Newtype USA goes gaga for The Story of Saiunkoku!

Exclusive cover and feature on the sizzling new anime series

HOUSTON, August 30, 2007—Newtype USA, the top anime magazine in North America, leads off the fall anime season with a blast of beautiful characters, romantic entanglements and political drama with its exclusive cover and feature on The Story of Saiunkoku. Already a hit with both male and female viewers, Saiunkoku takes its royal setting and infuses it with enough modern drama and action to satisfy all kinds of fans—and Newtype USA has the scoop on what makes it so special!

But that’s not all! The September 2007 issue has another incredible exclusive—a behind-the-scenes tour of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, including in-depth interviews with the cast and crew! Plus, Newtype USA delivers the goods on other hot shows you’re watching right now, along with a sneak preview of the latest shows out only in Japan. Whether you want the skinny on stateside releases or a sneak-peek at what’s hot in Japan, Newtype USA has got you covered!

September also comes stuffed with stupendous extras, including a DVD with three full anime episodes: Xenosaga, Red Garden and Ramen Fighter Miki. The pullout poster stars the gorgeous Misaki Nakahara from Welcome to the NHK, and manga maniacs will adore the latest installment of CLAMP’s KOBATO, inserted right into the middle of September’s issue!

Also inside the September issue:

• Features on Mushi-Shi, Shin chan and Welcome to the NHK
• Sneak preview of 9 new shows playing only in Japan!
• The latest on the Evangelion movies
• Naruto: Rise of a Ninja – best anime game ever?
• More features! .hack//Roots and My-Otome
• Con coverage blowout: Is your cosplay pic in this issue?
• Review crazy! Every new anime DVD and manga reviewed!
• The official art of Gunbuster 2

Availability

Newtype USA Vol. 6, Issue 9 is available September 1, 2007

About Newtype USA:

Newtype USA is the official English-language version of Newtype, Japan’s #1 source for information about anime and manga.  Newtype USA includes all the best Japanese content translated, plus loads of original U.S. material: anime, manga, music, game, and toy reviews, feature articles, director interviews, artist profiles, and regular columns by industry experts, tastemakers and deep-cover insiders. Newtype USA also includes awesome bonus gear, such as a centerfold poster, a manga (comic) insert and an exclusive bonus DVD. For more information, visit http://www.newtype-usa.com.

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ANIMETV HEADLINES AT ANIME VEGAS

Hottest Anime Review Program to Tape Live

Burbank, California (August 29, 2007) ‹ Anime Vegas (September 1-3, 2007; Las Vegas, Nevada) will never be the same as the cast and crew of AnimeTV storm the Cashman Center on September 2, 2007 for a live taping of the show and much more. Come and meet and get to know your favorite AnimeTV cast member, ask questions and get their autograph. More information can be found on the website  <http://www.goanimetv.com> .Located in the Main Events Room, host, Johnny Yong Bosch (BLEACH; character-Kurosaki Ichigo) and the cast of AnimeTV will be taping a live show. They will also sign autographs and hold a Q&A session. IF you miss the live show you can check them out at their booth 1104 where they will sign autographs and hold raffles for official AnimeTV prizes! In addition, AnimeTV cast members will also be roaming the exhibit hall floor conducting interviews. The September 2, 2007 AnimeTV schedule of events is as

follows:

Sunday (September 2, 2007)

10:30 AM 11:00 AM: AnimeTV LIVE Taping 11:00 AM 11:30 AM: AnimeTV Cast Q&A 12:00PM 6:00 PM: Booth 1104 - Autograph sessions with AnimeTV Cast & Raffle for AnimeTV prizes.

Episodes of AnimeTV are now available on <http://www.goanimetv.com> and a host of other outlets including Comcast Video On Demand, iTunes and Akimbo. Watch for new episodes every other Thursday evenings at 8:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time. ³AnimeTV Go!!!²About AnimeTV

AnimeTV is a free fifteen (15) minute online video podcast program produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc. (Headquartered in Burbank, CA) appearing every other Thursday evenings at 8:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time on www.goanimetv.com and a host of other outlets including Comcast Video On Demand, iTunes and Akimbo. More information can be found on the show¹s World Wide Web site, which is located at www.goanimetv.com.About Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc.

Headquartered in Burbank, California, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc. is a leading and award winning full service audio post production studio working in the fields of feature films, television, electronic entertainment, anime and direct to home entertainment projects. Founded in 1993, Bang Zoom!

