Current Anime & Manga News, Info, Reviews, and Events
Introducing :: Kameko :: the new face of Current Anime! Our new mascot has been in development for a couple months and I am very happy to finally have her up on the website. The name Kameko stands for “Turtle Child” which I thought was very cute. I also thought this was cool as the [...]
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Kenji Uchida, the president of the Sunrise anime studio, told attendees of a Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) 2009 symposium that actor Keanu Reeves’ enthusiasm for its Cowboy Bebop anime was the deciding factor in the recent live-action film deal. Uchida said Reeves himself visited Japan twice to express his interest in adapting the stylized [...]
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Hey everyone. I just thought I would bring this to your attention. One of the first animes that I started watching, and currently stay up to date with, is the Guyver series. That’s right, The Bio-Booster Armor Guyver. As of now, Guyver has had an OVA titled ‘Guyver: Out of Control’, which was only released [...]
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After last year’s Anime premiere of Batman:Gotham Knight, it was inevitable that Marvel jump into the game. Marvel has partnered with production company, Madhouse, in an effort to re-imagine some of their headlining characters (Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, & Wolverine) for a series of four anime feature films. Madhouse is one of the top animation [...]
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It seems that James Cameron (Titanic, Terminator, Aqua man) is still looking at a film adaptation of the Battle Angel Alita manga (Yukito Kishiro).
The project has been in the works since 2006, and according to Cameron at the Entertainment weekly panel at Comic-Con International this Fri. it’s “something he’s looking at very seriously”.
However, Cameron’s got [...]
The BONES, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio 4°C, and Toei Animation anime studios are animating Halo Legends, a DVD anthology of seven short films based on Microsoft Studios’ Halo game franchise. Microsoft’s creative staff is approving the visuals and storytelling. Three of the creative directors are Frank O’Connor of Microsoft’s 343 Industries, Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed), [...]
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On September 8, 2009 Japanese production company Aniplex will be screening The first Gurren Lagann movie – Childhood’s End – with English subs at the viz Cinema theatre. This film is the first edition of the theatrical remake of the over the top/never back down “Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann” Anime series.
Source – AnimeNewsNetwork
Unfortunately I’m just way too tired tonight to mention all of the highlights of Anime Expo 2009 – The biggest Anime Convention in this side of the world. Sorry!!
But one thing that stood out is the CG movie that Imagi Studios is working on. Their trailer for Gatchaman was recorded by someone on a camcorder, [...]
