Kickstarter: Robotech Academy

Harmony Gold has a Kickstarter campaign going to raise money to create a new Robotech series. Robotech Academy follows the adventures of the children of the original cast of characters. They have already raised $128,000 of their $500,000 goal.


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7 Days Left on Ninostarter

Namco Bandai Games have been holding a pre-order campaign for the Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Wizard Edition available from their Clube Namco online store. The campaign is called Ninostarter and is offering extra items to be included in the Wizard Edition depending on the amount of pre-orders received. So far goal #1 has been met and for reaching that goal Namco Bandai will be including 5 Ni no Kuni prints with the Wizard Edition. Goal #2 is at 48% with 7 days left in the promotion. If they reach goal #2 they will add a collectors coin to the set. The promotion ends Aug 31st 2012.

Currently the Wizard Edition includes a Drippy plush doll, a 300+ page hard cover Wizards Companion book, 2 DLC golden familiars, and the game. The Wizards Edition is 99.99.

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Ruruoni Kenshin Live Action Trailer

Warner Bro's Japan has released an english subtitled trailer for their Live Action Ruruoni Kenshin movie. I have to say I like the trailer, and am looking forward to seeing this. The movie releases August 25th in Japan. It stars Takeru Sato as Kenshin Himura, Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya, and Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara.



Who else is looking forward to this?

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Legend of Korra Early Premiere

Korra Nation has announced it will be streaming the first two episodes of the new "The Legend of Korra", sequel to "Avatar: The Last Airbender", this Saturday, March 24th.

Congrats, Korra fans! You did it!
We announced KorraNation.com on March 14th, and just 1 week later, fans have successfully reached 100,000 new likes, shares and tweets.  You know what that means? We’re rewarding fans by unlocking the first TWO episodes on KorraNation.com this Saturday, March 24th, weeks before airing on Nick.
We are so excited to let the most passionate Korra fanatics watch the premiere before anyone else. Thanks for making it happen!
-Team Korra

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Airbender Korra on Facebook

Nickelodeon has created a Facebook page for The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra. Not much on it yet except a sign up to be the first to see new content about the series as well as a chance to win prizes.

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The Last Unicorn in Theaters

Conlan Press has announced beginning next year and running through 2013 that there will be more than 80 special digital screenings of The Last Unicorn through out America, Canada, Great Britain, and Germany. The book's author, Peter S. Beagle, will be attending each of these screenings to do Q&A sessions with the audience and sign autographs. 

In addition to those screenings five million dollars has been set aside to digitally overhaul the film. The money will be used to go back and smooth out animation, upgrade special effects and sound, and finish background art that was never completed. Also 5 to 8 minutes of additional footage will be added. Once finished this updated version of the film will see a worldwide theatrical release in both 2D and 3D for it's 30th anniversary.

I'm personally looking forward to the theatrical re-release, and wish more classic films would be shown in theaters. Hopefully, one of 80 special screenings will be shown near where I live, but I doubt it. Anyone else looking forward to this?

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