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Biomega: Volume 3

Author: Tsutomu Nihei

U. S. Distributor: Viz Media / Vis Sig

U. S. Release Date: Aug. 10th, 2010

Format: Manga

Genre: Sci-Fi

Age Rating: M for mature

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Dorohedoro and Blame!

The search for Eon Green continues. Will our Synthetic Humans be able to reach her in time or will the the crazed DRF finally complete the plan to destroy earth just to rebuild it in their own image?

Synopsis:

FUNimation Entertainment Announces English Dub Cast of Black Butler

Flower Mound, Texas – July 30, 2010 — FUNimation^® Entertainment has announced the English cast of the supernatural anime “Black Butler.”

The cast:

CIEL                            = Brina Palencia

SEBASTIAN               = J. Michael Tatum

ABBERLINE               = Jonathan Brooks

AGNI                           = Patrick Seitz

ANGELA                     = Colleen Clinkenbeard

ASHE                          = Chuck Huber

BARDROY                  = Ian Sinclair

CORRARO                 = Bruce DuBose

DROSSEL                  = Sonny Strait

DRUIT                         = Todd Haberkorn

ELIZABETH                = Cherami Leigh

FINNIAN                     = Jason Liebrecht

GRELL                        = Daniel Fredrick

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER MANGA SERIES TO DELIGHT FANS OF ALL INTERESTS

San Francisco, CA, July 29, 2010 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has provided details regarding the launch of brand new manga series set for release this summer. The series will tantalize the most discriminating manga tastes and features romantic dramas, fantasy driven action, the trials of aspiring manga creators, and a tasty slice of life story set in a romantic bistro in Rome.

BAKUMAN?• Rated ‘T’ for Teens •

“The Radius”:

Title: Gakuen Alice

Author: Tachibana Higuchi

Distributor: TokyoPop

American release date: available 8/1/10

Format, Genre: Fantasy Manga

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T   Teen age 13+

Overall Personal Rating: B

Alice Academy is a boarding school for students with  special abilities.  This ability is their “Alice”. There is a wide variety among the students and thier Alices.  In this volume, Mikan leads the group to save Natsume from his dangerous predicament, finding trouble for herself in the process. What will, or can, someone sacrifice for those they care about?

The ColecoVision was released in August 1982.  Packed in with the ColecoVision was the Nintendo’s Donkey Kong, which was a real sales booster due to how close it was to the arcade version. By Christmas that year, the American Company, Coleco, had sold over 500,000 ColecoVision. In early 1983, the ColecoVision sales had surpassed 1 million, but after that sails quickly dropped due to the video game crash of 1983. The market crashed and much of the population had given up purchasing games and systems. Later that year, Coleco abandoned the ColecoVision for their new product, the Adam personal computer which had been highly anticipated. Although the ColecoVision was gone it wasn’t quite forgotten. The Adam had a cartridge port for ColecoVision games, and there was also an Adam add on to the ColecoVision so it worked the same as the computer. Yet, due to the Adam unpopularity because of its inferior programing, the ColecoVision just slowly faded away in to the dust.

Angelic Runes

Author: Makoto Tateno

Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing

American release date: July 22, 2009

Format/Genre/Length: Emanga/Fantasy/200 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: 16+

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar series or titles to check out: Genju no Seiza

A traveler comes upon a bizarre scene – a village is burying two children alive!  Appalled, he attempts to stop them.  But the superstitious people claim that the bairns are cursed – when they were born, they burned their way out of their mother’s womb, and they speak only the strangest things -  ergo, everything is their fault.  Unable to persuade them otherwise, the traveler, Sowil, offers them some magic seeds in exchange for the children and takes them with him.

Here’s the results to the complex question of Which Condiments are awesome?

JELLY WINS!

7%   Ketchup

18% Mustard

7%   Mayo

8%   Pickles

11%  Soy sauce

16% Salt and Pepper

30% Jelly

3% BBQ Sauce

Why do I say complex?  No, it’s not really, except different situations require different  condiments.  Very few people seem to be passionate about one particular condiment. Although, there are places that have festivals dedicated to one condiment, Horseradish comes to mind.

Seiho Boys High School!: volume 1

Author: Kaneyoshi Izumi

Publisher: Viz Media

American release date: August 3rd 2010

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/192

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+

Overall Personal Rating: C+

Similar series/titles to check out: School Rumble, High School Debut, Hana-Kimi

An island of lonely and romantically frustrated high school boys? Sounds like any fujoshi’s wet dream – except these boys only have the opposite sex on the mind. It’s a shame there’s no girls on this island! When a girl does show up on their shores, will she survive the experience or will the hopeless boys of Seiho High totally screw it up?

“The Radius”:

Title: Hanako and The Terror of Allegory Vol. 2

Author: Sakae Esuno

Distributor: TokyoPOP

American Release Date: August 13, 2010

Format: Manga

Genre: Supernatural, Folklore, Mystery

Publisher Age Rating: OT (Older Teen)

Overall Review Rating: C

Similar Series: xxxHolic, Ghost Hunt, Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

Kanae has worked off her client fee, but she’s decided not to quit.  However, Aso has a plan to either make her quit, or if it comes to it, he’ll fire her.  Why? They seemed to happy together…

Synopsis:

The Radius

Slam Dunk Volume 11

Author: Takehiko Inoue

U. S. Distributor: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: Aug. 3rd, 2010

Format:  Manga

Genre: Sports, Comedy and Drama

Age Rating: T for Teen

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar Titles: Kuroko no Basket, Prince of Tennis, Real and even Eyeshield 21.

