Anime News
Nagasaki Anime Film on Atom Bomb to Show in New York
The Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells film on the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan will screen in New York City on October 25 at 1:00 p.m. ET in a hall in the United Nations Headquarters’ library as part of the organization’s Disarmament Week. Seiji Arihara’s movie is based on a true story of a doctor who worked in the aftermath of the second nuclear bombing of World War II. Arihara also directed Raiyantsuuri no Uta (Song of Liang Chu Li), a film which acknowledged Japan’s occupation of China and prisoner-of-war camps. Source: The Nishinippon Shimbun
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Loading ...Book on Underground Manga Given Authorized Translation
The ComiPress manga information site is posting online an authorized English translation of Manga Zombie, a 1997 book by “subculture researcher” Takeo Udagawa on 31 artists that created underground manga after World War II, but before widespread commercialization changed the field in the Eighties. Translator John Gallagher will post chapters from the 186-page book on a semi-regular basis. The profiled fringe artists include Norihiro Nakajima (Astro Kyūdan/Astro Baseball Team), Yoshiteru Takano (Akanbō Teikoku/Baby Empire), and Tarō Bonten (Konketsuji/Mixed-Blood Child Rika).
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Death Note Films to Premiere in United Kingdom
Leeds Film Fest to also show Vexille, Tekkonkinkreet, manga movies
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Japanese Animators, Directors Establish First Union
Paprika director Kon, Vampire Hunter D director Ashida among them
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Saiyuki Reload Burial OVA 2’s Promo Video Posted
The Animate TV website has posted a four-minute promotional video (narrowband or broadband) for the second volume of the Saiyuki Reload: Burial video prequel to the Saiyuki mythological adventure series. ADV Films released the first Saiyuki television series, and Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. released the Saiyuki Reload and Saiyuki Reload Gunlock series. Although the Burial prequel has not been licensed for North America yet, Geneon USA’s parent company Dentsu Inc. produced it and the previous Saiyuki anime projects.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PMX Hosts Seiyū Yukana, Claymore’s Director & Designer
Yukana voiced Card Captor’s Meilin, Geass’s C.C., My-HiME’s Mashiro
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...“Itasha” Tear Up The Track in Chiba
Cars with anime-inspired designs, images meet for rare track event
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NANA Movies on Canada’s Omni TV
The two NANA movies will air on Canadian multilingual station OMNI TV Ontario on October 20 and 27 respectively at 8pm. Thanks Okina.
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