The Pokemon USA corporation is seeking to hire an animation director with 5-7 years of related work experience and a Bachelor’s Degree.
Digital Manga is seeking to hire a copywriter with at least a year of related work experience and evidence of higher education experience.
Source: Anime News Network
4Kids Entertainment has informed ICv2 News that One Piece and “Mew Mew Power” (Tokyo Mew Mew) have been withdrawn from Saturday morning broadcast on the Fox Network as part of a “normal sort of mid-season shuffle.” Both shows are expected to return to broadcast on the Fox Network at an undetermined time in the future.
FUNimation is seeking information from Canadian citizens about their experience purchasing anime in Canada, in order to enable FUNimation to encourage evolution in Canadian anime marketing and retail. Anyone with stories to share should e-mail them to canada@funimation.com.
Question:
I’ve been seeing this happen with more and more anime releases, but I was kind of mad when I saw the Evangelion Platinum DVD Complete Collection being released. Why did it make me mad? Because it’s a lot cheaper then buying each DVD in the set. I’ve bought about half of the individual DVDs. But this new full set will end up being almost half of the price. That is just wrong. To me, it’s almost like tricking (stealing from) the consumer. Anime isn’t cheap. And when they do things like this, it just makes me not even want to buy anime, and just wait and see if it ends up being released again cheaper. So now I have the choice of finishing the set I started, or possibly even saving some money by just buying the full set, meaning that I’ve wasted the money on the DVDs I already bought. What are your thoughts on this?
A 1:30 streaming trailer for the Wings of Rean anime series is now available from the show’s official site. The series will be broadcast on the internet beginning December 16th.
Source: Moon Phase
Japanese publisher Media Factory has announced anime adaptations of two of its titles. Yamaguchi Noboru’s light novel series Zero no Tukaima, and Yuichi Kuwajima’s Kamisama Kazoku light novel series will be adapted as anime series. No details about format, length, release date, or production staff have been revealed yet.
Source: Anime News Service
Japanese publisher Kadokawa has announced that Takimoto Tatsuhiko’s popular NHK ni Youkoso! manga series will be adapted into an anime. No details about format, length, release date, or production staff have been revealed yet.
Source: Moon Phase
Art Asylum has aquired the rights to produce a new line of Speed Racer toys. In addition, Art Asylum will create new Speed Racer animated episodes, which will appear on the internet during the summer of 2006 to prepare the way for the new toy line, which should be in retail stores next fall.
Source: ICv2 News
The New York Times recently published a lengthy article discussing current best-selling Japanese manga Kenranyyu (”Hating Things South Korean”) by Sharin Yamano, and “Introduction to China,” written and illustrated by Japanese artist George Akiyama from a script by Taiwanese scholar Ko Bunyu. Both manga are virulently critical of China and South Korea, in fact, arguably racist. Critical responses to the two manga suggest that their success in Japan is representative of a major social attitude in Japan- both racial discrimination and a sense of cultural insecurity.
Source: Anime News Network
The Nikkan Sports Newspaper has reported that director Yuichi Abe will film a live action film adaptation of Takeshi Konomi’s best selling Prince of Tennis manga. The film will utilize CG effects to re-create the amazing plays seen in the manga. The movie will tentatively be released in Japanese theaters next year.
Source: Akadot
Galaxy Anime has updated with video game trailers for Final Fantasy XII, Perfect Dark Zero, Condemned, Legend of Heroes, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, and Hitman: Blood Money.
Question:
What’s the deal with the “S” rank? I keep noticing it in games and other places. Is it supposed to be like a superior thing? If so, why use the “A, B, C” to follow? Why not continue to make their own way?
According to Ultimate Disney, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Whisper of the Heart will be released on domestic DVD on March 7, 2006. Each movie will be released as a $29.99 double disc set.
Production I.G. has formally announced development of director Mamoru Oshii’s next anime film, a movie titled “Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters” (”Tachiguishi Retsuden”). The film will be a unique view of contemporary Japanese history told relative to the rise and fall of people who steal fast food. The film will be released in Japan next spring.
Source: Anime News Service