Entertainment, Inc. maintains operations in the U.S. with three buildings, six recording/mixing stages and just under 200 staff of actors, writers, directors and technicians. Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc. is also committed to carrying out projects that contribute to the promotion of innovative cultural awareness internationally. More information about Bang Zoom!

Entertainment, Inc. and its products can be found on the company¹s World Wide Web site, which is located at <http://www.bangzoomentertainment.com> .The statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation, product delays, retail acceptance of our products, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, vendors and third-party developers, international economic and political conditions, integration of recently acquired subsidiaries and identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities. The Company may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in the Company’s assumptions or otherwise. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (referred to as Naruto the Movie for now on to save my fingers some wear and tear) has several store exclusive versions coming thanks to a tip directly from Viz.

Best Buy: DVD with Mouse Pad ($24.98)
Borders/Waldenbooks: DVD with Lenticular Cover ($24.98)
FYE/Suncoast: DVD with Exclusive Naruto Lunch box ($29.98)

Oh, and then there is also the Deluxe Edition listed on RightStuf. Regular hits stores Sept. 4th, Deluxe is listed as Nov. 6th. Choose, but choose wisely. (We’re pretty sure the extras aren’t delving into Orochimaru’s secret activites. Pretty sure… but no guarantee.)

While the weekend was busy with rumors of whether or not it was true, an official press release from ADV Films confirms that Geneon will be moving their sales, marketing, and distribution duties to ADV as of October 1st.

Personally, I’m rather disgusted with anime fandom at the moment thanks to many of the people I’ve seen posting online over the weekend. Those doing their own little happy dances that they might be able to get a Geneon title for a slightly bigger discount while ignoring the fact that real people who care deeply about this market are losing their jobs now. Wow, a whole friggin $1 to $3 dollars more off. Big whoop. Learn to shop better or don’t buy so much at once.

To all of those who have been with Pioneer and later with Geneon, thanks for all the hardwork and we wish you the best of luck from the staff at Crystal Acids.

ADV FILMS AND GENEON ANNOUNCE

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

Partnership Yields Strongest Catalog in Anime Category

HOUSTON, August 29, 2007 — Today ADV Films and Geneon Entertainment (USA) announced a new distribution agreement.  From October 1st on, ADV Films will be Geneon Entertainment USA’s sole distributor.  ADV Films will handle all sales and distribution duties for the combined catalogue as well as certain marketing functions.

Geneon Entertainment (USA) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based advertising giant Dentsu, Inc.  Geneon is a pioneer of anime in America, having helped to launch Pokemon, Appleseed, and Akira on home video.  More recent hits include some of the best-selling franchises in anime today, including Hellsing, Ergo Proxy, and the new hit series Black Lagoon. 

“This is a great alliance.” said Geneon President and CEO Eiji Orii.  “The efficiencies we’ll achieve ultimately will mean more anime for the fans to enjoy.”

ADV co-founder and President John Ledford concurred.  “This alliance makes both companies stronger. Anime as an entertainment category is in competition with every other form of entertainment, and our partnership with Geneon gives us the scale to help widen the anime market in North America.”

Ledford continued, “As we look ahead to an increasingly digital future, scale matters.  In bringing anime to new media platforms, ADV Films and Geneon can only benefit from the added clout this alliance brings.”

For consumers and retailers, this transition should be seamless.  Geneon’s publishing plans will continue unabated, as ADV Films works with distribution partners to make the transition a smooth one. 

About ADV Films:

In the 15 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (“anime”) outside of Japan and has the largest English-language anime library in the world.  With best-selling titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Robotech, Full Metal Panic, Hello Kitty and Azumanga Daioh, ADV Films’ extensive catalog is fueling the popularity of anime around the globe. Always on the forefront, ADV is introducing North America to bold new anime franchises such as the new Guyver, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Gantz, and Elfen Lied.  ADV Films’ library also includes popular live-action science fiction programs such as The Jim Henson Company’s Farscape, the nationally syndicated Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda and the Saturn Award-nominated Mutant X.   In 2005 ADV Films was voted “Best Anime Company” in the SPJA awards, presented at Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime convention.  The readers of Anime News Network designated ADV Films “Overall Favorite Anime Company” in both 2004 and 2005.

Parent company A.D. Vision, Inc. encompasses a variety of complementary media divisions, spanning publishing, television, licensing and merchandising and continues to expand into new areas. Its Anime Network™ is “America’s #1 Anime Channel,” reaching more than 40 million households.  Anime Network is the nation’s top video-on-demand (VOD) offering as well as a 24/7 linear cable channel and is the first television network dedicated to bringing anime and anime-related programming to consumers nationwide.  The company has two publishing arms: Newtype USA, North America’s top-selling anime and manga monthly magazine, and ADV Manga™, dedicated to publishing graphic novels.  Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.

