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The current, highly rated Japanese anime television series Kaidan Restaurant will get its first theatrical film this August. Masayuki Ochiai (Parasite Eve) will direct the film, which will be a combination of anime and live action. Source:animenation.net
The official Japanese homepage for the Pocket Monster movie franchise now hosts a Flash trailer for this summer’s 13th Pokemon theatrical film, along with two teaser trailers. Pocket Monster Diamond & Pearl: Genei no Hasha Zoroark (The Phantom Champion Zoroark) will hit Japanese theaters on July 10. Source:animenation.net
The homepage for the Trigun: Badlands Rumble motion picture is now streaming a new trailer. The movie will shoot into Japanese theaters on April 24. I’ve been wary of the previously released trailers, but there’s something about the composition and pacing of this trailer that feels more substantial and less like it’s …
An unconfirmed report on the Japanese 2channel message board states that Masashi Okita’s high school comedy light novel series Okami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi (Ms. Wolf & Seven Friends) will be getting an anime adaptation. The romantic comedy series revolves around Ryoko Okami, a high school freshman girl known for her “wolf-like” characteristics and her [...]
A flash intro on the official Japanese homepage for the Soukyu no Fafner anime franchise reveals that a new “project” titled “Soukyu no Fafner: Heaven and Earth” will launch next year. There’s no clarification on whether the project will be anime, manga, a game, or something else. The original Soukyu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor anime [...]
Fuminori Kaneko (Kisarazu Cat’s Eye) will direct a live action film adaptation of Fumi Yoshinaga’s acclaimed historical fiction manga series Ooku: The Inner Chamber. The film will adapt the manga’s first story arc with Arashi J-pop group member Kazunari Ninomiya taking the lead role as the latest member of the shogun’s harem and Kou Shibasaki [...]
Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release Studio Ghibli’s anime film Ponyo on American DVD and Blu-ray on March 2nd, 2010 in three iterations. A Standard Edition DVD will retail at $29.99. A 2-disc Special Edition will retail at $34.99 and include a limited edition Ponyo plush doll. The $39.99 BD release will contain all of [...]