Since today’s Friday and you’re all probably ready for the weekend, I thought you might want to check out 4 fun anime links! There are links to the Witchblade anime series on iTunes, a trailer for the director of Tekkon Kinkreet’s new movie ‘Heaven’s Door’; an article about Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii’s new project (a Musashi Miyamoto Samurai film); and a yokai costume contest.
#1: Witchblade Anime Series On iTunes
Witchblade, the anime series, is now available on iTunes! Download the first episode for FREE from now until October 26th. From the renowned anime studio GONZO, Witchblade is the saga of a woman who must bear the burden of a terrible force of destruction known as the Witchblade. Based on the comic book series from Top Cow Productions, the anime series goes into the future to tell the tale of a new bearer of the Witchblade and the conspiracy that surrounds her burden. Witchblade is the first U.S. comic book property to be made into an anime…Continue reading at funimation.com
#2: Full Trailer For Michael Arias’ Live Action Debut HEAVEN’S DOOR
Watch the Heaven’s Door Trailer
…regular Twitch reader Raku has pointed out the brand new theatrical trailer for the film. Yes, it is a remake of the German action-comedy of the same name…Continue reading at twitchfilm.net
#3: Ghost in the Shell’s Oshii develops and writes Musashi Miyamoto Samurai film for Production I.G.
This new film, slated for a Summer 2009 bow, will be based on the life of Japan’s most celebrated Samuarai, Musashi Miyamoto. This new film will be called Miyamoto Musashi: S?ken ni Haseru Yume (Musashi Miyamoto: The Dream of Riding with Two Swords). Musashi created and perfected a two-sword kenjutsu technique called niten’ichi (”two heavens as one”) or nit?ichi (”two swords as one”). He was also the author of The Book of Five Rings…Continue reading at twitchfilm.net
#4: Yokai Attack! Contest
Hey kids…it’s almost Halloween, and you know what that means? It’s time for a costume contest! That’s right: send us photos of yourself dressed as a Japanese yokai (refer to Yokai Attack! for inspiration, but feel free to draw on other sources from Japanese mythology). We’ll select the best one and award the winner a full poster-sized print of their favorite yokai illustration from Yokai Attack!, signed by Hiroko Yoda, Matt Alt, and Tatsuya Morino…Continue reading at YokaiAttack.com
Thanks to aintitcool.com for the Yokai Attack! link.
Let us know if you have any fun anime links too!
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