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The North American distributor Funimation has announced that it has licensed the Heroic Age television anime series from the Japanese media company Kodansha. Tow Ubukata (Fafner, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Mardock Scramble) created this science-fiction story about the struggle of the Iron Tribe — humanity — against the technologically advanced Silver Tribe that has ruled space ever since the ancient Gold Tribe disappeared. A man named Age (Hiroshi Yazaki) and princess named Deianeira (Yui Ishikawa) are the answers to Gold Tribe's prophecies that bind all the races.
Funimation is streaming a trailer of the anime on a new official English website. Fafner producer Takashi Noto and Fafner episode director Toshimasa Suzuki oversaw the animators at Xebec on this 26-episode series last year. Funimation plans to release the series on DVD in 2009.
Michael Turner, one of the creators of the American comic Witchblade which was the source of the Witchblade anime series and Witchblade: Takeru manga, passed away on June 27. He was 37. He was diagnosed with bone cancer eight years ago.
The Witchblade comic has been published by Image Comics' Top Cow Productions since 1995. In 2004, Japan's Gonzo studio announced plans to adapt it into a 24-episode television series, which was then aired in Japan. FUNimation Entertainment licensed the anime for North American distribution. Separately, Top Cow also sold the rights for a Witchblade manga. Veteran screenwriter Yasuko Kobayashi, who co-wrote the scripts for the anime series, created the spin-off story for the manga. Witchblade: Takeru was serialized in Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine and exported back to the United States in two separate editions: as a set of flipped, full-color 32-page comics from Top Cow, and as more traditional unflipped manga-style volumes from Bandai Entertainment.
The August issue (on sale on June 26) of Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Gundam Ace magazine has launched Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Aoi Kioku (Blue Memories), Tarō Shiguma's new manga series based on the Gundam 00 anime television series. The magazine summarizes how the manga will deal with the lives of the Gundam Meister pilots by saying, "The present and the past…fiction and memories…the true selves of the boys will be revealed." The first installment, "Memory: 1 Setsuna," covers the memories of the main protagonist Setsuna's early childhood.
Enoki Films Seeks Licensors for Slayers Revolution
The animation production company Enoki Films USA is soliciting licensors and distributors for Slayers Revolution, the newest animated television series based on Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi's Slayers fantasy light novels. Enoki's press release describes the general story outline of the 26 planned episodes. The series will premiere in Japan on July 2, and the company indicates that all the episodes will be completed by Spring of 2009.
The music of the following video may sound fairly eerie to gamers who've played Metal of Honor: European Assault:
...but in a political ad? All affliations aside, seems odd, doesn't it?
This recent development has come into major dispute since the composer of the music is, in fact, a supporter of the Democratic candidate Barak Obama. Christopher Lennertz, the composer, has released statements that state although the McCain Campaign did nothing illegal and that he respects the senator for his service to our country, he is disappointed that he was never consulted over the use of his musical score. There was a mix-up as to who controlled the rights to the music, which resulted in the music landing in the commerical. It should also be noted that although Mr. Lennertz wrote the music, he does not specifically own the ownership of the piece.
I find this interesting, as I am an American citizen of voting age. It seems that the campaign was trying to appeal to multiple audiences at once (which makes sense), though unintentionally created a major blunder. Fact-checkers are human and can make mistakes such as this, though I am sure some people are outraged that an error of this magnitude has accidently slipped by. It's sort of funny, as I am sure Mr. Lennertz would not have raised as much of a fuss if it was Senator Obama's advertisements using his music, but I digress...
Should music like this be used as part of a political advertisement campaign, no matter the party affiliation, or is this wrongful? We aren't talking about things like advertising liquor or cigarettes, but trying to be personable to a wider outreach of voters. With all of the unnecessary mud-slinging that has been going on, shouldn't enough be enough?
This is not anime news or japanese news it's great news!!!
Bar Requests 10 Year Disbarment for Jack Thompson
After finding him responsible for 27 separate instances of professional misconduct, the Florida Bar has requested that controversial Miami attorney and anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson be disbarred for 10 years, reports GamePolitics.
Thompson wrote a "lengthy objection" in response to the request, but after being barred from reading it aloud, Thompson reportedly "stormed out of the hearing." Judge Dava Tunis did allow Thompson to submit his response to the court record, however.
