In a surprising announcement, the ten-episode 1993-2000 Black Jack OVA series is getting a concluding eleventh episode. Voice actors Akio Ohtsuka & Yuko Mizutani, who played Black Jack and Pinoko in the first ten episodes, will reprise their roles for the eleventh episode. A live video of the pair recording their lines will stream on Nico Nico Douga this Saturday, May 14, at 2pm Japan time (1am EDT).
Source: Anime News Network
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of 1984′s sadly forgotten slapstick comedy TV series Ranpou. The opening theme is “WARPED BOY,” performed by Chika Sakamoto.
After streaming the Hyakka Ryoran Samurai Girls television series on The Anime Network last year, Sentai Filmworks has announced plans to release the series on bilingual DVD & Blu-ray on August 23. The release will include all 12 episodes. Sentai has not yet confirmed whether the domestic release will include the Japanese home video bonus mini-episodes.
Source: Anime News Network
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of 1989′s Mado King Granzort TV series. The opening theme is “Hikari no Senshi-tachi,” performed by Kenji Suzuki.
Question:
It seems like the vast majority of anime on major digital distribution platforms like iTunes and Netflix is dub-only. After years of seeing dual language anime releases on DVD as something of a standard, I had expected the same set of options to be carried forward when anime went digital. Why aren’t we seeing more dual language releases as anime becomes increasingly available for download-to-own or streaming?
The homepage for this October’s Fate/Zero anime television series has added a streaming trailer. The show is a prequel to the events depicted in the 2005 Fate/stay night television series. While the Fate/stay night television series and movie were animated by Studio Deen, the Fate/Zero television series is animated by ufotable (Kara no Kyoukai).
Source: Anime News Network
The homepage for Young Gangan Magazine has begun streaming a 20 second trailer for director Tsutomu (Harea&cute;+Guu, Dokuro-chan) Mizushima’s upcoming adaptation of Cha Kurii’s comedy manga +Tic Neesan (“Plastic Elder Sister”). The series of two-minute episodes about a high-school model building club will premiere online on the 16th.
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Telefilm Canada now hosts the world premiere of the trailer for Academy Award nominated Japanese animator Koji Yamamura’s latest work, Muybridge’s Strings. The 14 minute short revolving around English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) will premiere at the Cannes Film Market next week prior to its official Japanese release this fall.
Source: Anime News Network
The Japanese home video release for studio BONES’ new original anime series Towa no Quon has been announced. The first episode of the six-part series will get a limited-release theatrical premiere on June 18. The six episodes will be released monthly on DVD & BD beginning August 26.
Source: Rakugakidou
Despite an April 29 television announcement that a new Lupin III “TV series” was in development, Japanese television network NTV has informed Anime News Network that the production will be the latest semi-annual Lupin III TV special rather than a new weekly series.
Director Gitan Otsuru (Wangan Midnight videos) is now helming a live-action feature adaptation of the “motocycle-riding bible,” Shohei Harumoto’s 1987 and ongoing manga series Kirin. Claude Maki (Psychometrer Eiji, Ryu ga Gotoku) will star.
Source: Anime News Network
To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening sequence of the 1994 Marmalade Boy TV series. The opening theme is “Egao ni Aitai,” performed by Rie Hamada.
The Shaft Network is now streaming an audio interview with “Ask John” Oppliger, although the “interview” is really more of a conversation about anime between me and Shaft Network’s Thomas Matis.
The American branch of Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyoto has launched a promotional campaign for the 2011 model Corolla labeling it, “The official car of Hatsune Miku.”
For many, many years I’ve hoped and wished for anime to get big in America. But I never, ever even dreamed that anything like this could or would ever happen. I’m speechless.
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Sentai Filmworks has revealed its acquisition of the 2009 Kobato fantasy anime television series. The 24 episode series produced by Madhouse was based on CLAMP’s manga about an angelic girl who must heal people’s hearts to earn her own wish.
Source: Anime News Network
