News - February 2008
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- TV Anime Confirmed for Hakushaku to Yōsei Light Novels (Feb 29)
- Maaya Sakamoto to Sing Macross Frontier Opening Theme (Feb 29)
- Spiderwick Chronicles' Highmore to Star as Astro Boy (Feb 28)
- YouTube Hosts Gonzo News Show, Kadokawa Episodes (07:25)
- Miike, I.G Create Mobile Phone Detectives 7 TV Drama (06:24)
- Tour Offers to Print Dōjinshi, Send Artists to Japan (23:57)
- Speed Racer's Mach 5 Car "Tested" in Road & Track Mag (23:46)
- Girls Bravo's Kaneda Starts Death/Communication Manga (Updated) (16:10)
- 2nd Promo Movie for Xebec, GENCO's Mnemosyne Streamed (10:20)
- Animated Trigun the Movie Planned for 2009 in Japan (11:23)
- New Slayers Fantasy TV Anime Series in the Works (13:10)
- Antique Bakery Manga to be Animated for TV in July (Updated) (00:26)
- Koihime Musō Moe Adventure Game Gets TV Anime, Manga (14:27)
- Shonen Sunday, Shonen Magazine to Join Forces on New Mag (12:27)
- Tanaka's Titania Space Opera Novels Gets Manga (00:45)
- Dengeki Comic Gao! Confirms End of Manga Mag Wednesday (Updated) (20:25)
- Third School Rumble Anime Series Greenlit (12:10)
- Eva 1.0 Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Animation of the Year (07:12)
- Live-Action Dragonball Casts Ghostbusters' Ernie Hudson (03:53)
- Hajime no Ippo's George Morikawa to Draw 1-Shot Manga (13:07)
- Second Teaser for Oshii's Sky Crawlers Movie Streamed (12:21)
- Wagaya no Oinarisama Promo DVD's Preview Video Posted (Updated) (08:21)
- Net Ghost PiPoPa Anime Confirmed for April TV Premiere (07:49)
- Dorothea's Cuvie, Hanakyo's Morishige Launch New Manga (15:05)
- Miku Hatsune Virtual Idol Dōjin Game Approved (23:58)
- 2 Japanese Accused of Uploading 1,000s of Anime Episodes (15:59)
- Natsume Yūjin-Chō Manga to be Animated for TV (Updated) (10:00)
- Next Detective Conan Film to Use Unreleased Zard Song (10:43)
- Ikkitousen's Third Season, Great Guardians, Announced (22:17)
- Dark Horse Announces Plans for Eden Volumes 11 and 12 (18:53)
- Shigofumi #8 Altered after Recent Events in Japan (11:37)
- ToHeart2ad Episode 1's Opening Streamed (09:31)
- China Extends Bans on Foreign Animation, Horror Fiction (03:45)
- Yotsunoha Original Video Anime's Promo Video Streamed (01:34)
- Yuu Watase's Absolute Boyfriend Adapted for Live-Action (16:52)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Game Anime Sequel Confirmed (13:10)
- Warner, Leonardo DiCaprio to Produce Live-Action Akira (Update 2) (17:45)
- Rintaro's Yona Yona Penguin Film Pushed Back to 2009 (05:45)
- Funimations Acquires One Piece Merchandising Rights (17:25)
- Global Ticket Sales for X Japan Reunion's Final Night (21:25)
- Morning Int'l Manga Competition Announces 31 Finalists (13:47)
- Kadokawa Cans Japanese Haruhi Suzumiya Dōjin Game (Updated) (13:03)
- Toshiba Discontinues HD DVD Business (12:33)
- Konami's Quiz Magic Academy Arcade Games Get Anime (13:53)
- Bandai's Top Franchises: Gundam, Rangers, Dragon Ball (14:54)
- Penguin Girl Comedy Manga to be Adapted into Anime (19:43)
- Onmyou Taisenki Creators to Launch Gurimaru Manga (03:40)
- Beauty Pop's Arai Starts Yomogi Mochi Yake Ta? Manga (20:53)
- Space Jam's Timothy Harris to Pen Imagi's CG Astro Boy (03:35)
- Dragonball Online RPG's Promo, Gameplay Videos Posted (05:00)
- CG Astro Boy Images Appear on IMAGI's Job Fair Posters (05:14)
- Live-Action Aquarian Age Film's Trailer Posted Online (07:03)
- Editorial Director Gary Steinman Leaves ADV's PiQ Mag (Updated) (16:09)
