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NeoSam

2006-09-16, 11:03

* Sunrise has opened a site for Idol Master XENOGLOSSIA anime:

http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/idolmaster/

* NTV has opened a site for DEATH NOTE anime:

http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/

Nightengale

2006-09-16, 11:26

New Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Movie
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary since the start of the original manga, a press conference has been held for the "Jojo's Bizarre Adventures: Phantom Blood Project". Bandai Namco revealed on Wednesday for the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood PS2 (due on October 26th) it was announced the work will become a new 90 minute animated film from Studio A.P.P.P. Theatrical release is set for a tim period between February-March of 2007. Past manga sales have exceeded 70 million copies.

OMG.

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY-!!!!!!!!!!

But 90 minutes for 5 volumes of the Phantom Blood Arc? I cry. 90 minutes isn't even enough to showcase the awesomeness that is Dio Brando, much less cover the story of Jonathan and co.

I hope this movie turns out great so that Phantom Blood gets a 26 episode TV series treatment. Then we can move on to the Pillar Men arc. :)

NeoSam

2006-09-19, 01:51

Prime Minister of Japan to be Animated

From ComiPress (http://www.comipress.com/news/2006/09/18/753):

A new anime (http://www.iza.ne.jp/news/newsarticle/entertainment/television/19398/) from Gonzo (http://www.gonzo.co.jp/) starring Junichiro Koizumi (http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html), the current Prime Minister of Japan (since 2001), will be aired (http://kamikaze.blog.ocn.ne.jp/index/2006/09/post_66b8.html) on October 10th at 10pm. The special episode will be presented in a documentary format, including famous quotes from the Prime Minister himself.

Anime based on Prime Minister of Japan :heh:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL :heh:

NoSanninWa

2006-09-19, 03:07

k, sure. :twitch:

. :twitch:

... :twitch:

Here I am thinking that I've seen every possible type of anime. Now this. I suppose after the social satire of "Welcome to the NHK" it was inevitiable that there would be polical satire anime.

Lambda

2006-09-19, 03:35

Funny how political satire anime seems...funny. Considering that political satire was the intent of the very first pieces of mass media called "cartoons", and that satire is one of the few outlets for adult-oriented animation in the West. And yet it still does seem funny.

physics223

2006-09-19, 04:44

Now I have to watch Prime Minister of Japan. Koizumi is ROXXORZ. LAWL.

Seriously, though, I have to see this. There's only very few political anime out there (if any).

wao

2006-09-19, 11:05

Oi oi, that's just....

....

O__o;;; Even Shinzo Abe is going to appear. Okay, WTF? And they approved this? It's not April 1st, right?! This is so weird but now I just want to know...

Why? Why animation, and why the hell in the first place? Are they trying to change the image of anime or...

Well I guess they can do it since Koizumi's exiting soon, but since a lot of people are thinking Abe's next in line...

The bad thing is it also reminds me of this really, really scarring incident where I came across some screenshots of a Japanese TV variety sort of show that showed one yaoi doujin of...well, none other than 小泉純一× (Junichibatsu Koizumi) and E島勲 (Isao E-jima referring to 飯島勲 Isao Iijima, Secretary to the PM)
... with Koizumi being the "uke"...
The sad thing is, I actually saved the image so that on days when I think the world is boring, I just need to look at it and bang my head on the table.
(I don't have anything against yaoi, but FFS, not the likeness of the Prime Minister anime-fied and doing it with a totally bishie-fied Iijima... Noo...)

But of course I'm really quite sure that show will be quite different from this :heh:

NeoSam

2006-09-20, 03:10

TV Tokyo has opened a site for History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi anime:

http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kenichi/

evil-samurai

2006-09-20, 04:55

TV Tokyo has opened a site for History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi anime:

http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kenichi/Yea!! Thanks for News Neosam :D

Havn't seen any images for the anime up till now, and well.. the character designs look alright though I cant wait till a pre-view shows up =) Hopfully it will give a better view on what the anime will really be like. I'd think If the show follows the manga it should be at least very! entertaining.

NeoSam

2006-09-20, 14:08

Yay Yay :D I was hoping for this to get an anime >.< moe~ moe~ :P

Moe~ Moe~ Moe~ >.<

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らき☆すた
Lucky☆Star

Broadcast: Spring 2007

Based on a 4-panel manga thats serialized in the bishoujo magazine Comptiq.
For now there are 3 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6703/vol1iq8.jpg http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3492/vol2iz0.jpg http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/7105/vol3gg9.jpg

Mangaka: YOSHIMIZU Kagami (美水かがみ)

Read about the manga here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_%E2%98%86_Star

The first 2 chapters of the manga have been scanlated by Eval Powar group:
http://www.manganews.net/seriesinfo.php?id=4885

Genre: Seinen, Comedy

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Dernhelm

2006-09-21, 01:54

according to hongfire, the tentative title for the Prime Minister's anime is

Daremo shiranai Koizumi Junichirou no shoutai(?) (誰も知らない　小泉純一郎の正体)

eggplant

2006-09-21, 12:23

I've uploaded a trailer of Bartender here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wrOHGzkaQ).

Just as I imagined it would be, a mature series. Could be pretty interesting.

eggplant

2006-09-21, 13:11

Pursuant to this spring's announcement of the animation of Getsumen Toheiki Miina 月面兎兵器ミーナ, it was just announced that Fuji TV will be airing it as a TV series on Saturday nights from January.

Getsumen Toheiki Miina is the metafictional anime used in the TV drama version of Densha Otoko. The series will feature Tsukuda Mina, a high school student and an announcer, who transforms into Tsukishiro Miina to save the Earth from an extra-terrestial invasion.

I've uploaded the video which includes the announcement here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbCXzRUsLE).

I assume this would be produced by GONZO, and if thery're going to do this, might as well animate the metafictional Plrin anime they use in NHK ni Youkoso!

Major

2006-09-21, 13:28

don't know if anybody said this already but Sumomomo Momomo airs Oct. 5

eggplant

2006-09-21, 21:08

The webiste for Getsumen Toheiki Mi-na has already opened.
http://www.mi-na.jp/

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7766/toheiki2qo3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Airing from January 2007 on late Saturday nights on Fuji TV.
Production studio: GONZO

Synposis: As mankind seeks to emigrate to the moon where the lunar base is being completed, defense androids are being mass produced, in quantities equalling the number of craters there are on the moon. This is the comedic story of the burlesque humanoid, Tsukishiro Mi-na, who tries to do her best at studies and work.

From my post of above, it would seem she assumes the name of Tsukuda Mina, a high school girl and an announcer.

Mi-na's features coupled with her ammo is like, Anemone meets Dokuro-chan.
Being a metafiction in Densha Otoko, I reckon it'll be a moe type of show.

eggplant

2006-09-22, 01:46

The popular Capcom action game Devil May Cry will get an anime series starting from Spring 2007 on WOWOW.

Official site: http://dmc-tv.com/
Animation studio: MADHOUSE
Director: Itagaki Shin (BLACK CAT)

There is a trailer within the site. Direct link is:
mms://wmt-od.stream.ne.jp/tdf/public/dmc/devil_promo_500k-02.wmv

Devil May Cry has been novelized as well as made into a manga (kindly asking NeoSam to post the covers), although the stories are different from the game.

The trailer mentions Dante, so I suppose it will go along the lines with the game.

NeoSam

2006-09-22, 09:35

No problem, and thanks for the info eggplant :)

Light novel:

DEVIL MAY CRY light novel is published under the male oriented light novel label Sneaker Bunko.
There are 2 volumes released of this light novel.
Here are the covers:

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7093/devilmaycrynovel1rh3.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1224/devilmaycrynovel2km7.jpg

Shounen/Seinen light novel.
Published under the male oriented label Sneaker Bunko.

Manga:

DEVIL MAY CRY 3 manga is published under the seinen(young men's) comic imprint MF Comics.
There are 2 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/8144/devilmaycry3vol1ww8.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/165/devilmaycry3vol2ci4.jpg

Seinen manga.
Published under the seinen comic imprint MF Comics.

LightningZERO

2006-09-22, 10:13

Seriously? Devil May Cry anime!? This is GREAT!!!!!!!

IchiKyo

2006-09-22, 10:45

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4749/1158937784450xl4.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1158937784450xl4.jpg)
let's rock baby :D

Guido

2006-09-22, 10:47

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/)

A commerical following the just broadcast (in Japan) 25th episode of Inukami! mentions the production decision for a theatrical film adaptation has been announced.

NeoSam

2006-09-22, 18:38

And another anime:

Loli Loli Loli >.< Loli Loli Loli >.< Loli Loli Loli >.<

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ななついろ★ドロップス
Nanatsuiro★Drops

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/3741/nanatsuirodropstj3.jpg

Broadcast: 2007

Based on a bishoujo game (an ero-game).

But the anime will not be an ero-anime.

The game got released on 21/4/2006.

Game creator: UNiSONSHIFT BLOSSOM

Site of the company: (Warning: do not enter this site unless you are 18+)
http://www.softpal.co.jp/unisonshift/

Site of the game: (Warning: do not enter this site unless you are 18+)
http://www.softpal.co.jp/unisonshift/products/project13/project13.html

Genre: Seinen, Fantasy, Romance

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Noiji Ito (the illustrator of the seinen light novels Suzumiya Haruhi and Shakugan no SHANA) also worked on this game :D

Yay Yay :D

Lotiman

2006-09-22, 22:44

Great, Devil May Cry anime will start next year. I like Madhouse production very much. Their fight scene is well animated and the sound is great.

physics223

2006-09-23, 02:41

eggplant

2006-09-23, 04:06

Agent Aika (AIKa), the staple for pantsu anime, is going to get a new OVA release in Spring 2007.

Photo (http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9441/aiikaji9.gif) of the previous OVA series (first series aired on TV) released during 1997-99 (pantsu advisory).

Here is the announcement:
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1112/aikanewsxc7.gif

Listing from ANN: http://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=102
Official site: http://www.aika-sumeragi.jp/

Lol, didn't think AIKa would be get a new series!
For those who want to see the ultimate fanservice anime, I strongly recommend AIKa, as you're to guaranteed to crack up.

If would be nice if they retain Sakuma Rei (Nina Appleton fron Gundam 0083, My Melody from the self titled series, Peorth from AMG) for the role of Aika, although she may be too old for this kind of thing anymore.

milkmandan

2006-09-23, 09:42

Lost

2006-09-23, 11:33

I've uploaded a trailer of Bartender here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wrOHGzkaQ).

Just as I imagined it would be, a mature series. Could be pretty interesting.
Erm I saw someone comment on teh Youtube page "first Mushishi, then this." Which has got me curious: any link to Mushishi or was that just a random statement? Also I couldn't garner much from the trailer in Japanese, could you provide/link a description?

physics223

2006-09-23, 11:49

I want a GOTH OVA or short series PLZ. That would really make my day, week, and month.

NeoSam

2006-09-23, 13:38

NeoSam:
Do you have an official report for the ななついろ★ドロップス (Nanatsuiro★Drops) anime being produced?
Which website did you see this information?
http://www.stbarcelona.com/ does not list any information about this title. (assuming this is the company that will produce and animated this anime)

My source (MoonPhase's anime list (http://www.moonphase.cc/Html/anime.html)) which listed it yesterday as having an anime in 2007 by Studio Barcelona, but today it got removed from the list of the new tv anime :( and there's no mention of it in the list.

Was this only a rumor ? Its not getting an anime ? :(

Very Dissapointing, this is the first time MoonPhase disappoints me :(

Sorry to disappoint you guys >.<

And another anime got announced (news about it here (http://ga.sbcr.jp/news/0609/100/index.html)):

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ケータイ少女
Ketai Shoujo

Broadcast: Spring 2007

Based on a moe~ bishoujo game.

Official site of the game:
http://www.g-mode.jp/title/kts/

Genre: Seinen

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Yay moe~ moe~ game getting an anime :D

evil-samurai

2006-09-23, 13:50

Hasn't been mentioned though its been up for at least a few days....

There is a Promo for Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6819) up on utube here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brn_tw4dOVo)

It looks Great! and is one of the better promo's I've seen so far, hope it doesn't dissapoint >.<

kari-no-sugata

2006-09-23, 13:51

I want a GOTH OVA or short series PLZ. That would really make my day, week, and month.

Well, there is this:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=36285

Not exactly a "goth" story... but the main character is seriously freaky and quite gothic (more of a "horror girl" than "goth girl").

See trailer here:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/yamanade/movie/movie.wvx

rooboy

2006-09-23, 13:53

Well, there is this:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=36285

Not exactly a "goth" story... but the main character is seriously freaky and quite gothic (more of a "horror girl" than "goth girl").

See trailer here:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/yamanade/movie/movie.wvx
I believe he's referring to the manga titled GOTH - not to any generically goth anime.

andromeda0201

2006-09-23, 19:24

wow! the trailer for bakumatsu looks awesome! another series to watch out for, time for more samurai action =D

eggplant

2006-09-23, 19:42

Erm I saw someone comment on teh Youtube page "first Mushishi, then this." Which has got me curious: any link to Mushishi or was that just a random statement? Also I couldn't garner much from the trailer in Japanese, could you provide/link a description?

Bartender is not related to Mushishi save for the airing time slot and that is an episode conclusive anime, therefore the comment probably alludes to the expectations for a quality anime.

Since I don't see any descriptions in English yet, I've translated the synposis from the official site (http://www.bartender-tv.com/top.html).

Synposis

God's Glass...
That is the monicker given to the immacluate drinks served by the brilliant bartender, Sasakura Ryuu.
The customers who visit his bar "Edenholl" become captivated by his cocktails.
At times, it rekindles memories, heals sorrows, or relights people's fire.
A healing-type anime for the mature audience.

Main characters

Sasakura Ryuu (V.A.: Mizushima Takahiro)
A young bartender who is in charge of the bar "Edenholl" in Ginza. The cocktails he makes are called "God's Glass". Past winner of an international competition, his skills are unmatched, although his secrets remain a mystery.

Kurushima Miwa (V.A.: Fujimura Ayumi)
Granddaughter of Kurushima Taizou, chairman of the Hotel Cardinal group. She is in charge of the hotel's bar section. As a frequnter to Edenholl, she is a confidant to Ryuu.

wao

2006-09-23, 21:42

WHAR? WHAR IS THAT YAOI DOUJIN? :heh:

Anyway, seriously - this anime is among my to-watch this upcoming season, if I can get that blasted net connection of mine fixed and that DVD writer.

I only have the one set of screenshots frmo that show talking about it, but well... you were warned (http://s03.imagehost.org/0856/Idontbelievethis.jpg) :)

And as for Devil May Cry, I hope they put in a good job to match I.G.'s work on Chevalier (well they're both WOWOW shows). I'm just really worried because Shotarou Suga is one of the scriptwriters and I can't say I really like his stuff. They've all been very boring to me.

Irohaniheto (what aname... ) looks pretty decent. It's not aimed in the realistic style of FLAG (which shares the same overall director), but it seems like they did put in effort to make sure it has some historical accuracy because they've got someone listed among the main staff to help them research and check the cultural settings.

What I noticed immediately is that the character designs are by Kozaki Yuusuke (Speed Grapher designs). I love that stuff - he's also a GIF animator I think, here's hoping he might do some animation like other GIF animators Ryochimo and Kenichi Kusuna. I'm hopeful cos he's credited as character design, not Original Character Design (there's no "animation character design" credit either...)

Sakuya

2006-09-23, 22:04

I only have the one set of screenshots frmo that show talking about it, but well... you were warned (http://s03.imagehost.org/0856/Idontbelievethis.jpg) :)

Haha, I wonder what the real people's response is to this? :heh:

Lost

2006-09-24, 04:19

Bartender is not related to Mushishi save for the airing time slot and that is an episode conclusive anime, therefore the comment probably alludes to the expectations for a quality anime.

Since I don't see any descriptions in English yet, I've translated the synposis from the official site (http://www.bartender-tv.com/top.html).

Synposis

God's Glass...
That is the monicker given to the immacluate drinks served by the brilliant bartender, Sasakura Ryuu.
The customers who visit his bar "Edenholl" become captivated by his cocktails.
At times, it rekindles memories, heals sorrows, or relights people's fire.
A healing-type anime for the mature audience.
WOW, thank you very much, I think I know why its being compared to Mushishi (^).

Another "human-story-anime" (:heh:) to expect? Fitting name for a bar like that too. Will follow it.

wao, that link should be buried under dozens of spoiler tags. :twitch:

NeoSam

2006-09-24, 06:12

Another anime that got announced :P

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うっかりペネロペ
Ukkari Penelope

Broadcast: 20/11/2006

Based on picture books for children.

A site designated for the picture book from the publisher (Iwasaki Shoten):
http://www.iwasakishoten.co.jp/penelope/

Covers of the picture books can be seen here:
http://www.iwasakishoten.co.jp/penelope/shikake.html
http://www.iwasakishoten.co.jp/penelope/ohanashi.html

Genre: Kodomo

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wao

2006-09-24, 08:50

The picture books are originally French I think.

