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A SENTIENT FIGHTER PLANE FACES ITS MOST DANGEROUS MISSION IN GOOD LUCK, YUKIKAZE, NEW FROM VIZ MEDIA’S HAIKASORU IMPRINT

The Second Novel In The YUKIKAZE Series Blends Imaginative Hard Science Fiction Of Interstellar War With Reflections On Humanity’s Relationship With Technology

San Francisco, CA, June 29, 2011 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, brings the next chapter of author Ch?hei Kambayashi’s YUKIKAZE space war saga to North American readers with the publication of GOOD LUCK, YUKIKAZE, by the company’s Haikasoru imprint, on July 19^th. The new novel will carry an MSRP of $15.99 / $18.99 CAN. The digital book edition will also be available simultaneously.

Due Out in 2012

Takeru Sato will play Kenshin Himura, the samurai hero of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s popular Rurouni Kenshin manga (published here by Viz Media) in a live-action adaptation being produced by Warner Japan. Himura is a feared assassin who decides to spend the rest of his life as a wandering samurai who roams the countryside and protects the weak.  The Rurouni Kenshin manga, which includes 28 volumes, was one of the first titles that Viz Media consolidated for re-release.  The entire series was published in 9 Vizbig volumes that were released from 2008-2010.

OMAHA, NE – June 29, 2011 Anime NebrasKon is pleased to announce two new guests for 2011.  Keith Silverstein and Chris Sabat are officially confirmed as guest for Anime NebrasKon.

Keith Silverstein is a voice actor known for his work in anime and video games. In the video game world, Keith has worked on titles like “Transformers: War for Cybertron”, “Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty”, “Dynasty Warriors 7” and “World of Warcraft,” as well as his recurring roles as Zasalamel  in the “Soul Calibur” series, Hunk in the “Resident Evil “games, and Vector, The Crocodile in the “Sonic, The Hedgehog” series.  Keith is probably best known for his portrayal of Kimimaro on “Naruto.”  Current projects Keith is working on include “Bleach”, “Gundam Unicorn” and a number of secret, high profile video games yet to be announced.

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Title: Mameshiba: On The LOOSE!

Authors: Stories by James Turner/ Art by Jorge Monlongo/ Short stories by Gemma Correll/ Original Charters created by Sukwon Kim/ Original art direction by Shoko Watanabe

Distributor: Viz Media/ VizKids

American Release Date: July 5, 2011

Format: Comic Book (Left to right)

Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Animal, Kids

Publisher Age Rating: Not Rated

Personal Review Rating: C+

Similar Tittles: Meet Mameshiba

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La Quinta Camera: The Fifth Room

Author/Artist: Natsume Ono

Distributor: Viz Media (Viz Sig)

Release Date: July 19th, 2011

Format: Manga / 188 pages

Genre: Slice of Life

Age Rating: T for teen

Overall Personal Rating: B-

Similar Titles: Ristorante Paradiso, Gente

Synopsis:

Four middle aged men sharing an apartment in Italy where the fifth bedroom is rented out to exchange students from abroad. This is a series of short stories that cover the daily lives and interaction of these men and the students who have been lucky enough to be placed in their care.

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Title: Kekkaishi – Set One

Original Story: Yellow Tanabe (Shogakukan)

Director: Kodama Kenji (Sunrise)

American Publisher: Viz Media

American Release Date: June 21, 2011

Format and length: DVD, 13 episodes

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Shonen, Supernatural

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Titles in the Radius: Naruto, One Piece and Ranma ½

Protecting someone precious is a constant theme in shonen series and Kekkaishi explores this well trodden theme too. However, rather than feeling like its merely rehashing old worn-out conventions, Kekkaishi brings a mix of different genres into a great action series.

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WHAT:

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WHEN:

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WHERE:

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Rideback: Complete Series

Director: Atsushi Takahashi

Written By: Hideo Tkayashiki and Ken Lizuka

Studio: Madhouse

U.S Distributor: FUNimation

U. S. Release Date: June 28th, 2011

Format: DVD / 300 minutes

Genre: Sci Fi, Mecha, Political Drama

Age Rating:  TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Similar Titles: Full Metal Panic, Evangelion

In our youth we tend to believe that nothing will deter us from the path of our dreams. This is often not what fate has planned for us, things do happen that force us to redefine our existence.

HOUSTON, June 28th, 2011 – Section23 Films is pleased to announce the release of the most anticipated anime of the year! HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD. The uncensored Complete Collection is available on both DVD and Blu-Ray. On sale today!

Title:                 HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD COMPLETE COLLECTION

Running Time:   300 min.

Age Rating:       TV MA (V, S, D)

Language:         English & Japanese with English Subtitles

CAT:                 SF-HSD100

UPC:                814131015617

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Street Date:      6/28/2011

Format:             DVD

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Title: Rosario + Vampire: Season II volume 5

Manga Author: Akihisa Ikeda (Shueisha)

American Publisher: VIZ Media

American Release Date: July 5th, 2011

Age Rating: T+

Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Shonen, Supernatural

Overall Personal Rating: A-

Titles in the Radius: The Familiar of Zero, Ikkitousen, Magical Teacher Negima!, Mao Chan

While individuals may be exceptions, as a rule there is compelling evidence to show humans need to have someone or some group to persecute. Overcoming those negative stereotypes we’ve built up because of an incident, upbringing or ignorance can be difficult, but it is not impossible for those who want to try.

