The GIA has been updated with a report that Konami has announced the full slate of items included slated for inclusion in the limited edition of its forthcoming PlayStation 2 title Zone of Enders. The Z.O.E Premium Package will include an 150-page coffee table artbook, a CD single of the game's opening theme, and a special DVD edition of the Zone of Enders anime. The Premiuim Package will retail for 13,800 Yen. The Suncoast-created video, titled Z.O.E 2167 Idolo, will be released as a separate item at the same time as the game. The stand-alone editions of the anime will lack some of the features of the DVD included the the Premium Package. Z.O.E is due on March 1st in Japan.
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (movie) - Comming Summer, 2001!
Following is their other noteworthy listing updates from today:
Crest of the Stars 1: To the Stars DVD (Hyb)
Date Available - Mar 6 2001
Format - Hybrid
100 Minutes
Publisher - ANIME VILLAGE
Rating - 13+
Normal Price: $29.98
Sale Price: $26.99
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery 1 (D)
Date Available - Mar 27 2001
Format - Dubbed in English
75 Minutes
Publisher - AD VISION
Rating - 12+
Normal Price: $19.98
Sale Price: $17.99
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery 1 DVD (Hyb)
Date Available - Mar 27 2001
Format - Hybrid
75 Minutes
Publisher - AD VISION
Rating - 12+
Normal Price: $29.98
Sale Price: $26.99
Outlaw Star DVD 3 (Hyb)
Date Available - Mar 6 2001
Format - Hybrid
200 Minutes
Publisher - ANIME VILLAGE
Rating - 13+
Normal Price: $44.98
Sale Price: $40.49
Saber Marionette J DVD Collection 2 (Hyb)
Date Available - Mar 6 2001
Format - Hybrid
200 Minutes
Publisher - ANIME VILLAGE
Rating - 13+
Normal Price: $44.98
Sale Price: $40.49
Sega Sonicteam has posted a TV Commercial movie and a font set for the Dreamcast online RPG Phantasy Star Online.
Atlus is planning to port its classic Super Famicom RPG series Shin Megami Tensei (Digital Devil Story) to PlayStation, including Shin Megami Tensei (spring 2001), Shin Megami Tensei II (summer 2001), and Shin Megami Tensei if... (fall 2001). The PS remake will have enhanced graphics, music, user interface and revised storyline. Atlus also mentioned that the all new Shin Megami Tensei III for PlayStation 2 will be coming out by the end of 2001.
Konami announced a new arcade party game called Animated Cartoon Champ, the latest installment of the popular "Champ" (Bishibashi) series. This time the theme is anime cartoon, you will see characters from several anime in the mini games, including Sorcerer Surrey and Gegege no Kitaro.
Banpresto announced Super Robot Taisen Alpha Gaiden for PlayStation, a side story of the highly popular robot battle simulation series. The game is scheduled to release in Japan in March 2001, for 6980 yen. Full details will be revealed at the Jump Festival 2001 in Japan on December 23.
ASK Kotensha announced a special edition of Bandai's Mobile Suit Gundam for PlayStation 2, the game will be given out in a lucky draw. This special edition will allow you to use all the characters in the Tactic Battle Mode, including hidden ones. Only 1800 copies will be given out, and you can enter the lucky draw by mailing back the application form attached in Mobile Suit Gundam.
Source: The Magic Box
Source: Fanboy Entertainment
Source: Fanboy Entertainment
Source: Fanboy Entertainment
Pet Shop of Horrors
Special Edition DVD
prebook: 2/2/01 street date: 2/27/01
“This is one of those shows that, after watching, you just sit there thinking, "‘Wow that was cool.’” Shidoshi, GameFan Magazine
From Anime Legends Hisashi Abe (Vampire Hunter D), Rintaro (Final Fantasy) and Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Bio Hunter, Wicked City)…
Welcome to Chinatown’s most unique pet shop. There is a variety of exotic creatures to choose from, each with an intriguing tale to share with the lucky owner. But be careful, what you see is not necessarily what you get.
