remind me tomorrow
remind me next week
never remind me

Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

News
Samurai Champloo website & Trailer

posted on 2003-11-06 13:50 EST by Christopher Macdonald

The official website for Shin'ichiro Watanabe's first new work since Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, is now online at SamuraiChamploo.com. The website includes a short (15 second) Real Media trailer that can be viewed here.

discuss this in the forum (22 posts) |

News homepage / archives

game review

3 comments

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Video Game Review

Nov 13, 10:00

3 comments

games

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake takes an already-seminal title and makes it one of the must-play games of 2024. ― Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation is already a seminal title among Japanese RPGs: a pillar of the genre whose influences run wide and deep across Japanese pop culture. Countless games have come in its wake, all inspired by that original game and its many creative decisions. The decis...

interview

Onward to the Alvarez Empire: Hiroshi Kataoka Discusses FAIRY TAIL 2

Nov 13, 09:00 games

The longtime action RPG producer acknowledges the criticism levied against the original FAIRY TAIL game and how this sequel will offer a fundamentally different experience. ― Can you name a popular anime that doesn't have a tie-in video game? Sure, there are some rare exceptions, but just about every anime series that's even moderately popular will get the video game treatment sooner or later. Some ...

column

2 comments

This Week in Anime - Looking Back

Nov 12, 12:00

2 comments

anime

Steve and Lucas discuss creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and director Kiyotaka Oshiyama's Look Back film in all of its heartbreaking glory. ― Steve and Lucas discuss creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and director Kiyotaka Oshiyama's Look Back film in all of its heartbreaking glory. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.Spoiler Warning...

review

2 comments

Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe Anime Movie Review

Nov 12, 12:00

2 comments

anime

While I enjoyed the action aspects of Birth of Kitaro, I can't say it works that well as an entry point for new fans. ― Modern folklore-focused anime and manga owe a huge debt to the work of 1960s manga GeGeGe no Kitaro's artist and writer Shigeru Mizuki. A second world war veteran, the traumatic amputation of his left arm, due to an air raid explosion, never held back his pre-existing artistic ambit...

newtype

2 comments

Newtype exclusive interview: Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Ryōhei Takeshita and Composition Writer/Screenwriter Yūki Yaku

Nov 12, 01:40

2 comments

anime

The series' director and composition writer discuss the difficult aspects of working on an original anime and their feelings on social media. ― Where are these drifting jellyfish headed? A jellyfish dives into the big unknown blue and begins to swim! Illustrator Mahiru Kōzuki quit drawing after having her artwork ridiculed. Idol Kano Yamanouchi left her group Sunflower Dolls after causing a scandal....

column

63 comments

Answerman - Why is the nudity removed from the Ranma 1/2 remake?

Nov 11, 14:45

63 comments

anime

Jerome discusses the recent "kewpie-fication" of Ranma in MAPPA's animated remake of the classic series. ― The internet asks: "Why is the nudity removed from the Ranma 1/2 remake?" [context: it's not censored; the new version doesn't include nipples like the previous version, and Ranma's been kewpie-dolled. Butt cracks were removed in a bath scene, too.”] This wouldn't be an Answerman column if we d...

review

6 comments

PreCure Max Heart Episodes 1-25 Anime Series Review

Nov 11, 12:00

6 comments

anime

It may be early days for Pretty Cure, but the bones of what has made it such an enduring franchise are there. ― It feels obvious to say this, but Pretty Cure Max Heart, the second series in the franchise and a direct sequel to the first, is still finding its way in the greater scheme of things. While direct sequels aren't unheard of in the franchise (and indeed the fifth season is a direct sequel to ...

your score

2 comments

Your Anime Rankings - Best of Fall 2024, Oct 29-Nov 4

Nov 10, 22:30

2 comments

anime

dandadan dandadan dandadan DANdadan♫ dandadan♫ dandadan dandadan dandadan DANdadan♫ dandadan♫ dandadan dandadan dandadan danDADAN♫ dandadan♫ DANDADAN DANDADAN DANDADAN! ― Let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season, based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts. Keep in mind that these rankin...

news

3 comments

Oblivion Battery Baseball Anime Gets 2nd Season

Nov 10, 06:29

3 comments

anime

1st season premiered on April 9 ― Kadokawa revealed in an announcement video on Sunday that the television anime of Eko Mikawa's Oblivion Battery (Bōkyaku Battery) baseball manga will get a second season. The anime's first season premiered on April 9. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The anime stars: Toshiki Masuda as Haruka Kiyomine Mamoru Miyano as Kei Kaname Yōhei Azakami as Ao...

news

Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Project Gets 'Japan's 1st Interactive Film' on February 21

Nov 10, 02:06 music

Film's story will change based on realtime smartphone polling of audience members ― The "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- in AGF2024" event announced on Sunday that the Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- project will spawn a film that will open on February 21, 2025. The cast described the Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- film as "Japan's first interactive film." According to the announcement, the...

News Samurai Champloo website & Trailer

News
Samurai Champloo website & Trailer