Sorry about the lack of Shakespeare. I'll try to post about Caesar soon.

Catching up on DVD releases, Warner Bros. is releasing the first 6 Peanuts specials in a box called 'The '60s Collection'. If you get it on Amazon, it's under 20 bucks. It's mostly a re-release of stuff what's been out already, but hey, we loves the chronological. They're all unedited (bar the Coca-Cola sponsor refs in A Charlie Brown Christmas, which are cut for obvious reasons). You get A Charlie Brown Christmas; Charlie Brown's All-Stars; It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; You're In Love, Charlie Brown; He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (New to DVD); and It Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown (new to DVD). As an added extra, you get a documentary on the late Vince Guaraldi, creator of the timeless jazz music that backs up Peanuts.

A reminder to MST3K fans that Vol. 15 is out next week, with The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy; The Girl In Lover's Lane; Zombie Nightmare; and Racket Girls. (Racket Girls is in my top 5 MST3Ks, I adore it). There's also tons of extras.

And in August, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters gets a release from WB. It'll be great to see this movie again.

Now, AX is this weekend. There will likely be a few new manga licenses, and I'll try to note them here. Here's a panel schedule for manga and anime publishers, all times Eastern Standard):

Today:
Digital Manga Publishing (1pm)
Right Stuf (8pm)
EigoManga (10:30pm)

Friday:
Bandai (noon)
CMX (2pm)
Viz (6:30pm)

Saturday:
Yaoi Press (2pm)
Funimation (3:30pm)

Nothing on Sunday. Tokyopop isn't going this year, as they're still restructuring. Del Rey traditionally does its big licensing at NYAF; so does Yen. Wait for September on those.

No manga, obviously.

Anime:
Maria-sama Ga Miteru, Season 4
Aria the OAV and Aria the Origination
Junjo Romantica, Season 1 and 2
Antique Bakery

Nicely divided; half yuri series, half yaoi. :)