The highly acclaimed Mamoru Oshii (Director of Ghost in the Shell etc) announced on Friday in Tokyo that his new film will be an adaptation of Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28-go. This pioneering work is best known for inspiring a 1963 anime that was adapted as Gigantor. Oshii revealed the news during a discussion on the opening of his latest film, Assault Girls. Keep Reading
Look out for the trailer for the new Detective Conan film. Based on Gosho Aoyama’s Detective Conan manga, this 14th film in the series opens on 17th April in Japan.
Conan, the genius detective trapped inside a child’s body, faces his big rival Kid The Phantom Thief. Kid is after “Lady of the Sky” jewel onboard Bell 3, the world’s largest airship. But the airship has been hijacked by a mysterious terrorist group called Red Shamu-neko. Keep Reading
The anime is an adaptation of the 10 Gundam Unicorn novels by Harutoshi Fukui. These are set in the same Universal Century timeline as Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise’s first Mobile Suit Gundam TV anime series and sequels. Released simultaneously will be the first Blu-ray Disc volume for the series on March 12 with Japanese and English dubbing. The first volume of six DVD’s will ship the same day, with Japanese dubbing and English subtitles. Keep Reading