For your twisted net-browsing pleasure, I have gathered some newly launched anime sites. For starters, Ga-nime and Toei Animation have announced two new anime OAVs, as follows:
Eko Eko Azarak, which will be based on some horror manga serial by Shinichi Koga, will see the light of the day on January 30, 2007.
Tori no Uta has the same release date as the one mentioned above, and will be some new cool stuff designed and directed by Yoshitaka Amano, who also worked with Ga-nime before - see Fantascope ~tylostoma~.
Next off, we get the chance to take a look at the new AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission OAV series, and I can tell you that the first of the three episodes will give us the desired loli twists on March 23rd, featuring an entirely new cast (hopefully, more and more and even more imouto-chans) and story.
The guys at Starchild have let loose the official homepage for their upcoming Nagasarete Airantou.
Interested in Hitohira? Say no more and check out the website for yourself. This anime was formally announced in some issue of Comic High Magazine, and it is bound for release somewere next year.

Thus endeth the link invasion. You can also enjoy this little imouto-chan artwork.

When you are a big bad ass company like GDH, 650 million yen is not such a big deal. Especially when you get bored like hell about your own productions, and you start turning your attention towards smaller, cheaper companies, that happen to carry on their activities in the same area of expertise like yourself. So then what do you do? Create a smart investment plan. And say that you're going to help them poor medium scale enterprises, that create "high-quality content in the field of music, games, broadcasting, feature films, mobile content, etc". Now how exactly are they going to help? Investing in companies outside the GDH Group, that's a first. I mean, they own GONZO for crying out loud, and when you say GONZO, you say top of the notch graphics. OK, so maybe I'm just a little paranoid (like I usually am) and GDH really wants to help out some random folks that can't survive in the business on their own. Still, smells to me like an Elecronic Arts'ish attempt to take over some small companies and to boost their own numbers. Globalization is bad, m'kay?

I always wanted to be able to draw my own manga. You know, imouto-chans and stuff. And fluffy neko mimi cosplay costumes. But, unfortunely, I kinda suck at drawing, coding, sciences, more exactly I suck at anything involving numbers. Though I do have a preety good imagination when it comes to manga, I'm sure that, in the right hands, my ideas would turn out to be best sellers. So, If I can't draw manga, what should I do? How am I supposed to fulfill my endless thirst for cute little anime girls? Well, it seems Planetwide Media has the right answer for me, as they are preparing to release Tokyopop Manga Creator somewere around next Spring. This software will allow users to create their own manga, using all sorts of characters, backgrounds, screen captures and other nifty Tokyopop material - all this in a good, clean and fun environment. The company currently produces a Comic Book Creator, which, you guessed, helps poor retarded individuals like myself to create their own... comic books. Hopefully, this thing will turn out fine.

Not even fully fansubbed yet, Saiunkoku Monogatari seems to be getting a sequel already. Personally, I don't like watching anime series piece by piece, so I haven't had the chance of seeing just how this title turns out, but the story seems trivial enough to catch my attention. I mean the concubine stuff, the gay Emperor, the best friend and, of course, the lovu-lovu twist that is bound to happen sooner or later. Seems that this anime is based on a light novel written by Sai Yukino and Kairi Yura, and the story takes place in some sort of feudal China, where slaves roamed the streets, cotton was carefully harvested by black people, alcohol was more in demand than pictures of naked Laetitia Casta, and video games were prohibited by ESRB due to extreme violence and to a certain unknown war hero named Jack Thompson. Fascinating.

Bound to be released somewere in 2007 (and, of course, bound to be thoroughly viewed, reviewed and jerked upon by all those on Animekon that share a twisted and lolicious pleasure), the Ichigo Mashimaro OVA now has an official staff. The guys and girls working on this are, as follows, Direction and Composition by Takuya Sato, Character Design by Sakai Kyuta, Scenario by Takuya Sato, Music by Watanabe Gou, Music Production by Music Brains, Animation Production by Doumu, Production by Ichigo Marshmallow OVA Partners. I must say I am looking forward to this. One reason would be that we consider Ichigo Mashimaro to be one of the best anime series ever released (don't ask for the reasons behind this, let's just say... we have a soft spot for several characters), and the second reason... eh, well, who the hell needs a second reason. I just want to see Miu-chan's panties, as bad as my pedo comrade wants to see Chi-chan's panties.

I know. You are a guy wearing glasses, who has at least 300 GB of anime stashed away on hidden DVDs, you have no girlfriend and, while in school, bullies used to pick on you and steal your lunch money. Lunch money that, eventually, would have been spent on some ill-reputed porn magazine. It's a hard life, isn't it? Because all that intense and in-depth knowledge you have regarding the anime phenomenon is a complete waste of time. No one needs it, you can't make money out of it, and, even if you spend your entire day dreaming about it, you will never get a little sister with natural pink hair to call you onii-chan. These are the freaking facts, my otaku friend, you are bound to an endless life of misery, locked up away in your room, waiting in darkness for that next DVD release, or for that oh-so-cute Hazuki-chan figurine to hit the shelves.

Did I make you cry? Are you ready to go atop that big building over the street, say bye-bye to this unforgiving world and make a jump for it? Well, don't! Because it seems someone is starting to notice your puny existence, after all.

