On September 1, 2009, AD Vision (ADV Films parent company) shut down and transferred most of its assets to other companies. Specifically, select portions of their film library was acquired by AEsir Holdings. The servicing and distribution of the assets acquired by AEsir Holdings will be handled by the SXION 23 (Section23 Films) home video distribution company.

Note: Section23 will also be handling the distribution of two other ADV associated licensing companies…Sentai Filmworks and Switchblade Pictures. The latter deals with live-action features, so their releases will not be listed here. See below for Sentai releases.

• No releases this month

AnimeWho

• No releases this month

AN Entertainment

• No releases this month

Bandai Entertainment

• No releases this month

Bandai Visual

BandaiVisual.co.jp

• No releases this month

Bandai Visual USA, Inc.

As of July 1, 2008, Bandai Visual USA was absorbed into Bandai Entertainment. Titles will still be released under the Bandai Visual USA name. Bandai Visual USA titles will still be sold through their own online service (dot-anime.us website). Bandai Visual has recently launched a new label called Honneamise. Looking at their product line, it looks like it will be replacing the Bandai Visual label.

• No releases this month

BuenaVista Home Entertainment Japan (Movies.co.jp)

• No releases this month

Discotek

• No releases this month

FUNimation Entertainment, Ltd.

November 3, 2009

• Afro Samurai: Seasons 1 & 2 (Director’s Cut Edition)
• Afro Samurai: Seasons 1 & 2 (Spike Edition)
• Dragonaut Complete Series Part 1 – 315 min
• Tower of Druaga Season 1 – 300 min
• Utawarerumono Complete Collection (Viridian Collection) – 625 min
• Witchblade: The Complete Series – Blu-ray – 600 min

November 10, 2009

• Dragon Ball Season 2 Collection
• Dragon Ball Z The Movie 1: Dead Zone (2009 Edition)
• Dragon Ball Z The Movie 2: The World’s Strongest (2009 Edition)
• Special A Collection 1 – 325 min
• Tsubasa Season 1 Box Set – Blu-ray – 650 min
• Tsubasa Season 1 Box Set (Viridian) – 625 min
• Vexille Special Edition (Viridian Collection) – Blu-ray – 109 min
• Vexille Special Edition (Viridian Collection) – 109 min

November 17, 2009

• Case Closed Season 3 (Viridian Collection) – 635 min
• Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box
• Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: The Conqueror of Shambala – Blu-ray – 104 min
• Neon Genesis Evangelion Movie 1.01 You Are [Not] Alone – 98 min

November 24, 2009

• Bamboo Blade Part 1 – 325 min
• El Cazador de la Bruja Season 1 Part 1 – 312 min
• Nabari no Ou Complete Series Part 2 – 325 min
• One Piece Season 2 Part 4 – 320 min
• Sgt. Frog Season 1 Part 2 – 300 min
• Spice and Wolf: Complete Collection – 300 min

GDH K.K.

• No releases this month

Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.

Some good news with select Geneon titles…FUNimation has signed a deal with Geneon Entertainment to manufacture, distribute, and sell some of Geneon’s DVDs in North America.

November 3, 2009

• Familiar of Zero Complete Collection – 300 min

November 10, 2009

• Lyrical Nanoha A’s Complete Collection – 320 min
• Lyrical Nanoha Complete Collection – 320 min

Illumitoon.com

Until further notice there will be no more releases from Illumitoon.

ImaginAsian (distributed by Right Stuf!)

