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The Prime Minister situation in Japan took up some extra time for me, so here is some older news from last month:
Fuchi no Mori forest protected
In the mid-1990s, an area called the Fuchi no Mori forest, located on the prefectural border between Higashimurayama-shi in Tokyo and Tokorozawa-shi in Saitama Prefecture, had been the target of [...]
There are two freebies this time around:
First, from ANN, the Gaia Online Community is streaming the first two episodes of Kiddy Grade. Here is a synopsis from RightStuf!:
“In Star century Zero-One-Sixty-Five, the Global Union was born. To provide an impartial mediator to the various planetary governments of the G.U., the Galactic Organization of Trade [...]
October 2
Viz Media
NANA Vol. #07
October 3
CMX
Variante Vol. #1
October 9
Tokyo Pop
Arm of Kannon (aka: Birth) Vol. #09
October 10
Dark Horse
Oh My Goddess! Vol. #07
Old Boy Vol. #08
October 17
Dark Horse
Chunchu: Genocide Fiend Vol. #02
October 24
Broccoli Books
Galaxy Angel Party Vol. #3
October 25
DrMaster
Puri Puri Vol. #03
October 30
Del Rey
Air Gear Vol. #06
Alive Vol. #02
Kitchen Princess Vol. #04
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch [...]
Due to the abrupt resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, there was a small brouhaha about the possibility of Taro Aso (former Foreign Minister and former Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party) becoming the next Prime Minister. Shortly after Prime Minister Abe’s resignation, Aso-san was considered to be the frontrunner in the election [...]
The British Museum is winding up their first film series (actually 2 series) featuring anime movies. One of my earlier Anime Freebies & Sales posts has a list of the movies in both series. Anime UK News recently spoke with the curator of the Manga to Anime for Families Season and Late Night [...]
Eva Movie Promotions
Wallpaper © GAINAX・カラー/Project Eva.
Over the years, many comments on blogs and forums have said that Neon Genesis Evangelion is a cash cow for Gainax and that Gainax is not ashamed of constantly milking it. Well, according to this short post by the Anime News Service (look for the article…”9-1-07 (9:39PM EDT) – EVA’s [...]
Anime & Manga Freebies
There are four freebies this time around.
First, New York Magazine has an online-only section called the Comics Page. Their intro blurb reads:
“Every week, the Comics Page introduces you to brand-new graphic novels by the world’s best artists and writers. Manga, superheroes, indie comix” we’ll cover them all as our editors select the [...]
TOKYOPOP Manga Creator,Produced by Planetwide Media, is a new way for any artist (with a PC – no love for Mac users) to publish their own manga. In addition to using your own artwork, you can use officially licensed TOKYOPOP content to create your own manga, anime and comics. After you’re done creating, you can [...]
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