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Anime Expo® 2010 Announces the North American Premiere of KISARAGI,

a Theatrical Play in Homage to Otaku Culture

Los Angeles, CA – June 23, 2010 – Anime Expo® is pleased to announce today that the North American premiere of the theatrical play, KISARAGI, will be hosted on July 2 at 4:00 p.m. in the J.W. Marriott Hotel. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Anime Expo® Announces AX Idol 2010 Hosts & Judges

Los Angeles, CA – June 23, 2010 – Anime Expo® is pleased to announce today the AX Idol 2010 participating hosts and judges for the event’s 8th season. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AX Idol will be held at the Nokia Plaza L.A. Live concert stage on July 3, at 4:00 p.m.

Here are the results of our Father’s Day Poll. I guess Dads really aren’t made of money, but we keep hoping.  It was our winner for the week.  Next poll is up.  Thanks to all our participants!

Our Poll in honor of Father’s Day; which of these did /does your Dad say?

15%   What the —-were you thinking?

17%  Go ask your mother.

15%  No.

7%   Where is the remote?

20% Do I look like I’m made of money?

7%   Pick that up.

5% How many times do I have to tell you…

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Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu

Director : Hitoyuki Matsui / Studio: UFO Table / Author: Ryoichi Koga

Distributor: Right Stuf

U.S. Release Date: Jun 1st, 2010

Format: DVD / 320 minutes

Genre: Comedy, shonen

Age Rating: 15+

Overall Personal Rating: C

Similar Titles: SGT Frog, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Rozen Maiden: volume 1

Author: Peach-Pit

Publisher: Tokyopop

American release date: May 2006

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Fantasy/175 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen/13+

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series/titles to check out: Dolls, Chobits, Tsukuyomi Moon Phase

Jun Sakurada is used to weird stuff arriving in the mail – but a living doll? And a bossy supernatural one at that? This teenage shut-in has no idea what he’s signed up for – or what kind of journey he’s about to embark on.

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LATEST EPISODES AIRED IN JAPAN OF POPULAR BLEACH ANIME SERIES TO START STREAMING ON VIZANIME.COM

Fans Are Invited To View New Episodes On VIZAnime.com
Beginning Today For FREE!

San Francisco, CA, June 22, 2010– VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, continues to generate tremendous momentum for its popular BLEACH series with the announcement that English-subtitled episodes from the most current story arc will begin streaming for free in the U.S. via the company’s premier website for anime,  HYPERLINK “http://www.naruto.com” VIZAnime.com. Starting today with Episode 275, VIZAnime.com will stream a new BLEACH episode one week after it has aired in Japan.

RIGHT STUF’S NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announces the ?Super GALS! Complete DVD Collection?Entire 52-episode series collected in one collection for the first time, available October 5, 2010

GRIMES, Iowa, June 22, 2010 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and its Nozomi Entertainment division are pleased to announce the Super GALS! Complete DVD Collection will be available on October 5, 2010.

This new release collects both seasons of Super GALS! together, for the first time ever, in one DVD set.
•    Season 1 (Episodes 1-26) will feature English and Japanese audio options, English subtitles and on-screen translations.
•    Season 2 (Episodes 27-52) will feature Japanese dialogue, English subtitles and on-screen translations.

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Title: Waqwaq Vol. 4: Wishes Granted

Author: Ryu Fujisaki

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: May 4, 2010

Format: Manga

Genre: Sci Fi, Adventure, Gothic, Comedy

Publisher Age Rating: T (Realistic and Fantasy Violence)

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Series: Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Bleach, Aquarion, Claymore, Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee

All that’s left is a dying Shio, a broken Gojin-Zou, and a healthy Guardian with his own Gojin Zou.  How the heck is Shio going to survive this time?

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Doctor Who: The Dimension Riders

Author: Daniel Blythe

Publisher: Virgin Publishing Ltd

American release date: November 18th 1994 (UK street date)

Format/Genre/Length: Novel/Sci-Fi/256 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/16+

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar series/titles to check out: Lucifer Rising, The Dying Days, Blood Heat

Ghost soldiers, mysterious assassins, major mix-ups in the time stream and a diabolical college professor. All in a day’s work for the Doctor – that is, until he discovers the identity of the creature that is pushing through the time/space fabric to hunt him down. Now that is a twist.

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Title: Super Mario Bros. 3

Platform: Virtual Console (Wii)

Developer: Nintendo R&D4

Publisher/Distributor: Nintendo

American Release Date: November 5, 2007

Format: download

Genre: platform game

Replay Value: A+

ESRB: E for Everyone

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Similar Series: Super Mario World (Snes), Super Mario Land (Gameboy), Adventure Island (Virtual Console, NES)

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Hoshin Engi: Volume 19

Tsutoma AnoMangaka: Ryu Fujisaki

Publisher: Viz Media

Release date: June 1, 2010

Genre(s): Historical fantasy, Sci-fi, Comedy

Age Rating: 13+

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar titles:Gin Tama, Excel Saga, Irresponsible Captain Tylor

Hoshin Engi is an unusual tale of sci-fi meeting historical fantasy. The manga tells the story of the fall of the Yin dynasty to the Zhou and combines alien technology, mysticism and superhuman power with loosely linked historical events in a great comedic re-imagining by mangaka Ryu Fujisaki.

