New Animes Round-up

Since our last revision a couple of weeks ago, several new anime titles have popped up here and there, so another fugitive round-up is now in order. Once again, I'm not going to trouble myself you with pointless details, partly because they're not available yet (and partly due to my epic lazyness). Given the lack of excitement these titles seem to inspire, a brief list should be more than enough. Behold.

- Cobra remake - based on the ancient Cobra: The Space Pirate anime from 1982, the remake will consist of a TV series and an OVA, both animated by Magic Bus. To be ignored.

- Crystal Blaze - revealed by songwriter and vocalist Yuriko Mori (Karin, Zero no Tsukaima, Inuyasha, Rocket Girls) on her blog, it will have an adult-oriented story set in New York. Begins in April.

- Itazura na Kiss - based on the classic romantic-school-comedy-shoujo manga from the 1990s, which was never finished due to the author's sudden and unplanned-for death. Begins in April (website).

- Kaiba - a sci-fi love story from Masaaki Yuasa, the director of Mind Game and co-creator of Cat Soup (two of the most insane, sick and pure-WTF animes ever), from the equally psychotic animation studio Madhouse. Begins in April (website).

- Maria-sama ga Miteru season 4 - announced last summer, but now confirmed to be a TV series, rather than an OVA. Begins... whenever (website).

- Naruto movie 5 - or the second Naruto Shippuden movie, if you will; it's not like we give a flying dildo about it, anyway. Premieres this summer (website).

- The Uchuu Show (The Space Show) - a way-too-ambitious animated movie being created by the "Besame Mucho" team, who previously worked on the Kamichu! manga and anime, and now claim that this new story will "surpass Star Wars in its scale". And I'm 24 cm long. Begins in 2008.

Update: Maria Holic - freshly rumoured to make the jump from [romantic comedy] manga to anime, in January 2009.