Keiichianime

Beez Adds SoraKake, Sora no Woto, Lucky Star, Outlaw Star

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:56:00 -0700

The british anime distributor Beez Entertainment has announced at it's Amecon panel on Saturday that it licensed The Girl Who Leapt Through Space ( Sora no Kakeru Shoujo ), Sora no Woto, Lucky Star, Outlaw Star television anime series.

Beez Entertainment intends to release Lucky Star in two half season sets with the original video anime (OVA) spinoff also include, and Outlaw Star will be released with the Anime Legends line.

Keyword: Beez Entertainment, Sora Kake, Sora no Woto, Lucky Star, Outlaw Star

Freezing TV Anime's Promo Streamed

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:14:00 -0700

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Lim Dal-Young and Kim Kwang-Hyun's Freezing manga has begun steraming it's first promotional video on Monday. The Production company Media Factory ran the same videoat it's booth at Comic in Tokyo this past weekend.

The Story revolves around Kazuya, a boy who lost his sister in humankind's fight against beings from another dimension. He enrolls in Genetics, a military academy for combat training againts the dimension beings. There, a group of girls known as " Pandora " prepare to fight the unknown enemy. The enemy will premiere in Japan next spring.

Keyword: Freezing, TV, Manga, Anime, Stream

Macross Frontier Gets Music Video Collection

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:29:00 -0700

The official Twitter account of Bandai Namco's Collectors devision has confirmed on Sunday that a music video (music clip) collection for the Macross Frontier anime franchise will ship in Japan on December 15. The announcement was made at Girasama Carnival, the summer Macross Frontier event which ran at the Pacifico Yokohama on Sunday. The music videos will feature new footage in addition to animation from the Macross Frontier television and film projects.

The Girasama Carnival event also revealed that the second Macross Frotier film (Macross Frontier ~Sayonara no Tsubasa~, will open in Japan on February 26, 2011. A two-night Macross Frontier event will run on December 22 at Tokyo's Nippon Bdoukan, and on December 24 in Kobe's Port Island Hall. Macross Frontier composer Yoko Kanno is presenting the event, and more details will be revealed on September 9 at 9.00 p.m Bandai will release the trasformable DX Chougokin toy version of the VB-6 Kounig Monster bomber and transformable SD infinty toy version of the VF-25 Messiah Valkyrie Fighter in September.

Keyword: Macross Frontire, Music, Video, Anime, Toy, Carnival, Event

Ccrunchyroll Adss Shinkai's 5 Centimeters per Second DVD

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:51:00 -0700

Kun Gao, CEO of the Cruchyroll media distribution website, has announced on this week's ANNCast podcast episode that his company licensed the North American DVD rights to Mokoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second film. This will be the first DVD release by Crunchyroll. Cruchyroll hopes to ship the new DVD with Bang Zoom! Entertainment's recent English dub in late September or early October.

Byousoku 5 Centimeter - a chain of short stories about their distance. is the second full lenght film from the auteur director and writer Makoto Shinkai ( Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, She and Her Cat. The film is split into three individual segments, and it premiered in Japan in 2007. Shinkai is already working on his next anime feature film with most of his 5 Centimeters Per Second staff, and he posted initial imageboard art from the upcoming project in December.

Crunchyroll is handling the production, promotion, and financing og the new DVD release for 5 centimeters Per Second, While Bandai Entertainment helping to manufacture, package, and distribute the DVD. The Viz Cinema theater in San Francisco's " New People culture entertainment center will screen the film on September 14. Crunchyroll had Streamed the film along with other Shinkai works to mark Global Shinkai Days on February 28 last year and this year. ADV Films had licensed the film and released a DVD with the Company's own dub in 2008.

Keyword: Crunchyroll, 5 Centimeters per Second, DVD

Freezing Manga's TV Anime Confirmed for next Spring

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:35:00 -0700

The offical website of the Freezing franchise has coonfirmed that a television anime of Lim Dal-Young and Kim Kwang-Hyun's manga will premiere in Japan in Spring of 2011. The production company Media Factory also made the announcement at it's Comic Market 78 booth at the Tokyo Big Sight event center on Friday. The story revolves around Kazuya, a boy who lost his sister in humankind's fight against being from another dimension. He enrolls in Genetics, a military academy for combat training against the Dimension beings, There, a group aof girl known as "Pandora" prepare to fight the unknown enemy.

