The upcoming Lotte no Omocha television series appears to have updated its title to Astallote no Omocha while releasing a second trailer. The adaptation of Yui Haga’s ongoing romantic fantasy comedy manga will premiere in April.
And I still think that despite this looking quite unoriginal, it looks adorable. I wonder if the title was changed to avoid an confusion with the Japanese Lotte shopping and food conglomerate.
Kodansha has released a trailer for the upcoming second Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi OAD. The DVD will be released with limited edition copies of the 10th volume of Suzuhito Yasuda’s Yozakura Quartet manga on April 8.
Source: Anime News Network
An official trailer for this April’s Tiger & Bunny action/adventure anime television series has surfaced online courtesy of Bandai Visual. The trailer is available to international viewers through Bandai Visual’s streaming link, however, not accessible to international viewers on the series’ official homepage.
I’m not sure what to think about this yet. The action looks enjoyable, and the character design is interesting. But the clash of 2D and 3D is very jarring and distracting.
Source: Anime News Network
Japanese publisher and Dai Nippon Printing have announced joint acquisition of the Tokyo based manga publisher Vertical. Kodansha now owns 46.7% of Vertical while Dai Nippon owns 46.0%. Vertical was founded in 2001 and expanded into publishing English translated manga for the American market in summer 2008. Vertical Marketing Director Ed Chavez reports, “We’re working on our Spring 2012 list, and that should have around 2-4 Kodansha series & around 5-7 from other [publishers].”
Source: Anime News Network
Anime News Network has published an exclusive interview with ufotable anime studio founder Hikaru Kondo and Aniplex producer Atsuhiro Iwakami regarding the Kara no Kyoukai movie franchise and ufotable’s next work, a TV series adaptation of the Fate/zero visual novel game animated by the staff of the Kara no Kyoukai movies.
Enjoy the first teaser trailer for director Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Robo Geisha) feature film revival of the 1974 television series Denjin Zaborgar. The original character & concept was created by Created by Lone Wolf and Cub & Crying Freeman writer Kazuo Koike. Iguchi’s new film, Karate Robo Zaborgar, had its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival on January 28. A Japanese wide-release opening date has not been scheduled yet.
Source: Nippon Cinema
Warner Brothers Japan has announced that Umizaru director Eiichiro Hasumi will helm a feature film adaptation of Mikiya Mochizuki’s gritty and violent 1969 police action manga series Wild 7. 28 year-old actor Eita (Densha Otoko, Nodame Cantabile) will star as Dairoku Hiba, the leader of a secret team of motorcycle cops that act outside the law to enforce justice. The manga was adapted into a 1972-1973 live action television series, a 1994 OVA series, and a 2002 anime television series.
Source: Anime News Network
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the picturesque opening of the 2000 television series Strange Dawn. The opening theme is “Sora E,” sung by Eri Kawai.
Sorry about the watermark and ad. This was the only clip I could find.
Question:
My question is regarding Satoshi Kon’s posthumous film, “Dream Machine,” which has been slated for release some time in 2011 for a while now. Do you have any idea if this release date is still valid? Any news regarding this film? What is your expectation of this film?
Siliconera has received authorization to stream D3 Publisher/Namco Bandai’s officially English subtitled promotional anime short prequel for the PSP action RPG God Eater Burst. The animation was produced by ufotable (Kara no Kyokai). Although the God Eater Burst game will be released in America on March 15, Namco Bandai has no plans to release this 12 minute anime short “on disc” in America.
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The Tottoko Hamtaro Dechu television series will premiere at 9am on the TV Tokyo network on April 2, inheriting the timeslot of the currently airing Gokujo!! Mechamote Iincho Second Collection television series. The first Tottoko Hamtaro anime TV series aired 296 from 2000 until 2006.
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A seemingly official wallpaper and website have appeared online, both suggesting that an anime adaptation of Mashiro-Iro Symphony -Love is pure white- adult visual novel game from Palette is now in development. The school romance/harem game premiered in 2009 and spun off a manga adaptation and a PSP port.
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To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the second opening of the 1983 Aku Dai Sakusen Srungle television series. The opening theme is “Fighting On,” sung by Motohiro Hase.
This is a fairly stylish and exciting opening for a show that’s not very much of either.
FUNimation has acquired the domestic distribution rights to director Fumihiko Sori’s two-episode full CG anime series To (pronounced “tou”). The 2009 OVA series is based on manga stories by Yukinobu Hoshino. The series will be released on domestic DVD & BD this summer. Fumihiko Sori directed the full CG anime film Vexille.
Source: Anime News Network
Japanese media company Tokuma Shoten has launched a “Cyber Coil” application, based on the award-winning 2007 anime series Denno Coil, for the iPhone and other mobile devices. The application is free, and allows users to download all 26 episodes of the Denno Coil anime with English subtitles for $2.99 per episode.
It’s great to see this exceptional anime still getting some support, and in the absence of a conventional English friendly release, this translated release is a nice better-than-nothing.
Source: Anime News Network
