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Project Marks 20^th Anniversary of GONZO and New Chapter in Hit Anime Series

Flower Mound, Texas (June 22, 2011) – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced it has acquired the U.S. internet streaming and home video rights to the action adventure fantasy anime series “LASTEXILE – Fam, The Silver Wing – ” (also known as “Rasuto Eguzairu – Ginyoku no Famu”) from the legendary studio GONZO, the production team behind the “LASTEXILE” saga.

“LASTEXILE” is a Japanese animated television series created by GONZO which aired on TV Tokyo in 2003. This new “LASTEXILE” brings back director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, production designer Makoto Kobayashi but will be a new story with new main characters and production designs.

GRIMES, Iowa, June 22, 2011 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to present the ANIME TODAY Summer Event and to welcome Kim Groomes of Anime Expo 2011, AnimeCons.com founder Patrick Delahanty, and Robert Napton of Bandai Entertainment to episode 121 of Anime Today.

First up, Kim Groomes, the director of marketing for Anime Expo (AX), previews what fans attending the convention’s 20th anniversary event can expect to find, including guests of honor from the anime, manga, gaming and music industries, Hatsune Miku (and her entourage), the world premiere of the anime film LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing-, and much, much more.

MARDOCK SCRAMBLE: THE FIRST COMPRESSION Available on September 27^th.

HOUSTON, June 22, 2011 – Home video distributor Section23 Films today announced its September slate of releases; including the spectacular new trilogy, MARDOCK SCRAMBLE. The first movie will be released on DVD & Blu-Ray by Section23 client Sentai Filmworks.

Product details follow, in order of release

Coming September 2011

Title:                 TO LOVE RU COMPLETE COLLECTION

Published by:    Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by:  Section23 Films

Run Time:         650 min.

Street Date:      9/6/2011

Series Debuts on the Wii Console with Multiplayer Modes, Layered Hidden-Object Puzzles and a Spellbinding Storyline

 
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The rich mystery and puzzle-solving fun of Big Fish Games’ Mystery Case Files™ game series soon will be available on the Wii™ console for the first time. With the June 27 launch of the Mystery Case Files™: The Malgrave Incident™ game – available exclusively for Wii – players can enjoy a mysterious adventure in their own living rooms, as well as test their sleuthing skills together with up to three friends in new multiplayer modes. Solo or as a group, players of any experience level can solve their way through a series of fun hidden-object puzzles as they uncover the secret behind the peculiar purple substance scattered across the enigmatic Malgrave Island.

The Radius

Title: Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan vol. 3

“The Radius”:

Author/Artist: Hiroshi Shiibashi

Distributor: Viz Media

American Release Date: June 7, 2011

Format: Manga

Genre: Supernatural, Action, Comedy, Horror

Publisher Age Rating: T+ for older teen

Overall Personal Rating: B+

LOS ANGELES (June 21, 2011) — Anime Expo 2011 has announced Tetsuro Araki, Masayoshi Tanaka and Kentaro Hashimoto of Madhouse Studios as Guests of Honor. The trio will be present for a special July 2nd screening of the acclaimed zombie apocalypse series “HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD” and will host a creator’s panel at Anime Expo, when it returns to the L.A. Convention Center from July 1 – 4, 2011.

HOUSTON, June 20, 2011—Sentai Filmworks today announced the licensing of MARDOCK SCRAMBLE, a spectacular new trilogy of animated features based on the original novel by Tow Ubukata (Le Chevalier D’Eon.) An ultraviolent new franchise in which a murdered girl is transformed into a cybernetic grim reaper, the first film in the series will be directed by Susumu Kudo (He Is My Master, Mirage of Blaze) from screenplays by Ubutaka himself and with character designs by Jun Nakai (Sacred Blacksmith, Tokyo Majin) and Shingo Suzuki (Princess Lover.)

Four will be special guests at New York Anime Festival this Fall

Flower Mound, TX (June 21, 2011) – FUNimation^(R) Entertainment today announced the main cast for the fantasy action adventure series “Fairy Tail.” Joining Todd Haberkorn, who is playing the role of Natsu, are:

Tia Ballard                               as HAPPY

Colleen Clinkenbeard             ERZA

Cherami Leigh                        LUCY

Newton Pittman                      GRAY

R. Bruce Elliot                         MAKAROV

Monica Rial                             MIRAJANE

Christopher R. Sabat              ELFMAN

Tyler Walker is ADR Director.

Acclaimed Anime Thriller Presents A Psychological Crime Drama Of Conspiracy, Political Intrigue And Murder

VIZ Media continues to expand its anime offerings as it announces the launch of NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER on Netflix, the world’s leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. The complete 74-episode psychological suspense series will be available to watch instantly for members in the U.S. beginning June 20^th.

NAOKI URASAWA’S MONSTER (rated TV-MA, subtitled) is based on the critically acclaimed manga (graphic novel) series, also published in North America by VIZ Media, and will be presented uncut. The series joins several other popular VIZ Media anime titles such as BLEACH, DEATH NOTE, NARUTO, INUYASHA, and MÄR, which can now be instantly streamed from Netflix.

