The New York Asian Film Festival has announced a slew of guests for this year (fourteen to be exact). They include Hong Kong Director Tsui Hark, Su Chao-Pin from Taiwan, Japanese Actor Takayuki Yamada, Vermillion Pleasure Nights creator Yshimasa Ishibashi, Japanese Stuntman Tak Skguchi, and his co-director from Yakuza Weapon Yudai Yamaguchi, stuntman turned actor Arata Yamanaka (also from Yakuza Weapon), underground Producer from Japan Yoshinori Chiba, Korean Director Ryoo Seung-Wan and long time collaborator Kwon Hyeok-Jae, Korean Director and Screenwriter Na Hong-Jin, Korean Director Lee Joon-Ik, Malaysian independent Director Yeo Joon Han, and Malaysian actor model and MMA fighter Peter Davis. The New York Asian Film Festival will be taking place this year from July 1st to the 14th at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Japan Society.
Sentai Filmworks announced that they have acqired the licence of Mardock Scramble on Monday. The first of the triolgy (Mardock Scramble: The First Compression) will be released on DVD this September and on Blu-ray sometime in 2012.
FUNimation announced on Wednesday that it has acquired distribution rights for Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing. Fans will also get an opportunity to watch the premiere at Anime Expo taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center next month.
Maiden Japan announced on Thursday that it has acuqired the licence for the anime series Hiwamari! After being rescued by a ninja when she was younger, Hiwawari Hinata has wanted to become one herself. Hilarity ensues when she is admitted to Shinobi Gaukuen. No given date on how and when the series will be released.
Manga Gamer has announced that they will be bringing over Kazue Yamamoto to Anime Expo. She is the president and illustrator of Debonosu Works. This is her second appearance at AX.
ManeSixDev posted a footage from a their video game MLP: Fighting is Magic. The build is Pre-Alpha, so it is a loooong way from what the final product may look like.