To Love-Ru

In Anime"To Love-Ru", the original is educational institution love comedy Anime by Saki Hasemi and drawing Kentaro Yabuki. It has been being serialized to "Weekly boy jump" (Shueisha) since 2006. 11 volumes are issued as for the book, and the accumulation circulation exceeds 3.5 million. It is made to television Anime in 2008. It becomes video games software in 2008.
Rito Yuuki of the boy who went to the Irodominami high school is a classmate who liked it It tried to confess to Haruna Sairenji. However, various misfortunes happen, and it is not possible to tell it. The bath explodes suddenly if Rito that is dispirited and comes home takes a bath. It thinks and the name is Lala of her ..the nymph of the stark-naked.. in , presence ..finishing come... It is said that it is a space alien who has run away from the Debiluc star. Two people It attacks in dazzling limbs of Lala and the people who have chased Lala have attacked two people though it was Rito of throbbing. are also a coincidence and the misunderstanding, come to like Rito Lala, and to the engagement and cohabitation. It enters the bed nakedly, and anxiously even if the person is looking and it flinches Rito in Lala to cling. ..many.. ..H.. trouble that Lala is reeled because it is innocent and caused for a moment. The rat-tat escalates reeling Rito, Haruna, and surrounding people and crowding. Really, is Rito visited the day of repose?

CHROME SHELLED REGIOS

Anime"CHROME SHELLED REGIOS" is educational institution action fantasy Anime by the Syusuke Amaki original and the Miyu drawing. The serial has been begun by "Dragon period purity" (Fujimi bookstore) since April, 2007. The novel on this name is issued by "Fujimi fantasy pocket edition" (Fujimi bookstore) in March, 2006. The original book has exceeded two million series totals. Broadcasting is begun as television Anime in January, 2009.
The far future that should be called outskirts at time. The world was covered with "Contaminant", and deserted from the harvest of the earth. Monsters of the strange appearance that was called "Pollution beast" stalked in the wilderness where the person was not able to live, and the human race had consideration by it, and lived in independent movement city "REGIOS" where it walked. The boy and the lei phone that came to "Gakuentoshi Tselni one" of "REGIOS" with the number are rolled in the trouble that another student caused in the entrance ceremony, and come to join "The 17th platoon" that defends Tselni. However, unexpected "Ragtag band" there. What is it enclosed by the member of unique "The 17th platoon" such as pick-up man Sharnid without make a reckless rush dashing girl Nina who leads the platoon as a commander and taciturn girl Ferri and the motivation, and the secret concealed in the lei phone and "REGIOS"?

MAHOSENSEI NEGIMA！

"MAHOSENSEI NEGIMA!" "Is boy Anime by the Ken Akamatu original. It is published serially in "weekly boy magazine" (Kodansha) from February, 2003. As for the book, 24 volumes are published. The TV animated cartoon is broadcasted three times with 2008 in 2006 for 2005 years. In addition, the photograph taken on a spot drama is broadcasted from October, 2007 to March, 2008, too. I become the video game from 2005 and support each game console.

Boy Negi / Springfield of U.K. / 10 years old that I graduated from a Welsh magic school, and became the magician probation. I pray you that he wants to become a first-class magician "Magian Teru Magus" like father, and I will be dispatched to the Mahora school in Japan for ascetic practices. A colossalness university town / the Mahora school where keeps in anything to every educational facilities from the university to a kindergarten, Sara more than 30,000 number of enrolled students to a student dormitory, a hospital, a restaurant, the huge arcade in a very large site. Is Negi which became in charge of the the girl medium grade part Class A of the second grade,; but is infantilization without the dignity of "a child teacher" and the teacher from the girl of the class at once. On the contrary, when though become the severe punishment when come out when is a magician, is almost suspected that is a magician suddenly from the first day by Asuna Kagurazaka which is the student of one's class, and there is not a vacancy; and it is it for Asuna in the girl dormitory and Kinoka Konoe and sharing a room continuation of the hardship! A more mysterious Dracula case breaks out. It is the Negi teacher who fought for a student, but can get their trust? 　And I get over these ascetic practices and can arrive at "Magian Teru Magian" like father?

Give the Gift of Caricature

Here's another gift caricature I recently did this holiday season for a member of the Philly Roller Girls that plays pivot/blocker/jammer for the Liberty Belles and performs under the moniker "Violet Temper" wreaking intense havoc around every turn.

