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Announcing MTAC 2004

posted on 2003-07-28 01:11 EDT by Jonathan Mays

The fourth annual Middle Tennessee Anime Convention will be held at the Radisson Hotel Nashville Airport April 2^nd-4^th, 2004. Guest announcements are forthcoming.

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Demon Slayer Is Now the #1 Film From 2020 Worldwide

May 10, 00:47

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1st non-Hollywood, non-U.S. film to win annual crown in cinema history ― The Numbers website updated its list of the highest-earning films worldwide in 2020, and the Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train anime now stands at #1 with a worldwide tally of US$474.6 million. The film earned the equivalent of US$435 million outside the United States, and US$39.6 million in the United Sta...

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Sachi's Monstrous Appetite GN 1

May 9, 12:00

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manga

Sachi – who wears a human form most of the time and is romantically attracted to Makie as well as attracted to his scent – seems safe, there's still the ever-present danger of her giving into her hunger and consuming him. ― Much like a well-stuffed bento box, there's a lot to unpack in Chomoran's Sachi's Monstrous Appetite. It is at once a supernatural romcom, a monster girl story, a food series, and...

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Toei Announces New Dragon Ball Super Anime Film for 2022

May 9, 08:35

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Original creator Akira Toriyama writes screenplay, designs characters ― Toei Animation officially confirmed on Sunday that it is developing a second anime film in the Dragon Ball Super franchise with a planned release in 2022. Toei Animation Europe had briefly listed a new film in the franchise earlier this week. Original creator Akira Toriyama is in charge of the screenplay and character design. Tor...

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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TV Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2022

May 9, 08:30

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Announced during day 2 of 3rd live concert run ― The second day of the "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 3rd Live! School Festival ~Yume no Hajimari~" concerts announced on Sunday that a second Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club anime season has been green-lit for a 2022 broadcast. The first season premiered on the Tokyo MX channel as well as on the Bandai Channel, Line Live, and ...

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Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2

May 8, 12:00

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anime

Season two has ideas about storytelling in sports that it earnestly wants to use its cartoon horse documentary structure to explore. ― The first season of Uma Musume Pretty Derby can take a bit of getting used to with the terms it wants to be engaged on in order to get into, to let yourself have fun with it. Similarly, Season 2 has a bit of its own circumstances that viewers have to understand going ...

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A Collab with Real IMPACT: Bershka x EVANGELION

May 8, 00:00

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Give your wardrobe a '90s reboot with Bershka's latest mini capsule inspired by a popular Japanese anime ― Give your wardrobe a '90s reboot with Bershka's latest mini capsule inspired by a popular Japanese anime. EVANGELION is a medium-defining franchise. Even 25 years after Shinji first got in the robot, the latest EVANGELION film is finding new records to break in the Japanese box office, and lifel...

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This Week in Games - The Abyss Beckons

May 7, 15:30

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Companies that have dealt with Apple and/or Epic – which is roughly 98% of the game industry – are scrambling to make sure these two firms don't accidentally leak stuff while they engage in their courtroom slapfight. Comedy all around! ― Hi again! It's another interesting week of gaming news… though, if I really wanted to, I could probably just write a whole column about the Epic vs. Apple court proc...

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Maison Ikkoku GN 3

May 7, 15:00

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Stagnation, wheel-spinning, episodic shenanigans – whatever you choose to call it, every shakeup of the love triangles in volume three of Maison Ikkoku ends up settling right back into the status quo, with little major character development to show for it. ― In every long-running romantic comedy, there's bound to be a volume or two where there's no forward momentum. Stagnation, wheel-spinning, episod...

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Best Anime Dubs You Can Watch Right Now (Spring 2021)

May 7, 10:00

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anime

A lot of you seemed to liked when we broke down what we considered to be solid English dubs for some weekly seasonal anime. So we'll do our best to highlight the attention that we think these new shows deserve. ― Hey everyone, it's AJ from the Cartoon Cipher and a lot of you seemed to like the last bit of coverage we did for Anime News Network where we broke down what we considered to be solid Engli...

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This Week in Anime - The Tokyo Ghoul OAVs Are a Gory-Good Time

May 6, 14:00

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Bon appétit, Tokyo Ghoul fans! Funimation dropped the two side story OAVs on its service recently so we had Nicky and Steve dust off their best masks to revisit some our favorite flesh-eaters. ― Bon appétit, Tokyo Ghoul fans! Funimation dropped the two side story OAVs on its service recently so we had Nicky and Steve dust off their best masks to revisit some our favorite flesh-eaters. This series is...

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BFI Film Classics: Grave of the Fireflies

May 6, 12:00

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novels

Alex Dudok de Wit's analysis argues that to see the film as nothing more than an emotionally manipulative weepy is to ignore Takahata's original vision for the piece–that the children's fates were in part a result of selfishness. ― If you ask most anime viewers, Isao Takahata's 1988 World War Two film Grave of the Fireflies is the saddest movie released by Studio Ghibli. While this is largely true – ...

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Alex Dudok de Wit, Author of BFI Classics: Grave of the Fireflies

May 6, 09:00

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anime novels

Dudok de Wit delves into Grave of the Fireflies' production, the modification of Akiyuki Nosaka original story, and whether the film reflects a mentality that Japan was the "victim" in World War II. ― Alex Dudok de Wit's new book study of Isao Takahata's Grave of the Fireflies is published in the British Film Institute's BFI Film Classics range, and offers a fresh appraisal of one of the most acclaim...

News Announcing MTAC 2004

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Announcing MTAC 2004