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    Source: Crunchyroll Special Thanks to Amanda Geraldo As most of us continue to celebrate all things Halloween, well into November (and for some throughout the year), Crunchyroll invited horror manga artist Junji Ito to take a tour of the famous Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Junji Ito is a manga writer/artist, responsible for many nightmares in Japan via his horror comics such as Tomie, Uzumaki, Gyo and others. Born in 1963, he grew up writing and drawing manga while working as a dental assistant in the early 1990s. After submitting a short story to Gekkan Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges), he would eventually leave the dental practice for a full time career in manga, becoming a prolific artist, turning out

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    Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll has announced three new series for it`s Fall 2019 line up! Crunchyroll Fall Season - 10/7/19 ASSASSINS PRIDE Crunchyroll Launch Date: Thursday 10/10 at 8:00AM PT Synopsis - Only those from noble families have the mana to be able to fight against monsters. K?fa is a noble born to a duke`s family who is sent to tutor a young woman named Merida. If it turns out that Merida has no talent with mana, K?fa is secretly instructed to assassinate her. SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION WAR OF UNDERWORLD Crunchyroll Launch Date:: Saturday 10/12 9:30AM PT

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    Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll this week announced three new titles for its fall line up. Below are the information and synopsis for each. Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, and Fathom Events announced today that the U.S. theatrical premiere of KONOSUBA -GOD`S BLESSING ON THIS WONDERFUL WORLD! - LEGEND OF CRIMSON will be the next Crunchyroll Movie Night, taking place in more than 600 movie theaters across the country on Tuesday, November 12 at 7:00 PM local time. The U.S. theatrical debut of the film will offer fans an exclusive interview with Jun Fukushima (voice actor of Kazuma) and Rie Takahashi (voice actor of Megumin) to give fans a behind the scenes look at the new film. “Crunchyroll Movie Nights are a powerful way

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    Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll this week announced three new titles for its fall line up. Below are the information and synopsis for each. MY HERO ACADEMIA Season 4 (Subtitled) Synopsis: The villain world teeters on the brink of war now that All For One is out of the picture. Shigaraki of the League of Villains squares off with Overhaul of the yakuza, vying for total control of the shadows. Meanwhile, Deku gets tangled in another dangerous internship as he struggles to keep pace with his upperclassman—Mirio. Territories: United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Central America, South America, the Caribbean; and Premium Members in Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands. MY HERO ACADEMIA

    Shigeo Kageyama`s story continues in the next chapter of MOB PSYCHO 100, coming to Crunchyroll. ©2019 ONE ShogakukanMobPsycho100 Project.

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    Crunchyroll announces “Mob Psycho 100” OVA as part of their Fall line up Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria For those who have not seen the series, the premise is that Shigeo Kageyama is an average middle school boy, nicknamed Mob for lacking a sense of presence. Although he looks like an inconspicuous person, he is in fact a powerful esper with immense psychic power. To keep from losing control of this power, he constantly lives a life under an emotional shackle. In order to help learn how to control his abilities, Mob works as an assistant to con-man Reigen Arataka, a self-proclaimed psychic. Mob wants to live a normal life just like those around him, but a barrage of trouble keeps coming after him. With his suppressed emotions growing inside Mob little by little, his power threatens to break through its limits as

    Senku Ishigami, star of Dr. Stone, now showing on Crunchyroll. Photo ©2019 TMS Entertainment. Courtesy of Crunchyroll.

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    Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, is premiering BEHIND THE SCENES OF DR. STONE, a documentary featuring creative producer Shusuke Katagiri and director Shinya Iino. The documentary premiered on Crunchyroll’s YouTube page on September 13, and will premiere on platform this week. Running a little over 25 minutes, it was shot onsite in Japan, following the pair and their team through the creative process to adapt the hit manga into the anime series. The documentary follows Creative Producer Shusuke Katagiri and Director Shinya Iino as they bring the DR.STONE anime to life. Learn more about the animation process as Katagiri-san and Iino-san give us an insider’s look into how they adapted the manga into the anime from TMS Studio in Tokyo. DR.STONE is based on the hit weekly Shonen Jump manga title of the same name

