Time of Eve Creator Releases Trailer for New Film

ZULOUYasuhiro Yoshiura, known for his hit titles Time of Eve and Pale Cocoon, is releasing yet another interestingly curious plot, Sakasama no Patema /サカサマのパテマ, Beginning of the Day. The film also goes by another name, Patema Inverted.

In this plot, Yoshiura brings his audience into an interesting new world apart from the modern living; a track back to a humble, modest village where everyone lives in peace and tranquility. This underground city is well surrounded by maze of tunnels; a labyrinth in which adventure seems to be unending, and where curiosity and intrigue lurks about in every corner. Keep Reading

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

Cosplayer Interviews: Aaron Kit Arcay From The Philippines

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Aaron Kit Arcay is Cagayan de Oro City’s very own Iron Man. Though not a billionaire playboy, Kit is a down-to-earth person and a real hero in his own way.

This one of a kind cosplayer, with his perfectly detailed version of the Mark 6, awes the audience with his craftsmanship, creativity and flair. This is one Asgard interview you shouldn’t miss reading!

 

Asgard: Of all the super heroes on the face of this planet, why Iron Man? Keep Reading

Katsuhiro Otomo Works On New Manga

Katsuhiro OtomoWorld renowned manga artist and director Katsuhiro Otomo talks about working on a new manga. Otomo, 57, is widely known for his cyberpunk anime and manga, Akira.

In an interview with art magazine Geijutsu Shincho, Otomo admits that his new manga will be the first manga to target the male population (shonen), almost 30 years after Akira was first released. His latest manga also succeeds his 2006 manga short entitled “Park”. Keep Reading

Rental Magica Premieres on March 29

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One of Animax Asia’s lineups for the month of March is Rental Magica. The title alone gives you an idea of what the show is about.

Itsuki Iba is the main character of Rental Magica. Itsuki inherits their family business after his father’s mysterious disappearance. Their business serves to dispatch magicians and Itsuki’s near to zero background of magic brings him a lot of problems.

Itsuki’s problems with running his family’s business, however, is doubled because of his Glam Eye. Keep Reading

Sakuraba Kazuki’s Mystery Novel Gets Animated

FusePopularly known as the GOSICK Author, Novelist Sakuraba Kazuki gets another of his works highlighted. His novel Fuse – A Gunslinger Girl Detective Story, is heading for an anime production set to be released this fall.

The animation revolves around a supernatural girl named Hamaji, living in a city located within the mountains. Staged during the Edo Period, this novel was evident of the inspiration where Sakuraba took the setting from, the popular Japanese Novel Nansou Satomi Hakkenden. Keep Reading

Hunter X Hunter Contest: Win a Trip to Singapore to See L’arc-En-Ciel

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Fans of Japanese rock band L’arc-En-Ciel are in for a treat! Animax has released a contest that began on March 12 that lets the viewers get a chance to win free tickets to see L’arc-En-Ciel live in Singapore.

L’arc-En-Ciel is one of Japan’s biggest and longest running rock bands that began in 1991. They have been also been known to perform opening or ending theme songs for famous anime and films such as Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Rurouni Kenshin and Full Metal Alchemist. Keep Reading