Hideaki Yoshikawa's ecchi manga Kagaku na Yatsura is getting some sort of anime adaptation - presumably an OVA, given the manga's highly-risque nature! The announcement comes from the 30th volume of Akita Shoten's Champion RED Ichigo magazine, which goes on to report that the anime will be bundled with said manga, before stopping short of offering any actual details about the adaptation.



From what ANN writes, the "science trouble" romantic comedy manga follows two beautiful girls "born from science" - a cyborg girl and a half-dog girl - who go to extremes with the power of science. Just what kind of extremes, well, you can get an idea by visiting the anime's freshly-opened (and borderline NSFW!) local gallery...

The 1st episode of Madoka Magica will be streamed for free this February 10, with English dubs, no less (delighting or horrifying as that may sound). This "Exclusive Screening" was announced by Aniplex of America and it will be a one-day-only event hosted on the Niconico Live-Streaming channel next Friday at 20:30 PST / 23:30 EST / 04:30 GMT. The streaming will only be available in six countries: US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.



For those of you still passionate about the Code Geass franchise, I'll point out some local database updates, partly based on reports from (...)

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As Type-Moon's long-awaited new visual novel, Mahoutsukai no Yoru, is nearing its release this April 12, the Japanese studio is now offering a demo version for download on the game's official website - check the "Special" section. An English fan-translation is also available, already, and you can grab it from a certain post, on a certain Russian forum.



The once-cancelled Dantalian no Shoka OVA, that was meant to follow last year's TV anime, has resurfaced as a new bundle. This time, it's being planed for release (...)

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A scan from Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko magazine reveals today that the light novel series Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! is getting an anime adaptation, of some yet-to-be-specified format (but presumably a TV anime series), as well as two manga adaptations - to be serialized in the Jump Square and Cookie magazines starting this August.



The original light novels' title translates as "Listen to me girls, I am your father!" (I dare (...)

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Another worthy anime announcement this week comes by way of the September issue of Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine, where in it is advertised that a TV anime series based on the Baby, Please Kill Me! manga is in the works. No animation studio or release date were revealed so far, but it looks like plenty of fun is to be had with this one.



The original work - also known as Kill Me Baby - is created by Kaduho (...)

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A couple of brief reports on ANN this morning are relaying word about two new boys-love anime adaptations being in the works. One of them is Hybrid Child, based on a manga by Shungiku Nakamura, in which the titular "Hybrid Child" is an amazing "doll" that can grow if it is lavished with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine nor fully human, the various Hybrid Child models develop strong emotional bonds with their owners.



The other, probably-more exciting one for you girls out there, is Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2 (...)

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A TV anime adaptation based on the Inu x Boku SS manga is being announced this week in the August issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine, where said manga has been serialized since May 2009, as well as via an official website that opened yesterday with little more than the charming artwork below.



The original supernatural shounen manga is created by Cocoa Fujiwara, and so far (...)

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After much trouble for manga creator Eri Takenashi, who for the past couple of years has been recovering from a nasty illness and surgery (made even worse by all those absurd emo-rages from some of her fans, over a certain heavenly loli's questionable purity...), here's some good news, at last! Her defining manga Kannagi - which had been on hold since January 2009, after being made into a TV anime series that ran from October 2008 - is finally ready to resume publication this month, in the September issue of Monthly Comic Rex magazine - out in Japan on July 27.



Granted, this news has been around for a while, but now we can finally see (...)

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Between that damn flu-truck running me over last month, the ensuing pill(ow)s abuse, and the various experimental treatments for which I've been volunteering this past week, it looks like I'm finally cured and once again in working condition... more or less. So, back to work!

This year's anime remake ThunderCats is slowly revealing itself: after the first design image surfaced last month, a new official artwork was revealed by writer Todd Casey - as can be seen below - and more details have also been shared via an MTV interview. The remake is in the works at Studio 4°C, and it will premiere on Cartoon Network in 2011.



The corporate manga Shima Kousaku is being made into a "somewhat unusual anime". Kenshi Hirokane has been authoring said manga since 1983, with a story that follows the rise of a Japanese executive from a mere section chief, to company president.

The gambling manga Kaiji will receive a 2nd anime series, this time following the "Chika Chinchiro" and "Pachinko Numa" stories from Nobuyuki Fukumoto's manga (whose first anime adaptation aired in 2007-2008). The new anime begins airing this April 5.

Studio Ghibli's latest anime film Karigurashi no Arrietty (Arrietty the Borrower) has (...)

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Here's a second checkpoint today, so hopefully tomorrow morning I'll get around to do some coding - still plenty of things in need of change around here...

The first volume of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica's manga version is now set for release on February 12, 2011, with a few sample pages available at the bottom of this page. The Japanese Amazon website is listing volume 1 at a price of 690 yen, with this cute cover ninja'd below. Volumes 2 and 3 should follow on March 12 and April 12, 2011.



Similar to yesterday's novelties about Final Fantasy Versus XIII, some new details about Final Fantasy XIII-2 have also surfaced from the Dengeki PlayStation magazine, through an interview with producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama - via andriasang; clicky if you want to read a summary. And if you missed the game's recent debut trailer, you can watch that locally.


The below picture illustrates the new Thundercats anime's design, as showcased today by Bandai at London Toy Fair. The series is in the works at Studio 4°C, (...)

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