The sustained wave of recent anime annoucements continues with Queen's Blade - originally a combat picture book game series from a few years ago, which has since been adapted into... pretty much everything else: novels, two manga series, several anthology comics, even drama CDs. No live-action stuff yet, but they'll probably get there, too.

The anime adaptation is being announced in the two latest Queen's Blade books - featuring the curvaceous chicks Arudora (or Ardra) and Arein (or Allean, pictured below). For now, though, there are no details about when the anime will start airing, or who is going to make it. So just enjoy the pics.

Update: More juicy scans on AkibaBlog.

Update #2: Even more juicy pics on San'plex, and an official website for the anime.