I’m really no fan of public mourning for “celebrities”, but the news of director Satoshi Kon passing away at the age of only 46 really ruined yesterday evening.
In my eyes, Kon was one of the most creative directors in the world of animation and will be sorely missed as he was preparing some very promising projects to add to his portfolio of masterworks. Thanks for showing us your dreams!

12.10.1963 – 24.08.2010

NP: The Girl in Byakkoya – White Tiger Field (Paprika Ending Theme)

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During San Diego Comic Con, Marvel released a new trailer for the upcoming Iron Man anime series produced by animation studio Madhouse. Looks like Madhouse is now using rendered CG frames for the Iron Man suit itself while the first teaser released one year ago still showed some nice traditional animated footage.

[via felix.ip]

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Need a high octane kick to wake up? Then take two minutes to watch this new English narrated trailer for Takeshi Koike’s Racing Anime Redline coming from Studio Madhouse.

Synopsis:

Every five years, the toughest and most destructive underground car race in the universe, “REDLINE” draws the most elite drivers for a winner-takes-all asphalt battle! JP is a dare-devil reckless driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized wheels named “Transa Am.” One of his competitors, Sonosee is a hot girl determined to do whatever it takes to stand on the winner’s podium in the REDLINE. In order to win the finals, they’re up against the craziest drivers on the race scene with their deadly and awesome road-tearing vehicles. Moreover the biggest problem for JP is that he secretly is in love with Sonosee!

The only one rule in the race is there are no rules! While cars crash and burn and the courses become a merciless hell, JP whips his ride into a dead heat!
Who will survive to win in this mass-destruction race?! And what about JP’s romance?

[via ANN]

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[via ANN & Official Website]

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Synopsis:

Every five years, the toughest and most destructive underground car race in the universe, “REDLINE” draws the most elite drivers for a winner-takes-all asphalt battle! JP is a dare-devil reckless driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized wheels named “Transa Am.” One of his competitors, Sonosee is a hot girl determined to do whatever it takes to stand on the winner’s podium in the REDLINE. In order to win the finals, they’re up against the craziest drivers on the race scene with their deadly and awesome road-tearing vehicles. Moreover the biggest problem for JP is that he secretly is in love with Sonosee!

The only one rule in the race is there are no rules! While cars crash and burn and the courses become a merciless hell, JP whips his ride into a dead heat!
Who will survive to win in this mass-destruction race?! And what about JP’s romance?

[via Catsuka]

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First trailer for the third season of the Black Lagoon anime from Studio Madhouse. It mainly consists of footage from the first two seasons and only shows a few new shots but kicks ass anyway! The trailer (like almost anything I wrote about last week) premiered on TAF 2010 and has been available on YouTube a few days now, but I wanted to show you a “clean” version without any j-pop or panting otaku in the background…

The first OVA of the third season will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Japan on July 17th from Geneon Entertainment.
[via alafista.com]

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During this year’s Tokyo International Anime Fair 2010, a first teaser trailer for the anime adaptation of Daisuke Sato’s Highschool of the Dead (Gakuen Mokushiroku 学園黙示録) was shown and thanks to a friendly camera-wielding visitor, we’re also able to take a first look at the boobs, guns, gore, swords and zombie mash-up Studio Madhouse is currently preparing for us.

[01.04.] Update: Replaced the bootleg video with the official teaser from Kadokawa.
[via AnimeSuki Forum]

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As already reported last year, the third season of the anime adaptation of Rei Hiroe’s Black Lagoon will not be adapted into another TV season but rather OVA episodes by Studio Madhouse and director Sunao Katabuchi. Now it has been announced that the first of five volumes of Roberta’s Blood Trail will be released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Japan on July 17th…most probably without English subitles like Geneon Entertainment’s recent Japanese Blu-ray Disc releases of the first two seasons.
[via AnimeSuki]

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Very unusually animated preview for Yojou-han Shinwa Taikei, an upcoming (April 22, 2010) anime series from Mind Game director Masaaki Yuasa. Produced by Studio Madhouse, the series follows a nameless college student who looks back at the unusual adventures from his earlier college years.

[via Manganimation]

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While most of us will have to wait some time until we’ll get to see an understandable release of Summer Wars (since the Japanese DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases in March won’t have English subtitles), our lucky friends in Berlin will soon have the chance to see the film on the big screen. During the 60th Berlinale (February 11 to 21), Mamoru Hosoda und Satoko Okudera’s anime adventure will be screened as part of the Generation 14plus program.
Welcome to the Space Show (Uchū Show e Yōkoso, 宇宙ショーへようこそ) from director Koji Masunari (Read or Die, Kamichu!) will also be screened during the festival. Judging from to the synopsis at ANN and the few artworks from the Japanese website it could be the younger theatrical brother of Summer Wars…

[via ANN - Thanks to @kaiotroop]

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