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05/05/2004 Edition

By da Original S Man May 05, 2004

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By da Original S Man

5/5/04 Edition

From the desk of da Original S Man:

Ever get the feeling that something is missing? Hmm.. what could it be... Aoi-chan? No wait, that comes out on July 6th..

Important News

System Update: Power to the P!nk

OK, not really. But for those worried, Flood's now pink name means nothing. His title on the other hand... Anyone else feel the sudden urge to sing The Lumberjack Song? OH... I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay...

A special reminder to all who wish to join the forums, be sure to check out:

Avatars & Avatar Hosting

And now, onto the forums...

InuYasha Movie 1 + 2

Between Animerica & Anime Insider there has been growing some intresting IY news. According to Animerica, Viz is looking at a Summer release of the first IY movie and then following up with the second movie later this year. According to Anime Insider, the first IY movie is looking at a possible theater run. And to tack on at the last moment, ICv2 is reporting that the InuYasha movie will see a short run in select cities and premiering at San Diego ComicCon. Whew...

AoD Forum Thread

Tokyopop's Unlicensed Anime Survey

In the tradition of many other TOKYOPOP surveys, TP asks the burning question: What 3 unlicensed series do you want to see? Now through May 31st you can submit your picks of what TP should look at and be entered to win some free TP merchandise.

AoD Forum Thread

Geneon & Bandai's Weekly PDF files

"juliant59" has been keeping an eye out and has the two newest PDF files sent to retailers. For Bandai, Wolf's Rain LE & Stratos 4 have been pushed back. Of new release dates, Dragon Drive 2 comes out 7/13 and then 7/27 follows up with Galaxy Angel 3, The Big O II 4, and .hack//Legend of the Twilight 2. Meanwhile, on the Geneon side of things, we see that the Mahoromatic Summer Special has been pushed back a week to May 25th. Picking up the slack are some new & re-release of titles: Demon Lord Dante 2 on 7/27, Fushigi Yugi TV Season 1 Volume 1 (re-release of what is in the box sets as singles) on 7/27, and the final Heat Guy J (#7!) will release on 7/20 with & without the second box to hold volumes 4 through 7.

Geneon 4/27/04 PDF

Bandai 5/02/04 PDF

ADV DVD Announcements

Since ADV doesn't have a neat & tidy PDF ( ;-) ), we instead get David & Janice posting up the details and sometimes answering questions. As mentioned in an earlier issue, ADV has split up the Komugi-chan series to cover all 6 episodes. DVD 1 comes with 1, 2, and 2.5 + a commentary track with ADR Director Scott McClennen and Jocelyne Loewen (Komugi-chan in The SoulTaker and Nurse Witch Komugi). Sonic Soldier Borgman comes with both OVAs and a 5.1 English track. Grrl Power is low priced for the short episode and stuff with extras. And you'll find 4 more episodes on the Kaleido Star & BASToF Syndrome DVDs.

Nurse Witch Komugi volume 1 release info

Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle / Lover's Rain release info

Grrl Power release info

Kaleido Star 3 release info

BASToF Syndrome 4 release info

FUNImation has more show announcements coming

Not really a surprise, but FUNi will be announcing a new series acquired at Anime Central (May 14-16) according to their latest newsletter. And then Lance Heiskell dropped by to hint that Fanime Con (May 28-31) will also see a title announcement. Can you deal with two more? ;-)

And TRSI also snuck in the release dates for several new volumes to exisiting series FUNi has. Included is the first 2 DVDs for Cased Close (8/24), Yu Yu Hakusho 25 (8/17), and the 9th Dragon Ball Z movie: Bojack Unbound (8/17).

AoD Forum Thread

New FUNi Release Dates

Tom Wayland leaves CPM for TripWire Productions

Having worked on helping bring anime titles to US fans for Central Park Media, Tom Wayland is branching out. Tom has founded his own dubbing studio, as well as, helping create demos & voice coaching those who would like to become Voice Actors in the New York City area. NYC, he's your chance to try and break into the business.

AoD Forum Thread

Gunslinger Girl comes to Europe

"Kaj" had some intresting news for the European readers. Gunslinger Girl has been licensed by a French studio "Kaze". First DVD releases in July.

AoD Forum Thread

Fans Take On... Michelle Ruff

In the on going "Fans Take On..." series, fans are encouraged to post this thoughts about English voice actress Michelle Ruff. It's hard to have not heard her voice in at least one series by now. Zoe in Digimon, Kiki in The 08th MS Team, Fujiko in Lupin the 3rd TV, and who could forget the voice of both Chii & Aoi Sakuraba. Take some time out of that busy schedule of yours and post some love for Aoi-chan!

