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POLITICS - From CommonDreams: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: I am not Darth Vader...
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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: David Koepp, one of the writers behind Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will writer "Indiana Jones 5." That may be depressing, but like most big name writers for the major studios, Koepp's career has some hits and misses. However, the truth is that this franchise needs at least one fresh voice.
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TELEVISION -From Variety: Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, who worked together in 2007's "Superbad" will reunite for a new comedy television series.
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OBITS - From THR: The actor, Larry Drake, has died at the age of 66, Thursday, March 17, 2016. He was best known for his role as "Benny" on "L.A. Law," for which he won two Emmy Awards and received a third nomination.
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OBITS - From Variety: The actor, Joe Santos, has died at the age of 84, Friday, March 18, 2016. He was best known for his role as Lt. Dennis Becker on NBC's "The Rockford Files." He also appeared in "The Sopranos."
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BLACK LIVE MATTER - From Gawker: 5 deputies disciplined over their behavior after a Trump supporter sucker punched an African-American protester.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From TheVox: Yes, Police Chief Henry Stawinski, bias did play a role in the "friendly fire" death of African-American police officer, Lynh Bui, by his white colleagues.
From WashPost: Yes, they did see Bui as an assailant.
From YahooNews: ABC offers details of Officer Bui's death.
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OBIT - From Deadline: The actor and singer, Frank Sinatra, Jr., has died at the age of 72, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. He was, of course, the son of the legendary Frank Sinatra.
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COMICS/OBAMA - From BleedingCool: Sana Amanat, Marvel’s Director of Content & Character Development, editor and co-creator of the Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel character, introduced President Obama at a Women’s History Month reception at the White House on March 16th, 2016..
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POLITICS - From BillMoyers: GOP elites have only themselves to blame.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: "The Crow" remake is in trouble... again.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Michael Mann is developing a prequel to his fondly remembered 1995 film, Heat.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Studiocanal has acquired some distribution rights for the anticipated adventure film, "Lost City of Z," that is co-produced by Brad Pitt's company.
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MOVIES - From CinemaBlend: Remember the remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street " from 2010? Of course, you do. Don't front! You DON'T want to remember it. Anyway, an early idea for the remake, that New Line passed on, is so disturbing. It is better than what we actually got, but it may have been a bit much for a release from a major studio.
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COMICS - From YahooFinance: Sally Field talks the failure of "The Amazing Spider-Man" films.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From TheAtlantic: Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Paranoid Style of American Policing.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From WashPost: A grand jury will indict a ham sandwich unless that ham sandwich killed a young Black male.
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MOVIES - From BoxOfficeMojo: Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford will return for a fifth "Indiana Jones" movie in 2019, according to an announcement by Disney.
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POLITICS - From RollingStone: Yeah, Obama did stop giving any "fucks."
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From ThinkProgress: Minnesota lawmaker wants Black Lives Matter activists to pay for police overtime.
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STAR TREK - From Polygon: Details on Paramount Pictures' lawsuit against Axanar Productions over its crowfunded Star Trek fanfilm, "Axanar."
From DenofGeek: The Star Trek film that never was - "Planet of the Titans."
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COMICS - From HitFix: Robert Downey, Jr. doubts that there will be an "Iron Man 4."
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POLITICS - From Truthout: No welcome mat for fascism.
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POLITICS - From BuzzFlash: Trump and GOP need more racists than ever to win.
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MOVIES - From the HuffingtonPost: Sasha Obama goes full fangirl on Ryan Reynolds at a White House state dinner, with the encourage of her sister, Malia.
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MOVIES - TheWrap: Sean Parker, the creator of Napster, plans to disrupt the movie business with something called The Screening Room. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson support it.
From TheWrap: Studios react to The Screening Room.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Justin Cornwell joins the "Training Day" TV pilot.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The #1 movie at the 3/11 to 3/13/2016 weekend box office is "Zootopia" with an estimated take of $50 million.
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WALKING DEAD - From Variety: Melissa McBride talks to Variety about Carol, Daryl, and more.
From Variety: The Walking Dead, "The Same Boat," recap.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: Reshoots for this summer's "Star Trek Beyond" and a new cast member. I smell trouble!