The English title is... well I dunno, it's a series of books. For example here is Penelope at School (http://www.scholastic.ca/titles/penelopeatschool/) and Penelope In The Winter (http://www.scholastic.ca/titles/penelopeinthewinter/). The original publisher is Gallimard Jeunesse (http://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/3nav/3generique.php?page=collec&id_collection=254&type=collection&num=1&tri=titre_resume).

physics223

2006-09-24, 09:05

LOL @ those pictures ... these Japanese, they REALLY don't have a limit to their imagination. (I meant that as a joke, please, don't be offended.) But we also have a War of Philippine Heroes, so it all evens out.

(GMA's ultimate is SONA [sleep]. LOL.)

Is that Tamura Yukari? The one on the top holding the magazine or whatnot? WTH am I thinking. LOL.

I don't even know Tamura Yukari ... she's the Go-Go-Igo segment in-charge, right?

NeoSam

2006-09-25, 05:53

Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay >.< :D :D :D :D :D

Not only Kujibiki Unbalance is getting an anime, but also Genshiken is getting an anime too Yay Yay Yay :D

From Manganews (http://www.manganews.net/):

New Kujibiki Unbalance manga serializing + New Genshiken Anime!: According to the latest issue of Afternoon (http://www.afternoon.co.jp/) (on sale 9/25), a new Genshiken anime is in production! Moreover, Kujibiki Unbalance, the original anime made for the first Genshiken TV series will now get its own manga series. On top of that, there will be a full length anime series of it starting October. [ Source:Nisedaiti (http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/nisedaiti/20167768.html) ]

Yay Yay Yay a new Genshiken anime :D :D :D

MrProphet

2006-09-25, 06:48

I've read that "news" a couple of days ago and I am somewhat doubtful. Can anyone confirm it with the actual image from Afternoon?

Unless this "Project G2" is it. http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/yoyaku/comics/genshiken9/

EDIT2: According to this blog (http://heiseidemocracy.com/2006/09/25/news-flash-genshiken-anime-continues/), it's not going to be a full-fledged TV series, though, but rather an OVA.

Today’s scoop, revealed in the pages of Afternoon, is that Genshiken will in fact continue in animated form - but as a special add on to the Kujian DVD box releases, not as a TV series in itself. The Light Otaku Diary describes the release as mirroring that of the Kujian OVA when it originally came bundled with the R2 release of Genshiken two years ago, right down to the (very steep) price tag of 14,490 yen per box (a box containing four episodes of Kujian and one of Genshiken, for a total of three new Genshiken episodes and 12 episodes of Kujian over three boxes).

NeoSam

2006-09-25, 07:35

Damn it, why? why? why do they keep doing stuff like this :mad:

Only 3 episodes WTF :mad:

MrProphet

2006-09-25, 08:11

$125 for a single episode of Genshiken.

lawl

No decency at all. 8)

PILMAN

2006-09-25, 08:34

Bartender is not related to Mushishi save for the airing time slot and that is an episode conclusive anime, therefore the comment probably alludes to the expectations for a quality anime.

Since I don't see any descriptions in English yet, I've translated the synposis from the official site (http://www.bartender-tv.com/top.html).

Synposis

God's Glass...
That is the monicker given to the immacluate drinks served by the brilliant bartender, Sasakura Ryuu.
The customers who visit his bar "Edenholl" become captivated by his cocktails.
At times, it rekindles memories, heals sorrows, or relights people's fire.
A healing-type anime for the mature audience.

Main characters

Sasakura Ryuu (V.A.: Mizushima Takahiro)
A young bartender who is in charge of the bar "Edenholl" in Ginza. The cocktails he makes are called "God's Glass". Past winner of an international competition, his skills are unmatched, although his secrets remain a mystery.

Kurushima Miwa (V.A.: Fujimura Ayumi)
Granddaughter of Kurushima Taizou, chairman of the Hotel Cardinal group. She is in charge of the hotel's bar section. As a frequnter to Edenholl, she is a confidant to Ryuu.

Look interesting, wonder if anyone will fansub it, looks like a different anime I would be interested in.

Zappster

2006-09-25, 09:41

Bartender is not related to Mushishi save for the airing time slot and that is an episode conclusive anime, therefore the comment probably alludes to the expectations for a quality anime.

Since I don't see any descriptions in English yet, I've translated the synposis from the official site (http://www.bartender-tv.com/top.html).

Synposis

God's Glass...
That is the monicker given to the immacluate drinks served by the brilliant bartender, Sasakura Ryuu.
The customers who visit his bar "Edenholl" become captivated by his cocktails.
At times, it rekindles memories, heals sorrows, or relights people's fire.
A healing-type anime for the mature audience.

Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't that put it in the same sort of bracket as Binchotan and Aria? Well I guess the mature audience bit is arguable for those two but I'm more referring to the "healing-type anime" comment. If so I'll definitely be checking out an episode or two of this(not that I wasn't before but this would pretty much cement my standing on it.)

kujoe

2006-09-25, 10:18

$125 for a single episode of Genshiken.

lawl

No decency at all. 8)
Life is hard people. Life is hard.

By the way, this piece of news sucks. :heh:

And wow, Bartender is looking good already.

potholes

2006-09-25, 10:23

LOL @ those pictures ... these Japanese, they REALLY don't have a limit to their imagination. (I meant that as a joke, please, don't be offended.) But we also have a War of Philippine Heroes, so it all evens out.

:heh: I agree with you. But that's not a bad thing ;p especially in the creative business. They need a limitless imagination to come up with sorts of things that keep the likes of us glued to anime/manga

eggplant

2006-09-25, 11:27

Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't that put it in the same sort of bracket as Binchotan and Aria? Well I guess the mature audience bit is arguable for those two but I'm more referring to the "healing-type anime" comment. If so I'll definitely be checking out an episode or two of this(not that I wasn't before but this would pretty much cement my standing on it.)

Ah, since the official site used the word 癒す, I wrote it as healing, but perhaps it should have been consoling/conforting/soothing or something on that grounds;)

In any case, it is definitely not in the same category as Binchou-tan or ARIA.

MrProphet

2006-09-25, 11:34

I think Binchou-tan was officially described as "Anime for tired men". 8)

NeoSam

2006-09-25, 11:34

wao

2006-09-25, 21:05

Aren't they billing it as the 24th World Masterpiece Theatre work?... Does that mean they're trying to revive it?

But it's only on BS Fuji...

The thing about Bartender is that I think it might go down the road of Gallery Fake... an interesting mature premise that could be spoiled by low production values - the animation studio is leaving me quite worried...

MrProphet

2006-09-25, 21:08

Nightengale

2006-09-25, 21:25

I looking forward to checking Bartender out, but I am somewhat anxious because the "God's Glass" part sounds a bit too much like a fixture of shounen sports anime (like Yakitate!! Japan or Hikaru no Go).

Let's hope it's nothing like it. 8)

At least God's Glass is a customer-given monicker to an apparently very delicious drink made by a world-class bartender, unlike something called Goddess Hands or Solar Gauntlets with their superficial scientific explainations that make no sense.

Though I would had prefered that it is not just his cocktails that rekindled people's hearts though. That is really corny.

Lost

2006-09-26, 11:57

I think Binchou-tan was officially described as "Anime for tired men". 8)
I literally LOL'ed at that.

God's Glass part? The line "Past winner of an international competition, his skills are unmatched," does seem to suggest that, but really I think thats just a statement, not what the Anime will be about. I dont think it'll be anything like a shounen sports anime, not with its themes (as I'm deriving from eggplant's translation).

Though I would had prefered that it is not just his cocktails that rekindled people's hearts though. That is really corny.
God's Glass refers more to his skill at making good drinks and not a particular cocktail. And I don't see how its corny. Alcohol does wonders. :heh:

Scribble

2006-09-26, 12:39

It would be good if Bartender is like Mushishi or something, and it's in a episodic format where different customers come in each day with their problems. I don't know how that would work out for 25 minutes, but....lol.

EDIT: Actually, even if Bartender is like a mature version of Yakitate Japan, just with alcohol, it'll still be good as it'll give me an insight into the world of cocktails and drinking, just as YJ did with baking. Heh, looking forward to this now.

rooboy

2006-09-26, 13:20

I'm actually looking forward to it - seems like it could be Mushishi or Jigoku Shoujo, only with alcohol instead of mushi or revenge.

NeoSam

2006-09-26, 14:57

And another anime:

==========

Funny Pets 2ndシーズン

Broadcast: October 9, 2006

http://www.pets-cganime.com/

A second season of Funny Pets.

From the site of the anime:

"Funny Pets" is a surreal comedy, woven by those fairy and fancy but somehow very cute characters!
"Funny Pets" is a poetic and lunatic 3D-CG animation. And this TV program has become very popular!

Genre: Comedy

==========

Catnips

2006-09-27, 00:29

The site for Les Misérables Shoujo Cossette anime has opened:

レ・ミゼラブル少女コゼット
Les Misérables Shoujo Cossette

http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/lesmise/

52 episodes
Broadcast: 2007

Looks like after 10 years they'll return again making World Masterpiece Theater animes which is big surprise.YEAH!!!:D

Nightengale

2006-09-27, 02:59

God's Glass refers more to his skill at making good drinks and not a particular cocktail. And I don't see how its corny. Alcohol does wonders. :heh:

I mean in the sense that his cocktails made with his godly skills actually heals, rather than it being a catalyst for a heart-to-heart healing bond between strangers. I had always prefered shows in which humans heal one another, and whatever brings their pained hearts exposed is just a bridge, not the actual medicine.

I want to see how many tools/bottles/mixers he'll be juggling in the air though, assuming his international skills are as good as it is said. :)

Zappster

2006-09-27, 07:52

I think Binchou-tan was officially described as "Anime for tired men". 8)

I think that's one of the things used to describe it. I'm pretty sure I also read it describe as a healing-type anime too. Sort of why I made the connection. Whatever... seems like it was a misunderstanding.

Rion

2006-09-27, 09:06

Looks like after 10 years they'll return again making World Masterpiece Theater animes which is big surprise.YEAH!!!:D
YAY! Cossette does look cute *hehe* (In fact, she reminds me a lot of the other Cossette *g*, from "Le Portrait de Petit Cossette") Since I have always liked Les Misérables, I will surely watch this - unlike it's really, really badly done.

I'm also looking forward to the new "Rose of Versailles"... *g* But not sure if I'd really want to watch it... anime in european setting just sound weird in japanese, imho ^^;

PS. Her name is "Cosette", grmbl >.<

NeoSam

2006-09-27, 10:42

TBS has opened a site for Venus Versus Virus (which I mentioned in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=652071&postcount=677))

http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/vvv/

Broadcast: January 2007

Genre: Shounen, Fantasy

Sampatches

2006-09-27, 13:21

Does anyone know if they character designer for Les Miz also did Kaleido Star? Cosette looks a lot like Layla to me.

NeoSam

2006-09-28, 04:43

A possible sequel to Coyote Ragtime Show.

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):

Coyote Ragtime Show Sequel Coming?
Information published in the November issue of Comic Rush hints at a possible sequel to the Coyote Ragtime anime TV series. The name of the project is "Twelve Sisters Story", centering on Madame Marciano's Twelve Sisters from the original. The format could be an OVA but at this point there seems to be some question on whether to produce the project. Something that may push the development is a coming American fan / consumer base garnered through ADV Films' license announcement at AWA this past weekend.

Scribble

2006-09-28, 04:44

A possible sequel to Coyote Ragtime Show.

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):

Lol. Why are there ALWAYS second seasons to shows that I NEVER watch every season? o_O

Lost

2006-09-28, 10:34

I'm actually looking forward to it - seems like it could be Mushishi or Jigoku Shoujo, only with alcohol instead of mushi or revenge.
Thats what I thought too; in Mushishi, Mushi are the catalyst for these stories; in Bartender, catalyst would probably be God's Glass Alcohol. :)

I had always prefered shows in which humans heal one another, and whatever brings their pained hearts exposed is just a bridge, not the actual medicine.
OIC, yes I'm hoping for the alcohol to be no more than a catalyst; to strip their exterior veneer and get their feelings/pain out onto the bar-top.

I'll be checking out Venus Virus Versus, got attracted after seeing the manga. Cute designs.

NeoSam

2006-09-28, 20:26

From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com):

Kekkaishi Footage Online
The official homepage for the upcoming Kekkaishi (http://www.kekkaishi.jp/) anime television series now opens with an extended Flash trailer (also available through the "arasuji" link on the main page), and hosts three short streaming Windows Media TV commercials.

30 second trailer (http://www.ytv.co.jp/kekkaishi/movies/movie1.asx)
15 second trailer 1 (http://www.ytv.co.jp/kekkaishi/movies/movie2.asx)
15 second trailer 2 (http://www.ytv.co.jp/kekkaishi/movies/movie3.asx)

Source: Moon Phase (http://www.moonphase.cc/)

Aoie_Emesai

2006-09-29, 08:24

From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com):

I rather like it. ^_^ 8/10

NeoSam

2006-09-29, 17:39

TV Tokyo has opened a site for Pururun! Shizuku-Chan (which is mentioned in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=648804&postcount=670))

http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/shizuku/

NeoSam

2006-09-30, 04:35

キディ・グレイド
Kiddy Grade

As dreamless mentioned in this thread (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=36651); a sequel to Kiddy Grade anime has been announced :D

Kiddy Grade has shounen light novels and manga:

Kiddy Grade light novels:

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キディ・グレイド　Ｐｒ．
Kiddy Grade Pr.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2766/lfbeochodpfu1.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8851/lfbeochod2fe4.jpg

Shounen light novels.
Published under the male oriented light novel label Sneaker Bunko.

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キディ・グレイド
Kiddy Grade

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5959/lfbeochpvb4.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2594/lfbeoch2ft3.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8061/lfbeoch3by9.jpg

Shounen light novels.
Published under the male oriented light novel label Sneaker Bunko.

=====

Kiddy Grade manga:

=====

キディ・グレイドＶＳ
Kiddy Grade VS

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1123/lfbeochuritxjpmv7.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1280/lfbeochuritxj2sh5.jpg

Shounen manga.
Serialized in the shounen manga magazine Dragon Junior. (a defunct magazine)

=====

キディ・グレイド－リバース－
Kiddy Grade -Reverse-

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4329/lfbeochoxzi3.jpg

Shounen manga.
Serialized in the shounen manga magazine Shounen Ace.

=====

eggplant

2006-09-30, 07:39

crystar

2006-09-30, 07:49

Romeo and Juliet anime? O___O Woah... I'd prefer one on Hamlet or Othello though. :D

Rion

2006-09-30, 08:22

Romeo and Juliet? Oh my... why is always Gonzo getting the interesting stories? >.< Hopefully they'll do it a bit better this time.

eggplant

2006-09-30, 09:43

Romeo and Juliet? Oh my... why is always Gonzo getting the interesting stories? >.< Hopefully they'll do it a bit better this time.

Ah, forgot to mention...the sound director is Satou Junichi. That alone speaks of quality.

domino

2006-09-30, 12:59

Shakespeare + Anime + Gonzo?! Interesting... well, if it's even HALF as good as the amazing Gankutsuou, I will definately watch. :D

NeoSam

2006-09-30, 19:54

A site for AyuMayu Theater (あゆまゆ劇場) has opened:

http://www.ayumayu.net/

MrProphet

2006-09-30, 20:07

A site for AyuMayu Theater (あゆまゆ劇場) has opened:

http://www.ayumayu.net/

The first episode was so dopey. LOL

But... now we know the reason why Haruka got hit by that car. Now we know whom to lynch for all of the melodrama of KimiNozo. 8)

wao

2006-09-30, 21:42

I just came back from the GONZO Festa Fall '06.

At the end of the show, they aired a sneak preview of William Shakespeare's Romeo x Juliet yes, ← is the official title.

Release date: 2007
Release format: n/a
Animation studio: Gonzo

The trailer looked pretty good (coming from Gonzo), but since they announced the title at the very end of the clip, until then I was thinking it was something like Chevalier, therefore the words Romeo and Juliet definitely took me off-guard.

First Les Misérables then now Romeo x Juliet? The studios are seriously starting to cater to the fangirls.

ZOOMG! Interesting... But did they mention the director? That'll make a big difference. If it's Mahiro Maeda then I'm so obviously going to watch it - even if it's melodramatic, if it's as enjoyable and fun as Gankutsuou then bring it on :D

I wonder if there has been an increase in female anime fans... Maybe it's all unconnected but first there's that trend in the doroku timeslot to appeal to female fans (after FMA and Seed's success with them) and then Noitanima and things like Lelouch and now this? Hm.

Kikaifan

2006-09-30, 22:10

Romeo and Juliet seems problematic to me. If you stick to the play, it'll be really short... but if you don't, it'll just be another Romeo and Juliet knockoff, which is a pretty low run to be hanging from.

darkchibi07

2006-09-30, 23:36

ZOOMG! Interesting... But did they mention the director? That'll make a big difference. If it's Mahiro Maeda then I'm so obviously going to watch it - even if it's melodramatic, if it's as enjoyable and fun as Gankutsuou then bring it on :D

eggplant said Junichi Satou is directing it. I wonder if Hal Film Maker will be involved in this as well.

