Manga Duo naked ape’s switch Heads to Stage, OVA

The September issue (on sale August 18) of Square Enix‘s Monthly G Fantasy manga magazine announced that the Switch detective manga by the artist duo naked ape will be adapted for the theatrical stage and OVA formats. The October issue will continue with more announcements. The grittily stylized manga focuses on two young governmental investigators of drug trafficking in Japan. Viz Media announced at Comic-Con International 2007 that it will start releasing the manga version next March.

Source: Ultimatum

550,000 Attend Japan’s Comic Market Summer 2007

Mainchi Newspaper’s Mantan website reports that Comic Market, the largest manga-related convention, hosted 550,000 attendees during its 72nd run this past August 19–21. About 200,000 attendees came on Sunday to the doujinshi markerplace, adding to the daily totals of 180,000 on Saturday and 170,000 on Friday.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com

Anime News August 20th, 2008

New Aquarion Movie Trailers Online

The “Movie” section of the Aquarion motion picture homepage now hosts a new streaming trailer and two TV spots. The movie is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on September 22nd.

Source: Moon Phase

Kafka Inaka Isha Trailer Online

Shochiku Films now hosts a streaming Flash trailer for Academy Award nominated animator Koji Yamamura’s latest short film “Kafka Inaka Isha” (Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor).

Source: Anime News Network

Switch OVA Announced

Details on New Macross Anime Revealed

At this past weekend’s Macross 25th Anniversary Live: Minmay meets Fire Bomber concert held in Tokyo, Macross co-creator Shoji Kawamori announced that the new Macross anime TV series will tentatively be titled “Macross F” (“Macross Frontier”), and series female lead Ranka Lee will be played by 18 year-old debut voice actress and singer Megumi Nakajima.Macross F will be directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi (Aquarion), with character designs provided by Mikan Ehime (Gravion Zwei) and Yuichi Takahashi (Aquarion). Yoko Kanno will compose the musical score for the new series.

Source: Anime News Network & Moon Phase

Keitai Shoujo Drama Announced

The Keitai Shoujo homepage has announced that the cel phone game and anime series Keitai Shoujo (“Cel Phone Girl”) will debut as a live action television drama on October 23rd.

Source: Ultimatum

Live Action Hana Yori Dango Movie Announced

Japanese television network TBS has announced development of “Hana Yori Dango Final,” a live action feature film conclusion to the live action TV drama adaptation of Youko Kamio’s popular manga. The cast from the two successful television series will reprise their roles in the movie, which is due out in Japanese theaters next summer.

Source: Sankei Sports

Live Action Fuma no Kojiro Website Opened

The official homepage for the upcoming live action Fuma no Kojiro television series adaptation of Masami Kurumada’s manga is now online.

Source: http://www.animenation.com/