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Thursday, May 31st, 2001
Con stuff (09:32 PM EST):
Starting tomorrow is the official start
of A-Kon, one of the more interesting conventions that takes place down in
Texas. We've managed to get our grand high licensing list keeper, Mariela,
to cover the scene and all the panels, so we should be hearing back over
the weekend all kinds of juicy gossip. If you're visiting A-Kon and have
net access over the weekend, don't hesitate to send us what you hear as
well!
Press (09:29 PM EST):
TRSI has sent out their latest press
releases for July and
August, both of which contain
AnimeTrax CD listings and some detailed descriptions of various DVD's.
Newly licensed? (06:07
PM EST):
Keeping up with Mr. Sirabella can be a
full time job! According to a separate post on the forum, he's indicated
that they're releasing in association with Enoki Films the show Gokudo kun
(known as Jester on the Enoki site I believe) as well as the Fortune Quest
TV series. Why wait till Anime Expo for the announcements!
New title announcement
(06:03 PM EST):
Courtesy of David Williams, we now know
that the second box set of Robotech will arrive on 8/7/2001. The box set
will contain volumes 3 and 4 as well as a disc of extras. The disc of
extras should include commercials for the Robotech toys, including some
that weren't released; an interview Carl Macek did right before the movie
was released; a promo piece Harmony Gold did at a Robotech con; character
sketches; production sketches; more international clips; the comic book
covers from the Macross Saga. Volumes 3 and 4 are also available
separately. If only box 1 would show up!
New title clarifications
(05:52 PM EST):
We got the early specs in for the Media
Blasters titles listed yesterday. All titles are due on 9/25, and prices
are kind of all over the place, but in an interesting way.
Magic
Users Club TV Vol. #1 gives you 4 episodes for 24.95$ (a trend I hope
we start seeing more of),
Space Travelers
gives you 60 minutes of this self-contained OVA for 24.95$,
Rurouni
Kenshin TV Vol. #12 gives you 100 minutes for 29.95$,
Marriage gives you
60 minutes for 19.95$,
Zenki gives you 325 minutes for 39.95$ and
Slight
Fever Syndrome gives you 75 minutes for 29.95$
We've also learned via John
Sirabella on the forums that he's intending to do all 52 episodes of Zenki
if the first collection of 13 sells well and the second batch of 13 sells
well. Blocks of 13 episodes for 39.95$ is something I don't think many
people will complain about and will certainly encourage people to try it
out.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2001
Digital Omake (07:34 PM EST):
Several new additions today to the
Digital Omake section,
including two for Escaflowne Vol. #8, Trigun Vol. #8, Street Fighter TV
and Revolutionary Girl Utena Vol. #1.
New title announcements
(08:16 AM EST):
The
Right Stuf site is listing
some new titles from Media Blasters that are due out on 9/25/2001. The
information is very minimal at this point (and contains some likely live
action titles), so we'll add them to our database once the final
specs/runtimes come out:
- Killer Barbys
- Magic Users Club TV, "I wanna do more"
- Space Travelers
- Rurouni Kenshin12: Blind Justice
- Marriage
- Zenki
- Sure Death
- Slight Fever Syndrome Complete
Correction (07:58 AM EST):
In last nights press release for Arc the
Lad Vol. #3, the press release incorrectly lists the title as having 3
episodes. The press release was written up prior to the change in episode
count, and slipped through. The disc will have a runtime of 125 minutes,
as well as discs 4,5,6. Price remains unchanged.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2001
Press (08:46 PM EST):
ADV films have sent out their
latest press bits, this time
of Evangelion 8 and Arc the Lad 3.
HDTV (07:04 PM EST):
It's been almost a year since we got in
our HDTV and we've finally added
Step 6 on our
Path to HDTV, which
details 4:3 material playback.
Video Girl Ai (04:12 PM
EST):
If you ordered the region 2 box set of
Video Girl Ai, we've finally gotten a glimpse at what the box set will
look like as well as a partial look at the keepcase artwork. Check out
this
link which was posted to our region 2 forum today.
Monday, May 28th, 2001
Studio Challenge (09:46 AM EST):
The shelves got slightly adjusted this
time around and we've decided to get a jump on the May image of the
Studio
Challenge.
Article (08:30 AM EST):
Oliver Chin is back this week with an
article about promoting
both manga and anime at the same time such as Gunsmith Cats and Black
Jack.
Petition (08:22 AM EST):
With news out of Animazement that
TOKYOPOP has acquired the manga rights to Marmalade Boy and Kodomo
no Omacha, it's only fitting that a petition to bring
Marmalade Boy to the US be
added to the site today. It's chances definitely do grow now that the
manga has been acquired.
R2 Mononoke (08:11 AM
EST):
Good news cropped up for the UK R2 fans
this week with notice that the BBFC (a ratings board for home video
releases) has approved a listing for Princess Mononoke. No date has been
given, but seeing it by the end of the year is very likely for fans there.
Interview (08:10 AM EST):
Jeff Kleist over at DVD Angle has posted
his latest column this past week which contains an interesting
interview with Carl Macek and provides some interesting insights into
how Robotech came about.
