“Our thanks and gratitude to our many listeners and friends who rallied to help return Anime in the Limelight to the air in its darkest hour. Our new grand sponsor Kawaii Kon (www.kawaii-kon.org/) has enabled us to expand our offering, which already includes a classic past episode on our web site each week, in addition to our new KORL episodes,” said William “Doc” Grant Jr., Limelight Media Sales VP. “Once able, we will add an archive block of 10 more past shows each month our listeners may access for a small fee, to help us with our ASCAP fees and some basic operational costs. We hope in the future to expand to 2-3 hours of programming as well as launch a video version in syndication.”

Wataru Minakami was at the top of his class in middle school and had a pretty comfy life in Tokyo. When he unexpectedly fails his only high school entrance exam because of a computer glitch, his life is suddenly thrown into utter chaos! Jeeves, Wataru’s trusted butler, sends him off to attend school at Stargazer’s Hill in a mysterious place called Promised Island. Upon his arrival, Wataru encounters many friendly, cute girls. This isn’t a problem – until he finds out they are all his sisters! For most kids, adjusting to life at a new school in a different town is tough enough. But for Wataru Minakami, high school will be the easy part! Twelve sisters all at once… What would YOU do? Sister Princess: Oh, Brother! (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release, including four complete episodes in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 language versions, with English subtitles. Extras include: clean opening and closing animation, production sketches, a reversible cover, a letter from Karen, character bios, cast interviews with Serena Varghese (Hinako), Hilary Haag (Karen) and Braden Hunt (Wataru) and ADV Films previews.

Limited Collector’s Edition Available! The first volume, Sister Princess: Oh, Brother!, is also available as a Collector’s Edition, which includes the volume 1 DVD, a book of postcards from each of the twelve sisters and an attractive custom series art box to house the entire series (SRP $39.98).

"Bursting at the seams, (Gungrave: Overdose) has been jacked up eight ways from Sunday with more characters, more levels, and more movies and all that adds up to plenty more heavy metal-infused action," says Ed Lewis, Associate Editor of IGN.com. "It's goofy and insane and it's a hell of a lot of fun." "Gungrave: Overdose looks and plays great. The anime style cinematics reek with personality," enthuses Dave Halverson, Editor in Chief of Play Magazine.

Anyone who purchases a copy of Gungrave: Overdose between September 2004 and March 2005 will receive a three-issue trial subscription to Play Magazine (an $18.00 value). Add a limited edition Gungrave art card, featuring images from Geneon Entertainment's Gungrave: Beyond The Grave anime DVD packed into every box, and you have one of the most incredible deals ever offered to gamers. "Gungrave: Overdose kicks a**. Just to make sure everyone knows it we've dropped the price to an absolutely insane $14.99 and put twenty bucks worth of free stuff in every package. You just can't lose," says Bill Swartz, Head Woof at Mastiff.

About Gungrave: Overdose Gungrave: Overdose features more of everything that made its predecessor great: more adrenaline, more over-the-top action, more cell-shaded coolness, more outrageous story, more pumped-up volume, and more non-stop gameplay. The game features the character design of noted anime artists Yasuhiro Nightow (Trigun) and Kosuke Fujishima (Sakura Wars) and a soundtrack composed by Tsuneo Imahori (Trigun, Hajime No Ippo).

YTV will also be airing the following cutting edge anime properties: Superior Defender Gundam Force – Fully 3D cel shaded animation for younger Gundam fans, Witch Hunter Robin – the gothic thriller from anime mastermind, Shukou Murase, and .hack//SIGN [Airing Spring 2005]– Part of the best selling video game chronicling a young video game player’s journey through an online fantasy game with no way out.

SD Gundam Force – Fri 7PM and Sat. 7:30 AM ET/PT
Gundam SEED – Fri 9:30 PM and 12:30 AM ET/PT
Witch Hunter Robin – Fri 10:30 PM and 1:30 AM ET/PT
.hack//SIGN - [Airing Spring 2005]

• AD Police (TV) : Producer • Armitage III (OAV) : Producer • Blue Gender (TV) : Producer • Blue Gender: The Warrior (movie) : Producer • Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) : Producer • Catnapped! The Movie : Producer • De:vadasy (OAV) : Producer • Great Dangaioh (TV) : Producer • Hyper Doll (OAV) : Producer • Macross II (OAV) : Producer • Moldiver (OAV) : Producer • Now and Then, Here and There (TV) : General Producer • Oni-Tensei (OAV) : Executive producer • Perfect Blue (movie) : Producer • Royal Space Force: The Wings Of Honneamise (1987) • Sex Demon Queen (OAV) : Producer • Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special : Producer • The Legend of Black Heaven (TV) : Producer • The Wings of Honneamise (movie) : Producer • Virgin Fleet (OAV) : Producer (AIC)

In 1995, writer/director Mamoru Oshii’s widely influential “Ghost In The Shell” burst onto the international film scene, introducing a new wave of Japanese animation through its mesmerizing cinematic expression. Seamlessly merging traditional cel animation with the latest computer graphic imagery, this stunning sci-fi spectacle broke through the boundaries of mainstream animation with its detailed artistic direction and uniquely intelligent story line. Nine years later, “Ghost in the Shell” is about to take once again the world by storm with a movie sequel, TV series, graphic novel and several DVDs all debuting this Fall.

