"The artwork in Yoshitaka Amano’s coffee table book was inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s classical piece entitled Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Amano has committed to directing the anime version based upon this art book as well."

Here is an evaluation of this summer's upcoming series.

The Madhouse animation studio has revealed a new anime series based on the Shinzo Ningen Casshan science-fiction classic on Thursday, the first day of Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008. The original anime series from Tatsunoko Production recounted the story of Casshan, a cyborg who rises against the robotic armies that have subjugated all of humanity. The series, tenatively titled just Casshern, is scheduled for this fall.

Simpsons and Futurama artist adaptation of the anime Death Note done in Simpsons style art.