TALES FROM EARTHSEA is the latest wondrous film from award-winning Studio Ghibli (HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, SPIRITED AWAY). A Madman Cinema Special Event Release, TALES FROM EARTHSEA will be screening in cinemas for a strictly limited time from mid April. The screening dates are: Brisbane: April 26 – May 6 Dendy George St www.dendy.com.au Sydney: May 17-27 Dendy Newtown www.dendy.com.au Melbourne: May 31 – June 11 Kino Dendy www.dendy.com.au Adelaide: June 14-24 Palace Nova www.palacenova.com Perth: June 28 – July 8 Luna Leederville www.lunapalace.com.au The Australian Premiere will be held on Sunday 15 April, 7.00pm, at Dendy George St Cinemas, Brisbane, on the closing night of Supanova.

Running for its 6th year in conjunction with the Tokyo Anime Fair (Japan’s largest anime focused trade show and expo,) the Tokyo Anime Awards are a great indication of what might be the next big thing in anime. Animation of the Year: Toki wo Kakeru Shojo (The Girl who Lept Through Time) Best TV Anime Series: Code Geass – Lelouch of the Rebellion The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Death Note Best Feature Length Theatrical Anime: Arashi no Yoru ni (On a Stormy Night) Paprika Best Original Video Anime(OVA) Aim for the Top 2/Gunbuster 2: Diebuster Freedom Best Foreign Feature Length Theatrical Anime: Cars Director Award Hosoda Mamoru (The Girl who Lept Through Time) Best Original Story/Work Tsutsui Yasutaka (The Girl who Lept Through Time) Scriptwriting Award Okudera Satoko (The Girl who Lept Through Time) Achievement in Art Direction Yamamoto Nizo (The Girl who Lept Through Time) Character Design Award Sadamoto Yoshiyuki (The Girl who Lept Through Time) Voice Acting Award Hirano Aya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) Music Award Hirasawa Susumu (Paprika).

Toho has announced that Oscar winning director Hayao Miyazaki’s next Studio Ghibli feature film will be titled PONYO ON A CLIFF (Gake no ue no Ponyo). Production is said to have begun last October and is currently expected to be released in Japanese cinemas mid-2008. The film is said to be based on an original story by Hayao Miyazaki who is also creating the storyboards himself in watercolours.

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, on the Ides of March, Caesar was famously betrayed by his most trusted man, Brutus. So in that dramatic spirit, this March we say, “Et Tu, Madman?” This month we feature 25% off these selected titles with the theme of betrayal to March 29th. Berserk Collection – Blood, gore & betrayal.

Due to circumstances beyond our control Madman Entertainment wishes to advise that the March release date has been pushed back to March 14th 2007. We apologies for any inconveniences caused.

Can cartoons strike terror into the heart of an American city. If it’s AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE – maybe so. Recently a terrorism scare in Boston, Massachussets, brought to the fore this pressing question and infamy for the whacky Adult Swim show:

The inaugural American Anime Awards was recently held in conjunction with Comic Con New York. Check out the results. Best Cast: Fullmetal Alchemist Best Manga: Fruits Basket Best Male Actor in a Comedy: Dave Wittenberg (Zatch Bell) Best Actress in a Comedy: Debi Derriberry (Zatch Bell) Best Theme Song: Rewrite (Fullmetal Alchemist) Best Anime Feature: Final Fantasy 7 – Advent Children Best Package Design: Fullmetal Alchemist Best Anime Comedy: FLCL Best Actor: Vic Mignogna (Fullmetal Alchemist) Best Actress: Mary Elizabeth (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG) Best Anime Short Series: FLCL Best Anime Long Series: Fullmetal Alchemist Congratulations to all the winners and don’t forget you can click on the links to check out these titles in more detail.

We are running our very first design a tee competition and you’re all invited. We want you to distil the very essence of what it means to be Otaku – on a tee shirt. Your concept can be funny or sad, in Japanese or English, for guys or girls, the main thing is that it explores what it means to you to be Otaku.

Due to unforeseen production circumstances, Madman Entertainment wishes to advise that Fullmetal Alchemist Collection 1 (MMB408) will have a new release date of March 7th, 2007 and will be shipping with all March products. Madman wishes to apologies to all customers and retailers for this delay and any inconveniences this may have caused. In the meantime, don’t forget to check out February’s release of the Fullmetal Alchemist feature “Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie – Conqueror of Shamballa”.

Madman Entertainment would like to inform its customers that regretfully, there will be a DELAY for the release of DRAGON BALL: COMPLETE COLLECTION PART 2 (SAGAS 7-11) (MMB196) due to unforeseen technical difficulties. This title will now be released March 7th, shipping with March 2007 titles. We apologies for any inconveniences this may have caused.