MY TAKE ON RONIN WARRIORS:
It's been almost 9 years since Ronin Warriors aired on syndicated TV.
If you're not recognized about the series, its the story of 5 young
warriors destined to save the world from the evil hordes of the Dynasty.
Join Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento and Rowen (man, I can't believe I still
remember these names!!) as they battle the evil Talpa and the Dynasty!
Now the series has come to you for the first time ever on DVD in
March/April 2002!!!
FROM FUNimation:
FUNimation announced its release of Blue Gender's 2nd volume on Januray
15th. Also mentioned, the 5th movie entitled COOLER'S REVENGE (the first
of 2 Cooler movies) will be released on the 22nd. The second Cooler
movie is slated now in October. And the first of 2 the 4 Imperfect Cell
titles, ENCOUNTER and DISCOVERY, are coming to DVD on the January 29.
Also mentioned the long-awaited Garlic Jr. saga is out on DVD on the
8th. This saga has been long delayed. They also want to push it on with
the Majin Buu titles, THE HATCHING and ATONEMENT on the 29th to DVD.
Source:
Rey Albert Pilaro
Anime Video Library
http://members.fortunecity.com/sonic75/index.html
Thanks to Nausicaa.net, for this:
"A scan of the wraparound slip that is included with the Japanese version of "Howl's Moving Castle" is now available for consumption. The text says: "Planned to be made into an animated film by Studio Ghibli! The slightly strange love story of Sophie, an 18 year old cursed to become a 90-year-old woman, and Howl, a magician who cannot truly love anyone." Thanks to John Barnier for the scan and Deborah Goldsmith for the translation."
Gloves & Holly Art Agency -- http://jessebox.com We are a bran-new web site that is dedicated to anime artists. We are non profit and want people to draw anime! So whip out your pencils and doodle all over your paper. Wait, that sounded really gorse. Now that I'm really embarrassed, let's move on.
Each month we have a contest for prizes! First let's check out the contest then schmooze on down to the REALLY COOL PRIZES WE ARE GIVING AWAY!!!
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This months contest (Must submit by 10/31/01) jessebox.com/art/general.php
Holoween party in a weird place.
Rules: Your entry must have something to do with Holoween. May be original characters or characters from existing manga or anime. You may use what ever medium you feel like.
There is no limit to the number of entries. Entries must be scanned and emailed in JPG, GIF or SWF (flash) formats. No copying! If you are caught copying existing artwork your piece will be not be an eligible submission.
Submission: Send attached files to: gloves_holly@pluginbox.net Include the artist's name, and web site if you have one. Your work will be reviewed and posted under "Entries" usually within a week. Entries will be judged by you! From November 1st to 15th voting will be open. Entries must be received by: October 31, 2001
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Available prizes in the Prize Vault jessebox.com/art/prize_vault.php
PRIZES!!!
This is what it's all about folks! The prizes! We'll not for me it's not. I
don't get to have any of the prizes. ~_~ But what this means is that you
get one better chance to get PRIZES!!! What you need to envision is
Happosai from Ranma 1/2. Instead of him going crazy about braziers, you're
going crazy about PRIZES!!! Below you will find some of the prizes you can
pick form once you win, because it's going to be you* who wins!!!
*Warning May not be you.
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Reminder to vote jessebox.com/art/general_entries.php
Even more than entering in the contest to get PRIZES!!! you need to vote!
How can anyone win if you don't view the entries and vote for your
favorite! You only get one vote so pick wisely!
I just remembered something... You can't vote!!! It's not because you aren't old enough. It's because we don't have a previous month's contest to vote on! This means that you can vote on November 1st for October's contest but that's not for a heck-a long time. Just something to keep in the back of your mellon.
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Last months winner Don't forget to check the previous winners. These are the people you have to train night and day to become better than them. You have to train like Goku did on his way to Namak or like the sailor scouts did! Oh wait... I don't think the sailor scouts did much training for any battle. So not like the sailor scouts. Probably more Tenchi. Sorry I'm naming these old school anime, nothing new is coming into mind.