Nightengale

2006-09-30, 23:49

Any idea who's the visual advisor/coordinator/director or even the art director of Romeo x Juliet? As much as I'm interested in this particular production as with everyone else, I'm very wary how it turns out, visually.

eggplant

2006-10-01, 00:39

ZOOMG! Interesting... But did they mention the director? That'll make a big difference. If it's Mahiro Maeda then I'm so obviously going to watch it - even if it's melodramatic, if it's as enjoyable and fun as Gankutsuou then bring it on :D

I wonder if there has been an increase in female anime fans... Maybe it's all unconnected but first there's that trend in the doroku timeslot to appeal to female fans (after FMA and Seed's success with them) and then Noitanima and things like Lelouch and now this? Hm.

Director: Oizaki Fumitoshi (Kaleido Star series, originally a key animator)
Series Composition: Yoshida Reiko (Kaleido Star, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Canvas2, ARIA, REC, Shinigami no Ballad, Saiunkoku Monogatari)
Sound Director: Satou Junichi (Ojamajo Doremi, Princess Tutu, Keroro Gunsou, Fushigiboshi no Futagohime, ARIA)

wao

2006-10-01, 00:59

Thanks so much for the information.

Wow! Fumitoshi Oizaki is becoming a director now, huh... He's done the animation character designs for Keroro Gunsou and is responsible for the hilarious ED animation of NHK ni Youkoso. Well, I don't know how he is as a director but it'll be interesting to see.
And is that Satojun's first time doing official sound directing? Reminds me of Tomomi Mochizuki recently doing the same for er... a recent show which I forgot the name of. Good acting would be key to making the show work so it's nice to see they're putting in effort.

Thanks again for the info. Hm, I wonder how they'll pull it off. Anime is prone to melodramatics but whether you easily notice it or not is up to the director's skill.

Nightengale

2006-10-01, 01:13

Interesting.

Oizaki... I'm not very sure how he'll fit in properly in a directing role, but given his accomplishments in the various sectors of visual animation, if he can maintain the same flair in his work on the same level as the visual direction of Kaleido Star, I highly doubt there'll be any problem in the unnarrative visual storytelling sector.

Yoshida Reiko doing series composition is always a plus in my book. Her method of story composing in it's pace-by-pace story-telling had always allowed for quality time and pacing for proper story development, minus the ending of Canvas2, that is.

kauldron26

2006-10-01, 22:10

Romeo and Juliet anime? O___O Woah... I'd prefer one on Hamlet or Othello though. :D

On Othello?? shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, they'd never do that.... i am yet to see an anime that portrays us brothas in a good light. Although so far we have Yoruichi from Bleach and Dutch from Black Lagoon are the only black anime characters that i can think of that are cool as hell and are main characters.

Anime has never exactly been a kind medium in portrayals of us black folk. But i love the medium anyways.

After seeing how amazing of a masterpiece Gankutsuou was, i am all for les miserable and romeo and juliet.
If Gankutsuou could be great enough to shatter into my top 10, i am all for it...

NeoSam

2006-10-03, 10:01

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):

Saiyuki Reload: Burial Site
A website for the new OVA Saiyuki Reload: Burial will open soon at saiyuki-ova.net (http://saiyuki-ova.net/).

NeoSam

2006-10-04, 02:37

An official site for Souten no Ken anime has opened:

http://www.souten.tv/

NeoSam

2006-10-07, 18:22

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):

More Western Fantasy Gets Anime Adaptation
Piers Anthony, writer of the Xanth series, mentioned at the end of this newsletter (http://www.hipiers.com/newsletter.html) that his Split Infinity novels will be getting an anime adaptation. More information on the series can be found at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprentice_Adept). Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.

physics223

2006-10-07, 22:11

Fighter Volk

2006-10-07, 22:40

I'd die with laughter and with expectation if someone decided to make an anime adaptation out of A Farewell to Arms or The Sound and the Fury (LOL), or better yet any of Kawabata's works. Piers Anthony!?!? Meh. :)

I demand an 美しさと哀しみと anime movie adaptation right now, haha! Actually, I bet that wouldn't go over badly. The Kiminozu crowd would probably like all the drama/misery, right?

physics223

2006-10-08, 12:10

I've recently read Beauty and Sadness, if that's the title you mean, and I do think it belongs to one of the world's masterpieces of literature. It's worse than the perfidy and treachery of KgNE, however - although pretty much open to much interpretation, if Sakami really loved that guy ... wow, it would have been hell for her.

Osamu Dazai had one of his works made into an anime but I never saw any raws, let alone subs. He was a contemporary of Kawabata and his popular works were The Setting Sun and No Longer Human.

I won't mind if someone translated Patriotism by Mishima into an animated medium. Yes, I know I'm just dreaming.

Rosepetal

2006-10-08, 13:07

More Western Fantasy Gets Anime Adaptation
Piers Anthony, writer of the Xanth series, mentioned at the end of this newsletter that his Split Infinity novels will be getting an anime adaptation. More information on the series can be found at wikipedia. Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news.
I can't wait for this!! I love the Split Infinity series and think that turning it into an anime would be great. Good thing I kept the paperbacks, since now I'll have to reread the series, as it's been several years since I'd read them last.

NeoSam

2006-10-08, 13:10

And another anime got announced :) an originally kinetic novel that got 3 male oriented light novels is getting an anime, but what is getting an anime >.< the original game ? or the light novel? and if its the light novel, what light novel will it be ? the Crimson version (the main version) light novels? or the White version light novel ? or the Black version light novels ?

Even though the main Crimson light novels look pretty moe~ >.< but I want the Black version to get animated >.< the main bishoujo looks so cute >.< and very loli :P :heh:

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神曲奏界ポリフォニカ
Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica

Originally a Kinetic Novel (a type of a visual novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel)).

What is a Kinetic Novel?

Taken from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel):

Kinetic Novels, which are notable for being an experiment in online content distribution. Most of these fall into the completely linear category, lacking any choices at all; as a result, some fans have begun using the term to describe other non-interactive titles.

The company that made the game: ocelot

Site of the company:
http://ocelot.product.co.jp/

Site of the game:
http://ocelot.product.co.jp/products/poli1/polyphonica.htm

The game is written by the best seller writer; Sakaki Ichiro (the author of the shounen(boy's) light novel Scrapped Princess)

There are also 3 light novels based on the game.

The Crimson series of light novels, the White series of light novels, and the Black version of the light novels.

The three version of light novels are written and illustrated by different authors/illustrators.

All the light novels (Crimson, White and Black versions) are published under the GA Bunko light novel label; which is a male oriented label aimed at boys from their teens to young men in their twenties.

The Crimson version of the light novels.
For now there are 4 volumes released of this light novel.
Here are the covers:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7935/vol1tj0.jpg http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7125/vol2mc7.jpg http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7191/vol3xo9.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6484/vol4zj8.jpg

The White version of the light novels.
For now there is 1 volume released of this light novel.
Here are the covers:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5443/vol1whitely5.jpg

The Black version of the light novels.
For now there are 2 volumes released of this light novel.
Here are the covers:

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/491/vol1blackch1.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4343/vol2blackwg3.jpg

The Crimson version is the main novel series.

Genre: Shounen/Seinen

==========

NeoSam

2006-10-09, 14:56

And another anime I forgot to mention :P

From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com):

Summon Night Anime Announced
The official Japanese Summon Night homepage (http://www.summonnight.net/) has announced that an anime series titled "Summon Night TV" will premier for viewing on the Japanese GyaO multimedia website on October 16th. Access to most video hosted on GyaO is limited to Japanese IP addresses only. The new anime may tie in to the Summon Night 4 Playstation 2 RPG that's scheduled for release on November 30th.

Source: Moon Phase (http://www.moonphase.cc/)

Fighter Volk

2006-10-09, 15:21

Physics: Yeah, Beauty and Sadness is the one I had in mind. It's a haunting story, and it was quite a ride reading it (despite the short length). I do agree that it's a truly fantastic novel. Kawabata didn't get that Nobel Prize for nothing!

And I think remembering hearing about that Dazai anime somewhere... the adaptation is really old though, right?

NeoSam

2006-10-09, 18:56

And more about the Split Infinity anime:

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):

Split Infinity Anime Will Be American Co-Production
Daniel Zelter writes in mentioning he contacted English fantasy author Piers Anthony by e-mail on the possible format of the forthcoming anime adaptation his Split Infinity novel and recieved the following reply:
"It seems to be an American company supervising the Anime and I don't know how they are doing it. In fact I don't know the company; the contract is obscure, at least to my eyes. So I am simply waiting to see what results."

Split Infinity is published by Del Ray.

NeoSam

2006-10-10, 10:13

The official website for Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica anime has opened:

http://www.polyphonica.tv/

Broadcast: 2007

Genre: Shounen/Seinen, Fantasy, Romance

NeoSam

2006-10-11, 04:35

I sure don't want to mention this in three threads, so I'll mention this here :P

From ComiPress (http://www.comipress.com/news/2006/10/10/854):

Official Site of Shakugan no Shana, Inukami!, and Kino no Tabi Movies Opens

Movies of three of Media Work's shounen light novels will be released in April 2007.

Kino no Tabi (http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/d_original/kino/) (second movie)
Shakugan no SHANA (http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/contents/shana/)
Inukami! (http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/contents/inukami/)

The official website for the three movies has been opened: www.dengekibunko-movie.com

physics223

2006-10-11, 11:19

@FighterVolk

I searched this thread for my post on an anime based on a work by Osamu Dazai, and here it is: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=583291&postcount=448. It is a relatively new anime series, though - it just wasn't popular with the cappers or with the hardcore anime fandom in general to care about it, I guess.

NeoSam

2006-10-11, 20:07

From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com):

New Bikkuriman Anime Site Opens
Toei Animation launched their official website for the upcoming Happy Lucky Bikkuriman at www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/h-l-bikkuri/

NeoSam

2006-10-16, 02:15

The site for Tokyo Majin Gakuen anime (which got mentioned in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=645196&postcount=659)) has opened:

http://www.majin.tv/

Agent86

2006-10-16, 20:20

Is this old news, or not confirmed enough?

From http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/octx.htm

New info is out on the progression of the Lucky Star Anime project in Japan. Yoshimizu Kagami's 4-panel Seinen / Comedy / Moe genre manga (which serializes within the pages of Comptiq and other magazines) will be adapted to an anime TV series to begin Japanese broadcast in the spring of 2007. 3 collected manga volumes are currently on the market. Confirmed staff include Director Yutaka Yamamoto (Haruhi Suzumiya), Series Composition by Machida Douko, Chara Design by Horiguchi Yukiko (Haruhi Suzumiya), Animation by Kyoto Animation, Production by Lucky Star Paradise. Following their work on Kanon and Haruhi Suzumiya, fan favorite studio Kyoto Animation's attachment to this project confirms a long standing rumor that a tight partnership exists between them and Kadokawa

EDITED to add: duh, thread is here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=36343)

NeoSam

2006-10-19, 07:23

A To Heart 2 OVA :)

To Heart 2 ～Another Days～

From Anime News Service (http://animenewsservice.com/):

New To Heart 2 OVA Series Announced
Following the Fall, 2005 broadcast of a TV animation, AquaPlus has announced a new To Heart 2 OVA series. Three volumes will comprise the release set for distribution this winter. Confirmed staff include charachter designer Yanagisawa Masahide (Rurouni Kenshin OVA, Bottle Fairy), Katsura Kenichirou (Imortal Grand Prix) and Kato Yasuhisa (Azumanga Daioh). Content is uncertain at this time but if the the videogame series by Leaf (which recently got an "X-Rated Version") is anything to go by, the medium of Original Video Animation could allow for decidedly greater artistic freedoms. On the game side Leaf is currently preparing the tentatively titled "ToHeart2 Anaza-Deizu". To Heart originally debuted as a hentai visual novel love adventure for PC in 1997.

And two new movies >.<

New Mushiking - Love & Berry Films Announced
Sega Japan has announced new anime movies based on it's domestically successful children's trading card / videogame series Mushiking and Love & Berry. Nationwide release in Japanese theaters is set for spring vacation, 2007. The last Mushiking film was released in December, 2006. For the new work Sega says they are completely "changing the story and outlook on the world versus past works". First hitting the market in 2003, Mushiking card sales have exceeded 398 million pieces in total as of the end of September, 2006. For the girl's dress up focused "Fashionable Witch Love & Berry" however, this will be the first outing in as an animation. This series has sold 207 million card pieces in total as the end of September. Shochiku Ltd. will distribute both movies.

Shiroth

2006-10-19, 07:56

I remember hearing about more ToHeart2 goodness planning to happen. OVA's work out a lot better compared to another 12/13 episode series, i wonder which way they plan to go..

NeoSam

2006-10-19, 08:47

Yeah, I also mentioned about the planning for another To Heart 2 anime somewhere in this thread.

I don't think I mentioned this:

CATBLUE：DYNAMITE

Broadcast: 22/12/2006

http://anime.goo.ne.jp/special/cat/

3D CG anime.

darkchibi07

2006-10-19, 09:19

MeganeShounen

2006-10-19, 10:50

The official website for Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica anime has opened:

http://www.polyphonica.tv/

Broadcast: 2007

Genre: Shounen/Seinen, Fantasy, Romance
Is this the same series that insani made a TLed demo of?
Link to the Insani demo (http://www.insani.org/polyphonica.html)

My interest was piqued because of the demo, but since it was just a sample, it was too short. This turning into a full fledged series is good news for me, since I'd get to know some more of the plot~

NeoSam

2006-10-19, 11:53

Is this the same series that insani made a TLed demo of?
Link to the Insani demo (http://www.insani.org/polyphonica.html)

My interest was piqued because of the demo, but since it was just a sample, it was too short. This turning into a full fledged series is good news for me, since I'd get to know some more of the plot~

Yes, thats it :D great to see the game demo translated :D

Thanks for the info :)

NeoSam

2006-10-20, 15:30

The official site for Rocket Girl anime has opened:

http://www.rocket-girl.jp/

Genre: Shounen, Sci-Fi

NeoSam

2006-10-22, 15:18

So Yay Yay Yay :D look whats getting animated :D

From ComiPress (http://www.comipress.com/news/2006/10/22/902):

Nagasarete Airantou to be Animated
According to Square Enix (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/powered/new/popup/airantou.html), Nagasarete Airantou (http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/search?search-type=ss&tag=&keywords=%E8%97%8D%E8%98%AD%E5%B3%B6&index=books-jp&_encoding=UTF8&__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A) by Takeshi Fujishiro will be adapted into an Anime in 2007. Nagasarete Airantou is currently serialized in Monthly Shounen GanGan (http://comipedia.com/magazine/shounen_gangan).

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ながされて藍蘭島
Nagasarete Airantou

Its based on a manga thats serialized in the shounen manga magazine Shounen GanGan (http://comipedia.com/magazine/shounen_gangan).
For now there are 9 volumes released of this manga.
here are the covers:

Volume 1 has a regular edition and a limited edition:

Volume 1:

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6407/nagasareteairantouvol10zl.jpg

Volume 1 limited edition:

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2227/nagasareteairantouvol1limitede.jpg

Volume 2,3,4:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/669/nagasareteairantouvol25gb.jpg http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3908/nagasareteairantouvol33at.jpg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/134/nagasareteairantouvol46uu.jpg

Volume 5 has a regular edition and a limited edition:

Volume 5:

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2816/nagasareteairantouvol55gm.jpg

Volume 5 limited edition:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1152/nagasareteairantouvol5limitede.jpg

Volume 6,7,8,9:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3434/nagasareteairantouvol62vq.jpg http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7240/nagasareteairantouvol79pk.jpg http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7290/vol8qs4.jpg http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/5889/vol9lg8.jpg

Other stuff:

Nagasarete Airantou novel:

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1452/nagasareteairantounovel6mk.jpg

Nagasarete Airantou perfect guidebook:

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6362/nagasareteairantouperfectguide.jpg

Nagasarete Airantou postcard book:

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2376/nagasareteairantoupostcardbook.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Info from Manganews (http://manganews.net/seriesinfo.php?id=615):

Touhouin Ikuto runs away from home at the age of 14 and jumps onboard a ship. He falls off into the ocean and drifts for 5 days until he is swept up in an storm. He wakes up on Airantou, an isolated island inhabited, coincidentally, by girls roughly his age who have never seen a boy before. After being thwarted in his atempt to escape by the fierce whirlpools that surround the island, he decides to accept his fate and remain. One boy to an island of girls? Let the fighting -- err, I mean fun, begin!

Genre: Shounen, Comedy

The manga is not licensed and its available from AT-Translations group.

