Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 30, 2009
This week’s Manga Monday is from an artist very near and dear to my heart: Inui Sekihiko, who made his professional debut drawing the excellent Comic Party manga. His latest work, Ratman, is both a love song to and a critique of the superhero genre, be it the Japanese tokusatsu hero or the American comic [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 30, 2009
Over on the English Shonen Jump page, you can find two new videos from the Jump Anime Tour in Japan – one is a Naruto short done in all CG, set back when Sasuke was still on the side of Team Kakashi. Another is the very first anime ever made from the Toriko manga, which [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 30, 2009
After an abrupt end to the popular but pointless To Love-Ru! manga, Shonen Jump artist Yabuki Kentarou has been chosen to adapt and illustrate Matsu Tomohiro’s Mayoi Neko Overrun! light novels into manga form. The manga will start its run in the February 2010 issue of Jump Square, which goes on sale in early January. [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 30, 2009
While I sat around and waited for my copy of Baldr Sky Dive2 to come in the mail over the long weekend, the anime world was far from idle, with plenty of announcements and other news. – The upcoming Key (Clannad, Kanon) anime Angel Beats! announced the performers for its opening and ending themes. – [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 25, 2009
It may be that some of you newer fans don’t know who TM Revolution is. He was a hot artist a few years ago, providing popular songs for Rurouni Kenshin, Gundam SEED, and even the Japanese release of Spider-Man 2, but his star lost some of its twinkle a few years ago after endless name [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 25, 2009
Ono Natsume, the author of Ristorante Paradiso, now has two manga that have anime adaptations on his resume. The latest is House of Five Leaves (Saraiya Goyou), a period piece about a gang of kidnappers, headed by the silver-tongued and inscrutable Yaichi, who hire a timid ronin named Akitsu Masanosuke as their bodyguard. According to [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 25, 2009
The official Broken Blade site (AKA “Break Blade”) has posted up a trailer for the first segment of its upcoming OAV series, and while sadly you can’t watch it unless you’re in Asia, you can at least see the cast and story of the fantasy/mecha hybrid.
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 25, 2009
You knew it had to happen, and it’s indeed here. The fourth installment of boobs-’n’-brawls anime Ikki Tousen was officially announced today, with a preview site now live. Titled Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor, the anime promises to introduce many characters from the manga never before seen in the previous anime seasons. The big attraction this [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 25, 2009
We’re entering a long, long weekend here in the states, and because of that, FUNimation is accelerating the schedule for this week’s Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood streaming broadcast. Episode 33, “The Northern Wall of Briggs,” will go up at 3 PM Central time (1 Pacific) today on FUNimation’s streaming video site. Have a happy Thanksgiving, folks!
Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 24, 2009
Today’s tunes are inspired by my love for Mizuki Nana as a singer, with a nod to Kouhaku Uta Gassen for acknowledging that Mizuki Nana isn’t just for otaku anymore – though they definitely make up a strong core of her audience. She sure has come a long way from her early appearances a decade [...]
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