There is only one problem with this. Our site is tooooo new!!! WE HAVE NO PREVIOUS MONTHS!!! So this means that you are going to have to be disciplined and train without knowing your rivals abilities and special attacks. Maybe I should lay off the competition bit. I mean art isn't meant to be a competition. It's meant to look nice and increase a person's view on the world. To share creative ideas... yea. I like that... Everyone will get prizes. Oh crap! we don't have that many prizes ~_~ I'm sorry it will have to stay a competition. We aren't made of money you know. A lot of these prizes are coming out of our own pockets.
Even if you aren't a great artists and don't think you will win... JOIN THE CLUB!!! This contest is meant to increase your skills by seeing how other people did and compare their ideas with the one you did. See what you will do different next time. This is the fastest way to learn art without being instructed by an art professor. Well it could be the fastest way, I don't know. It works for me really well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----
Upcoming Events Finally the events! And here they are in order by date: 1. ... 2. ... Okay so we don't have anything "special" planned just yet, but! I'm sure something cool will happen and you'll want to know about it. So I would come back to the site as often as possible! Well maybe just once a week is okay. ^_^
Actually the only scheduled events we have is the contest deadline on 10/31/01 and our white board is scheduled for 9:00PM-10:00PM Pacific time every day. Also look forward to a few new tutorials. Most if not all will be simple Photoshop tricks to help people out.
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What's new OUR SITE, THAT'S WHAT!! Yes our site has only been running since 9/24/01 that's less than 2 weeks. And those first 2 weeks... FEWWWW! Let's just say it was a rocky 2 weeks and we are getting our act together finally.
We have an online community white board where you and your friends can get together, do some chatting and some drawing at the same time. I highly recommend it. You can then save your drawings for other people to view or you can quickly clear the board before anyone sees that embarrassing picture you only halfway finished. Don't worry every artists has done bad pictures. We are having daily scheduled meetings at 9:00 PM so that you have at least one other person to chat and draw with.
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Something extra!
After all that stuff you want to have something Extra!!!? I'll give you
something extra right in the Jaw.. I mean I'll give you something like a
job! Speaking of jobs, we have small jobs that you can apply for. We can't
pay you, nor will we ever. It's just for fun, just like the rest of this
site. You can find these under the "Profiles" section of our site.
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Something Special! animeworks.net
Gloves & Holly Art Agency has a new partner!!! AnimeWorks.net!
www.animeworks.net They are adding DVDs to the Prize Vault. AnimeWorks.net
sells everything anime and they sell it for less than most other places.
You might start seeing a lot of AnimeWorks.net links around the site soon.
This is because we truly believe that this is a great company to buy DVDs,
Manga, Wall Scrolls and lots more from. All we ask is that if you are
looking for something anime, stop by AnimeWorks.net first. It will probably
be your only stop. ^_^ Be thankful we aren't charging for art entries.
Well, we would never do that but how else are we going to give away prizes?
