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SyCoNet.com Announces the Resignation of co-CEO

posted on 2001-02-22 21:46 EST

Ross Rojek, co-CEO of SyCoNet.com, has stepped down from his position for "personal reasons". This internal shuffle has not affected Mr. William Spears, SyCoNet's CEO, or Mr. Larry Hineline, Chairman of the Board. SyCoNet distributes anime through Anime Depot. Source: Yahoo

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Producer Masakazu Kubo on Making an Anime for Hardcore Golf Fans

May 6, 09:00 anime

Producer Masakazu Kubo shares the animation team's dedication to realism, including bringing in a pro golfer to produce the anime's sound effects. ― 64-year-old Masakazu Kubo has been planning and producing anime for decades. He's had a major hand in everything from Pokémon and Detective Conan to Teasing Master Takagi-san and Dorohedoro. Recently, he sat down with us to talk about Tonbo!, his attemp...

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Ema Toyama's Vampire Dormitory Manga Ends in June

May 6, 01:08

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Manga creator publishes last chapter in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine on June 3 ― The June issue of Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine announced on Thursday that it will publish the final chapter of Ema Toyama's Vampire Dormitory manga on June 3 in the magazine's July issue. Toyama launched the manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine in November 2018. The manga went on hiatus after its "first part" ended i...

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Bakemonogatari Manga Artist 'Oh! great' Launches New Manga

May 4, 12:54

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Kaijin Fugeki manga launches on May 29 ― Manga creator Oh! great announced on Tuesday that he will launch a new manga titled Kaijin Fugeki in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine on May 29. A Twitter account for the manga also debuted on the same day. Oh! great launched a manga adaptation of NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari novels (pictured at right) in Weekly Shonen Magazine in March 2018, and ended it in Ma...

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The ANN Aftershow - I Support Falin's Crimes

May 3, 16:00 anime

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Nude Model: Tsubasa Yamaguchi Short Stories Manga Review

May 3, 12:00

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Each story is like a dark portal into a realm of human sexuality that society usually sweeps under the rug, but I can't look away. ― Nude Model delivers on the promise of its lurid title. This manga, consisting of three equally intense short stories, is charged with eroticism and danger, with epiphanies lurking around every corner. Created by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, Nude Model is nothing like her most wel...

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This Week in Games - EVO Japan 2024: You Ain't From Chicago If You Ain't Broken exA Before!

May 3, 10:30

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Find out about the young star who set the internet aflame and walked away with two medals. Plus: Thousand-Year Door updates, a new HunterxHunter game, and Miku! ― Welcome back, folks! As is my wont, I'd like to plug my El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster that went up earlier this week... but I've also got the disappointing news that Megaton Musashi W: Wired finally released in the US la...

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May 3, 09:00 anime

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This Week in Anime - Is The Anime Girl Band Era Here?

May 2, 15:00

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Chris and Nick put on their headphones and dust off their vinyl records for a look at this season's guitar-strumming, mic-swinging girl groups. ― Chris and Nick put on their headphones and dust off their vinyl records for a look at this season's guitar-strumming, mic-swinging girl groups. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News...

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SyCoNet.com Announces the Resignation of co-CEO