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FUNimation® Entertainment today announced the main cast of the 13 episode supernatural action anime series “Baka and Test – Summon the Beasts”:

Character

Cast

AIKO            Trina Nishimura
AKIHISA         Josh Grelle
AKIRA   Carli Mosier
FUKUHARA        Anthony Bowling
HASEGAWA        Ian Sinclair
HAZUKI  Lindsay Seidel
HIDEYOSHI       Brina Palencia
HIRAGA  Micah Solusod
HIROMI  Anastasia Munoz
KOUTA   Greg Ayres
KUBO            Joel McDonald
MIHARU  Kristi Bingham
MIHO            Tia Ballard
MINAMI  Leah Clark
MIZUKI  Alexis Tipton
NEMOTO  Todd Haberkorn
NISHIMURA       Kent Williams
SHOUKO  Jamie Marchi
SUGAWA  Chris Burnett
TAKAHASHI       Colleen Clinkenbeard
TOUDOU  Wendy Powell
YOSHIKO         Ryan Reynolds
YUUJI   Scott Freeman
YUUKO   Brina Palencia

Sleepy Eyes of Death, Collector’s Set Volume 2  

Directors: Tokuzo Tanaka, Kenji Misumi, Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Akira Inoue

Distributor: AnimEigo

American release date: Feb 1, 2011

Format, Genre and length: DVD/Samurai/321 minutes

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

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: Ultimate Miyamoto Musashi

Can a man conceived from the rape of a Japanese woman by a crazed Christian missionary during a Black Mass find true happiness?  Or is Nemuri Kyoshiro doomed to wander forever, with no direction of his own?

ANIME EXPO 2011 PROUDLY PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF

“LASTEXILE -FAM, THE SILVER WING-,” THE NEW CHAPTER IN THE HIT ANIME SERIES

LOS ANGELES (January 17, 2011) Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Anime Expo  — North America’s largest anime and manga event — will present the highly-anticipated world premiere of “LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing-.”   Anime Expo returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 1 – 4, 2011 with the largest exhibition and program in its history.

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Genkaku Picasso volume 2

Author: Usamaru Furuya

Distributor: Viz Media

U.S. Release Date: Feb. 1st, 2011

Format: Paper Back / 200 pages

Genre: Supernatural, Teen Life Melodrama

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Can an anti-social high school artist really help others with their emotional problems? Better yet, will he step up to the plate or will he allow himself to rot way just to stay out of others souls?

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Detroit Metal City the Movie

Director: Toshio Lee

Producer: Gemki Kawamura

Actor: Kenichi Matsuyama, Gene Simmons

Distributor: Viz Pictures (now New People)

U. S. Release Date: Nov. 9th, 2010

Format: DVD / 104 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Age Rating: Not Rated (Parental Guidance Suggested for language)

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Can Sir Krauser rule from the depths of the Underworld or will the Cheese Tart become the symbol of Love? Soichi Negishi is the only one who can answer that question.

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GUIN SAGA COLLECTION 2 Available on May 31st

HOUSTON, February 16, 2011 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its May slate of releases, including the 2^nd collection of GUIN SAGA to be released on DVD by Section23 client Sentai Filmworks.

Product details follow, in order of release

Coming May 2011

Title:                 GHOST SWEEPER MIKAMI COLLECTION 4

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         275 min.

Street Date:      5/3/2011

Format:             DVD

Language:         Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP:                $49.98

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Trinity Blood: The Complete Series on Blu-ray

Director: Tomohiro Hirata

Studio: Gonzo

U. S. Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Re-release Date: Feb.  1st, 2011

Format: Blu-ray / 600 minutes

Genre: Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Drama, Action/Adventure

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar Titles: D. Gray-man, Claymore and Devil May Cry.

Armageddon has ravaged the Earth and the two races that are left with a fragile peace are the Humans (Terrans) and Vampires (Methuselahans). For the last 900 years they have managed to co-exist, but things are changing and that peace may soon fall to another world war.

Vampire Knight, Volume 2

Author: Matsuri Hino

Publisher: Viz Media/Shojo Beat

American release date: May 1, 2007

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shojo/208 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar series or titles to check out: Wild Ones, Millennium Snow, Ouran High School Host Club

The Day Class is unaware of Zero’s secret—he is a vampire, and has been turning more and more so over the past four years. If they knew the truth, would they be so quick to embrace him as the rising star of their class? And how will the knowledge of what he is becoming affect his relationship with Yuki?

ANIME EXPO 2011 WILL FEATURE VOICE ACTOR AND SINGER VIC MIGNOGNA AS

AN OFFICIAL GUEST OF HONOR

LOS ANGELES, CA – (February 16, 2011) – Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Anime Expo 2011 — North America’s largest anime and manga event — has announced popular anime voice actor and singer Vic Mignogna as an official Guest of Honor when it returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center and Nokia Theater from July 1 – 4, 2011.

