New Announced Anime

[NeoSam]

The shounen(boy's) light novel Strait Jacket is getting an OVA series:

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ストレイト・ジャケット
Strait Jacket

OVA series.
First OVA will be released in October 2007.

Official anime site:
http://www.straitjacket.jp/

Based on a light novel thats published under the shounen light novel label Fujimi Fantasia Bunko.
For now there are 8 volumes released of this light novel, and one volume short story light novel (second volume of the short story light novel will be released on June 20, 2007).

Author: Sakaki Ichirou
Illustrator: Fujishiro You

Covers of main story light novels:

Spoiler:

Covers of short story light novels: (second volume of the short story light novel will be released on June 20, 2007)

Spoiler:

Genre: Shounen, Fantasy

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[jul10]

Manga Publisher, Shueisha , has announced that their manga Rosario + Vampire will be adapted into anime.
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Rosario to Vampire
ロザリオとバンパイア
(The manga title is Rosario + Vampire)

Premier: TBA
Genre: Shounen, Supernatural, Harem (ecchi)
Synopsis by gia from aol:

Rosario to Vampire is the story of a totally normal, average middle school boy named Aono who somehow finds himself attending a mysterious school far away from his home, only reachable by a creepy bus. If you’re guessing that his classmates are someone occult-ish, you’re right - and it’s a harem on top of that. The female lead is Maka, a vampire who only hangs with Aono as her food source…at first.

Synopsis by Baka-update:

By a bizzare coincidence, Tsukune Aono has accidentally gotten himself admitted to a youkai acadamy, a school attended by monsters (youkai). Just when he thinks he'll run away from there, he meets the beautiful girl Moka and his mood turns ultra happy. However, she transforms into her true form when the rosary on her chest is taken off, she's a super vampire!

Mangaka: Ikeda Akihisa
Manga Official Website: Rosario + Vampire

Up until now there are 9 volumes of manga that have been released.
Manga Covers:

Spoiler for Manga Covers:

[NeoSam]

Thanks for the info jul10 Rosario + Vampire is serialized in the shounen manga magazine Monthly Shounen Jump (a magazine that will go defunct soon. last issue will be released on 6/6/2007)

An official site for School Days anime has opened:
http://www.schooldays-anime.com/

[Sety]

New series Gundam OO (pronounced Double O) announced.
www.gundam00.net

Details in link below, trailer is on the website.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=48543

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Sety

New series Gundam OO (pronounced Double O) announced.
www.gundam00.net

Details in link below, trailer is on the website.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=48543

Huh. It can't be, thy precious has returned to me after so long. So many feelings rushing through me, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow to check it out. All I can say is Sunrise seems really busy this year. They have to finish up Code Geass, they are working on iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia and now they have a Gundam series to do as well. Hopefully all goes well with this new one. A fresh start is definetely needed outside of Cosmic Era and I was gunning for a new AU for a while now (even had dreams about it). I'm glad to see some of the characters look determined instead of angsty and wishy washy as well. I'm marking October on my Calendar as the mecha revival is now fully complete with more Gundam on the way.

[darkchibi07]

Are the characters designs done by Yun Kouga? God, I'm getting Loveless vibes out of this!

[Friera]

Originally Posted by darkchibi07

Are the characters designs done by Yun Kouga? God, I'm getting Loveless vibes out of this!

Probably.

And there's a rumor it is the director behind FMA who will direct this as well...

()

[Siegel Clyne]

Serialized in the seinen magazine Young Gangan, Sekirei is an ecchi manga aimed at young men by Gokurakuin Sakurako, a female manga artist and illustrator better known for her BL (boy's love) / yaoi works (professional and doujin).

Synopsis: Sekirei stars a guy named Minato, a typical Keitaro-grade loser. He's failed college examinations twice. His life changes, however, when he meets Musubi. Unknown to him at the time, Musubi is a Sekirei, a cyborg designed to fight other cyborgs, usually resulting in ecchi situations (ie, ripped clothes.)



Sekirei Vol. 1



Sekirei Vol. 2



Sekirei Vol. 3



Sekirei Vol. 4


According to the Young Gangan Official Site, a Sekirei Original Drama CD is slated to go on sale this summer (2007).

