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The Highlander: Search for Vengeance anime movie will air on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 30th. The film will hit domestic DVD on June 5th.

Source: ICv2

Question:
In Japanese culture, what is the meaning of holding up one’s pinky to another person? For instance, in Fist of the North Star Part 2, Ain holds up his pinky to show others he has a woman. I have been told it is not a nice gesture, but was never given an actual description of what it meant.

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Teenager Michael McKeithan attended this past weekend’s Animazement convention in Durham, North Carolina, then disappeared sometime after the convention concluded. McKeithan is described as a 5′11, 185 pound white male with brown hair, blue eyes, a light beard, and a trimmed mustache. His family and friends have not heard from him since he used his cell phone on the Interstate 40 highway near Greensboro, North Carolina, shortly after 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 27. He drives a black 1997 Pontiac Sunfire with North Carolina license plate number VPT-3755.

Anyone with information about McKeithan’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Cue Center for Missing Persons. A picture of McKeithan is available on Photobucket.

Seven Seas president Jason Deangelis has informed ICv2 that the planned American publication of Kaworu Watashiya’s romantic comedy manga Kodomo no Jikan has been canceled. Despite the fact that the manga includes no nudity or sex, and it parodies the “Lolicon” theme of romance between an adult male and underage female, online outrage over the mere suggestion of under aged sexuality has apparently caused Seven Seas to cancel its planned English translation.

The manga series currently has three volumes in Japan, and an anime television series adaptation of the manga is scheduled to premier in July.

Anime News Network now hosts an extended and revealing interview with AD Vision co-founder and CEO John Ledford.

Famitsu Magazine now hosts early screen shots and character images from the upcoming Zero no Tsukaima ~Soutsuki no Kishi~ anime television series. The first Zero no Tsukaima series premiered in July 2006. The second series will premier in July 2007.

The official Japanese homepage for the upcoming School Days anime television series, based on the popular adult PC game, is now online. The TV series is scheduled to premier in July.

The Aria the Animation homepage now has a page for the Aria the OVA ~Arietta~, which is scheduled to go on sale in Japan on September 21st.

Source: Moon Phase

Anime Expo has announced that Tekkon Kinkreet director Michael Arias will attend this year’s Anime Expo convention as a guest of honor.

Question:
I was wondering what would make grotesque manga unlicensible since U.S. have the movies Cannibal Holocaust & Guinea Pig released uncut, so isn’t that a double standard?

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The official Piano no Mori (”Piano Forest”) homepage now hosts a 90 second trailer for the upcoming anime film. The trailer is available in small and large Windows Media and small and large Quicktime formats.

Source: Anime News Network

The official Japanese homepage for the Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina animated movie is now open and features a trailer. The film is scheduled to open in Japan on October 20th.

Source: Twitch

Japanese home entertainment distributor Starchild has formally announced that Coharu Sakuraba’s manga series Minami-ke will be adapted into an anime. Sakuraba may be better known to American fans as the creator of the “Today in Class 5-2″ manga series.

Source: Saishin Anime Jouhou

Shonen Jump Magazine has announced that Kyosuke Usuta’s comedy manga series Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar will be adapted into a live action movie and anime. Usuta may be better known to American fans as the creator of “Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo! Masaru-san.”

Source: Moon Phase

Confirming earlier tentative information, the Moonlight Mile 1st Season -Lift off- homepage has confirmed that Moonlight Mile 2nd Season -Touch down- will premier this fall.

Source: Moon Phase

At this past weekend’s FanimeCon convention, Bandai Entertainment announced plans to re-release the CLAMP School Detectives anime television series on domestic DVD. Bandai Entertainment released the series on American VHS in 1998 but has previously said that the series would not be released on American DVD.

Source: Anime News Network