A trailer for this month’s OVA adaptation Yuri Seijin Naoko-san, releasing in Japan on February 15. The anime is created by studio ufotable, based on a surreal gag comedy manga authored by kashmir. The story follows a timid girl named Misuzu, (…)
Continue reading...Friday, February 3, 2012
The OVA adaptation Minori Scramble! – released in Japan on February 15, 2012 – is created by studio ufotable (with a look reminiscent of their 2007 anime Manabi Straight!), based on a “slapstick science comedy” 4-koma manga by Mikage Chihaya. (…)
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Happy news for comedy talento Lasar Ishii (56) who is getting married not once but twice this year. And not only that but in both cases it’s to a woman younger than his own daughters! Ishii is currently appearing in the NHK drama series “Carnation” in which his character just last week married a much [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 30, 2012
Japanese digital retailer DMM is now streaming the six-minute long first episode of the current Gokujyo. Gokurakuin Joshi Koryo Monogatari television series. The episode has no English translation but is available to international viewers that have Microsoft Silverlight installed. The episode was scheduled to premiere on the Chukyo TV network on the 16th, but at [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 30, 2012
Welcome back to the bi-weekly, never cheeky, always hokey, J-drama-o-rama! This week we will be jumping off a building into My Boss My Hero. A yakuza story with heart, comedy, and high school? Yup! How could this play out? Is everyone in the school going to have to bow to this new yakuza student? Will [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 26, 2012
Here is a trailer confirming the 3rd anime season of Sora no Otoshimono (Lost Property of the Sky), once again based on Suu Minazuki’s “heartful” comedy manga. The original story features a fallen – and rather hot looking – angel, erroneously (…)
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Well, this is surprising: During the State of the Union, Barack announced that Nippon Ichi licensed Daily Lives of High School Boys – a show I’ve still yet to finish my first impressions on. (Spoiler: it’s good!) So, it looks like NISA is finally picking up titles along with the bigger guys, and seem to have [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 23, 2012
Awaiting for the proper moment to strike, Nico Nico unleashes their final dynamic special. The first of three is Highschool DxD, which Funimation has already succeeded in picking up. Following up from obtaining the ecchi comedy of the season, Nico Nico captures the second season of the adorable mystery series known as Detective Opera Milky [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Less than six hours before the scheduled broadcast of the first episode of the Gokujyo. ~Gokurakuin Joshi Koryo Monogatari~ anime television series on the Chukyo TV network on the 16th, the network pulled the episode and instead ran an apology message explaining that the episode would not be aired and the series would begin broadcast [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 9, 2012
A trailer for this month’s new TV anime series Thermae Romae, airing in Japan from January 12. The Flash anime is created by studio DLE, based on a comedy manga by Mari Yamazaki. The story follows Lucius – an architect of public bath houses (…)
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