Battle Angel Alita Movie After Avatar 2 & 3

Cameron aims to include Motorball scenes from Manga[Source: AnimeNewsNetwork] Director James Cameron told the Collider.com website this past weekend that he still intends to personally direct a film adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) manga. Because Cameron and 20th Century Fox plan to release two Avatar sequels on December 2014 and December 2015, the director said that he "

Stuff Coming to North America

New Releases [Source: aicn.com]cerealgeek issue 8 is now available for pre-order Issue eight continues the theme from the previous issue showcasing the many animated movies of the eighties; both series-based and studio-produced. The numerous five-part stories that featured in many cartoons of the eighties are addressed in this issue. The He-Man and She-Ra movie The Secret of The Sword receives an

Symbionic Titan's Sexy Dance Scene

"Shake it, Bake it, Booty Quake it!"Here is the controversial scene where Kimberly performs a sexy dance on Cartoon Network's Symbionic Titan. For a kid's show, it makes you wonder just who the target audience is. Remember to shake it, bake it, booty quake it! Move it around! ^^

Newsletter - January 2011

Articles Collected and Edited by Octavio SotoManga Creators Oppose Bill, While PTA andTokyo Governor Support ItOn November 29,three manga creator groups — the Japan Cartoonists Association, the CopyrightNetwork for Comic Authors in the 21st Century, and Manga Japan — announced their opposition to the bill. Intheir joint statements, the groups said that there is an extremely high riskthat the bill

Anime News True Love Story Cartoon Romance

True Love Story is a series of four dating sims as distinct from the similar but unrelated title True Love. True Love Story and True Love Story 2 were released by ASCII for the PlayStation. True Love Story 3 and True Love Story: Summer Days. The True Love Story land are notable for their gekō, or walk-home system. When the player asks a girl to walk home with him from school, the game enters a

Futurama's New Season Starts Thursday, June 24

On Comedy Central 9:00 and 9:30 p.m. [central time] - "Rebirth" and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela"[Source: SciFi.com] Finally! The crew of the Planet Express are back, and Comedy Central's got them! In the sixth-season premiere (after the longest hiatus ever), the Professor must "Rebirth" the crew to bring them back from death by using an untested resuscitation machine. Resolves the cliffhanger from the

Anime Central the 13th has officially begun!

At last, the event everyone has been waiting for has arrived! Anime Central is this Friday, May 14, through Sunday, May 16, 2010. Bring your friends and family for three days of awesome anime fun!Keep your eyes on our website for daily reports from the con! We'll have cosplay pics and videos throughout the weekend, so don't miss out!

Frank Frazetta, Fantasy Artist, 1928 - 2010

Artist Frank Frazetta passed away on Monday, May 10, 2010, at the age of 82 due to a stroke. Frazetta's career began in comic books before World War II, working on a variety of adventure titles for several different publishers, as well as doing a stint on the Li'l Abner newspaper comic strip from 1953-1961. He is best known for the fantasy and horror paintings for magazines and pulp paperback

Happy Anniversary, Animatrix Network!

Today, we celebrate the 15th year of our anime club! We've been around since 1995, longer than many other Chicago anime fan organizations. We'd like to thank all of our members for their support and participation over the past decade and a half. The Animatrix Network has contributed much to the fan community in and around Chicago. Our club members helped start the first Anime Central back in 1998

Futurama Returns with More Episodes

Comedy Central has released the first disturbing image from the upcoming new episodes of Futurama, which debut June 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.Not sure what we're looking at, but it can't be good. And where's Fry?The network has ordered 26 new episodes of the show, with all the main voice actors returning. [Source: SyFy.com]Good news, everyone!

Today is Star Wars Day!

Why celebrate Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you, remember?) by just rewatching the Star Wars movies when you can celebrate by starring in one of them? To honor the holiday, Lucasfilm has teamed up with JibJab to allow us to create our own personalized versions of The Empire Strikes Back. Visit JibJab or starwars.com, upload headshots of you

Announcing a Sequel to "The Dark Crystal"

OMNILAB MEDIA AND THE JIM HENSON COMPANY JOIN FORCES TO LAUNCH THE AUSTRALIAN FEATURE PRODUCTION OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATEDPOWER OF THE DARK CRYSTALSequel to Henson classic film "The Dark Crystal" to be financed and produced by Omnilab Media in Australia and executive produced by The Jim Henson Company.  3D, live action, visual effects film to be one of the largest Australian productions ever. 

Legends of the Dark King Upgrade Program

Legends of the Dark Kings: A Fist of the North Star Story© Sentai Filmworks DVD or Blu-ray upgrade options Similar to what was done with Clannad, Sentai Filmworks is offering up an upgrade program (form here) for their upcoming release of Legends of the Dark King. Sentai has created a new English language dub for the show so fans who purchased the subtitle only edition can now upgrade and save

Anime Central Announces the Japanese Voice Cast and Crew of Soul Eater

Anime Central, in cooperation with FUNimation and Media Factory, welcomes four Japanese voice actors from the currently running Soul Eater television series.  [From acen.org]Ms. Yumiko Kobayashi (Black Star), Mr. Kouki Uchiyama (Soul Eater), Ms. Kaori Nazuka (Tsubaki), and Ms. Narumi Takahira (Patty) will attend the annual event on Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15 to host panel and autograph

Cartoon Network has announced their upcoming slate

New SeriesMAD - animated sketch-comedy series utilizing a chaotic mix of animation styles.Sam Register (Teen Titans, Ben 10, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) is the executive producer. Kevin Shinick (Robot Chicken) and Mark Marek (KaBlam! The Andy Milonakis Show) are the producers.Robotomy: The animated Robotomy tells the story of Thrasher and Blastus, two outsider teenage droids who are only

Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Punched in the Face in IRON MAN 2

'Iron Man 2' Buzz Heats Up Over Rumors Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Punched In Face

Gundam Cafe Opens In Akihabara

There's no place more fitting for an official Gundam Cafe than in Tokyo's Akihabara district. Sadly Japanese maids don't draw hearts in syrup over your pancakes or put "love spells" on you like at Maid Cafes...but there are Gundam biscuits! Akihabara News visited the cafe before its grand opening to the public this Saturday, and has a full collection of photos over on their site. I do not

Media Blasters Streams Rayearth, Funi Posts Sengoku Basara

The North American anime and manga distributor Media Blasters has posted the first 20 dubbed episodes of Magic Knight Rayearth on Hulu on Tuesday. Media Blasters is also currently streaming Mirage of Blaze, Girl's High, Ramen Fighter Miki, Kite: Liberator, and Ikki Tousen on Hulu. [Source: AnimeNewsNetwork] The official blog of the North American anime distributor Funimation noted on

Toonseum Exhibit of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA

This May through July, Toonseum, the Pittsburgh Museum of Cartoon Art, is holding the largest exhibition of Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA, showing the original production art from the private collection of over 10,000 pieces by our guest curator Joe Peacock.Come to our opening party on May 7th. You will have the opportunity to take an exclusive sneak peek at the exhibit, presentation by the collector

New Last Airbender Project Coming to Nickelodeon

New job postings at MTV Networks Careers website and from the Animation Guild have revealed that a new Avatar the Last Airbender television project is currently staffing up for production, with open postings for Storyboard Artists, Revisionists, and Supervisors; Prop and Character Designers; and a Live-Action/Animation Reference Coordinator. Nickelodeon has confirmed that the project is in