A Special 3D Trailer for the Movie is now Available
[Red/Cyan Glasses are required for viewing. Movie theater glasses will not work]
The trailer is presented in five different stereoscopic 3D options (red/cyan, green/magenta, blue/yellow, interleaved rows, columns or checkerboard, side by side). There are two videos of director Kenji Kamiyama discussing YouTube's first use of 3D glasses for a Japanese film trailer and the free midnight preview screening of the film in Tokyo on February 25. Kamiyama himself is overseeing the conversion, and I.G also added a newly animated opening sequence. The movie will open in Tokyo's Shinjuku Wald 9 theater and other Japanese theaters on March 26, 2011.
Synopsis: The two rabbit soldiers from Special Force 'Cat Shit One', PACKY and BOTASKY, infiltrate enemy lines to rescue the hostages captured by an unidentified camel militia. Knowing the hostages are in need of immediate help, they launch a sneak attack without waiting for backup.
Freezing is a 2011 Sci-Fi, action anime based on the manga of the same name written by Dall-Young Lim and illustrated by Kim Kwang Hyun. The manga is serialized monthly in Kill Time Communications Comic Valkyrie manga magazine. Set in a slightly futuristic world, Earth has been invaded and at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova. In order to counter them, genetically modified girls with super fighting skills called Pandoras, and their male partners who use special "freezing" powers to limit their opponent's mobility, called Limiters, are made to fight against the Nova. The series focuses on Kazuya Aoi, a Limiter who's late sister was a Pandora and Bridgette L. Satellizer, a powerful Pandora with a cold personality, both who are enrolled at the Genetics Academy where Pandoras and Limiters are trained. The plot follows Kazuya's friendship with Bridgette, the students of the Academy and Earth's war against the Nova. [Source: Wikipedia]
The Philippine's first full length animated film in 3D
RPG Metanoia took 4 years to make with a crew of about 26 animators. Thaumatrope Animation began work in 2007. In 2008, a teaser trailer for the movie (then titled "theRPGmovie") was shown at Level Up's Ragnarok Online event at the World Trade Center. In August 2009, Ambientmedia officially partnered with ABS-CBN. In June 2010, it was announced to be an official entry for the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival. In August 2010, RPG: Metanoia's official website was launched. The Cinema Evaluation Board gave the movie a Grade A.[Source: Wikipedia] RPG Metanoia is about a young boy name Nico (voiced by Zaijan Jaranilla) who is obsessed with playing online video games. He is encouraged by his father (voiced by Aga Muhlach); however, his mother (voiced by Eugene Domingo) worries if Nico’s passion for video games will be good for his future.
The film premiered on Christmas Day, December 25, 2010, and received several awards from the Metro Manila Film Festival.
The fourth movie, Bleach: The Hell Verse, has been released in Japan (December 4, 2010). In a teaser trailer, Ichigo is seen heading into the Gates of Hell, which is where Hollows who had committed evil during their lives as humans are sent. Tite Kubo will be overseeing production of the film.
The fate of Ahsoka Tano has always been in question. This video reveals some interesting things that will befall her as the Clone Wars series continues this month on Cartoon Network.
Enma, Yukiko-Hime and Kapaeru are part of the Yokai-Patrol. They go after ghosts that have escaped from Hell into the human world.
Enma-kun(えん魔くん?): Hot-headed, vicious, and perverted. Enma-kun is always one to "act first and think later" - never listening to the wise words of Chapeauji or Yuki-chan. He has a fire-wielding staff, and his cloak can turn into various weapons. Despite the fights he gets into with Yuki-chan, he really loves her. And at the end of the series, he will risk it all for her.
Yukiko-Hime(雪子姫?): A stuck up, and bossy Ice Princess. She is always fighting and yelling at Enma-kun. Throughout the series, Enma-kun calls her "Yuki-Chan". This annoys her to no end.
Kapperu(カパエル,kapaeru?): Half kappa, Half water sprite. He is the third member of the Yokai Patrol. He doesn't have a lot of attacks, but still provides some help in battle. He's often confused for a kappa, which makes him very angry.
Chapeauji(シャポーじい,shapōjii?): An "old man" yokai who looks like a hat. He guides Enma-kun.
Tsutomu-kun(ツトムくん?): A human boy that befriends the Yokai Patrol. He attends the local elementary school, and always gets attacked by demons. In the last episode, he was turned to gold. It's unknown if he ever changed back.
Tobatiri(トバッチリ,tobacchiri?): Tsutomu's teacher. He's merely a comic relief, and always yelling at Tsutomu-kun. At the end of the series he is turned to gold. It is unknown if he was ever changed back.
Daracura(ダラキュラ,darakyura?): A homeless, deadbeat. Daracura was originally an officer for Enma-Daiou. After losing his position of officer, Daracura tried throughout the series to kill Enma-kun. However, as the series progressed Daracura became less important.
Harumi(ハルミ?): Tsutomu's girlfriend. Her mother has passed on, and lives with her father in an apartment complex.
Enma-Daio(閻魔大王,enma daiō?): The Judge of Hell. He sends his nephew Enma-kun, and his friends to arrest demons on Earth. [Source: Wikipedia]
Friday, November 19, 2010
Kung Pow Panda Too!!!
As expected, when a movie makes a zillion dollars, there has to be a sequel. Prepare for the Return of Awesomeness in... Kung Fu Panda 2.