http://members.fortunecity.com/candywhite English Translation Project
Japanese Home Pages
http://www.kiwi-us.com/~subrosa/special/manga.html
Candy Candy Manga Japonais
http://www.candycandy.net
Candy Candy Net
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/2541
Candy Candy
English Home Pages
http://www.geocities.com/anthonycandy
CANDY - CANDY in INDONESIA
http://members.fortunecity.com/candygallery/cartoonindex.htm
Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/3858/candy.htm
Candy
http://members.tripod.com/nanechan/index.html
Candy
http://members.tripod.com/~candyterri/candyterriindex-3.html
Candy and Terri's Page
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/5621
Ale's Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/9095/candy.html
Lili's Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/shion_1
Animec's Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/9288/candy.html
Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/1674
Candy Candy Home Page
http://members.tripod.com/~meimi/candycandy.html
Melanie's Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Dojo/3200/candy/candy1.html
Image Galleries of Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/2276
Tribute to Candy
http://www.candicewhite.cjb.net/
Candy
Spanish Home Pages
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/7235
Test
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/4912/candy.html
Pati's Candy Candy
http://www.candy-candy.chiriqui.com
Pony's Home
http://members.xoom.com/angie78
Candy's Home
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cafe/4451
Candie's Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/6237/candy.htm
Candis White Andley
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/pimlico/235/candy.htm
Cult Cartoons: Candy
http://home.coqui.net/victori/candy.htm
Candy Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Orion/1914/candy.html
Manganipon Candy
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/8354/candy/candy.html
l El mejor anime
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/1598/CandyCandy.html
Candy Candy (una ni? muy simp?ica)
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Field/8079/indice.html
Terry Grandchester
French Home Pages
http://membres.tripod.fr/Leia/CandyCandy
Au pais de Candy Candy
http://www.noos.org/anime/nostalgie/candy/index.html
Noostalgie - Candy
http://susanna.marlowe.free.fr/index1024.htm
Susana - Candy
http://www.geocities.com/antisuzie
Susana - Candy
Italian Home Pages
http://members.xoom.it/CasadiPony
Casa di Pony
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/9134/f-candy.htm
Candy
German Home Pages
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/8892/candy.html Candy
Film news
At very short notice, I have discovered that The 13th International Film
Festival Wales that is being held in Cardiff this week is hosting the UK
premieres of two new anime feature films - 'Metropolis', and 'The Boy Who
Saw The Wind'. Both films will be shown tomorrow (23rd November). Details
of the showings can be found on the festival web site:
http://www.iffw.co.uk/english/animate.html.
If you can't make, don't worry. 'Metropolis' is being distributed in the UK by Columbia/Tristar Pictures, a major film distributor. A high profile release is expected sometime next year.
Elsewhere, Cambridge Arts Picture House has officially announced that it will be showing a short season of Studio Ghibli films from 18th - 27th January next year. Keep an sys on the Picture House web site for details: http://www.picturehouse-cinemas.co.uk/site/cinemas/Cambridge/local.htm
ADV Films News
ADV Films future release plans are starting to come together. All of their
future releases will be on DVD, with VHS included for new material. Titles
planned for release next year are: Gunsmith Cats, Ninja Resurrection, Dirty
Pair Flash, Generator Gawl, Gaseraki, Samurai X, Burn Up W, Sin: The Movie,
Slayers, Sakura Diaries and Original Dirty Pair.
Current UK anime video release schedule
All of the following dates are subject to change.
Out now: Sailor Moon vol. 1 (VT), Sailor Moon vol. 2 (VT),
Hurricane Live 2033 (VT), Urusei Yatsura Movie 1 (VD),
Bubblegum Crisis vol. 3 (VD)
10th December: Gundam Wing vol. 1 (T), Gundam Wing vol. 2 (T)
27th December: Sailor Moon vol. 3 (VT)
February 2002: X (MD)
April: Akira (MD)
Forthcoming: Evangelion Movie (MB), Virus (MB), Dirty Pair Flash (AD), Ninja Resurrection (AD), Slayers (AD), Gunsmith Cats (AD), Samurai X (AD), Burn up W (AD), Sin: The Movie (AD), Samurai X: The Movie (AD), Generator Gawl (AB), Gasaraki (AB), Cardcaptors: The Movie (B), Oh My Goddess Movie (VB)
(A)=ADV Films, (K)=Kiseki Films, (M)=Manga Entertainment, (V)=MVM, (T)=VHS tape, (D)=DVD, (B)=Both
18/01/2002 - Laputa: Castle in the Sky (late nights)
20/01/2002 - Kiki's Delivery Service (matinee)
22/01/2002 - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (evening)
22/01/2002 - The Crimson Pig aka Porco Rosso (evening)
25/01/2002 - My Neighbour Totoro (late nights)
27/01/2002 - Princess Mononoke (matinee)
On the Saturday 5th January there will be a Kids Club Screening of Totoro, all adults must be accompanied by children for this showing, which would be ideal for parents to introduce their children to Studio Ghibli films.
