As announced in the news here, fans of Winter Sonata are now able to check out the newly released trailer of the anime version! The video also includes a short clip of Bae Yong-Joon, the lead actor in the drama series, who is also the seiyuu for his same role in the anime!

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Refer to ANN’s newspiece here. 
Bandai Namco Games announced the prototype for its Afrec! technology at Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 on March 27. Like karaoke, the machine allows fans to add their voices to their favorite tracks. Unlike karaoke, the machine does voiceovers for anime scenes, not songs. The machine displays a short sequence from [...]

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On March 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan held a symposium to discuss, among other topics, overseas piracy of Japanese animation. The Tokyo Anime Center, one of the organizations involved with the Tokyo International Anime Fair, posted the following notice in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean at this year’s fair:

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The Animax satellite television network confirmed in a Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 press conference on Thursday that its Ultraviolet: Code 044 anime is based on Kurt Wimmer’s 2006 live-action Ultraviolet film starring Milla Jovovich. The anime was pre-announced in a press release for the event. Famed director Osamu Dezaki (Ashita no Joe, Aim For [...]

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On Wednesday, Aya Hirano (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star) posted a picture that fellow singer/voice actress Shoko Nakagawa (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Eyeshield 21) drew and emailed her. (In the linked page, click on the picture to see a larger-sized version.) According to Hirano, the picture depicts her in one of her outfits [...]

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The Bones animation studio has pre-launched the official Japanese website for Bōnen no Xamdou — thus confirming the latest project from the animators of Fullmetal Alchemist and Eureka Seven. The website’s underlying source indicates that Sony Music is hosting the actual website. Sony Music and Bones collaborated on Fullmetal Alchemist and Eureka Seven. The website [...]

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Taken from Moonphase 
[アニメ]TVA「CLANNAD AFTER STORY」製作決定！
スタッフ、キャストは変わらず。電撃G’sマガジン2008年5月号に監督とシリーズ構成のインタビューが掲載。
I means something in the line of the director announced that Clannad After Story will be made with no staff or cast change. This was revealed by the director in the Dengeki G mag 5/2008

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The official Japanese website for the Amatsuki television anime series is streaming a one-minute, 35-second promotional movie. The story follow a boy named Tokidoki Rikugō as he gets trapped in an advanced museum’s fully immersive, virtual recreation of ancient Edo-era Japan. The recreation happens to include supernatural creatures and magic.
This anime adaptation of Shinobu Takayama’s [...]

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So Fire or Linkin may have made a post on this earlier but anyway, this is a further update.
Refer to the forum link here for more information.
StarOtakuzone Fest has a tentative date of December 2008. So keep your eyes glued to the forum thread for more information.
Also, volunteers required. AHGHGHGHGHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Any and all questions regarding the said event should be referred to Linkin
Go spam his LYN inbox!
Aoshi out.

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Moonphase has just announced that the manga by Yasuda Suzuhito “Yozakura Quartet” is going to be animated. Suzuhito was famous for illustrating the novel Kamichama Karin before he made the series.

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