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Asgard Anime Vault: Jigoku Sensei Nube

The Asgard Anime Vault celebrates old school anime that certainly made every 90’s otaku proud have lived those years as well as introduce young otakus to these great titles. This week, Asgard zeroes in on a Jigoku Sensei Nube.

Jigoku Sensei Nube (地獄先生ぬ〜べ〜) or Hell Teacher Nube tells the story of Meisuke Neuno, more commonly known as “Nube”. Nube works in Doumori Elementary as a school teacher. This happy-go-lucky instructor loves his job and is does a very good job at doing it. Keep Reading

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The Book Of Bantorra Airs Tomorrow On Animax Asia

Today’s generation is now technology oriented. Kids nowadays are rarely seen without their cell phones, handheld game consoles and even laptops. Now here comes an anime that just might inspire young people to pick up books and read the whole day off.

The Book of Bantorra (戦う司書) is set in a world where the dead transform into books. Reading theses books would give the reader an insight to the deceased person’s history. Keep Reading

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Rurouni Kenshin – Cinema Version – Manga To Be Launched In Jump Square

rurouni 2On December 2011, an announcement was made that Rurouni Kenshin will appear in mangas once again in May 2012. May has already arrived and the red-haired samurai has returned to Jump Square, along with other great manga titles Blue Exorcist, D-Gray Man and Claymore.

The latest Rurouni Kenshin manga is, however, not a continuation of the original manga. Aptly named Rurouni Kenshin – Cinema Version –, the latest Rurouni Kenshin manga is rather a retelling of the live-action version movie starred by Takeru Satou. Keep Reading

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Latest Pokemon Themes To Be Sung By Momoiro Clover Z

momoiro pokemonMomoiro Clover Z’s Children’s Day Concert entitled “Momoclo no Kodomo Matsuri Dayo! Zenin Shugo” held on May 5, 2012 at Toda, Saitama, was a huge success and to fuel the fire of excitement to the audience, the girls have officially announced that they will be providing the theme to not one, but two Pokemon shows: Momoiro Clover Z will sing the ending theme to the TV anime Pokemon: Best Wishes as well as for the upcoming Pokemon movie Meloetta’s Sparkling Recital (Meloetta no kirakira recital). Keep Reading

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Gon Gets An Animated Show

gonLast month, Avex has released a 32-second preview of a new television show called “Gon”. The show is said to have replaced Gintama on April 2, 2012 in the very same timeslot.

To a strong majority of video game players, fans may be familiar with this tiny, orange dinosaur. But what some of them may not know is that Gon first started out as a manga character.

Masashi Tanaka gave life to Gon in a wordless manga that was published by Kodansha. Keep Reading

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Behind The Scenes Footage Of The Rurouni Kenshin Live-Action Movie Revealed

RurouniFans of the Rurouni Kenshin series are going to be on their toes after watching this behind-the-scenes footage of the live-action film!

The video, almost five minutes long, shows Takeru Sato busting some samurai moves as the feared once feared “Hitokiri Battosai” who is later known as the gentle and often comedic Kenshin Himura. The fight scene shown on the video is reminiscent to the scene found on the Rurouni Kenshin OVA entitled Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen (追憶編) on how his x-shaped scar came to be. Keep Reading

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How “Wrath Of The Titans” Writer Envisions Live-Action Version Of Bleach

bleachSome live-action takes of famous anime titles have failed the expectations of the fans of the series. Dan Mazeau, whose current project is writing the script for the upcoming live-action version of Tite Kubo’s manga Bleach, hopes to exceed the expectations set for by the fans.

The “Wrath of the Titans” screenwriter says “Nobody wants to, well… Let’s just say that if you enjoyed [the live-action] Dragon Ball Z movie, that’s great, but I thought it was a noble effort that ultimately didn’t succeed. Keep Reading

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