up; check back later for more!
Ace Attorney
Dog Ace Attorney, complete with a product intro page and special cameo. Released April 1 for the Wantendo 1DOGS.
[Link]
Aldnoah.Zero
こんばんは!2015年発売予定の乙女ゲーム「ALDNOAH.ZEROりたーんず!」開発部です。ゲームの先行カットが届きましたので少しお見せいたします! pic.twitter.com/MePBx4k9
— A/Zりたーんず開発部 (@baichiku_si) March 31, 2015
The announcement of an Aldnoah.Zero otome game.
Couples.jp hotel booking website
"Anime de Wakaru! Couples Hotel," an anime that explains couples hotels.
[Link]
Evangelion Battle Mission
Kousuke Fujishima
新連載 「姫戦士シンデレラ」 魔法の靴で変身よ!ああ、でも潜入捜査中に魔法の靴を落としてしまったの。靴は王子が持っていて、持ち主を探しているらしいけど、履いたらその場で変身して正体がばれてしまうわ!どうしたらいいのかしら。 pic.twitter.com/bdQcq35nql
— 藤島康介@パラダイスレジデンス発売中 (@fujishimakosuke) March 31, 2015
Manga creator Kousuke Fujishima announced two new series, "Oni Momotaro" and "Hime Senshi Cinderella."
[Link]
A live-action adaptation of the mobile game Girl Friend BETA was announced. The announcement claimed that 100 actresses would appear in the film. [Link]
The company announced fundoshi add-ons for its Nendoroid figure line, with lots of example images. [Link]
Google Maps
Google Maps added a "Pac-Man" mode. Find an area with plenty of streets, click the Pac-Man button in the bottom, left corner, and eat your way through the neighborhood
[Link]
A fake newspaper announces that 33-year-old bachelor Masaru Ōfuna ed the yosakoi club.
[Link]
The official iDOLM@STER Twitter announced 765 Production (the fictional production company from the franchise) and 346 Production (the fictional production company from Cinderella Girls) merged to become 1111 Production. [Link]
iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
The website hosting a Kirarin Dash! mini-game. [Link]
The website was changed to "Gochuumon wa Mahou Shoujo desu ka" (Is the order a magical girl?) [Link]
Lord of Vermillion x Tekken
Square Enix promises a cross-over game between Lord of Vermillion and Tekken with 765 playable characters.
[Link]
Peeping Life. [Link]
The girl group got a Frieza make-over. [Link]
The company announced its newest idol unit, "Jii★Shock" comprised of the elderly idols KEY-G & SHOW-G & YU-G. Their profiles include "recent problems" like "lower back pain from farm work," waking up at 4:00 a.m.," and "not being able to what he ate yesterday."[Link]
The website announced the new movie: Mushi-Shi Perfect Love.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The video game company posted 24-hour poll results where voters could, allegedly, pick one of their titles to be added to the PS Archives. The game Honō no Ryōrijin Cooking Fighter Hao won by a landslide with 80,000,000,006,139 votes.
[Link]
Nisekoimonogatari
Akiyuki Simbo and production studio.
The staff over at Shaft even made a fake poster.
制作会社シャフト設立40周年記念映画作品「ニセコイモノガタリ」制作決定!〈物語〉シリーズ×ニセコイ、大人気作のコラボレーションで綴る物語。 同時上映『掟上今日子のラブソング』http://t.co/Q80HLqszvW pic.twitter.com/Xk0pPhWjYz
— 西尾維新アニメプロジェクト (@nisioisin_anime) March 31, 2015
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
An announcement for the live-action Great Man, Renge's favorite tokusatsu show.
[Link]
Ordet
Animation studio Ordet is hosting a mini-game and a "music video" for a Wake-Up Girls single that only shows one of the singers eating sandwiches.
[Link]
Piapro
The company announced its CEO Vocaloid Series. CEO Hiroyuki Itōh got his own Vocaloid page over at Crypton Media, too. [Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The company announced fundoshi add-ons for its Nendoroid figure line, with lots of example images. [Link]
Google Maps
Google Maps added a "Pac-Man" mode. Find an area with plenty of streets, click the Pac-Man button in the bottom, left corner, and eat your way through the neighborhood
[Link]
A fake newspaper announces that 33-year-old bachelor Masaru Ōfuna ed the yosakoi club.
[Link]
The official iDOLM@STER Twitter announced 765 Production (the fictional production company from the franchise) and 346 Production (the fictional production company from Cinderella Girls) merged to become 1111 Production. [Link]
iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
The website hosting a Kirarin Dash! mini-game. [Link]
The website was changed to "Gochuumon wa Mahou Shoujo desu ka" (Is the order a magical girl?) [Link]
Lord of Vermillion x Tekken
Square Enix promises a cross-over game between Lord of Vermillion and Tekken with 765 playable characters.
