Archive for April, 2007

ADV Gets AIR

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Today ADV Films co-founder Matt Greenfield announced that ADV has acquired exclusive home video and broadcast rights in North America for the anime series Air and the 85-minute Air Movie. Greenfield made the announcement during a panel at Anime Matsuri, South Texas’ largest anime convention. Volume one of the four-disc Air series will hit store shelves August 14, and the Air Movie is slated for release in late 2007. (more…)

Golden Week Anime Sale!

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

ADV Films is celebrating the golden week with loads of great deals. Check them out here.

Right Stuf Special - Set Your Sights on Savings! DVDs, CDs and Books from ADV

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Set your sights on savings, and you’ll find deals - on DVDs, CDs and books from ADV Films: from fan faves like Full Metal Panic! and Nerima Daikon Brothers to the newest series such as Coyote Ragtime Show, Guyver, Kurau: Phantom Memory, Le Chevalier D’Eon and Utawarerumono. (more…)

Naruto Nation

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the launch of NARUTO NATION™, a broad campaign that will bring an unprecedented increase in the frequency of publication of its wildly popular NARUTO™ manga series. In order to catch up to the present Japanese release schedule and to prepare readers for upcoming notable changes in the main character and story arc, VIZ Media will offer three new volumes of NARUTO per-month from September through December 2007 - a first for any U.S. manga publisher. (more…)

Viz Media Presents Exciting Properties At 2007 MIPTV

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, arrives at MIPTV this year, Booth # A012, with a variety of exciting properties for both North American and International markets. Held in Cannes, France, April 16 though April 20, MIPTV is the global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. (more…)

Viz Media Named Master Licensor For Blue Dragon Anime Series

Monday, April 16th, 2007

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies announced today that it has secured from a consortium including TV TOKYO Corporation and Shueisha Inc, the television, home video and non-video game merchandising rights for the Americas, Europe and Oceania to BLUE DRAGON, a new anime series based on the popular Microsoft Xbox 360 Role Playing Game. (more…)

Viz Media Signs New Publishing Representatives In Mexico And Brazil For Shonen Jump™ Naruto™

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has selected Grupo Editorial VID S.A. de C.V. of Mexico (GEV) and Panini Brazil Ltda. (Panini Brazil) to release the Shonen Jump™ NARUTO™ manga from Shueisha Inc. in their respective countries in April and May 2007. (more…)

New CLAMP Manga to Debut in Newtype USA!

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Newtype USA, the leading anime magazine in North America, is pleased to announce a special agreement with manga powerhouse CLAMP (Chobits, Tsubasa) to exclusively serialize the creative team’s latest effort, Kobato, in the pages of the magazine. This will mark the English-language debut of this highly anticipated new manga, and it will be the only way to read Kobato during the course of its serial run. (more…)

New York Anime Festival to be Launched in Dec. ‘07 by Reed Exhibitions!

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Fans of anime and manga may now look forward to a brand new annual festival celebrating the very best of Japanese popular culture launching later this year in New York City. Reed Exhibitions, the organizer of New York Comic Con, has today announced the creation of the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) which will take place December 7-9, 2007 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in midtown Manhattan. “New York finally has an anime event of its own!” proclaims John McGeary, Show Manager for NYAF. Show planners note that the new event will be an extravaganza featuring the latest in anime, manga, Japanese cinema, music, and games, and the best of anime-influenced comics, animation, and film from around the world. Show staff also note that by being in New York City, NYAF will allow exhibitors to interact with one of the largest anime fan bases in the country and at the same time garner tremendous exposure by being in the media capital of the world. (more…)

Official Show Site Launch - Ah! My Goddess Season 2!

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

The official show site of Ah! My Goddess Season 2 is now accessible at this location.