Keyword: Manga, Comic, Spring, Anime

CM's Corp, Launches ' Almost Life-Size ' DR. Slump Toy

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:55:00 -0700

Toymaker CM's Corp has revealed a new addition to its "Almost Life-Size" line of figures: the character Gatchan from Akira Toriyama's manga Dr.Slump. In the manga, inventor Senbai Norimaki invents a robot named arale; later in the manga Norimaki also brings back an egg from a time-traveling trip that hatches to reveal a green-haired, winged, seemingly genderless infant with antenna which they name Gajira, or "Gatchan."

Keyword: Gatchan, CM's Corp, Toy

Costum-Fitted Evangelion Plugsuits for Sale

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Mon, 9 Aug 2010 21:39:00 -0700

Japanese cosplay retailer COSPATIO is currently selling limited-edition licensed costumes based on the plugsuits worn by character Asuka Langley and Rei Ayanami in the TV Neon Genesin Evangelion. The Costumes are made to order and cost 553,350 yen within a standard realm of measurements. Costumers outside of these measurements may have to pay higher price.

To order the Costume, costumers must fill out a form and either bring it to one of COPATIO's six participating store location, or mail the form in and pay for the costume to be delivered. However, the retailer warns that the costumes are tight and recommends that costumers have the costume fitted.

Keyword: Costume-Fitted, Evangelion,

Shizuoka Gundam Statue's Time Lapse Video Streamed

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Fri, 6 Aug 2010 21:35:00 -0700

A popular " Gundam Videographer " who goes by the name darwinfish105 has posted video footage of the full-scale gundam statue in Shizuoka on the YouTube website over the past mont. The high definition footage features the statue time-lapsed day into night, when the statue lights up and moves its head.

The " Life size " Gundam statue was first announced in march of 2009 as part of the Gundam 30th anniversary celebration. The statue was complated and unveiled in Jully of that year on Odaiba, and artifacial island in Tokyo Bay. The exhibit closed in September 2009 after its closing ceremony cancelled due to an approaching typhoon. In December 2009 its was announced that the statue would be relocated to Shizuoka, where it was expected to bring in 40 billion yen (approximately US $ 463 million). The statue was unveiled in its new home on July 24, 2010, and will stand until January 10, 2011.

Keyword: Shizuoka, Gundam, Statue,

K-On! T-Shirts, Tie-In Goods Bring in 1.8 Billion Yen

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Thu, 5 Aug 2010 06:23:00 -0700

TBS Holding, the parent company of the Japanese television station TBS, revealed in it's financial results for the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year that it earned 1.8 Billion yen in sales of K-On! anime t-shirt and other tie-in character goods. Home video sales and licensing rights for the anime itself are not counted towards that 1.8 Billion yen total. The financial results cover the three-month period from April 1 to June 30.

K-on!, The second television anime series based on kakifly's four-panel comedy manga about high school girls who form a rock band, premiered on April 6. Bandi Entertainment announced at Anime Expo in July that it licensed the first K-On! television series, and Yen Press licensed the original manga.

Keyword: K-On!, TBS

Ads Streamed with Hugh Laurie's House, Tezuka's Black Jack

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Wed, 4 Aug 2010 06:05:00 -0700

Geneon Universal Entertainment began streaming two commercials that combine the America live-action medical television series House and Osamu Tezuka's classic medical manga/anime Black Jack on Wednesday. The titular doctors House (Played by British actor Hugh Laurie) and Black Jack appear together in the commercial, which are the first collaborative afforts between an overseas live-action television series and a Tezuka anime.

The fist 30-second commercial is the one that is actually running on the CS satellite television system's Fox channel in Japan. The second 73-second commercial is the extended web version. The Premise of the commercial has Black Jack flying to America ( with his young companion Pinoko in tow ) as Dr. House's potential new team member.

Geneon Universal Entertainment is the DVD distributor of House in Japan, Where it is known as Dr. House. Wednesday happens to be the DVD release date for the fourth season of House in Japan.

