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One Piece Starts Today
Date: 2005 April 11 09:57 | Posted By: AzureCategory > Anime
One Piece starts today on Toonami UK, fans might want to take note that it starts at 5pm with Rave Master following. One Piece has been dubbed by 4kids the people behind the Pokemon dub.
Souce: Toonami UK
Cartoon Network and Production I.G. Team Up
Date: 2005 April 04 18:04 | Posted By: JoeToday, the folks at Cartoon Network and Production I.G. have announced their lastest project for Toonami's first original series. IGPX aims to blend the quality and style of anime with Western storytelling. It's set to be a combination of traditional and CGI animation, which will debut in Fall 2005 in the USA.
Read More... | Souce: Production I.G.
Channel 4's 100 Greatest Cartoons Results
Date: 2005 March 04 14:56 | Posted By: Joe
Following on from our previous stories reporting on Channel 4's 100 greatest cartoons as voted for by Channel 4 viewers, it was revealed last Sunday that The Simpson's was the voters favourite cartoon.
Here are the results for anime titles:
8th - Spirited Away
16th - Akira
21st - Princess Mononoke
37th - Transformers
45th - Pokemon
72nd - Legend of the Overfiend
It's good to see that Spirited Away proved popular with lots of voters, beating lots of very popular mainstream cartoons that are more well known in the UK.
Read More... | Souce: Channel 4
Naruto for the UK (and Italy)
Date: 2005 February 27 08:23 | Posted By: AzureCategory > Anime
Tucked away on a news item on Anime News Service is the news that Naruto could be heading to the UK! According to ANS ‘Besides the USA the animation's debut in the EU sphere also advances with telecasts planned for Britain and Italy’. This means that Naruto isn’t confirmed for UK and Italian fans but talks are underway. It also appears that merchandise and other Naruto franchises including the incredibly popular Naruto games might be heading this way far sooner than we thought! What’s interesting is that it’s TV Tokyo that made the announcement and not a European or American company. This may mean that the Japanese have finally sat up and started to take note of the way their titles are handled abroad. It’s thought that the very reason Naruto took so long to get licenced was Japanese awareness of it's popularity abroad.
Read More... | Souce: Anime News Service
Stock Market Linked To Sazae-san Viewing Figures
Date: 2005 February 17 14:52 | Posted By: JoeThe Anime News Network have translated an interesting if not bizarre story from Yahoo News Japan, that correlates the Japanese stock market and Sazae-san. Basically as the stock values go up the TV series' ratings go down, and as the stock goes down the ratings go up. There is some logic behind this though, when stock market goes down, household's don't go out on a Sunday and stay at home eating dinner while watching Sazae-san.
Souce: The Anime News Network
Naruto Confirmed For US TV Screens!
Date: 2005 February 17 11:34 | Posted By: Azure
It certainly looks like things have been moving fast behind the scenes. As Cartoon Network confirms Naruto for US screens stating it is to air in the third quarter. Naruto will air in the Toonami slot not adult swim. There's no confirmation yet but that will likely mean some edits.
Also confirmed for the Toonami slot are Pirate series; One piece in May (around the same time it will air in the UK so there is hope for Naruto in the UK too) and comedy Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo.
Toonami is Cartoon Network's anime programming block which airs Saturday nights from 7-11 p.m. (ET, PT).
Souce: Animation Insider
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi First-Ever North American Airing
Date: 2005 February 07 15:46 | Posted By: Joe
The nice people over at G4techTV have sent us the details of the first ever North American airing of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, a crazy show in Studio Gainax's unique style.
Be sure to tune in late Monday evening (that's today) at 1am ET / 10om PT.
Read More... | Souce: G4techTV
Time Warner to Co-Produce New Anime
Date: 2005 February 02 14:36 | Posted By: SpikeCategory > Production
American based Time Warner and Japanese based Itochu Corporation have announced a joint venture to create a new Anime series to be broadcast at the same time in both America and Japan. While few details are currently known about the new series, the budget for this project is set to be around
20 million Yen ($US 190,000) per episode, which is a good deal higher (up to 50%) than most other animated series. The companies in question will hoping to reclaim the outlay by tying in marketing deals with toy companies and other merchandising elements and possibly marketing the series to
broadcasters abroad.
Souce: Anime News Network
G4techTV Unleash Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Date: 2005 January 18 17:54 | Posted By: Joe
The folks over at G4techTV have sent us the details about their anime line up. During January, they openly admit to taking a break from new episodes for their Anime Unleashed slot, showing repeats of Boogiepop Phantom and Banner of the Stars.
