Anime Never Fails to Surprise me.

Man, I love the Japanese. Because when they do crazy, they do it on some kind of primal full-tilt bugfuck batshit level that we Americans can't begin to conceive of. Want proof? Check out the trailer for the upcoming Japanese animated film 'After School Midnighters', a film about a human body model that dances, rides a motorcycle, dodges killer bunny rabbits, and protects his school from the forces of evil . More after the jump.

"He is a flame specimen!" "The golden duo is coming!" My God, how I wished I lived in Tokyo so I could see this thing this summer... Anyway, here's the official synopsis for After School Midnighters, "An original computer-generated animation film by a young and spirited director with a skillful VFX/CGI crew who has a lot of experience in movies and TV commercials. The main character 'Kynst Lijk' is a human body model that stands in a science room of an elementary school. Kynst Lijk also reigns over the school after midnight. One day, when a naughty kindergarden trio accidentally meets him, his ordinary life changes. The scariest and craziest after midnight adventure begins...

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Great Anime Movie For Adults!

Anime is a medium rather than a genre, in much the same way “the movies” encompass more than just what comes out of Hollywood. (click on READ MORE to check out trailer!)The diversity of anime is a big part of what drew me to it and keeps me there: it’s more than just kid’s stuff. (Not that “kid’s stuff” is by itself a bad thing — the new My Little Pony is far better than it has any right to be.)

Anime that’s aimed at older audiences also covers more territory than one might think at first. The most common association people have for “adult animation” is either material that would win a hard R (Black Lagoon) or an NC-17 (the hentai subgenre). But pull back a bit and you’ll see anime for mature audiences in more than one sense of the word mature — mature as in thoughtful and wise about human nature (House of Five Leaves) or informed by a strong sense of the political complexity of the real world (Eden of the East).

To help navigate these waters, we’ve put together the Great Anime For Adults feature, in which we explore all facets of anime aimed at older viewers. The twenty titles we’ve kicked off the list with are from all over the map: the three listed above are on there, along with feature films from Mamoru Oshii and Satoshi Kon, two directors known for creating what could be best described as “thinking man’s animation.” (Kon’sMillennium Actress, shown here, is one of his many films that are on the list.)
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YOU CAN NOW PLAY THE CRANE GAME ONLINE.

Now this is what I call convenient! Apparently, there is such thing as a crane game that you can play on a web browser. This game goes by the name of Toreba, which was created by a game developing company known as Cyberstep. You know what the best part of it is? You actually get to win the items that you grab with the claw. If you do manage to win something, the Website will send the prize to your house. However, you might have to pay the shipping fee for it to be sent. 

Each game cost 100 yen (Around US$1.20), which is pretty realistic when you think about it. As for prizes, there are figures of characters from Aria the Scarlet Ammo, Nanoha The Movie 1st, Strike Witches, Railgun, Angel Beats!,Baka and Test - Summon the Beast 2, and Nico Nico.

One of the best parts of this game is that the prizes are categorized by series, so you won’t have to worry about getting a prize from a show that you don’t care about. As a quick heads up, the Angel Beats! and Nico Nico figures are sold out, and the Nanoha game is having a few technical issues. 

Another great thing about Toreba is that you will get to change the camera while you are playing, so that you can position the claw properly. Thus giving you the entire crane game experience from the comfort of your own home. Be sure to check out the images below to see if you are interested in any of the prizes.

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Yuruyuri School Comedy Anime's 2nd Season Promo Streamed~

The niconico live service streamed a promotional video for Yuruyuri, the second…

The niconico live service streamed a promotional video for Yuruyuri, the second anime season inspired by Namori’s manga, on Monday. The promotional video confirms that the main cast is returning from the first season, and adds that the staff is “striving hard in production” on the new season.
here’s the preview! 

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Panty & Stocking cast for English dub!

A little more than a year after announcing their license, FUNimation finally announced the English cast list forPanty & Stocking with Garterbelt at Anime Central. Jamie Marchi will be trying to get laid as Panty, with Monica Rial taking care of the sweets as Stocking. Christopher R. Sabat rounds out the main trio as Garterbelt, voicing a black stereotype and not sounding too offensive in the process.

It's always hard to tell from a one-minute trailer, but even though FUNimation is relying on their usual voice actors, the English cast sounds like a perfect fit for the show. I echo the sentiments of a lot of fans in thinking that the English dub would do pretty well on Adult Swim, with the right marketing.

Panty & Stocking will be released on limited edition DVD on July 10. It's just a shame that we're missing out on a Blu-ray release due to Kadokawa's stupid policy that bans foreign Blu-ray releases in 2012. Maybe next year?