• No releases this month

Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

• No releases this month

Manga Entertainment

November 24, 2009

• Blood: The Last Vampire – Blu-ray – 48 min
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Edition – Blu-ray – 83 min

Media Blasters

November 3, 2009

• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Vol. #7 – 75 min

November 10, 2009

• Giant Robo LiteBox

November 17, 2009

• Kujibiki Unbalance + Genshiken OVA: Complete Collection (LiteBox) – 385 min
• Princess Princess Complete Collection – 300 min

November 24, 2009

• Loveless Complete Slim – 300 min

October 27, 2009

• Blade of the Immortal Vol. #2 – 100 min
• Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny Vol. #1 – 100 min
• Teknoman LiteBox – 1100 min

Nozomi Entertainment

November 24, 2009

• Rental Magica Part 1 Collection – 525 min

• No releases this month

Sentai Filmworks (distributed by SXION 23)

November 3 , 2009

• You’re Under Arrest Season 2 Collection 1 – 325 min

November 10, 2009

Special A Collection 1 – 325 min

November 17, 2009

• Blue Drop Complete Collection – 325 min
• Little Snow Fairy Sugar Complete Collection 2 – 325 min
• Polyphonica Complete Collection – 300 min

November 24, 2009

• Tears to Tiara Collection 1 – 325 min

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

• No releases this month

Viz Media

November 3, 2009

• Bleach Uncut Season 4 (Part 1)

November 10, 2009

• Naruto: Shippuden Movie 1 – 94 min

November 17, 2009

• Bleach Vol. #22 – 100 min

November 24, 2009

• Naruto Shippuden Vol. #03 – 100 min
• Pokémon: Elements (Ice), Vol. 5
• Pokémon: Elements (Dark), Vol. 6

Warner Home Video

• No releases this month

In the meantime, let us know if you run into any problems with the site!

So for fun, read our first post to see how much we’ve changed. But be warned -  there was some rough language back in those original posts!

Since we’re staring our 5th year of The Anime Blog, we’ll be launching a new site design sometime in the next week. New features will be rolling out a little at a time, so stay tuned!

Tsuneo Goda

Meet Goda-San, Creator of Domo
October 29, 2009, 7:00 pm
Borders Books & Music
Northridge, CA

If you can’t make it to the event, Tokyopop will be streaming parts of the event.

ADV Films (distributed by SXION 23)

On September 1, 2009, AD Vision (ADV Films parent company) shut down and transferred most of its assets to other companies. Specifically, select portions of their film library was acquired by AEsir Holdings. The servicing and distribution of the assets acquired by AEsir Holdings will be handled by the SXION 23 (Section23 Films) home video distribution company.

October 6, 2009

• Rahxephon Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 770 min

October 13, 2009

• Kiba Complete Collection – 1275 min
• Neo Tokyo/New Fist of the North Star (2009 Edition) – 225 min

AnimeWho

• No releases this month

AN Entertainment

• No releases this month

Bandai Entertainment

October 6, 2009

• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Part 2 (also w/LE) – 150 min
• Toward the Terra Complete Collection (Anime Legends Edition) – 600 min

October 20, 2009

• Escaflowne The Movie – Blu-ray – 120 min
• Vision of Escaflowne (Super Legends Edition) – 650 min

Bandai Visual

BandaiVisual.co.jp

• No releases this month

Bandai Visual USA, Inc.

As of July 1, 2008, Bandai Visual USA was absorbed into Bandai Entertainment. Titles will still be released under the Bandai Visual USA name. Bandai Visual USA titles will still be sold through their own online service (dot-anime.us website). Bandai Visual has recently launched a new label called Honneamise. Looking at their product line, it looks like it will be replacing the Bandai Visual label.

• No releases this month

BuenaVista Home Entertainment Japan (Movies.co.jp)

• No releases this month

Discotek

• No releases this month

FUNimation Entertainment, Ltd.

October 6, 2009

• D. Gray-man – Season 2 Part 1
• Mushi-Shi – Box Set
• Save Me! Lollipop – Complete Series
• The Story of Saiunkoku – Complete Box Set

October 13, 2009

• Full Metal Panic! – The Second Raid – Box Set – Remastered – 320 min
• Tokyo Majin Complete Collection – 650 min

October 20, 2009

• Blassreiter Complete Series Part 1 – 288 min
• Comic Party Revolution Complete Collection – 317 min

October 27 , 2009

• Claymore Complete Collection – 620 min

GDH K.K.

