Anime Leader to Stream Episodes of Highly Anticipated Series Within Days of Japanese Television Debut
Flower Mound, TX – April 3, 2009 — FUNimation® Entertainment has acquired digital, broadcast, DVD and merchandising rights to the megahit anime series “Fullmetal Alchemist: …
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FUNimation Entertainment Announces New Digital Partnership with Toei Animation
Alliance Begins With Digital Distribution of Catalog Series
Flower Mound, Texas – April 3, 2008 – FUNimation® Entertainment and Japanese powerhouse producer Toei Animation Co., Ltd. have entered into a …
With the general downturn of the anime industry continuing, it was only a matter of time before another high-profile anime rag got the axe. Wizard imprint Anime Insider is scheduled for obsolecence with issue 67. Whether or not you read …
One of the first games I nabbed when I picked up a PS3 earlier this year was Sega’s tactical-action game Valkyria Chronicles. I have n0 idea how successful the game has been here in the States, but it certainly …
Okay, I finally saw Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues (never you mind how), and I’ll be dammned if it isn’t an amazingly enthralling film. Seriously. I really want to post a 5,000 word review right-fucking-now but I’ll restrain myself. …
One of the first things I blogged when we switched over to WordPress was an interview with Sita Sings the Blues director Nina Paley. I still haven’t seen it (no doubt because of the retarded copyright issues that have held …
Okay, this whole week’s been pretty off-topic for me, so given my current mental state…it makes perfect sense to post The Wanky Shit Demon. Actually, this is a shoutout to the Right Hand of Grulm, my bi-weekly Earthdawn …
Funimation recently announced details regarding the English voice cast and production team for Romeo X Juliet…
Line Producer: Christopher Bevins
ADR Directors: J. Michael Tatum and R Bruce Elliott (in his FUNI directing debut)
Script Adaptations: Taliesin Jaffe (and …
With the new Transformers movie coming out this summer, I’ve been giving some thought to all the ‘giant robot’ shows that comsumed so much of my youth. One that stands out in my memory is a fairly obscure ABC saturday …
The Tokuma Memorial Cultural Foundation for Animation is offering two scholarships of about $3000 apiece for researchers who want to study animation!
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Unfortunately, they want you submit proposals and actually do research on animation, instead of, you know, …
I know some of you got some negative vibes from the trailer for Imagi’s Astro Boy adaptation, but I have plenty of faith they’ll do Osamu Tezuka proud. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film was actually pretty decent, and the …
According to Variety Asia Online, Japanese film distributor Kadokawa will import Imagi films CGI adapation of Osamu Tezuka’s beloved Astro Boy, for release in October 2009. Though I’ve seen precious little of Imagi’s output other than the Teenage Mutant …
