Latest News Archives: July-August 2006 Even More Auctions!! 8/29/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with both auctions selling! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Robert and Thomas for winning! You rock!!!Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring the whole cast! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Robert and Thomas! Karas & Noein release date changes 8/29/06: Karas: The Revelation's DVD release has been pushed way back to April 3, 2007; but there is good news! Noein's release date has been pushed up to October 17th, a week closer!! Bandai has also announced a Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Boxed set for release on Halloween and a boxed set of Mars Daybreak on November 28th! Check the Calendar for complete release dates and don't forget to keep checking back here for the release date of Avignon, Melissa's debut CD! More Auctions!! 8/20/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with only the Zatch Bell "Tia" card selling, meaning the Cowboy Bebop postcard will eb backup in a couple weeks.! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Crowbar25 for winning! You rock!!! Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring Spike Speigel! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Crowbar25! NO CHAT TONIGHT 8/16/06: NO CHAT TONIGHT! TONIGHT'S CHAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO RECORDING SCHEDULE CHANGES. We're VERY sorry about this but this change only happened this afternoon. Our sincerest apologies, this chat WILL be rescheduled for another time this month. Don't forget! 8/14/06: Don't forget, the only chat scheduled for this month is happening this Wednesday, August 16th at 10pm eastern, 7pm pacific!!. Vox at the Pier cancelled 8/14/06: Some sad news for you LA kids, looks like Vox Lumiere's concert at the Santa Monica Pier has been cancelled. Sold, and for sale!! 8/14/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with only the Zatch Bell "Friends" card selling, meaning the Cowboy Bebop postcard will eb backup in a couple weeks.! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Jacob for winning! You rock!!! Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, August 20th, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring the entire crew of the Bebop! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Jacob! Chats Scaled Back for August 8/8/06: Our chats this month will be cut drastically to make room for rehearsals and other sundry schedule snafus, leaving us with but one more chat for this month, next Wednesday, August 16th at 7pm pacific, 10pm eastern. So no chats tomorrow--8/9--or 8/23 or 8/30. Expect our chats to resume, unless posted otherwise here, Wednesday September 6th! See you next week! Sold, and for sale!! 8/6/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with our favorite contributor, COOPER as the lucky winner! Thank you Cooper, not only for bidding, but for your generous donation in addition to your winning bid. You rock!!! Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring the entire crew of the Bebop! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Cooper! Two auctions up! 8/1/06: Once again, happy August, And some presents for those of you sweltering through the summer--TWO new eBay auctions!! One, a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and the other, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring the entire crew of the Bebop! The auctions will end this Sunday, August 6th, 2006 at around 10pm EDT and 7pm PDT! Auctions will ship within the United States and Canada. Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! Vox on the Pier 8/1/06: Happy August! Some news for you! Melissa told us that coming up this September (September 19th) the Vox family will be getting back together for a concert on the Santa Monica Pier! It won't be a full show, but it will feature the cast singing, conert-style, with the film projected behind them. Check back for more info as the date gets closer! Almost Two Years and A BIG Milestone! 7/25/06: On August 15th, it will have been two years since the proverbial lightbulb went off in Jax's head to create this website, and on September 15th, we'll be celebrating Mille Baci's SECOND Birthday. This is a huge milestone for us and we'd like to invite you all to celebrate it! Send your rambles, blathers, well wishes, Mille Baci/Kitten story, your favorite chat moment, WHATEVER, to millebaci@gmail.com and we'll post them all for the birthday! HOWEVER! we've also hit another HUGE milestone this week, and one that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU (yes, you, in front of the monitor, at the keyboard, slack-jawed--YOU!) has something to do with. This week (Wednesday afternoon to be precise) Mille Baci received (and SURPASSED) it's 100,000th hit! I know, for the big dogs, that's all in a days work, but for little old us? THAT IS HUGE! So pat yourselves on the back, do a little dance, squeal a little... because that's really cool. (Jax has already gotten all three of those out of the way!) Thank you all for almost two years of awesomeness and 100,000 hits of making sure that our talented Melissa's name, voice, and talent gets out there where it belongs! (Expect more sap leading up to 9/15!!!) Half Price Tix 7/15/06: Better late than never! Click here to purchase your half-price tickets to the remaining shows of ANYTHING GOES!! Zatch Bell Movie? 