Keyword: ads Streamed, Osamu Tezuka's, Dr. House, Japan, America

Aniplex USA to Ship All of Read or Die on BD

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:29:00 -0700

The Anime distributor Aniplex of America has announced that it will release R.O.D - The Complete - Blue Ray Box set this winter. The five-disc set will include the original three R.O.D video anime episodes as well as the 26 episodes in the R.O.D - The TV - anime sequel. The set will have Japanese and English Language soundytacks.

Manga Entertainment once released the 2001-2002 R.O.D video anime series in North America, and 2003-2004 Geneon Entertainment.

Keyword: Aniplex, R.O.D, Anime, Blue ray

To Love-Ru Spinoff Manga Series to Launch in October

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:21:00 -0700

The September issue of Shueisha's Jump Squere magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Kentaro Yabuki is Launching a To Love-R spinoff manga Series in The November issue on October 4.

Keyword: Manga, To Love-Ru,

Japanese, English Actresses at Australian Eva 2 Debut

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:31:00 -0700

Grant Miyamura Reel Anime 2010 has listed the location of it's festival screenings in Australia and New Zealand and announced its special guests. Yuko Miyamura, the Japanese voice actess who played the character Asuka, will be present in the Australia premiere of Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (Evangeion Shin Gekijouban:Ha) Miyamura also performed as Asuka in Evangelion television series and The End of Evangelion film. Another guest will be Tiffany Grant, Who voiced Asuka in the english dub of the television series. They will appear at the Dendy Newton theater in Sydney on August 5 at 6:30p.m.

Keyword: Japanese, English, Actress, Evangelion:2.0, Series

Marvel Anime to Run on G4 in the United States in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:35:00 -0700

Jeph Loeb, Executive Vice President, Head of Television of Marvel, has confirmed at the Iron Man Anime Panel in Comic-Con International on friday that the four Marvel Anime Television series wil launch in the United States on The G4 television network in 2011. The four Anime Series
are Iron man, Wolverine, Blade, and X-Man.

Keyword: Anime, Marvel, U.S, G4 Television

Anchor Bay Lists Readline as "Upcoming Manga Release"

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:36:00 -0700

The production company Anchor Bay Entertainment has revealed in a Monday media alert for it's Comic-con International plans that Redline is one of the "upcoming Manga Release" along with First Squad - The Moment of Truth. Both Anchor Bay Entertainment and the anime distributor Manga Entertainment are currently subsidianes of Starz Media.

The Film will open in Japan on October 9 after advance screenings at international film festivals. Three new trailers were launched late last week.

Keyword: Manga, Anchor Bay, Released

Disney's Epcot Park Launches Anime/Folklore Exhibit

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:50:00 -0700

According to a Friday Post on the official Disney Parks Blog , the Japan Pavilion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot theme park has opened a new axhibit called "Spirit Beasts: From Ancient Strories to Anime Stars." The Florida-based exhibit showcase classic creatures from Japanese folktales that have seved as inspiration for modem day anime and manga series.

Among the examples pictured are the kappa, the kitsune, the tsuru, the saru, and the moon rabbit. Project Manager and show producer Wyatt Winter says that exhibit should run for several years. Prior to the Spirit Beasts exhibit, the location housed exhibits on World Heritage Sites of Japan and Tin Toy Stories.

Disney's involvement with anime in North America consists primarily of it's localization and distribution of Studio Ghibli titles. Recently, however, Disney added Naruto to it's Disney XD Television channel's lineup. Disney has alaso been creating original content for the Japanese market, including three television series spinoffs of it's film Lilo and Stitch with anime studios MADHOUSE and Shinei Animation.

Keyword: Walt Disney, Anime, Beasts

Honobono-kun Manga's Kimihiko Tsukuda Passes Away

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:13:00 -0700

http://keiichianime7.blogspot.com/2010/07/honobono-kun-mangas-kimihiko-tsukuda.html

Kimihiko Tsukuda, the creator of the longest-running newspaper manga in Japan, passed away in a Tokyo hospital on June 28 at 12:20 a.m. due to pneumonia. He was80.

The Tokyo-born artist began drawing his four-panel Chibikko Shinshi manga strips in the Tokyo Shimbun paper in 1956. He renamed his work as Honobono-kun on February 6, 1984 — the day after publishing his 5,000th strip. He would finish the manga on March 8, 2007 after 57 years and 15,451 strips. Tsukuda won the Manga Artist Society's grand prize in 2004 for Honobono-kun, which was known as the "Japanese Charlie Brown" for its gentle, humorous touch.

