ABOUT RISKY SAFETY: Broadcast on Japanese television between October 1999 and April 2000, Risky Safety is a gorgeously visual and emotionally touching humorous drama unlike anything else ever released in America before. The Risky Safety story revolves around junior high school girl Moe Katsuragi who is first introduced deeply saddened over her perception that the boy she likes has no interest in her. At the depths of Moe's despair, the tiny apprentice death spirit Risky appears before her, urging Moe to give in to sadness and give up her soul. Matters become confused when Moe discovers that the little devil Risky actually shares a body with the clumsy but pure hearted apprentice angel Safety. The tug-of-war over Moe's soul between devilish Risky and angelic Safety sets in motion a funny and touching 24 episode tale of fate, love, friendship, the cosmic balance of the universe, and even a few giant monsters!
In the tradition of Buena Vista distributed anime titles including Kiki's Delivery Service and Spirited Away, Risky Safety is an inspiring and heartwarming story suitable for family viewing. At the same time, Risky Safety includes enough elements of traditional imported Japanese anime to appeal to even the most seasoned and selective anime fan. Risky Safety is based on a comic book story created by Ray Omishi, the creator of popular and successful anime series Sorcerer Hunters. Risky Safety also features a memorable theme song performed by fan favorite vocalist Maaya Sakamoto, the singer responsible for theme songs to popular anime imports including Escaflowne, Lodoss War, Card Captor Sakura, and RahXephon. The Risky Safety animation was created by Studio A.P.P.P., the veteran Japanese studio responsible for breakthrough hit anime titles including Robot Carnival and Jojo's Bizarre Adventures. The all-star Japanese voice cast includes veteran actors Maaya Sakamoto, Kikuko Inoue, Horie Yui, Rumi Kasahara, and Yuri Shiratori.
For images and additional detail about Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety, visit the official English language Risky Safety website at RiskySafety.com.
ABOUT THE RISKY SAFETY DVD: AnimeNation is committed to providing discriminating anime viewers with an authentic and credible presentation of this imported Japanese series. To that end, AN Entertainmentis three volume Risky Safety DVD release will contain both English language audio and the original Japanese audio track with optional English subtitles. The subtitles will be adapted from a thoroughly researched "fansub" script- a dialogue script transcribed by devoted anime fans emphasizing translation accuracy and veracity to the original Japanese dialogue. Viewers that prefer English language dialogue will find Risky Safety immediately accessible and highly entertaining, especially supplemented with the extensive bonus liner notes detailing cultural and translation details that will be included on the AN Entertainment DVDs. The Risky Safety DVDs will also be packed with value-added bonus features including staff and cast biographies, trailers, image galleries, reversible DVD covers, and more. AnimeNation's goal is to produce an archival, reference quality DVD release of Risky Safety that will keep viewers of all ages enthralled, and meet the high standards expected by die-hard anime fans and connoisseur of fine imported film.
The first iterations of the Saiyuki tale were animated in the late 1960s, and based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Xiyouji, by Wu Cheng-En; ADV Films' release of Saiyuki is based on a manga by Kazuya Minekura, and directed by Hayato Date.
Special Edition Available! ADV's release of Saiyuki: The Journey Begins will be available in two versions: as a DVD in its standard case, or as a special edition, including the DVD, a t-shirt and a custom series art box, sized to hold the first six volumes of the series.
The Story: Once, demons and man lived together in harmony. But when a band of rogue demonic forces sought to resurrect a diabolical monster, dark spiritual energy began to cover the land-and the demons decided mankind was no longer friend, but food. Now, it's up to a renegade priest, a monkey king, a lecherous water sprite, and a sympathetic demon to stop the resurrection and return harmony to the dangerous land.
Enter the world of Saiyuki! A unique universe of beauty and betrayal, where sacred scrolls battle enchanted weaponry and where dragons can transform into jeeps. A land of magic and menace, where four reluctant heroes are just as concerned about having a good time, a stiff drink, and a beautiful woman as they are about saving the world...
Saiyuki: The Journey Begins (SRP $29.98; special edition $44.98) is a DVD-only release, including both English- and Japanese-language versions of the title. Extras include clean opening and closing animations; historical background; production sketches; a Saiyuki trailer and ADV Previews.