- Tekkonkinkreet Wins Japan's Academy Award for Animation (14:58)
- Japanese-Animated Batman: Gotham Knight's Promo Video (Updated) (11:57)
- New Blassreiter Promo Video from Gonzo, Nitro+ Posted (06:31)
- A Penguin's Troubles Gag Manga for Children Gets Anime (05:21)
- Global Ticket Sales for X Japan Reunion's Third Night (04:33)
- UK's Bootleg Novel Animated for Mobile Phones in Japan (05:54)
- Masamune Shirow Designs Armor for RF Online RPG (04:51)
- Tokyo Symposium Asks "Why Did Manga Overtake the World?" (03:28)
- Phoenix, Galaxy Express Films' Kon Ichikawa Passes Away (Updated) (23:57)
- Hello Kitty MMORPG's Closed Beta Now Accepting Players (14:12)
- Frogman's 2nd Theatrical Eagle Talon Movie Announced (12:52)
- Macross Frontier Anime's Website Marks Grand Opening (12:05)
- Lawyer Accuses Bengoshi no Kuzu Law Manga of Plagiarism (05:15)
- Soul Eater to Air in Japan in Two Weekly Versions (18:35)
- CliffsNotes Sell Manga-Inspired Shakespeare Guides (13:07)
- Candy Boy Net Anime to Continue Online with 7 Episodes (12:08)
- UCC Brings Eva, Pachinko, Maids, & Caffeine Together (04:36)
- Cosplayer's Picture Wins World Press Photo Award (03:14)
- Tekkonkinkreet Wins Top Prize at Belgium's Anima Fest (21:14)
- Electronic Dragonball Scouter, Wristbands Revealed (Updated) (16:05)
- Comic Flapper Marks 100th Issue with Famous Artists (14:35)
- Town of Evening Calm Co-Publisher jaPress Interviewed (13:12)
- Jrock Revolution, JaME to Offer Int'l X Japan Tickets (06:27)
- Deleter's Comic Techno Mag for Artists to End in March (16:39)
- Warriors of Tao's Kuwahara Starts Rasenbana Manga (16:04)
- Australia's Red Ant to Release Evangelion: 1.0 on DVD (04:44)
- GetBackers' Ayamine to Launch Holy Talker Manga in April (17:03)
- Rave Master's Mashima Draws Monster Hunter Orage Manga (15:32)
- Shion, Kitarō, Glass Maiden Pitched for Overseas Rights (04:59)
- DrMaster to Release Kage kara Mamoru! Manga in English (17:25)
- Bandai's Bubble-Wrap-Popping Keychain: Now with Moe (13:46)
- Baby and Me Manga Adapted into Korean Live-Action Film (05:14)
- Scott Pilgrim's Canadian Artist Draws Shojo Beat Cover (02:24)
- Faust Magazine Editor Katsushi Ota Interviewed (Update 2) (02:04)
- Shaman King Manga's New Ending Anticipated in 2009 (14:06)
- Naisho no Tsubomi Anime's Promotional Video Streamed (11:20)
- Central Japan's Sun TV Preempts Shigofumi Episode 6 (06:12)
- Mexico's World Cosplay Summit Competitors Selected (04:22)
- New Clannad, Da Capo, Jinno Manga to Launch in Japan (21:13)
- Parasyte's Iwaaki Draws Me o Mite Hanase 1-Shot Manga (20:16)
- Animated Zettai Karen Children Commercial Streamed (14:51)
- Last Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations Volume's Trailer Posted (14:32)
- Gainax Hints at New Project in Staff Recruitment Ad (Updated) (13:37)
- DB's Toriyama, I''s Katsura to Team Up on 1-Shot Manga (12:59)
- Kannagi Supernatural Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime (05:43)
- Japan's TBS Confirms Anime's Move from Saturday, 6 p.m. (04:56)
- Dr. Koto's Yamada to Start Complex Detective Manga (14:35)
- Tommy Lee Jones Discovers Akihabara, Maid Cafes, Moe (12:49)
- New Rumic Theater Story to Run on February 20 in Japan (10:56)
- Tokyo Anime Center's Kubo Offers Proposal on Fansubs (Updated) (06:00)
- 20th Century Boys Movies' Main Cast Confirmed in Japan (19:23)
- Death Note Manga to Return with One-Shot Story in Japan (16:25)
- Appleseed: Ex Machina Director Aramaki Interviewed (10:11)
- Sakura Wars' Taishō Romandō Shop & Sakura Cafe Closes (Updated) (06:31)