Tsukuda had been in failing health since the end of 2006, and had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He eventually had to stop his manga when he could no longer hold his brush. Tsukuda's family held a private funeral service on July 1.

Keyword: Honobono-kun, Manga, Kimihiko Tsukuda,

4th Senkou no Night Raid BD/DVD adds 2 Unaired Episodes

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Fri, 9 Jul 2010 06:47:00 -0700

The fourth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume of the Senkō no Night Raid television anime series will ship in Japan on September 22 with two unaired episodes. The volume will contain episode 6 ("Rankai no Yoru" or Ominous Night), which did air on television, and episode 7 ("Jihen" or Incident), which was streamed for free instead of televised. In addition, the volume will add another unaired episode called "Ahenkutsu no Akuma" (Devil of the Opium Den) as well as "Yogen" (Prediction) — the special episode that replaced "Jihen" in the television broadcast.

Like the previous volumes, the fourth volume will also include an alternate "Japanese dubbing" track (in which the original cast dubs the anime entirely in Japanese instead of both Japanese and Chinese) and an audio commentary. The Limited first edition will bundle postcard and booklet extras.

Keyword: Ahenktsu no Akuma, Yogen, DVD, Blue-ray Disc, Japanese

DMP adds 10 titles, New Original Manga

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 20:55:00 -0700

At it's Anime Expo 2010 industry panel, Digital Manga Publishing announced the following licences:

DMP Licenses:

Demon City Shinjuku (novel) by Vampire Hunter D author Hideyuki Kikuchi
Kiba Ichizoku no Garyuudo by Hideyuki Kikuchi (sequel to Demon City Shinjuku)
Countdown 7 Days by Kemuri Karakara
Replica by Kemuri Karakara
Houou Gakuen Misoragumi by Aki Arata

June Licenses:

Border by Kazuma Kodaka
Kusatta Kyo Shino Houteishiki by Kazuma Kodaka
Gochisosama by CJ Michalski
Boku no Shiru Anata no Hanashi by Tsuta Suzuki

801 Media Licenses:

Sabaku no Oujisama by Shushushu Sakurai

DMP has also announced that mangaka Nao Yazawa, creator of Wedding Peach, will create a manga specifically for DMP's eManga. Additionally , DMP has partnered with Viz Media to act as the exclusive distributor for a small series of hand-painted Naruto animation cels priced at $60 each.

Keyword: DMPA, Manga, Anime Expo 2010

Toei, Shanghai Media Group Animate New Ikkyuu-san film

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:01:00 -0700

The Japanese Studio Toei Animation announced at a June 16 press conference in Shanghai that it is jointly producing a new Ikkyuu-san anime film with the Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Media Group and SMG's Toonmax channel. Toei animated the original Ikkyū-san historical comedy television series about a young monk-in-training from 1975 to 1982, when the studio was still known as Toei Dōga. The new Ikkyū-san anime film will open in China in February of 2012 — during the traditional Chinese New Year holidays.

The story of Ikkyū-san is loosely inspired by Ikkyū Sōjun, a real-life Buddhist monk who lived in 15th-century Japan. The anime imagines Ikkyū's childhood as a mischievous but clever monk-in-training at Ankokuji Temple. The original television series
already inspired a 1978 Ikkyū-san to Yancha-hime (Ikkyusan and the Mischievous Princess) film. The television series premiered in China in 1983 and became a popular hit among children there.

SMG operates the children's television channel Toonmax, which is popular in China and particularly in the Shanghai area. Another Japanese anime studio, MADHOUSE, is collaborating with China Film Group Corporation, director Yuji Ikeda (Fushigi Yuugi, Monster), and original character designer Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys) on a film titled Tibetan Dog (Tibet Inu Monogatari).

Keyword: Toei, Shanhai Media Group, Animate, Ikkyuu-san, Film

Voice Actress Aya Hirano to Use Twitter for 1 day only

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:11:00 -0700

Not So Daily Link of the Day: Voice actress Aya Hirano ( Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Deathnote, and among many another ) announced on her blog on Tuesday that she will use Twitter for one day only. Her 10th CD single, "Hysteric Barbie," will ship on Wednesday, and to mark the occasion, she is temporarily using the "Hysteric_Barbie" Twitter account. As of Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. Japan Time (Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT), she has made three posts and attracted over 4,600 followers.