SAIYUKI: THE JOURNEY BEGINS Running Time: 125 minutes; Age Rating: 15+ Pre-Book Date: 4/1/03 Street Date: 4/29/03 Format SRP DVD $29.98 DVD + Custom Series Art Box + T-Shirt $44.98
Move Increases Fan Base For DARK ANGEL And NADESICO Graphic Novels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New York, NY (January 30, 2003) - Manga Artist Kia Asamiya, already well-known to American manga fans for his work on such Central Park Media released epics as Dark Angel and Nadesico, has recently come to the attention of mainstream American comic book fans for his work on Marvel Comic's Uncanny X-Men and the upcoming DC Comic's graphic novel release Batman: Child of Dreams.
According to Sam Napolitano, Director of Sales for Central Park Media, "Nadesico and Dark Angel have always been popular titles with our core customer base. We have recently seen an increase in sales for both graphic novel series, which we attribute to Kia Asamiya's growing popularity among the American fan base." "It would behoove retailers to cross merchandise Nadesico and Dark Angel with Batman: Child of Dreams."
Nadesico Nadesico is a comedic, sci-fi space opera featuring a rag tag crew consisting of a child prodigy, hard-core anime fans, and high school sweethearts. There is trouble in the outer solar system and it's up to the crew of the space battleship Nadesico to kick some butt!
TITLE: Nadesico, Book 1 Nadesico, Book 2 CATALOG#: CMX 06241, 208 pages CMX 06242, 208 pages
TITLE: Nadesico, Book 3 Nadesico, Book 4 CATALOG#: CMX 06243, 176 pages CMX 62404G, 208 pages
SRP PRICE: $15.95 each
Dark Angel Dark Angel is Kia Asamiya's epic sword and sorcery masterwork about a young inexperienced warrior named Dark that has to come to terms with his destiny as a guardian of the world.
MANGA ARTIST KIA ASAMIYA Page 2
TITLE: Dark Angel Book 1: The Path to Destiny CATALOG#: CMX 06231, 208 pages
TITLE: Dark Angel Book 2: White Tiger's Battle Cry CATALOG#: CMX 06232, 160 pages
TITLE: Dark Angel Book 3: Leen's Destiny - Path of the Blue Dragon CATALOG#: CMX 06233, 176 pages
TITLE: Dark Angel Book 4: Legend of the Sacred Beast CATALOG#: CMX 62304G, 192 pages
TITLE: Dark Angel Book 5: Legend of the Sacred Beast II CATALOG#: CMX 62305G, 208 pages
SRP PRICE: $15.95 each
In the press release announcing Giant Robot Week, Cartoon Network noted the quality of the selected ADV Films titles, and the fact that Giant Robot Week will mark the first-ever appearance of Dai-Guard and Martian Successor Nadesico on national television.
MEDIA BLASTERS STARTS ITS FIRST IN-HOUSE HORROR MOVIE PRODUCTION FOR 2003!! Looking for talented actors and crew personnel for all positions. If you are interested, email Carl Morano or call (212) 868-0991 Ext. 240
Also of interest is that they've licensed Samurai Deeper Kyo and the Twelve Kingdoms, and they've updated their 2003 theatrical releases.
Los Angeles, CA (January 28, 2003)—Promising to be the high-octane series’ most exciting installment yet, Street Fury: Chrome is TOKYOPOP’s answer to all things cars. Add a little danger, some smokin’ hot women and a few celebrities, then give it all an import focus, and you’ve got one sizzling 60-minute special guaranteed to rev the pulse of any car enthusiast. Hip-hop’s Redman introduces the action with his own freestyle description of Street Fury: Chrome.
Available on March 11, TOKYOPOP’s Street Fury: Chrome takes viewers to some of the country’s hottest import auto shows, gets them behind the scenes with the cars of The Fast and the Furious and puts them right in the action of real-life Southern California street racing. Featured special appearances include sexy Daisy Fuentes (formerly of MTV’s “House of Style”) and famed car creator George Barris (XXX fame), among others. The DVD also includes a sizzling model shoot photo gallery, car gallery, Initial D music video, GTO “School’s in Session” music video and previews of other hot upcoming TOKYOPOP releases at an MSRP of $19.99.
Tokyo Mint, LLC has announced that the third statue in
its exclusive line of Love Hina collectible statues
will be Aoyama Motoko with Sword. This statue will be
the first of this character, and the first at the
larger 1/6 scale; it stands a full 13" high. The North
American edition will be 600, the same edition size as
Tokyo Mint's sold out Naru Narusegawa Bikini statue,
which was released in December 2002. Each statue
displays on a wooden base, and comes
carefully packaged in a color box (Japanese
packaging with Tokyo Mint edition labeling). MSRP will
be $139.Tokyo Mint, LLC has the rights to release a series of cold-cast resin statues based on Love Hina, a successful manga (comic) and anime (animated series) from Japan. Love Hina is a romantic comedy manga series created by Akamatsu Ken which appeared in Shukan Shonen magazine and has been collected in fourteen volumes, which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan. In 2000, Love Hina was made into a popular anime series produced by Xebec for TV Tokyo. In 2002, the property was launched in America, with the manga released by Tokyopop, the anime on DVD by Bandai, and posters from 1000 Editions.
