Hi guys Fallenangel8 here sorry for my lack of news in the past couple of weeks I have been so busy and I went to AX and life was pretty crazy but now I am back with some news.
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Anime Expo 2008 Convention Report
So I could type up my own report on Anime-Expo but sadly it wouldn't be as cool as ANN amazing report on the whole con. They have keynote video's, full panels reports and lots of flashy light but here are some things I think you guys should checkout.
Industry roundtable: Fansubs - The Death of Anime?, Industry Roundtable: The Future of Anime
To check out all content check out the there Anime-Expo Convention page at http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2008/anime-expo
Japan's Gundam 00 Site Updates with 2nd Season Details
The official Japanese website for the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 science-fiction anime series has updated with new pages for the second season. The story page now describes the premise of the second season, which will premiere in October on Sundays at 5:00 p.m. The character profiles of the four Gundam Meister pilots have been updated in the wake of the first season's ending. The mechanical descriptions for the new 00 Gundam, Keldim Gundam, Arios Gundam, and Selavii Gundam mobile suit mecha have also been posted. The official American website launched earlier this week, and the first season will premiere in the United States on November 17.
Anime News Network
Man Arrested for Threatening Nana Mizuki Online
A 21-year-old Japanese man was arrested on Thursday for posting a message on the 2ch online message board in which he allegedly threatened to kill voice actress and singer Nana Mizuki and her fans. According to the authorities, the suspect Masaki Hori wrote on June 19 at around 4:46 a.m., "I'll use a dagger knife and a two-ton truck to commit a massacre" upon Mizuki and her devotees at Yoyogi, the Tokyo site of her planned concert on July 5. The weapons described in the message echo the weapons used in the June 8 massacre in Akihabara that left seven people dead.
Anime News Network
Fallenangel8's Movie Report
Speed Racer grosses a little over 43 million dollars in the U.S after 9 weeks in the box office. Only paying for less then 1/3 of its 150 million dollar budget. The latest report from Entertainment Weekly show Speed Racer at number 20 in the top movies with 0.2 million in 293 sites making a average of only $690 a site compared to Iron Man which has been out for 10 weeks making 1.5 million in 1,019 sites with a average of $1,432 per site and a total gross of 311.7 million dollars in the U.S.
(Pray for high DVD sales the Wachowski brothers are praying with you)
Future US Publishes One-Off Future Anime Mag in U.S.
Future US, the California-based publisher of Nintendo Power, Guitar World, Maximum PC, and other gaming and lifestyle magazines, is publishing a one-off magazine called Future Anime this month. Gary Steinman, the former editor-in-chief of A.D. Vision's Newtype USA magazine and the current executive editor of Future's PlayStation: The Official Magazine, helmed this Summer 2008 issue. The issue costs US$9.99 and will stay on newsstands until October 21. It features a Gurren Lagann cover, 12 posters, and no DVD. According to Steinman, the publisher has the option of turning the publication into a recurring special or a full magazine launch. The staff will "gauge the audience interest and go from there." Also Ex-Newtype USA editor-in-chief Steinman gauges interest for possible follow-up.
Anime News Network
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The online retailer AnimeNation notes that the North American anime distributor ADV Films has discontinued the following titles:
* Best Student Council
* 5 Centimeters Per Second
* Innocent Venus
* Robotech
These titles are not among the 32 former ADV Films titles that another distributor, Funimation, announced it had picked up from Japan's ARM Corporation.
Publishers Weekly's The Beat blog reports that the North American publisher Tokyopop has cancelled the following volumes:
* Beyond the Beyond Volume 5
* Blazin' Barrels Volume 11
* Karma Club Volume 2
* Kat & Mouse Volume 4
* Kindaichi Case Files, The Burial Francs
* Lagoon Engine Volume 6
* Lagoon Engine Volume 7
* Nosatsu Junkie Volume 7
* Queen's Knight, The Volume 13
* Queen's Knight, The Volume 14
* Saver Volume 7
The Newsarama comics news website covers more details on the cancellation of Chuck Austen's Boys of Summer, one of the titles that Tokyopop had decided not to continue.
I hope Funimations picks up the 5 Centimeters Per Second movie
Last Friday ADV Films announced that Funimation picked up 30 of their titles. Here is the list.
* 009-1
* Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy
* Air Gear
* Air movie
* Air TV
* Blade of the Phantom Master
* Comic Party: Revolution
* Coyote Ragtime Show
* Devil May Cry
* Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV
* Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
* Jinki:Extend
* Kanon
* Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora (once titled as Shattered Angels by ADV Films)
* Le Chevalier D'Eon
* Magikano
* Moeyo Ken TV
* Moonlight Mile
* Murder Princess
* Nerima Daikon Brothers
* Pani Poni Dash!
* Project Blue Earth SOS
* Pumpkin Scissors
* Red Garden
* Sgt. Keroro 1st & 2nd
* Tokyo Majin
* UFO Princess Valkyrie
* Utawarerumono
* Venus Versus Virus
* The Wallflower
* Welcome to the NHK
* Xenosaga
These are most of the titles that had been removed from ADV Films' catalog in January. A majority of them were relisted in ADV Films' catalog in February, only to be gradually removed for a second time. ADV Films also once planned to release Gurren Lagann, but Bandai Entertainment announced in May that it had acquired the series. 5 Centimeters Per Second is not on Funimation's list of transferred titles, but copies of ADV Films' release remain available at retailers.
The joint Funimation/ARM announcement comes the day after Funimation announced it will also manufacture and distribute select titles that Geneon Entertainment (USA) had planned to release before it ceased in-house DVD distribution. Funimation indicated that the new titles from ARM will be significant to its efforts in "social networking, the FUNimation Channel, and Internet VOD."
Source
ANN
Due to a week away and a week of playing with my new laptop, I've failed to pay attention to this particular duty of mine. Hopefully, I can now spam the hell out of everyone. Ha.
BONES Addresses "Leaked Document"
An anonymous file on a free file-sharing website has many people wonderingconfused as to upcoming projects from the anime studio Bones since late last week. The document, an Excel sheet claiming to be a managerial document, complete with animation staff names, their supposed phone numbers, affiliations and availability, as well as comments suggesting that new Fullmetal Alchemist and Darker than BLACK movies are being prepared for.
Masahiko Minami, Bones's president, released a statement Sunday claiming that a "third party" has most likely created and released the document without any aid from actual company documents. The company sees the document as potential libel and plans to take severe action once the perpitrator is found.
As for the "new movie projects" from the document, there is still a possibility. The decision has yet to be made, according to Minami. He expressed interest, yet is unsure about the projects themselves. More of this specific intereview is to be released later.
Source
Anime News Network
Initial Geneon Re-Releases
FUNimation has announced their release dates for select titles in their Geneon acquisition:
Black Lagoon season one and Second Barrage volume 1 and Elemental Gelade volume 1 will hit shelves on August 19.
Karin volumes 1-4 and Kyo Kara Maoh season 2 volumes 1-7 will hit on September 2.
A Shakugan no Shana complete boxed set retailing at $69.98 will debut on September 16.
Black Lagoon Second Barrage volume 2, a Fate/stay night boxed set, Hellsing Ultimate volumes 1-4 in regular and limited editions, and a $49.98 Rozen Maiden boxed set will debut on September 16.
Kamichu and Paradise Kiss complete sets will be released on September 23 at $49.98 each.
When They Cry volumes 1-4 will be re-released on September 30.
SourceAnimeNation Blog
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