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The official Twitter account for the Mobile Suit Gundam AGE anime posted a rough sketch of the characters Asemu and Zeheart by designer Michinori Chiba on Wednesday. According to producer Masakazu Ogawa, the staff is considering plans for presenting more of the two characters’ story in some form. The staff did not say that more anime has been green-lit. Chiba drew this [...]
Facebook-based app that debuted Kimagure Orange Road in English closes next month NTT Solmare‘s ComicFriends social manga reading service hasannounced that the service will close on December 20. The English manga on the Facebook-based service will no longer be available for access after December 20, and those who still have “ComicCoin,” the currency used within the service to [...]
Shogakugan has formally announced that the 17th Detective Conan motion picture will be titled “Meitantei Conan: Zekkai no Private Eye” (Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea). The film will be set aboard a Japanese Navy Aegis cruiser, and the film will be produced with cooperation from the Japanese government’s Ministry of Defense and [...]
Series from Natsuyuki Rendezvous author joins Court Betten‘s Tokyo Girls Destruction manga next week The online manga website JManga announced on Thursday via newsletter that it is adding five new volumes of manga next week, including the first volume of Haruka Kawachi‘s (Natsuyuki Rendezvous) Sekine’s Love (Sekine-kun no Koi)manga. The series revolves around a 30-year-old man named Keiichiro Sekine who has good looks and [...]
Discotek has announced its acquisition of the three-episodeThermae Romae anime television series. The Flash animation adaptation of Mari Yamazaki’s award-winning manga was produced by studio DLE Inc. and aired in Japan this past January. The historical comedy about a Roman bath architect that time-travels to various modern Japanese public baths to get inspiration will be released [...]
New Finnish company also publishing The Tale of Löwe, Gentle Kisses on Your Body digitally in English The Finnish digital manga distributor Amimaru announced on Wednesday that it has launched the first chapter of Yoshino Koyoka’s (Aria the Scarlet Ammo) Yami Kyun! magical girl manga in English via its Facebook app. The company describes the manga as follows: Haruki Kobayashi, a boy working [...]
Manga pioneer’s Cyborg 009, Kikaider, Skull Man available on digital platform The digital comics platform Comixology announced on Friday that it licensed the entire catalog of manga pioneer Shotaro Ishinomori from Ishimori Productions. The catalog is launching with the following, with more to come: Cyborg 009 Volume 1-2 Kikaider Volume 1-2 Skull Man Comixology will also release Archaia’s American graphic novel adaptation from writers F.J. DeSanto and Bradley Cramp and [...]
All 3 series currently streaming on Crunchyroll North American anime publisher Aniplex of America announced at its New York Comic Con panel on Friday that it has licensed the Sword Art Online, Blast of Tempest, and Magi – The Labyrinth of Magictelevision anime series. Crunchyroll is streaming all three series in various countries outside of Japan as they air. Magi is also streaming on Hulu. Sword Art Online adapts Reki Kawahara‘s (Accel [...]
Following up on its 2010 Iron Man anime television series, production studio Madhouse will once again team up with Marvel Comics to produce the feature-length Iron Man: Rise of Technovore OVA. Shigurui & Texhnolyze director Hiroshi Hamasaki will helm the OVA from a script by Brandon Auman (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armored Adventures). Sony [...]
Canadian animation producer & distributor Nelvana has acquired international distribution master rights to the Japanese/Korean co-produced 2012 children’s educational anime series Paboo & Mojies. Nelvana will initially solicit broadcasters and distributors at the MIPCOM convention in Cannes, France, from October 8-11. source: animenation