The 3rd annual Seiyu Awards now includes a Foreign Fan Award category. This category allows all non-Japanese anime fans to cast a vote for their favorite non-Japanese voice actor or actress.
Voting begins today at the official English site and ends January 1st. The awards will be announced on March 7th, 2009.
Source: Anime News Network
The official Naruto homepage has a streaming trailer for Naruto Shippuden, due in the US in 2009. Only a subtitled release has been announced so far.
Source: AnimeNation
The following two images have been released from the upcoming Fight Ippatsu! Jyuuden-ChanII series. The series is based on the manga by Bow Ditama.
Source: AnimeNation
Images: ComicGun
The English dub cast for the latest Miyazaki film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, has been announced.
The English dub will feature the voices of Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Fankie Jonas, Noah Cyrys and Cloris Leachman.
Although the cast has been announced, actual roles have not.
Source: GhibliWorld
Jumpland is now streaming new anime content through January 31st, 2009.
The three anime specials are Romance Dawn (One Piece’s ‘Prototype’ manga), Dragon Ball (by Akira Toriyama) and Tegami Bachi.
Jumpland is only available for Windows XP/Vista and requires the installation of a media player for streaming.
Source: Anime News Network
According to Anime News Network, Natsu no Arashi! will be animated for release in 2009. The story will follow a boy named Hajime Yasaka who meets an older girl named Sayoko “Arashi” Arashiyama.
Natsu no Arashi was created by Jin Kobayashi, famed for creating School Rumble. The anime will be produced by anime studio SHAFT.
According to Shizuki Yamashita, Director of Operations for Broccoli International U.S., Broccoli International USA will be dissolving at the end of the year. There will be no releases in 2009.
Source: ICv2
News of an Oldboy remake, acquired by Steven Spielberg, had surfaced a few weeks ago, but now Will Smith has been quoted:
We’re looking at that right now. Not the film though, it’s the original source material. There’s the original comics of ‘Oldboy’ that they made the first film from. And that’s what we’re working from, not an adaptation of the film
Smith is set to star in Spielberg’s Oldboy.
Source: Film School Rejects
How do you feel about an Oldboy remake? Are you glad it is based off the original comics and not the Chan-wook Park 2003 film?
New images have surfaced from the Street Fighter Aratanaru Kizuna (Street Fighter: Renewed Bonds) OVA. The OVA ties in to the new Street Fighter IV game.
Source: AnimeNation
Images: +D Games
Crunchyroll, the anime video streaming website, has announced new streams of Naruto Shippuden, Shugo Chara and Skip Beat! Each episode will be subtitled in English.
Source: Crunchyroll
Do you use Crunchyroll? What do you think of it?
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