R2 Berserk treat (08:05
AM EST):
For those who aren't particularly fond of
the long cardboard box layout of the Berserk box set, an alternative fan
made creation has popped up which you can find
here.
Press (08:04 AM EST):
The folks at TOKYOPOP have sent out a
press release about the
upcoming Miyu soundtrack, which definitely sounds good and especially at
that price.
Sunday, May 27th, 2001
Newly reviewed (03:30 PM EST):
Another pass into the review pile and
we've taken a viewing of the April release of
Knights of
Ramune.
More con news (09:51 AM
EST):
Eugene Bur wrote in with some more
information from yesterdays AnimEigo convention panel:
"Animeigo is in the process of buying the rights to Spirit of Wonder
again, and they say that should happen by next summer.
Otaku no Video is expected to go to authoring this fall. Crusher Joe
is on their 'want to make happen' list. They say they've worked out all
their bugs and learned the authoring process with their first discs, and
expect that future releases will come out much faster.
Oh! My Goddess disc, which we saw a preview of, has great extras,
including a slide show, a commentary track, and a dub your own track
(music and effects only)."
There was also a bit of Bandai news:
Concerning the Cowboy Bebop boxed set, Bandai has said that they will
not offer the case or any extras separately, which I think is a big
'bend over' to all the fans who made that show happen.
Newly reviewed (08:48 AM
EST):
Originally released back on 12/20/2000,
we've finally made our way to watching
Nightmare
Campus from CPM. Sometimes it's just hard watching hentai when you're
briefly living with your parents!
Saturday, May 26th, 2001
Advance review (06:07 PM EST):
Once more into the pile and we've gone
through the mental mind-wreck that is known as
Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:8. Yet another series has finally
completed!
Con news (05:49 PM EST):
Krellion from the site chat channel has
given out some info from the Animazement convention running this weekend.
Urusei Yatsura TV Box 2 is in replication and shipment date is expected to
be about 2-3 weeks from now. Urusei Yatsura TV Box 3 is in production and
is quickly approaching replication as well, with a tentative 45 days
before AnimEigo thinks they'll send it off to be replicated. The first Oh!
My Goddess disc (which has a release date with many retailers) is looking
to be replicated in about 45 days as well. Disc 2 of Oh! My Goddess is
expected to contain a few music videos as well. Vampire Princess Miyu Vol.
#2 is still in the authoring stages and is looking at a late summer
release (though a date has been announced to retailers). Baoh is also
still in the authoring stages and is expected for late summer release.
Slightly advance review
(05:25 PM EST):
Due out on 6/5/2001 is the next release
in what I consider to be a light and fun series much like Outlaw Star, for
an obvious release. Check out our thoughts on Bandai's
Angel Links
Vol. #2.
Newly reviewed (04:40 PM
EST):
Digging into the pile a bit more, we've
completed our review for the
Project
A-Ko: Love & Robots disc that was released on 5/8. Poor A-Ko just
can't catch a break!
Advance review (03:51 PM
EST):
Due out on 7/3/2001 from Bandai is the
first volume of
Gundam: 08th MS Team. Having finished the disc, this show has
definitely rekindled a spark for the classic show that is Gundam and the
UC timeline.
Friday, May 25th, 2001
TOKYOPOP tidbit (06:00 PM EST):
According to a mention on the forum via
second hand information, The TOKYOPOP release of
Vampire Princess Miyu contains the laserdisc release, which
means the episodes contain the slightly bloodier release that didn't get
aired without edits. Contrary to my original belief, this was done for
just about the entire run of the series in Japan, so it's really great to
get the unedited complete version here.
Alternate Angles (11:34
AM EST):
Let's see if we can sneak in a few
alternate angle reviews here while the baby is asleep...
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2001
Forum (09:52 PM EST):
Please note that the forum has changed
its location, it's now
here.
Please update your bookmarks if you link directly.
Pioneer explains CCS 4
(10:03 AM EST):
The
Right Stuf site has given an explanation via
Pioneer about why Cardcaptor Sakura #4 is due out in January 2002:
Pioneer Entertainment regrets to announce that Cardcaptor Sakura 4:
Sakura Fight! has been postponed to January 2002 in accordance to our
Licensor's request. This request does not affect other Cardcaptor Sakura
volumes, so Cardcaptor Sakura 5: Vacation Daze will still be released on
9/11/01.
Pioneer Entertainment appreciates your patience and your
understanding regarding this unexpected and unfortunate delay and we
will attempt to compensate you, our loyal consumers, for the delay
through an additional limited edition bonus available with the release
of Volume 4. We will announce more details later this year as they
become finalized. Thank you for your continuing support.
Personal thoughts removed.
More new title announcements
(10:03 AM EST):
The
Right Stuf site has updated again with some more
new titles that are convincing me I'm going to need a third job. Due out
on 8/28 is the first volume of
Vampire Princess Miyu TV and
Saint Tail.
Both discs have a running time of 75 minutes and a retail price of 29.99$.
Both discs are bilingual releases, though it's worth noting that there
will be a dub VHS released alongside them, but not subtitled VHS.
