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October 22, 2011 11:10 pm

Weekend Update October 22

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Pacific Media Expo announced on Monday that female cast of Tenchi Muyo! will be reunited at the convention this year. The cast includes Petrea Burchard (Ryoko), Rebecca Forstadt (Mihoshi), Ellen Gerstell (Mihoshi) and Sherry Lynn (Sasami, Tsunami). Pacific Media Expo will be taking place from November 11th to the 13th at the LAX Hilton in Los Angeles, California. For more information visit PacificMediaExpo.com.

Sentai Films has announced that they have acquired the distribution rights to “The World God Only Knows”. The story about a cynical young man that is a visual novel fanatic who must help exorcise demons out of women by making them fall in love with him. The first season is planned for released on DVD and Blu-ray this coming January.

Exist†trace announced that they are planning an American tour starting in March. There are currently three East coast cities including Boston, MA, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA

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July 9, 2011 9:16 pm

Weekend Update July 9

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Manga Gamer announced on Monday that it has acquired the distribution rights to the visual novel Dengeki Stryker. When four year old Yuuki Yamato is unable to protect his friend from being bullied, a mysterious stranger tells his that he will grant Yuki any wish in exchange for a memory. The bad news is Yuuki ends up losing all his memories, the good news is he is transformed into his favorite superhero Dengeki Stryker. The demo will be available this Fall and the game will be available for purchase next year.

Otakuthon announced on Wednesday that Halko Momoi will be appearing as a guest of honor this year. Her voice actress includes titles such as Nurse Witch Komugi, Ai Yori Aoshi, and Final Fantasy: Unlimited. Otakuthon will be taking place from August 12th to the 14th at the Palais des congr?s de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec. For more information visit otakuthon.com.

Three announcements from Otakon this week, first producer, author, and journalist Takamasa Sakurai will be appearing at the convention this year. His books include Anime Bunka Gaiko and Sekai Kawaii Kakumei. Attendees will also get a sneak peak at the martial arts film Bunraku. The movie stars Josh Hartnett and Gackt. Finally Director Kazuya Murata will be debuting his film Full Metal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos to the other side of the Pacific. Otakon will be taking place from July 29th to the 31st at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. For more information visit otakon.com.

Black Rock Studio will be closing its doors soon. According to Eurogamer, Disney Interactive has decided to shut down the UK based company. Black Rock Studio is responsible for such hits as Pure and Split/Second.

Modern Warfare 3 will be colorblind friendly. That is according to a response by Michael Condrey in the Sledgehammer Games blog. Color blindness affects 6% of the population, with men twenty times more likely to affected than their female counterpart.

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June 18, 2011 11:22 pm

Weekend Update June 18

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Anime Midwest announced on Monday that the LeetStreet Boys will be performing at the convention next month. Other guest appearances will be voice actor Micah Solusod. Anime Midwest will be taking place from July 15th to the 17 at the Phesant Run Resort in St. Charles, IL. For more information visit animemidwest.com.

MADHOUSE’s Producer Masao Maruyama and director Sunao Katabuchi will be appearing at AM2 this year. AM2 will be taking place from July 1st to the 3rd at the Anaheim Convention Center. For more information visit am2con.org.

Anime Expo announced on Wednesday that it Stephanie Yanez and Dig Jelly will be performing at Club Nokia during the weekend of the convention. Taking place July 2nd it will take place from 9 PM to 2 AM and is open to all attendees. Anime Expo will be taking place from July 1st to the 4th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information visit anime-expo.org.

Wendee Lee will be appearing at Anime USA this November according to a press release that came out on Thursday. Known best for her role as Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop, her voice acting range has also led her to such as Konata from Lucky Star and Tina from Ai Yori Aoshi. Anime Usa will be taking place on November 18th to the 20th at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington VA. For more information visitanimeusa.org.

Kaos Studios, the developers behind Homefront has closed shop according to Gamasutra. THQ told the webzine that this was part of a “strategic realignment. THQ went on to say that they are actively hiring at the Montreal and Austin studios, which lended a hand in making Homefront, and employees from the shuttered studios will have an opportunity to interview for both.

A telecom employee from Shanghai named Wang Kang is apparently a very big Iron Man fan. According to The Telegraph, Mr. Kang went to work in a replica of the Mark 1 suit, and scarred the crap out of his fellow workers. The suit took three months to make and is made up of high density foam wires and tubes, and weighs around 112 lbs.

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February 18, 2011 11:10 am

Bizarre Creations ‘Farewell Video’ 1994 – 2011

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by    in Announcements & Updates,Current Events,The Industry,Trailers,Video Games

Bang.

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January 6, 2011 9:50 am

WoW Makes Reference to RvB

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by    in Current Events,Fan Work,The Industry,Video,Video Games

Jack and Geoff from AchievementHunter.com posted a video, featuring World of Warcraft Cataclysm making a reference to Red vs. Blue. In the video you can see an Orc named “Griff” (as opposed to Grif) standing in a based that is at the edge of a boxed-in canyon.

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December 29, 2010 11:47 pm

Top Ten Anime & Manga Companies to Boycott Tokyo Anime Festival

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by    in Anime,Current Events,The Industry

The newly formed “Comic Ten Companies Association” announced recently that they plan to boycott the Tokyo Anime Festival this coming March. The chairman of the festival, Shintaro Ishihara, is the Tokyo governor who backed the recently passed a Child’s Safety Bill.

To further add insult to injury, the group, which includes Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa, will be going to the newly created “Anime Contents Expo” in Chiba, Japan the same weekend.

Source: Bleeding Cool (via Escapist Magazine), ZEN Otaku Honbu

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November 2, 2010 3:26 pm

Schwarzenegger vs. EMA Transcripts Available

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by    in Current Events,The Industry,Video Games

This morning the United States Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides on whether the government should prohibit the sales of deviant video games to minors. The transcripts became available shortly this afternoon.

If you would like to check out all 72 pages, click here.

IMHO: The judges gave some pretty tough questions to both sides. Hopefully this won’t be the end of Bugs Bunny…

Source: The United States Supreme Court

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November 1, 2010 9:26 pm

John Carpenter to do Live Adaptation of Darkchylde

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MTV Splash Page reported today that John Carpenter will be doing a live adaptation of Randy Queen’s Darkchylde. The character was first created in 1996 and out sold multiple Superhero comics at that time.

Source: <MTV Splash Page

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October 21, 2010 8:36 pm

MovieBob Calls for a Revolution Against Game Stop's Buying Used Game Policies

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MovieBob from The Game Overthinker released this video a few days ago. He gives his opinion about the situation the video game industry is in as a result of Game Stop’s Trade-in policy.

Source: ScrewAttack

IMHO: As someone who lives next to the largest city West of the Mississippi, I’ve never really understood why people are so upset with the whole situation. I think this video not only clarifies the topic, but also gives reasonable solutions.

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October 12, 2010 10:42 pm

COD: Black Ops to Have Dedicated Servers

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In an interview with PC Gamer, Treyarch’s Cesar Stastny (head of the PC Development team) mentioned that Call of Duty: Black Ops will feature dedicated servers. There was something of a negative reaction amongst PC gamers when Infinity Ward removed the feature from Modern Warfare 2 last year.

From the interview

“We had dedicated servers in our last title, we had planned on dedicated servers for our subsequent title all along, so we haven’t actually wavered on that at all. We are a PC developer. I’ve been running a dedicated PC team since the beginning of this project. We had one last project. We are making a true PC title here and I think it’s a really important platform for our studio, and I’m also really thrilled that we can support the PC community as much as we can.”

Source: gamersmint

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