New Announced Anime

[NeoSam]

And now for more trailers, from AnimeNation:

Mushi-Uta Trailer Released
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Newtype Magazine (Japan) now hosts two short, streaming TV commercials for the upcoming Mushi-Uta anime television series. The show is scheduled to premier on July 5th.

Source: Moon Phase

New Shigurui Trailer Released
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The Shigurui official site now hosts a new 110 second trailer that contains actual animation footage from the upcoming TV series. The Shigurui anime is scheduled to premier on July 19th.

Source: Moon Phase

I'm so looking forward to Mushi-Uta anime, Shiika is so moe

[Kouji]

Kiddy Grade II: Maelstrom

Official Site
Trailer

Courtesy of Anime News Network

[NeoSam]

The anime adaptation of BLUE DROP is now mentioned on the cover of the latest issue of the seinen manga magazine Champion RED (released today).

The BLUE DROP anime will be titled: BLUE DROP ~Tenshitachi no Gikyoku~ (BLUE DROP ～天使達の戯曲～)

Broadcast: Autumn 2007

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Original Work + Scenario: Yoshitomi Akihito
Director + Original Concept + Scenario: Ohkura Masahiko
Character Design + General Animation Director: Takeda Itsuko
Mechanical Design: Yonemura Kouichirou
Audio Director: Tsuruoka Youta
Series Composition: Takahashi Natsuko
3D Modeling: GONZO
3D Director: Shirai Hiroshi
Battleship BLUE Design: Takeuchi Atsushi
Animation Production: BeSTACK + Asahi Production

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The following info is from pkgirl163 from this thread:

Originally Posted by pkgirl163

Got this image on another forum:

Spoiler:

According to it, the Blue Drop anime will take place years before the ~Tenshi no Bokura~ story and will take place at a girls' school. They do mention solving some mystery associated with the ~Tenshi no Bokura~ story, but maybe that could just mean giving lots of info about the aliens and stuff?

[NeoSam]

Mori Hiroshi's novel series The Sky Crawlers will be getting an anime movie.

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スカイ・クロラ
The Sky Crawlers

Official anime site:
http://sky.crawlers.jp/

Based on a novel by Mori Hiroshi.

Covers of the novels: (4 volumes are released and volume 5 will be released on 25/6/2007)

Spoiler:

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4

Author: Mori Hiroshi


Every novel volume has a light novel version.
Covers of light novels:

Spoiler:

Author: Mori Hiroshi
Illustrator: Tsuruta Kenji

Genre: Sci-fi

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A trailer can be seen on the anime's official site.

The light novel series is published under the C★NOVELS Biblio label (which seems like a general label; not a shounen label, and not a shoujo label)

[Rion]

So the difference between Light Novel and Novel is that the Light Novel has manga style illustrations?

And oh how I love Kenji Tsuruta's artwork *__*

[giapet]

Rion, more or less. A "light novel" is simply an illustrated novel, as near as I can tell

[MrProphet]

Light novel is more like an illustrated short story. Usually very quick and short on plot.

ADD-afflicted teenager reading.

[Kouji]

From Anime News Network

Hero Tales (from Fullmetal Alchemist author; Hiromu Arakawa)

The July issue of Shōnen Gangan Powered (on sale June 22) has confirmed that Jūshin Enbu: Hero Tales, the latest manga from Fullmetal Alchemist's Hiromu Arakawa, will be animated for television. The previous issue had advertised an "important announcement." The Chinese-mythology-inspired story revolves around a boy named Taitō, the prophesied seventh star of the Hokuto (the Big Dipper), who must journey with his sister and friend to recover a legendary sword. Shōnen Gangan Powered is a bimonthly spinoff of Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine, where Fullmetal Alchemist runs.

[Haohmaru]

^I hate it when they don't say which animation studio is doing it. Might as well tell the mass who's doing the animation and who's directing it.

[Kouji]

Well, it can't be helped. Anime News Network just brought up this article. Muchless that they only have the profile for the manga version.

[giapet]

Juushin Enbu is actually old news, I think; I remember reporting on it back in May ^^;

Originally Posted by Haohmaru

^I hate it when they don't say which animation studio is doing it. Might as well tell the mass who's doing the animation and who's directing it.

Studio Flag is doing the animation, so sayeth Moon Phase.

[cyth]

Originally Posted by giapet

Juushin Enbu is actually old news, I think; I remember reporting on it back in May ^^;

The anime version was only rumored at the time as a "big announcement regarding this manga title". In +95% of all cases, this means an upcoming anime version. Actually, I personally like to be uptight about this issue until a real confirmation is dropped, even though this is becoming more and more a fact of the industry.