[1] http://www.picturehouse-cinemas.co.uk/site/cinemas/Cambridge/local.htm
Source: Anime Digital
Source: Kyodo News
Latest issue of TOKYOPOP's Smile magazine today has an ad for Marmalade Boy - the manga starts next month. Along with "Available monthly starting December 2001 as a limited edition comic book series" when you look at the bottom of the ad you see this : "Look for the Marmalade Boy anime on VHS & DVD coming soon from TOKYOPOP" Make of that what you will - but they were giving stores St. Tail posters that worked in pretty much the same way long before they officially announced that anime.
Just in time for the holidays!!! Get your ALC logo or our mascot Yuriko with her lover, shirts, mugs, Xmas stockings, teddy bears, and more - visit our sales page at Cafepress http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=alc,alc2
or for the perfect stocking stuffer for your woman-loving lover or friend, get ALC motto Tshirts, postcards, stickers and shoujoai manga at the ALC Goodies page http://anilesbocon.shoujoai.com/goodies.htm
The Poster Contest has three weeks left -get your submissions in! http://anilesbocon.shoujoai.com/contests.htm Your vision of our 2002 theme, "chicks with weapons" could be our official poster!
Want to create a shoujoai/yuri music video or manga? Visit our projects page and learn how you can take the first step towards micro-fame and fortune! http://anilesbocon.shoujoai.com/projects.htm
Five new issues added to the Shoujoai ni Bokuen archive. Read the adventures of our mascot, Japan's only out lesbian pop idol: http://anilesbocon.shoujoai.com/snb.htm
New links of interest added to the links page: http://anilesbocon.shoujoai.com/links.htm
And Yuriko's so cool, she keeps having her portrait painted. Visit her gallery where new pics are coming in all the time:http://anilesbocon.shoujoai.com/gallery.htm
The San Antonio Animation Society meeting #73 will be held on Sunday, November 25th, 2001 at the Parliament Square Apartments clubhouse. (In the back, by the pool.) Parliament Sqaure Apartments are located at 11726 West Avenue, between a Dairy Queen and a vet's office. Here's what we'll be showing this month:
--Nadia; Secret of Blue Water
--Tenshi Ni Narumon
--Outlaw Star
--Revolutionary Girl Utena
--What's Michael
--Minky Momo
--Kodomo No Omocha
--The Glass Mask
--Yawara!
--Omishi Magical Theatre Risky/Safety
--Shin Getta Robo OVA
Plus we'll have the usual video game systems set up in the back corner, the friendly conversations and the usual wackiness and fun that are present at every SAAS meeting! Come on down and join us, admission donation for non-members is $1 to help pay for the clubhouse rental fee. Doors open at 12:00 noon, and the anime starts showing at 1:00 pm and runs until 10:00 pm!
You can learn more about SAAS at the webpage: http://members.aol.com/patlduke --Elin, La Presidenta de SAAS
Want to see what the next CCG series from Score is going to look like? Click Here! Score has agreed to send us one card a week to post up on the site for you guys to look at. I must say that I am impressed, the image actually matches the card now. Expect another card next week!
I think it would be unfair to Sam to let this go unnoticed, especially when the guy was responsible for a good majority of our news submissions. Like Skull and myself, Sam has entered college, and the stress of class and his site SZR have proven too much for him (I know exactly where he's coming from). Therefore, he has retired from the Dragon Ball community. I would like to thank him for keeping us on top of things for the past several months. So long, Sam!
As we reported last month, four figures based on the Original Video Animation of Samurai X (OVA: a direct-to-video release with no TV or Movie tie-in) are in the works by Toycom. This series will be pre-painted PVC statue's each featuring a base and will star Kenshin Himura, Tomoe Yukishiro, Okita Souji, and Hajime Saitou. Look for them March 2002 for an SRP of $11.95 each.