About Geneon Entertainment (USA):

A leading supplier of Japanese animation in North America. Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (www.Geneon-Ent.com) is a full-service producer and distributor of entertainment content including film, music, animation and television shows on DVD and CD. Continually introducing new and classic anime and live-action programming, as well as anime CD soundtracks, the company also serves as a creative partner to many of Japan’s top anime production companies. Additionally, Geneon Entertainment distributes critically acclaimed musical performances on DVD and CD from renowned artists. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Geneon Entertainment’s parent company is Tokyo-based advertising giant Dentsu, Inc.

Dentsu Inc., founded in 1901, is the largest advertising agency brand and the fifth largest marketing and communications organization in the world. Based in Tokyo, Dentsu offers national, multinational and global clients the most comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services through its unique “Total Communications Services” approach. Dentsu has pioneered and set global standards for integrated communications, which in latter years have been adopted by a number of major international networks. The group has more than 6,000 clients and 14,447 full-time employees in both Japan and in its offices overseas. Consolidated revenues for fiscal term 03/04 were recorded at $2,679,705 billion. Dentsu is publicly quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code 4324).

ANIMETV TO AIR ON COMCAST’S ANIME SELECTS ON DEMAND NETWORK  

Popular Program Featuring Commentary And Industry Interviews To Air On Nation’s Leading Video-On-Demand Network Beginning September  

Burbank, CA, August 28, 2007 – Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a leading full-service audio post production company and producer of original entertainment content, has announced that Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has picked up the 9-episode first season of AnimeTV™ for its popular Anime Selects ON DEMAND network. The program, which is produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, has attracted a growing legion of fans with informative commentary and interviews with a variety of anime industry luminaries. The first episodes will be available to Comcast subscribers with Select ON DEMAND service beginning September 4. More information is available at www.goanimetv.com. 

The broadcast is significant because it marks the first time an independently produced program dedicated to covering the burgeoning anime market will be made available in so many major national markets. Comcast Corporation is the nation’s largest producer and distributor of non-linear programming designed for Video-On-Demand and the availability of the first season of AnimeTV will give viewers even more choices for innovative and unique anime programming. Comcast Digital Cable customers with VOD have embraced this next-generation of content delivery, choosing more than 177 million Select ON DEMAND programs since 2005. 

AnimeTV is the first industry-approved program devoted to the anime phenomenon sweeping

North America. With an outgoing format akin to MTV-meets-Entertainment Tonight, AnimeTV is hosted by noted voice actor and Bang Zoom! talent Johnny Yong Bosch, (MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, BLEACH, TRIGUN). Some highlights from the first season include reviews of popular series including THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA, NARUTO, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, HARÉ + GUU, and BLEACH. The way these series are dubbed from their original Japanese and prepared for domestic broadcast is of special interest to fans eager to see how characters are portrayed and what, if any personality differences occur in the new versions. Season One of AnimeTV features interviews with prominent voice actors like Steve Blum (Spike from COWBOY BEBOP) and Wendee Lee (Faye from COWBOY BEBOP), who give rare personal insights into how they reinterpret characters for domestic audiences as well as motivations and challenges working in the anime arena.  

“We are very pleased to offer the first season of AnimeTV to Comcast viewers as part of our ON DEMAND service,” states Peter Heumiller, Comcast Vice President of Acquisition and Development. “Anime is a very popular entertainment genre among key teen and young adult viewers and Comcast is committed to giving them the most compelling content available. AnimeTV keeps with that goal and we look forward to it becoming an ongoing part of our programming.” 

AnimeTV is the creation of Bang Zoom! Entertainment President and CEO Eric P. Sherman, an ardent anime fan and the head of one of the leading facilities providing voice talent and audio post production to the anime industry. Originally offered as a modest self-produced pod cast for fans by fans, AnimeTV’s popularity has grown substantially since becoming available via iTunes and www.goanimetv.com. Comcast’s Anime Selects became interested following collaborating with the program at the 2007 Anime Expo, the largest anime convention in North America, attended by over 44,000 people this year. Anime Selects broadcasted a series of news bulletins and a variety of entertainment from the show floor and requested AnimeTV to host all of its interactive events throughout the convention. In addition, they taped live an AnimeTV LIVE episode that saw excited fans lined up two hours before show time.   

