To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the first opening of 1983′s TV anime series Tokusou Kihei Dorvack. The theme song is “Chikyuu Ni I Love You” performed by WELCOME.
Okay. Maybe this one isn’t really that interesting, but I happen to like it.
Question:
Why did Hanamaru Kindergarten and Chu-Bra! do so poorly? I heard both of these sold pretty low numbers in Japan.
Last year One Peace Books introduced itself to American manga readers with its English language publication of the essay manga So I Need to Lose 15 Pounds. Now the publisher deepens its relationship with its first conventional manga, the very unconventional romantic sci-fi fantasy adventure Tenken, by independent artist Yumiko Shirai. Fully ten years in development, Tenken is at once an epic and very intimate story of conviction, tradition, and the strength of humanity set in a recovering post-apocalyptic Japan. Winner of the Japanese governmental Agency for Cultural Affairs’ 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Encouragement Prize, Tenken is a work ideal for readers seeking a manga that’s more mature and literary than conventional shounen ninja or shoujo magical girls, and an ideal graphic novel for readers attracted to sequential art but not necessarily attracted to stereotypical Japanese manga.
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the first opening of the 2002 TV anime series Tokyo Underground. The theme song is “Jounetsu” performed by iksi:d.
The upcoming New York Comic Con will host the world premiere of GoHands & director Susumu Kudo’s anime feature film Mardock Scramble: The First Compression. Original Mardock Scramble author Tow Ubukata will personally introduce the premiere screening on October 8. The film opens in Japanese theaters on November 6.
Seems just a little bit odd to me to premiere this Japanese film at an American convention primarily devoted to American comics. But it’s not an unwelcome surprise.
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the absolutely beautiful opening of the 1998 Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight TV series. The theme song is “Kiseki no Umi” performed by Maaya Sakamoto.
Question:
I came across this question and thought it was interesting.
When was the last time a mecha anime actually contributed something completely original? That’s right, over 40 years ago. Name a mecha anime that brought something new to the anime industry. It’s funny how mecha fans complain about something killing creativity when the thing they love themselves has not brought anything new to the table in decades.
The Hello Kitty Online role-playing game will host the “Chocolate Harbour Rescue” charity event from September 9-30, 2010. When an accident at an offshore chocolate refinery spills tons of chocolate into the sea, Sanrio Harbour is inundated by sugary threats. Participating players will receive a free Mop-A-Choc, which they can use to help clean up the tasty mess and generate donation points. At the end of the month-long event, Sanrio Digital will match the total donation points generated by all participating players with cash donations split evenly between Oceana and UNICEF to provide relief & assistance for the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the ongoing catastrophic flooding in Pakistan. Participation in the Hello Kitty Online charity event is totally free.
The Nikkan Sports newspaper reports that a live action feature film based on Kimio Yanagisawa’s two volume drama manga Shimin Police 69 (The Citizen Police 69) is now in development for a spring 2011 release. Director Ryuichi Honda (Dance Till Tomorrow) is wrapping up principal photography now. 51 year-old actor Toshiya Sakai (Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar the Movie) stars as an average salaryman recruited into the “Citizen Police 69″ anti-crime organization. The original manga was serialized from 2001 to 2006.
Source: Anime News Network
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the memorable first opening of the 1994 Akazukin Chacha TV series. The theme song is “Kimi Iro Omoi,” this version sung by Shouko Sawada.
Kadokawa Shoten has released a 90 second trailer for Gainax’s upcoming “Powerpuff Girls with sex” original anime television series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. The series will premiere on October 1.
Still don’t know if want.
Source: Anime News Network
Broadcaster TV Tokyo has released a 90 second trailer for the first Inazuma Eleven feature film. Inazuma Eleven: Saikyo Gundan Ogre Shurai (Lightning Eleven: Strongest Ogre Corps Invasion)will hit Japanese theaters on December 23.
Source: Anime News Network
The seventh collected volume of Daisuke Sato and Shoji Sato’s action horror manga series Highschool of the Dead will be released next spring in a limited edition that includes an exclusive, alternate cover and a 20 minute long “Drifters of the Dead” anime episode on Blu-ray. The limited edition seventh manga volume will be limited to pre-orders only, accepted until February 10, 2011.
Source: Anime News Network
The official website for the sleeper hit crude comedy television series Mitsudomoe has confirmed that an 8 episode second season will premiere in January.
And the crowd goes wild!
Source: Anime News Network
In June, Crunchyroll received a $750,000 strategic investment from Japanese cell phone manga distributor Bitway, leading to speculation that the site had plans to begin offering digital manga. In a new interview with About.com, Crunchyroll CEO Kun Gao explains that the investment is not primarily for hosting digital manga, but rather a fund for developing proprietary digital manga distribution technology. While Crunchyroll may eventually add more digital manga offerings to its site, Crunchyroll is not presently licensing manga titles for digital distribution. Crunchyroll is developing software that other publishers and distributors can use to distribute manga online.
