Anime Film

Latest Naruto Movie To Be Released In July 2012

43906798It’s hard to believe but Naruto will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the world famous ninja anime, worked relentlessly on this film. Kishimoto said

To celebrate it’s 10th year anniversary, I worked on the storyline and design selfishly with all my might.

Still an ongoing anime and manga series, Naruto is a young ninja who constantly dreams of becoming Hokage. Although in the first series, he was constantly having problems with his ninja skills and having to live under the shadow of Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto improved day by day because of sheer determination. Keep Reading

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Himitsu No Akko-Chan Live Action Movie Celebrates The Manga’s 50th Anniversary

Himitsu No Akko-Chan's Live Action Movie Poster

2012 is the year of Japanese Live Action Movies and Himitsu No Akko-Chan is no exception and what a better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the manga! The original manga, created by the late Fujio Akatsuka, pioneered the magical girl genre. Himitsu No Akko-Chan’s manga ran from 1962-1965 in the monthly Japanese shojo manga Ribon while its anime counterpart ran from 1969-1970. This legendary anime was revived in many versions such as the 1988 and 1998 remakes. Keep Reading

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Beelzebub To Air Its Final Episode On March 25

Tatsumi Oga and Baby Beel

The official Beelzebub Twitter account has announced that the final episode for Beelzebub will be released this coming March 25. The anime ends with a total of 60 episodes.

Beelzebub tells the story of juvenile delinquent Tatsumi Oga, a fresh man student from Ishiyama High. Oga frequently gets challenged in fights by various challengers in which he comes out winning. Call it fate, call it destiny, but his barbaric personality attracted Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV to him. Keep Reading

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Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker to Prologue a Game Sequel

dragon age - dawn of the seekerIt is announced that the Dragon Age series will be releasing a new CG Film adaptation of the popular game on the big screen. Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker is an imminent feature film by the collaboration of BioWare and FUNimation. It has been released ion February 11 in Japan, and will be launched in Blu-ray and DVD in North America on May 29.

Staged in the medieval Dragon Age Universe, the story revolves around a Seeker named Cassandra. Keep Reading

By カリス, ago

Rock Lee Gets His Own Show

Rock Lee in Rock Lee No Seishun Full-Power Ninden

Weekly Shonen Jump has proudly announced that on April 2012, an anime adaptation of Naruto’s spin-off manga Rock Lee No Seishun Full-Power Ninden starring Rock Lee himself will be released.

Rock Lee was introduced in the first few episodes of Naruto as a ninja without a talent for both ninjutsu and genjustsu. Instead of being let down by his peers, Lee persevered and was taken in by Maito Gai. Perpetually optimistic and hardworking, Lee is easily indentified as a younger clone of Gai-Sensei, both having the very same bowl-shaped hair cut and eyebrows that could rival even the fuzziest caterpillars. Keep Reading

By SchoolGirlBlogger, ago

GetBackers To Be Released On DVD

Ginji Amano and Ban Mido are the GetBackersRelive the adventures of Ban Mido and Ginji Amano as they “get back” the things people lost! Sentai Filmworks is a North American anime company that releases licensed Blu-Ray and DVD copies of great anime titles. It was announced on their official website on February 1, 2012 that they have gained the license of the famous anime that was produced by Studio DEEN and that they would be releasing the series in digital formats sometime this year. Keep Reading

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Live Action Version Of Kite, Anyone?

Yasuomi Umetsu's Kite

Anime has become so huge that some well known titles such as Dragon Ball, Blood: The Last Vampire and Speed Racer have owned live action movie counterparts. For simple movie goers who are not familiar with the anime or manga, some of these movies are passable, some would even say they’re great. But the same thing cannot be easily said for the hardcore anime fans; some would leave their mouths hanging open in shock while watching the movie or some would shake their heads in disgust. Keep Reading

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