Legal Times: Old and New, Bill 156 - Youth Ordinance Bill

I am not an attorney, nor am I familiar with Japanese politics. I did, however, gather as many links as possible for you to read and learn more about the bill. Thanks to my friend, Tony, for pointing out a few that I missed!

Media Report: YuGiOh 3D: Bonds Beyond Time Premiere

The first thing one sees when entering the building past the first set of doors.

Tokyopop Closing on May 31, 2011

Tokyopop will be closing its Los Angeles, California based publishing operations. However, its film, TV, European operations, and international rights sales will continue to function.

Media Report: Valentine's Anime and Manga Day 2011

About half an hour before 2pm, this was the first thing I encountered relating to the event: a LONG line of waiting attendees. They seriously wanted their cell phone case.

Borders Group Inc. and Bookstores: Status and Effects

Lately, in the business world, we been hearing about the status of Borders. There were ups and downs in sales; closing of stores and centers; people losing jobs; delaying in payments and now a Bankruptcy Counsel is involved. Unfortunately, manga sales has been down, and one well known distributor is not shipping new products to or restocking at Borders. Who knows how many more distributors or publishers will put Borders on hold. Borders has been the place to buy discounted new manga volumes, and I hope it continues to be that for me.

Now things are getting worst. It might close...

Sneaker Art Battle - First Time Experience

Even though this is a story about my experience at the Hip Hop Sneaker Art Workshop, I am actually having a writer's block. I do not know where to begin! So...where should I start?

GK World - First Order

One of my goals at New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival 2010 was to shop! Yes, to buy items that one may not be able to find locally. Even though New York City has the Nintendo World Store, it does not always have the items that I desire. I have been searching and waiting patiently for Kirby plush toys, specifically Kirby Adventure plush toys that has individualized Kirby abilities.

Gantz Movie Review

Article by Chet Royer

“This movie SAWKS!!!,” was proclaimed loudly from the peanut gallery at the end of the film. I found myself nodding indecisively with agreement. I was not sure how I should feel. So, I decided to go home and process the film in my head. Hello every one, this is Chet a.k.a. Ninja101, and this is my review on the live action film Gantz.

Mass Effect Anime Movie Deal

EA and FUNimation Entertainment Announce
Mass Effect Anime Movie Deal

Home Video Adaptation of Award-Winning Sci-Fi Game Scheduled for Release in 2012

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioWare™, a division of leading video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and FUNimation® Entertainment, the leading distributor of Japanese animation in North America, announced today an agreement to create an anime feature film adapted from one of the video game industry's most revered franchises, Mass Effect™. Tokyo-based anime and international feature film production company T.O Entertainment, Inc. has signed on as a co-producer on the video. Based on the Mass Effect universe, the anime video will tell the tale of an epic science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets.

Navarre Corporation Announces Sale of FUNimation Entertainment

Navarre Corporation Announces
Sale of FUNimation Entertainment
Company Advances on Strategic Initiatives and
Affirms Debt-Free Status at March 31, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS, Apr 4, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq:NAVR) today announced that it has sold FUNimation Entertainment for $24 million in an all cash transaction. Purchasers in the transaction are a group of entities that were newly formed by an investment group that includes Gen Fukunaga, FUNimation Entertainment's chief executive officer, as a minority stakeholder. In connection with the sale, the Company has entered into an agreement to act as FUNimation Entertainment's exclusive distributor in the United States on a continuing basis, and will also act as FUNimation Entertainment's logistics and fulfillment services provider.

Artist’s Edition series with Classic Marvel Comics

IDW expands Artist’s Edition series with Classic Marvel Comics
Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor kicks off expansion of oversized hardcover collections
Debuts at San Diego Comic Con in July 2011

San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) – IDW Publishing is thrilled to announce the expansion of the company’s acclaimed Artist’s Edition series with WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR: ARTIST’S EDITION. Launching in July, this oversized, hardcover collection will present Thor 337-340, Simonson’s first classic story arc, which introduced Beta Ray Bill, and Thor 360-362, Simonson’s choice for the second arc in the book. WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR: ARTIST’S EDITION will be the first in a series of Artist’s Editions featuring legendary creators and comics from Marvel.

Cooke and IDW Present Parker: The Martini Edition

Cooke and IDW Present Parker: The Martini Edition
Hardcover compilation of The Hunter and The Outfit
Plus art gallery and all-new story
Arriving July 2011

San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) – At WonderCon today, IDW Publishing announced that Darwyn Cooke's first two adapted Parker books, THE HUNTER and THE OUTFIT, will be collected in a tremendous, oversized hardcover edition, with an additional 65 pages of Cooke content. Packaged in a beautiful slipcase, The Martini Edition debuts in July and features a brand new Parker short story by Darwyn Cooke.

New Comic Series Based on the Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

IDW Announces New Comic Series
Based on the Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Comics Publisher Partners with Nickelodeon to
Bring Turtle Power to Comics and Graphic Novels This Summer

San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) – More than 25 years after its first comic book, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return to their roots with IDW Publishing. Today at WonderCon in San Francisco, IDW and Nickelodeon announced a long-term agreement to offer an all-new installment of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and graphic novels. Starting this summer, IDW’s comic series will bring the “Heroes in a Half Shell” back into action. IDW’s new comics are part of a larger initiative to bring Turtles to a new generation of fans, starting with these new storylines from the original series. Additionally, in fourth quarter 2012, Nickelodeon will premiere a new CG-animated version of the wildly popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.

New Adaptation of Servant of the Bones Coming in August

New Adaptation of Servant of the Bones Coming in August
IDW Partners With Best-Selling Author Anne Rice to
Release New Comic Book Series

San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) — IDW Publishing is proud to announce a new partnership with best-selling author Anne Rice (Interview with a Vampire, Queen of the Damned), kicking off with a new six-issue adaptation of Servant of the Bones. Rice, the creator of fantastic worlds filled with vampires and witches, takes fans back to the time of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's Temple, to tell the story of Azriel, the Servant of the Bones.