New title announcements
(08:55 AM EST):
The
Right Stuf site is updating again, this time
making CCS fans happy. Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. #4 will have a Jan 15 2002
release date while Cardcaptor Vol. #5 will have a 9/11/2001 release date.
Both retail for 29.99$.
Manga titles (07:24 AM
EST):
The folks at
Manga have adjusted their upcoming
schedule a bit. A number of titles on their list previously have yet to be
announced and street dates were coming up, so many of them have been
bumped to a later date or place in the no date section. The bump that will
annoy some folks is Blood being moved from 7/31 to 8/28, but others will
be pleased to finally see X slated for a 9/25 release. The list now only
goes up to September 25th, so the October discs aren't as set. What was
due in October? Giant Robo 1 & 2 and the two Evangelion movies. I've
essentially removed most of the Manga titles from our upcoming list and
tweaked what remains on theirs into ours. Can you guess that I hate
release lists?
Filing under "rumor"
(07:12 AM EST):
A post in the forum by an E3 attendee
indicated that a Pioneer rep at E3 (the Electronics Entertainment Expo
held just last week) gave notice that they've licensed Gatekeepers and
intend to have it out in September. If true, it's again great to see
Pioneer branching out into licensing more titles that aren't part of the
family stable. An announcement similar to this was made in the previous
year or two as well, so it's probably likely, but we're treating it as a
rumor until we get an official confirm.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2001
More new title announcements (05:42
PM EST):
David Williams of ADV has just posted
that they will be releasing the first volume of the
Original Dirty Pair OVA series onto DVD on 7/17/2001. This disc
will contain the first 5 of 10 OVA's and if it sells well (as it should),
it should help spur the acquisition of the full TV series. And we need the
TV series. TV series would cause much happiness among many people. So buy!
DVD packaging hubs (05:21 PM EST):
"CapZman" sent us a link to a site that
does indeed prove that just about anything can be put on the net. Check
out this site about
DVD cases and hubs, which also includes a handy-dandy Scanavo how-to
remove guide!
New title announcements (12:37 PM EST):
According to an update at
AnimeNation,
Hand Maid
May Vol. #1 and
Niea_7 Vol. #1
will both street on 08/14/2001. Both volumes will contain 4 episodes and
retail for 29.99$. Pioneer's making Niea_7 their first DVD exclusive
release, something other companies have been doing for a bit now. Hand
Maid May runs for 10 episodes plus 1 special direct to video episode at
the end and Niea_7 runs for 13 episodes.
According to TRSI,
Sailor
Moon S TV Vol. #4 will arrive on 8/14 as well, bringing more
Sailor Moon goodness to its fans. TRSI has also announced their latest
title acquisition and release,
Yamamoto
Yohko, Starship Girl, which will be out on 9/25 for 39.95$,
containing the six OVA's. I've personally not heard this title being
licensed yet, so hopefully we'll learn more soon!
Not so delayed (06:52 PM EST):
After we posted the information yesterday
on certain Pioneer delayed discs, some new information came to light with
different dates. According to the Pioneer rep posting in the forum, the
Fushigi Yugi OVA box set is scheduled to street on 6/5 and the Kishin
Corps/Geo Armor disc is on 6/19. Kishin was delayed initially awhile ago
to move up to a 2 disc release to improve video quality, and this
secondary delay was due to the discovery of two episodes being dubtitled
instead of properly subtitled, so that needed to be fixed. Both releases
are now in replication.
Monday, May 21st, 2001
Coming soon? (08:36 PM EST):
According to AnimEigo's site, the Urusei
Yatsura TV DVD Set 2 is now in replication. No indication is given as to
when the set will be available for those who've preordered, but I'd bet
it'll be soon based on how quickly Vampire Princess Miyu was done.
Slightly advance review (08:26 PM EST):
Due out on 5/29/2001, we've gotten a look
at the 5th volume of
Martian Successor Nadesico over the weekend and have compiled
our thoughts on it.
More new title announcements (06:55
PM EST):
The folks at Bandai have let loose a few
more announcements today, such as the dub only edition of
Mobile Suit Gundam Vol. #1 for 24.95$ and
Angel Links
Vol. #3 for 29.99$. Both are due on 08/07/2001. Due on 08/21/2001
is the next release of the very cool
Big O Vol. #2,
also retailing for 29.99$
Delays! (05:01 PM EST):
We haven't had much of these lately in
the way of actually learning about them in advance, but TRSI posted a few
new delays today. Crest of the Stars Vol. #1 will now arrive on 6/5 (with
subsequent volumes coming every two months, so August for #2), Cardcaptors
TV Dub will move to 7/10 and the most devastating ones are
Geo-Armor/Kishin Corps and the Fushigi Yugi OVA box to 7/23. Ouch, the end
of July only gets more insane.
New title announcement (04:59 PM EST):
ADV Films has announced the release date
for the final volume of Martian Successor Nadesico. Vol. #6 will arrive on
8/28/2001 and will contain the remaining 5 episodes (the show is still
coming out on VHS, so this is much like Bebop's release in that the DVD
started later than the VHS but both will finish at the same time.). Price
is 29.99$ for the 125 minutes of show.
