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Biomega: Volume 6

Author: Tsutomu Nihei

U. S. Distributor: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: May 10th, 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Sci-Fi

Age Rating: M for mature

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar Titles: Dorohedoro and Blame!

Synopsis:

Biomega: Volume 6 raps up this strange yet interesting story of humanity lost and recreated. It has been a thousand years since the recreator came into existence and after 400 years  our hero, Zoichi  has made his way to the last section where Niarudi’s body is kept.  Zoichi, Fuyu and Funipero are about to make their move to save humanity, or what is left of humanity, from Niarudi’s goal of taking over complete control of the recreator. If she gains this control she will rewrite everything and possibly wipe out what is left of the human race.

Neil Gaiman’s ‘Doctor Who’ Episode

The BBC has released some details concerning the Neil Gaiman-written episode of Doctor Who. Gaiman’s “The Doctor’s Wife” airs in the U.K. (and thanks to BBC America, also in the U.S.) on Saturday May 14th and features Matt Smith as the Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy, Arthur Darvill as Rory, and Suranne Jones as Idris.

{Spoiler Alert} According to the BBC, in this episode, which is directed by Richard Clark, the Doctor receives a distress call from an old friend. Could there be another Time Lord out there somewhere? He traces the signal to a junkyard planet sitting upon a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble universe where he meets a very strange family.

Acclaimed Supernatural Crime Mystery Based On Popular Manga Is The Latest VIZ Media Anime Series To Be Streamed By From Netflix

VIZ Media has announced the premiere of the entire uncut and subtitled DEATH NOTE anime series on Netflix, Inc., the world’s leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. The supernatural suspense thriller will be available to watch instantly for subscribers in the U.S. beginning today.

VIZ MEDIA OFFERS SUMMER ANIME ACTION WITH NEW MAY AND JUNE DVD RELEASES

San Francisco, CA, April 28, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced an array of upcoming new anime DVD releases scheduled for May and June 2011.

New DVD releases in May include the latest from VIZ Media’s top selling anime properties, POKÉMON and VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY.  Two brand new series, HERO: 108 and KEKKAISHI, will make their long-awaited debut on DVD in June in addition to the latest box set installment of BLEACH.

2D Japanese Style Animator Needed For Short Film

We are currently on the lookout for an 2D Animator to team up with in an effort of making a collaborative short film. We are looking to put together an original and conceptualize production that will take the audience on a 15 minutes joy ride in between reality and animation. We are planning on making it a Live Action half Animated film and then try and present it to festivals throughout the globe. We know that 3D is what is really on the map right now and really popular but we want to keep it original and present the Japanese Anime style to the audience.

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Title: Otomen Volume 10

Manga Author: Aya Kanno (Hakusensha)

American Publisher: Viz Media

American Release Date: May 3, 2011

Age Rating: T

Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Satire, Shojo

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Titles in the Radius: I My Me! Strawberry Eggs, Ouran High School Host Club, Sayonara, Zetsubo Sensei

The series was animated by Bones, the studio responsible for Cowboy Bebop The Movie, Eureka Seven, Wolf’s Rain, Sword of the Stranger, and many other series. The story focuses on a remote island where a secret organization plans to reactive giant mobile suits known as Cybodies that can be controlled by pilots known as StarDrivers. A young outsider, Takuto, vows to stop them. The series is directed by Takuya Igarashi, with character designs by Yoshiyuki Ito and Hiroka and Misa Mizuya.

© BONES / STAR DRIVER COMMITTEE, MBS

Release Details: TBD

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Over Race

Recently reported casting plans for the new live action Akira have drawn the ire of fans who believe the characters should be portrayed by Asian actors, reflecting the race of the characters in the source work (the Katushito Otomo manga). Actors being considered for the lead are Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix, according to a Deadline report last month.

The two-film series, directed by the Hughes Brothers, is being re-set in New York (see ‘Hughes Brothers Helming Akira”).

New anime releases this week include The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (Bandai, “13+,” 175 min., $29.98), the first release of the Sunrise mecha comedy series that aired in Japan in 2009, and K-On! Vol.1 (Bandai, “13+,” 100 min., $29.98, BD $34.98), the first of four volumes that will cover the 13-episode series from Kyoto Animation that adapts the seinen manga by Kakifly. K-On! in particular has quite a reputation—Kyoto Animation is one of the “hot” anime studios, and this comedy series about a group of girls forming a rock band is charming, though a bit slight.

(C) 1991, 1996, 2005 by Noriko OGIWARA Illustrations copyright (C) 2010 by Miho Satake

DRAGON SWORD AND WIND CHILD Author Noriko Ogiwara Continues Her Award-Winning Magatama Trilogy With The Second Chapter Of Her Epic Fantasy Adventure

San Francisco, CA, April 27, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the release of author Noriko Ogiwara’s fantasy adventure novel, MIRROR SWORD AND SHADOW PRINCE, on May 17^th. The hardcover book will be published by the company’s Haikasoru literary imprint and will carry an MSRP of $21.99 U.S. / $25.99 CAN.

