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A popular " Gundam Videographer " who goes by the name darwinfish105 has posted video footage of the full-scale gundam statue in Shizuoka on the YouTube website over the past mont. The high definition footage features the statue time-lapsed day into night, when the statue lights up and moves its head.
The " Life size " Gundam statue was first announced in march of 2009 as part of the Gundam 30th anniversary celebration. The statue was complated and unveiled in Jully of that year on Odaiba, and artifacial island in Tokyo Bay. The exhibit closed in September 2009 after its closing ceremony cancelled due to an approaching typhoon. In December 2009 its was announced that the statue would be relocated to Shizuoka, where it was expected to bring in 40 billion yen (approximately US $ 463 million). The statue was unveiled in its new home on July 24, 2010, and will stand until January 10, 2011.
Keyword: Shizuoka, Gundam, Statue,
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Geneon Universal Entertainment began streaming two commercials that combine the America live-action medical television series House and Osamu Tezuka's classic medical manga/anime Black Jack on Wednesday. The titular doctors House (Played by British actor Hugh Laurie) and Black Jack appear together in the commercial, which are the first collaborative afforts between an overseas live-action television series and a Tezuka anime.
The fist 30-second commercial is the one that is actually running on the CS satellite television system's Fox channel in Japan. The second 73-second commercial is the extended web version. The Premise of the commercial has Black Jack flying to America ( with his young companion Pinoko in tow ) as Dr. House's potential new team member.
Geneon Universal Entertainment is the DVD distributor of House in Japan, Where it is known as Dr. House. Wednesday happens to be the DVD release date for the fourth season of House in Japan.
Keyword: ads Streamed, Osamu Tezuka's, Dr. House, Japan, America
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According to a Friday Post on the official Disney Parks Blog , the Japan Pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot theme park has opened a new axhibit called "Spirit Beasts: From Ancient Strories to Anime Stars." The Florida-based exhibit showcase classic creatures from Japanese folktales that have seved as inspiration for modem day anime and manga series.
Among the examples pictured are the kappa, the kitsune, the tsuru, the saru, and the moon rabbit. Project Manager and show producer Wyatt Winter says that exhibit should run for several years. Prior to the Spirit Beasts exhibit, the location housed exhibits on World Heritage Sites of Japan and Tin Toy Stories.
Disney's involvement with anime in North America consists primarily of it's localization and distribution of Studio Ghibli titles. Recently, however, Disney added Naruto to it's Disney XD Television channel's lineup. Disney has alaso been creating original content for the Japanese market, including three television series spinoffs of it's film Lilo and Stitch with anime studios MADHOUSE and Shinei Animation.
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Kimihiko Tsukuda, the creator of the longest-running newspaper manga in Japan, passed away in a Tokyo hospital on June 28 at 12:20 a.m. due to pneumonia. He was80.
The Tokyo-born artist began drawing his four-panel Chibikko Shinshi manga strips in the Tokyo Shimbun paper in 1956. He renamed his work as Honobono-kun on February 6, 1984 — the day after publishing his 5,000th strip. He would finish the manga on March 8, 2007 after 57 years and 15,451 strips. Tsukuda won the Manga Artist Society's grand prize in 2004 for Honobono-kun, which was known as the "Japanese Charlie Brown" for its gentle, humorous touch.
Tsukuda had been in failing health since the end of 2006, and had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He eventually had to stop his manga when he could no longer hold his brush. Tsukuda's family held a private funeral service on July 1. Keyword: Honobono-kun, Manga, Kimihiko Tsukuda,
At it's Anime Expo 2010 industry panel, Digital Manga Publishing announced the following licences:
DMP Licenses:
- Demon City Shinjuku (novel) by Vampire Hunter D author Hideyuki Kikuchi
- Kiba Ichizoku no Garyuudo by Hideyuki Kikuchi (sequel to Demon City Shinjuku)
- Countdown 7 Days by Kemuri Karakara
- Replica by Kemuri Karakara
- Houou Gakuen Misoragumi by Aki Arata
June Licenses:
- Border by Kazuma Kodaka
- Kusatta Kyo Shino Houteishiki by Kazuma Kodaka
- Gochisosama by CJ Michalski
- Boku no Shiru Anata no Hanashi by Tsuta Suzuki
801 Media Licenses:
- Sabaku no Oujisama by Shushushu Sakurai
DMP has also announced that mangaka Nao Yazawa, creator of Wedding Peach, will create a manga specifically for DMP's eManga. Additionally , DMP has partnered with Viz Media to act as the exclusive distributor for a small series of hand-painted Naruto animation cels priced at $60 each.