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Edit:

oops there are 9 volumes available now, volume 9 was added :)

Kensuke

2006-10-22, 15:51

Info from Manganews (http://manganews.net/seriesinfo.php?id=615):

Touhouin Ikuto runs away from home at the age of 14 and jumps onboard a ship. He falls off into the ocean and drifts for 5 days until he is swept up in an storm. He wakes up on Airantou, an isolated island inhabited, coincidentally, by girls roughly his age who have never seen a boy before. After being thwarted in his atempt to escape by the fierce whirlpools that surround the island, he decides to accept his fate and remain. One boy to an island of girls? Let the fighting -- err, I mean fun, begin!
Ahahahaha~! Instant win, I'm interested. :D

NeoSam

2006-10-22, 19:09

What :twitch: I don't believe this O.O a manga from the seinen manga magazine IKKI (http://comipedia.com/magazine/ikki) >.< finally >.< is getting animated Yay Yay :D

It got announced and the site (http://www.tetsuko.jp/) for the anime has already opened :)

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鉄子の旅
Tetsuko no Tabi

Broadcast: 2007

http://www.tetsuko.jp/

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen manga magazine IKKI (http://comipedia.com/magazine/ikki).
For now there are 5 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/255/vol1ec6.jpg http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8386/vol2yc6.jpg http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/1230/vol3oe9.jpg http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4946/vol4jx2.jpg http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4420/vol5uq7.jpg

Read about the manga here:
http://snogglethorpe.googlepages.com/manga

Genre: Seinen

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After reading this (http://snogglethorpe.googlepages.com/manga) I'm really looking forward for this :)

Real people appear in the manga because they read the previous chapters of the manga LOL :D I love this :D

rooboy

2006-10-23, 00:38

So Yay Yay Yay :D look whats getting animated :D

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ながされて藍蘭島
Nagasarete Airantou

Yay! I love Nagasarete Airantou!

NeoSam

2006-10-23, 04:27

Yay! I love Nagasarete Airantou!

According to MoonPhase its getting an anime in Spring of 2007 :)

Edit:

oopse >.< Nagasarete Airantou manga is serialized in Monthly Shounen GanGan (and not weekly, there's no weekly Shounen GanGan >.<), anyway mistake was fixed.

Thanks to papa for the correction ^_^

NeoSam

2006-10-23, 11:55

A site for both movies; Kouchuu Ouja Mushi King and Oshare Majo Love and Berry (which both got mentioned in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=711686&postcount=851)) has opened:

http://www.mushi-osharemovie.com/

NeoSam

2006-10-23, 15:38

From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com):

Second Keroro Gunso Movie Announced
Japan's Newtype Magazine has reported (http://pc.webnt.jp/hotnews/news97.html) that "Chou Gekijouban Keroro Gunso 2: Shinkai no Princess de Arimasu!" (Super Movie Sergeant Keroro 2: It's the Deep Sea Princess!), the second Keroro Gunso motion picture, will open in Japanese theaters next spring.

Source: Moon Phase (http://www.moonphase.cc/)

barbapapa

2006-10-23, 15:46

According to MoonPhase its getting an anime in Spring of 2007 :)

Edit:

oopse >.< Nagasarete Airantou manga is serialized in Monthly Shounen GanGan (and not weekly, there's no weekly Shounen GanGan >.<), anyway mistake was fixed.

Thanks to papa for the correction ^_^

NP ;D

And I'm really looking forward to Tetsuko no Tabi
I adore Ikki

NeoSam

2006-10-23, 18:50

wao

2006-10-23, 22:04

Wow, I read the synopsis of the manga and that's fantastic. It's so awesome, a manga about trains, that is about how the manga came to be written at all! The coolest thing is featuring people in the manga who exist in real life and even appear in the first place because they read the manga :eyespin: And I love the whole idea of going all around Japan on trains, even to the most lonely and abandoned tracks. I'm definitely keeping an eye open for this one - I sincerely hope this gets a good production team, especially in the background art department.

Certainly looking forward to it. I heard that Emma's anime brought more readers to the magazine it's serialized in (ComicBrain? Or ComicBeam?), I wonder if this will do the same? Does IKKI have a lot of nice unusual stories like this? In which case it's a real pity it'd have so few readers...

barbapapa

2006-10-23, 22:05

Even though I'm not a reader of IKKI magazine, but I heard lots of good stuff about the manga from this magazine. hopefully this anime will bring more readers to IKKI magazine (I'm afraid that at its current situation, which is 29,000 readers of IKKI magazine, someday it might get defunct :( )

I wonder if this is the first manga from IKKI to get animated... hmmm...

anyway, I'm also looking forward to seeing Tetsuko no Tabi :)

Well Ikki isnt exactly aiming at getting a lot of readers; so I doubt it'll go defunct soon.
There's some very good manga in there like Noramimi, Ryuguden (finished), Freesia, Sexy Voice and Robo (finished and published by Viz)... It's all very oddball and off the wall stuff, a very acquired taste.

I cant remember if an Ikki manga was ever animated before though.
Mohiro Kitoh's current series Bokurano is running in Ikki, and his previous series Narutaru was animated (that ran in Afternoon, but oh well)

darkscythe

2006-10-23, 23:32

The anime is getting worse, every year there are minus series that worth watching xD, or maybe i'm getting old, hahahha. I'm watching death note and Super Robot Taisen OG DW this season.

NeoSam

2006-10-24, 05:00

Certainly looking forward to it. I heard that Emma's anime brought more readers to the magazine it's serialized in (ComicBrain? Or ComicBeam?), I wonder if this will do the same? Does IKKI have a lot of nice unusual stories like this? In which case it's a real pity it'd have so few readers...

Comic Beam, another great magazine ^^
I read on some blog that the magazine gained maid loving otakus (I think he was just jokingly saying this, I mean how exactly do you know that a magazine gained maid loving otakus :heh: )

Well Ikki isnt exactly aiming at getting a lot of readers; so I doubt it'll go defunct soon.
There's some very good manga in there like Noramimi, Ryuguden (finished), Freesia, Sexy Voice and Robo (finished and published by Viz)... It's all very oddball and off the wall stuff, a very acquired taste.

I totally forgot that Freesia is an IKKI manga, I love this manga ^^ , I wish this will get an anime too.
I'll be checking out Noramimi soon (there are over 30 (maybe 40) manga I'm following right now :eyespin: ).

barbapapa

2006-10-24, 08:37

I totally forgot that Freesia is an IKKI manga, I love this manga ^^ , I wish this will get an anime too.
I'll be checking out Noramimi soon (there are over 30 (maybe 40) manga I'm following right now :eyespin: ).

Yeah Freesia COULD be amazing animated. Kind of like Kemonozume...

Siegel Clyne

2006-10-25, 12:55

Fans in Japan report that the latest issue of Monthly Gangan WING (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_Gangan_WING) announces the animation of the shounen manga Seto no Hanayome (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Seto+no+Hanayome%22+manga) by Kimura Tahiko. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Kimura+Tahiko)

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Seiyuu Variety TV Show Stars Tanaka Rie, Matsuki Miyu, and Koshimizu Ami

The Sunday, February 18, 2007 edition of the Chunichi Sports (http://chuspo.chunichi.co.jp/) newspaper features an article on the Animeru!? (http://www.nagoyatv.com/animeru/) seiyuu variety television show starring three popular anime voice actresses: Tanaka Rie, Matsuki Miyu, and Koshimizu Ami.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4602/animerutanakariematsukikg2.th.jpg (http://img392.imageshack.us/my.php?image=animerutanakariematsukikg2.jpg)

Pictured from left to right: Tanaka Rie, Matsuki Miyu, Koshimizu Ami

Television Program: Animeru!?
Broadcasting Station: Nagoya TV "Metele" (Aichi, Gifu, Mie prefectures)
Broadcasting Date and Time: Friday, March 2, 2007, 25:20 - 25:50 (Saturday, March 3, 2007, 1:20 AM - 1:50 AM)

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Seiyuu Sanada Asami and Tanaka Rie Visit Taiwan the Weekend of February 24-25, 2007

Japanese voice actresses Sanada Asami (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3680) (Sakurada Jun in Rozen Maiden) and Tanaka Rie (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=697) (Suigintou in Rozen Maiden) will appear together at the Fancy Frontier 9 (http://www.f-2.com.tw/?p=189) manga/doujin convention in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, February 25, 2007.

Tanaka Rie appeared at Fancy Frontier 6 (http://loki.ind.ntou.edu.tw/~mac/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5188) during 2005. (She appeared at a similar or related event in Taipei, Taiwan during 2004.)

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Tanaka Rie Appearance at Fancy Frontier 6

Scene Approximately 10 Minutes Before the Start of the Tanaka Rie Mini Live Concert at Fancy Frontier 6, National Taiwan (http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/about%20ntu/location/ntumap01.htm) University (http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/about%20ntu/location/01.htm) Sports Center (New Gymnasium) (http://www.f-2.com.tw/index.php?page_id=6), Taipei City, Taiwan, July 31, 2005

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8766/rieminiliveff6ntunewgymun4.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rieminiliveff6ntunewgymun4.jpg)

Sporting the Green Dress Lacus Clyne Wears in White Symphony on Episode 36 of Gundam SEED, Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell Voice Actress Tanaka Rie Performs Mini Live Concert at Fancy Frontier 6, National Taiwan University Sports Center, Taipei City, Taiwan, July 31, 2005

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8379/lacusyq4.th.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lacusyq4.jpg)

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9291/rieminiliveff6ntunewgymfv9.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rieminiliveff6ntunewgymfv9.jpg)

Tanaka Rie Surrounded by a Number of Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell Cosplayers (Plus One Suigintou Cosplayer) at Fancy Frontier 6, National Taiwan University Sports Center, Taipei City, Taiwan, July 31, 2005

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2433/tanakariecosplayersff6nju1.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tanakariecosplayersff6nju1.jpg)

A Tanaka Rie Autograph from Fancy Frontier 6 in Taipei, Taiwan, Signed "Rie Tanaka" and Dated July 31, 2005

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/8598/rieautographff6sk8.th.jpg (http://img462.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rieautographff6sk8.jpg)

According to the August 6, 2005 entry in her blog (http://rie.bird.to/cgi-bin/diary/topics.cgi) on her old official website (no longer up), Tanaka Rie sang before 10,000 or so people at Fancy Frontier 6, National Taiwan University Sports Center, Taipei City, Taiwan on July 31, 2005.

Taiwanese fans report that Tanaka Rie sang six songs at Fancy Frontier 6: 1) "Quiet Night C.E. 73"; 2) "Mizu no Akashi"; 3)Shizukana Yoru ni"; 4)"Fields of hope"; 5)"EMOTION"; and, an encore, 6)"Let Me Be With You."

(Numbers one and five are Meer Campbell insert songs in Gundam SEED DESTINY. Numbers two through four are Lacus Clyne insert songs in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED DESTINY. Number six is an insert song in episode 20 of Chobits, the Chii version of the Chobits opening theme song.)

After she sang the second song, "Mizu no Akashi," Tanaka Rie reportedly performed a number of her characters, including Lacus Clyne, Meer Campbell, Suigintou, Chii, Mariel from Hanaukyo Maid Team ~ La Verite, and Mizuhara Koyomi (Yomi) from Azumanga Daioh.

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Tanaka Rie and Sanada Asami Pics from Fancy Frontier 9, Sunday, February 25, 2007

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4536/fancyfrontier9taiwannturh2.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fancyfrontier9taiwannturh2.jpg)
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/5682/tanakariesanadaasamiff9pu4.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tanakariesanadaasamiff9pu4.jpg)

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6212/tanakariesanadaasamiff9md5.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tanakariesanadaasamiff9md5.jpg)

Pictured: Tanaka Rie (left), Sanada Asami (right)

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Director Obara Masakazu and Series Writer Yoshino Hiroyuki Single Out the Great Acting Performance of Seiyuu Tanaka Rie as Tomoe Marguerite in My-Otome (Mai-Otome)

My-Otome (Mai-Otome) Anime Perfect Guide

ISBN: 425313016X (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=425313016X)

Page 115

Sutoorii Daijesuto

Dai22wa Horobi no Uta

2006/3/9 OnAir

Comment

Obara
Tanaka Rie-san no kaien ... motto hayaku kore ga wakatte ireba kyaradate suru houhou wa iroiro atta noni......

Yoshino
Ato wa Tomoe-yaku no Tanaka Rie-san no engi. Datsubou desu (wara).
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Story Digest

Episode 22 The Song of Destruction

2006/03/09 Television Broadcast

Comment

Obara [Masakazu, director]
The extraordinary performance of Tanaka Rie ... if I had realized this earlier, that there were various ways to do the character [of Tomoe Marguerite]......

Yoshino [Hiroyuki, series writer]
And then there is the acting of Tanaka Rie in the role of Tomoe. I take my hat off to her (smiles).

Rion

2006-10-25, 13:04

I kind of dropped Noramimi, but I love Bokurano, Freesia, Sexy Voice and Ryuguden. I guess I will watch Tetsuko no Tabi for the sole reason that it comes out of the IKKI *hrrr*

Actually it's amazing to see an IKKI manga animated. What will be next?

barbapapa

2006-10-25, 13:29

Shinji103

2006-10-25, 14:04

NeoSam

2006-10-25, 16:47

Yay :) thanks Siegel Clyne for the info.

So first a shounen manga (Nagasarete Airantou) from the shounen magazine Shounen GanGan (http://www.comipedia.com/magazine/shounen_gangan) is getting animated, and now a shounen manga from the shounen magazine GanGan WING (http://comipedia.com/magazine/gangan_wing_gwing) is getting animated, I predict that a few days from now a manga from the shounen magazine GanGan Powered (http://comipedia.com/magazine/gangan_powered) will be announced to get an anime adaptation too :heh: LOL

Even though, I will be totally excited to see more seinen manga from Square Enix animated, for example: Black God :)

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瀬戸の花嫁
Seto no Hanayome

Based on a manga thats serialized in the shounen manga magazine GanGan WING (http://comipedia.com/magazine/gangan_wing_gwing).
For now there are 10 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4190/setonohanayomevol1hc1.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2177/setonohanayomevol2xs2.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/561/setonohanayomevol3ai0.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8789/setonohanayomevol4ow8.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1868/setonohanayomevol5js1.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/9295/setonohanayomevol6ea1.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8662/setonohanayomevol7yk2.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7803/setonohanayomevol8wz4.jpg http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1347/setonohanayomevol9sz0.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4574/setonohanayomevol10fh7.jpg

The manga is not licensed and its being scanlated by AnimeWaves group.

Info from AnimeWaves (http://www.animewaves.net):

Nagasumi visits his grandmother near the sea during the summer. While visiting, he goes for a swim, and drowns right after entering the water. Fortunately for him he is saved by a young mermaid. Later as he tells the story to his family, a young girl named San appears at his home and begs Nagasumi to marry her.

She’s followed by two large thugs and they take both him and his parents to San's home under the sea. If that wasn’t strange enough, it turns out San's parents are mob bosses. Nagasumi is left with the choice of either death or marrying San. He chooses to marry a mermaid.

This would likely be that, except San's father and some members of the mob are not exactly thrilled to have Nagasumi courting San and are determined to bring an end to their relationship--or him. And there is also the matter of keeping it a secret that San is a mermaid.

Genre: Shounen, Comedy, Romance

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REIDEEN

Broadcast: Spring 2007

http://www.reideen.jp/

Animation: Production I.G

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Sonhex

2006-10-25, 16:59

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REIDEEN

Broadcast: Spring 2007

http://www.reideen.jp/

Animation: Production I.G

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Looks like a remake of Yuusha Reideen (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1990). Same staff as Blood+ so perhaps this might be a mature mecha series, rather than the kid-friendly IGPX.

Nightengale

2006-10-25, 17:34

Looks like a remake of Yuusha Reideen (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1990). Same staff as Blood+ so perhaps this might be a mature mecha series, rather than the kid-friendly IGPX.

Awesome news once again following Dancougar and VOTOMs....But isn't the director the same person who handled IGPX?

Newprimus

2006-10-25, 23:36

Re Nagasarete Airantou:

*melts into a puddle of pure joy*

Yes. Nothing like truly great news to brighten one's day. :)

Sonhex

2006-10-26, 03:31

Awesome news once again following Dancougar and VOTOMs....But isn't the director the same person who handled IGPX?

Yep, looks like the same helmsmen as IGPX; Mitsuru Hongo is supervising and Koichi Mashimo is doing the series composition. Character design by Takuya Saito who also worked on IGPX.

wao

2006-10-26, 05:42

It seems to be the same staff as IGPX for the large part. Not just the director and character designer (and production studio), but one of the mechanical designers, and if I'm not wrong even the audio director is the same. I perked up at reading that Yorihiro Ike is doing the music! Win!

Where on earth did you get the info about Koichi Mashimo, though? Is Masahiro Yokotani supposd to be a penname of his? God no, I hope it isn't because I think I'd probably run away...

But what is with this slew of mecha remakes :eyespin: Was it some collective decision or something, I wonder...

Nightengale

2006-10-26, 06:07

But what is with this slew of mecha remakes :eyespin: Was it some collective decision or something, I wonder...

Our voices are finally heard. :D

JAM Project, ver. animation studios? Or just different sides perking up at each other's sudden announcement of classical mecha remakes and starts doing their own? Whatever, it is the fans that gets the benefit, though mecha haters may not be too pleased....

