Anime News Thread

[R. Daniel 01]

16 -> 12... that's hard to believe. You must be exagerrating.

I've known girls who were told they looked twelve in their senior year of high school.  It's more likely than you think.

So Lucky Star is possible, after all.

I don't get it, but I'll take your word for it. Adults looking a decade older/younger, that I can understand, though.

[Bllue]

The sad thing is that I have a twin sister. We went to dinner at one of those Teppan Yaki places, where the chefs cook infront of you, and the chefs talk to you, and ours tried to guess our ages. he got my sister right the first time, then looked at me, said: 12? no... 11?...13?... Higher!? 17? 18?... you are not 20! How old are you? 16? o_o


It is no lie.... and my friends look even younger, mainly because we're all so short. None of us are white, mind you... so maybe you need a wider variety of friends....>.> and at least we're not like in Mei-chan's Butler, where Mei is a highschool ....freshman?.... and I'm not kidding, she looks five. I don't like the manga. watch the drama for that instead, it's much better...

[Bllue]

I'm double posting for the lack of communication in this area...
I was browsing through youtube and found a song that made me curious. It's for a movie called MW-mu-u (last two were in katakana) and I was like :O cuz I saw several actors that i like very much in it. so then I googled! and I found this:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-02/tezuka-mw-adapted-for-live-action-film-for-2009

and you know what? I'm really excited! I really wanna watch this. If i could i would get my hands on the manga and read that first. so I'm like *.* now.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

Seems Production I.G is involved with a Dante's Inferno anime.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-05/production-i.g-confirms-involvement-in-animated-dante-inferno-project

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-04/funimation-to-release-sengoku-basara

Seems like Funimation is on a licensing marathon. Oh yeah, and they got the original Slayers dub cast back...hellz yeah!

[EyeOfPain]

"Hellz yeah!" indeed. While the ADV cast wasn't terrible, no one can quite match Lisa Ortiz.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-06/i.g-confirms-license-of-jin-roh-live-action-rights

Live action Jin-roh? The madness just doesn't stop. However, Jin-roh is one of the few anime where the Japanese actually look Asian, not hyper Caucasian with blond hair and blue eyes.

[EyeOfPain]

I think there was already a Japanese live-action Jin-Roh, so an American film isn't too much of a stretch. Could be interesting to see another perspective on the story.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

I think there was already a Japanese live-action Jin-Roh, so an American film isn't too much of a stretch. Could be interesting to see another perspective on the story.

True. The Japanese movie was pretty goofy. Maybe a US version might be pretty decent as well.

[EyeOfPain]

If they take the franchise seriously, it's possible. Too bad Hollywood usually doesn't.

Live Action Blood: The Last Vampire earns $110,000

Not too bad for only showing in 20 theaters.

[EyeOfPain]

Bandai licenses Kannagi

Not only that, but the first two episodes are already available to watch via ANN's free streaming anime service, and the first DVD is available from BandaiEntertainment in the Amazon marketplace. It will also become "in stock" as soon as tomorrow from Right Stuf.

The most radically different R1 anime release I can recall in the past few years.

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

Having scoped out the first two episodes, I have to say I'm glad I don't watch as much Anime as I use to, because it seems Japan is still harping on cut and paste Harem "comedy".

[The Final Negotiator]

16 -> 12... that's hard to believe. You must be exagerrating.

I've known girls who were told they looked twelve in their senior year of high school.  It's more likely than you think.

So Lucky Star is possible, after all.

I don't get it, but I'll take your word for it. Adults looking a decade older/younger, that I can understand, though.

When Mrs. Negotiator and I attended one of her college homecomings, someone asked her what her major was (she was in her late 20's and graduated)? OK, maybe that guy had a few, but still...

The one baseball game we went to, she got a baseball pillow (can't remember if late 20's or early 30's), but those were supposed to be handed out to kids 12 and under? OK, so maybe the guy was being kind, or he was nearsighted, or he had too many pillows... It still makes you think...

She often gets asked for ID if she orders alcoholic drinks...

Bllue has a twin?!?   OK, I'm pondering what other color would look cool as a name, especially with double letters in it... Not coming up with any right now... I'm just kidding, Bllue. It's cool... Stay young...

OK, now that I'm really off-topic, let me swerve it back onto the road here... I actually don't know what to watch these days as far as anime is concerned... The last anime I saw was Armitage Poly-Matrix & Dual Matrix. Then I got pulled over to Transformer's Animated because of it's homages to anime, the 1980's series, the 1980's movie, and even the 2007 movie. Then I broke from cartoons to watch all things Terminator (3 & 4, and most of TV series)... It funny how many similar new anime series there are now... As I recall, I finished Blue Gender, but was 1/2 through Gurren Lagann, and only 1/3 through Trigun... I'll have to go back to those other two...

Update: Back to Trigun... 

[Brooklyn Luckfield]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-11/4kids-reports-us$13.8-million-loss-in-second-quarter

Ouch, 4Kids! isn't doing so hot. Although, personally, they have always been rather insignificant in my book. 

[EyeOfPain]

I'd heard 4Kids was up for sale, but figured that was just a rumor. Considering they no longer have Toonami to prop them up, the loss is quite believable.

[R. Daniel 01]

Ponyo on the 14th, b*tches.

You better go watch it.