Our intrepid courtsters are in the grips of the quarter final battle with Shoyo. The pressure is on and can anyone step up to save the day?

Synopsis:

VIZ CINEMA OFFERS TALES OF VENGENCE, CONFLICT, REDEMPTION AND RECONCILIATION IN NEW AUGUST FILM PRESENTATIONS

The Japanese American Experience In World War II Is Explored In Poignant Documentaries; Action Fans Can Sample Akira Kurosawa Samurai Classics And Gritty Tales Of Betrayal And Vengeance From Korean Director Park Chan-Wook

San Francisco, CA, July 27, 2010 – VIZ Cinema, the nation’s only movie theatre dedicated to Japanese film, opens August with a theme of “The Winding Road to Peace” in a month that marks the 55^th Anniversary of both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II.

“The Radius”:

Title: Love*Com The Movie

Director/Author: Kitaji Ishikawa/  Aya Nakahara

Distributor: Viz Pictures

American release date: 2-19-2008

Format, Genre and length: DVD, Shojo movie, 100 min

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Similar series or titles to check out: Happy Cafe, the Love*Com manga series

Skilled actors playing great characters, all with clever comedy writing and superb attention to detail.  A real hit for everyone to see.

Synopsis:

The Radius

Samurai Champloo: Complete Series Blu-ray

Director /Author: Shinichiro Watanabe

Studio: Manglobe

American Release Date: Dec. 15th, 2009

Format: Blu-ray / 650 minutes

Age Rating: A+

Similar Titles: Basilisk and Sands of Destruction.

The Radius

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

Director: Shimako Sato

Studio: Toho, NTV

Author: Shimako Sato and So Kitamura

U.S. Distributor: Viz Pictures

American Release Date: April 20th, 2010

Format: DVD / 137 minutes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama and Comedy

Age Rating: Not Rate but PG-13 suggested

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar titles: Red Cliff and Returner

Sleepy Eyes of Death, Collector’s Set Volume 1 

Directors: Tokuzo Tanaka, Kenji Misumi, Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Kazuo Ikehiro

Distributor: AnimEigo

American release date: July 14, 2009

Format, Genre and length: DVD/Samurai/338 minutes

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: 18+/Contains Violence, Nudity & Nihilism

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: Ultimate Miyamoto Musashi

Nemuri Kyroshiro describes himself as “a rogue who slices men like they were radishes”.  Does this make him the Top Chef of samurai cinema?

Synopsis:

Right Stuf’s ANIME TODAY Chats Up Fans at Anime Expo 2010
Plus more Japanese wedding traditions, reviews, contests & more in episode 115!

GRIMES, Iowa, July 22, 2010 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to present this year’s Anime Expo 2010 fan special – featuring interviews with cosplayers and other convention attendees – in episode 115 of ANIME TODAY!

Also in episode 115 of ANIME TODAY:

• Chad shares “What’s Hot” in the world of anime and manga.
• Shawne shares how fans can “Bag Some Bargains” on titles from VIZ Media.

SECTION23 FILMS ANNOUNCES

OCTOBER SLATE

CANAAN Available on October 26th

HOUSTON, July 22, 2010 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its October slate of releases, including CANAAN which will be released on DVD and Blu Ray, from Section23 client Sentai Filmworks.

Product details follow, in order of release

Coming October 2010

Title:                 KIMIKISS: PURE ROUGE COLLECTION 1

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         325 min.

Street Date:      10/5/2010

Format:             DVD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

VIZ PICTURES LICENSES DETROIT METAL CITY

THE WILDEST, SHOCKINGLY FUNNY JAPANESE ROCK FILM FOR THE NOT SO FAINT OF HEART

Inventive Comedy Is Based On A Popular Manga Series That Has Taken North America By Storm

San Francisco, CA – July 22, 2010 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that it has licensed from Toho Company, Ltd the North American theatrical and DVD distribution rights to the heavy metal live-action comedy, Detroit Metal City. The DVD is scheduled for release later in the fall of this year.

Title:  D. Gray-man Vol. 18

Author: Katsura Hoshino

Distributor: Viz Media/Shonen Jump

American Release date: August 3, 2010

Format: Manga

Genre: Gothic, supernatural, action, drama, comedy

Publisher age rating: T+

Personal review rating: B-

Phantom G is terrorizing the city, creating copies of himself and stealing priceless artifacts.  Is G really a ghost like he says he is, or is he a phenomenon of Innocents?

Synopsis:

Yashakiden, the Demon Princess, Volume 1  

Author: Hideyuki Kikuchi

Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing

American release date: December 2009

Format/Genre/Length: Novel/Fantasy/279 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Mature

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Similar series or titles to check out: Taimashin the Red Spider Exorcist

“Death gives birth to the second life.  And so we wait, our heads bowed, defeated in spirit, waiting as if for the mighty emperor and empress to appear.”

Synopsis:

Setsuna Aki and Doctor Mephisto are the yin and the yang; they are like two halves of a whole – there is no one more beautiful than they in all of Demon City Shinjuku.  And no one as powerful.