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The Yahoo website began streaming a 45-second trailer for Tae-Gyun Kim’s live-action film adaptation of Kōji Matsumoto’s Higanjima supernatural horror manga last week. The manga is named after a fictional island where the brother (Dai Watanabe) of the main character Akira Miyamoto (Hideo Ishiguro) went missing two years ago. Miyamoto leads a search party of friends to the island and discovers that there are vampires and other creatures lurking on it. Tetsuya Oishi, the screenwriter for the live-action Death Note films, is scripting this new film for the director of Volcano High. The film has been delayed in Japan until January 9, although it premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival on October 9.
The North American anime distributor Funimation posted a one-minute trailer for its English dubbed release of the RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ video anime series last week. Director Shigeru Ueda (Elemental Gelade, Tales of Symphonia), screenwriter Hiroshi Ohnogi (Noein, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Aquarion), and the animators at Xebec (Martian Successor Nadesico, Fafner, Heroic Age) created this graphic, “hard-boiled science-fiction action” series. The story follows a seemingly ordinary office lady named Rin who is secretly a private investigator — and nearly indestructible due to supernatural powers. Funimation also posted a new 71-second English-dubbed trailer for the Soul Eater anime series on the YouTube website on Monday. The previous English-dubbed trailer is still available.
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Did you see the Debut of the Animated psychological suspense
thriller NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER? Well if not you can each Monday night on Manga Entertainment’s SyFy Ani-Mondays block
MONSTER is based on the critically acclaimed manga series by Naoki Urasawa (published in North America by VIZ Media.) New episodes of Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER, will air each Monday night on the Syfy Ani-Monday block and will be re-broadcast on SyFy’s sister channel, Chiller the week thereafter. Chiller airs a variety of horror and suspense-themed programs. Check local listings for specific airtimes.
What would you do if a child you saved grew up to be a monster? An ice-cold
killer is on the loose, and Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop
him! Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his
career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy named Johan. When the boy, now a coldhearted and charismatic young man, reappears nine years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders, Tenma must go on the run from the police who suspect him to be the killer to find Johan and stop the monster he set loose upon the world. Conspiracies, serial murders, and secret government experiments set against the grim backdrop of the formerly communist Eastern Europe are masterfully woven together in this compelling work of suspense.
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, delights fans of shojo manga with the announcement of the upcoming release of BOYS OVER FLOWERS: JEWELRY BOX on October 13th. The new volume is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN.
BOYS OVER FLOWERS: JEWELRY BOX is a collection of two new short stories by Yoko Kamio, the creator of the acclaimed BOYS OVER FLOWERS series. The new epilogue takes place one year after the end of the original BOYS OVER FLOWERS story, which concluded with Volume 36. It also contains a section with some of the important events in the series that show the characters maturing, plus a special bonus strip!
“Yoko Kamio, one of the most beloved shojo manga creators of all time, just couldn’t stay away from some of her favorite characters and we’re proud to announce the publication of BOYS OVER FLOWERS: JEWELRY BOX,” says Candice Uyloan, Product Marketing Director, VIZ Media “This volume serves as a fitting conclusion to a series that helped to establish the shojo manga genre in the U.S. and fans won’t want to miss this chance to get reacquainted with main character Tsukushi.”
Creator Yoko Kamio made her manga debut in 1986 with WAITING UNTIL 20 and her other notable manga series includes I REALLY REALLY LIKE YOU and MARY’S LAMB. Her seminal title BOYS OVER FLOWERS (published in the US by VIZ Media), followed the romantic and social dramas of a girl in high school, broke sales records selling over 35 million copies and went on to become the best-selling shojo manga in Japan. The series went on to win the 1996 Shogakukan Comic Award in the shojo category. BOYS OVER FLOWERS was also adapted into a successful animated series and live action film.
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, expands its notable VIZ Signature manga imprint with the publication of Inio Asano’s WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! on October 20th. The 2-volume series (each sold separately but launch simultaneously) is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens and will carry an MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN.
