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

The Cell Saga has been overhauled in Dragon Ball Z Kai. Storyboard names have been released. View the link below for details:
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This week’s chapter of Bakuman is finally setting the scene for Ashirogi’s next manga. Can they combine everything they’ve learned ’till now into a super-hit that will beat Nīzuma’s two series? I’m sure they will — if they couldn’t do it then Bakuman would be a pretty depressing manga.

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.

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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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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[via: ANN]

“…she smiled till the end.”

This is the wallpaper I’m rockin` at the moment. Download it here. (1920×1200; 225kb)

Shakugan no Shana S OVA 1 was released earlier today. In this series of OVAs, Yuji and Shana search through the Hunter’s Nest for a particular treasure — but unforeseen trouble always seems to get in their way. OVA 1 is a reshuffle; if you enjoyed the season one and two, you will undoubtedly enjoy these OVAs as well.

Useful links: Wikipedia episode guide ANN