Madoka Magica fans in North America, embrace yourself. Aniplex of America recently dropped the word that the third and final Madoka Magica film (Gekij?-ban Mah? Sh?jo Madoka Magica Shinpen: Hangyaku no Monogatari) will be making its theatrical debut in the U.S. and Canada starting on December 6th. With a brand new story arc and a new magical girl being added to the universe, excitement is buzzing all around for the movie.
Read more: Theatrical Release of 3rd Madoka Magica Film in U.S. and Canada Announced
While there was clearly an industry presence at Japan Expo USA, we were surprised to find Studio Bones there with a booth as a part of Bandai Visual. Masahiko Minami, the President of Bones was present at the event as a Guest of Honor.
Bones was promoting one of their newest series, Space Dandy is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe who many Americans will recognized for his work on the much celebrated Cowboy Beebop and Samurai Champloo. Bones had on display several preproduction art (genga and douga) from Space Dandy along with a trailer (which can now be viewed inside/below this post) and productions tills along the wall. Space Dandy follows the story of an alien hunter, Dandy, who's job is to seek out new life to collect bounties.
Viewers who have seen the 2009 anime movie REDLINE will notice some similarities in style such as the funky space theme and colorful palette and we are definitely excited for it. Check out inside for the photos we took of the booth!
Read more: Space Dandy Trailer, Art, and Stills from Japan Expo USA
Studio TRIGGER has released a new awesome trailer for their upcoming anime series, KILL la KILL on Youtube. The new series will compromise primarily by many of the same staff who worked on Gurren Lagann including the director, Hiroyuki Imaishi. Unfortunately currently the video has been region locked so viewers in the United States will not be able too view it; however, it appears someone has reuploaded it to DailyMotion. Check it out and see for yourself! We have embedded the video inside.
Over the weekend in response to the overwhelming success of the Little Witch Academia 2 Kickstarter campaign, the president of Animation Studio TRIGGER, Masahiko Otsuka was overjoyed by the support the fans and released a statement:
“The pledged amount was well over what we expected, and we cannot thank everyone enough who supported the Little Witch Academia 2 project on Kickstarter. At the same time, we definitely feel the pressure because we have to respond to this new challenge with our title. We’ve received the baton from our fans. We are ready to run as fast as we can, baton in hand!”
The original Kickstarter goal was $150,000 but raised over $625,000 with over 7,938 backers. Little Witch Academia 2 is estimated to enter the production phase in 2014. Full press release inside.
Read more: Studio TRIGGER Responds to Little Witch Academia 2 Kickstarter Success
Studio TRIGGER, fresh on the heels of their uber magical Kickstarter Little Witch Academia 2 campaign, has announced, in collaboration with acttil, they will begin taking pre-orders for the Collector's Edition of Little Witch Academia worldwide beginning August 13th at TRIGGER's Online Store.
Read more: Pre-Order the Collector's Edition of Little Witch Academia Starting August 13
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