Newsroom - April 2007
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Competition winner announced! (11:53 ) AAA Anime to Exclusively Distribute Haruhi Character CD Vol.#2 (11:00 ) Haré+Guu Deluxe Volume One Available May 1st (10:19 ) Voltron Forces Gaogaigar on DVD Hiatus (06:37 ) Rental Magica, Sketchbook to Become Television Anime (06:17 ) GyaO Offers Anime on Net Streaming Box for Japanese TVs (04:18 ) Tekkon Kinkreet's NA Home Video and Manga This September (03:33 ) Heroes' Masi Oka Acknowledges Anime, Manga Influences (03:01 ) Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 [9] New York Anime Festival Announces Programming Manager (16:32 ) Tokio Vocalist to Make Anime Debut in BONES' Stranger (14:02 ) Toon Disney Licenses 5th Digimon Series for Fall 2007 (12:35 ) EigoMANGA Produces the Anime Pavilion at the Third Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration (11:30 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, April 18-24 (11:14 ) Playlist Magazine Covers Online Anime in North America (10:35 ) Gundam Wields Beam Saber with Wii Remote July 26 (09:47 ) 160 North American Screens Signed Up for Naruto Movie (04:16 ) Shueisha Light-Novel Author Mugen Passes Away at 47 (04:01 ) Tuesday, Apr 24, 2007 [14] Japanese Game Ranking, April 9-15 (23:57 ) Dengeki Movie Festival Opens; Press Conference Held (16:36 ) Anime News Network Australia Giving Away Tickets to a Night in Fantasia (15:46 ) Fafner and Evangelion Anime Go Online (14:44 ) ADV Announces June 26 Releases (14:01 ) Avril Lavigne on Anime Network Mobile (13:51 ) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3(TM) Deluxe Edition Announced (13:43 ) Movement-Based Gundam Game for 904i Debuts (13:19 ) Win a Night in Fantasia in Melbourne extended (12:54 ) Two New Manga/Novel Magazines Starting in Japan (06:50 ) Japan Spent 94 Billion Yen on Anime DVDs in 2006 (06:46 ) New Boys-Love Mag Features Kizuna Creator, FAKE Sequel (06:37 ) Bishoujo Game "Yume Miru Kusuri :: A Drug That Makes You Dream" Now Shipping (03:17 ) Forthcoming Book Looks at Origins of Manga (02:39 ) Monday, Apr 23, 2007 [17] FUNimation Sends BECK (Anime) on Summer Con Tour (23:54 ) Manga Comes to the (New York Public) Library (21:01 ) Japanese Minister to French Presidential Hopeful: "Read More Manga" (19:21 ) Famous Cosplayer Blogs about Yaoi in the USA (18:59 ) Sales Campaign for Female Otaku-Themed Books Starts (17:51 ) Anime Expo Hosts Death Note Anime Director, Designer (15:14 ) BusinessWeek Spotlights Manhwa's International Rise (14:35 ) Anime Expo® 2007 Receives Death Notes (13:41 ) Otomo's Shin SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai Screens May 19 (13:28 ) Young King Ours+ Manga Magazine Ceases Publication (12:38 ) North American Premiere: Tekkonkinkreet at the MoMA (12:28 ) Florida Supercon (June 22-24, 2007) Adds Rikki Simons, Greg Horn, George Lowe & Dana Snyder (12:19 ) Australian "Tales from Earthsea" website now live (10:44 ) Robotech: The New Generation, Coming to Mobile Phones From Airborne Entertainment (10:01 ) Second Genshiken Series to Air This Fall in Japan (06:47 ) Japanese Box Office: April 21-22 (06:06 ) MACHINAE SUPREMACY to Perform Dancing Mad (04:36 ) Sunday, Apr 22, 2007 [4] Tokyo Anime Fair 2008 Launches Mascot Character Contest (22:41 ) Kitty Media Explains Editing of Adult Anime DVD (22:39 ) The Spring 2007 Anime Preview Guide (22:01 ) Win a Night in Fantasia, In Melbourne. (10:16 ) Saturday, Apr 21, 2007 [7] GONZO's Romeo × Juliet Streaming Online for Free (17:01 ) Anime Boston Panel Reports (12:31 ) Anime Boston: Geneon Announces The Familiar of Zero (11:11 ) I.G Hosts Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui Interview, Part 2 (08:48 ) Otomo's Freedom