• No releases this month

Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.

Some good news with select Geneon titles…FUNimation has signed a deal with Geneon Entertainment to manufacture, distribute, and sell some of Geneon’s DVDs in North America.

October 27, 2009

• Shonen Onmyouji Complete Series – 625 min

Illumitoon.com

Until further notice there will be no more releases from Illumitoon.

ImaginAsian (distributed by Right Stuf!)

• No releases this month

Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

• No releases this month

Manga Entertainment

• No releases this month

Media Blasters

October 6, 2009

• Otoboku Complete Collection – 325 min

October 13, 2009

• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Part 3 – 175 min
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Vol. #6 – 75 min
• Mouse Complete Litebox – 180 min

October 20, 2009

• Loveless Complete Slim – 300 min

October 27, 2009

• Genshiken 2 Vol. #2 – 100 min
• Magic Knight Rayearth Season 1 Remastered Set – 500 min

Nozomi Entertainment

October 6, 2009

• Astro Boy Mini Set 1 – 550 min
• Astro Boy Mini Set 2 – 594 min
• Astro Boy: The Beginning – 110 min
• Kimba: The White Lion Mini Set 1 – 550 min

October 27, 2009

• Boogiepop Phantom/Boogiepop and Others Collection – 470 min

• No releases this month

Sentai Filmworks (distributed by ADV Films)

October 6, 2009

• He Is My Master Complete Collection – 300 min

October 20, 2009

• Clannad After Story Collection 1 – 300 min
• Ghost Hound Complete Collection 1 – 275 min

October 27, 2009

• Little Snow Fairy Sugar Complete Collection 1 – 325 min
• Popotan Complete Collection – 300 min

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

• No releases this month

Viz Media

October 20, 2009

• Bleach Vol. #21 – 100 min

October 27, 2009

• Death Note Re-Light, Vol.2: L’s Successor
• Naruto Shippuden Vol. #02 – 100 min
• Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl – Battle Dimension Vol. #05 – 70 min
• Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl – Battle Dimension Vol. #06
• Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl Battle Dimension Box 3 (Vol. 5-6), Vol. 3 (DVD Box Set)

Warner Home Video

• No releases this month

DOMO is on three Slurpee cups at 7Eleven.

Cups of coffee at 7Eleven in a DOMO cup for $0.99.

A selection of DOMO Slurpee cups at 7Eleven

$0.99 Coffee in a DOMO Cup Poster at 7Eleven

DOMO likes giant hot dogs apparently, as seen in this poster for the $0.99 'Regular Big Bite' at 7Eleven.

DOMO is currently on the Slurpee machine at 7Eleven.

Coffee in a DOMO cup sign at 7Eleven

Several of the snack displays at 7Eleven feature DOMO graphics.

The DOMO promotion runs through October, so be sure to get them while you can!

What do you think?

Anime Network

• Angelic Layer
• Appleseed
• Aquarian Age
• Burn Up Excess
• E’s Otherwise
• Madlax
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Sister Princess
• UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

FUNimation

• Afro Samurai
• Ah! My Goddess
• Aquarion
• Baccano!
• Baldr Force EXE
• Basilisk
• Black Blood Brothers
• Blue Gender
• Burst Angel
• The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou
• Darker Than Black
• Desert Punk
• Devil May Cry
• Fruit Basket
• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Gad Guard
• Galaxy Railways
• Ghost Hunt
• Glass Fleet
• Gunslinger Girl
• Hell Girl
• Heroic Age
• Jyu-Oh-Sei
• Kaze no Stigma
• Kiddy Grade
• Last Exile
• Moon Phase
• Murder Princess
• Mushi-Shi
• Negima!? Magister Negi Magi
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Peach Girl
• Project Blue Earth SOS
• Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
• Romeo x Juliet
• Rumbling Hearts
• Samurai 7
• Samurai Champloo
• School Rumble
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy
• Shuffle
• The Slayers
• The Slayers Next
• Solty Rei
• Speed Grapher
• Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry
• Suzuka
• Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
• Trinity Blood
• Vexille
• Witchblade
• xxxHolic

