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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
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Japanese Comic Ranking, May 12-18

New volumes of Magi, Jojolion, Terra Formars, L DK, flat debut in top 5

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Gonzo Makes The Midnight Animals CG Anime Shorts

Drag queen trio Hoshikuzu Scat star as animals who chat in dead of night

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Otakon to Host Sword Art Online Designers Shingo Adachi, Tetsuya Kawakami

Adachi also designed Wagnaria characters while Kawakami designed Shigofumi

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Otakon to Feature Sword Art Online Animators and Character Designers Shingo Adachi and Tetsuya Kawakami
(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Sundome's Kazuto Okada to Launch Ittsū Manga

New series to debut in Young Champion magazine on May 28

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Dusk maiden of amnesia Manga to End in June

Tomō Yokoyama's Watashi no Ouchi wa Honya-san also ending

(SOURCE: Anime on DVD)
Marvels Avengers Assemble: Trailer and Clip

Here is the first trailer and a clip for Marvel’s Avengers Assemble. As you can see from the trailer (below) it is a new team for the Avengers. This new series reflects The Avengers’ film released by Marvel and Disney last summer. The interesting addition here is the Falcon. 

(SOURCE: Anime on DVD)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 6 Clip

I am not usually one to post hand held footage from a convention or an event. I’ll make an exception in this case. Solely because we have no idea when we will see this footage, again. A clip from Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 6 or the “Cancelled Season” premiered at Disney’s Star Wars Weekend on opening day. The clip reveals that the tide has definitely turned for the Jedi. Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Luna Haruna Sings Monogatari Series 2nd Season Anime's Ending

New key visual unveiled for TV anime of NisiOisin's novels premiering on July 6

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Anime Expo to Host Gundam UC Director Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Also helmed Rurouni Kenshin, 1st Hunter X Hunter, Getbackers, Zipang, Le Chevalier D'Eon

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 19-25

K-ON! film; Gunbuster 2, Gaiking, Lupin III Green vs Red anime; Sacred Blacksmith, Sunny manga to ship

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Machiisha Jumbo!! Medical Manga Gets Live Action Drama

Daisuke Maki, Shiori Kutsuna star in drama airing this July

(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
Media Blasters Acquires YamiBou

Media Blasters has announced its acquisition of translation & distribution rights to the 2003 Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito (The Traveller Yami, the Hat, and the Book) television series. The 13-episode adaptation of the adult PC game by developer Root revolves around a quest to find Eve, the caretaker of the universe’s great [...]

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New Manga Publisher Launches

Miami, Florida-based Kansai Club Publishing has opened its homepage announcing its forthcoming English language publication of Osamu Tezuka’s short manga anthology The Crater. The manga will be published in a single hardcover printing of 2,000 numbered copies initially available only to Kickstarter contributors. Good luck to Andrew & Yuka. I’ll make a pledge today.

(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
Buddha 2 Ten-Minute Subtitled Trailer Online

The homepage for next February’s Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~ movie has released an English subtitled 10-minute long trailer. The film is the second of Toei & Tezuka Productions’ planned three films adaptating the late Osamu Tezuka’s 1972-1983 manga biography of Siddhartha Buddha. Source: Anime News Network

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First Love Lab Teaser

The first TV spot for the anime adaptation of Ruri Miyahara’s four-panel school comedy manga Renai Lab has appeared online. The Love Lab slice-of-life bishoujo television series will be animated by studio Dogakobo (Yuruyuri, GJ Club) with Masahiko Ohta (Yuruyuri, Mitsudomoe) directing, Takashi Aoshima (Yuruyuri, Mitsudomoe) writing, and Chiaki Nakajima (Yuruyuri) providing animation character design. [...]

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Knights of Sidonia Anime Announced

Japanese publisher Kodansha has formally announced word that Tsutomu Nihei’s current mecha action manga series Knights of Sidonia (Sidonia no Kishi) will be getting an anime adaptation. Nihei launched the ongoing manga in 2009. Vertical currently publishes the manga in English. Nihei’s 1997 cyberpunk manga Blame! was adapted into a 2003 web anime and a [...]

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BlazBlue Anime Announced

The advertising obi found on new copies of the Japanese BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger novelization confirms that an anime adaptation of the fighting game franchise has been green-lit. Arc System Works’ BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger 2D fighting game debuted in Japanese arcades in 2008 Source: Anime News Network

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Additional Princess and Pilot Anime Announced

Japanese publisher Shogakukan has formally announced word that Koroku Inumura’s 2009 light novel series Toaru Hikushi e no Koiuta (A Love Song to a Certain Airship Pilot) will be getting an anime adaptation. The five-volume wartime romance story occurs in the same setting as Inumura’s 2008 light novel Toaru Hikushi e no Tsuioku (Recollection of [...]

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Donyatsu Anime Short Films Announced

A series of monthly two-minute anime films based on Yuusuke Kozaki’s surreal animal comedy manga Donyatsu will begin screening before features in T-Joy Cinemas on June 1. The ongoing Donyatsu manga that premiered in December 2011 features animal/snack-food hybrids that live in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district after all humans have mysteriously disappeared. Anime studio Gathering (PUCHIM@S, [...]

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
One Piece's New Premiere on Toonami Gets 995,000 Viewers

Premiere sees highest ratings on Saturday's six-hour late-night block

(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
2014 Anime Mirai Productions Announced

The Anime Mirai project has announced the next four productions that will receive production funding from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. Director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Eve no Jikan Kimi no Iru Machi) will direct the “Arumoni” short at studio Ultra Super Pictures. Director Ayumu Watanabe (Uchuu Kyodai, Danchi Tomoo) will direct the “Okii Ichinensei [...]

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Live-Action Pekorosu no Haha ni Ai ni Iku Movie Announced

Yuichi Okano’s 2012 four-panel manga Pekorosu no Haha ni Ai ni Iku about a middle-aged man taking care of his senile mother will be adapted into a live-action feature film. 89-year-old actress Harue Akagi will co-star in the film. The movie will be her first film role in 33 years. Ryo Iwamatsu will play the [...]

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Ask John: What’s John’s Opinion of Asura?

Question: I finally was able to see Asura for the first time and I absolutely loved it. I came across a very negative review online which really bothered me. I don’t often agree with your opinions, but I think you give strong reasons for why you feel the way you do. I would appreciate knowing [...]

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One Piece Manga Goes on 2-Week Hiatus Due to Illness

Creator Eiichiro Oda recovers in hospital from infection near tonsil

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