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-- Yona Yona Penguin is a new full length feature film produced by Japanese and French creators. The famed anime studio Madhouse, teamed up with Frenchman Denis Friedman and his production company to work on the film. The movie had its international premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 12, and most recently, the first Japanese screening took place at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 19. Yona Yona Penguin is set to hit Japanese theaters in late December of this year. -- Check out our exclusive interviews with Julie Ann Taylor, Kari Wahlgren, Stephanie Sheh and Patrick Seitz. |
The Fukuoka based studio, Level 5, have garnered international praise for their innovative game development and unique artistic approach. Games like Dragon Quest VIII, Jeanne d'Arc and Professor Clayton and the Curious Village, are just a couple of examples, of how this studio has always strived to bring something new and fresh to the gaming world. They have established a strong creative and business relationship with video game titans Square Enix, whom they have developed a number of titles for already. On December 25, 2008, SCE Japan Studio, released White Knight Chronicles for the PlayStation 3; Level 5’s first title for the next generation system. The North America release of the game is scheduled for February 2010, and not surprisingly, it is one of the most highly anticipated RPG’s of the new year. |
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Towa Tei is one of the most recognized and respected DJ’s to come out of Japan. Fans of old school house and dance music may recognize the group Deee-Lite, which he was a part of in the early 1990’s. The group sky rocketed to fame with their funky dance single, Groove is in the heart, which was a huge billboard success in the United States. Since his rather less than likely humble beginnings, Towa Tei has gone onto to forge a solid career in electronic music, garnering him international praise, as well as being credited as both a pioneer and innovator of this music genre in his homeland of Japan. He has collaborated with internationally recognized artists such as Kylie Minogue and Ryuichi Sakamoto. In 2007, he contributed the track Ex-boy, to Shinji Aramaki and John Woo’s anime motion picture, Appleseed Ex Machina, based off the famous manga by Masamune Shirow. Ex-boy proved to be one of the strongest tracks off the Ex Machina soundtrack, which is a bold statement in itself, considering the variety and caliber of talent that contributed to the score for the film. Towa Tei’s most recent release is Motivation 7, which is yet another compilation album put together by him. It features innovative remixes as well as original tracks by some of the industry’s best electronic artists. |
Although not revered on the level of the Street Fighter gaming franchise, SNK Playmore's, The King of Fighters series has a very dedicated and passionate fan following. The fighting game seemed to strike a chord in Hong Kong in particular, where a manhua series was created by Andy Seto, debuting with the publication of The King of Fighters: Zillion. Wing Yang and King Tung, two artists that also hail from Hong Kong, would go on to adapt further manhua after Andy Seto’s initial work. This publishing duo is responsible for a long running series of graphic novels based on the popular fighting game series, which include manhua adaptations for The King of Fighters 2001-2003, as well as The King of Fighters Maximum Impact series. Fans of Wing Yang and King Tung’s work on The King of Fighters manhua series are in for a real treat this year, thanks to the folks at DrMaster Publications. |
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