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Sarai-ya Goyou Anime Announced
The cover of the January issue of Monthly Ikki magazine announces that an anime TV series adaptation of Natsume Ono’s samurai drama manga series House of Five Leaves (Sarai-ya Goyou) will air in the Fuji TV network’s Noitamina late-night timeslot next year. Viz Media’s SigIkki ...
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Ikkitousen Season 4 in Development?
The Japanese Moon Phase comments site reports uncited word that fourth season of the Ikkitousen anime series, titled Ikkitousen XX (Ikkitousen Xtreme Xecutor) is now in development. Reportedly Media Factory will release a promotional “volume 0″ DVD for the new TV anime at next ...
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Sugar Dark Anime Likely
Sugar Dark Anime Likely
animenation.net — Enji Arai’s light novel Sugar Dark: Umerareta Yami to Shoujo (Sugar Dark: The Buried Darkness and the Girl) was awarded a prestigious grand prize at the Kadokawa Shoten Sneaker Awards presentation last week. The novel is only the fourth book in ... (more) Sugar Dark Anime Likely
Anime Song Lyricist Toshio Oka Dead at 92
Prolific lyricist Toshio Oka passed away due to acute kidney failure in a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday at 4:02 a.m. He was 92. Oka composed the lyrics for anime theme songs for shows including Gatchaman F, Casshan, Umi no Triton, Tondemo Senshi Muteking Source: Anime News Network
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Ask John: Why Isn’t Chibi Maruko-chan in America?
Question: Why is Chibi Maruko Chan not released in the US? Answer: I don’t know the exact circumstances affecting the Chibi Maruko-chan anime series, but I think I can reasonably hypothesize. My best guess is that there are three major intertwined reasons why the Chibi Maruko-chan anime ...
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FUNi Reveals New Acquisitions
FUNimation has announced its acquisition of domestic translation & distribution rights to the first 12 episode Sekirei television series, both seasons of the Tetsuwan Birdy Decode TV series, and the Full Metal Panic and Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu anime series. FUNimation has been the ...
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FUNi to Launch Producing Initiative
FUNimation has hired former president of Austin, Texas-based animation studio Boomstar Inc., Chris Moujaes as Director of Original Entertainment. Moujaes, who has extensive experience in developing international TV programming co-production deals, managing overseas animation production teams, ...
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Matsumoto’s Koshika Meets Queen
Veteran manga/anime creator Leiji Matsumoto’s current manga serial Out of Galaxy Koshika will debut in anime form as a music video for Queen’s classic 1975 song “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Queen has previously used animation in its music videos, most noteably in the promotional ...
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Nurarihyon no Mago Anime Announced?
An anonymous post on the Japanese 2chan message board cites a photograph of a poster announcing an anime adaptation of Hiroshi Shiibashi’s supernatural action fantasy manga series Nurarihyon no Mago. The manga series premiered in 2007. The presently ongoing serialization in Weekly Shonen ...
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Times are Still Tough for Animators
The Wall Street Journal’s new article “Discontent Seeps Into Japan’s Anime Studios” reminds us that artists employed by Japanese anime production studios remain underpaid and under appreciated.
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Circus in Flames
A fire at the headquarters of Japanese bishoujo game developer Circus on Sunday, November 22 partially destroyed the office. Reportedly approximately half of the office has been damaged. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Circus is the creator of the Da Capo and Saishu Shikan ...
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Ask John: Does Bee Train Just Animate Girls With Guns?
Question: Are all Bee Train’s anime titles about Girls with Guns? Answer: Strictly speaking, the Bee Train anime studio does produce more than just girls with guns anime, but I can understand the perception. While the studio established in June 1997 has contributed work to a large variety ...
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11 Minutes of Mai Mai Miracle Online
Japanese entertainment producer/distributor Avex has officially released the first 5 minutes, and a 6 minute scene, from new anime film Mai Mai Miracle (Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho) on YouTube. The Madhouse produced film is an adaptation of Nobuko Takagi’s novel about two girls who ...
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Trigun Movie Teaser Online
The official Japanese website for the next year’s Trigun: Badlands Rumble motion picture now features a streaming teaser trailer. The film based on Yasuhiro Nightow’s Trigun manga is an original story not drawn from or related to the original manga or the 1998 TV anime. The primary ...
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New Katanagatari TV Spot Online
The official website for the upcoming Katanagatari anime television series now hosts a new 15 second TV spot (in 3 slight variations for the Fuji TV, BS Fuji, and MBS networks). The series, similar to the 2001 Figure 17 television series, will air as 12 monthly hour long episodes beginning in ...
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Production I.G Collaborating on Titan Rain
Singapore based entertainment IP development company Storm Lion has announced plans to collaborate with Japan’s Production I.G on the production of an original 3D CG anime film titled Titan Rain. The sci-fi film’s concept was created by Storm Lion CEO Edmund Shern and Japanese author ...
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Tono to Issho Anime Announced
Monthly Comic Flapper magazine has formally announced an anime adaptation of Ohba Kai’s 4-panel gag manga Tono to Issho (Along with the Feudal Lord). The manga follows the comical exploits of Japanese warlords during the country’s historical sengoku (Era of the Warring States) era. ...
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Fourth KISSxSIS OAD Announced
Shortly after formally announcing the development of a KISSxSIS anime television series, Japanese publisher Kodansha also announced that the sixth volume of Bow Ditama’s original KISSxSIS manga will be released in a limited edition including a fourth OAD. The anime episode will be ...
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Latest Pokemon Movie on CN Now
The 12th and most recent Japanese Pocket Monster theatrical feature, Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life, will premiere on the North American Cartoon Network at 5:30 pm ET/PT on Friday, November 20. The film hit Japanese theaters just this past July. The movie will ship on American DVD next ...
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English Sukashi Kashipanman Online
English Sukashi Kashipanman Online
animenation.net — The first live action episode of the English language version of creator Shoko “Shokotan” Nakagawa’s super hero series Sukashi Kashipanman is now available. The Go Sukashi! homepage has opened, and its first 5 minute episode is now ... (more) English Sukashi Kashipanman Online
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