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█ For starters, the magazine is no longer accepting subscriptions for a month by now. On the Shojo Beat web page, the subscription forms are no longer working. The subscribers will get some Shonen Jump magazines instead, to compensate the remaining period of their subscriptions, many of them being informed over e-mail about this change. The last number of Shojo Beat appears to be the one for July. The magazine will join Anime Insider in the temple of the Glorious Dead. Not good at all.
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█ New movie from Mamoru Oshii
The “stray dog of anime”, on his name Mamoru Oshii, has a new movie in the making. The movie its called Musashi: Soken ni Haseru Yume or translated – Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai. Planned to have the premiere in Japan on 13 June, the movie tells the story of a Japanese swordsman who invented the combat with two swords in the same time (dual wielding if you are into RPG’s ^^). The director will be Nishikubo Mizuho (Patlabor …

█ Almost everyone in Japan reads manga, so the publishers have to supply the goods, keeping their audience and drawing in new fans. There is a huge industry, with a huge hungry public. The biggest manga publishers are based in Tokyo. Four Japanese companies distinguish themselves as the largest publishers: Shueisha, Kodansha, Hakusensha and Shogakukuan. From the smaller publishers I can mention MediaWorks, Akita and Kadokawa. Usually, the…

█ This article begins a series of many about the manga and anime industry in Japan, the mechanisms of this industry, the people who work in this domain and the publishers they work for. I hope you find it interesting. To begin with, manga industry differs a lot from the comics industry. In USA, the characters become the property of the publishing company after the author signs the…

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█ On 23 October, Astro Boy the movie will have its premiere in USA. If you look at the trailer and you do not find any similarities with the anime genre, you are not the first to notice. Astro Boy looks ok, but the other characters look cartoonish, like in… American cartoonish. While we are bombed with live action adaptations, remains to see how many from them will prove worth of watching. The official site is HERE.

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Here I am, back with the review of episodes 3 and 4 from this great anime. Well, I would not had expected a slowdown like this in the story. The things are moving, but very slow. I thought episodes 1 and 2 are the build-up but apparently I can say this about 3 and 4 now. The continuity of the story lacks, but the elements that made me like so much Guin Saga are still here.
After defeating the demon count, Remus, Linda and Guin,  together with a mercenary and a …

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█ Live Action Evangelion?
At a conference held during Anime Central 2009 from Chicago, ADV’s Matt Greenfield confirmed that thins are set in motion for a live action Evangelion movie. Asked about the date of the release, Greenfield said it will happen SOON. Live action baby!
█ New teaser trailer for Kamui Gaiden live action movie
The live action adaptation of Kamui Gaiden has now a new teaser trailer. The live action movie is based on the Kamui Gaiden manga by Sanpei Shirato. The story evolves around a ninja, …

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█ ComingSoon.net posted a new trailer for Blood: The Last Vampire live action movie. It looks so good and right. If only Hollywood would stop adapting anime… I want to see more movies like this one, and less the Dragonball THE MOVIE type. NO to Hollywood, YES to Asian productions!

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█ It is indeed a country that continues to amaze. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you Saya, your kid’s new vampire… I mean the first robot teacher. Or android teacher. Currently teaching at a primary school in Tokyo, she can smile, show fear, sadness and many more face expressions with the help of the facial muscles that she has been endowed with. Of course she masters multiple languages…