Bandai has condensed the American name of Chikyu Shoujo Arjuna, originally announced for US release as “Earth Maiden Arjuna,” to the single word American title “Arjuna.”
AD Vision has announced that all 8 DVDs of Gasaraki will be released as a DVD boxed set on August 20th at a retail price of $169.98, or roughly $70 off list price of the individual DVDs.
Source: Anime on DVD
The Ringworld fan site, a page totally devoted to the Japanese “Ring” horror film franchise, has published a new exclusive interview with Gore Verbinski, the director of the currently in production American re-make of The Ring. Especially fans that have seen the original Japanese language film will be impressed with Verbinski’s knowledge of and respect for the original Japanese film.
Source: Anime News Service
Japanese newspaper Mainichi Interactive reports that Squaresoft has announced plans to produce a pair of Final Fantasy X side-story games. The games are currently known only as “Yuna Version” and “Rikku Version” and will use the FFX game engine in new games featuring these two female characters.
Bandai has announced plans to create a cel shaded One Piece action game for the GameCube.
Source: The Magic Box
Question:
What is the difference between “anime” and “Japanimation” if there even is one. I’ve heard that there is a difference, but I don’t know what it is.
According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei.net, TMS (Tokyo Movie Shinsha), one of Japan’s oldest and largest television and film production studios and broadcasters, has licensed the American broadcast, home video, movie and merchandising rights to Lupin III to Pioneer USA. Since 1971 there have been 228 Lupin television episodes in 3 TV series and over a dozen feature length theatrical and made for television motion pictures. The American distribution rights to some (but not all) of the Lupin movies are split in America between AnimEigo, Manga Entertainment and FUNimation. Exactly what Pioneer’s distribution license includes has not been clarified yet.
Source: Anime News Network
AnimEigo has confirmed that the Orange Road television series DVD boxed set is now complete and ready to ship to pre-order customers. Like all current AnimEigo DVD boxed sets, the KOR DVD set is a limited edition item available only through AnimEigo directly.
The sold-out subtitled only re-mastered Superdimensional Fortress Macross DVD boxed set will be released to mainstream retailers beginning at the end of June. The series will be broken up for release as a series of 3 disc mini-boxed sets retailing for “just under $90″ per set.
AnimEigo will not be releasing the You’re Under Arrest OAV series to DVD. Very slightly altered versions of the OAVs were used as the first 4 episodes of the first YUA television series, so these episodes instead will be included with AnimEigo’s release of the entire first You’re Under Arrest TV series on DVD.
The classic live action Lone Wolf & Cub movies from Toho will premier on domestic DVD by the end of the year.
Source: Anime News Network
Central Park Media representatives re-confirmed at last weekend’s Animazement convention that CPM does posess the American distribution rights to Shoujo Kakumei Utena episodes 14-26 (out of 39 total episodes) and will tentatively begin to release them by the end of the year.
The DVD re-release of the Record of Lodoss War OVA series will include a new, exclusive mini-comic.
The DVD re-release of Project A-ko will include a 40 minute long “making of” documentary and a re-issue of the soundtrack CD, and will be pan & scan, not widescreen. However, the Project A-ko animation was originally created in full-screen and was later cropped for Japanese theatrical release after its original Japanese debut on home video in full screen format.
The upcoming 2 disc special edition DVD re-release of Graveyard of Fireflies will include new interviews with director Isao Takahata and film critic Roger Ebert, an acknowledged fan of the film, and extensive liner notes explaining the history and elements of Japanese culture presented in the film.
Source: Anime News Network
According to Anime on DVD, Bandai will release the first domestic DVD volume of Chikyu Shoujo Arjuna, “Earth Maiden Arjuna,” on October 8th.
The May 26th episode of TV Asahi’s popular “Kore ga Nihon no Best 100″ (These Are Japan’s Best 100) program compiled viewer votes to determine the top 100 anime ever. Classics overwhelmingly dominate the list, with the only 4 TV titles titles and 2 movies from within the past 5 years making it onto the list: King of Games Yu-Gi-Oh from 1998, the currently on-air Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan (Ojamajo Doremi season 4), Pocket Monster (currently broadcasting new episodes), and Tottoko Hamutaro represent current and recent TV anime and Mononoke Hime and Spirited Away represent recent theatrical anime. Also interesting is the fact that Hanna-Barbera’s American Tom & Jerry cartoon from 1975 made it onto the list at #39. (While in America the term “anime” refers exclusively to Japanese animation, in Japan the word “anime” refers animation of any style or origin.)
