According to Anime on DVD, Viz will publish Gosho Aoyama’s Detective Conan manga series in English under the American title “Case Closed.” Furthermore, the original Japanese character names will be altered to match the mainstream American names used in the Cartoon Network television broadcast.
Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that a Prince of Tennis motion picture will be released next year.
Source: Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo
Movielink.com now offers the first two American seasons of Starblazers for streaming online, on-demand viewing. The episodes are available in 4-5 episode packages for $4.99 per package.
The third English dubbed season of Starblazers, and the original Japanese Space Cruiser Yamato motion pictures will be available from Movielink in the future.
Source: Anime News Network
After a several year long hiatus, Kenichi Sonoda’s Gunsmith Cats manga will restart in the September issue of Afternoon Magazine as “Gunsmith Cats: Burst.”
Source: Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo
ADV Manga has announced that the first of three volumes of Najica Blitz Tactics manga will be released on August 24th and retail at $9.99.
The All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku manga, originally released in Japan as a special hardcover edition, will also go on sale on August 24th at a $14.99 retail price. The Nuku-Nuku manga features a 40 page manga story by original creator Yuzo Takada, and a 56 page cel art side-story to the original anime OAV series produced by original anime director Yuji Moriyama.
Source: Jagged Team
DVD Vision Japan has published new DVD reviews of:
Gad Guard volume 1: Lightning
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex volume 1
Robotech Remastered volume 3
Question:
I have a question about the anime “Super Gals.” I’m a huge fan and recently bought the box set (which has 26 episodes on 6 DVDs). But I’ve seen in several places online that the show actually has 52 episodes! And the final show on DVD 6 seemed a little odd - it said “Next” (implying another show) and looked like it had a slight trace of a preview that got cut off. Are there more episodes that haven’t been released here yet? And if so, are they planning to bring them here?
According to Absolute-0, the uncut DVD releases of Yu-Gi-Oh and Shaman King will be bilingual. The English dub tracks on the uncut DVDs will use the American character names, and will employ all of the original American voice actors to re-record the uncut episodes with new dialogue based on the uncut scripts.
AD Vision has officially announced that the first New Fist of the North Star OAV will hit domestic DVD on September 21st in a $29.98 disc only and $34.98 disc with collector’s box edition.
Source: Anime on DVD
Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to re-release the first Trigun manga graphic novel in a hardcover version this August. The hardcover Trigun manga volume 1 will only be available at Barnes & Noble stores and will retail at $11.95, $3 less than than the currently available softcover version.
Source: ICv2 News
The official Japanese website for the upcoming Kaminatsuki no Miko anime TV series is now open.
Source: Rakuga Kidou
Animate TV now hosts a 1:35 minute long streaming Windows Media trailer for the 3 episode Happy Lesson The Final OAV series. The trailer is available in narrowband and broadband resolutions.
Source: Moon Phase
DVD Vision Japan has published new reviews of the
Gunparade March Operation 3 DVD
Ninja Scroll volum 3: Deliverance DVD
Gundam Seed Astray manga
The Magic Box has reprinted the first revealed photos of Bandai’s 3D Playstation 2 fighting game based on the Shinkon Gattai Godannar anime TV series.
Question:
Do you think it’s fair that anime is taking over someone’s life? When you go all anime-ish and start using annoying Japanese words? And if you feel the urge to move to Japan? Then what? What will happen to your own culture?
