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Breakdown of Splinter Studios Started by Ex-Gonzo Employees

kransom — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:48:47 +0000

Taken from Moonphase Diary, spurred by the fact that former Gonzo Studio #5 has splintered off as “Studio Gokumi” to make Koe de Oshigoto.

・Shouji Murahama (Founder, former head of GONZO, former Daicon Film/Gainax member) → LAMBDA FILM
・Okiura Taito (Prod., Afro Samurai), Kajita Koji (Prod., Afro Samurai; Exec. Prod., Red Garden, Trinity Blood) → David Production (Ristorante Paradiso, Book of Bantorra, Dogs)
・Ikeda Touyou (Prod., Romeo X Juliet), Oizaki Fumitoshi (Dir., Romeo X Juliet) → Encourage Films (Wish Angel, Ontama)
・Nagai Satoshi (Prod., Blassreiter) → Hoods Entertainment (Akisora, Seikon no Qwaser)
・Shibata Tomonori (Producer, Strike Witches; Animation Producer, Saki) → Studio Gokumi (Koe de Oshigoto)
・Suzuki Shinji (Head of Gonzo’s Planning department, with the company from 2005-2008) → Languedoc Studio (Matsumoto Leiji’s Bohemian Rhapsody)
・Matsuura Hiroaki (3DCG, Vandread the Second Stage) → Sanzigen (3DCG, Asura Cryin’, Saki)
・Kitaoka Tadashi (DP., Dragonaut) → CORE (Photography for Asura Cryin’, Sekirei)
・Gonzo 3D/VFX department (Blue Submarine No. 6, Yukikaze) → Graphinica (Saki, Ontama, Strike Witches S2)

GONZOェ…

Twitter Marriage One-shot Manga Released

kransom — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:12:26 +0000

http://natalie.mu/comic/news/33923

The “Konkore” (“Marriage Collection”) supplement to the August issue of the josei manga magazine “Chorus” will be running a manga by Kitazawa Bambi called “RT Retweet,” which appears to be about the marriage of a heavy-tweeting couple. Official character Twitter accounts can be found at https://twitter.com/maririn_30 and https://twitter.com/HAJI_ME

Movie adaptation of Seikon no Qwaser

astrange — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:25:41 +0000

The April issue of Animage Original will have an article about movie versions of Zegapain, Trigun, and Qwaser.

What kind of theater are they going to play that in!?

Mirai Nikki anime by Asread

astrange — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:50:54 +0000

From moon phase citing some sales announcements.

Preview DVD packaged with vol. 11 coming out 9/9, anime presumably after that.

Staff:

Director: Naoto Hosoda
Screenplay: Katsuhiko Takayama
Character Design: Eiji Hirayama
Sub-character Design(!): Ruriko Watanabe
Animation: Asread

Pretty much the same as Shuffle! which I don’t know anything about.

Yamakan storyboarded Chuu-Bra!! episode 6

astrange — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:33:51 +0000

http://wind.ap.teacup.com/kanku1974/76.html

He wanted to “illustrate a Copernican revolution in moe” but doesn’t think he did very well. I have no idea what he meant.

K-ON season 2

astrange — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:48:11 +0000

Announced at a concert just now. Developing!

I didn’t watch S1 because I get a stomachache whenever I eat cake.

Source: a very excited yunakiti and a japanese guy on IRC

Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie in 2010

astrange — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:35:33 +0000

Announced at the end of today’s Haruhi episode.

2ch thinks a movie version is really funny for some reason I don’t get.

Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku vol2 claims to be animetized

astrange — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:35:32 +0000

Source: this photo via the moetron guy’s Twitter which I don’t actually read, geez.

Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku is the manga about Prime Minister Koizumi’s mahjong battles vs. famous world leaders. This of course raises many questions, such as: is this nonfiction? Who reads Kindai Mahjongg Comics anyway?

And no other information is known.

MangaGamer advertising English Higurashi PC game at AX

astrange — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:27 +0000

http://novelnews.net/2009/07/02/mangagamer-announces-plans-for-higurashi/ (via shii)

The PC original isn’t the best version, but it is the only one you could sell for download. I wonder how well the translation is going to hold up over 11 arcs.

ULTIMATE LAZY for BLOGGINGER

kransom — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:07:40 +0000

Hey guys, due to unforseen circumstances causing me to be away from my keyboard a good 12 hours a day more than I had originally anticipated this summer, this blog is more or less on hiatus, at least for the 15 posts per day part. Honestly, you can just bookmark the sites on the right (especially this one) and look at the goofy pictures yourself. It might start back up in September, but we’ll see!