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COMICS - From YahooMovies: Daredevil, The Punisher, and Elektra converge in new promo for Netflix's "Daredevil" Season 2.
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POLITICS - From RSN: Chicago protesters force Donald Trump to cancel his Klan rally.
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TRAILERS - From YouTube: New trailer for Tim Burton's "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" from 20th Century Fox.
TRAILERS - From YouTube: Official trailer for "X-Men Apocalypse."
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Dark Horse Comics Announces "Weird Detective"
Fred Van Lente Plunges Into Lovecraftian Mystery With “Weird Detective"
Weird Detective Pin Up Art by Francesco Francavilla
“New York Times” best-selling author returns to Dark Horse
MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce the reunion of Harvey-nominated writer Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy, Conan the Avenger, Resurrectionists) and illustrator Guiu Vilanova (Conan the Avenger) on a new creator-owned comics series—Weird Detective!
Cthulhu cops, the Innsmouth Mafia, telepathic cats, and other crimes against sanity stalk the streets of New York in this pulpy stew of crime, horror, and mystery from the writer of Marvel Zombies and X-Men Noir.
The city has been plagued by a pattern of crimes too weird and bizarre for the average detective. Lurking in the evidence are shadows of loathsome horrors from beyond space and time, seeking to usher in the unimaginable evil of the Old Ones. The only man capable of fighting against the unspeakable terrors isn’t a man at all. Detective Sebastian Greene is one of them—it takes a monster to catch a monster.
“I love H. P. Lovecraft, I love cop shows, and their unholy bastard child is Weird Detective,” Van Lente says. “Seeing cosmic horror at the street crime level opens up both genres to incredible new possibilities. Sebastian Greene is just the person to be your guide through this dangerous world, even as his own partner tries to figure out his dark secret.”
The first issue of Weird Detective contains all twenty-four pages of its three-part debut in Dark Horse Presents, plus twenty-two brand-new pages—all for the regular cover price of $3.99.
The genre-bending five-issue miniseries includes colors by Dark Horse newcomer Maurício Wallace.
Weird Detective launches on June 15. Preorder your copy today at your local comic shop.
Praise for other works by Fred Van Lente:
“A great new series but then again, with Fred Van Lente doing the writing, it really shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. I can’t wait to see what happens next.”—Comic Vine
“Fred Van Lente is an industry veteran and knows how to craft a first issue.”—Comic Book Resources
“This is a solid start for Van Lente’s latest project.”—IGN
About Fred Van Lente and Guiu Vilanova
Fred Van Lente is the #1 New York Times best-selling, award-winning writer of comics like Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Action Philosophers! (American Library Association Best Graphic Novel for Teens), and Cowboys & Aliens (with Andrew Foley), the basis for the feature film. His many other titles include Resurrectionists, The Comic Book History of Comic Book History of Comics, The Incredible Hercules, Taskmaster, Marvel Zombies, and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Guiu Vilanova entered the scene in 2008 with work for IDW and Dynamite on titles such as A-Team War Stories, Raise the Dead 2, and Dark Shadows. From 2013-2015, Vilanova worked with J. Michael Straczynski on Twilight Zone, and began his relationship with Dark Horse Comics in 2014 with Fred Van Lente on Dark Horse Presents.
About Dark Horse Comics
Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.
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"Inspector Shinya Kogami," the Manga Prequel to "Psycho-Pass" Anime Coming to Dark Horse
Manga Prequel to Hit Anime “Psycho-Pass” Comes to Dark Horse
Shinya Kogami’s Life as an Investigator Revealed
From star creator Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) comes Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami, the prequel to the blockbuster science-fiction crime drama anime series Psycho-Pass.
Written by Midori Goto with art from Natsuo Sai, this new manga series is Blade Runner meets Minority Report.
With Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami, Urobuchi reveals how the legendary enforcer was once an ace detective! Working within the city-regulating Sybil System, inspectors must fight crime in a future where a single number measures your criminal tendencies and determines if you are useful to society!
Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami Volume 1 debuts on November 9, 2016.
“Psycho-Pass is a compelling cyberpunk mystery.”—Kotaku
“Makes good use of the dystopian future genre, good foils and parallels throughout. Some neat visuals.”—Anime News Network
“Psycho-Pass is the best crime-thriller-science fiction anime I have watched and will definitely be recommending to others as well as watching again in the future.”—IGN
About Dark Horse
For 30 years, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, the company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.
