FUNimation is seeking an experienced events manager responsible for FUNimation’s convention appearances and guest relations. The position requires a minimum of three years of prior event management experience, and applicants living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area are preferred.
Source: Anime News Network
Media Blasters will release its first DVD set of uncut Tekkaman Blade, the 1992 series that was the adapted into “Teknoman,” on December 19th. The 400 minute DVD set will retail at $29.95.
Source: Anime on DVD
Fan site Papo de Budega has published a brief interview with Cloverway General Manager Daniel Castaneda regarding Cloverway’s Latin American distribution of anime titles including Ranma 1/2, Samurai Champloo, Trigun, and Love Hina.
The official homepage for Death Note: The Last Name, the second of two live action Death Note motion pictures, now hosts a full length theatrical trailer in streaming Windows Media format. The movie is scheduled for Japanese theatrical release on November 3rd.
Source: Twitch
Question:
Why do some people hate dubbed anime? Personally, I’ve seen that there are some dubbed anime that do a very good job with the translation and performance.
At this past weekend’s Anime Weekend Atlanta convention, AD Vision announced its acquisition of distribution rights to:
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie seasons 3 & 4
Moeyo Ken TV Series
Coyote Ragtime Show TV series
AD Vision has opened its ADV Universe download store. The site offers a selection of English dubbed anime episodes for commercial download. Downloads are not compatible with Mac, Linux, or portable devices.
Source: Anime on DVD
At this past weekend’s Anime Weekend Atlanta convention, FUNimation announced its acquisition of the Peach Girl anime TV series. The first DVD volume is scheduled for American release next February.
Source: ICv2
A three minute long, English subtitled, streaming Windows Media trailer for director Satoshi Kon’s latest anime film, Paprika, is now available.
Source: Anime News Network
TV Asahi now hosts a streaming 15 second TV commercial for the upcoming Happy Lucky Bikkuriman anime television series, scheduled to premier on October 15th.
Source: Moon Phase
Nippon Animation has opened its homepage for Les Miserables: Shoujo Cossette, an anime adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. The planned 52 episode series will premier next year with a 90 minute long pilot special.
Source: Moon Phase
The official Japanese homepage for the Ghost Hunt anime television series, based on the novels by Fuyumi Ono, is now open. The series is scheduled to premier on October 3rd.
Source: Moon Phase
The official Japanese AIKa homepage has formally announced that a new AIKa OVA series will be released in Japan next spring.
Source: Moon Phase
The official Genshiken anime homepage has announced that the first of three new Genshiken OVAs will be released on Japanese DVD on December 22nd.
Source: Moon Phase
At the recent Tokyo Game Show, Softbank announced that its cellular telephone game “Keitai Shoujo” (“Cel Phone Girl”) will be adapted into an anime television series next year.
Source: GA Graphic
Question:
In response to your response about why serious anime contains comic relief, I wanted to ask why it is that Ghost in the Shell has enjoyed such popularity. Both of the movies and TV seasons are quite serious and lack any comic relief. And from what I understand, the first movie was never as popular in Japan as in America. Even so, there’s been two TV seasons, another movie, and now an OVA, all with gigantic budgets. Are the producers appealing more to the Western markets than to the Japanese one? Or is there something about the show that makes it contrary to your conclusion that most popular anime in Japan isn’t very serious?
