UPDATE: Berserk’s Golden Age Arc will be 3 anime films
The previously announced Berserk anime film project will retell the Golden Age arc of Kentaro Miura’s manga in three parts.
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse airing on July
The upcoming anime Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse official website went through a full overhaul over the weekend, bringing a cool new key visual image, along with confirmation that the TV anime series will begin airing in Japan this summer, from July 2012.
Robotics Notes release date on June 28
The upcoming PS3 / Xbox 360 visual novel Robotics Notes has received a release date set for June 28, 2012, quite a bit later than its previously planned “Spring 2012″ release. The official website carrying the news is also the source of the latest artwork added today to the game’s local gallery. This will be the third entry in the “augmented science adventure” series made by 5pb. and Nitroplus, following Chaos Head (2008) and Steins Gate (2009).
Amagami GS PC Game releasing this March
The latest addition to the Amagami franchise will be a PC game titled Amagami GS (Gian-ism Special), releasing in Japan this March 30 as a bundle with the second volume of Enterbrain’s Gian-ism magazine (a Tech Gian “spinoff magazine”). As a reminder, one week ago it was also announced that the ongoing TV anime series Amagami SS Plus will have an “Onsen” OVA episode… in October 2012.
Bakemonogatari PSP game from Namco Bandai
Namco Bandai is planning a Bakemonogatari Portable game for the PSP, as revealed today in the Dengeki PlayStation magazine. The game will obviously be based on NisiOisiN’s supernatural comedy novels that also inspired the 2009 TV anime series Bakemonogatari. It will feature 3D characters, recreations of scenes from the anime, and two player support via ad-hoc, with its genre currently listed as “Under Investigation”…
Atsuo Okunaka Passes Away
Atsuo Okunaka, episode director of Kamen Rider V3 and other live-action special effects (tokusatsu) television series, passed away from heart failure on Friday. He was 81.
Funimation Licenses Sengoku Basara – Samurai Kings Film
North American anime distributor Funimation announced at its Katsucon panel on Saturday that it licensed Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings: The Movie. The company plans to release it on home video in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Funimation Licenses Level E Sci-Fi Comedy TV Anime
North American anime distributor Funimation announced at its panel at Katsucon on Saturday that it has obtained the rights to the comedy series Level E. The 2010 television anime adapted a comedy/science-fiction manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter X Hunter, Yū Yū Hakusho) into 13 episodes. The story follows a high school freshman who moves into his own apartment, only to find that it is already inhabited by a strange man who claims to be an alien, and suffers from amnesia.
Amagami SS new OVA “Onsen”
On top of the 6 Blu-ray and DVD volumes that will pack the ongoing TV anime series Amagami SS Plus, which have already been known to include unaired anime shorts, there will also be a 7th volume. One that will bring a whole new OVA episode, taking place at a hot spring (hence its title “Onsen”), and focusing on Miya Tachibana (pictured below).
Game Hanaichi Otome gets anime
The 2010 otome game Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku is getting an anime adaptation of some sort, according to the cover of the April issue of B’s LOG magazine (Enterbrain publishes said magazine for female gamers). The original PSP game, also known as Hanaichi, was developed by Otomate and released by Idea Factory, in July 2010.
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