They're also proud to announce the first ever US airing of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi starting February 8 at 1am ET/Feb. 7 at 10pm PT.
Read More... | Souce: G4techTV
Toonami UK confirms new anime titles.
Date: 2005 January 08 11:14 | Posted By: Azure
The UK channel Toonami has confirmed that it has acquired the rights to two new shows: One Piece and Rave master. Rave master will start first in February taking the 17:30 slot. One Piece will begin in April.
Both series are popular action adventure titles based on shonen manga. Rave Master is based on the manga by Hiro Mashima, which is available from Tokyopop, whilst One Piece is based on the pirate manga by Eiichiro Oda available from viz,and has been runing in it's American edition of Shonen Jump.
Toonami also hint that they are looking at a UK adult swim block. Their FAQ mentions a few series, but doesn't mention any of the more adult anime titles it aired as CNX.
Souce: Toonami
Anime Network Issuse A Call To Arms For All Anime Fans
Date: 2004 December 07 17:08 | Posted By: Joe
The Otaku News Crew have just received a newsletter from Anime Network the cable and satellite channel that broadcasts nothing but anime (yay).
They've issued a "call to arms for all Anime Fans" with the headline:
"Anime Fans of America: YOUR TIME IS NOW!"
The newsletter states that Anime Network's continued operation and expansion is in jeopardy and to help improve things the channel wants anime fans to either fax or e-mail the cable companies' decision makers directly via www.theanimenetwork.com. The Anime Network also advise you to get everyone you know to do the same. You can even phone Comcast directly on (215) 665-1700 and say that you'll switch for Anime Network.
The Otaku News crew are uncertain how necessary this is, if it's a marketing ploy from the very clever folks at Anime Network, or if they are indeed in trouble and need fan support.
Souce: Anime Network
Is Puffy AmiYumi Mania About to Hit America?
Date: 2004 November 19 18:06 | Posted By: Joe
The Boston Globe has posted on an article on Cartoon Network's new show Puffy AmiYumi which features animated versions of Japanese Punk Rock duo Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. The cartoonist behind the show Sam Register admits ''We didn't try to rip off anime", this makes a pleasant change when so many titles that are inspired by Japanese anime and manga and want to be labelled as the real thing.
The New York Daily News also has an article, as does U-Redlands Daily Facts.
Souce: The Boston Globe
Peach Girl Due in Japan For New Year
Date: 2004 November 19 17:47 | Posted By: Joe
Animaxis are reporting that a TV anime version of the popular shojo manga "Peach Girl" (Miwa Ueda / Monthly Friend Extra Edition - Koudansha) is scheduled to begin to begin Saturday, January 2005 8 from 7 AM to 7:30 AM.
If you want to see some Peach Girl art work take a look at creator Miwa Ueda's homepage (it's in Japanese, but all you have to do is click on the Gallery link on the menu bar).
Souce: Animaxis
G4techTV Show More Last Exile
Date: 2004 November 18 16:56 | Posted By: JoeWe've just got the latest press release from G4techTv, who will be showing episodes 14-26 of Last Exile from December 6. Christmas looks like it's going to be fun for otaku on G4techTV too, with the Anime Unleashed marathon showing the entire series on Christmas Day!
Read More... | Souce: G4techTv
US TV Ratings For Ghost In the Shell : Stand Alone Complex
Date: 2004 November 14 09:24 | Posted By: JoeICv2 are reporting on the viewing figures for Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The show was aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on Satuday November 6th and ranked number one with the 12-34 demographic against all ad-supported cable shows.
Souce: ICv2
G4techTV to screen Gad Guard
Date: 2004 November 08 18:24 | Posted By: JoeG4techTV will be screening Gad Guard soon. The show premieres on Tuesday at 12am ET/Monday 9pm PT. New episodes air all week except for Wednesday 12am ET/Tuesday 9pm PT.
Read More... | Souce: G4techTV
Spirited Away to be Aired on Sky Cinema Over Christmas Holidays
Date: 2004 November 07 18:46 | Posted By: Joe
UK satellite viewers are in for a treat over the Christmas holidays since Sky Cinema will be screening both the subbed and the dubbed versions of Spirited Away as part of their World Cinema strand.
