Weekly Anime News Update: New Ghibli Trailer, Death Note Voted Best Jump Manga

US Trailer for New Ghibli Movie: The Secret World of Arrietty

This past Tuesday the official US trailer for Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty was released online. Originally released in 2010, Arrietty will hit US theaters on February 17^th.

[www.crunchyroll.com]

Death Note Voted Best Shonem Manga of the past decade!

Japanese news sit Ameba hosted a poll recently asked readers to vote on what they thought was  the best Jump manga of the 2000’s. 15,000 people participated and results are:

1. Death Note (4,267 votes)
2. Gintama (3,746 votes)
3. Bleach (2,569 votes)
4. Toriko (658 votes)
5. Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (642 votes)
6. Bakuman (597 votes)
7. Eyesheild 21 (478 votes)
8. Ichigo 100% (436 votes)
9. Beelzebub (386 votes)
10. Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar (347)

Between the other choices I think Death Note deserves this win. It’s smart, cool, chilling, It’s excellent.

[www.crunchyroll.com]

Big Budget set for Live-Action Kite Adaptation

Wow, it seems like a lot of anime series are getting live action adaptations lately. This new feature is going to be adapted from the Kite OVA. A few details were released about Distant Horizons; The budget is set to be $12 million and is co-produced by Mexico’s Detalle Films. The director, David R. Ellis (Shark Night 3D, Snakes on a Plane and Cellular,) and is supposedly a big fan of the Kite story (a good sign.) The filming will take place primarily South Africa with filming set to start in January. Advanced talks are going on about casting and more details are set to come out soon.

[www.animenewsnetwork.com]