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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced the highly anticipated DVD release of the anime series DEATH NOTE™ today at Anime Expo 2007. The latest addition to the SHONEN JUMP™ Home Video line is rated T+ for Older Teens and makes its debut in stores on November 20, 2007. The DVD features four original and uncut episodes with English dub and Japanese with English subtitles for $24.98. (more…)

There are some nice deals going on over at ADV in celebration of July 4th. Check it out here.

Building on its strength as a 24/7 linear offering, Anime Network has announced the completion of five carriage agreements that will add new subscribers from coast to coast. America’s #1 Anime Channel has signed linear deals with Bresnan (Midwest), Hawaiian Telecom (Hawaii), BendBroadband (Oregon), BELD Broadband (Massachusetts) and Volcano Vision (California). (more…)

In addition to Fourth of July fireworks, we’re preparing for another kind of “BOOM” - a mini-population BOOM for several of our very own Right Stuf families! And how do we celebrate such a momentous occasion? Well, you can bet it will have something to do with anime… manga… and getting stuff you want at an extra discount! (more…)

ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to announce it has acquired the exclusive home video and broadcast rights in North America for the science fiction OVA series Project Blue Earth SOS. (more…)

Newtype USA, the leading anime magazine in North America, continues its summertime hot streak with an exclusive cover featuring the hottest anime of 2007, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Along with a collectible cover, the July 2007 issue also dishes the dirt on the SOS Brigade, offering an inside scoop on the secrets behind Haruhi Suzumiya’s eccentric pals! Plus, Newtype USA even has an exclusive interview with director Tatsuya Ishihara, in which he reveals even more telling tales behind the production of this mega-hit show! (more…)

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the availability of DEATH NOTE™, one of the hottest anime series to hit North America, on a Download-To-Own basis beginning June 28, 2007 on TotalVid.com. The first 16 subtitled episodes will be available at launch, with one new episode added each week thereafter. TotalVid.com offers consumers unlimited access to thousands of enthusiast, special interest and instructional videos in categories such as anime, action sports, martial arts and travel on a subscription basis for $9.95 per month. Individual DEATH NOTE episodes will also be available on a download-to-own basis for $1.99 each. (more…)

Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf Inc./Nozomi Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures USA are excited to announce the first episode of THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYE will be streaming on IGN.com from June 25 through July 1 - allowing fans to preview the series and its English-language dub for free and in advance of its North American DVD debut on July 31, 2007! (more…)

The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced that anime legends Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr will participate in the inaugural New York Anime Festival as its first Guests of Honor. Mr. Fernandez and Ms. Orr have lent their talents to hundreds of projects including Castle in the Sky, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Kaidohmaru; however, both are most known for their roles as Speed and Trixie in the iconic classic Speed Racer. (more…)

ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, confirmed today that it has acquired exclusive home video and broadcast rights in North America for Xenosaga, the sci-fi anime based on the popular PlayStation 2 game series. (more…)