[Link]
Peeping Life. [Link]
The girl group got a Frieza make-over. [Link]
The company announced its newest idol unit, "Jii★Shock" comprised of the elderly idols KEY-G & SHOW-G & YU-G. Their profiles include "recent problems" like "lower back pain from farm work," waking up at 4:00 a.m.," and "not being able to what he ate yesterday."[Link]
The website announced the new movie: Mushi-Shi Perfect Love.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The video game company posted 24-hour poll results where voters could, allegedly, pick one of their titles to be added to the PS Archives. The game Honō no Ryōrijin Cooking Fighter Hao won by a landslide with 80,000,000,006,139 votes.
[Link]
Nisekoimonogatari
Akiyuki Simbo and production studio.
The staff over at Shaft even made a fake poster.
制作会社シャフト設立40周年記念映画作品「ニセコイモノガタリ」制作決定!〈物語〉シリーズ×ニセコイ、大人気作のコラボレーションで綴る物語。 同時上映『掟上今日子のラブソング』http://t.co/Q80HLqszvW pic.twitter.com/Xk0pPhWjYz
— 西尾維新アニメプロジェクト (@nisioisin_anime) March 31, 2015
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
An announcement for the live-action Great Man, Renge's favorite tokusatsu show.
[Link]
Ordet
Animation studio Ordet is hosting a mini-game and a "music video" for a Wake-Up Girls single that only shows one of the singers eating sandwiches.
[Link]
Piapro
The company announced its CEO Vocaloid Series. CEO Hiroyuki Itōh got his own Vocaloid page over at Crypton Media, too. [Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The official iDOLM@STER Twitter announced 765 Production (the fictional production company from the franchise) and 346 Production (the fictional production company from Cinderella Girls) merged to become 1111 Production. [Link]
iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
The website hosting a Kirarin Dash! mini-game. [Link]
The website was changed to "Gochuumon wa Mahou Shoujo desu ka" (Is the order a magical girl?) [Link]
Lord of Vermillion x Tekken
Square Enix promises a cross-over game between Lord of Vermillion and Tekken with 765 playable characters.
[Link]
Peeping Life. [Link]
The girl group got a Frieza make-over. [Link]
The company announced its newest idol unit, "Jii★Shock" comprised of the elderly idols KEY-G & SHOW-G & YU-G. Their profiles include "recent problems" like "lower back pain from farm work," waking up at 4:00 a.m.," and "not being able to what he ate yesterday."[Link]
The website announced the new movie: Mushi-Shi Perfect Love.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The video game company posted 24-hour poll results where voters could, allegedly, pick one of their titles to be added to the PS Archives. The game Honō no Ryōrijin Cooking Fighter Hao won by a landslide with 80,000,000,006,139 votes.
[Link]
Nisekoimonogatari
Akiyuki Simbo and production studio.
The staff over at Shaft even made a fake poster.
制作会社シャフト設立40周年記念映画作品「ニセコイモノガタリ」制作決定!〈物語〉シリーズ×ニセコイ、大人気作のコラボレーションで綴る物語。 同時上映『掟上今日子のラブソング』http://t.co/Q80HLqszvW pic.twitter.com/Xk0pPhWjYz
— 西尾維新アニメプロジェクト (@nisioisin_anime) March 31, 2015
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
An announcement for the live-action Great Man, Renge's favorite tokusatsu show.
[Link]
Ordet
Animation studio Ordet is hosting a mini-game and a "music video" for a Wake-Up Girls single that only shows one of the singers eating sandwiches.
[Link]
Piapro
The company announced its CEO Vocaloid Series. CEO Hiroyuki Itōh got his own Vocaloid page over at Crypton Media, too. [Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The girl group got a Frieza make-over. [Link]
The company announced its newest idol unit, "Jii★Shock" comprised of the elderly idols KEY-G & SHOW-G & YU-G. Their profiles include "recent problems" like "lower back pain from farm work," waking up at 4:00 a.m.," and "not being able to what he ate yesterday."[Link]
The website announced the new movie: Mushi-Shi Perfect Love.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The video game company posted 24-hour poll results where voters could, allegedly, pick one of their titles to be added to the PS Archives. The game Honō no Ryōrijin Cooking Fighter Hao won by a landslide with 80,000,000,006,139 votes.
[Link]
Nisekoimonogatari
Akiyuki Simbo and production studio.
The staff over at Shaft even made a fake poster.
