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Issue #19

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Evangelion's Rei Ayanami Appears in Guide Dog Poster

Hidenori Matsubara's poster honors Int'l Guide Dog Day & 25,000 dogs in service
Neon Genesis Evangelion female lead Rei Ayanami appears in the Spring 2012 promotional poster for the National Federation of All Japan Guide Dog Training Institution's International Guide Dog Day, which is April 25. Hidenori Matsubara (Evangelion key animator and animation director, Ah! My Goddess/Sakura Wars character designer) drew Ayanami in her school uniform with Licht, a White Swiss Shepherd Dog who represents the 25,000 guide dogs in service throughout the world. ("Licht" is German for "light.")

This is the second time an Evangelion character has appeared in guide dog posters. Posters featuring pilot Mari Illustrious Makinami were created in the Fall 2010 campaign.

Madoka Magica's Kyoko and Homura were featured in two separate posters for Fall and Winter 2011.

This is the 11th year that posters were created for the non-profit organization since Culture Day on November 3, 2001. Previous posters have been distributed to 3,500 schools and have featured art from Akio Watanabe (Poyoyon Rock), Junichi Seki, Future Boy Conan, Onegai My Melody, Before Green Gables, and Anne of Green Gables.

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First Berserk Film Chosen for in France's 2012 Annecy Fest

France's Annecy, the world's largest animation film festival, announced that Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago, Studio 4°C's first film out of a trilogy of adaptations of Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga, will be shown out of competition in the Feature Film category of the June 4-9 event. Studio 4°C and Toshiyuki Kubooka, the film's director, were last shown in the festival in 2009, when the "Shanghai Dragon" short from the Genius Party compilation was selected.

Annecy will also screen Katsuhiro Otomo's "Hi-no-youjin" or "Combustible" anime short, as well as Shin Hashimoto's "Beluga," Akihito Izuhara's "LI.LI.TA.AL," Mirai Mizue's "Modern No. 2," Florian Piento's French-Japanese production "The People Who Never Stop," Syuhei Morita's "Tsukumo," and Ayaka Nakata and Yuki Sakitani's "Yonalure: Moment to Moment" in the same Short Films category as "Hi-no-youjin." The first Blue Exorcist episode will be in the TV series category, while Masaki Okuda, Ryo Okawara, and Yutaro Ogawa's Art Path 2011 "Count Down" will be in the Advertising Films category. Several student films round out Japan's roster at the festival.

Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago opened in Japan on February 4. The film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on May 23. It has also been licensed for release in 16 countries around the world, including a North American release by Viz.

The second film in the series, Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen II: Doldrey Kōryaku (Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey), is slated to be released in theaters in Japan on June 23. That film is scheduled to run for about 100 minutes and will focus on the epic battle by the Kingdom of Midland to retake Doldrey Castle from the Chuder Empire. Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen III: Kōrin (Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent) will open later in 2012 and run for about 110 minutes. In this film, the story "delves nonstop into the abyss of dark fantasy."

Rurouni Kenshin Manga's "Chapter 0" to Run in Shonen Jump

"Chapter 0" due out in August; Kenshin smartphone application also announced for May release
A page on the website for Shueisha's Jump Square magazine has revealed that a "Chapter Zero" from Nobuhiro Watsuki's original Rurouni Kenshin manga is currently scheduled to be published in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in August. The page has also revealed that a Rurouni Kenshin smartphone application featuring manga chapters, wallpapers, and video clips will be released in early May.

Jump Square will begin running Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin -Cinema-ban- (Rurouni Kenshin: Cinema Version) starting with the magazine's May 2 issue. The series will focus on battles fought with characters from the upcoming live-action film.

The film will open in Japan on August 25. The first half of the new Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen anime project recently opened in two theaters in December, and the second half is slated to be completed this summer. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America. While Watsuki is working on the new Rurouni Kenshin manga, he is putting his Embalming - The Another Tale of Frankenstein manga on hiatus until fall.

