February 2012
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Aniplex Announces Puella Magi Madoka Magica Anime...
Aniplex has just revealed the poster for the upcoming Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime movie which is currently in production! The poster along with the DVD covers of other anime and other in their line up will be shown on at the Anime Content Expo in Makuhari Messe in Chiba on March 31st - April 1st. The event will also include trailer screenings, stage events, art exhibits, and themed food...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/22/2012
Artist: 斉藤 雪広/Saito Yukihiro Gender: N/A County: Japan Birthday: April 24 Style: Anime, Dark, Digital Art, Fan Art, Original About: Yukihiro is an artist that has exceptional vision on their pieces and can execute them impeccably. He draws on inspiration from anime’s but adds such a personal and unique touch to them that is allows the piece to overflow into a story of it’s own. ...
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Bleach Gets Live Action Movie!
Ever wished that Bleach would be made into a live-action movie? Yeah…me either. Unfortunately, one brave soul has dared to take up the task of creating such a thing. Perennial Hollywood has confirmed that on Wednesday Warner Brothers studio purchased the live-action rights of the popular supernatural shounen series and has began working on the adaptation right away assigning Dan Mazeau (Wrath of...
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Anime Kurenai Gets Licensed By Sentai Filmworks!
Kentaro Katayama’s light novel series “Kurenai” anime was licensed on Thursday by Sentai Filmworks to be distributed digitally and later in the year subtitled and released on DVD. The original series aired back in 2007 and was recently adapted into a OVA in 2010. The story follows the wild adventures of a 16 year old boy named Kurenai Shinkurou whom settles altercations between...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/22/2012
Artist: Frederica Yang Gender: Female Country: Canada Birthday: N/A Style: Anime, Traditional, Original, Digital Art, Manga, Fan Art About: Frederica Yang focuses her work mainly on anime and manga fan art that she transforms into her own with amazing technique. Her use of brilliant colors and abrupt designs allow her to stand alone with her nostalgic technique in old fashioned coloring. ...
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Manga of the Week: DOGS: BULLETS & CARNAGE
Series: DOGS: BULLETS & CARNAGE Genre: Action, Adventure, Mature, Sci-Fi, Shounen Author: MIWA Shirow Artist: MIWA Shirow Publisher: Ultra Jump Chapters: 68 Volumes: 7 Category: Manga Original Run: 2005 – ongoing Status: Ongoing It is sometime in the future, where a certain European city extends far underground, even secret, dark levels that have the key to the past. Ex-assassin...
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Bakemonogatari Gets Video Game Adaptation!
Popular anime series and light novel, Bakemonogatari, is getting a video game adaption for the PSP. Namco Bandai announced the news in the latest Dengeki Playstation Magazine giving brief details on on the game title. The game is called Bakemonogatari Portable and will feature 3D polygonal characters with various scenes recreated from the anime. Namco also hinted at a type of multiplayer feature...
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Exclusive 10th Anniversary Kingdom Hearts Set!
The Japanese in their never ending tease of awesome exclusive sets. This time it’s the exclusive 10th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts set which like many sets has released no news of an international release. The package comes with: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. Along the games comes a protective cover and 12 post cards, all...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/20/2012
Artist: Jessica Harris Gender: Female Birthday: May 7, 1993 Country: United Kingdom Style: Anime, Fanart, Digital Art, Calligraphy, Traditional, Studio Ghibli About: Jessica does beautiful Studio Ghibli fanart, that bring nostalgia of old fashioned calligraphy. She brings out the soft and soothing aspects of her favorite scenes from the movie, transforming them almost into a timeless...
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Anime of the Week: Ghost Hunt
Series Name: Ghost Hunt Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller Producers: J.C. Staff, TV Tokyo, Avex Entertainment, Marvelous Entertainment, FUNimation Entertainment Directors: Rei Mano Category: Anime Airing Status: Completed Episodes: 25 Original Run: October 4, 2006 to Mar 28, 2007 Season: Fall 2006 Telling ghost stories is a favorite past time...
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Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Gets Remake!
To get fans hyped up for Space Battleship Yamato 2199’s upcoming remake, the Japanese branch of the online retailer Amazon began running a 225-second promo video earlier today. Yutaka Izubuchi (R! ahXephon), the 53-year-old designer who made the original mechanics and robotics of the Yamato franchise, will be the chief director of the show for the first season. The anime studios XEBEC and...
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Fans Beware Of Pokémon Yellow App Scam!
If you come across a version of Pokémon Yellow, an iOS game (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad) that claims to be “just like the original!”, just steer clear of this crappy rip-off. In most cases the game crashes just after the loading screen, and looking at the comments shows the warnings of people who were tricked into paying .99 cents. With an amazingly unimpressive star rating of 1.5 out of...
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Funimation Releases Two Mobile Apps!
Funimation announced on Saturday that they will be releasing a mobile app for the Android and iPhone devices in late March allowing people to watch anime series and movies on the the go. The apps will have a free and paid version. The free version will comprise of trailers, clips, episode previews, and advertisement. The paid version will consist of complete series with a few video ads. Elite...
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Nintendo 3DS Sells 3 Million Units In Japan!