“We are very excited to have Comcast’s Anime Selects ON DEMAND network offer AnimeTV beginning this fall,” offers

Sherman. “The show is unique in its devotion to accurately cover the varied world of anime, gaming and J-pop and was created as a fun, fast and convenient way for new as well as veteran fans to get information, reviews and interviews. The passionate reception we received from fans during our partnership with Anime Selects at the 2007 Anime Expo validated the enthusiasm people feel for this unique program and we look forward to the potential to now reach millions of viewers through Comcast’s innovative Select ON DEMAND service.”  

 

ABOUT SELECT ON DEMANDSelect On Demand is ushering in the next generation of television programming with the development of new digital cable networks designed exclusively for on-demand viewing. With a growing portfolio of digital networks from Anime to Fitness to Home Improvement and Gambling, Select On Demand is revolutionizing a whole new way of watching television through VOD technology. VOD, short for Video-on-Demand, is a service being offered through digital cable that allows viewers to select videos from a menu on their televisions and get instant viewing access. Viewers can fast forward, rewind and pause the programming they’re watching, just as they would while watching a DVD. This interactivity allows complete control of personal viewing

time. 

ABOUT BANG ZOOM! ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Headquartered in

Burbank, California, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Inc. is a leading full-service audio post production studio for feature films, television, interactive gaming, anime and direct to home entertainment content. Founded in 1993, the company offers a range of specialized services including a critically acclaimed staff of recognized voice talent, ADR,/Foley recording, sound design, and 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1 Dolby Digital and Pro Logic II mixing and encoding. Bang Zoom! Entertainment is also committed to developing a range of independent projects that contribute to the promotion of innovative cultural awareness internationally.

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RIGHT STUF’S NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES NINJA NONSENSE COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION - Limited Edition Box set containing entire series, plus extras scheduled for December 4,

2007

GRIMES, IA, August 28, 2007 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of the NINJA NONSENSE: THE LEGEND OF SHINOBU Complete DVD Collection - Limited Edition on December 4, 2007.

This first-ever Ninja Nonsense collection features the complete series - with all of the video and print extras included during its initial release - and an art box to house the four DVD volumes. Plus, this limited edition will also include a special mini-manga by series creator Ryoichi Koga, an “Onsokumaru” squeeze toy and a ninja-trainee headband.

Based on Koga’s manga Ninin ga Shinobuden (2 x 2 = Shinobuden) and animated by ufotable (Coyote Ragtime Show, Tales of Symphonia OAV), the Ninja Nonsense series has been recognized as one of the “top 10 anime DVDs” of 2006 (DVD Talk’s Anime Talk), and actor Sean Schemmel’s comedic performance as over-the-top, ninja master “Onsokumaru” has been praised as deserving “to be considered among the all-time great anime performances.” (Anime News Network)

* “had us laughing from start to finish and eager to see more. Very recommended.” - AnimeOnDVD.com

* “the runaway nuclear reactor of comedies” - Anime News Network

* “the perfect mix of physical and verbal comedy” - ToonZone.net

* “too flawlessly put together and insane to miss” - NEWTYPE USA

* “a delightful blend of the zany and the absurd” - PLAY Magazine

About NINJA NONSENSE

Take one totally cute (and naive) ninja-girl trainee, add a ninja horde under the tutelage of a perverse headmaster - a strange, yellow, spherical, pudgy… creature… named Onsokumaru - and you get the kind of “super-explosive ninja insanity” that can only be found in what’s been called “the runaway nuclear reactor” of anime comedies!

For downloads and more information about Ninja Nonsense, visit the series site at ninja.rightstuf.com.

NINJA NONSENSE Complete DVD Collection - Limited Edition (with Art Box, Onsokumaru Toy & Ninja-Trainee Headband)

Pre-Book: 10/30/2007

Street Date: 12/4/2007

Runtime: Approximately 320 minutes, Dolby Digital Stereo, Color

Genre: Comedy

Suggested Rating: 15+

Format: DVD (English, Japanese, English Subtitles, English On-Screen

Translations)

Catalog #: RSDVD0725

ISBN: 1-57032-768-8

UPC: 7-42617-0725-2-9

SRP: $89.99

DVD Features:

Entire series in one complete collection with scene access, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for English and Japanese dialog, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. Plus: Reversible covers, character bios, interviews with the Japanese cast, TV spots 1-18, textless openings and closing, “Kurukururin” (closing) full-size video, original U.S. trailer and Right Stuf / Nozomi Entertainment trailers.

Also: Four booklets featuring production journals, “Happy Doodles” from the Japanese staff, liner notes and more. Finally: The Complete Collection - Limited Edition includes a special mini-manga by creator Ryoichi Koga celebrating the box set release, an Onsokumaru squeeze toy and a ninja-trainee headband.

