RoboTech, the eighties classic that got old geezers like me into japanese animation, is set to make a return with a new anime called The Shadow Chronicles. There’s not a lot of information up for it yet, but the trailer looks fairly interesting.
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A investigative poster over at the MegaTokyo forums has provided some info from a Japanese site about the cast for the live-action Death Note movies. The most surprising actor listed? Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef!!
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Turner Classic Movies dedicated the month of January to legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki. Now Cartoon Network (which is also part of the Turner family) will also be airing Miyazaki’s works.
The first airing will be for Spiri…
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There’s yet another anime that’s being adapted to live action. The latest news from Variety reports that the directors for the Hollywood version of Kite have been chosen. Kite is probably the oddest choice of all the anime series being adapted to fil…
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Recently a conversation about the effect of anime fansubbing came up on the IGN anime boards. It was a good topic that I just had to comment on. The following post is taken from my comments there.
Let me preface all this by saying that…
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Del Rey Manga announced today that they will be bringing the Air Gear manga to U.S. shores. Air Gear is a Kodansha title with story and art by one of the best in the manga business, Oh! Great. If you’re a skater, a blader, or a young man in dire need …
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Gomanga.com, home of Seaven Seas Entertainment, has a number of comic series that are pretty obviously influenced by manga and anime art. Can we consider them to be manga though? Is manga just the animation style, or does a comic have to be produced in…
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In this post we’ll review Loveless. Loveless is one of the few shonen-ai manga that has been adapted into an animated series. It’s a well produced anime, with great art, great characterization, and a great soundtrack by Yuki Kajiura. Th…
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Bleach is an anime/manga that is just starting to get popular here in the U.S, but it’s hot hot HOTT in Japan right now. Nintendo wants to capitalize on that popularity by including all sorts of Bleach gifts in the promotion of their new Bleach game fo…
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Continuing the trend of Live Action anime, MangaNews.net reports that a Live Action Death Note movie is in the works. DN fans everywhere collectively pray that it doesn’t suck.
According to MangaNews.net:
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