- Gurren Lagann Head Writer to Start Lost Seven Manga (23:48)
- Disney's Magical Dance Card/Rhythm Game Gets Manga (17:38)
- Ghibli's Takahata, Goro Miyazaki Developing New Works (12:38)
- Ghibli Head Suzuki Steps Down, Remains as Producer (03:26)
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Festival Asia 2009
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It's an entire show about the dizzying highs and terrifying lows of reviewing anime with Mike Toole, Japanator's Brad Rice, and Anime World Order's Clarissa Graffeo. Plus: we mess around with the mixing board, and Witchblade on Bluray!
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Comic Party: Revolution DVDAnother in the growing field of otaku-
Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk DVDForget that it was based on a game only two generations removed from Pong; this is unexpectedly involving popcorn fare with a wickedly circular sense of humor. Good stuff all around.
Blue Drop Sub.DVD Complete CollectionAn amnesiac girl enrolls in an all-
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie Blu-
Hayate the Combat Butler Sub.DVD Part 2
The (small) boost in emotional content notwithstanding, this is still the series to hit up for a watching experience that is consistently fun and never taxing.
The (small) boost in emotional content notwithstanding, this is still the series to hit up for a watching experience that is consistently fun and never taxing.
Magikano: The Complete Series DVD
This is a collection of gags in search of a plotline, and when it finally does find a story to tell, the change in tone is so abrupt that you end up wishing it had stayed pointless and stupid.
This is a collection of gags in search of a plotline, and when it finally does find a story to tell, the change in tone is so abrupt that you end up wishing it had stayed pointless and stupid.
Dragonaut: The Resonance DVD part 1
A young man becomes obsessed with a young woman who can transform into an alien biomechanical dragon in this weak effort from Gonzo. While not a total disaster, it does not give much hope for the rest of the series.
A young man becomes obsessed with a young woman who can transform into an alien biomechanical dragon in this weak effort from Gonzo. While not a total disaster, it does not give much hope for the rest of the series.
Rosario + Vampire GN 9
If this is the kind of stagnation and dullness that permeates the monster world, then we should all be thankful for being human.
If this is the kind of stagnation and dullness that permeates the monster world, then we should all be thankful for being human.
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order GN 12
Alita is back and even more powerful than ever, but aside from a couple of fantastic scenes the story progression lacks the sense of excitement and anticipation commonly seen earlier in the series. Seeing one of the all-time-great sci fi action series in such a storytelling decline is saddening.
Alita is back and even more powerful than ever, but aside from a couple of fantastic scenes the story progression lacks the sense of excitement and anticipation commonly seen earlier in the series. Seeing one of the all-
Higurashi: When They Cry GN 1One of the easiest and most effective ways to go about writing a horror story is to take something ordinary, something you see every day, and make it scary. Higurashi: When They Cry does just that: An ordinary harem manga plot, the sort you have seen a thousand and one times over, becomes terrifying.