• ADR Director – Colleen Clinkenbeard
• Head Writer – John Burgmeier
• Script Writers – Jamie Marchi, Leah Clark, Jared Hedges
• Fastener – Christopher Bevins
• Corset – Chris Ayres
• Scanty – Colleen Clinkenbeard
• Kneesocks – Cherami Leigh
• Brief – Joel McDonald
• Chuck – Ian Sinclair
• Garterbelt – Christopher R. Sabat
• Stocking – Monica Rial
• Panty – Jamie Marchi

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The Voice Of K-ON's Join Hyouka Cast

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Kyoto Animation updated its website on Friday to reveal that voice actresses Ayana Taketatsu and Minako Kotobuki are joining the cast of the ongoing Hyouka television anime. The Hyouka cast now boasts all five main voice actresses from Kyoto Animation's earlier K-ON! anime.

Honobu Yonezawa's original Hyouka novel follows an unassertive boy named Hōtarō (played by Yūichi Nakamura) who was ordered by his older sister to join the classic literature club (kotenbu). In the club, he gets close to the truth about a mystery that has been buried for 33 years.

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Kimi no Iru Machi (Manga) Review!

                                       

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Eba Yuzuki has mysteriously decided to go to high school in the countryside. But despite Kirishima Haruto's objections, she is living in his home. Now he has to put up with a freeloading city girl and even worse, make sure Kanzaki Nanami, the girl he likes, doesn't get the wrong idea!

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Ghost Talker's Daydream's Okuse to Launch Kaen Majin Remake Manga?

                              

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The June issue of Wani Books' Monthly Comic Gum magazine announced on Thursday that Saki Okuse (Ghost Talker's Daydream,Twilight of the Dark Master, Flowers) will launch the Kaen Majin ~Oni Harai~ remake manga in the magazine's next issue. Okuse launched the original Kaen Majin manga series in Hakusensha's Monthly ComiComi magazine in 1986, but the work was unfinished.

The horror fantasy story centers on people who work to eliminate demons. Hakusensha published a compiled book volume of Okuse's original Kaen Majin manga in 1987.

The North American graphic novel publisher Dark Horse released the sixth compiled book volume of Okuse's Ghost Talker's Daydream manga last May, and Digital Manga published his Twilight of the Dark Master manga in 2005. JManga, a platform for reading legal manga online, listed volume one of Okuse's Teizokurei Monophobia manga for future release last August.

Wani Books will release the July issue of Monthly Comic Gum in Japan on May 26.

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Promo Video Posted For Fuse Anime Film's!!

                                       

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The official website for the Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō (Fuse: A Gun Girl's Detective Story) anime film adaptation of Kazuki Sakuraba's Fuse Gansaku: Satomi Hakkenden novel began streaming a promotional video on Friday. The 48-second video introduces the film's title gun girl Hamaji who hunts dog-human hybrids known as Fuse. The video also reveals that the film will open in Japan this October.

In Kyokutei Bakin's classic Japanese epic novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, eight samurai serve the Satomi clan during Japan's tumultuous Sengoku (Warring States) era. The Edo-era samurai are the reincarnations of the spirits that Princess Fuse mothered with a dog named Yatsufusa. In Sakuraba's Fuse Gansaku: Satomi Hakkenden novel, the female hunter Hamaji comes to her brother in order to hunt Fuse. Thus, the karmic cycle of retribution that began long ago with the Satomi family begins anew.

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Kokoro Connect's Opening Theme by Eufonius Listed:

can't find english subs for it :(

but here's the video!!

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Online retailers in Japan began listing the maxi-single CD for the Kokoro Connect anime's opening theme on Friday. According to the listings, the musical duo eufonius is performing the song for the television series on Starchild's King Records label. The title of the July 18 CD release, the 16th single from eufonius, has not been revealed yet. The group had previously performed songs for Clannad, Polyphonica, True Tears, and many other anime.

Sadanatsu Anda's original "love and teen pentagonal comedy" light novels follow the strange phenomena at the Yamahoshi Academy's Culture Club, starting with the five male and female club members switching bodies with each other. Takahiro Mizushima, Aki Toyosaki, Miyuki Sawashiro, Hisako Kanemoto, Takuma Terashima, Shizuka Itou, Keiji Fujiwara star in the voice cast.

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The Teaser for Android Smartphone Evangelion Online

                                     

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Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo has posted the first teaser trailer for its next phone developed in collaboration with Studio Khara for the forthcoming third Evangelion film. The phone is designed to look like Misato Katsuragi's own NERV issued smartphone and demos the custom user interface overlay while the phone itself will run Google's Android operating system. More details will be confirmed next week according to the official site.

