| 12:18am | Welcome Back Geneon!!! |  | | | OMG Yes I’ve hit the blog and yes I’m fashionably late with the news of Geneon arrising from the DVD grave in the form of help from Funimation!Soon Geneon titles will once again reappear on store shelves across America. I for one welcome our Funimation overloads!Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage... | | |
| 10:34pm | New Geneon Releases Get Dated | | | | Let the rejoicing begin: the first new Geneon release (via FUNimation) will be on August 19th, and it’s Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage volume 1 (regular and limited edition). Then come Karin 4 (September 2nd), Shakugan no Shana’s box set (September 9th), and a bunch of stuff on the 16th,... | | |
| 5:55pm | Gundam 00 Second Season Information | | | | Alive and Kicking I swore to myself that I would never quote or post anything from another Newtype article again, but this information doesn’t seem to deceitful.just limited. Here I have compiled everything I know about the second season of Gundam 00 and my thoughts on the information.Looks... | | |
| 4:12pm | Funimation schedules Geneon | | | | Funimation is on the ball. They already have a list of the first Geneon titles which will continue their releases and when: August 19th Black Lagoon Volumes 1 - 3 (that’s the entire season) Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Volume 1 Elemental Gelade Volume 1 September 2 Karin Volumes 1 - 4 Kyo... | | |
| 1:27am | Some Info on Gundam 00 Season 2 |  | | | Gunota has compiled all the new info for the second season of Gundam 00 coming out. Most of it is pretty simple stuff, but there’s a couple things that really caught my eye: The second season will revolve around an independent security enforcement organization within the Federation called “Arrows”... | | |
| 3:00pm | My Very Late Summer Season Picks |  | | | I realize this post is extremely late seeing as how it talks about the shows I’m going to watch for the new season when the new season has pretty much started and has been going for a while. However I’ve been busy and better late then never. Anyways, seeing as how I was late with this post, a lot... | | |
| 4:23am | Druaga no Tou - Some good ol’ fashioned questing |  | | | So I finally got around to watching the two last episodes of Druaga no Tou and it’s not a lie to say I wasn’t disappointed. That is, I didn’t exactly have sky high expectations of it from the start and that’s probably why I kind of enjoyed it all. I mean it won’t win any... | | |
| 7:08am | July 4th Weekend News and Notes |  | | | Finally, Hayate without that annoying censor character! It’s rare that we do any real news posts on THAT, but seeing as how there was a huge pile of crap that occurred in the R1 DVD market as well as some scattered news on the other side of the Pacific I figured I’d post something. Plus... | | |
| 5:31pm | FUNimation and Geneon Make Sweet Anime Love | | | | Looking through my FUNimation flash drive (which contains their press releases for the con), I spot a title: “Geneon and FUNimation Sign Exclusive Distribution Agreement.” Under the terms of the agreement, FUNimation Entertainment obtains the exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing,... | | |
| 5:00pm | Funimation acquires some Geneon Titles |  | | | Funimation Entertainment has announced that it plans to “manufacture, sell and distribute” 20 live-action and anime series previously owned by Geneon, according to Anime News Network. Titles include Higurashi (When They Cry,) Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (apparently retitled ‘Lyrical... | | |
| 4:51pm | Funimation To Distribute Select Geneon Titles! | | | | FUNimation have announced that they have signed a deal with Geneon, to begin releasing select Geneon titles. Among the first to be released will be Hellsing Ultimate, followed by Black Lagoon Second Barrage, Karin, Kyo kara Maoh! Season 2, and Lyrical Nanoha. It was bound to happen at some point. I... | | |
| 4:02am | Da Capo II Second Season - Final Thoughts | | | | Da Capo II Second Season washed away all the sour tastes that Da Capo II left behind last December. Your 2008 Da Capo All-stars. Who said all old women were about saggy boobs and crappy driving? I mention this every time I bring up Da Capo II Second Season, but it really needs to be emphasized. The... | | |
| 9:15pm | Kure-nai Series Review | | | | (As a side note to people coming from animenano, my last post wasn’t listed on there for some reason - so if you want to read that as well, please do and find out why I’ve been derailed by spore.)The precocious child, Murasaki, was the fire behind what made this show good but her circumstances,... | | |
| 1:34pm | June Summary | | | | Well, the end of the month couldn’t have come at a better time, because it offered me a good opportunity to experiment a bit with my new rating system. What caught my attention is that the average score seems to be lower than usual, but that can also be because this spring-season overall has turned... | | |
| 4:57am | [Ascaloth] Singapore Toy and Comics Convention, Day 2 | | | | Sunday was the second day of the Singapore Toy and Comics Convention, and more importantly, it was the day when the Coscon is based on the Anime theme. Naturally, this means it would be one of the biggest draws for otaku, and hence somebody from RIUVA was going to have to cover it. Unfortunately, since... | | |
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