I can hear it now...people calling this a Rahxephon rip-off. :(

Sonhex

2006-10-26, 07:19

...
Where on earth did you get the info about Koichi Mashimo, though?...

Out of my arse obviously:uhoh: I did mean Masahiro Yokotani. I confused them while reading the credits for IGPX.

I can hear it now...people calling this a Rahxephon rip-off.

Which is why it's worth clarifying for people that Rahxephon is based on Reideen in the first place. Yeah I suspect people will bring that up alot.

NeoSam

2006-10-27, 19:18

The site for ToHeart2 OVA has opened:

http://www.aquaplus.co.jp/th2v/

According to this (http://www.aquaplus.co.jp/th2v/product.html), its a going to have 3 OVA volumes (3 episodes >.< ).

NeoSam

2006-10-28, 06:57

I didn't mention this :P

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ジオグラマトン
DYOGRAMMATON

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1876/dyogrammatonxj6.jpg

Based on a bishoujo game (an ero-game).

The company that creared the game: CLOCKUP

Site of the company: (Warning: do not access this site unless you are 18+)
http://www.clockup.net/

Site of the game: (Warning: do not access this site unless you are 18+)
http://www.clockup.net/dyo/dyo.htm

OVA series.
First OVA episode will be released on 15/12/2006.

Genre: Seinen, Double Impact Adventure

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I have no idea what Double Impact Adventure means >.<

NeoSam

2006-10-30, 11:46

According to MoonPhase's anime list (http://www.moonphase.cc/Html/anime.html), Wangan MIDNIGHT is getting an anime.

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湾岸MIDNIGHT (湾岸ミッドナイト)
Wangan MIDNIGHT

Broadcast: Spring 2007

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen manga magazine Young Magazine (http://comipedia.com/magazine/young_magazine).
For now there are 35 volumes released of this manga.

Covers can be seen here (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/503-9077829-0017547?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-jp&field-author=%E6%A5%A0%20%E3%81%BF%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AF%E3% 82%8B).

Mangaka: Kusunoki Michiharu (楠みちはる)

Read about the manga here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangan_Midnight

Genre: Seinen, Action, Drama, Racing

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Don't ask me to post the covers :P
Wangan MIDNIGHT has 35 volumes released and its still ongoing in Young Magazine (http://comipedia.com/magazine/young_magazine).

Shinndou

2006-10-30, 11:57

Wangan MIDNIGHT, huh? Is it just me or does this manga (and anime, in future) seem to be a sort of clone of Initial D? The covers and the informations provided by the wikipedia suggest that, somehow.

Guido

2006-10-30, 12:05

For the cover to DYOGRAMMATON, is that a mobile suit mecha standing on the background behind the female lead?

NeoSam

2006-10-30, 17:15

Seems like some type of mecha, you can see it here (http://www.clockup.net/dyo/wakaru.htm), just keep clicking until you get its picture.

NeoSam

2006-10-30, 17:52

WTF >.< why am I mentioning a live action Street Fighter movie in this thread for >.<

Content of this post got deleted :P

>.> sorry this post should be deleted >.>

Edit:

I should get some sleep LOL
Good Night ^^

the.Merines

2006-10-30, 18:31

Wangan MIDNIGHT, huh? Is it just me or does this manga (and anime, in future) seem to be a sort of clone of Initial D? The covers and the informations provided by the wikipedia suggest that, somehow.

Wangan Midnight was first released in 93, Initial D in 95. Wangan racing takes place on highways in the early morning hours- basically competative topspeed runs. The speeds are much higher than the mountain roads in Initial D, plus traffic and cops...

I'm somewhat interested by this development.

Shinndou

2006-10-31, 02:24

Wangan Midnight was first released in 93, Initial D in 95. Wangan racing takes place on highways in the early morning hours- basically competative topspeed runs. The speeds are much higher than the mountain roads in Initial D, plus traffic and cops...

I'm somewhat interested by this development.

I see. Highways, huh? I'm even more interested now. :)

kct

2006-10-31, 08:27

Wangan Midnight is better for one thing: there is REAL DANGER of racing in highways at 300+km/h.

Even the main character's car crashed badly once.

darkchibi07

2006-10-31, 09:53

It makes me wonder who's going to animate this. The car scenes better be slick, and the OST better be good!

NeoSam

2006-10-31, 13:49

And another anime:

==========

クレイモア
Claymore

Broadcast: 2007

Based on a manga thats serialized in the shounen manga magazine Monthly Shounen Jump (http://comipedia.com/magazine/shounen_jump_monthly).
For now there are 10 volumes released of this manga, and volume 11 will be released next month (November 2006).
Here are the covers:

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3159/bkxlnqdvol1xp9.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4752/bkxlnqdvol2gy9.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8269/bkxlnqdvol3tv6.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1351/bkxlnqdvol4yl3.jpg http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5951/bkxlnqdvol5gs6.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5369/bkxlnqdvol6zz0.jpg http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8246/bkxlnqdvol7eb5.jpg http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8265/bkxlnqdvol8xf0.jpg http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9824/bkxlnqdvol9rf8.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6433/bkxlnqdvol10wv5.jpg

Mangaka: Yagi Norihiro (八木教広)

The site for the manga:
http://mj.shueisha.co.jp/claymore/

Read about the manga here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore_%28Manga%29

Genre: Shounen, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Adventure, Drama

==========

rooboy

2006-10-31, 14:03

Wow, first Nodame Cantabille, then Nagarasete Airantou and now Claymore? I expect Hayate the Combat Butler any minute now ....

Newprimus

2006-10-31, 16:00

Wow, first Nodame Cantabille, then Nagarasete Airantou and now Claymore? I expect Hayate the Combat Butler any minute now ....

And with that, the universe is finally complete. ;)

Nightengale

2006-10-31, 18:35

Claymore? Awesomeness. I can never get enough of under~tier shounens. *checks off another name from my ~it'll definitely get an anime list~*

However, Claymore is pretty much hit-or-miss depending on the atmosphere it's executing. If done conventionally, I can foresee it ending up real bad.

Catnips

2006-10-31, 22:35

Thank goodness Wangan Midnight was turned into an anime which is a good move.This one is more on drag racing(reminds you of Tokyo Extreme Racer games)...GO DATSUN 240Z!!!:D

NeoSam

2006-11-01, 02:59

And another anime got announced >.<

鉄腕バーディー
Tetsuwan Birdy
Birdy the Mighty

There was a 4 episode OVA anime adaptation of the old manga by Masami Yuki that got serialized in Shounen Sunday (http://comipedia.com/magazine/shounen_sunday) magazine. this manga ended with only 1 volume (corrected from 12 volumes to 1).

Info (about the old anime):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdy_the_Mighty

There's a new manga thats currently running in the seinen manga magazine Young Sunday (http://comipedia.com/magazine/young_sunday) which is also by Masami Yuki and it has currently 13 volumes out (volume 14 will be released tomorrow November 2, 2006) and its still ongoing in Young Sunday (http://comipedia.com/magazine/young_sunday) magazine.

The site for the manga thats running in Young Sunday (http://comipedia.com/magazine/young_sunday): (also the covers of the manga can be seen here)
http://www.youngsunday.com/rensai/comics/birdy.html

The new anime is most likely based on the new manga.

Genre: Shounen/Seinen, Science Fiction, Comedy

NoSanninWa

2006-11-01, 04:28

OMG! Birdy the Mighty!! Wow that brings me back! I remember those OVAs! I can't wait to see it as a new TV show! Wow that's a lot of exclamation points!

Can anyone tell me something about the relation between the old manga and the new manga?

kari-no-sugata

2006-11-01, 06:47

OMG! Birdy the Mighty!! Wow that brings me back! I remember those OVAs!

Yeah, no kidding. Hello "nostalgia". I can barely remember the OVAs though.

I can't wait to see it as a new TV show! Wow that's a lot of exclamation points!

Hmm, the earlier post says the original manga series (in Shonen Sunday) was 12 volumes, but as far as I can find it was just 2. That's what the author's page seems to say anyway:
http://www.yukimasami.com/

Can anyone tell me something about the relation between the old manga and the new manga?

Clueless here. Haven't found much by searching yet.

Also, there doesn't seem to be any name change for the new series running in Young Sunday - both are "Tetsuwan Birdy". The art style seems rather different from what I remember of his other Shounen Sunday works (Patlabor and so on). Seems more serious. Looking at some of the sample images from the manga, it looks like the new series re-starts from the beginning.

Some images I found:
http://www.youngsunday.com/rensai/desktop/birdy/s.jpg
http://www.youngsunday.com/rensai/desktop/birdy/2l.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/4091510981.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://blog32.fc2.com/t/teikan/file/birdy1.jpg

PS Though I don't think it is relevant to the new Birdy anime, I think the Patlabor TV series and OVAs is one of the best manga to anime conversions - they managed to get around most of the flaws in the original, without taking much away, I thought. Ahh, "7 Days of Inferno"...

(Not so hot on the movies...)

NeoSam

2006-11-01, 07:08

Hmm, the earlier post says the original manga series (in Shonen Sunday) was 12 volumes, but as far as I can find it was just 2. That's what the author's page seems to say anyway:
http://www.yukimasami.com/

The english wiki said 12 volumes >.< so I just believed that >.<

But according to the japanese wiki (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/鉄腕バーディー) its only 1 volume manga >.<

Can someone find out whats the truth LOL

kari-no-sugata

2006-11-01, 08:24

The english wiki said 12 volumes >.< so I just believed that >.<

But according to the japanese wiki (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/鉄腕バーディー) its only 1 volume manga >.<

Can someone find out whats the truth LOL

I think Wikipedia entry is including the new series - ie, it was 12 volumes when last updated. It makes no mention of the "Young Sunday" version, and the last updator probably confused the two versions (since they have exactly the same name).

The author's home page mentions a 2 volume old series related to Shonen Sunday. That might be the anime book version of the OVAs though.

According to this:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=4980&page=28

1996-07 (Japanese Volume 1)
1996-12 (Japanese Anime Comic Edition Volume 1)
1997-03 (Japanese Anime Comic Edition Volume 2)
2003-06-05 (Japanese volume 1)
2003-09-05 (Japanese volume 2)
2003-12-05 (Japanese volume 3)
2004-03-05 (Japanese volume 4)
2004-06-04 (Japanese volume 5)
2004-09-03 (Japanese volume 6)
2004-12-03 (Japanese volume 7)
2005-03-04 (Japanese volume 8)
2005-06-03 (Japanese volume 9)
2005-09-05 (Japanese volume 10)
2005-12-05 (Japanese volume 11)
2006-04-05 (Japanese volume 12)

That sounds about right, though v13 is already out and v14 is due out tomorrow (2nd November). As far as I remember, the author stopped writing his last series in Shonen Sunday (Jaja Uma Grooming Up!) about 4 years ago - so it looks like shortly after he started the new version of "Birdy the Mighty" in Young Sunday.

I found an old review of the manga that complains that despite the volume being labeled "volume 1" a "volume 2" doesn't seem to exist.

NeoSam

2006-11-01, 08:56

Thanks for the info ^^

That sounds about right, though v13 is already out and v14 is due out tomorrow (2nd November). As far as I remember, the author stopped writing his last series in Shonen Sunday (Jaja Uma Grooming Up!) about 4 years ago - so it looks like shortly after he started the new version of "Birdy the Mighty" in Young Sunday.

I found an old review of the manga that complains that despite the volume being labeled "volume 1" a "volume 2" doesn't seem to exist.

Yeah I can't find this volume 2 too (LOL) so the reviewer might be right, and thats why the japanese wiki only mentions 1 volume.

With volume 14 of the new manga coming out tomorrow hopefully the new anime won't be an OVA series, but a full TV series (at least 26 episodes).

kct

2006-11-01, 10:17

It makes me wonder who's going to animate this. The car scenes better be slick, and the OST better be good!

Some major love for the Devil Z is coming to places like here soon.

NeoSam

2006-11-01, 14:17

The official site for RGB Adventure (RGBアドベンチャー) anime has opened:

http://www.rgbadv.com/

Broadcast: November 5, 2006

Kaioshin Sama

2006-11-01, 15:34

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reideen#Remake Oh what's that. It couldn't be anymore clear now that next year is my year. MECHA REVIVAL TIME! I don't know how many classic mecha series are getting a new entry next year, but damn. This is it, you Moe/Dating Sim show fans had your turn for almost 3 years and I had to sit by grinding my teeth in agony as anime dissolved into "How can we make this character as cute as possibly and this male lead as wussy as possible?". Now its my turn, sit back and enjoy the ride as Manliness takes centre stage again and the cutesy girls get the boot from anime studios. I think I can thank the success of the Zeta Gundam series for this turn of events. Now instead of only the Moe fans winning, everybody gets to win as the Anime Industry finally wakes up and decides to stop spreading itself so thin. I'm sure 2007 will have plenty of stuff for everybody instead of just fans of cute girls.

And to think three months ago I was ready to throw in the towel and surrender to the onslaught of Moe. Now even though I'm primarily a Mecha fan, I would still be disappointed if that's all there was next year, because I have nothing against shows with cute girls. It's just when thats all there is I sit and vegetate somewhat. There just haven't been enough options lately. Now a Mecha show with a manly hero and a cute girl and an awesome robot, there is nothing else like it, its pretty much the peak for me. I swear any moe show this year could have been made instantly better by throwing a giant robot into the mix. Take for example the upcoming Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica, main character, total hottie, give her a robot or something and make it interesting. And my thoughts are bleeding out into this post again so I'll stop here and save space.

NeoSam

2006-11-02, 13:38

And the official site for Saiyuki RELOAD -burial- has opened:

http://saiyuki-ova.net/

NeoSam

2006-11-04, 09:22

Chiibi

2006-11-05, 19:18

The Birdy the Mighty anime just got announced and now a manga scanlation group started scanlating the new Birdy the Mighty manga :)

First chapter has been scanlated.

Link: Manganews (http://www.manganews.net/seriesinfo.php?id=5407).

:twitch:

.....shinjirarenai......I remember renting the VHS tapes from Hollywood video...this anime's OLD SCHOOL!!

......er...sorta ^^;

eggplant

2006-11-08, 03:10

ウェルベールの物語〜Sisters of Wellber〜

Director: Hamana Takayuki (The Prince of Tennis/Idaten Jump)
Series Composition: Maekawa Jun (The Prince of Tennis/Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters/Onegai My Melody ~Kuru Kuru Shuffle!~)
Character Design: Iizuka Haruko (The Prince of Tennis, Two Samurais, The First Game/Tsubasa Chronicle: Torikago no Kuni no Himegimi)/Takahashi Nariyuki (Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street)
Music: Dobashi Akio (ex-Rebecca)
Animation Studio: Production I.G/Trans Arts
Producer: Avex Entertainment/Zoomflicker/Production I.G

Genre: Romance? Mystery? (Original Storyline)
Media: TV Series
Launch Date: April 2007

Don't have any info on the story yet. Will try to scan a picture when Newtype is out on the 10th.

physics223

2006-11-08, 09:06

Um ... pardon for my asking, but when does the documentary anime on Koizumi air again? Because if it's aired already, I haven't found raws of it or even anything on it. :V

eggplant

2006-11-08, 10:17

Um ... pardon for my asking, but when does the documentary anime on Koizumi air again? Because if it's aired already, I haven't found raws of it or even anything on it. :V

This was a documentary about former Prime Minister Koizumi's secretary which aired on October 8th, and within the two hour special, 4 to 5 short animated scenes (about 3 minutes each) were inserted, which segued right into the live action parts, therefore it would have been outright meaningless to extract only the animated parts.

The anime was used as means of portraying the flashback scenes and nothing more, hence the lack of interest among anime fans.

I suppose if you look into J drama (dorama) listings, you may find something. Here's the title for just in case:
独占取材！　今明かす　小泉純一郎の「正体」
Dokusen Shuzai! Ima Akasu Koizumi Junichiro no Shoutai

I saw it live and even recorded it only to erase it without second thoughts. I do not know if there will be a rerun.

NeoSam

2006-11-08, 16:38

And another anime:

ゆめだまや奇談
Yume da Maya Kidan

Broadcast: Summer 2007

The winning work of the 5th Animax grand prix.
Grand prix winning work: Yume da Maya Kidan (ゆめだまや奇談)
Grand prix winner: Tsukino Akari (月野あかり)

Animation production: Production I.G

physics223

2006-11-08, 17:04

Thanks for clearing that up, eggplant. The search for a true political anime continues.

NeoSam

2006-11-09, 02:41

ZODDGUTS

2006-11-09, 03:49

The Birdy the Mighty anime just got announced and now a manga scanlation group started scanlating the new Birdy the Mighty manga :)

First chapter has been scanlated.

Link: Manganews (http://www.manganews.net/seriesinfo.php?id=5407).

Awesome even more great news. Hopefully it's animated by Madhouse so that there's a chance that Yoshiaki Kawajiri will be directing it his already done with the Highlander anime movie so his free right now. Also hope that Chiaki J. Konaka also does the screenplay like he did for the OVA his one of the best screenplay writers in the business.