"Zenkoku Sougou Anime Bunka Chishiki Kentei Shiken", which vaguely translates into "Nationwide, Integrated Anime Cultural Knowledge Permissibility Test", is the first effort that Japan ever made to acknowledge it's own sub-cultural demands, and it has been officially unveiled by the Anime Verification Executive Committee. These guys will work hard with the likes of Tokyo Anime Center, and the little project, bound to take place somewere in 2007 (and sponsored by e-book Japan and Mainichi Newspapers), will firmly test the participants' overall knowledge regarding the japanese animation phenomenon. You will have two ways to prove that you do not suck at life - the first five stages of this test will require your presence in one of the five testing facilities throughout Japan. I've heard that the staff of them centers is composed of pure hearted little girls, so you might want to check it out. The final stage can be made via cellphone for free. So, my dear otakus, prepare for your next year exam. An official website should appear soon, so keep it steady.

Ever wanted to make your own little video game? To taste what it feels like to be a big bad ass producer, and have tons of publishers chasing you around with suitcases full of money, larger that Jennifer Lopez's behind? Well, now, you have a chance to score, because Blade Engine has reached maturity, and CuriousFactory, plus their best friends at Buredo, announced that it is free for anybody to use. Just imagine what you can create with it. From your usual visual novels concerning cute little girls doing sono kono ano around your apartment, to the drama/romance story of a guy being cheated by his wife with the entire French rugby team. Hell, you can create whatever your sick mind desires. It's not an easy tool to get around with though, so mom and dad promptly suggest that we should go through some tutorials first. No rush, eh? Browsing their site, you can stumble upon some samples, too. Here are the details of this product:

Blade Engine 2.0 Additional Features:

- Compatibility with DirectX 9.0
- Movie Play
- Variables and IF/Else conditional statement
- Max choice selection text will be 32 characters
- Accept JPG for background
- Title screen customization
- Text window customization
- Client header customization*
- File Packing Ability*
- Membership to Blade Engine Pro Forum*
- No Blade Engine logo displayed *

*Pro version only

And here is the website.

ANS people are good at reviewing stuff. And even more stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. I really don't know where they stuff it, but they do a good job about that. Well, digging through the ooze, they found out that the latest edition of Newtype Magazine includes many, and I dare say MANY new details about Rebuild of Evangelion. And, as usual, let me quote those sweeties at ANS, with the proper related comments, this time:

- No longer constrained by technological limitation of 12 years ago, Director Hideaki Anno is said to be happy that he can finally recreate Eva "as he wanted it to be" in the beginning. (OK. What does every sane human being think when he reads that? Sounds like: "I can finally let my lolicious imagination go wild!")
- Production planning on the "first part" movie is now complete and now being passed off to the drawing phase. (Good, good. So it's almost as close as my bottle of vodka is to my pack of cigarettes)
- Anno is now working on the script for the second movie. (ZOMG!!!! HAXX!)
- The film project will retain many members of the TV series, allowing for the full chemistry that created Eva to work again. (This is a two-sided (astral plane) blade: It means, if you didn't like it, you won't like it, and if you did like it, you will like it. Sono pinchu desu?)
- The first movie will occur around the time of the events of the episode 5-6 2 part story arch of the TV series and climax with the climax being Operation Yashima involving Shinji's use of the positron sniper rifle. Anno says that because of technical limitations it didn't come out entirely as he planned the first time around and he wants to do his concept of the story right this time. Shinji Higuchi (director: Sinking Of Japan) will collaborate on the Yashima segments. (Climax, Shlimax. If the guy gets to work as he wants, we can see just how good he is.)
- New characters will begin to appear as of the second movie. (Imouto-chans, I hope)
Uniform designs will be the same as the "Kou Gekijouban" works. The Nerv and Seele logos will be changed to reflect a symbolism surrounding the garden of eden story and the tree / fruit of forbidden knowledge. The NERV logo will be changed to show a fruit with a chunk bitten out of it, the new SEELE logo will reflect the image of a fruit with a serpent (Satan) coiled around it. (Now this is a heavy and most profound twist. The uniforms. Newsflash: There is no Garden of Eden, no God damn fruit of forbidden knowledge that you bitches eat to get us into trouble, there is only one thing that matters when it comes to uniforms. High School Girl uniforms. Withouth that, you are bound to faliure.)

Anyway, I still wonder why so many people liked this Evangelion madness. Because I didn't. Oh yeah, the "italic" (about the gayness of that nation, later) r belong to us, if you are too retarded to notice.

This anime from GONZO and Hudson Soft has first been announced in January, 2006, with a release date around this here autumn. Well, it seems things got a bit nasty over there, in their big and full of lolitas production studios, so this series, nicknamed, for whatever reason, I cannot (or rather, I strongly refuse to) understand, MOE, has been pushed back a little, for the beginning of next year. The anime's story is an adaptation of the quite popular MMORPG Master of Epic, and has its own little website, where you can admire some of them fancy and cute characters.

Late night edit: The site is not working at the moment, or so it seems. Maybe someone raped it. Too bad.

Later night edit: Thanks to a certain pedo comrade's unrivaled lazyness hax skills (and Opera's 400 MB cache directory full of... you don't want to know what!), the former MOE splash image that's no longer available online has been saved from certain doom. Here ye go:

From the realm of "Good News/Bad News", we receive word that Paprika, the latest animated film from Satoshi Kon, is now eligible for an Oscar 2007 nomination, in the oh-so-unfair category of "Best Animated Feature Film". First of all, this thingy requires a premiere in LA by the end of this December, which would not be a trouble unless evil minds are plotting yet again against "outsiders" wining the award. Well, at least Paprika was received preety good by fans and even by critics, so it might get that one shot to reach the finals. I don't expect it to win though, because of the absolutely awesome (not) Cars (Pixar's home brewed "politically correct" movie), which will probably get all the votes, behind the scenes of course, because, well, it's native. I can give you a whole list of animated films that should have gotten the Oscar but didn't, including Beyond The Clouds and Moving Castle. Eh, well, I guess their tastes differ from ours, in a very sick and perverted way.

Paprika trailer