Monthly Archives: July 2010
Otakon 2010 Announcement Roundup
And that they did!
FUNimation and Bandai had some super exciting announcements this weekend at Otakon 2010. I’ll have a con report up within a week or so, but before that, let’s talk about the licenses!
FUNimation outdid themselves again (just when I thought it couldn’t get any better than what they announced at Anime Expo) by announcing Strike Witches 2, Ookami-san, Shukufuku no Campanella, Hetalia World Series, the Hetalia movie, Summer Wars, and Evangelion 2.22.
Obviously, I’m especially happy about the Strike Witches announcement. I’ve been watching the second season of everyone’s favorite pants-free mecha girl series on Crunchyroll, and it’s spectacular so far. FUNimation will be simulcasting it starting soon (Crunchyroll will continue to simulcast it as well).
Summer Wars is the next big hit movie by Mamoru Hosoda, the director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. I was lucky enough to be able to see it at the New York International Children’s Film Festival earlier this year, and it is an outstanding movie. Look forward to this one and be sure to pick it up.
The second installment in the Rebuild of Evangelion series, Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance, was also picked up by FUNimation. I already imported the Blu-ray from Asia, with English subtitles. If you thought Evangelion 1.11 was great, this movie will completely blow it out of the water. And that’s saying a lot.
Otaku in Review Podcast – Figure Collecting
Do you collect figures? Have you spent hundreds (or maybe thousands) of dollars on pieces of plastic? If so, then you’ll want to listen to our latest episode. We invited guests Brain Szabelski, the features editor from Tomopop, and Frances “Dancing Queen” Delgado from How a Girl Figures. Learn about our favorite figure manufacturers, our personal favorite figures we own, and some tips on spotting those pesky bootlegs.
Watch Me and 3 Other Geeks Talk About E3 2010
Okay, it’s only about a month and a half late… but here it is! In these videos, me and 3 other “panelists” gather together to talk about E3 2010. You may know us from Twitter or elsewhere:
- Ernie Layug (@OutOfTimeProd)
- Gina Giannetti (@TheGinachu)
- Yan Vernikov (@ZeroXOmega)
- …and of course, me! Jon Ingoglia (@janaiblog)
Have a listen and hear out our biased opinions about the big three video game companies and their performance at E3 2010. These videos are just previews – for the full discussions, click the provided links next to each video.
Otaku in Review Podcast – I Prefer the Other Seitokai
This week Michael Camacho from The OtakuGamer joined us to talk about what he’s watching from the Summer season, including why he loves Seitokai Yakuindomo so much and why I was not at all impressed with it. We also get into a debate over Mitsudomoe (and why it’s amazing), which turned out to be rather civil, much to Scott’s disappointment.
In the news: some kickass new licenses, an amazing composer you probably have never heard of is coming to Otakon, and the unfortunate passing of Speed Racer voice actor Peter Fernandez. All this and more on this week’s Otaku in Review podcast!
“Super Robot Taisen Original Generation: The Inspector” Revealed!
Dengeki Hobby Magazine has recently confirmed that the Super Robot Taisen OG animation has returned, with 2D robot animations! From the reviews of the first season Divine Wars with 3D robot animations, the team has decided to revive its original 2D enhanced action with characters and robots.
Takanobu Terada, the creator of Super Robot Taisen Project, has announced that Masami Obari (director of Gravion and Dancouga Nova) will be directing the series with Satoshi Kubo (animator for Medabots and Pokemon: The First Movie) with script supervisors Souichiro Morizumi, Yuichiro Takeda, Tatsunosuke Yatsufusa.
The actual release date is unknown, but it has been confirmed to be sometime this Fall. It will possibly consist of 26 episodes like Divine Wars.
This story takes place a couple of months after the war against Aerogaters and Divine Crusaders ended. The heroes are back to their own original cycle until they encounter newest hostile forces: Neo Divine Crusaders and Shadow Mirrors. What’s more surprising is that the Shadow Mirrors are using units that have not been fully developed by Earth at this time. Also unknown, new abomination aliens appear before the heroes driving Excellen out of control. Finally, another new encountering aliens that call themselves “Inspectors” have decided to put a judgment before the Earthlings. With such a large amount of pressures coming from these opposing factions, can the heroes stop the catastrophe in time?
Hit the jump for some images.
Update: Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector is available on Crunchyroll.
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