Recruits Another Hikaru Utada Single (08:33 ) Vertical to Expand Lineup with Modern Manga Imprint (07:41 ) First Kyo Kara Maoh! OVA to Debut in Japan October 26 (02:41 ) Friday, Apr 20, 2007 [13] Free Give-Away for San Jose Concert Announced (23:09 ) Anime Boston: ADV Films Licenses Innocent Venus (18:00 ) ADV Acquires Innocent Venus (18:00 ) Swinging Popsicle Adds Show In NYC – June 19 (17:54 ) Anime Boston 2007 (17:09 ) Viz Media Licenses Naruto™ to Chilevision (14:40 ) Japanese Anime DVD Ranking, April 11-17 (11:05 ) Geneon Gets Best Independent Award from Retail Group (10:33 ) Weekly Shonen Magazine Circulation Drops Under 2M (10:32 ) Newtype USA Looking for In-House Japanese Translator (09:40 ) Tekkonkinkreet to Screen in NY, Honolulu, LA, Portland (09:14 ) "Surreal" Online Japanese Manga Becomes Comedy DVD (00:59 ) Follow Up: Denno Coil Trailer Online (00:58 ) Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 [13] Anime Pavilion's Anime Festival (21:36 ) AniRave Music LLC Releases New Album: “Hope” (18:06 ) Japanese, World Manga Nominated for 2007 Eisner Awards (17:17 ) USA Today Booklist, April 9-15: Fruits Basket Sets New Record (12:40 ) Japanese Anime TV Ranking, April 9-15 (12:02 ) Takashi Miike Helming Live-Action Crows Prequel (10:10 ) A Night in Fantasia starts Tonight! (10:06 ) Captain Baseball Manga Goes Live-Action in August (09:23 ) Lost's Matthew Fox Vying to Play Speed Racer's Racer X (08:39 ) Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms goes to Cannes (04:24 ) Asahi Shimbun Looks at New Gosho Aoyama Museum (04:08 ) Live-Action/Anime Hybrid Hood of Horror to Open May 4 (03:53 ) Anime Evolution Announces 2007 Dates and First Guests (01:51 ) Wednesday, Apr 18, 2007 [13] The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Logo T-Shirts Available May 29 (21:46 ) Critical Mass Video Announces July 31 Release of G-TASTE: HEAT WAVE (21:22 ) Right Stuf & Kadokawa Pictures USA Announce THE THIRD, Vol. 1 for July 31 (19:55 ) Robotech DVD news (18:58 ) Manga Creator Kaoru Shibayama Passes Away at 43 (17:58 ) Peach-Pit's Zombie-Loan Anime to Air July 2007 (16:05 ) Minneapolis/St. Paul Film Fest to Show Paprika April 20 (15:47 ) Appleseed Movie Sequel Slated for Fall 2007 (13:25 ) Namco Bandai's Most Renowned Ninja Returns to the PlayStation(R)2 in Naruto(TM): Uzumaki Chronicles(TM) 2 (13:10 ) Japan to Create Drama, Anime Database for Foreigners (11:16 ) 3000 Attend "Funeral" for Fist of the North Star's Raoh (10:18 ) Japanese Comic Ranking, April 11-17 (09:17 ) PW Comics Week Interviews Shojo Beat Editor-in-Chief (08:28 ) Tuesday, Apr 17, 2007 [12] Robotech to Attend 3rd Annual China International Cartoon & Animation Festival (21:08 ) Magazines Dedicated to Anime Music Appear in Japan (17:26 ) Tokyo FM Sponsors Moe-Fes 2007 Event (17:02 ) VIZ Media Presents Exciting Properties at 2007 MIPTV (13:48 ) Namco Bandai's Eureka Seven(TM) Vol. 2: The New Vision(TM) Glides Its Way into Retail (13:08 ) Madman announcements from Supanova Brisbane 07 (12:31 ) Japanese Anime DVD Ranking, April 4-10 (11:17 ) 2EastMusic Hosts Songwriting Workshop at Anime Boston (10:16 ) Media Blasters Picks Up Space Pirate Mito Sequel (09:04 ) Maison Ikkoku Live-Action TV Gets Release Date (08:34 ) Anime Boston Announces Premieres (08:33 ) Hajime no Ippo Super-Collection in the Works (08:28 ) Monday, Apr 16, 2007 [16] “HARO: Tale of the Western Country” Released on DLSite.com (20:06 ) DramaQueen April News (19:55 ) ImaginAsian TV Launches Classic Anime Block with TMS Entertainment (18:18 ) Oshii Films at South Korea's Jeonju Int'l Film Fest (17:09 ) Death Note Films' U.S. Premieres at Newport Beach Fest (16:20 ) Japan Post Announces Next Anime Stamp Series (15:51 ) Miyori no Mori