Nintendo’s 3DS has reached 5 million unit sales in Japan making it the company’s fastest growing platform. The hand-held device had a rough start upon launching, however after Nintendo reduced the price of the game system, sales begin to pour into the company. It is reported that the 3DS is now more popular than Sony’s new PS Vita in Japan. Only time will tell if this new break...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/19/2012
Artist: inma Gender: Female Birthday: July 19th Country: Spain Style: Anime, Fanart, Digital Art, Yoai About: Imma is a artist that does some beautiful work. Her style is very cute characters and she likes drawing couples together. I love how she doesn’t only work with colors but also works with textures. Show them support by following them on: Deviant Art:...
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One Piece Pirate Warriors Allows For Multiplayer!
One Piece Pirate Warriors is coming out soon, and this month’s issue of V Jump magazine has revealed some of the cool new features! Echoing the theme of friendship found in the anime, Co-op mode will make it possible to fight bad guys and kick ass with a friend! Jinbei has also been confirmed as a playable character, and costume DLCs are also in the making already, making this game all the...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/18/2012
Artist: Rives Alexis Gender: Male Country: France Birthday: November 1 Style: Anime, Digital Art, Cartoon, Dave Guertin, Fantasy About: Rives Alexis is a quirky artist that is able to mesh together anime and cartoons almost seamlessly. He focuses mainly on monster and creature designs, while incorporating fun character designs in some of his pieces. Show him your support by following him...
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Madhouse Creates Peanuts Anime Short!
Are Studio MADHOUSE and Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip coming together for a possible Charlie Brown anime short? It seems the answer is yes! Madhouse released a vague statement on their official site that stated that they have (or will be) producing a short animation of Peanuts characters. No other specific details about where it’s released or what it’ll be about were given,...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/17/2012
Artist: lierxii Gender: N/A Birthday: N/A Country: Singapore Style: Anime, Original, FanArt, Traditional, Digital Art, Colorful About: Lierxii is a Digital artist which focuses more on their character designs then their backgrounds. Their style varies from realistic to a more artsy anime style. I love their use of lighting and shading and how they use subtle details to bring out their art...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/16/2012
Artist: okamagic. Gender: N/A Birthday: N/A Country: Canada Style: Anime, Fan Art, Digital Art About: Okamagic is a fun fan art artist, who has a quirky sense of style and color. Show them support by following them on: Deviant Art: http://okamagic.deviantart.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/nyakkkk Tegaki E: http://tewi.us/tegaki/uentries.php?u=125758 Tumblr:...
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Bandai dropped a hint at a press event yesterday that they’re working on a Eureka Seven: AO themed game. There’s not very many details besides a teaser site, but we’ll keep you updated as more info is released. As you may know, the anime is boss, so the game will probably be pretty good as far as that goes. Click here to check out the teaser site! via. Crunchyroll
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Horror Manga Mirai Nikki Gets Live Action Drama!
Fuji TV has just released news that the horror manga Mirai Nikki by Sakae Esuno will be getting a live action drama which will premiere this April on their Saturday night time slot! The drama will be titled Mirai Nikki: Another World and will have an original storyline along with a new main character named 星野新太 (possibly Hishino Arata) played by actor Masaki Okada. The storyline will revolve...
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Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Anime To Be Streamed!
Hurray for more Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica! The anime has become a sensation with fans around the world so it’s no surprise that it’ll be streamed on Hulu, Crackle and Crunchyroll. The series as already premiered it’s first episode on Hulu, while Crackle announced they’ll begin streaming on Wednesday. Meanwhile Crunchyroll will begin streaming the series on Wednesday at...
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WatchFor all the fans of the original Eureka Seven anime, check out the awesome new promo for the next chapter, Eureka Seven : AO (Astral Ocean)! It offers an early look at the spring anime series, along with a sample of the new opening theme, “Escape” by rock band Hemenway. It’s been announced that Stereopony’s “Stand By Me” will be the anime’s end theme....
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Artwork of the Day: 2/15/2012
Artist: ouija-b Gender: N/A Birthday: March 30th County: Thailand Style: Anime, Digital Art, Fan Art, Colorful About: Ouija-b is a digital artist whose style varies from picture to picture. They use many different mediums by wich to draw with and their coloring and style seems to change along with it. I love how they draw people because they understand the anatomy of a person. Show them...
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Artwork of the Day: 2/14/2012
Artist: Anastasia Gender: Female Birthday: April 19th Country: Russia Style: Digital Art, Manga, Colorful, Fan Art, Anime About: Anastasia is an anime artist who does awesome fan art from different series in both their original ways and in her own creative twists. She’s exceptionally good with her soft shading and ability to create a easy going flow in her designs. Work Tools: ♣...
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Happy Valentine's Day From GoBoiano!
GoBoiano would like to wish all our fans a Happy Valentines Day! We would like to take our time and express how grateful we are to all our fans for their love and support. The love we all share for anime and the culture is something that has brought strangers to becoming friends and even some into loving relationships. So on this day we ask you that you…EAT ALL THE CHOCOLATES!! *__*
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Artwork of the Day: 2/13/2012
Artist: vol-chan Gender: Female Birthday: August 17th Country: N/A Style: Digital Art, Manga, Colorful, Surrealism, Original, Manga About: Vol-chan is a artist that creates manga and other artwork. Her style is more shoujo looking art then anything else but I love the use of her coloring and the overall concept of her designs. Work Tools: ♣ Pencil ♣ Computer Show them support by...
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What anime character would you like to have as...