{"id":16955,"date":"2009-07-20T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T18:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/?p=16955"},"modified":"2009-07-21T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T16:56:59","slug":"funi-otakon-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/funi-otakon-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNi Otakon Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Casshern<\/a><\/p>\n

During this past weekend’s Otakon convention, FUNimation announced its acquisition of distribution rights to Madhouse’s 2008 Casshern Sins<\/a> TV anime series and Production I.G’s 2009 TV anime Higashi no Eden ~Eden of the East~<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Daytime<\/a><\/p>\n

FUNimation also announced plans for an American release of the definitive Japanese Dragon Ball Z “Dragon Box” DVD sets. And FUNimation announced its acquisition of the acclaimed 2008 Korean live-action comedy\/drama film Daytime Drinking<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nFUNimation hasn’t revealed whether or not the American release of the Higashi no Eden anime will retain the series’ original opening theme, “Falling Down,” performed by British rock band Oasis. When FUNimation acquired American distribution rights to the Speed Grapher TV anime, the license did not include the series’ original Japanese release opening theme song, Duran Duran’s “Girls on Film.”<\/p>\n

\"Dragon<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dragon Box DVD collections look to be the definitive domestic release of the series for Dragon Ball Z otaku. Each $79.98 DVD collection will include 42 episodes in original 4:3 aspect ratio with Japanese audio and a selectable English dub. Reportedly the first volume will include a hardcover supplemental book. So, doesn’t this sort of confirm that FUNi’s cropped widescreen remaster really was a bad idea all along?<\/p>\n

Source: Anime News Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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