Sunday, May 20th, 2001
Synch Point tidbits (02:28 PM EST):
A few little things have cropped up over
the past day or two regarding the upcoming releases of Synch Point's.
Originally, the DVD for FLCL was planned for after the VHS, but it now
appears that this series will arrive at the same time though no dates are
set yet. They're still looking at 2 OVA's per disc as well as getting some
extras (which I hope will be a subtitled version of the Pillows music
video that's on one of the discs). For Tenshi ni Narumon, it's still
looking like that will be release to DVD after the tapes start rolling
out.
Upcoming releases (09:26 AM EST):
Bound to make a number of people happy,
we've reworked our upcoming
release list into a workable database that provides several ways of
sorting the 149 titles currently listed in there.
Saturday, May 19th, 2001
Contests (02:01 PM EST):
Now that we've had a moment to breathe,
we've finalized our winner for the Right Stuf sponsored
Battle Angel
contest and have posted the results. We've also kicked off another Right
Stuf sponsored contest that's going to challenge a wide variety of the
creative anime fandom out there. We're talking video, audio drama, visual
and written. Check
out what we've got going for the latest contest!
Friday, May 18th, 2001
Press (05:34 PM EST):
The folks behind the upcoming Big Apple
Anime Fest have sent out a
press release about an international cosplay contest that their site
will be hosting. The prize? A trip from anywhere in the world to the BAAF
or 1500$ cash... Someplace to check out to be sure!
Thursday, May 17th, 2001
Bandai tweaks again (10:18 PM EST):
According to a bit of information posted
in the forums by Charles McCarter of Bandai Entertainment, the discs that
are currently being authored will be done so that they recognize player
defaults that you may have set on them. For those like myself who have
their players set to default on Japanese language with English subtitles,
this is one more thing that lets us get to the content sooner. After
recently making the opening logos and FBI warnings skippable, this is
another great move.
Press (10:07 PM EST):
We got in the
press release today from
TOKYOPOP for their upcoming TOKYOPOP Soundtrax line which we mentioned
briefly yesterday. For the 14.98$ price tag and the titles selected, it
looks like their music division could be off to a great start.
Newly reviewed (09:55 PM EST):
Just to get a little more of the backlog
out of the way, we squeezed in the 60 minute double feature release of
Ninku/Yu Yu Hakusho
this evening.
Newly reviewed (09:25 PM EST):
We took off the beginning part of the
week and caught up on some day to day things, but we started again last
night with the anime and have finished the
Saber Marionette Collection 2 disc set. Does it improve over
the original set?
DVD Girl Ai (12:53 PM EST):
A brief blurb on
UMJAMS today indicates
that Viz will be releasing Video Girl Ai on DVD in region 1 later this
year. The six OVA series will be released on two DVD's in bilingual
format, the first in September and the second in December. No information
on prices, exact dates or other features at this time.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2001
Fushigi delayed? (06:11 PM EST):
Rather surprising, but almost all
retailers and other listing sites seem to indicate that the Fushigi Yugi
OVA box set is now without a date. We'll see if we can gather some more
information.
TOKYOPOP news (03:24 PM EST):
Forum reader Grimlock sent us a bit of
news today, after doing the sensible thing and calling TOKYOPOP to get the
straight story on their upcoming releases for Vampire Princess Miyu:
- They are planning a domestic DVD release
- It will be bilingual
- They are looking at September to start releasing them
- The series will be spread over 8 discs
- Pricing will be about $30 per disc
- They also plan on releasing the soundtrack domestically either in
August or September
Browsing through the TOKYOPOP site, you'll also
notice what appear to be upcoming soundtracks for Trigun and Bubblegum
Crisis 2040...
Convention Guide (08:47 AM EST):
So who's up for some anime activism?
We've started off our
Anime
Convention Panel Guide today, based off of feedback from the forum we
requested awhile ago. This will be an evolving list over time and
something I hope to helps solve some of the problems that are out there.
More on Wings (08:25 AM EST):
For those who've been hoping to see some
R1 vs. R2 screen shot comparisons of the Wings of Honneamise release,
forum regular Skywise has posted some interesting shots at
this site. It's
about 1.1 meg in total, so it will take a bit to load. Honestly, be
prepared to be startled by some of it.
Tuesday, May 15th, 2001
AoD Recommends (05:28 PM EST):
Our
recommendations page has
gotten a new update today, with the first entry in our region 2 section.
Check out what Lee Johnson has to say about
My Neighbor's the Yamada's!
Newly licensed (05:00 PM EST):
Bound to surprise a lot of folks, Vampire
Princess Miyu TV and Saint Tail have been acquired for domestic
distribution. TOKYOPOP has
acquired the rights to the 26 episode Miyu series and the 43 episode Saint
Tail series. No indication of what/how it will be released, simply a
little blurb on their site that they've got it. We should have an idea
about their DVD production plans based on the upcoming release of Spring &
Chaos that's due on 5/29. Thanks to JCollis and the folks on the anime on
DVD IRC chat channel for letting us know.