ImClueless

2006-11-09, 12:47

And another anime:

メイプルストーリー
Maple Story

Based on a game (a MMORPG type of game).

Read about the game here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory

Animation production: Madhouse

OMFG they are making a Maple Story anime!?!?! The game doesn't even have a story not to mention a plot. Then I shouldn't talk it cost me a letter grade in my average for one term and earned me 400 bucks on ebay when I quit. So glad I quit.

domino

2006-11-09, 13:16

And another anime:

メイプルストーリー
Maple Story

Based on a game (a MMORPG type of game).

Read about the game here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory

Animation production: Madhouse

Holy crap, that awful game is still popular? And being ANIMATED? By MADHOUSE? :twitch:

It's like April Fool's came late this year......

ImClueless

2006-11-09, 13:22

I wonder if it will feature the characters battling snails and mushrooms for 10 episodes, upgrade to battling pigs for another five, hogs for another five and finally quitting due to the extreme level grind.

NeoSam

2006-11-09, 15:00

Sites sites sites >.<

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A site for Maple Story anime has opened:

http://maplestory.jp/

(Even though for now it links to the site of the game LOL)

=====

A site for Romeo x Juliet anime has opened: (mentioned by eggplant in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=691563&postcount=819))

http://www.romejuli.jp/

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A site for Wellber no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~ anime has opened: (mentioned by eggplant in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=733224&postcount=912))

http://www.avexmovie.jp/lineup/wellber/

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eggplant

2006-11-10, 03:40

Ah, the site for Sisters of Wellber is up already.

As mentioned in my previous post, here is the article from Newtype magazine.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9043/wellberto3.th.jpg (http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wellberto3.jpg)

Cast:
Rita Ciol: Takahashi Mikako
Tina Lawter: Takeuchi Junko
Sherry: Sendai Eri
Girano D'Vorjulak: Chou
Guernia Han: Kakita Toshiyuki
Galahad Eiger: Namikawa Daisuke
Haidel Ciol: Kamibeppu Hitoshi
Roden Ciol: Sugita Tomokazu
Jin: Terashima Takuma
Vice: Tsuruoka Satoshi

Synopsis:10 years since the great war, tensions were mounting within the country of Wellber, which was barely capable of keeping peace, as war could commence at any time with its neighboring country, Sangatras.
In order to avoid warfare, the king of Wellber, Haidel planned on marrying off his daughter, Princess Rita, to Sangatras' Prince Guernia.
However, Rita stabbed her groom to be and ran away.
Infuriated, Sangatras' King Ranbahnhof threatens to wage war unless Rita is captured and publicly executed within 14 days.
In order to avoid the worst case scenario, Rita decides to head for the neutral country of Greedom.
Meanwhile, the woman thief Tina sneaks into Castle Wellber, seeking its treasures, when she happens to witness the stabbing of Guernia by Rita.
Whether it be by coincidence or necessity, Tina receives information that the "Wasp Man" she was after is in Greedom, her sworn enemy who took the life of her parents.
Tina agrees to become Rita's bodyguard as they head out to Greedom.
Shouldering their fate and destiny, the two meet, leave, and set out on their journey.
What awaits them is war or peace, vengeance or death...

tritoch

2006-11-10, 03:43

Woot Takahashi Mikako in a lead role.

NeoSam

2006-11-10, 07:50

And an official site for Master of Epic The animation Age anime has opened:

http://moepic.com/anime/

Broadcast: January 2007

darkchibi07

2006-11-10, 08:02

Another Gonzo series, huh? And it looks cute! :p

NeoSam

2006-11-10, 20:20

physics223

2006-11-10, 20:31

I was half-expecting a manga like GOTH to be made an anime series when I visited here; I just felt it. Guess not. :p

Newprimus

2006-11-11, 02:04

Which studio is doing Airantou? Is Starchild said studio?

relentlessflame

2006-11-11, 05:25

Which studio is doing Airantou? Is Starchild said studio?Well, as NeoSam's post mentioned, the animation's being produced by Feel (who did D.C.S.S, Otoboku, and collaborated on a lot of stuff over the years). Starchild is basically King Records' anime brand; they're the publishers for the show. Incidentally, Moonphase (http://www.moonphase.cc/Html/anime.html) also lists it as 26 episodes.

NeoSam

2006-11-11, 08:45

A site for Ukkari Penelope - Penelope tete en l'air anime opened:

http://www.penelope.tv/

Broadcast: 20/11/2006

Animation production: Nippon Animation

NeoSam

2006-11-12, 09:30

Its great to see Anime News Service (http://animenewsservice.com/) is back with more news :) (though I just noticed >.< )

From Anime News Service (http://animenewsservice.com/):

Afro Samurai American Debut
GDH K.K. has announced that AFRO SAMURAI, the animated series produced by its main production subsidiary GONZO K.K. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Managing Director: Koji Kajita, hereafter GONZO) will premiere in the US on male skewing cable network SPIKE starting January 4th, 2007.
Based on Takashi Okazaki's comic, AFRO SAMURAI is a five episode animated series in which the protagonist - Afro Samurai - sets out on a journey to avenge his father against a unique backdrop of mixture of samurai culture and soul culture.. The series stars and is also co-produced by Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of the hero. Ron Perlman (Hellboy) and Kelly Hu (X2: X-MEN UNITED) also participate as voice actors. The soundtrack of the series is composed by the revolutionary hip-hop artist The RZA, adding another outstanding creative talent to provide a whole new experience never seen in the animation history. The series will be aired in Japan in 2007 after US broadcast. The animated TV series will initially be aired in the US and will then be aired in Japan with the original English voices and Japanese subtitles. Original concept by Takashi Okazaki. For more information, visit www.afrosamurai.com.

Ok I didn't know that AFRO SAMURAI was based on a manga >.<

From the wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_Samurai):

Afro Samurai is a Japanese dōjinshi manga series, created by Takashi Okazaki, originally featured in the Nononhow dōjin magazine, which has adapted into an 5-episode anime television series, produced by Japanese animation studio GONZO, and set to air in January 4 2007.

And about the the doujin magazine (Nononhow), from here (http://www.act1anime.com/news/2006/02/19/afro-samurai-to-debut-on-american-tv-screens/):

Nononhow, a self-financed magazine put together in 1998 by Okazaki and his friends during their time at art school of which fewer than 100 copies were published.

physics223

2006-11-12, 10:54

Afro Samurai is slated to only have five episodes? Cool. That means it won't take up a lot of space in my HD. :D

NeoSam

2006-11-14, 19:24

A rumor >.< there's a rumor about Blue Dragon getting an anime.

From this site (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/blue-dragon/rumor-blue-dragon-anime-in-the-works-207721.php):

Rumor: Blue Dragon Anime In The Works?

Stick a big fat "unconfirmed rumor" on this post, but there are rumblings that a Blue Dragon anime are in the works. A page on *get this* a toy hobby figurine page that seems to hint an upcoming anime for next spring in Japan. The game is the brainchild of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and Dragon Ball/Dragon Quest creator Akira Toriyama. Even though we're still at the getting-info-from-Japanese-toy-sites point, a Blue Dragon anime makes way more sense than, let's say, a cartoon about pinatas. Brian Ashcraft

This is the site that hints about an upcoming Blue Dragon anime:
http://smood.littlestar.jp/x-net/news/2006/10/1303.html

For info about Blue Dragon, read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dragon

But also according to the same page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dragon) above:

Manga & anime
On the 14th Novermber 2006 Shuiesha announced a manga adaptation of Blue Dragon is to be produced. The Blue Dragon ST manga will be drawn by Ami Shibata and begin serialization in the January issue of Shonen Jump Japan. An anime adaption of the game was also announced recently.

But I can't find any confirmation of it getting an anime.
If anyone has more info about this (be it getting an anime or not), please post about it.

Haohmaru

2006-11-15, 15:33

Afro Samurai is slated to only have five episodes? Cool. That means it won't take up a lot of space in my HD. :D

I read that it's only 5 episodes now. It'll get more episodes if it's popular.

NeoSam

2006-11-18, 12:13

There will be a big announcement concerning Nanatsuiro★Drops in January 2007 issue of the bishoujo game magazine Dengeki G's Magazine (http://comipedia.com/magazine/dengeki_gs_magazine) (which will be at sale at the end of this month :) )

Could it be an official announcement of a Nanatsuiro★Drops anime ? :)

(even though according to rumors the animation production might be Studio Barcelona)

I mentioned an anime adaptation of the bishoujo game Nanatsuiro★Drops in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=683975&postcount=769), but an anime is not confirmed yet, so its not listed on MoonPhase's anime list.

Hopefully it will get an anime, a loli loli anime :heh:

Genre: Seinen, Fantasy, Romance

Siegel Clyne

2006-11-20, 05:02

I cannot vouch for their accuracy but over two weeks ago, someone posted on a now archived 2ch thread (http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/asaloon/1161966071/665) numbers of new animation (anime) telecasted in Japan during 2006.

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2006 New Telecasted Animation (Anime) Numbers According to Prefecture (Overall Total/Late Night Total)

00. Japan (144/99)

01.*Kanagawa (135/95) (94.4%/96.0%)

02. Chiba (134/92)

03. Saitama (132/90)

04.*Tokyo (118/79)

05.*Osaka (116/79)

06.*Aichi (105/69)

07.*Gunma (93/56)

08.*Tochigi (92/55)

09.*Ibaraki (87/50)

10.*Kyoto (74/57)

11.*Hyogo (70/56)

12.*Fukuoka (66/31)

12.*Saga (66/31)

14.*Hokkaido (65/29)

15.*Mie (57/40)

16.*Okayama( 57/21)

16.*Kagawa (57/21)

18.*Nara (56/39)

19.*Gifu (50/35)

20.*Shiga (50/33)

21.*Wakayama (49/34)

22.*Tokushima (46/32)

23.*Miyagi (35/13)

24.*Hiroshima (28/8)

25.*Nagano (26/9)

26.*Niigata (25/8)

26.*Kumamoto (25/8)

28.*Shizuoka (23/7)

29.*Ehime (22/6)

30.*Fukushima (21/3)

31.*Oita (20/4)

31.*Kagoshima (20/4)

33.*Iwate(20/3)

34.*Ishikawa (19/6)

35.*Nagasaki (19/5)

36.*Tottori (19/4)

36.*Shimane (19/4)

38.*Aomori (19/3)

38.*Akita (19/3)

40.*Kochi (18/5)

41.*Yamagata (17/3)

42.*Toyama (16/3)

43.*Miyazaki (15/5)

44.*Fukui (15/4)

45.*Yamaguchi (15/3)

46.*Yamanashi (14/3) (9.8%/3.0%)

46.*Okinawa (14/3) (9.8%/3.0%)

When overall total numbers are same, late night numbers determine order.

NeoSam

2006-11-20, 09:10

Yay Yay Yay :D School Days is getting a TV anime :D

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スクールデイズ
School Days

Broadcast: 2007

Based on a bishoujo game (an ero-game).

The game got released on 28/4/2005.

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/543/schooldaysxz2.jpg

The company that made the game: 0verflow

Site of the company: (Warning: do not access this site unless you are 18+)
http://www.0verflow.com/

Site of the game: (Warning: do not access this site unless you are 18+)
http://schooldays.0verflow.com/

More info can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Days

Genre: Seinen, Drama, Romance

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彩雲国物語
Saiunkoku Monogatari

Broadcast: April 2007

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/saiunkoku/

A second Saiunkoku Monogatari anime has been announced.

Based on a light novel thats published under the shoujo/josei light novel label Beans Bunko.

Covers of the light novels can be seen in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=524237&postcount=4).

Genre: Shoujo/Josei, Comedy, Romance

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Sonhex

2006-11-20, 09:39

There's a new promo for 5 Centimeters per Second on Yahoo (http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/teaser/index.html). The direct link to the stream is here (mms://wmcontents06.cdn.yahoo-streaming.jp/yahoo/event/5cm/preview_1500k.wmv) (16mb).

The word 'godly' springs to mind when viewing...

physics223

2006-11-20, 09:47

Will School Days be the next Higurashi? But, as I like harems, of course, I'll watch it. :)

Radiosity

2006-11-20, 10:03

A second Saiunkoku Monogatari anime has been announced.

^^This just made my day.

And School Days is coming to anime? Hmm, not sure if I'd bother really. I've heard various things about the game that are serious spoiler material and it probably isn't my thing.

Kensuke

2006-11-20, 10:55

What I have seen and heard about School Days, I will definitely look forward to see it.

2006 New Telecasted Animation (Anime) Numbers According to Prefecture (Overall Total/Late Night Total)

00. Japan (144/99)
Wow, so 144 new anime series this year alone, and two third were broadcasted late night? That is a lot.

relentlessflame

2006-11-20, 12:00

Will School Days be the next Higurashi?Unlikely, because the game isn't like "that" for the most part.Of the dozens and dozens of possible endings, only three are "bloody". Of course, those are the one that get the most the attention (because they're so unusual for the genre). I suppose they could go for one of those endings, but it'd only be for that "shock" factor. I think it's most likely they'll go for one of the "good" endings, which means that no one dies...

Mephisto2k

2006-11-20, 12:54

School days becoming an anime is really big new. the game is pretty hiped and i think it even fully animated. Im really looking farward to it.
But where are the news from. I havnt seen any new about it elsewhere,...yet.

looking through the net i saw some english option and game screens.
There is no english game translation or language option of the jap. game is there? If there is ima gonna get it right away.

Sister Princess

2006-11-20, 13:31

Didn't 0verflow screamed for being poor a while ago? Don't tell me it's the banks again.

relentlessflame

2006-11-20, 13:59

Didn't 0verflow screamed for being poor a while ago? Don't tell me it's the banks again.Well, more than likely they're being paid for the rights to have their proprety animated, but won't be involved in the production. As you said, they could probably use the money right about now.

Guido

2006-11-20, 14:03

Unlikely, because the game isn't like "that" for the most part.Of the dozens and dozens of possible endings, only three are "bloody". Of course, those are the one that get the most the attention (because they're so unusual for the genre). I suppose they could go for one of those endings, but it'd only be for that "shock" factor. I think it's most likely they'll go for one of the "good" endings, which means that no one dies...

Though I will convene that I would like to see Kotonoha in the anime snapping or violently bursting out just quite a few, isolated times.

She was one of the moe -est (at least looks to me) and innocent female leads in the game.

1. Her infamous suicide in one of the three bloody endings knocked me out of my senses.

2. However, what gave me the willies was her other bloody ending where while at the bridge, Sekai approaches her to talk her. Kotonoha slowly pulls out a pocket saw and in an almost inaudible whisper she sighs "Die".
She slashes a clean cut at the left side of Sekai's neck, and before Sekai can astonishingly reacted on what Kotonoha did blood gushes out and falls unconscious.

Then, in all her lunatic glory Kotonoha laughs like a nutcase; her face is cold as that of a zombie, and her eyes are dyed a dead crimson.

That ending is uploaded in YouTube, you know.

Forbin

2006-11-20, 15:55

Hehe I want the Setsuna ending! The only good one.

Well we do have the other 3 endings....each where one dies.

MakubeX2

2006-11-20, 16:11

If they decide to make Makoto a SOTB for the anime like in the game,then by all means, go Kotonoha or Seikai route.

If they decide to make him a all round nice guy. God forbid, have a harem ending for him.

Setsuna is a secondary character and it's not Summer Days we are talking about here, so it not likely that she will be central to the anime.

But the sex, the amount of sex, is too central to the game. whoable is porting the script from the game here has to be a good writter.

Resume For Takayama (http://have-you-afternoon.tea-nifty.com/about.html) who is writting the script here.

Seems to have his share of good and bad releases here. (FMA, KGNE, Shuffle!, Demonbane.) I dunno about him.

Forbin

2006-11-20, 16:26

Shuffle eh? Setsuna ending then.

domino

2006-11-20, 16:59

Yay Yay Yay :D School Days is getting a TV anime

彩雲国物語
Saiunkoku Monogatari

Broadcast: April 2007

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/saiunkoku/

A second Saiunkoku Monogatari anime has been announced.

Based on a light novel thats published under the shoujo/josei light novel label Beans Bunko.

Covers of the light novels can be seen in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=524237&postcount=4).

Genre: Shoujo/Josei, Comedy, Romance

Yesss, more Saiunkoku!

Tears of happiness... *_*

Nightengale

2006-11-20, 21:05

Yesss, more Saiunkoku!

Tears of happiness... *_*

QFT.

39 episodes HARDLY felt enough. at. all.

Fury

2006-11-21, 00:42

QFT.

39 episodes HARDLY felt enough. at. all.

isnt the show at 27 right now? so not all 39 has aired yet

NoSanninWa

2006-11-21, 00:47

Please take discussion of School Days and Saiunkoku Monogatari to the appropriate threads. This thread is for announcing anime and the discussion has passed the acceptable level even though it is very exciting.

NeoSam

2006-11-21, 10:37

And another anime got announced >.<

A moe~ moe~ seinen anime.

