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Theodore Mak

Theodore Mak

Theodore is the current Executive Editor of The-O Network.

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Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:43

Super Robot Wars 30 New Trailer

Bandai Namco Entertainment Southeast Asia released a new English trailer for Super Robot Wars 30. New to the series, Bandai will be including mecha from Brave Police J-Decker, The King of Kings: GaoGaiGar vs Betterman, Mazinkaiser (INFINITISM), Knight’s & Magic, and SSSS.GRIDMAN

Super Robot Wars 30 celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Super Robot Wars (Super Robot Wars Taisen) series and will be released on October 28, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, and STEAM in Japan and in English speaking territories in Asia. This is also is the first Super Robot Wars title to be released in the United States via STEAM. 

While fans in Japan had been able to enjoy watching the fourth and final Rebuild of Evangelion movie, Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time since March, Amazon has announced they will be releasing the updated version of the movie, Evangelion 3.0+1.01, on their streaming platform Prime Video on August 13 globally.

 

Netflix has just announced they will be streaming globally Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 1 & Part 2 will be premiering globally on Netflix (outside of Japan) on June 3, 2021.

The movies were originally released in Japanese theaters on January 8 and February 11 respectively earlier this year and served as a continuation of the Sailor Moon Crystal series.

Utada Hikaru's "One Last Kiss" music video is now available online coinciding with the theatrical release of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
Utada revealed on her Twitter account that she wrote the song which is used as the main theme for the movie, after reading through the film's final script.

According to the music video's description on Youtube, the video itself was directed by the film's director, Hideaki Anno. Due to the worldwide pandemic, Anno gave general instructions by email such as taking selfie-like videos around Utada's present home in London. Anno himself then edited and assembled the final video.

The song has also been released physically as a CD featuring Shinji on the cover and as a limited edition vinyl featuring Rei. The official website revealed that due to the huge demand from overseas, they will also be releasing an international version of the vinyl that will feature Asuka on the cover later this year in the summer.

During the second-anniversary online celebration of Demon Slayer (Demon Slayer Matsuri Online -Anime 2nd Anniversary Festival) animation studio Ufotable revealed a trailer was released for the second season covering the Entertainment Arc from the manga titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen. The arc will focus on the main protagonist Tanjiro and his teammates Inosuke and Zenitsu helping the Sound Hashira, Tengen, on a mission to the red light district in Yoshiwara.

The second season is a direct continuation of the 2020 Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie (Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train) which became the highest-grossing film of all time at box offices in Japan.

No exact dates have been mentioned but it appears to be tentatively set for later this year.

For anime fans who love collecting and want to try something new, a Japanese tech company YUIMEX introduced AniPic!, a platform that distributes collectible digital art from popular anime series (starting with Great Pretender) using blockchain technology.

Monday, 09 November 2020 16:15

New Ahri Unlocked Statue

The League of Legends Store in China opened preorders on a new Ahri figure. The figure is a part of Riot's Unlocked Statue line which portrays their characters in a somewhat cartoony fashion resembling their in-game models.

Ahri has been released as a figure before in their larger, more realistic premium line based on her A New Dawn cinematic design which was met with mixed reviews.

Historically, merchandise such as figures appears later in the American store and we expect to see her available sometime soon in the future.

UPDATE (12/4/20): Ahri is now available from the US Store:
https://merch.riotgames.com/en-us/product/ahri-unlocked

Celebrating their 10th anniversary, J-Pop duo Clara and Karen from ClariS revealed their faces for the first time during their online concert titled "ClariS 10th Anniversary Precious LIVE~ Gift ~" on October 20th.

Tuesday, 06 October 2020 09:14

Godzilla Singular Point Heads to Netflix

Online streaming giant Netflix announced a new Godzilla anime series titled Godzilla Singular PointThe series will be directed by Atsushi Takahashi and will be a joint production between studio bones and studio Orange. Kazue Kato, best known as the mangaka of Blue Exorcist, will serve as character designer. The series is set to release sometime in 2021.

Game developer CD PROJEKT RED revealed today a new 10 episode anime series, CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS during their Night City Wire live stream. The series will be set in the same universe as the upcoming game, Cyberpunk 2077, and animated by Studio Trigger. Hiroyuki Imaishi will be serving as Director, Masahiko Otsuka as Assistant Director, Hiromi Wakabayashi as Creative Director, and Yoh Yoshinari and Yuto Kaneko as Character Designers. Otsuka will also be adapting the screenplay with Yoshiki Usa. The musical score will be handled by Akira Yamaoka who's best known for his work on the Silent Hill series.

The series is set to premiere in 2022 on Netflix.

Check out the announcement trailer and press release below.

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