According to Newtype magazine an original TV anime project called Star Driver: Radiant Takuto (Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto) is on the way.
The story will center around a boy called Takuto who pilots his robot, Taubaan.
BONES studio is producing, with Takuya Igarashi directing and Yoji Enokido script writing.
Misa and Hiroka Mizuya are working together on the character designs with Yoshiyuki Ito adapting for animation and overseeing.
Dublin’s Irish Film Institute is to show Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and Summer Wars (Eva 2.0). The two-day festival in March will feature Evangelion 2.0 on 20 March, and Summer Wars on 21 March.
Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance is the second film in the remake of the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV anime series. A group of 14-year-olds with giant biomechanical units protect Earth from mysterious Angels. It originally opened June 2009 in Japan.
Summer Wars features a modern family on a midsummer adventure in a light-hearted story of “action entertainment”, which originally opened August 2009 in Japan.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Gundam anime franchise, a 59 foot Gundam robot is being placed in Shizuoka city (Japan). Officials estimate nearly 1 million people will visit.
The full size will be situated next to Higashi-Shizuoka Station in Shizuoka’s Aoki ward, and should be up by July 2010.
It originally stood in Tokyo bay on the island of Odaiba last Summer, where it attracted over 4 million visitors, nearly three times the expected amount. More details about the exhibit and other related events are to be announced end of March.
Ultimately there are plans for the statue to be permanently sited next to the Bandai Hobby Center in Shizuoka, which is the factory that makes Bandai’s Gundam model kits.
Taiwan. Fans of Rie Kugimiya have been lining up in the Taipei streets since 3rd January. Some have endured more than 25 days of cold nights, to see Rie at her scheduled appearance at the 2010 International Book Exhibition and to try and secure one of just 89 remaining signed ceramic plates.
Fans almost brought down the server when 50 autographed plates were made available to pre-order online. Over 80,000 order attempts were made with the 50 sold within 30 seconds of opening. Another 89 plates will be available from the Exhibition.
Rie Kugimiya is a voice actress known for her characters in Shakugan no Shana, Louise (Zero no Tsukaima), Taiga (Tiger x Dragon), and Nagi (Hayate the Combat Butler).
The official website for the TV anime series Dead Aggressor has confirmed that a new anime has the go ahead for the Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth follow-up. Hisashi Hirai is returning to work on the project alongside animators Xebec. Tow Ubukata will be scriptwriting.
The new Devil comic from Torajirou Kishi (Maka-Maka, Colorful) will be available 3 February 2010. (But sneak over to Comic Book Resources for a preview).
Devil sees American publisher Dark Horse Comics collaborate with Japanese animation studio Madhouse. It will be a full color comic produced exclusively for publication in the USA.
Set in Tokyo, this science-fiction police drama sees the incurable disease Devil’s Possession rapidly infect the population. People are turned into into bloodsucking superhumans known as “Devils”.
1st issue (24 pages) out 3 February 2010 – 2nd issue due on sale on 17 March 2010.
The highly acclaimed Mamoru Oshii (Director of Ghost in the Shell etc) announced on Friday in Tokyo that his new film will be an adaptation of Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28-go. This pioneering work is best known for inspiring a 1963 anime that was adapted as Gigantor. Oshii revealed the news during a discussion on the opening of his latest film, Assault Girls.