Toei‘s TV series to follow arc change that Eiichiro Oda‘s manga made last October The October issue of Shueisha‘s V Jump magazine is confirming on Saturday that Toei Animation‘s One Piece pirate anime will enter the New World arc on Sunday, October 2. Eiichiro Oda‘s original manga had entered the new stage in the storyline … Continue reading
Noboru Yamaguchi‘s fantasy light novel franchise already inspired 3 TV anime The wraparound jacket band on the second volume of Yukari Higa‘s Zero no Tsukaima Chevalier manga is announcing this month that the final series of the Zero no Tsukaima light novel franchise has been green-lit as a television anime. Zero no Tsukaima Kessakusen, selected … Continue reading
1st of 7 commercials to air before October premiere The official website for the Fate/Zero television anime series began streaming the first of seven commercials on Friday. The first 15-second commercial centers around the master Kiritsugu Emiya and his servant Saber. The second commercial with the master Waver and his servant Rider began airing in … Continue reading
e Japanese production company Toei unveiled “Rebellions,” a 133-second demo movie that was produced at Toei Digital Center’s Tsukun Laboratory, on its YouTube Channel on Friday. Koichi Sakamoto, the action director for much of the Power Rangers franchise, directed this short. The cast includes Nao Nagasawa (Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger), Minami Tsukui (Kamen Rider Den-O), and … Continue reading
The European arm of the game publisher Konami began streaming a five-minute gameplay video in high-definition for the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection set on Thursday. Konami is reissuing Metal Gear Solid 2, 3, and Peace Walker in this set for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in November.
1st part in theaters in December with director Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Studio DEEN, most of original cast The production company Aniplex confirmed on Saturday that the previously announced new Rurouni Kenshin anime series will be a two-part Shin Kyoto-Hen (New Kyoto Arc) original video anime series. The first part will play in Japanese theaters in December. … Continue reading
Trailer 1: Sequel set 12,000 years after Shoji Kawamori‘s combining robot series The Japanese production company Media Factory began streaming a 70-second “Sōsei ver.” trailer on Friday for Aquarion Evol, the new television anime series in director Shoji Kawamori and Satelight‘s Aquarion robot anime franchise. The trailer was shown at this past week’s Comic Market … Continue reading
The official website for the IS (Infinite Stratos) anime franchise began streaming a 61-second promotional video for the original video anime (OVA) Infinite Stratos Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujū on Saturday. The all-new video will be releasedon Blu-ray Disc and DVD on November 25. The anime franchise adapts Izuru Yumizuru‘s “popular high-speed school battle romantic … Continue reading
S3/Xbox 360 action game to be released in 2012 CAPCOM began streaming a three-minute trailer for the Asura’s Wrath action game on its YouTube channel on Wednesday. CAPCOM released the trailer for the Gamescom videogame trade fair being held in Germany from August 17 to August 21. CyberConnect2 (Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series) and producer Kazuhiro … Continue reading
E3-Tekken 3DS IGN began streaming a trailer for the fighting game bundle Tekken 3D Prime Edition on Wednesday. The game will be released on the Nintendo 3DS at a date to be announced. The game will be bundled with the computer-animated feature film Tekken: Blood Vengeance, which had a limited North American theatrical releaseon July … Continue reading
Death Note‘s Tatsuya Fujiwara to voice a black-suited man in Kaiji 2‘s last episode Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note, Battle Royale), the actor who played the character of Kaiji in the live-action adaptation Nobuyuki Fukumoto‘s Kaiji gambling action manga will guest star in the last episode of the Kaiji 2 television anime series. Fujiwara will voice … Continue reading
Festival to host live-action adaptation of Minoru Furuya manga by Suicide Circle‘s Sono Shion Sono‘s live-action film adaptation of Minoru Furuya‘s psychological drama manga Himizu will be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will run from September 8 to September 18. The Toronto screening will follow the film’s world premiere at the … Continue reading
1st Macross F works in U.S., Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, Crime and Punishment JManga, a platform for reading legal manga online, launched in the United States on Wednesday with titles that have not been published in this country before. Among the new titles are the first listing of Macross Frontier material in the United States, … Continue reading
The October issue of Shueisha‘s V Jump magazine is confirming on Saturday that the Digimon Xros Wars anime will continue into its second year on October 2. In its second year, the anime will “hyper-evolve” with a new world, new friends, and new Digimoncreatures, although it will still revolve around the main character Taiki and … Continue reading
This year’s 37th issue of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing on Monday that Ryohgo Narita, the author of the Durarara!! and Baccano! light novels, will write a novel based on Tite Kubo‘s Bleach manga. The announcement indicates that the main character of the novel will be Don Kanonji. The novel is part of … Continue reading
ormer CAPCOM creator Keiji Inafune, Idea Factory collaborate on Bakudan Handan The September 1 issue of Enterbrain‘s Weekly Famitsu magazine is revealing on Thursday that former CAPCOM game creator Keiji Inafune is collaborating with Idea Factory on Bakudan Handan (Bomb Judgment), a mystery/dating simulation game for female gamers. The story centers around a warning of … Continue reading
According to the official website, a TV anime of Black★Rock Shooter will be aired on the noitamina programming block from January 2012
According to Nikkei MJ Newspaper, the second season of Tiger & Bunny has been under consideration. Sunrise said the advertisement placed on the characters has established a new source of revenue independent of DVD & Blu-ray sales. However, the chief editor of Noitamina, Yamamoto Koji said the method cannot be applied to other anime.
Synopsis The story takes place in Europe in the year a.t.b. 2017. A Knightmare unit made of boys and girls from Zone Eleven are thrown into a military operation with a 5% chance of survival. They must rescue an allied unit left behind on the European warfront. According to the official website of toy retailer … Continue reading
The Dutch trading card company Upper Deck International filed a lawsuit against its own Upper Deck Co. subsidiary in California on Thursday — claiming that the subsidiary counterfeited the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game and cost its parent company millions of dollars in legal fees, lost sales, and damaged reputation. Upper Deck International (UDI) asserted that it … Continue reading