The Japanese Studio Toei Animation announced at a June 16 press conference in Shanghai that it is jointly producing a new Ikkyuu-san anime film with the Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Media Group and SMG's Toonmax channel. Toei animated the original Ikkyū-san historical comedy television series about a young monk-in-training from 1975 to 1982, when the studio was still known as Toei Dōga. The new Ikkyū-san anime film will open in China in February of 2012 — during the traditional Chinese New Year holidays.
The story of Ikkyū-san is loosely inspired by Ikkyū Sōjun, a real-life Buddhist monk who lived in 15th-century Japan. The anime imagines Ikkyū's childhood as a mischievous but clever monk-in-training at Ankokuji Temple. The original television series
already inspired a 1978 Ikkyū-san to Yancha-hime (Ikkyusan and the Mischievous Princess) film. The television series premiered in China in 1983 and became a popular hit among children there.
SMG operates the children's television channel Toonmax, which is popular in China and particularly in the Shanghai area. Another Japanese anime studio, MADHOUSE, is collaborating with China Film Group Corporation, director Yuji Ikeda (Fushigi Yuugi, Monster), and original character designer Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys) on a film titled Tibetan Dog (Tibet Inu Monogatari).
The story of Ikkyū-san is loosely inspired by Ikkyū Sōjun, a real-life Buddhist monk who lived in 15th-century Japan. The anime imagines Ikkyū's childhood as a mischievous but clever monk-in-training at Ankokuji Temple. The original television series
already inspired a 1978 Ikkyū-san to Yancha-hime (Ikkyusan and the Mischievous Princess) film. The television series premiered in China in 1983 and became a popular hit among children there.
SMG operates the children's television channel Toonmax, which is popular in China and particularly in the Shanghai area. Another Japanese anime studio, MADHOUSE, is collaborating with China Film Group Corporation, director Yuji Ikeda (Fushigi Yuugi, Monster), and original character designer Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys) on a film titled Tibetan Dog (Tibet Inu Monogatari).
The Watarase Film Commission, a non-govermental organization that support film production afforts in Gunma Prefecture northwest of downtown Tokyo, posted a casting call for a film based on the life of the late gag comedy manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka. (Tensai Bakabon, Himitsu no Akko-chan). According to the posting for extras, Toei and Central Arts are basing the Kore de Ii no da! Eiga Akatsuka Fujio film on Akatsuka Fujio no Koto o Kaita no da!!, the book by Akatsuka's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine editor Toshiki Takei.
Ryoichi Kimizuka (Bayside Shakedown, Nobody to Watch Over Me) wrote the script and Hideaki Sato (The Suspect: Muroi Shinji, The Unbroken) is directing. Filming will last from the beginning of July to the middle of August, and the film is slated to open throughout Japan next spring.
Fujio Akatsuka, the creator of many popular comedy gag manga and one of the earliest magical girl manga (Himitsu no Akko-chan), passed away of pneumonia on August 2, 2008.
Ryoichi Kimizuka (Bayside Shakedown, Nobody to Watch Over Me) wrote the script and Hideaki Sato (The Suspect: Muroi Shinji, The Unbroken) is directing. Filming will last from the beginning of July to the middle of August, and the film is slated to open throughout Japan next spring.
Fujio Akatsuka, the creator of many popular comedy gag manga and one of the earliest magical girl manga (Himitsu no Akko-chan), passed away of pneumonia on August 2, 2008.
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Aniplex of America will stream the first 22 minutes of Welcome to The Space Show on the YouTube website on Monday at 8:00 a.m. Unlike with another anime which streamed on Youtube, The biginning of Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW will be specifically available to online viewer outside Japan and The same streamed will be available to Japanese viewers on the GyaO! service on Tuesday at midnaight, and the Tokyo MX station already aired on June 13.
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GyaO!
YouTube Aniplex of America
Keyword : The Space Show's, Aniplex, GyaO!, America, Japan
Anime Expo has confirmed reports that actrss Saki Aibu will attend the July 1-4 convention for the world premiere of her new film Eternal First Love in Los Angeles. Aibu starred as Riiko Izawa in the live-action adaptation of Yu Watase's manga Absolute Boyfriend, as well as voicing roles in Doraemon, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, and Kaiketsu Zorori.
