Happy New Year, everyone! This will probably be the last time I do one of these check-ins, although I’m looking into having a plug-in that’ll round up the Anime Vice twitter daily. We’ll see if I can find something. In the mean time… Tuesday 12/23 - Haruhi-chan Beats Haruhi by a Mile - Oh God Do Want: Live-Action City Hunter - [...]
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It’s my mom’s birthday today. Hee. Friday 12/19 (the rest) - The Daily Shin Buun 12/19/08 Saturday 12/20 - Anime goes Green in Japan - FUNimation Takes Tsubasa to the Next (Blu) Level - Gonzo Joins Kitaro Director For Spirit Battle Comedy - Required Reading 12/20/08 - The Daily Shin Buun 12/20/08 Sunday 12/21 - Yaoi Mangaka Naono Bohra Finally to Make It Stateside? - Spontaneous [...]
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Yes indeed, folks, the first-ever anime season preview for Anime Vice is up, and it’s a doozy with 23 new series. Check it out! (And hey, if you want to digg it, or even just friend me on digg for upcoming bigger news/features, by all means, do so!) Monday 12/15 (the rest) - Anime Vice Storms Japantown - [...]
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Been a busy few days! Thursday 12/11 - TOKYOPOP Pops Up Manga Prices - Anime Express 999 - Another Day, Another Step Towards Sexbots - Bandai Entertainment’s Sneaky Messages Explained…Sorta? - Thursday is Userday! 12/11/08 - Beware of Fake FUNimations - When Cosplay Meets Street Performing - Mangarazzi Alert: Kannagi Mangaka Can’t Even Move - The Daily Shin Buun 12/11/08 Friday 12/12 - More Kannagi Watch: Takenashi [...]
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This time I have an excuse for being a bit late! We suffered from a bunch of downtime yesterday and I didn’t want to link to stuff when you couldn’t get to it. And then I had to catch up… Sunday 12/07/08 - Rumor Squad: Gonzo Goes Ero? - Bandai Keeps Teasing New Project; I Weep Bitter Tears - [...]
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Wow, I kinda figured I’d do this every weekday for a week, and I’m already behind! Here’s what’s goin’ on on the new site: Friday 12/05 - Shin-chan to Dance Naked in Theaters in April - Friday is Listurday 12/05/08 (a new weekly feature!) - Delicious Shugo Chara-chan, Must Eat…Err, Read (new spinoff manga) - Nodame Cantabile Parihen ep9 Breaks [...]
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Yes, my friends, my project, my vice– my Anime Vice –has finally gone live. You can make your accounts and start editing the encyclopedia– there’s a LOT of work there to be done! What does that mean for giapet? For the time being, it’ll remain mostly quiet. For about a week or so I’ll post once [...]
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So, it’s not really all that surprising anymore that FUNimation sends cease and desist letters for titles they may or may not be in the process of licensing: they’ve done so before on behalf of Gonzo, for example. But apparently issuing cease and desist letters to fansubbers (like Nyoron) who have released or are releasing Evangelion [...]
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I got an anonymous tip that led me over to Broccoli’s website and eventually to this press release (Japanese PDF), which declares that Broccoli International USA is shutting down and cites the extensive competition in the manga and character merchandise fields here as the reason. I can’t gather all the details from the release, but the [...]
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In another case of Japanese companies working directly with an Internet distributor in the States (after, y’know, that major CrunchyRoll coup), Nippon TV and Dentsu have just announced that along with entertainment company Yoshimoto Kogyo, they’ll be providing some Japanese entertainment to Joost, a VOD service created by former Skype creators. The anime titles are Kaiji [...]
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