Month: January 2011

X Japan Signs With EMI

X Japan has signed a three-year manufacturing and distribution contract with EMI Music. EMI will distribute “Jade” as the group’s first American single release on March 15. The
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Warner Talks Thundercats

MTV has published an interview with Warner Bros. Animation producer Ethan Spaulding on Warner’s forthcoming revival of the 80’s Thundercats franchise, this time with Japanese studio 4°C animating.
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The Red

This short animation created by students at the Communication University of China last year is a lot of fun, and there’s a brief moment about half-way through that
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Opening A Day

To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I offer the opening of the 1994 shoujo comedy TV series Chou Kuseninarisou. The opening
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Lotte no Omocha Trailer

The homepage for the upcoming Lotte no Omocha television series has added a streaming trailer. The adaptation of Yui Haga’s 2007 and ongoing romantic comedy manga series is
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Shima Kosaku Anime Announced

This week’s new issue of Morning Magazine will formally announce the development of a “somewhat unusual” anime adaptation of Kenshi Hirokane’s “Shima Kosaku” drama manga series. The manga
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Viz to Stream Nogami Neuro

Viz Media will begin streaming the 2007 supernatural mystery shounen anime television series Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro (Demonic Detective Nogami Neuro) on VizAnime.com on February 18. Source: Anime
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First Look at Anime Thundercats

Warner Bros. has officially released the first high resolution image of Studio 4°C’s new take on the classic ’80’s Thundercats franchise. Warner’s Japanese produced Thundercats anime will premiere
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