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    Source: Crunchyroll Press Release Special Thanks to Bianca Doria Crunchyroll, a subsidiary of Otter Media (a WarnerMedia company) serving anime fans in more than 200 countries and territories, and VIZ Media Europe Group, one of Europe’s established licensors and distributors of Japanese animation, have announced today the signing of an agreement to bring together Crunchyroll’s global platform with VIZ Media Europe Group’s EMEA-wide network of partners, distributors, and licensees. Through this strategic relationship, Crunchyroll will become the majority investor in VIZ Media Europe Group, with The Hitotsubashi Group (Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd.) retaining a minority stake in the company. Closing of the transaction will occur once closing conditions have been satisfied, including the receipt of required antitrust clearances. Crunchyroll, founded in 2006 as a simple anime-sharing platform, has grown to amass a passionate community

    Ultraman Ginga makes appearances throughout the Philippines. Above (L-R): Mall of Asia, SM Cinema North Edsa and The SM Cinema Megamall. © 2016 Tsuburaya Productions Co., ltd. Photos courtesy of SM Cinemas.

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    First International Release of New English Dub Author: Bob Johnson Source: SM Cinemas Official Movie Site: m-78.jp/ginga/movie (Japan) Winckler Productions’ English dubbed version of Tsuburaya Productions’ ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE (??? ?????????? ??! ????10??!!, Gekijoo-ban Urutoraman Ginga S Kessen! Urutora 10 Yuushi!!, 2015) began a theatrical run in the Philippines on September 10, 2016. This comes directly on the heels of SM Cinema’s theatrical showings of GODZILLA RESURGENCE (SHIN GODZILLA), which began on August 31, 2016. The weekend of September 10-11, SM Cinemas held a “Meet and Greet” for fans attending showings of the movie at the Mall of Asia, SM Southmall and the SM Megamall Cinema. The events included a chance to meet Ultraman Ginga and get some toy giveaways. Thousands of toys were to be given away to attendees buying tickets to the movie. Buying 2 tickets got fans a chance to win an

    Click on the image for a look at the completed Retailer Incentive cover for issue #2 of Godzilla: Rage Across Time. Image courtesy of Aaron John Gregory. © 2016 Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Author/Source: Aaron John GregoryOfficial Site: IDW PublishingSpecial Thanks to Bobby Curnow A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Artist Aaron John Gregory has offered SciFi Japan readers an exclusive step-by-step look at the making of his cover illustration for Godzilla: Rage Across Time. Godzilla: Rage Across Time is a five part comic book mini-series debuting this week from IDW Publishing that features Godzilla and other Toho monsters during different eras of Earth’s history. Each issue is produced by a different creative team and comes with multiple cover variants. Aaron has created artwork for the Retailer Incentive cover of the second issue, which will be available from comic book shops and retailers on September 21st. While Godzilla: Rage Across Time is Aaron`s first comic book assignment, he is no newcomer to the art world. Class valedictorian from the Academy of Art, University in San

    Ultraman Ginga speaks English? ©2015 UGS FILM PARTNERS

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    Author: Bob Johnson William Winckler Productions, in tandem with Tsuburaya Productions is in the process of providing English language dubs for some of the new Ultraman feature films. The movies that have been dubbed and subtitled so far are ULTRAMAN GINGA S THE MOVIE, ULTRA FIGHT VICTORY and ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE. No official release of the films has been announced, though the subtitled print of ULTRAMAN X THE MOVIE was screened recently at FantAsia in Canada. William Winckler Productions had previously dubbed a package of animated series, edited together into movies, for Toei Productions. Some of those were released through Shout Factory over the last couple of years. The DVDs released were GAIKING, DANGARD ACE and STAR ZINGER, though other series were produced, including FIST OF THE NORTH STAR, SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK, GE GE GE NO KITARO and others. Winckler began his career and involvement

    Matt Frank Exclusive Orga sketch. Photo courtesy Inhumanly Possible Creations

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    Source: Bay Area Film Events Event Page: The Great Godzilla Sweepstakes In conjunction with Godzilla Night 5, Bay Area Film Events presents The Great Godzilla Sweepstakes. However, you do not have to be present at the event to enter or to win. The Sweepstakes is an online event for Godzilla fans all over the world. Once again Kevin d`Antonio has amassed an amazing array of Godzilla goods that will please even the most ardent collector. The Sweepstakes is open from July 2nd to July 29th. Godzilla fans can buy tickets and enter either online or at Godzilla Night. Tickets are limited to 20 per individual. Winners will be picked onstage at Godzilla Night 5 at The Historic BAL Theatre on July 30th. Winners that are present can come to the stage to collect their prizes. Those not in attendance will be notified afterwards and arrangements will be

