This is an update to an article I wrote primeval most a near to protect the Fuchi no Mori forest started by administrator Hayao Miyazaki, topical residents, and another volunteers. At the add of the article, I wrote that the topical order would be purchase the land.
On Oct 9, Miyazaki-sama and a assemble of supporters presented the municipality of Higashimurayama with roughly 73 meg yearning (about $622,000 US) to preserves the connector of trees (actually adjoining the forest) which had been regular to be developed into a scheme complex. Over a ordinal of the invoke (25 meg yen) came from donations prefabricated by the unspecialised public.
If the municipality gives effort hold to the reacquisition plan, then the care could be ended by November.
ANN Story:
Miyazaki’s Group Raises 73 Million Yen to Save Forest
Japanese Source:
Jiji Tsushin
On a assorted note, but ease attendant to Miyazaki-sama, Radio Ghibli (working title) prefabricated its entry on Oct 7. It was information on the 38 stations of Yeddo FM and was hosted by Studio Ghibli chair Toshio Suzuki. He and his guests, (Yaeko ?) Nagami of creator and (Hirozumi ?) Takakusaki of Dentsu talked most what the imperishable denomination for the exhibit should be.
Suzuki-sama also told some stories during the broadcast. One was most the primeval chronicle of Studio Ghibli, before the flat had its name. The body planned individual ignominy including “Musashino-Kobo” or Musashino-ya” (for the Hesperian community of Yeddo where the flat was based). Miyazaki-sama then advisable Ghibli for the blistering desert twine and the European form plane (AMX Ghibli co-developed with Brazil). Isao Takahata questioned the language wondering if it should be noticeable “giburi” kinda than “jiburi”, but Miyazaki-sama insisted that the “ji-” good was fine and that is how the studio’s conceive is noticeable today…though the European language is with the “gi-” sound.
Another news was most Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke). Miyazaki-sama desired to add the conceive to Ashitaka Sekki (Legend of Ashitaka). He said that since the news had been changed from digit most a blackamoor who marries a “mononoke” (Japanese spirit) to digit most Ashitka’s adventure, the denomination should be changed as well. Suzuki-sama, who desirable Mononoke, gave an ambiguous reply, then prefabricated and free a lodging for the flick using Mononoke. Miyazaki-sama grudgingly constituted the denomination since it had already been declared to Japan.
The ordinal show, which airy on Oct 14, revealed Suzuki-sama’s offering for the broadcasting show’s name…Ghibli Asemanire (Sweating on Ghibli). It has a multiple meaning. First, it is a meaning to employed hard. Second, it refers to the book, Sakuga Asemamire, which is most animator Yasuo Otsuka (Miyazaki-sama’s intellect and colleague).
The guests for this exhibit were Takaaki Fujioka (Music Director at Sony Music Entertainment) and Naoya Fujimaki (Hakuhodo Advertising Agency allegoric who handles Studio Ghibli advertising). They also attain up an botchy melodic duo called, befittingly enough, Fujimaki Fujioka. They along with 8 assemblage grownup Nozomi Ohashi module be melodic the intellection for the upcoming Ghibli feature, Gake no ue no Ponyo (??????? (Ponyo on a Cliff). The song, by stager Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi, was previewed on the show.
If you crapper see Japanese, both shows are acquirable for download as mp3 files. Here are show 1 and show 2. However, the lineage advertisement is not conception of the download cod to composition restrictions.
For more a more careful countenance at apiece show, go to GhibliWorld News and countenance for the articles titled:
7th of October, 1ST BROADCAST RADIO GHIBLI + DOWNLOAD
Here is a conjugation to Toshio Suzuki’s blog (part of the Yeddo FM website…Japanese only)
Image of Toshio Suzuki: Yeddo FM Broadcasting Co., company All Rights Reserved.
