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Central Park Media has announced two new adult anime DVDs for release on February 10, 2004: Fobia (a DVD release of the out of print VHS) and the new title “Sacrilege.”

NuTech has announced a number of new titles for release this winter:

Depravity [Daraku] DVD 3 and 3 disc boxed set
Inma Seiden DVDs 5 & 6 and DVD boxed set 2
Wordsworth: Outer Story [Wordsworth Gaiden] DVDs 1-2 and 2 disc boxed set
Genmukan DVDs 1 & 2 and 2 disc boxed set
Lingeries DVDs 1-3 and 3 disc boxed set
School of Bondage [Inbaku Gakuen] DVDs 2 & 3 and 3 disc boxed set

Source: Anime on DVD

The first two 50 minute long Black Jack OAV episodes will be released on the Black Jack: Infection DVD on February 10, 2004. The $24.99 DVD will include the English dubbed audio track previously released in America on VHS, and the American debut of an English subtitled, Japanese language audio track.

Bandai has announced a new Playstation 2 Inuyasha RPG for Japanese release this winter. The tentatively titled “Inuyasha: Sengoku Otogi Gassen” will be a sequel to Bandai’s Inuyasha WonderSwan Crystal RPG + adventure game.

Source: The Magic Box

Question:
Have any film directors crossed over from live action to anime or vice versa?

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According to Trigun manga co-translators Digital Manga, Inc., Dark Horse Comics sold out of its initial 30,000 copies of Trigun manga volume 1 in the first 2-3 days of release. A second printing of 15,000 copies will be going to print this week and will be available in stores in early November.

AniFactor has opened a short essay contest to award five copies of the upcoming Region 1 Millennium Actress DVD. Entrants should write at least 100 words about a favorite Japanese actress (live action or voice actress). Submissions are due by November 10th at Midnight EST.

DC Comics has announced the debut of a new 5 issue Robotech: New Generation comic book mini-series for January 7, 2004. Robotech: Invasion will feature art by American comic artists Takeshi Miyazawa and Omar Dogan, story by American writers Jay Faerber and Ken Siu-Chong, and covers by Cully Hamner and Yoshitaka Amano. Amano provided the original character designs for the 1983 Genesis Climber Mospeada anime TV series on which the Robotech: Invasion comics are loosely based.

Question:
I have become increasingly concerned and puzzled lately as I continue to purchase domestic releases of anime OSTs. Two that I recently purchased were the Lain Cyberia Mix, and Hanenone, the Haibane Renmei OST. With the Cyberia Mix, I have had MP3s of it for almost two years, and they show that there is supposed to be a remixed version of “Duvet” in track 2 that isn’t present on the domestic version. with Hanenone, the “TV version” of the ending song is not on the domestic release. It is on the import release. What’s the deal with this? Should I be concerned?

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According to Japanese movie news website Museum K, Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 will open in Japanese theaters on March 6, 2004, and Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, Howl’s Moving Castle, will debut in Japanese theaters on July 17, 2004.

Sourcce: Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo

Gainax has announced that Shin Seiki Evangelion manga volume 9 will be released in April 2004. A 1,700 yen limited edition will be released in early April and include a 110mm tall articulated Rei Ayanami action figure sculpted by Masaki Apsy. The standard edition of the manga will be released shortly afterwards.

Kadokawa Shoten reports that the December issue of Newtype Magazine (on sale November 10th) will feature 10 pages of Evangelion coverage and include a bonus (presumably Region 2 only) DVD with footage of the Evangelion II Playstation 2 game that will be released on November 20th.

Sourcce: Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo

AnimeDaze has published its lengthy review of a subtitled print of Millennium Actress. (Please note that no English dubbed version of the film exists. In order to preserve the movie’s artistic and cultural credibility, it is being released in America subtitled only.)

AnimeMetro.com officially announced that Metrocon 2, the only anime exclusive convention in the Tampa Bay, Florida area, will be held on July 9-11, 2004. More than 1,600 Japanese animation fans turned out for 2003’s inaugural event, establishing a new, first-year attendance record for Florida anime conventions.

Question:
I used to watch a series called Let’s Go: Jet and Joey, in English, that was about two brothers and mini 4 wheel drive racing using Tamiya model kits. Anyway, I’ve been looking for the series on DVD but can’t seem to find it, which brings me to my question, was it ever released in America? If not, then why was the series in English? Doesn’t English dubbing only occur to America-bound anime?

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TOKYOPOP has revealed its acquisition of Yuji Shiozaki’s manga serial Ikkitousen (”Strength of a Thousand”). The action manga, which presents present day teen street fighters as the reincarnations of ancient Chinese warriors, is the basis of the Ikkitousen anime TV series. TOKYOPOP will be releasing the series in America under the very “Americanized” title “Battle Vixens.”

Source: Anime News Network

Eagerly anticipated by certain anime fans, Media Blasters has scheduled the release of the fourth and presumably final Bible Black adult anime DVD for December 16th. The 70 minute long disc should contain uncut and uncensored episodes 5 & 6 and possibly bonus material or footage.

Source: Anime on DVD