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Dec 10 – Site Update - Posted By Adam
Anime News of the Week (12/3-12/9)
Director Araki is Back on the Attack
Tetsuo Araki (Death Note, Highschool of the Dead, Guilty Crown) is back with a new project, Attack on Titan. The anime, based on Hajime Isayama’s 2009 manga of the same name, depicts a war between humans and giants. The movie is expected to launch in 2013. Link
An Unusual Endorsement
Watch a cosplayer dressed as anime character Madoka Kaname petition citizens to vote for Kenji Utsunomiya, a lawyer running for governor of Tokyo Prefecture. Link
Stretchy Exoskeletons and Spirits Return
In conjunction with the live action series premiering in 2013, CLAMP is releasing a new xxxHolic manga, titled xxxHolic Rei. The announcement was made at the official CLAMP Festival 2012 in Nagoya. Source
Ghibli Script is Up for Award
The Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill, written by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his son, Goro, has been nominated for an Annie Award for Best Script of an Animated Feature. Source
DBZ vs. Demigod Cagematch in 2013
Ten years after the defeat of Majin Buu, The God of Destruction has awoken to fight Earth’s mightiest warrior – Son Goku. Despite warnings from King Kai, Goku accepts the challenge but is easily defeated. Will this be the day the Z Warriors are defeated? Tune in 2013 for the answer in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Source
Genocide Never Looked More Kawaii
Various artists have taken 40 dictators, some of the vilest men in history, and turned them into moe. Why? Well…moe. The list includes Italian ego-trip Benito Mussolini, Chinese comrade Mao Zedong, Cambodian massacre-maker Pol Pot and the mac daddy of the Rhineland himself Adolf Hitler. Link
