Japanese News Bytes

Ain’t It Cool News’ AsiaAICN column confirms that the Madhouse Studios digital anime movie Metropolis, scripted by Katushiro Otomo from a manga by Osamu Tezuka, directed by Rin Taro, will premier in June. Trailers for the film have already appeared in Japanese theaters. Hayao Miyazaki’s Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi no follow, debuting in July.

Mamoru Oshii has begun work on a new, top-secret anime film with Production I.G.