As a proud owner of the first Evangelion cellphone, I can't wait for this one to come out and promptly show up on ebay for triple its retail cost. As the phone definitely won't be released outside of Japan, any of you out there brave enough to try and import one?

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ANIME EXPO 2012 WILL FEATURE VOICE ACTOR STEVE BLUM AS AN OFFICIAL GUEST OF HONOR!!

Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime, manga and Japanese pop culture celebration, announces popular voice actor Steve Blum as an Official Guest of Honor..

One of anime’s most prolific voice actors, Blum will participate in a meet-and-greet, autograph signing and focus panel at Anime Expo when it returns to the LA Convention Center from June 29 – July 2, 2012.

Steve Blum is an amazing voice actor, he is well known for his voice acting in Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop and Zabuza from Naurto. 

This is so exciting! I can't wait for the anime expo!

and if you're unaware of the anime expo, it is held every year in L.A California at the end of june. 

Everyone in the L.A. area should go to this if you're a huge anime fan!! 

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Anime Addicts Satisfy YOUR Thirst With 'Evangelion Water Body' Bottles

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Curvy bottle shapes are nothing new, as Coca-cola's classic "coke-bottle" has demonstrated for decades but few other beverage companies have gone for that ergonomic yet obviously female form - until now.

Displayed prominently at the recent Foodex Japan 2010 show in Tokyo were a pair of Evangelion Water Body bottles certain to warm any anime lovers heart... and soothe their thirst in the bargain.

The bottles are not only voluptuously curved, but sport futuristic red and white bodysuits that reference those worn by characters Asuka Langley Soryu and Rei Ayanami in the mega-successful Neon Genesis Evangelion series of manga, movies and games.

              

The bodacious bodysuited bottles are set to be released to retail outlets on May 26, 2010, to coincide with the release of "Evangelion: Destruction" on Blu-ray and DVD. The estimated cost per each 280ml (9.5 oz) bottle is 368 yen or about $4.

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ANIMES BEST ENGLISH DUBBED MOVIES!

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Few topics in anime, apart from maybe piracy, are as divisive as English dubbing. Some love it because it makes their favorite shows that much more accessible to other audiences; some hate it because it was done outside of the original production team, or because they resent dubbing on principle.  CHECK FOR WHICH ONES ARE AVAILABLE!

I've been on both sides of this argument, and a big part of what's moved me gradually into the pro-dub camp has been the gradual but measurable improvement in quality of the average English-dubbed anime title. So much so that it seemed high time to compile a list of titles that have dubs of note.

When putting together this list, I opted for diversity first. It made sense to provide a taste of all sides of what English dubs could be -- faithful, experimental, or downright outlandish. Some of them are titles that have long held most-favored-dub status with fans (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). Some are titles which take enormous risks with the dub process but get away with all of them (Shin-chan). And some are flagship shows that deserve being called out for having excellent work done across the board (Fullmetal Alchemist).

Also, this is an open-ended list: it'll be added to as new and noteworthy dubs cross our desk.

See the complete list of our most notable English dubs, and feel free to make suggestions in the comments 

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New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 15-21::

The New York Times newspaper listed the manga bestsellers in the United States for the week ending on April 21. Not all of the works are produced in Japan...

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Yuruyuri Anime's 1st Girls-Only Event~

The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Namori's Yuruyuri manga has announced a talk event to be held in May that..

will be limited to female attendees only. The event will be held on May 26, and footage of it will be streamed live on the internet for male fans of the series. Fans who wish to attend can apply for tickets until the end of May 13.

The members of the "Nanamori-Chu Goraku Bu" (Nanamori Middle School Amusement Club), Minami Tsuda, Rumi Ookubo, Shiori Mikami, and Yuka Ōtsubo, will appear at the event, and a recording of the show's signature "\Akkariin/" line will also take place at the event. The recording will be used in the second season of Yuruyuri, which was announced last December.

In Yuruyuri, the character Akari Akaza joins the Amusement Club which is composed solely of her two childhood friends, Kyouko Toshinou and Yui Funami. Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Akaza's classmate, becomes a member after finding out about the dissolution of the Tea Club. The Amusement Club, situated at the tea room facility since the Tea Club disbanded, has no clear purpose, being free for the girls to do whatever they want.

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Live-Action Ai Ore! Film Slated for August 25~~

The live-action film adaptation...

of Mayu Shinjo's Ai Ore Love Me! (Ai o Utau yori Ore ni Oborero!) manga will open in Japan on August 25.