BTW, glad to see you checking out this forum.

[giapet]

Never say I don't listen when I'm spoken to

[NeoSam]

Why are they animating a manga that doesn't even have 1 volume out

Anyway a site for the anime has opened: (nothing on it though)
http://www.jyushin.jp/

獣神演武
Jyushin Enbu

Genre: Shounen, Fantasy, Comedy
Serialized in the shounen manga magazine GanGan Powered.

Broadcast: Autumn 2007

Original Concept: Ougon Shuu
Manga & Character Original Concept: Arakawa Hiromu
Director: Sekita Osamu
Character Design: Aisaka Naoki
Series Composition: Sekijima Mayori
Plot Design: Yamada Takahiro
Animation Production: Studio Flag
Production: GENCO

Here's the wiki entry for the manga:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juushin_Enbu

[jcdranzer]

Hmmm...I was doing my regular check through my sources and came past this one.

Its a movie.

Title: Stranja: Sword of the Stranger (Stranger - Mukoh Hadan)
Genre: History, Action, Comedy
Premier: Autumn 2007
Director: Masahiro Ando
Screenplay: Fumihiko Takayama
Music: Naoki Sato
Character Design: Tsunenori Saito
Animation director: Yoshiyuki Ito
Art design: Shiho Takeuchi
Animation Studio: BONES
Distributor: Shochiku Film
Original Creator: BONES

Official Website: http://www.stranja.jp/

Cast:

Akio Ohtsuka
Kouichi Yamadera
Maaya Sakamoto
Mamoru Miyano
Naoto Takenaka
Tomoya Nagase
Unshou Ishizuka
Yuri Chinen

[Haohmaru]

^very old. You need to Regularly check more

@giapet, thanks for the info

[jcdranzer]

Originally Posted by Haohmaru

^very old. You need to Regularly check more

@giapet, thanks for the info

I know....this was actually announced back in 2003 but I just found the official site.

[Haohmaru]

More news on Jushin Enbu (Hero Tales) from ANN

The newly launched website for the Jyūshin Enbu: Hero Tales television anime series has announced the project's Fall 2007 premiere date, as well as its staff and cast. The first volume of Hiromu Arakawa's manga compilation has been scheduled for August 11, the same day as her Fullmetal Alchemist manga's volume 17.

Hero Tales' original story of mythological fantasy is credited to a Huan Jin-Zhou—an apparent pseudonym based on the Chinese characters for the "Golden Week" holidays. Osamu Sekita, the director of the Heavy Metal L-Gaim videos and a unit director on several Gundam series from the first one to Seed, will helm the project. In addition to drawing the manga, Hiromu Arakawa will be designing the characters that supervising animation director Naoki Sōsaka (Gundam Seed C.E. 73: Stargazer, Naruto) will adapt.

Video Girl Ai and Saber Marionette J's Mayori Sekijima will edit the scripts that Studio Flag (Naruto, Galaxy Angel) will animate. Tamiya Terashima is composing the music after having done the same for Key the Metal Idol and Tales from Earthsea.

Leading the cast as the hero Taitō will be Kenichi Suzumura, a prolific voice actor known for playing Rakushun in The Twelve Kingdoms and Hikaru in Ouran High School Host Club. Banjō Ginga (Gundam's Gihren Zabi, Metal Gear Solid games' Liquid Snake) will play the general Keirō. Acting as Taitō's friend and sparring partner Ryūkō is Takahiro Sakurai (Final Fantasy franchise's Cloud Strife, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion's Suzaku).

Media Factory will sell a limited volume 0 DVD, with a promotional video and a roundtable discussion with the main cast, at Animate stores in Japan and Tokyo's Comic Market 72 on August 17.

[NeoSam]

A 4th season MAJOR anime is scheduled to start broadcast on January 2008.

The anime adaptation of the fantasy TRPG Night Wizard will be titled: Night Wizard -The ANIMATION-

Staff for Night Wizard -The ANIMATION-

Original Work: Kikuchi Takeshi & F.E.A.R.
Director: Yamamoto Yusuke
Character Original Concept: Ishida Hiroyuki
Series Composition: Fujisaki Ayuna
Anime Production: HAL FILM MAKER

[Haohmaru]

Air date for Code Geass 24 & 25 They will air 07/28 @ 26:25 (02:25).
Source: http://ruliweb.empas.com/ruliboard/r...b_news&main=hb
Which means a double release!!!!