Fans of Attack on Titan are in for a cheesy treat. For a limited time from June 10 to July 21, Pizza Hut will give their online customers an opportunity to acquire some cool Attack on Titan merchandise.
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Asmik Ace, the Japanese distributor, has announced that bonus video features and a booklet will be included in the Japanese Blu-ray release for the Kickstarter campaign. Supporters of the campaign can look forward to a short story titled “Act0.5:SAME,” by director Yasuhiro Yoshiura.
Continue Reading →Trailer For Toriko’s First Feature Film: “Gekijo-ban Toriko Bishokushin no Special Menu”
The upcoming anime film of the series Toriko will be screened in Japanese cinemas on the 27th July. Toriko has acquired a huge following in the Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump since 2008, and are ranked alongside long-running hits such as Dragon Ball and One Piece. Toei Animation launched the Toriko anime series in 2011 and have acquired an equally loyal following by fans.
Set in a savage world with dangerous beasts, Toriko is a food adventure series that follows the Gourmet Hunter ‘Toriko’ in his travels. Known as the glutton, Toriko travels to acquire the tastiest ingredients and dishes to supply the world’s best restaurants. This often requires Toriko to hunt and defeat ferocious creatures with the raw power of his fists.
In this feature film, Toriko receives an assignment from the international gourmet organization to accompany Biotope head chef Ayame in search of a hidden menu of a gourmet god Acacia. A plethora of rare animals, monsters, and beasts in this feature film await Toriko as he and his crew travel to the island of ‘Acacia’s Kitchen’. Fans can expect to see a new Gourmet Telexistence Robot and stunning battle visuals.
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Promo Preview For Anime “Blood Lad”
The widely popular horror-action manga Blood Lad is set to premiere in Japan this July. This is the second promotional video clip in anticipation of the upcoming series.
For the uninitiated, the storyline follows Blood Charlie Staz, a vampire with an otaku-like obsession with the human world. Through a series of events, he promises to help a female ghost, Fuyumi, to regain her humanity.
Charlie Staz will be voiced by Ryota Osaka, the same voice actor who voiced Haruto in Valvrave; while Iori Nomizu of Deadman Wonderland fame (as Minatsuki) will be voicing Fuyumi.
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The Attack on Titan OAD that was scheduled to be released along with the manga’s 11th volume has been delayed to December. It will now be bundled with the 12th volume. The delay was done to improve the production quality of the OAD.
The OAD covers the side story, “Ilse’s Notebook,” from the manga. In the aforementioned side story, Ilse records her last moments alive, documenting the strange finds and observations concerning titans.
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Fancy some romance comedy? Well, Nisekoi has been green-lit for an anime adaptation. The on-going manga now has six volumes to date, even though it started as a one-shot manga back in 2011.
No other details have been released such as the studio behind the production.
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Studio AnDerCen tackles a new anime project by adapting the otome game, Trick or Alice.
The story centers around a girl, Arisa, who is brought to an alternate universe called Wonderland wherein people call her Alice. She must relive a certain day until she finds the true Alice.
Based on reviews concerning the game, the plot of the game is convoluted. However, the convoluted plot could be a source of good content if understood and adapted well — a two-episode release won’t do it justice.
Last Tuesday, the Anime Mirai project announced the studios participating in the 2014 line-up. Each studio will receive 38 million yen (around $370,000) to create a 30-minute anime. The studios chosen were Ultra Super Pictures, A-1 Pictures, Shinei Animation, and Studio 4ºC.
Anime Mirai brought in works like Little Witch Academia and Wasurenagumo. The government project was initiated due to concern that more of the Japanese animation process is being outsourced.
Hit the break for more details on the participants.
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Summer 2013 Anime Chart
It’s that time of the Spring anime season again. With series approaching their halfway marks, here’s a preview of what is to come for the Summer season.
The Summer season is a feast of second seasons, remakes, and spin-offs such as Monogatari series, Rozen Maiden, and Fate/kaleid liner. There are a couple of new adaptations in the mix like Blood Lad, Silver Spoon, and Danganronpa if you’re looking for something fresh.
In my opinion, the greatest thing that the summer season has to offer are the movies. These include Ghost In The Shell Arise, AnoHana movie, Hal, and Miyazaki’s Kaze Tachinu.
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After three years since a request for an anime adaptation, BlazBlue has finally been green-lit for production. The news was announced on a wrap-around jacket of the franchise’s latest novel volume. No other details have been announced.
There’s speculation that the series will start at the beginning of the video game series in order to attract both old and new fans.
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The author behind light novel series Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (more known as Haganai) confirmed last Thursday that there will be a live-action film of the series.
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Continue Reading →Second Film of “Tiger & Bunny” Delayed
It was announced that the second film will be delayed to earlier 2014 from its original release period of this fall. The delay was done to raise the quality of the film since the second film is new in plot.
The voice cast is still the same, so we should expect about the same quality in voice acting for the upcoming movie
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KyoAni Announces ”Free!”, The TV Adaptation Of The Swimming Anime; Anti-moe Fans Rejoice
Earlier today 10:00 p.m. JST, Kyoto Animation unveiled their next anime to be Free!, an adaption of the swimming anime PV which aroused great interest last month. The new anime is set to air in July.
The swimming anime PV was created to commemorate Animation DO’s latest then-unannounced project, but there was no confirmation if swimming animeitself had anything to do with the new project. And since Kyoto Animation have done stand-alone PV’s plenty of other times, it really could have been unrelated.
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On Kyoto Animation’s (KyoAni) official site, a countdown section was added recently. The countdown is shown to end on April 26, 10 pm, Japan time. It is assumed to be an upcoming anime series, but which one?
Speculations after the break.
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Rumor has it that Shimizu Takashi (director of The Grudge) has been given a big budget to adapt Miyaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service to live action movie.
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