Lala-chan's fine tail will wiggle once more for horny fans all over the world, according to the 32nd issue of Weekly Shounen Jump (which will be on sale starting Monday). Three new OVAs are in the making or, at least, will be in the making, and they will ship alongside the 16th, 17th and 18th manga volumes of To Love-Ru. The 16th volume of high quality ecchiness will be available on November 4.



The funny thing is that, when I stumbled over this piece of info, I was actually watching the To Love-Ru anime series (again). Man, that Rito dude has a fucked up life.

Thanks ANN for the scoop.

From Mother Russia, with love, comes the Kommersant newspaper's award for Studio 4°C's latest anime movie, First Squad. The company, also held responsible for titles such as The Animatrix or Tekkon Kinkreet, participated recently in the Moscow International Film Festival, where, as you can see, people acknowledged it as one bad ass production. First Squad: The Moment of Truth is actually a Japanese-Russian-Canadian copulation co-production, directed by Yoshiharu Ahino (The Adventures of Tweeny Witches), written by Aljosha Klimov and Misha Sprits, under the careful supervision of Studio 4°C.



The movie takes place in 1942, when the Russian Red Army was valiantly smashing nazi heads in an attempt to protect their incredibly huge country from invaders. Following a deadly air raid, a loli psychic (14 years old, yum yum) named Nadya gets a super power boost, being able to somewhat see the critical moments of the future, based on people's actions and reactions. Needless to say that the army, secretly fighting an occult group of loonies named the Ahnenerbe, recruits her and uses her in the battle against the ultimate prince of Darkness, Baron Von Wolff.

The premiere date for First Squad in Japan is yet to be announced. Thanks Gigazine for the scoop.

Tons of people might have expected this, but I'll bring it to your attention anyway - the latest Evangelion movie, 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance, topped the Japanese charts, with a revenue of 500 million yen (around 5.3 million USD).



It happened from June 27 to June 28 and, while this may not sound like an incredible amount of cash, we should acknowledge the fact that Japanese charts differ from US charts by quite a few miles. Anyway, number one is still number one, and to battle head to head (and win) against mainstream releases like Paramount's Transformers 2 (also known as money sinks with no regards to quality), is something.

I personaly am curious about a US opening, mainly because Evangelion was one of the anime series that set those American butts on fire, though I won't expect much. Retarded animations with dancing penguins, talking cars and chef rats are still number one there.

Thanks Anime Vice for the scoop.

From the far-away land of spellcasting young girls with semi-flat chests and white pantsu comes the new Fresh Precure! movie, untitled Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!?. The film's official website revealed recently that the latest stunt in the Precure franchise will open in Japan on October 31, so be on your toes for this seventh gathering of magical wands, fluffy weird animals that you would butcher in a blink of an eye, and a wide plethora of nya nya sounds to accompany the ladies.



Thanks ANN for the scoop.

People still loyal to the television broadcast phenomenon will have quite a nice surprise this Friday, when the anime studio Khara is planning to air a special version of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone. This unedited thing is said to contain more footage than the version released in theaters or on DVD. Hell, even the people happily owning the awesome Blu-Ray Disc version of the show should give it a try.


So remember folks, Friday, NTV station and all its other subsidiaries, two bags of popcorn and a little sister to keep you warm. Enjoy.

Thanks ANN for the scoop.

We've got a pretty nice trend on our hands, following the gang bang video games ban earlier this year. Following in the footsteps of companies such as minori or yuzusoft, the ladies at VisualArts are starting to block foreign IPs that try to access their Visual Antena website.

The message displayed when entering their website from abroad is pretty much the same as the others - words are different, though: PLEASE PLAY THE GAME OF YOUR COUNTRY IF YOU PRAY FOR THE WORLD PEACE!:-)



Nippon or GTFO, yet again. Personally, I don't give a shit about world peace, let them butcher each other until the last man standing, if that makes them happy, but please, us gaijins also need some love now and then. Also, these games are not released in my country, because of several issues involving a bad case of degenerative retardness. Don't ban my IP just because I'm beautiful.

