Brandon Takeda, Author at Too Far Gone

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5 Announced

In what could easily be one of the biggest anime announcements of the year, mangaka Hirohiko Araki has announced a new season of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. The next segment of the storied saga is titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo (Golden Wind). This new season of the show will be adapting the fifth part of the JoJo’s manga, whose print run in Weekly Shonen Jump ran from 1995 to 1999. Araki also added that the new season would begin airing this year in October. For those fans lucky enough to be attending Anime Expo this year in Los Angeles, the

Brandon Takeda

21 Jun

Anime

Kill la Kill Game to Be Published By Arc System Works

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Produced by Studio Trigger, Kill la Kill hit the anime world hard in late 2013 with its explosive fights, unique aesthetic, and lovable characters. The show quickly became a fan favourite, especially impressive considering that it was competing for attention with the extremely popular inaugural season of Attack on Titan that same year. Now it seems that the gaming world has taken notice of this amazing anime property, with Arc System Works announcing it would publish a game for Studio Trigger’s most popular property. Arc System Works, most notably known for its game series like Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, has

Brandon Takeda

19 Jun

Anime

B: The Beginning New Season Announced By Netflix

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It seems that the anime production alliance, between the movie and television streaming giant Netflix, and Japanese anime studios like Production I.G., will be making good once again. On Tuesday June 12, at the Annecy International Festival of Animated Film, Netflix announced that it had green lit a second season for B: The Beginning, one of the production alliance’s first projects together. The show’s first season began streaming in March of 2018 and consisted of twelve episodes. The sci-fi crime thriller is competing at the Annecy Festival in the ‘TV Films’ category. B: The Beginning follows the story of two

Brandon Takeda

14 Jun

Anime

K-On! to Receive New Premium Box Set

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Fans of Ho-kago Tea Time, it seems like there is a bit of a revival in the works for everyone’s favourite high school band. A new premium box set is available for Kyoto Animation’s fan favourite K-On!. This box set will be must have for those who do not own a physical copy of one of Kyoto Animation’s most influential works. First and foremost, the box containing the collection of swag is designed to look like a flight case for musical equipment, which is a call back to when the cast flew overseas to London, England in the anime’s movie.

Brandon Takeda

12 Jun

Anime

Live Action Jin Roh Remake Gets Premiere Date

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Interesting news out of Korea this week as we learn more about the live action adaptation of Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade. A story that has been in the works since late December 2012, this new adaptation of the anime film, now titled In-Rang, has a release date of July 2018 in South Korea. Directed by Kim Jee-woon, In-Rang is a new take on the Jin Roh anime film that was directed by Hiroyuki Okiura in the year 2000. Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade’s original story (and screen play) were written by acclaimed Japanese film maker Mamoru Oshii, who is

Brandon Takeda

30 May

Anime

New Dates Announced for Dragon Ball North American Tour

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If you are a fan of the Dragon Ball franchise and always wanted to own some awesome exclusive merch, now is your time. No, you don’t need to get a Japanese proxy mailing address—these goodies are coming to you. In April it was announced that there would be a Dragon Ball North American Tour, in which fans in Canada and the United States could come and get an amazing Dragon Ball experience. The original announcement teased seven stops to the tour, one for each of the mystical, wish granting Dragon Balls the series is named after. Six of these locations

Brandon Takeda

22 May

Anime

You Need to Watch: Megalo Box

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Fifty years. Half a century. A significant period of time in any person’s life. This magical number is showing up more than once this year in anime. First there’s the Go Nagai Anniversary Project, celebrating his fiftieth year of being a creator as new iterations of his classics, like Devilman Crybaby and Cutie Honey Universe, air for new and old fans alike. Now the number fifty falls on another storied franchise, Ashita no Joe, and its young protege Megalo Box . Gracing the pages of Weekly Shonen Magazine, Ahshita no Joe entered print in 1968, and premiered as an anime two years later.

Brandon Takeda

16 May

Anime

NHK Results for the Ultimate Gundam Poll

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The results are in for what can only be described as one of the most all-encompassing fan polls coming out of Japan. Last Saturday NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting organization, posted the results of its online poll that sought to determine the best elements in the Gundam Franchise. Categories included things like Best Mobile Suit, Best Gundam Song, and Best Character. Assuming that each participant was only allowed to vote once, a staggering 1.7 million fans took part in the survey. The poll results also showed the voting demographics behind the Gundam fan base. When broken down by gender the

Brandon Takeda

07 May

Anime

New Projects Confirmed for Digimon Franchise

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As one project ends, so another one begins. News coming out of the Digital World, while seeming bittersweet at first, brings with it something new to look forward to. On May 5 the final movie in the Digimon Adventure tri. series premiered in Japan bringing an end to this chapter in the much beloved Digimon franchise. Fans, thankfully, do not have to wait for the Blu-ray to come out to enjoy it in the West. As with the previous releases in the series, Digimon Adventure tri Movie 6: Our Future begins streaming on Crunchyroll the same day as the Japanese

Brandon Takeda

05 May

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