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On November 7 Bandai released Pilot Candidate on DVD, the much anticipated anime series based on Yukiru Sugisaki's popular manga. Therefore Akadot, in conjunction with OmochaBox and Bandai Entertainment, hosts a Pilot Candidate contest in which you can apply for GOA's Pilot Candidate Training Academy. Up to thirty people won a Pilot Candidate DVD by simply exercising their imaginations. Read some notable entries here.

In conjunction with Manga Entertainment's release of "Blood: The Last Vampire," Akadot launched its "Blood" contest (hosted on OmochaBox). The contest prize was a "Blood" artbook straight from Japan signed by the legendary Mamoru Oshii, "Blood" director Hiroyuki Kitakubo, and "Blood" animation director Kazuchika Kise. Congratulations to Chris Summers who won the "Blood" artbook as well as a DVD of the film. Congratulations also to Justine Lai and Chen-Chen Shih, who both won a DVD copy of "Blood." OmochaBox offers the "Blood" artbook and other "Blood" items for purchase.

Akadot's Anime Puzzler Challenge: Dare to win a DVD

With some extra DVDs on hand, Akadot editor devised a puzzling contest that stumped many of the Akadot staff. This challenge tested readers' anime title knowledge and honed in on their word-puzzle solving abilities. The prize was a Hand Maid May Volume 1 DVD, courtesy of Pioneer Entertainment, and was awarded to the first 6 readers who answered five of the scrabble slash crossword puzzle questions correctly.

Akadot and OmochaBox, in conjunction with Broccoli Co. Ltd., held the "Di Gi Charat" Fan Art contest asking artists to render any character from "DiGi Charat" to compete for a "DiGi Charat Chocola 2000" art book signed by "Di Gi Charat" character designer and famed doujinshi artist Koge-Donbo. A runner up in each of three age groups received a "Di Gi Charat" illustration signed by Koge Donbo. Akadot and OmochaBox posted the top five entries from each age group in the first week of August for a public vote. The winning entries are here.

A blast from the past hits streets on June 19 when ADV begins re-releasing the "Robotech" saga on DVD. And to celebrate this traipse down memory lane, Akadot launches its "Robotech" contest. In 25 words or less, tell Akadot, "How did 'Robotech' change my life." Winners receive DVDs signed by "Robotech" Producer, Carl Macek. The list of winners and their entries are here.

Production I.G's "Jin-Roh" premiered May 25th in Long Beach, California as part of Cal State University's 2nd Annual Japanese Animation Festival. This ominous tale about police corruption and the power of the secret police in an alternate history has attained acclaim in Japan despite a tumultuous struggle to even get released. To celebrate its US premiere, Akadot is running a "Jin-Roh" contest, for which two lucky winners will each receive a "Jin-Roh" art book from Japan signed by its Production I.G creative team, director Hiroyuki Okiura, character designer Tetsuya Nishio, and author Mamoru Oshii, the genius behind such seminal works as "Ghost in the Shell," "Patlabor" and the upcoming live action film "Avalon."

People who entered had to show off their knowledge by answering several trivia questions about Production I.G. correctly.

Answers for the "Jin-Roh" contest can be found in Akadot feature Inside Production I.G.

Our first of three "Cowboy Bebop" contests asked readers to answer several multiple-choice questions. Up for grabs was a Cowboy Bebop Session 6th DVD (featuring the final four episodes, the conclusion to the epic); courtesy of Bandai Entertainment and signed by the American voice cast, director and writer.

The prize for the second Cowboy Bebop contest was a Cowboy Bebop soundtrack (CD format; courtesy of OmochaBox) signed by composer Yoko Kanno, whose first major appearance in the United States was two years ago at Anime Expo. It was another multiple-choice questionnaire, once again testing out readers' knowledge.

The answers for these questions can be found in our "Cowboy Bebop" features, The "Cowboy Bebop" roundtable, and the current "Cowboy Bebop" Yoko Kanno.

The last of our series of Cowboy Bebop questionnaires. The prize for this final contest was a Cowboy Bebop Artbook (also courtesy of OmochaBox) signed by Bebop's character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, director Shinichiro Watanabe and screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto.

The answers to these questions can be found in all four of our "Cowboy Bebop" features that ran through that month:

• "Just an Old Fashioned New Fangled Show"
• "Orchestral Maneuvers in 'Bebop'"
• The review for "Vitaminless"
• "A Very Organic Process: The Cowboy Bebop Roundtable"

A simple contest for one of Akadot's first contests. All you had to do was dress as one of the characters from any of the many Studio Pierrot anime series, and send us a picture through snail mail or email it to us. Prizes included goods from Studio Pierrot's popular anime series, like Gensomaden Saiyuki, Fushigi Yuugi, Yu Yu Hakusho, and many more!

For the first Akadot Contest, we set out to find the World's Biggest Otaku. The winner got a choice of any 7 DVDs, a manga artist kit, and a secret item signed my an anime celebrity. The winning entry is here.