AoD Forum Thread

Eclair and Marlene say "hello"

Colleen Clinkenbeard (Eclair in Kiddy Grade, Rachel in Case Closed) and her roommate Laura Bailey (Marlene in Blue Gender, Tohru in Fruits Basket) stopped by to thank the fans thanks for their support and to look forward to future titles coming soon.

AoD Forum Thread

Sheets for the Week

Look! Lots of naughty covers with this week's update. ;-)

ZOIDS: Chaotic Century 3

Manga Grade

Another week to romp through the pages.

Manga shipping week of May 5, 2004

New at my Waldenbooks week ending 8 May

Comparison Chart: Focus on TOKYOPOP and art books

What manga did you purchase this month? (April)

NYDailyNews article on manga mentions AoDVD!

Central Park Media

CPM manga/manhwa releases (August)

Comics One

ComicsOne licenses Maniac Road (otaku parody)

Junk Force #2 by Hideki Kakinuma and Yu-suke Tsurugi

TOKYOPOP

Marmalade Boy - Vol. 1

Shimizu Aki's "Suikoden III" vol 1

Mahoromatic #1 by Bunjuro Nakayama and Bow Ditama

Faeries' Landing vol. 2 by You Hyun

Viz

VIZ to be distributed by Simon & Shuster

Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play - vol. 2 (shoujo edition)

Maison Ikkoku - Vol. 3

Maison Ikkoku - Vol. 4

Saki Hiwatari's Please Save My Earth vol. 2

Yoshida Akimi's "Banana Fish" vol 1 (Shojo Edition)

Clamp's X/1999 vol. 13

Najica V.2 Dub Audio Fixed

ADV has fixed the Najica V.2 DVD which contained several spots where English dialog was missing from the dub track. You can find about getting your copy by emailing ADV's customer service address.

AoD Forum Thread

International Manga Meetup Day, May 19

There's still plenty of time to try and arrange your own meetup on International Manga Day or join one of the existing parties around the country. Hollar if you want to hang out on May 19th.

AoD Forum Thread

Help Newtype USA Help You

NTUSA's Chris Johnston stopped by to ask the regulars of the forum an important question: Raise the price to keep all the goodies OR keep the same price & have less goodies and only a quarterly DVD. Of course, you can imagine that the popular opinion is an unnamed 3rd candidate which says "no" to either option. Everyone seems to be dropping a line about their feelings of a possible change and what NTUSA is doing right & wrong.

AoD Forum Thread

Troubled Windows?

As the old joke goes, "Everything in Japan has a cute mascot". Operating Systems are not excluded from this. It's time to meet 2k-tan, XP-tan, and all their OS-tan friends fandom continues to illsutrate on the web. Come on... admit it... 2k-tan & XP-tan are hot. ;-)

AoD Forum Thread

Questions for the Week

Asking the hard hitting questions that the pollsters for Gallop are scared to ask, our forum members boldy go the distance.

If you were starting an anime company...

Favorite Japanese Voice Actor/Actress?

May Desktop Thread

Must language match setting to get full cultural context?

What other anime has had characters who changed completely in the sequel?

Windows users: Ever think about switching to Linux?

Favorite non-manga comics?

What do you give your mother for Mother's Day?

What have you cooked this week?

Does Grammar Matter?

what's YOUR extreme pain experience?

First Pics Of Bale As Batman

Re-writing Batman movie history once again, the next Batman film looks to break fandom into hoping it doesn't suck. Meanwhile, many of the ladies seem to be drooling over one Christian Bale in the black tights.

AoD Forum Thread

Quote of the Week

"And I want to say hi too. Just cuz I don't want to feel left out" - Laura Bailey

Quote Source

Slowly getting back into the swing of these issues actually following "weekly" rather than ever other week. ^_^;; Square Enix announced their E3 line-up which includes Fullmetal Alchemist. People still fear Pretty Princess Flood. DVDSoon.com has 6 new titles from Anime18's "Xtreme Series" priced under $15 US (Slave Market, Sin Sorority, Secret Desires, Blood Royale, Xtra Credit, and City of Sin) for pre-order + free shipping. Huh? What's that? Funny, my PS2 is asking for my attention. What's this? Transformers for the PS2!? Forget y'all, it's Prime Time!

When not stopping trouble (or starting it) on the AoD Forums, S-Man can be found working on the database project at Crystal Acids and asagiri2040 can be found not updating his Rising Sun Alternative website. Alright, whose been playing with the radio? I know you redid my preset channels. I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay. I sleep all night and I work all day. I cut down trees. I eat my lunch. I go to the lavatory. On Wednesdays I go shoppin' and have buttered scones for tea...