Details follows:
Subtitled:
Wednesday 29th December 8pm - Sky Cinema 1
Thursday 30th December 9pm - Sky Cinema 2
Dubbed:
Sunday 2nd January 8pm - Sky Cinema 1
Monday 3rd January 9pm - Sky Cinema 2
By now every anime fan should know that that Spirited Away is a Studio Ghibli Production directed by Hayao Miyazaki and is the first and only anime film to have won an Oscar. If you haven't seen it yet, you simply must. More details of the movie can be found on Nausicaa.net's Spirited Away page.
Souce: Sky
UK Sci-Fi channel Japanese Horror Weekend 6-7 November 2004
Date: 2004 October 25 17:14 | Posted By: AzureThe UK Sci-Fi channel is having a Japanese horror weekend 6-7th November to celebrate the release of 'The Grudge' a remake of cult Japanese horror film Ju-on. Fans of the Ring series of horror films will be pleased to know that three of the Japanese Ring films are to be screened one after the other.
Read More... | Souce: UK Sci Fi channel
All New Series on Anime Unleashed on G4techTV
Date: 2004 October 20 18:58 | Posted By: Joe
The folks at G4TechTV have sent us details of their new season of Anime Unleashed. Our American Readers who watch G4TechTV can look forward to watching R.O.D-THE TV (that's Read or Die TV for those who hate lots of acronyms) Gungrave and Gad Guard.
Before merging with G4, TechTV had screened other Geneon / Pioneer Titles, such as Last Exile.
Read More... | Souce: G4TechTV
Cartoon Network to Air Super Milk-chan Show
Date: 2004 October 19 16:23 | Posted By: JoeADV US have sent us an interesting press release about the Super Milk-chan Show. Cartoon Network will be airing the show from November 2004 as part of their Adult Swim block.
Read More... | Souce: ADV Films
Anime Fans At Gaming Convention Worry About Going Mainstream
Date: 2004 October 04 15:26 | Posted By: JoeAfter my recent post about newspapers becoming more aware of anime and it becoming more mainstream, another article has been posted this time by the Corvallis Gazette-Times. It starts by explaining what anime is and the raises a very good point that the previous articles haven't yet - the fans interviewed in the article are afraid of anime going more mainstream and becoming diluted in popular culture.
Souce: Corvallis Gazette-Times
New Anime Channel To Hit North America?
Date: 2004 September 25 09:26 | Posted By: Joe
The Financial Times are reporting that Sony and Comcast are planning to launch at least three new TV channels in a joint venture. Sony and Comcast are still in the planning stages, but Sony are very keen to launch a US version of Animax - Sony's anime channel which is already established in Asia and Latin America.
At the moment it seems that it everything is still speculative. The Otaku News crew are wondering if the success of ADV's very own Anime Network is influencing the executives at Sony to launch Animax in the US.
UK readers will also note that Sony Home Entertainment use the Animax label on their UK DVD releases (Memories, Tokyo Godfathers).
Souce: The Financial Times
Ghost In The Shell hits Cinema Screens, TV, DVD, comic shops and PS2
Date: 2004 September 11 16:02 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
We've just been sent a very interesting press release for the Ghost In The Shell franchise, it's well known that the movie Ghost In the Shell 2: Innocence it will be hitting US cinema screens on September 17th and that Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment are jointly releasing the DVDs for Ghost In The Shell Standalone Complex series. However what they also point out is that Standalone Complex will be aired on Cartoon Network's late-night Adult Swim from early November!
The press release also mentions that Dark Horse is republishing Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga as Ghost in the Shell 2nd Edition, it features extra materials not published in previous US editions and will be printed in it's original Japanese size.
It also mentions the new PS2 game. So it looks like US anime fans will be able to get Ghost In the Shell in every single format they could want!
Read More... | Souce: Go Fish Pictures
Robotech: Shadow Force - Rumours spreading of a forth series
Date: 2004 August 30 09:53 | Posted By: JoeCategory > Anime
ICv2 have just posted a story about Robotech.com uncovering evidence of a fourth Robotech anime series in production.
Read More... | Souce: ICv2
eigoManga to make Cable TV show
Date: 2004 August 24 07:16 | Posted By: JoeWith ADV creating The Anime Network it seems that everyone wants a slice of anime on TV. We've just been sent the press release from eigoManga, they're going to produce a weekly anime news magazine.
Read More... | Souce: eigoManga
Witch Hunter Robin Confirmed for Canada's YTV
Date: 2004 August 14 18:18 | Posted By: JoeCanada's YTV has confirmed to Anime News Network that they will be airing Witch Hunter Robin, starting on Friday, September 10th at 10:30pm. They weren't however able to confirm Gundam SEED, SD Superior Defender or .hack//SIGN.
Souce: Anime News Network
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