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There’s been a lot going around about ADV’s health as an American anime distributor. Though ADV representative’s say nothing is “official” yet, it looks as though another American anime giant may be positioned to fall down to some degree. In my opinion, it would be a loss if ADV were to go the way [...]

ADV Films

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February 5, 2008

Devil may Cry Vol. #1 – 100 min
Magikano Vol. #2 (also w/box) – 100 min

February 12, 2008

Kanon Vol. #2 (also w/box) – 100 min
Kurau: Phantom Memory Vol. #6 – 100 min
Project Blue Earth SOS Vol. #1 – 90 min

February 19, 2008

Moonlight Mile Vol. #1 – 100 min
Tokyo Majin Vol. #2 (also w/box) [...]

A recent Business Week article noted the rising popularity of manga in Europe. The article concentrated on France, Germany, and a brief mention of Britain. It mentioned that readers are looking increasingly toward the east for their comics rather than the west. Svenja Malis, an 18-year old German reader was quoted:
“I [...]

There was some shakiness to the start of the 2008 New Year, so let’s get the bad news out of the way first:
Viz Discontinues MAR Anime Series

Viz Media has discontinued DVD releases for the MAR anime series after volume 4. This was originally reported by AnimeOnDVD and later picked up by ANN. When [...]

ADV Films

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January 1, 2008

Jinki: Extend Complete Collection – 325 min
Kanon Vol. #1 – 100 min
Martian Successor Nadesico Perfect Collection (Thinpak) – 650 min

January 8, 2008

Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Vol. #5 – 100 min
Ghost Stories Complete Collection – 550 min

January 15, 2008

Get Backers Complete Series Collection (Thinpak) – 1225 min
Venus Versus Virus Vol. #2 [...]

In October I wrote about the State of the Anime Industry in the US. I mentioned that it was difficult to get compiled statistics about the trends in anime sales in the US. ICv2, the retailer information site, would release limited information semi-annually. The full statistics and analysis would only be available [...]

Anime News
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, [...]

Rachel
I knew the Geneon/ADV deal was bad medicine when it was first announced in September. When Geneon laid off some employees a short time after the announcement, I wasn’t surprised, nor was I too taken aback by the two anime distribution companies’ decision not to merge.
When it was announced that Geneon was no longer [...]