Michiko is a free-willed “sexy diva” who destroyed a supposedly inescapable fortress, while Hatchin is a girl fleeing her strict foster parents. The two join forces on an improbable escape to freedom, with a woman named Atsuko Jackson in hot pursuit.

From the same director who brought us Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo comes “Michiko to Hatchin”, with music composed by the genius himself Shinichiro Watanabe. This series just screams style go check out the trailer, on a side note can anyone say bitch fight! LOL!

Fourteen-year-old Kouichi Hayase’s life has always been a mediocre one, if not dismal. However, those days of being bullied by classmates and escaping to a fantasy of being a hero are put to an end when a certain “accident” bestows on him a girl and a gigantic humanoid robot called “LINEBARREL”. The extraordinary power that Kouichi obtains puts him and everything around him on a sudden rollercoaster ride of battles, intrigues and friendship.

During the course of his adventure, the boy starts to learn what life has to offer; he meets new friends, bids farewell to the old ones, but most of all he now has considerable responsibilities and is forced to confront the world around him. I know almost absolutely nothing about this upcoming title, other than the fact that it is based off a manga. But the preview looks really good so I will keep a eye on this one. More information about Kurogane no Linebarrel can be found on the Official Site.

The immortal girl, “Shikabane Hime,” has the mission to “kill” 108 corpses. It’s a contract she has between herself and the Buddhist monk, Keisei. After 108 corpses, she will finally get her happiness and go to heaven. The story starts off with a bunch of high school students, taking the dare to go into at abandoned building that has been half destroyed by a fire. It was rumored to be haunted. Just a rumor, right? Not when real corpses start showing up and attacking them. And that is where they meet the Shikabane Hime.

I am pretty amped to watch this, since the manga was a really good read and the fact that its Gainax the very same people who bought us Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is going to be doing the animation so it can only mean good things. It is slated for release in October more information about the anime can be found on the Official Site, also check out the trailer that was released for it today.

A promotional video has been released for the upcoming Lucky☆Star OVA series today, which is due for release in Japan on the 26th of September. Pity it has no subtitles but judging from the footage, it is going to be just as good as the TV series. Check out the Promotional video.

Well last night I downloaded the 1080P Hi-Definition trailer of the Max Payne theatrical trailer and at just under 170MB for two and a half minutes it was well worth the bandwidth used and I am now even more amped for the movie. So I took it upon myself to take a couple of screenshots from the trailer and post them here for you to take a look at. I unfortunately had to resize them as they where a bit big to post online but the quality is still excellent so go check it out. You can find more eye candy goodness here.

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Can you Moe reports that on the 30th of August the final chapter of Hirano Kouta’s Hellsing will be published in Young King OURs magazine. Since its serialization back in 1997, almost 11 years ago it has become one of the most popular manga titles in the west. And has spawned a TV series and a currently running OVA franchise.

Well I was a bit skeptical at first when I heard the news about the Max Payne movie that is currently in production staring Mark Wahlberg. Every time they make another movie adaptation of a game franchise I cringe at the thought of them fucking it up. The teaser trailer that was posted online also did not really convince me, but with this new theatrical trailer I am now totally convinced that this movie will not follow the same trend. And personally I cant wait for its release in October, check out the new trailer and see for yourself.

The second season of Vampire Knight entitled “Guilty” is scheduled for release in October 2009 on TV Tokyo in Japan, and is slated for a 13 episode release. I still have not gotten around to watching the first season, but will get to it soon enough. In the mean time check out the trailer for the second season here.

The official website of for Takashi Imanishi and Sunrise’s Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Jūryoku Sensen, has posted a promotional video for the second OVA series in the franchise. The series continues the earlier Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO projects’ effort to recreate the original One Year War of the Gundam franchise in fully rendered CG. Go check out the trailer that has been posted on Youtube it looks pretty amazing.