SIMOKITA GLORY DAYS

Anime"SIMOKITA GLORY DAYS" is love sexy Anime of the youth of the Jirou Ohtani original. Is it 2004"Weekly young sundae" (Shogakukan)It had been being serialized during 2007. As for the book, 12 volumes are issued. The photograph taken from life drama making is done in 2006.
The prepschool life and Yuta Ohno are run after her and the harvest at high school days, go to Tokyo, and dive very much in share house "Nutopia" of Shimo-Kitazawa by the rent 10,000 yen. All Sheamat (those who cohabit) except me are a young Ura woman, the super-sexy additionally, and Oishi passes. It is Yuta to the beautiful women's amorousness attacks played at. Additionally, everyone's chore is pressed in the house, it is mistaken from neighbors' widow additionally for the lingerie theft, and to the matter for the police. Studying for exam ..being possible to do.. ?The bright future was believed, and ..saying.. Yuta ..!.. still was done in strongly and stoutness because it lived. Human drama that goes in and out cohabitation life and there as dream with five beautiful women. It sheds tears, it exists, it laughs, it exists, and Anime enough amorousness promised.

YAMI NO AEGIS

Anime"YAMI NO AEGIS" (AEGIS IN THE DARK) is action Anime by the Kyouichi Nanatuki original and the Yoshihide Fujiwara drawing. It was serialized from 2000 to 2006 to "Weekly young sundae" (Shogakukan). As for the book, 26 volumes are issued.

Hero's Karito Tate was active as the member of in service to SAT before, excelling in the adjacent grapple and the bomb dismantlement ability, and top classes. However, a cross wound is carved by "Butterfly " by the back at the time of that, and the wife and children and the right arm are deprived. It is assumed that it died on duty officially afterwards (The class at the policeman this time is does special promotion as the police sergeant by the death in the line of duty treatment by two classes and becomes a police inspector), and teaching is received from predecessor Mamoru shop and "Egis" to live in the inside to which it wanders about the world for the power for revenge on "Butterfly" and Siciliani in Italy, and it lives in the world in the dark as "Defense shop". Strongest "Defense shop" (bodyguard) and Karito Tate that comes to be called shield of Eges. It is a story that guards those who request it against the powerful enemy such as killers and terror groups alone.

DI GI Charat

"DI GI Charat" is a mascot character of broccoli and store of broccoli operating directly "Gamarz" that was born in 1998. In the cartoon, drawing is Kogedonbo.

As television Aime, Yoshiki Yamakawa designed the character and 16 stories had been broadcast since November, 1999.

In the face of "DI GI Charat", it is pretty shape of the large bell put up on the cat ear and both ears, the bell worn to the neck, and the housemaid clothes of combining, and a set age is girls of ten years (14 years old at first) in the hair of the fem green. Moreover, the feature is to put "" on the ending of a word when talking. The animation and the game were played by the part of the media mix that centered on "DI GI Charat". There is a change in some designs and the settings according to the work. The story starts from the Necomimi girl "DI GI KO" that came to the earth aiming to become a large actress from "DI GI Charat star" active as the clerk of game shop Gamarz in Akihabara.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When They Cry）

In Anime"Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" British title (When They Cry), Ryukishi07 is suspense Horror Anime of the original. It appears as WindowsPC game in 2002, and it becomes drama CD, Anime, the novel, and a photograph taken from life movie.

The stage is said before, "Demon pool village" in the declining poor village that doesn't come up to 2,000 people in the certain prefecture Shicahone city, and is Hinami Sawamura feared from the resident in the vicinity as "Village of the fee-faw-fum". This village obstructs going under water of the village by the dam construction in the action in which the villager united in the past, and the solidarity of the village is still strong. The continuous mysterious death event that continued since the period after the war of the dam was named "Cursed about Oyashiro", and the Oyashiro belief that had gone out of use was reviving.
1983 after five years of limit freezing of indefinite of dam construction plan. Keiichi boy Maehara who is the hero moves in Hinami Sawamura. He is an one's naturally cheerful character, and it is friendly with a new school and the friend. It is Miyako Rena who likes game maniac's charm sound and in the chairman and saucily, and one habit Nashihana though it is pretty. hate…… in daily life with companions who seemed that it continues indefinitely happily and peacefully through all eternity it.

Seisyun Yell

Anime"Seisyun Yell" is girl Anime of the youth of the Kazune Kawahara original of "Koukou debut". The serial has been begun by "Separate volume marguerite" (Shueisha) since 2008. Volume's 1 having been issued in December, 2008 : the book.
The spectacle and Tubasa for which it yearned seeing on the television when it was a school child were fascinated. It was an appearance of a hot brass band that cheered in Koshien Stadium and the Alps stand of high school baseball. Distinguished family high school and HAKUSYOU high school of brass band that yearns also for me at one time to stand from that place, and entered a school without forgetting hope. However, Tubasa is a brass band beginner. The conviction steps forward my desire quite intensely, and classmate's baseball club member and Yamada's encouragements are stepped forward hard and positively and one small step is stepped forward to support now though it is unutterable.

CESARE

Anime"CESARE" is serialized to "Morning" (Kodansha) more irregularly than 2005 by history Anime of the Furumi Sohryou original. The supervision is new and powerful and scholar Dante's Motoaki Hara. As for the book, six volumes are issued.