Acquired distribution rights of new 52 episodes of Inu yasha, actually running in Cartoon Network Latin America, and that completes 104 episodes to broadcast. Also, acquired the rights to distribute in theaters, two Inu yasha's movies in all Latin America, to be premiere in next third trimester this year.
Also, acquired the rights for Ninja Boys, a series with more than 300 episodes in format of 10 or 30 minutes, and broadcasted in Japan last seven years. Well, that seems to be Nintama Rantaro. It was premiered in 2000 and 2001 in Mexico, Chile and Venezuela as Ninja Boy or Ninja Boys, even Ninja Rantaro.
Finally, closed a deal with Nickelodeon Latin America to broadcast the second season on Yu Gi Oh!, the 4kids version, beginning next April.
Ko Films Distribution offers to TV networks, the broadcast rights of I Love BuBu Chacha, and Muchikko, in format of 26 x 30 mins. And 49 x 1 hr. , respectively. Also offers productions of Octapixx and Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Until now, there's no information about deals made with any networks. Source: Produ.com
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FUNimation's official DBGT release dates for the first four volumes.
Volume One: Dragonball GT: Baby Saga: Affliction - April 15th.
Volume Two: Dragonball GT: Baby Saga: Incubation - April 15th.
Volume Three: Dragonball GT: Baby Saga: Creation - May 20th.
Volume Four: Dragonball GT: Baby Saga: Proliferation - May 20th.
Thanks to Daniel for the news.
PCS Vision includes services that allow customers to browse the Internet wirelessly; take and transfer digital pictures on select Vision phones; check personal and corporate e-mail; and download polyphonic ringers and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen savers. "Wireless games allow our customers to have fun in an otherwise wasted moment -- on a device they always have with them," said Chip Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for the PCS division of Sprint. "Being the world's third-largest toy company, Bandai understands what people want to do for fun. Sprint is taking Bandai's expertise wireless and extending its portfolio into new areas of gaming."
"Bandai is very excited to partner with Sprint because it is one of the foremost 3G wireless carriers in the US," comments Masao Ohata, vice president of Network Entertainment for Bandai America Incorporated. "We are committed to offer top quality wireless entertainment that can be played on Vision-enabled PCS Phones by families anywhere on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network."
Bandai games can be found in the Games folder on PCS Vision handsets.
For more information: www.BandaiWireless.com
Update January 26, 2003, 9:30 p.m.
We have new Love Senshi and (S)he Said ... columns up for your reading pleasure!
A-KON OR BUST!!! We here at Anime Love want to spread the word more about this Web site! And to do that we will be attending Project A-Kon in Dallas, Texas, May 30-June 1! And we need your help! We want to buy an advertisement in the convention's program book to boost our exposure, and to have a gathering of people who come to this Web site so everyone can meet and have fun! We need your support in financing this project (since the webmaster is poor.) Our goal is $150 for the cost of the ad, food for the party, and prizes.
Source: Anime Love
Tribute to Shaw Brothers:
Kingdom and the Beauty (Jiang shan mei ren), restored version, Hong Kong
1959, Li Han-hsiang, 99 min., 35mm
Come Drink with Me (Da zui jia), restored version, Hong Kong 1966, King Hu,
94 min., 35mm
Hong Kong Nocturne (Xiang jiang hua yue ye), Hong Kong 1966, Inoue Umetsugu,
128 min., 35mm
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (Ai nu), Hong Kong 1972, Chu
Yuan, 90 min., 35mm
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Shao lin sa liu fang), restored version, Hong
Kong 1978, Liu Chia-liang, 115 min., 35mm
The audience rating of the movie "Spirited Away" (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi:Director Hayao Miyazaki) broadcast by 24 day and night by the Nippon Television Network system broke audience rating record of televising of the movie in television. The audience rating was 46.9%. The old highest was 44.7% of "KitaKitsyne monogatari" (The tales of A north fox) (it will broadcast by the Fuji Television system for 79 years). Announcement of Video Research.
Source: Goo News
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