"On Tuesday, Square launched its official Japanese Web site for the upcoming online network RPG Final Fantasy XI. The site currently showcases the three selectable races: the hume (human), the elvern (elf), and the tartar (hobbit-like). Each race dwells in its own kingdom--Bastuque, Sandoria, and Windus, respectively. Users in Japan can currently apply to become one of the limited number of beta testers for the game. The sign-up begins next month in Japan.
"Final Fantasy XI is scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 and the PC sometime in spring 2002 in Japan. No release information has been disclosed for the rest of the markets."
Houston, TX
ADV FILMS has set a street date of January 29, 2002 for the home video release of Gasaraki: "To Be a Kai" - the conclusion of the hit anime series that spent eight weeks on Billboard Magazine's "Chart of the Top 40 Best Selling Titles". ADV FILMS plans a concurrent day & date release of both VHS and DVD formats for this eighth stunning volume of the critically acclaimed anime series - Gasaraki.
In this volume, the world stands poised on the brink of destruction. Only through the actions of a few brave men and women will the Earth survive the coming conflict. While the puppets of the Kugutsu struggle to sever the strings that control them, the Kai prepare for their ultimate confrontation. The ultimate terror arrives in "To Be a Kai" - the eighth and final volume of Gasaraki.
ADV FILMS' VHS release ($19.98 SRP) of Gasaraki: "To Be a Kai" will be the English-language version. The DVD release ($29.98 SRP) will feature the English-language version as well as the Japanese-language version with English subtitles. DVD extras for this volume include production staff interviews, "textless" open and close credit animation, production sketches, a comprehensive glossary of terms, and previews of ADV releases.
Visit ADV FILMS on the web at www.advfilms.com.
Gasaraki: "To Be a Kai"
Running Time: 75 minutes; Rating: 12+
Pre-Book Date: 1/1/02
Street Date: 1/29/02
Format SRP
VHS $19.98
DVD $29.98
Giant Robo: The Doctor - Narration
In addition he was sound supervisor on the following:
Golden Hero Goldran, Dougon, Armored Police Metal
Jack, Yusha Oh Gaogaiger TV and OVA series
Gaogaiger TV: Cain
Gaogaiger OVA: Cain
"According to www.cinema.com.hk, "Sen" is opening in Hong Kong on December 12th with Cantonese dubtitle.
"www.asiandvdguide.com is reporting that IVL is planning on releasing "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service" on December 11th with Chinese/English subtitles. A number of other films are planned for release in "June 2002".
"Unlike the bootlegged versions from "Anime Cartoon International, these DVDs are coded for region 3. Watch this space as we try and confirm the legitimacy of the discs.
"Thanks to Vincent Kieffer and Stephen Lau for posting the information to the Miyazaki Mailing List."
Source: Daniel
"On Dec. 11, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is expected to approve adding a Best Picture Oscar for Animated Film to the roster of awards it will give out next Mar. 24. [Nominations will be announced on Feb. 12.]...In 2002, the Academy may well decide against giving the award, since it takes up to five years to make an animated film and some major producers -- think Pixar, for one -- don't have a release planned for next year. That shortage makes this year's nominations and awards all the more valuable, just as it makes the battle all the more fierce -- and entertaining."
More actual details on the actual history of animated films-and the awards they have been considered for-are available at this Yahoo biz link.
"ADV announced stuff at the con I can get no news from. Two ex-Streamline titles have found a new home, Crying Freeman and Doomed Megalopolis, and Medabots finds its home video home, but it will most likely be another straight from TV release, dub-only. :P In other news, the Bebop movie may be acquired, and not by Bandai, which IMO is not a good thing. Waiting for more official word."
An official celebration of the 30th anniversary of Lupin III on TV has been commisioned adn is occuring between October 24 and Feb 2nd 2002. The Lupin III Network will offer web visitors who complete quiz and certain applications a chance to win some limited edition gifts. A number of participatories will join along in the celebration including the retail firm Animate. One can view Quicktime clips of the celebration here.
