The official websites for Kizumonogatari and Nisemonogatari anime -- the prequel and sequel to Bakemonogatari, respectively -- have launched, both featuring an new front-page illustration and trailer. Currently only the trailer is available, and the site displays no other information such as characters or casting. Kizumonogatari will be released in theaters sometime in 2012, while Nisemonogatari will be released as a TV anime series, scheduled to start January 21, 2012. Both series are produced by SHAFT, who also did production for Bakemonogatari with character designs once again provided by Akio Watanabe. Also like Bakemonogatari, these anime are based on a series of popular light novels by Nisio Isin.
The style of both trailers is very non-standard, which should come as no surprise to any fans of Bakemonogatari or SHAFT. Of particular note is the Kizumonogatari trailer, which has a non-sequitur opening and closing. Fans will probably be excited to see some of their favorite characters again in the trailer for Nisemonogatari, though their appearances, namely their hairstyles, have changed for better or for worse. Both trailers have been included inside for your convenience.
Kizumonogatari movie website - http://www.kizumonogatari-movie.com/
Nisemonogatari anime website - http://www.nisemonogatari-anime.com/
Read more: Bakemonogatari Prequel and Sequel Websites Launch with New Trailer
Black Rock Shooter will be receiving a TV broadcasted anime in January of 2012. Black Rock Shooter as an animation started off with an OVA that was released in July of 2010. With the continued releases of anime figures and the recent announcement of a game in production, fans will be treated to even more Black Rock Shooter goods.
A website has been set up for the TV anime and can be found at: http://www.noitamina-brs.jp/ The website currently only has a flash video, which contains already animated scenes of Black Rock Shooter.
Black Rock Shooter originated from an original character illustration made by Huke, who later joined supercell. Ryo from supercell was inspired by the illustration and created the song that is now known as, "Black Rock Shooter", using Vocaloid 2's Hatsune Miku as the vocalist.
Fall is shaping up to be an amazing season for anime with many titles to keep an eye out on! Supercell fans are probably already aware of Guilty Crown, with original designs by redjuice and music by ryo both members of the musical group. Persona 4 based on Atlas hit PS2 game. Personally, I am very interested in seeing what all the fuss is over Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, which is already having an insane amount of merchandising set to release in Japan. There also looks to be other awesome titles including a second season of Working!! (Wagnaria!!), the prequel to the hit Fate/Stay Night: Fate/Zero, Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam, Mirai Nikki, and Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon.
This is still just a small sample, check out the chart inside. What are you looking forward to seeing?
(Edit: Corrected title, this is Fall 2011 not 2012...)
The hit school romance, Amagami SS will be getting a second season. The news was announced earlier this month on August 13 at the TBS Anime Festa 2011 held at the Bunko Civic Hall in Tokyo. The singer for the opening theme songs for first season, azusa will return to perform for the new season. No additional information has been released yet but we will update this post as more information arises.
Amagami was originally an all age dating simulation game for the Playstation 2 developed by Enterbrain which was later adapted into an anime, Amagami SS. The series was broken up into several different chapters with each following the same time frame with the exception of the main male protagonist falling in love with a different female classmate.
I am definitely hoping to seeing more of my favorite character, the eccentric Haruka Morishima (pictured) in season two! Announcement trailer included inside.
Source: Famitsu
The title may sound too ridiculous to be true, but it's not. According to the Comic Books Legal Defense Fund, the CBLDF, a U.S. citizen was flying from his home in the States to visit a friend in Canada and, while at the airport, security searched his laptop, iPad, and iPhone. Customs determined that the manga found on his laptop was child pornography, and he is now being charged with possession and importing these materials.
There's no mention of what type of manga the man, a computer programer in his mid-twenties, saved to his laptop. It's possible that Canadian officials determined ecchi, titlating but not erotic situations, or moe, situations involving cute girls, were actually erotic, or worse yet, they opened the wrong page in any number of Japanese titles containing benign child nudity. In the event that he was in fact holding on to lolicon or shotacon hentai, pornographic manga involving underage girls or boys respectively, support for him may wane drastically as was the case in 2007 with Christopher Handley who ended up serving a six month sentence in jail.
If the accused man had saved something not meant to be erotic, then the comic book, anime, and manga fan communities will need to act in unison to defend materials that may be perceived as illicit or perverted. However, if the manga in question are fully pornographic and involve small children, the issue becomes far more complicated. Many would say art is always art, and censoring any form of it is wrong and that there is no crime committed in simply looking at the materials. On the other hand, others would say that such materials are indicative of pedophilic tendencies or are in some way morally harmful to living children.
The debate is ongoing, and as anime and manga becomes more prevalent around the world and government actions against lewd or indecent materials and behavior seem to step up in intensity, what the future will bring is a matter of theory.
If you would like to support the unnamed U.S. citizen, you can donate here to the CBLDF to support his case, and you can read more from the original article and another that provides additional information.
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