Upcoming 3D Animation Movie releases

2008
10-08-2008 Bolt ,Disney

2009
03-27-2009 Monster vs Aliens ,DreamWorks
05-09-2009 Up
10-23-2009 Astro Boy, Summit, imagi

2010
07-01-2009 Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs ,FOX, BlueSky
01-15-2010 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatball , Sony, imageworks
03-26-2010 How To Train Your Dragon
04-16-2010 Alpha and Omega ,LionGate
05-10-2010 Shrek Goes Fourth ,DreamWorks
06-18-2010 Toy Story 3 ,Disney Pixar
(not set yet) Gatchaman

The release date is in US

Stop Gobal Warming!!

葡萄牙組織 Quercus 一個有關關注全球氣溫上升的宣傳片。

New Anime Release Date

New Anime for Q4 2008

• Bounen no Xamdou (July 15) - Also called Xam'd. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann: Guren-hen Movie (September 6)
• Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Version - [Official Site]
• Quiz Magic Academy (September 12)
• Shinjuku Shin-chan Patrol: Warui Otona ni Ki o Tsukete (August 24) - Children's crime-prevention anime.

the list of new anime coming up in this new season (Q4 2008, Fall):

Television

• Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka (October 2) - Romance. [Official Site]
• Bihada Ichizoku - Anime of manga that promoted Bandai's Love Labo cosmetic line. [Official Site]
• Casshern: Sins - Sci-fi Superhero Action. [Official Site]
• Chaos;HEAd (October 9) - Psychological Horror. [Official Site | Trailer: From the main site, click on Menu -> Information -> then select the yellow Japanese text.]
• Clannad After Story (October 2) - Romance. Sequel to Clannad. [Official Site | Trailer]
• ef - a tale of melodies (October 6) - [Official Site | View Trailer 1 | View Trailer 2]
• Ga-Rei -Zero- (October 5) - Supernatural Action. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Hakushaku to Yosei (September 28; October 10) - Historical Drama. Preview episode on September 28; regular broadcast will begin October 10. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Heart no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Wonder World~ (November?) - Reverse harem version of Alice in Wonderland.
• Hyakko (October 1) - Slice-of-Life High School Comedy. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Inazuma Eleven (October 5) - Sports. Based off of a soccer RPG of the same name for the DS. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Jigoku Shojo Mitsuganae (October 4) - [Official Site | Trailer]
• Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (October 4) - Supernatural comedy. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Kemeko Deluxe! (October 4) - Comedy. [Official Site | Trailer 1 | Trailer 2]
• Kyou no Go no Ni (October 5) - Ecchi School Comedy. AKA Today in Class 5-2. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Linebarrels of Iron (October 3) - Giant Robots. Koichi is a middle-schooler who wakes up from a coma after an accident and finds that he has special powers. Three years later, a giant robot appears before him. [Official Site (English!) | Trailer]
• Live On Cardliver Kakeru (October 5) - Sports (CCG Combat). [Official Site]
• Macademi Wasshoi! (October 5)- Magical School Comedy. AKA The Magician's Academy. Light novel written by Ichiro Sakaki, author of Scrapped Princess, Strait Jacket, and Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Mameshiba (October ) - Kids. AKA Bean Dogs
• Michiko to Hatchin (October 15) - [Official Site | View Trailer]
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 2nd Season (October 5) - Giant Robot Action. [Official Site]
• Mouryou no Hako (October 7) - Supernatural Horror Mystery. Character designs by CLAMP. [Official Site]
• Nodame Cantabile Pari-Hen (October 9) - Romantic Comedy and Music. Continuing where the first series left off, Chiaki and Nodame go to Paris to study. [Official Site]
• One Outs (October 7) - Sports. Pitcher gets an unusual contract: Earn 5-million yen for every pitched out; lose 50-million yen for every lost point. [Official Site]
• Rosario+Vampire Capu2 (October 1) - [Official Site | View Trailer]
• Shikabane hime: Aka (October 2) - New Gainax show. The "Corpse Princess" is Makina Hoshimura, who must hunt down 108 undead so that she can go to heaven. [Official Site]
• Skip Beat! (October 5) - Romantic Comedy. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Stitch! (October 8) - Children's Comedy. Lilo & Stitch spinoff, Hokkaido-style. [Official Site]
• Tales of the Abyss (October 3) - Fantasy Adventure. Based on game of same name. [Official Site]
• To Aru Majutsu no Index (October 4) - Sci-fi Action. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Toradora (October 1) - Romantic Comedy. [Official Site | Promo Site]
• Tytania (October 9) - Space Opera. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Vampire Knight: Guilty (October 6) - Second season. [Official Site]

