Fan site Ghibli World now hosts the latest trailer for Studio Ghibli’s upcoming anime film Gedo Senki, recorded from the NTV television program “Zoom In Super.” The Windows Media format video clip is available in small and medium resolutions.
The official Japanese homepage for the Hellsing OVA series now hosts a 15 second long streaming Window Media format trailer for the second OVA, scheduled for release on August 4.
Source: Rakuga Kidou
Manga Entertainment has requested photos of anime fans costumed as Lupin III characters for possible addition in a fan gallery on the special edition Castle of Cagliostro DVD. Please send photos, name, age, and address to Manga Entertainment’s Keith Burgess.
Source: Anime News Network
A full length theatrical trailer for the first live action Death Note movie is now available in streaming Windows Media format.
Source: Twitch
Panik House has announced plans to release an American DVD edition of Teruo Ishii’s 1998 film “Screwed,” a live action adaptation of Yoshiharu Tsuge’s underground manga “Neji-shiki” (Wind-Up Type). Screwed will hit American DVD on July 26th.
Source: Kung Fu Cult Cinema
Kogado Studios has announced this its PC “short novel & music simulation” game Dear Pianissimo will be released this July. The game will come pre-loaded on a USB memory stick molded inside a 13cm figure of game character Piano, a small music fairy. The figure connects to a computer via USB cable, allowing the player to load the game onto a PC and play with the figure on display nearby.
Source: ITmedia +D Games and Akadot
Japanese game design studio Grasshopper has announced its development of a Playstation 2 action/adventure game titled “Blood+ One Night Kiss,” based on the current anime television series Blood+.
Likewise, Sony has announced development of its own 3D action game titled “Blood+ ~Souyoku no Battle Rinbukyoku~“, scheduled for Japanese release on July 27th.
Question:
With the release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children do you believe if the DVD sells well in America that anime production companies will start to create even more anime based on video games? And if so, do you think that with the success of CGI movies in general, one day they will create a full length anime series all in CGI?
Bandai Visual is scheduled to release the first Kikoushi-Enma horror OVA on August 25th. Game News Site EG reports on the completion of the dialogue recording for the anime, and explains that the new production is a re-imagining of Go Nagai’s 1973 lighthearted horror anime TV series Dororon Enma-kun.
Source: Rakuga Kidou
Anime News Network now hosts a new interview with Japanese composer Kenji Kawai.
Question:
What is the Japanese take on hentai? Is it looked at as nothing more then pornography? The average hentai has a lot more work put into it then the average adult film.
The latest anime production from Katsuhiro Otomo, director of Akira and Steamboy, is a 30 second TV commercial for Nissin Cup Noodle featuring the song “This Is Love” from vocalist Hikaru Utada’ upcoming album Ultra Blue. The animated TV commercial is part of the Freedom Project, “A story of freedom fighters set in the 23rd century.”
Source: Yahoo Japan News & Akadot
Toonami Jetstream, a partnership between Cartoon Network and Viz Media, will launch on July 17. The ad-supported site will offer free, full-length episodes of shows including Naruto, Samurai Jack, Hikaru No Go, MAR, and The Prince of Tennis. ICv2 News reports that Toonami Jetstream will also host the American premier of Zoids Genesis. The site will be refreshed with new episodes weekly, and will offer an archive of previously run episodes.
ICv2 has published an interview with Viz Media Executive Vice President John Easum regarding the Toonami Jetstream partnership.
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
Blu has scheduled the release of two new English translated yaoi manga.
Gerard et Jacque volume 1 will retail at $9.99 beginning September 30.
Junjo Romantica volume 1 will retail at $9.99 beginning October 31.
Source: Anime on DVD
Manga Entertainment has announced plans to release a Castle of Cagliostro Special Edition DVD on July 25th. The new DVD will retail at $24.98.
Source: Anime on DVD