Ceres, Celestial Legend info (02:22
PM EST):
A bit of info has popped up on the
Right Stuf site:
Viz and Pioneer have released further information on the 7/31 release
of Ceres, Celestial Legend Volume 1: Destiny on VHS / DVD.
The official press release indicates that it is the first volume in an
8 volume set. Current plans are to have 3 episodes per volume. The DVDs
will be bilingual (English / Japanese) with extras such as artwork,
character backgrounds, and exclusive interview footage with Yű Watase.
AnimEigo tidbits (10:41 AM EST):
According to the
AnimEigo site, the first volume of
Vampire Princess Miyu will begin shipping on 5/15/2001. They also note
that some of the Urusei Yatsura TV Vol. #1 that were recently replicated
for mainstream release slipped through without the liner notes, and their
main page describes how to acquire these little godsends.
Monday, May 14th, 2001
New title announcement (08:46 PM EST):
Though news from Anime Central appears to
be fairly thin overall, David Williams of ADV has returned to the forums
and posted a new title announcement today. Due on 8/21/2001, Orange Road:
Summer's Beginning will arrive. No info on price or features yet.
Press (05:56 PM EST):
The latest press release from ADV has
arrived, heralding the 7/10 release of
Blue Seed Vol. #2.
Bandai tidbit/general (05:31 PM EST):
A couple of readers sent us a bit of news
regarding Bandai, and a state of the industry in general. As seems to be
the way, Love Hina's eventual release will be DVD only. Considering most
folks aren't expecting it until next year, it makes even more sense. Most
of Bandai's releases for this year are DVD only already. The
general feel is that unless it's part of their TV lineup, it'll get the
disc only treatment. But even there things aren't as they seem. The Big O
won't be getting a VHS release and it looks as if Pilot Candidate won't be
either. Indications from other studios including ADV is that the dub tape
market is moving south pretty fast. And while it's not the best bellwether
to go by, check your local Suncoast. Mine just moved all the anime tapes
to the side back wall and has given the prime position to the anime DVD's
buy doubling the space they used to have.
It's a DVD world folks!
Pioneer tidbit (05:24 PM EST):
A little tidbit has arrived that we just
may be seeing the next Pioneer series, NieA_7, arriving this August.
Apparently the dub for the first two episodes has played at a few
conventions already.
Akira's official (05:22 PM EST):
The
official press
release has come about for Akira today, and it's pretty much coming
down the road as expected. July 24th will definitely be a sweet day of
anime viewing!
Box sets (05:18 PM EST):
Are you like me and wanting some nicely
designed non-cheap looking boxes to store your anime DVD's in? The
solution is close at
hand my friends...
More Anime Central news (06:44 AM EST):
Forum regular LejuN posted some new
information from Anime Central late last night:
- John Sirabella of Media Blasters was asked about when a "less cut"
Kite will make it to DVD. He stated that it would be on DVD by December.
- FLCL from Synch Point will have more than one episode per disc, but
it's not locked down yet, and speculation leads to 2 episodes/3 discs
total.
- Asked about acquiring more shoujo based on Princess 9's sales, ADV's
Matt and David both gave enthusiastic responses of yes. They said there
many series that they are eyeing, and would love to bring them over if
people were interested.
- ADV also said that they are very happy with the 6 disc release
schedule, and will be using it for a lot of future releases.
- And finally, "Ardith (of Synch Point) looked great in her black
dress".
Sunday, May 13th, 2001
Anime Central news (08:58 PM EST):
The first tidbits from the Anime Central
convention this weekend are now starting to trickle in and we expect to
hear more during the week (and if we haven't posted it,
let us know about it!).
According to forum reader Don, some interesting bits came up during the
Right Stuf panel regarding Kare Kano:
- They'll be doing alternate angles for next episode previews
- There will be multiple subtitle tracks
- It will most likely be 4 DVD's
- Title will be "His & Her Circumstance" (unless I didn't hear an "s"
at the end)
Cover art (04:30 PM EST):
An expanding piece can be found on
AnimEigo's site, but the cover art
for
Vampire Princess Miyu Vol. #1 is now up and available.
Advance review (03:27 PM EST):
Due out on 6/12/2001 from ADV Films is
the first volume of the fan favorite and classic series,
Nadia, the Secret of
Blue Water. Our copy arrived late last week and we've given it a good
run through on our setup.
Saturday, May 12th, 2001
Anime Love (03:35 PM EST):
The crew over at Anime Love is
celebrating the arrival of their new mascot with a contest, which you can
check out here.
Kudos to Riki LeCotey who did the design of the mascot and whose done some
incredible stuff for us here as well. I wish I could hire her full time!
Newly reviewed (03:07 PM EST):
One of Central Park Media's other
releases this past week was the four OVA compilation of the
Mystery of the Necronomicon from their Anime 18 line. One of the few
titles to truly give me the shivers!
Advance review (09:14 AM EST):
Due out on 7/10/2001, we've taken a look
at ADV's initial offering for their next TV series,
Orphen Vol. #1.
