Anime News Round-up, June 2010

Unfortunately I'm running late with my preparations for next week's trip to the mountains, so before signing out, I only have enough time for a bare-bones listing of all the anime newsbits that have caught my eye over the past 10 days or so. Feel free to click the pretty pink links below for extra details about each announcement.



Sekirei: Pure Engagement's unaired episode 0 will be bundled on the BD / DVD volume 1, out on August 25. New trailers here and here. The second season starts airing this July 4.

A new anime is coming in 2011 or 2012 from director Yutaka Yamamoto (Kannagi, Suzumiya Haruhi, Lucky Star).

A Gakuen Hakkenden boys-love anime adaptation was announced.

A Heroman anime short will be included on the series' BD / DVD volume 2, out on September 22. The 3-minute short will be called "Portent", and it will present an "unseen new side" of the main characters Joey and Lina.

Battle Spirits 3rd TV anime season was announced.

Kuruneko 2nd TV anime season was announced to begin airing this July 3.

Over 1 million BD and DVD copies of Evangelion: 2.22 have been shipped by King Records, and the anime film's Blu-ray version is Japan's #1 BD for the third week in a row.

The recently-revealed single-episode To Aru Kagaku no Railgun OVA was eventually reported by ANN as well, but with some clarification / confusion regarding its title.

Naruto Shippuuden: The Lost Tower, this year's 4th anime film in the franchise, will be shown with a theatrical comedy anime short, about Naruto and his friends fighting over a bottle with a genie who can grant the proverbial three wishes. Premieres this July 31.

Kuttsukiboshi was announced as the third anime coming from studio Primastea, of Isshoni Training / Sleeping with Hihako fame. The official website is up, and so is the first local Kuttsukiboshi trailer. The OVA's first part will be released this August 16 (with plenty of yuri moments), and the second part is planned for summer 2011.

4 new anime shorts are in the works at Production I.G, P.A. Works, Telecom Animation Film, and Ascension, each one running for about 30 minutes, and funded by the Japan Animation Creators Association's "2010 Young Animator Training Project".

A Princess Resurrection OVA DVD was announced, following the 2007 TV anime series adapted by Madhouse, based on Yasunori Mitsunaga's supernatural manga.

The Shukufuku no Campanella BD and DVD volumes will include bathing specials called "Issho ni Bath Time" for 3D TVs (along with regular 2D versions). Starting with the first volume's release this September 22, each special will feature a different character in hot steaming action, except for the final 6th volume: that one will feature them all together!

A new Seikon no Qwaser anime was briefly listed on the official website on June 20, but the update was quickly removed.

A 3D anime film based on the Atashin'chi comedy manga was announced for a November 13, 2010 premiere in Japan.

Hakuouki 2nd TV anime season was announced to begin airing from October 2010.