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Tiger & Bunny Gets New Anime Series Project
Original 2011 superhero show spawned 2 anime films with live-action Hollywood film in the works
The official Twitter account for Sunrise's original anime franchise Tiger & Bunny announced on Friday that a new anime series project has launched. The Twitter account and the official website will announce more details at a later date.

The original television anime series centers around heroes for hire — super powered beings known as NEXT who wear sponsor logos while fighting crime on live television.

Keiichi Satou (Karas director, The Big O character/mechanical designer) directed the anime, and Masafumi Nishida (live-action Kaibutsu-kun) wrote and oversaw the scripts. Manga artist Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl Ai, DNA², I''s, Zetman), a well-known fan of Batman and other superhero comics, created the original character designs.

The 2011 anime series spawned two anime movies: Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning in 2012 and Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising- in 2014. Viz released the television series, the films, and the tie-in manga in North America.

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment are producing a live-action Hollywood film adaptation of the anime. All Nippon Entertainment Works CEO Sandy Climan and Bandai Namco Pictures' Masayuki Ozaki are also producing the film project. Imagine Entertainment President Erica Huggins is overseeing the project. The producers have hired Ellen Shanman as a scriptwriter.


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Tiger & Bunny Films' Director Confirms He Will Not Work on New Anime Series

Yoshitomo Yonetani, director of the Tiger & Bunny anime films, confirmed on Twitter on Friday that he is not working on the new anime series project. He said that he did not receive an offer to work on the project, and he will root for the staff and cast "as just an ordinary citizen."

The original television anime series centers around heroes for hire — super powered beings known as NEXT who wear sponsor logos while fighting crime on live television.

Keiichi Satou (Karas director, The Big O character/mechanical designer) directed the anime, and Masafumi Nishida (live-action Kaibutsu-kun) wrote and oversaw the scripts. Manga artist Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl Ai, DNA², I''s, Zetman), a well-known fan of Batman and other superhero comics, created the original character designs.

The 2011 anime series spawned two anime movies: Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning in 2012 and Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising- (seen above right) in 2014. Viz released the television series, the films, and the tie-in manga in North America.