
Japan’s top cinema rag Kinema Junpo has published a list of the best anime movies of all time.
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 16, 2010 15:45 JST
- Tags: A Certain Magical Index, Awards, Haruhi, Hatsune Miku, K-ON!, Movies, Music, OP, TV

Animation Kobe, an event run by the city of Kobe for the promotion of work in the various fields of animation, has announced the winners of its 15th Kobe Animation Awards for 2010 (the 2009 award are visible here.)
Some of the more notable winners include Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu for Best Movie, K-ON!! as Best TV Anime, Hatsune Miku’s 39’s Giving Day Concert for the mysterious “Network” Award, and To Aru Kagaku’s “only my railgun” for Best Theme Song.
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Japanese asked what it is they would most like to do on a first date yield a list of activities likely to please the budget-concious.
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The final episode of top moeblob anime K-ON! ended with the announcement that a movie adaptation is to be forthcoming.
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Storyboards from the Evangelion 2.0 movie show a scene in which Asuka was apparently hideously mutilated, having her face peeled off and pierced by “hell’s needles” – thankfully for Asuka fans, the scene was cut in its entirety.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jul 20, 2010 17:39 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Adaptations, Comparison, Gantz, Live Action, Movies, Oppai, Video Gallery


The Gantz live action movie trailer has revealed some good likenesses in casting, with the notable exception of huge breasted character Kei, now bereft of curves.
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Japanese actor Takeru Satoh, known best for a series of roles in drama, has been identified as the most likely actor to play the role of Himura Kenshin in a rumoured movie adaptation of hit Shonen Jump bakumatsu era samurai manga Rurouni Kenshin.
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With the conclusion of the TV anime, a new Full Metal Alchemist movie has been announced.
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Bioware and Funimation have announced they will be adapting the hit Dragon Age RPG franchise into an anime movie, due for DVD release in 2011.
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Namco Bandai’s God of War knock-off “Clash of the Titans” has been the subject of sustained criticism for its many failings, combining as it does both the total lack of creativity Namco Bandai is becoming a byword for, and the horror of a game based on a Hollywood movie.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 27, 2010 02:56 JST
- Tags: Asuka Langley, Blu-ray, Evangelion, Mari, Marketing, Movies, Oricon, Records, Rei Ayanami

The DVD and Blu-ray release of Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance has proven a record-breaking success, with a total of 320,000 copies being sold on the first day alone.
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The upcoming BD and DVD editions of Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance have introduced an array of DVD extras, including new scenes, but what has caught the eye of many fans is the curious attention paid to Mari‘s skirt in the enhanced edition – visible above, with the theatrical version on top.
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