Anime Revolution

Bang Zoom! Entertainment has announced “Voice Actor Boot Camp”:http://www.bangzoomentertainment.com/voice_acting_school/. Each session is one day from 10am to 6pm. Signups are for one of the follow Saturdays: September 16, October 14 and November 4. A one day session will run $299 and will be held at Bang Zoom! Studios in Burbank, CA. Source: “Anime On DVD”:http://www.animeondvd.com/

Hideyuki Kurata, creator of _Read Or Die_, will be attending Anime Vegas, September 2-4. Source: “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

The “website”:http://www.basilisk.tv/ for FUNimation’s _Basilisk_ is now up. Source: “Anime On DVD”:http://www.animeondvd.com/

AnimeNEXT 2007 will be held on July 8 – 6, 2007 at the Meadowlands Expo Center and Holidy Inn Secaucus in New York City. Source: “Anime News Service”:http://www.animenewsservice.com/

Two new anime shows have been announced: “_Armored Core: Fort Tower Song_”:http://www.aniplex.co.jp/AC/ and _Souten no Ken (Fist of the Blue Sky)_. Armored Core: Fort Tower Song is based on the popular videogame franchise while _Souten no Ken_ will be based on the manga prequel (of the same name) to _Fist of the North Star_. Source: [...]

According to “AnimeNation”:http://www.animenation.net/ a new anime titled _Okane Ganai (No Money)_ has been announced. The anime is based on Tohru Kousaka’s 1999 yaoi novel of the same name. More details at the “official website”:http://www.anime-nomoney.com/.

Anime Expo 2007 will be held in the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California from June 29 to July 2. Source: “AnimeNation”:http://www.animenation.net/

!(alignleft)http://anime-revolution.com/files/4chan.png! “4Chan”:http://www.4chan.org/ is currently “hosting a torrent”:http://www.4chan.org/torrent/4chan_The_Otakon_2006_Panel.torrent of a video of their Otakon 2006 panel. The panel features moot, shut and team 4chan. You get to see lots of people yelling out internet catchphrases, funny stuff. On point of note from the video: 4chan is colocated by Cologuys, the same company that colocates “Megatokyo”:http://www.megatokyo.com/ and [...]

Otakon has posted its “full schedule”:http://www.otakon.com/con_schedule.asp. The “vitals” are available on the page linked as well as a “full schedule in pdf”:http://www.otakon.com/pdf/schedule-2006.pdf format. Source: “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

Satoshi Kon’s latest film, _Paprika_, is set for a March 2007 theatrical release, just three months behind the Japanese release. Source: “Twitch”:http://www.twitchfilm.net/

A “trailer”:http://www.mangazoo.jp/sakuhin/sos/ for _Project Blue SOS_, due in Japan next February, is now online. A “trailer”:http://www.warnermycal.com/movie/asx/362_1201_1000.asx for the third _Naruto_ movie is now online. The movie opens in Japan next weekend. Source: “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

According to “AnimeNation”:http://www.animenation.net/, “IGN has posted”:http://media.tv.ign.com/media/843/843116/vids_1.html the first _Afro Samurai_ trailer. _Afro Samurai_ debuts in November on Spike TV.

FUNimation has “listed”:http://www.funimationfilms.com/theaters.html all of the theaters showing the _Fullmetal Alchemist_ movie on August 25th and 26th. Source: “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

A new _Jin-Roh_ digital anime short titled “_Images of the Last Battalion_” is now “online”:mms://mercury.via.or.jp/dhw/df05/lastbattalion.wmv. The short was created by Production IG animator Koushi Kishida and was won the “Digital Frontier Grand Prix Best VFX Award”:http://www.dhw.co.jp/df05-review/01.html. There are rumors that Mamoru Oshii, creator of the original _Jin-Roh_, wants to film a live-action _Jin-Roh_ for a [...]

*Wednesday, August 2* Virgin Megastore, San Francisco *Friday & Saturday, August 4-5* Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore (this is part of Otakon) *Monday, August 7* -To Be Determined, New York City- CANCELLED (updated 8/1/2006) *Tuesday, August 8* Virgin Megastore, Boston Source: “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

*Manga Entertainment* [source: "Toonzone":http://www.toonzone.net/] * Co-producing new anime with APPP about a space pirate named Kuranosuke who tries to steal Japan’s gold during the Edo Period. * Second volume of Karas delayed to June 2007 * In the process of obtaining Renewal version of Evangelion movies. Hope to release next year if all goes well. [...]

*Viz Manga* [source: "Anime News Network":http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/] * Shakugan no Shana * Dragon Drive * Lovely Complex (LoveCom) for its Shojo Beat line *FUNimation* [source: "Toon Zone":http://www.toonzone.net/] * Crayon Shin-chan will recieve a test run on Adult Swim this August * FUNimation will create its own dub * IFC Channel will air Basilisk and Gunslinger Girl [...]

The website for Konami’s _Maiking Break-Through Gurren-Lagann_ is “now up”:http://www.konami.jp/th/gl/. This “AV Watch article”:http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060711/gainax.htm has some photos of the new Gainax anime. Source: “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

*Del Rey* * Shugo Chara by PEACH-PIT * Mamotte Lollipop by Michiyo Kikuta * Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara * Kitchen Princess by Miyuki Kobayashi * Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaki (formerly published flipped by Tokyopop) *Bandai* Reconfirmation of Anime Expo announcements. * .hack//roots * Cutie Honey live action film * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone [...]

Just a couple quick things from “Anime News Network”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/: * Art Asylum is showing off a new _Speed Racer_ promo amongs other things. The promo is by Jeff Nodelman producer of Venture Bros. * A trailer for _Afro Samurai_ will be hosted by Gonzo on Friday. That’s it for now.