After being launched in 2004, the Soul Eater manga is going to finally meet its end August 12th.

The manga just entered the "final battle" and will be depicting the climax with a color title page in the next chapter

This makes me sad to see such a good series ending but I wish they would do another anime... it was sooooooo damn good!

Tales of Symphonia Chronicles is confirmed for an overseas release in 2014. The Playstation 3 game will bundle both the original Tales of Symphonia game and the Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi (known as Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World in North America) sequel for the Nintendo Wii. 

The original Tales of Symphonia game will include the features from the Playstation 2 port, 

Tales of Symphonia Chronicles is scheduled to be released in Japan on October 10.

Early in 2014 is the scheduled release of the live action Black Butler film. Starring Mizushima Hiro as  Sebastian Michaelis, a demonic butler with impeccable knowledge, manners, grace, cooking skills, martial arts, looks, etc. And Ayame Gōriki as Shiori Genpō, a descendant of the prestigious aristocratic family Phantomhive. 

While the original manga is set in 19th century England, this new film is set more than 130 years later in 2020, in an Asian city where Western and Asian cultures freely intermingle. Since only males can take the reins of the Phantomhive family, Shiori dons male clothes and the name Kiyoharu to lead the massive Phantom Corporation. 

Aniplex USA will be streaming the Blue Exorcist film with an ENGLISH DUB at select theaters throughout the US on August 17th. 

The film will screen in the following cities:

• Los Angeles Downtown Independent on August 17
• San Francisco's 4 Star Theatre on August 17
• Houston's Vintage Park on August 17
• Katy, Texas' Mason Park on August 17
• Chicago's Music Box on August 17
• New York's Big Cinema Manhattan on August 17 and 18

Those who attend the screenings will receive a free poster while supplies last. 

Set at a time when True Cross Academy is in the midst of preparing for a festival celebrated every 11 years, a mysterious demon named Usamaro suddenly appears. Since Usamaro's appearance, strange events have been happening across True Cross Academy. It's up to Rin and the other exorcists to figure out what is going on before their city falls apart.

Aniplex is premiering the film subtitled in the United States at Anime Expo in July.

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At E3 last week a trailer was released for the new arcade fighting game BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma. This would be the third main game in the BlazBlue video game series takes place after the events of the BlazBlue: Continuum Shift game. 

The BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma video game is scheduled to be released in Japan for the PlayStation 3 console on October 24. An anime adaptation of the BlazBlue games was green-lit last month.

Square Enix has confirmed that they are infact developing a multiplayer game for the Legacy of Kain franchise.

"Nosgoth is set in the same universe as previous LoK games, but on a different branch to the Blood Omen and Soul Reaver series," Kelion said. "The community should not be thinking of Nosgoth in terms of a single-player experience." 

Nosgoth is the setting for the Legacy of Kain action adventure series in Europe.

Square Enix registered the "warfornosgoth.com" domain in February. 

A gameplay trailer for the Pokémon X & Pokémon Y was released last week, showing newly announced Pokémon Clauncher, Skrelp, and Talonflame. Pokémon X & Pokémon Y will be released worldwide on October 12.

Youtube channels for Ghost in the Shell and PlayStation began streaming the first eight minutes from Ghost Pain, the first Ghost in the Shell Arise volume. 

The first of four 50-minute parts from the anime series will premiere in Japanese theaters on June 22, and will then be available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD at retail on July 26.

The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. Newport City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military officer implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down.

During the investigation, Public Security Section 9's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's Secret Unit 501. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by Secret Unit 501's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.

Model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is providing the vocals for a song for the Japanese release of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness

Songwriter and DJ Yasutaka Nakata, who co-founded the group capsule, is writing the song, which is titled "Into Darkness." The insert song will be featured in a club scene in the film. Abrams, who is also a composer, has chosen top artists from six different countries to create songs to be featured in various versions of the film. Abrams himself is working with the artists to produce the songs.

Paramount Pictures Japan will distribute the film in Japanese theaters on August 23.

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