Young person Angelo da Canossa of 16 years has incorporated it into the Sapientsa university in Pisa in November, 1491. Man who cannot read the circumambient air crushes the pasteboard dump of Medici's son and Giovanni by the speech and behavior. Angelo seems to be made it to drive recklessly, and to fall in the cliff because of the long drive of the invited horse the horse that is riding a horse Giovanni. the retaliationHowever, it had been helped by one young person immediately before that. Only he was a successor, and Cesare Borgia in the distinguished family aristocratic Borgia family.
Italy at that time kept being exposed to interference by peripheral powers nations and the Catholic Church degenerating with rot. In addition, a kaleidoscopic age when the completion of the Iberian Peninsula re-conquest movement (Reconquista) that had been developed for the death of eight pontiff Innokentius generations at time, the next pontiff election (Concrarve) according to it, and 800 years had been made the near future started starting. In such and Cesare start the fight to achieve an own ideal.

HIkARU NO GO

As for Anime "HIKARU NO GO", the Ken Obata supervision is game of go Anime by Yukari Umezawa of the Japanese Go Society position Yumi Hotta, drawing the original. It is published serially in "a weekly boy jump" until ~2003 year in 1988 and is. 23 books are published. From 2001 to 2003, it was broadcasted as TV Anime.

One day Hikaru of the primary schoolchild found the old go board accidentally in the storehouse of the house of the grandfather. Some kind of stains which are left on the go board. I hear the voice of a person identified as nobody at the moment when I found it. A soul of genius shogi player / Sai Fujiwarano of the Heian era when the voice dwelled in a go board got into the consciousness of Hikaru and spoke. In I am made to keep company at a magnificent aim to "be full of moves of God" of Sai and resemble it as his instructions, and hitting the go.

Haruka 17

Anime "Haruka 17" is young man Anime of the Sayaka Yamazaki original. Serialization was started in 2003 to "morning coat" (Kodansha), and, from July, 2005 to September, it was broadcasted as a TV drama. As for the book, two volumes are published.

Haruka Miyamae .22 year old. I am swallowed up by the wave of the job shortage and enter a far small entertainment office / child dream plan as a manager with the big business that I desired. In I am persuaded in president / Fukuhara, and I am with a time limit, and working on one year as "idol / Haruka of 17 years old" afterwards! However, there was the past when a fine professional had you of the industry largest company, and president / Fukuhara was sent out of the fine professional triggered by the case that there was. Therefore I cannot leave it in the popular TV program which fine professional power extends to. Meanwhile, "Haruka" which I began with the naughty swimsuit gravure, and requests such as the photography of the audition of the movie and the local commercial, the TV drama appearance began to come, and seem to have become a talent little by little. The fight with a disturbing fine professional and the Haruka & child dream plan of Fukuhara continues!

SHOUT!

Anime "SHOUT!" is published serially in love girl Anime of the Masami Nagata original, "a separate volume marguerite" from 2008.

I am kind, and Nagi Ohkouchi of a timid freshman is run over in Sadayama to smile at by circle invitation even if I take it with a chief character and will come to the drama meeting for the study.
However, as for Sadayama, Cara changes suddenly when I come to the clubroom. I appeal for the age of the first kiss at the station square as a ceremony of the enrollment, and it is ordered when I sing. Naturally it was Nagi which I cannot carry out, but there would be the help of Sadayama later and overcame oneself who was timid and was able to accomplish station square ceremony somehow. Next day of the reception of the enrollment, Nagi match a pervert by a train going to school. Although I talk with Sadayama, it is granted a curious plan because you are a woman throughout the life if I do not demand help by oneself when no use. And when a pervert appeared again;, as for Snagi, is a curious plan……I advocate a prayer to Buddha in a train in a rash and a low voice, and it is succeeded by letting a pervert daunt. Sadayama which help contained to there, Nagi!? which feel like having somewhat beaten fast with Sadayama
The romantic comedy day when I was able to twist it a little when growth of timid Nagi and the exquisite coupling that interlaced solidly of the timid X sadist produce it even if I take it!

JUSHIN ENBU

About the HUANG JIN-ZHOU original, animated cartoon "JUSHIN ENBU" (HERO TALES) is battle Anime. The cartoon had been being serialized by drawing of Hiromu Arakawa by the bimonthly 'Cancer cancer powered' (square Enix) since October, 2006. As for the book, three volume issue is bright. It has become television Anime since October, 2007.

Seven heroes led to the heaven dance when the warlike age and the empire are bored, too and it gets off at time. ..the wish for the peaceful world and may run through by the stormy age by you.. .. entrust seeing to bringing the star peace theyIn the justice, it crashes of what, and it bad, and an ideal each other and the justice crash by "Sword" and "Fist" what clash.

HUNTER×HUNTER

Anime "HUNTER X HUNTER" is boy Anime by the Yoshihiro Togashi original. Serialization is started from 14 in 1998 by a weekly boy jump. As for the book, 26 volumes are published to date. It is broadcasted as Anime TV than October, 1999 and is. I become OVA and the TV game. The abbreviated designation "H X H."

