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On April Fools Day, Yahoo Japan launched a webpage encouraging Japanese site visitors to vote on an ideal cast for a live action Evangelion film. Whether or not the April 1st poll was intended as a gag, ITmedia now reports that Yahoo and Japanese television network TV Asahi are planning to proceed with the development [...]
A poor quality handicam recording of the 93 second long first trailer for this summer’s Evangelion 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance motion picture has turned up online. The movie is scheduled for Japanese release on June 27th. Source:animenation.net
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 the Freer Gallery located in Washington, D.C. will host the seventh annual National Cherry Blossom Anime Marathon in cooperation with the Japan Information and Culture Center and Otakorp Inc. The daylong event, beginning at 11 a.m. will feature a costume show, exhibition and dancers. Anime scholar Frederik Schodt will be [...]
The official Japanese Evangelion homepage reports that the long awaited Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance motion picture is now scheduled for a theatrical opening on June 27. Furthermore, the official site has also announced the release of a third version of the first film in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [...]
The official homepage for AQ Interactive’s Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan PSP game has added a streaming anime trailer. The mahjong game features the characters of 07th Expansion’s popular Higurashi no Naku Koro ni mystery/horror game franchise. It’s scheduled for Japanese release on November 12. Source:animenation.net
Digital Manga Publishing has announced plans sell copies of its 560 page Little Butterfly Omnibus manga volume at this year’s Yaoi-con, far in advance of the book’s February 15, 2010 street date. The Little Butterfly Omnibus will re-issue all three out of print volumes of Hinako Takanaga yaoi manga in a single $29.95 book. Furthermore, [...]
The advertising obi on new copies of the seventh volume of author Shotaro Mizuki & illustrator Soichi Ito’s romantic fantasy adventure light novel series Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaoh (The Number One Behind the Devil King) has announced that an anime adaptation is in development. The 2008 and ongoing novel series revolves around teen boy Akuto [...]
The Tsuito Akatsuka Fujio-Ten ~Gag de Kake Nukeru 72-Nen~ (A Fujio Akatsuka Memorial Exhibition: 72 Years of Advancing Through Gags) memorial exhibition for the late manga artist Fujio Akatsuka opened at the Matsuya department store in Tokyo’s Ginza district on the 26 and will remain open until September 7. Akatsuka, the creator of beloved manga/anime [...]
Pop Japan Travel is now accepting reservations for participation in its Jump Festa 2010 tour of Japan. This vacation features admission to the Jump Festa 2010 promotional event that hosts exclusive short anime movie screenings, guest appearances by celebrity manga-ka, and participation from numerous major Japanese manga, anime, and video game companies. Source:animenation.net
The DC Anime Club in collaboration with Japan Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan, will host a free public screening of the Evangelion 1.0 motion picture on Wednesday September 9, 2009, at 6:30 pm. The screening will be held at the Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington D.C. The event is free and [...]