New Product Facilitates Integration of Poser's 3D Figure Design and Animation Technology Into Professional Environments

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., - August 7, 2007 - e frontier, Inc. today announced Poser Pro, a high end addition to its flagship Poser product line. Geared toward a multitude of production environments in both the 2D and 3D realms, Poser Pro offers the features and functionality of Poser 7 plus professional level application integration, a 64 bit render engine, and network rendering support.

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From Comicsnob comes the "Consolidated Online Manga Sales Rankings for 3 August" based on figured from Amazon, B&N, BAMM, Chapters and TRSI:

↑ 1. Bleach (129.3)
↓ 2. Naruto (106.9)
↓ 3. Death Note (97.5)
↑ 4. Warriors (single volume) (92.0)
↓ 5. Fruits Basket (72.6)
! 6. Hana-Kimi (68.0)
! 7. Tsubasa (66.2)
↓ 8. Ouran High School Host Club (53.0)
! 9. Making Comics – McCloud (48.0)
↓ 10. Avalon High (single volume) (46.0)

Popular Series 'Star Wars: Clone Wars,' 'Dragon Ball™,' 'MegaMan Star Force™' and Others
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ATLANTA, Ga. (August 7, 2007) - Toonami Jetstream™, the online extension of Cartoon Network's long running and successful Toonami action-adventure TV franchise, has wowed fans in its first year of offering full-length episodes of action and animé programs online.

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From the Chronicle Herald comes an article on Svetlana Chmakova, creator of Dramacon. The article mentions the possibility of a show by Chmakova that may end up on Cartoon Network.

Via: Giapet

From ICv2 comes an interview with Del Rey Manga's Dallas Middaugh, who talks about the U.S. manga market, the upcoming manga releases, and Del Rey's future plans.

Del Rey Manga has launched its official forum as part of AoD's Official Forums:

We have a new addition to our Official Forums section today as we're now hosting the Official Del Rey Manga Forums. This will be linked from their site later today and provide a place for fans of Del Rey's manga and prose releases to talk with each other and with representatives from the company.

Earn Some Points, Get Free Products from DLSite.com!

HERNDON, VA - August 6, 2007 - DLSite.com announced their recently added new point-based system. When registered DLsite.com users purchase a software product through DLSite.com English site, points will be awarded to that user depending on the amount of money spent.

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The new comic release list for August 3rd 2007 from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.

According to Send2Press, Orange Lighthouse, Inc., in an exclusive partnership with Trend Pro, Inc., has just launched Ad-Manga.us. Ad-Manga.us is the U.S. division of Trend Pro's Ad-Manga program. The new division will offer manga contents for advertising to U.S. companies:

The Manga generation in the U.S. is growing quickly, and to attract them, and to inform them about new products and services, or to educate them on complicated matters, Manga is an effective tool and will open a new era for business advertising.

Source: Active Anime

KansasCity.com has an article describing how Kaplan and Tokyopop's effort in utilizing manga to help students prepare for SAT and ACT proves to be successful:

"Within the last year, we've seen student teachers including more and more graphic novels in their curriculum," said Kelly McNeal, an education professor at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. "We're living in a graphic world - this is highly appealing. Students will read it."

Source: Active Anime