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Title: Naruto Vol. 51

Author: Masashi Kishimoto

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release date:  Jun 7 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Action, Adventure

Publisher Age Ratting: T (For teens)

Overall personal ratting: B-

Similar Series: Bleach, One Piece

The entire ninja world is chaos, with Sasuke attacking the Kage summit and Madara declaring war. Many of the great ninja nations want Sasuke dead but Naruto is still determined to save him.

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Panel, Screenings of REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA, SOUND OF THE SKY & more!  

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Title: Revolutionary Girl: Utena

Original Story: Chiho Saito (Shogakukan)

Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara (J.C.Staff)

American Publisher: Nozomi Entertainment

American Release Date: June 7, 2011

Format and length: DVD, 12 episodes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magical Girl, Romance

Overall Personal Rating: A+

Titles in the Radius: Magic Knight Rayearth, My HiME, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Sailor Moon

After Sailor Moon tied the popular style of shonen series popularized by Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac) many anime and manga titles aimed a female audiences that had elements that had traditionally been tied to only those titles aimed a males. Revolutionary Girl Utena is one of those titles.

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Tittle: Oresama Teacher

Artist/Author: Izumi Tsubaki

Distributor: Viz media

U.S. Release Date: June 5, 2011

Format: shonen-like shojo manga, 200 pages

Genre: Action, High School Gang Life and Slapstick Comedy

Publisher Age Rating: T for teen

Overall Personal Rating: C

Similar Titles: Tenjho Tengen, Air Gear

Also by the same author: The Magic Touch

In need of some decent food, tough girl Mafuyu heads back home for a visit and the conflicts begin immediately. Has she already become an outsider in her old neighborhood?

Synopsis:

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Kurozakuro Volume 5

Author/Artist: Yoshinori Natsume

Distributor: Viz Media

Release Date: July 12th, 2011

Format: Manga / 200 pages

Genre: Shonen, supernatural

Age Rating: T+ for Older Teen

Overall Personal Rating: B +

Synopsis:

Now that the White Fang has made into the inner sanctum of the secret base, they discover the true meaning of their existence. They find that being a hunter means that you are bound to your weapons and that your weapons are made from a sacred tree that eats the ogre seeds. The tree then provides the base material to create the weapons used to hunt living ogres down. The one terrible truth of this is that the hunters must bond with their weapons and through this symbioses they gradually become the very monsters they hunt.

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The Ballad of Narayama

Director: Shohei Imamura

Written by: Shichiro Fukazawa and Shohei Imamura

U.S. Distributor: AnimEigo

U.S. Release: 1984

Format: DVD / 130 minutes

Genre: Historical Slice of Life

Overall Personal Grade: A-

19th Century Japan may have been a somewhat romantic period in the large cities, but if you lived in a rural village things were very different.

Synopsis:

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Air Gear: The Complete Series S.A.V. E.

Director: Hajime Kamegaki

Written by: Ito “Oh! Great” Ogure

Studio: Toei Animation

U.S. Distributor: FUMimation

U.S Re-Release Date: May 24th, 2011

Format: DVD/ 650 minutes

Genre: Action, High School Gang Life and Comedy

Overall Personal Rating: C+

Similar Titles: Tenjho Tenge

He always knew that there was something in the sky that called him. There had to be a way to learn how to fly. Maybe, just maybe, the powerful Air Trecks, powered rollerblades, hold the key to that calling.

HOUSTON, June 23, 2011— Entertainment label Maiden Japan today announced its acquisition of the hit animated series HIMAWARI! Based on the teenage ninja manga sensation from the writer/artist team of GoDO and Tagro, HIMAWARI! was directed by Shigenori Kageyama (Fist of the North Star) with script supervision by Mamiko Ikeda (Sgt. Frog, Emma- A Victorian Romance) and character designs by Okama (Evangelion 1.0 & 2.0,) and Seiji Kishimoto (Elfen Lied, Cat Girl Nuku Nuku.)

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The August 1 issue of Hakusensha’s The Hana to Yume magazine announced on Saturday that Yoko Matsushita will resume the main series of her Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei) fantasy manga in the next issue. It has been over eight years since the last new chapter in the main series.

As previously announced, the same August 1 issue of The Hana to Yume also ran a Descendants of Darkness Special Edition (Yami no Matsuei: Tokubetsu-hen) chapter. Even though this chapter is not part of the main series, it is the first new story chapter for Descendants of Darkness since a supplement ran an installment in 2006′s sixth issue of the main Hana to Yume magazine, about five years ago. The August 1 issue also bundled a Descendants of Darkness book cover.

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Title: Kiddy Grade

Director: Keiji Gotoh

Studio: Gonzo

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

American Release Date: May, 10, 2011

Format: DVD/ 600 Minutes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction

Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal  Ratting: A

Similar Titles: Black Cat, Cowboy Bebop

Humanity is now spread across the galaxy and with so many people in this galaxy, trouble is sure to ensue. Eclair and Lumiere are ES members of The G.O.T.T., and dedicate their live to protecting the peace of the universe.

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