Childish Gon attacked by a huge fox bear is saved by Kaito of the hunter. Gon I hear a story of father who is a hunter from Kite, and to raise in admiration to the hunter. However, it is given a condition if Mito can catch the master of the marsh when you may take a hunter examination. Challengers gathering at the port toward hunter examination meeting place ドーレ Island. Therefore Gon comes across another hunter applicant Reorio. Two people meet the hunter who is going to sell capture prohibited animals. I forget Gon at the start on a voyage time and am going to let animals go.

El Castillo Ambulante (film)

El Castillo Ambulante es una preciosa pélicula anime de los creadores de El Viaje de Chihiro basada en una novela fantástica y juvenil y que fue nominada a los Oscars.

Esta historia mágica nos cuenta la historia de Sophie, una joven cuya vida aburrida transcurre haciendo y vendiendo sombreros. Pero, todo cambia el día en que conoce a un misterioso y atractivo joven que resulta ser un poderoso mago. Para vengarse de pasadas rencillas con este mago la temida y terrible Bruja Calamidad (también tiene otros nombres) convertirá a Sophie en una decrépita anciana. Desde este momento la muchacha emprenderá un peligroso viaje para romper su maldición en los que conocerá los más increibles personajes: un espantapajaros, un niño aprendiz de magia, al mago Howl, a un diablo del fuego y a un perro viejo entre otros. ¿Podrá Sophie volver a ser joven? ¿Encontrará su lugar? Pero, no todo es tan terrible porque Sophie en seguida descubre que ser vieja no está tan mal.

Una maravillosa historia de amor y magia, de amistad y valor... a veces con poco sentido pero que te dejará con una sonrisa en la boca.

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Bakuman

Bakuman es el nuevo manga shonen de los autores de Death Note, Tsugumi Oba y Takeshi Obata. Un manga para todos aquellos que alguna vez hemos soñado con ser mangakas.

Esta historia trata sobre dos jovenes Moritaka Mashiro y Akito Takagi que sueñan con convertirse en mangakas. La historia comienza cuando Mashiro olvida su libreta en el colegio y regresa a recogerla. Allí se encuentra con el alumno más brillante de la clase, Takagi, que ha recogido su cuaderno y descubierto su secreto: Mashiro tiene la libreta llena de dibujos de una chica de clase llamada Azuki de la que el joven está enamorado. Entonces Akito propone a Mashiro algo increible: QUE SE CONVIERTAN EN MANGAKAS. Takagi escribirá la historia y Mashiro hará las ilustraciones. Aunque al principio Mashiro duda el amor que siente por Azuki, su deseo de casarse con ella y su dedicación al dibugo manga acabarán por convencerlo. Entonces comenzará una increible carrera para realizar su sueño: Publicar una serie manga.

Divertida y algo excéntrica esta historia no dejará impasible a nadie. La recomiendo a todos aquellos que alguna vez hayan compartido el sueño de los dos protagonistas.

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Mi Guardian Secreto (manga)

Mi Guardian Secreto es un manga shojo de dos tomos de la autora Ako Shimaki, serio y con un toque de ficción, que, sin embargo, describe los sentimientos humanos de forma acertada y realista.

Rio es huerfana, vive con su hermano menor a quien debe cuidar, trabaja y encima estudia en el instituto. Lleva una vida monótona y agotadora hasta que un día compra una carta de una baraja medieval que resulta estar hechizada. En sus sueños comienza a aparecer un atractivo, dulce y valeroso caballero medieval llamado Lancelot que cambiará sus sentimientos. ¿Puede ser él real? ¿Podría salir de la carta para estar a su lado?

Una preciosa historia de amor con una pizca de ficción y un buen pellizco de realidad. Describe con maestría en dos tomos los sentimientos humanos acompañados de buenas ilustraciones y un irresistible príncipe azul. ¿Qué más se puede pedir?

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SAKURA IRONII

Anime "SAKURA IRONII" is published serially in "a separate volume marguerite" in love girl Anime of the Matu Kofuji original from 2007, and two books are published.

A graduation ceremony of middle 3. I make up my mind to confess girl Chiｈo of the chief character to Mr. favorite Somei. But it has been blocked by Manabu of the first love that therefore met again! 　Though it was the guy who wanted to never meet…. 1,000 steps of whereabouts of the love that have a crush on an adult! ? In fact, I went out with an older sister when I intended to confess it to a teacher. It comes out to Manabu of the first love, besides. Manabu is a classmate at the age of the elementary school. I become cool and meet again in a senior high school. The whereabouts of two love?

La Magia de Hibiki (manga)

La Magia de Hibiki es un manga shojo mágico escrito por Jun Maeda y dibujado por Rei Idumi (autora de Hack). Es una historia agridulce en la que cada personaje encuentra su lugar y que nos llenará de esperanza y ternura.

