Anime News

01-12-2004, 06:21 PM

+Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, DBZ Back on Toonami - Sources at Funimation have
confirmed that Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and DBZ will return to the Cartoon
Network's popular late afternoon Toonami Block starting on January 5. The SD
Gundam series will lead off the block at 5 pm (ET, PT), followed by Yu Yu Hakusho
at 5:30, DBZ at 6 pm, and the original Dragon Ball series at 6:30. The Yu Yu
Hakusho series will start with episode #1 and proceed chronologically. In April
the Cartoon Network will show the second season of Yu Yu Hakusho, the so-called
Dark Tournament Saga, for the first time.

+Kids' WB Orders More 'Blue Bombers' - The Kids's WB has announced the acquisition
of 26 more episodes of the cyber adventure anime series MegaMan NT Warrior. The 26
new episodes, which bring the WB's total to 40, should start airing on the number
one Saturday morning kids' block in the spring of 2004.

+ Saint Seiya preview online - Toei has placed a trailer for "Saint Seiya: The
Heaven Chapter ~overture~" online at their website here. Saint Seiya: The Heaven
Chapter ~overture~ is the sequel to last year's Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter.

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2004_seiya/index.html

+Hack//Quarantine Due January 13th - Bandai has officially announced that the fourth
and final volume of the .hack game and OVA, .hack//Quarantine, will be released on
January 13th, 2004

+Tokyopop Plans a 30-40% Increase in Titles for 2004 - Tokyopop plans to increase
the number of its releases from approximately 350 in 2003 to between 450 and 500 in
2004. Tokyopop Vice President Sales Steve Kleckner tied the 30-40% increase in
production to growing sales and to continued increases in display space at retail,
both from existing outlets and from new ones. The increase in new space will have to
be dramatic to support not only the increases from Tokyopop, but from almost every
company already in the business along with a raft of newcomers.

+Gunparade March Website - Media Blasters has open a website for Gunparade March at
gunparademarch.com. The flash only website includes a story synopsis, episode guide,
character profiles and some desktop images.

http://www.gunparademarch.com/

+Konami to Release Shaman King Games - Konami has acquired the right to develop video
games based on 4Kid's Shaman King property. Konami intends to release a game for the
Playstation 2 and the Gameboy Advance, it should be available in North America this
summer and Europe in 2005.

+GiTS 2 music video collection DVD titled - Buena Vista Japan will be releasing a
35 minute long Ghost in the Shell: Innocence music collection on March 19th. The
DVD will feature animation from the movie, which will be released 2 weeks earlier
- on March 6th, accompanied by music from the movie. The DVD, mixed in Dolby 5.1,
will retail for 2800 yen.

+Gundam Seed OAV - Bandai Visual has announced that the upcoming release of Gundam
Seed vol 13 will include a 5-minute short that was not include in the television
broadcast.

+Columbia Pictures going to release a new movie by Katsuhiro Otomo! - Katsuhiro Otomo
has worked on some amazing movies in his time (Perfect Blue, Akira, Metropolis and
more), and now another one of his works is making its way to America! Columbia will
be releasing Memories (S), which is a collection of three shorts: Magnetic Rose, Stink
Bomb, and Cannon Fodder. Sci-fi fans should definitely give this one a look!

+Tokyopop To Publish Saiyuki - Tokyopop will publish the first volume of Kazuya Minekura's
Gensomaden Saiyuki (Fantasy Romance Saiyuki) in March. Saiyuki is based on the famous
Chinese fantasy tale Xi You Ji ("Saiyuki"in Japanese), or Journey to the West. A sort of
Chinese fantasy version of the Canterbury Tales, Saiyuki is a bawdy pilgrimage complete
with a lecherous cleric (Genjyo), a Monkey King (Son Goku), a slippery water sprite (Sha
Gojyo), and a legendary demon slayer (Cho Hakkai).

