New Announced Anime

[Nite]

I haven't heard much positive things from the OVA but this is the closest we've gotten to an action anime from Kyoani in a long time so I guess I'd watch it.

[Kraker2k]

The designs look real cheesy, almost deviantart bad.

[Nite]

Polyphonica

The advertisement emphasizes in Japanese that next spring's anime is intended as a new take on the story and adds in English that it will have "brand new staff, brand new visual, [and] brand new story."

The original story of Polyphonica is set on an alternate world where "Spirits" can exist alongside humans. There are "Dantists" who can play music and communicate with the Spirits, and Tatara Phoron is one such Dantist who is in contact with a spirit named Corticarte Apa Lagranges.

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Koi Suru Otome to Shugo no Tate
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Three Young-Men in Midnight on February 4

The 3-Mei-sama story follows the random late-night conversations between three aimless friends at a family diner restaurant. The first manga volume's cover reads in English: "No money, no motivations, no job, no specialties, no talents, no qualifications, no plans, no fortitudes, no dreams…but friends and time!!"

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Kowarekake no Orgol by the end of December

The story centers on a musician who goes to one unsuccessful audition after another. One day, he meets a mysterious girl who ends up living with him.

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Sekai no Seikishi Monogatari (Tenchi Muyo! spinoff)

he story is set in an alternate world called Geminar, where countries have fought endless wars with replicas of humanoid Seikishi weapons that they found in ancient ruins. 15-year-old Kenji Masaki, the half-brother of Tenchi Muyo! protagonist Tenchi Masaki, is summoned from another world to Geminar

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[Kraker2k]

I'm sure there'll be a few "Dentist" jokes for Polyphonica..

[Haohmaru]

More Munto news
Official website is updated with pictures of the chara-design.

[Kraker2k]

Those new designs are an improvement.

[Haohmaru]

^They do I agree. But after seeing the first 2 movies or ova's whatever you want to call it, I have little faith in the series. Stop selfpromoting and do another FMP season already. DAMN YOU Kyo-Ani!

[Nite]

Valkyria Chronicles by A-1 Pictures this Spring

Source: [Siliconera] | [ANN]

[Haohmaru]

Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo trailer http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=cSXFTJwx5vs

Without the space.

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/video/niconico/sm5252608

[Haohmaru]

Natsume Ono's Ristorante Paradiso Gets TV Anime

Miwa's Dogs Action Manga to Be Animated (Updated)

[Haohmaru]

Ghost in the Shell's Kamiyama to Launch Eden of the East Anime
This year's 23rd issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine will announce on Friday that Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit director Kenji Kamiyama is creating and directing an anime called East of the Eden (Higashi no Eden) for a television premiere in April 2009. Chika Umino, the creator of Honey and Clover and Young Animal's ongoing March comes in like a lion manga, is creating the original character designs for the anime. The anime will premiere in Fuji TV's late-night Noitamina timeslot. The Nodame Cantabile: Paris romantic comedy sequel is currently enjoying high ratings in the timeslot, and Osamu Dezaki's Genji Monogatari Sennenki Genji (The Tale of Genji: A Millennium-Old Journal: Genji) adaptation of a classic Japanese novel will take over the timeslot in January.

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07-Ghost Fantasy Anime Confirmed

[Kraker2k]

New Miyazki film dub getting a pretty good cast lineup:

26th of November, EXCLUSIVE NEWS ON PONYO’S ENGLISH VOICE TALENT CAST, MIYAZAKI HAYAO’S BOOK RECOMMENTDATIONS: Loved, adored & respected by almost every Japanese, movie critic, cinephile and animation fan around the world, the films of Miyazaki Hayao are yet only one step away in fully reaching the west’s mainstream audience. Next year’s release of the English dub of Miyazaki Hayao’s latest film Gake no ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) is likely to finally make this step and win the hearts of everyone. Besides the film’s adoring high qualities, an exclusive word on the English dub voice cast has reached GhibliWorld.com.

