Coming to DVD on July 31st 2012 is Wolverine: The Anime! Produced by Madhouse, Marvel and Sony, this is one beautifully animated series. Continuing the line up of great Anime from X-Men and Iron Man; Wolverine features the best art and animation available today.

Here is the synopsis of the story that branches 2 disks and 12 episodes:

The love of Logan’s life, Mariko Yashida, is forced back to Japan by her father Shingen, a notorious crime lord. Once in Japan, she is forcibly betrothed to Kurohagi, a cruel criminal associate of her father, to solidify their business interests. …

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Anime Expo never fails to impress me with the cosplayers.  I think they’re the best out of all the conventions and that includes Comic-Con!  Below are awesome costumes from AX 2012.  Usually there’s a theme every year like Vocaloid or Naruto but this year was all about variety from your favorite anime to video games and movies.

Enjoy!

 

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Hayao Miyazaki’s Whisper of the Heart is a coming of age tale about a girl in middle school named Shizuku. She has a huge imagination and loves to write.  Like many writers, she sees stuff about life that most people are too distracted to notice. One day, she finds herself sitting next to a cat while riding a bus and she follows the cat to a neighborhood at the top of a hill.  There she finds an antique store with a peculiar cat statue that sparks her imagination. She also starts up a friendship with a boy from school who just …

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The Secret World of Arrietty is another lush, visually enthralling classic from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Dubbed with great care by Disney and now on blu-ray with an amazing transfer, the movie springs to life. Based on the novel The Borrowers and written by the master Miyazaki, the look of the movie is quite stunning and full of vibrant life. The story also has a gentle message about respecting all creatures and beings regardless of their size or place in the food chain. Far from preachy, the movie is also just a fun adventure that bounces along from one great …

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Laputa: Castly in the Sky was Hayao Miyazaki’s first film put out by his Studio Ghibli production company.  The ground-breaking effort set a standard for later films such as My Neighbor Totoro (1988) and Howl’s Moving Castle (2004).  From themes, to animation to the characters and the soundtrack, this fingerprint is easily identified in his subsequent works.

In a featurette titled “Creating Castle in the Sky,” Miyazaki credits his childhood dreams for inspiring him to create his films.  “Flying in adventure stories like Laputa was my childhood dream…I wanted to create a sci-fi adventure.” Several other influences can be identified such …

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Casper Van Dien who played Rico in the live-action version of Starship Troopers is an Executive Producer on this project. Flint Dille, who was story editor for the Transformers and GI Joe TV shows in the 80’s is writing the script. Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) is directing. The animated film will be released this summer.

[Source: ANN]…

On May 24, 2012, an anime version of the video game Dragon Age directed by Fumihiko Sori will be shown at select theaters across N. America and Canada. So far, only the four theaters shown above are listed. Screenings will begin at 7pm for each showing and the first 100 people to attend will receive a Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker t-shirt.  The film will be released on Blu-Ray/DVD on May 29. You can pre-order your copy on Amazon for a little over $15. here.

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Exclusive Trailer [HD]

[Source: Dragon Age Movie]…

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Funimation has announced the voice over actors who will be creating the English dub version of the anime King of Thorn (2010). Patrick Seitz will be penning the dub script and heading up the cast of mostly anime vets.

Seitz has an extensive voice over resume including such anime as Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing, Naruto and Summer Wars. His video game VO work includes Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2, Scorpion from Mortal Kombat/Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Streetfighter X Tekken and World of Warcraft.

Also appearing will be voice over actress Brina Palencia.…

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The X-Men are a hugely popular comic book and franchise from Marvel that has been around for eons. Last seen on the big screen in the impressive X-Men: First Class, they return in this 2 DVD set of the complete series of the anime. The series contains all 12 episodes and a few special features. The animation from the legendary MADHOUSE is first-rate, and while the story is un-even, there’s enough going on to give it a positive review. The character designs are clean and fresh and the action scenes are beautifully animated while the voice work is also top-notch. My …

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I’m probably the LAST person to rate something related to Iron Man, I’m not big on most of what Marvel does, however I am an old school fan of Anime and so I looked at it through the eyes of an Anime fan and man, I was very impressed.

Written by Marvel’s Warren Ellis and re-written from that story by the writers at Madhouse in Japan, the Iron Man Anime takes the viewer into a later stage of Tony Stark’s career. Tony travels to Japan with nothing but peace in mind after years of manufacturing and selling weapons. In order to …

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