Specials, OAVs, and ONAs

• Cobra The Animation: The Psychogun OAV (August 29) - Space Adventure. Sequel to original Cobra series. [Official Site]
• Da Capo If OAV (December 25) - Harem Romance. Side story featuring Kotori Shirakawa. This DVD will be shipped with the first Da Capo anime series box set.
• Gundam: MS Igloo 2: Juuryoku Sensen OAV (October 24) - CG sequel to MSG MS Igloo: The Hidden One Year War and MSG Gundam MS Igloo: Apocalypse 0079. [Official Site | Trailer 1 | Trailer 2 (U.C.H.G version)]
• Hells Angels (October ) - Supernatural. [Official Site]
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (December 26) - Psychological Horror. [Official Site]
• Kamen no Maid Guy (December 22) - Comedy. Unaired episode to be shipped with volume 9 of manga. [Official Site]
• Kissxsis OAD (December 22) - Romance. Forbidden love between a boy and his two step-sisters. DVD to be shipped with volume 3 of manga. [Official Site]
• Lucky Star OAV (August 29) - Slice-of-Life Comedy. [Trailer]
• Maho Sensei Negima! ~Shiroki Tsubasa~ Ala Alba OAD (2nd Volume November 17) - Comedy. [Official Site | Promo Video]
• Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei OAD (October 17; February 17) - Comedy Despair. Packaged with volume 15 of manga in October 17; volume 16 on Feb 17, 2009. [Official Site]
• Switch (October 24; February 25) - Crime Drama. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Zettai Shougeki ~Platonic Heart~ OAV (October 29) - Bishoujo Harem. [Official Site]

Movies

• Bleach: Fade to Black - Kimi no Na o Yobu Movie (December 13) - Supernatural Action. 3rd Movie in franchise. [Official Site]
• Eiga! Tamagotchi Uchuu Ichi Happy na Monogatari!? Movie (December 20) - Kids. [Official Site]
• Hard Boiled the Movie (October 10) - Action. Based off the backstory to a pachinko slot machine game. Unrelated to Chow-yun Fat movie of the same name. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Precure 5 GoGo! Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday Movie (November 8) - Magical Girl. [Official Site | Trailer]

And here's a list of stuff to look forward to next year and beyond.

Television

• Bakugan Battle Brawlers S2 (Spring 2009) -
• Birdy the Mighty Decode 2nd Season (January, 2009) -
• Major 5th Season (January, 2009) - [Official Site]
• Maria Holic (January, 2009) - Romantic Comedy. Romance brews between a yuri fangirl and a sadistic, cross-dressing boy. [Official Site]
• Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th Season (January, 2009) -
• Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar Movie and DVD series (January 2009) -
• Queen's Blade (2009) - [Official Site]
• Rainbow: Nisha Rokubo no Shichinin (Q2, 2009) -
• Robo Crosser (Q2, 2009) - Disney anime.
• Slap Up Party -Arad Senki- (2009) - Based on the Arad Senki MMORPG.
• Tears to Tiara (2009) - Romance. Based on Leaf game. [Official Site]
• The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of URUK (2009) -
• ToHeart2ad plus (2009) -
• Uchuu Senkan Yamato Fukkatsu-hen (2009) - Space Opera. Revival of Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers), set 21 years after the first story.
• White Album (January, 2009) - Romance. Based on Leaf game. [Official Site]
• Winter Sonata (2009) - Based off of widly-popular K-drama. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou (January, 2009) -

Movies

• Armored Trooper Votoms: Palisen Files Movie (early 2009) -
• Chocolate Underground Movie (January) -
• Maimai Shinko to Sennen no Maho Movie (2009) - AKA Maimai Shinko and the Millenium-old Magic.
• Trigun: The Movie (2009) -
• Yona Yona Penguin Movie (2009)
  
• Astro Boy CG Movie (Oct 2009)
  

Stuff Coming in 2010

• Marvel Anime [As yet unnamed] (Spring, 2010) - Re-imagined depictions of Marvel superheros such as Iron Man and Wolverine.
• Gatchaman CG Movie (2010) -
• Gon Movie (2010) -

