Box Set And Special Editions Of DEATH NOTE, BLEACH And New Installments Of Ongoing Favorites Offer Unique Gift Ideas To Suit Any Budget And Taste

San Francisco, CA, October 5, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced a preview of highly anticipated upcoming anime releases set for the approaching 2007 holiday season.

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From ICv2 comes a 2-part interview (Part 1, Part 2) with Dan Marks, Viz's Viz Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. The interview is centered around Viz's plans for digital delivery of anime, its potential impact on DVD sales, as well as anime on mobile devices, manga downloads, and other forms of digital delivery services.

Via: Icarus Blog

TOMY, DP3, NINTENDO and MAJOR LEAGUE EATING will be presenting an exciting event coming up in New York City -- celebrating the NARUTO Wii launch, they will be holding the FIRST EVER Ramen Noodle Major League Eating contest!

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New Series Based On Xbox 360 Game And Features Notable Character Designs By DRAGON BALL Creator Akira Toriyama

San Francisco, CA, October 4, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has launched a new website dedicated to the BLUE DRAGON™ anime and video game property at bluedragon.viz.com. BLUE DRAGON is a highly anticipated action adventure anime series based on the popular Xbox 360 Role Playing Game which debuted in North America in August.

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In the latest issue of PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha takes a look at the return of ADV Manga to the manga market in "ADV Manga Wakes Up."

Also reported is that Trans World Entertainment Corp. and wholesaler Bookazine will "develop and manage a manga section in each of its more than 900 stores. TWE comprises nine brands in mall and freestanding locations, including F.Y.E., Coconuts, Sam Goody, Suncoast and Planet Music."

A preview of Dany&Dany's latest graphic novel, The Lily and the Rose, has been made available by Yaoi Press on Tokyopop's website.

Via: MangaBlog

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending September 30th:

• #127 - Naruto, Volume 18 - Viz - (Last week: #74)
• #149 - Naruto, Volume 17 - Viz - (Last week: #100)

Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings:

• Top 100 manga volumes, 29 September

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According to The Beat, publisher IDW Publishing will be entering the manga market by releasing horror mangaka Kazuo Umezu's Reptilia this October.

According to this press release, the first recipient of Inoue Takehiko's Slam Dunk Scholarship has been announced:

Mr. Inoue is at SKS from Oct. 7 – 11 accompanying Narito Namizato, the finalist in Mr. Inoue's Slam Dunk Scholarship competition which awards a full academic and sports scholarship to South Kent School to the top 17 – 18 year old basketball player in Japan.

The final phase of the competition is the South Kent admission interview and evaluation. Upon successful completion of this phase Narito will attend South Kent starting in the spring term of 2008.

Herndon VA - October 3rd, 2007 - GalaxyPink's 3D interactive animation game "Sexual Fantasy Kingdom vol. I - Sex with Creatures" has been released on DLSite.com, and quickly become one of the most popular games of the week and month!

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