Next Hatsune Miku Project Diva's Gameplay Videos Posted

"Cat Food" song by doriko, "World's End Dance Hall" by wowaka previewed
Sega demonstrated Next Hatsune Miku Project Diva, the latest PlayStation 3/PlayStation Vita title in its Project Diva series of musical rhythm games, during this weekend's Niconico Daikaigi convention. The demo featured two songs: "Cat Food" by doriko and "World's End Dance Hall" by wowaka:

Yuruyuri School Comedy Anime's 2nd Season Promo Streamed

The niconico live service streamed a promotional video for Yuruyuri♪♪, the second anime season inspired by Namori's manga, on Monday. The promotional video confirms that the main cast is returning from the first season, and adds that the staff is "striving hard in production" on the new season.

The same live service announced the second season last December. In both the manga and the anime, four fun-loving schoolgirls take over the former room of a tea ceremony club for their own "Gorakubu" (amusement club). The first 12-episode anime season ran from July to September, and Crunchyroll streamed the season outside Japan as it aired.

Thermae Romae Wins Prize at Italy's Far East Film Fest

Live-action film starring Hiroshi Abe wins audience award at April film festival
The 14th Far East Film Festival in Undine, Italy revealed on Monday that the live-action film adaptation of Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae manga has won the My Movies Audience Award. The film had won an audience poll on the Mymovies.it cinema website. The festival was held between April 20-28.

The comedy manga and film adaptation center on Lucius — an architect of public bath houses (thermae) in ancient Rome — who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. Through manga and essay passages, Yamazaki explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans!"

Hiroshi Abe (Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Kenshirō-den, Trick, Godzilla 2000 Millenium) stars in the film as Lucius. The film also stars Aya Ueto. The film opened in Japan on April 28.

Yamazaki's original manga won the Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize) award in 2010, followed by the Short Work Prize in the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes. It has since sold over 5 million copies and inspired a short television anime. Although Yamazaki was born in Tokyo, she now lives in Chicago.

Yen Press revealed earlier this month that it will publish the Thermae Romae manga in North America.

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• Golgo 13 has also created a thread for discussion on Nazo no Kanojo. Its good shit yo: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=2380717
  


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Sankarea



Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural

Synopsis
Furuya's not interested in the living, he's got zombies on the brain! When Furuya's cat dies, he decides he's going to try and bring it back to life. In the process, he stumbles across a girl whose failed attempted suicide has turned her into a real zombie! What's Furuya going to do now that the thing he loves the most is right in front of his eyes?

AMV Scope (So amazing it brought a manly tear to my eye)



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[Sorun]

Looking forward to getting the new Miku game if Vita's aren't region locked.

[Tasemu]

Just how many souls does prox own now. ^^

[Yui Hirasawa]

Oh my gosh. YY season 2... I can't wait :'3!
Miku game looks pretty fun too. ^^

[zomgasd]

Sankarea, I'll check out that show tomorrow, seems like my type of show to watch :3, thanks for this Tasemu

[Ice Queen]

Tas, please confirm that next week's issue is still going on.
I do not wanna write something for naught and find out there is no issue being released.
Or, in this case, not write something while it was still on.

[Prox]

Just how many souls does prox own now. ^^

Too many. (Or not enough XD I only put a few in my sig. I have more. Alot more.)

OT: I'm currently watching Sank right now, very unique and awesome :D I dont think theres even an anime out there thats like it.

[Tasemu]

Tas, please confirm that next week's issue is still going on.
I do not wanna write something for naught and find out there is no issue being released.
Or, in this case, not write something while it was still on.

Next week IS confirmed. I have a little more time on my hands now that assignments are coming to an end. ^^

[Wishes]

What's the anime with the orange suits with K on it?

Also did that guy and the bear ...
Spoiler (Click to View)
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[Levi]

I cannot wait for the next season of Yuru Yuri! Great issue Tasemu.

[Happeh]

Next week IS confirmed. I have a little more time on my hands now that assignments are coming to an end. ^^

That's all I needed. AA Weekly is back! Btw, you could've told me over skype you was doing this. Could've wrote a few articles. :c

[Tasemu]

Apoligies man, you weren't online though. ^^

[Ice Queen]

Great, back to topic hunting. Ah well, I dunno where you guys find them but I think I can come up with something.

[HF User]

Great work dude. I loved that AMV.

[Tasemu]

Yeah the amv is definitely one of my favorites. ^^