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September, 2006VIDEO GAMES LIVE(tm) RETURNS TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL WITH A SPECTACULAR NEW SHOW SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 Featuring the Live Orchestral Debut of the 'Halo(r) 3 Announcement' Score Special Musical Guests to Include BT, Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Video Game Pianist Martin Leung, Game Composers, and More Manga top 10 according to Tohan. A museum called Aoyama Gôshô Furusato-kan will be built to honor Gosho Aoyama, creator of Detective Conan. The museum will be built in Gosho Aoyama's home town, and will open in March of 2007. Source: ANN LOS ANGELES, September 13, 2006) – Seven Seas Entertainment announced today the launch of its all-new "Light Novel" imprint. Light novels, as they are known in Japan, are a new form of prose fiction geared towards young adults and the manga-reading audience. The imprint will feature a distinctive and innovative trim size of 10.5cm x 15cm (approx. 4.1" x 5.9") that will be instantly identifiable along with an iconic feather logo that will represent the Light Novel line. What's more, all of Seven Seas' Light Novel titles will carry an affordable cover price of $7.95 each. DVD of Fullmetal Alchemist TV series will be released in the Brazilian market on October 09. the DVD contains are three 'discos' with 4 episodes each, and includes Portuguese and English subtitles. According to Focus Films, audio can also be set to Portuguese and Japanese. The Japanese audio is in the 2.0 and 5.1 format, which is an exclusive version for Brazil. New Editions Are Must-Haves for 2006 Holiday Season and Will Delight Manga and Anime Fans San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2006 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the release this fall of six new gorgeously illustrated, hardcover art books for titles including NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, FUSHIGI YÛGI and HANA KIMI as well as the company’s first instructional art book, SHOJO BEAT MANGA ARTIST ACADEMY, which offers instructional artistic techniques by some of the hottest shôjo manga artists. Rin Inumaru (48), a children's manga artist and animator, most well known for her children's TV show Ojaru Maru, has commited suicide by jumping from the roof of a 14-story building in Tokyo and leaving a note behind saying "I'm not good at my job." Source: The Comics Reporter SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 12, 2006 – eigoMANGA LLC, a comic book publishing studio, has announced its deal to distribute video content through Anime Network, a subsidiary of A.D. Vision, Inc. (parent company to ADV Films and Newtype USA) and America’s #1 anime channel. With distribution reaching 40 million households, Anime Network is not only the largest video-on-demand offering, but is also available as a 24/7 linear cable channel in several U.S. markets. The Beat has a list of the 2006 Harvey Award winners, and Buddah (published by Vertical) is the winner of the Best American Edition of Forein Material category. David Welsh from Comic World News interviews MangaCast co-founder Ed Chavez in this week's Flipped, where David and Ed talk about conventions, MangaCast, publishers, and more. JCB has announced a limited edition "Nana" credit card, featuring special artworks based on the popular shoujo manga from Ai Yazawa. Only 10,000 cards will be made for each of the 3 different designs (Design 1, Design 2, Design 3). Those who apply before January 31, 2007 will also receive special Nana-related gifts, such as the twin strawberry glass used in the manga. According to its website, this year's Yaoi-Con (October 20-22) will have a butler cafe, "serving food, drinks . . . and bishounen drama brought to you by the all female staff of Project Man-Maid.":
According to ANN, Viz Media has edited volume 8 of its Fullmetal Alchemist manga by changing a stone cross to a round stone slab. Source: ANN According to Comics.212.net, it has been confirmed that Tokyopop's Dragon Head, Heaven, and King City have been completely removed from the online exclusive program. Source: MangaBlog Pop (artist of Moetan) will be releasing a new moe/fairy tale-themed calendar in October called "Pop World Calendar 2007", the calendar is being published by Poplar Publishing. In its 2006 September Manga Newsletter, Del Rey announced that it plans to give away advance page proofs and copies of its upcoming manga Train Man (Densha Otoko, shoujo version) to 10 lucky people. To register, one must send an email to Del Rey with the necessary information, the deadline is Wednesday, September 27th. Below is details of the full contest: Panini Comics Brazil will be releasing the Crying Freeman (Story: Kazuo Koike; Art: Ryoichi Ikegami) manga in Brazil this September. The distribution of the manga will be divided into different phases, and during the initial phase the manga will be released in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo city. Crying Freeman is a manga originally serialized in Shogakukan's weekly magazine Big Comic Spirits. According to Ultra Jump's website, Bastard!! by Kazushi Hagiwara may resume serialization in the October issue of Ultra Jump (9/19). First serialized in Shonen Jump in 1988, Bastard!! was moved to Ultra Jump in 2001. Due to its history of irregular (and slow) serialization schedule, many fans dubbed Bastard!! as one of the four hiatus kings (the other three being Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter X Hunter, Yoshiki Takaya's Guyver, and Mamoru Nagano's Five Star Stories) of manga. The 2006 Guangdong Animation Art Fair (also called Art Fair of Animation or AFA) will be taking place in Guangzhou City Exhibition Center from October 1st - October 5th). Events include manga exhibitions, dance competitions, a Lolita Princess Contest, a "Culture and History of Cosplay" filming event, etc. Also planned for the Fair is the "Click Anime Web" service (powered by "DigiBook"), where fans will be able to read their favorite manga on computers located throughout the fair. According to Bang Zoom! Entertainment's latest job posting, the studio is "also launching a graphic novel division and will need this intern to provide assistance with coordinating, researching and marketing strategies to help kick off our first title." Source: ANN The Price of Tennis will resume serialization in Weekly Jump issue 42. The manga was put on hiatus after its mangaka became ill in July. Also two new series will start in the upcoming issues of Weekly Shonen Jump: Issue 43 (9/25) Issue 44 (10/2) Takada Kyosuke's Kami to Sengoku Seitokai (Original Story: Akahori Satoru) will end in Weekly Shonen Magazine No.42, on sale 9/20. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso made a speech on the streets of Akihabara after announcing his decision to participate in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. A big fan of manga himself, Aso's speech at Akihibara received immense support from young anime/manga enthusiasts, with close to 10,000 people present toward the end of the speech. Video of the event can be found on YouTube. Go! Comi has announced a newsletter-only contest. The prize will be a "special Her Majesty's Dog present" from Mick Takeuchi. People who subscribe to Go! Comi's email newsletter will receive more information on the contest on September 16th, including a description of the prize and a link to the entry on Go! Comi's website. The Japan Times has published an article titled "Fans lift J-culture over language barrier," which takes an extensive look at the U.S. scanlation scene, including comments from both scanlators and publishers. |
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