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The official Japanese website for Munto now hosts a Windows Media trailer for the the second Munto OAV.

Source: Moon Phase

The official Japanese website for the upcoming anime TV series Major now hosts a cell art image of the new baseball anime.

Aniplex has updated with a coming soon page for the anime TV series Gallery Fake.

TV Aichi has opened its official homepage for the upcoming anime TV series Transformers: Galaxy Force.

Source: Moon Phase

The Blackbelt TV cable channel has been picked up for distribution by Comcast, the nation’s leading cable provider. The upcoming all martial arts cable TV network will feature coverage of martial arts tournaments, Asian martial arts films, Japanese anime, and more.

Source: Kung Fu Cult Cinema

Gainax Studios is now selling a very limited edition 1:6 scale garage kit model kit of Evangelion’s Asuka Langely in a very erotic pose, with one of her breasts exposed. The model kit retails at 15,540 yen and will only be available through November. Detailed, close-up photos of the model kit are available here, but please note that the images are adult in nature and contain nudity.

Source: Rakuga Kidou

The Magic Box has published four pages of screenshots of the upcoming Japanese Playstation 2 game Detective Conan: Legacy of the Great Empire.

Fields has opened its official website devoted to its Neon Genesis Evangelion panchinko game.

Source: Moon Phase

DVD Vision Japan has updated with numerous new reviews and an article about online webcomic company SquirrelWorks.

Appleseed Movie
Chrono Crusade volume 1
Ai Yori Aoshi volume 1
Xtra Credit (hentai review)
Samurai Executioner manga volume 1
King of Fighters: Maximum Impact video game
MarioKart: Double Dash video game
Invader Zim volume 2 DVD

Bandai Visual has announced that the first Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Official Log book and DVD combination will be released on November 26th. The 5,040 yen set will contain a 144 page guide book to the second Ghost in the Shell TV series and an 85 minute long DVD featuring a 33 minute highlight reel from the anime, 27 minutes of staff interviews, and a 25 minute long studio report.

The second Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Official Log book will be released in March 2005.

Source: Moon Phase

According to Bandai, the release date for Galaxy Angel Z DVD 1 has been changed to December 14th, 2004.

Viz has announced a partnership with America Online where teens on AOL’s RED service will have exclusive access to thirteen flash manga episodes of Shonen Jump’s Dragon Ball manga series.

Each Friday for the next thirteen weeks, AOL’s RED service for teens will offer an exclusive premiere of a new episode of the popular fantasy action series at 3:00pm EST. Teens on the RED service will have exclusive access to the episode for a period of 48 hours, before it becomes available to all Internet users at www.shonenjump.com. The compelling flash manga takes storylines from the pages of Akira Toriyama’s famed graphic novel series and combines unique, full color and movement provided by Macromedia flash technology.

According to an article in the December issue of Anime Insider, Harmony Gold will create a sequel to Robotech entitled “The Shadow Chronicles.” The article states that Chronicles will debut on DVD in 2005 as a feature-length OVA, which Harmony Gold plans to expand into “either a 26-episode television series or a series of OVAs.”

Production IG has posted a series of new character design sheets for the upcoming Prince Of Tennis movie.

Source: Anime News Service

According to The Magic Box, Bandai of Japan has announced plans to make a SteamBoy game for the PS2.

Source: Magic Box

The Scryed Complete Collection will be released on November 23rd, and Anime on DVD has reported that the premium editions of Gokusen and Giant Robo have been pushed back until November 20th.

Source: Anime on DVD

Geisters DVD 3 will be released on January 11th, 2005 at a retail price of $29.99.

Source: Anime on DVD