News of the Florida Bar's request comes only a month and a half after the Florida Supreme Court forbade Thompson from representing himself in any further filings with the court.
The top-rated American quiz show Jeopardy devoted an entire category in the second round of Wednesday's taped episode to "We Have Met the Anime." The unofficial Jeopardy web archive lists the answers and questions in the category. The eventual winner of the day, Maryland pastor Dave Simpson (pictured at right), correctly finished the category except for two answers: "This classic 5-letter anime film isn't named for director Kurosawa but rather a boy who destroys Tokyo" (US$800) and "One of the highest-grossing films in Japanese history is the anime film about this title 14th c. princess" (US$2,000).
you can find the questions of that show at
http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2516
Hi great viewers of theOtaku.com its a me Fallenangel8 anyway I wanted to do something different in the news this week so I posted a review of a new podcast being put out by FUNimation.Ok some people may not like FUNimation but for thoses who do or are interested in checking out there work here is a review I wrote I hope its helpful. _______________________________________________________________________________
The podcast itself is a interesting format with one big monthly video episode that is about 15-16 minutes long that highlight there month of anime releases with information about the production, writing and interviews with directors. Also in the podcast trailers of the months newest anime releses in the June episode clips for Shin-Chan, School Rumble OVA, and One Piece (uncut) where shown with feed back for the people who worked on each show. There are also teasers to shows in the works and gives viewers a look in production. Even the CEO of FUNimation Gen Fukunaga himself gets in on the action with a little one minute segment. With weekly "quickie" video episodes that highlight on upcoming project and talks of free full episodes of different FUNimation shows its a really good podcast for FUNimation fans and people who like anime dubs. All hosted by the great Todd Haberkorn who has done voice acting himself as Itsuki from Shuffle! and Nagi from Mushishi to name a few. In all I say check in out its actually kinda funny too and remember its free you have nothing to lost. You can get the podcast on itunes by searching for FUNimation Update in the podcast area or on there website at http://www.funimation.com/podcast.
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Portions of Astro Boy Cast Announced
It has been announced that IMAGI Studios and Summit Entertainment will be respectively making and releasing a CGI Astro Boy film slated for 2009. The cast will include Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy and Eugene Levy. Talk about a star-filled cast!
Following examples from others like Madhouse and Aniplex, Viz is opening up an office in Los Angeles. The goal is to promote Viz productions within the eyes of the American silver screen big wigs. The fact that projects such as Drgonball Z and the American comic book-based movies exist are enough for anime companies to want to pitch titles to Hollywood screenwriters and directors.
Funimation has announced that it has acquired Big Windup!, the 26-episode baseball television anime known as Ookiku Furikabutte in Japan. The series adapts Asa Higuchi's manga about Ren Mihashi, a losing pitcher who quit his middle-school baseball team after his teammates harassed him — they think he only became a pitcher because his grandfather ran the school. At high school, Ren is forced to become a pitcher again, but he and his new team eventually recapture the spirit of the game.
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Holy Crap, A Japanese Execution!
Photograph of Miyazaki in 1989 after arrest.
Anyone who has been an "otaku" long enough to know that the word is inheritedly negative should be at least satisfied with this bit of news: the man convicted as the Otaku Murderer was finally executed on Tuesday.
Tsutomu Miyazaki (no relation to Hayao and Goro) was arrested back in 1989 after assaulting a six-year-old girl whicle trying to take graphically explicit pictures. When the police searched his home, they found 5763 videotapes, many of which were violent, pornographic and of the animated sort. They also found evidence that he murdered four girls ages 4-7 during 1988 and 1989. The trial lasted from 1990 to 1997, in which the end result was a death sentence. Both the Tokyo High Court and the Japanese Supreme Court held the rulings.
Before Miyazaki's creepy uncovering, the Japanese had already been using the word "otaku" as a way to describe introverted and obsessive fans of anything applicable. It was only after the case did the term become synonomous with otaku of the anime/manga variety, with the help from an essay about the case written by Akio Nakamori. The word "otaku", as described here is not a very acceptable term to call one's self at all if speaking Japanese. Since the word in English does not have the same negative connotations, it is harder for us to understand, yet "otaku" ultimately has the same effect as calling someone a "dork", "geek" or "nerd" here (casual overusage aside).
