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Geneon Update
There has been one recent interesting tidbit in the Geneon situation. Navarre CEO Kerry Deacon held a conference call to talk about his company’s recent quarterly earnings report. Navarre is the parent company of FUNimation. Part of the call dealt with the impact of Geneon’s recent withdrawal on its FUNimation division.
Mr. Deacon said, [...]
On September 24, 2007, studio BONES co-founder, Hiroshi ÅŒsaka passed away from cancer at the age of 44. He had worked as a character designer (Clockwork Fighters Hiwou’s War, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, & Mobile Suit Victory Gundam), key animator (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade & Macross Plus), and animation director (Escaflowne: The Movie, Mobile [...]
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November 6, 2007
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Vol. #4 – 100 min
Burn Up/Plastic Little Double Pack – 100 min
Gantz Perfect Score Collection – 650 min
Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor Vol. #7 – 75 min
November 13, 2007
Blade of the Phantom Master (Shin Angyo Onshi) – 90 min
Shadow Skill Complete Collection (Hyb) (Thinpak) – 650 min
Venus [...]
The Prime Minister situation in Japan took up some extra time for me, so here is some older news from last month:
Fuchi no Mori forest protected
In the mid-1990s, an area called the Fuchi no Mori forest, located on the prefectural border between Higashimurayama-shi in Tokyo and Tokorozawa-shi in Saitama Prefecture, had been the target of [...]
In addition to fan letters, news, dvd reviews and more, Anime Insider issue 49 has a number of strong features. Here’s a rundown (with my own comments in parenthesis):
The Six Million Dollar Band – All-girl outfit Oreskaband travels from Japan to blow their own horns in an exclusive interview (we missed them at Anime Expo [...]
There are two freebies this time around:
First, from ANN, the Gaia Online Community is streaming the first two episodes of Kiddy Grade. Here is a synopsis from RightStuf!:
“In Star century Zero-One-Sixty-Five, the Global Union was born. To provide an impartial mediator to the various planetary governments of the G.U., the Galactic Organization of Trade [...]
Eva Movie Promotions
Wallpaper © GAINAX・カラー/Project Eva.
Over the years, many comments on blogs and forums have said that Neon Genesis Evangelion is a cash cow for Gainax and that Gainax is not ashamed of constantly milking it. Well, according to this short post by the Anime News Service (look for the article…”9-1-07 (9:39PM EDT) – EVA’s [...]
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