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    Advance poster for TIGER & BUNNY -THE RISING-. Image courtesy of Shochiku Co. © Sunrise/ T&B Movie Partners

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    Japanese Superhero Anime Movie Coming Fall 2013 Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: tigerandbunny.net/movie2 (Japan) In late 2011, the anime studio Sunrise Inc. announced production of two theatrical feature films based on their hit television series TIGER & BUNNY (????????). The first movie -- TIGER & BUNNY -THE BEGINNING- (??? ???????? -The Beginning-, Gekijoo-ban Taigaa Ando Banii -The Beginning) -- combined new content with material from the show to provide a new backstory to the adventures of the superheroes Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr. Distributor Shochiku Co., Ltd. released TIGER & BUNNY -THE BEGINNING- to Japanese theaters on September 22, 2012. One week later, the film made it`s North American debut, courtesy of VIZ Media. The second film -- TIGER & BUNNY -THE RISING- (??? ???????? -The Rising-, Gekijoo-ban Taigaa Ando Banii -The Rising-) -- is scheduled for release in Japan in Autumn 2013 (exact

    The contract granting IMAGI Animation Studios rights to produce a CGI film version of Tatsunoko Production`s GATCHAMAN has been cancelled. © Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd.

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    All Rights Revert Back to Tatsunoko Source: Tatsunoko Production press release Plans for a feature-length CG animated film version of GATCHAMAN -- first announced back on June 8, 2006 -- formally came to end October 15, 2012 with the dissolution of the business agreement between Tatsunoko Production and IMAGI International Holdings. Tatsunoko launched the franchise with the 105 episode anime series SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN (??????????? Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman, 1972). A compilation film was released to Japanese theaters in 1978, followed by the sequel TV series GATCHAMAN II (???????????II, Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman Tsuu, 1978) and GATCHAMAN FIGHTER (???????????F(?????), Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman Faitaa, 1979), and the three-part GATCHAMAN OVA (??????, 1994). An edited and English dubbed version of GATCHAMAN debuted in the the United States as BATTLE OF THE PLANETS in 1978, with a second adaptation released as G-FORCE in 1986. The two sequel

    44 years after his last film, the giant idol Majin returned in the new late night television series DAIMAJIN KANON. Photo courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. © 2009 DAIMAJIN KANON Partners

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    An Exclusive Look at the 2010 Series with Photos and Details from Kadokawa Authors: Keith Aiken, Elizabeth Ellis and Alicia Ashby Source: Kadokawa Pictures Translations and Additional Materials: Elizabeth Ellis and Alicia Ashby Official Site: dm-kanon.com Special Thanks to Naoko Sato, Asako Suzuki and Chiyako Tasai A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE History of Daimajin Return of Daimajin War Gods and Yokai Daimajin Girl Concepts and Design Works Special Effects Characters and Cast Episode Guide Credits SPOILER WARNING: This article contains plot details for a recent Japanese television series not yet available in English speaking countries. DAIMAJIN KANON is the story of Kanon Misaki, a young woman who forges through a series of dramatic changes in her life while surrounded by a menagerie of fantastic creatures... and all under the

    The superhero Barnaby Brooks, Jr. (aka Bunny) greets fans at a promotional event for the upcoming anime film TIGER & BUNNY -THE BEGINNING-, held at the Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co. © 2012 Sunrise/ T&B Movie Partners

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    Japanese Superhero Anime Heads to Cinemas in September Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: tigerandbunny.net (Japan) The popular TV anime TIGER & BUNNY heads to the big screen with the feature film TIGER & BUNNY -THE BEGINNING- (??? ???????? -The Beginning-, Gekijoo-ban Taigaa Ando Banii -The Beginning). Distributed by Shochiku, the movie is set to hit Japanese theaters on September 22nd of this year. TIGER & BUNNY is set in Stern Bild, a metropolitan city where superheroes called NEXT help to maintain peace. Sporting sponsor logos on their suits, these heroes work to solve cases and save people’s lives in order to earn Hero Points, while also helping to improve the public image of their corporate sponsors. Their activities are documented and broadcast by the popular show “HERO TV,” in which each superhero strives to become the “King of Heroes” of the year.