CAST

Character : Voice Actor (Seiyuu)

Sahashi Minato : Tachibana Shinnosuke

Musubi (Sekirei No.88) : Kawasumi Ayako

Tsukiumi (Sekirei No.09) : Tanaka Rie

Kusano (Sekirei No.108) : Tamura Yukari

Matsu (Sekirei No.02) : Matsuoka Yuki

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Suigintou Has Her Own Radio Show

Rozen Maiden's popular, black winged antagonist and once-upon-a-time, otherworldly evil villain queen, Suigintou has a radio show called Suigintou no Koyoi mo Ennu~i (Suigintou's It's Ennui Again, Tonight~). Fans write in to tell Suigintou their problem so she can solve it for them, or to try to persuade her to accept them as her medium.

This being Suigintou, however, she gives no helpful advice, refuses all requests, and puts people down in her unique, condescending manner.

Hilarious.

Not only does the Japanese voice actress (seiyuu) who plays Suigintou in the Rozen Maiden, Rozen Maiden Traumend and Rozen Maiden Ouverture animation (anime) series reprise her great voice acting role as Suigintou on the Suigintou no Koyoi mo Ennu~i radio show, Rie Tanaka (Hiroko Matsukata in Hataraki-Man; Lacus Clyne, Meer Campbell in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny; Chii {Chi} in Chobits, etc.) also plays the woman voiceover artist and the singing girl in the commercials.

And once again, Rie Tanaka memorably delivers Suigintou's famous lines, "Nyuusankin totteruu?" ("Are you taking your lactic acid bacteria?") and "Junk ni shite ageruwa!" ("I'll turn you into junk!").

The success of the first Suigintou no Koyoi mo Ennu~i CD has spawned a second Suigintou no Koyoi mo Ennu~i CD, slated to be released in Japan on June 27, 2007.

Sekirei Favorite Character Poll on AtWiki Japan

Originally Posted by Siegel Clyne

Sekirei Drama CD Cast

Character : Voice Actor (Seiyuu)

Sahashi Minato : Tachibana Shinnosuke

Musubi (Sekirei No.88) : Kawasumi Ayako

Kusano [Kuu-chan] (Sekirei No.108) : Tamura Yukari

Tsukiumi (Sekirei No.09) : Tanaka Rie

Matsu (Sekirei No.02) : Matsuoka Yuki

Kagari / Homura (Sekirei No.?) : Hirata Hiromi

Uzume (Sekirei No.10) : Kobayashi Yuu

Asama Miya [Ooya] (Sekirei No.01) : Oohara Sayaka

Seo Kaoru : Nakai Kazuya

Hikari (Sekirei No.11) : Kaida Yuuko

Hibiki (Sekirei No.12) : Neya Michiko

Minaka Hiroto : Seki Toshihiko

Narashino (Sekirei No.74) : Takahashi Mikako
[Drama CD original character]

Tsudanuma Osamu : Kawada Shinji
[Drama CD original character]

Sekirei Character Popularity Poll on AtWiki Japan

(Poll Results as of Date and Time of Post Last Edit)

Choices - Votes

Miya [Sekirei No.01] - 27 votes

Matsu [Sekirei No.02] - 223 votes

Kazehana [Sekirei No.03] - 35 votes

Karasuba [Sekirei No.04] - 25 votes

Mutsu [Sekirei No.05] - 4 votes

Yume [Sekirei No.08] - 6 votes

Tsukiumi [Sekirei No.09] - 273 votes 302 votes

Uzume [Sekirei No.10] - 1 vote 2 votes

Hikari [Sekirei No.11] - 51 votes

Hibiki [Sekirei No.12] - 2 votes

Iki [Sekirei No.19] - 1 vote

Mitsuha [Sekirei No.38] - 1 vote

Yomi [Sekirei No.43] - 1 vote

Yashima [Sekirei No.84] - 3 votes

Musubi [Sekirei No.88] - 110 votes

Kuno [Sekirei No.95] - 4 votes

Haihane [Sekirei No.104] - 1 vote

Benitsubasa [Sekirei No.105] - 3 votes

Shiina [Sekirei No.107] - 3 votes 4 votes

Kusano [Sekirei No.108] - 10 votes 11 votes

Homura [Sekirei No.?] - 22 votes

Akitsu [No Sekirei No.] - 1 vote 2 votes

Drama CD original character Narashino [Sekirei No.74], who talks in Kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) - among other things, she uses the honorific suffix "-han" instead of "-san" - is not listed as one of the choices in the poll.

