New Announced Anime

[NeoSam]

And more staff announcements:

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Seitokai no Ichizon

Staff info:

Director: Satou Takuya
Series Composition: Hanada Jukki
Animation Production: STUDIO DEEN

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Sasameki Koto

Staff info:

Director: Suganuma Eiji
Script: Kurata Hideyuki

Official anime site: (nothing on it right now)
http://www.sasameki.com/

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NEEDLESS

Staff info:

Director: Sakoi Masayuki
Series Composition: Nishizono Satoru
Character Design: Katou Hiromi
Animation Production: MADHOUSE

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Kanamemo

Staff info:

Director: Takayanagi Shigehito
Character Design: Tateda Shinichi (???)
Animation Production: feel

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[NeoSam]

A new Ukkari Pénélope (うっかりペネロペ) anime series was announced. The anime will start broadcast in Summer 2009.

The "Ukkari Pénélope" anime is based on the picture book series Pénélope (which I once mentioned here).

[NeoSam]

The fantasy novel Niji-iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsuyasumi~ by Kawaguchi Masayuki will be getting an anime movie.

虹色ほたる～永遠の夏休み～
Niji-iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsuyasumi~

Cover:

Spoiler:

Genre: Fantasy

Author: Kawaguchi Masayuki

[NeoSam]

A new anime by Toei Animation that's temporarily titled:

東映ロボットガールズ
Toei Robot Girls

Starts in 2009.

Ok, LOL

[NeoSam]

The staff info for the GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class TV anime series:

Original Work: Kiyuduki Satoko
Director: Sakurai Hiroaki
Series Composition: Machida Touko
Character Design: Watanabe Atsuko
Animation Production: AICPLUS+

Characters and their seiyuu:

Kisaragi : Tomatsu Haruka
Nodamiki : Tokunaga Ai
Tomokane : Sawashiro Miyuki
Kyoju : Naduka Kaori
Namiko : Horie Yui

Its broadcast starts in Summer 2009.

[SeijiSensei]

Originally Posted by NeoSam

From looking around, yes that's [Yves St. Laurent]
this site about his book La Vilaine Lulu:

My French is pretty rusty these days, so I wondered if "vilaine" was a misspelling of "villaine," the feminine form of "villain." Turns out "vilaine" means "ugly."

I looked around a bit to find an image of Ugly Lulu. Here's a couple from the cover of a book of St. Laurent's cartoons published in 1967:

Spoiler for size:

Rather a different look from the "Little Lulu" character that I grew up with in the US:

Spoiler:

I'll be curious to see how this translates to an anime.

[NeoSam]

There are currently 35 TV anime series scheduled to start in april.

[NeoSam]

TV Tokyo has opened a page for the second season of "Chi's Sweet Home" anime series that's titled Chi's Sweet Home Atarashii Ouchi:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/chissweet2009/

TV Tokyo has opened a page for the Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou TV anime series:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/mechamote/

TV Tokyo has opened a page for the Saki TV anime series:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/saki/

Star Child has opened a page for the Kanamemo TV anime series:
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/kanamemo/

Source: MoonPhase Diary

[Konpachi]

Toei Animation has confirmed that this spring's Dragon Ball Kai re-airing of its Dragon Ball Z anime will be edited to more closely follow Akira Toriyama's original manga.

The new Dragon Ball Kai remastering will be an "Akira Toriyama original cut edition" that will quicken the story presentation and adhere more with the manga's story.

The anime footage will be enhanced with the latest digital technology. This includes a new full-HD remastering from the film reels of the original run, renewed soundtracks and sound effects, and new dialogue recordings with most of the original cast. The re-airing will launch in Japan on April 5.

http://animeanime.jp/news/archives/2.../post_687.html

Spoiler for Trailer; RAW:

[ChibiGoku]

We kind of know about this. Infact, we even have a thread about it in this very section.

[NeoSam]

According to a 2ch thread, the shoujo(girl's) light novel series Maihime Renpuden by Miyama Kunoe (author) and Touma Rei (illustrator) will be getting animated.

Staff info:

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Original Work: Miyama Kunoe
Planning: Kawase Eiji
Director: Taniguchi Gorou
Series Composition: Yoshino Hiroyuki
Original Character Design: Touma Rei
Character Design: Kimura Takahiro
Key Animation Director: Naka Hiroshi (???)
Music: Nakagawa Koutarou
Audio Director: Uragami Haruki
Production: SATELIGHT

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Cast info:

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Sai Airin: Nakahara Mai
Riku Keishun: Fukuyama Jun
On Jiun: Seki Tomokazu
Chou Kayou: Toyoguchi Megumi

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Light novel info:

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舞姫恋風伝
Maihime Renpuden

少女向け小説(ライトノベル).
Shoujo light novel series (light novel series aimed at girls).

The light novel series is published under the shoujo(girl's) light novel label Lululu Bunko.
Currently there are 6 volumes released of this light novel series.

Covers:

Spoiler:

Lululu Bunko's official "Maihime Renpuden" site:
http://lu3.gagaga-lululu.jp/maihime/

Author: Miyama Kunoe
Illustrator: Touma Rei

Genre: Shoujo, Fantasy

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Until its confirmed consider this to be a rumor.

If this is really getting animated, this would be the first shoujo(girl's) light novel series from the shoujo light novel label Lululu Bunko to be getting animated.

[La Mite en Pullover]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

My French is pretty rusty these days, so I wondered if "vilaine" was a misspelling of "villaine," the feminine form of "villain." Turns out "vilaine" means "ugly."

I looked around a bit to find an image of Ugly Lulu. Here's a couple from the cover of a book of St. Laurent's cartoons published in 1967:

I'll be curious to see how this translates to an anime.

