Better late than never, here's the preliminary list of anime titles airing Fall 2009 inside. A lot of exciting titles debuting this season including the popular manga title Fairy Tail, and CLAMP's Kobato. We will also be seeing bunch of sequels to existing titles such as the heavily fan serviced series Queen's Blade and the light romance comedy Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. (Updated chart to latest version 3.)
While on our recent trip to Tokyo last week, we constantly saw commercials for the 3rd and final movie adaptation of Naoki Ursawa's manga, 20th Century Boys. The film is scheduled to be aired in theaters across Japan on August 29, 2009, but in a surprising twist, the newly opened Viz Cinema, located at the New People complex building in San Francisco, will also be showing the movie with English subtitles from Friday August 28 to Thursday September 3. Fans of the series in the area may want to consider going to see the movie since there will be an alternate ending different from the manga. More information as well as a trailer of the film inside.
As an added note, on the grand opening of the New People complex on August 15, 2009, actress Takako Tokiwa was present on the red carpet to promote the 20th Century Boy trilogy. Viz Cinema is also currently playing the first 2 movie for a limited time.
Just got settled after returning from day 1 of the anime concert Animelo, and during the special Hatsune Miku performance, 2 trailers were played for an anime project of Black Rock Shooter, a song made from Hatsune Miku. At the last trailer, a web address appeared which you can find more information on the anime. Figure maker and distributor Goodsmile Company has also added information on the anime pilot Blu-ray, DVD, and CD release.
With Miyazaki Hayao in town to receive the Berkeley Japan Prize from The Center of Japanese Studies at the University of Califoria, Berkeley, the center has been in full swing to discuss Miyazaki's work as an artist and an intellectual. On the morning of July 25, eight hours before Miyazaki gave his speech to a sold out audience in Berkeley's Zellerbach hall, three scholars got together at the East Asian Studies department's conference room to discuss the academic side of Miyazaki's use of technology and children in his films.
Read more: The Pre-Game Show. Academic Conversation on Miyazaki
The female mangaka powerhouse group, CLAMP announced yesterday that they are contributing costume designs for the console port of the arcade fighting game Tekken 6. So far the only public design released is that of Jin Kazama sporting a white outfit with a cape in the latest issue of Famitsu Magazine. The beefy guys and bouncy chested gals of Tekken could use a classy feminine touch. Expect to see a lot of elaborate flowery dresses and suits with plenty of swishy and feathery capes. CLAMP has also previously in past provided costume and character designs for other series such as Code Geass. Screenshot inside.
(Update: New clean images added)
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