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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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Seven Seas and Metromix L.A. present “The Ninja Diaries”

(LOS ANGELES, July 23, 2008)  – What do a struggling L.A. actor and a beautiful female ninja have in common...

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Astro Boy Hair Makeovers Offered at Comic-Con Int'l

Imagi to host CG film remake's director David Bowers, producer Maryann Garger

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Udon, Seven Seas Launch Weekly Serialized Comics

Udon's Crunchyroll e-zine to include Int'l Manga Award runner-up 1520

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Crunchyroll and Udon Combo for Weekly E-Zine

Global Online Media Distribution Giant Partners with Canada-Based Publisher to Launch Weekly Digital Manga and Comic Digest San Francisco, CA (July 23, 2008) ‹Canada-based publisher UDON Entertainment  partners with online media distribution giant, Crunchyroll...

(SOURCE: Anime on DVD)
anime, festival, new york

PREMIER JAPANESE FASHION DESIGNERS COME TOTHE NEW YORK ANIME FESTIVAL AS GUESTS OF HONOR  Norwalk, CT, July 22, 2008: ...

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Media Blasters Adds Dai Mahou Touge Comedy Anime

8-episode video series licensed under Magical Witch Punie-chan name

(SOURCE: Anime on DVD)
Adult Source Media New Title Solicitation

Adult Source Media has put out a new short notice solicitation for a new release due out at the beginning of August 2008 with:Barely Legal Hentai Hotties - 08/05/2008 - 70 minutes - $24.98They're hot and they've just graduated into the world of adulthood...

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Di Gi Charat Video Site Launched on Japan's Nico Nico

Free videos and manga shorts with voiceovers, with more added every weekday

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Seven Seas and Metromix L.A. Present “The Ninja Diaries”
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Crunchyroll and Udon Combo for Weekly E-Zine
(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
American Cowboy Bebop Movie Announced

iF Magazine reports that Twentieth Century Fox has acquired the rights to produce an original American live action Cowboy Bebop motion picture based on the popular 1998 anime television series. The project is currently in development by producer Erwin Stoff, managing agent for actor Keanu Reeves and producer on films including Constantine, The Matrix, A [...]

(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
Ponyo Premiers Strong

Debut weekend results are in for Hayao Miyazaki’s latest picture, Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on a Cliff). The film rivals the opening weekend of Miyazaki’s 2001 film Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away), having taken in 96.6% of the gross that Spirited Away earned in its first weekend of release (on its [...]

(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
Peter Chung Interview Online

Animation World Magazine now hosts a lengthy interview with animator Peter Chung. Anime fans may take special note that within the interview Chung reveals that he’s presently working on adaptations of Shotaro Ishinomori’s Cyborg 009 and Hideyuki Kikuchi’s Yoju Toshi (”Wicked City”). Last year Chung drew the storyboards for the currently in production Chinese/American co-produced [...]

(SOURCE: AnimeNation News)
Ask John: Is My Hime Shounen or Shoujo?

Question: Is My-Hime and its spinoff My-Otome Shonen or Shojo? Answer: The Japanese word “shonen” refers to “boy” and “shoujo” refers to “girl,” so it’s natural to assume that most anime can be easily classified into one category or the other. However, this simple categorization actually isn’t quite that simple because the terms “shonen” and “shoujo,” when used [...]

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Tekkonkinkreet

The reviewTreasure Town may have a name that evokes images of richness, but it's a slum that is home to the brutal side of life, where Yakuza lords and alien assassins make life difficult for the locals. It's also home to Black and White, a pair of orphans who see themselves as the area's protectors against all things evil. Black takes his role seriously - amongst the gangs, he's already got a reputation as a kid with a taste for blood, and is treated warily...

(SOURCE: Anime on DVD)
Blassreiter Episode 13

It’s origin time and we get to know what motivates Joseph and makes him who he is, as well as a good tease for more to come.What They Say:Amanda takes the injured Joseph to a ruined church. There, Amanda learns of Joseph’s past, about his parents who died to protect him. His parents were what ordinary citizens called “Outsiders&rdquo...

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When They Cry Blu

According to Japanese site Famitsu, a new OVA series for When They Cry is slated to begin in December 2008 in Japan. While that isn't new news, what is new is that a Blu-ray edition will be following each of the five OVAs as they're released by about a month and for the cost of what the Limited Edition DVD Releases will cost. Check the link for the release schedule and details if you're fluent.

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Japanese Box Office, July 19–20: Ponyo Opens at #1

Miyazaki's latest is tracking similarly to 2001's Spirited Away; Pokémon opens at #2

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Shop Anime & Manga @ Mania

The Shop has been updated with a number of new deals this morning as we have the latest round of daily deals from Right Stuf as well as a new Amazon anime sale which includes a number of Viz Media DVD collections.

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei Video Details Announced

Announcement not affected by reports of Higurashi manga in stabbing suspect's home

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Daily Briefs

For Sale: 1/2-Scale Fighter from Oshii's Sky Crawlers

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Film in Development at Fox

Rights recently signed up by producer Erwin Stoff (Matrix, A Scanner Darkly)

(SOURCE: Anime News Network PR)
Charity Fund Raiser Announced for Con-X-Treme 2008
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Angel's Anime Outpost to Host Three Days of Tournaments at Con-X-Treme 2008
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Aksys Games Announces Blazblue Location Test at EVO2008
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Metromix Los Angeles presents “The Ninja Diaries”
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Video Games Live to Perform with the San Diego Symphony During Opening Night of Comic-Con
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Aeon Flux's Chung Working on Astro Boy, Wicked City, Cyborg 009

Animatrix director storyboarded for Astro Boy & is working on WC, 009 adaptations

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Japanese Anime TV Ranking, July 7–13

Crayon Shin-Chan, Doraemon return from week off

(SOURCE: Anime News Network)
Bandai Namco Links Up with Fujiyama Subtitling Firm

Fujiyama's systems to be used in Bandai Channel's anime distribution overseas

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