| 12:26pm | Anime on XBOX Live Marketplace | | | | Xbox 360 gamers will soon be able to download anime to their consoles via XBOX Live Marketplace according to Hollywood Reporter. Starz Media has inked a deal with Microsoft to include many of their properties, including non-anime titles. |
| 2:23pm | The next Incarnation of SoundWave? | | | | With Transformers enjoying international success the popular concensus is that there will be at least one sequel (we demand it. But the hardcore Transformers fans are still wondering why SoundWave, one of the most popular Decepticons, hasn't been included. The movie producers said they just couldn't... |
| 8:17pm | When are you too old to cosplay? | | | | I was trolling about on the internet as usual on Sunday, and spotted on article about an anime picnic in Westmount, Australia. The article mentioned that a lot of the attendees dressed up as their favorite anime characters, but a few of the attendees noted that it isn't too common to see someone in... |
| 11:51am | Transformers...holy crap | | | | I saw Transformers late last night. It was a late viewing, at 11:30 pm. I didn't go home until 2:30am. I write this post, red-eyed and weary, to say quite plainly that Transformers is one of the greatest action movies of all time. |
| 12:35pm | And the Nobel Prize for Manga goes to.... | | | | 43 year old Lee Chi Ching from Hong Kong was won Japan's first International Manga Award - which manga enthusiast and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso called a "Nobel Prize" for manga when he announced the competition last year. |
| 12:26pm | Study for the SAT with Warcraft Manga | | | | Well, this one takes today's award for oddest news. Apparently Tokyopop and Kaplan have published a Warcraft-themed manga that features more than 300 words that frequently show up on the SATs and ACTs. I applaud the effort to help kids get their edumacation, but I think they missed the mark on this... |
| 11:43am | Transformers: The Game Trailer! | | | | GamePro has posted the entire cinematic of opening of the upcoming Transformers game. It's great. Go watch it. Seriously. |
| 9:57pm | Eyeshield 21 coming to the US | | | | ViZ Media and Cartoon Network have teamed up to bring super-popular football (real football, not soccer) series Eyshield 21 to the US of A. The best of this news? It's also going to be featured on NFLRush.com, the NFL's kid-centric web presence. That's right; the NFL is getting into anime folks. ... | | |
| 9:15pm | IGN's Manga Fighter Interview | | | | The folks at IGN were able to set up a question and answer session with two of the folks on the Mange Fighter team: Phil Kim, the Director of the development team, and Kevin Sugimoto, the Project Manager. I still don't see anything that makes this title worthy of having the word manga in it, but |
| 2:15pm | IGN's Manga Fighter Interview | | | | The folks at IGN were able to set up a question and answer session with two of the folks on the Mange Fighter team: Phil Kim, the Director of the development team, and Kevin Sugimoto, the Project Manager. I still don't see anything that makes this title worthy of having the word manga in it, but it... |
| 6:45pm | More Gunslinger Girl to be released! | | | | Apparently, Marvelous Entertainment's 2006-2007 financial report reveals that a sequel is in the works for its hit series Gunslinger Girl. |
| 9:54am | First HD anime DVD announced for U.S. | | | | Bandai Visual has announced that the OVA Freedom will be the first anime to come to the US in a hi-definition format. It's also being released in the United States first, then in Japan. Does this mark a big change in how the Japanese Anime producers treat North American audiences? |
| 2:00pm | New trailer for the Clone Wars series | | | | Unless you've been under a rock somewhere you know that there is a new CG animated Star Wars: Clone Wars series coming to a TV screen near you. LucasFilm just released a new trailer for all the world to see. |
| 3:54pm | Shojo Beat: Manga for the Ladies | | | | Playback:stl has a nice piece on Shojo Beat, a monthly manga magazine targeted for the young ladies. The article includes an interview with Jenifer Morgan, Magazine Managing Editor for Shojo Beat. |
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