* Cover Art: http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsdvd0725.jpg

NINJA NONSENSE: THE LEGEND OF SHINOBU (c) 2004 Ryoichi Koga / MediaWorks / Ninin ga Shinobuden Production Committee.

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** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.

ABOUT THE RIGHT STUF, INC.

Founded in 1987, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (”anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.

Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.

From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Comic Party, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart and The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.

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ADV ANNOUNCES PUMPKIN SCISSORS

LAUNCH OCTOBER 23

Also New Le Chevalier D’Eon, Paniponi Dash!

HOUSTON, August 23, 2007 – ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to present four great new titles, including the thin-packed Slayers OVA Collection, new volumes of Le Chevalier D’Eon and Paniponi Dash, and the launch of the brand new war series Pumpkin Scissors.    These titles will be available on store shelves October 23.

PUMPKIN SCISSORS: HONOR AND BLOOD

ADV Films is pleased to bring you the first volume of Pumpkin Scissors, the action-packed new series that fans have been waiting for!  Pumpkin Scissors: Honor and Blood will be available on October 23.

Powerhouse studios GONZO (Afro Samurai, Chrono Crusade) and AIC (Solty Rei, Ah! My Goddess) have teamed up with famed director Katsuhito Akiyama (Thundercats, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor) to create a masterpiece that has revitalized the war genre in anime. With gorgeous animation, hardboiled characters, and exciting action, Pumpkin Scissors is a series that has it all. The six volume manga upon which the anime series is based will be published in North America by Del Rey Manga. 

Synopsis: Some casualties of war never heal. Yet for those who remain in power, the spoils can be sweet indeed.  In the aftermath of the Great War, Lt. Alice Malvin is charged to take command of the Imperial Army’s Intelligence Section Three, an elite team where even the newest member hunts down tanks with a handgun. Their code name: Pumpkin Scissors.  Her mission: to sharpen IS3 into a deadly instrument of justice, and to expose the corrupt power-mad nobility who prey on the weak. But as Malvin starts to peel away the layers of a government cover-up involving a defunct super-soldier program, she discovers the existence of a military technology decades ahead of what the Army has!  As terrifying secrets crawl out of the tomb in which they were buried, war becomes hell in the first stunning volume of Pumpkin Scissors!

Pumpkin Scissors (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only anamorphic release including the first four episodes, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  Extras include clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              1 of 6

Running Time:     100 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V, L)

CAT:                     DPMP/001

UPC:                     702727151224

Pre-Book Date:   9/25/2007

Street Date:          10/23/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                  $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

LE CHEVALIER D’EON: VOLTE-FACE

“Beautifully Drawn And Wonderfully Told” – Film.com

ADV Films is pleased to present the fifth volume in the masterfully told story that appeals to fans of history, politics and zombies!   Le Chevalier D’Eon: Volte-Face arrives in stores October 23.   

From Director Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Get Backers, Rurouni Kenshin TV) and Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Blood+) comes a tale of murder, mystery and mysticism.  Le Chevalier D’Eon is a masterful fictionalization of the real life Charles D’Eon de Beaumont, a diplomat, writer, spy, and Freemason known as one of the best swordsman in France, whose true gender was a source of speculation well into the late 18^th century. 

  

Synopsis: The tables are turning. On everyone.  Rumors of war whisper across the continent. And the machinations of two monarchies increase their sway over spies, swordsmen and spirits. For d’Eon, it means that one very close to him will betray him. For his sister Lia, it means her spirit will strike with an even greater vengeance to punish those responsible for killing someone very close to her. And as a dark cadre of evil priests pray for even greater continental power, one of the Four Musketeers will fall victim to the most grisly curse of all. Don’t miss the most critically acclaimed anime of the year!

Le Chevalier D’Eon: Volte-Face (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only anamorphic release including episodes 17-20, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 5.1 with English subtitles.  Extras include historical notes, plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              5 of 6

Running Time:     100 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V)

CAT:                     DCDE/005

UPC:                     702727176623

Pre-Book Date:   9/25/2007

Street Date:          10/23/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                  $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

PANIPONI DASH! CHAOS CUM LAUDE

ADV Films is pleased to bring you the sixth and final volume in the most hilarious anime comedy of 2007!  Paniponi Dash! Chaos Cum Laude streets October 23.

From studios Gansis and Shaft (Negima!?) and Director Akiyuki Shinobi (Petite Cossette) comes a hilarious new high school comedy that should appeal to fans of Excel Saga and Azumanga Daioh.  Join Becky, the gang, and one really depressed bunny as they get themselves into all sorts of trouble on and around campus.

