The official School Rumble anime website has confirmed a third series in the franchies. Kodansha has also announced they will be bundling School Rumble: Third Term DVDs with the first edition manga volumes 21 and 22 of Jin Kobayashi. The 21st volume will be released on July 17 in Japan.
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Bandai Visual USA has listed a product description of a sola anime dvd on their website, confirming their distribution license. Sola aired in Japan from April to June in 2007.
Sony Pictures is promoting the North American release of Blood+ by including the first episode as an extra on the 30 Days of Night DVD and the Loch Ness Terror DVD.
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The official website for the anime movie The Sky Crawlers has opened with a promotional video. The film is being directed by Mamoru Oshii and will premiere in Japanese theaters on August 2.
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TV Tokyo has announced it will begin airing the new anime Net Ghost PiPoPa on April 6. The series is similar to Digimon; the main character Yūta Akigawa is sucked into a virtual reality through his cell phone and meets three mysterious creatures that travel with him on adventures.
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The Monthly Comic Gum magazine has announced the third season of the Ikkitousen anime, Ikkitousen: Great Guardians, which is scheduled to air this summer in Japan.
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The Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Natsume’s Book of Friends) manga by Yuki Midorikawa will be adapted into a television anime. The fifth manga volume will be released on March 5 in Japan.
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Anime.tv has posted the opening animation of the upcoming ToHeart2ad OVA series. The first DVD of this spinoff will ship on March 26.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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A promotional video for the anime adaptation of Yotsunoha has been posted on the official website. The first OVA DVD will be released on February 29.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Absolute Boyfriend, a manga by Yuu Watase, is being adapted in a live action television drama and is set to premiere April 8 on Fuji TV in Japan.
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Konami has announced late last week that the new Yu-Gi-Oh series, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, will begin airing in Japan on April 2.
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The distributor Shochiku Film announced its computer graphics film Yona Yona Penguin has been delayed until 2009.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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The first real-time gameplay trailer for the upcoming Dragonball Online MMORPG has been posted. This game will be set 250 years after Akira Toriyama’s Dragonball series and features “time machine quests,” allowing for players to experience some of the series’ original story arcs. The game is expected to make a public debut in Korea in 2008, and extending its service to Japan in 2009.
I have to say, I’m personally psyched!
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The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way will be adapting Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira into two live action films. The first film is planned for release in Summer 2009.
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FUNimation has posted a promotional trailer for the One Piece: The Desert Princess and The Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta movie, which was just released on DVD in North America.
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TV Tokyo has announced a live action television drama adaptation of the Hisyo no Kagami -The Model of Secretary- manga by Horito Kei. The drama will begin airing in April.
RUMOR: Night Head Genesis License?
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Rumors are amidst regarding Media Blasters acquiring the Night Head Genesis anime, which aired in 2006. At this time, Anime Corporation is unable to confirm this.
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The Champion Red Magazine has announced that the Penguin Musume manga by Tetsuya Takahashi will be adapted into an anime.
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Konami announced they will begin producing an anime OVA adaptation of their Quiz Magic Academy franchise. No distribution dates have yet been announced.