Since the release of the Sekirei drama CD on July 25, 2007, #1 Tsukiumi (273 votes 302 votes) has widened her lead over #2 Matsu (223 votes), followed by #3 Musubi (110 votes).

(At one point earlier this year, I seem to recall, Tsukiumi had between 255 and 260 votes, while Matsu had between 221 and 223 votes.)

Tsukiumi in the Sekirei drama CD reminds me of Suigintou in Rozen Maiden, Tomoe Marguerite in My-Otome, and Isabella in Soukou no Strain. In addition to all of them being voiced by Tanaka Rie, they all intensely dislike the main heroine in the story - Suigintou hates Shinku, Tomoe hates Arika, Isabella hates Sara, and Tsukiumi (sorta) hates Musubi.

While Suigintou and Tomoe suppress their anger most of the time, Tsukiumi has an extremely short temper and often explodes in fits of rage, yelling and screaming in the unique trademark fashion of Tanaka Rie.

Unlike the evil, crazy, psychopathic villain Tomoe, or the sad, pitiful, one-time villain Suigintou, or the mean, nasty, spiteful bitch Isabella, however, the seemingly always angry Tsukiumi acts tough, but (as someone else elsewhere has noted) is really just an innocent girl wanting to be loved.

In the Sunday, September 30, 2007 entry on her blog, Tanaka Rie indicates that she has landed a lot of regular roles in anime and will announce them later.

Will Tsukiumi in a Sekirei anime series be one of them?

Tsukiumi Figure With Characteristic Tsuntsun Expression On Her Face

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Last edited by Siegel Clyne : 2007-10-06 at 03:28. Reason: Added Asama Miya's appellation, "Ooya" ("Landlady"). While others refer to Miya as "Ooya-san," Tsukiumi, who speaks in an archaic manner, calls her "Ooya-dono."

Last edited by Siegel Clyne : 2007-10-21 at 14:47. Reason: Updated @wiki Sekirei favorite character poll which shows #1 Tsukiumi substantially widening her lead over #2 Tsukiumi since release of Sekirei drama CD.

[NeoSam]

Happy Happy Clover will be broadcasted on July 6, 2007.

Ciao's site for Happy Happy Clover:
http://www.ciao.shogakukan.co.jp/happy2/

Ciao is the shoujo manga magazine which Happy Happy Clover manga is serialized in. the magazine has about 1 million readers, with most of its readers are under 13 years old.

Shugo Chara! will be broadcasted in autumn 2007.

Nakayoshi's site for Shugo Chara! anime announcement:
http://games.nakayosi-net.com/joho/a...yugoanime.html

Ciao, Nakayoshi, and Ribon are the biggest selling shoujo manga magazines:

Ciao has about 1 million readers
Nakayoshi has about 418,000 readers
Ribon has about 400,000 reraders

[eggplant]

Just came back from Rondo Robe 2007, the annual Geneon event.

List of titles that were announced today (will update with details):

Sky Girls TV anime will premiere in July 2007.
Koharubiyori OVA to come out in Fall 2007.
RIDEBACK by Mad House is in the works.
Yostunoha OVA.
Kamen no Maid Guy by Mad House slated for 2008.
ef -a tale of memories. by Shaft will start in fall 2007.
There will be an announcement on July 18th in the Cobalt magazine regarding Maria-sama ga Miteru

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スカイガールズ
Sky Girls

The TV anime adaptation of the previously released OVA originally created by Konami.

Broadcast: July 2007

ANN OVA Synopsis

In the near future, Earth is at war with aliens called Worms. The war leaves the population of Earth decimated, with young men the main casualties. The Worms were beaten back but their re-emergence heralds the creation of a mecha unit called the Sonic Divers, piloted by 3 young girls to counter this threat.

