From: Ryoko Toyama Subject: MH coming on July 9, Yamada coming on July 10 To: Multiple recipients of list NAUSICAA According to Yukan Fuji (a Japanese sports newspaper), it was "officially announced" that MH will be released in "1000 screens in 100 cities" in the US on July 9th. The annoucement was made at the press conference for the release of "Hohokekyo Tonari no Yamada-Kun (My Neighbors the Yamadas)", held in Tokyo yesterday. (If you can read Japanese, the article is available at http://www.zakzak.co.jp/geino/nws3581.html) ----------- ---Shun CHAN wrote: > Is there any coverage of this Yamadas press conference in > the mainstream, besides the "sports," newspapers in Japan? The press conference was attended by about 1,000 reporters. It was mentioned in the evening and night news shows on NTV yesterday (NTV is one of the investors to Yamada). Morning TV shows also mentioned about it, with a movie trailer of Yamada. Sankei Newspaper's site (http://www.sankei.co.jp/mov/movie.html) also mentions about the press conference and July 9th release of MH, so I am now certain that it was indeed announced at the press conference. (But remember, Miramax can change the release schedule even after they officially announced the release date.)