Tag: Sunrise

Sunrise to Begin Streaming All 8 Brave Series, Commemorating the 30th Anniversary!

Michael Lederhos

Today, Sunrise announced that in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Braves Series, they will begin streaming the 8 series on their official YouTube channel. For those unawares the 8 Brave Series began in 1990 aired till 1997, it was a joint ‘Super Robot’ anime project between Sunrise and Takara Tomy, during Transformers inactivity in Japan. The series line-up consists of Brave Exkaiser (1990), The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (1991), The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (1992), The Brave Express Might Gaine (1993), Brave Police J-Decker (1994), The…

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After War Gundam X Collection 1 Blu-Ray Release Details

Michael Lederhos

Following the announcement back in September 2019, Nozomi Entertainment has solicited for release After War Gundam X Collection 1 Blu-Ray for North America. The 1996 anime series was previously released on DVD only by Nozomi back in 2016 in two collection volumes of 19 episodes each. This DVD release was prior to the Japanese remaster and Blu-Ray release in 2018. The new Blu-Ray release from Nozomi will be based upon the 2018 remaster of the series. After War Gundam X Collection 1 Blu-Ray: Release Date: April 7, 2020 List Price: $74.99 USD Episodes: 1-19 Run Time: 475 Minutes…

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Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Teaser Trailer Released

Michael Lederhos

Last year, during the Japanese Theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam NT, Gundam fans were treated to a short teaser for the next Universal Century movie, Hathaway’s Flash. After the North American screenings, the teaser was released online with the release date of Winter 2020. Flash forward several months (and a NA Char’s Counterattack screening), we finally have a full trailer for the film. https://youtu.be/GjPigquaRcE From the new teaser trailer we can gather quite a bit of previously unknown information about the film: The English title of the film is now “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway”…

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Elena Satine Joins Netflix’s Live-Action “Cowboy Bebop” Series Cast

Pak Hanu

Deadline has reported that Elena Satine will be joining the cast of Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop live-action series as Julia. For those who are not aware, in the anime series Julia was a long time acquaintance to Spike Spiegal and served as a major plot related character throughout it. The confirmed cast so far includes: John Cho: Spike Spiegal Mustafa Shakir: Jet Black Daniella Pineda:  Faye Valentine Alex Hassell: Vicious Elena Satine: Julia  Alex Garica Lopez will directing the first two episodes of the series and the first episode will be written by Christopher Yost.  The live-action series…

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Nozomi Entertainment Anime Expo 2019 Panel – Gundam 0080 & Gundam SEED Announcements

Michael Lederhos

At this year’s Anime Expo 2019 during the RightStufAnime panel, two new updates were given for upcoming Nozomi Entertainment releases from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. With one new announcement and an update on a previously announced set; the panel was light for Gundam fans, but there were plenty of anime goodness for other genres. Today, we are following the Gundam announcements specifically.   Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Blu-Ray Announced   The six episode 1989 OVA series, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, was originally released in North America by Bandai Entertainment in 2001. Nozomi Entertainment released…

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New Akira Anime Project & 4K Akira Film Remaster Announced

Pak Hanu

Yesterday, Katsuhiro Otomo announced at Anime Expo 2019 that a new anime project based on his original Akira manga is in the works. The series is stated to integrate the entirety of the manga’s story. Additionally a 4K remaster of the 1988 film will be released in Japan in April 24, 2020. The 4K remaster will also be released in the United States. Bandai Namco also lisred the trailer that was shown at Anime Expo 2019. Funimation provided a description for the original film. Clandestine army activities threaten the war torn city of Neo-Tokyo…

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Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin MSD: Cucuruz Doan’s Island Manga Ends

Michael Mucha

The July issue of Kadokawa’s Gundam Ace Magazine recently published the final chapter of Junji Ōno’s Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin MSD: Cucuruz Doan’s Island. The manga is a spin-off of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga, a series that re-imagines the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. However, Ōno’s spin-off directly focuses on retelling the story of Cucuruz Doan, a character from the fifteenth episode of the original anime series.   Now, not all western fans may be aware of the character as the fifteenth episode was…

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Viz Media Announces Inuyasha Blu-Ray Home Video Release

Pak Hanu

Viz Media has recently updated their official twitter page with the announcement that they will be releasing the Inuyasha anime series on Blu-ray/ DVD this Fall. While the series received a DVD release in the past, this will be the first time the series will be available officially on Blu-ray in North America. For those who are not aware the anime is based on the manga series of the same name written by Rumiko Takahashi. The first anime series were based on the first 36 volumes of Takasahi’s manga series. The series aired in…

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