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When Captain America tries to pose like Catwoman, it becomes painfully clear how unnatural that position is.

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Following Psycho-Pass, the next anime movie from Noitamina will be an adaptation of the work of Satoshi Itō, a sci-fi novelist who wrote under the name Project Itoh, and who passed away in 2009 at age 34. 

Staff has not been announced for the 2015 feature

Viz's Haikasoru sci-fi prose label, which publishes the novels in English, describes the source material...

Harmony

In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls—Tuan Kirie—grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet...from itself.

Genocidal Organ

The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies have transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it’s up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.

Project Itoh also novelized Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was dedicated to his memory.

Metal Gear's Hideo Kojima...

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

As we count the days until Game of Thrones returns to our screens, we're also obsessing about another ticking clock: How long until the TV show overtakes George R.R. Martin's books? How can the show end when the story hasn't ended on the page? And now, Martin says they're seriously talking about ending it with a movie.

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While she’s usually more on the calm side, even Naoto can’t hide her excitement upon meeting a real robot—namely Aigis from Persona 3.

Read Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Puts Naoto And Ken In The Spotlight on Siliconera!

Right Stuf has posted an update on Kodansha's North America manga release plans for this summer. In addition to the debut of the AoT Levi prequel, Attack on Titan: No Regrets, they have Fullmetal Alchemist and Silver Spoon author Hiromu Arakawa's adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's (Legend of Galactic Heroes) Persian inspired fantasy epic Heroic Legend of Arslan, serialized in Japan's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. 

The 208 page volume is listed for August 19 2014 release.

From the post:

Kodansha Comics' graphic novels scheduled forJune, July and August 2014 are now available for pre-order and include the debut of The Heroic Legend of Arslan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets, the next omnibus installment of Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, and continuing volumes of Say, "I Love You", My Little Monster, Sankarea: Undying Love, Vinland Saga, Attack on Titan, Missions of Love and more! Pre-order your copy of these titles today!

Chisato Nakamura previous adapted the series into manga (published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten), while an anime from Mamoru Hamatsu was released in North America by CPM.

via @o_aru_Oni

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at@aicnanime.

Frank Pavich, the director of documentary Jodorowsky's Dune, is here to answer your questions about the behind-the-scenes action of Dune, the film, and its art. Plus, take a look at a gallery of clips and art from the documentary!

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Can we decree that every vehicle in pop fiction has to turn into a giant robot, please? Because artist Darren Rawlings has reimagined the greatest vehicles of TV, cinema, anime and more as Transformers, and the results are phenomenal.

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Today, Harvard's servers were brought to their knees dealing with international demand to watch a press conference about ... gravity waves. It's no surprise: as physicist Marc Kamionkowski reflected, "It's not everyday you wake up and learn something completely new about the early universe."

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It is March! And you know what that means!!! MARCH…err ANIME MADNESS! Yup, it’s Bracket Monday and Vertical has two contestants ready to take down all rivals with hopes of being crowned the 2014 National Anime Champion - hosted by The Right Stuf International.

Head on over to the the RightStuf/AnimeToday tumblr (link) to download and fill-out your bracket and you could win some championship worthy prizes!

And if Vertical titles win, you can win even more goodies (details below!!). Vote early, vote often, VOTE VERTICAL! V is for Victorious Vertical

animetoday:

In the hard-hitting world of anime and manga, only one title can reign supreme. We are pleased to announce Right Stuf’s first annual Anime Madness Tournament, where YOU get to decide which release has what it takes to be crowned champion! There is a lot of tough competition this year as brand-new limited edition releases take on fan-favorite titles!

We’ve asked 16 of the top anime and manga publishers to each submit two titles to compete in the tournament. When voting starts on March 24, you’ll be able to vote for which anime or manga release you like best in each of the initial 16 match-ups. After we’ve tallied up those votes, the victors will advance to the next round and voting will continue until eventually we make it to the FINAL ROUND where the WINNER will be determined!

