Latest topics from “Anime Resourceâ€Latest topics from “Anime Resource†board.Sammy's Hard Boiled Slot Machines Get Anime, Manga- September 17, 2008 The pachinko parlor game maker Sammy is adapting the detective action story behind its upcoming Hard Boiled: Mirage of the Griffon slot machine into anime and manga. The official website for the franchise is streaming both a promotional video (select the "PV" link from the top menu) for the game machine itself and a trailer for Hard Boiled the Movie (select the "Hard Boiled the Movie" link on the right). Hard Boiled the Movie will tell the prologue to the game's story when...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2578 Fist of the North Star Wedding Photos Posted Online- September 17, 2008 Nikkan Sports, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Sankei Sports, animeanime.jp, and MyCom Journal have posted photographs from Friday's "soul wedding ceremony" of Kenshiro and Yuria from the Fist of the North Star manga in Tokyo. The ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's post-apocalyptic fighting story in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. 3,000 people applied for the 777 seats at the wedding. The invited guests included Buronson, Hara, North Star...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2577 Oshii's Sky Crawlers to Compete at Sitges- September 17, 2008 Mamoru Oshii's The Sky Crawlers will be one of two Japanese movies, and the only animated feature, shown in the main program at Spain's Sitges International Film Festival 2008 next month. Film critics consider this festival to be the most important showcase in the world for fantasy and science fiction cinema. The other Japanese film selected is Takashi Miike's Crows Zero, a live-action prequel to Hiroshi Takahashi's 26-volume Crows manga. The Sky Crawlers opened in Japan in August. It held...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2576 Japanese Box Office, September 1314: 20th Stays at 1- September 17, 2008 The first segment of Yukihiko Tsutsumi's three-part adaptation of Naoki Urusawa's 20th Century Boys manga stayed at 1 in its third weekend at the Japanese box office, and it crossed the 2-billion-yen (US$19-million) threshold on Sunday. As of September 15, the film has earned 2.39 billion yen (US$22.8 million), which inches it past director Peter Berg and actor Will Smith's Hancock film (2.37 billion yen or US$22.6 million) at the Japanese box office. Both film had opened in the same August...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2575 ADV Films Plans Return after Hurricane Ike Tomorrow- September 17, 2008 Update: ADV Films Senior Vice-President of Sales Mike Bailiff has told the Paradox Entertainment Group that his company's staffers are planning to return to their offices and turn equipment back on tomorrow, now that Hurricane Ike has left Texas. However, much of the HoustonGalveston metropolitan area is still without power, particularly in the low-lying neighborhoods closer to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. (ADV Films' headquarters is about 50 miles or 80 kilometers inland.)http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2574 One Outs Manga to Relaunch in October- September 17, 2008 This year's 20th issue of Shueisha's Business Jump magazine has announced on Wednesday that Shinobu Kaitani will restart his ONE OUTS baseball manga in the next issue on October 1. Madhouse's Akagi and Kaiji team is adapting the manga into an animated television series that will premiere on October 7. The story centers around Ta Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher who is the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out."At the urging of a professional...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2573 New Mameshiba Anime to Run on TV, Web in October- September 17, 2008 The official Japanese website of the Mameshiba characters announced last Friday that a new anime production is in the works for an October release on television and on the website. Mameshiba are mysterious creatures that are not quite beans nor Shiba dogs, but something in between. The new animation will be previewed on Taito Booth arcade amusement machines from Thursday until Saturday. Taito Booth machines have been offering Mameshiba plush figures and keychain mascots since the end of August.http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2572 Gurren Lagann Parallel Works DVD Promo Streamed (Updated)- September 17, 2008 The official Japanese website for the Gurren Lagann films has begun streaming a promotional video for the DVD of the Gurren Lagann Parallel Works music videos. The first music video was posted in June, and the eighth and final music video mechanical designer Yoh Yoshinari's "Omae-ra Zenin Moete Shimae!!!" has been streaming since this past Monday until September 21. The DVD will ship in Japan on September 24 with all eight music videos. Update: The first release of the DVD will...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2571 12-Hour Anime After Dark Film Fest at Boston in October- September 17, 2008 The licensing company Resonance Features and The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival announced that they will host a 12-hour Anime After Dark film festival in Boston from sunset on October 18 to sunrise the next day. The films will include Grave of the Fireflies, Project A-Ko, Millennium Actress, Cat Soup, Tekkonkinkreet, and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, with more planned. The event will be held at the historic Somerville Theatre on Davis Square. Since the festival will last all night, the...http://www.animeresource.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2570 |