Lupin creator Monkey Punch has started the online release of the manga "Lupin Three World". The comic is available through the broadband private bookstore "10 days book" (http://www.10daysbook.com/) as an ebook from Decmeber
Twin Moons Anime www.TMPAnime.com
BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 15 -- Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Sanrio Company, Ltd., today announced a ground-breaking collaborative agreement to bring together for the first time feature characters from two of the world's leading licensing and retail merchandising companies. The two companies have entered into an agreement under which they will develop and launch co-branded merchandise featuring the popular characters Tweety and Hello Kitty. The agreement, which calls for merchandise to be sold exclusively at Sanrio locations throughout Japan and most of Asia, is the first time industry-leading companies have partnered to develop and market a co-brand featuring their popular characters.
Merchandise featuring the new co-brand will launch in March 2002 in Japan. Following this initial launch, the co-branded venture will be extended throughout most of Asia -- to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Asia is one of the world's largest character goods markets, with the size of Japan's market alone estimated to be worth annually over two trillion yen (approximately US$16.6bn).
"We are very proud of the strong stable of brands that Warner Bros. Consumer Products represents worldwide -- from Bugs Bunny to Batman, The Powerpuff Girls to Harry Potter -- and we have long admired the wonderful properties represented by Sanrio," said Dan Romanelli, President of Warner Bros. Worldwide Consumer Products. "Friendship and cross cultural exchange are fitting themes for this new relationship between Tweety and Hello Kitty and we look forward to working closely with Sanrio to build a long-lasting and successful relationship."
Designed around the theme of friendship and international goodwill, the merchandise will initially comprise of at least 200 Tweety and Hello Kitty co-branded products, as well as Tweety-as-designed-by-Sanrio exclusive product. Appealing to a broad spectrum of young women and girls aged between 16-30 -- a key market in Japan -- the co-branded collection of merchandise will range from stationery items, fashion and home accessories, personal care items, plush, gifts and novelties, electronics, publishing, food and beverages and confectionery. The Tweety-exclusive product will include stationery, paper goods, mobile phone accessories and towels.
"Tweety and Hello Kitty are adored by fans of all ages around the world. Warner Bros. Consumer Products is pleased to be working with Sanrio, Japan's leader in character licensing, to partner the world's most loved cunning canary with the world's most fashionable feline," said Mark Matheny, Executive Vice President, International Licensing for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "Both characters appeal to a similar audience -- young women of today -- and this partnership allows us to bring them together through creative, fashion-forward merchandise with a cross-cultural theme."
The March 2002 launch of the merchandise will be supported by a comprehensive marketing campaign including print advertising, POP displays, standees, store fronts and window displays, in-store designs and promotions, shelf tops, mobiles and banners, retail promotions, product sales brochures, special gift cards and prize drawings, Tweety and Hello Kitty public appearances at local events and tours.
Kunihiko Tsuji, Executive Vice President, Sanrio Co., Ltd., commented, "Sanrio is proud to be breaking new ground with Warner Bros. Consumer Products in this unprecedented collaboration of two of the world's most beloved characters, Hello Kitty and Tweety. We see this as a step in exemplifying global cooperation and bringing innovative new products to market. This move is a natural for Hello Kitty, the world's ambassador to friendship, who believes that you can never have too many friends.
About Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Consumer Products is a division of Warner Bros., an AOL Time Warner Company, and is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.
About Sanrio Company, Ltd.
Sanrio develops and distributes a unique line of over 12,000 children's gifts, stationery and accessory items. Hello Kitty is the company's flagship character. President and CEO, Shintaro Tsuji founded the company in 1960 based on the concept that a small gift can bring a smile to a child of any age. Today, there are over 600 Sanrio stores worldwide as well as over 10,000 Sanrio retail accounts, including toy stores and national chain stores. Sanrio's worldwide sales exceeded $1.2 billion in 2000.
