Monthly Archives: July 2011

The Inquisitr'ThunderCats' reboot set to premiere with anime-style makeover – See videoOnTheRedCarpet.com"ThunderCats" will be making its big return to television on Friday with a new sleek look fit for a reboot of the popular 1980s animated series. The new "ThunderCats" … Continue reading →

'Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood' Anime NewsAnimation InsiderConcluding its home video release next week, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a deliciously chaotic, though frequently humbling, exercise of action anime at its best. Edward and Alphonse Elric, along with a cast of a dozen … Continue reading →

Student Operated Press'Supernatural: The Anime Series'Los Angeles TimesIn case you think you've seen all the adventures to date of Sam and Dean, the brothers who battle otherworldly forces in the long-running CW show, it's possible you haven't … thanks to … Continue reading →

E! Online (blog)Live-Action Underworld Films Get 'Anime' ShortsAnime News NetworkLen Wiseman, director of the live-action fantasy film Underworld , confirmed at Comic-Con International on Friday that "anime" shorts set in the Underworld universe will be included in a compilation of … Continue reading →

NinemsnSupernatural: The Anime SeriesDVD TalkVeteran anime studio Madhouse has turned their attention to Supernatural: the first time a Western TV series has been adapted into anime. When that news broke last summer at Comic Con, I had two kneejerk reactions … Continue reading →

HitFixSamuel L. Jackson Teams With Indomina for Live-Action 'Afro Samurai'Hollywood ReporterThe actor voices the main character of the anime series, based on Takeshi Okazaki's manga. Afro Samurai, the cult hit manga and anime in which Samuel L. Jackson voices the … Continue reading →

Big Shiny Robot!Anime Update: 7/23/2011Big Shiny Robot!This week on Anime Update: news from Comic-con, a new Berserk trailer from Japan, and the recently opened Guinness World Record-breaking coaster at Japan's Fuji-Q! First up on this week's update: Viz Media held … Continue reading →

Hollywood ReporterRelativity to Turn Anime Classic 'Voltron' Into Live-Action MovieHollywood ReporterThe original series was based on the Japanese anime properties Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV and aired in the United States for two years, beginning in 1984. … Continue reading →

Bleach: Soul Resurreccion comes with free episodes of Bleach animeJoystiqThe first printing of the PS3 game (out August 2) will include vouchers for downloads of episodes 190-192 of the Bleach anime. The offer is available in both the US and … Continue reading →

Film, anime export firm to be set upThe Daily YomiuriA public-private joint investment fund will set up a new company as early as this summer to deal with planning, production and international distribution of Japanese movies and anime, it has … Continue reading →