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Recently (Nov. 29 – Dec. 1), a play was staged at MIT’s Kresge Little Theater called Madness at Mokuba. It was described as a “live-action anime show”. The synopsis of the play (from MIT’s press release):
“The stage is set for the finals of the giant robot contest at the Mokuba Institute of Technology. [...]
In October I wrote about the State of the Anime Industry in the US. I mentioned that it was difficult to get compiled statistics about the trends in anime sales in the US. ICv2, the retailer information site, would release limited information semi-annually. The full statistics and analysis would only be available [...]
There are a couple of freebies to note:
On November, 26, a new online service was launched called BOST TV. The service is owned and operated by Tokyo based BOST Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. What is the goal of BOST TV? BOST Digital Enterainment’s President, Aaron Lai, commented about this on the BOST [...]
December
Tokyo Pop
Utopia’s Avenger Vol. #01
Dark Horse
Style School Vol. #02
Infinity Studios LLC
Blood Alone Vol. #04
Zero Vol. #04
December 4
Viz Media
Tail of the Moon Vol. #08
December 5
Dark Horse
MPD-Psycho Vol. #03
XS Hybrid Vol. #03
December 12
Dark Horse
Oh My Goddess! Vol. #28
December 31
Seven Seas Entertainment
Strawberry Panic Vol. #1
December/January+
801 Media
Dark Horse
Path of the Assassin (aka: Hanzou no Mon) Vol. #10
Seven Seas Entertainment:
Tetragrammaton [...]
Anime News
Geneon Update
There has been one recent interesting tidbit in the Geneon situation. Navarre CEO Kerry Deacon held a conference call to talk about his company’s recent quarterly earnings report. Navarre is the parent company of FUNimation. Part of the call dealt with the impact of Geneon’s recent withdrawal on its FUNimation division.
Mr. Deacon said, [...]
I’ve been busy so I only have time for some quick updates. First, there is one freebie.
Freebies
Yahoo! Comics Japan has recently launched a free online manga magazine called Flex Comix Flare. The target audience for the magazine is women. Here is the lineup, from ANN’s translation:
Starting October 18: Kanashi no Homura: Yume Maboroshi no Gotoku [...]
On September 24, 2007, studio BONES co-founder, Hiroshi ÅŒsaka passed away from cancer at the age of 44. He had worked as a character designer (Clockwork Fighters Hiwou’s War, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, & Mobile Suit Victory Gundam), key animator (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade & Macross Plus), and animation director (Escaflowne: The Movie, Mobile [...]
November 10
Broccoli Books
Murder Princess Vol. #02
November 20
Netcomics
Great Catsby, the Vol. #06
Two Will Come Vol. #01
(Note: late November release dates may slip into December)
November 27
Del Rey
ES ~Eternal Sabbath~ Vol. #07
Gacha Gacha Vol. #05
Mahou Sensei Negima! Vol. #16
Mamotte!! Lolipop Vol. #04
My Heavenly Hockey Club Vol. #03
Sugar Sugar Rune Vol. #07
November 28
Dark Horse
Hanami: International Love Story [...]
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