As part of Anime Expo’s largest exhibition and program ever, Mr. Mignogna will participate in fan meet-and-greets, autograph sessions and attendee panels.  Fans will also have a chance to hear him perform his most famous songs and anime themes in a live concert.

Bakegyamon: volume five

Author: Mitsuhisa Tamura

Publisher: Viz Kids

American release date: December 1st 2009

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shounen/216 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: All Ages

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar series/titles to check out: Beyblade; Natsume Yuujinchou; Moon Boy

Reviews of previous volumes: Volume one; volume two; volume three; volume four

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Summer Wars
Director: Marmoru Hosoda
Story by: Marmoru Hosoda
Studio: Madhouse
U. S Distributor: FUNimation
U. S. Release Date: Feb. 15th , 2011
Format: DVD / 115 minutes
Genre:  Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama
Age Rating: PG
Personal Rating: A

Summer Wars may just be destine to be a classic, but it takes on a contemporary
Topic that lends itself to making it a hit today. It asked the question “What happens when we rely too much on a social network to guide our life?”

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Hello again, Thank You to everyone who particpated in the poll. This week we asked what people would want for Valentine’s Day. The results are in and there was a clear winner by 22%! After watching what television and ads were all saying, this one is a surprise, but it is actually a very lovely result. The loser was Jewelry! But what is funny, it that the second place winner was Bah humbug! What did you get?

Poll Question: For Valentine’s Day a great gift would be…

Flowers 9%

Jewelry 3%

Candy 6%

A Card 6%

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Mardock Scramble

Author: Tow Ubukata

U. S. Distributor: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: Jan. 18th, 2011

Format: Novel / 775 pages

Age Rating: 16 + due to violence and language

Overall Personal Rating: A-

In the future, after the wars have taken their toll, the end result is still all about humanities inability to control its dark nature and the urge to commit sins against one another never seems to fade away.  A 15 year old resurrected girl, a doctor who legally used forbidden technology and a small golden mouse that can morph into almost anything are a shinning example of why humans should be allowed to continue in the fires of time.

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Title: Gin Tama vol. 21

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Author/Artist: Hideaki Sorachi

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date:  February 1, 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Comedy, Parody

Publisher Age Rating: T+ for older teen

Overall Personal Rating: A+

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Title: Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vol. 1

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Author/Artist: Hiroshi Shiibashi

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: Feburary 1, 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Supernatural, Action, comedy

Publisher Age Rating: T for teen

Overall Personal Rating: B

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Love and Honor on DVD

Director: Yoji Yamada

Staring: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Takashi Sasano and Kaori Momoi

Produced by: Junichi Sakamoto

Writer: Shuhei Fujisawa (original novel), Screenplay: Ichiro Yamaoto, Emiko Hiramatsu, Yoji Yamada.

U.S.Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Release Date:  Feb. 1st, 2011

Format: DVD/121 minutes

Genre: Romance, Drama and Edo Period piece.

Age Rating: PG 13

Overall Personal Rating: B+

The love for a man who is blinded in the line of duty pushes a wife into the arms of the one who can save her husbands position. How the young man handles this, is where the real story lies.

There is one here that everyone must see!

There are not a lot of anime releases this week, but there are some interesting new series, which are debuting on both Blu-ray and conventional disk, including Needless Collection 1 (Sentai Filmworks, “13+,” 300 min., $59.98, BD $69.98), which contains the first 12 episodes of the post apocalyptic action comedy produced by Madhouse and based on the seinen manga series created by Kami Imai. After a bomb devastates Tokyo some survivors (known as “The Needless”) receive superpowers. The anime series tones down the gore and violence of the manga, but actually increases the amount of fan service (i.e. panty shots).

Features interviews, recipes & more;
Complete 12-episode series available on April 5, 2011.

GRIMES, Iowa, February 14, 2011 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and its Nozomi Entertainment division are pleased to announce the grand opening of antique.rightstuf.com ( http://antique.rightstuf.com ) – the official site for the ANTIQUE BAKERY anime series, which is scheduled to make its North American DVD debut in April 2011.

At antique.rightstuf.com, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the culinary world that serves as a backdrop for Antique Bakery, via a series of special features that will include articles written by popular food bloggers, chefs and specialists, as well as interviews with business owners and cook book authors, recipes and more.

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Title: Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Author: Makoto Mizobuchi

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release date: 2/5/2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Action Adventure

Publisher Age Ratting: A (For All Ages)

Overall personal ratting: B-

Similar Series: Yi-Gi-Oh!, Dinosaur King, Pokemon Adventures

Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 1  

Author: Bisco Hatori

Publisher: Shojo Beat/Viz Media

American release date: July 5, 2005

Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shojo/184 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: Vampire Knight, Otomen