Synopsis: After being dragged into a student puppet theatre, the young genius teacher Becky finds REAL drama when the principal storms her research room. What does he tell her? That a giant comet is headed straight for Earth—and she and her class of crazies have to save the planet! But before they can get ’round to that, it’s time for a blast from the past. Actually, TO the past, where Becky is an evil politician trying to avoid 1-C going samurai assassin on her butt after she imposes a tax on tears (which, when you’re teens stuck in the feudal era with Becky, are bound to fall often).

Paniponi Dash!: Delinquent Genius (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release including episodes 23 though 26, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  On disc extras include AD Vid-Notes, “Chalkboard Champions” results, “Experience the Earth,” and “Special Opening: Girl Q,” plus clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              6 of 6

Running Time:     100 minutes

Age Rating:          TV PG

CAT:                     DPPD/006

UPC:                     702727158827

Pre-Book Date:   9/25/2007

Street Date:          10/23/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                  $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

SLAYERS OVA COLLECTION

ADV Films is pleased to bring you a beautiful, bargain-priced new collection containing of all the Slayers OVAs.   Slayers OVA Collection goes on sale October 23.

In the annals of fantasy there is no mage as feared, no sorcerer as powerful as the fiery Lina Inverse.  And when the exceptionally well-endowed Naga the Serpent accompanies her, the forces of evil will find there’s nowhere to hide!  From Hajime Kanzaka, creator of Lost Universe.

Slayers OVA Collection (SRP $19.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release collecting all the Slayers OVAs, presented in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. 

DVD Product Details

Running Time:     150 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V, D)

CAT:                     DSL/BX2

UPC:                     702727180620

Pre-Book Date:   9/25/2007

Street Date:          10/23/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                  $19.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

About ADV Films:

In the 15 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (“anime”) outside of Japan and has the largest English-language anime library in the world.  With best-selling titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Robotech, Full Metal Panic, Hello Kitty and Azumanga Daioh, ADV Films’ extensive catalog is fueling the popularity of anime around the globe. Always on the forefront, ADV is introducing North America to bold new anime franchises such as the new Guyver, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Gantz, and Elfen Lied.  ADV Films’ library also includes popular live-action science fiction programs such as The Jim Henson Company’s Farscape, the nationally syndicated Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda and the Saturn Award-nominated Mutant X.   In 2005 ADV Films was voted “Best Anime Company” in the SPJA awards, presented at Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime convention.  The readers of Anime News Network designated ADV Films “Overall Favorite Anime Company” in both 2004 and 2005.

Parent company A.D. Vision, Inc. encompasses a variety of complementary media divisions, spanning publishing, television, licensing and merchandising and continues to expand into new areas. Its Anime Network™ is “America’s #1 Anime Channel,” reaching more than 40 million households.  Anime Network is the nation’s top video-on-demand (VOD) offering as well as a 24/7 linear cable channel and is the first television network dedicated to bringing anime and anime-related programming to consumers nationwide.  The company has two publishing arms: Newtype USA, North America’s top-selling anime and manga monthly magazine, and ADV Manga™, dedicated to publishing graphic novels.  Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.

Martha McIsaac (Haruko Akagi in Slam Dunk) and Marcella Lentz-Pope (daughter of the now deceased Tony Pope) can both currently be seen on the big screen in the smash hit comedy Superbad playing the lead’s love interest Becca and Becca’s friend Gabby respectively.

New Generation Pictures announced today that they are opening a new production office in Shanghai, China, aiming to provide both English and Chinese dubbing services at a “significantly lower cost”.

The full press release can be found here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ADV ANNOUNCES OCTOBER 16 RELEASES

HOUSTON, August 22, 2007 – ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to present three great DVD titles, including new volumes of 009-1 and Innocent Venus plus a brand new thin-pack collection of Blue Seed. These titles will be available on store shelves October 16.

009-1 VOLUME 3

“Brilliantly Fun!” – Ain’t It Cool News

ADV Films is pleased to present 009-1 Volume 3, the third and final volume in anime’s favorite spy series!  “It’s like Golgo 13 mixed with Lupin the Third, only if Fujiko were the main character” (Anime World Order).  009-1 Volume 3 goes on sale October 16.

From legendary creator Shotaro Ishinomori (Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Gilgamesh) with help from veteran production companies TBS (Ah! My Goddess, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World) and Aniplex (Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood+) comes 009-1.  The series stars Mylene Hoffman, a secret agent that Anime Insider describes as, “sophisticated, charming and disarming.” 