Coming Sometime in the Future

• Alive - Saishuu Shinka teki Shounen (Unknown) - AKA Alive - Last Evolutionary Boy. [Official Site]
• Asakiyumemishi - The Tale of Genji (Unknown) -
• Before Green Gables (Unknown) -
• Cobra The Animation: Time Drive OAV (Unknown) -
• Cobra The Animation: Rokunin no Yuushi (Unknown) -
• Denpa teki na Kanojo (Unknown) -
• Haruhi Suzumiya 2nd Season (Unknown) -
• Hatsukoi Limited (Unknown) -
• Ichigo Mashimaro 2nd OAV (Unknown) -
• Initial D: Extra Stage 2 ~Tabi-Dachi no Green~ (Unknown) -
• Kite: Liberator sequel (Unknown) -
• Minami-ke 3rd Season (Unknown) -
• My-Hime (No working title/Unknown) -
• Shangri-La (Unknown) -
• Siberian Express (Unknown) -
• Slayers Not Revolution (Unknown) - 2nd Half of Revolution storyline.
• Sora o Kakeru Shoujo (Unknown) - AKA Girl who Leapt Through Space.
• Taishou Yakyuu Musume (Unknown) - Sports. Story about 2 14-year-old girls who try to start a baseball team in 1925 Japan.
• Tales of Symphonia: Tethe'alla Chapter OAV (Unknown) -
• Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Unknown) - AKA When Seagulls Cry. Mystery Horror. Sequel to Higurashi series. [Official Site]
• First Squad OAV (Unknown) - Action Drama. WWII in Russia. [Official Site | Trailer]
• Koihime Muso OVA (Unknown) -
• Macross Frontier Movie (Unknown) -
• Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann 2nd Movie (Unknown) -
• Yume-miru Kikai Movie (Unknown) - Satoshi Kon film.

New Cassern Anime

New Cassern anime will release in Oct produced by Madhouse and Tatsunoko. This is one of my favorite superhero when i was young. See the trailer here. I Hope the story is good...
official website

Here is the sequence I like the most form the Casshern Movie, the art direction is good.

The Crazy Days

回港短短兩星期忙到發癲，是發癲中的發癲 ! 朝七晚九...
想見見老友聚餐是件奢侈事，完全沒時間寫Blog，沒時間上網，最重要的是連陪屋企人的時間也極少。慚愧。


這圖片是06年留美半年製作TMNT時做的，反映當時的忙碌的狀況及心情。 想不到又可以再用，但似乎也不夠形容現在的狀況......

忙到發癲!!!

ASTRO BOY Release date

Imagi Studios’ Astro Boy CGI feature will hit 3000 North American screens on October 23, 2009, distributed by Summit Entertainment.
see the imagi press release

Astroboy, Tezuka mural at Takadanobaba

A giant Osamu Tezuka mural at Takadanobaba train station in Tokyo...cool.
Someday in the future, i hope we can see our own characters in somewhere like this... source: halcyon realms
you can find cool stuffs about anime and nice photos in his blog heading.

Astroboy MINI

These two AstroBoy MINI was sponsored and painted for the exhibition in Melbourne honouring the father of the Manga (Japanese comic picture) genre, TEZUKA Osamu.

MINI has devised a trio of specially adorned cars to promote the exhibition. The two MINI Cabrios and one MINI hardtop feature full-wrap body styling complete with scenes depicting some of Tezuka’s greatest creations. They looks cool!

see more photos here

Gatchaman Phoenix 3D paper model

This one was published long time ago... from Taiwan

This is the A4 size 3D paper model book. (ISBN 957-41-3198-X)

The contents are including:

1. 3D Paper Model of the GODPHOENIX.
2. The detail assembly drawings and Chinese manual.
3. The Chinese and English introduction about the GODPHOENIX

Model Size(After Finish)

Length 16.85 cm, Wing Width 15.85 cm,

Height 3.9 cm (12 cm : including base and support)

Giant Robot Spider

GIANT SPIDERS!!!
There is a giant spider in Liverpool. It rocked. It was a 60 foot spider. It is living outside the boat right now. IT hisses and sprays stuff at you, but is otherwise harmless. The 37-tonne beast heralds the start of a five-day piece of street theatre as part of the Capital of Culture year. It has been built by French company La Machine, which in 2006 brought the streets of London to a standstill with the Sultan's Elephant. The spider is believed to be "waking up" on Friday. It will descend from its current position on the side of Concourse House on Thursday to be moved to the city's new arena, before coming to life on Friday. The creature will then begin exploring the city later that evening. Check the video below, that's pretty cool.
see more video here

Gatchaman 10 second clip

More Gatchaman trailer images is ready on imagi website, and you can find 10 second movie clip which is the last shot of the trailer. enjoy : )
please go to www.imagi.com > OUR FILMS > GATCHAMAN

Robot

reinforcement...

硬撐!

前後夾擊, 左右為難, 沒完沒了, 消化不了, 也衹有神經反射式的應對...
硬撐著!

ravex =Tezuka x Avax

"ravex", There is cross-over campaign launched this month by Avex "I Rave U". you can listen the cool music here!

