TV Asahi has announced that a third Stitch anime series will premiere on July 6th. Stitch! ~Zutto Saiko no Tomodachi~ (Stitch! Absolutely Best Friends) will continue the story from the 2008 Stitch! and 2009 Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daiboken~ television series.
Source: Anime News Network
Last March Japanese publisher Hobby Japan released an original English language anime trailer for author Takehaya’s light novel series Rokujoma no Shinryakusha!? that suggested an anime was in the works. Hobby Japan has updated with a new trailer – this one in Japanese with less, but different, anime footage – again trying to generate interest in a formal anime adaptation. The trailer advertises a mail-away promotional DVD as part of a “We Want to Adapt Rokujoma no Shinryakusha!? Into Anime!” campaign.
Now that the first trailer has been taken down, I suppose I should have saved it when I had the chance.
Source: Anime News Network
Group Eight, the production company behind last year’s Korean television series Boys Over Flowers – an adaptation of Yoko Kamio’s shoujo manga Hana Yori Dango – is now developing a live action TV series adaptation of the late Kaoru Tada’s shoujo manga Itazura na Kiss. The contemporary classic Itazura na Kiss manga was adapted into a Japanese live action television series in 1996, a Taiwanese live action drama in 2005, and an anime television series in 2008. The Korean TV series adaptation will premiere this fall.
Source: Anime News Network
The Otona Keikaku performance troupe is preparing a stage play adaptation of the late Fujio Akatsuka’s beloved comedy manga series Tensai Bakabon (Bakabon the Genius). The 1967 manga depicts the misadventures of a mischievous boy named Bakabon, though much of the action focuses on Bakabon’s father, who regularly causes trouble with his absurd ideas. The manga was adapted into anime television series in 1971, 1975, 1990, and 1999.
Thirteen performances have been scheduled at the Honda Theater in Shimokitazawa, from July 23 to August 1.
Source: Tokyograph
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit to you the opening from the 1993 Ghost Sweeper Mikami television series. Chie Harada performs the opening theme song “Ghost Sweeper.”
Question:
In a recent viewing journal entry, you said, “So far, this series [Angel Beats!] strikes me as the epitome of ‘giving fans what they want.’ As long as Angel Beats continues to be self-aware and pander to popular otaku interests, it doesn’t have to actually make sense in order to be popular and successful.” Just to clarify, what are some signs that an anime — for example, Angel Beats! — is pandering to otaku audiences?
