ANIME & MANGA NEWS ROUNDUP 5/7/10
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May 7 2010, 9:05 PM
Distributor Sentai Filmworks has acquired the epic fantasy anime series GUIN SAGA from Aniplex. The series is based on the popular 151 volumes of novels written by Kauro Kurimoto, which tell the story of a leopard-headed warrior named Guin who vows to protect the twin royal heirs from the marauding Mongauli Army. The novels have sold over 30 million copies in Japan.
I'm really excited about this news! Studio Anima director Kazuya Sasahara has announced the first episode of the computer animated adaptation of the manga CAT SHIT ONE will be completed this coming August. Created by Motofumi Kobayashi, CAT SHIT ONE was published by North America by ADV under the title of APOCALYPSE MEOW. The planned 12-episode anime series of "real and fierce combat by cute
and fluffy animals" updates the manga's premise (originally set during the Vietnam war) by making the three
soldiers part of a modern private military company.
Anime Expo recently announced that it will be hosting Japanese singer-songrwriter MELL, who can be heard on such popular anime soundtracks as BLACK LAGOON, RIDEBACK, and SKY GIRLS. MELL launched her successful solo career with her 2006 single "Red fraction," which became the opening theme song for the first Black Lagoon anime series. She released her first album, Mellscope, in August 2008.
According to AnimeNation, FUNimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the
Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations and Tsubasa: Thunder Spring Chronicles
(Tsubasa: Shunraiki) OADs. The three episode “Tokyo Revelations” anime
series was originally released in Japan in 2007-2008 on DVDs packaged
with limited edition copies of CLAMP’s Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
manga volumes 21-23. The two episode Tsubasa: Shunraiki OAD series
followed last year, originally bundled with Japanese manga volumes 26
& 27.
Mike Le is a writer/producer living in Los Angeles. You can follow him on Twitter: @DFTVYP
Distributor Sentai Filmworks has acquired the epic fantasy anime series GUIN SAGA from Aniplex. The series is based on the popular 151 volumes of novels written by Kauro Kurimoto, which tell the story of a leopard-headed warrior named Guin who vows to protect the twin royal heirs from the marauding Mongauli Army. The novels have sold over 30 million copies in Japan.
I'm really excited about this news! Studio Anima director Kazuya Sasahara has announced the first episode of the computer animated adaptation of the manga CAT SHIT ONE will be completed this coming August. Created by Motofumi Kobayashi, CAT SHIT ONE was published by North America by ADV under the title of APOCALYPSE MEOW. The planned 12-episode anime series of "real and fierce combat by cute and fluffy animals" updates the manga's premise (originally set during the Vietnam war) by making the three soldiers part of a modern private military company.
Anime Expo recently announced that it will be hosting Japanese singer-songrwriter MELL, who can be heard on such popular anime soundtracks as BLACK LAGOON, RIDEBACK, and SKY GIRLS. MELL launched her successful solo career with her 2006 single "Red fraction," which became the opening theme song for the first Black Lagoon anime series. She released her first album, Mellscope, in August 2008.
According to AnimeNation, FUNimation has announced its acquisition of distribution rights to the Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations and Tsubasa: Thunder Spring Chronicles (Tsubasa: Shunraiki) OADs. The three episode “Tokyo Revelations” anime series was originally released in Japan in 2007-2008 on DVDs packaged with limited edition copies of CLAMP’s Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- manga volumes 21-23. The two episode Tsubasa: Shunraiki OAD series followed last year, originally bundled with Japanese manga volumes 26 & 27.
Mike Le is a writer/producer living in Los Angeles. You can follow him on Twitter: @DFTVYP
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