Viz Media has announced plans to release the Bleach: Diamond Dust Rebelion motion picture, the series’ second theatrical feature from 2007, on American DVD on September 9. The movie will receive limited theatrical screenings at San Francisco’s J-Pop Center on August 19-20.
Source: Anime News Network
Viz Media has announced plans to catch up the US release of the One Piece manga with the Japanese collected release by releasing One Piece manga volumes 24-53 from January through June 2010 - an average of five books per month. Shonen Jump USA magazine will begin concurrently publishing new chapters of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga story in Japan and America this fall.
Source: Anime News Network
Eroge translating company JAST USA has announced a partnership with Japanese multimedia entertainment producer Nitroplus Co., Ltd. to distribute English language versions of Nitroplus games. The popular 2003 PC game Zanma Taisei Demonbane will be the first release from the partnership. The H.P. Lovecraft inspired erotic mecha anime adventure game has been ported to the Japanese Playstation 2 and adapted into a 2004 anime OVA and a 2006 anime television series. The NitroplusUSA website will serve as an information resource for JAST USA’s releases.
Nitroplus’ first production, the 2000 visual novel game Phantom of Inferno, was released in English in 2003 by Hirameki International.
Bandai Entertainment has announced domestic distribution plans for the Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows motion picture. The movie will get a limited one-night theatrical release nationwide on September 24 followed by a home video release.
Source: Anime News Network
Nozomi Entertainment has announced its acquisition of Antique Bakery, both seasons of Junjo Romantica, and the remaining Aria anime. Specifically, Nozomi has acquired translation and distribution rights to Aria the OVA ~Arietta~, and the third Aria television series, Aria the Origination, the 12 episode Seiyo Kotto Yogashiten ~Antique~ television series from 2008, better known to English speakers as “Antique Bakery,” and both 12 episode seasons of the 2008 Junjo Romantica boys love drama.
FUNimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to last year’s 13 episode fantasy adventure comedy television series World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin. The series will be released in English next spring under the American title Sands of Destruction.
Source: Anime News Network
FUNimation’s official homepage for the Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone motion picture has added a streaming English dubbed trailer. The movie is currently in limited American theatrical release.
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The official web page for the Denpa Teki na Kanojo OAD series is now streaming a trailer for its second anime episode. The 40 minute long Denpa Teki na Kanojo ~Koufuku Game~ (Electro-magnetic Girlfriend ~Happiness Game~) anime will be packaged with limited edition copies of the fourth Kurenai manga, which goes on sale September 30.
The theme song “door,” performed by Rumika, sounds pretty good.
Source: Moon Phase
Monthly Comic Flapper magazine has formally announced the development of a TV anime adaptation of Nozomu Tamaki’s suspense/action/horror manga serial Dance In The Vampire Bund.
Seven Seas Entertainment has just released its fourth English translated volume of the manga series.
I can’t say that this is an especially big surprise, but it is definitely welcome!
Source: Anime News Network
The advertising obi on fresh printings of Ryohgo Narita’s Dhurarara!! novels has announced that the series will be adapted into anime. Author Narita and illustrator Yasuda Suzuhito’s “distorted love story” premiered in April 2004 and currently has six volumes. The “distorted love story” is set in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and revolves around an ensemble cast including street thugs, high school students, a female radio host, an underworld doctor, a young information vendor, and a headless Irish fairy.
Ryohgo Narita may be better known to English speakers as the author of the Baccano! novel series.
Source: Anime News Network
FUNimation has revealed its development of Shodojo.com, a social community site for anime fans that will host anime video, fan art, online chat, forums, photo galleries, and other social networking options.
Source: Anime News Network
Square Enix has formally announced its legal suit against Paris-based merchandising company la société SAKURA. Square Enix charges that SAKURA has engaged in the production and wholesale distribution of counterfeit Final Fantasy and Fullmetal Alchemist merchandise through Europe. Square Enix is seeking an injunction against the importation and distribution of pirated products, and compensation for potential damages arising from SAKURA’s actions.
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The basicchannel blog reports that the Japanese Spice & Wolf II home video release will be four volumes with the first volume released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 7. The first Blu-ray disc will contain episodes 0-4 in 1080p and retail at 9,999 yen (presently $104 US). Blu-ray volumes 2 & 3 will retail at 7,980 yen each. The DVD volumes will retail at 6,930 (US $72) each.
Ouch!
Question:
I love the anime Basquash, but after reading that both the chief animator and director have been replaced, I’m wondering what that means for the show’s future, and is a move like this common for a show halfway through it’s run?
AD Vision has announced Sentai Filmworks’ acquisition of the 2008 Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden: Ten no Haoh television series. ADV will release the 13 episode series in a $39.98 subtitled DVD collection on September 15 under the American title Legends of the Dark Kings: A Fist of the North Star Story.
The adaptation of Youkow Osada’s 2006 manga spin-off from Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) manga details the rise to power of popular antagonist Raoh before the events depicted in the Hokuto no Ken television series and movies.
Good luck with this. Even most hardcore Hokuto no Ken fans concede how awful this show was. And when nearly all of America’s most devoted anime viewers ignored this show when it was circulating in the fan community for free, it’ll be ponderable to predict how many will now choose to spend money on it.
Source: ADV Nation