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ひとひら
Hitohira

Broadcast: 2007

http://www.hitohira.tv/

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Comic High!, and published under the seinen(young men's) comic imprint Action Comics.
For now there are 2 volumes released of this manga, and volume 3 will be released on 12/12/2006.

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2858/vol01on7.jpg http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8079/vol02ex7.jpg

Genre: Seinen

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Comic High! is a manga magazine for males.

According to the publisher; Comic High! is a shoujo manga magazine for males.

Manga from this magazine are published under the seinen comic imprint Action Comics.

Edit:

But isn't the official site for the anime amazing (http://www.hitohira.tv/)

There are so much information on it >.< to be more precise this:

WWW.HITOHIRA.TV

LOL >.<

NeoSam

2006-11-22, 03:47

The official site for Nagasarete Airantou anime will open soon (22/11/2006)

Official site:
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/airantou/ --> (does not work currently, it will open on 22/11/2006)

Animation production: Feel

Well, its 22/11/2006 :) and the site for Nagasarete Airantou anime has opened:

http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/airantou/

And the site for Hitohira anime has also opened :)

http://www.hitohira.tv/

The cover of volume 3 of the seinen manga Hitohira can be seen on the site (which will be released on 12/12/2006).

NeoSam

2006-11-22, 19:51

Ok, maybe its better to wait for a confirmation of this, but no :P I can't wait anymore >.< there's a possibility for a second season of Suzumiya Haruhi and a second season of Zero no Tsukaima next year :D

This is a post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=735061&postcount=1997) by Sushi-Y from Suzumiya Haruhi (General Discussion) (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=26413&page=100) thread:

That's correct, according to cyan-san, the same source who announced the new Evangelion movie (which is confirmed now) said that there will be a second season for Suzumiya Haruhi scheduled for next year (2007) Fall.

Also mentioned in that entry (and this was mentioned in a few other places as well) is a second season of Zero no Tsukaima in the works too (by JC Staff), also scheduled for next year Fall.

Might as well translate that entry:
Originally Posted by MOON PHASE
Haruhi season two was originally planned for the year after next year, but the schedule was sped up and now it looks like it's confirmed for next year Fall. By the way, it looks like a Zero no Tsukaima season two is also in works for a next year Fall start as well.

PS. I'm surprised at the huge response towards the Haruhi second season rumor, even though I didn't even talk about it all that much. By the way, the source is a wire from the same person who provided me with the announcement of the new Eva movie earlier.

No, don't get as excited as I am right now :heh: just wait for a confirmation (I'm might turn violent if this turns out to be false LOL :heh: )

Some info about SH and ZnT:

For info about Zero no Tsukaima:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_no_tsukaima

Based on a shounen light novel thats published under the shounen light novel label MF Bunko J.

Covers of the available Zero no Tsukaima light novels can be seen in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=473411&postcount=4).

For info about Suzumiya Haruhi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya

Based on a seinen light novel thats serialized in the seinen novel magazine The Sneaker and published under the shounen/seinen light novel label Sneaker Bunko.

Covers of the available Suzumiya Haruhi light novels can be seen in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=409778&postcount=1).

eggplant

2006-11-23, 10:57

もっけ
Mokke

Broadcast: 2007

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Source: Monthly Afternoon Magazine January Issue (on sale Nov 27)

Based on the manga by Kumakura Takatoshi, serialized bi-monthly in the seinen magazine Afternoon.
Currently six tankoubon volumes have been released (would appreciate if NeoSam can post the covers).

Excerpt courtesy of AnimeNfo (http://www.animenfo.com/mangatitle,146,nsyhpo,mokke.html) (edited for clarity):
A fantastic story about two sisters. Shizuru is a high school student who can see monsters which ordinary people can't, while her little sister, Mizuki, is easily haunted by these monsters. They are living with their grandfather's home separately from their parents because of their abilities. The theme for each story is not horror-centric, but rather, of a heartwarming nature.

Woland

2006-11-23, 13:44

Mokke? Good stuff! I love the manga (at least the few chapter published in Italy).

Now I hope for a good quality show, an art style similar to "Mushishi" or "Asatte no Houkou" would be great ^_^.

NeoSam

2006-11-23, 14:45

Wow great news :) another Afternoon manga getting animated :)

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もっけ
Mokke

Serialized in the seinen manga magazine Afternoon.
For now there are 6 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6001/vol1jq5.gif http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1562/vol2pe0.gif http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5496/vol3pj7.jpg http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2088/vol4za9.jpg http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/8923/vol5qv0.jpg http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/957/vol6fr7.jpg

Genre: Seinen, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

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I'll mention some of the manga from Afternoon that got animated:

Ah My Goddess!
Genshiken
Gunsmith Cats
Mushishi
Nasu
Narutaru (Shadow Star)
Shadow Skill
Tokko
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko
You're Under Arrest
Yugo
Yume Tsukai

Well, this is all that I can think of right now >.< are there anything that I missed ?

barbapapa

2006-11-23, 14:48

I'll mention some of the manga from Afternoon that got animated:

Ah My Goddess!
Genshiken
Gunsmith Cats
Mushishi
Nasu
Narutaru (Shadow Star)
Shadow Skill
Tokko
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko
You're Under Arrest
Yugo
Yume Tsukai

Well, this is all that I can think of right now >.< are there anything that I missed ?

Blame! had an OVA too. That's about all I can think of, from the top of my head.

Scribble

2006-11-23, 15:10

I'll mention some of the manga from Afternoon that got animated:

Ah My Goddess!
Genshiken
Gunsmith Cats
Mushishi
Nasu
Narutaru (Shadow Star)
Shadow Skill
Tokko
Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko
You're Under Arrest
Yugo
Yume Tsukai

Well, this is all that I can think of right now >.< are there anything that I missed ?

DAMN! When I glanced at this post the first word I saw was "Narutaru".... I thought it was getting a MUCH NEEDED second season!

NeoSam

2006-11-23, 15:16

Ahh yeah, Blame! had an anime too >.< 6 episodes of about 5 minutes each :uhoh: since its been a while since the manga ended, it would probably be futile to hope for a real anime adaptation of this manga :uhoh:

NeoSam

2006-11-23, 19:25

From Anime News Service (http://animenewsservice.com/):

Big Names On New 2007 Toei Animation Works
Among Toei Animation's upcoming projects for 2007 are Tori No Uta (Bird's Song), A day of a girl @TYO and Eko Eko Azaraku. For Tori No Uta Yoshitaka Amano will create the script, storyboards as well as direct. Eko Eko Azaraku is of course based on the seminal horror manga by Shinichi Koga. The story was adapted to live action film in 1995. Koga will return to draft a scrip and storyboards for this new version, Directing will be Nagae Toshikazu (Ghost System). Look for the above 2 works in January. Due in March A day of a girl @TYO will be based on the original story by Hayashi Seiichi. Mikimoto Haruhiko (Macross) will do storyboards and character designs. Toei has partnered with ga-anime (http://www.ganime.jp/) to produce these works with a new animation style in mind.

ga-anime's Tori no Uta site:
http://www.ganime.jp/torinouta/index.html

A little info about Eko Eko Azaraku manga:

エコエコアザラク
Eko Eko Azaraku
http://www.ganime.jp/ecoeco/index.html

Based on a manga thats serialized in the shounen manga magazine Weekly Shounen Champion.
The manga got serialized in Weekly Shounen Champion from 1976 to 1979, and ended with 19 volumes.

Well, don't ask me to post the covers >.< it will be really hard to find the covers anyway >.<

Here are the covers of the first 2 volumes: (which is all I could find :heh: )

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5818/vol01sm3.jpg http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6162/vol02ii0.jpg

Genre: Shounen, Horror

Wow the art style of an old shounen manga >.<

Shiroth

2006-11-23, 19:50

I've been interested in Mokke for a while now, hopefully the anime can kick start my love for the series. I can just imagine the musical score now. :3

barbapapa

2006-11-23, 20:43

Kamichu comes to mind when I see those Mokke covers, and read what its about.

shaolinx

2006-11-24, 04:00

there's a possibility for a second season of Suzumiya Haruhi and a second season of Zero no Tsukaima next year

even though it is a rumor, reading it just made my day. these two series was probbly the best this whole year ^.^

eggplant

2006-11-24, 05:09

According to MOONPHASE:

一騎当千〜Dragon Destiny〜
Ikki Tousen ~Dragon Destiny~
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3544/ikkitousenay2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Broadcast: February 2007
Station: AT-X (also on terrestrial stations from Spring)

Remake(?) of the 2003 anime series Ikki Tousen, based on the manga by Shiozaki Yuuji, serialized in the montly ComicGUM magazine, of which nine tankoubon manga have been released (once again, would appreciate if NeoSam can post covers).

Staff
Director: Oohata Kouichi (Bakuretsu Tenshi Burst Angel)
Script: Yoshioka Takao (DEARBOYS, Ikki Tousen MEZZO, Elfen Lied, DearS, MAJOR 2nd Season, Yoshinaga-san 'Chi no Gargoyle, Zero no Tsukaima)
Character Design/Key Animation Director: Rinshin (Joshikousei -Girl's High-)
Animation Studio: Arms
Producer: Genco

Cast
Sonsaku Hakufu: Asano Masumi
Romou Shimei: kaida Yuuko
Ryuubi Gentoku: Shindou Kei
Kan'u Unchou: Nabatame Hitomi
Chouhi Ekitoku: Chihara Minori
Shokatsu Ryou Koumei: Kadowaki Mai
Kakouen Myousai: Kitamura Eri
Kaku Bunwa: Kawaragi Shiho
Chouun Shiryuu: Asakawa Yuu
Go Ei: Inoue Kikuko
Sousou Moutoku: Akagi Susumu
Kakuka Jun Genjou: Sakaguchi Shuuhei
Shuuyu Koukin: Hino Satoshi
Saji Genpou: Yusa Kouji
Raku Shuu: Iijima Hajime
Narration: Miyake Kenta

Official site (yet to be in operation) http://www.ikkitousen.com/

Siegel Clyne

2006-11-24, 06:06

Yes! Pretty Cure 5

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9798/yesprettycure5logosf3.th.jpg (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yesprettycure5logosf3.jpg)

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Popular Seiyuu Read Japanese Folktales

"Come Across" ~ DEARS Roudoku Monogatari Go ~ VOL.1 Nihon no Mukashibanashi ~ Tanaka Rie / Noto Mamiko / Wakamoto Norio (Aatisuto) (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8CCome-Across%E3%80%8D~DEARS-%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E~VOL-1-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E6%98%94%E8%A9%B1-%E8%83%BD%E7%99%BB%E9%BA%BB%E7%BE%8E%E5%AD%90/dp/B000MGBOU2/)
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"Come Across" ~ DEARS (http://www.dears.co.jp) Story Readings ~ VOL. 1 Japanese Folktales ~ Tanaka Rie / Noto Mamiko / Wakamoto Norio (Artists)

Release Date: February 9, 2007 (http://www.dears.co.jp/news/archives/1.html)
Price: 3,000 yen (including tax)
Product Number: DEARS-0004
JAN Code: 4582260620045
Contents: 2-CD Set Containing*Six Stories

Seiyuu (Voice Actors) and Stories
Tanaka Rie (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=697): "Rashoumon (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Rashoumon+story)"; "Hanasakajijii (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Hanasakajijii+tale)"

Noto Mamiko (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3166):*"Shiroi Tori (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Shiroi+Tori)"; "Oniroku (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Oniroku)"

Wakamoto Norio (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=954): "Kachikachiyama (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Kachikachiyama)"; "Nezumi no Yomeiri (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Nezumi+no+Yomeiri)"
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Tanaka Rie aka Lacus Clyne Narrates Gundam SEED PSP Commercial

Tanaka Rie, Japanese voice actress (seiyuu) for Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED DESTINY, serves as narrator (http://www.tanaka-rie.com/diary/?20070304) for the Gundam SEED: Earth Alliance VS. Z.A.F.T. PORTABLE PSP game software (television/radio) commercial, which begins airing in Japan on March 9, 2007. She narrates the commercial in Lacus Clyne's voice.

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CONSERVATIVE HYPOCRISY ON FREEDOM AND LIBERTY

I have signed petitions against nationalized health care and Cap & Trade. I agree with conservatives and Republicans on these two issues.

But as long as many of them lie about believing in the Martin Luther King Jr. quote about people not being "judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character," as a registered Independent voter I cannot in good conscience ever choose to become a conservative or join the Republican Party.

Numerous conservative and Republican bloggers, commentators, and whatnot, from Thomas Sowell to Daniel Pipes, have endorsed the book "In Defense of Internment" by Michelle Malkin, which attempts to justify the mass racial/ethnic exclusion, evacuation, and incarceration of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II.

Malkin's book has been systematically disected, dismantled, and ripped apart by University of North Carolina law professor Eric Muller and University of Quebec history professor Greg Robinson:

http://www.isthatlegal.org/Muller_and_Robinson_on_Malkin.html

That so many conservatives and Republicans who are/were people of color - such as African American Thomas Sowell, Filipina American Michelle Malkin nee Magdalang, African American Larry Elder (a Libertarian), the late Canadian-born Japanese American S.I. Hayakawa, and a Mexican American conservative Republican journalist from Texas whose name currently escapes me - have been so eager to embrace, espouse, and defend the wholesale racial/ethnic discrimination by the U.S. government against Japanese Americans during World War II speaks volumes about how many non-white conservatives seemingly seek to "out right" white conservatives on issues concerning civil rights and civil liberties.

Hotair.com founder, Fox News commentator, and non-white journalist Michelle Malkin has written articles which have run on the "white nationalist" website VDARE.com, founded by English-born naturalized U.S. citizen and former Canadian resident Peter Brimelow.

VDARE.com gets its name from Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587, date of death unknown), who was the first white child born in the Americas to English parents.

Brimelow believes in keeping white Europeans as the majority in the United States. Among other things, he advocates changing American immigration laws to favor white immigrants over non-white immigrants. Therefore, on this issue he is firmly in the camp of paleoconservative Patrick Buchanan.

A strident opponent of illegal immigration and a strong supporter of immigration reform, Michelle Malkin appears to sympathize with, if not share, Peter Brimelow's views.

Regardless what Brimelow, Buchanan and Malkin believe in, however, the United States will increasingly become a non-white/non-European nation - whether they like it or not.

At least Brimelow and Buchanan (and Malkin?) are open and honest that they favor whites over non-whites - unlike many other conservatives.

And this U.S. demographic trend does not bode well for conservatives and Republicans in the future, especially if they keep speaking like hypocrites on civil rights (e.g., preaching individual liberty but defending Japanese American internment) and harping too much on immigration, illegal and legal.

Why should people of color become conservatives and Republicans when, if push comes to shove, they are viewed and treated like second class citizens (or worse) and as threats to America by conservatives and Republicans?

If conservatives and the Republican Party want to continue slow, ritual, right wing suicide, then so be it. But it is a shame since liberals and the Democratic Party have become too far left wing today and are taking this country down the wrong path.

On this July 4th, 2009, while conservative Michelle Malkin trashes and smears Japanese Americans - many who served so bravely and loyally in the armed forces for the United States against Germany and Japan during World War II, including the 21 Japanese American World War II Medal of Honor recipients - let us remember conservatives like the late President Ronald Reagan, who signed into law the Japanese American Redress and Reparations bill (the Civil Liberties Act of 1988), and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who in his vigorous dissent on the 2000 partial birth abortion case (Stenbach v. Carhart) compared the 1944 Korematsu decision with the 1857 Dred Scott decision as the worst decisions in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Select Bibliography

Michelle Malkin's "In Defense of Internment" by Thomas Sowell -- Capitalism Magazine

Address: http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=3941

Why the Japanese Internment Still Matters :: Daniel Pipes

Address: http://www.danielpipes.org/2309/why-the-japanese-internment-still-matters

Hot Air

Address: http://hotair.com/

VDARE.com: Stop Them Stealing America! Donate To VDARE.COM!

Address: http://www.vdare.com/

Asian-Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army

Address: http://www.history.army.mil/html/topics/apam/index.html

Nisei [Second Generation Japanese American] Linguists and New Perspectives on the Pacific War

Address: http://www.history.army.mil/html/topics/apam/Nisei.htm

U.S. Army Asian-Pacific Medal of Honor Recipients

Address: http://www.history.army.mil/html/topics/apam/ap-moh2.html

YouTube - Medal Of Honor - Go For Broke National Education Center

Address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m1JVjE2Ox0

STENBERG V. CARHART

Address: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-830.ZD1.html

Korematsu v. United [email protected]

Address: http://everything2.com/title/Korematsu%2520v.%2520United%2520States

Antonin Scalia Korematsu - Google Search

Address: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Antonin+Scalia+Korematsu

eggplant

2006-11-24, 06:32

Here goes another one.
Source: Big Comic Superior website (http://bc-superior.net/thisweek/)

MOONLIGHT MILE

Broadcast: 2007
Station: WOWOW

Based on the manga by Ootagaki Yasuo, serialized in the Big Comic Superior magazine, from which 13 tankoubon manga volumes have been released.

