ANN reports that Otaku USA's Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias will be joining ANN's executive editor Zac Bertschy to host the "Art of Reviewing Anime," which will take place tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.

Udon Entertainment has announced its plans for this year's Anime Expo:

Members of UDON will be at the Manga Entertainment booth area all weekend long. Meet some of the UDON Crew in person, get sketches or autographs and buy exclusive UDON comic sets, art books, posters and art prints.

A round up of Anime Expo 2007 news, reports, and more from around the internet, updated constantly, so you don't have to look for them.
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Advanced Media Network has posted the complete transcript of JAST USA's English dating-sims panel at this year's Anime Expo.

MangaBlog and Yaoi Suki both point to several new licenses from Aurora Publishing and its yaoi imprint Deux:

Aurora Publishing:

• Flock of Angels by Shoko Hamada
• Nightmares for Sale by Kaoru Ohashi

Deux:

• Hate To Love You
• I Shall Never Return by Kazuna Uchida
• Spring Fever by Yugi Yamada

ANN reports that DMP has announced a few new acquisitions at Anime Expo 2007:

• Family Complex by Mikiyo Tsuda
• Flamboyant (artbook) by Hakua Ugetsu

Also mentioned is that DMP plans to release a restored two-volume set of the Speed Racer manga.

Go! Comi has announced the following new licenses during today's Anime Expo:

• A Wise Man Sleeps by Mick Takeuchi
• A.I Revolution by Yuu Asami
• Angel's Coffin by You Higuri
• Cy-Believers
• Kamisama Kazoku (God Family) by Yoshikazu Kuwashima

It has also been revealed that Go! Comi's "Project X" will be something called O-Play.

From Advanced Media Network comes an in-depth report of Seven Seas at this year's Anim Expo, also included is a brief interview with Seven Seas' Adam Arnold and Jason D'Angeles.

Via: MangaBlog

Seven Seas has announced several new licenses at this year's Anime Expo:

• Dance in the Vampire Bund by Nozomu Tamaki
• In God's Arms (Kamisama no Ude no Naka), by Yonezo Yamada

Yuri manga:

• First Love Sisters
• Voiceful

New novel licenses were also announced:

• Kage Kara Mamoru
• Zero no Tsukaima
• Avalon
• The Pirate and the Princess

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(LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2007) - Anime Expo 2007 (June 29-July 2) in Long Beach is almost upon us and Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce its upcoming convention plans.

SEVEN SEAS BOOTH
Booth No. 1021, 1120, 1122

You like sexy maids? How about eyepatch-wearing gothic Lolita demon hunters? For the first time anywhere, the hit manga HE IS MY MASTER volume 1 and
VENUS VERSUS VIRUS volume 1 will be sold at the Seven Seas booth prior to book stores! So come on down! We'll have a total of 8 brand new manga titles hot off the presses and available for the first time ever!

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