    Character posters for the upcoming anime film 009 RE:CYBORG. Images courtesy of Production I.G. © 2012 009 RE:CYBORG Production Committee

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    Shotaro Ishinomori`s Classic Manga is Revised for New CG Anime Film Source: Production I.G Official Website: ph9.jp (Japan) Production I.G presents 009 RE:CYBORG (??????? ???????, Zero-Zero-Nine Re: Cyborg), a mature and thought-provoking approach to the classic manga Cyborg 009 from Kenji Kamiyama, the world-acclaimed director of the GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX series and EDEN OF THE EAST. The movie, in stereoscopic 3D full CG animation, will open in Japan October 27, 2012. 009 RE:CYBORG is based on the Cyborg 009 characters created in 1964 by Japanese comic artist Shotaro Ishinomori. In the original comic, nine regular humans from different parts of the world are kidnapped by the evil Black Ghost organization, and transformed into cyborgs with great powers for the purpose of being used as weapons. The nine cyborgs rebel and start to fight against their creators, while struggling for

    Key artwork for the new anime series ZETMAN. Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2012 Masakazu Katsura/ Shueisha · Zetman Project 2012

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    Seinen Sci-Fi Anime Adventure Based on Manga by Acclaimed Creator Masakazu Katsura Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: zetman.jp (Japan), vizanime.com/zetman (US) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, is proud to announce the online simulcast debut of the gritty new sci-fi anime action series ZETMAN (?????, Zettoman, 2012) on VIZAnime.com, the company’s own website for free anime, as well as on the free, ad-supported Hulu service and the Hulu Plus subscription service. ZETMAN is rated ‘TV-MA’ for Mature Audiences, and is based on a popular seinen manga series by Masakazu Katsura, who also created Video Girl Ai and I”s (both published in North America by VIZ Media) and was the character designer for the hit anime TIGER & BUNNY (also available on VIZAnime.com). The anime series, presented

    Actor Kenji Ohba as Retsu Ichijouji. © 2011 Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Interview with Kenji Ohba Translation by: Tetsuya Shima The interviewer : ?????(Hideo Akita) From the book : "?????? -???????????????????- (Uchuu Keiji Taizen -Gavan Sharivan Shaider no Sekai-)" ISBN4-575-29080-7 Publisher : ??? (Futabasha) Editors : ????????????(Mikio Ando & Studio Hard) In 2012, Toei Co. will be releasing the latest film based on its popular SUPER SENTAI franchise, called SPACE SHERIFF GYABAN VS GOKAIJA - THE MOVIE. The highlight of this film will be the return of Space Sheriff Gavan (Uchuu Keiji Gyaban), a popular Toei hero series from 1982. With the help of Tetsuya Shima, SciFi Japan will feature a series of articles we call Space Sheriff Spotlight, taking a look back at the SPACE SHERIFF series (Gavan, Sharivan and Shaider) through a series of interviews with the casts and crews that brought the series to life. We start off by presenting an interview

    Poster art for TOWANOQUON. © 2011 BONES/ Towa no Quon Production Committee

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    Series Debuts October 13th on Anime Network Online Source: Sentai Filmworks, Anime Network press releases Official Site: towanoquon.com (Japan) Special Thanks to David Williams and Christian Lopez Sentai Filmworks has rewarded fans of dark heroic action everywhere with the eagerly awaited announcement of the company’s acquisition of TOWANOQUON (??????, Towa no Quon, 2011), the spectacular new series of animated features from anime powerhouse BONES (EUREKA SEVEN, NO. 6). Produced by a literal all-star lineup of creators, the first film in the series is directed by Umanosuke Iida (HELLSING, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: THE 08TH MS TEAM, MIGHTY SPACE MINERS), with script supervision by Saizo Nemoto (KIKAIDER, TOKYO MAIDEN 2) and character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto (COWBOY BEBOP, WOLF`S RAIN, GOLDEN BOY), while music is in the legendary hands of Kenji Kawai (THE RING, DARK WATER, SKYCRAWLERS, PATLABOR, RANMA ½, BLUE SEED, SORCERER HUNTERS). Digital distribution of the

    VIZ Media has been named the exclusive U.S. product licensor for the new animated superhero series TIGER & BUNNY. © 2011 Sunrise/ T&B Partners, MBS

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    Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: tigerandbunny.net (Japanese) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, has announced it has been named the exclusive U.S. product licensor for the new animated crime-fighting action series TIGER & BUNNY (????????, Taigaa & Banii). The company will showcase the property to a variety of potential merchandise partners during the 2011 Licensing International Expo, held in Las Vegas, June 14th-16th, 2011. VIZ Media will be located in Booth #2481. The Licensing International Expo is held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center and is the preeminent marketplace for the hottest international brands and properties. The vent features a show floor of more than 7,000 properties from all of Hollywood’s major film studios, global entertainment companies, Fortune 500 consumer brands, sporting teams, interactive

    Left to right: The Hello Kitty Room and Gundam are among the displays at the 'Japan: Kingdom of Characters' exhibition. Photos courtesy of the Japan Foundation. © 2011 Isaac Leung, Japan Foundation Gallery.