Synopsis: She’s faced death between the sheets, been captured and tortured by the enemy, and has raised the suspicion of her superiors for not being ruthless enough.  Now Mylene Hoffman faces her greatest challenge yet when she sees the faces of mutant children exploited by the Eastern Bloc for living weapons research!  Can she stop the program?  Will she stop the children before they cause another nuclear explosion?  From the beds of the enemy, to the surface of the moon, to a daring mission to preserve the innocent and the fate of the world itself, it‘s the thrilling finale to 009-1!

009-1 Volume 3 (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only anamorphic release including the episodes 9-12 plus a special bonus episode, presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  On-disc extras include 9 Number Agents and a special video segment “Bringing 009-1 to Life,” plus clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              3 of 3

Running Time:     125 minutes

Age Rating:          TV MA (V, S, L)

CAT:                     DCYB/003

UPC:                     702727171826

Pre-Book Date:   9/18/2007

Street Date:          10/16/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $29.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

INNOCENT VENUS: BLOOD OF BETRAYAL

“Definitely Top Notch.” – Protoculture Addicts

ADV Films is pleased to present the second volume of the new 12 episode sci-fi series that anime fans are clamoring for!  Innocent Venus: Blood of Betrayal hits store shelves October 16.

Hailing from famed production studio Bandai Visual (Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop) and directed by Jun Kawagoe (New Getter Robo), Innocent Venus is anything but your run-of-the-mill mecha story.  This is an exciting, action-packed series with sophisticated settings, great character designs and a fluid animation style that incorporates 3D cell-shading.  The entire production is top-notch.

Synopsis: The question becomes “Who can you trust?”  Our little quartet of fugitives is on the run… for their lives. No matter where they seem to hide, Phantom smokes them out.  The rebels must do everything they can to stay alive, but more importantly keep a young girl safe… from everybody.  Hopefully with some help from some unlikely allies, they will make it, but at what cost?  The walls are closing in fast around them.  Around every corner awaits danger, deceit, even betrayal. 

Innocent Venus: Blood of Betrayal (SRP $29.98 DVD) is a DVD-only release including episodes five through eight of the hit series presented in both English 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.  Extras include clean opening animation, clean closing animation and previews of upcoming ADV Films releases. 

Collectors Edition Now Available!

Innocent Venus is now available in a special collectors edition box.  For the first time this special collectors edition contains the second volume of Innocent Venus in a stunning custom series art box with full color artwork sized to hold the entire series (SRP $39.98).

DVD Product Details

Volume:                              2 of 3

Running Time:     100 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V)

CAT:                     DIV/002

                              DIV/BX1              Collectors Box

UPC:                     702727169328

                              702727174223   Collectors Box

Pre-Book Date:   9/18/2007

Street Date:          10/16/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $29.98

                              $39.98                  Collectors Box

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

BLUE SEED: MITAMA COLLECTION

The Entire 750 Minute Epic in One Collection!

ADV Films is pleased to bring you Blue Seed: Mitama Collection, collecting the original anime series plus the three-episode OVA sequel, Blue Seed: Beyond, in a single attractive and affordable thin-pack.  Blue Seed: Mitama Collectioin goes on sale October 16.

Synopsis: The countdown to extinction begins when the evil shape-shifting monsters known as the Aragami make their grand play to gain control of the Earth.  Humanity’s only chance for survival rests on the shoulders of Momiji, a young girl carrying an unborn Aragami in her chest, and Mamoru, a servant of the Aragami rebelling against his masters in order to ensure mankind’s survival. 

Blue Seed: Mitama Collection (SRP $49.98 DVD) is a thin-packed DVD release including all 26 episodes of the original Blue Seed series plus all three episodes of the OVA sequel Blue Seed: Beyond, presented in both English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles as well as Spanish 2.0 audio.  On-disc extras include “Omake Theater” segments and character bios.

DVD Product Details

Running Time:     750 minutes

Age Rating:          TV 14 (V, D, L)

CAT:                     DBS/BX2

UPC:                     702727176029

Pre-Book Date:   9/18/2007

Street Date:          10/16/2007

Format:                 DVD

SRP:                     $49.98

Product specifications and content configuration subject to change.