    Photo courtesy Bay Area Film Events

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    Author: Bob Johnson Source: Bay Area Film Events Show info: Godzilla Night 5 Tickets: BAL Theatre Godzilla Night 5 Bay Area Film Events and Curtain Call Performing Arts team up to bring Godzilla back to the San Francisco Bay Area and The Historic BAL Theatre for the fifth annual Godzilla Night! In past years, Godzilla Nights have featured bands such as The Deadlies and Big Pimp Jones, as well as classic Godzilla films like GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, GODZILLA VS. BIOLsmLANTE, GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH and more! This year, BAFE presents a monstrous double bill of GODZILLA 2000 and the original 1961 MOTHRA. Joining the show this year will be Michael Schlesinger, the writer/producer/director of Sony’s nationwide theatrical release of GODZILLA 2000. Michael will be there to talk about adapting the film for American audiences and what went

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    Japanese lawmakers are seriously considering the legalization of Japan’s first ever casino. The move, as asserted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is in the hopes of increasing Japan’s revenues for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. The matter is still being debated but in case Japan actually builds its first casino, what will the world actually get from these proposed plans? Perhaps cosplayers as waiting staff at front of doors, high-tech screen equipment, or video games featuring sci-fi-themed titles instead of slot machines? If there’s anything the Japanese are experts in, it’s taking something, perfecting it, and making it their own. Remember, the West may have introduced the first guns for armed combat but it was the Japanese who perfected the matchlock. So if anyone thinks that the Land of the Rising Sun is likely to mimic the casinos similar to the ones in

    After passing on Jan De Bont`s version of GODZILLA, TriStar turned to Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich with disastrous results. © 1998 TriStar Pictures, Inc./ Toho Co., Ltd. © 1999 Toho Co., Ltd.

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    After passing on Jan De Bont`s version of GODZILLA, TriStar turned to Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich with disastrous results. © 1998 TriStar Pictures, Inc./ Toho Co., Ltd. © 1999 Toho Co., Ltd. The Rise, Fall and Aftermath of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin`s GODZILLAAuthor: Keith AikenSpecial Thanks to: Please See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Part 1 A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Part 1 FACE TO FACE WITH THE MISSING LINKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ORIGINS DEVELOPING THE STORY THE SCREENPLAY DIRECTOR HUNT THE FIRST FX TEST Part 2 JAN De BONT PRE-PRODUCTION BEGINS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ROUND ONE: GOJIRA PRODUCTIONS and STAN WINSTON STORYBOARDS Part 3 DIGITAL EFFECTS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ROUND TWO: WINSTON STUDIO FINAL PREPARATIONS: CASTING plus MINIATURE and PRACTICAL EFFECTS THINGS FALL

    Stan Winston Studio developed new GODZILLA creature designs while Sony Pictures Imageworks began preliminary work on the film`s digital FX. © 1993-1995 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd. © Stan Winston Studio © 1994 Sony Pictures Imageworks

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    Creature Concepts, Previz, Set Designs and More Are Created Before Sony Pulls the Plug　Author: Keith Aiken　Special Thanks to: Please See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Part 1 A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Part 1 FACE TO FACE WITH THE MISSING LINKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ORIGINS DEVELOPING THE STORY THE SCREENPLAY DIRECTOR HUNT THE FIRST FX TEST Part 2 JAN De BONT PRE-PRODUCTION BEGINS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ROUND ONE: GOJIRA PRODUCTIONS and STAN WINSTON STORYBOARDS Part 3 DIGITAL EFFECTS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ROUND TWO: WINSTON STUDIO FINAL PREPARATIONS: CASTING plus MINIATURE and PRACTICAL EFFECTS THINGS FALL APART Part 4: Released May 31 RETRENCHMENT THE REWRITE THE DISCONNECT REACTION AFTERMATH GODZILLA (1994) CREDITS