Friday, May 11th, 2001
New title announcement (10:33 PM EST):
Urban Vision has sent out their
latest press
release talking about their 7/17/2001 release of the 90's Gatchaman
OVA. The disc will contain all of the OVA's that were released in separate
tapes for the low price of 29.95$.
ADV subtitles (06:24 PM EST):
One of the most recent concerns with
ADV's discs has been with the unusually large subtitle fonts (which I
personally haven't minded). They've been tinkering behind the scenes and
have come up with a font style that will likely be more pleasing on the
eye for folks. Expect to see it filtering into new releases starting with
Gasaraki Vol. #5, Nadia Vol. #1 and others. Having seen it on a couple of
discs now, it's definitely much improved.
CPM tidbits (06:22 PM EST):
A question to the CPM folks on our forum
recently asked about the upcoming releases of Sohryuden and Detonator
Orgun. Of concern was whether the dubs done by Manga UK would be used for
them. Apparently CPM has decided that since they've never done a dub for
it in the US, they're creating new English language tracks to be used for
both shows. Of particular interest to many, fan favorite Jessica Calvello
(recently seen providing much footage in outtakes on Demon Fighter Kocho
for Media Blasters), will be appearing in both of the new dubs. And
speaking of CPM, don't forget about their
Utena Contest!
Alternate angles (12:45 PM EST):
Due to an email snafu, we just got in
about 300 email messages from the past couple of weeks. Here's some of the
reviews that were sent in:
Newly reviewed (11:56 AM EST):
Next in line for our reviews is Media
Blaster's release of
Twin Signal.
Newly reviewed (11:22 AM EST):
Next in line for our reviews is Pioneer's
release of
Sailor Moon S TV Vol. #2.
Newly reviewed (10:49 AM EST):
First up for our reviews this weekend
we've taken a look at
Agent Aika Vol. #2, newly released this week from Central Park Media.
Later this weekend we'll have a full review for Orphen Vol. #1 and Nadia
Vol. #1 as well.
El Hazard tidbit (10:08 AM EST):
One bit of information that's cropped up
recently, but I can't recall if we covered it or not, the El-Hazard box
set is going to have something extra special for Japanese language fans.
The original seven episodes of the OVA series are getting not only the
original Japanese 2.0 track, but the Japanese 5.1 Dolby Digital track.
While there isn't a huge amount of moments in this show where the 5.1 mix
is necessary, it does have some great moments towards the climactic
battles and the 5.1 track will also let people hear the remixed opening
song. There will be no English 5.1 remix however.
New in R2 (09:49 AM EST):
The folks at
CD Japan have sent out their
latest missive listing a
number of DVD and CD releases coming up in a few months time if not
sooner.
Petitions (09:44 AM EST):
Bit of an update in our
petitions section, with the
Hyper Police petition now moved to a new location and the addition of a
Samurai Pizza Cats petition.
Thursday, May 10th, 2001
More on NuTech (01:38 PM EST):
After a brief follow-up with the folks at
NuTech, my primary fear (and one I'm sure other hentai consumers are
generally fearful of), we've learned that the upcoming releases that
they're doing will not be dubtitled, but will be properly subtitled
scripts. Phew! I'm definitely now looking forward to seeing how these
discs come out, both in the dub and the sub.
Wednesday, May 9th, 2001
New title announcements (08:12 PM
EST):
A few more announcements in this evening:
More on City Hunter 2 (07:58 PM EST):
According to new information posted on
the forum, ADV is now accepting preorders for this title from residents in
the UK. The discs will be region 1 and 2 coded, but UK folks need to
remember that they will be NTSC encoded, not PAL. But most UK anime owners
have NTSC capability to begin with so it's not a big deal. The page will
now allow you to make your order, but the shipping is still being
researched and will be updated later. ADV's license for City Hunter is
being looked at for other regions, but at this time they can only send the
sets to people with US, Canadian and UK addresses. There may be a list to
gauge other areas as they definitely want to market this title as much as
they can, so you Australians settle down for a day or two.
More new Nutech info (07:55 PM EST):
We conversed briefly with the folks at
NuTech this afternoon and culled some interesting information. First and
foremost, the discs will definitely be bilingual and there will be
subtitles. Apparently NuTech has the exclusive distribution rights for all
new Pink Pineapple releases. So those keeping track of their releases in
Japan may want to enlighten the unwashed masses! We've also been told that
the other titles, mentioned earlier in today's news, should be getting
their promotion soon with listing the other various English language
actresses taking a crack at the anime world.
New Nutech info (02:03 PM EST):
The news page over at
AnimeNation has updated with some information
about Nutech and their upcoming releases. Apparently they're making a play
at becoming an actual player in the anime field without sublicensing from
other studios:
NuTech Digital, manufacturer of several DVD titles for Central Park
Media and Right Stuf, including Tokyo Babylon, Cyber City, La Blue Girl
and Imma Youjo, has announced that they will be entering the domestic
anime market with the license to several existing hentai anime series
and all forthcoming Pink Pineapple releases. NuTech currently has plans
for American bilingual DVD releases of several excellent hentai series
including Welcome to Pia Carrot, Blackmail (Kyuohaku), Inmu, Koihime,
Desert Island Story (Mujintoh Monogatari series 1 & 2), Shyusaku and
Shyusaku Replay, and Angels in the Court. The DVD versions will
subtitles and dubbing performed by adult video industry stars including
Asia Carrera and Rayveness. The DVDs will be released individually and
as boxed sets.
