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A user in Jaiku posed an interesting question. Why didn’t the live adaption of V for Vendetta garner as much praise as the anime adaptation of Akira? Here’s my response to that, to keep you from jumping through links

When you make a live adaptation, it’s expected that you’ll be as faithful to the source as possible. It’s basically transposing what you get in the original medium into something that could happen in real life. Difference is Akira was an anime adaptation, and traditionally, manga to anime adaptations have always had a bit of leeway in that area…now, the live action Akira that’s scheduled…will probably get as bad a receiving as V, if they don’t nail Tetsuo just right

CraveOnline Acquires MyAnimeList - World’s Largest Anime & Manga Social Networking Site: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Founded in 2006, MyAnimeList was created to give users an immediate and easy way of cataloging their anime or manga collection. The site allows users to create a profile, connect with other enthusiasts and provide detailed information on anime or manga characters, plot line and more. The catalog of over 4.4 million anime and 775,000 manga user based entries on the site make MyAnimeList the largest of its kind online.

Also, now that they’ve gained some notoriety, perhaps the Wikipedia article can stay up longer without fear of deletion. I’ve been a member of MAL since July 2007, and am looking forward to whatever new things this buyout might bring. With the possible addition of new features to MAL, and the impending releases of Anime Planet V3, we might see a push to see which website can get the biggest user numbers.

First Banjo Kazooie 360 Screenshots Leak - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads

Awesomeness

Anyone connected with Vampire Hunter D in any way is great by me

Vampire Hunter D, Final Fantasy’s Amano at San Diego - Anime News Network
Radical Publishing will be hosting famed illustrator and designer Yoshitaka Amano at Comic-Con International on July 26 at San Diego, California. The artist will be signing copies of Yoshitaka Amano’s Mateki: The Magic Flute, his upcoming graphic novel adaptation of Wolfgang Mozart’s The Magic Flute opera. Amano created the original illustrations and designs for the Vampire Hunter D novels, several Final Fantasy game installments, the Angel’s Egg anime, two Gatchaman sequels, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. He most recently created the award-winning anime Yasai no Yousei - N.Y. Salad, which is set in his current home of New York City.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-02/the-girl-who-leapt-through-time-in-la-nyc-seattle

There will be theatrical screenings of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in three US cities

DreamWorks to make Ghost in 3-D - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

Dreamworks will be bringing the Ghost in The Shell series to the CG big screen soon. Steven Spielberg seems crazy about the idea, and Avi and Ari Arad have been tapped to produce it. If a horrible second season on TV and an even worse PS2 game didn’t kill interest in the series, a Spielberg-backed endeavor can do no harm….right?

The post previous to this one (link here) detailed some wacky bill which would do nothing but horrors to artists….turns out it was killed bills Nothing to worry about for now…although the one who lead me to that story was also the one who told me it was fake XD

Animation World Magazine

A long article about a new bill which could make artists lose their rights to old works by calling them “Orphaned”