European game publisher MangaGamer has also announced two additional guests: voice actress and singer Minami Kuribayashi and artist Fujimaru. Kuribayashi starred as Haruka Suzumiya in Rumbling Hearts and Erstin Ho in My-Otome. She has also sung themes for Blassreiter, School Days, and others. Fujimaru worked on the Kira Kira Curtain Call and Dear Drops adult games from the Japanese brand OVERDRIVE.
Anime Expo announced on Thursday that voice actor Masakazu Morita will also appear as a Guest of Honor. MangaGamer guests include UR@N, Yuka Kayura, Shinji Katakura, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Matsumura, and Japanese game publisher Age (with Sou Miyata and Kyousuke Himukai).
European game publisher MangaGamer has also announced two additional guests: voice actress and singer Minami Kuribayashi and artist Fujimaru. Kuribayashi starred as Haruka Suzumiya in Rumbling Hearts and Erstin Ho in My-Otome. She has also sung themes for Blassreiter, School Days, and others. Fujimaru worked on the Kira Kira Curtain Call and Dear Drops adult games from the Japanese brand OVERDRIVE.
Anime Expo announced on Thursday that voice actor Masakazu Morita will also appear as a Guest of Honor. MangaGamer guests include UR@N, Yuka Kayura, Shinji Katakura, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Matsumura, and Japanese game publisher Age (with Sou Miyata and Kyousuke Himukai).
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T-shirt featuring Black Butler lead appears in retail clothing chain
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Retail clothing chain Hot Topic has added merchandise from Yana Toboso's manga Black Butler to its lineup. The merchandise currently consists of a t-shirt featuring the series' titular butler, Sebastien Michaelis, in red on a black background. The shirts are available in sizes ranging from extra-small to XXXL.
The Black Butler manga launched in Japan in September 2006 in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy shounen manga anthology. Yen Press licensed the manga for North American release and began serializing it in its Yen Plus anthology in July of 2009. In October 2008 a TV anime was produced based on the manga, and Funimation licensed it for North America. A follow-up anime series will air in Japan starting this July. The anime inspired a fashion show in Tokyo in 2008.
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Retail clothing chain Hot Topic has added merchandise from Yana Toboso's manga Black Butler to its lineup. The merchandise currently consists of a t-shirt featuring the series' titular butler, Sebastien Michaelis, in red on a black background. The shirts are available in sizes ranging from extra-small to XXXL.
The Black Butler manga launched in Japan in September 2006 in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy shounen manga anthology. Yen Press licensed the manga for North American release and began serializing it in its Yen Plus anthology in July of 2009. In October 2008 a TV anime was produced based on the manga, and Funimation licensed it for North America. A follow-up anime series will air in Japan starting this July. The anime inspired a fashion show in Tokyo in 2008.
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The Oricon entertainment news source reports that a second stage play and an anime adaptation are in the works for Gakuen Hakkenden, Kō Amami and Aki Kuruwa's fantasy romance boys-love manga. In this multimedia project, scriptwriter Amami re-imagines Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, Kyokutei Bakin's famous epic novel about eight samurai who serve the Satomi clan during Japan's tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era.
Just as in traditional kabuki plays, male actors are auditioning for all of the roles in the second play — including all of the female characters. Already casted in the first play are several veterans of The Prince of Tennis musical, such as Kenn (Miracle Train ~Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso~, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX), Yuki Tsujimoto, and Ryuko Isogai.
STC Jimukyoku collaborated on a stage musical adaptation of Idea Factory's female-oriented Hiiro no Kakera visual novel game before working on the stage versions of Gakuen Hakkenden. Masatsugu Takase (The Last Samurai) is serving as the plays' action director. The first play will run in Tokyo's Ikebukuro Theater Green from July 14 to July 19, while the second play will run in Tokyo's Shinagawa Rikkōkai Hall.
The original Hakkenden novel already inspired the Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors video anime series (Geneon Entertainment) and the 1999 science-fiction television anime re-imagining, Shin Hakkenden.
The original manga just launched in Kobunsha's Purial magazine this past April, and the first compiled book volume is slated for next year.
Just as in traditional kabuki plays, male actors are auditioning for all of the roles in the second play — including all of the female characters. Already casted in the first play are several veterans of The Prince of Tennis musical, such as Kenn (Miracle Train ~Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso~, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX), Yuki Tsujimoto, and Ryuko Isogai.
