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Thursday, February 09, 2012 Posted by Lady Gaga on May 24, 2010 @ 03:28:52 PM in Conventions Anime Expo has announced that it will host Tokyo expatriate blogger and Mirai Fusion founder Danny Choo at the July 1-4 convention in Los Angeles.
[Tags: danny choo, anime expo, convention]
Choo is best known for cosplaying in Tokyo as an Imperial Stormtrooper from the Star Wars films. In March, Choo revealed that he had set up the anime production studio Mirai Fusion. Later that month, Choo revealed the title of the anime that Mirai Fusion has been planning: Chinka (鎮火 or literally, "put out a fire"). The anime takes place in a mountain town plagued by the legendary arsonist Akaneko. A girl named Chinka with the superhuman ability to smell out fires appears and assists the local fire brigade to find the true identity of Akaneko.
Posted by Lady Gaga on May 24, 2010 @ 02:58:28 PM in Anime / Manga Udon Entertainment has confirmed with ANN that it will publish Mami Itoh's Darkstalkers / Red Earth: Maleficarum video game manga in October. The manga will showcase stories from two Capcom video game franchises: Darkstalkers and Red Earth.
[Tags: udon entertainment, ann, mami itoh, darkstalkers, red earth]
Itoh provided the art for Tow Ubukata's Pilgrim Jäger fantasy adventure manga, and Eiji Ohtsuka's Japan science-fiction manga. Media Blasters released the first three volumes of Pilgrim Jäger in 2004-2005. The North American anime and manga distributor Viz Media released a four-episode original video animation adaptation of the Darkstalkers' franchise titled Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge in 1998.
Posted by Lady Gaga on May 15, 2010 @ 10:08:29 PM in News Articles On Monday, the Osaka Prefectural Government has designated eight boys-love manga magazines as "harmful publications," the legal category of publications which may not be bought or read by anyone younger than 18 years old.
[Tags: osaka, law, banning, manga, boy-love, boy love, harmful]
Posted by Lady Gaga on April 28, 2010 @ 02:01:02 PM in News Articles On Wednesday, the Osaka Prefectural Government posted the latest 11 magazine issues that it is designating for its "harmful publications" list — including eight boys-love manga magazine issues. In accordance with its existing ordinance regarding the healthy development of youths, Osaka has been maintaining a list of "harmful publications" which are legally prohibited from being bought or read by anyone younger than 18 years old. The April 30 addendum to the list is as follows:
[Tags: boy love, magazine, banning, wacky japanese]
Posted by Kaitou Ace on December 26, 2009 @ 11:46:46 AM in News Articles Modern "moe" style characters have been re-imagined in classic 90's styles by the artists of 2ch. Thanks to 4chan's /a/ board and Sankaku Complex, here are some of the most popular current characters, redrawn:
[Tags: Kannagi, Nagi, Haruhi, Moe, 2ch, K-on]
More after the break!
Posted by IceCreamNinja on November 06, 2009 @ 05:46:32 AM in News Articles
What does it mean to be a god? That’s the question Kannagi seems to be posing over the course of its thirteen episode run. Must a god be an all-knowing, all-powerful being; conscious of their role in the world and the nature of their involvement in human affairs? Must a god, in short, be Godly? Or can they be as flawed and as ignorant as the rest of us?
Posted by LadyPSerenity on September 08, 2009 @ 05:51:49 PM in News Articles Kannagi may be on haitus for a year after mangaka Takenashi Eri's severe illness. Eri has been very ill for some time now and while she has been drawing it is no where near the state her normal work is and so in a blog she has written that she plans to take a year off.
[Tags: Eri, Kannagi, Takenashi Eri]
★08.07★ Long time no see everyone, Thank you to all the people that were concerned for me. I’ve pretty much recovered to the point where I can live normally now. Though I still have rely on my family for food or when going out. Once in a while I can manage to stay up for the entire day. I can even go out with my friends now. I am definitely recovering! But I think I’ll stop drawing for a year at the very least I’m doing simple jobs right now (such as checking) Please wait a little longer before I can make a return With any luck she'll be back before the year is up, but if not, wish her well! Source: Anime Vice
Posted by LadyPSerenity on September 05, 2009 @ 09:38:20 AM in News Articles The website for the Anime Network has begun streaming Clannad After Story and He is my Master anime series as part of their Labour Day event.
[Tags: Clannad After Story, He is my Master, Anime Network]
 Both series will ship in October from Section23 Films. The streaming service, which Valkyrie Media Partners recently acquired from A.D. Vision, is also ooffering all anime streams, including the premium membership tier of streams for free on September 7th.  Premium membership subscriptions bought during the extended holiday weekend is 50% off. Source: Anime News Network, ADV Nation blog
Posted by LadyPSerenity on June 28, 2009 @ 12:06:40 AM in News Articles There is a teaser at the end of the Evangelion:2.0 You Can (Not) Advance that reveals the next Evangelion film will be titled Evangelion Shin Gekijoban: Q quickening. (The full English title has yet to be given.) Khara anime studio are remaking Gainax's Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime series into four theatrical films directed by Hideaki Anno.
[Tags: NGE, Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion, anime, Hideaki Anno]
The "Q" or "Kyu" in the third film's title is a wordplay in Japanese; the first three films' subtitles are the names for the three classical movements (Jo-Ha-Kyū or Introduction-Exposition-Climax) of traditional Japanese music such as gagaku and Noh.
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