All Crunchyroll simulcasts put on hold until further notice

Due to the tragedy in Japan, Crunchyroll has announced on its forum that simulcasts for this weekend of March 11 through March 13 will be hold until regular programming in Japanese TV resumes.

The series affected are:

Beelzebub

Mitsudomoe 2

Lilpri

Letter Bee 2: Reverse

Weekly review: Beelzebub manga

I can't wait till this awesome series premieres as an anime next year.

Just like Ao no Exorcist, it is quite an alternative take on the 'son of the Devil' theme that we are used to see in classic movies like The Exorcist or The Prophecy.

We are used to think that the son of a demon is supposed to be the cusp of everything that is evil, but what if it really isn't so? That's the challenge that these stories present, with imperfect, human characters, yet with a sense of what is right.

Beelzebub is the story of Oga Tatsumi, a high-school freshman punk, pretty much like Kurosaki Ichigo from Bleach, who constantly fights and gets in trouble with gangs and social clichés in his high school, considered one of the worst in Japan, Ishiyama High.

Ishiyama High is more like the scenery of power struggles between gangs and its leaders, and we never see a teacher there, meaning that its students are all on their own in their perfect anarchy experiment.

One day Oga was kicking the living crap out of a group that defied him, and took them to the river to 'do the laundry', drowning them repeatedly in order to wash their blood stained clothes. (Erm, bear in mind that this is a dark comedy)

Until he sees a corpse emerging out of the river. Everyone is scared the hell out and runs, except Oga. The corpse splits in half like a capsule and reveals a really cute naked baby, who 'falls in love' with Oga's cruelty and dark aura.

He doesn't know what's going on and accepts to take care of the baby, who will be attached to his back until he finds someone darker and more cruel than him.

The baby is the son of the Devil in Earth, and to meet his true destiny, he must be raised in the worst enviroment possible in order to ensure the destruction of humanity. That's why Hilda, a Gothic-lolita caregiver and warrior from Hell, meets Oga to ensure that objective.

Thus the trouble and fun ensues :-)

Beelzebub anime to air in January!

Friggin' awesome!!!

An advertisement of the upcoming Super Jump Anime Tour revealed that Beelzebub anime will first air in January 2011. This is the first anime adaptation ever for this great manga by Ryuhei Tamura.

New OVAS for Beelzebub and Toriko this year!

Shonen Jump magazine will announce next week the release dates and production details of the new OVAs of Beelzebub and Toriko.
Beelzebub is an action and comedy story in which by a twist of fate, a rebellious high school student becomes the surrogate father of the son of the devil, while Toriko is the story of a hunter looking for rare and exotic animals to convert into exquisite meals, in a world where taste and texture of foods is the only thing that matter (???).
Both mangas, published since 2009, have never had an anime adaptation before, so that's why they'll be part of the Jump Super Anime Tour this year.

Nuevas OVAS de Beelzebub y de Toriko a estrenarse este año!

La revista Shonen Jump de la próxima semana anunciará las fechas de estreno y detalles de la producción de las  nuevas OVAS de Beelzebub y de Toriko.

Beelzebub es una historia de acción y comedia, en la que por cosas del destino, un estudiante rebelde de secundaria se convierte en el padre sustituto del hijo del Diablo, mientras que Toriko es la historia de un cazador que busca animales raros y exóticos para convertirlos en exquisitas comidas (???).

Ambos mangas, publicados desde 2009, nunca han tenido una adaptación al anime antes, por eso formarán parte del Jump Super Anime Tour de este año.