Release Dates: Iron Man, Sex Pistols, Two More

Some new anime release dates came to light over the weekend, including one that we've had to update quite a few times in our database over the last year, due to its repeated - and always vague - delays. I'm talking about the Iron Man anime that's coming from studio Madhouse, the first one in a series of 4 adaptations based on Marvel's comics (Wolverine, X-Men and Blade will follow... hell knows when).



So then, for whoever was impressed by that Iron Man anime teaser, mark your calendar: October 1, 2010 is when the anime will begin airing on Japan's Animax channel. However, the anime's first episode will enjoy an early world premiere at this summer's Comic-Con International from San Diego (July 22-25).

July 1 is another newly announced release date, to be shared by the upcoming TV anime series Kuroshitsuji II and Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi. Together with Campanella, these will kick off the July 2010 anime season - which, by the way, is starting to look pretty decent. Far from ecstatic, but... decent.

And finally, thanks to an anonymous tip, we learned that the official website for the boys-love OVA Sex Pistols has revealed a rather huge delay for its second episode: December 10, 2010 (instead of June 26), and that's still a tentative date. "For further quality improvement", they say.