Viz Media’s Shonen Sunday site is now streaming an English subtitled trailer for the upcoming Inuyasha: Kanketsu Hen television anime series. The first subtitled episode will premiere on the Shonen Sunday site this Saturday, the same day it airs in Japan.
Source: Anime News Network
TV Asahi’s official site for the upcoming Kaidan Restauran ~ Thriller Restaurant television anime now features a streaming teaser trailer. Click the TV set to access the trailer. The show will premiere, appropriately, on October 13th.
Source: Anime News Network
Now that October has arrived, 7-Eleven stores nationwide have launched their Domo-Nation promotion featuring the “Fuji Frost” red apple flavored Slurpee in a variety of Domo cups with Domo straws, and a variety of other Domo-themed packaging and merchandise. The promotion is also kicked off by the premiere of the first of three original Domo webisodes animated by Japanese animation studio dwarf, inc., the original creators of the Domo-kun stop-motion animation. The first new “Domo Loves Slurpee” episode is available online now. Episodes 2 & 3 will debut on the 14th and 30th.
I still love Domo-kun, but I do miss the days when he & his adopted family lived quiet, peaceful lives. I’m having a little trouble adjusting to the pink gas cloud farting, bling sporting, product shilling Domo & company.
Oh! That Domo straw isn’t a superhero outfit; it’s a pro-wrestling costume.
Source: Anime News Network
The official site for the Strike Witches video game franchise is now streaming the opening animation for the upcoming Nintendo DS Strike Witches: Aoi no Dengekisen – Shin Taichou Funtousuru! game. The game is scheduled for Japanese release on November 26.
Source: Rakugakidou
Providing further evidence of the international affection for Japanese pop art, the United Arab Emirates’ first “manga” magazine, Khayal (Imagination), has just celebrated its first anniversary. The first two issues of the original Arabic manga-style comic anthology are available for free download. The debut issue of Khayal was released in September 2008.
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Question:
A lot of anime focuses on people in the military or ex-military personnel. Shows like Ghost in the Shell, Rurouni Kenshin, Peacemaker, Full Metal Panic, Blood+, Galaxy Railways and most robot anime tend to have a military backdrop. I was just wondering if there was any reason for this. I also noticed that a lot of these military anime tend to focus either in the samurai era of Japan or near future.
I’m sure if you found the military anime percentage out of all anime, it would be similar to a military Hollywood movies percentage out of all Hollywood movies. But I’m just wondering if there is a reason for such a focus on the military, considering that right now Japan is not a very militaristic country. Or is it all just for entertainment?