Vertical Contest Rules

We also have a special set of prizes from Vertical. To be eligible for these prizes, your bracket MUST choose either Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin or Chi’s Sweet Home as the winner of the Anime Madness Championship. Prizes are then awarded randomly depending on how far a Vertical title goes in the tournament.

If no Vertical title advances past the first round, 4 random winners who selected a Vertical title for the Championship in their bracket will each receive a copy of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin and Chi’s Sweet Home.

If a Vertical title makes the Sweet Sixteen, 16 winners will each receive a set of the 2-volume Sickness Unto Death series.

If a Vertical title makes it to the Great Eight, 8 winners each receive a complete Buddha paperback manga set. (8 volumes!)

If a Vertical title makes it to the Final Four, 4 winners will each receive a 5-volume Gundam: The Origin set.

If a Vertical title becomes the runner-up, 2 winners will each receive a 16-book Vertical collection!

If a Vertical title is crowned Champion, 1 winner will receive a 32-book Vertical collection!!

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has news so big it announced that it would announce something. The press conference will stream live tomorrow at noon, but cosmologists everywhere are gossiping about what that news could be. The leading theory: Scientists have detected gravitational waves, in what would be a landmark discovery for the field of physics.

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At next weekend's inaugural AnimeJapan trade show, Aniplex will be presenting a special gallery of 28 characters from 18 series dressed in formal attire for the occasion. 

B2 poster reproductions will be offered at their booth. Grouped by series, these go for 1,000yen for the sets and 500yen for the loners.

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

After a year's break, the David Production adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's long running, ever shifting JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga returns this April with a new anime based on Part III: Stardust Crusaders. A new preview focuses on Jean-Pierre Polnareff, with Fuminori Komatsu scheduled to be the third voice actor attached to the role. 

Stardust Crusaders, the only of the series' eight parts to be released in English, was previously adapted into two OVA series in 1993 and 2000. The horror/travelogue introduces super powered alter egos called stands, which became a pillar of the franchise going forward as it follows brilliant delinquent Jotaro Kujo's search for the vampire Dio Brando.

The anime production staff

Director: Naokatsu Tsuda

Series Director: Kenichi Suzuki

Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi

Character design: Masahiko Komino

Animation Production: David Production

Cast

Jotaro Kujo : Daisuke Ono (Juurouta Kosugi in earlier OVA)

Joseph Joestar: Unsho Ishizuka (Chikao Ohtsuka  in OVA, Tomokazu Sugita in All Star Battle and earlier seasons of anime)

Avdol: Kenta Miyake (Kiyoshi Kobayashi in OVA, Masashi Ebara in All Star Battle )

Kakyoin: Daisuke Hirakawa (Hirotaka Suzuoki in OVA, Kōji Yusa in All Star Battle)

Polnareff: Fuminori Komatsu (Katsuji Mori in OVA, Hiroaki Hirata in All Star Battle)

DIO: Takehito Koyasu (Nobuo Tanaka in OVA)

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Veronica Mars was a teen sleuth whose superpower was storytelling. She was adroit at making up clever lies and crafting fake identities, but it was always in the service of piecing together the truth — which was another story she constructed. Now she's starring in a big crowd-funded movie, which turns out to be about how we keep stories alive long after they seem gone and forgotten.

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One more day to participate in our survey. This window should close Friday night at midnight eastern time.

Happy manga hunting! We look forward to reading your suggestions.

As Vertical begins to schedule books for Summer and Fall 2015, we wanted to ask our readers a few questions about what they would like to see from Vertical. And a bit about their buying habits.

LINK: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X33BNT5

In what appeared to be an editing error, a Fox affiliate in Oklahoma managed to remove the only mention of evolution from Sunday night's Cosmos science documentary by cutting only 15 seconds from the broadcast.

The much-anticipated reboot of Carl Sagan's legendary Cosmos premiered on Sunday with an overview of the history of the Universe, from the Big Bang to the advent of humans.

