Promote Yourself:Anime Minneapolis announces Leah Clark

Minneapolis, MN – October 21, 2013 – The Minneapolis anime convention AniMinneapolis announced today that voice actress Leah Clark will be attending the convention in 2014.
Leah Clark is a Random Force Of Nature working as a voice actress and script adapter for FUNimation Entertainment and voice artist for DuArt Films. She has also worked as a director for FUNimation as well as a stage actress in the Dallas-Ft Worth TX area. Some of her most memorable voice roles include Nodoka in Negima; Suzuka in Suzuka; Rin in Toriko; Fuyuki in Sgt Frog; Blair in Soul Eater; Minatsuki in Deadman Wonderland; Saki in Eden of the East; Nora in Spice and Wolf; Minami in Baka and Test; Jiji in Princess Jellyfish; Noah in Full Metal Alchemist—Conqueror of Shamballa; Coby and Miss Doublefinger in One Piece; Paris in Shin Chan; Eri in School Rumble; Maron in Dragonball GT; Carlita in Pokemon the Movie: Black/White—Victini and Reshiram; and Maru in XXXHolic.
Other notable works include: Aria in Aria, the Scarlet Ammo; Homura/Kagari in Sekirei; Akane in Rumbling Hearts; Ruby in Rosario + Vampire; Tenhou in Oh! Edo Rocket; Akagawa/Red Ranger in Level E; Hikari in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (not) Advance; Miyabi in Freezing; Kagura in Ga Rei Zero; Miya Miya in Bamboo Blade; Doyle in Pokemon; and Mayu Otsuka in Darker Than Black. This year, Leah can be heard as Murmur in Future Diary; Yu in Guilty Crown; Giselle in Last Exile-Fam, the Silver Wing; as well as roles in Steins Gate, Wolf Children and Is This a Zombie?

Some of Leah’s script works include Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt, Suzuka, Peach Girl, Sasami—Magical Girl Club, Baka and Test, Strike Witches, and her all-time favorite, B Gata H Kai/Yamada’s First Time. As a Director, Leah has worked on Sasami—Magical Girl Club, Tower of Druaga, StrAIN, Case Closed (movies) Captured In Her Eyes and Countdown To Heaven, and Shuffle. Leah is also a producer and co-host of The Red Wine Therapist podcast also featuring Jad Saxton. The show is an interactive open, raw, educational, and hilarious discussion of life, love, wine and (ahem) other stuff. www.theredwinetherapist.podomatic.com @redwinetherapst on Twitter. Leah would find it oh so magical and lovely if you would keep up with her on Twitter @leahrooo and Facebook—Leah Clark Actress Fanclub. More details and future guest updates can be found at http://animinneapolis.com/guests

AniMinneapolis will be held May 23-25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. With almost 4,000 people expected, this 3-day event brings cosplayers, voice actors, artists, and exhibitors together to create a fan community dedicated to celebrating Japanese anime. Attendees can register at http://animinneapolis.com/

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Contact: Molly Blue
Email: molly@metaconvention.com

Press Release: Vanguard Princess Is On Steam Greenlight

San Francisco, California — October, 22nd 2013 — eigoMANGA announces that the game ‘Vanguard Princess’ has launched on Steam Greenlight. Fans have the ability to vote in ‘Vanguard Princess’ into Steam’s digital distribution marketplace.
‘Vanguard Princess’ is a 2D fighting game that features an all-female cast each with their own unique fighting styles. Players can choose from ten girls and pair them with an assistant partner which can be summoned to perform special attacks against their opponents. eigoMANGA initially launched the game on February 2013 on Amazon and since then ‘Vanguard Princess’ has become a five time #1 best selling action game in Amazon’s marketplace.
Upon the game’s success on Greenlight, an updated version of ‘Vanguard Princess’ will be available for Mac OS X, Linux, and PC. The game will also be formatted for Steam’s services such as Steamworks, SteamOS, and Steam-powered devices.

About The Game
Government experimentation on a young girl triggered a cosmic shock wave that gifted many young girls with mystical powers. The victim re-emerges into the world and vows to destroy all of mankind in an act of revenge. A brave group of girls who embraced their powers head to the battlefield to confront her; not just for the sake of the world, but to pursue their own personal motives and dreams.
– Choose from ten girls with unique fighting skills and pair them with a powerful partner to form an unstoppable team.
– Navigate the adventures of a Vanguard Princess in the Story Mode or engage in head-to-head battles in the Versus Mode.
About eigoMANGA:
eigoMANGA is a publishing company that specializes in creating and producing anime-genre digital media spanning comics, animation, and games. More information about eigoMANGA can be found at http://www.eigoMANGA.com orwww.VanguardPrincess.com

Promote Yourself:ROCKET CARTOONS IS LAUNCHING THREE NEW SHOWS AT MIPJR

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ROCKET CARTOONS IS LAUNCHING THREE NEW SHOWS AT MIPJR

San José, Costa Rica – October 02, 2013
Costa Rican independent prodco. Rocket Cartoons is launching three new shows this weekend at MIPJr. thru its distribution partners Monster Entertainment from Ireland and Awol Animation from Paris.
These shows come in different formats and are focused to the preschool and young kids’ audience. “Yum Yum and You” (78 x 5´) and its Christmas Special “A Christmas with Yum Yum and You” (1 x 26´) were softly introduced to the market by Awol Animation during MIPTV earlier this year, and now they are followed by a third production called “Outopus” (52 x 2´), introduced to the market by Monster Entertainment.
Rocket Cartoons´ President and CEO, Leo Trinidad said: “We are thrilled to increase our offer of shows for kids and we are very happy to have concluded all these productions. Outopus is a really funny series of interstitials about five funny octopus constantly planning all type of crazy escapes out of their fish tank, and Yum Yum and You on the other hand is a charming show about a positive little Cyclops who shows how to deal with everyday life obstacles using teamwork and a smile.”
Both series and the Christmas special have been very well received internationally and we hope to have a great market this year at MipJr.”
Rocket Cartoons
Rocket Cartoons is the main independent Animation Production Company located in Central America, devoted to the creation of global trademarks of entertainment for children.

Since year 2008, its main activity has been the development and production of TV series, providing fresh content for different children’s TV channels around the world. Besides the production of its series Rocket also has a strong area available to provide services for animated productions and has expanded its list of clients in the last 2 years, mainly for projects from USA and Canada.

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Promote Yourself: No Nuts, No Glory

The Nut Job

This January, go nuts for Open Road’s new animated film, THE NUT JOB! Take a look at the brand new TEASER TRAILER that debuted today. With an all-star cast, including Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph, this is one nutty heist you don’t want to miss! THE NUT JOB is an action-packed comedy that follows the travails of Surly (voiced by Will Arnett), a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nut store heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure.
Check out the trailer NOW on Yahoo! Movies: http://movies.yahoo.com/video/nut-job-trailer-155043075.html
THE NUT JOB hits theaters nationwide on January 17, 2014!

Kurt Weldon

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Kurt Weldon. Line Producer. In the past, I’ve been a Producer, Director, Story Editor, Writer and even once in a while a Voice Actor.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Stand up comic. Short order cook. Silk screen printer.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Kim Possible. Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
Canton, Ohio. It’s the town Hank Williams was on his way to when he died. I’ve always thought that was a pretty good call on Hank’s part.  I got into the business more or less by accident. After about six years as a standup comic, I decided to

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