Having last aired in syndication in the States 5 years ago, Dragon Ball GT will be returning to air January 16, 2012 on NickToons.

With the Dragon Ball Kai series already ended in Japan and coming to an end in the USA in early January of 2012, the next step is obviously to re-visit Dragon Ball GT. Consisting of 64 episodes, GT is not based on the original Dragon Ball manga from Akira Toriyama and first aired in the States on Cartoon Network in 2003.

Dragon Ball is pushing 30 and is among one of the most fan-loved anime series worldwide (though Dragon Ball GT is hated by fans because Toriyama admitted this series was not canon). NickToons will begin airing Dragon Ball GT beginning Monday, January 16, 2012 at 7 PM ET.

A new chapter of the Space Battleship Yamato series is on the way! If you don’t know anything about the anime series Space Battleship Yamato (or Starblazers as it’s known here in the States), this news bite may not be up your alley.

The official website for the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 anime remake film is up and running, and it’s currently featuring the very first teaser trailer for the Yutaka Izubuchi-directed project. Check it out below.

Izubuchi’s name may ring a bell to you guys out there. He is perhaps best known for his work on RahXephon, and is also credited for his works on WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3, Gasaraki and the manga Rune Masquer. He is joined by character designer Nobuteru Yuki (Escaflowne, Record of Lodoss War) in this XEBEC and AIC produced film, which is based on the original story by late Yamato series producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 hits Japanese theaters on April 7, 2012.

We’ll keep you posted if this one is planned to make its way Stateside.

Not sure how I feel about this one right now, but VOLTRON FORCE, the next chapter in the beloved Voltron (1984) series is going to have the theme song produced by Swizz Beatz. Hit the jump for more details.

Having already crossing mediums such as games, novels, comics and iPhone apps, Bioware is going one step further. Today the company announced that Funimation will distribute the Mass Effect anime series here in the states. More details after the jump.

Jeph Loeb has announced that Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli in HEROES) and Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli in HEROES) have been cast to voice Iron Man and Wolverine respectively in the upcoming anime series for each character due to start airing on G4 this Summer. Hit the jump for details.

I took a trip to Orlando, Florida on March 25th – 27th to go to MegaCon. Going strong for over fifteen years Megacon has been billed as the biggest comic book and science fiction convention in Southeast Florida. With Megacon being a melting pot that welcomes anime, comics, sci fi and video game fans alike I wasn’t surprised to see the hellspawn revenant; Scorpion ready to trade blows with the kid sidekick of the dark knight; Robin. But cross companies aside, this years Megacon offered enthusiast of every genre a whole heap of sights.

If you are like me and was sorely disappointed at how poorly The Last Airbender film, directed by M. Night Shyamalan represented the animated show, then buck up because a sequel to the hit television series is in the works. The original series garnered 5.6 million viewers, was nominated and won awards from the Annual Annie Awards, the Genesis Awards, the primetime Emmy awards and a Peabody Award chronicled how Aang The Avatar, and his group of friends setting out to help him master the four elements so he can save the world from the evil Fire Lord Ozai and end the war with the fire nation.

The new series, titled The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, was announced last summer at San Diego Comic Con by series creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It explains how Korra, a teenage girl from the southern water tribe has become the new Avatar and must learn airbending from Tenzin, the son of Aang and Katara. The series is set 70 years in the future and contains a stellar voice cast which was released last week, including:

KORRA voiced by Janet Varney
JINORA voiced by Kiernan Shipka
HIROSHI SATO voiced by Daniel Dae Kim
MAKO voiced by David Faustino
ASAMI voiced by Seychelle Gabriel
LIEUTENANT voiced by Lance Henriksen
BOLIN voiced by P.J. Byrne
TENZIN voiced by JK Simmons

Dante Basco, who lent his voice to Prince Zuko confirmed his return, via twitter stating that he will be giving voice to a different character related to Zuko in some way. The Legend of Korra is slated to be a mini-series originally at 12 episodes, but Nickelodeon ordered an additional 14 bringing that total up to 26. To me this shows how much faith they have in the new series to wash the bad taste of the film from the mouths of all the fans. The animation style is apparently the same as we get a look at the protagonist in action and is scheduled to begin airing on Nickelodeon in early 2012. The official synopsis of the show is below:

“The Legend of Korra” takes place 70 years after the events of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and follows the adventures of the Avatar after Aang – a passionate, rebellious, and fearless teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe named Korra (voice of Janet Varney).

With three of the four elements under her belt (Earth, Water, and Fire), Korra seeks to master the final element, Air.  Her quest leads her to the epicenter of the modern “Avatar” world, Republic City – a metropolis that is fueled by steampunk technology.  It is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive.

However, Korra discovers that Republic City is plagued by crime as well as a growing anti-bending revolution that threatens to rip it apart.   Under the tutelage of Aang’s son, Tenzin (JK Simmons), Korra begins her airbending training while dealing with the dangers at large.

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You have to hand it to Christopher Nolan & Co. Fan speculation for his third Batman film was already at a fever pitch before the credits rolled on The Dark Knight. For two years, most of them were so busy obsessing over the “whens” and the “whos”, they never considered the “ifs”. This was evident in a lot of fans getting their bubbles burst when the filmmakers had to officially announce that the Riddler would NOT be appearing in the film. As someone who doesn’t really care for the character anyway, I had a good laugh at the fan community’s expense off of that one! And with casting and other news trickling it, it seems like they’re gonna keep throwing us curve balls long after filming even starts, now announcing not only that Tom Hardy will in fact be playing Bane and not Dr. Hugo Strange, but that Anne Hathaway will be playing Selina Kyle aka Catwoman.

While PlayStation fans will have to wait a little bit longer, the Xbox 360 demo of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 has gone live today.