Anime Announced (14:56 ) Poll: How Should Funimation Release One Piece? (fixed) (14:25 ) VIZ Media Acquires Blue Dragon Anime (13:59 ) Broadcast and DVD Release of Orguss, Nobody's Boy Remi and Cat's Eye coming from ImaginAsian (13:10 ) Paprika to screen at Californian film festival April 24 (13:02 ) VIZ Media Named Master Licensor for Blue Dragon™ Anime Series (12:37 ) Japanese Box Office: April 14-15 (12:36 ) Manifest Opens Registration for 2007 (12:25 ) Season Two of Ah! My Goddess Premieres May 3 on Anime Network (12:21 ) Pop Japan Travel Grounds This Year's Operations (11:17 ) Sunday, Apr 15, 2007 [3] "Gundam World" Debuts in Japanese Theme Park (19:24 ) Sony Pictures' Animax TV Gains Foothold in Europe (09:07 ) Japanese Science Fiction Con Award Nominees Announced (08:21 ) Saturday, Apr 14, 2007 [1] Update: Sarah Brightman's Page Hosts Pokémon Trailer (00:02 ) Friday, Apr 13, 2007 [12] Soprano Sarah Brightman Sings 10th Pokémon Movie Theme (20:09 ) Production I.G Hosts Interview with Composer Yoko Kanno (19:15 ) Anime Expo 2007 Announces ORESKABAND as First Japanese Guests of Honor (16:12 ) Oreskaband To Attend Anime Expo® 2007 As Official Guests Of Honor (15:25 ) April Madman Acquisitions (11:33 ) Japanese Game Ranking, April 2-8 (11:22 ) Not So Daily Link of the Day: Hare Hare Yukai in Akihabara (11:03 ) X JAPAN Founder Yoshiki to Launch Jrock Revolution in Los Angeles (09:44 ) Christina Ricci to Play Heroine Trixie in Speed Racer Movie (09:43 ) Cafe Marks Kitaro Horror Premiere with Eyeball Drink (09:42 ) Christina Ricci to Star in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' ''Speed Racer'' (01:30 ) Funimation Acquires One Piece (01:04 ) Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 [16] Online Manga Rental for PC (23:36 ) Yoshiki and 4 Fini Surge Forward with Multi-Artist Festival, May 25-26 (23:30 ) Bandai Entertainment Inc. Announces Zegapain (22:58 ) Update: Utena Movie on FUNimation Channel's VOD, Not Broadcast (20:07 ) DMGI Acquires Gigantor for Digital Release (20:06 ) FUNimation's FUNiGIRL program - First Party of 2007 at Anime Boston (18:21 ) Viz Pictures Releases Critically Acclaimed Linda Linda Linda On Dvd (17:33 ) Anime Vegas Convention 2007 (11:27 ) DMGI Announces New Kids Video Content Acquisitions (11:07 ) Turner Classic Movies to Air Spirited Away on June 3 (10:02 ) Megazone 23 Celebrates 23rd Anniversary with Live Event (09:54 ) Yen Press releases With the Light (09:52 ) Original Manga, Manga Cookbook, Gift Books in the Works from Japanime (09:51 ) USA Today Booklist: Naruto, Bleach, Fruits Basket (09:48 ) Ring's Hideo Nakata to Helm Death Note Spinoff (09:47 ) HP Sponsors “ComiIdol 2007” & Voting Starts! (07:04 ) Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 [14] Namco Bandai Brings Naruto to American, European PSPs (22:58 ) AnimeTV™ Announces a Kiss of Paradise (15:20 ) Diamond & Pearl Prerelease Tournaments (15:16 ) Madhouse News from TAF 2007 (15:12 ) Japanese Comic Ranking (15:08 ) Platform Animation Festival Announces Films and Installations (13:53 ) NAMCO BANDAI Delivers Team-Based Combat to the PSP in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes (13:32 ) Seeking Central Florida Cosplayers for an Upcoming Film Project (12:15 ) Lamento PVC Statue and CD Sets – CD Details Announced (10:27 ) Nikkatsu Establishes Subsidiary in Los Angeles (10:02 ) Madman announces winners of "Design A Tee" competition (06:00 ) Reminder: Supanova Brisbane this Weekend (06:00 ) FanimeCon Announces 5 More Guests (04:11 ) Studio 4℃ Sets Genius Party Release Dates (02:46 ) Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 [16] Fans Confront Bandai Visual About Pricing (23:22 ) FUNimation Channel Adds CPM Titles, New Live-Action