Synopsis: Two men attemtped to climb Mt. Everest in the winter. One was Saruwatari Gorou, a Japanese, and the other was Jack F. Woodbridge, an American know as "Lostman".
The two, having succeeded in climbing the world's steepest mountains, gaze at the international space station above, which was the instant it became their next target.
In January 2005, mankind found new value for the moon, in the form of a natural resource Helium 3, a replacement for fossil fuels. The ample reserve was enough for a thousand years worth of energy for the entire mankind.
Concurrently, NASA announced the next generation energy development project "NEXUS", soliciting construction workers globally to work in space.
Accepting NASA's offer, Gorou heads off the NASDA as an astronaut-in-training.
At the same time, Lostman, who at the time was the ace of the U.S. Navy, was invited by NASA to pilot the shuttle, meets the crew of the ISS (International Space Station).

Sonhex

2006-11-24, 06:43

Here goes another one.
Source: Big Comic Superior website (http://bc-superior.net/thisweek/)

MOONLIGHT MILE

Broadcast: 2007
Station: WOWOW

...

I've never heard of the manga, but Moonlight Mile sounds really promising. The obvious Planetes comparisons aside, the prospect of another space drama based on real science (Helium 3) has me very excited.

NeoSam

2006-11-24, 09:45

Wow an explosion of seinen manga getting animated >.<

Thanks for all the info eggplant :)
Thanks Siegel Clyne for the info about the Pretty Cure 5 anime :)

Three seinen manga getting animated: Ikki Tousen, MOONLIGHT MILE, MURDER PRINCESS.

Ahh there's 11 volumes currently released of Ikki Tousen manga.

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一騎当千～Dragon Destiny～
Ikki Tousen ~Dragon Destiny~

Broadcast: February 2007

http://www.ikkitousen.com/

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic Gum.
For now there are 11 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5563/ikkitousenvol1mb4.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/9469/ikkitousenvol2uc2.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7606/ikkitousenvol3wh2.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5278/ikkitousenvol4wh7.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7053/ikkitousenvol5dp6.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/4631/ikkitousenvol6un3.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/521/ikkitousenvol7vb2.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1836/ikkitousenvol8qt9.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5314/ikkitousenvol9ab9.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5869/ikkitousenvol10dp1.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9336/ikkitousenvol11wa7.jpg

Genre: Seinen, Action

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MOONLIGHT MILE

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior.
For now there are 13 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/4266/moonlightmilevol1nc2.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/8648/moonlightmilevol2zz2.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1944/moonlightmilevol3ff9.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/4343/moonlightmilevol4lk0.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5113/moonlightmilevol5xz0.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1364/moonlightmilevol6xz9.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/6316/moonlightmilevol7zf3.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/9988/moonlightmilevol8wu2.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4086/moonlightmilevol9fc7.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4418/moonlightmilevol10xc0.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/7977/moonlightmilevol11hx5.jpg http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7615/moonlightmilevol12gn7.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3091/moonlightmilevol13lc6.jpg

Genre: Seinen

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MURDER PRINCESS

http://www.murderprincess.com/

6 OVA episodes.
1st DVD is going on sale on 26/3/2007, and every month after that the next DVD is going on sale.

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen manga magazine Dengeki Teioh, but since Dengeki Teioh magazine got suspended, the manga is going to continue in the April 2007 issue of the seinen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh.
For now there's 1 volume released of this manga.
Here its cover:

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/3462/murderprincessvol1xr9.jpg

Genre: Seinen, Fantasy, Action, Adventure

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Other seinen manga from Comic Gum that got animated:

Amaenaideyo!!
Mahoromatic
Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-

eggplant

2006-11-24, 09:53

ぼくらの
Bokurano

Broadcast: 2007

Based on the manga by Kitou Mohiro, serialized in the Monthly IKKI magazine, with five tankoubon manga releases to date.

Synopsis, courtesy of Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=4545)
On a typical day during a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with 15 giant robots defending Earth from alien invaders and asked those childs to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also for the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the "game."

Director: Morita Hiroyuki (The Cat Returns)
Character Design: Konishi Kenichi (Doraemon Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006, Tokyo Godfathers)
Mechanical Supervisor: Suzuki Tsutomu (Z.O.E. Dolores, i, Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick)
Music: Nomi Yuuji (The Cat Returns, Whisper of the Heart)
Animation Studio: GONZO

URL: http://bokurano.jp/

NeoSam

2006-11-24, 09:57

Yay Yay Yay Yay :D another seinen manga from IKKI magazine is getting animated :D great news :D thanks for the info eggplant :)

I'll edit this post with the covers of Bokurano manga :)

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ぼくらの
Bokurano

Broadcast: 2007

http://bokurano.jp/

Based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen manga magazine IKKI.
For now there are 5 volumes released of this manga, and volume 6 will be released on 26/12/2006.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/6223/bokuranovol1za5.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4055/bokuranovol2ve7.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3233/bokuranovol3yh4.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6595/bokuranovol4ei8.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/49/bokuranovol5xl8.jpg

Genre: Seinen, Drama, Horror, Mecha, Science Fiction

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Woland

2006-11-24, 10:13

The obvious Planetes comparisons aside, the prospect of another space drama based on real science (Helium 3) has me very excited.

Don't be fooled... Moonlight Mile is light year away from Planetes. It's similar to a Crying Freeman in the space, probably, but in a dull way (the manga is really horrible, imho).

Bokurano it's a dream that came true... But GONZO for the realization is the worst nightmare... (Another manga I love will be butchered, wath a nice day! :( )

Sonhex

2006-11-24, 10:18

;748782']Don't be fooled... Moonlight Mile is light year away from Planetes. It's similar to a Crying Freeman in the space, probably, but in a dull way (the manga is really horrible, imho).

Oh, not so good. The jury is out...

;748782']
Bokurano it's a dream that came true... But GONZO for the realization is the worst nightmare... (Another manga I love will be butchered, wath a nice day! :( )

But look who's directing, Morita Hiroyuki, who directed Cat Returns and episode 21 (if I remember correctly) of Noein. I'd happily give it the benefit of the doubt, though I was never a huge fan of Narutaru.

eggplant

2006-11-24, 10:25

かみちゃまかりん
Kamichama Karin

Broadcast: 2007

Based on the shoujo manga by Koge Donbo (Pita-Ten, DiGi Charat), serialized in the Nakayoshi magazine, with seven tankoubon manga volumes released to this day.

Synposis, courtesy of Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=4046)

Orphan Hanazono Karin is a below-average girl who just lost another person dear to her; her best friend and loyal cat, Shi-chan. While visiting Shi-chan's grave, she meets Kujyou Kazune, a smart prettyboy who insults her right after meeting her. She runs away from him, hoping to never see his face again, but fate seems to have other ideas -- the girl she bumps into the very next day is none other than Himeka, Kazune's cousin. During her second meeting with Kazune, something strange happens to her ring, the last thing she has to remember her mother by. Afterwards, strange events happen all day around her, with no explaination. The fourth meeting with Kazune explains quite a bit; her ring has the power to turn her into a goddess. With Himeka's support and Kazune's guidance, Karin begins her training to become one of the divine.

Source: from the Monthly Nakayoshi Magazine January issue

Woland

2006-11-24, 10:38

But look who's directing, Morita Hiroyuki, who directed Cat Returns and episode 21 (if I remember correctly) of Noein. I'd happily give it the benefit of the doubt, though I was never a huge fan of Narutaru.

I totally give-up on GONZO after NHK. The staff is good but the anime is mediocre (well, I was feed-up after 10 ep. so I can't really tell if it's any better after that). Not a good adaptation, not a clever o well-made variation of the original (of course it's all IMHO). Just your average GONZO series, similar to any other they have made in the last years...

(yeah I'm probably too harsh, but I'm actually pissed about this news :heh: :( )

NeoSam

2006-11-24, 10:48

Ok LOL please stop >.< :heh:

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かみちゃまかりん
Kamichama Karin

Broadcase: 2007

Based on a manga thats serialized in the shoujo manga magazine Nakayoshi.
There are 7 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/9647/vol1kh5.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5817/vol2bs0.jpg http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/4527/vol3ng4.jpg http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/6752/vol4vt0.jpg http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/6979/vol5ld7.jpg http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/4941/vol6mx4.jpg http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2002/vol7jg4.jpg

Genre: Shoujo, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

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There's also a manga thats called Kamichama Karin chu (かみちゃまかりんｃｈｕ) which currently has 1 volume released, and volume 2 will be released in December 2006.

But I'm still pretty excited to hear about Bokurano manga getting animated :D
Not only that, but another seinen manga from IKKI is getting animated next year too: Tetsuko no Tabi (which got mentioned in this post (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=715555&postcount=860)).

barbapapa

2006-11-24, 14:51

Even though I consider Gankutsuou the only good thing ever to come from Gonzo; and I'm not a huge Bokurano fan, I will look forward to the anime.

I just hope Freesia will be the next. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
That'd just be too good to ever be true.

Oh and about Tetsuko, that recently ended in Ikki.

NeoSam

2006-11-24, 15:14

I just hope Freesia will be the next. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
That'd just be too good to ever be true.

>.< If that ever happens my post in this thread will have a 100,000 Yay in it :heh:

Rion

2006-11-25, 04:19

I just hope Freesia will be the next. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa.
That'd just be too good to ever be true.
What a gorgeous idea, that works great together! O.o

Oh and about Tetsuko, that recently ended in Ikki.
Yeah, and this is great for the anime :]

Scribble

2006-11-25, 04:36

OH. MY. GOODNESS.

BOKURANO IS GETTING ANIMATED?! I just mentioned Narutaru 2nd season, but this is the SECOND BEST THING, IF NOT BETTER.

OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG. OMG.

OK, I must stop getting excited now. Must stop. No, this can't be true, it sounds too good.

Now all they need to announce is 20th Century Boys anime. Produced by Madhouse, lol.

Give GONZO a chance. It depends on who the actual director is, and it's pretty hard to tell how well they'll do since the director hasn't done any series?. Red Garden is a brilliant series, and I personally love NHK. As long as Gonzo do not do a Yume Tsukai. It will be ruined if they don't keep the disturbing factor of Bokurano.

Nomad Soul

2006-11-25, 13:26

From the latest Morning issue:

Piano no mori -The perfect world of KAI-

Format: Animated movie
Date: 2007
Studio: Madhouse

Based on Makoto Isshiki's seinen manga as serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine Uppers and subsequently in Weekly Morning (on hiatus at the moment; will resume serialization in issue No. 2007-01)

For covers, go here. (http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_list.jsp?n=20&type=t&a=&t=&word=%83s%83A%83m%82%CC%90X&search=%8C%9F%8D%F5)

barbapapa

2006-11-25, 13:33

NeoSam

2006-11-25, 14:49

Great ^^

I'll post the covers in this post too >.<

A question: The manga was serialized in Young Magazine Uppers (which got defunct) and continued in Morning, but why are there also another 9 volumes (with different covers) of this manga ? was Piano no Mori restarted with a different story in Morning and thus there are 2 different Piano no Mori manga ? or were the first 9 volumes republished with different covers (probably after it started serialization in Morning)?

Anyway, I'll post all the available covers (with the mentioning of what comic imprint they got published under).

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ピアノの森
Piano no Mori
Published under the seinen comic imprint Uppers KC.
Serialized in: Young Magazine Uppers.
There are 9 volumes:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8853/uppersvol1di5.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/3168/uppersvol2gt8.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5210/uppersvol3eo0.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/3135/uppersvol4ud6.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/2812/uppersvol5ee4.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/6486/uppersvol6ta4.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/2635/uppersvol7jj3.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2573/uppersvol8oy1.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/8216/uppersvol9wd6.jpg

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ピアノの森
Piano no Mori
Published under the seinen comic imprint Morning KC.
Serialized in: Morning.
Currently 12 volumes:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9358/morningvol1lm0.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/2441/morningvol2vu7.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/4803/morningvol3nm8.jpg http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/8227/morningvol4fu6.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4627/morningvol5oj5.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/2853/morningvol6yz2.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1710/morningvol7cf9.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/8742/morningvol8jh8.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/27/morningvol9ek5.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/9537/morningvol10jr9.jpg http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/8684/morningvol11uo2.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8130/morningvol12jh9.jpg

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The manga is being scanlated by Reimu Manga (http://www.reimu.net/) group.

From Reimu Manga (http://www.reimu.net/index.php?id=pnm):

Amamiya-kun turns over a leaf at his new school, but he soon finds himself bullied by the other children. A dare to play the mysterious piano in the local forest ignites his meeting with an equally mysterious child who goes by the name of Ichinose Kai. Who strangely enough is the only one capable of getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano.

Genre: Seinen, Comedy, Drama

NeoSam

2006-11-25, 19:30

or were the first 9 volumes republished with different covers (probably after it started serialization in Morning)?

Yes I'm answering myself :heh:

Well first from Reimu Manga (http://www.reimu.net/)'s site:

Serialized in:

Young Magazine Uppers (Volumes 1-9)
Weekly Morning (Volumes 10-13+)

And then if you check Kodansha's shop site (http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_list.jsp?n=20&type=t&a=&t=&word=%83s%83A%83m%82%CC%90X&search=%8C%9F%8D%F5):

Volume 1, 2 and 3: released on 14/4/2005
Volume 4, 5 and 6: released on 23/5/2005
Volume 7, 8 and 9: released on 23/6/2005

So its obvious its not a new manga, but the same manga republished with different covers (and under a different comic imprint).

Meaning the first 9 volumes of Piano no Mori manga (old covers and new covers) are the same manga :P the manga continued in Morning from where it stopped in Young Magazine Uppers.

Edit:

In other words taking the manga that got serialized in Young Magazine Uppers (the 9 volumes), changing their covers and publishing them under a different comic imprint (Morning KC).

The manga that got serialized in Morning is as mentioned from volume 10 and above.

almuzel

2006-11-25, 22:26

barbapapa

2006-11-26, 00:20

Well, the live-action movie comes out next year. Maybe the anime will follow...

http://www.freesia-movie.com/

Oh wow, that looks kinda weird to see a real life Kanou. It'll be interesting to see how they adapt the utter batshit level of the manga.

NeoSam

2006-11-26, 05:48

ナルト：疾風伝
Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles

From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com):

New Naruto Anime Series Announced
An advertisement (http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3842/003fs5.jpg) published in the latest issue of Japan's Shonen Jump Magazine announces that a new Naruto television series, titled "Naruto Shippuuden" (Naruto ~ Hurricane Legend) will premier early next year. The new series will return to directly adapting Masashi Kishimoto's original manga. The current Naruto television series has been broadcasting original stories for over two years.

Article provided by Jon Hertzog

Genre: Shounen, Action, Adventure, Comedy

Edit:

More info about it here (http://that.animeblogger.net/2006/11/23/naruto-hurricane-chronicles-%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%EF%BC%9A%E7%96%BE%E9%A 2%A8%E4%BC%9D/).

RecurringNightmare

2006-11-26, 12:39

I think that is gonna make alot of Naruto fans very, very happy.

I may even watch the show, as long as they don't carry it out forever like the other one.

barbapapa

2006-11-26, 14:28

I doubt the manga series as it currently is will have another time-skip. So it wouldnt be abnormal if Kishimoto ended it in the next 10+ volumes.

Chiibi

2006-11-26, 14:41

eggplant

2006-11-27, 08:35

..........

...........

This isn't a joke? I'm not dreaming? OMG:twitch:

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES YES YES YES!!!!!

I'M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY!!!!!

:D :D :D :D :D

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!

Haha, I thought I had a little more credibility:)

Here's the source:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7796/karinda9.png (http://imageshack.us)

wao

2006-11-27, 08:58

Piano no Mori has me very very interested. I'm in love with those covers. They're confident, interesting and different from the stuff I'm used to... I'll definitely keep an eye out on that one.

All these "off-beat" manga getting animated - and that slew of mecha anime coming out; are we finally moving away from the eroge/ranobe adaptation boom? Are we?

NeoSam

2006-11-27, 08:59

TV Tokyo's site for Naruto Shippuuden (Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles) has opened:

http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/naruto/sippuuden/

Mephisto2k

2006-11-27, 09:39

A new Ikkitousen anime, Ikkitousen2 so to say, has been announced.

Title: Ikkitousen ~ Dragon Destiny

Heres the site: http://www.ikkitousen.com/

Genre: Shounen, School, Material Arts, Ecchi

Date: february 2007

Plot: Well...I dont remember that much of the first part. There are some schools and some fighters in them who are at war. Then those fighters have wierd accesoiries that inherit the spirit of some great historical fighter and their destiny. Theres kinda much fanservice (and even yuri, yeahh^^). Still the animation quality was crappy at times. Judging by the front pic of the homepage the new anime's animation quality might be better, but i dont know about the story of the new one.

Chiibi

2006-11-27, 09:45

Haha, I thought I had a little more credibility:)

Here's the source:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7796/karinda9.png (http://imageshack.us)

You do. You do. Oh wow.....it's official. ;_; Thank you God, I've been waiting for this for almost FOUR years!:love: