**Show Biz Japan! #11**

May, 2008
Japanese Entertainment News from JETRO

JETRO has launched a brand new site, "Cool Japan," that focuses on Japanese contents. Unlike the previous site, this section of the JETRO website consists of updated information and news for contents such as food, design, fashion and entertainment. The entertainment section will be available at the end of this month and will include information on film, anime, manga, games and music. We have made it easier for people in the industry and for the general fans to search for contents. The entertainment site features new manga that you can read online and videos trailers for new games, anime and film. Recent topics like the following articles will be updated bi-weekly on our site so if you can’t wait for the newsletter, sent out every month, check out our site:

JETRO Entertainment Website

** Send us your news updates to epj_la@jetro.go.jp**

Table of Contents

Top Stories

• Budo Grape announces new USA tour dates! (MUSIC)
• Founder of Madhouse Studios @ OTAKON© 2008 (ANIME)
• AI in L.A. (MUSIC)
• Japanese Films Screening at L.A. Film Festival (FILM)
• Hannari-Geisha Modern Summer Extravaganza (FILM)
• U.S. Theatrical Release of “Death Note”
• Live Action Manga-Based Movie, AZUMI 2 Stateside Release (FILM)
• Japan Film Festival 2008 (April 11th -20th) (Film)
• Aurora Publishing, Inc. Introduces Ladies Comics with LUV LUV Imprint (Manga)
• Shoko Nakagawa at Anime Expo (Entertainment)
• Anime Industry Award Finalists Announced by the SPJA (Anime)
• Square Enix Japan Release RPG via Wii Ware (Game)
• New Doraemon Movie Goes Green-Themed (ANIME)
• Doraemon Awarded Title of Japanese National Anime Cultural Ambassador (ANIME)
• SEGA Begins Releasing New Golf Simulation Game in Arcades Around Japan (GAMES)
• Atlus goes Portable again with “Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2” (GAME)
• 3-D Ghost in the Shell with Spielberg (FILM)
• Famous Soft Rock Duo @ Anime Expo 2008 (MUSIC)
• Viz and Stan Lee Manga Collaboration (MANGA)
• Kamikaze Girls’ Nakajima Oversees Anime TV Shorts (ANIME/FILM)
• Bleach The Movie on Big Screen! (ANIME/FILM)
• Young Tsugaru-Shamisen Virtuosos Is Coming to L.A.
• Laugh all Night Long with Rakugo

Upcoming Special JETRO Events

• Picture Battle vs Show Biz Japan (PBXSB)

Thanks for Your Attendance to

• Japan Pavilion booth @ GDC

Industry Reports

• Videogame Industry (February 1, 2007)
• Recent Developments in the Telecommunications Industry (January 17, 2007)
• Publishing Industry (December 18, 2006)
• Film Industry (November 16, 2006)
• Robotics Industry (May 11, 2006)
• Music Downloading Market in Japan (February 16, 2006)

About EPJ

The EPJ (Entertainment Platform of JAPAN) is an exciting initiative aimed at fostering ties between the entertainment industries of Japan and the US.

For more information about the EPJ's activities, visit: http://www.jetro.org/epj

For inquires, please contact us at: http://www.jetro.org/contactepj