V.B. Rose, Volume 6 

Author: Banri Hidaka

Publisher: Tokyopop

American release date: 2009

Format/Genre: Manga/Romance

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen/13+

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: Hot Gimmick

Having straightened out their misunderstand regarding the cultural festival at Hojo High School, Ageha, Arisaka and Mitsuya attend it together.  Ageha’s mind is still on what happened between her and Arisaka – when he had his arm around her and they stood so close together, and she liked it.  But, what does it mean?  On the other hand, Arisaka is wondering why she hasn’t reacted to what happened.  Didn’t she notice?  Or doesn’t she care?  Have two people ever  worked so hard at getting their signals crossed?  Welcome to Volume 6 of V.B. Rose!

V.B. Rose, Volume 5 

Author: Banri Hidaka

Publisher: Tokyopop

American release date: 2009

Format/Genre: Manga/Romance

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen/13+

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: Hot Gimmick

Let’s begin this volume of V.B.Rose by returning to the restaurant where Ageha and Arisaka are in the midst of their first date.  A slight flare-up of artistic temperament is quickly resolved when Ageha gets an idea for a purse to match the dress which Arisaka has drawn.  He forces her to sketch it for him, and she adds a touch or two to his dress, to make them matching.  He takes it, to show the bride, and promises that if she approves, Ageha will get to make it, which makes Ageha very happy indeed.  He drives her home, and as she is standing outside of his car – he reaches for her hand!  Ooh, what can this mean?

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Death Note: The Movie Part 1

Director: Shusuke Kaneko / Studio: NTV, Warner Bros. / Author: Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Licensor / Distributor : Viz Pictures

American Release Date:  Sept. 16th, 2008

Format: DVD / 120 minutes

Genre: Shonen, Psychological Thriller, Fantasy, Drama and Supernatural

Age Rating: 13+

Overall Personal Grade:  A-

Similar Titles: Death Note 2: L the last Name. Death Note Movie L: Change the World and the 20th Century Boys trilogy.

“The Radius”:

-Title: Rasetsu Volume 5
-Author: Chika Shiomi
-Distributor: Viz Media
-American release date: June 2010
- Format, Genre: Shojo, supernatural manga
- Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T+ Older Teen
- Overall Personal Rating: A
- Similar series or titles to check out: Yurara, Rasetsu Volumes 1,2,3,4,6

Set in the Hiichiro Amakawa agency, the cast works together to solve people’s problems with the spirit world.  Each one has different abilities to bring to the team, yet they also bring along their troubles.  Central to the story is Rasetsu’s curse that invades all her life, and time is running out.  She has one more year to break it.

Anime Expo® 2010 Announces Voice Actor, Masakazu Morita,

as an Official Guest of Honor

Los Angeles, CA – June 17, 2010 – Anime Expo® is pleased to announce today that Japanese voice actor, Masakazu Morita, will be an official Guest of Honor at its July convention. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Masakazu Morita comes to Anime Expo to celebrate his involvement with the popular anime, BLEACH.

The Color of Magic

Author: Terry Pratchett

Publisher: HarperTorch/HarperCollins

American release date: November 2000

Format/Genre/Length: Novel/Fantasy/210 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Not rated

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Similar series or titles to check out: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Readers wanted:  Only those with open inquiring minds need apply.  Pack lightly, but be sure to bring your imagination, cause you’re going on a journey, the likes of which you’ve never experienced before, and it’s gonna blow your little mind.  Welcome to Discworld!

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Rental Magica: Collection 1

Director: Itsuro Kawasaki / Studio: Zexcs / Author: Makato Sanda

Distributor: Kadokawa / Right Stuf

U.S. Release Date: Nov. 24th. 2009

Format: DVD / 525 minutes

Genre: Shojo, Fantasy, Romanic Comedy, Mystery and Action

Age Rating: 13+

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Kanon, Air, D. and Gray-man

A shy and amiable young man, Itsuki Iba, has been left the heavy responsibility of taking over his Father’s business. This is not your average business selling paper, or door to door vacuum cleaners, but rather it is Astral a Mage Rental Service. Yes, that is right a Mage Rental Service. What is a Mage Rental Service, well I guess you will need to read on and find out.

Anime Expo® 2010 Announces Musical Group, RSP,

as Official Guests of Honor

Los Angeles, CA – June 17, 2010 – Anime Expo® is pleased to announce today that Japanese musical group, RSP, will be official Guests of Honor at its July convention. Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime and manga convention, is scheduled for July 1 – 4, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. RSP comes to Anime Expo to celebrate their involvement with the popular anime, BLEACH.

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-Title: Itazura Na Kiss Volume 2

-Author: Kaoru Tada

-Distributor: Digital Manga Publishing/eManga

-American release date: May 2010

- Format, Genre: shojo manga, comedy

- Publisher/Industry Age Rating

- Overall Personal Rating: B

- Similar series or titles to check out

High school ends for Kotoko with an unforgettable ceremony,  thanks to Kin-chan, and not in a good way, but true to nature. He’s her ardent admirer. Can things really be different as college life begins?  Kotoko is a klutzy, cute and emotionally passionate girl, who has an incurable crush on Naoki, a smart and aloof schoolmate.