DGNA Korean pop group member Karam stars as Akira Shiraishi, the male “princess” of an all-boys school, in the shōjo romance. Actress Ito Ōno (High School Debut) plays Mizuki Sakurazaka, the female “prince” of her all-girls school and the lead guitarist in an all-girl rock band. In the manga's story, Akira wants to join Mizuki's band Blaue Rosen when the band's lead singer moves overseas, but first he has to overcome Mizuki's suspicious misgivings.

Viz Media published the third volume of Ai Ore in North America last November. Viz also publishes the Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji sequel and Shinjo's Sensual Phrase manga.

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the Official Japanese website for the upcoming Fairy Tail Movie, Fairy Tail: Hōō no Miko (Maiden of the Pheonix) began streaming the second teaser trailer two days ago.

The Trailer can be viewed below:

With the release of the trailer, some new details regarding the Plot of the movie have come to light:

The key question that the movie seems to be focusing on is: “Does Magic cause misfortune?”
The story revolves a young woman named Ecclair (All bets are that she’s the Maiden of the Pheonix) who appears before Fairy Tail. With no memories other than the knowledge that she must deliver two Pheonix Stones somewhere. Natsu, Lucy and the rest of Fairy Tail are quickly caught up in a struggle that may spell the collapse of the Magical World of Earth Land itself.

Fans will be quite interested to know that the movie’s story planning and visual design is being handelled by none other than Fairy Tail mangaka and creator Hiro Mashima. Masaya Fujimori (You Are Umasou) is directing, and Masashi Sogo (Fairy Tail, Bleach, Rurouni Kenshin) wrote the screenplay.

This first ever Fairy Tail Movie will open in theaters in Japan on Augst 18th 2012. US and other territories will probably see a release around 6 months later, when the Blu-ray/DVD versions come out and are localised in English.

Until then, we’ll keep you posted on any new developments. Based on the second teaser trailer though, what are your thoughts on the second movie? Yay? Nay? Let us know in the comments below!

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Bandai trying to expand their Market to American and European territory!

Developer and publisher Namco Bandai Games has reportedly combined its U.S. and European operations, with the hope of replicating the success it's experiencing in Japan.

The company claims that its game sales accounted for nearly a quarter of Japan's software market during the last fiscal year (ending March 31), thanks to big hits like Tales of Xillia and Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS.

And two months ago, it released One Piece: Pirate Warriors for PS3 in Japan, which became one of the fastest-selling and biggest-selling games for Sony's console -- the game arrives to the West later this year, with a Digital-only U.S. release.

Mark Tsuji, previously president of Bandai America, will serve as CEO for the new consolidated team. The company believes that joining the U.S. and European branches allows it to have a united front to better serve Western consumers.

"We wanted to unite our overseas organisation under one leadership," said Namco Bandai's VP Carlson Choi, according to MCV. "It is a continuation of our direction, where as a company the overseas business becomes even more critical."

Choi adds, "Over the last year we have been beginning our transformation of the overseas business, making sure that we are not only bringing East to West content but also sub-developing and bringing content from the West that can propagate to the East."

Namco Bandai's upcoming titles for the west include third-person shooter Inversion, Dragon Ball Z Kinect, Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's RPG collaboration Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and a third-person shooter set in the Star Trek universe.

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North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 22-28. :)

curious to see which ones have been released so far?

click here!

I'm super excited to get vol.2 of the Durarara manga that was released a few days ago. c:

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Malaysia's Anime Festival Asia to Host Musical Guests Kalafina, KOTOKO!!

The first Anime Festival Asia in Malaysia has announced its guest lineup on Thursday for this year's event, which will take place on June 9-10 at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Five musical acts who have worked on anime will perform at the festival's concert titled "I Love Anisong."

FLOW (Code Geass, Eureka Seven,Naruto), Sea☆A (Cardfight!! Vanguard, Toriko), Kalafina (Black Butler, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sound of the Sky), KOTOKO (Accel World,Waiting in the Summer, Shakugan no Shana), and Maon Kurosaki (Highschool of the Dead, Toaru Majutsu no Index II, Shakugan no Shana III (Final) will perform at the two-day "I Love Anisong" concert.

Special guests at the event include Production I.G president, co-founder and producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Ghost in the Shell, FLCL, A Letter to Momo), producer Tomohiko Ishii (Eden of the East, The Sky Crawlers), cosplayer KANAME☆, and blogger-turned-anime producer Danny Choo. Choo will also serve as the event's host.

Anime Festival Asia was previously held in Singapore from 2008-2011. This will be the first year the convention will be held in Malaysia.

wooooo!

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