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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Monday's 3rd and 4th combined issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump will confirm the production of a fourth Bleach film which will open in the winter of 2010.

Japanese movie distributor; TOHO has also confirmed that a fourth Naruto Shippuden film is scheduled for the summer of 2010.

Sources: Anime News Network, TOHO

Junpei Kousaka is the cat whisperer.

Let’s let that sentence sink in for a second.

American television channel, Disney XD has listed the premiere of Naruto Shippuden as October 28. The channel will broadcast "Homecoming," "The Akatsuki Makes Its Move," "The Results of Training," and "The Jinchuriki of the Sand" between 8:30 pm and 10:30 pm.

The Shippuden sequel takes place two and a half years after the Naruto series and covers from volume 28 of the manga onwards. In this series Naruto returns to Konoha after intense training and faces the Akatsuki organisation.

Source: Anime News Network

I finally found sometime to actually finish this. To think I put off one single episode before writing because I figured school was more important than reviewing stuff, go figure. Canaan comes to us by the same makers of Fate/Stay Night and Tsukihime, ala Type Moon. And yet again, is based off a game. So the story goes as such, it takes place in China with a young girl named Canaan who is a mercenary. We meet the next character Maria who is visiting form Japan as a journalist in order to watch a festival. As it turns out, Maria is Canaan’s only friend, and so Canaan does everything within her power to protect Maria. Some other stuff is revealed as well, like the terrorist organization called ‘Snakes’ and their leader Alphard who are out in some sort of way to kill Canaan. So what better way to do that than through Maria?

The storyline comprises a lot of interesting ideals. Some of which are the whole government cover-up/conspiracy thing, developing biological weapons and super soldiers, and the horrors of war; just to name a few. The storyline actually doesn’t have one

New York Times Best Seller's list for the week ending Oct 10

1 NARUTO, VOL. 46, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Naruto’s friends are threatened, the mysteries of Pain deepen and Naruto must fight to protect his village.

2 ROSARIO VAMPIRE, VOL. 9, by Akihisa Ikeda. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Tsukune Aono’s new school is filled with vampires and werewolves. How is a human teenager to survive?

3 CHIBI VAMPIRE, VOL. 14, by Yuna Kagesaki. (TOKYOPOP, $10.99.) Karin, a vampire who every month bleeds profusely from her nose, is kidnapped by a gang of vampires who want to use her blood for their own survival.

4 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, VOL. 20, by Hiromu Arakawa. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Two brothers harmed in a ritual that was half magic/half science seek the legendary Philosopher’s Stone to make things right. But others seek the weapon of alchemy for their own nefarious means.

5 VAMPIRE KISSES, VOL. 3, by Ellen Schreiber, Elisa Kwon and Rem. (TOKYOPOP, $9.99.) The romance between Raven, a goth girl, and Alexander, a vampire, continues to be plagued by Alexander’s cousin, Claude, who is half-human and half-vampire.

6 SKIP BEAT!, VOL. 19, by Yoshiki Nakamura. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Kyoko Mogami followed her true love to Tokyo, but when stardom hit, she was sent

In anticipation of the anime premiere of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga, TV Tokyo's official Fairy Tail website has posted 88 seconds of special footage. [Click the "movie" link]

Fairy Tail follows the adventures of young sorceress Lucy Heartfilia who longs to join the famed magical guild; Fairy Tail. In her quest she meets Natsu Dragneel a Fairy Tail Guild member in search of the dragon Igneel, who disappeared mysteriously many years before.

The anime will premiere in Japan next Monday, and Crunchyroll will stream each episode for 30 days to its subscribed Anime Members. The following is the main voice cast:

Natsu: Tetsuya Kakihara
Lucy: Aya Hirano
Happy: Rie Kugimiya
Gray: Yuuichi Nakamura
Erza: Sayaka Ohara

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), expands its notable VIZ Signature manga imprint with the publication of Inio Asano’s WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! on October 20th. The 2-volume series (each sold separately but launched simultaneously) is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens and will carry an MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN.

A poignant collection of intersecting vignettes depicting twenty-something angst, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! explores the various ways that modern life can be at once ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wasted and celebrated. In Volume 1, what begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine soon becomes a fantastic series of stories about the unexpected ways that different lives intersect. Filled with magical realism in the face of the cold reality of daily modern life, at their core these stories are about young people discovering something precious amidst the chaos of existence. Volume 2 explores similar themes including the cruelty of childhood, the delusion of adulthood, the permanence of death, and how people find a way to remain resolute and laugh in the face of reality.

“Inio Asano masterfully captures the essence of youth, and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! depicts both the exhilaration and frustration felt by a

Usagi Drop (Bunny Drop), an ongoing manga series by Yumi Unita, is easily my favourite Josei manga. Drawn in a clean and simple manner, it follows the struggles of Daikichi, a 30 year old bachelor who, after the death of his grandfather, becomes the guardian of his illegitimate six year old daughter, Rin.

This manga really does have a slice of life feel to it. The plot line is simple and could easily happen in the real world and so too, could you find character types such as those depicted in the manga, in the real world.

Daikichi is represented as being a typical single, male and is quite clueless on the protocols involved in raising a young child. What's refreshing, is the straightforward manner in which Daikichi associates with Rin. He gives a lot of thought to his actions and expressions towards her, all of which are void of any hints of patronisation. It's also interesting that a man of his age can still retain a sense of balanced innocence and experience, especially in the way he deals with women.

Rin herself is a character one can easily grow affectionate towards, just like Daikichi does. Her actions and

FUNimation Entertainment announced today that they have aquired the rights to the first through fourth stages of Initial D and to the 24 episode anime X.



The stages of Initial D will feature a new dub cast and will remain uncut using the original music. FUNimation also announced it will release X's series on DVD in 2010.

Source: FUNimation Entertainment

1. Bleach #28 3 weeks listed
2. Naruto #45 11 weeks listed
3. Yotsuba&! #6 1 week listed
4. .hack//G.U.+ #5 1 week listed
5. Fullmetal Alchemist #20 1 week listed
6. Vampire Knight #7 8 weeks listed
7. Fruits Basket #23 11 weeks listed
8. Higurashi: When They Cry: Cotton Drifting Arc #2 1 week listed
9. Black Bird #1 7 weeks listed
10. Naruto #43 22 weeks listed

Source: New York Times

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