+Media Blasters Plans Ameri-Manga - Media Blasters is planning its first American manga
title for release this year. The one-shot graphic novel release will be loosely based on
Media Blasters' Flesh for the Beast, a live action horror/sexploitation flick released on
DVD last year. Media Blasters is promising authentic manga creators for the book, which
will be released in b/w, with two covers.

+Mattel Gets Megaman NT Warrior - ShoPro Entertainment has awarded the master toy license
for Megaman NT Warrior to Mattel, Inc. The property is based on the Capcom video game
series and a long-running manga series.

+Sony Launches Animax Asia - Sony Pictures Entertainment is launching Animax Asia,
the first 24-hour-a-day anime network outside of Japan, this month. The network will be
distributed to Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Indonesia, with more countries to
follow. Sony estimates that there are 94 million TV viewers of anime in Asia.

+Cowboy Bebop Movie Hits TV - The movie to the Cowboy Bebop animated television
series will air multiple times on the Starz! channel, beginning January 15th.

+ADV Has Licensed 1,000 Volumes of Manga - ADV President and CEO John Ledford said that
ADV has now licensed more than 1,000 volumes of manga and Korean manwha. "Don't worry,
we're not publishing them all in 2004," Ledford joked, but he did note that ADV is
interested in coordinating the release of manga and anime titles based on the same
property. While this is not always possible, it can be effective as in the case of
ADV's successful launch of both the anime and manga of Full Metal Panic. Ledford
said that ADV has been working on the launch of its manga line for some time, and
the company has also spent considerable time preparing a line of anime/manga-based
toys and merchandise, which it will debut at Toy Fair in February.

+Stand Alone Complex Game Images - Japan's Game Watch has posted a large number of
images from the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex PS2 game. Included
are 11 images from the in-game animation sequence(s), as well as over 50 screenshots
from game play. The first set of pictures, including the in-game-movie pictures and
the first 15 game-picture are posted here, while the rest of the pictures are here.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...0031226/kk.htm
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...31226/kk_1.htm

+Howl's Moving Castle Delayed - Yahoo News Japan reports that Miyazaki's next movie,
Howl's Moving Castle, has been delayed from its planned July release until November.
The delay is said to be caused because they are substancially behind in the production.

+Ghost in the Shell Up for a Major Revival in '04 - The Ghost in the Shell: Stand
Alone Complex TV series debuts on the Adult Swim block of the Cartoon Network in August,
while the new GIS feature film, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, hits the theaters in
Japan on March 6, 2004 -- in plenty of time to ensure a US release before the end of
the year. Dreamworks, which has acquired the US rights to Ghost in the Shell: Innocence,
made sure that Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opened in the US in 2003 in time for
Oscar consideration, and it is likely that the studio will do the same for GIS: Innocence.

Falco53 · 01-12-2004, 08:08 PM

Nice. That's a lot of info.

Supposedly a remake of Astro Boy will be coming on Kids WB in the near future.

01-12-2004, 10:40 PM

I put that up...like a long time ago, Falco

About time Yuu Yuu Season 2 got aired. SL so happy ^_^

Wyborn · 01-12-2004, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SuperLuigi64:
I put that up...like a long time ago, Falco

About time Yuu Yuu Season 2 got aired. SL so happy ^_^

First time on Toonami. Not the first time on TV. The first season ended with the death of the Saint Beasts. You've already seen season 2. =P

01-13-2004, 09:21 AM

Yeah we were about 90% through season 2 and they decided to stop right at the finals. Bastards.

---------------------------------

~Gamer Chris

GC's Funny Quote
"I'm absolutely cookoo for crack!" ~Stewie, Family Guy

01-13-2004, 10:51 AM

Man, Adult Swim needs the next season of Lupin the 3rd and Big O.

The Cowboy Bebop movie being shown on Starz is cool though.

Falco53 · 01-13-2004, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SuperLuigi64:
[QB]I put that up...like a long time ago, Falco

Sorry, I missed it.