Here is a collection of four stories of lost love, second chances, and redemption. Whether or not the client can handle the responsibility, however, is a matter of life and death. The first episode, entitled “Daughter”, chronicles a couple’s attempt at having the perfect family. The second episode, “Delicious”, is a tale of betrayal and risky opportunity. The third episode, “Despair”, tells the story of a has-been actor and a love so blindly devoted, it surpasses even death. The final episode, “Dual”, brings the legendary holy beast known as the Kirin into the hands of two men, and only one will survive.
All four episodes in one complete collection!
Special Features Include:
· Remastered in 5.1!
· Audio Commentary by English Director and Cast!
· Never-before-seen deleted material!
· Language Options for English and Japanese!
· UV Trailers!
· UV Website!
Approximate Run time: 92 minutes
Warning: contains scenes of violence and brief nudity. Recommended for mature audiences.
Director: Toshio Hirata
Executive Producer: Masao Maruyama
Animation Producer: Masao Morosawa
Produced by: TBS
©MARI AKINO/POLYGRAM/TBS/MADHOUSE
Suggested Retail Price: $29.95 Catalog Number: UV1067
ISBN: 1-890603-67-8 UPC: 638652-10670-4
Official Press Release
For Immediate Release
December 13, 2000
ADV Films Announces Home Video Release Of
LOST UNIVERSE: VOLUME 7
ADV Films is proud to announce the latest addition to the stellar Lost Universe home video collection, Lost Universe: Volume 7.
The Nightmare Syndicate has done some pretty rotten things in their day. They’ve created an intricate web of mafias and crime organizations that rob the galaxy blind. They’ve unleashed their pirates on an unsuspecting population. And they’ve infiltrated the very highest levels of the galaxy’s last hope: The Universal Guardians. But all of these crimes pale in comparison to what they did to Kain’s Grandma. As far as he’s concerned it’s payback time and he won’t rest until he’s cleaned out the whole operation. With Millie and Canal distracted by Rail’s problems, he’ll have to go it alone. But a real Trouble Shooter wouldn’t have it any other way!
Don’t miss out in April 2001, when ADV Films releases the latest Lost Universe
adventure. Lost Universe: Volume 7 will be available on VHS in an English dubbed
($19.98) version and also in the original Japanese edition with English subtitles ($29.95).
ADV Films, the premiere label of A.D.Vision, Inc. formed in 1992, is North America’s
#1 distributor of top-of-the-line Japanese animation (“anime”), with titles such as Sailor
Moon, Samurai X and Neon Genesis Evangelion. ADV Films, along with distributing
top-quality, computer-animated titles such as ReBoot® and Shadowraiders™, and Weird-Ohs™
and the live-action sci-fi hit Farscape, also produces American and Japanese live-action
programming for theatrical and broadcast release. Check out ADV Films on the
web at www.advfilms.com.
Lost Universe: Volume 7
Running Time: 75 minutes Age Rating: 12yrs+
Pre-Book Date: 3/13/01
Street Date: 4/10/01
Product Invoice Name Format SRP UPC# CAT#
LOST UNIV 7 DUB VHS (English-dubbed) $19.98 702727055836 VHSLU/007D
LOST UNIV 7 SUB VHS (English-subtitled) $29.95 702727059933 VHSLU/007S
Evangelion, Neon Genesis DVD 3 (episodes 9-12- from 0:5-0:6) (Hyb)
Date Available - Jan 23 2001
Format - Hybrid
Genre - Science Fiction
100 Minutes
Publisher - AD VISION
Rating - 13+
Year Created - 1995
Normal Price: $29.98
Sale Price: $26.99
Gamer's Republic has news that Sega and Namco have merged here.
Bandai's new portable Wonderswan Color has sold over 300,000 units in two days. Gamer's Republic has more at this link.
