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Dororon Enma-kun Remake Announced

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Japanese publisher Kadokawa Shoten has announced the development of a new anime adaptation of Go Nagai’s 1973 horror adventure manga series Dororon Enma-kun. The manga was simultaneously serialized as a 25 episode 1973 television anime series. The 2006 OVA adaptation Kikoushi Enma (Demon Prince Enma) depicted the characters with more more mature bodies but actually wasn’t much darker or more risqué than the original ’73 anime was. The new television series will be titled “Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera.”

Source: Anime News Network

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Beelzebub TV Anime Announced

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Following on the heels of the upcoming Beelzebub Shounen Jump Festa movie, Ryuhei Tamura’s supernatural comedy manga will also get a television series next January.

Beelzebub is the story of a high school delinquent who ends up serving as an unwilling surrogate father to the newborn son of the devil.

Source: Anime News Network

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Asahi Production Announces Anime Idol Franchise

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Prolific anime production assistance studio Asahi Production has announced its development of a multimedia franchise known as AGC38. The franchise will star 38 original anime girls who will appear in merchandise, TV appearances, online, and tentatively in original manga and anime. The female characters will be introduced to the public five at a time each week beginning October 1st.

You can call me narrow-minded, but I haven’t even seen this yet, and I already don’t like it.

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Pink Lady to Reunite

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Pink Lady, the legendary pop music duo of Mitsuyo “Mie” Nemoto and Keiko “Kei” Masuda that topped the Japanese charts from 1976 to 1981 and got immortalized in the 1978 biographical anime TV special Pink Lady Monogatari: Eiko no Tenshitachi, have announced a new comeback. The duo will release a new version of its debut hit single “Pepper Keibu” on September 29. They will release a double disc, 26-song “new vocal best album,” on December 1, and perform live in a concert event on March 31, 2011, the 30th anniversary of their breakup.

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Opening A Day

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the Galaxy Angel Rune TV series from 2006. The theme song is “Uchuu de Koi wa Ru-run Run” sung by the Rune Angel-tai.

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Ask John: Could Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Encourage Other Remakes?

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Question:
I’m finally starting to watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I was wondering if this series could somehow start a trend with studios animating an incomplete manga series and then reanimating the series once the manga is over, or was this just a special case? There are factors to consider: how long will it be, popularity of the series, and whether you would turn off fans if it was done too often. I was mainly wondering this because both Soul Eater and Claymore are still ongoing mangas that I really enjoyed and wouldn’t mind seeing the original creator’s story.

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