Posts Tagged ‘US Anime Industry’

Clive Barker Reveals Anime Adaptations Under Development

Speaking to Cinema is Dope, horror film legend Clive Barker has confirmed plans to turn his popular stories into various anime projects while specifically confirming that he is adapting his 1984 short story In The Hills in a collaborative effort with renowned director Ryuhei Kitamura, best known for the ultraviolent cult slasher film Versus and [...]

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New DaCapo Anime and Products Announced

During the 10th Anniversary Premium Concert and Announcement event Sunday night in Japan, PC game developer CIRCUS has announced the following items in development related to its tentpole D.C ~DaCapo~ franchise. 1. Production of the D.C. III visual novel software confirmed 2. All-new D.C. anime in the works 3. Sales of D.C. downloads starting on [...]

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Broken Blade Anime Adaptation to be Six Film Anthology in 2010

The official site for the forthcoming Broken Blade anime adaptation has confirmed that it will be a six-film anthology set for release in 2010. The DC Comics owned CMX Manga imprint will publish the second manga volume of the alternate-world robot manga in December. CMX Manga’s synopsis of the story follows below: Rygart Arrow is [...]

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Square Enix Producer Details Anime Production and Manga Sales Connection

Kouji Taguchi, producer of Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Kuroshitsuji and Saki, has detailed his activities and experience producing anime for multimedia company Square Enix, the company best known for the Final Fantasy series of video games.

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Sony Releases “Top 10″ Anime List for September

Sony has released its Top 10 Anime List for September. Notice the popularity of the Devil May Cry adaptation as it takes up seven of the 12 spots in the Top Anime Series Episode Downloads list. Top 10 Anime Movie downloads for September. Title Name Bleach the Movie 2 – The DiamondDust Rebellion Afro Samurai [...]

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Crunchyroll Acquires 11Eyes Anime Adaptation

Crunchyroll has announced that it has added the Fantasy/Supernatural series 11eyes to its lineup. The story centers on Kakeru Satsuki, a boy who has been mourning the loss of his last remaining family member, his older sister, for the past five years. Satsuki, his childhood friend Yuka Minase, and four other Ko-ryo-kan Academy schoolmates are [...]

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Stan Lee/BONES Heroman Project Has Anime in Production

Anime production subcontractor Studio Wanpack has confirmed that it has produced the keyframe drawings for the forthcoming Heroman anime series, which has not been officially announced.

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William Winckler Productions Licenses and Dubs Classic Anime Titles

Production house William Winckler Productions has confirmed to The Fanboy Review that venerable 80′s anime titles in Fist of the North Star, Gaiking, Captain Harlock, The Adventures of Nadja, Starzinger and Danguard Ace have received new English dubs co-produced between it, Rioloco Productions and Toei, with the company currently in talks to reacquire Tekkaman: The [...]

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Koihime Musou on Crunchyroll Today (Updated)

Crunchyroll has announced in a press release that it will begin streaming the first four episodes of the romantic drama Koihime Musou, adapted from the PC erotic visual novel of the same name and based off of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms saga at 5PM PST/7PM CDT/8PM EST. The first anime adaptation of Koihime [...]

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New Anime on Playstation Network

A round of new anime series are now available on the Playstation Network today, with Anime Network debuting Appleseed, Neon Genesis Evangelion and UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie.  FUNimation has added Black Blood Brothers, Desert Punk and School Rumble with Manga Entertainment adding Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Gurren Lagann and HellBoy: Sword of Storms. [...]

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