Title says it all. Like nervous school girls we giggled and told rumors. "Watch out, Sunrise might make a live action movie of Cowboy Bebop," and "Lock the door, Keanu Reeves might get tapped for Spike." In truth, we laughed to hide our fears...
Read more »Cowboy Bebop movie is green lighted, Keanu Reeves as Spike, Seppuku in fashion
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Joost Launches Application for iPhone
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Joost, the Flash-based, global web video service, today announced the launch of a Joost application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new free application is available through Apple's App Store and enables iPhone and iPod touch users to enjoy thousands of hours of anime, comedy, drama, movies, music, documentaries, sci-fi and sports over their Wi-Fi connections. Animes include Naruto and Death Note.
Read more »Crunchyroll Goes Legit
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Crunchyroll has announced a major move into legitimate distribution of anime with a deal with TV Tokyo, Viz co-parent Shueisha, and Pierrot, major producers in the Japanese anime industry.
Read more »FUNimation Entertainment Officially Launches on Hulu
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FUNimation Entertainment has partnered with the online video service Hulu to launch high-quality anime episodes of its titles on Hulu.com. Titles include Mushi-shi, xxxHolic, Peach Girl, and other FUNimation releases.
Read more »Amazon Japan: Blu-ray Has Edge in Anime, Action
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Amazon Japan KK, which runs the "Amazon.co.jp" Internet bookstore in Japan, has announced its Blu-ray Disc (BD) title sales (including pre-orders) rankings for the first half of 2008 (Dec 1, 2007, to May 31, 2008). Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc's "Resident Evil - Trilogy Box" topped in the 1H, according to the announcement. This title was released in the BD and DVD formats at the same time, but BD sales significantly outperformed DVD sales, Amazon said...
Read more »Super Anime Day, Super Comic Day announced by SuperCon
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Super Anime Day will be a one day festival for Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Video Game fans and will feature anime voice actors, guest artists, anime, manga, cosplay, video games hosted by Gamerz Paradise, indoor and outdoor photo shoots, music, games/contests, costume and cosplay contests, panels, AMV's, late night dance party and more! Guests for Super Anime Day are being lined up and will be announced in the coming weeks. The hours for the show will be 11:00am - Midnight.
Read more »Library plans Anime Fest for local kids
al.com –
With school out children often suffer from boredom, so the Athens-Limestone Public Library is giving them something new and fun to do. Saturday will be the library's first Anime Fest for anyone age 8 and older.
Read more »Anime, TVN Strike Long-Term VoD Deal
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Using TVN’s extensive suite of services across North America, Anime Network announced today that it’s entered a three-year, comprehensive Video on Demand services partnership with TVN. Supporting Anime Network’s subscription and free on demand programming services across various codecs and formats.
Read more »First Official Dragonball Movie Promo Image
kotaku.com –
Here's the first official promotional image for the DB. It appeared in manga Shonen Jump, where the original Dragonball manga appeared.
Read more »Win a Free Screening for the Death Note Live-Action Movie
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"Providence Anime Conference and Viz Pictures are proud to announce a contest open for anyone registered for the inception of the convention – the chance to win tickets to see the live-action Death Note movie in theaters. When a Shinigami death god drops a notebook that can kill those named in its pages, chaos ensues as a legendary detective and star student face off against each other in a mental chess match for the fate of the world."
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