7/5/06: According to The Anime News Network, The First Zatch Bell Movie will be released on September 6th on DVD. It will feature Tia and Megumi as well as Zatch, Kiyo, Folgore, Kanchome and Ponygon along with some new characters as our heros venture into the mysterious land of the Mamodos to fight for Zatch's reputation and chance to become King. For more info click the link above, as more info is released, we'll post it here so keep checking back! Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Wednesday 7/1/06: Our Chat with Mel night will be changing again once we start back up. Our next chat is tenatively scheduled for WEDNESDAY July 12th and we'll be on Wednesdays for a while, while Melissa's super hectic schedule continues to be insane. Thank you to EVERYONE involved in the chats for their patience and courtesy ♥ Gold Star Deals! 7/1/06: Goldstar Events is offering half-price tickets to MTW's Anything Goes this month, if you're interested in joining GSE, please e-mail Kimmie and she will forward you a link to join. Joining is free, but going thru Kimmie helps her earn points! Enjoy, and maybe we'll see some of you kittens there! Playbill.com Highlights MTW's Anything Goes! 7/1/06: Playbill.com has posted an article highlighting MTW's Anything Goes which features Belle Caloway as Reno and our very own Melissa as Hope Harcourt. Check it out for more info! Noein Release Date Confirmed! 7/1/06: Thanks to RightStuf.com has announced the release date of Noein Vol. 1 will be October 17, 2006! Some info on Eureka Seven! (PSA) 7/1/06: Due to some... inconsistant pricing at some retailers nationwide on Volume 2 of Eureka Seven, We've decided to post a couple of links to places where you can get the volume at a REASONABLE price--keep in mind, it's MSRP is $24.99, so don't pay upwards of $30 for it! These retailers are consistant about their prices on anime, too! Check out Rightstuf.com ($22.48, with a CRAZY 20% off sale going until tomorrow on all stocked items), Amazon.com ($18, with some available new and used thru their Marketplace--please just be careful of pirated/bootlegged copies!) and Overstock.com ($15.36 with prices fluctuating because of the nature of the site). Don't let yourself get ripped off! This has been a PSA! From A to Zim 7/1/06: The Nicktoons network lineup is a little different this weekend! There will be no ZIM at its usual time because of their "A to Zim" weekend, where they're airing every show they've ever shown (one episode each) from 7-midnight every night this weekend. Zim will air tomorrow night at 11:30, capping off the weekend off every show ever! The episodes aired will be Room With A Moose/Hamstergeddon! For full schedule, click here! More Auctions!! 9/17/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with both auctions selling! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Jacob for winning! You rock!!!Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Rare Tia card featuring Tia and Megumi from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring Spike! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Jacob! Happy Second Birthday, Mille Baci! 9/15/06: Well! It's been two years here, and it's been amazing! Read what Jax has to say here and keep checking back at the board and posting your own happy birthdays! More Auctions Again!! 9/10/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with both auctions selling! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Matthias and Peter for winning! You rock!!!Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, September 17th, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring the Crew! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Matthias and Peter! More Auctions Still!! 9/3/06: Our two auctions from last week have closed with both auctions selling! Thank you to everyone who bid, and to Roger and Thomas for winning! You rock!!!Since those auctions have closed, we've posted two new ones that will last seven days, ending again on Sunday, September 10th, 2006 at 10pm eastern and 7pm pacific!! Another a Tia card from the Zatch Bell Trading Card Game and another, a collectible Cowboy Bebop postcard featuring Spike and Faye! Please bid and bid high as the money from these auctions goes to keeping this site maintained and paid for! Thank you all! And special thank you AGAIN to Roger and Thomas! Back to Latest News Archives: April-June 2006 January-March 2006 October-December 2005 July-September 2005 April-June 2005 January-March 2005 If you have any questions about any of the news posted here or the status of anything mentioned in latest news (past and present) please feel free to email us This Page is a part of Mille Baci.