Show (22:07 ) Robotech's Carl Macek on Live Online/Telephone Talk Show April 14 (21:18 ) Oricon: #1 Manga Mag for Japanese Girls Is…Shonen Jump (21:04 ) FUNimation Channel Adds Anime from Central Park Media (19:05 ) Yamato USA: Creators' Labo #05: Mine Blue #10 (‘See-Through’ White) (19:01 ) Boys-Love Publisher LEAF Files for Bankruptcy (14:05 ) VIZ Media Signs New Publishers In Mexico and Brazil for Naruto (13:05 ) Sakura Matsuri 2007 (13:00 ) Poll: What do you think of Moe? (12:11 ) Go! Comi, Diamond Renew Booktrade Agreement (09:46 ) Yatterman, Gatchaman Live-Action Movies Green-Lit (08:54 ) Animania Festival Sydney Wrapup (06:00 ) April MOC Meeting (06:00 ) Bandai Namco's Plex Offers 1/60 Wooden Gundams (01:51 ) Bandai: Capsule Toys Are a 31-Billion-Yen Business (01:50 ) Monday, Apr 9, 2007 [10] Website Opens for TIFFCOM, TPG Media Market Events (15:49 ) UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Season 3 Premieres on Anime Network (12:37 ) Japanese Government Hires Detective Conan for PR Campaign (12:33 ) ADV Announces June 12 Releases (11:51 ) Fullmetal Alchemist Movie Screening in Houston (11:23 ) Japanese Box Office Update (11:15 ) Brave Story at Tribeca Film Festival (10:05 ) TMS Reanimates Buzzer Beater for July Debut (09:13 ) DC Anime Club Seeking Artist [Updated] (08:14 ) VIZ Media Announces Manga Debuts for 2Q 2007 (04:08 ) Sunday, Apr 8, 2007 [3] Manga section in the Bristol Comics Expo (21:13 ) Funeral Planned for Fist of the North Star's Raoh (17:31 ) Sakura-Con Announcements (17:27 ) Saturday, Apr 7, 2007 [2] Best Wishes for the Easter Season (13:55 ) Jacon 2007 Announces Guest Lineup (03:57 ) Friday, Apr 6, 2007 [7] Freecon This Weekend (18:20 ) Anime Expo Announces Prizes for Pre-Registrants (13:28 ) Newtype Announces New Clamp Manga (12:07 ) Gedo Senki DVD Information Announced (12:07 ) Shueisha to Launch New Monthly Magazine (11:17 ) Hey, Answerman! hiatus (04:02 ) Free Ohio Convention Presented by Anime in Northeast Ohio (00:06 ) Thursday, Apr 5, 2007 [3] Aoi House Flash Animation Included On Newtype USA DVD (14:45 ) New CLAMP manga to debut in Newtype USA! (14:44 ) Geneon Solicits El Hazard, The Hakkenden, Strawberry Eggs and Strawberry Marshmallow Re-releases (09:45 ) Wednesday, Apr 4, 2007 [16] MELL Live in Concert at A-Kon (21:59 ) Errata: Lead Designer did not recently leave ADV (14:51 ) FanimeCon Announces Lineup for MusicFest 2007 (14:05 ) Anime Boston Announces More Guests (13:56 ) Anime Boston announces final round of guests (13:51 ) Bobobo-bo Bobo-bo to Air on Jetix UK (13:49 ) Anime Expo Announces Anime Idol Contest (13:28 ) Otakon Announces Fred Gallagher as Guest of Honor (13:27 ) Live Action Akihabara Trilogy Concludes with "Pretty Maid Cafe" in June (10:08 ) Errata: Ohzora Publication Names (08:28 ) Aurora confirms manga licenses (08:21 ) Production I.G interviews Blood+ animation director (08:21 ) Reed unveils New York Anime Festival (08:20 ) Live-action Cutey Honey extras finalised (08:18 ) SMASH launches new website and information (06:00 ) Bandai Visual USA Announces Release Dates (00:00 ) Tuesday, Apr 3, 2007 [5] ADV Announces June 5 Releases (15:38 ) Kurau Phantom Memory Premieres April 5 on Anime Network! (15:33 ) Anime Expo 2007 Goes Bang Zoom! (15:25 ) DMP licenses Megami DX, Garden Dreams (10:06 ) Susan Sarandon and John Goodman Lined up for Speed Racer (10:04 ) Monday, Apr 2, 2007 [5] Illumitoons DVD Replacement Offer (14:18 ) Bleach TCG Website Live (13:44 ) Japanese Box Office Update (13:37 ) Platinum 30 Million Yen Gundam (13:32 ) Madman news update, delays and savings! (06:00 ) 2006 [2761] 2005 [2814] 2004 [1990] 2003 [1562] 2002 [1463] 2001 [1453] 2000 [722]
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