An “issue 0″ preview of online adult anime magazine AXA: All X Adult is now available. The preview is intended for adult visitors only. An AXA guestbook is also open to encourage visitors to critique the preview issue and provide suggestions.
The front page of the official Japanese Bio-Booster Armor Guyver website states that a major announcement related to Guyver will be made at the Tokyo Anime Fair, occurring March 31st to April 3rd.
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The official Japanese website for the Playstation 2 sci-fi themed love adventure game Hametsu no Mars (Mars of Destruction) now hosts a 3:44 long AVI format trailer consisting of gameplay and anime footage. The game will be released on May 26th.
Source: Moon Phase
Bandai Entertainment has informed retailers that Di-Gi-Charat Nyo DVD volume 1, originally scheduled for release on May 24th, has been delayed indefinitely.
The Magic Box hosts screenshots and information about Namco’s Soul Calibur 3, scheduled for release on the Playstation 2 later this year. An additional two pages of large images are available from ITmedia Games.
Galaxy Anime now hosts video footage of the unveiling of Soul Calibur 3 at Namco’s Japanese headquarters, and video footage of the “explosive reception for The Pillows at the Knitting Factory in New York City and their opening number.”
Question:
Many fans of dubbed anime seem to be very angry and disappointed that Sony and DreamWorks did not dub the Tokyo Godfathers and Ghost in the Shell 2 movies, but rather chose to treat them as “foreign art films” released in Japanese language with English subtitles only. Since most TV series and OVAs are released in the United States bilingually with Japanese and English audio and subtitles, should the companies have dubbed these movies?
Hakusensha Publishing’s LaLa Magazine has reported that the final chapter of Masami Tsuda´s Kareshi Kanojo no Jijo manga serial will appear in the June issue of LaLa Magazine, which goes on sale April 23rd.
Source: Little Harlocks News Log
Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi has announced its play dates for a west coast tour this April and May. The group will tour America’s east coast this summer.
Puffy AmiYumi will perform on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on April 28th at 12:05 am eastern time.
Source: Anime News Network
Question:
It occurs to me that, regardless of what the forum is, English speakers and writers attach the suffix, “-san” when referring to Japanese people, even when the content itself is entirely in English. I suppose, when you get deeper into the issue, even suffixes like “-chan” or “-kun” used frequently in English language translations/dubs of manga/anime are equally as anachronistic. If a Japanese product is completely translated into English, why is it okay to put in the anachronistic suffix? If the person creating the material is making such an effort to localize it for English speaking audiences, how is it respectful to the Japanese language to throw in bits and pieces every now and then? From my perspective, this use sounds terribly contrived and rather unnatural.
Japanese streaming media website Biglobe now hosts a 93 second long Windows Media trailer for the Gonzo Studios produced samurai/ninja action anime television series Basilisk. The show is scheduled to premier on April 12th.
Source: Moon Phase
According to Japanese fan site Moon Phase, Madhouse Studios will produce an anime adaptation of Ai Yazawa’s manga series Paradise Kiss. The anime will be directed by Osamu Kobayashi, director of the Beck anime series, and feature character design by Nobuteru Yuuki (X, Gunnm, Escaflowne, Five Star Stories).
Tokyopop has revealed that the first English translated volume of the Scrapped Princess manga will be released on August 9th and retail at $9.99.
The first of 12 volumes in the CLAMP no Kiseki series of art books will be released on April 12th. The 32 page book will focus on artwork of Card Captor Sakura and include bonus Sakura Kinomoto, Mokona and Modoki figure chess pieces. The limited edition CLAMP no Kiseki books will only be available from Waldenbooks & Borders bookstores and direct market specialty retailers. Each volume will retail at $29.99.
Source: Jagged Team
Viz has scheduled July 5th as the release date for the debut domestic release of several English translated manga series:
Full Moon Wo Sagashite volume 1 will retail at $9.99.
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden volume 1 will retail at $8.99.
Ouran High School Host Club volume 1 will retail at $8.99.
Sexy Voice and Robo volume 1 will retail at $19.99.
Tokyo Boys & Girls volume 1 will retail at $8.99.
Ultramaniac volume 1 will retail at $9.99.
Source: Anime on DVD
ADV Films has closed it’s Austin, Texas dubbing studio which went under the name Monster Island. The studio was responsible for the English dubs of recent releases including Get Backers and Petite Princess Yucie.
Source: Anime on DVD
