I'm really late on this one, but while trolling about I found that there will be a new Highlander-based anime coming out this May. It's even directed by famed Ninja Scroll director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The Highlander series has had its ups and downs, but an anime version still intrigues me.

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UGO has a nice interview with the exec that brought Afro Samurai to the small screen. Eric Calderon used to be a MTV animation executive. Now he has the lofty title of Vice-President of Creative Affairs for GDH International, which owns a little studio that you may have heard of called Gonzo. The interview focuses on how the series started from an obscure manga in Japan to a network hit starring Samuel L. Jackson.

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There is a new, FREE, weekly-manga magazine being released in Japan this week. It will be distributed by hand at train stations. I actually think this is a good idea, and one that I would also like to see in the states. Imagine free manga available at NYC subway stations or BART and Caltrain stations in San Francisco. Hmmm, maybe I should start a new business.

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