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Title: Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode Volume 1

Artist: Mia Ikumi

Original concept: Kadansha

Distributor: TokyoPop

American release date: 2003

Format and length: Shojo manga, 197 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Y 10+

Overall Personal Rating: B

Other Similar Series: Tokyo Mew Mew

A 12 year old girl named Berry heads out to her first day of class at her new school. The best way to describe her is cute and bubbly. She is totally enthusiastic about the extra cute school uniforms, after all, that is why she picked the school!

The Boy (Who Looks Like A Girl) Meets Girl (Who Looks Like A Boy) Romance From The Creator Of SENSUAL PHRASE

San Francisco, CA, April 26, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, expands its extensive catalog of shojo manga (graphic novels for girls) titles with the launch of AI ORE! on May 3^rd. The new series, created by Mayu Shinjo, will be published under the Shojo Beat imprint, is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens, and will carry an MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $14.99 CAN.
Mizuki is the female “prince” of her all-girls school and the lead guitarist in an all-girl rock band. Akira is the male “princess” of his all-boys school and wants to join her band. Love may be on his mind, but romance is difficult when everyone keeps mistaking Mizuki for a boy and Akira for a girl!

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Vampire Knight: Guilty Volume 1

Director: Kiyoko Sayama

Written By: Matsuri Hino

Studio: Studio Dean

U. S.  Distributor: Viz Media

U. S. Release Date: March 15th, 2011

Format: DVD / 100 minutes / episodes 1-4

Genre: Shojo, Romance, Supernatural

Age Rating: T+ for Older Teen

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar Titles: Moon Phase and Kaze Hikaru

Zero is back at Cross Academy and things are getting strange. Well, strange is a relative word for this school that teaches humans during the day and vampires at night.

First limited-edition, remastered DVD Set available on June 7, 2011.

GRIMES, Iowa, April 27, 2011 –Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and its Nozomi Entertainment division are pleased to announce the grand opening of utena.rightstuf.com (http://utena.rightstuf.com ) – the official site for the REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA anime series, which is scheduled to be released as three, remastered and limited-edition DVD box sets, starting in June 2011.

At utena.rightstuf.com, visitors can view a new trailer, featuring remastered video footage from the first DVD box set (The Student Council Saga) and also:

New People Web Portal Goes Live With Series Profiling Prominent Japanese Modern Artists

San Francisco, CA – April 25, 2011 – NEW PEOPLE Entertainment, a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. that focuses on the licensing and distribution of Japanese films and media, has announced the beta launch of its own exclusive web channel where audiences will be able to instantly stream a variety of the company’s films and content. NEW PEOPLE’s Online Channel is now available at www.newpeoplechannel.com.  Films are $2.99 for a 48 hour rental.

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Title: One Piece: Season Three, Fifth Voyage

Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto

Studio: Toei Animation

Format: DVD/325 Minutes

Age Rating: TV 14

Genre: Adventure

Overall Personal Rating: B

Release date: April 19, 2011

Similar Titles: Dragon Ball, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z and Beet The Vandal Buster

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Title: Death Note Black Edition, Volume 3

Authors: Story by Tsugumi Ohba

Art by Takeshi Obata

Distributor: Viz Media/ Shonen Jump Advanced

American Release Date: May 3rd, 2011

Format: Two-in-One Manga (Volumes 3 and 4)

Genre: Psychological Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, Supernatural

Publisher Age Rating: T+

Overall Personal Rating: A

The game is afoot, with Light and Misa locked up in solitary and L waiting for something special to happen, all eyes are are on the outside world to see when the next criminal will die.

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Title: We Were There

Artist/Author: Yuki Obata

Distributor: Viz Media/shojo Beat

American release date: May 3, 2011

Genre, Format and length: 200 pages, Shojo romance manga

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen +

Overall Personal Rating: B

Similar series or titles to check out: B.O.D.Y.

Some relationships seem to hang on beneath the surface. Even though two people may be apart, their lives still affect each other.

Synopsis:

HOUSTON, April 23, 2011—Sentai Filmworks announces its acquisition of the spectacular anime series Night Raid 1931.  Directed by Jun Matsumoto (Persona – Trinity Scroll) with script supervision by Shinsuke Onishi (The Third, Shin Getter Robo,) the 17 episode series was produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex and features character designs by acclaimed manga master Akimine Kamijyo (Samurai Deeper Kyo.)  Sentai’s forthcoming release will include episodes 0-13, PLUS two unaired episodes as well as a special bonus recap episode.

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5 Centimeters Per Second

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Author: Makoto Shinkai

Studio: CoMix Wave Inc.

U. S. Distributor: Bandai Entrainment

U. S. Release Date: April 26th, 2011

Format: DVD/ 65 minutes

Genre: Romance, Drama, Slice of Life

Age Rating: TV 13 +

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar Titles: Voices of a Distant Star

The speed that a Cherry Blossom Petal falls my seem short but in the heart of the young it can take an eternity fraught with plenty of regrets and longings.