Staff
Director: Iwasaki Yoshiaki (Love HIna, Rikujou Boueitai Mao-chan, Bottle Fairy, Doki Doki School Hours, The Best Student Council, The Famiar of Zero)
Series Composition: Yoshioka Takao (Refrain Blue, Ikki Tousen, Mezzo, Elfen Lied, DearS, Major 2nd Season, Yoshinaga-san 'Chi no Gargoyle, The Familiar of Zero, Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny)
Character Design/Animation Director: Iwakura Kazunori (Ai Tori Aoshi, Gunparade March, AI Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~, Daphne in the Brilliant Blue, Loveless)
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff

Cast
Sakurano Otoha: Kawasumi Ayako
Sonomiya Karen: Gotou Saori
Ichijou Eika: Itou Shizuka
Elise: Tsuji Ayumi
Tougou Souya: Fujiwara Keiji
Hayami Takumi: Shiraishi Ryouko
Tachibana Ryouhei: Taniyama Kishou
Fujieda Nanae: Horie Yui

OP: "Virgin's high!" by MELL
ED: TBA by Gotou Saori

Official website: http://www.konami.jp/visual/skygirls/

AnimeSuki OVA Thread: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...006#post648006

こはるびより
Koharubiyori

An OVA based on the manga by Mizuki Takehito, serialized in the Dengeki Moeoh magazine. The June 2007 featured a CD drama.

Release: Fall 2007

Staff
Director: Inagaki Takayuki
Script: Aoshima Takashi
Animation Studio: Doumu (Daume)

Cast
Yui: Kitamura Eri
Minori: Akesaka Satomi
Murase: Kondou Takayuki

OP: "Apron Dake wa Toranaide" by Kitamura Eri

RIDEBACK ~ライドバック~

Based on the maga by Kasahara Tetsurou, serialized in the Monthly IKKI magazine, with 7 tankoubon releases (Vol. 8 out on June 29)

Spoiler for Manga Covers:

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Animation Studio: Madhouse

Release: TBA

よつのは
Yotsunoha

OVA adaptation of the PC game by Haikuo Soft (Caveat: Age verification required).

Release: TBA

仮面のメイドガイ
Kamen no Maid Guy

Refer to: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...postcount=1567

Animation Studio: Madhouse

Release: 2008

ef -a tale of memories.

Adaptation of the PC game by Minori (Caveat: Age verification necessary).

Broadcast: Fall 2007 (Prologue DVD release on August 24)

Staff
Director: Ohnuma Shin
Series Composition: Takayama Katsuhiko
Character Design: Sugiyama Nobuhiko
Supervisor: Shinbou Akiyuki
Animation Studio: Shaft

Cast
Miyamura Miyako: Taguchi Hiroko
Hirono Hiro: Shimono Hiro
Shindou Kei: Okada Junko
Shindou Chihiro: Yanase Natsumi
Hayama Mizuki: Gotou Mai
Tsutsumi Kyousuke: Tai Yuuki
Asou renji: Takagi Motoki
Amamiya Yuuko: Nakajima Yumiko
Himura Yuu: Touchika Kouichi

Official site: www.ef-memo.com

[alphabetsoup]

Originally Posted by NeoSam

The shounen(boy's) light novel Strait Jacket is getting an OVA series:

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ストレイト・ジャケット
Strait Jacket

OVA series.
First OVA will be released in October 2007.

Official anime site:
http://www.straitjacket.jp/

Wow.. I'm quite surprised. I first saw this announced in early 2006! It had been so long that I figured the project was dropped, but I guess not.

[NeoSam]

Great an ef -a tale of memories anime and a moe~ maid anime Koharu Biyori >.<

For the covers of Koharu Biyori manga, they are in this post.