The complete list is as follows:
1. Doraemon 2. Lupin III 3. Heidi of the Alps 4. My Neighbour Totoro 5. Sazae-san 6. Chibi Maruko-chan 7. Manga Japanese Fairy Tales 8. Mobile Suit Gundam 9. Nausicca of the Valley of Wind 10. Dr Slump 11. Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro 12. Kiki’s Delivery Service 13. Dog of Flanders 14. Galaxy Express 999 15. Spirited Away 16. Urusei Yatsura 17. Tetsuwan Atom 18. 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother 19. Touch 20. Hakushon Daimaou 21. Moomin 22. Space Cruiser Yamato 23. Candy Candy 24. Obake no Q-tarou 25. Himitsu no Akko-chan 26. Jungle Emperor Leo 27. Crayon Shin-chan 28. Mahoutsukai Sally 29. Kontyuu Monogatari Minashigo Hacchi 30. Ikkyuu-san 31. Dragon Ball 32. Dokonjou Gaeru 33. Ashita no Joe 34. Yattaman 35. Cat’s Eye 36. Ninja Hattori-kun 37. Attack No. 1 38. Scientific Ninja Team Gatchaman 39. Tom and Jerry 40. Adventures of Maya the Bee 41. Mononoke Hime 42. Rose of Versailles 43. Soreike! Anpanman 44. Mazinger Z 45. Oishinbo 46. Haikara-san ga Tooru 47. Tetsujin 28 48. Future Boy Conan 49. Ace o Nerae 50. Slam Dunk 51. Inakappe Taishou 52. Tensai Bakabon 53. Kyojin No Hoshi 54. City Hunter 55. Laputa 56. Tiger Mask 57. Parman 58. Dokaben 59. Ribbon no Kishi 60. Devilman 61. Kiteretsu Daihyakka 62. Cyborg 009 63. Youkai Ningen Bem 64. Chiisana Viking Bikke 65. Majyokko Meg-chan 66. Captain Wing 67. Osomatsu-kun 68. Babel II 69. Mach Go Go Go 70. Yawara! 71. Kinnikuman 72. Fujiko A. Fujio’s Warau Salesman 73. Cutey Honey 74. Jarinko Chie 75. Yu Yu Hakusho 76. Glass Mask 77. Neon Genesis Evangelion 78. Akadou Suzunosuke 79. Asari-chan 80. Shounen Ashibe 81. High School! Kimengumi 82. Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon 83. Fist of the North Star 84. Yu-Gi-Ou 85. Pocket Monsters 86. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 87. Yuusha Raideen 88. Akira 89. Runrun the Flower Child 90. Tottoko Hamutarou 91. Ojya Majyo Doremi Dokka~n! 92. Eight Man 93. Obocchyama-kun 94. Maison Ikkoku 95. Maicchingu Machiko-sensei 96. Hajime Ningen Giatrus 97. Karimero 98. Rascal Raccoon 99. Ken the Wolf Boy 100. Young Kindaichi’s Casebook
Source: Anime News Service
Bandai has announced that Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicle will be released for the Playstation 2 in Japan this August. The game appears to be Bandai’s version of Capcom’s Federation vs Zion shooting game utilizing Federation and Zion mecha but no story continuity or relation to the classic Gundam franchise.
Source: The Magic Box
Capcom has officially opened its website for Devil May Cry 2. The bilingual English and Japanese site includes early information and an MPG trailer.
Korean game news site Ruliweb has published new images and a new Quicktime clip (originally from IGN) of Tecmo’s upcoming Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
Source: Madman’s Cafe
The Magic Box has published the first images of the currently in development Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Playstation 2 action game being developed by Japanese studio Genki. In order to capture the graceful movement of kung-fu, the game’s fighting will be controled entirely by the analog stick of the PS2 controller.
The Magic Box has published the first images and details of Koei’s upcoming Xbox action game Crimson Sea. Based on the Shin Sangoku Muso 2 (known as Dynasty Warriors 3 in America) game engine, Crimson Sea will be set in a futuristic sea city called Gurahve and will pit the player against thousands of invading aliens. With the power of the Xbox, Crimson Sea will feature over 1000 independently moving characters on screen at the same time! The online compatible game will be released in Japan this fall, followed by releases in North America and Europe.
Koei will also be porting Dynasty Warriors 3 to the Xbox this summer.
Ain’t It Cool News has published a mixed review of Ryuhei Kitamura’s Versus from its screening at the Seattle International Film Festival. Media Blasters will be distributing the film theatrically and on home video in America.
Question:
I’m an avid anime and video game fan. My question is, are there any more video game series that will be convert to anime series?