Hi SeijiSensei. I am French and "vilaine" can also be traducted by "nasty" (sexual, grrr... ) or used when a kid does something forbidden or something like that (means "bad").

[Denizen]

So, what's happening with Appleseed? Is it actually airing in Spring or has it just been pigeonholed like Rainbow?

Also, is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime airing in Spring? I have seen images of it, a long, well-detailed trailer, and a notice that its airing around that time. I know Souten Koro is similar, but i'm just wondering about it.

(Also, for anyone who cares about those season preview charts, there's now a site for that - http://chartfag.wordpress.com)

[NeoSam]

Originally Posted by Denizen

So, what's happening with Appleseed? Is it actually airing in Spring or has it just been pigeonholed like Rainbow?

Appleseed Genesis was cancelled:
http://www.animekon.com/news-663-App...Is-Doomed.html

Thanks for the comment about this... I'll be removing it from the upcoming anime list.

[giapet]

Hey Sam, can you link me to that 2ch thread for Maihime Renpuden? the only one I can find is from back in November.

[Konpachi]

Originally Posted by ChibiGoku

We kind of know about this. Infact, we even have a thread about it in this very section.

Oh. I'm sorry.

[Sakimichi]

Can't wait for these series 8D

[Siegel Clyne]

Yumemiru, Anime "on-chan" - Hokkaidou Power Gagyu!

Originally Posted by Siegel Clyne

Yumemiru, Anime "on-chan" Animated Television Series
Broadcast Starting Date: Friday, January 18, 2008
Airs Every Friday, 7:54ampm-8:00ampm
Broadcaster: HTB (Hokkaido TV)

Cast & Staff

Cast
on-chan: Tanaka Rie
ok-chan: Konno Hiromi
no-chan: Hirai Keiji
tenko-chan/guchi: Kaneda Tomoko

Staff
Director: Katou Taka
Script/Teleplay/Scenario: Kitaki Rima, Higuchi Tatsuto
Theme Song: "Yumemiru, Chikara" by OILMAN
Music: Sorai Atsufumi (JOEDOWN)
Music Cooperation: yumechika records
Animation Production: Egg
Production: HTB (Hokkaido TV)

Hokkaido TV is a network affiliate of tv asahi.

On-chan is the popular mascot character of HTB (Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.), adored not only in Hokkaido, but throughout Japan.

HTB produced Yumemiru, Anime "on-chan"'s predecessor, On-chan, Yume Power Daibouken! (On-chan, Dream Power Adventure!). In this earlier, original animation version, Japanese mainstream celebrity Shinohara Tomoe voiced the lead role, on-chan, while Araki Kae, perhaps best known as Yuuki Miaka in Fushigi Yuugi.

According to this post on a BS11 anime thread at 2ch...

At the HTB (Hokkaido Broadcasting System, Co., Ltd.) Booth at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) 2009, leaflets announce that the Yumemiru, Anime "on-chan" anime will begin airing on the free-to-air digital broadcasting satellite platform BS-11 across Japan next month:

1) 2009/04/09- : Thursdays, 24:25-, Japan Time (Fridays, 12:25am-, Japan Time)

2) 2009/04/12- : Sundays, 16:55-, Japan Time (Sundays, 4:55pm-, Japan Time)

Edit: Soon after I wrote this post, in her 2009/03/21 entry on her blog, Tanaka Rie confirmed the above broadcast schedule for Yumemiru, Anime "on-chan" on BS 11. She also announced that it will begin airing on the free-to-air digital broadcasting satellite platform BS Asahi across Japan next month:

1) 2009/04/06- : Mondays, 23:00-, Japan Time (Mondays, 11:00pm-, Japan Time)

There is no indication yet whether this nationwide broadcast in Japan of Yumemiru, Anime "on-chan" will consist of the original 26-episode, 5-minute television anime series which aired locally on HTB in Hokkaido last year, new episodes, or both.

Tanaka Rie mentioned in her blog a few weeks ago that it has been a while since she has played the role of a young person or a young child.

Other than Kujou Hikari aka Shiny Luminous in the Pretty Cure All Stars DX movie currently showing in theaters throughout Japan, could it be on-chan?

The popular HTB mascot on-chan made his debut back in 1997; I even saw the live version of on-chan on a Japanese language program from Japan earlier this year on local television, Channel 18 (KSCI-TV), in Southern California. The girlfriend of on-chan (who is yellow) is ok-chan (who is pink).

The link to the Englsh web page for the HTB Booth at the Tokyo International Fair 2009, which includes images of on-chan and his pals, follows below.

http://www.tokyoanime.jp/event/view_...php?l=en&id=68

P.S. According to Variety, an unnamed block of Fox programming, including American Idol, will also begin airing on BS-11 across Japan next month.

Imagine that... on-chan and Simon Cowell together on the same TV station.

[NeoSam]

Originally Posted by giapet

Hey Sam, can you link me to that 2ch thread for Maihime Renpuden? the only one I can find is from back in November.

Ahh yeah that's the one, that's why I'm mentioning it as a rumor, it doesn't link to any reliable source >_<

I guess, its a little too old to be reliable...

[NeoSam]

TV Tokyo has opened a page for the Cross Game TV anime series:
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/crossgame/

TV Osaka has opened an official site for the Jewelpet TV anime series:
http://www.tv-osaka.co.jp/jewelpet/

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The following links contain adult content (NSFW).

The eroge (erotic game) Kimi Hagu (きみはぐ) by FrontWing will be getting an adult OVA adaptation.

FrontWing's official site for the game:
http://frontwing.jp/product/kimihagu/

Getchu's page for the game:
http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=302045

The first OVA episode will be released on May 25th, 2009.

Getchu's page for the first OVA episode:
http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=635545