Totoro Forest Project

The Totoro Forest Project is a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit organization, "Totoro No Furusato National Fund", established by Oscar winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. The event will feature more than 200 pieces of original art especially created by internationally acclaimed artists in the fields of animation, comic books, illustration, and fine arts. The benefit auction will be held at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville on September 6th 2008, its entire proceeds going to The Totoro Forest National Fund.
A high quality Catalogue/Book featuring all the amazing artwork is also going to be available at the event. Lastly a selection of the auction's artwork will be featured as a special exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco running from September 20th to December 7th.
source: http://characterdesign.blogspot.com/
see more cool artworks at http://totoroforestproject.org/

here is the artwork from our Astroboy Movie character designer Luis Grane!

Koera Version Mazinger Z movie?

韓版鐡甲萬能俠?

I really want to see a giant robot movie, walking and fighting in the city. Transformer is not bad but still not "giant" enough. Something bigger and more powerful and feel real.

I've just found out that Korea studio is making a giant robot movie called Robot_Taekon V . It is 90% looks like Mazinger Z. I don't like the design but the interesting mechanism can always catch my attention.

you can see the concept test and CGI test at twitchfilm. BTW, we are development something like this as well...

CASSHERN Sins Trailer

Casshern is one of my favorite Japan hero... I like the last movie's art direction a lot even though the story is too boring for me. Here is the new anime produced by MADHOUSE, I hope someday in the future we can make a CG version of Casshern!

What i like the most from Casshern is his transformable robot dog, where is it?
http://www.casshern-sins.jp/

天空駆けるハリウッド版「鉄腕アトム」

This is the article about ASTROBOY, i found at variety japan. I think this is the first official article after SDCC.

“ASTROBOY”ポスター堂々ヴェール脱ぐ　
「鉄腕アトム」のハリウッド版として製作が進められているフルCGアニメ“ASTROBOY”のポスターがお披露目された。

　香港とロサンゼルスに拠点を置くCGアニメ専門のイマジ･スタジオが製作。監督は、『マウス･タウン　ロディとリタの大冒険』（日本未公開）などのデイヴィッド･バワーズが務めている。

　 物語の舞台は未来都市メトロ･シティ。天才科学者の天馬博士が、事故で亡くした息子の代わりに製造したアストロ・ボーイ（アトム）が、さまざまな困難を 乗り越え親子の“きずな”を深めていくストーリーだ。ポスターは、シルエット風のアトムがジェット噴射で天空へと飛翔していく、意味深ながらも躍動感のあ るデザインだ。

　アトムの声は、『チャーリーとチョコレート工場』などで知られるイギリス人子役フレディ･ハイモアが担当。ほか、天馬博士はニコラス・ケイジ、アトムを引き取ることになるお茶の水博士に『ラブ･アクチュアリー』のビル・ナイ、アトムが売られるサーカスの団長に『プロデュサーズ』のネイサン･レインらと、声優陣も豪華だ。

　アフレコも順調のようで、バワーズ監督によると「半分ぐらい終了している」という。アトムのビジュアルイメージは、原作者の手塚治虫の長男・手塚眞らと話し合いながら決めていった。

　公開予定は2009年。日本では根強い人気を誇るキャラクターだけに、期待度はさらに高まりそうだ。

　バワーズ監督の独占インタビューはこちら。

source: Variety Japan

• 手塚治虫Jr.と二人三脚のハリウッド版「鉄腕アトム」
  デイヴィッド・バワーズ監督独占インタビュー (2008/07/30)
• 香港アニメ会社Imagi米国で株式公開
  CGアニメ版「鉄腕アトム」など製作 (2008/07/22)
• ハリウッド版「鉄腕アトム」の映像ついにお目見え
  声優にニコラス・ケイジ、ドナルド・サザーランドら (2008/06/18)

Gatchaman Screenshots 02

Here are few more CG images from the teaser, this batch you will see little more about the characters... We are still modifying the character design, this is what we did before the character modification. Enjoy!!


the team in ISO lobby, Joe was arrested by ISO solider.


For sure you know who is playing yoyo. The city look is inspired by HK


Phoenix in Utoland, mission start! This Phoenix is a still work in progress version...

There will be more images at imagi website soon.

Gatchaman Screenshots 01

Friend here keep asking me to show new Gatchaman stuffs. As you know the show is still in the development stage but I got approval from imagi to share with your guys some CG RENDER images which can show the "look" of the Gatchaman movie. These were work in progress shots and even not showed in SDCC. enjoy : ) exclusive!!


The new Gatchaman logo

The Utoland, Joe's muscle car at the left corner.

Car chase sence of Joe

Galactor invade ISO
These are CG render image, not a concept art painting
tell me what you think? more is coming... see more previous concept art