On the live talk show Astraea no Tenbin, the topic of the day is the existence of vampires after a series of attacks that have left distinctive bite marks on the victims. The panel set to discuss the matter includes – among others – a professor, a vampire mangaka, and an actor who plays a vampire, and most of them don’t believe that vampires exist. However, the producers of the show then reveal a report in which they found those supposedly responsible for stopping one of the attacks, and the report shows them meeting the supposed queen of the vampires, Vera. In fact, they’ve even brought her onto the set of the show along with the arm of the vampire whose attack her subordinates stopped. Despite all of this though, the panel still isn’t convinced, particularly not the professor.
It all comes to a head after Vera explains vampire society and badmouths the culprit by suggesting that he’s a lower-class vampire. She singles out the actor on the panel, and as it turns out, that actor is none other than the vampire in question. He quickly takes back his arm, attacks one of the girls on the panel, and then changes into his true form. After failing in his attack against Vera, he escapes to the rooftop, and the TV cameras follow. A young blonde girl who had been in the audience goes as well, and the other vampires refer to her as the princess. She personally faces the rogue vampire, and his ugly appearance causes her to comment on how a vampire’s true form reflects his heart. When he tries to strike at her, he’s stopped in his tracks, and the girl reveals that she’s Mina Tepes, the true ruler of all vampires. She’s able to order him to die, and he stabs himself and falls to his death. In the aftermath, Mina addresses the camera directly and points to a piece of land in the distance where she’s establishing the Vampire Bund. Read more at Random Curiosity
Anime News Network reported in October about the a two film adaptation of Hiroya Oku’s ultra-violent Gantz manga/anime series. The series will star Kazunari Ninomiya and award winning actor Kazunari Ninomiya, Shinsuke Sato is directing both films.
checkout the 15 second teaser
The story follows a young Tokyo college student who is reanimated after a deadly subway accident. Kei Kurono (Ninomiya) and his friend Masaru Kato (Matsuyama) go on violent, seemingly endless missions at the behest of an unseen host.
The project is budgeted at 4 billion yen (about US$45 million).When asked about the extremely violent nature of the movie, Ninomiya said,
“I’m happy with just appearing in a work that I love so much! I’ll try my very best to make everyone love it too!” Matsuyama said, “This work has so many original and bold points. I’m going to try to tackle the challenge of this new kind of movie.”
The NukMe, a product whose name is just as awkward as how you look wearing it, is the recent Japanese solution to the US’s Snuggie, showing that asses come in all shapes, races, and colors!
Shadow of the Colossus was one of those rare gems that made you feel like you were playing a work of art, so we were pretty pumped to hear rumors of a SoC manga. Our excitement turned into slight disbelief when we saw just what that manga would entail…
Illustrator/author Shigatake is making a full length Doujin complete with improbably endowed girls turning the Forbidden Land into a sexy “fantasy’ landscape.
