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Sucker Punch

This one has zepplins, dragons, and samurai. Should be double billed with Iron Sky.

Iron Sky Trailer 2 - Kickin' Nazi Arse

Looks like the Finnish filmmakers have raised 90% of the $8.5 million they had budgeted and will begin shooting this fall.

Here's the second trailer:



Here's the first one again if you missed it.



Iron Sky Official Site.

via Wired

New Yamato Trailer

Bad JPNZ Movie Trailers

Great summer flicks from Japan. NSFW (Violence, nudity, lots of Karo syrup, and good, wholesome cheesiness).

Alien vs. Ninja


Mutant Girls Squad


Both these films are from Sushi Typhoon, a subsidary of Nikkatsu, which will specialize in "extreme gore" films with an eye on international theatrical and dvd releases.

Welcome to the Space Show

I ran across this a couple of days ago and just didn't have time to post. ANN has posted a article with background. Check it out. Coming from the people that made R.O.D. and Kamichu! is enough for me to want to see this.



via ANN

Japanese homepage

Tokyo Int'l Anime Fair 2010 Awards

TAF doesn't take place until the end of March, but they've announced the winners of this year's animation awards.

Anime of the Year - Summer Wars



TV - (tie) K-ON! and Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East)
OVA - Eve no Jikan (Time of Eve)
Foreign - Wall-E
Domestic Theatrical - Summer Wars
Director - Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars)
Original Work - Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars)
Screenplay - Satoko Okudera (Summer Wars)
Character Design - Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Summer Wars)
Seiyu - Hiroshi Kamiya (Bakemonogatari) - He played the male lead, Koyomi Araragi.
Music - Shirou Sagisu (Evangelion 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance)

New Player in the US Market

NIS America, a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software,Inc., has decided to enter the U.S. anime market. Mostly known for their games such as Disgea, Ar tonelico and Cross Edge, NIS America has licensed and plans a mid-year release for Toradora!, Persona - trinity soul -, Pandora Hearts, and Our Home’s Fox Deity (Japanese title Wagaya no Oinarisama).

1st OP


Pandora Hearts PV
Persona - trinity soul - OP
Wagaya no Oinarisama OP

Now the big question: Why? NIS, Inc, just reported a 97.5% drop in operating profits for the first nine months of the fiscal year. Ouch. Is this a good idea considering the market? I guess time will tell.
(via Anime News Network and Kotaku)

Airbender Trailer & Akira News

This is based off the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon. I have to admit to not seeing any of the original, but the live action theatrical trailer doesn't look too bad. Heavy on the action and special effects, but it has to be better than Dragonball Evolution.

And a live action Akira isn't off the table. New York Magazine's Vulture Blog reports that the The Hughes Bros. (Menace to Society II, Dead Presidents, Book of Eli) are talking with Warner Bros. about using the script by the same writing duo that brought you Iron Man. Instead of trying to cram six manga worth of story into two hours of movie, two movies would be made.

Plain and simple, I just don't expect great things from Hollywood anymore. This is no different.

Yamato Overload

While on an internet walkabout, found some more Yamato stuff.

A couple of trailers for Yamato: Rebirth that was released last month in Japan. Official Site.



Almost 9 minute preview.

A couple more trailers.

A five meter long Yamato model and underwear.



Yamato Pachinko 2. I know these have probably made the rounds on other sites/blogs, but I don't care. It's still worth a few links.



Commercial #3
Commercial #4
Commercial #5

Here's the Star Blazers homepage from Voyager Entertainment and to the pachinko machine. Good info and more links as well.

Bonus A
Bonus B


OK, that's enough. Now, get outside and play!

Funimation Licenses

Since the beginning of the week, Funimation has been announcing some new licenses. First, they've picked up 15 Shaw Brothers movies.



Also, they've picked up the live action Kamui film that was released in Japan last September called Kamui Gaiden.



And the best, IMFO, RoboGeisha. The trailer is NSFW.


Last, they've rescued the license for FLCL and will be releasing a DVD complete collection and Blue-ray at the end of this year.

Two more days of announcements and I'm guessing they'll be anime titles.

Live Action Yamato Trailer

Kick ass. This is looking good.