The Japanese branch of Amazon now hosts a 3:45 trailer for this spring’s Space Battleship Yamato 2199 television series. The remake of the 1974 Uchuu Senkan Yamato television series will premiere as a 50 minute movie edit of its first two episodes on April 7.
I’m disappointed to see that the visual design of this new series may be better than the 2009 Yamato Resurrection movie but still isn’t as nice looking as the original ’74 anime, and the animation quality between the ’74 series and this new series look about the same.
To little surprise, the Love Live! School Idol Project anime idol singer group/multimedia franchise created by Sunrise, Lantis, and ASCII Media Works has announced that it will expand into a full length anime series in 2013. The fictional idol singer group has released four singles with accompanying anime music videos.
Sentai Filmworks has acquired the domestic distribution rights to the 2010 Fate/Stay night: Unlimited Blade Works motion picture. Sentai will distribute the film digitally and on DVD & Blu-ray later this year. The staff and primary cast of the 2005 Fate/stay night anime television series reunited for the film, which adapts an alternate play-through route from Type-Moon’s original 2004 visual novel game.
Geneon & FUNimation have distributed the Fate/stay night TV series on domestic DVD, although it’s out of print now. Sentai Filmworks presently distributes the Tsukihime anime TV series which is set within the same universe as Fate/stay night.
This feels like an odd acquisition because despite the movie being technically impressive, bloody, and action-oriented, it’s also nearly incomprehensible for anyone unfamiliar with the original game or, at least, the earlier TV anime.
Discotek has announced plans to release the 1982 Space Adventure Cobra motion picture on domestic bilingual DVD this August. The release will include, at least, the American dub produced by Carl Macek, and possibly the UK dub produced by Manga Video. Urban Vision released the film on American VHS in 1998. The movie was released on Blu-ray in Japan in August 2010. According to Discotek, “If the DVD does well enough there may be a blu ray but it will be awhile.”
Weekly Shonen Sunday Magazine has released the first 7 minutes of the upcoming first Shijo Saikyo no Deshi Kenichi OAD. The full length episode will be bundled with limited edition copies of the 46th collected volume of Shun Matsuena’s original manga available on March 16. While the voice cast of the 2006 TV series, with the exception of the late Tomoko Kawakami & Hiroshi Arikawa, will reprise their roles in the OAD series, the OAD animation is now produced by Brains Base rather than TV anime studio TMS.
At least the animation quality looks markedly improved in this newer production compared to the very poorly animated TV series.
The homepage for this April’s Queen’s Blade Rebellion television anime has released a pair of new trailers introducing new characters Shigi the inquisitor who opposes series’ protagonist Annelotte, and Annelotte’s childhood friend, the alchemist Huit and her companion automaton Vante.
Media Factory has released its first 30 second teaser for this April’s Queen’s Blade Rebellion television series. The first trailer features new protagonist Annelotte. Queen’s Blade Rebellion occurs four years after the events of the 2009 Queen’s Blade: Gyokuza wo Tsugumono second television series.
NTT Communications has launched its original web video series Project Show-A starring actor Shoei (Ginga Blue in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman). The series’ first episode is the first episode of the web anime Yuke! Shoei-kun, a comedy revolving around a young boy who transforms into actor Shoei. Real life actor Shoei provides his own voice for the web anime.
Flash animation studio DLE has released a Valentine’s Day promotional video featuring Yoshida-kun revealing word that a new Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume (Secret Society Eagle Talon) anime series will premiere in April. The Flash gag comedy premiered in 2006, becoming a surprise smash hit. The series has since had a second TV series in 2009, three feature films, and a currently airing spin-off TV series, Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume Gaiden: Mukashi no Yoshida-kun.
Sentai Filmworks has annouced its acquisition of the 2010 Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen motion picture. The 95 minute retelling of the TV series “Benizakura” story arc will be released domestically digitally and on DVD & Blu-ray under the abbreviated title “Gintama: The Movie” later this year.
Sentai Filmworks released the first 49 episodes of the ongoing 240+ episode TV series in 2010 & early 2011.