A poignant collection of intersecting vignettes depicting twenty-something angst, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! explores the various ways that modern life can be at once ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wasted and celebrated. In Volume 1, what begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine soon becomes a fantastic series of stories about the unexpected ways that different lives intersect. Filled with magical realism in the face of the cold reality of daily modern life, at their core these stories are about young people discovering something precious amidst the chaos of existence. Volume 2 explores similar themes including the cruelty of childhood, the delusion of adulthood, the permanence of death, and how people find a way to remain resolute and laugh in the face of reality.
“Inio Asano masterfully captures the essence of youth, and WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! depicts both the exhilaration and frustration felt by a diverse group of twenty-somethings trying to find their place amidst the impersonal urban sprawl of Tokyo,” says Candice Uyloan, Director, Brand Management for VIZ Media. “Fans of everything from Catcher in the Rye to Reality Bites will find this series an impressive and heartfelt read. Asano’s realistic story is ultimately a commentary on how modern life and the choices one makes impact the struggle to grow up and fit in and we look forward to readers discovering this thought-provoking new title.”
Creator Inio Asano drew initial attention for his short story HELLO FROM OUTER SPACE, which won the 1st Sunday GX rookie prize in 2001. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD also appeared in the pages of Sunday GX. Asano’s other works include CITY OF LIGHT, OYASUMI PUN PUN and the acclaimed SOLANIN (which is published in North America by VIZ Media and was nominated for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award).
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Crunchyroll and Marvelous Entertainment announces today the addition of SHIN KOIHIME MUSO to Crunchyroll’s Fall 2009 Anime Lineup. Adapted from BaseSon’s Japanese visual novel game with a nearly all-female interpretation of the Chinese literary classic ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, SHIN KOIHIME MUSO is animated by Dogakobo and features returning cast members Emi Motoi, Erika Narumi, Hiroka Nishizawa, Maki Kobayashi, and Nami Kurokawa in lead voice-acting roles. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/shinkoihimemuso.
“SHIN KOIHIME MUSO exemplifies everything which hardcore anime fans are looking for in anime today,” said Vince Shortino, President of Crunchyroll’s Japan office. “Its ornate visuals, character relationships and fan service all create the ideal core show for the Fall.”
SHIN KOIHIME MUSO will be available worldwide outside of Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and French-speaking Europe in standard definition free of charge to all visitors of Crunchyroll’s website and across the Crunchyroll network one week after airing in Japan. Crunchyroll’s Anime Members will receive early access to the program.
All fans can enjoy all content on the site for free, but Crunchyroll Anime
Members benefits include higher quality streams of all shows (in some cases
at 720p High Definition Video) with no advertisement and early access to all
simulcast shows as early as one (1) hour after its Japan Broadcast. Crunchyroll Anime Membership costs as little as $5 a month and goes directly towards supporting Japan Animation companies. More information, including a two week free trial membership can be found at
http://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial.
SHIN KOIHIME MUSO
Towards the end of the Han Dynasty, the world is in the throes of chaos and
disorder. In a time when strength is needed, a hero is secretly sharpening her skills as a warrior of justice: her name is Kan’u Unch?. Kan’u will put her life on the line, test her strength and power, fighting to protect those in need.
Together with Chhi Ekitoku, they make a vow as sisters to forge down this
path of justice, awaiting whatever fate has in store for them…
Now in SHIN KOIHIME MUSO, Kan’u and Chhi explode into battle as they must again stand up and fight for peace during these turbulent times. Together they set out to assemble their team of warriors, eyes to the horizon and the many battles and adventures that awaits for them up ahead!
Kodansha, the largest publisher in Japan, has confirmed with Publishers Weekly that it is establishing the Kodansha USA Publishing company in New York City to directly publish and sell manga in the United States under the Kodansha Comics imprint. Yoshio Irie, vice-president and board member at Kodansha, will lead the New York subsidiary with general manager Tomoko Suga. As previously revealed in retail listings, the new imprint will launch with Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira dystopic science-fiction manga and Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell cyberspace manga — both formerly published by Dark Horse Comics.