Keyword: Aya Hirano, Twitter

Tensai Bakabon's Akatsuka Inspires Biographical Film

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:13:00 -0700

The Watarase Film Commission, a non-govermental organization that support film production afforts in Gunma Prefecture northwest of downtown Tokyo, posted a casting call for a film based on the life of the late gag comedy manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka. (Tensai Bakabon, Himitsu no Akko-chan). According to the posting for extras, Toei and Central Arts are basing the Kore de Ii no da! Eiga Akatsuka Fujio film on Akatsuka Fujio no Koto o Kaita no da!!, the book by Akatsuka's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine editor Toshiki Takei.

Ryoichi Kimizuka (Bayside Shakedown, Nobody to Watch Over Me) wrote the script and Hideaki Sato (The Suspect: Muroi Shinji, The Unbroken) is directing. Filming will last from the beginning of July to the middle of August, and the film is slated to open throughout Japan next spring.

Fujio Akatsuka, the creator of many popular comedy gag manga and one of the earliest magical girl manga (Himitsu no Akko-chan), passed away of pneumonia on August 2, 2008.

Keyword: Film, Shonen, Tensao Bakabon's

Welcome to The Space Show's First 22 minutes streamed worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:06:00 -0700

Aniplex of America will stream the first 22 minutes of Welcome to The Space Show on the YouTube website on Monday at 8:00 a.m. Unlike with another anime which streamed on Youtube, The biginning of Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW will be specifically available to online viewer outside Japan and The same streamed will be available to Japanese viewers on the GyaO! service on Tuesday at midnaight, and the Tokyo MX station already aired on June 13.

Streamed Link:

GyaO!

http://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/ct/anime/

YouTube Aniplex of America

http://www.youtube.com/user/AniplexUS

Kamichu Box Set

Carrie Savage, Meg...

Best Price $30.00
or Buy New $36.99

Keyword : The Space Show's, Aniplex, GyaO!, America, Japan

Anime Expo, Manga Gamer to Host 3 More Guest for 2010

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:44:00 -0700

Anime Expo has confirmed reports that actrss Saki Aibu will attend the July 1-4 convention for the world premiere of her new film Eternal First Love in Los Angeles. Aibu starred as Riiko Izawa in the live-action adaptation of Yu Watase's manga Absolute Boyfriend, as well as voicing roles in Doraemon, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, and Kaiketsu Zorori.

European game publisher MangaGamer has also announced two additional guests: voice actress and singer Minami Kuribayashi and artist Fujimaru. Kuribayashi starred as Haruka Suzumiya in Rumbling Hearts and Erstin Ho in My-Otome. She has also sung themes for Blassreiter, School Days, and others. Fujimaru worked on the Kira Kira Curtain Call and Dear Drops adult games from the Japanese brand OVERDRIVE.

Anime Expo announced on Thursday that voice actor Masakazu Morita will also appear as a Guest of Honor. MangaGamer guests include UR@N, Yuka Kayura, Shinji Katakura, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Matsumura, and Japanese game publisher Age (with Sou Miyata and Kyousuke Himukai).

Keyword: Saki Aibu, Minami Kuribayashi, Anime Expo, Manga, Japanese

Hot Topic Launches Black Butler Merchandise

noreply@blogger.com (nihonggo) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:22:00 -0700

T-shirt featuring Black Butler lead appears in retail clothing chain
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Retail clothing chain Hot Topic has added merchandise from Yana Toboso's manga Black Butler to its lineup. The merchandise currently consists of a t-shirt featuring the series' titular butler, Sebastien Michaelis, in red on a black background. The shirts are available in sizes ranging from extra-small to XXXL.
The Black Butler manga launched in Japan in September 2006 in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy shounen manga anthology. Yen Press licensed the manga for North American release and began serializing it in its Yen Plus anthology in July of 2009. In October 2008 a TV anime was produced based on the manga, and Funimation licensed it for North America. A follow-up anime series will air in Japan starting this July. The anime inspired a fashion show in Tokyo in 2008.

Keyword: Black Butler, Merchandise, Toboso's Manga, T-shirt