Hibiki es una joven aprendiz de magia algo torpe que vive con su maestro, un importante y respetado hechizero e investigador, a quien la niña quiere y adora. Pero, un día la tragedia la obligará a abandonar su refugio y hogar e intentar sobrevivir en un mundo hostil. Entonces emprenderá un viaje acompañado de un companero muy especial para enfrentarse al mundo exterior. ¿Podrá Hibiki encontrar un nuevo hogar?

Esta pequeña nos sorprenderá con su magia y dulzura. A mi me encantó. Lo recomiendo, es un único y excelente manga lleno de una magia muy especial.

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Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Anime "Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai" is romantic comedy D anime of the Tamiki Wakaki original, and serialization is started from 19 in 2008 of "weekly boy Sunday", and two pocket editions are published.

A game is all! I love love simulation games deeply. 　Because master / Keima Katuragi of the game that spent such life contracted with the devil carelessly, lie hidden in the downtown with Elsee; "run, and hunt a soul"; particularly. "The soul whom I ran, and escaped from the soul "= hell." I "kiss a girl of the = reality to bury the gap of the heart of the girl whom "= which I run, and hunt a soul runs, and a soul built a nest on in for love"…… 　Can the knight jump capture a reality woman as expected? 　God technique full loading rial love capture strenuous efforts note!

NANAKOROBIN

Anime "NANAKOROBIN" is girl anime of the Maya Nakahara original, and serialization is started in March, 2008 by "separate volume Margaret". As for the book, one volume is published.

It is one Nako which I got in in the day of the spring vacation last, the marriage ceremonial hall. I take out Haruki of a bridegroom married off, and political tactics are that they run, and the older sister helped bound! 　But naturally Nako which, in fact, Haruki liked is disappointed in love……. It is the entrance ceremony of the senior high school on the next day. Therefore I meet you in a younger brother / small summer of Haruki. Was Nako which got mad at bad Konatu of a mouth "swindled by the poverty woman of the messy dining room",; but in the same class! I watch the news that the HAYAMI group of the house of Konatu and Natuki failed on TV in such a case. It seems to be caused by the fact that Nako spoiled a political marriage of Haruki somehow or other? Nako which felt responsibility on the next day invites Konatu which cannot return to the house to one's house. Therefore the news that you should be surprised at from parents! 　It is to have decided to take over Konatu that a house has disappeared what! 　Other than Nako, it is any kind of living together life among the big families of two the younger brothers / younger sister alone?

Stone Ocean

"Stone Ocean" is Part6 of the large river cartoon work 'Strange adventure of Jojo' that is the most important work of Hirohiko Araki. The fourth ripple (stand) series bounce. As for the book, one volume is issued.

The stage is the United States of 2011. The hero is daughter Jorin of Syoutarou Kujou. It was a strategy of the enemy who aimed at father and Syoutarou though Jorin was put in "State green Dolphin street heavy guard prison" (abbreviation, G.D.st prison, and alias "Aquarium. ") by the false charge. It confronts it with the enemy of the connection as Joe star's ..Jorin.. clan to save the life of father of receiving the stand attack who entered the state of apparent death.

I Castelli Animati 2008 - Part Two

Well, they say better late than never, so there you are: as promised, the second and last part of my adventures in Genzano!

One of the main events at the festival was the meeting with some of the veterans of Italian animation, namely Giulio Cingoli, Paolo Di Girolamo, Gibba, Giorgio Castrovillari, and Stelio Passacantando.
Gibba was another one of the guests who didn't come to the festival. Too bad, because not only it would have been nice to meet him in person, but also his films were not screened due to his absence. I would have loved to watch his masterpiece "L'Ultimo Sciuscià" on a big screen!
Luckily all of the other scheduled shorts were screened, including the Castrovillari-Gibba co-production "Il Merlo", a couple of short films by Stelio Passacantando made with animations by grade school children, a handful of Giulio Cingoli productions, including animated commercials, psychedelic segments from live action movies and a narration of the Italian unification in "La Lunga Calza Verde", and Di Girolamo (one of a few European artists who were offered a contract at the Disney studios in California after WWII) presented some of the works of his animation school students.
Lots of interesting exchanges with the artists themselves followed, including a lively argument involving Passacantando and his relationship with the Italian ASIFA.

Among the events at the festival, there were also the presentations of some books: "Il Cinema di Animazione Italiano Oggi" by Sabrina Perucca offers a view on the current state of Italian animation, and followed the screenings mentioned above, offering a link between the past and the future of animation in Italy.
This was followed by the presentation of the book "Capelli Lunghi", a comic book adaptation of a script by the legendary Italian director Mario Monicelli for an unrealized movie, written in the late Sixties, and revolving around the social revolution taking place at the time.
Another featured book was "Viaggi nell'Animazione" by film historian Matilde Tortora. Including essays and interviews with, among the others, Bruno Bozzetto, John Canemaker and Michel Ocelot, the book follows the entire history of animation, from the beginnings to the more recent applications of artificial intelligence and computer technologies to create virtual worlds. It is dedicated to the memory of Simona Gesmundo, who was among the first ones to study the possible uses of artificial intelligence applied to filmmaking and animation, and her name has also been given to an international animation award (http://www.premiosimonagesmundo.com/index.html).

