| 11:03am | Understanding Star Wars through Anime | | | | I finally got to see the new Clone Wars computer animated film, which just opened here. One of the minor agonies of being a Star Wars fan in Japan is having to wait an extra long time for films to open, because George Lucas likes Japan and always wants to personally be here for any of his film releases.... | | |
| 4:40am | Is the death knell for scanlations and fansubs approaching?? | | | | Of late there have been a large number of C&D (Cease & Desist) letters being sent to various groups in both the fansub and scanlation scene. Gonzo especially have been targeting groups that are doing their series. All but one group complied with the notice, one however stated they would keep... | | |
| 5:01pm | ‘Linebarrels’ Goes English | | | | It’s probably safe to guess that Gonzo’s new Linebarrels of Iron anime project– announced ages ago, so don’t worry if you don’t recognize the name –will be offered up in English in short order, judging by the official website, which has a remarkably complete English-language... | | |
| 4:43pm | Glass no Kantai Review - 75/100 | | | | I’m surprised that it’s taken me this long to realize, but a common theme of a Gonzo-series seems to be subtle jabs towards aristocracy. The best example of this is Trinity Blood: in that series, the Vatican is an important party, and yet the Pope is a shy and incapable 12-year old boy... | | |
| 11:39pm | AX 2008 ~ Anime Expo Expo Expo Expo | | | | Alright, the title doesn’t make much sense unless you’ve heard that m-flo song, but that’s alright. This years Anime Expo is finally over. I will assume you know some about it if your reading this. Basics: 4 day con, held at Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA. I was extremely... | | |
| 11:05am | Had to Comment on the Digital File Argument | | | | Trivia: Greg Ayres voiced Chrono in the ADV dub. I suppose I should have anticipated that, the day before a large convention, a firestorm that would spawn from Scott’s post on the divisive issue of fansubs with relation to Greg Ayres’ Anime Next panel but I was still a bit surprised by the... | | |
| 2:04pm | GONZO continues innovating anime | | | | Leave it to GONZO to continue pushing the anime industry in the right direction to keep up with changing times. In April GONZO announced that they would offer episodes on streaming services, and even set up an official GONZO channel on Youtube. Now they have partnered with Kadokawa and both companies... | | |
| 6:05pm | Gonzo, Kadokawa Move Forward with BitTorrent DigiDistro | | | | Gonzo continues its attempts to push the Japanese anime industry forward with digital distribution, and even gets Kadokawa to join them. Unfortunately, the newest news doesn’t involve English-language animeat least for now. That said, Watch.Impress reports that Gonzo and Kadokawa Shoten announced... | | |
| 5:00am | Funimation ~ Grabbing up the Goodies | | | | In light of some new licensing announcements I thought I’d take a moment to spread a little bit of some new news and some not so new news. Funimation has been on the ball it seems the last 6 months or so, grabbing up some of the really good shows that have been around. I’m not going to mention... | | |
| 3:44am | ACEN08: FUNimation | | | | Aaaaand FUNimation’s panel ACEN08: FUNimation Aaaaand FUNimation, which I know has at least one announcement today (and, no doubt, a sum-up of all their announcements in the past week). Events manager Adam Sheehan presides once again, and it sounds like it’s mostly going to be the same... | | |
| 11:27pm | Funimation licenses D.Gray-man |  | | | Funimation announced at an Anime Central (Acen) panel today that they have acquired Romeo x Juliet and D.Gray-man. Both series are scheduled to be out sometimes in 2009. D.Gray-man has a site up with a little video clip.UH SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!Funimation,... | | |
| 11:26pm | Funimation Licenses Strain, Shigurui, RxJ, and D. Gray Man | | | | On top of the 3 licenses earlier this week, Funimation has now announced licenses for Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (a.k.a. Soukou no Strain), Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Romeo x Juliet, and D. Gray-Man late last week and today. That brings the total number of series licensed up to 7 this week. Funimation... | | |
| 10:50pm | ACEN Sum-Up So Far | | | | So, in spite of having had arrangements to use Internets, I now have only aboutfive minutes. So here’s the big news so far: I can’t remember if this is old news or not, but the odds are looking good for Gundam 00 to see a TV broadcast, says Bandai Entertainment rep Rob Napton. FUNimation... | | |
| 5:23pm | YOUR DOING IT WRONG: authorial intent |  | | | This one is prompted by a couple things. The first is that I’m almost done watching Fushigi Yuugi after a year-long break from it (I’ll probably write the full post tomorrow), and the second is that I keep getting comments on my post about how Romeo X Juliet is an awful adaptation (especially... | | |
| 2:21am | what i was forced to watch this week #23: chrono crusade | | | | If there’s one thing that always makes me scratch my head, it’s the choices that Gonzo makes when adapting a manga into anime. Obviously, there’s just completely idiotic tranwrecks like Rosario + Vampire where they just turned it into a fanservice fest or how just about the only thing... | | |
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