The US audience version, produced by Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, is to feature an all-star voice talent cast including Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Fankie Jonas, Noah Cyrys and Cloris Leachman. Though one will not deny using stardom does not automatically guarantee a good voice dub, it will at least be useful in gaining the mainstream audience’s attention. Those wanting to find out what the end result will be still have the wait a bit though. Test screenings are currently being held, the final version will screen in US theaters in 2009.

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[Atem]

Tina Fey!? omg

My life is complete. lol

[Nite]

Katanagatari

The 12-volume historical epic centers on Shichika Yasuri, the seventh generational head of the Kyotō-ryū school of martial arts in medieval Japan. He and his older sister Nanami live on an isolated island, until a military advisor named Togame tells him of the final 12 swords forged by a legendary swordsmith. At Togame's bidding, Shichika embarks on a journey to find all 12 of the swords.

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Hana-sakeru Seishōnen in April

The story focuses on Kajika Louisa Kugami Burnsworth, the product of a Caribbean encounter between the international magnate Harry Burnsworth and a Japanese woman 14 years ago. Kajika has been living in Japan as a middle school girl, until the elder Burnsworth summons her to America to choose a husband from three suitors. Kajika gets involved in international intrigue over oil and wealth in Southeast Asia, France, and America.

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Mainichi Kāsan

Mainichi Kāsan describes the humorous everyday experiences of Saibara's own life with her two children.

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Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas OVA next spring

The mythical action manga's story is set in the middle of the 18th century, 243 years before the first Saint Seiya storyline. Artist Teshirogi focuses The Lost Canvas - Meiō Shinwa on the friendship of Tenma and Alone — the previous incarnations of the characters Pegasus Seiya and Hades who would become mortal enemies in the original Saint Seiya. The manga and the upcoming anime also includes Sasha, the earlier incarnation of Athena.

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[Haohmaru]

Ghibli to Start Two Features Over Next Three Years - Anime News Network

2 Ghibli films in 3 years = AWESOME.

[Nite]

La Corda D'Oro 2 Forte in March:

The first La Corda D'Oro game was adapted into a television anime series, La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~, in 2006. The story takes place in an academy where a girl receives a magical violin to compete in the school's elite music program. The player can choose how the girl interacts with her fellow students, including a bevy of handsome males.

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Saki by Gonzo in 2009:

The story centers around Saki Miyanaga, a timid freshman girl who has never enjoyed the Asian tile game of mahjong. However, another freshman brings her into their high school's mahjong club and into the competitive world of mahjong tournaments.

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GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class by AIC:

The slice-of-life manga revolves around five freshman girls in a high school art class.

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To Love-Ru OVA by XEBEC in April:

The "slightly risque" science-fiction romantic comedy centers around Rito, a high school boy who cannot get the nerve to tell a girl named Haruna that he loves her. While Rito is sulking in his bathtub, a girl named Lala from another planet appears before him.

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[Kraker2k]

I'm shocked they're making an OVA.. didn't the series suck?

[Kraker2k]

Posted in MAL news, copy+paste:

Originally Posted by dtshyk

According to NewType Magazine, Kawamori Shoji's (the director of "Macross" series) new anime "BASQUASH!" was announced. It will be aired in 2009. Kawamori said it's a "Basketball by Giant Robots + alpha" anime.

Staff
Original concept: Kawamori Shouji, Roman Toma
Director: Itagaki Shin ("Devil May Cry")
Series organizer & Script writer: Sato Tatsuo ("Shigofumi", "Martian Successor NADESICO")
Script writer: Kakihara Yuuko ("Seto no Hanayome")
Character designer: Yoshimatsu Takahiro ("Oh! Edo Rocket"), Suezen, Soeta Kazuhiro ("Lord of Lords Ryu Knight")

Cast
Dan J.D: Shimono Hiro
Sera D Miranda: Itou Shizuka
Isman Hotty: Nakamura Yuichi
Miyuki Ayukawa: Asano Masumi
Coco J.D: Hanazawa Kana

Synopsis:
On a planet "Earth Dash", people are absorbed in a sports game "Big Foot Basketball (BFB)", in which players ride giant robots "Big foot"