AD Vision has scheduled release dates for two new anime series.
Air Gear volume 1 will retail at $29.98 beginning February 6, 2006.
Le Chevalier D’Eon volume 1 will retail at $29.98 beginning February 20, 2006.
Source: Anime on DVD
Studio Barcelona, the studio that animated Dai Mahou Touge, will produce an anime television series adaptation of Unionshift: Blossom’s adult PC game Nanatsuiro Drops. The Nanatsuiro Drops television series will premier next year. A Playstation 2 port of the PC game, titled Nanatsuiro Drops Pure!!, is currently in production.
Source: Dengeki Online
Japanese fan site Moon Phase reports that Studio Pierrot will produce an anime television series adaptation of the Xbox 360 RPG Blue Dragon. The anime series will reportedly debut next spring.
The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (MTAC) has announced that American voice actors Doug Smith, Tiffany Grant, and AD Vision co-founder Matt Greenfield will attend the 2007 convention, scheduled for April 13-15, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee.
ALC Publishing, the world’s only publisher of 100% yuri will be premiering yuri manga anthology “Yuri Monogatari 4″ at the world’s largest comic convention, Comic Market 71, in Tokyo, Japan on December 31st. ALC Publishing will be the only American manga publishing company to have a table at this event.
Question:
I’m a big fan of the show Kurau Phantom Memory and I was wondering of the possible reasons why ADV hasn’t released the show. As you are in the anime DVD distribution business, you might know the reason for licence hold ups. If ADV doesn’t release Kurau Phantom Memory, could you see other companies like Bandai or Geneon or yourself (AnimeNation) picking it up if the chance came along? Is the Bones name big enough to sell this show?
Animator Makoto Shinkai’s latest directorial work, the opening animation for the “ef - a fairy tale of the two” bishoujo PC game, is now available online. The video clip is available from the official Minori homepage in a 114mb 640×480 WMV file or 640×360 widescreen WMV file, and is also available for viewing on an officially sanctioned YouTube page.
The “ef - a fairy tale of the two” game is scheduled to go on sale in Japan on December 22nd.
Source: Rakuga Kidou
Anime News Network now hosts an exclusive interview with American voice actor Patrick Seitz.
JoyRide Entertainment has announced that Anime Insider magazine has named the Fullmetal Alchemist trading card game “Best Anime TCG of 2006,” beating out over a dozen games for the honor.
Question:
Do you think it is okay to horde anime? I’ve been collecting anime for some time now, and I’ve come to the realization that I have a lot of series that I’ve never watched, and worse yet, DVDs that I’ve bought copies of but never opened. Is collecting just for the sake of collecting okay? I mean, I love watching anime, but could it be more of a type of psychosis to just keep buying and buying?
The official Kujibiki Unbalance homepage now hosts a short, streaming trailer and screenshots from Genshiken episode 13, an exclusive OAV that will be included with the first Japanese DVD volume of the Kujibiki Unbalance television series.
Source: Moon Phase
Toei Animation has formally confirmed plans for a new Pretty Cure television series titled “Yes! Precure 5.”
Source: Anime News Service
The official homepage for anime series Flag has announced that its second season (episodes 7-13) will premier on January 12, 2007.
Source: Moon Phase
The official homepage for the upcoming live action Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro movie now hosts a brief teaser trailer.
Source: Twitch
Question:
With more and more people getting their fansubs online- without paying a cent for them- isn’t the Japanese anime industry thinking of ways to put more money in their pockets instead of losing out to people who translate and distribute more series than actually make it to US shores? Would it work for Anime companies to hire English translators to sub the first few episodes of a series and put them up on their site with American commercial advertisements? Then they can use the viewership to gauge what series would really be worth sending outside of Japan?
