Suzumiya Haruhi-chan is back!

The day before Valentine’s Day, Haruhi-chan finally returns – to YouTube! About 22:00 JST (that’s 10 PM in Japanese Standard Time) the channel KADOKAWAanime at YouTube on the 13th February will release the first episode of the new The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya parody online anime, Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu (simply add “-chan” to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and you get The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan, or Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu instead of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu… wow, that was long). If you’ve been waiting for more Haruhi Suzumiya, this Valentine will be the best in years! Maybe…

Haruhi-chan

Source: Moon Phase

Anime adaption of Sora no Otoshimono is being developed

An anime adaption of Suu Minazuki’s comedy manga Sora no Otoshimono which is currently being serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace is currently being developed, according to the fourth manga volume’s cover. So far, no date has been set for the anime.

Sora no Otoshimono

Source: Moon Phase

Kino’s Journey… stolen?

I got the first volume of Kino’s Journey in my mailbox today after winning it in an auction on Tradera, but I can’t help but wonder if it was stolen before I bought it… The DVD case says “endast för uthyrning” which literally means “only for rental” and even though they sometimes sell old rental movies, they would remove the sticker that says “property of {video store},” right? Ah well, it’s not handling as long as I didn’t know it was stolen when I bought it and can’t get in contact with the person I once bought it from, if it even is stolen, right? Great. Anyway, it’s a Swedish edition so it probably sucks like they always do, but at least I can feel at ease that I got a great series (as far as I know) legally instead of downloading it which is not so legal.

Kino's Journey, or Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World-

Zakka Films releases the first anime ever

The newly started company Zakka Films start their journey by releasing eight of the earliest ever anime shows, one of them being the first ever anime Momotaro’s Sea Eagles (桃太郎の海鷲; momotarou no umiwashi) which really makes me want to add this DVD collection to my already way too filled with necessary and unnecessary stuff  and messy room! Whoa, long sentence… Oh yeah, the DVD is called The Roots of Japanese Anime: Until the End of WWII.

An image from Momotaro's Sea Eagles.

With the collection a booklet with early history on Japanese anime that might be interesting to look through. You can get The Roots of Japanese Anime: Until the End of WWII at Film Baby for 34.95 USD, but it seems to be “temporarily out of stock” right now.

Source: Anime News Network

Instead of school, watch Elementhunters on NHK-Educational

That’s right. Why go to school when you can stay home and watch the sci-fi adventure anime Elementhunters on Nippon Housou Kyoukai’s (日本放送協会; nippon housou kyoukai, nihon housou kyoukai), more commonly known as NHK, educational channel NHK-Educational and learn chemical elements from your own living room or wherever you decide to get comfortable and learn. The obvious answer is that all your friends are at school, right? Or, well, at least they should be. Anyway, NHK launches a new anime called Elementhunters which is meant to teach children chemical elements as well as entertain them (I assume) this July. Elementhunters will also be aired in Korea as it is a joint production between Korea and Japan; however, I’m not sure when the Korean version will start airing.

Elementhunters

Hopefully (maybe), NHK has planned out the series’ airtime better than to place it right in the middle of the school day, otherwise the students maybe will stay home instead of going to school. Seriously, if you had the choice of going to school or staying home, watching anime, what would you do?

Source: Moon Phase via Anime News Network

Seitokai no Ichizon anime green-lit

Time to get back to my regular blogging pace after the freezing weekend and here’s some new for you!

Sekina Aoi’s Seitokai no Ichizon series of light novels will be adapted into a TV anime in the future; however, the date has not been set yet.

Seitokai no Ichizon

Okay, that wasn’t so much, but more news is on its way – just you wait!

Source: Moon Phase

FUNimation acquires rights to FMA OVA

Unfortunately, this news isn’t related to the new FMA anime, but an OVA called Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection which (guess who?) FUNimation has now acquired the license rights to. That’s right, FUNimation – just as always. The OVA will contain English dubs by the original English voice actors that was recorded before the end of last year.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection OVA.

Source: Anime News Network

Jewelpet toy anime on its way

Sega’s and Sanrio’s toy franchise “Jewelpet” will be animated for Japanese TV. This was announced at the Toy Forum 2009 convention in Tokyo.

Jewelpet

Source: Famitsu Magazine

Official website for Hana-sakeru Seishounen is up

The coming NHK anime Hana-sakeru Seishounen (yes, I know the site spells it “Hanasakeru Seishonen,” but I’ve written this way before on this blog and will continue doing so forever) will go up on TV in Japan during April, but already the official website is up so check it out. This is just a short notice, seeing as I’m not really interested in this series myself and have got absolutely nothing more to say about it. See you later!

Source: AnimeNation

Japanese YouTube with subtitles? Kadokawa tests new kadoTV

Kadokawa launches their new kadoTV service in a test stage where they will stream content previously uploaded to their channel at YouTube with subtitles underneath in several languages – even Japanese. Great for those studying both kana, kanji and the language altogether, am I right? Users of the kadoTV service will be able to download and edit subtitles for free; however, I’m not sure if you will be able to upload the altered or completely new subtitles to the site or if you’re legally even allowed to use it for anything after downloading it. The test stage, or maybe “trial version” would fit better, will be available to the public until the end of February. You can also change the language of menus and not much else by clicking “English” accompanied by the american flag to the right of the kadoTV logo at the top of the page, I see now.

Screenshot of the kadoTV site from ANN.

Source: Anime News Network via AnimeNation