Try 'Anime-A-Day' on Action in August Fans Can Look Forward to a Month Full of Exclusive Anime and a Labor Day Marathon ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 25 - Every day in August, Anime fans can feast on the Action Channel's exclusive Anime series and features, accentuating the August 13 premiere of ``Heavy Metal 2000'' on Action and leading up to a day-long Anime Labor Day marathon on September 4 (7:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight ET/PT). Among the Anime featured in August on Starz Encore's Action Channel are the popular, epic series ``Blue Seed'' and the features ``Ghost in the Shell'' and ``Tekken: The Motion Picture.'' ``Blue Seed'' is the story of a teenage girl, implanted with an unborn Aragami (monster), who leads an elite team of special agents against the shape-shifting monsters and demons that are attacking Japan. The entire series will be shown in three-episode blocks throughout the entire month. Also anchoring the Anime event, ``Ghost in the Shell'' focuses on a cyber agent who must stop a deadly form of artificial intelligence from achieving human form. Anime fans from around the world have also been drawn to ``Tekken: The Motion Picture'' and its story of a young man who enters a martial arts competition, in which competitors fight to the death, in order to kill his sadistic father. Anime, a distinctive type of Japanese animation, has achieved broad popularity in Japan and has gained an international cult following. In the U.S., hundreds of Websites, magazines and comic books are devoted to it. Drawing many influences from American action and sci-fi films, Anime also provides a window into another culture, drawing strongly from Japanese and Asian mythology and martial arts. Since April of 1999, Starz Encore's Action channel's decision to provide Anime series and features to audiences on a regular basis has been met with overwhelming enthusiasm by subscribers and fans of the genre. STARZ ENCORE'S ACTION CHANNEL "ANIME-A-DAY" SCHEDULE AUGUST 2000 Tuesday August 1 5:50 a.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 1:35 p.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 11:00 p.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Wednesday August 2 6:15 a.m. Macross II: Lovers Again 4:00 p.m. Macross II: Lovers Again Thursday August 3 11:00 a.m. Sol Bianca 7:00 p.m. Sol Bianca Friday August 4 5:00 p.m. New Dominion Tank Police (six back-to-back episodes) Saturday August 5 4:35 p.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) Sunday August 6 12:00 a.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Monday August 7 9:00 a.m. Patlabor the Mobile Police Tuesday August 8 11:35 p.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Wednesday August 9 3:03 a.m. Sol Bianca 9:00 a.m. Sol Bianca 7:00 p.m. Sol Bianca Thursday August 10 6:35 a.m. Macross II: Lovers Again 5:35 p.m. Macross II: Lovers Again Friday August 11 1:35 a.m. Macross II: Lovers Again 8:45 a.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) Saturday August 12 6:20 a.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 4:35 p.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 11:35 p.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Sunday August 13 1:35 p.m. New Dominion Tank Police (six back-to-back episodes) Monday August 14 12:05 a.m. Ghost in the Shell 6:35 p.m. Ghost in the Shell Tuesday August 15 1:00 a.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) 9:00 a.m. Sol Bianca 3:30 p.m. Sol Bianca Wednesday August 16 12:00 a.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) 9:35 a.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 6:05 p.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie Thursday August 17 3:00 a.m. Tekken: The Motion Picture 9:00 a.m. Patlabor The Mobile Police 6:15 p.m. Patlabor The Mobile Police Friday August 18 12:35 a.m. Patlabor The Mobile Police Saturday August 19 5:40 p.m. Macross II: Lovers Again 11:30 p.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Sunday August 20 6:00 a.m. Sol Bianca 12:05 p.m. Sol Bianca Monday August 21 12:00 a.m. New Dominion Tank Police (six back-to-back episodes) 8:30 a.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 4:35 p.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 11:15 p.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie Tuesday August 22 11:30 p.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Wednesday August 23 9:35 a.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) 5:00 p.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) Thursday August 24 12:05 a.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) Friday August 25 4:05 p.m. Macross II: Lovers Again Saturday August 26 1:05 a.m. Tekken: The Motion Picture 9:00 a.m. Tekken: The Motion Picture 1:30 p.m. New Dominion Tank Police (six back-to-back episodes) 11:30 p.m. Blue Seed (block of three episodes) Sunday August 27 11:00 a.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) 5:05 p.m. Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (back-to-back episodes) Monday August 28 7:00 p.m. Sol Bianca Tuesday August 29 4:00 a.m. Sol Bianca 6:30 a.m. New Dominion Tank Police (six back-to-back episodes) 5:00 p.m. New Dominion Tank Police (six back-to-back episodes) Wednesday August 30 12:15 a.m. Blue Seed (block of two episodes) 11:35 p.m. Patlabor The Mobile Police Thursday August 31 10:05 a.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie 6:00 p.m. Patlabor 2: The Movie STARZ ENCORE'S ACTION CHANNEL "ANIME-A-DAY" LABOR DAY MARATHON SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 7:00 A.M. - 12:00 MIDNIGHT (ET/PT) 7:00 a.m. Gun Smith Cats (block of three episodes) 8:35 a.m. Darkside Blues 10:05 a.m. Ghost in the Shell 11:35 a.m. Battle Arena Toshinden (Parts 1 & 2) 12:40 p.m. Tekken: The Motion Picture 1:45 p.m. Appleseed 3:00 p.m. Gun Smith Cats (block of three episodes) 4:35 p.m. DNA Sights 999.9 5:30 p.m. Darkside Blues 7:00 p.m. Battle Arena Toshinden (Parts 1 & 2) 8:00 p.m. Ghost in the Shell 9:30 p.m. Tekken: The Motion Picture 10:30 p.m. Bio Hunter 11:30 p.m. Twilight of the Dark Master