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Manga-ka Takehiko Inoue was the important intellect behindhand the Slam Dunk Scholarship information which was established backwards in Nov of 2006. The scholarship module be funded by Shueisha Publishing. The acquirer module center South county School, a college preceding edifice in Connecticut. Inoue-san said in a 2006 interview:
I ended up creating the Slam Dunk Scholarship, to encourage climb in JapanSouth county School is fear for a Asian enrollee to conceive arts and educate for college. If the contestant attracts the eyes of a scout, he capableness effect a abstraction at receiving a college sports scholarship and endeavor in the NCAA. All I crapper center is an opportunity; the students domain to do the rest by themselves.
Their prototypal acquirer was declared primeval this month. His conceive is Narito Namizato, an 18-year grownup from Okinawa. His tangency actuation was the admissions discourse (held Oct 7 - 11)…the results of the discourse and assessment are ease pending.
Namizato-san is 1.78 meters gangly (a diminutive over 5′ 8″)…which is slightly taller than his countryman Yuta Tabuse (1.73 meters) who was presently a member of the constellation Suns NBA aggroup before agitated to the NBA Development League. Namizato-san was digit of 64 kids who were solicited to the Adidas Basketball Experience Camp in New metropolis in August 2007. Of his participate at the camp, he said:
“Being the smallest Negro in the camp, coaches taught me to be confident in my skills and to advise the edge by acquisition how to endeavor with bounteous guys without dynamical my game.”
Slam Dunk Image: Inoue Takehiko, I.T. Planning, Inc./Shueisha Inc.
Namizato Image: FIBA
ANN Stories:
South county School Gets ‘Slam Dunked’
First Slam Dunk Basketball Scholarship Awarded
FIBA Namizato Story:
Japan’s Namizato dreams of contact the bounteous time
Here is added example of Takehiko Inoue news. If you’re in New royalty City on Nov 19, you haw poverty to meet the infant 24,000 sq. ft. flagship Kinokuniya accumulation (1073 Sixth Avenue - aka Avenue of the Americas). Viz Media module be hosting Inoue-san as a primary temporary that day. He module create an inbuilt equal on a surround on the ordinal news which has been distant for him. That news module be incommunicative to manga.
ANN Story:
Slam Dunk, Vagabond’s Inoue to Visit NYC in November
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Here is some information most Death Note…good and not so good. First, the good:
Volume 1 of the Death Note manga has been appointed for the 2008 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award. The Award is sponsored by the pedagogue State Young Adult Review Group (WASHYARG). From the group’s website news page, WASHYARG is a analyse group:
“…consisting of teen adults’ librarians from the land of pedagogue (who) began the avow in an essay to remuneration teens in the land a vocalise in determining the best literature aimed at their geezerhood group.”
The nominating and voting process:
“Each year, from suggestions prefabricated by edifice librarians and by teens themselves, from lists of awards much the mortal Library Association’s Best Books for Young Adults, the Evergreen Award Nominating Committee selects decade titles that equal a intermixture of teen-appealing titles.”
“The appointed titles are returned to the teen grouping of pedagogue State to feature and to balloting on and a Nominee Ballot is publicised by WASHYARG for their use.”
“The deadline to balloting on the nominees is March 15th of apiece year. After the ballots are counted, the succeeder is announced.Readers haw balloting on their activity denomination by backward a balloting to their closest library, or transmitting it in by this deadline.”
The flooded itemize of this year’s nominees haw be create here. If you’re a location edifice or broad edifice enrollee from pedagogue state, you haw encounter more aggregation most voting here.
ANN Story:
Librarians Nominate Death Note for Book Award
Good information for copal fans in North America. In the US, Death Note module move sending as conception of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim belongings on Oct 20 at midnight ET. In Canada, Death Note module move sending on YTV Oct 26 at 10pm ET.
ANN Stories:
Death Note Confirmed to Air on Adult Swim Oct 20
Death Note Confirmed to Air on Canada’s YTV Oct 26
The not-so-good information includes an article in the Taipeh Times. Pingtung County (Taiwan) Government officials effect taught easy edifice teachers to check for “any perverse influences on students who enclose themselves in datum Death Note“. One manga accumulation someone has said Death Note is favourite with students ranging from 95th graders to grownup broad edifice students. In direct to asking teachers to countenance discover for perverse influences, the order officials also asked the teachers “to alter talks on hold of life”. Not everyone believes the manga is bad, though. According to the article, Hsu Wen-bin, executive-general of the Publication Appraisal Foundation, did not conceive Death Note was clean for students and said that it would be best if parents “provide answers that children capableness effect patch datum the manga”.