The Radius

Title: Excel Saga

Original Story: Rikdo Koshi (Shonen Gahosha)

Director: Shinichi Watanabe (J. C. Staff)

American Publisher: Funimation

Format and length: DVD, 26 episodes

Genres: Comedy, Parody, Sci-fi

Overall Personal Rating: A

In the Radius: Excel Saga (manga), Fooly Cooly, Hayate the Combat Butler, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenoboshi and Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei

“The Radius”:

Title: Meet Mameshiba!

Artist/Author: Gemma Correll/Carrie Shepherd

Distributor: Viz Kids

American release date: July 5 ,2011

Format and length: kid’s book, 96 pages

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: None

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Similar series or titles to check out: Mameshiba on the Loose

In Japanses Mame means “bean” (think edamame)  and Shiba means dog. Put the two together and you get a cute, funny looking creature. But wait, there’s more than just one, think of how many types of beans there are. Welcome to the large cast of the Mameshiba family.

“The Radius”:

Title: Chobits, The Complete Series

Artist/Author: Clamp

Distributor: FUNimation

American release date: May 10, 2011

Format and length: 4 DVD set,  24 episodes

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci Fi

Publisher/Industry Age Rating: TV 14

Overall Personal Rating: A

Similar series or titles to check out: The Chobits manga series

Personal computers have developed to the point of human companions called persocoms. They seem to be everywhere. When a country boy, Hideki Motosuwa, moves to the city to attend a college prep program, this emotional, enthusiastic, girl crazy, 18 year old longs to be able to afford a persocom for himself. The question will be, where is the line between human and machine?

” The Radius”

Name: Dragon Box Z Vol. 5

Director: Minoru Okazaki, and Daisuke Nishio

Studio: Toei Animation

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

American Release Date: April 26, 2011

Format: DVD/ 1050 minutes

Age Rating: TV PG

Overall Personal  Ratting: B+

Similar Titles: Dragon Ball, Naruto

Cell, the android created by Dr. Gero, has finally absorbed android 17 and 18 and has reached his perfect form. In this new form, are any of the  Z fighters a match for the powerful android? Is there any hope for the earth or are we all doomed?

“The Radius”

Title: Ooku: The Inner Chambers volume 6

Author: Fumi Yoshinaga (Hakusensha)

American Publisher: Viz Media

American Release Date: June 19, 2011

Age Rating: M

Format and length: Manga, 4 chapters

Genres: Drama, Historical fiction, Romance, Seinen

Overall Personal Rating: B

In the Radius: 20th Century Boys, Monster

How often have you tried to do something with good intentions only to see it twisted into something bad? How often do you want to undo something you did but feel that while its theoretically possible, you cannot do it for various reasons?

” The Radius”

Yu Yu Hakusho Ghostfiles The Complete First Season

Director: Akiyuki Arafusa, Noriyuki Abe

Studio: Studio Pierrot

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Re-release date: May 31st, 2011

Format: DVD / 620 minutes

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Shonen

Age Rating: TV PG

Overall Personal Rating: B

Before Ichigo and his cool demeanor, before Naruto and his goofy sense of duty to his friends who consistently pull off the win after several levels of beatings, there was the irrepressible Yusuke Urameshi, the punk who has become the icon of demon fighters.

Aniplex of America has officially registered the Madoka Magica USA domain as of June 9th. The American branch of Aniplex Japan, itself owned by Sony Corp previously confirmed that it was in negotiations for the deconstruction of the magical girl genre during previous panels at various conventions during the year. The show finished its run in April after being delayed due to the Tohoku earthquake in March. Registration of the domain does not exactly confirm the acquisition of the license, though Aniplex usually registers domains for shows it plans to release on its own rather than relying on a sublicensor such as Funimation, Bandai or Sentai Filmworks.

news provided by Variety

The American cable television network Starz has green-lit a remake of the 2001 television anime series Noir as a live-action series. Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, The Evil Dead, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Xena, Priest, Legend of the Seeker) and Rob Tapert (The Evil Dead, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Xena, Legend of the Seeker) have been developing the project as executive producers since at least last year.

In the original anime, two female assassins come together to work on missions while they uncover their past and their connection with each other.

” The Radius”

Tenchi Muyo Ryo Ohki Anime Classic

Director: Kenichi Yatani

Studio: AIC

U.S. Distributor: FUNimation

U.S. Re-release date: June 7th, 2011

Format: DVD / 225 minutes

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Harem

Age Rating: TV PG

Overall Personal Rating: B+

Just think, you are a teenage boy who is currently living with 5 women who all have designs on you. Then it seems as though they just keep coming, every time you turn around there is another women who is after your attention. To top it all off, there is a universe destroying being that is interested in taking out you and everything you know.

News provided by Humberto Saabedra

In a statement to the press on Friday, representatives from Studio Ghibli expressed a desire to produce a feature film without the aid of nuclear power following the unraveling of TEPCO and the ensuing media firestorm that ensued and still continues as a result of the regulator’s failings to directly and honestly report the activities in the Fukushima power plant in the wake of the March 11th Tohoku earthquake to the media and those directly affected.

Title: Urusei Yatsura
Original Story: Rumiko Takahashi (Shogakukan)
Studio: Kitty Films
American Publisher: AnimEigo
Format and length: DVD, 5 movies
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-fi
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Titles in the Radius: Inukami!, Ranma ½ and Rosario + Vampire

Ataru and Lum continue their electrifying relationship with six Urusei Yatsura movies, five of which are contained in the box set (the fifth was previously released by Central Park Media).