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    Exhibit at Japan Foundation Gallery in Sydney, Australia Source: Japan Foundation, Sydney press release Special Thanks to Evon Fung "Japan: Kingdom of Characters" officially opened to the public last Friday attracting over 1,000 visitors of all ages in the first week alone. The exhibition runs until 28 May with free weekly Public Programs accompanying the exhibition. Wednesday night saw the first of the Public Programs commence. It was a successful result, with the lecture room filled to capacity. Dr Michael Hill (aka Doctor Comics) gave a thorough overview on the anime and manga phenomenon. Ms Tokiko Kiyota, director of the Japan Foundation, Sydney, is astonished by the extraordinary response from the Australian public. “We are very impressed by the high interest shown towards our exhibition and lecture series so far. We hope this will encourage more people to come again to the Japan Foundation and the services

    This April and May, the Japan Foundation Sydney takes a look at some of Japan`s most popular characters. Photo courtesy of Japan Foundation.

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    Source: Japan Foundation, Sydney press release Special Thanks to Evon Fung Astro Boy, Hello Kitty, Pokemon. Sound familiar? This April, the Japan Foundation Sydney presents their latest exhibition, "Japan: Kingdom of Characters". The exhibition will run from 8 April through to 28 May at the Japan Foundation Gallery, taking visitors through Japan’s most popular characters that have triggered worldwide crazes from the 1950s to the present. Why do characters appear and become popular? What kind of social reality do they reflect? As interest in Japanese subculture, particularly anime and manga, become increasingly a topic of interest around the world, the Japan Foundation responds and examines the impact of characters on Japanese society. Featuring life-sized figures from HELLO KITTY, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM and more, the exhibition will be accompanied with panels, film and character-related products allowing a window into the obsessive phenomenon of Japan’s world

    Anime Jungle is giving SciFi Japan readers a chance to win KIKAIDA BROTHERS posters personally signed by the shows` stars Ban Daisuke and the late Shunsuke Ikeda. Photo courtesy of Anime Jungle. © Ishinomori Production Inc. and Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Posters Signed by Lead Actors Ban Daisuke and Shunsuke Ikeda, courtesy of Anime Jungle Source: Anime Jungle Special Thanks to Tetsu Shiota and Yoichi Kakuma SciFi Japan would like to thank Anime Jungle and everyone who entered our recent "KIKAIDA BROTHERS Poster" giveaway competition. Five prizes were originally announced, but the response was so positive (and polite) that we decided to throw in a couple more prizes. So the following seven randomly drawn entrants have each one a poster signed by both Ban Daisuke (KIKAIDA) and the late Shunsuke Ikeda (KIKAIDA-01): Stephanie Chaplin Richard Shirley Jim Flack Matt Burkett Chris Daniel Sana Souratha Treveno Colley Congratulations to all the winners! More contests are planned for 2010 so keep checking back with SciFi Japan for additional opportunities to win some cool stuff! Anime Jungle is located at 319 East 2nd Street #103, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Additional information

    Stunt Crew from KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT, nominated for a daytime Emmy award in the category of Oustanding Stunt Coordination. ©2008 Adness Entertainment Co., Ltd.

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    Interview with Producer/Director Michael Wang. Author: Bob Johnson Official Website: Kamen Rider Dragon Knight CW 4Kids-TV Kamen Rider Dragon Knight A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Although the CW has parted ways with KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT, the series continues to receive the notice of fans and now television peers. Recently it was announced that KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT has been nominated for a daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination. The nomination came for episode 18, in which Len (aka; Kamen Rider Wingknight) battles the Cho Brothers. The nominees for this award were: GENERAL HOSPITAL ABC TIM DAVISON, STUNT COORDINATOR KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT CW TELEVISION NETWORK DORENDA MOORE, STUNT COORDINATOR ONE LIFE TO LIVE ABC DANNY AIELLO III, STUNT COORDINATOR VINCENT CUPONE, STUNT COORDINATOR AS THE WORLD TURNS CBS JAKE TURNER, STUNT COORDINATOR THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS MIKE CASSIDY,

    Nerdy Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) becomes the crime fighter Kick-Ass. © 2010 KA Films LP

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    SciFi Japan Presents a Second Look at the New Superhero Movie Author: Kim Song-ho Official Movie Site: kickass-themovie.com KICK-ASS is a superhero film without superheroes. The masked and costumed vigilantes appearing in KICK-ASS are all normal, without super powers. For example, our protagonist Dave, who later becomes the titular hero, is a less-than-average geek. He is not so athletic, has no relationships with girls and sometimes he is picked on by the local thugs along with his equally nerdy friends. One distinctive feature Dave has is a vision. A vision that changes his life forever - having been frustrated by the fact no one ever tries to be a superhero, he decided to become one himself. KICK-ASS is in a similar vein with films like HANCOCK which, in some degrees, are a spin to the superhero genre. Though Dave`s new moniker Kick-Ass has no such powers

