Oh GONZO, why am I not surprised. (Warning: Spoilers etc) Summary: Needless to say I was pretty much expecting an ending like this. Le’see what happened in these final few episodes? So, Kally died, and then Ahmey dies trying to kill Druaga. The remaining climbers (minus, Pazuz and Neeba the fheg) band together to [...]
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<object width="520" height="411"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5vmz7&amp;related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5vmz7&amp;related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="520" height="411" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object> I apologize for the lack of Daily Doses recently. The Summer 2008 Preview is taking a lot longer than I thought to write because I have quite a bit to say about some of the series. I'm compiling this Daily Dose because I don't want to fall too far behind on the news, and because I want to point people to the newest Parallel Works video. This week's Gurren Lagann Parallel Works belongs to artist SUEZEN, and it combines the instrumental track BafBaf! Sonna ni Moeru no ga...Suki Kai? with video of Viral and the others playing a Gurren Lagann themed pachinko machine. It's an amusing watch, though I still like last week's more, both in song and in accompanying video. It's hard to beat "raw! raw! fight the power!" Gonzo plans to stream the upcoming summer anime Strike Witches on crunchyroll and YouTube like it did with Druaga and Blassreiter. There were a lot of new anime announced this week. First up, MOON PHASE reports that kiss x sis, the manga by Mahoromatic author Ditama Bow, is getting a television anime series. Details will be released in next issue of Bessatsu Young Magazine. Tabletop RPG Queen's Blade is also getting a television anime series. Popular shoujo manga Skip Beat! is getting a television anime series this fall as well. It will be produced by Hal Film Maker and will be directed by Sayama Kiyoko. Game company Leaf's White Album is also getting an anime and a PS3 port. In music news, the new ED theme for SOUL EATER will be Style by Nishino Kana. The new ED theme for D.Gray-man will be Changin' by Stephanie. The new ED theme for Bleach will be Gallop by pe'zmoku. Thanks Haz. The website for upcoming summer anime Koihime Musou has (finally) updated with new information. If you find anything that you think I should mention on any particular day’s Daily Dose, please send me an email with the words “ANIME NEWS” somewhere in the subject line.
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Source: ANN GDH, the parent company of the Gonzo anime studio, announced that the Strike Witches television series will premiere on Japanese airwaves on July 3 and will also play overseas on the YouTube and Crunchyroll video-sharing websites. The final episode of Tower of Druaga ~Aegis of Uruk~ has confirmed a sequel in the making, it is [...]
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Well, the series has definitely came a long way since the first episode! My original thoughts about the series was just disappointment because I expected a series that was only jokes; keep in my mind that’s only after seeing one episode. Afterward, the series changed for the better and I’m here to give it a [...]
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Everyone who made it to the top floor of the tower tries to figure out what to do when they come face to face with the giant Druaga.
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Is there proof in Gonzo’s pudding? The experiment that animation studio Gonzo underwent in realtime, worldwide distribution of quick-subbed anime along with their channels — YouTube, Bost TV, and CrunchyRoll — was innovative, timely and all around a great idea. Maybe it’s not totally about “beating” the modern fansubbers, but it certainly didn’t hurt to take [...]
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When it first started, I raved about the Tower of Druaga, thinking that GONZO had finally gotten back to their roots, ie making good anime in multiple seasons. I was since proven half-right, as ToD was an average to slightly above average anime with major cliffhanging plot twist, set to continue next year in a [...]
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Fantasy Game adaptations have always been a rather notorious genre, due to the huge amount of lazy productions. These series seem to think that “fantasy” means “lack of realism”, and where the end result is almost always an uninspired story about a young swordsman travelling from A to B, saving the world and getting the [...]
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According to Moonphase Diary, a sequel to “The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk” was revealed after the credits of the final episode. The new season is entitled, “The Tower of Druaga ~the Sword of Uruk~.” The original series ran for 12 episodes from April to June of this year. No specific date was [...]
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The last episode of The Tower of Druaga -the Aegis of URUK- reveals a 2009 anime that will continue the story: The Tower of Druaga -the Sword of URUK-.
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