The United States Navy has just confirmed that approximately 30,000 copies of a promotional manga they developed to explain their mission (along with nuclear aircraft carriers) have been printed and are ready for distribution.
The manga, called "CVN-73" is focused around a Japanese-American sailor named Jack Ohara who is on his first assignment on an aircraft carrier. The American military is hoping that it will ease the tension later this year when the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington CVN-73 becomes the first nuclear-powered carrier based in the US naval base in Yokosuka. Japanese citizens groups have been testy over the ship's power supply, but the manga indirectly states that "the heart of the GW has a 50-year life span and doesn't need refueling."
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Anime News Network
Welcome To the first post of Bootleg News Reporter :D!
I consider these posts as a taste or summary of the real article available online. Each story has the link avaible for you to check out and discover new news sites. Also you’ll be able to see the pictures that come along with the articles.
My format is going to be rough for a while, till I figure out a definite system that works. So please bare with me.
I’ve broken the articles I found into different subjects. Each subject is in bold.
Anime Related News
Ghibli Founder Takahata to Base Next Film on Lullaby
Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata who directed directed Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko, and My Neighbors the Yamadas; will be making his next film based on a Japanese Lullaby.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-03/ghibli-founder-takahata-to-base-next-film-on-lullaby
Dragonball Movie Release Date Reportedly Pushed
The movie release date has been pushed back from August 15 2008 to April 3 2009.
The article also gives information on the actors involved with the film
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-05/dragonball-movie-reportedly-pushed-back-to-april-2009
Oh Boy! Another knuckle head person quoting a manga to threaten someone on youtube.
“Connecticut State Police arrested an 18-year-old on Sunday after he uploaded a clip to the YouTube video-sharing service that allegedly threatened the students of his former school and used a quote from the Naruto manga and anime character Gaara. The suspect, Brandon A. Brown of New London, Connecticut, had been expelled from Grasso Southeastern Technical High School last June. The allegedly threatening video contained a variation on Gaara's trademark line ("The Corpse's Crimson Bitter Tears Will Flow And Mingle Though [sic] The Endless Sand Feeding The Chaos In Me And Making Me Stonger [sic]") and a warning to Grasso students to "Beware All Those Who Cross My Path […] On March 19, 2008 THE END IS HERE.” The video was included in a user channel with two earlier, unrelated Gaara”
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-04/teenager-video-with-naruto-quote-leads-to-arrest
Manga Related News
Marvel’s Stan Lee and Shaman King's Takei to Join Forces
“The Japanese publisher Shueisha has announced that Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei will create a new project together to launch the Jump SQ.II (Jump Square Second) spinoff manga magazine on April 18. The announcement of the as-yet-unnamed project was made in the April issue of Jump Square magazine, which was released on March 4 in Japan.”
Nothing is known about the plot, but there is a rough sketch available to view.
Also “Shueisha announced earlier this year that Takei will draw a new ending for Shaman King for its deluxe Kang Zeng Bang (Kanzen-Ban) edition.” So if you were disappointed by the ending (like me and my friend) there is Hope!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-03/marvel-stan-lee-shaman-king-takei-to-join-forces
Random Fun Articles
A Magazine catalog of free stuff
“The print magazine Tada Gets (which literally means “Things for free”) is a magazine composed entirely of QR codes (basically 2D codes which are square or dot-shaped modules arranged on a grid pattern. 2-D symbologies also come in a variety of other visual formats. Aside from circular patterns, there are several 2-D symbologies which employ steganography by hiding an array of different-sized or -shaped modules within a user-specified image). By scanning the codes, users link via mobile phone to free ringtones, decorations, games, music, pictures, and other content.The magazine is in it’s 5th issue”
The magazine cover is pretty cute in my opinion. It features some original anime characters.
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/tada-gets-qr-code-only-print-magazine/
Beer in Japan has Braille on can for blind drinkers
To distinguish beer cans from other canned drinks and also to aid the visually impaired, Japanese beer cans now feature Braille on the tops and sides of the cans. The Braille reads out “Alcohol” and some of Kirin Brewery's cans spell out "Kirin Beer".
http://inventorspot.com/articles/braille_labels_make_beer_drinkin_11247
Well thats all for now. I gotta stop procrastinating and finish my english essay.
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