Month: August 2004

Question: Many of the licenses announced at this year’s Otakon are of shows that I have not heard much hype for, and what I see on their websites

Bandai announced a number of new anime title acquisitions at this past weekend’s Otakon convention: Avenger Planetes Fantastic Children (Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children) Source: Anime on DVD

At this past weekend’s Otakon convention, FUNimation confirmed its acquisition of translation rights to both seasons of the Grappler Baki TV series. Source: Anime on DVD

Geneon announced a number of new anime title acquisitions at this past weekend’s Otakon convention: Human Scramble Jubei-Chan 2: Siberia Yagyuu no Gyakushuu Koi Kaze Kyou Kara Mao

At this past weekend’s Otakon Convention Media Blasters confirmed tentative plans to begin releasing live action sentai/tokusatsu programs in America next year. Media Blasters again stated that there’s

At this past weekend’s Otakon convention, Right Stuf International announced its acquisition of translation rights to the Piano anime TV series and the Gravitation OAV series. The Critical

Dark Horse Comics has announced the release of a revised, uncut, expanded English translation of the original Ghost in the Shell manga. The 2nd edition graphic novel will

The official Genshiken anime homepage now hosts streaming Windows Media trailers for the upcoming Genshiken and Kujibiki Unbalance TV series. Trailers are available for Genshiken, Kujibiki Unbalance, and

TV Tokyo’s official Japanese website for the Bleach anime TV series is now open. The TV series is scheduled to preimer on October 5th. Source: Moon Phase

More details have become available on the uncut versions of the Yu-Gi- Oh! and Shaman King DVDs due out this fall from 4 Kids via FUNimation. Two volumes

ICv2 News reports that the top ten best selling graphic novels in bookstores nationwide for the week ending July 25th were all translated manga titles. TOKYOPOP’s Princess Ai

The official website for AD Vision’s Lady Death: The Motion Picture now hosts a trailer for the Korean animated film in Quicktime and Windows Media formats. The trailer

Ain’t It Cool News has published a new, spoiler free and highly positive review of the live action Casshern movie.

Question: Why does Gainax, above other animating companies, take so much time into finely and smoothly animating their anime? For instance, Evangelion (especially the End of Evangelion movie),