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Roughly two months ago, the voice actor Mitsuhiro Ichiki was called to an audition to play an original character for the anime, Kokoro Connect. Shortly after the audition, Ichiki received word that he had been chosen and was asked to come to an event as a secret guest. Sadly, the audition, and even the original character that Ichiki was supposedly supposed to play were all a lie. Ichiki was forced to watch video of himself auditioning for a role that didn’t exist. He was then told he had been chosen as the “Publicity Leader” and his job would be to garner public interest in the anime (essentially a PR monkey).

The whole joke seemed mean-spirited and when details of the whole event were uncovered, the internet hate machine quickly went to work. Profiles of all those involved and their individual responses to the practical joke were documented, leading to massive flaming on twitter, message boards, and on the video stream of the actual anime. Sadly, at this point, no matter the quality of the anime itself, the damage may already be irreversible.

The official website for the anime adaptation of NisiOisin's Nekomonogatari (Black) novel launched on Friday and reported that an announcement event will be held in Japan on December 7. The video-streaming service Niconico will stream the event beginning at 8:25 p.m. (JST).

The original novel contains the "Tsubasa Family" story, set between Kizumonogatari and Bakemonogatari, with the character Tsubasa Hanekawa.

A premium screening of the anime was previously planned in Tokyo at the end of the year.