It wasn't until the last 10 minutes of the show that host Neil deGrasse Tyson hinted at human evolution.

"We are newcomers to the Cosmos," he explained. "Our own story only begins on the last night of the cosmic year."

"Three and a half million years ago, our ancestors -- your and mine left these traces," Tyson said, pointing to footprints. "We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to look up and wonder."

But for viewers of KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City, that 15 second paragraph was replaced by an awkwardly-inserted commercial for the evening news. The edit was caught on video and uploaded to YouTube by Adam Bates.

At least one of the segments advertised in the news promo -- a story about a 12-year-old bow hunter -- did air on that evening's newscast.

Watch the original Cosmos clip below:

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As part of their big-ass feature on the upcoming season of Game of Thrones, Vanity Fair interviewed the show's stars and asked them who they believe would be the best ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Some of their answers will surprise you. Some won't. As expected, Samwise Tarly has the wisest answer: "Anybody but Joffrey."

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The US distributor for Bandai's Hobby merchandise in Bluefin Distribution has announced that it will begin stocking 400 select Barnes & Noble locations with Gunpla model kits beginning in April. The models making up the initial retail rollout will vary between Gundam Wing, Gundam UC and Gundam Build Fighters kits, as well as ancillary models.

The addition of new sales locations follows a test program in 2013 to determine the sales viability of Gunpla models through the bookstores, and many locations will also feature a prominent showcase for their inventory with assembled models of different types and grades.

As Barnes & Noble continues to struggle with weak book sales in its retail stores, it has turned its attention to increasing its non-book merchandise in order to drive retail sales. The expansion of the Gunpla program also means that the demand is there for Gunpla model sales outside of the typical hobby shop setting, another type of specialty store that has also seen its own share of struggles over the years due to the declining popularity of model building outside of specific niches and the ease of online shopping.

With that said, would any of you go to a Barnes & Noble location to buy Gunpla, or will you stick to online sales or hobby shops, if you're lucky to have one left in your town?

Images: ©BANDAI Hobby Products Department

Humberto Saabedra is the Owner of AnimeNews.biz, Editor-in-Chief of PhoneNews.com and a part-time recording engineer. He can also be found musing on things (and Nico Robin) at @AnimeNewsdotbiz

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If you don’t like our subs, look forward to UTW’s release soon™.

And yes, we will sub Extra Chorus sometime soonish.

A number of brilliant artists contributed their unique vision to The Fifth Element, including Gaultier and Moebius. But one of the main influences on the film was Jean-Claude Mezieres, the comics artist whose time-travel comic director Luc Besson is adapting . Check out some of Mezieres' original Fifth Element concept art right here.

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Crunchyroll Manga’s ever-growing library of titles and talents take a major step forward with the addition of three titles from master artist Moyoco Anno of Sakuran fame. 

First up is Anno's Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen

(Starts with chapter 1, and simulpub will start from chapter 2, which will be announced at a later date due to the irregularity of the Japanese schedule.)

Story

Perverts are people who know the shape of their desires. They have carefully traced those contours like a blind man using both hands to measure the shape of a vase. Colette works in a brothel in early 20th century Paris, an occupation she can't escape. She and the other girls support each other, satisfying the desires of their clients, day in, day out. The one source of hope in her difficult life was her trysts with Leon. But Colette could never be sure if Leon really loved her... The strength of women in their pleasurable confines; the naked desires of the 'amorous gentlemen.' 

Welcome to a beautiful, bewitching bordello of love and desire...

Next is Buffalo 5 Girls, a one shot by Anno available in all its entirety.

Story

The girls are sold as prostitutes in the towns that dot the arid desert. Each of them is forced to receive the lusts of men for their own reasons, and each of them fall in love. They have men they are in love with, but prostitutes aren't free to choose who they love. "Love or life, which is more important to you?" "I pick love." "But you can't be in love if you're dead." Is there a way for these women to survive in a world filled with lust and violence? One day, Candy and Susie run from the brothel, seeking the freedom they can never hand. "We are stronger creatures!" Obey your instincts— the voice from within!

