Entries from April 2008

Ga-Rei Manga to be Animated

Date April 25, 2008

The promotional sleeve wrapper on the sixth volume (on sale on April 26) of Hajime Segawa’s The Enchained Spiritual Beast Ga-Rei manga series has announced that an anime has been greenlit. The Ga-Rei -Zero- anime will adapt this “afterschool underground spirit-hunting action” story about a boy named Kensuke Nimura who can see spirits. He helps [...]

Blade of the Immortal Anime’s Promo Video Streamed

Date April 25, 2008

The official Japanese website for the anime adaptation of Hiroaki Samura’s Blade of the Immortal manga has formally opened with a promotional video. The video first ran during last month’s Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008. The video highlights the staff that will be working with the production studio Bee Train, including director Koichi Mashimo (.hack, [...]

OMG OMG OMG!! NEW DRAGONBALL ANIME & TOUR!!

Date April 21, 2008

OMG OMG OMG indeed
Did I just said new Dragonball anime? HELL YEAH!!
Not just that, JUMP is also gonna have their JUMP tour to major cities in Japan soon!
*pants pants* lets try this news report again, calmly.
Recently, JUMP had just announced in their 21st issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen JUMP magazine that they [...]

Aya Hirano - Unnamed World!

Date April 19, 2008

Did anyone check out the anime premiere of Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief (二十面相の娘) television anime last Saturday, 12/4/2008? Apparently, Lantis (a Japanese music label company) had recently launched the streamed version of the ending’s theme song, featuring the singer herself, our lovely Miss Aya Hirano (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star)! Titled [...]

Eva? IN MY MALAYSIA??

Date April 16, 2008

Chapree from Multiplay sent me this news. Cathay Keris films will finally show Eva 01: You Are (Not) Alone in Malaysia this July!
Taken from Cathay’s website:
EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE
Director: Natsuki Imai
Voiced By: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi & Yuriko Yamaguchi,
Genre: Animation
Language: Japanese with English and Chinese Subtitles
Exclusively at The Picturehouse 3 July 2008 [...]

ai sp@ce project!

Date April 16, 2008

Ever imagine if one day you could play as your favorite bishoujo character in a game? Don’t dream too long, its about to be realized anytime soon! Introducing ai sp@ce project, an upcoming super-kawaii virtual interactive online game that will feature personalized bishoujo characters in 3D!

Dreamworks & Spielberg: Ghost In The Shell 3D!

Date April 16, 2008

While the trend now are on classic anime hits getting live-action transformation treatments (Dragonball, Akira), Ghost In The Shell (GITS for short) had also been picked up, but this time it is to be made as 3D live-action feature! And what more better 3D animation company in the world that can do a good job [...]

Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008!

Date April 16, 2008

I know I’m fashionably late on updating this, but hey hey! Pretty much everything thats been reported in other blogs is true as they come, the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 was a blast and my gawd it just leaves me speechless with tonnes and tonnes of new and exciting animes! Held every spring [...]

Anime Shrine LAN Party @ USj, Subang

Date April 14, 2008

First off, many thanks to Fujkenasai who provided a place for the hosting of the LAN party. Without him, we would’ve still been in a planning/slumming phase as to where we could’ve held the event.
Things did not get off to a smooth start on the first night however. Most came on the second day where the pace picked up. The gathering attracted a total of 15-16 people though there were around 11-13 on average at any one time.
The list of participants [...]

Vote for new Shrine Logo!

Date April 3, 2008

The designs are in, and now for the whole month of April, you can now vote for your favourite design.
To vote, go to http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/664294/