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Image Comics Announces New "Nailbiter" Story Arc
Writer Joshua Williamson (BIRTHRIGHT) and artist Mike Henderson (Venom, Carnage) will launch a new story arc in their hit horror series NAILBITER this May.
Previously in NAILBITER, NSA agent Nicholas Finch found himself roped into the mystery of Buckaroo, Oregon, where sixteen of the world’s vilest serial killers were spawned—and his life has not gotten any simpler since. A new serial killer appeared, for one; not to mention the commitment of more grisly murders and a major revelation about Alice’s parentage.
In NAILBITER #21, Alice now knows that the Nailbiter is her father. Does that mean she will grow up to be a serial killer?
"It's awesome that we're starting year three of Nailbiter! The team and I are so thankful to the readers and retailers for keeping us alive and killing for the last two years,” said Williamson. “We've been building to the Bound by Blood story arc since the beginning, slowly revealing the secret relationships between the characters. And now with this story arc we focus on Alice as she learns some dark truths about her past. The only way for her to know everything is if she solves the town's big secret...why does it give birth to so many serial killers? How has it been hidden for so long? Crazy things are going to be revealed in this story arc...and it's going to be very bloody!"
"Another year, another arc, another murder spree!” said Henderson. “We can't thank everyone who's kept Nailbiter going strong enough but just to try: Alice takes center stage and learns some new things about her ever-weirder world and the result is some of our darkest and bloodiest yet."
NAILBITER #21 (Diamond code: MAR160550) hits stores Wednesday, May 4th, 2016. Final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, April 11th, 2016.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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Friday, March 18, 2016
BookWalker Returns to North America for Anime Boston 2016
BOOK☆WALKER CELEBRATES ANIME BOSTON WITH GIVEAWAYS, NEW TITLES
KADOKAWA's Online Store for Manga & Light Novels
BookWalker returns to North America with its first anime con appearance of 2016 at Anime Boston. Anime Boston will be held on March 25-27, 2016 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Manga and light novel readers, visit Booth #308 for your chance to win prizes, like Sword Art Online, Fate/ and Kill La Kill figures, limited edition Sword Art Online clear file folders, or a $10 gift card good toward purchasing any digital manga or light novel title on BookWalker Global.
WIN PRIZES FROM BOOKWALKER AT ANIME BOSTON
There are several ways to win! If you’re new to BookWalker, just visit http://global.bookwalker.jp and subscribe to our mailing list. Show your “My Account” page to BookWalker booth staff at Anime Boston, and you’ll get a chance to try for one of the prizes. For a second chance to win, use your $10 gift card to purchase any eBook on BookWalker.
Want another chance to take home a prize? Take a photo at the BookWalker booth, follow BookWalker on Twitter at @BOOKWALKER_GL and post your photo on Twitter with the hashtags #AnimeBoston and #BOOKWALKER. Show your tweet to BookWalker booth staff, and you’ll get a chance to win one of three Neon Genesis Evangelion figures.
Haven’t tried BookWalker yet? Anime Boston is also your chance to get a hands-on look at our eBook store. We’ll have tablets loaded with a selection of BookWalker titles at our booth so you can check it out for yourself. BookWalker now has over 1,000 comics and light novels in English, with many titles exclusive to BookWalker. Hot manga titles include Kill La Kill, MAOYU: Archenemy and Hero, Deadman Wonderland. We also now have a selection of light novels, including Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles, and Alice’s Tale, with more titles being added every week.
MARCH 2016 PROMO: FREE 1-3 CHAPTER MANGA SAMPLERS
Not at Anime Boston? You can still get in on the fun! From now through March 22, 2016, all new users signing up for Book Walker will receive a free $10 gift card toward any purchase on Book Walker Global.