    Poster for Lionsgate`s new superhero movie KICK-ASS. © 2010 KA Films LP

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    Author: Kyle Byrd Official Movie Site: kickass-themovie.com KICK-ASS is the story of a nerdy high school kid named Dave (played by Aaron Johnson), who becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a real life superhero. While his friends laugh at the idea, Dave becomes determined to prove that such a feat is possible. He orders a wetsuit online and becomes Kick-Ass. While he doesn’t do much of what his name would imply, he becomes an Internet sensation practically overnight. On the other end of the spectrum are Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and his daughter Hit-Girl (Chloe Moritz), who he has trained to become a vigilante killing machine like himself. Big Daddy is working on taking down the group of mobsters responsible for his wife’s death. The mobsters are lead to believe that Kick-Ass is to blame for their current difficulties. Subplots develop from there including a

    A new take on Astro Boy wraps up with the 8th volume of Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2008 Naoki Urusawa /Shogakukan Inc.

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    The Exciting Finale of Naoki Urasawa`s Mega Popular ASTRO BOY Update Source: VIZ Media press release Special Thanks to Evelyn Dubocq VIZ Media will be releasing the much anticipated 8th and final volume of Naoki Urasawa`s manga masterpiece Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka on April 6th. Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka is a modern reinterpretation of the work by the master of manga, Osamu Tezuka. In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something is after the seven great robots of the world. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case – and he eventually discovers that he is one of the targets! In the final volume Atom is back, and the fate of the earth is in his hands! Now that Atom has all the answers to the unsolved mysteries around Pluto, Bora and more, he`s prepared to put everything

    Official title logo for the Korean series RAYFORCE. Photo courtesy of T3 Entertainment. © 2009 T3 Entertainment

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    A Conversation with the Production Crew of the Upcoming Korean SFX Hero TV Show Author / Translator: Kim Song-ho Official website: T3 Entertainment (RAYFORCE website coming soon) RAYFORCE demo footage on YouTube Special Thanks to Ko Jeong-jin, Jun Jae-hoon, Hong Gi-hun and the members of Big Monster Club A SciFi JAPAN EXCLUSIVE On October 22, 2009, the Korean game company T3 Entertainment announced the production of a new SFX Hero TV Show called RAYFORCE, WAR RECORD OF TIME AND SPACE (Shigongjeongi Reifosu). Shortly before the official announcement, T3 released a 4-minute video demo of the show on YouTube. The quality of the demo was enough to attract attention from genre fans, and RAYFORCE has become one of the most anticipated SFX shows in Korea. T3 Entertainment is a prolific company that develops and distributes game software. Notable titles from T3 includes HELLGATE, WARCRY, MYTHOS and

    Zone Fighter join forces with the monster of justice, Godzilla! ©MCC, Toho Co., Ltd

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    Godzilla, King Ghidorah and Gigan feature in classic Toho TV series Author: Jim M. Ballard Special Thanks to Keith Aiken, John Paul Cassidy and Oki Miyano History Episode Guide Cast & Characters Staff Heroes & Terror-Beasts Theme Song Interview: Kazumi Kitahara & Sachiko Kouzuki HISTORY RYUUSEI NINGEN ZOON (Zone The Meteor Man) was a superhero TV series produced by Toho Eizo that aired weekly on the Nippon Television Network (NTV) between April 2nd and September 24th 1973. Toho has registered the series with the United States copyright office under the English title ZONE FIGHTER. The series is centered around a family of aliens known as the Zone Family, whose home planet Peaceland was destroyed by the villainous Garoga Baron aliens. Seeking refuge on Earth, they take on their new identity as

    The VIZ manga Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White has won a 2008 Eisner Comic Industry Award. Photo courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2007 Taiyo Matsumoto

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    Latest News Includes New Manga Titles for 2009, an Eisner Award, and the Launch of Stan Lee & Hiroyuki Takei`s ULTIMO Source: VIZ Media Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan’s largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa and is a global ex-Asia licensor of Japanese manga and animation. The company offers an integrated product line including magazines such as SHONEN JUMP and SHOJO BEAT, graphic novels, and DVDs, and develops, markets, licenses, and distributes animated entertainment for audiences and consumers

    Three powerful forces will decide the future of Gotham City in THE DARK KNIGHT, the highly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed BATMAN BEGINS. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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    Batman returns in the sequel to BATMAN BEGINS Source: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Official Website: THE DARK KNIGHT Special Thanks to Gemma Cacho and Donna Elyassian SPOILER WARNING: This article contains plot details for a new film. The following production notes were created by Warner Bros. Pictures for THE DARK KNIGHT, opening in theaters this Friday, July 18. The text is © 2008 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Batman and all related characters are TM & © DC Comics. The follow-up to the action hit “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and the committed new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham City for good. The triumvirate initially proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves

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