
Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing an anime based on the Halo franchise, employing some of the top names in the anime industry.
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Production IG’s highly popular penis exposure anime Higashi no Eden has had a silver screen adaptation confirmed, and fans have been delighted to learn that the adaptation will be not one, but two separate movies.
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Warring States Era hack-and-slash game turned Pizza Hut marketing anime Sengoku Basara will be receiving a second season in 2010, as the following tremendously exciting images from the animation played upon visiting the official website reveal:
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Viewers of newly airing anime 東のエデン / Higashi no Eden / Eden of the East have immediately noted the exhibitionistic elements present in the anime in abundance.
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Pathé has recently released the trailer for the live action adaptation of Mamoru Oshii and Hiroyuki Kitakubo’s Blood: The Last Vampire anime:
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Animation legends Production IG and Mamoru Oshii are set to produce a film rendition of the life of famed historical swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, author of the Book of Five Rings.
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Sengoku jidai crowd hacking game 戦国BASARA / Sengoku Basara (or Devil Kings) is set for anime adaptation, with the conversion to be handled by Production IG.
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Production IG and Fuji TV are said to be laying down the gauntlet to Hollywood, with their just announced CG film collaboration, provisionally titled ホッタラケの島 / Hottarake no Shima, set to be a family friendly fantasy tale of a girl mixed up with a mysterious world. Most original.
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The news that xxxHolic is to have its new anime (OAD) bundled with the 14th volume of the manga, due Jan. 16th, has been quickly followed by news that ツバサ / Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle is also set to get an anime DVD attached to the 26th volume of the manga, due Febuary.
Animation is set to be undertaken by Production IG; they both look to be 25 minute single episodes.
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Shame their budget or venue wouldn’t stretch to 1:1 on this model. This is part of promotional efforts for the upcoming (August 2nd) theatrical release of スカイ・クロラ The Sky Crawlers, an adaptation of a popular SF novel series, being directed by Ghost in the Shell luminary 押井守 / Mamoru Oshii, and animated by Production IG. The release coincides with the release of the Ghost in the Shell remaster/renewal.
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