Weekly News - Pikachu 3DS, Dragon Ball Movie Footage, And More

                                           - Ark IX anime previewed in 2nd video -

The official YouTube channel for the Flying Dog production company began streaming the second promotional video for Ark IX, the new action novel series and anime by Kentaro Yasui on Saturday. The videos features the theme song "Nevereverland" by Nano. Confirmed voice cast members are Yuuki Ono and Hisako Kanemoto.

                               - Pikachu Yellow 3DS XL heads to America on March 24 -

The Pokémon Company confirmed on Thursday that the limited-edition yellow Pikachu Nintendo 3DS XL is heading to North America on March 24. It will come with a 4GB SD memory card for US$199.99. March 24 is also the release date for the Nintendo 3DS adventure game Pokémon: Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. This variant of the 3DS debuted in Japan last September.

                                                 
                         - A Certain Scientific Railgun S ad previews new fripSide song -

A commercial for Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S (A Certain Scientific Railgun S) anime began airing in Japan. The ad previews "sister's noise," the opening theme that the musical unit fripSide is performing for the new anime. This second season of A Certain Scientific Railgun will premiere on April 12, and the official website for the series revealed on Monday that the series will air on AT-X before it airs on TV Tokyo

                                        - 2013 Dragon Ball film's footage revealed -

The May issue of Shueisha's V Jump magazine is revealing more of the Super Saiyan God design from this month's Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods film on Thursday. Some of the voice cast members are Masako Nozawa, Shoko Nakagawa and Kaori Matsumoto. 
The film will open in Japan on March 30.

                                 - Manga reading site JManga to end service in May -

JManga, a platform for reading legal manga online, emailed subscribers on Thursday to announce that it will be concluding its retail and viewing services on May 30th 2013. Members with unused JManga Paid Points as of March 13 will be issued Amazon Gift Cards. JManga will process refunds between March 21 and March 25.

                                       

                                         - Disgaea D2 opening animation streamed -

Nippon Ichi Software began streaming the opening animation sequence for its strategy RPG Disgaea Dimension 2: A Brighter Darkness on Wednesday. Minori Chihara, the voice of the demon Barbara, also performs the opening theme song "Cradle Over", featured in the video. The PlayStation 3 game will ship in Japan next week, and NIS America plans to offer it in North America and Europe this fall.