Based on the manga of the same name by Nobuyuki Anzai (Flame of Recca), MÄR (Märchen Awakens Romance) follows the adventures of Ginta Toramizu and his friends as they explore the world of MÄR Heaven. Ginta is your regular underachiever in school: he sleeps in class, gets picked on by bigger students, and the only person who will listen to his tales of a fantasy world he dreams about is his friend Koyuki. Of course, it’s hard to take the idea of a fantasy world seriously, the way Ginta always talks about it, until a Gatekeeper Clown appears before him in class and offers a chance to see a new world. From Viz Media comes the first in a long journey through the magical world of MÄR Heaven, MÄR (Märchen Awakens Romance): 1 – Gateway to MÄR. (more…)
Mitsuki Koyama and her alter-ego Full Moon are facing even more problems in life. Mereko and Takuto end up having a big fight when Mitsuki mentions that Takuto revealed some of his past life as a human to her. Even worse news is that her audition against Madoka Wakamatsu has become much harder, because Madoka wants the director to only use one idol instead of two to promote the line of shampoo products. Based on the original manga story by Arina Tanemura, Full Moon O Sagashite: A Singer’s Voice—the fifth volume from Viz Media—pushes Mitsuki to her limit as she tries to juggle getting Mereko and Takuto back together while also enduring a relapse of her illness. (more…)
Active Anime has another batch of audio interviews ready, this time having caught up with the Hellsing Ultimate and Kyo Kara Maoh! casts at Anime Expo.
Previously considered the final installment in a loosely-related series of films featuring the character Tomie, Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (Tomie: Saishuu-sho – Kindan no Kajitsu) follows the Hashimoto family’s brushes with the infamous beauty. Kazuhiko Hashimoto (Jun Kunimura; Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Alive, Godzilla: Final Wars) fell in love with a beautiful woman years ago in his youth. But something terrible happened and eventually he found and married another woman. However, his passion for that particular beauty never left and he named his daughter after his lost love: Tomie. Tomie Hashimoto (Aoi Miyazaki; Synesthesia, Yume Kikuchi of Someday’s Dreamers) has grown into an unpopular teenage girl, but one day she encounters a beautiful girl around her own age with the same first name. Tomie quickly becomes friends with Tomie Kawakami (Nozomi Ando; Sakuya: Yokaiden, The Suicide Manual), but things get messy when Kazuhiko sees a familar face. Based on the manga by Junji Ito comes Tomie: Forbidden Fruit from Adness America. (more…)
Su-mi (Su-jeong Lim; I’m a Cyborg but that’s OK) and Su-yeon Bae (Geun-yeong Mun; Love Me Not) have returned from a hospital to live with their father, Moo-hyeon Bae (Kap-su Kim; She’s on Duty) and his new wife out in the country. However, the stepmother, Eun-joo (Jung-ah Yum; The Old Garden), is not happy to be forced to live with the two girls. Matters grow worse when Eun-joo begins to act weird around the house and lash out at the two children. Based on the old Korean folktale Janghwa, Hongryeon-jon, Tartan Video Asia Extreme brings the dark, psychological mystery, A Tale of Two Sisters, from writer/director Ji-woon Kim (A Bittersweet Life) to America. (more…)
The help promote the upcoming Simpsons movie, 7-Eleven has turned twelve of their stores in North America into Kwik E Mart stores like the one Apu runs in the show. Since Dallas is one of the lucky twelve, I grabbed my camera to snap some quick shots inside and outside the store. Enjoy!
Active Anime has put up an audio interview with Houston’s Carli Mosier about her role in Nerima Daikon Brothers.
Also Anime Online has had a lengthy talk with Mary McGlynn, Richard Epcar and Crispin Freeman of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, reflecting back on the series now that it’s done.
Manga author Tohru Shinohara’s (Female Prisoner Scorpion #701) character is back for the sixth installment in the Zero Woman franchise. Nana (Japanese AV model/actress Ichiho Matsuda) is the mistress of a black market organ-smuggling crime boss and she’s decided to come clean in return for police protection. Rei (Japanese AV model/actress Chieko Shiratori; Eko Eko Azarak II, Eko Eko Azarak TV) has been assigned to protect the spoiled brat while the Zero Department investigates her story. Central Park Media’s Asia Pulp Cinema brings Zero Woman: Abunai Yugi to America as Zero Woman: Dangerous Game. (more…)
It’s June of 1983 and Keiichi Maebara recently moved to the quiet country village Hinamizawa along with his parents. In only a month, he’s befriended a group of girls at school and becomes involved with their silly game-club where cheating is about the only way to win. However, the tiny village and these girls seem to hold a dark secret. Based on the long-running PC visual novel game Higurashi no Naku Koroni comes the newest expansion to the murder-mystery-scenario series, When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koroni): Volume 1 from Geneon Entertainment. (more…)
If you haven’t put in your order yet, you better hurry because the Geneon Megasale at RightStuf ends June 27th. You can find all the details and coupon codes here. You can’t find a better price for these CDs and DVDs.
