http://www.otakutimes.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:45:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Animation Co-Op Defense League (ACDL), a collective consortium of Adult Animation distributor's and studio's, has reported on it's efforts to curb what it calls illegal distribution of adult animation (also known as Hentai). According to their press release, the consortium has made "significant progress in their efforts to educate ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/04/22/adult-anime-producers-campaigning-against-unauthorized-content-sharing/ Tim Van Rellim, the producer of the live action adaption of the Dragon Ball anime series conducted an interview with El Siglo, a Durango, Mexico newspaper, which was republished by Movieland and translated by Dragonball: The Movie blog. In it, he speaks about the plot of the movie (WARNING! POSSIBLE ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/04/21/dragonball-movie-producer-interview/ In celebration of marking 40 years in publication, Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump has announced that they will hold a "Jump Super Anime Tour". This fall will see the tour visiting 10 cities across Japan while displaying new anime specials for Dragon Ball and One Piece. The "Jump Super Anime Tour" will ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/04/21/japan-jump-anime-tour-new-dragon-ball-and-one-piece-specials/ Bandai Entertainment has announced that they will be re-releasing Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell: Innocence on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc with an English dub. Dreamworks, who aims to produce a live action version of Ghost In The Shell, originally released Ghost In The Shell: Innocence in North American ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/04/20/bandai-to-re-release-ghost-in-the-shell-innocence/ DreamWorks has acquired the rights to produce a Live Action feature based on Masamune Shirow's, Ghost In The Shell. Ghost In The Shell ( 攻殻機動隊, Kōkaku Kidōtai ) , first published in 1989, is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the covert operations ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/04/17/ghost-in-the-shell-going-live-action/ Remember these guys? Masato Nakatsuji, the former 24-year-old Osaka Electro-Communication University graduate student is being charged with copyright violation for the usage of Clannad images as well as defamation of another student. The Defamation charge was brought about due to his usage of the photograph of a fellow student in ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/04/17/clannad-malware-creator-charged-with-copyright-violation-defamation/ Continuing the 'Otaku Shopping in London' series, I will today be looking at Tokyo Toys... Tokyo Toys started off as an online store for all things otaku, and a few months ago they opened a physical store in the London Trocadero. If I remember correctly it was on the top floor ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/03/17/otaku-shopping-in-london-tokyo-toys/ Terra Tag, the company behind the laughing man logo, have recently opened a small store in London selling their merchandise (primarily t-shirts). Since it seemed like more fun than revising, I thought I would check it out! Click the images to see an enlarged view. Terra Tag store façade: Anime T-Shirts: http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/03/12/otaku-shopping-in-london-terra-tag/ There is a reason why you should not imitate what you see on TV. Sadly, 10-year-old Cody Porter (Pictured Right, Below) of Seattle, Washington learned that the hard way this past weekend. While playing in a sandbox in his family's backyard - along with five of his peers (including three brothers ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/03/10/you-are-not-naruto/ Pride, a manga by Yukari Ichijo about two Opera singers who go from being rivals to "best partners", is reportedly being adapted into a Live-Action film which is set to be released near the end of January 2009. The Live-Action film will star the Half-Japanese, Half-Armenian-American pop-singer Stephanie - who ... http://www.otakutimes.com/2008/03/10/pride-to-be-adapted-for-live-action-film-production/