After having finished the epic manga series RURUONI KENSHIN last year, creator Nobuhiro Watsuki has been taking "a break" from manga. That break has lasted almost a year now. But have no fear, Watsuki is back in the game. However, Kenshin fans may be surprised by his newest manga as it takes us far from the samurai roots he is known best for. Watsuki's newest manga, which began in JUMP this week, is a new Western gunslinger series that centers around the adventures of a 9 year old boy. More details to come...
The Ending theme single to Earth Defense Family, "Shape Of Flower", goes on sale February 21, 2001. Both OP and ED singles are being released by Victor Entertainment.
IGN has posted this article with images on the new Dreamcast Macross M3 game.
Here are two TV CM movies for Bandai's upcoming PS2 robot action game Mobile Suite Gundam, the game will be released in Japan on December 21, for 6800 yen.
- Bandai announced tha tthey are working on a new Mobile Suite Gundam title for Dreamcast in its website. Full details of the game will be revealed on December 22.
Source: The Magic Box
The GIA repports that according to Working Designs' Victor Ireland the long-awaited release of Lunar 2 will be pushed back by a few days due to the "freak blizzard" that has hit a distribution center in Chicago. While no definite shipping date was given, Ireland expects the title to ship sometime later in the week.
In the Fanboy Forums section, a new message board titled Production and Shipping Updates has been added. Here they will post any news on the different stages of development and production all their projects are currently in. C.B. writes he will personally be updating the site on a regular basis.
If I have any information about any of the comics, then so will you. It is our every intention to keep everyone who is interested as current as possible as to where the books and products you are looking for are and when you will be seeing them in the shops and on the shelves.
Current project news that has recently been updated:
Dark Angel: Phoenix Resurrection #2
Sidekicks #3
Spellbound
Mobius Klein #1
Genesis Factor
We want to keep you in the know. That is our goal. If you have any questions that you feel are not being properly addressed, please feel free to ask. You can e-mail me directly at cbcebulski@fanboyinc.com and I will have your answer posted as soon as I can. Also, feel free to discuss any of the news or updates in the appropriate title specific message boards or on the general News Discussion message board. Please participate.
Fanboy is a company that is here for you, the fan, and we want to keep you as up-to-date and involved as possible. Please e-mail me any ideas or suggestions you may have as we are continually looking for ways to further improve ourselves.
SHOUJOCON SPOTLIGHTS JAPANESE COMICS AND ANIMATION FOR FEMALE FANS
Fan-Organized Convention Features Manga and Anime Made By Women For Women
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J., December 1, 2000 – In North America, comics and animation are dominated by male artists creating for a male audience. In Japan, however, a significant portion of manga ('comics' in Japan) cater to a demographic largely ignored in the U.S. comics scene: young girls and women. With the recent popularity of imported Japanese "magical girl" cartoons such as Sailor Moon and Cardcaptors, the subgenre of shoujo ('girls') manga and anime (Japanese animation) is developing its own strong female following here in the West. In response to this steadily-growing fandom, an organization of fans has created an event dedicated to celebrating and promoting awareness of this burgeoning offshoot of Japanese pop culture: Shoujocon, the first and only Western fan convention devoted to girls' and women's manga and anime.
"[Anime and manga] Conventions are, for the most part, focused on the largest contingent of fans -- young men," says Katchan, chairperson of Shoujocon. "Rather than try to change some of the largest annual conventions in North America, we decided to create one of our own -- one that not only would address the issues we wanted to see addressed, but which would in fact cater to the fandom we love."
Shoujocon's premiere in July of 2000 drew over 450 fans from as far as the UK and Japan. The 2001 exposition promises to be even bigger and better, featuring discussion panels and workshops on manga- and anime-related topics, as well as aspects of Japanese culture, and entertaining games and events for all. Shoujocon will also house an extensive Dealers' Room, where vendors from all over will sell popular and hard-to-find manga, anime, and related merchandise. Three Video Rooms will run twenty-four hours featuring both well-known and rarely-seen titles, with themes ranging from fantasy, to science fiction, to high school romance, to adult-themed animation for women.
