Here is a collection of news briefs for the last week in anime/manga news. These briefs include announcements that would not normally receive their own news thread. Please check the News Board for previous major announcements. Last week's News Briefs can be found here.

Upcoming Anime

Ninja Slayer From Animation
A new key visual along with some of the staff for the series have been revealed.

Director: Akira Amemiya
Studio: Trigger
Music Studio: Starchild Records

Theme song: "BACK IN BLACK" by BOOM BOOM SATELLITES

Source: Famitsu
Previous related news: Anime Adaptation of Cyberpunk Novel 'Ninja Slayer' Announced


Terra Formars
Additional cast members for the series have been revealed.

Akari Hizamaru Akari: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Michelle K. Davis: Shizuka Itou
Marcos E. Garcia: Kaito Ishikawa
Alex K. Stewart: KENN
Sheyla Levitt: Ai Kayano
Keiji Onizuka: Daisuke Ono
Kanako Sanjo: Chiaki Takahashi
Yaeko Yanasegawa: Aki Toyosaki

Source: Scan via Yaraon!
Previous related news: 'Terra Formars' Manga Gets TV Anime and Video Anime Adaptation


Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai
The cast for the series has been revealed.

Kintarou Kakei: Junji Majima
Tsugumi Shirasaki: Madoka Yonezawa
Tamamo Sakuraba: Yuka Saitou
Senri Misono: Nozomi Yamamoto
Kana Suzuki: Eri Sendai
Nagi Kodachi: Azumi Tanezaki
Ikkei Takamine: Showtaro Morikubo
Maho Mochizuki: Saki Nakajima
Miyu Serizawa: Rina Satou
Sayumi Urashino: Miyu Kashiwagi
Aoi Takigawa: Kei Mizusawa
Sayori Shirasaki: You Taichi
Gizaemon: Satoshi Tsuruoka

Source: Yaraon!
Previous related news: Adult PC Game 'Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai' To Be Animated


Yama no Susume: Second Season
Additional cast members for the second season have been revealed.

Yuuka: Yui Makino
Honoka: Nao Touyama
Hikari: Yuko Gibu
Aoi's Mother: Aya Hisakawa

Source: PV
Previous related news: Second Season of 'Yama no Susume' Anime Announced


Denki-Gai no Honya-san
The main cast members for the series have been revealed.

Umio: Ryota Ohsaka
Hio: Natsumi Takamori
Director: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Sensei: Minami Tsuda
Rotten Girl: Ayana Taketatsu
Sommelier: Takahiro Fukuda
Camera: Mai Aizawa
Tsumorin: Satomi Sato

Source: Yaraon!
Previous related news: Manga 'Denki-Gai no Honya-san' Gets TV Anime Adaptation For Fall 2014


Other Anime News

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal
Additional cast members for the series have been revealed.

Queen Beril: Misa Watanabe
Jedyte: Daisuke Kishio
Nephrite: Kousuke Toriumi
Zoisyte: Masaya Matsukaze
Kunzwait: Eiji Takemoto
Ikuko Tsukino: Yuko Mizutani
Shingo Tsukino: Seira Lu (Chinese)
Naru Osaka: Satomi Sato
Haruna Sakurada: Akemi Kanda
Motoki Furuhata: Hiroshi Okamoto
Gurio Umino: Daiki Yamashita
Yumiko: Hyanri Kim (Korean)
Kuri: Yukiko Morishita

Source: Oricon


Fran♥cesca
Some staff members for the series have been revealed.

Director: Hitoshi Kumadani, Yuichirou Yano
Producer: Hitoshi Kumadani, Shin Sugimoto
Assistant Producer: Takuya Okata, Souichirou Sugiyama
Animation Producer: Kouhei Itou
Script: Toshimitsu Takeuchi, Misaki Morie, Kanichi Katou
Studio: Heart-Bit, Telecom Animation Film

Source: Facebook Post

Previous related news: Francesca, Idol Character from Hokkaido, Gets TV Anime Adaptation for Summer 2014


Sabagebu!
Additional cast members for the series have been revealed.

Kazue Sonokawa: Kikuko Inoue
Ena Sakura: Yui Horie
Roselia Haguro: Mika Kanai

Source: Moca News


Industry News

Showtaro Morikubo Announces Marriage
Seiyuu Showtaro Morikubo has announced on a blog post that he has gotten married. His wife is not part of the industry.

Source: Blog post