Tiger and Bunny....Yes or no?

At first I am puzzled by high quality production and intrigued by this reality show take on superheroes angle. Then I realize one thing, some of the names emblazoned on the hero's costume are real life counterparts. Pepsi, Bandai and Softbank, these were the guys with big money. Ingenious, their advertising on the costumes reminds me of the World Cup soccer player jersey names.

Story? Well, I am still withholding judgment here, not too sure if the story can remain fresh despite such luscious art. Music is pretty standard hero type, nothing fancy here.

EDIT (8/4/2011): I decided to remove the illegal stream and post the trailer instead. Enjoy the trailer and those who able to subscribe to legal streaming, just google "Anime On Demand" or ANN video. My apologies.

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X-Men Anime First Impressions.

Looks like a promising start. Wolverine really like BAMF here unlike the previous Madhouse "Wolverine" who look too pretty for my taste. Set 1 year after the Dark Phoenix arc, the team is tasked to find a missing mutant in Japan. Voice acting is alright and art is stupendous for 1st episode.

Music wise is bit too mellow, I was hoping for faster tempo music to be honest.

Will follow this series with interest.

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Astro Fighter Sunred / 天体戦士サンレッド Season 2 is announced?

Hearing from this, apparently season 2 to surprise comedy gem Astro Fighter Sunred / 天体戦士サンレッド is announced today. If this is true, that it will be awesome, since it is well received and does deserve a 2nd season.

Refer to this for cast of the series which included few girls from AK48.

Cheers.



Funniest part of series for me. Freaking random as hell.

Cheers.

Gatchaman / 科学忍者隊ガッチャマン Space Ninjas CG Movie Production shots

10 second teaser(10 seconds? What the...)



New logo for the team.







Source site



Poster.

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (film)

Gatchaman is the upcoming CGI movie based on the anime series of the same name (nostalgia indeed ahhhh) scheduled to be completed in near future (some say 2009, some say 2010) by Imagi Animation Studios. Kevin Munroe (TMNT) is scheduled to write and direct with Lynne Southerland (co-director of Mulan 2) as producer.


Known plotlines

Some information taken from an interview with Kevin Munroe back on July 19, 2006, and statements coming from Imagi Animation Studios' Founder and Co-CEO Francis Kao:

* The movie will focus on foundation of the team and how the members meet each other.
* The movie will focus on solely Gatchaman universe.
* A PG-13 rating is possible since it will have a dark tone, with themes of violence. Apparently the production is very faithful to Japanese source with little twist here and there to spice it up. Obvious demographic on older fans who possesses buying power now.


IMAGI Website
History of the franchise