God is on the earth. –And he’s in Japan.

Could you take it? (I couldn’t.)

If you laugh, you lose.
Interesting chart of One Piece animator comparisons.

I’m thinking about re-watching N.H.K. I dunno.

The Cell Saga has been overhauled in Dragon Ball Z Kai. Storyboard names have been released. View the link below for details:
http://i.imgur.com/Knihy.gif

A continuation/sequel/reincarnation of End of Evangelion — or Basquash? You decide.

On a more serious note, here is evidence that Rebuild could be a future reincarnation of the world of Evangelion.
http://i.imgur.com/dpLJH.jpg

These screencaps should refresh some memories. Kaworu (the pilot of Mark-06 that stabbed Eva-01 with the Lance of Longinus at the end of 2.22) seems to believe that the current incarnation of Shinji isn’t the first. He states these beliefs once in 1.0, and once in 2.0. I think it’s pretty safe to say that this is not the first incarnation of the world of Eva.
There is also blood on the moon that would coincide well with Rei’s bloodstain from End of Evangelion.
Kaworu’s dialog “This time I will, at least, make you happy” reinforces the idea that Rebuild is connected to End of Evangelion. EoE ended with Shinji and Asuka alone in a world post Third-Impact — void of humanity due to instrumentality; the collective human existence. Not exactly a happy ending for Shinji.

Lots of theory is bouncing around about the true meaning of Rebuild. Rebuild 3.0 should be out sometime in 2011.

[screencap image via: /a/ | fact checks via: Original Material & Wikipedia]

[via: ANN]

The producers of the live-action film adaptation of Harold Sakuishi’s Beck rock-and-roll manga announced at a Tuesday event in Tokyo that the American band Red Hot Chili Peppers and the British band Oasis will contribute the two theme songs of the film. Red Hot Chili Peppers will provide the opening theme song “Around the World,” while Oasis will provide the ending theme song “Don’t Look Back in Anger.”

Around the World [youtube]
Don’t Look Back in Anger [youtube]

Hells yes.

So, I just watched Summer Wars — directed by Mamoru Hosoda (of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time fame) and written by Satoko Okudera (also of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time fame) — and I enjoyed it a lot. Takeshige Youji (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, etc) was the art director for the movie, and as you would expect, he did a fantastic job. The plot revolves around Kenji Koiso, an eleventh grade math genius, who breaks a code that causes the online world of OZ to be thrown into disarray. That’s about as much as I’ll say. The themes for the movie are “Internal Struggle of a Diverse Family meets Cyber Mayhem meets Love Story meets pseudo-standard Japanese Drama“. The movie clocks in at 1 hour & 44 minutes. It also won “Best Animated Feature Film” in three separate academys, including the Japanese Academy, Mainichi Film Concours and the Sitges International Festival.
Watch it.

via: youtube

This video is so old school that the school took Thomas Jefferson out of the school books.

J.C. Staff — the producers/animators of anime such as Toradora!, Zero no Tsukaima, Hayate the Combat Butler, Shakugan no Shana, Toaru Majutsu no Index, etc — have been gracefully chosen to do the Kaichō wa Maid-sama! anime, starting this April, and Bakuman, starting this fall. NHK has launched a anime page for the anime and it has been confirmed as a 25 episode series. || Ayumi Fujimura, of Seikon no Qwaser fame, has been chosen to be the voice actor for Misaki Ayuzawa in Kaichō wa Maid-sama!.
I’m pretty pumped for both of these shows. J.C. Staff usually has a pretty badass Fall line-up. Don’t forget that they are doing the third season of Shakugan no Shana starting this fall, too.

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[Source: ANN]

Bakuman anime announced for Fall 2010. Hells yes.

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is a Daft Punk Anime-Musical produced by Toei. It was released in `03 and contains music from the Discovery album. I saw this movie when it came out and I’ve watched it a few times since then, too. The music is great. The supervision is great. All-in-all its a really fun and enjoyable movie. If you like Daft Punk’s music — then without a doubt you’ll like Interstella 5555 as well.

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