The fifth collected volume of Tae Sano’s Morita-san wa Mukuchi manga series will be released next January in a limited edition that includes a bonus DVD containing the first episode of the current anime television series plus two exclusive, unbroadcast episodes. The third volume of the manga, released last February, included the series’ first OAD.
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To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the first opening of the 2004 Tsukuyomi ~ Moon Phase TV series. The opening theme is “Neko Mimi Mode” performed by Dimitri From Paris.
Question:
many characters that i cant recognize and its bugging me
notable ones:
-the guy across hell teacher Nube, wearing school uniform
- the two guys to the left of Kankichi Ryotsu , one wearing school uniform and the other white cloth.
-the guy right to captain tsubasa, holding cards.
-the guy above sena wearing green suit, i swear i know but cant put my finger on it.
- the guy right under gentoki , with angry look
- and finally the guy steering the ship
Anime studio Sunrise has released a new five-minute promotional video for the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam AGE television series. The new show will premiere in October.
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The October issue of Manga Life MOMO magazine will formally announce next week that Ru Tatuki’s 4-koma manga series Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki is getting a TV anime adaptation. The ongoing manga about the daily life of an especially spherical cat premiered in 2004.
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Voice actress Satomi Akesaka has revealed the October premiere of a full CG anime television series titled gdgd Fairies (gudaguda Fairies). The lighthearted anime will illustrate the daily lives of three fairies. Akesaka calls the show similar to (dialogue-centric) short comedy anime including Eagle Talon & World of Golden Eggs.
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Hiro Kiyohara’s manga adaptation of Yukito Ayatsuji’s horror novel Another will ship next May in a limited edition that includes a bonus “Episode 0″ anime episode. Studio P.A. Works is developing an anime television series based on the Another novel. The TV series will premiere in January.
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The October issue of Megami Magazine reports that Onegai Teacher & Onegai Twins story creator Yousuke Kuroda and character designer Taraku Uon are now developing an original anime romantic comedy titled “Ano Natsu de Matteru” (That Eagerly Awaited Summer).
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80 year old voice actor Junpei Takiguchi passed away on Monday, August 29 due to stomach cancer. Takiguchi may be best known for playing Dokurobei, the mysterious villain of the Yatterman franchise who gives orders to the Dorombo Gang. Other anime roles include Doctor Eggman in the Sonic the Hedgehog OVA, and Count Brocken in Mazinger Z.
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To refresh your memory or introduce you to an interesting opening animation sequence, I submit the opening of the current Sacred Seven TV series. The opening theme is “Stone Cold” performed by FictionJunction.
This one’s actually more interesting with the credits than without.
Question:
I rencently saw your opening posts for Speed Grapher and Gunslinger Girl. Both Japanese openings had pop music songs as part of the opening. I much prefer “Girls on Film” for Speed Grapher and “The Light Before We Land” on Gunslinger Girl. I’m rather disappointed that they never made it on the domestic releases from Funimation. The question I’m posing is this. Are securing music licenses seperate and more expensive? Or rather, when securing the license for the anime, does it become more expensive if they included the rights to a pop song?
The September 1st issue of Weekly Bunshun Magazine reports that a live-action film and multiple anime films based on Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga series are currently in development from different studios. Reportedly a “super-popular idol” is being cast to headline the live-action film. Formal release dates for the film projects aren’t expected until next summer, at the earliest.
The Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure manga was adapted into two OVA series in 1993 & 2000, and a 2007 anime feature film (which has never been released on home video anywhere).
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Studio Khara has announced that its third Rebuild of Evangelion feature film will hit Japanese theaters in fall 2012.
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The current live-action Ouran High School Host Club television series will continue into a March 2012 feature film. The starring cast of the TV drama will reprise their roles in the motion picture. The drama series that premiered in July is an adaptation of Bisco Hatori’s popular shoujo manga that was adapted into an anime television series in 2006.
Source: Tokyograph
A mere day after Criterion quietly revealed its plans to release Ishiro Honda’s seminal 1954 monster movie Gojira on domestic DVD & BD, and following a public request from Criterion for public assistance in locating 35mm materials for director Terry O. Morse’s 1956 English language revision Godzilla: The King of Monsters, an anonymous private collector has come forward with a vintage 35mm fine-grain print of the English language film. “Fine grain duplicates” were, “High quality positive prints made from the original negative for the express purpose of making further internegatives – it’s not quite as good as having the original camera negative, but it’s as close as anyone can get 50 years later.”
Classic Media & Sony Pictures released the 1954 Gojira film on subtitled American DVD for the first time ever in 2006 in a handsome double-disc special edition.
Source: Twitch & Russell Smith