Also, it seems that minori is working “undercover” with its block system, urging people to send nice letters to the Japanese government to make a stand and “fix” this god forsaken ban law once and for all. I mean, it's OK to kill thousands of muslims just to steal their oil like a hungry chicken shit, but it is NOT OK for me to play a damn eroge. WTF?

Thanks Dogs in ze Can for the scoop.

What a joyful day for anime fans from all over North America this is - the TV network Sci Fi (which will soon be renamed into Syfy, for reasons mostly unknown to us) is going to air the second season in the new Mobile Suit Gundam 00 series starting Monday. The latest animation in Sunrise's franchise premiered in Japan sometime last October, and ended in March. News of an upcoming theatrical release sent shivers down everybody's spineless spine at the end of the said broadcast.



Both seasons of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 are set in a real-world universe, where mankind has split into several factions (three, to be more precise), and where a mob of angry folks named the Celestial Being are desperately trying to pick a fight with the Gundams and their freaky pilots. As we can see, we have a classical toe-to-toe holocaust, pimped with explosions, giant fluffy robots, and all the bad guys a script writer can muster. It should be fun for mecha fans, indeed.

As for the crew behind the scenes, we have some pretty big names to share, like director Seiji Mizushima (Pwn Metal Alchemist), Yousuke Kuroda (Honey and Clover), and Yun Kouga (Loveless and Earthian manga). Not bad at all.

Thanks ANN for the scoop.

Horny people wanting to take another peek at the remastered boobies of Asahina Mikuru will be happy to know that YouTube now hosts (via the Kadokawa Channel) the first eight episodes of the new and polished anime The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. With English subtitles.



All these episode will be available until July 5, so if you didn't have the chance to see them, now is the time. Though I still must demand more Mikuru ecchiness.

The girls at Starchild have really big plans for their beloved Natsu no Arashi! anime series, announcing on their official website that a sequel is on its way to TV Tokyo and various other partners. So, starting this fall, all fans of Kobayashi's lovu-lovu manga (with a pinch of supernatural salt to go with it) can enjoy a second season. Well, the more, the merrier.



The first season can also be watched on ANN, but if you are from a retarded country like mine, don't bother. They ain't streaming there.

Sorry, but our licensing agreement does not allow us to show this video in Romania :-(

Fuck you, Romania.

Barely did my comrade get to write about the Macross F movie's final premiere date, and now another couple of highly-related news come poking our way. When the film was first announced last autumn, we naturally assumed it to be a solitary project. Not anymore, thouhg. As it turns out, there will be two theatrical Macross Frontier anime films - as revealed by the series' official website (via ANN).



It's said that this second film will bring a new story set in the Macross Frontier universe (along with new music to top the Japanese charts), and from the sound of it, it will feature completely original material. Unlike the first film, which, may I remind you, will recycle a certain amount of footage from the TV anime.

This also means that the second movie will take longer to make, so it's no wonder there's no premiere date attached to it, at this time. Hell, it doesn't even have an officially complicated title yet. Meanwhile, the first one (...)

 Continue reading 'Not 1, But 2 Macross Frontier Movies'...

Had enough of loli fox and wolf deities with nice pectorals and huge appetite for lovu-lovu situations? No? Then bask in the glory of enjoyment, because the August issue of Megami Magazine will officially announce that a second series for Kanokon is in the works. At least, in its planning stages.



The old crew is back on track, with the studio Xebec in charge, director Atsushi Ootsuki, character designer Akio Takami and many, many more people who got involved with the original anime. Not many things are known about the story this time, but, judging from the first Kanokon, we will probably be bombarded once again with a light comedy that should put a smile on any perv's face. Which is good.

Thanks ANN for the scoop.