 Completing Crunchyroll Manga's Moyoco Anno trilogy is The Diary of Ochibi-san

(Starts with volumes 1 and 2, and will be launching the simulpub chapters once the catalog is caught up.)

Story

"I can help you laugh, but I can't take away the tears you've shed." 

In Mametsubu-cho, a town somewhere in the ancient Japanese city of Kamakura, Ochibi-san lives a relaxed, easy life. With his friend Nazeni the dog, Jack the naughty kitten, and Pankui the hungry dog, Ochibi-san's year in Mametsubu-cho is filled with encounters and new discoveries! Flower-viewing in spring, swimming in summer, collecting leaves in fall, and eating yummy food in winter. The changing seasons are drawn with a light touch.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! Crunchyroll Manga has also added Investor Z by Norifusa Mita

(launches with chapter 1)

Story 

Mita Norifusa, whose "Dragon Zakura" started a revolution in Japan's world of entrance exams, now brings you another school-drama manga about stock investments!

Zaizen Takashi passes his entrance exams at the top of the heap, and starts his first year in junior high school at Dojuku Gakuen, a 130-year old super-advanced institute of higher education. The day after the entrance ceremony, "the secret" of the school is revealed to him, which concerns the existence of an "investment club," consisting only of the top student from each of the 6 grades.

Its club members have a mission. They must invest from a capital of 300-billion yen and yield a profit of 8%, which is their annual goal. This is why Dojuku Gakuen, boasting the highest standards of education in all of Japan, is tuition free. 

"The most exciting game in the world. The ultimate game of ultimate thrill… In other words, money… Investments!" Here begins the story of the genius Zaizen, who bets the entirety of his youth on money. Learn, Zaizen... and make a bundle!!

Check 'em all out now at Crunchyroll Manga!

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Patrick Macias is editor in chief of Crunchyroll News. He is also the editor of Otaku USA magazine. Check out his rather amazing Tumblr at japanesefashioninferno.tumblr.com.

There's a bunch of online speculation that this celebrity-filled fake hoverboard commercial is actually a secret viral for Back To the Future 4. But we're pretty sure it's just a fake ad, plain and simple.

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If the series is over 10 volumes it would not qualify, though.

As Vertical begins to schedule books for Summer and Fall 2015, we wanted to ask our readers a few questions about what they would like to see from Vertical. And a bit about their buying habits.

LINK: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X33BNT5

After a year's break, the David Production adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's long running, ever shiftingJoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga returns this April with a new anime based on Part III: Stardust Crusaders. A new preview focuses Muhammad Avdol, with Kenta Miyake (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood's Scar) scheduled to be the third voice actor attached to the role. 

Stardust Crusaders, the only of the series' eight parts to be released in English, was previously adapted into two OVA series in 1993 and 2000. The horror/travelogue introduces super powered alter egos called stands, which became a pillar of the franchise going forward as it follows brilliant delinquent Jotaro Kujo's search for the vampire Dio Brando.

A previous previewd focused on returning hero Joseph Joestar and his Stand, Purple Hermit.

The anime production staff

Director: Naokatsu Tsuda

Series Director: Kenichi Suzuki

Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi

Character design: Masahiko Komino

Animation Production: David Production

Cast

Jotaro Kujo : Daisuke Ono (Juurouta Kosugi in earlier OVA)

Joseph Joestar: Unsho Ishizuka (Chikao Ohtsuka  in OVA, Tomokazu Sugita in All Star Battle and earlier seasons of anime)

Avdol: Kenta Miyake (Kiyoshi Kobayashi in OVA, Masashi Ebara in All Star Battle )

Kakyoin: Daisuke Hirakawa (Hirotaka Suzuoki in OVA, Kōji Yusa in All Star Battle)

