About a month ago I reported about a new Studio I.G show Sky Crawlers, directed by Mamoru Oshi. Well it seems that they have released a special 5 minute promo to tease us even more. And yes it has worked, because I am even more amped now to see this movie.
Ponyo on the Cliff is an animated film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, to be written and directed by famed anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It will be Miyazaki’s eighth film to be made under Ghibli. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who desperately wants to be a human. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke.
Last week ADV films began consolidating their assets and held an auction to sell their office supplies, which included things like office furniture, computers and even office consumables. Chris Oarr the sales account manager for ADV Films, confirmed that the auction is for surplus office material and has acknowledged that the company has cut back on its staff. Hence the auctioning of the now unused office supplies.
All of this has come to a boiling point with the recent Newtype / PIQ magazine failure, the closure of there television network, dropped anime titles from their website, discontinued DVD and manga titles, laid off employees and crap load of rumors floating around regarding there financial status.
Many of the titles that are or where being released by ADV films have had their English dubs suspended without notification of renewal by ADV films, such as Welcome to the NHK. Seriously I would recommend that you may want to re-think buying any new or currently running titles from them, if you haven’t started already. As it is not looking good for ADV films at the moment.
The first season of xxxHolic left a lasting impression on me, it was one of those shows that you could not put down once you started watching it. But that is to be expected when production companies like: CLAMP, TBS, BMG Japan, MOVIC, Production I.G and Studio Twinkle work on a single Anime series together. Well the second season is entitled xxxHolic Kei, which started on the 4th of April this year. And is currently on its 11th episode. The series will be 13 episodes in length unlike the first season which was 24 episodes.
Episode 5 of starts off RD Sennou Chosashitsu with Minamo looking for a special pair of sunglasses called ” Sous-Marin”, which she wants to give to Haru. Apparently they were all the rage 50 years ago. But now they have become collectors items and even the knockoffs are fetching a high price, as she is about to find out.
I hate to tell my regular blog readers “I told you so”. But did I not say that closing Newtype USA and replacing it with PiQ was a bad idea on ADV’s part. I discussed this in length about 3 months ago in a post titled “PIQ Magazine“
-Me- So to be blunt PiQ is not what the advertisements promised: “A new publication that will surely be everything you’ve enjoyed from NewTypeUSA…and much more!”
Well it seems that the July Issue of PiQ magazine will be its last, and more surprising only after its 4th issue. Which must mean that it must have, really been selling badly to be pulled from the market after only its 4th issue. Or it means that ADV is in bigger financial trouble that we first thought. According to the reports, PiQ’s editorial staff have already vacated their office. PiQ and ADV has not made any formal or public announcement about the magazines status yet.
How could ADV think that closing down Newtype USA was a good idea, and then replace it with PiQ. A inferior and sub par magazine compared to Newtype USA. While trying to expand its non excisting reading demographic so early in its publication. This stupid move just blew up in ADV’s faces, is this a sign of things to come. ?
There is a street where no one lives, where ghostly lights flicker in the shadows. It is whispered that children who play hide and seek there after dark are kidnapped by demons and disappear forever. A boy named Hikora joins the game in search of his missing sister. Eight children gather. The street lamps flare though no one is there to light them. The game and the terror are about to begin!
Synopsis:
Toraji Ishida, kendo instructor, has a problem. He’s made a wager with an old Sempai for a year’s worth of free sushi; all he has to do is get together a team of 5 girls who can beat his team in a kendo contest. The trouble is, Ishida’s kendo club isn’t exactly successful, in fact, he only has one member, the energetic kendo enthusiast Kirino Chiba. Ishida needs to find more members for his club quick!
Production IG will produce an Anime television series based on Sega’s recently announced sword & sorcery fantasy RPG called: “World Destruction”. The Anime adaptation will be directed by Shunsuke Tada, who recently directed Production IG’s Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations OVA series.
The Anime series will focus on Kirie Irunisu a young man who secretly possesses the power to destroy the world. He is forced to join a party that aims not to save the world, but to eradicate it and start anew. The show will also feature a young heroine named Morute Ashera, who will play a big role in the series next to Kirie Irunisu.
A promotional video for the School Rumble: Third Term OVAs is currently being streamed on the official website. The new series is entitled: “School Rumble 3rd Semester” and contains two episodes, which will be bundled with volumes 21 and 22 of the School Rumble manga, the first of which is to be released on July 17, 2008. The manga is ongoing, though recent chapters indicate that it may be brought to an end soon.
The manga is published in English by Del Rey Manga. Unlike other Del Rey releases, the manga uses the original Japanese naming order (family name followed by the given name) to conserve the puns in the manga.
The My-HiME project is one of Sunrise’s most popular franchises. It first started in 2004 with the 26 episode My-HiME series which quickly gathered a very large fan base all over the world. Its popularity paved the way for a PS2 game which was followed by a Manga series. In 2005 a 26 episode spin off series called My-Otome aired, which was followed by a four episode OVA series entitled My-Otome Zwei. There have also been numerous Mangas based off the original show such as My-Otome Arashi and a graphic novel My-HiME Destiny.
Good news is that they are releasing a 30 minute OVA based of the Lucky Star Anime, bad news it is only 1 OVA and its only 30 minutes long. I’d prefer if Kyoto Animation released more maybe a 6 part OVA series, or just a second season maybe that wishful thinking. But hey if are already working on a second season of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” they could also do a seconds season of Lucky Star, due to it being such a cult hit with fans all over the world.
Hopefully this will spark the creation of season 2, which means more Kagamin and Konata! The announcement will be made in the June issue of a magazine called: “Comptiq”. The Lucky Star OVA is scheduled to go on sale on the 29 August and the DVD will be retailing for 6,090 yen.
Synopsis:
On a planet called the: “Endless Illusion”, a mysterious man named Van wanders the wasteland searching for the man with a claw hand who murdered his bride as they were about to get married. Armed with a magical sword that can shape shift, and his mech “Dan of Thursday” which he can summon from the heavens using his sword. Van is joined by Wendy a plucky little girl with nothing to live for, she is searching for her brother who has been kidnapped by the man with the claw hand. The very same person Van is searching for, so she decides to join him in his journey to find this man with the claw hand.
On Friday, May 23rd Bandai Visual USA ceased operation, and was integrated into Bandai Namco Holdings as a single company. Well what does that mean for people like us who purchase their DVD’s and other merchandise. Well, it means that titles and merchandise which comes from Bandai in Japan will have a faster release date, and quicker turn around times. As they are currently doing with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, releasing a subbed only version of the DVD’s and afterwards doing the dubbed version.
Synopsis:
Kaname Okimura, is a student of prefectoral Umineko Shougyou High ”Umisho” for short, he joined the school’s swimming club in order to learn how to swim. But the club is filled with weirdoes, let alone people who will teach him how to swim. Then a sunny happy go lucky girl named Amuro Ninagawa who was transferred from Okinawa to Umisho joins the club.
