Not anime but a display from South Korea that I feel must be shared. For people who complain about the world of animation going down the toilet with too much dependance on digital technology, here’s something that goes in an entirely opposite direction. Animation with no computers, no paper, no drawing, no film? To this chorographing, this news poster can only say… wow.
Watch the video here.
The popular Jessica Chobot over from IGN is being immortalized as an anime-styled figurine. So far only the concept designs completed so far for these limited-to-500 figurine. As said by the president of the responsible company, Southern Island, “Since I couldn’t persuade Jessica to date me I thought immortalizing her on my desk was the next best thing.” I’m sure this’ll apply to all of Jessica’s fan waiting to have her on their desks too.
And yet again ignorance abounds as another source has cited anime as ” …Japanese form of animated pornography.” Fortunately a quick fan has pointed out their insultive fault. This newspaper will be tracked to see if any apology or correction is made.
Read the full article here.
Crackdowns against anime downloading continues around the world. Now a Singapore internet-provider is being forced to expose it’s 1000+ users who download anime off the internet for prosecution. Read More….
And also from a Singapore, an online radio site allowing podcast downloads is having a program today about anime, described as “…learn all about Japanese-inspired animation and how this wildly successful phenomenon has developed a cult following around the world.” If interested you can download it here.
And here is an interesting article speaking about the change in Japanese society revolving around the changing and ever expanding anime/manga culture.
A few websites for upcoming anime series have surfaced; Night Wizard, Spicy Wolf and StarChild.
Zannen.ca has posted YTV’s new line-up for this Fall including the North American premiere of the Death Note anime.
The September 2007 issue of the North American, Viz-run comic anthology, Shoujo Beat will have a picture of the charcter Night from the running series, Absolute Boyfriend featured on it. It will be a never before published image that the artist, Yuu Watase, did specifically for this issue.
Source: ActiveAnime
Furthering showcasing the growing popularity in manga, William Paterson University in New Jersey has a book done in manga style designed to help students study for a portion of their SATs. No surprise many of the students using these specially made books are reading ahead of their classes.
Source: Sacbee.com
The upcoming Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles OVA, Tokyo Revelations (the second Tsubasa OVA to date) has been announced as completed. The preview screening for critics, contest winners and other so priveledged is planned for October 21st.
Source: CLAMP Now
A new season of XXXHolic has been announced as being in the works. A few cast changes were noted but no specifics. To fans of CLAMP’s supernatural partner to the less than well recieved Tsubasa anime, this is good news indeed.
Source: GiaPet.net
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Author: Satosumi Takaguchi
Manga-ka: Yukine Honami
Publisher: DMP/June
Rating: Young Adults (16+)
Released: August 2007
Synopsis: “Yuuhi-kun planned to build a soccer field on the piece of mountain land that was his inheritance, but when his brother’s elite Shuuiku Academy needed a new campus, Yuuhi was forced to reconsider. Now he finds himself both the landlord, and a student at the school! Needless to say, the other students are none too happy about being shipped out to the boonies, so Yuuhi – AKA “chicken-head” – has become the object of their collective ire. But there’s something about the country bumpkin that has many students eyeing Yuuhi in a different way…a way that makes him very uncomfortable. Seems there’s a lot more than “book-learnin’” going on at this school, and Yuuhi’s about to get a whole ‘nuther kind of education!”
This schoolboy love story begins with Yuuhi, a young boy from the country who dreams of one day having a soccer field built where the mountain he’s inherited now stands. A problem with this arrives in the form of plans to have a school built there instead, but only with his permission. Two students, speaking for a party who don’t want to have their school dropped out in the middle of nowhere, approach Yuuhi in attempts to persuade him to refuse the deal. Unfortunately their choice to insult where he lives and their resulting vengeance for Yuuhi’s reaction, garners the opposite effect and the land is rented to the school.
A DVD of anime-styled Batman segments is planned for release prior to the 2008 movie, The Dark Knight. The events played out in the newly animated shorts will connect events between The Dark Knight and it’s 2005 predecessor, Batman Begins.
Source: Newsarama
Viz Media’s website has updated with the complete Press Release of its newly acquired titles for 2007, including a variety of previously licensed works being moved to paperback format or magazine-serialization. Announcements include the acquiring of licenses for the Honey & Clover and NANA anime series’ and various mangas, including the debut of Kaori Yuki’s new work, Fairy Cube.
All the details can be read here.
In a continued slew of media releases leading up to the highly awaited PS3 game, Heavenly Sword, the first of a series of anime-styled videos has been unveiled to the public. It acts as a prelude to the game, explaining the history behind the Heavenly Sword and its coming into the hands of mortals.
The video can be watched in high-definition here.
In light of the recent box-office success of the Transformers movie, 20th Century Fox has announced plans to boost production of their Voltron live-action movie and franchise. Fox is hoping that Voltron will appeal to the same masses with equal success. Like Transformers, Voltron was an anime series from the 80s which sparked a large market of figurines, comics, spin-offs and fans. It focused on a team of five pilots flying lion-shaped mechs which joined together to become Voltron, a sword-weilding mech used for the sake of defending the galaxy from evil forces.
Source: Variety
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Manga-ka: Lily Hoshino
Publisher: DMP/June
Rating: OlderTeen (16+)
Released: March 2006
Synopsis: “In the land of magic, a new king is being crowned. However, a mishap during the ceremonial rite causes the royal crest to be accidentally attached to a normal human, Kazuomi. To protect the crest from any villains who may be after it, Mewt, the cute and brave sorcerer, is dispatched to the human world. There, Mewt must live disguised as a girl, and as “she” and Kazuomi live under one roof together, the two begin to find themselves attracted to each other…”
Citizens of a far away land gather to crown their new king, branding him with the country’s crest in recognition. However a magical mishap sends the crest off to an unknown source and it’s up to the young sorcerer Mewt to find it. Moments later, Kazuomi, a notorious lady’s man, is suddenly struck with a pain in his stomach, and is soon landed upon by the young girlish Mewt who fell from the sky. Kazuomi is the new bearer of the crest and it’s now Mewt’s job to watch over him and learn the ways of this new world.
Sun Fish, Moon Fish - "...delivering a story with a pair of likeable characters, shows a lot promise despite a lack of polish."
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