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- August 2, 2001
- Osmosis Jones Pictures
- Digital Anime Feature
Coming to U.S. Shores
- Akira Hits #1 in Sales
- News Link of the Day -
Latina Animated Hero in Top Toddler TV Show
Osmosis Jones Pictures
(by digitalmediafx.com) Here are some more animated images
from Warner Bros. August 10 release of Osmosis Jones:
If you missed the
pictures that Digital Media FX posted in early July, you can access set
1 by clicking
here or set 2 by clicking
here.
Digital Anime Feature
Coming to U.S. Shores
(edited press release) Manga Entertainment announces today the release
of Japan's first fully digitally-animated feature film Blood: The Last
Vampire for theatrical and DVD release this summer and fall. Produced
by the visionary animators at Japan's Production IG Studios (Ghost in
the Shell), audiences will also have the opportunity to see the film 'digitally
projected' when Blood: The Last Vampire headlines this year's RESFEST,
the international digital film festival touring the U.S. this fall.
While the character designs and backgrounds were created using traditional drawing techniques, these elements were painted, compiled and filmed using computer technology. The process was enhanced by the inclusion of digital lighting effects and revolutionary computer generated models, plus a variety of innovative camera techniques.
The film's musical score and sound effects were mixed in Hollywood, CA. In addition, Blood: The Last Vampire features a number of American characters with more than ninety percent of the film's dialogue written and spoken in the English language. The leading role of Saya is voice acted by Youki Kodoh (Snow Falling on Cedars).
Manga Entertainment has captured this anime feature on DVD and enhanced the release with special features such as: "The Making of Blood" Documentary; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, 16X9 Anamorphic Digital Transfer, Image Gallery, Original Japanese Theatrical Trailers, Web Links and DVD ROM content. The movie will be available in retail stores August 28, 2001 for $25.00 (DVD) and $20.00 (VHS).
Blood: The Last
Vampire takes place in the fall of 1966. The Vietnam War is underway
and the U.S. military machine is being supplied out of the Yokota Air
Force Base -- a plot of U.S. land within Japan. Within the compound, the
atmosphere is charged with violent intensity as F4 combat planes take
off hastily one after the next. Meanwhile, a series of suspicious suicides
are reported in town.
Akira Hits #1 in
Sales
(by digitalmediafx.com) According to Sound Scan, a video industry
analyst group, Pioneer Entertainment's Akira is the number-one
selling DVD for the week of July 29, 2001. First released in 1989, Akira
was restored by Pioneer Entertainment at a cast of $1 million for the
release on home video and DVD on July 24. Akira's sales beat out
recent theatrical films Family Man and Sweet November starring
Nicolas Cage and Keanu Reeves, demonstrating the popularity of this cult
classic.
Available for $39.98
as a Special
Edition DVD, $24.98 on standard
DVD (in Anamorphic Widescreen) and $19.98 on VHS (also in Widescreen),
Akira tells the dark tale of Neo-Tokyo, a corrupted city that has
risen from the ashes of World War III to become a dangerous megalopolis
infested with gangs and terrorists. Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda
plunge into Neo-Tokyo's darkest secret when their motorcycle gang encounters
a military operation to retrieve an escaped experimental subject.
News Link of the
Day - Latina Animated Hero in Top Toddler TV Show
According to the Associated Press:
"Until a Nickelodeon executive attended a diversity seminar one day, the star of an upcoming animated adventure series for preschoolers was a bunny named Benjamin.
After that day of
consciousness raising a new heroine was born: Dora, a 7-year-old Latina..."
Click here for the full story.
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