Otoriyose Ouji Iida Yoshimi Planned for Live Action

iida-yoshimiWe all love eating food in secret, don’t we? Other than we have no one to share it with, we are able to dig in while no one’s watching. There’s no one to look at us as we fill ourselves with our edible favorites, no one to mind us as we squirm through each taste with happiness. Especially, when this involves top notch cuisines and desserts! It’s one of our guilty pleasures which, hopefully, do not turn into full gluttony. Keep Reading

Hanasaku Iroha TV Commercial Streamed

230px-Hanasaku_Iroha_promo_imagePony Canyon, a Japanese production company, has recently began streaming a television teaser for the anime movie project Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home on Saturday. The ad features the mainstay characters of Hanasaku Iroha along with the theme song by nano.RIPE, Kage Fumi (Steps on Shadow). nano.RIPE is known to have performed the theme songs for the original television version of the Hanasaku Iroha.

Hanasaku Iroha, literally translated as as the “Colors of Blooming,” is a television anime series produced by PA Works. Keep Reading

Lucky Star Teaches Readers Organic Chemistry

lucky star chemistryIf chemistry isn’t your thing but being an otaku is, you’re in luck because Lucky Star (らき☆すた) is here to teach you chemistry!

Lucky Star is back with their second chemistry book and this time, the Lucky Star girls, together with sensei Takashi Matsubara, will be dealing with organic chemistry.

Kagami Yoshimizu’s (美水 かがみ) ongoing series of a humble four-panel manga began in January 2004. First published in Comptiq (コンプティーク) magazine, Lucky Star follows the story of high school student, Konata Izumi (泉 こなた). Keep Reading

Fumiko no Kokuhaku Creator Collaborates for New Anime Projects

fumikoFantastic Children, Catnapped! the Movie animator Takashi Nakamura collaborates with Hiroyasu Ishida, a former animation student who is the genius behind the worldwide online hit Fumiko no Kokuhaku (Fumiko’s Confession). Both will be working with Mode Films Inc and Studio Colorido for two new animation projects. Just recently, Studio Colorido had streamed a 46-second trailer for the new works on Thursday.

This promotional video notes that the projects are currently in production, and both of the titles will be released at the later part of 2013. Keep Reading

Trailer for Original Anime Film Hal

halIt’s such a heartbreaking feeling to lose the person you love! All the grief and the emotions you feel due to the eternal absence of that person can be burdening. No wonder many people go through such hard times when a beloved passes away. It’s difficult to understand what they are going through, how they are able to cope up from all the sadness. Well, in this next story, we’re revealing to you a tearjerker of a series, but not so much, because all good things may come to an end, another may take its place in your heart. Keep Reading

Haruna Kawaguchi Leads Cast for Zekyou Gakkyuu

090120_zekkyoIt has been revealed that Ouran High School Host Club’s Haruhi and GTO 2012’s Miyabi will star in the live action adaptation of Emi Ishikawa’s horror manga, Zekyou Gakyuu (Screaming Lessons) made for film. This project will adapt the story “Yomi no Shinjitsu” (Yomi’s Truth) taken from the series’ third volume and the “Ningen Rank” (Human Rank) taken from the story’s eight volume.

The cast includes Alice Hirose, Mayu Matsuoka, Haru and Misuki Yamamoto. Keep Reading

Limited Edition Battle Royale Poster Illustrated By Scott Pilgrim Author

battle royale posterDespite the grisly story of Koushun Takami’s (高見 広春) novel, Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル), this poster is just too awesome to miss out on. Canadian cartoonist, Brian Lee O’Malley, gives Battle Royale a fresh take with this illustration.

If you don’t know Brian Lee O’Malley, it’s impossible that you missed out on the story of Scott Pilgrim. Scott Pilgrim is the main character of O’Malley’s graphic story with the same name. Keep Reading