Duel Masters Movies

Second Dual Masters Movie Announced
Japanese film distributor Toho has announced that a Duel Masters Cross motion picture will premiere next fall. The film will be based on the currently airing sixth Dual Masters television anime series,Dual Masters Cross. The first Dual Masters movie was released in 2005.

The TOHO Movie News website has posted the full 98-second trailer for this month'sdouble-billing of the Duel Masters and A Penguin's Troubles (Penguin no Mondai) anime films. (In the linked page, select the first movie link under the Coming Soon section's righthand column, and then select the third button in the next window's righthand side.)Duel Masters - Lunatic God Saga and Penguin no Mondai: Shiawase no Aoi Tori de Go-Pen-nasai will open in Japan on September 19. The same website also has the previous two teaser trailers and several television commercials.

The ongoing Duel Masters Cross anime is the sixth television series based on Shigenobu Matsumoto's Duel Mastersmanga, which in turn is based on the collectible card game from Wizards of the Coast and Takara-Tomy. There was already a Duel Masters movie released in 2005. Cartoon Network ran the television anime version in the United States. Yūji Nagai's original A Penguin's Troubles children's gag comedy manga deals with the everyday life of a penguin named Beckham Kinoshita. Beckham happens to go to Kirikabu Elementary School with humans and crave "Mac" hamburgers and fries. The manga already inspired a television anime series that has been airing in Japan since April of last year.

Evidently Japan’s Toho Pictures has just announced that next month’s first Metal Fight Beyblade movie, “Metal Fight Beyblade VS Taiyo Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha” (Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader), will be a double feature with the third Duel Masters feature film, “Duel Masters: Hono no Kizuna XX” (Duel Masters: Scars of Flame Double X). The double-bill will hit Japanese theaters on August 21. The homepages for both movies (linked above) include streaming trailers.

Am I alone in my surprise and amazement that the Duel Masters anime franchise is still ongoing?