Also, throughout the month of March, BookWalker is giving readers access to free digital manga samplers, so you can discover your next favorite manga or light novel risk-free. BookWalker will be giving readers up to three chapters to read for free on selected titles, from March 1 – April 1, 2016. Manga included in this free preview promotion include titles from UDON, VIZ Media, Seven Seas Entertainment, and including: · Deadman Wonderland · Bloody Mary
· Eureka Seven · Future Diary · Kiss of the Rose Princess · Momogumi Plus Senki · Samurai Girl Real Bout High School · The Demon Prince of Momochi House · Saving Life · Kannazuki no Miko · No Game No Life · Merman in my Tub · D-Frag · Haganai · Senran Kagura · I Am Alice: Body Swap in Wonderland · KANOKON · Non Non Biyori · Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation · Servamp · Street Fighter · Kill la Kill · The Scarlet Letter · Great Expectations · Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice · Manga Classics: Les Miserables · F. · MAOYU : Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!" · Inari Konkon
Since its relaunch in Fall 2015, BookWalker’s Global Store has added 200 volumes of manga and light novels in English to its line-up, including new titles from Udon Entertainment, Shonengahosha, Comic CYUTT, Cork, One Peace Books, and Dark Horse Comics. Look out for more exciting announcements about new titles and publishers being added to BookWalker soon!
Keep up with the latest news on new titles and features on BookWalker! Follow BookWalker on Twitter for updates on new titles and special promotions via @BOOKWALKER_GL
The iOS BookWalker apps for iPhone and iPad are now available on the Apple App store or the BookWalker Android apps on Google Play.
BOOKWALKER IS HIRING!
As we add more titles to our global store, we’re looking for people who love manga and light novels to join us as part of our staff. If you’re a marketing/social media maven, and you live in Tokyo or are considering moving here, we’d love to talk with you! Visit our jobs page for more information on our current openings: http://global.bookwalker.jp/info-recruitment/
MEET KADOKAWA BOOKWALKER EXECUTIVES AT ANIME BOSTON
KADOKAWA / BOOK WALKER Co. Ltd. executives, including Norihide Tominaga, VP of Global Business Development will be attending Anime Boston, and will be available to answer questions from press. Please contact pr-gl@bookwalker.co.jp for enquiries or to schedule on-site or email interviews with BookWalker executives at or before Anime Boston.
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About BOOKWALKER
BookWalker is the one of Japan's most popular reading platform to read digital manga & light novels. There have already been over 1.5 million downloads of the BookWalker apps and users are enjoying 250,000 titles from over 650 publishers including Kodansha, Shueisha, Square Enix, KADOKAWA and more. Members can read as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen. BOOK WALKER Co. Ltd. is member of KADOKAWA CORPORATION and was founded in 2010. Visit our Japanese site at: http://bookwalker.jp or English site: http://global.bookwalker.jp/
About KADOKAWA
KADOKAWA is one of Japan’s largest publishers, with a deep catalog of manga, light novels, and magazines. KADOKAWA has also expanded its business into games and movies, with a media-mix strategy to better promote exciting cultural content in Japan and around the globe. KADOKAWA DWANGO merged operations on Oct. 1, 2014 to establish the world’s leading platform for digital entertainment content. http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/
About ANIME BOSTON
Anime Boston is a three-day convention held annually in Boston, Massachusetts, USA under the supervision of the New England Anime Society. Since 2003, Anime Boston has been one of the premier N. American events that celebrates and promotes Japanese animation, comics, and pop-culture. Anime Boston will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, from March 25-27, 2016. For more information about Anime Boston, visit: http://www.animeboston.com/
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KADOKAWA's Online Store for Manga & Light Novels
BookWalker returns to North America with its first anime con appearance of 2016 at Anime Boston. Anime Boston will be held on March 25-27, 2016 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Manga and light novel readers, visit Booth #308 for your chance to win prizes, like Sword Art Online, Fate/ and Kill La Kill figures, limited edition Sword Art Online clear file folders, or a $10 gift card good toward purchasing any digital manga or light novel title on BookWalker Global.
WIN PRIZES FROM BOOKWALKER AT ANIME BOSTON
There are several ways to win! If you’re new to BookWalker, just visit http://global.bookwalker.jp and subscribe to our mailing list. Show your “My Account” page to BookWalker booth staff at Anime Boston, and you’ll get a chance to try for one of the prizes. For a second chance to win, use your $10 gift card to purchase any eBook on BookWalker.