Mango Entertainment

• Descendents of Darkness
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Gurren Lagann
• Hell Boy Animated: Sword of Storms
• Macross II
• Noein
• Now and Then, Here and There
• Rave Master
• Read or Die
• Robotech
• Street Fighter II V
• Tactics
• Tokko
• Virus

Nozomi

• Boogiepop Phantom
• Gravitation
• Gravitation: Lyrics of Love
• His & Her Circumstances
• Shingu: Secrets of the Stellar Wars

Playstation Network

• Xam’d

Sony Pictures Television

• Astro Boy

Toei Animation

• Air Master
• Captain Harlock
• Digimon Adventure 02
• First of the North Star
• Galaxy Express 999
• Slam Dunk

Viz Media

• Bleach
• Death Note
• Naruto

Wep

• Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
• Voltron

Here are a few noteworthy titles for September – Ghost Slayers Ayashi Part 3; School Rumble Season 1/OVA Set; Red Garden Complete Collection; Ghost Hunt Complete Collection; Sgt. Frog DVD Season 1 Part 1; Burst Angel TV Series + OVA Set – Blu-ray; Black Lagoon: Seasons 1 & 2; NANA: Complete Collection Part 1 Collection and Naruto Shippuden Vol. #01. Check out the rest of the releases below:

ADV Films

September 15, 2009

• Petite Princess Yucie: Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 650 min

AnimeWho

• No releases this month

AN Entertainment

• No releases this month

Bandai Entertainment

September 1 , 2009

• Freedom Part 2 – 156 min

September 15, 2009

• Ghost Slayers Ayashi Part 3 – 250 min
• Hayate the Combat Butler Part 2 – 175 min

September 24, 2009

• Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens Vol. #2 – 175 min

September 29, 2009

• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 1 Part 2 (also w/Special Edition) – 200 min
• Sola (Anime Legends Edition) – 375 min

Bandai Visual

BandaiVisual.co.jp

• No releases this month

Bandai Visual USA, Inc.

As of July 1, 2008, Bandai Visual USA was absorbed into Bandai Entertainment. Titles will still be released under the Bandai Visual USA name. Bandai Visual USA titles will still be sold through their own online service (dot-anime.us website). Bandai Visual has recently launched a new label called Honneamise. Looking at their product line, it looks like it will be replacing the Bandai Visual label.

• No releases this month

BuenaVista Home Entertainment Japan (Movies.co.jp)

• No releases this month

Discotek

• No releases this month

FUNimation Entertainment, Ltd.

September 1, 2009

• Hell Girl Complete First Season (Viridian Collection) – 520 min
• Kaze no Stigma Complete Season 1 Part 2 – 325 min
• School Rumble Season 1/OVA Set (Viridian Collection) – 700 min
• School Rumble Season 2 Complete Collection – 610 min
• Wallflower Complete Collection – 640 min

September 8 , 2009

• Jinki: Extend Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 325 min
• Jyu-Oh-Sei Complete Series (Viridian Collection) – 265 min
• Red Garden Complete Collection – 600 min

September 15 , 2009

• 009-1 Complete Series (Viridian Collection) – 300 min
• Case Closed Season 2 (Viridian Collection) – 650 min
• Dragon Ball Season 1 Collection – 775 min
• Ghost Hunt Complete Collection – 625 min
• Magikano Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 325 min

September 22, 2009

• Nabari no Ou Complete Series Part 1 – 325 min
• Sgt. Frog DVD Season 1 Part 1 – 300 min

September 29, 2009

• Big Windup! Oofuri Season 1 Part 2 – 315 min
• Burst Angel TV Series + OVA Set – Blu-ray – 600 min
• Heat Guy J Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 650 min
• Negima Complete Series (Viridian Collection) – 630 min
• One Piece Season 2 Part 3 – 320 min

GDH K.K.

