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New Anime Releases 08/02/2010 Sun, 7 Feb 2010
New releases for Monday:


(Blu-Ray) Dante's Inferno
RRP: £19.99



   
Blue Dragon: Complete Series
RRP: £39.99

 


Dante's Inferno
RRP: £14.99


   

Death Note: Relight Vol.1
RRP: £14.99

 
Marvel + Madhouse = X-men / Blade Marvel animes Thu, 4 Feb 2010
Marvel and Madhouse joined again to release 2 more titles of their "Marvel Anime" series. The new additions will be X-men and Blade, which will join Iron Man and Wolverine. Each title will consist of 3 episodes and will be aired at Animax. A worldwide release is in the plans, although no information on a UK release is available at the moment.

From AnimeAnime
Related: Madhouse Studios
Alcon 2010 Thu, 4 Feb 2010
Alcon is a 700-person anime convention running from Thursday 9th - Sunday 12th September 2010 at De Montfort University in Leicester. It's a four day event and all for £25. On site accommodation at £24 a night is also available. You can go check it out and register for the event at http://www.alcon.org.uk (18+ only) You won't have to pay until the end of April.
EVENTS
Over FIFTY events planned over the four-days. To name a few:
- A Party every night
- Japanese Cooking workshops
- BJD workshops, cosplay talks
- Cosplay masquerade
- Pub Quiz (£50 prize to the winning team!)
- Cosplay Showdown (£50 prize to the winning team!)
- AMV Night
- Abridged Screenings
- Iron Artist
- Over a dozen Video Gaming tournaments with prizes (including Street Fighter IV)
- Yaoi/Yuri/Hentai panels
- Cosplay and BJD Picnics with free food and drink
- Live Music & Bands to attend

MORE TO COME!
- At least one big-name Voice Actor to be announced.
- Well loved guests, panelists & bands to attend and give talks/Q&As.
- More events to be announced! We are taking suggestions and ideas all the time!
- Keep up to date with all the latest happenings on the Alcon forums at http://www.animeleague.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=20

DETAILS
Website: http://www.alcon.org.uk
Forums: http://www.animeleague.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=20
Email: info@alcon.org.uk
Location: De Montfort University, Leicester
Dates: 9th-12th September 2010
Price: £25 in total for the four days.

From Alcon Press release
Warner releases another clip for Halo Legends Thu, 4 Feb 2010


1:47-second clip from "The Babysitter" episode of "Halo Legends." "The Babysitter" was animated by Studio 4oC under the creative supervision of director Toshiyuki Kanno and producer Eiko Tanaka.

"Halo Legends," an all-new, CG and traditional anime PG-13 experience that presents enthralling new stories from one of the world's most popular video game franchises, will be distributed February 16, 2010 by Warner Home Video as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as single disc DVD, On Demand and Digital Download.

"The Babysitter" focuses on the intense rivalry between the ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers) and the Spartans. When given an assignment to assassinate a high-ranking Covenant Prophet, a four-man team of ODSTs must accept a Spartan Sniper to their strike force. Each discipline learns something important about the other as the mission progresses into hostile territory - and old rivalries must be reexamined if the mission is to succeed. The episode emphasizes the differences in ability and style between the two soldier types, and features a few familiar faces - Dutch from Halo 3: ODST and his teammates Private O'Brien, Master Sergeant Cortez and Corporal Checkman.

Produced by 343 Industries, a part of Microsoft Game Studios, "Halo Legends" is a seven-story anthology - told across eight spectacular episodes - that explores the origin and historical events of the Halo universe and its intriguing characters. Halo Legends has been created in the same breakthrough format as The Animatrix and Batman Gotham Knight with each individual episode imagined by a cutting-edge, renowned Japanese anime director/animator.

From Warner's Press release
Related: Halo Legends
Yen Press new licenses Wed, 3 Feb 2010
Yen Press announced today a few new licenses.
First up is one that should come as no surprise to existing fans of Yen's list but that we are certain will make a lot of readers happy: THE MELANCHOLY OF SUZUMIYA-HARUHI-CHAN! The first volume of the highly anticipated yon koma featuring all new adventures from Haruhi and the rest of the S.O.S. Brigade will debut in October 2010 to the cheers of Haruhi fans everywhere! Yen is absolutely thrilled to be adding this series to its already prodigious lineup of yon koma (4 panel comics).
And speaking of yon koma, we're going to keep bringing you the hottest properties in November 2010 with the launch of kakifly's K-ON! The four girls who make up their high school music club have set Japan on fire, and their fame is only going to grow when they take the stage for the first time in the states this fall!
For those who'd rather turn off the music for a while and curl up with a great book, then we've got just the book for you when the first installment of Mizuki Nomura's BUNGAKU SHOUJO novel series reaches a bookstore near you in July 2010. BOOK GIRL AND THE SUICIDAL MIME is the story of Konoha Inoue, a gifted writer who's lost his passion, who's inducted into his school's literature club by it's only other member, the beautiful Touko Amano - a book goblin who literally devours the printed word! Trust us, you'll want to eat this one up!
And the segues just keep coming! We're going from eating books to just...eating! Yoshinaga Fumi fans are in for a rare delicacy in November 2010 when Yen publishes NOT LOVE BUT DELICIOUS FOODS, a manga chronicling Y-Naga's love of food and eateries in Japan. There are some hardcore Yoshinaga Fumi fans on staff at Yen Press, and they are salivating in anticipation of this book's release!

