Japanese home entertainment distributor Starchild has formally announced an April 2008 premier for the Da Capo II Second Season anime television series. The new anime will be the fourth D.C. anime television series, and a direct sequel to the recently concluded Da Capo II television series.
Source: Anime News Network
The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming ToLOVEru (“Trouble”) anime television series is now online.
Source: Moon Phase Comments
The official Japanese Hellsing OVA homepage has revealed that the fourth episode of the ongoing series will be released in Japan on February 22, 2008.
Gonzo has formally announced plans to offer the Speed Grapher anime television series through commercial digital transfer as a year long experiment to explore the viability of peer-to-peer commercial anime distribution. Episodes will be available as copy-protected download-to-own digital files in standard definition at 1,000 yen per episode, and high definition at 1,500 yen per episode. Gonzo will also offer 2.5 minute long episodes of the Project PAPO CG animation at 150 yen per episode.
Commercial downloading requires installation of the “SkeedCast” content delivery program and may be restricted to consumers within Japan only.
Source: Anime on DVD
American adult manga publishing company Icarus Publishing now offers the 100+ page first issue of its Comic AG Digital erotic manga anthology magazine for free online distribution. The digital magazine is, of course, intended for adult readers only.
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Question:
Dubbing costs a lot and many people (myself included) don’t even listen to dubs. We prefer watching a work in its original language. How many people care about dubs? Would American anime distributors make more profit if they released subbed-only anime DVDs?
Anime News Network now exclusively hosts the first episode of the 2006 Kanon anime television series, dubbed in English by AD Vision, for free online viewing. Access to the episode is limited to North American viewers only.
Small text on the top corner of the cover of the January 10th issue of Japan’s Big Comic magazine reveals plans for an anime television series adaptation of Takao Saito’s long running action drama manga serial Golgo 13. Reportedly the new anime will premier next spring.
The Golgo 13 manga series, which began in 1968, currently has 147 collected volumes and is still ongoing, and has been adapted into two live action motion pictures in 1973 & 1977, an anime motion picture in 1983, and a 1998 anime OVA.
Source: Anime News Network
Japanese television network Kids-Station has announced plans to broadcast the Gag Manga Biyori 3 anime television series next year. Akitaro Daichi, director behind the first two Masuda Kousuke Gekijou Gag Manga Biyori television series will return to helm the third series. The official Gag Manga Biyori 3 web page features a teaser trailer announcing the production. Click the red “PV” button in the center of the page to view the Flash trailer.
Source: Anime News Network
The official Japanese Hokuto no Ken (“Fist of the North Star”) website has announced that the Shin Kyuseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken Toki Den (New Saviour Legend Fist of the North Star Toki Story) OVA series, originally planned for released in late 2007, will debut on March 26, 2008.
Source: Ultimatum
An uncited report on the Japanese Moon Phase message board claims that the Strike Witches multimedia project will be developed into an anime television series. The report also states that a manga adaptation will begin in the March 2008 issue of Comp Ace Magazine. Gonzo produced a short Strike Witches anime OVA in January 2007.
The Japanese government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally started its second International Manga Award competiton. The contest is open to amateur and professional artists from outside Japan. The entry deadline is February 29, 2008.
Source: Anime News Network
The results of a recent poll organized by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, the Japan and International Motion Picture Copyright Association, and the Association of Copyright for Computer Software reveal that the number of Japanese residents using file-sharing internet software has tripled since June 2006, reaching an all-time high. “As of September this year 9.6 per cent of internet users in Japan were using file-sharing software compared with just 3.5 per cent in June 2006, while the average number of files downloaded stood at 481 in September against 194 in the middle of last year, the survey said.”
Digital World Tokyo hosts specific statistics for Japanese file-sharing in 2006. Macworld hosts the 2007 statistics.
Question:
I know that the pilots for the Kimagure Orange Road, Kodocha, and Sky Girls TV series were released as one-shot OAVs. What other TV series also followed that format?
An official Japanese website has opened to announced the development of an anime television series adaptation of the Magicians Academy series of fantasy comedy novels by writer Ichiro Sakaki and illustrator Blade.
Source: Anime News Network