The last event I could attend was Saturday night's award ceremony. The final winner was Dennis Tupicoff's "Chainsaw", which to me still remains a questionable choice. Sure, it is an interesting film, to say the least: a flow of several different stories connected with an almost stream-of-consciousness sensibility, mixing fact and fiction, including chainsaws, love triangles and bullfighting. I still don't think it deserved the honor of the first prize though, among many other interesting nominees. Gladly one of the films that I really loved, the NFBC-produced "Le Noeud Cravate" by Jean-Francoise Levesque, received an award, the Fabrizio Bellocchio Award for Social Content. Mixing stop motion puppet animation and 2D animation, the film is a metaphorical narration of growing up and facing for the first time the responsibilities of a job. It was a visually great short, and it offered a very touching yet entertaining interpretation of work life, alienation and following ambitions.
Among the other award winners were "The Bridge" by Vincent Bierrewaerts, another stop-motion film which I think absolutely deserved a prize, and the amazing production "Muto" by Italian artist Blu, entirely composed of animation made through graffiti paintings on public walls. It really has to be seen to be believed, and I can't help but admire the incredible work behind this short film.

Well, that' all for now! Stay tooned for more posts by yours truly, finally back on the blogging scene!


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ARATA KANGAKARI

As for Anime "ARATA KANGAKARI", serialization is started in boy anime of the Yu Watase original from 44 in 2008 on "weekly boy Sunday". The mythical world that 8,000,000 gods live in with a person. After an interval of 60 years, the ceremony of the change of the passing away Queen who ruled the country was going to be held. However, in Arata of the man disguises himself as a woman in the passing away women which were not blessed with girls, and appearing in the ceremony. However, I hide, and it is rolled up in the revolution of 12 God sheaths which are a subject of the Queen, and Arata stay, and it is helped put on a crime of the Queen homicide, and it is it with the chased body. And it is swallowed to a huge tree with Mori who escaped and will not do it… 　On the other hand, modern high school student / Arata hinohara was tormented at school, and I was betrayed by a close friend and the friend who thought and was in the slough of despond. "Kill me"…At the moment when I thought so of ", the country of gods spread out before sudden eyes! 　The country of the gods who have been relieved of a seal…Different dimension fantasy of boy / Arata rolled up in the destined whirlpool!

BLOODY MONDAY

Ryo Ryumon is original, shocking suspense anime by the Hiroshi Megumi drawing, and serialization starts anime "BLOODY MONDAY" for "a weekly boy magazine" from 17 in 2007. I do the consecutive TV dramatization with TBS television in October, 2008.

Chief character Fujimaru Takagi of anime the genius hacker "falcon" of the high school student. Woman of the terrorist army corps which obtained a killer virus from Russia of the severe cold, Maya Orihara start for their new post as a creature teacher in the senior high school to go to of Fujimaru. As for the duty of Maya, it is watched Fujimaru (a falcon). Fujimaru helped with work of peace and order maintenance organization "THIRD-i" which father worked at. So that the purpose of terrorist army corps makes bloodbath plan "BLOODY MONDAY" by the virus, Utopia of oneself.

BLACK CAT

Anime'BLACK CAT' is battle Anime by the Kentaro Yabuki original. Alias "Black cat" "BLACA". It is serialized from 2000 to 2004 to "Weekly jump" (Shueisha), and the paperback ..".. is issued from the jump comics 20 volumes.

Drama CD and the novelization are done in 2005. Moreover, it becomes Nintendo DS and adventure game software for the PlayStation 2 of Sony.
It is the world advanced by ruin though is seemingly peaceful. Scavenger's Sven starts securing the rib of the wanted person who assumes the position of the governor. However, it is an appearance of the assassinated rib that he foresaw by own specific ability. The obstruction is killed, and it tries and his rib will be killed by those (eraser) who erase it in and the near future. Those who erase it by disappearing in front of Sven to which it is angry. Only the man was a man, and a train, etc. that were called No. XIII of the special duty force "Guard (chrono Numbers)" of the secret society Cronus who aimed at the world stability and "Black cat".

Tokimekigakuen Ojigumi

anime "Tokimekigakuen Ojigumi" is published serially in "a separate volume marguerite" in school youth anime of the Maya Nakahara original from 2007. As for the book, one volume is published. "The palpitation school" where wonderful princes gather. As for a lot of girls who are in love. Anna is the one, too. Though I work as the manager of the idol "shiny prince" of the school, I feel true…! ? 　I laugh, and there is it! 　The palpitation! 　Four roar of laughter love omnibuses! ! "Prince glasses" "bee Prince Mitsu" "Prince festival" appears in the others of "the shiny prince".

'Twas An Outsourcing Christmas

Here's an outsourcing Christmas poem that I drew and co-wrote with Scott Gosar of The Mad Store a few years ago for Jokester Magazine. Someone recently sent me a cartoon about Christmas being outsourced and it reminded me of this so I decided to dust it off for the holiday season.