Publishers Weekly reports that Kodansha USA will focus on Kodansha’s back catalog of manga, but Irie said that original publishing “is one of our eventual ambitions.” He also emphasized that “Kodansha Comics doesn’t aim to be the exclusive label for titles from Kodansha.” Kodansha decided not to extend its manga licensing agreements with the North American publisher Tokyopop, but Del Rey is still publishing Kodansha titles into next year.
Word of Kodansha’s new American plans first became public last year, although it has entered the North American market and the English-speaking market before. Almost a decade ago, Kodansha experimented with a line of Kodansha Bilingual Comics that included CLAMP’s Cardcaptor Sakura, Ken Akamatsu’s Love Hina, and Yōzaburō Kanari and Fumiya Sato’s The New Kindaichi Files (Kindaichi Case Files). Kodansha stopped publishing those titles when Tokyopop licensed the right to publish English editions doe many of them. Del Rey Manga now publishes most of the recently translated manga from Kodansha, such as Akamatsu’s Negima! Magister Negi Magi and Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail.
In Japan, Kodansha publishes Weekly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Magazine, Young Magazine, Morning, Morning 2, Afternoon, Magazine Special, Magazine Z, Evening, Monthly Shonen Sirius, Monthly Shonen Rival, Nakayoshi, Bessatsu Friend, Be•Love, Kiss, Dessert, and The Dessert manga magazines. It has also published official file magazines for specific franchises, such as Clamp no Kiseki, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Ultraman, Mobile Suit Z Gundam Historica, Kamen Rider, and Tokusatsu Hero Magazine.
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One Model Nation (www.onemodelnation.com), the first graphic novel of its kind, will be released by Image Comics (www.imagecomics.com) on October 28, 2009 in book stores nationwide. Writer C. Allbritton Taylor and One Model Nation historian Donovan Leitch, piece together the band’s epic journey, revealing the final dark days of the Baader-Meinhof Gang and the band’s mysterious disappearance only months later. In 1977, four young men were the voice of their generation. In 1978, they disappeared. Afrodisiac and Street Angel illustrator Jim Rugg brings you a complete view of the political art noise band, One Model Nation. With Scorsese-esque electricity, One Model Nation captures the arts and politics of an era whose influence can not be measured. “This is a life’s work for me,” says C. Allbritton Taylor. “From the Munich Olympics to the heyday of raves, hip hop to state-of-the-art handguns, this era has informed modern culture, fashion, politics, technology, you name it. But this dark time has been a relative German secret which only recently has begun to be revealed, mostly due to the birth of the internet. On a personal level I needed to see this time and place fleshed out into people and events that make sense yet maintain heroic proportions. Donovan spent years researching the multitude of bizarre and overwhelming events in which these people lived their lives and made their noble, everyman decisions. This story needed to be told.” “I have always been fascinated by post-war Germany, the counter-culture revolutionaries and their violent upheaval against the rise of capitalism in a Communist country. The fact that One Model Nation, four musicians who helped to create electronica, was unwittingly pulled into the battle being waged between these two forces makes their story all the more compelling. This is the equivalent to a Syd Barrett German epic,” says Donovan Leitch
By Von Jared Omo
YO! ASS/TME is covering Comic-Con 2009! Check out our blog by going to the link below! Pictures and videos will be up soon as we update you from the San Diego Convention Center itself!
We got some panel coverage as well as a personal video update from….ME!
http://tmeatcc2009.wordpress.com/
By Von Jared Omo
Hey! As we prepare to cover Comic-Con 2009, we have decided to make a Twitter account so that all of you can keep up with what we do during our days at the Con. Feel free to add us as we update our Twitter every hour…or maybe even minute…and quite possibly every freakin’ second. We hope guys join us as we keep you updated on anime and everything else at Comic-Con this year…especially you guys who can’t or couldn’t make it this year. Here’s the link to our Twitter…FOLLOW US as we cover Comic-Con 2009!
http://twitter.com/AnimeSocScene
It’s kinda empty at the moment…but as soon as Comic-Con starts….it’ll be filled!
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This year we are sponsoring a BEST ANIME COSTUME PRIZE
If you haven’t already signed up for the CCI Masquerade it is one of the best competitions out there. WE wanna see you on stage an maybe win!!!