STC Jimukyoku collaborated on a stage musical adaptation of Idea Factory's female-oriented Hiiro no Kakera visual novel game before working on the stage versions of Gakuen Hakkenden. Masatsugu Takase (The Last Samurai) is serving as the plays' action director. The first play will run in Tokyo's Ikebukuro Theater Green from July 14 to July 19, while the second play will run in Tokyo's Shinagawa Rikkōkai Hall.
The original Hakkenden novel already inspired the Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors video anime series (Geneon Entertainment) and the 1999 science-fiction television anime re-imagining, Shin Hakkenden.
The original manga just launched in Kobunsha's Purial magazine this past April, and the first compiled book volume is slated for next year.
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The American video distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired First Squad - The Moment Of Truth, Yoshiharu Ashinoand Studio 4°C's animated video version of a story by Russian artists Misha Sprits and Aljosha Klimov.
First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. A group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities has been drafted into a special unit to fight the invading German army. A Schutzstaffel (SS) officer attempts to raise from the dead an army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.
The film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June and won the Kommersant newspaper's prize. It also played at Locarno, at Cannes in France, at Sitges, and at Waterloo, Canada.
Ashino had previous directed Tweeny Witches, and Studio 4°C animated Tekkonkinkreet, Genius Party, and parts of The Animatrix.
First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. A group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities has been drafted into a special unit to fight the invading German army. A Schutzstaffel (SS) officer attempts to raise from the dead an army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.
The film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June and won the Kommersant newspaper's prize. It also played at Locarno, at Cannes in France, at Sitges, and at Waterloo, Canada.
Ashino had previous directed Tweeny Witches, and Studio 4°C animated Tekkonkinkreet, Genius Party, and parts of The Animatrix.
Keyword : Studio 4°C, Animated, The Animatrix
The American video distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired First Squad - The Moment Of Truth, Yoshiharu Ashinoand Studio 4°C's animated video version of a story by Russian artists Misha Sprits and Aljosha Klimov.
First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. A group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities has been drafted into a special unit to fight the invading German army. A Schutzstaffel (SS) officer attempts to raise from the dead an army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.
The film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June and won the Kommersant newspaper's prize. It also played at Locarno, at Cannes in France, at Sitges, and at Waterloo, Canada.
Ashino had previous directed Tweeny Witches, and Studio 4°C animated Tekkonkinkreet, Genius Party, and parts of The Animatrix.
First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. A group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities has been drafted into a special unit to fight the invading German army. A Schutzstaffel (SS) officer attempts to raise from the dead an army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.
The film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June and won the Kommersant newspaper's prize. It also played at Locarno, at Cannes in France, at Sitges, and at Waterloo, Canada.
Ashino had previous directed Tweeny Witches, and Studio 4°C animated Tekkonkinkreet, Genius Party, and parts of The Animatrix.
Keyword : Studio 4°C, Animated, The Animatrix
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tozen Ujiie's Seitokai Yakuindomo slice-of-life comedy manga began streaming a 30-second program announcement commercial and a 15-second one on Saturday. The website is also streaming a promotional video. The anime will premiere in Japan on July 3.
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Takaya Kagami's Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu fantasy light novel franchise is streaming its second, 207-second high-definition promotional video via the YouTube video service. Both the official website and YouTube are still streaming the first promotional video, which premiered at March's Tokyo International Anime Fair. The Legend of the Legendary Heroes anime will premiere in July.
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Takaya Kagami's Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu fantasy light novel franchise is streaming its second, 207-second high-definition promotional video via the YouTube video service. Both the official website and YouTube are still streaming the first promotional video, which premiered at March's Tokyo International Anime Fair. The Legend of the Legendary Heroes anime will premiere in July.
Boys Over Flowers' Group 8 to adapt shōjo classic for this fallA live-action Korean television series adaptation of Kaoru Tada's classic shōjo manga Itazura na Kiss is in production for airing this fall. Group 8, the production company behind the live-action Korean version of Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango), is producing the new project. Hwang In-Roe (Palace) is slated to direct.
In the original romantic comedy manga, a high school girl named KOTOKO finally tells a fellow senior named Naoki (Ren Yagami) that she has loved him from afar since she saw him on their first day of high school. However Naoki, a haughty "super-ikemen" (handsome male) with smarts and sports talent, rejects her offhand. Fate intervenes when a mild earthquake ruins KOTOKO's family house. While the house gets rebuilt, KOTOKO and her dad stay at the home of her dad's childhood friend...whose son is Naoki. The manga's story follows Naoki and KOTOKO through high school and beyond, but it never ended because Tada lost her life in an accident in 1999.
