http://otakucrush.com/articles Anime Interviews, News and Reviews for Fans Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:38:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nickelodeon is set to explore the anime-inspired world of Avatar: The Last Airbender once again with The Legend of Korra (working title) from creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, set to premiere in 2011. Nickelodeon Animation President Brown Johnson commented, "Mike and Bryan have imagined a compelling new story inspired by the ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/07/21/nickelodeon-greenlights-last-airbender-spin-off-the-legend-of-korra/ Peter Fernandez, the man behind Speed Racer- the American adaptation of Japan's Mach Go Go Go, passed away yesterday at the age of 83 after a battle with lung cancer.  Fernandez was the voice director for the series, as well as the voice of Speed Racer, Racer X, the writer-director of ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/07/16/peter-fernandez-rip/ Disney will release 2006's Tales from Earthsea in the U.S. on August 13th only.  It is directed by Gore Miyazaki, the son of the great Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Ponyo) and features the voices of Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin, and Timothy Dalton. Here are the times: New York :  Angelica/Manhattan 11:30am  2:00  4:30 ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/07/12/tales-from-earthsea-coming-to-america/ The biggest guaranteed box office hit of this weekend is The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, yet Paramount has taken the risk of releasing M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of the anime-inspired Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender for the same July 4th weekend.  Unfortunately for them, accusations of racism and a slew ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/07/01/shyamalans-the-last-airbender/ If you're on Otaku Crush, then you probably like manga. Thousands of chapters, hundreds of volumes, be it digital or paper, chances are that you've read quite a bit in your time. Anime's probably no different. But still I want to ask you: how varied is your experience? In a previous article ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/03/30/further-expansion-beyond-the-horizon/ Have you heard of the "Nice Guy?" He's the kind of person who holds doors for women and offers help without being asked. He's the kind of guy who will talk to his female friends late into the night to comfort them. But there's a problem with the Nice Guy. He's ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/03/13/the-dangers-of-being-a-%e2%80%9cnice-guy%e2%80%9d/ Be warned, this post is rife with SPOILERS. Although it might be considered cliché to talk about romance on Valentine's Day, this is Otaku Crush, the site where anime fans can meet other anime fans, so I think it is only fitting that love and confessions be discussed. As a tribute ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/02/14/valentines-day-special-top-10-favorite-confessions-in-anime-and-manga/ Now cleaning up the mess that is my soiled drawers, I’ll do my best to type without my fingers shooting off my hands and my head exploding. X Japan has confirmed that they will be playing at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago this summer, slated for August 6th to August ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/02/04/x-japan-to-play-in-chicago-august-2010/ According to Anime News Network... Navarre Corporation, the parent company of the anime licensing and distribution company Funimation, announced on Monday that it had a net decrease in sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended on December 31. Navarre does not report Funimation's results separately; instead, it reports ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/02/03/funimation-owner-navarre-shows-3q-sales-drop/ Esteemed voice actor Gouri Daisuke passed away recently, leaving a hole in video games and anime forever. Voicing characters such as Mr. Satan in Dragonball Z and Mishima Heihachi in the Tekken series, he had continued to work up until his death and now the productions which were utilizing his ... http://otakucrush.com/articles/2010/01/28/dealing-with-the-deaths-of-voice-actors/