Last month was full of some groundbreaking anime news. Some of the highlights include a Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Tezuka Productions; a new Tenchi Muyo! anime spinoff Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari that is currently in production; a possible drama version of Kami no Shizuku (Les Gouttes de Dieu or The Drops of God); [...]
Director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell & The Sky Crawlers) has a couple of projects which will keep him busy through the Summer of 2009.
The first project is a new theatrical stage adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28 manga. Oshii-san will be writing the script as well as making his stage-directing debut.
There are lots of manga releases in October, 2008! Check out Gantz, Volume Two from Dark Horse, Vampire’s Portrait from Digital Manga Publishing, the new Ghostbusters manga from Tokyopop, the art book Dragon Ball: The Complete Illustrations from Viz, xxxHOLiC:AnotherHOLiC from Del Rey and a whole lot more!
In early June, Tokyopop announced that they would be restructuring their company. Publishing operations would still be handled by Tokyopop, Inc. However, a new company called Tokyopop Media LLC would be created.
On September 24, 2007, studio BONES co-founder, Hiroshi ÅŒsaka passed away from cancer at the age of 44. He had worked as a character designer (Clockwork Fighters Hiwou’s War, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, & Mobile Suit Victory Gundam), key animator (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade & Macross Plus), and animation director (Escaflowne: The Movie, Mobile [...]
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Over the years, many comments on blogs and forums have said that Neon Genesis Evangelion is a cash cow for Gainax and that Gainax is not ashamed of constantly milking it. Well, according to this short post by the Anime News Service (look for the article…”9-1-07 (9:39PM EDT) – EVA’s [...]
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