Yaoi-Con
http://www.yaoicon.com
This Saturday (11/17) -- Anime Mini Con in San Francisco!
Come join us for a full day (9am ~ midnight) of 110% pure fun at the
San Francisco Holiday Inn Golden Gateway!
Admission Fee: $10.00
Location:
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
1500 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 1-415-4414000
http://www.sixcontinentshotels.com/holiday-inn?_franchisee=SFOGG
Featuring:
· Mini Dealer Room featuring Aestheticism Cybershoppe.
· Large Video Room - Come view an excellent selection of shoujo,
shounen, shounen-ai, and yaoi titles!
Events
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· * X-Box Gaming Event - Show off your agility and dance prowess on
Dance Dance Revolution!
· Panel discussions - Cosplay, Fanfiction Writing, History of Anime,
the Yaoi Fandom, and More!
· Night owls, come join us for an evening of music and dance the night
away!
· Raffle Event with exceptional prizes: Lots of anime DVD/VHS/CD,
doujinshis and mangas, toys and action figures, autographed sketches
from Higuri You (Guest of Honor of Yaoi-Con 2001), posters, and the
Grand Prizes: Win a FREE Pass to the Following Conventions for 2002!
Yaoi-Con (http://www.yaoicon.com)
Fanime Con (http://www.fanime.com)
Rekka Con
Nan Desu Kon 6 (http://www.ndk.cc)
Project A-Con (http://www.a-kon.com)
· And don't miss our special Yaoi-Con 2002 registration price of
$35.00 ($5.00 off the early registration price) if you pre-register at
the Anime Mini Con!
Come join the fun!
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Events and panels are subject to change
The proceeds of this convention will go toward Yaoi-Con 2002. Show
your support!
We've got big news in the LadyStar area of the
Heavy Cat Web!
http://www.heavycat.com/ladystar/ladystarnews.html
Shannon has two all-new Limited Edition glossies
available:
http://www.heavycat.com/ladystar/glossiesgallery.html
plus our graphics gallery has been reopened (finally!)
http://www.heavycat.com/ladystar/graphicsgallery.html
Alanna has new wallpaper in the Multimedia Area too:
http://www.heavycat.com/ladystar/ladystarwallpaper.html
"Little Pictures Everywhere," the latest episode
of our magical and mysterious iStory adventure game,
LadyStar, is now available to download! Windows,
Linux and Macintosh versions are available:
http://www.ladystar.net/episodes.html
Game screens are available here:
http://www.heavycat.com/ladystar/gamescreens.html
We're also offering a special early shareware
registration price for the full electronic version of LadyStar
for those adventurous (pun intended) enough. Early registrations
will receive a special exclusive *bonus episode* which will not
be available after the early registration period. The game can be
registered here:
http://www.ladystar.net/completegame.html
Our Frequently Asked Questions has been completely reworked,
with lots of new information available:
http://www.heavycat.com/ladystar/ladystarquestions.html
Talitha reprogrammed her guest book and really wants to
hear what everyone thinks about our site and game!
Sign Talitha's Guestbook at:
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..and, the rest of the LadyStar area is updated all the time.
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Both will screen November 23rd at the UGC Cinema, opposite the Cardiff International Arena; the author of the latter film will be introducing an additional screening at 6.30pm on the 27th, also at the UGC. (And indeed, the whole day is one of animation - 10am, local college work; 10.30am, Varga Studios of Budapest; noon, S4C's recent animation commissions; 2pm, student animation presentations; 2.30pm, Dutch animation including "Father and Daughter", the latest from Michael de Wit - a truly beautiful piece, which was featured in this year's Spike & Mike)
Advance tickets can be booked on 0870 9070739, 50p fee per ticket (£1.50 max fee). The cinema itself is on 029 2066 7667.
Metropolis [Japan, 2000. 90 mins. Japanese, subtitled]
- Fri Nov 23, 7pm
Based on the classic manga by Osamu Tezuka, Metropolis is brought to
the screen by two of the most respected figures in Japanese animation
today - Katsuhiro Otomo and Rintaro.
