Anime Revolution

A new anime title _Kemonozume_ is hitting Japan on the WOWOW network. _Kemonozume_ is from director Masaaki Yuasa, director of _Mind Game_. This comes from “Twitch”:http://www.twitchfilm.net/, but there is no synopsis because it is entirely in Japanese. There is a post by a member that has a rough translation of some of the trailer. The [...]

All of the following comes from “AnimeNation’s news”:http://www.animenation.net/news/index.php section: * The Japanese website for the “Tekkon Kinkreet”:http://www.tekkon.net/ movie has a new TV trailer in “Quicktime”:http://www.tekkon.net/img/tekkon_tv_320.mov and “Windows Media Player”:mms://media01.tsutaya.co.jp/of/tekkon/toku_500k.wmv formats. * The Japanese website for the second Maho Sensei Negima, titled “Negima!?”:http://www.negima.ne.jp/, is now up. * The official Japanese site is up for the upcoming [...]

Anime Expo announced during its closing ceremonies that attendence had reached 41,000. The previous record, set last year, was 33,000. It has not been determined if this includes only attendees. Source: Animecons Mailing List

This was announced several months ago but I had forgotten about it until now, I apologize. Toonami and Viz Media are teaming up to bring out Toonami Jetstream. Jetstream will be a broadband service featuring full length, streaming episodes of Viz Media and Cartoon Network properties. Notable shows include _Samurai Jack_, _Naruto_, _Hikaru no Go_, [...]

According to “Anime On DVD”:http://www.animeondvd.com/, Viz Media Anime announced at Anime Expo that _Bleach_ will be debuting on Adult Swim in the fall of 2006. The first DVD will hit stores on Novermber 1st of this year and will contain four episodes with a retail price of $24.98. The DVDs will be a bi-monthly release [...]

“Anime On DVD”:http://www.animeondvd.com/ posted a few more details from ADV’s last panel at “Anime Expo”:http://www.anime-expo.org/. * The Anime Network has 24 million viewers * A “major” announcement regarding the live-action Evangelion will be happening in the fall * ADV’s soundtracks are on hold, John Ledford saying “too many people download” There are a few more [...]

According to “Anime News Network’s”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ “panel coverage”:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention.php?id=326, FUNimation has announced that there will be a FUNimation chanel. The station will broadcast company titles such as _Case Closed_, _Kiddy Grade_ and new acquisition _Negima_.

“ADV”:http://www.advfilms.com/ is currently having a sale through July 5th. Select products are marked down by as much as 75%. Azumanga Daioh and DNA Angel DVDs are going for $7 to $9 each. “http://www.advfilms.com/sales.asp”:http://www.advfilms.com/sales.asp