Archive for 'Anime'

New Full Metal Alchemist TV series coming!!

August 20th, 2008 – 7:49 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Industry News

It’s true folks! The rumors have been floating around for a while, but there’s now confirmation that there will be a brand new Full Metal Alchemist TV series. Elric fans everywhere, rejoice!
According to Anime News Network:

The wraparound jacket band on the 20th volume of Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga will confirm on Friday […]

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Vampire Hunter D short story to be published at NY Anime Fest

August 20th, 2008 – 4:47 pm

The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) announced today that the short story Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship by legendary author Hideyuki Kikuchi will be published inside the festival’s Official Guide Book. Vampire Hunter D: The Wanderer’s Ship has never been printed before in any language anywhere in the world. The New York Anime Festival, […]

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iaTV and TokyoPop team up

August 20th, 2008 – 10:41 am
Tagged as: Anime, Industry News

TokyoPop is teaming up with iaTV, the Only 24/7 Network in the U.S. for Asian Pop Culture, for broadcast of its properties and some advertising opportunities.
From the press release:

Programming acquired by iaTV from TOKYOPOP includes two popular Japanese anime series – Initial D and Psychic Academy – and anime film Spring and Chaos have […]

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Variety simplifies anime history a bit too much

August 20th, 2008 – 10:23 am
Tagged as: Anime

Variety.com has a new article called “History of Anime”. While I always appreciate anime getting more exposure in mainstream publications like this well known Hollywood rag, they really missed the mark with this one.
From the article:

Anime properties such as “Transformers,” “Speed Racer” and “Avatar” (the latter announced for M. Night Shyamalan to direct) may […]

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Links: More live action chat, FUNimation adds anime to their cable channel

August 18th, 2008 – 11:03 am
Tagged as: Anime, Industry News

io9, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite places for all things sci-fi, has a post called 5 Manga Movies We Want to See After Akira Blows Everyone’s Mind. They are referring, of course, to the upcoming Akira live action movies that have been in development hell for about six years already. […]

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Napa Valley Museum opens new anime and manga exhibit

August 15th, 2008 – 10:31 am
Tagged as: Anime, Manga

The Napa Valley Museum in Northern California is opening a new anime and manga exhibit. If you’re in the area today (on a wine tour or something), you should go to the opening reception:

“The Napa Valley Museum announces its upcoming exhibition titled, “Manga and Anime: An Exhibition of Popular Cartoon Art.” The opening reception […]

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Want big anime eyes? Get these new contact lenses.

August 10th, 2008 – 11:15 am
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

Here’s an interesting item that should be in every cosplayer’s arsenal. These are contact lenses that are tinted prominently in the extra-wide outer ring. The result is the appearance of a bigger, wider iris. Anime eyes FTW.
The lenses cost $30-$50 bucks and can even be made to fit your prescription. They’re made by […]

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CrunchyRoll adds Gonzo, Media Blasters, and ADV titles…legally!

August 9th, 2008 – 1:48 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Industry News

CrunchyRoll announced at Otakon that they’re has acquired the digital-only-rights to distribute multiple series from MediaBlasters, ADV, and Gonzo’s corporate parent. These series include:
ADV:
* Angelic Layer 26-episode animated series
* BASToF Syndrome 26-episode animated series
* Best Student Council 26-episode animated series
[…]

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Video: Amazing stop motion anime with figurines.

August 8th, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Tagged as: Anime, Fandom

A friend sent me a YouTube vid of a great figurine vid. This is really quite an amazing job. It’s some of the best amateur stop-motion animation I’ve ever seen. But I’m also impressed by the sheer amount of free time this person must have. There’s a whole series of these […]

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Leaked video from the Dragonball movie set?

August 7th, 2008 – 2:59 am
Tagged as: Anime, General

Apparently this is a video taken by an extra in an audience scene where ChiChi and Mai fight. The quality is bad…but it seems to match the quality of the acting:

I dunno. I’m really not looking forward to this movie at all. A lot of the promotional stuff so far has either been […]

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