Anime/Manga Movies!
Evangelion Hollywood Quality Trailer
Funimation has released the trailer for the English dubbed American edition of the first of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies, “You are (Not) Alone” which would start in theater this month in the US
Fans who have watched the original trailers cannot help but notice the stark contrast in style between the two, and many are not amused…
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Blood: The Last Vampire Review
Throughout the entire year that i’ve spent as a writer for Shrine, and having being invited to movie screenings of anime or manga to movie adaptations, I have always TRIED to keep an open mind on what I watch and how I will judge. As both an avid anime and animated movie fan, I have always wished for(no matter how futile) every adaptation that i’ve ever watched to be successful.
Photos of the party are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33603133@N04/
*Warning: MEGA SPOILERS ahead!*
Hollywood’s Death Note!
Animes to look out for this season
Now that we are up to the 3rd week of the Winter season, let me go through some animes that you might want to pick up
 Awesome Trap |
while the mango did not attract me much, the anime, directed by non other than the legendary Shinbou Akiyuki of the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei fame made it a must watch. From a normal trap story with generic storyline, it turned into an awesome crazy ride, filled with puns and double entrende. o(^^o)(o^^)o |
 Awesome Dakimakura material |
Sequel to Aegis of Uruk, this will see the continuation of Jil’s quest to climb the top oof the tower. And what secret does Kaaya has that she abandoned Jil during the first season. |
 Fancy an android Bike? |
Might look like a mecha anime right now, but it catches my attention immediately with the smoot animation and good voice acting. A story of a former ballerina that founds her second coming with an android like bike. Also the struggle of student movements and their fight to uphold their rights. A must watch |
 The Black God |
Quite an action packed animu with a touch of mystic to it. Ibuki Keita is just your normal student, but for one thing. He had seen people died after seeing another person that looks just like them, aka their doppleganger. With Kuro, a Tera Guardian, he must help keep the balance of the world… |
 No, this is not Strike Bitches |
Shown last year, but releasing on DVD on the 25th of February, this Academy Award Nominee was based on a series of Novel by Hiroshi Mori. Set in an alternate world, it tells the story of the life of the fighter pilots. The movie was directed by acclaimed GiTS director Mamoru Oshii, thus you can expect great things from it |
Would You Go To See a TETSUJIN 28 Feature Film?
Personally, I love Imagi Giving us new TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (with possible sequel!), followed by their upcoming title, ASTRO BOY, they’ve just released a teaser trailer of their latest installment, T28! The Japanese animation company Hikari Productions and the Hong Kong-based computer animation studio IMAGI have launched a website for T28, a teaser video based on Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s classic Tetsujin 28 giant robot manga and anime. NBC aired the 1963-1965 black-and-white anime version in the United State under the name Gigantor. The story follows the adventures of a boy who can control a giant robot with his special handheld joystick.
IMAGI Creative Director Felix Ip revealed on his blog last month that his company had created the computer-graphics animation test before he became fully occupied on the Astro Boy film, which will open in the United States in October. Although a full-length film version of “T28″ has not been green-lit for production, the new website invites viewers to express whether they want to see one made.
Have a watch at the teaser trailer at its website:
http://www.imagius.com/t28/web/index.php
What do you think? Would you go to see a Tetsujin 28 feature film?
Me? YES, I WOULD!
World premiere of Simple Plan’s animated video
Popular Canadian band, Simple Plan, will be premiering their 3D animated music video, I Can Wait Forever for Animax’s Project LaMB this Friday, 19th December 2008(which incidentally, is tomorrow) on Animax Asia @ Channel 715 on Astro.
The 5-minute long premiere of the music video will be a ONE TIME FULL-LENGTH BROADCAST in which after tomorrow, they will only show a shortened version of it.
So stay tuned to your TV at 11.25pm on Friday, 19th December 2008 for the world premiere and a Malaysian exclusive (one of the first in the world) at the first airing of I Can Wait Forever.
Abridged version of ‘I Can Wait Forever’ MV to air following one-time full-length broadcast; uncut version available only at Animax’s LaMB website (www.animax-lamb.com) along with The Click Five’s ‘Summertime’ MV which premiered 21 Nov 2008 across Asia on Animax.
Featuring as the theme song for Animax’s LaMB, ‘I Can Wait Forever’ was written and performed by Simple Plan, released in 2008 on their self-titled third album ‘Simple Plan’. The futuristic and action-packed ‘I Can Wait Forever’ MV ties closely to the plot in LaMB. Set on planet Cerra where LaMB unfolds, the MV delves into the story’s key issue of ‘Lamination’, the planet’s penal system which imprisons criminals in laminated suits to ensure prisoners (LaMBs) have no freedom but remain productive to society as virtual slaves for centuries.