The one graphic I had seen of the Shusaku and Inmu shows made no
mention of the discs being bilingual, so we'll do a bit more footwork to
confirm. But if this does prove to be true, then domestic hentai fans are
going to get some quite interesting shows coming their way this year.
New title announcement (12:21 PM EST):
Having just gotten in my most recent
Animerica magazine, it was interesting to note a blurb on the ad Viz runs
for their Ranma titles. According to the blurb, they intend to release one
Ranma 1/2 DVD (from season 6) every month from May until I believe January
2002. I certainly hope they can pull it off, and just to keep them on
track, they're now announcing a 7/24/2001 street date for Ranma 1/2:
Season 6 Vol. #3. The 78 minute disc is bilingual and will retail for
29.99$.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2001
Rayearth TV (09:30 PM EST):
While a lot of us are waiting for the
Season 2 box set of Magic Knight Rayearth to be released, some good news
for those who've been wanting to check out Season 1. According to a brief
mention in the forum today by John Sirabella of Media Blasters, the Season
1 discs will be released individually starting in August. We'll likely
start hearing some more details within the next month or so.
New title announcements (05:08 PM EST):
Two new ones up today according to
Right Stuf. Dragon Ball Z 51: World Tournament:
Junior Division with a running time of 61 minutes and Dragon Ball Z 21
Frieza: Transformation with a running time of 78 minutes will arrive on
6/12/2001. Retail for both is 24.95$ and they are bilingual.
City Hunter 2 (05:00 PM EST):
The pre-order direct from ADV for the
first ADV Fansub DVD is
now open with
the 5 disc set of the first half of the City Hunter 2 season up for a
starting price of 124.98$. If the set can generate over 8000 interested
folks, the price drops down to an incredible 50$. Let's get this bad boy
made!
Monday, May 7th, 2001
It's open! (05:54 PM EST):
The folks at AnimEigo have opened the
preordering for the Urusei Yatsura 2 TV box set, which means another 5
discs of Lum goodness is almost upon us! With a few special pre-order
online direct only kind of things running these days, I've opted to put
that at the top of the page for now. Later this week it'll move to one of
the sidebars.
New title announcements (01:24 PM EST):
Looks like a few more announcements have
made their way out today. According to
Right Stuf, 7/24/2001 will see the release of
Oh! My
Goddess Vol. #1 containing OVA's 1-3 for 24.95$. On 8/28/2001,
Oh! My
Goddess Vol. #2 containing OVA's 4-5 will arrive for 24.95$ as well.
So now all we need to do is wait for the summer con season for someone to
announce the acquisition of both the theatrical movie and the
mini-goddesses. Someone must get these after all!
New title announcement (01:12 PM EST):
They're at it again... David Williams of
ADV posted this morning that their next series to come out this summer now
has a date:
Getter Robo Vol. #1 will arrive on 7/17/2001. I believe there's a
trailer for it on Gasaraki #5 as well, and classic looking giant robot
fans are going to be in for a treat.
Sunday, May 6th, 2001
Studio Challenge (07:44 AM EST):
Our
Studio
Challenge has been updated this morning with the last picture now that
we've finally found our digital camera. Suffice to say, I think the
original challenge is going to end early this year...
Newly reviewed (07:22 AM EST):
Getting another disc closer to watching
Slayers Try (ok, I can't say that without laughing), we've dug into the
pile again last night and pulled out
Nightwalker
Vol. #1, a quite nice disc with six episodes out of the twelve
episodes made. And the hook for those of you who may have passed this up?
Maaya Sakamoto of Escaflowne provides a solid performance here.
Saturday, May 5th, 2001
Newly reviewed (11:59 AM EST):
Digging into our to-watch pile again,
we've taken in Media Blasters release of
Rurouni
Kenshin Vol. #5 and have compiled our thoughts on this five episode
disc.
Advance review (10:49 AM EST):
Due out on 5/29, ADV's release of
Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:7 begins the final arc of the
series and the emotional and mental collapse of half of the cast. Woo! Let
the anguish commence!
Advance review (09:52 AM EST):
Due out on 5/22, ADV's release of
Gasaraki Vol. #5
will definitely enthrall the junkies of this show. The same level of
quality is there with the disc and the story itself only continues to grow
and expand.
Hentai update (08:09 AM EST):
A bit more information has come in this
morning regarding the Shusaku and Inmu titles listed yesterday. Still no
information on whether they'll be bilingual, but it appears these Pink
Pineapple anime shows may have something different - actual adult movie
actresses portraying some of the characters. According to the sell sheet,
Asia Carrera and Rayveness will be participating and the box art shows
pics of them on the cover as well. Finally, hentai with proper sounding
dubs? You be the judge!