Baby steps

Anime"Baby steps" is boy anime of whom the theme who is tennis by Hikaru Katuki.
It is serializing it from No.46 in "Weekly boy magazine" (Kodansha) in 2007. As for the book, five volumes are issued.

The result begins to frequent Tennis Club in hero's Eiichiro in the second grade of high-school and scrupulously for the lack of physical activity cancellation though it is excellent. Eiichiro : by the understanding of person's movement in the train that excels in the movement eyesight, and runs. Eiichiro of and Takuma faced practice game. pull received 'Theory of victory' from "If it can be controlled by taking all balls, tennis is not theoretically defeated" coachEiichiro of tennis four month is ‥‥ ?, and strong men of a prefecture top class that appears one after another against Takuma of overwhelming strength. 'Theory of victory' passes to where. ?

Cyoritu!! the Momonoki high school

Anime 'Cyoritu the Momonoki high school' is girl anime in Japan by the Aruko original. It has been being serialized to "Separate volume marguerite" (Shueisha) since December, 2007. Two volumes are issued as for the book. Original writer's Aruko is an author of "Yasuko to Kenji".
Girl Mari Mori of the hero of this anime is in the first grade of high-school. Esper who has ability that thing can be moved by psychokinesis. It is likely to move it unconsciously though it is not possible to finish controlling. The ability's having been made fun when it is young becomes a trauma, the ability is concealed, and it lives. Such Mari witnesses the movement of classmate's Jyo in the entrance ceremony of the high school at the moment.

Kekkaishi

anime "Kekkaishi" is boy anime of the Iero Tanabe original, and serialization is started in 2003 on "boy Sunday", and 22 books are published. It was broadcasted as TV anime until February, 2008 from October, 2006.

Because a feudal lord of karasumorike with the spiritual power had called the thing which seemed to be mysterious together in the old days, the prevention against evil teacher who exterminated it was born. karasumorike fell, but the power to call "a ghost" together is left on the land well, and KARASUMORIGAKUEN which Yoshimori go to is built now. And I cause a problem from the special property in sequence… 　Yoshimori which was born in Sumimurake of the Rev. prevention against evil clan to continue for 400 years as a legitimate successor. While I fight against a ghost every day, Yoshimori decides KARASUMORI someday to seal it…!

Zetsubo ni Kiku Kusuri (Medicine for Despair)

anime "Zetsubo ni Kiku Kusuri" (Medicine for Despair) is documentary talk anime of the Reiji Yamada original. It was published serially on "weekly young people Sunday" from 2003. 14 books are published.
Every, as for this anime, Reiji Yamada of the author visits the people of the occupation to the same comic artist and fortune-teller, an entertainer, a businessman, a photographer, the novelist, and it is it in a story I look for "medicine" working for the world where "despair" precedes from the view of life and the history, and to turn around. To find "the hope" that a person despairing of the world survives! Hope that author oneself is saved!

Snowtime for Woody

A Woody story (with Andy Panda too!) tailored for December days.
Enjoy it!
It maybe just me but the best things in the "New Funnies" series are the covers though.











Best,

Andrea

Tetuwan Biedy

Anime"Tetuwan Biedy" (BIRDY THE MIGHTY) is SFanime work by the Masami Yuki original. It was serialized to "Extra number of a weekly sundae" in 1985. It is broadcast as television anime in 2008.
It is said that powerful power to have eliminated the planet has been kept secret before “Syunka". On the way mistake it, space federal investigator birdie chiffon = Altira that runs after the fugitive who took away the “Syunka" and came to the earth kills the high school student and Tutomu Sennkawa of the investigation of the earth. She bore the memory of Tutomu to the mind in an own body until the body of Tutomu that had been destroyed was restored. Two people spend high school student's daily life thus as Tutomu at time, carry out one's commission as a birdie at time, and : to doing the life of "Duplicity this body" ….

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens

Anime'kannagi' is girl anime by the Eri Takenashi original. It is serializing it from the first number (January 2006 issue) by 'Comic REX' (one company publication). TV animation is broadcasting in October, 2008. The Internet radio programs that synchronized with TV animation in June, 2008 is delivered on an official site. The sub-title is "Crazy Shrine Maidens".
This anime starts from finishing make the spirits of the dead image of the wood carving that art member's Jin Mikuriya exhibits in the district exhibition. The spirits of the dead image was suddenly manifested, and it became a girl, and then, it moved and it began to talk.
"Will you be a spirits of the dead of the tree?"
The girl : to the benevolence that asks ..electric wave.. Cot.
"Mother Utsticami (Ubusunagani) of this , earth"
Expectation..diagonal..answer..report.

I Castelli Animati 2008 - Part One

Hi everyone! I think it's about time to devote a post to this cool animation festival which lasted almost an entire week, and where yours truly Stefano/mmm...donuts participated as an "ambassador" of everyone's favorite blog, Classic Cartoons!

