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Ghibli will be announcing their next movie on December 15th. The director on the project has not been indicated.

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retailer Mangaoh listed, then removed the listing for a game based on a second Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha movie

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Tokyo International Anime Fair announced the four pilots it will sponsor in 2011 for the "Creator's World Anime Pilot Production Support Project"

Tokyo Int'l Anime Fair Sponsors 4 Anime Pilots for 2011
posted on 2010-10-22 16:13 EDT
From Mardock Scramble CGI's Kodama, Catblue: Dynamite's Higa, Shadow Skill 3's Ichikawa, Cavity Express' Muto
The Tokyo International Anime Fair has announced on Friday that it is sponsoring four anime pilots which will be unveiled at next year's fair in March. The "Creator's World Anime Pilot Production Support Project" selected the following works:

• Interior
Creator: French curve/Tetsuro Kodama (Mardock Scramble CGI director, Yasai no Yousei - N.Y. Salad art director, Namie Amuro's "Wild/Dr.")

• Kanai
Creator: Studio RF/Romanov Higa (Catblue: Dynamite, TANK S.W.A.T. 01, Metal Gear Sold: Peace Walker cut scenes, Hellsing Ultimate action director)

• Monster ni Natta Domerika
Creator: Kazuya Ichikawa (Shadow Skill 3/SOS TV Walpurgis Night Fever director, Appleseed: Ex Machina CG layout and motion team leader)

• Kaseki Dorobo to Kyoryuseki
Creator: Kenji Muto (Cavity Express, Gift)/Sugarless Factory/Honesuta

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Ghost in the Shell creator Masamune Shirow's Appleseed, previously adapted into an OVA and two CG movies, is now slated to be adapted into 13 episode OVA Appleseed XIII

planned staff includes director Takayuki Hamana, screen writer Jun’ichi Fujisaku, character designer Takayuki Goto and mech designer Atsushi Takeuchi

Following a world war that killed half the world's population, the city-nation of Olympus stands as a beacon of hope in a world of chaos and conflict. The utopian metropolis is governed by Gaia, a vast artificial intelligence, and administered by a genetically engineered humanoids known as Bioroids.
Although Olympus seems like a peaceful city on the surface, racial (human vs. bioroids vs. cyborgs), religious, and political conflicts lurk underneath — threatening to overturn the delicately balanced "peace." Security threats such as terrorists and anti-government criminals abound, so the use of force becomes a necessary evil even in this so-called "utopia."

Deunan, a young female warrior, and Briareos, a veteran cyborg-soldier, are both partners and lovers, as well as members of ES.W.A.T., the elite special forces serving Olympus. They are deployed wherever trouble strikes.

Conspiracy, terrorism, deadly military weapons technology, greedy corporations, and power-hungry politicians — these are just some of the threats that Deunan and Briareos must contend with as they fight to protect Olympus and save mankind from plunging into another war.

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preciciously vulger child comedy Crayon Shin-chan is being spun off into Shin-men, staring five elemental super heroes.

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Yoshihiro Togashi's Level E will be adapted by in a Studio Pierrot / David Production co-production

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s&m 101 seinen manga Nana to Kaoru is getting an anime to be packed in with a limited edition of volume 6

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anthropomorphized fighter plane girls vs aliens Strike Witches is getting an anime movie

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a third Isshoni Training cute girl training OVA, Isshoni Training 026: Bathtime with Hinako & Hiyoko is slated for December release

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A two episode Valkyria Chronicles 3 OVA tie-in has been scheduled for Spring, 2011

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Fractale will be on Noitamina starting in January

cast includes

Crane: Yu Kobayashi
Furyune: Minami Tsuda
Nessa: Kana Hanazawa
Enrico: Yuka Iguchi
Sunda: Shintaro Asanuma

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Volume 31 of the Air Gear manga will include an original "Trick" anime episode, animating a fight from volume 24,

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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra will be doing their first anime work, providing the theme songs for the One Piece and Toriko 3D movie double feature.

The band's keyboardist, Yuichi Oki, composed the song that will be used in "One Piece 3D." It is the series' first instrumental theme song.

Trumpeter NARGO was put in charge of the "Toriko 3D" song, and the result is described as a rhythmic tune that fits the manga's themes of gourmet food and fighting.

No release date for the theme songs has been announced yet.

Preview images of the anime can be seen here

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Shaft's Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica from director Akiyuki Shinbo (Bakemonogatari, Hidamari Sketch) will direct. Hidamari Sketch creator Ume Aoki will provide the original character designs which Takahiro Kishida (Durarara, Noein) will adapt for animation. Phantom & Blassreiter TV series screenwriter Gen Urobuchi will compose the screenplay. Composer Yuki Kajiura (Noir, Kara no Kyoukai) will score the series.

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Precure All-Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World will hit Japanese theatres in March

A trademark has been registered “Suite Precure,” presumed to the title of the eighth Precure series

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Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Roujin Z) will overseeing Gonzo's 26 episode Satria: The Warriors of the 7 Elements

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Producer Kouji Yamamoto confirmed that well regarded Aoi Hana will not be getting a second season due to low DVD sales of the first

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Unlike the first, second Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas OVA will only be made available as a direct to video OVA

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Sora no Otoshimono Forte will be continued in a theatrical film

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Staff for the prison scape OVA Norageki! , scheduled for January 22, includes director Hiroaki Ando (Digital Juice, Steamboy & Tekkonkinkreet CGI director)
writer Dai Sato (Freedom, Eureka Seven).

Masaru Gotsubo (Shounen Tantei Inugami Geru, Samurai Champloo manga) and Kimitoshi Yamane (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop) are responsible for the character and mechanic designs, respectively. Masayuki Okubo and Yusuke Takeda (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo) are overseeing the CG and art, respectively. Masanori Tsuchiya (Halo Legends' "Homecoming") is directing the sound, and Yuji Tone (Koisento) is directing the photography.

The cast includes Miyu Irino (Koseinen, "Good Young Man"), Takako Honda (Ii Onna, "Good Woman"), Kazuma Mori (Chunen Otoko, "Middle-Aged Man"), Meg (Ota-Onna, "Female Otaku"), and Seizo Katou (Rojin, "Old Man")

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The eighth volume of light novel series Shinichi Kimura's Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? will feature an original anime episode