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Final Speed Racer DVD in October

posted on 2006-08-15 02:01 AEST by Christopher Macdonald

Lions Gate Entertainment has announced that the final volume of Speed Racer will be released on October 31. The DVD will retail for $19.98, and will include the last 8 episodes of the 52-episode series (184 minute run time). For a limited time, the DVD will also include a miniature metal license plate labelled "Go Speed Racer Go!"

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Bakemonogatari Manga Artist 'Oh! great' Launches New Manga

May 5, 02:54

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Kaijin Fugeki manga launches on May 29 ― Manga creator Oh! great announced on Tuesday that he will launch a new manga titled Kaijin Fugeki in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine on May 29. A Twitter account for the manga also debuted on the same day. Oh! great launched a manga adaptation of NisiOisin's Bakemonogatari novels (pictured at right) in Weekly Shonen Magazine in March 2018, and ended it in Ma...

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The ANN Aftershow - I Support Falin's Crimes

May 4, 06:00 anime

This week, it's hot monster mommies and less hot AI-generated light novels. ― I Support Falin's Crimes We've long joked on the podcast about the quality of light novel writing, but the news is out that the developers of the RyokoAI project have scraped Shosetsuka ni Narou...are fully machine-generated LNs in our future? Plus: Things get gorier in Kaiju No. 8, the world of yatagarasu politics unfolds...

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Nude Model: Tsubasa Yamaguchi Short Stories Manga Review

May 4, 02:00 manga

Each story is like a dark portal into a realm of human sexuality that society usually sweeps under the rug, but I can't look away. ― Nude Model delivers on the promise of its lurid title. This manga, consisting of three equally intense short stories, is charged with eroticism and danger, with epiphanies lurking around every corner. Created by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, Nude Model is nothing like her most wel...

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This Week in Games - EVO Japan 2024: You Ain't From Chicago If You Ain't Broken exA Before!

May 4, 00:30

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Find out about the young star who set the internet aflame and walked away with two medals. Plus: Thousand-Year Door updates, a new HunterxHunter game, and Miku! ― Welcome back, folks! As is my wont, I'd like to plug my El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster that went up earlier this week... but I've also got the disappointing news that Megaton Musashi W: Wired finally released in the US la...

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The Beauty of Stop-Motion Animation with Bottle George Director Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi

May 3, 23:00 anime

Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi shares what it was like to leave Pixar and how his studio will never shy away from honesty in their work, even when honesty isn't pretty. ― Director Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi contributed to films like Toy Story 3 and Monsters University while simultaneously crafting what became his Academy Award-nominated animated short film, The Dam Keeper. His latest short film, Bottle George,...

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Singer, Voice Actress Suzuko Mimori Moves to the U.S.

May 3, 08:15

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Mimori intends to continue voice roles, singing career ― Voice actress and singer Suzuko Mimori announced on her Twitter account on Thursday that she is moving to the United States this summer. She acknowledges that the move will mean that her voice work will not necessarily stay the same as before, but that she will strive to continue performing her roles to the best off her ability. She also added ...

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This Week in Anime - Is The Anime Girl Band Era Here?

May 3, 05:00

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Chris and Nick put on their headphones and dust off their vinyl records for a look at this season's guitar-strumming, mic-swinging girl groups. ― Chris and Nick put on their headphones and dust off their vinyl records for a look at this season's guitar-strumming, mic-swinging girl groups. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News...

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Video Game Review

May 3, 02:00

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I cannot imagine how Square Enix could top themselves after this. ― Final Fantasy VII Rebirth initially launched on the last day of February, and if you look at the date of this review's publication, you will immediately be able to discern one thing about this second entry of the FF7 Remake series: It is gargantuan. The first game got plenty of praise (and plenty of flak) for taking the relatively sh...

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The Spring 2024 Manga Guide

May 2, 05:44

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The Manga Guide library expands with six more series, including Trinity Seven -Revision-, Watch Dogs Tokyo, Fed Up With Being the Spoiled Queen's Genius Butler,, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2024 Manga Guide! You may have seen one of our seasonal Anime Preview Guides, where a team of critics writes up each new anime television premiere as it airs at the beginning of a season. N...

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron HD Remaster Video Game Review

May 2, 02:00

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With a new Nintendo Switch port available, even more gamers can experience Enoch's transcendental adventure across the world. How does it fare on Nintendo's portable device? ― El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was a curious game when it released in 2011. The world wasn't quite ready for it then, but time (and a PC port) helped people accept it. With a new Nintendo Switch port available, even more...

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Manhwa and Manga: Similar but Different Art Forms

May 1, 23:00

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Manhwa is starting to find its footing in American comic book sphere, but it's not just another version of "manga." Find out what makes Korean comics unique. ― The door to English-translated manga opened in the 1980s, and despite some fits and starts, essentially never looked back. Manhwa, or Korean comics, have had a much more troubled journey to popular visibility in English. Around 2006, manhwa be...

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Final Speed Racer DVD in October