The manga was already adapted as a television drama series in Japan (1996), another drama series with a sequel in Taiwan under the name It started with a kiss (2005), and a television anime series (2008). The 23 manga volumes have sold 27 million copies just in Japan alone.
Digital Manga Publishing published the second volume of the manga in North America earlier this month
In the original romantic comedy manga, a high school girl named KOTOKO finally tells a fellow senior named Naoki (Ren Yagami) that she has loved him from afar since she saw him on their first day of high school. However Naoki, a haughty "super-ikemen" (handsome male) with smarts and sports talent, rejects her offhand. Fate intervenes when a mild earthquake ruins KOTOKO's family house. While the house gets rebuilt, KOTOKO and her dad stay at the home of her dad's childhood friend...whose son is Naoki. The manga's story follows Naoki and KOTOKO through high school and beyond, but it never ended because Tada lost her life in an accident in 1999.
The manga was already adapted as a television drama series in Japan (1996), another drama series with a sequel in Taiwan under the name It started with a kiss (2005), and a television anime series (2008). The 23 manga volumes have sold 27 million copies just in Japan alone.
Digital Manga Publishing published the second volume of the manga in North America earlier this month
The Hub, the new television network being launched by the Discovery Channel's parent company and the Hasbro toy company, has announced on Monday that it will run the American premiere of the Deltora Quest fantasy anime series. The 52-episode series is based off a series of novels by Australian writer Emily Rodda.The series "tells the saga of The Shadow Lord, an evil sorcerer who has taken over the kingdom of Deltora by destroying a magical object known as The Belt of Deltora. Throughout the course of the series, young warrior Lief, his mentor Barda and young Jasmine travel around the land of Deltora to return the seven gems to the belt and save the kingdom."
DCI Los Angeles, the U.S. division of Dentsu, Inc., had already announced in February that it is running the series on the Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand this spring. The anime ran in Japan from 2007 to 2008.
Discovery Communicatuons and Hasbro will launch The Hub on October 10 in 60 million homes.
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The North America anime distributor Funimation has announced at its Anime Central panel on Saturday that it has licensed the Rosario + Vampire, Rosario + Vampire Capu2, Chaos;HEAd, Chrome Shelled Regios, Rideback, Heaven's Lost Property (Sora no Otoshimono), and GUNxSWORD anime series. All of the new titles will ship in 2011 — except for GUNxSWORD and Regios, which will ship in late 2010
Funimation has also announced the English dubbing casts for Eden of The East, Casshern Sins, and Shikabane Hime. The company is offering a "free ride" to Comic-Con International in San Diego this July to the most ardent Fullmetal Alchemist fan; fans can enter by posting their video pleas on YouTube and http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com/comiccon/.
Takayuki Inagaki (Desert Punk, Indian Summer) and Gonzo's 2008 Rosario + Vampire television series and its Rosario + Vampire Capu2 sequel adapt Akihisa Ikeda's supernatural school comedy manga of the same name. The story follows an ordinary high school boy who fails to get into any private academy except one — which happens to be populated by supernatural creatures (yōkai) disguised as humans. To survive, Tsukune Aono has to pretend that he is also a yōkai and blend in. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America
Funimation has also announced the English dubbing casts for Eden of The East, Casshern Sins, and Shikabane Hime. The company is offering a "free ride" to Comic-Con International in San Diego this July to the most ardent Fullmetal Alchemist fan; fans can enter by posting their video pleas on YouTube and http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com/comiccon/.
Takayuki Inagaki (Desert Punk, Indian Summer) and Gonzo's 2008 Rosario + Vampire television series and its Rosario + Vampire Capu2 sequel adapt Akihisa Ikeda's supernatural school comedy manga of the same name. The story follows an ordinary high school boy who fails to get into any private academy except one — which happens to be populated by supernatural creatures (yōkai) disguised as humans. To survive, Tsukune Aono has to pretend that he is also a yōkai and blend in. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America
The New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) will be screening Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away film this Saturday and Sunday at the IFC Center in New York. The movie will be shown in English. The 2001 film is the only anime to have won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.Earlier this year, the NYICFF hosted the U.S. premieres of three anime features and several shorts, including the Summer Wars family anime film from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time director Mamoru Hosoda, MADHOUSE's Mai Mai Miracle anime film, and Production I.G's Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror fantasy film.
