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The noitaminA time slot has been a consistent source of entertaining anime for the past few years (including Nodame Cantabile, Moyashimon, and Honey and Clover). Today, two trailers were released to show off its upcoming slate: one for April’s House of Five Leaves (Saraiya Goyou), and one for Shiki.
Unlike the first Shiki trailer, this latest [...]

Highschool of the Dead Anime in Production

Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 2, 2010

Highschool of the Dead, the long-dormant horror-action manga from Satou Shouji and Satou Daisuke, is coming back in a big way this year. After over a year on hiatus, the Western-style zombie apocalypse manga is not only restarting its manga in March’s Dragon Age manga magazine, but it is also set to confirm the existence [...]

Shiki Trailer Shows You Terror in a Handful of Stills

Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 29, 2009

Wusses such as myself will be easily freaked out by the horror anime Shiki. Heck, just looking at the picture up there gives me the willies – Japanese dolls have always inspired a little terror in me with their lifeless eyes and general resemblance to a corpse, which is accentuated in most of the promotional [...]

Higurashi When They Cry Game Released by MangaGamers

Posted by: sidereeldom on: December 15, 2009

For those of you who are fans of the horror anime Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (AKA “When They Cry”), you’ll be glad to know that the original game is now available in English from MangaGamer. The game, created by famed doujinshi circle 07th Expansion, was released in 2002 to rave reviews. Fans of the [...]

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Clive Barker’s Stories to Become Anime

Posted by: sidereeldom on: November 3, 2009

In news from yesterday, AnimeNation’s news blog found interview footage where Clive Barker mentions an upcoming project with director Kitamura Ryuhei to adapt several of the famed horror writer’s stories into anime projects. This isn’t the first time they’ve teamed up, as Kitamura adapted Barker’s tale The Midnight Meat Train to the screen in 2008.
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