ANIME

**TOM Interview Question:** From hearing you speak, I can feel how much you love animation. Considering the state of things now, what kind of work do you want to do most?

• 12 years ago

In 1995, Hideaki Anno directed the TV anime *Neon Genesis Evangelion*, which went on to become a social phenomenon and secured his place in the anime world. He's gone on to create the *Rebuild of Evangelion* film series, and in November 2012, announced the latest film, *Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo*. Fans from around the world listened eagerly to what he had to say.

• 12 years ago

With the first game released in 2004, the *Samurai Warriors* series has attained tremendous support up to the present from fans, and now it’s becoming a TV anime series.

• 12 years ago

Hi there! This is K, in charge of animations here at KADOKAWA. My apologies once again for having to cut the report short last time due to time constraints.

• 12 years ago

The popular manga *Blood Blockade Battlefront* by Yasuhiro Nightow, who has a diehard fanbase thanks to his works including *Trigun*, is getting a TV anime adaptation.

• 12 years ago

*Knights of Sidonia* is a TV anime broadcast from April to June of this year, and its CG techniques have been praised on an international stage. The anime has now been chosen for Asia’s largest CG festival, SIGGRAPH Asia 2014, and will be screened at the Electronic Theater.

• 12 years ago

It has been revealed that Yoshiki Tanaka’s masterpiece fantasy work *The Heroic Legend of Arslan* has been greenlit to become an anime once again.

• 12 years ago

English and Chinese (simplified and traditional) sites have opened.

• 12 years ago

Nihon TV has announced that they will broadcast a new original anime series in 2015. The title of the series is *Death Parade*. It will be scripted and directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa with Madhouse in charge of animation.

• 12 years ago

Episode 1 of *Ii ne! Israel - Saki to Noriko no Shimai Ryoko*, an anime produced by the Embassy of Israel in Japan, was released online in time for “International Animation Day” on Oct. 28. This is the first time an embassy in Tokyo has promoted its own country through an anime series.

• 12 years ago

An overflowing love for anime songs and a gorgeous gathering of artists from the music label Lantis! The anisong festival comes to Tokyo!

• 12 years ago

*Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace - Complete Chart* was published on Oct. 28.

• 12 years ago

A seminar introducing the production process behind the anime *Nobunaga Concerto* will be held in Akihabara on Nov. 27.

• 12 years ago

A CD single called *Prisma Love Parade Vol. 1* that includes character songs from *Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!*, the second anime season of *Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya*, a spin-off work to Type-Moon’s popular *Fate/stay night* series, was released on Oct 29.

• 12 years ago

Studio Ghibli has revealed that those who purchase the *Director Hayao Miyazaki Collection* Blu-ray or DVD box set on the official Studio Ghibli site will receive for free a special disc containing the short animated film *On Your Mark*.

• 12 years ago

A one-of-a-kind illustration of popular characters from manga and anime appearing together is now complete!

• 12 years ago

The first “Jisho Moe-Chara Gakkai (Summit for Self-Styled Moe Chara)” that gathers wannabe moe characters from throughout Japan is going to be held on Nov. 24 in Shibuya, Tokyo.

• 12 years ago

The details regarding the *Fate/Stay Night* video release schedule have been made public. On March 25, 2015, Blu-ray Box I will be released. The box set will include all 13 episodes of the first season.

• 12 years ago

The first to serve as the finale to Nisio Isin’s *Monogatari* series, *Tsukimonogatari* is becoming an anime.

• 12 years ago

Animated movie adaptations of *Attack on Titan*, which created a sensation in 2013 and this year, are on the way. *Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow* will release on Nov. 22, and *Part 2: Wings of Freedom* will release sometime in 2015.

• 12 years ago