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ANIME is now released and available as softback or hardback
in the UK & Europe through the British Film Institute, London
(from December 2005); in the USA & Canada through University
of California Press, Berkeley (from January 2006); and in Australia & New
Zealand through Peribo, NSW.
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ANIME was
launched at various venues around Australia with a special presentation
lecture on GANTZ (accompanied by screenings of the first episode
of the series): April 2006 @ the Australian Centre of the Moving
Image in Melbourne; July 13th 2006 @ the Dendy Opera Quays cinemas
in Sydney; Sunday July 30th @ the Australian National Gallery,
Canberra.
The lecture "Sexual Robots & Plastic in Anime" has also since been presented nationally in conjunction with the book.
Philip
Brophy will also be presenting one-off lectures at various universities
and colleges throughout the UK & USA in promotion
of the book. If you are interested in having Philip speak at your
locale, contact pb@philipbrophy.com.
If
you wish to be on the philipbrophy.com mailing list please email pb@philipbrophy.com.