The Daily Dose July 23

Filed under Anime News, Bleach, CODE GEASS, Daily Dose by Omni | 33 comments

  • According to an announcement in the September issue of Nakayoshi, the Shugo Chara! anime will be continuing for a second year.
  • You may remember last month that I mentioned that there’s a CODE GEASS themed laptop being sold. Well now you can buy a USB memory stick in the shape of the key to the Lancelot. It’s horrendously expensive though at a price of 9240 yen (approx. $86 US) for a 2GB memory stick. Still, it’s bright and shiny, so I’m sure it’ll be popular.
  • There’s supposedly a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie in the works.
  • Upcoming Fall series CASSHERN Sins now has a website, though it’s only a teaser page.
  • The new Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) series coming this Fall also has a new website.
  • And finally, I got caught up on the Bleach manga last night. I had previously stopped right before the Turn Back the Pendulum arc, and now that I’ve read that, I just have to say that Kubo Tite is 100 times better at creating an exciting and gripping plot than the writers for the anime original arcs. It’s probably not even the best part of the Bleach story, but the comparison is just that stark. Hopefully the upcoming grand battle will be just as good.
  • 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.

    • Image at left courtesy of 西原いさお on pixiv (account needed to access)

     

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    1. Kalessin at 6:11 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Live-action Cowboy Bebop? Not a good idea because I think it will be totally inferior to the anime series. Some things are perfect the way they are. Why mess with them?

    2. Patapon at 6:11 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Bleach is amazing, that is the Manga of course. It becomes even better if you read many chapters in a row, as you did hear. The build up and actions become 100 times better than reading individual chapters.
      Btw you said Stark, what do you think his rank is? One, two or three? :/

    3. Inuhanyou at 6:12 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Oh my god CB!? Are you serious??

      I’m not sure what to think of this development omni, not at all..what should i think??

    4. kanzeon at 6:13 am on July 23rd, 2008

      May I ask what is the photo on the post?

    5. Samurai Pumpkin at 6:14 am on July 23rd, 2008

      I haven’t been keeping up with USB flash drive prices. Is 86$ that much more for a 2 gig stick?

    6. Omni at 6:21 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Patapon: I’d guess #1

      kanzeon: It’s original art found on pixiv.

      Samurai Pumpkin: Yes, you can get a normal one at 2GB for less than 1000yen/10 dollars these days.

    7. Shibun at 6:43 am on July 23rd, 2008

      the picture in your post is absolutely beautyful! i would really love to see it in full size!
      if you could send me an email, i would be really thankful :)

    8. Shibun at 6:50 am on July 23rd, 2008

      oh okay, i got it :)

    9. harakiri at 8:54 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Just to make sure: That pixiv community is just some sort of deviantART and it’s free, right?

    10. sealouse at 9:30 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Maybe someone can explain how to sign up for pixiv cause it’s all in Japanese.

    11. Shippoyasha at 9:43 am on July 23rd, 2008

      The Geass USB thing looks pretty damn good, and the price isn’t THAT overpriced for a designer good.

      As for Hokuto no Ken… It’s HOKUTO NO KEN!!!!!

      Hopefully it’ll be more consistent than the latest Souten no Ken and have better production. Great news for HnK fans.

    12. pietro at 9:52 am on July 23rd, 2008

      the USB from code gueass lock a lot much better than my 9.54$ , i wanted one……….

    13. Crystalique Fairy at 10:47 am on July 23rd, 2008

      That Lancelot key USB… god damn, I really want it now.

    14. K.K. at 11:38 am on July 23rd, 2008

      Whoaa, I hope they make Kallen’s starter key for the Guren… T__T I’d want one sooo bad.

    15. Omni at 11:41 am on July 23rd, 2008

      harakiri: yes

      sealouse: See this link

    16. falconx0101 at 12:29 pm on July 23rd, 2008

      Have to agree with your points on the Bleach manga. Loved the flashback arc and can’t wait for the grand battle.

    17. Kadian1364 at 12:35 pm on July 23rd, 2008

      I’d give live-action Cowboy Bebop a much higher chance of success than say, DBZ. It’s clear the original Bebop was made with a great deal of western style and form, so an American production hardly needs any thematic changes to appeal to a western audience’s sensibilities. A major hurdle is already cleared, so then they just need to focus on quality acting and writing…

    18. ProfessionalRambler at 12:49 pm on July 23rd, 2008

      I agree with your statement about the Bleach Pendulum Arc, I really think it’s what pulled Bleach out of the slump it was in due to the dragging of the Hueco Mundo arc. Kubo Tite is a genius at writing dramatic, suspenseful story arcs; now if only he could translate that spark to his sometimes-too-long fighting sequences, and we’ll be all good ;)

    19. Jeromaru at 12:49 pm on July 23rd, 2008

      Kubo Tite is gonna be in this years Comic-Con 08 he’s gonna be @ Viz this coming Sat
      i guessed he’s gonna announce alot of Cool Stuff!!!!
      im soo Exited!

    20. UnknownVoice at 1:04 pm on July 23rd, 2008

      Personally I think that the filler-bashing is biased..

      YEs the fillers are not as good as SS storyline was, but they are certainly better than the boredom fest of HM. Although the Pendulum was interesting, the arc which started after that now is…strange to say at least. Strange in dbz style (with 10 chapters of people standing and thinking out loud some stuff. Well its all okay, thinking that is. But they stand in front of their enemies >_>). From what I get, the story flow is very SLOW and it seems that Kubo just does not know what to do next…

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