First short trailer for the upcoming anime series Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope) from Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo director Shinichiro Watanabe. Judging from the trailer the series focuses on Jazz music (and maybe some boys love), so I’m glad to report that Yoko Kanno (GitS:SAC, Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne…) will be responsible for the music.
The series will start airing in Japan in April.

Synopsis:

Summer, 1966. Kaoru Nishimi has moved to live with relatives in Kyushu. He’s been an aloof honor student his whole life, but that starts changing when he meets Sentarou Kawabuchi, the school’s notorious bad boy. Through him, he learns the appeal of jazz and forms his first real friendships.

[via Wildgrounds & ANN]

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First trailer for Niji-Iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsu Yasumi~ (Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation) by One Piece and Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy director Kônosuke Uda.
The film from Toei Animation is based on a novel by and will open in Japan on May 19th.

Synopsis:

The film follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta who slips back in time 30 years during summer vacation. After his father’s death, Yūta tries to reclaim what was lost by experiencing summer activities like insect collecting and fireworks and discovering his first love in a village that should be underwater.

[via ANN]

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Several years after the first mentioning, the first poster and several very interesting stills have been releases for the three-part omnibus from South Korean directors Kim Ji-Woon (A Bittersweet Life, The Good The Bad The Weird, I Saw The Devil) and Yim Pil Sung (Antarctic Journal) Doomsday Book. The film is supposed to be released in March, so a first trailer should be just around the corner…

[...] three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era. In a hope to restore the humane compassion in the insusceptible modern age, the film displays an alternative form of genuine humanity. And thus you are stepping into the world of future, where a series of unexpected stories awaits you. All these stories originate from the earth. From the very earth you live on.

[via Film Smash]

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I don’t mention comic book/graphic novel releases on AHT often, but since I followed Zack Snyder’s amazing adaptation of Watchmen very closely I thought I should report this as well.
Over 25 years after the release of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original comic, DC Comics announced to bring back our favourite broken heroes back in comic form with the help of several authors and writers with the blessing of Dave Gibbons. The seven series (Rorschach, Comedian, Minutemen, Silk Spectre, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl, Ozymandias) and the special volume Before Watchmen: Epilogue will hit the shelves this summer.
I’ll probably wait for some kind of collection for all series…or just wait until the inevitable live-action adaptations get announced like I did with the original comic.

Check out Bleeding Cool for the cover artworks and more details…
[Minds Delight]

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[via Twitch & SkullKnight.net]

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Sci-Fi short Archetype, created by Aaron Sims who gets mentioned in the creative credits of almost every Hollywood blockbuster produced in the last twenty years. It looks pretty slick for the low budget (IMDb mentions 25k$), but feels more like a long trailer than a standalone feature thanks to the open ending and short runtime.

Synopsis:

RL7 is an eight-foot tall combat robot that goes on the run after malfunctioning with vivid memories of once being human. As its creators and the military close in, RL7 battles its way to uncovering the shocking truth behind its mysterious visions and past.

[via Twitch]

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[via Diskursdisko]

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First teaser trailer for Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki) by Summer Wars and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time director Mamoru Hosoda.
The film will open in Japan on July 21st, and thanks to the success of Hosoda’s former works it will certainly find a distributor for our regions quickly as well.

Synopsis:

The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in “fairy tale-like” love with a “wolf man.” After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children — an older sister named Yuki (“snow”) who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame (“rain”) who was born on a rainy day.

The four quietly lived in a corner of a city to conceal the fact that the children are “wolf children.” However, when the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.

[via ANN & Catsuka]

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First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom.

Synopsis:

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down — which might not be such a bad thing.

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Music video for the ending theme of the upcoming theatrical Berserk movie from the Japanese singer Ai. Berserk: Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler will open in Japan on February 4th.

[via ANN & @muhootsaver_7]

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