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Toho Animation to Produce Cyborg 009 Call of Justice

July 20, 2016June 12, 2017 Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Yesterday, Toho Animation revealed it is producing a new 3D CG anime series celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori’s classic manga, Cyborg 009. The series is titled Cyborg 009 Call of Justice, consisting of three parts which will receive limited theatrical releases in Japan. The first part releases on November 25th, the second part on December 2nd, and the final part on December 9th. The site features a trailer for the series revealing the staff and a visual poster for the character designs. Both feature the tagline, “When a…

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto & The Pillows Returning for FLCL 2

July 4, 2016June 12, 2017 Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Yesterday, at the FLCL 2 panel at Anime Expo 2016 vice president and producer at Production I.G., Maki Terashima-Furuta announced that the original character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion, .hack franchise, Attack on Titan live-action films) is returning for the sequel. Along with the return of Sadamoto, Terashima-Furuta announced Japanese rock band, The Pillows are also returning to provide music for the series. Another announcement was the addition of Katsuyuki Motohiro (chief director of Psycho-Pass) will supervise the series. Also in attendance was FLCL creator, Kazuya Tsurumako, Haruko’s voice…