Here’s the trailer for Susumu Kudo’s Mardock Scramble: The First Compression, the first of three planned films based on a series of cyberpunk novels by Tow Ubukata.
The story revolves around a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City named Rune Ballot (voiced by Megumi Hayashibara). One day, she’s picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can’t help but be curious about why he’s done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she’s done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.
Due to the high crime rate in Mardock, a new law called “Scramble 09” has given police carte blanche to take extreme and otherwise illegal measures to revive crime witnesses. With this in mind, they allow a professor to bring Ballot back from the brink of death by reassembling her entire body with reinforced synthetic fiber. When she finally wakes up, her confused mental state eventually turns toward revenge as Shell is revealed as her killer.
[Source: Wikipedia] Megamind (Will Ferrell) and his life-long archenemy Metro Man (Brad Pitt) are aliens that were sent away from their respective home planets in time of crisis (much like Superman's origin story), with Metro Man ending up in a loving home and Megamind landing in the local prison. Megamind, taking the role of super villain, tries to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way, each attempt a colossal failure thanks to Metro Man, who becomes the hero of Metro City. It seems that the pattern will never cease until Megamind seemingly defeats Metro Man during one of his many botched hostage plots involving news reporter Roxanne Ritchi (Tina Fey). Now freed from his rival's shadow, Megamind proceeds to take control of Metro City. Over time, Megamind comes to the realization that he no longer has any purpose in life without an enemy. To appease his depression, he turns Roxanne's lonely cameraman Hal (Jonah Hill) into Metro City's next big superhero, the fiery-headed Tighten. Unfortunately for Megamind, Tighten decides to utilize his new power against humanity as revenge for the lifetime of rejection he has endured. When Metro Man is discovered alive by Megamind and Roxanne, but uninterested in resuming his superhero duties, Megamind is forced to do the inevitable: become the hero of the crisis. Aided by his childhood sidekick Minion (David Cross), Megamind now sets out to stop Tighten's rampage of destruction, thus beginning a path to redemption.
[Source: Onemanga] Ganta Igarashi has been convicted of a crime that he hasn't committed, and sent to a new, privately owned and operated prison, where the inmates are the main attraction in a modern day twist to the gladiatorial coliseums of ancient times. Throw in a healthy dose of weird little girl, some new-found super powers, and a little conspiracy theory, and you have Deadman Wonderland.
Note: This anime has been delayed till April of 2011. Too bad since the manga is awesome!
[Source: Wikipedia] In Tokyo in the year 2020, Minato Sahashi has failed the college entrance exam twice, is awkward around women, and he's unemployed. He could never stand up to his mother or little sister growing up, a trend that continues to this day. In reality, Minato is extremely intelligent, yet his inability to cope under pressure results in his constant failure and he has been branded an idiot and loser by many as a result. One day, Minato meets a girl named Musubi, who literally falls from the sky. Minato soon learns that she is one of the "Sekirei" and he is her "Ashikabi", a human with special genes that allows them to "wing" (form a contract with) a Sekirei. This binds the Sekirei to him and allows them to use their full power in the elimination battle with other Sekirei. Made up of cute girls, buxom women, and bishōnen, the Sekirei fight in a dangerous and sometimes deadly competition known as "The Game" or the "Sekirei Plan" organized by Hiroto Minaka, the chairman and founder of the mysterious and powerful MBI Corporation. Minato soon learns that being the partner of a beautiful girl is not all fun and games, especially when he discovers that an Ashikabi can have more than one Sekirei partner—and that's where the real trouble starts.
Mamoru Nagano (creator of Five Star Stories) is currently working on a new anime called Gothicmade, with studio Automatic Flowers. He will be working as the producer, director, chief writer, character and mechanical designer for the series.
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse is a direct-to-video animated film based on the Superman/Batman comic storyline "The Supergirl from Krypton" and is a sequel to Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. The art style is partly based on that of Michael Turner, who penciled the Superman/Batman comic book arc. The film is the ninth in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line released by Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation and the first sequel in the line. It is set to be released on September 28, 2010. The film stars Tim Daly as Clark Kent/Superman, Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Andre Braugher as Darkseid, Summer Glau as Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Susan Eisenberg as Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, and Edward Asner as Granny Goodness.
After a spaceship splashes down in Gotham City Harbor, Batman and Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian with powers as great as those of the Man of Steel. The Kryptonian is soon revealed to be Kara, who is the cousin of Superman. Superman takes her under his wing to educate her about the ways of Earth. However, the villainous Darkseid has other plans. Big Barda has just escaped and Darkseid is looking for a capable fighter to take over the Female Furies. He sends Granny Goodness to abduct Supergirl and brainwashes her so he can gain control of her, utilizing the powerful Kryptonian to do his bidding. It's up to Batman, Wonder Woman, Big Barda and Superman to save Kara, but they'll have to take the fight to Darkseid within his hostile world – where unknown, deadly threats lurk around every corner, including a brainwashed Kryptonian able to match Superman blow-for-blow. They recruit Big Barda since she has intimate knowledge of Darkseid's home and was able to escape Apokolips before.
CastVoice actor / Character
Tim Daly Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
Kevin Conroy Bruce Wayne / Batman
Andre Braugher Darkseid
Summer Glau Kara Zor-El / Supergirl
Susan Eisenberg Princess Diana / Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is a 2010 original anime produced by Gainax. It will begin airing on October 1, 2010 and will be simulcast on Crunchyroll.