    Jan De Bont quickly assembled a team to create concept art, maquettes and storyboards for GODZILLA. © 1993-1995 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Director Jan De Bont is Hired and Pre-Production Begins　Author: Keith Aiken　Special Thanks to: Please See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Part 1 A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Part 1 FACE TO FACE WITH THE MISSING LINKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ORIGINS DEVELOPING THE STORY THE SCREENPLAY DIRECTOR HUNT THE FIRST FX TEST Part 2 JAN De BONT PRE-PRODUCTION BEGINS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ROUND ONE: GOJIRA PRODUCTIONS and STAN WINSTON STORYBOARDS Part 3: Released May 24 DIGITAL EFFECTS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ROUND TWO: WINSTON STUDIO FINAL PREPARATIONS: CASTING plus MINIATURE and PRACTICAL EFFECTS THINGS FALL APART Part 4: Released May 31 RETRENCHMENT THE REWRITE THE DISCONNECT REACTION AFTERMATH GODZILLA (1994) CREDITS

    A selection of pre-production art and sculpts from various stages of TriStar Pictures` initial, unrealized version of their American GODZILLA movie. © 1993-1995 Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Toho Co., Ltd.

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    Interviews, Never-Before-Seen Photos, Storyboards, and Production Art from Sony Pictures` Abandoned First Attempt Author: Keith Aiken Special Thanks to: Please See ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Below A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE On May 16, 2014, Warner Bros. Pictures released GODZILLA, a $160 million American adaptation of the long-running Toho Co. franchise. Co-produced by Legendary Pictures and directed by Gareth Edwards, the film finally gave many fans what they had long hoped to see... a big-budget, Hollywood take on the King of the Monsters with state-of-the-art visual effects. Well-received by critics and audiences, the new GODZILLA was a box office success, with a sequel announced for 2018. The generally positive reviews for the 2014 film were a sharp contrast to the reception given the first Godzilla movie made by an American studio. In October 1992, TriStar Pictures (a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment) announced that they

    Original Japanese poster for GOJIRA (1954).

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    Classic movie with post-show Q&A with Godzilla Expert. Source: Japan Society of Northern California Special Thanks to Brianna Burrows, Program Coordinator On Sunday, April 26, 2015 the Japan Society of Northern California will be hosting a special double header event, perfect for fans of Godzilla! First is a screening of the original film from 1954 featuring a giant monster (or kaiju) resurrected from nuclear testing and goes on a rampage in Tokyo! Can it be stopped? Should it be killed? After the film attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear from Japanese-monster expert Armand Vaquer, who will provide commentary on the movie, including tidbits not generally known to the public. He will also share his knowledge about classic Japanese movie monsters (including not only Godzilla but also Rodan, Mothra, Gamera and many others), and the techniques used in the making of Japanese monster movies. For those

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    Loved all around the world, Science Fiction brings excitement, adventure and thrills to life for its fans. Be it through books, television shows or films, the genre captures the audiences’ imagination and lets it run wild in space and time. Here are some examples of the best games: BLADE RUNNER Based on Ridley Scott’s 1982 epic cinematic encounter, the BLADE RUNNER game is an absolute credit to the legacy created by the film. The game is a point and click adventure around a futuristic Los Angeles and pushed out the boundaries for both story-telling and graphics when released in 1997. Featuring the original film score, characters such as Eye-Man appear throughout the game, as well as the famous Voight-Kampf test. BIOSHOCK BIOSHOCK has become one of the best loved console releases in recent years, not only being popular with Sci-Fi fans, but the entire gaming community. The

    Artists turn to Kickstarter to fund project..

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    Kodoja: Terror Mountain Showdown Turns to Kickstarter to Print the Collected Story Into a Hardcover Graphic Novel. Source: Kodoja Official Kickstarter Site: Kodoja: A Graphic Novel With a Soundtrack. Author: Keith Foster Like any good giant monster story, this one has a soundtrack, in this case the music is part Akira Ifukube, part James Brown and the drums of Led Zeppelin, what the band calls "giant monster funk". You can check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kodoja/kodoja-a-kaiju-graphic-novel-with-a-soundtrack Grab your copy now, the Kickstarter is only around through September 28! STORY Kodoja is a 200 foot-tall bio-mechanical superweapon created by the government to combat terrorism, unfortunately it went rogue and just destroyed every outpost of Special Weapons Division (the people who created it). Except one - and as the surviving members of Special weapons scramble to stop it, the political system begins to crack, losing the Secretary of Defense

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