Friday, May 4th, 2001
New title announcements (04:24 PM
EST):
The people at Nutech Digital have
acquired some new hentai anime and are releasing it in singles and box
sets. Shusaku Box Set 1-4 is due on 6/30/2001 for 79.99$ and Inmu Box Set
1-2 is due on 6/30/2001 for 39.95$. The individual discs retail for 24.95$
so the boxes are a bit of a deal. The kicker? According to the information
posted about it at
Right Stuf, they're dub only. Can you guess what
I'm not going to bother picking up? And if you believe Nutech's release
date, you'll note that their January solicitation for Votoms is now five
months late.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2001
Akira Deluxe Tin (07:09 AM EST):
Shiny... must have. With thanks to LejuN
and Scott Green who sent me the link, here's the pic of the
limited edition Akira
double disc release tin.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2001
Tylor replacements (08:39 PM EST):
Shawne Kleckner of TRSI posted some new
information regarding the swap-out for the fourth volume of the
Irresponsible Captain Tylor (which means the slackers out there like
myself really need to get moving and send in the receipt):
These will begin shipping probably tomorrow. The shipment will include
the replacement disc, along with a set of limited edition postcards
which are not sold in stores.
The discs will be sent by mail and will take about 1-2 weeks to arrive.
They are coming in hard mailers so there should hopefully be no
problems.
You can tell the "new" disc from the "old" disc by the characters on
the silkscreen. The "new" disc has Tylor on the right, whereas the old
disc does not have Tylor on it at all.
New shipments of the DVD set and disc will have a sticker saying
"13+" on them, so that they can be easily identified. Old sets do not
have this sticker.
Thanks to everyone who was patient as we fixed this issue.
Best regards,
Shawne Kleckner
TRSI
shawnek@rightstuf.com
Newly reviewed (01:48 PM EST):
Digging into our bins for something to
watch the over the past couple of days, we pulled out and have finalized
our review for
Saber Marionette J Collection 1.
Samurai Swap (11:52 AM EST):
For those who were interested in getting
the corrected reversible covers for ADV's release of Samurai X: The Movie,
the info has come out.
Send a "stamped, self addressed envelope" suitable to send the
replacement outer wrap to:
A.D. Vision Return
5050 Laguna Blvd Suite. 112
PMB #360
Elk Grove, Ca. 95758
They will accept and process returns from May 1 - June 30th. Expect to
receive the replacements in 2-3 weeks.
Please note that this offer/swap is not going to the ADV offices, but
the place where the covers were mis-pressed. They are not requesting you
send in the original cover. If you have concerns about how the new cover
will be sent back, the safer the package you send to them the safer it
will come back, since you're sending them what you want it back in.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2001
New interview (06:53 PM EST):
Yep, check the arrogant attitude that
I've got, which shows up nicely in the interview I did with the folks at
Anime Dorks. Of course, when
you're online, you sometimes have a stronger persona than offline. Only
those who know me in person can say (and most of them are simply out to
get my collection of discs, so I wouldn't trust them either! muahahahaha).
Quick look (06:52 PM EST):
Some alert readers sent us a note that
the artwork for the
Mobile Suit
Gundam: MS 08th Team is now out, which you can check via that link.
New title announcements (05:28 PM EST):
Ok, deep breath everyone, here's a slew
of new announcements from Central Park Media courtesy of
Right Stuf. Some folks will remember this sort
of mass listing occurred last year as well and most everything was right
on schedule.
- Utena, Revolutionary Girl: The Movie - 11/13/2001 - 80 minutes -
29.99$
- Beast City 1-2 - 11/13/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Strange Love - 10/09/2001 - 80 minutes - 29.99$
- Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings: Under Fire - 11/13/2001 - 90
minutes - 29.99$
- Sins of the Sisters - 11/13/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Ping Pong Club 5: Goes for Broke - 11/13/2001 - 180 minutes - 29.99$
- Night on the Galactic Railroad - 10/09/2001 - 108 minutes - 29.99$
- My My Mai (1-2) - 10/09/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Battle Skipper: The Movie (1-3) - 11/13/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Teacher's Pet - 10/09/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Spaceship Agga Ruter 1-2 - 10/09/2001 - 120 minutes - 29.99$
- Masquerade 1-2 - 09/11/2001 - 120 minutes - 29.99$
- Fencer of Minerva 2: The Tempest - 08/14/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Demon Beast Invasion 3/4 - 08/14/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Demon Beast Invasion 5/6 - 10/09/2001 - 90 minutes - 29.99$
- Demon Beast Invasion Box Set - 10/09/2001 - 270 minutes - 79.99$
Alternate angles (01:49 PM EST):
Since I know a number of people don't
care for my content reviews, we've got more alternate angle reviews up and
ready to roll today, giving everyone more varied opinions to read, which
in my view is a good thing:
New contests (01:36 PM EST):
Two new contests are now underway here.
The first is the TRSI sponsored one for the new out of print
Battle Angel DVD
while the second is for the
Black Heaven TV
series (er, most of it at least). Expect to see more contests this
month.
New title announcement (07:44 AM EST):
The
Right Stuf site has
updated and now lists a 7/10/2001 release date for Cardcaptors Vol. #5.
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