Category Media

Apr 6 2012

TIGER & BUNNY -The Beginning- Movie Trailer!

The movie trailer we’ve been waiting for is finally available at the official Tiger & Bunny site. As usual, normal servers aren’t built to endure a horde of T&B fans rushing to get the latest goodies, so if the video doesn’t load just wait a bit and try again.

The trailer is really short – too short in our opinion. We want more Tiger & Bunny! One thing is clear, though; they finally got some proper animation budget. The movement is so smooth. Most of the cuts shown on the trailer are new material, and we are really looking forward to seeing the rest.

Ozaki mentioned they are planning an international release for the movie, not just for the Asian market but also to the West. This probably means the countries where it was simulcast, so keep your fingers crossed…

Update: Youtube video added.

Apr 4 2012

Listen to HERO RADIO On Lantis Site

Hoshizora Sunrise launched a new HERO RADIO corner on Sunday on FM NACK5. Hosted by Morita Masakazu, more or less as Barnaby Brooks Jr. You can listen to Hoshizora Sunrise through Keyhole TV, but for once we have a possibility to listen to HERO RADIO in good quality, because Lantis is streaming it.

To listen, go to the HERO RADIO page on Lantis site and pick your stream. If you’re not sure what your connection can manage, pick the 32K one – but very likely you can use the 64K one. It will open in Windows Media Player. I’m not sure if there’s a way to make this work on a Mac. Mac users, you can stream this with VLC. (Thanks, TeamKaburagi!)

The first episode of HERO RADIO features – among other things – ad-libbed songs about fried rice, and gratuituous Baningrish (Morita says Barnaby doesn’t speak English or Engrish, but Baningrish).

Morita is quite a personality, and I thought HERO RADIO was incredibly fun to listen. He did go pretty far out of character at times, though… It’s worth checking out even if you don’t speak Japanese, just for the ridiculous amounts of Baningrish.

(Thanks to @Mineko_TB for the tip on the radio!)

Mar 24 2012

Ustream Special Lag And New Sponsors

Hirata: *photobombs*
Morita: “Ojisan!”

I did my best to watch the special on Ustream, but the extreme lag made it really difficult. Seems that they didn’t show the trailer, but I’m not 100% sure because the stream blacked out for minutes at one point, exactly when they were talking about the movie. Ozaki, Hirata and Morita were chatting and they seemed to have a lot of fun but the stuttering and constant freezes made it impossible to keep up with what exactly they were talking about.

New Sponsors

The movie will have the heroes with some new sponsors. The official movie site has them all listed with pictures of the placement, but here they are for convenience:

Wild Tiger: SoftBank, S.H. Figuarts, FamilyMart (new)
Barnaby Brooks Jr.: Bandai, Crusade, Amazon.co.jp
Blue Rose: Pepsi NEX
Rock Bison: Gyu-Kaku, HYBRID Futomen Doudou (new)
Sky High: Ustream, Tamashii Nations, T-Joy (new), MOVIX (new)
Dragon Kid: Calbee, DAM (new)
Fire Emblem: Animate, Domino’s Pizza (new)
Origami Cyclone: Takasu Clinic, Namu Kyara Ouendan, minimini (new), Bandai Visual Club (new)

So only Barnaby and Blue Rose didn’t get any new sponsors. To me the FamilyMart logo on Wild Tiger’s suit looks weird since the old advertisements blended so well with it. Anyways. Brace your wallets because you do realize what these new sponsors mean?

Yeah. Tiger & Bunny S.H. Figuarts The Movie Edition are looming in the future.

Also, Morita will be a guest in Hoshizora Sunrise radio tomorrow, and starting April he’ll also be a personality hosting Hero Radio on Ustream. (Again, region locked.)

Mar 17 2012

Review: Katsura Masakazu x TIGER & BUNNY – Original Drawings & Rough Sketches Collection LIMITED VERSION

Katsura Masakazu x TIGER & BUNNY:
Original Drawings & Rough Sketches Collection LIMITED VERSION
Publisher: Shueisha
ISBN: 9784089081532
Size: A4 / 176 pages
Price: 6800 JPY

I reviewed the regular edition of Tiger & Bunny’s character designer Katsura Masakazu‘s art book some time ago. I thought I wouldn’t be able to get the limited version because it was made to order and the preorders sold out in just two days. However, at least CDJapan has it in stock at the moment, so when my finances allowed I grabbed it before it sold out again.

The book itself has the same contents as the regular version, so please check out the earlier review for it. The ISBN number and print date are different on the limited version, and it also has “LIMITED VERSION” printed on the cover and title page. I’m a little bit disappointed that even the limited version isn’t hardcover, but the overall quality of the book is still excellent. Continue reading →

Mar 17 2012

Tiger & Bunny Special Broadcast on Ustream 3/24

To commemorate the start of ticket sales for the first Tiger & Bunny movie and the series landing in Hong Kong, Premium Bandai is presenting a special report on Ustream on March 24th. Hirata Hiroaki, Morita Masakazu, and executive producer Ozaki Masayuki are making appearances. They also plan to show the trailer for the first movie.

Broadcast times:

USTREAM: 3/24 at 23:40-24:10 JST (rerun on 3/25 at 11:40-12:10 JST)
TOKYO MX: 3/27 at 23:00-3:30 JST
BS11: 4/6 at 24:30-25:00 JST

As usual, the Ustream broadcast is probably region locked. I can understand why the series broadcasts were locked, but I don’t think it’d hurt them to unlock the stream for the promotion stuff. The trailer will probably pop up on Nicovideo and/or YouTube soon after, though.

And if you’re looking for more ways to spend money… Bandai Namco Live TV‘s shopping program Item Thursday had a T&B special this week and the reruns are this weekend at 20:15 JST on Saturday and 19:00 JST on Sunday. (Worth watching. They have more cake.)