I won't be bothering you with the details of my odyssey to get to the festival from Milan: lots of snow, wind, rain and typically-Italian-delayed trains involved, but that's another story!

So, back to the main subject, the 13th edition of Castelli Animati was hosted in Genzano, near Rome, and while it started on November 26th, my work duties allowed me to attend only the last couple of days, when luckily most of the festival's coolest events took place.

With its 12 hours of screenings a day, it would have been hard for anyone not to find something to enjoy among the hundreds of films, and it has been no exception for me.

The films were divided into several categories, including the Italian and the International showcases, and the contestants for the International awards.

Highlights included the retrospectives for several international artists, whose films proved to be the most popular with the audience, and that's no wonder when these artists are people like animation greats Bruno Bozzetto (one of my heroes), John Dilworth, and the lesser-known outside of the film festivals circuit Signe Baumane and Gil Alkabetz.

Bozzetto himself had to present the screenings of his works, but unfortunately he was among a bunch of guests that eventually couldn't make it to the event. He had to present a DVD collection of Signor Rossi cartoons, one of his most popular series (which by the way, at the moment has no plans of being released outside of Italy - sorry about that!). Some of them are receiving here the first proper release after years, all restored and remastered!

But first, a little bit of history: the character wasn't intended to be part of a series. It was created for the one-shot cartoon "An Award for Mr. Rossi", and its origin dates back to the late Fifties, when one of Bozzetto's films got rejected from an Italian festival. His answer was this short, intended as a jab at film festival juries (and trust me, after attending this one too, I couldn't help but confirm how Bozzetto was right!). Anyway, like many other times in animation history, the character was popular with the audience, so it stuck and became part of a series. It became so popular that the artists of the studio even "killed" him in the feature "Allegro Non Troppo", just like Avery or Crumb would have done! (with the exception that Rossi survived in comic form)

Wheew! Enough with the history lesson! Back to the main topic, to celebrate the aforementioned DVD set, two Signor Rossi shorts were screened, "Mr. Rossi Buys a Car" and "Mr. Rossi Goes Camping". They both were a laugh riot, and it's amazing (if not kinda scary) to see how true they are even after forty years.

Another short that killed the audience was John R. Dilworth's "The Dirdy Birdy". After over ten years of it making the rounds at film festivals across the world and collecting awards, I think it's safe to say that there must be some sort of subconscious fascination with watching a bird's naked ass. Either that or the fact that, to put it in John's words, it's the love theme that makes it sort of timeless. Or maybe just because, no matter what you think, it is a genuinely funny cartoon.

Israel native Gil Alkabetz discussed three of his award-winning productions: "Rubicon" offers an interpretation of the Arab-Israeli conflict through the classic "wolf, sheep and cabbage" riddle. "Morir de Amor" originates from the concept of being reminded of a particular moment of your life through a song: with this premise two parrots and their old owner start reminiscing over the past, leading to an unexpected conclusion. A nice little touch is the author's choice of showing the present and past parts of the film with two different visual styles. The last Alkabetz cartoon from the Saturday afternoon screening was the more children-oriented "A Sunny Day", with a nice illustrated storybook feel.

Signe Baumane was the artist with the smallest amount of films that could possibly be shown during the festival's Saturday afternoon family-friendly programming. If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me just say that she came to Castelli Animati to promote her newest production, "Teat Beat of Sex", an outrageously funny (and
explicitly educational, to quote the disclaimer that introduces each episode) series of short films featuring a girl's narration of her sexual experiences. These films were part of the late night screenings on Friday, along with a documentary about the Latvian artist and the hilarious "Five Infomercials for Dentists". Two of her earliest cartoons were chosen for the Saturday afternoon selection, the twisted fairytales "Tiny Shoes" and "The Witch and the Cow" which, more than her later works, have a distinctive Eastern-european feel.

A pleasant surprise from the Saturday afternoon screenings was the premiere of Italian artist Marco Pavone's full-length animated movie "ZeroZero", produced by a small team and with a low budget. At first, I honestly didn't think that the semi-bidimensional computer animation could work well throughout an entire 90-minute movie (I often can hardly stand that kind of animation in a short film), but I was wrong: it was really enjoyable, and I think that the animation was functional to the general tone of the movie, creating some great scenes and atmospheres.

The story itself is pretty simple, it's about a child who learns to overcome his fears and finally makes his dreams come true. In this case, the narration takes place in 1940s USSR, and the child is none other than a young Yuri Gagarin. Try to guess what his dream might be! What I liked the most was the fact that the creator was aware of the limits of this production, and instead of even trying to come up with some pretentious Pixar rip-off, he used the obvious limitations to his advantage. The final result is far from perfect, but it sure proved to be an enjoyable view. I suppose the film is going to be shown at other film festivals worldwide, so if you hear about it, take my word and give it a chance!

That's all for now, stay tooned for the second part of my report!

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