"My Bride is a Mermaid" ED Edit in Second DVD Set Reported by Ian Lueck on 09-05-2010 11:57 AM

The second DVD set of the anime comedy My Bride is a Mermaid (which will be released on 9/7/10) contains an edited ending sequence. The song, "Dan Dan Dan", is intact, but instead of being set to animation, the ending sequence is merely one...[read more]

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Dragon*Con 2010 News Roundup Reported by Ed Liu on 09-04-2010 1:55 PM

Dragon*Con 2010 is underway in Atlanta, GA, and Toonzone's Craig Crumpton is on the scene to provide news updates, photos, videos, and more! Check back periodically here to find all our Dragon*Con coverage, or search for "Dragon*Con 2010" in the...[read more]

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Dragon*Con 2010: Photo Gallery Reported by Craig "Voiceroy" Crumpton on 09-04-2010 1:53 PM

Toonzone is on the scene for complete photo coverage of Dragon*Con 2010 ("complete" meaning "all the stuff we think is cool"). Click on any image below to enlarge, and check back all weekend long for more photos from Dragon*Con 2010!

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NIS America Announces New Oct./Nov. Titles Including "Pandora Hearts" Reported by Ian Lueck on 09-03-2010 5:29 PM

Game company NIS America's anime line continues with two new DVD releases: Our Home's Fox Deity vol. 1 Premium Edition, set for 11/16/10, and Pandora Hearts vol. 1 Premium Edition, which comes out 10/26/10. Both are $59.99 each.

Our Home's...[read more]

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FUNimation Acquires "Disgaea" Reported by Maxie Zeus on 09-02-2010 12:46 PM

FUNimation Entertainment has picked up the home entertainment, broadcast, and digital rights to Disgaea, the company said yesterday.

The 12-episode series, which has been adapted by director Kiyotaka Isako from a role-playing game, will get a...[read more]

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"Bleach Uncut Box Set 7" Coming in December Reported by Maxie Zeus on 09-02-2010 1:28 AM

VIZ Media will release Bleach Uncut Box Set 7 to DVD on December 21, it was announced today.

The three-disc set will come with Japanese audio and English subtitles. It will retail for $49.95.

[Source: Warner Home Video][read more]

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"MSG 00: Trailblazer" Gets NY Anime Fest Playdate Reported by Maxie Zeus on 09-01-2010 10:31 PM

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer will get its North American premiere at the New York Anime Festival/New York Comic Con on Sunday, October 10, the distributors announced today. The movie will be presented in Japanese with...[read more]

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Briefly: West Palm Beach Ponders Cartoon College Reported by Maxie Zeus on 08-31-2010 1:21 PM

* China's U'young Media will handle local merchandising and home video rights to Aardman's Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time. [Animation Magazine]

* Italy's Mondo TV is beginning work on Playtime Buddies, a 52-episode preschool series adapted from...[read more]

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Kihachiro Kawamoto 1925-2010 Reported by MonkeyFunk on 08-27-2010 3:57 AM

Acclaimed Japanese puppet animator Kihachiro Kawamoto died on Monday of pneumonia. He was 85.

Active in the industry since 1945, Kawamoto's works include Sangokushi, an eighties series adapting the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms....[read more]

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"Babar" Finds a Home in Germany Reported by Maxie Zeus on 08-26-2010 4:13 PM

German broadcaster KI.KA has picked up rights to the first 26 episodes of Babar and the adventures of Badou, a new CG-animated series that updates the classic Babar stories and adds his eight-year-old grandson and his friends to the cast, Nelvana...[read more]

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Bandai Entertainment Announces New October Titles Including "Kurokami" Part 3 Reported by Ian Lueck on 08-26-2010 12:09 PM

Bandai Entertainment has announced the following titles for October releases:
* Hayate the Combat Butler Part 7 (sub only): 10/19/10 - 150 min. - $39.98
* Kurokami Part 3 (DVD): 10/5/10 - 150 min. - $29.98
* Kurokami vol. 3 (Blu-ray; dub...[read more]

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"Girl With the Blue Eye" Thinpak Coming in December Reported by Maxie Zeus on 08-26-2010 2:33 AM

Right Stuf/Nozomi will release The Girl With the Blue Eye DVD Collection on December 7, the company said today. It will retail for $49.99.

The 6-disc thinpak release will feature the complete 24-episode TV series along with video extras in a...[read more]

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Cheaper "Boys Be ..." DVD Set Due in December Reported by Maxie Zeus on 08-25-2010 6:34 PM

Right Stuf/Nozomi will be releasing Boys Be ... to DVD at a reduced price of $29.99, the company announced today. The new pricing will be in effect starting December 7.

The thinpak edition will include the entire 13-episode series in English...[read more]

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Briefly: Never Anger a Gundam Fan Reported by Ed Liu on 08-25-2010 6:31 PM

* A 30-year old Gundam fan in Japan burned down his house after his mother threw away some of his favorite Gundam toys. [Associated Press]

* The latest SpongeBob SquarePants episodes have been licensed by multiple international distributors,...[read more]

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"Uki" Moves to UK Reported by Maxie Zeus on 08-25-2010 1:44 PM

The UK's CBeebies will add the preschooler animated series Uki to its Show Me Show Me program, World Screen reports.

The series, which is made up of 5-minute episodes, is about the life of the yellow title character. The series, from Universal...[read more]

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