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August, 2006Naruto volume 11 debuted at #21 (from #33), Fruits Basket volume 14 fell from #59 to #110, and Death Note volume 7 moved up to #114 on the USA Today Booklist for the week ending August 27. From Conrad Publishing and IED - Institute Europeo Di Design São Paulo comes the first Brazilian exposition of Junko Mizuno. The exposition will feature 12 images from Mizuno that were published in books, as well as others projects from her. Manga top 10 according to Tohan. The Conrad Publishing will be releasing Nekomajin by Akira Toriyama this September. The title is a parody of Toriyama's biggest success: Dragon Ball. Nekomajin was written between 1999 and 2005. The format is 14 x 21 cm, with 200 pages. The manga is available in R$ 24,90 (approximately $ 11,62). In this week's PW Comics Week, PublishersWeekly interviews Tokyopop's CEO Stuart Levy. Detective Conan (Case Closed) will be made into a live-action J-drama later this fall. Shun Oguri will be playing the part of Shinichi Kudo, while Tomoka Kurokawa will play the part of Ran Mouri. Source: Akadot The cast of the new Death Note anime will be announced in Weekly Shonen Jump No.40. Mamoru Miyano (Wolf's Rain, Ouran High School Host Club) will provide the voice casting for Light, while L will be voiced by Yamaguchi Kappei (Ranma, Inuyasha). ICv2 takes a look at Tokyopop's new website and the exclusive manga it offers. There is also a 2-part interview with TP's Mike Kiley about the Website exclusives: Tokyopop's Mike Kiley on Web Exclusives, Part 1 Love Manga also has some views on the article. Source: MangaBlog Papo de Budega interviews Brazilian Animax Channel's Marketing Manager Stefania Granito. In the interview, Stefania talks about the anniversary of the Animax, as well as other informations regarding Latin America. An Osamu Tezuka Print Exhibition will be held in the basement art gallery of Maruzen Okayama Symphony Building in Okayamashi, Japan. There is no entry fee, and the prints will be sold during the exhibition. Colored prints from over 30 series will be displayed, including Dororo, Black Jack, Phoenix, and more. Shogakukan and Yahoo announced on 8/25 the largest Doraemon Tool Design Contest ever, the "Doraemon Magic Project". 12 entries will be picked from TV Asahi, Yahoo! net, and various children's anthology (such as Coro Coro Comic). Winners will be announced on TV this winter, and the winning designs will be used in new episodes of the Doraemon TV anime next Spring. Second place winner will receive a "Doraemon Magical Car" from Toyota Noah. A novel version of Mitsuru Adachi's popular sports manga Rough will be released this summer in conjunction with the release of Rough the movie. The Book Standard has posted a list of the top 100 selling comics and graphic novels of 2005. DramaQueen has launched the official website of its new Global Boys’ Love anthology RUSH. Source: Love Manga
Tokyopop interviews Koge Dobo, creator of Di Gi Charat, Pita-Ten and Kamichama Karin. The interview takes a look at Koge Dobo's style, career as an artist, as well as her dreams and hobbies. CMX has launched a new column called "Ask CMX," where the complany will answer questions sent by the readers. Source: MangaBlog Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa will appear in Brazilian movie theatres in November. Currently the TV series is shown on Rede TV. The company that will launch FMA is Focus Filmes, which will also be releasing the TV series on DVD. San Francisco-Based Animation And Publishing Giant Will Help End The August Program With Thousands of Gifts For Children OAKLAND, CA - Time flies when you're having fun: BART's Kids Ride Free Saturdays program ends tomorrow, Saturday, August 26 but it will do so with a whirlwind of excitement.
*Fujoshi: (1) Literally "rotten girl" (腐女子). A pun, based on the homonymous term for women (婦女子). Ironical self-description by readers of Yaoi/Boys Love. (Urban Dictionary) (2) Pertaining to manga/anime, girls who like gays (translator) translator's aside: it would help to have a basic understanding of otaku terminology such as fujoshi (explained above), yaoi/BL (explained in the article) and moe before reading this article. French movie website CinEmpire.com has posted 13 stills of the upcoming live-action movie Mushishi, based on the popular manga series of the same name. Source: Anime UK News Japonese actor/producer Tetsuya Bessho - of live-action Ultraman - The Next (2005) will be in São Paulo city to attend the 17ºInternational Festival de Curtas-Metragens. Tetsuya Bessho was the co-founder of the Shorts Shorts Festival that introduces people to the world of short films both in Japan and U.S.A. This year Bessho will be presenting 4 new movies with the support of the Fundação Japão de São Paulo, he will be present on Sunday (27th) until 8:00 p.m. in Sala Cinemateca. Other information on the Festival can be found on Fundação Japão Sâo Paulo official site. ADV is conducting a Comic Party Revolution manga contest to celebrate the release of its Comic Party Revolution manga series. Contestants must send their own manga strip as a JPEG attachment to ADV by 10/31. For more information visit here. Source: ActiveAnime According to ANS, the novel Legend Of The Galactic Heroes (Ginga Eiyu Densetsu) by Yoshiki Tanaka will be published in China this fall. The first volume (out of 10) will be released in October. |
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