With all the focus on the Evangelion Movies for the past year or so, it's easy to forget that Manga Entertainment actually has other titles. Below are some miscelaneous items from Manga's recent PR covering some ongoing contests, upcoming theatrical showings and recent releases.
Astro Boy Contest: And now that you've entered the Death and Rebirth Contest, might as well try your luck in the Astro Boy Contest. Ten winners will each take home a limited-edition Astro Boy cel (background included), the first three volumes of the Astro Boy VHS series, plus a bunch of other cool Manga prizes. This contest is open to residents of the US and Canada over 18 years of age. http://www.astro-boy.net/contest.html.
Anime Expo (July 4-7) Los Angeles, CA http://www.anime-expo.org/.
Wizard World Chicago (July 5-7) Chicago, IL http://www.wizardworld.com/.
San Diego Comic Con (Aug 1-4) San Diego, CA http://www.comic-con.org/.
Ghost Sweeper Mikami: As the leader of one of Japan's most successful ghost- busting agencies, Mikami is equipped to do battle with just about any supernatural adversary who crosses her path... until she comes up against Nosferatu, a vampire lord systematically turning the city's inhabitants into mindless zombies to usher in a second Dark Age.
Vampire Wars: International criminal and spy Kousaburo Kuki must protect film superstar Lamia Vindaw from both the CIA and a twisted vampire cult when it's discovered that her blood holds the key to resolving an ancient dispute between contending interstellar factions.
Psychic Wars: A strange growth on a mysterious old woman is brilliant surgeon Ukyo Retsu's entr?e into a 5,000-year-old battle for the fate of Japan as he travels through time to defend the future from invasion by a race of demons bent on subjugating humankind.