Shoujocon takes place July 14-15, 2001, at the East Brunswick Hilton and Towers, conveniently located near the New Jersey Turnpike and within easy access of Newark Airport. For more information about Shoujocon and the 2001 convention, please visit Shoujocon on the World Wide Web, at http://www.shoujocon.com/
Digimon: The Movie DVD (D)
Date Available - Feb 6 2001
Format - Dubbed in English
Genre - Adventure
Publisher - FOX
Rating - ALL
Normal Price: $24.98
Sale Price: $22.49
Street Fighter II TV Series Volume 3 DVD (Hyb) (eps 15-20)
Date Available - Mar 27 2001
Format - Hybrid
150 Minutes
Publisher - MANGA
Normal Price: $29.95
Sale Price: $26.96
Street Fighter II TV Series Volume 4 DVD (Hyb) (eps 21-26)
Date Available - Mar 27 2001
Format - Hybrid
150 Minutes
Publisher - MANGA
Normal Price: $29.95
Sale Price: $26.96
Dear Valued Customer, As you may already know we have been having some minor difficulties arise in the packaging process associated with our videos and DVD’s. These problems have been corrected and will not affect the remainder of the promotion. However, the purpose of this announcement is to let you know that if you received a vol. 5 proofs of purchase card in the place of vol. 2’s, do not panic! We will accept two vol. 5 cards with the vol. 2 card missing when it comes time to redeem the promotional items. Also, if you happened to receive a particular volume that did not have any proofs of purchase cards included please include a receipt or something showing that you purchased the video or DVD. We would like to convey our deepest apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused and let you know that we are doing everything possible to make sure the promotion is still fair to everyone participating! Best Regards, Christopher Marsh www.AnimeVillage.com Bandai Entertainment, Inc.
ATTN: Albertan Anime Fans!
Anime Alberta Set for 2001
Hi everyone! I'd like to let you know about the latest happenings at Anime Alberta. Projects are starting up, new features are online and our merchandise section is getting going too. Among them:
-2001 Anime Alberta Fanfic Collection
http://www.anime-alberta.org/03_features/fanfic/fanfic2001rules.html
We're going to print a fanfic collection! While we're looking mostly for Albertan writers, the collection will be open to submissions from anywhere in Canada. Want to see your work in print in the summer of 2001? Here's your chance! Deadline's April 1.
-Impromanga
http://www.anime-alberta.org/impromanga/
Our online improvisational manga is updated and rolling again! We're looking for artists to continue our first impromanga, "Legal Age". It's about a university student in Neo Red Deer, with the unfortunate habit of turning into a kid half his age. Check it out at the above link, and sign up if you want!
-Anime Alberta 2001 T-shirts
http://www.anime-alberta.org/03_features/tshirt/winner.html
Every year, Anime Alberta holds a T-shirt contest for the benefit of the clubs in the province. Here's the winner of the third annual contest! We're taking pre-orders now - follow the link.
-Ask Mo-chan and Guest Picks
http://www.anime-alberta.org/03_features/features.html
Anime Alberta's own mascot has his own regular column now! Got a stupid question? He's your beaver. Also, we're giving Albertan fans a chance to tell you what their favorite anime links are. It's all in the Features section!
-Anime Alberta Forums
http://pub22.ezboard.com/banimealberta
Geared for anime fans in our own province, the Forums are posted to every day by over 60 users. Discuss anime and manga with your peers from around Alberta! See artwork from local artists! The Forums are there for you.
Of course, this is all in addition to our usual guides, articles, mangas, and other features that are all regularly updated on Anime Alberta. Albertan or not, it's worth taking a peek. We'll see you there!
Mark Nguyen
Co-founder, Anime Alberta
http://www.anime-alberta.org/
The release date of Hikaru Utada's new single has been set as February 16, 2001. Featured will the theme of a drama, HERO that is being broadcast at 9p.m. on CX in Japan.
Source: Figures.com
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