• No releases this month

Geneon Entertainment (USA), Inc.

Some good news with select Geneon titles…FUNimation has signed a deal with Geneon Entertainment to manufacture, distribute, and sell some of Geneon’s DVDs in North America.

September 1, 2009

• Fate/Stay Night DVD Complete Set (2009 Edition) – 576 min

September 15, 2009

• Shakugan no Shana Complete Series (2009 Edition) – 625 min

September 29, 2009

• Black Lagoon: Seasons 1 & 2 Collection – 630 min
• Ergo Proxy Complete Series (2009 Edition) – 600 min

Illumitoon.com

Until further notice there will be no more releases from Illumitoon.

ImaginAsian (distributed by Right Stuf!)

• No releases this month

Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.

• No releases this month

Manga Entertainment

September 15, 2009

• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Set (Anime Legends) – 660 min

Media Blasters

September 1 , 2009

• Ah! My Goddess: Season 1 Collection (Litebox) – 650 min
  

  

September 20, 2009

• Knight Hunters, Weiss Kreuz Seasons 1- 2 (Litebox) – 975 min

September 29, 2009

• Blade of the Immortal Vol. #1 – 125 min
• Green Green Complete Collection (Litebox) – 300 min

Nozomi Entertainment

• No releases this month

• No releases this month

Sentai Filmworks (distributed by ADV Films)

September 8, 2009

• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Collection 2 – 325 min

September 15, 2009

• Legends of the Dark Kings: A Fist of the North Star Story – 325 min

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

• No releases this month

Viz Media

September 8, 2009

• Bleach the Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion – 90 min
• NANA: Complete Collection Part 1 – 268 min

September 15, 2009

• Bleach Vol. #20 – 100 min

September 20, 2009

• Honey & Clover: Complete Collection Part 1 – 300 min
• Naruto Uncut Set 16 (also w/Special Edition) – 375 min

September 22, 2009

• Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl – Battle Dimension Boxset 3 – 180 min

September 29, 2009

• Naruto Shippuden Vol. #01 – 100 min
• Pokemon Elements Vol. #03 – 60 min
• Pokemon Elements Vol. #04 – 60 min

Warner Home Video

• No releases this month

To voice the lead role of the newly-born – and aborning hero – 9, Shane Acker couldn’t help but have in mind an actor who was so central to the film set he had worked on years earlier in New Zealand – The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King star Elijah Wood.

Follow the ‘9′ Scientist on Facebook, as he documents his research leading up the film’s opening sequences (www.facebook.com/9scientist).  As the battle against the machines grows increasingly hopeless, the Scientist has now created a Talisman to capture the last memories of the human race. The Talisman is one of the key new elements within the Scientist’s lab on www.9experiment.com.

The Talisman is a key component in the story of the movie “9″… a device integral to the film’s Stitchpunk characters.  Now fans can create their own Talisman to share their pictures and thoughts with friends.  Check out www.9Experiment.com and dive into the World Talisman, where user pics from around the world can be viewed in an “infinite zooming” gallery. Then, create your own Personal Talisman by uploading your own photos, which can then be shared via email, blogs or social networks.

The Talisman holds the last hope for humanity, and is a groundbreaking technology steeped in the world and storyline of “9.”

Can’t get enough of 9?

• Meet the Scientist at Facebook.com/9Scientist
• Explore the Scientist’s lab at http://www.9experiment.com
• Follow the underground resistance at www.twitter.com/rebel123456789
• Watch the trailer at 9TheMovie.com
• Visit on your cell phone at 9.msite.tv
• Sign up for mobile alerts by texting ‘9″ to 4FOCUS (436287)
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Official 9 Film Synopsis:

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.

When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.