Want another chance to take home a prize? Take a photo at the BookWalker booth, follow BookWalker on Twitter at @BOOKWALKER_GL and post your photo on Twitter with the hashtags #AnimeBoston and #BOOKWALKER. Show your tweet to BookWalker booth staff, and you’ll get a chance to win one of three Neon Genesis Evangelion figures.
Haven’t tried BookWalker yet? Anime Boston is also your chance to get a hands-on look at our eBook store. We’ll have tablets loaded with a selection of BookWalker titles at our booth so you can check it out for yourself. BookWalker now has over 1,000 comics and light novels in English, with many titles exclusive to BookWalker. Hot manga titles include Kill La Kill, MAOYU: Archenemy and Hero, Deadman Wonderland. We also now have a selection of light novels, including Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles, and Alice’s Tale, with more titles being added every week.
MARCH 2016 PROMO: FREE 1-3 CHAPTER MANGA SAMPLERS
Not at Anime Boston? You can still get in on the fun! From now through March 22, 2016, all new users signing up for Book Walker will receive a free $10 gift card toward any purchase on Book Walker Global.
Also, throughout the month of March, BookWalker is giving readers access to free digital manga samplers, so you can discover your next favorite manga or light novel risk-free. BookWalker will be giving readers up to three chapters to read for free on selected titles, from March 1 – April 1, 2016. Manga included in this free preview promotion include titles from UDON, VIZ Media, Seven Seas Entertainment, and including: · Deadman Wonderland · Bloody Mary
· Eureka Seven · Future Diary · Kiss of the Rose Princess · Momogumi Plus Senki · Samurai Girl Real Bout High School · The Demon Prince of Momochi House · Saving Life · Kannazuki no Miko · No Game No Life · Merman in my Tub · D-Frag · Haganai · Senran Kagura · I Am Alice: Body Swap in Wonderland · KANOKON · Non Non Biyori · Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation · Servamp · Street Fighter · Kill la Kill · The Scarlet Letter · Great Expectations · Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice · Manga Classics: Les Miserables · F. · MAOYU : Archenemy and Hero "Become mine, Hero" "I refuse!" · Inari Konkon
Since its relaunch in Fall 2015, BookWalker’s Global Store has added 200 volumes of manga and light novels in English to its line-up, including new titles from Udon Entertainment, Shonengahosha, Comic CYUTT, Cork, One Peace Books, and Dark Horse Comics. Look out for more exciting announcements about new titles and publishers being added to BookWalker soon!
Keep up with the latest news on new titles and features on BookWalker! Follow BookWalker on Twitter for updates on new titles and special promotions via @BOOKWALKER_GL
The iOS BookWalker apps for iPhone and iPad are now available on the Apple App store or the BookWalker Android apps on Google Play.
BOOKWALKER IS HIRING!
As we add more titles to our global store, we’re looking for people who love manga and light novels to join us as part of our staff. If you’re a marketing/social media maven, and you live in Tokyo or are considering moving here, we’d love to talk with you! Visit our jobs page for more information on our current openings: http://global.bookwalker.jp/info-recruitment/
MEET KADOKAWA BOOKWALKER EXECUTIVES AT ANIME BOSTON
KADOKAWA / BOOK WALKER Co. Ltd. executives, including Norihide Tominaga, VP of Global Business Development will be attending Anime Boston, and will be available to answer questions from press. Please contact pr-gl@bookwalker.co.jp for enquiries or to schedule on-site or email interviews with BookWalker executives at or before Anime Boston.
