According to this scan, a Hayate no Gotoku! OVA is in production. According to an unreliable source, it will be released on January 29, 2009. The subtitle is “Shimoda Onsen Hen Jyoshou, Nagi ga Aruji de Shituji ga Hayate de -Saikai- (Shimoda Hot Spring Part Prologue)”. “Shimoda Hot Spring” episodes correspond to the volume 11 and 12 of the manga. It will be released in DVD format before the actual 2nd season premieres.
All I can say is, OMGWTFBBQ111YESYESYESYESSSS!!
Damn, this piece of news is AWESOME!
I’m a big fan of HnG, and I love the 1st season.
This piece of news indicates that the 2nd season of HnG will probably come next year, maybe as early as in Spring 2009, but who knows..
Anyway, this news really made may day. I can’t wait for it! XD
Sources: MyAnimeList, ANN
Btw, if you google ‘hayate no gotoku! 2nd season’, my post comes in first! ^_^
No wonder that post still get comments, even now.
Well, am I the only who go got it?
I always thought the sudden silence after the odex case was abit ominous although I tried to ignore that. Anyway, it looks like shit is about to hit the fan. I wonder how do they define a heavy downloader? Another 9 year old kid perhaps?
I’m not going into the whole argument of fansubs versus DVD thing because it has been argued to death and back countless of times. Instead, why not you just read the article and decide for yourself?
Article after the break.
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Want to read the manga version of Rosario + Vampire instead of watching anime? Well look no further than crunchyroll! Also doen’t seem that eechi.
Source: ANN
GDH, the parent company of the Gonzo anime studio, has announced on March 31 that it will allow international customers to set their own price for downloading The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk and Blassreiter anime on the Crunchyroll video-sharing site.
Honestly, I am skeptic on how this model of payment works.
Source: Moonphase
The DVD episode’s focus will be on the character Megumi Kuryu and this extra episode will be shipped along with Vol 9 (the finale) of the DVD which is slated for retail on Aug 22.
Appleseed TV anime series will be slated for a 2009 release and Character designer, Mikimoto will be working for the TV anime Appleseed: Genesis. For those who might know, Mikimoto is the character designer who did Macross and Gundam 0080.
Source: ANN
Haruhiko Mikimoto, the character designer best known for the Macross, Gundam 0080, and Gunbuster anime, will work on the computer-graphics Appleseed: Genesis television series that is slated for 2009
Kodomo no Jikan Season 2 Confirmed ! More lolis for you, Sir?
A special limited edition of the 5th volume manga will retail on 11th July that will include a promotional trailer video of the 2nd season in a DVD.
The official website for Winter Sonata the Animation, the adaptation of the hit live-action Korean drama series, has launched with a trailer. Click on the trailer link to launch the trailer. I am looking forward for this. ;)
Dont make it! Dont watch it! Dont download it! (well, there is no “stream it”)
With courtesy of ANN who posted the translation on their website:
“Fan-Subtitles” are visual works that feature unauthorized
subtitles in various languages done by ‘fans.’ Data
hasshown that in the United States, there have been over 6
million downloads in any given week.
In answer to this, the Copyright Network for Comic Authors
in the 21st Century, The Association of Japanese
Animations and the Japan Video Software Association with
cooperation from relevant government ministries, have
established a countermeasure council to address the issue
of internet piracy with particular attention on Fansubs. The
first meeting is scheduled to be held in April.
Tokyo Anime Center executive producer Masakazu Kubo considered fansubs as a form of “pirated copies. Earlier on, the working group suggested that it may be necessary to approach the illegal uploaders directly, so that Japan can formally approve these sites. We shall expect a few major changes to sites like Youtube, Nico Nico Douga and other related websites.
It is apparent they are pushing for a new direction in the anime industry. Of course, we wouldn’t know where this new direction will lead us, both the anime companies and the fans to.
I like Hayate No Gotoku! very much and I’m very happy to hear the news. Even though it’s already 52 episodes long, I still can’t get enough of it. Why? Because of certain things that Hayate No Gotoku! have and other animes don’t. One of the obvious one is the wide variety of lovable characters. From the tsundere-Nagi to the can’t-help-but-to-love-Maria and other awesome characters such as the perfect-girlfriend-material-Hinagiku.
Other things that I love about the series are the characters breaking the 4th wall and the anime references. Hayate No Gotoku! has minimum plot and most of the episodes are not related to the plot at all. But I don’t mind and it’s good to watch animes like this once in a while. I don’t even mind if Hayate No Gotoku! goes on forever because I will never get tired of it. So, I hope that the 2nd season will be at least 52 episodes long just like the 1st one.
Source: ANN