From Yen Press
Viz announces Bokurano: Ours manga Wed, 3 Feb 2010
Viz has just announced the license and release of Mohiro Kitoh's manga series, BOKURANO: OURS' on July in the UK. US will get it in two weeks.
One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave. There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new video game. This game, he explains, pits one lone giant robot against a horde of alien invaders. To play the game, all they have to do is sign a simple contract. The game stops being fun when the kids find out the true purpose of their pact.
Stan Lee / Bones' Heroman to premiere in April Wed, 3 Feb 2010

Stan Lee & Studio Bones' Heroman anime will premiere in April, according to Square-Enix website.
Heroman follow Joey, an american kid who discover a robot toy that transforms into a giant robot called Heroman, which Joey uses to fight evil.

From ANN

Related: Bones
Romeo X Juliet clips Tue, 2 Feb 2010
Courtesy of MVM








Dragon Ball Kai licensed by Funimation in US Tue, 2 Feb 2010
Funimation just announced the acquisition of Dragon Ball Kai.
Dragon Ball Kai is the re-telling / remastered version of Dragon Ball Z which is closer to the original manga. A new dub has also been confirmed for it. No release date has been confirmed just yet. If this will get an UK release only time will tell.
Ghost in the Shell - Lots of action and atmosphere Mon, 1 Feb 2010

Laeta Kalogridis, scriptwriter for the Ghost in the Shell adaptation spoke about the upcoming Dreamworks / Steven Spielberg project Ghot in the Shell.
"..the script for Ghost In The Shell will be drawn from Masamune's manga comic and that it has "a lot of action… lots of action." However, she then added, "there's still going to be a lot of atmosphere – [The movie] is about vast possibilities - all of this technology, the Internet – it's about the limitless possibilities of this technology."
Q: Is that a remake of the 1995 film or is that an adaptation of the earlier manga?
"LK: "Ghost in the Shell" was originally the manga. The anime came from the original graphic novel and then - and that anime, as you know, is a relatively famous, groundbreaking piece of material - also generated two seasons of an animated television show as well. And this is an adaptation of the original manga, the original comic book that sort of began everything."

From:
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_17679.html
http://screenrant.com/ghost-in-the-shell-movie-script-kofi-43652/

Eden of the East movie 2 Mon, 1 Feb 2010

The official staff blog of the Eden of The East anime franchise has begun streaming the second "Paradise Resort" video - a two-minute weekly behind-the-scenes look at the production of the second film - on Friday. (The first video is still available at the same link.) A new "Paradise Resort" video is scheduled to be released every Friday. The film itself, Eden of The East the Movie II: Paradise Lost, will open in Japan in March.
Also, on the official website for the Eden of The East anime franchise has begun streaming a one-minute trailer for the second theatrical film sequel on Monday. The trailer is also streaming at the official blog. Eden of The East the Movie II: Paradise Lost will open in Japan on March 13.

From ANN

Related: Eden of the East
New Negima OAD green-lit Mon, 1 Feb 2010
This year's 10th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine is announcing on Wednesday that an anime extra for the Mahō Sensei Negima! ~Mō Hitotsu no Sekai~ original anime DVD (OAD) series has been green-lit for this Fall. The new anime will adapt the Ariadone magical girl arc from Ken Akamatsu's original Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga. According to the magazine, the extra is being produced to thank the fans for making the OAD series a hit.

From ANN
New Anime Releases 01/02/2009 Sun, 31 Jan 2010
New releases for Monday:

Aquarion #3
RRP: £15.99




Claymore Box Set
RRP: £39.99


   

Naruto Unleashed: Complete Series 7

RRP: £34.99   



Naruto Unleashed: Series 8 Part 2
RRP: £24.99



   

X TV Volume 4
RRP: £15.99

 
 
Sherlock Hound Complete Series
RRP: £29.99

   
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Haruhi music theme posted Fri, 29 Jan 2010
Lantis, the music label of the Bandai NAMCO Group, has posted a six-minute music video for "Yasashii Bōkyaku," Minori Chihara's theme song for The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya film on the YouTube website. The video does not contain actual anime footage. The Kyoto Animation film, in which chief director Tatsuya Ishihara and director Yasuhiro Takemoto adapt the fourth Haruhi Suzumiya light novel from Nagaru Tanigawa and Noizi Ito, will open in Japan on February 6. Bandai Entertainment, the North American distributor of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya television anime series, posted a video on Monday that mentioned the promotion of "the second season DVDs."

From ANN
Gintama 3rd movie commercials Fri, 29 Jan 2010
The official website for the Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen (Gintama: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling) anime movie has begun streaming three television commercials on Thursday. (In the linked page, select the "本当のラスト," "TVスポット(15秒)," "はじまりは(30秒)," or "はじまりは(15秒)" video.) The first video teases that the "true last scene" of the anime is in the film.
Sunrise's film adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama alternate-history gag manga will open on April 24. The manga's first 31 volumes have sold 29 million copies in Japan, and Viz Media publishes the manga and releases the anime in North America.

From ANN

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