About ADV Films:

In the 15 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation (“anime”) outside of Japan and has the largest English-language anime library in the world.  With best-selling titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Robotech, Full Metal Panic, Hello Kitty and Azumanga Daioh, ADV Films’ extensive catalog is fueling the popularity of anime around the globe. Always on the forefront, ADV is introducing North America to bold new anime franchises such as the new Guyver, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Gantz, and Elfen Lied.  ADV Films’ library also includes popular live-action science fiction programs such as The Jim Henson Company’s Farscape, the nationally syndicated Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda and the Saturn Award-nominated Mutant X.   In 2005 ADV Films was voted “Best Anime Company” in the SPJA awards, presented at Anime Expo, North America’s largest anime convention.  The readers of Anime News Network designated ADV Films “Overall Favorite Anime Company” in both 2004 and 2005.

Parent company A.D. Vision, Inc. encompasses a variety of complementary media divisions, spanning publishing, television, licensing and merchandising and continues to expand into new areas. Its Anime Network™ is “America’s #1 Anime Channel,” reaching more than 40 million households.  Anime Network is the nation’s top video-on-demand (VOD) offering as well as a 24/7 linear cable channel and is the first television network dedicated to bringing anime and anime-related programming to consumers nationwide.  The company has two publishing arms: Newtype USA, North America’s top-selling anime and manga monthly magazine, and ADV Manga™, dedicated to publishing graphic novels.  Headquartered in Houston, the company has offices in Europe and Japan. For more information, visit www.advfilms.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Alison L. Roberts, Marketing & PR Manager

p: 515-986-1028, ext. 7229 | e: alisonr@rightstuf.com

Extras Confirmed for

RIGHT STUF & KADOKAWA PICTURES USA’s Sept. 25 Release THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYE, DVD VOL. 2: TENDING WOUNDS

GRIMES, IA, August 22, 2007 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc./Nozomi Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures USA are pleased to reveal the September 25 release of THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYE, DVD VOL. 2: TENDING WOUNDS will include the following extras:

* Reversible cover;

* Character bios; and

* A 12-page, color booklet featuring artwork, a guide to episodes 5-8 and more!

“It’s got everything from an innocent and adorable (albeit hyper!) heroine to swordfighting, psychic pretty boys (and girls!), über-technologies, a post-apocalyptic world in chaos… need we say more?” - Newtype USA

The 24-episode anime, also known as “The Third - Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo,” is based upon a popular series of novels and short stories written by Ryou Hoshino and illustrated by Nao Goto. Spanning more than 16 volumes, the original fiction has appeared in Japan’s Dragon Magazine since 1999, alongside the serialized novels that inspired the hit Full Metal Panic! and Slayers anime series.

Additionally, a manga adaptation of The Third - which is scheduled for a 2008 North American release by TOKYOPOP - ran in Dragon Age magazine, home to the Full Metal Panic!, Slayers and Chrono Crusade manga.

XEBEC (D.N.Angel, Negima!, Fafner, Elemental Gelade) produced the animation for the TV series, which ran on Japan’s WOWOW satellite channel - known for original anime programming such as Cowboy Bebop, Ergo Proxy, The Big O and Paranoia Agent - from April through October of 2006.

One Girl. One Tank. No Problem.

After their last devastating encounter with Blue Breaker, Honoka and the others try to pick up the pieces, but there’s not much time to recover. The cold blue enforcer is closing in fast, and this time, there’s nothing holding him back. She may be outmatched and outgunned, but Honoka isn’t about to give up without a fight! Meanwhile, something dangerous has begun to stir out in the desert. It’s got the Third worried, and when the Third are worried, others should be terrified… Contains episodes 5-8.

For downloads and more information about The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, visit the series site at www.thethirdanime.com. THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYE, DVD VOL. 2: TENDING WOUNDS Vol. 2 of 6

Pre-Book: 8/28/2007

Street Date: 9/25/2007

Runtime: Approximately 100 minutes, Dolby Digital Stereo, Anamorphic Widescreen, Color

Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Suggested Rating: 15+

Format: DVD (5.1 and 2.0 English, 2.0 Japanese, English Subtitles, English On-Screen Translations) Catalog #: RSDVD0719

ISBN: 1-57032-755-6

UPC: 7-42617-0719-2-8

SRP: $24.99

DVD Features:

Scene access, Dolby 5.1 mix for English dialogue, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for English and Japanese dialogue, English subtitles, and English on-screen translations. Plus: Reversible cover, character bios, color booklet and Right Stuf trailers.

* Cover image is located at http://outgoing.rightstuf.com/sleeves/rsdvd0719.jpg

THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYE © 2006 The Third Partners.

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** Product specifications and content may be subject to change.

ABOUT THE RIGHT STUF, INC.

Founded in 1987, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation (”anime”) industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.

Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf’s production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi’s focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on