The homepage for the Higashi no Eden ~Eden of the East~ anime series has added a streaming trailer for its upcoming second and concluding feature film. Higashi no Eden the Movie II: Paradise Lost will open on March 13.
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Monthly Comic Gum magazine has announced that the 10th volume of Tokuichi Minagi’s comical “battle fantasy” manga series Ashiaraiyashiki no Junin-tachi (The Residents of Ashiaraiyashiki) will be released on March 25 in softcover standard edition retailing at 1,050 yen and a 1,995 yen hardcover limited edition that incldes a short anime DVD. The action comedy series revolves around the human and monster residents of the Ashiaraiyashiki apartment building.
Based on these pages, this looks like it could be adorable fun.
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The official homepage for the Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) anime franchise has announced that the series’ upcoming second television series will revolve around a pair of new, original characters: Alois Trancy and butler Claude Faustas, played respectively by voice actors Nana Mizuki and Takahiro Sakurai. The character designs for both new characters were drawn by Kuroshitsuji manga creator Yana Toboso, but neither character originates in the original manga. There’s been no word on whether the stars of the manga and first TV series, Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis, will appear in the second anime series, which will premiere in July.
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The Nikkan Sports newspaper reports that the ending scene of the current Winter Sonata anime television series will be shot in live action and star actors Yong Joon Bae and Ji Woo Choi, stars of the original 2002 live-action Korean television drama that the anime is based on. Yong Joon Bae and Ji Woo Choi are both currently starring in the anime series by providing the voices of the animated versions of their characters. The final 26th episode of the anime series will air on April 24.
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Soukyuu no Fafner screenwriter Tow Ubukata revealed on the Bestseller Book TV program that a Fafner anime theatrical film is now in production. The official Japanese homepage for the Soukyuu no Fafner ~ Dead Aggressor: Heaven And Earth project revealed, last month, that the project will be some type of anime production. The episode of Bestseller Book TV featuring Ubukata will air this Friday.
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Eight television stations in southwestern Japan affiliated with the Fuji TV network, including Television Nisinippon, Television Nagasaki, Miyazaki Telecasting, and Okinawa Television, have announced the formation of an original anime development partnership with Flash animation production studio DLE Inc. (Eagle Talon, Haiyoru! Nyaru-Ani) and ad agency/producer Dentsu. The collaboration will create anime shorts for broadcast by the eight stations during commercial breaks beginning this month. The works will also be distributed to mobile phones and eventually franchised for merchandising and DVD.
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MoviesOnline.ca and ScreenRant.com have both published exclusive interviews with Laeta Kalogridis, screenwriter for Dreamworks’ planned live action feature film adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell manga. Kalogridis describes her script as, “An adaptation of the original manga,” with, “a lot of action… lots of action. There’s still going to be a lot of atmosphere – [The movie] is about vast possibilities – all of this technology, the Internet – it’s about the limitless possibilities of this technology.” The movie is tentatively scheduled for release next year.
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Fan site Revolution of Evangelion has compiled a thorough three-hour long video review of FUNimation’s release of the Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone motion picture, including comparison of the domestic DVD release of the Evangelion 1.01 cut and the forthcoming domestic Blu-ray release of the Evangelion 1.11 cut, and an analysis of FUNimation’s English dub for the film. The two part review is available on YouTube, segmented into 17 videos accessible from the Revolution of Evangelion YouTube Channel.
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Inspired by the iconic climax of Sora no Otoshimono episode 2, which depicted hundreds of women’s panties magically flying like birds, award-winning sci-fi author Housuke Nojiri (Rocket Girls) has organized a commemorative event to be held on March 6th during the Sora Fes! model rocketry convention. The event will consist of a mass launch of model ornithopters (flapping-wing airplanes) colored and shaped like panties. Nojiri will be joined at the event with co-organizers Kazuhiko Hachiya (developer of the life-sized “Nausicaa mehve) and TBS television announcer Jun Suzuki. “Panty ornithopters” will be available for 1,000 yen each. Admission to the Sora Fes! event costs 2,000 yen and includes one ornithopter. Reportedly the rubber-band powered model ornithopters flap their wings and can remain airborn for up to 20 seconds.
I dearly hope we get to see video of this launch.
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An official website, and trailer, has launched to announce the February 20th premiere of the Kyoretsu! Mouretsu!! Kodai Shoujo Dogu-chan Matsuri Special Movie Edition theatrical film. The live action movie will consist of footage from last year’s late night action/horror/comedy television series enhanced by extensive new footage directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police). The 12 episode Kodai Shoujo Dogu-chan television series was created by Machine Girl director Noboru Iguchi with episodes directed by Iguchi, Takashi Shimizu (Juon), Keisuke Toyoshima, and series producer Takuma Tosaka. Yoshihiro Nishimura contributed to the TV series’ visual effects.
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W. W. Norton & Company will release an English translation of Ryu Murakami’s 1997 horror novel Audition this June. The novel was famously adapted into a live action feature film by director Takeshi Miike in 1999. An English translation of the novel was published in the UK last year.
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Yahoo! News has published an incisive article examining the progressive breakdown of consumer confidence and market lead of major Japanese corporations due to a number of factors including oppressive Japanese corporate culture, over-expansion, sluggish response to developing trends, and reliance on status quo rather than innovation.
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