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Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin) Live Action Film Gets Teaser!

16. December 2011

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Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin) Live Action Film Gets Teaser!

A few days after we’ve announced that Samurai X will be getting the live action treatment, the MediaFreaks 3D Animation Blog delivers you the first trailer for this well-loved anime. Here goes: Rurouni Kenshin tells the story of a reformed samurai assassin who must once again wield his blade in order to protect the ones [...]

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Samurai X to be A Live Action Film

7. December 2011

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Samurai X to be A Live Action Film

Calling on anime fans, the MediaFreaks 3D Animation Blog has found out that the popular series Rurouni Kenshin or Samurai X to many people will have a live action film. Below are a few stills from the shooting of the film. Rurouni Kenshin was first published as a manga for the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine [...]

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Two Marvel Anime — Iron Man and the X-Men

5. August 2011

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Two Marvel Anime — Iron Man and the X-Men

After giving you a glimpse of Marvel Anime: Wolverine, the MediaFreaks 3D Animation Blog gives you two more Marvel intellectual properties which are getting the anime treatment… First, Iron Man.. And now, the X-Men… This is an official Marvel venture aimed at producing a parallel universe for these Marvel characters. For the Iron Man series, [...]

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Marvel Anime: Wolverine Gets Warm Welcome in America?

3. August 2011

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Marvel Anime: Wolverine Gets Warm Welcome in America?

The “Marvel Anime” project taps popular Marvel characters and gives them the anime treatment. It was first launched in Japan and was met with overwhelming success (home court advantage). But now the Marvel Anime project has been premiered in North America — starting with Wolverine. Will it be met with the same warm response as [...]

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Dragon Ball Deals for Latin American Networks Nearing Completion

20. June 2011

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Dragon Ball Deals for Latin American Networks Nearing Completion

Toei Animation has secured major Latin American broadcast deals in Mexico and Colombia for Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Kai, it was announced today by Eduardo Lucio, Senior Sales Manager for Toei Animation. Cartoon network Latin America has signed as broadcaster across Latin America for episodes 1-54 of Dragon Ball Kai. At the same [...]

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Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Inspires Stage Show

18. May 2011

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Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Inspires Stage Show

Danville Tri-State Area Gang Comes to Life to Bring Ultimate Live Stage Show to More Than 80 U.S. Cities Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all! Disney Channel’s animation gem, the critically acclaimed “Phineas and Ferb,” TV’s #1 animated series among Tweens 9-14 for three years running, has reached a new pinnacle by inspiring [...]

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VIZ Media Announces Releases New Naruto Shippuden DVD Box Set

4. May 2011

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VIZ Media Announces Releases New Naruto Shippuden DVD Box Set

VIZ Media continues to expand its bestselling NARUTO anime franchise with the release of the latest NARUTO Shippuden Uncut DVD Set Volume 6 on April 26th. The 3-disc set contains episodes 66-77 of the original anime series in both subtitled and English dubbed options. Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens, this box set will be available [...]

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Buso Renkin & Vampire Knight Guilty Premiere on iTunes

17. January 2011

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Buso Renkin & Vampire Knight Guilty Premiere on iTunes

VIZ Media rings in 2011 and expands its current anime promotion on iTunes in the U.S. (www.iTunes.com) to include the premieres of BUSO RENKIN and VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY. To celebrate the debuts, you can download the first full episode of both series for FREE from now thru February 1st. All subsequent episodes are available to [...]

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Dragon Ball Kai-Freeze Saga Set for Cartoon Network Latin America

17. January 2011

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Dragon Ball Kai-Freeze Saga Set for Cartoon Network Latin America

Toei Animation announced today that Cartoon Network Latin America has acquired the broadcast rights to the new anime series, Dragon Ball Kai – Freeze Saga, while also renewing Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. As part of the agreement, Cartoon Network has acquired the fifty-four half hour episodes of Dragon Ball Kai [...]

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Verizon Launches Anime Network on FiOS TV VOD

27. December 2010

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Verizon Launches Anime Network on FiOS TV VOD

Verizon’s FiOS TV customers now have on-demand access to the cultural phenomenon of Japanese animation known as “anime,” with the launch of the Anime Network on FiOS TV Video on Demand. Now available to all FiOS TV subscribers, the Anime Network offers at least 45 hours of original programming every month, with new content added [...]

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BeyBlade Spinning To The Top In Germany

18. December 2010

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BeyBlade Spinning To The Top In Germany

Höhenkirchen/Munich: The comeback of the anime brand “BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion” marketed by the brand management and media company m4e AG and toy manufacturer Hasbro is in full swing. The speedy, colourful spinning tops are the number one toy in the German charts (NPD Eurotoys, KW 45, Total Market Top Items Units). Since September many more [...]

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Beyblade: Metal Fusion Vol. 1 Descends on DVD

19. November 2010

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Beyblade: Metal Fusion Vol. 1 Descends on DVD

The fate of the universe will be in the hands of a hero when the wildly popular anime series BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion Vol. 1, unleashes its power onto DVD November 9th from Nelvana Enterprises and Vivendi Entertainment. BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion, from Nelvana and d-rights Inc., offers a fresh take on the original hit BEYBLADE with [...]

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Saint Seiya Gets New Licensees

2. November 2010

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Saint Seiya Gets New Licensees

On the heels of Shanghai Licensing Show 2010, Toei Animation and its partner, PPW (Promotional Partners Worldwide), announces several licensing deals in China for the animated property, Saint Seiya. * Metersbonwe, the largest apparel company in China, will launch a young adult’s clothing line based on the characters from Saint Seiya. The apparel will launch [...]

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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Coming to Crunchyroll

2. November 2010

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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Coming to Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll, Inc., announced today the streaming rights acquisition of the anime Tantei Opera Milky Homes from Bushiroad Inc., one of Japan’s leading hobby-oriented card game companies. Title stars the voice-acting talents of Izumi Kitta, Mikoi Sasaki, Sora Tokui and Suzuko Mimori, the real life Milky Holmes singing troupe, as the leads. Featuring animation production by [...]

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Pluto Gets Hybrid CG Treatment

29. October 2010

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Pluto Gets Hybrid CG Treatment

Tezuka Productions and Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment are partnering to bring PLUTO to life as a live- action/CG hybrid animated movie. PLUTO, which has sold over 8.5 million copies in Japan, results from the union of the most beloved character in Japanese culture with the most contemporary Japanese writer, Naoki Urasawa. Meledandri’s international hits have [...]

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