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Now that Michiko & Hatchin has run its course, Adult Swim's Toonami block is cooking up the next series to add to the late-night anime block. Starting January 2, Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe's Samurai Champloo will join in on the action. According to Adult …Read more »
Hot on the heels of this season's run of the Gangsta. anime comes some disappointing related news. The rumors had been churning for much of the week, but today it was officially confirmed that anime studio Manglobe filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday. According to the …Read more »
A friend of mine once described the 1998 anime classic Cowboy Bebop as an “anime for people who hate anime.” I suppose in many ways then, Samurai Champloo is an animated samurai film for those who can’t be bothered to check out jidaigeki or “period …Read more »
Another announcement came out of Aniplex of America recently, this time concerning the Manglobe ( Samurai Champloo ) produced Samurai Flamenco . The series is set to stream this October, and the company also plans to release it on home video. Here's how Aniplex sums …Read more »
Shinichiro Watanabe (left) and Dai Sato (right). You would be hard-pressed to find an anime fan, casual or serious, who hasn’t come across at least one of the works of Shinichiro Watanabe. Whether it’s his benchmark sci-fi Cowboy Bebop , the hip-hop infused Samurai Champloo …Read more »
Days is an upcoming TV anime adaptation of the soccer manga by Tsuyoshi Yasuda, which follows soccer prodigy Jin and his unlikely friend Tsukushi who has no talent at sports. Nevertheless, Tsukushi has passion, so they navigate the world of high school sports together. Along …Read more »
The years in which the animation studio Manglobe focused on creating titles originally conceived as anime series, such as Samurai Champloo or Michiko and Hatchin , are mostly a thing of the past. With the notable exception of the amazing yet highly polarizing Samurai Flamenco …Read more »
After a few years of radio silence, Shinichiro Watanabe is back on the scene and firing on all cylinders. The director of Macross Plus , Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo dusted off the old director’s chair and took it for a spin in 2012 with …Read more »
Space Dandy is gearing up for its January 2014 debut in Japan and in America, and Bandai Visual has a preview of the latest from Shinichiro Watanabe ( Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo ) in a new full promo. The Japanese voice cast is on …Read more »
As revealed at this year's Otakon, the next work from studio BONES ( Fullmetal Alchemist , Eureka Seven ) and Shinichiro Watanabe ( Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo , Kids on the Slope ) is Space Dandy ! Shingo Natsume (unit director on Fullmetal Alchemist: …Read more »
Michiko & Hatchin should have been a bigger hit in Japan, and it should have been on Cartoon Network's Toonami anime block years ago. Just look at all the winning components! It comes from Manglobe, the studio behind 2004's Samurai Champloo . It features Champloo …Read more »
Four years ago, back in 2008, first-time anime series director Sayo Yamamoto debuted with Michiko and Hatchin , a phenomenal television show with solid characterization and a distinct visual and aural style that in my mind seemed like a no-brainer for US release. I was …Read more »
Ignoring the fact that they spelled Samurai Champloo incorrectly in the trailer, this is a pretty nifty little collaboration between a selection of anime studios and EA, who will be publishing the God of War -esque Dante's Inferno . Visceral Studios is the development team …Read more »
For the older anime fans out there, what counts as “classic anime” can feel a bit slippery. When you remember that the original Sailor Moon is now over 30 years old, everything starts to feel a little weird. And now it’s time to feel even weirder, …Read more »
If you haven’t noticed, the results are in…Spotify Wrapped is here. Which song and artist topped your Spotify Wrapped list? It’s probably not hard to imagine our most listened-to songs include some of anime’s greatest hits from this year, as well as a few classics. …Read more »
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