On September 17th, Go Fish Pictures, a division of DreamWorks Pictures, will release the long-awaited sequel “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence” in theaters. Once again written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence”—the first anime ever to compete for the Cannes International Film Festival’s coveted Palme d’Or—is the story of a solitary cyborg who desperately wants to hold on to what’s left of his humanity in a world where the worth of the human soul is fading almost into obscurity. “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence” will get the widest theatrical opening release ever in the United States for an adult-themed anime film. Less than two weeks later, on September 28th, Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment will release the second DVD volume of the highly anticipated anime series “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.” The series, which will be released bi-monthly on seven DVD volumes over the next year, was created by the revered animators at Japan’s Production I.G.—the team behind “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence” and the anime segments in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill Volume 1.”

Dark Horse Comics will also contribute to the “Ghost in the Shell” phenomenon with the October 6th release of the “Ghost in the Shell 2nd Edition” graphic novel. This new edition of the original “Ghost in the Shell” manga will be in the original Japanese size and feature additional material not published in previous U.S. editions. “Ghost in the Shell 2nd edition” will carry an 18+ age advisory and be shrink-wrapped. A month later, in early November, the anime series “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” will debut on Cartoon Network’s highly rated late-night Adult Swim. Set in the not-too-distant future when technology plays a key role in everyday human life, “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” follows the adventures of the most popular female cyborg, Maj. Motoko Kusanagi, and her fellow police officers of Section 9.

November will also mark the launch of “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Developed by Cavia Inc., and published by Bandai America, this 3rd person shooter allows you to hack into your enemies’ minds, play as multiple characters from Ghost in the Shell, choose from 15 weapon types, select multiplayer combat for up to 4 players, and contains over 20 minutes of beautifully rendered CGI Ghost in the Shell FMV. This game is designed to appeal both to Ghost in the Shell fans as well as the most hardened gamer.

Set in the universe of the hit series Bubblegum Crisis-Tokyo 2040, Parasite Dolls is an erotic thriller focusing on the Branch, an elite team of police investigators charged with fighting corruption in a futuristic city whose population is split between human masters and artificial slaves called boomer. Directed by Kazuto Nakazawa (Bubblegum Crisis, Final Fantasy Unlimited) and Naoyuki Yoshinaga, Parasite Dolls utilizes a stunning combination of conventional and computer generated animation techniques to create a unique hyper-real look, climaxing in an amazing aerial chase unlike any animated sequence ever produced. English language version director Matt Greenfield (Evangelion, RahXephon, NOIR) declares that "the animation in Parasite Dolls is beyond phenomenal; and the final third of the feature is one of the most powerful segments I've seen in a lifetime devoted to this art form. If you want to see the future of anime, Parasite Dolls is the vanguard of the next generation."

Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test in Parasite Dolls.

Parasite Dolls (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release including a 95 minute feature in both English 5.1 and Japanese 5.1 language versions, with English subtitles. Extras include the “Get on the Beat” music video, the exclusive promo video shown at Anime Fair 2002, the original Japanese video promo, production sketches and ADV previews.

THE BEST OF SLAYERS (RADIO AND TELEVISION) Pre-book: 8/31/04 Street Date: 9/28/04 Catalog: CSL/003 UPC: 702727036521 Format: CD SRP: $14.98

HOUSTON, September 1, 2004— ADV Music invites you to sit back, relax and re-experience the excitement of Capcom®’s hit action game Onimusha 3: Demon Siege without the aggravation of having to use a controller! Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, the original soundtrack album, will be unleashed in a deluxe two disc CD compilation on September 28, 2004.

The Onimusha 3: Demon Siege original soundtrack gives listeners a chance to experience the time-spanning tale of this epic game through music. Onimusha 3: Demon Siege jumps between 14th century Japan and modern day Paris, France as the Onimusha, Samanosuke Akechi, and French solider Jacque Blanc battle the evil forces of the Demon Lord Nobunaga Oda across time. The story of these two warriors is recreated through music, from lush character theme songs to epic battle music. The compilation allows listeners to be exposed to two different eras of culture and time, the exotic simplicity of feudal Japan and the western hustle of modern France. Akari Kaida, one of the many composers featured on this album, commented that “the biggest challenge for this project was determining how to reflect two backgrounds and two time periods in the background music, while giving the overwhelming number of pieces a feeling of unity. Japan and France. Past and future. Bringing these wildly different backgrounds together by using music. Combining the themes of two heroes and other unique characters, while at the same time, creating an atmosphere that matches each scene.”