The DC Anime Club will host a manga drawing workshop on Saturday, January 16, from 3-5pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC. DC Anime Club artist Cheyenne “Angel†Lewis will teach participants the basics of creating their own manga characters. The workshop is free and open to the public.
Question:
I just got done watching Vexille last night and noticed how at the end of the movie they threw in a love triangle between the cyborg detective, and two human soldiers, and it reminded me of Inuyasha, which reminded me of harem anime in general like Shuffle! It seems as though that in every anime where there is a love story or a love subplot, there is usually some sort of multiple women vying for one man. So why are there so many love triangles in anime? Is it just to spice things up, or an anime creator’s fantasy, or is there some sort of cultural reference that I am unaware of?
For interested viewers that aren’t aware, Crunchyroll has begun streaming this month’s new Chu-Bra!! anime television series. Episodes are available to viewers in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
Crunchyroll, in association with Kadokawa Pictures, has announced plans to launch English subtitled streaming distribution of the new Omamori Himari romantic comedy action anime television series within 24 hours of its Japanese television premiere. The series will debut in Japan on the 6th. The first episode will become available to Crunchyroll subscribers at 9:00 a.m. PST this Thursday.
The official homepage for the upcoming Shukufuku no Campanella television series has added a streaming teaser trailer. Push the button in the center of the webpage to watch the trailer. The adaptation of Windmill Oasis’ bishoujo fantasy PC game will premiere later this year.
Source: Anime News Network
Nippon Animation has launched a YouTube channel, offering first episodes and sample footage from 27 of its classic anime television series. Most of the titles are series from the World Masterpiece Theater (WMT) franchise or similar adaptations of classic world literature, including Anne of Green Gables, Dog of Flanders, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Peter Pan, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Swiss Family Robinson. However, some of the titles offered are more conventional and less literary, including Mahoujin Guru Guru and Soreike! Zukkoke Sanningumi. All of the episodes and samples are streamed in original Japanese language with no translation.
Source: Anime News Network
For the benefit of folks that haven’t seen this yet. The movie is scheduled to open on December 1.
Looks good!
A 15 second TV spot advertising director Shinsuke Sato’s live action adaptation of Hiroya Oku’s Gantz manga has surfaced. The live action adaptation is scheduled to be two feature films premiering next year.
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This year’s second issue of Big Comic Original magazine has announced that Shinichi Ishizuka’s mountain climbing drama manga series Gaku -Minna no Yama- will be adapted into a live action feature film. The award winning manga series starring a member of a mountain climber rescue team premiered in 2003 and has 10 compiled volumes so far. The live action film will tentative debut next year.
Source: Anime News Network
The English language side of the Japanese Shonen Jump magazine homepage has added English translated debut chapters of Syuichi Asou’s Super Idol Kanata and Naoya Matsumoto’s Nekowappa manga series. Access to both samples is free, but requires the proprietary Shonen Jump Manga Browser software.
Article provided by Daniel Zelter
Gunnm (“Battle Angel Alita”) creator Yukito Kishiro has added a playful, brief Flash animation opening to his website to commemorate the new year and the 20th anniversary of his ongoing Gunnm manga series.
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Game software developer Sega Sammy Holdings has announced the foundation of a CG animation production subsidiary called Sega Sammy Visual Entertainment. Although just formally announced, the subsidiary was formally established on June 1, 2009. Its press announces, “Sega Sammy Visual Entertainment will strive to become the number one family-oriented animation studio in the Asia-Pacific region within five years.”
Source: Sega Nerds
Funimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to last year’s live action films Kamui Gaiden and RoboGeisha. Both movies will hit American DVD later this year.
Director Yoichi Sai’s Kamui Gaiden film is an adaptation of Sanpei Shirato’s 1965 ninja manga serial. RoboGeisha is the latest action/splatter comedy from writer/director Noboru Iguchi, the director of Machine Girl and Hajirai Machine Girl.
Can’t say I’m surprised to see FUNi pick up Kamui Gaiden after licensing Ichi and Shinobi ~Heart Under Blade~. But I am surprised to see RoboGeisha go to FUNimation rather than Media Blasters.
Source: Anime News Network
FUNimation has announced plans to distribute DVD releases of 15 vintage kung fu films from the massive Shaw Bros. studio archive. The influential and massively successful Shaw Bros. production studio has financed the production of over a thousand feature films – most of them martial arts movies, since its foundation in 1924. At least some of Celestial Pictures remasters to be distributed by FUNimation were previously planned for release by FUNimation’s now defunct sister company BCI. 14 Amazons and Shaolin Hand Lock will retail at $19.99 each beginning March 16. Sword of Swords, The Duel, The Lady Hermit, Invincible Shaolin, Soul of the Sword, Life Gamble, Shaolin Rescuers, Shaolin Prince, Bastard Swordsman, Return of Bastard Swordsman, Opium and The Kung Fu Master, The Supreme Swordsman, and Hong Kong Godfather will follow.
Question:
Will season 3 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle ever be licensed for a US release? I’ve read mixed news outlining that season 3 can’t be aired in Japan because of it’s increasingly violent nature and the station that owns the license for Sakura is a child-friendly station. Does that mean the remainder of the series will hang in the balance, or is it possible that a 3rd season any beyond could be in the future? I know there are a couple of OAVs, but is that the last we’ll see of Tsubasa in anime form?