Simple Plan’s members Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Chuck Comeau (drums), David Desrosiers (bass), Sebastien Lefebvre (guitar) and Jeff Stinco (lead guitar) are animated into the MV as fighters against ‘Lamination’ on a fast and furious mission battling android defences to save a wrongly sentenced LaMB, where failure means they have to wait forever for her to be free. The MV also offers a taste of things to come with Simple Plan to perform as an animated band in the LaMB HD animation TV feature premiering March 2009 across Asia on Animax.
Keanu Reeves = Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
You read the title right, folks - not only is our NEO expressed his desire to make a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie, but he hopes to play as Spike Spiegel as well! A perfect match, if I may say so As fans of the Japanese classic TV series know, “Bebop” follows a crew of bounty hunters traveling around the universe in the year 2071. Reeves hopes to play Spike Spiegel, one of these futuristic cowboys forced to pick up the slack after a population crash and hyperspace gateways have left law-enforcement unable to capture many of the galaxy’s most ruthless criminals.
“It’s got a Western quality, a Western film noir aspect to it,” Reeves said of why he’s such a big fan of Shinichiro Watanabe and Keiko Nobumoto’s groundbreaking series. “It’s got so much style to it, and that’s part of its appeal. That kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect. I think that would be a production designer’s dream,” Reeves said of the flick. “I think you just need a good production designer.”
The flick is currently being put together by Erwin Stoff, a producer who has spent the last two decades working almost exclusively on Reeves projects, and recently set the film up at 20th Century Fox. “We’ve got the rights, we’ve got a writer,” Keanu explained. “He’s putting together a scene outline.”
Reeves revealed that this outline for the flick is currently focusing on the origins of the fictional “Bebop” drug developed by the military, which provides its users with a brief surge of superhuman reflexes and awareness. “We’re taking the Red Eye [story], the beginning part of the series,” he explained, “and then we’ll deal with the end of the series. We’re trying to figure out [the time frame]. We’re looking at the story right now.”
Now then.
Who’s gonna be playing Faye Valentine?
Source: MTV Blog
WALL·E: Merchandises and Exclusive Watch @ TAC!
Pixar Animation Studio’s latest animated movie, Wall·E hits it big when it was out in Japan, and to celebrate the movie release, if you buy the movie ticket at the Tokyo Anime Center (TAC), you will be able to get a free Silicon WristBand Wall·E watch! The cute design is inspired by Wall·E and EVE, the two main character of the movie
There’s also a mini Wall·E goods at the exhibition, so if you’re a fan of Wall·E & plan to watch again here in Japan, be sure to buy it from TAC & get your watch today!
FREEDOM: Background Art Exhibition!
Just wanted to share a few pics on my recent visit to the Tokyo Anime Center, Akihabara, where they have held the FREEDOM: Background Art Panel Exhibition (from November 18th - 30th, 2008) While I may not be able to travel to space, here’s some of the closest shots I can get! There was also a special FREEDOM photo-taking corner where visitors are able to take photos of themselves while standing in front of the huge 105-inch projector display of FREEDOM’s background art
Don’t forget to purchase the latest FREEDOM Blue-Ray Disc Box
Live-Action Bubblegum Crisis Movie!
Looks like the numbers of popular animes adapted into live-action movies had just increased by another — and this time its the ladies in futuristic battle suits of the Knight Sabers! Japan’s Anime International Company (AIC) signed a basic agreement with Singapore’s Cubix International PTE Ltd. (Zodiac: The Race Begins) for a proposed live-action film adaptation of the Bubblegum Crisis anime franchise on October 30. AIC made the agreement through its Anime International Co. Asia PTE Ltd. subsidiary. The defunct ARTMIC studio created the original 1987-1991 video anime series about four women who protect a cybernetic future Tokyo with powered armor.
Cubix is planning a budget of several billion yen (several tens of millions of dollars) for the project. Along with AIC, the company is aiming for a 2011 release in the United States and elsewhere. The two studios intend to consult with former ARTMIC staffers Shinji Aramaki (screenplay and mechanical design) and Kenichi Sonoda (character design) to maintain a connection with the world concepts of the original series.
Time to speculate, my fellow BBG fans: Who’s gonna act as Sylia Stingray?