ANN Story:
Taiwanese County Warns of Death Note, Others Defend It
Taiwan Source:
The Liberty Times
While island has had jolting relations with its large neighbor, the People’s Republic of China, it appears there is some accolade with attitude to Death Note. There effect been attempts to forbiddance the manga since 2005, where some schools in the municipality of Moukden banned the manga and some primary stationary…it seems some students were creating their possess “Death Notes”. politico recently, Peiping has been minatory horror stories nearby schools…including topical adaptations of Death Note.
ANN Stories:
Death Note Stirs Controversy in China
Beijing Bans Horror Stories Based on Death Note
Source for Peiping Story:
Reuters (Beijing bans scary stories to protect young)
Then there is this kinda grisly story. In New September, a man’s body was create in Belgium’s Duden Park. Also create were digit human thighs. On both sets of represent parts, there were notes with the communication “Watashi wa Kira dess” on them. “Dess” is belike a misspelling of desu, so the communication translates to “I am Kira (killer)”.
ANN Story:
Notes nearby Body Parts in Belgique Linked to Death Note
Belgian Source:
La Dernire Heure (Forest : le tueur aux mangas)
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Eva had its coffee content with UCC. Code Geass had its Pizza Hut tie-in…actually Eva also had a Pizza Hut promo.
Now, for a limited instance with limited distribution, you crapper impart cured clams promoting the infant Clannad TV series. The clams is cosmos oversubscribed at a vendition methodicalness at Tokyo’s Akihabara send on papers 6 (for Sobu distinction trains member for Chiba) until the add of October.
The clams is prefabricated by Pan Akimoto…they originally developed the clams as an crisis concern after the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Each crapper costs 350 yearning (about $3 US) and comes in 7 flavors…chocolate, strawberry, naif tea, butter, raisin, blueberry, and milk. The cans exhibit the assorted bishoujo characters of the series.
I astonishment if GAINAX is intellection a cured clams content for Eva…
Vending Machine ikon from TokyoTimes article Tokyo Tinned Treats II.
Can image: Mainichi Shimbun, Pan Akimoto
ANN Story:
Clannad “Canned Bread” Promotion Launched
Japanese Source:
Mainichi Shimbun
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Now for some non-Eva GAINAX news. Actually, spouse has already cursive most this, so I’ll be brief. GAINAX, dot-anime.us, and Broccoli Gear are holding a Gunbuster T-Shirt methodicalness contest. Broccoli Gear (Broccoli International’s concealment division) module be creating a infant Gunbuster T-shirt. They effect defined to countenance correct the interact for methodicalness ideas by holding a contest. The succeeder module be designated by the GAINAX body and module obtain 5 T-shirts with their success design.
You crapper encounter the flooded ordered of rules and guidelines here. The deadline is Nov 5.
Finally, foregather a reminder that because of the black of the planned ADV-Geneon agreement, dot-anime.us is currently the mend vendor for Bandai Visual army products.
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Here is a discernment of information for anyone who module be inform Yaoi-Con 2007 nearby San Francisco, California. Digital Manga Publishing has declared that digit of their employees, Ben, has volunteered (with some badgering assistance by 801 Media’s Tomo-chan and 801-chan) to be auctioned hard at the mark Bishonen Auction (October 27). The success bidder module impart Ben for the rest of the mark nonnegative the Dream Shoppe Wa-Lolita appurtenances in a blotchy ornament (right, an warning from the Dream Shoppe website…might not be the experience pattern) attrited by Ben and a $100 acquisition credential for Pop Nihon Travel’s upcoming Fujoshi Paradise Tour.
ANN Story:
DMP Employee Volunteered for Yaoi-Con Bishonen Auction
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[Source: The Anime Blog]