Polnareff: Fuminori Komatsu (Katsuji Mori in OVA, Hiroaki Hirata in All Star Battle)

DIO: Takehito Koyasu (Nobuo Tanaka in OVA)

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Thousands of Japanese Uta No Prince Sama fans watched the limited time official Twitter accounts post their last tweet made a few hours ago to end the 4-month social event and it was a smiling "See ya!" instead of a teary goodbye. It's sad not seeing the Prince posts such as Masato reporting his Miso soup ingredients in the mornings, but there is no time to be sad as more details of the sequel to the otome game were also announced. The sequel to Uta No Prince Sama All Star is titled All Star After Secret and it will continue the stories that began in All Star with 4 of the senior idols.

Uta No Prince Sama All Star After Secret will have 2 endings for each of the 4 senior idols of Quartet Night (Reiji, Camus, Ai and Ranmaru) and individual episodes with each of the 7 junior idols. Although the game's release date is not announced yet, 4 idols from Quartet Night will each release 2 solo songs which will be used in the game starting in April with Reiji and 2 new songs as a group to be released in August.

Reiji Kotobuki Idol Song solo CD (Relase 4/30/14)

1. Itoshiki Hito E
2. Kiss Wa Wink De
3. Itoshiki Hito E *off vocal
4. Kiss Wa Wink De *off vocal

Ranmaru Kurosaki Idol Song solo CD (Release 5/28/14)

1. Not Bad
2. WILD SOUL
3. Not Bad *off vocal
4. WILD SOUL *off vocal

Ai Mikaze Idol Song solo CD (Release 6/25/14)

1. A.I
2. Futari No Monogram
3. A.I *off vocal
4. Futari No Monogram *off vocal

Camus Idol Song solo CD (Release 7/30/14)

1. Junketsu Naru Ai -Aspiration-
2. AURORA
3. Junketsu Naru Ai -Aspiration- *off vocal
4. AURORA *off vocal

Uta No Prince Sama Quartet Idol Song single CD (Release 8/27/14)

1. Marriage
2. You're my life
3. Marriage *off vocal
4. You're my life *off vocal

The social event that lasted 4 months with each prince tweeting from their official Twitter account was a part of a promotion for the franchise's spin-off drama CD series Shining Theatre Troupe and the last release from the project in Joker Trap landed on the #1 spot in the Oricon Album Daily Ranking chart on February 27th in Japan.

March 1st is also the birthday of Ai Mikaze! As soon as the princes said see you to their fans on Twitter, birthday wishes to Ai flooded my own timeline.

©早乙女学園 　協力：シャイニング事務所　 Illust.倉花千夏、工画堂スタジオ

In the first episode of the Persona Stalker Club talkshow, which was streamed last night, the two hosts shared some humorous moments and new footage of Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.

Read Here’s What Happened In Episode 1 Of The New Persona Talk Show on Siliconera!

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex writer/director Kenji Kamiyama launched Steve N' Steven to leverage commercial promotion with anime. The latest project, is au Unlimited Future Laboratory, hyping phone brand au's mobile tech with a look into the future.

The second episode is now online...

Turn on "Captions" to view English subtitles

Previously...

The associated interactive site is online at http://aufl.kddi.com/

Staff:
Script, Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Music Yuugo Kanno (Birdy the Mighty, Psycho-Pass)
Studio: Production I.G/STEVE N' STEVEN

Cast:
Daisuke Kido: Jun Fukuyama
Yuu Mizue: Ayane Sakura
Chief Yamaoka: Masaki Terasoma
Youko Mine: Kairi Satake
Gorou Goto: Wataru Takagi
Fute: Ai Kakuma

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

If the entire run of Game of Thrones were remade as a retro video game, we would play it just for the death scenes. Fortunately, someone has taken the time to create pixelated animations of the most grisly moments from the show. Spoilers below.

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Will 2014 be the year you witness a baby bald eagle hatching live, on camera? NOT IF YOU LOOK AWAY, IT WON'T.

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