Question:
Do you think a “Saint Young Men†anime adaptation is possible in the near future? I know the manga is quite popular right now, like “top ten†material, and actually is one of the few original ideas for a manga this year. So why not?
The official website for next year’s Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen (Gintama: Benizakura Arc — A New Retelling) feature film has added a second streaming trailer. The movie will hits Japanese theaters on April 24.
Source: Anime News Network
The homepage for the Precure All Stars DX 2: Kibo no Hikari ~ Rainbow Angel o Mamore! (Precure All Stars DX 2: Light of Hope ~ Protect the Rainbow Angel!) feature film is now streaming a 45 second teaser trailer. The movie, the second to feature the heroines of all six Pretty Cure TV series, will hit Japanese theaters on March 20.
Source: Anime News Network
The official website for the Crayon Shin-chan movie franchise is now streaming a 30 second teaser trailer for next year’s 18th feature, Crayon Shin-chan: Cho Jiku! Arashi wo Yobu Ora no Hanayome (Super Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride). The movie promises to reveal not only Shinnosuke’s future wife, but also Shin-chan himself as a future adult. The movie opens in Japanese theaters on April 17.
Source: Anime News Network
The official website for the Doraemon movie franchise is now streaming the teaser trailer for next year’s 30th feature film. Doraemon: Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen (Doraemon: Nobita’s Great Merman Sea Battle) will hit Japanese theaters on March 6. To get to the trailer, click the “ENTER” button, then the bottom button in the pop-up box. On the menu at the right side of the page, select the fourth option from the top.
Source: Anime News Network
Digital video distributor BeeTV is now streaming the first episode of ufotable’s new anime series Yawarakame. The series starring a soft-shelled turtle is unique in the respect that voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro performs all of the character voices in the show. To watch the first episode, click the website’s top left button, then then button third from the bottom in the drop-down menu.
Source: Anime News Network
The tenth One Piece feature film earned 1.038 billion yen ($11.7 million USD) during its first two days of Japanese theatrical release this past weekend. Although the film played on only 188 screens throughout Japan, it outgrossed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which played on 844 screens earlier this year, earning 990 million yen in its opening weekend. One Piece: Strong World also had a bigger opening weekend than last year’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which earned 1.025 billion yen in its opening weekend. Only time will tell, however, if Strong World has the strength to sustain its audience.
The movie’s 5.52 million yen ($62,200 USD) per-theater average receipts set a new Japanese record for per-theater revenue in the contemporary era that limits viewers to the number of seats available (no standing viewers allowed). The film’s 553 million yen first day gross easily surpasses Toei’s previous record holder, the Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs DaiShocker movie that earned 247 million yen on its first day.
Source: Anime News Network & Eiga.com
Within ICv2′s lengthy interview with Dark Horse Comics’ CEO Mike Richardson, discussion of Dark Horse’s place in the manga publishing market and its perspective on manga licensing gets some discussion.
Steve Wang, co-executive producer and episode director on Adness Entertainment and 4Kids Entertainment’s live action Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight television series – an American adaptation of the Japanese Kamen Rider Ryuki TV series, has confirmed that the CW TV network that broadcasts the 40 episode series has canceled the show due to low ratings. The series’ 38th episode will air on December 26. The fate of the series’ final two episodes is unknown. Wang also states that a DVD release is uncertain.
Source: Gaijin Side blog
Imagi creative director Felix Ip has confirmed that Hong Kong based animation studio Imagi (TMNT, Astro Boy) laid off over 100 of its 400 employees last Friday. Imagi’s 2009 Astro Boy motion picture reportedly cost $60-$65 million USD to make and has so far earned roughly $20 million in international release.
Our best wishes go out to both the freshly unemployed and the surviving Imagi studio.
Source: Anime News Network
Question:
With the decade coming to an end, what was some of the best anime to come out 10 years ago?
The official homepage for the Pocket Monster movie franchise is now streaming a teaser trailer for next year’s 13th Pokemon movie. Pocket Monster Diamond & Pearl: Genei no Hasha Z (The Phantom Champion Z) will hit theaters on July 10.
Source: Anime News Network
Question:
Why do western fans say that moé is what’s stopping creativity of the anime industry when it clearly shows that’s what has been one of the most successful genre in Japan right now?
The official website for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha motion picture is now streaming a full theatrical trailer. The theatrical remake of the first Lyrical Nanoha television series will hit Japanese theaters on January 23.
Source: Anime News Network