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About BOOKWALKER
BookWalker is the one of Japan's most popular reading platform to read digital manga & light novels. There have already been over 1.5 million downloads of the BookWalker apps and users are enjoying 250,000 titles from over 650 publishers including Kodansha, Shueisha, Square Enix, KADOKAWA and more. Members can read as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen. BOOK WALKER Co. Ltd. is member of KADOKAWA CORPORATION and was founded in 2010. Visit our Japanese site at: http://bookwalker.jp or English site: http://global.bookwalker.jp/
About KADOKAWA
KADOKAWA is one of Japan’s largest publishers, with a deep catalog of manga, light novels, and magazines. KADOKAWA has also expanded its business into games and movies, with a media-mix strategy to better promote exciting cultural content in Japan and around the globe. KADOKAWA DWANGO merged operations on Oct. 1, 2014 to establish the world’s leading platform for digital entertainment content. http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/
About ANIME BOSTON
Anime Boston is a three-day convention held annually in Boston, Massachusetts, USA under the supervision of the New England Anime Society. Since 2003, Anime Boston has been one of the premier N. American events that celebrates and promotes Japanese animation, comics, and pop-culture. Anime Boston will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, from March 25-27, 2016. For more information about Anime Boston, visit: http://www.animeboston.com/
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VIZ Media Will Go "Monster Hunting" in April 2016
VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES NEW FANTASY ACTION MANGA SERIES MONSTER HUNTERTM: FLASH HUNTER BASED ON HIT VIDEO GAME
Imaginative New Series Based On Capcom’s Smash Hit Monster HunterTM Property Launches This Spring
San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers brand new manga action inspired by Capcom’s Monster HunterTM, one of the hottest RPG video game properties.
MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER is a manga (graphic novel) series written by Keiichi Hikami, with artwork by Shin Yamamoto, and is set to launch in print on April 12th, 2016. The fantasy action series is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will carry a print MSRP of $10.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER will also launch digitally on April 12th via VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App, as well as from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, Google Play, and BOOK WALKER Global stores. Subsequent volumes of the 10-volume series will be published in English on a bi-monthly basis.
It is an age when monsters rule the world, soaring through the sky, treading the earth and filling the seas. Humanity survives on the fringes, relying on a special kind of hero to defend the people from danger – the Monster Hunters!
In the opening volume of the series, hunting giant man-eating beasts is no job for the weak-hearted, but along with courage, it takes skill and experience to be a good Hunter. It also takes good teamwork. Raiga and his comrades are experts now, but when they started down the path of the Monster Hunter, they lacked these qualities. When they head off to confront the dragon-like Queropeco, they quickly learn that this flaw could cost them dearly…
“MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER is based on Capcom’s bestselling game property that has sold more than 33 million units across four game titles, “ says Michael Montesa, Editor. “Fans of the video game will not want to miss this action-driven new fantasy series that offers a whole new way to enjoy the popular storyline and characters.”
For additional information on MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER or other manga titles published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.
About Capcom
Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games including groundbreaking franchises Resident Evil®, Street Fighter®, Monster Hunter™, Ace Attorney®, Mega Man® and Devil May Cry®. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Germany, Tokyo, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found at www.capcom.com or www.capcom-unity.com.
Capcom, the Capcom logo, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, Mega Man, Monster Hunter and Resident Evil are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd., in the U.S. or other countries. Street Fighter is a registered trademark of Capcom U.S.A., Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Dark Horse Collects Tamburini and Liberatore's "Ranx"
Dark Horse to Publish 1980s Cult Classic “Ranx”
Collected for First Time in English
MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics is pleased to announce that it will be publishing the classic Heavy Metal series Ranx for the first time in English since its debut in the 1980s.
This volume collects all of the Ranx stories by two Italian comic masters, writer Stefano Tamburini and artist Tanino Liberatore.
Ranx (also known as RanXerox) is a sci-fi antihero made of photocopier parts and ultraviolence. In a futuristic dystopia, he protects his girlfriend Lubna from vicious drug dealers on a brutal path of sex, carnage, and destruction.
The hardcover will be released on November 9, 2016.
“Tanino Liberatore. Italian. Acid-fueled son of R. Corben. His dwindling output is still crowned by his RanXerox.”—Guillermo del Toro
“Ranx is a punk, futuristic Frankenstein monster, and with the under-aged Lubna, they are a bizarre Beauty and the Beast. This artist and writer team have turned a dark mirror to the depths of our id, and we see reflected the base part of ourselves that would take what it wants with no compromise, no apology—and woe to the person who would cross us. But it is all done with a black, wry, satirical sense of humor.”—Richard Corben
“The Ranx character is a punky, post-apocalyptic android built from spare Xerox machine parts. All RanXerox stories were luxuriously illustrated with bizarre, violent and, to put it lightly, unchaste story lines.”—TwitchFilm
About Dark Horse
For 30 years, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, the company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.
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