制作会社シャフト設立40周年記念映画作品「ニセコイモノガタリ」制作決定!〈物語〉シリーズ×ニセコイ、大人気作のコラボレーションで綴る物語。 同時上映『掟上今日子のラブソング』http://t.co/Q80HLqszvW pic.twitter.com/Xk0pPhWjYz
— 西尾維新アニメプロジェクト (@nisioisin_anime) March 31, 2015
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
An announcement for the live-action Great Man, Renge's favorite tokusatsu show.
[Link]
Ordet
Animation studio Ordet is hosting a mini-game and a "music video" for a Wake-Up Girls single that only shows one of the singers eating sandwiches.
[Link]
Piapro
The company announced its CEO Vocaloid Series. CEO Hiroyuki Itōh got his own Vocaloid page over at Crypton Media, too. [Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The company announced its newest idol unit, "Jii★Shock" comprised of the elderly idols KEY-G & SHOW-G & YU-G. Their profiles include "recent problems" like "lower back pain from farm work," waking up at 4:00 a.m.," and "not being able to what he ate yesterday."[Link]
The website announced the new movie: Mushi-Shi Perfect Love.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The video game company posted 24-hour poll results where voters could, allegedly, pick one of their titles to be added to the PS Archives. The game Honō no Ryōrijin Cooking Fighter Hao won by a landslide with 80,000,000,006,139 votes.
[Link]
Nisekoimonogatari
Akiyuki Simbo and production studio.
The staff over at Shaft even made a fake poster.
制作会社シャフト設立40周年記念映画作品「ニセコイモノガタリ」制作決定!〈物語〉シリーズ×ニセコイ、大人気作のコラボレーションで綴る物語。 同時上映『掟上今日子のラブソング』http://t.co/Q80HLqszvW pic.twitter.com/Xk0pPhWjYz
— 西尾維新アニメプロジェクト (@nisioisin_anime) March 31, 2015
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
An announcement for the live-action Great Man, Renge's favorite tokusatsu show.
[Link]
Ordet
Animation studio Ordet is hosting a mini-game and a "music video" for a Wake-Up Girls single that only shows one of the singers eating sandwiches.
[Link]
Piapro
The company announced its CEO Vocaloid Series. CEO Hiroyuki Itōh got his own Vocaloid page over at Crypton Media, too. [Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The video game company posted 24-hour poll results where voters could, allegedly, pick one of their titles to be added to the PS Archives. The game Honō no Ryōrijin Cooking Fighter Hao won by a landslide with 80,000,000,006,139 votes.
[Link]
Nisekoimonogatari
The staff over at Shaft even made a fake poster.
制作会社シャフト設立40周年記念映画作品「ニセコイモノガタリ」制作決定!〈物語〉シリーズ×ニセコイ、大人気作のコラボレーションで綴る物語。 同時上映『掟上今日子のラブソング』http://t.co/Q80HLqszvW pic.twitter.com/Xk0pPhWjYz
— 西尾維新アニメプロジェクト (@nisioisin_anime) March 31, 2015
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
An announcement for the live-action Great Man, Renge's favorite tokusatsu show.
[Link]
Ordet
Animation studio Ordet is hosting a mini-game and a "music video" for a Wake-Up Girls single that only shows one of the singers eating sandwiches.
[Link]
Piapro
The company announced its CEO Vocaloid Series. CEO Hiroyuki Itōh got his own Vocaloid page over at Crypton Media, too. [Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
Get your hands on a real Giftia android! But watch out, they expire after just 8,120 hours.
[Link]
The Ju-On film opened a fake website announcing another film in 2016 where The Ring's Sadako and Ju-On's Kayako face-off in an Alien vs. Predator style film.[Link]
Rumbling Hearts
For the 15th anniversary project, the tentatively titled OVA titled Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka Kōkō no Rettōsei (The Irregular at Hakuryō Hiiragi Futsūka High School) was also announced. Age's publicity agent Riene is cast as the lead.[Link]
Selector Infected Wixoss
"Kodoku no Pochako," a parody of the manga, Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
The company announced a Mazinger Z theme park. [Link]
Type-Moon
The company has three different April Fools jokes. The Capsule Servant mini-game announced a new character, Saber-nyan. [Link]
A Capsule Servant "Dark World" tournament was announced. [Link]
A talent agency, "Imperial Roma" was launched to promote idol activities for the franchise's characters. All the characters also created modern Twitter s. For instance, Kirei Kotomine is now a prosecuting attorney with a very familiar cravat. [Link]
ufotable
[For English Speaker] Today is..:) Saber "You can't fool me!" http://t.co/40Sa2fPv3h #AprilFool pic.twitter.com/TntJpw6jDn
— ufotable (@ufotable) March 31, 2015
Working!!
The Working!! anime announced it'll launch a character-raising game as part of its 10th anniversary, with 100 million ways to raise the characters.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the video embed
[Link]
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