Posted by: sidereelseiya on: January 27, 2011
The winter TV season is just starting to heat up, which of course means that the announcements for the spring season are also coming in like gangbusters. Rotte no Omocha (Rotte’s Toy) was announced 3 months ago, but the first promo video hit the ether today. Boy meets girl, where the boy is a normal [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: October 14, 2010
A week has gone by since the last time I updated my thoughts on the fall anime series, and while my general opinion is still unchanged – “This is the best season in years” – there’s a lot to be said about what’s going on. With most series having two episodes under their belts, let’s [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: September 29, 2010
With the Fall season only days away, we have a couple of new trailers to build anticipation. First, the Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 trailer offers another look at the crazy lives of the outcasts who live under the bridge, while actually showing animated footage unlike the other freaky-ass trailers. Meanwhile, the semi-autobiographical and industry-savvy [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: September 9, 2010
You have to be in a certain state of mind to enjoy Arakawa Under the Bridge, and watching a man in a star mask playing the guitar certainly sets the mood well. The official site has posted a brief trailer for the upcoming second season, which as usual tells you nothing about what will actually [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: August 11, 2010
The Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai anime will be upon us soon, and AIC has been gracious enough to release a minute-long trailer. The trailer introduces the main characters in 60 seconds, set to whimsically fast-paced music. As a reminder, the story of OreImo starts when a high school boy [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 22, 2010
Well, it’s about time. Viz Pictures has announced that a release plan for the 2008 Detroit Metal City movie. DMC is the live action adaptation of Wakasugi Kiminori’s comedy manga about a simple country boy named Negishi Soichi, who fronts a death metal band as the demonic Johannes Krauser II (pictured above). Their current schedule is not [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 28, 2010
In news that surprises no one in particular, Shaft’s screwball comedy Arakawa Under the Bridge is heading for another 13-episode run in the near future. There are two reasons that this isn’t much of a surprise: one, Arakawa was one of the few truly watchable shows of this forgettable anime season. Two, the current 13 episodes [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 8, 2010
Shonen Sunday’s website has been updated with some preliminary news about the Kaminomi anime, which is coming later this year. Of note, it reveals the names of the animation studio, director, character designer, and head writer for the anime based on Wakaki Tamiki’s popular manga. The animation will be handled by Manglobe, whose credits include the [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 25, 2010
Konno Azure, the author of risque manga Koe de Oshigoto! (“Voice Work,” roughly), announced on his blog today that his strangely popular story is getting an anime adaptation. The official announcement comes in today’s Comic Gum manga anthology, and full details about the in-progress anime are promised for next month. For now, all we know [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 19, 2010
It’s not exactly a surprise with Bandai owning everything else Haruhi, but Bandai has officially announced the licensing of the popular comedy shorts The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan and Nyoro~n Churuya-san. The anime shorts, which were based on 4-panel gag comics that have nearly eclipsed the original novels in popularity, started out on YouTube and [...]
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