Metropolis is a grand city-state populated by humans and robots.
Amidst the chaos created by anti-robot factions, detective Shunsaku
Ban wants to arrest rebel scientist Dr Laughton and his latest
creation, Tina. However, the eccentric scientist is beyond his reach.
More than fifty years on, Tezuka's vision confirms him as a prophet.
The precautionary tale is spectacularly rendered, combining the best
of Japanese cel animation with the latest in digital technology.
The Boy Who Saw The Wind [Japan, 2000. 97 mins. Japanese, subtitled]
- Fri Nov 23, 4pm
- Tue Nov 27, 6.30pm (personally introduced by the author)
Amon is a special boy who can handle the light. Branic, emperor of
the New Golden Dragon Kingdom, jealous of his powers, seeks him out,
but Amon, discovering that he is a Pupil of the Wind, a descendant of
the ancient flying people, escapes and flies away with the golden
eagle.
Undeterred, Branic hunts him down. He knows that he must harness
Amon's endless powers if he is to conquer all. Amon and Branic stand
face to face - Amon will defend the people of the wind and peace for
all. Beautifully drawn animation; based on cult author C.W. Nicol's
novel.
Nintendo will release the Brownie Brown developed GameBoy Advance communication RPG Magical Vacation in Japan on December 7, for 4800 yen. In this game you started on a journey with 15 other companions from the magic school, who entered into another dimension to dodge the attacks from the monsters. In this world there are 16 attributes of magic like thunder, water, fire, ice, sound and so on. You can obtain the attribute magic from the 16 spirits of the dead around the world. The power of the magic increases as you use it more often. It is possible to exchange magic with your friend using a link cable.
Source: The Magic Box
IF Labs has revised the release date for their second wave of Dragonball Z Movie Collection figures from June to October 2002. The figures are now set to coincide with the DVD/VHS release of Dragonball Z Movie 6, "Return of Cooler", which features the characters planned for the second series, including Goku and Krillin in Space Suits, Battle Damaged Vegeta, and Metal Cooler (a much upgraded form of the tyrant from Movie 5). In the meantime, IF Labs is running right on schedule to have series 1 on the shelves by February 15, just in time for the release of Movie 5, "Cooler's Revenge".
NTT DoCoMo Inc. will restrict the transmission and reception of e-mail on Jan. 1 to prevent the system from crashing after the massive number of New Year greetings expected to be transmitted to and from its Internet-capable i-mode mobile phones, company officials said Friday. It will be the first time for a mobile phone operator to impose a restriction only on e-mail communications. The restriction on e-mail communication will last several hours, starting from a couple of minutes before 12 a.m. on New Year's Day and lasting until dawn. The operator's i-mode centers will accept outgoing e-mail sent from i-mode-capable mobile phones one out of every eight times. Users whose messages are refused will receive a message saying, "please wait." NTT DoCoMo will also limit the amount of incoming e-mail sent from non-i-mode devices such as personal computers and other types of mobile phones to DoCoMo phones. Even when the centers receive incoming messages, they will reduce the transmission speed so the company's communication facilities do not become excessively overloaded or malfunction. NTT DoCoMo made similar restrictions on Jan. 1 this year and last year. On both occasions, the restriction was on both e-mail and telephone calls. However, as the number of i-mode subscribers recently reached about 29 million recently--double the number a year ago--NTT DoCoMo expects New Year's e-mail greetings to rapidly increase this time. On Jan. 1 next year, the company will restrict telephone conversations for a shorter period compared with previous years, but will continue to restrict e-mail for several hours. The Telecommunications Business Law stipulates that a telecommunications operator can halt service if it is necessary to protect its equipment, so NTT DoCoMo's planned restriction faces no legal problems. Through monthly statements and newspaper advertisements, the company plans to ask its users to regulate their sending of New Year's e-mail greetings through i-mode.
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