Originally Posted by eggplant

RIDEBACK ~ライドバック~

Based on the maga by Kasahara Tetsurou, serialized in the Monthly IKKI magazine, with 7 tankoubon releases (Vol. 8 out on June 29)

Spoiler for Manga Covers:

[

Animation Studio: Madhouse

This was already announced, its mentioned in this post with the covers. There was also a Promotional Video for it on Youtube (mentioned in this post) but it was removed from Youtube >.<

[NeoSam]

Official sites for the anime have opened:

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The official site for the moe~ maid Koharu Biyori anime has opened:
http://www.koharubiyori.net/

Genre: Seinen, Comedy

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The official site for Kamen no Maid Guy anime has opened:
http://www.maidguy.com/

Genre: Shounen, Comedy

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The official site for Yotsunoha anime has opened:
http://www.yotsunoha.com/

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and the official site for ef -a tale of memories anime which has already been mentioned by eggplant:
http://www.ef-memo.com/

[Kensuke]

Originally Posted by eggplant

スカイガールズ
Sky Girls

The TV anime adaptation of the previously released OVA originally created by Konami.

Broadcast: July 2007

According to MoonPhase air date is July 5. (can't wait)

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Kensuke

According to MoonPhase air date is July 5. (can't wait)

To quote Howard Dean, "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"

[NeoSam]

The fantasy TRPG Night Wizard (ナイトウィザード) will be getting animated.

The Night Wizard game is authored by Kikuchi Takeshi and F.E.A.R.

The game's site:
http://www.fear.co.jp/nw/index.htm

Wiki entry for the game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Wizard!

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by NeoSam

The fantasy TRPG Night Wizard (ナイトウィザード) will be getting animated.

The Night Wizard game is authored by Kikuchi Takeshi and F.E.A.R.

The game's site:
http://www.fear.co.jp/nw/index.htm

Wiki entry for the game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Wizard!

I was wondering why I couldn't find any character pictures and statistics on the site, but then it hit me TRPG= Tabletop Role Playing Game. I wonder how this will work without anything beyond paper and possibly a rulebook to go on.

Originally Posted by From Wikipedia Entry

There are demons of King Solomon appeared as cute girls in the setting.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

[Kouji]

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Originally Posted by ANN

The story will take place in 2307 AD of our modern calendar system—which is different from the fictional Universal Century calendar of the first Mobile Suit Gundam series, the Cosmic Era calendar of Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, and the four other previously used calendar systems. It will be the first time a Gundam animated project officially takes place in our modern calendar system. (There were two apparent uses of AD dates in the first Mobile Suit Gundam series and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam series, but both dates were edited out of the later movie compilations of those series.)

Teaser Trailer

[NeoSam]

An official site for Happy Happy Clover anime has opened:
http://www.kids-station.com/minisite...ver/index.html

And more anime that got announced:

From AnimeNation:

Third Pico OVA Announced
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Japanese ero game new site Galge.com [link may contain adult content] has revealed that a third OVA in the "shota yaoi" adult anime "Pico" series will be produced in response to fan demand. The "Boku no Pico" OVA was released in September 2006. The "Pico & Chico" OVA was released in April 2007. No specific details about the third episode have been determined yet.

Source: Moon Phase

Second Bleach Movie Announced
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The official Japanese Bleach movie homepage has announced that a second Bleach motion picture will debut in Japan this December. The first Bleach movie, "Memories of Nobody," will be released on Japanese DVD on September 5th.

Source: Moon Phase

And a trailer:

Skygirls TV Series Trailer Released
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The Japanese i-revo Skygirls site now hosts a streaming trailer for the Skygirls television series. The trailer contains footage from the 2006 OVA and the upcoming TV series. The official Skygirls homepage has announced that the anime television series will premier in July.

Source: Moon Phase

[NeoSam]

Yes Yes Yes finally KimiKiss will be getting an anime

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キミキス pure rouge
KimiKiss pure rouge

Based on a renai game for the PS2 thats titled KimiKiss (キミキス).

Official site:
http://www.kimikiss.jp/

Broadcast: Autumn 2007

Game's site:
http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/game_sit...iss/index.html

Animation Studio: J.C.STAFF

Genre: Renai, School

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The anime based on the KimiKiss game will be titled KimiKiss pure rouge (キミキス pure rouge).

There's a thread for the KimiKiss game here:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=31161