Although I did know a lot of that stuff already.

<BEGIN FANBOY MOMENT> YAYYY!!! YU YU HAKUSHO!!! NOW YUSUKE WILL GET REAL, REAL, STRONG!!! <END FANBOY MOMENT>

01-13-2004, 09:05 PM

Quote:

+Cowboy Bebop Movie Hits TV - The movie to the Cowboy Bebop animated television
series will air multiple times on the Starz! channel, beginning January 15th.

It's on TV here already. Has been since the start of January. EVen though some people don't quite get it, I think we have had a handful of new Bebop and anime watchers because of it. YAAAAY!

01-13-2004, 10:18 PM

I didn't get this up on time. Hence why some of it is a tad old.

01-12-2004, 06:21 PM	#1
Rattan Guest Posts: n/a	+Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, DBZ Back on Toonami - Sources at Funimation have confirmed that Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and DBZ will return to the Cartoon Network's popular late afternoon Toonami Block starting on January 5. The SD Gundam series will lead off the block at 5 pm (ET, PT), followed by Yu Yu Hakusho at 5:30, DBZ at 6 pm, and the original Dragon Ball series at 6:30. The Yu Yu Hakusho series will start with episode #1 and proceed chronologically. In April the Cartoon Network will show the second season of Yu Yu Hakusho, the so-called Dark Tournament Saga, for the first time. +Kids' WB Orders More 'Blue Bombers' - The Kids's WB has announced the acquisition of 26 more episodes of the cyber adventure anime series MegaMan NT Warrior. The 26 new episodes, which bring the WB's total to 40, should start airing on the number one Saturday morning kids' block in the spring of 2004. + Saint Seiya preview online - Toei has placed a trailer for "Saint Seiya: The Heaven Chapter ~overture~" online at their website here. Saint Seiya: The Heaven Chapter ~overture~ is the sequel to last year's Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter. http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2004_seiya/index.html +Hack//Quarantine Due January 13th - Bandai has officially announced that the fourth and final volume of the .hack game and OVA, .hack//Quarantine, will be released on January 13th, 2004 +Tokyopop Plans a 30-40% Increase in Titles for 2004 - Tokyopop plans to increase the number of its releases from approximately 350 in 2003 to between 450 and 500 in 2004. Tokyopop Vice President Sales Steve Kleckner tied the 30-40% increase in production to growing sales and to continued increases in display space at retail, both from existing outlets and from new ones. The increase in new space will have to be dramatic to support not only the increases from Tokyopop, but from almost every company already in the business along with a raft of newcomers. +Gunparade March Website - Media Blasters has open a website for Gunparade March at gunparademarch.com. The flash only website includes a story synopsis, episode guide, character profiles and some desktop images. http://www.gunparademarch.com/ +Konami to Release Shaman King Games - Konami has acquired the right to develop video games based on 4Kid's Shaman King property. Konami intends to release a game for the Playstation 2 and the Gameboy Advance, it should be available in North America this summer and Europe in 2005. +GiTS 2 music video collection DVD titled - Buena Vista Japan will be releasing a 35 minute long Ghost in the Shell: Innocence music collection on March 19th. The DVD will feature animation from the movie, which will be released 2 weeks earlier - on March 6th, accompanied by music from the movie. The DVD, mixed in Dolby 5.1, will retail for 2800 yen. +Gundam Seed OAV - Bandai Visual has announced that the upcoming release of Gundam Seed vol 13 will include a 5-minute short that was not include in the television broadcast. +Columbia Pictures going to release a new movie by Katsuhiro Otomo! - Katsuhiro Otomo has worked on some amazing movies in his time (Perfect Blue, Akira, Metropolis and more), and now another one of his works is making its way to America! Columbia will be releasing Memories (S), which is a collection of three shorts: Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb, and Cannon Fodder. Sci-fi fans should definitely give this one a look! +Tokyopop To Publish Saiyuki - Tokyopop will publish the first volume of Kazuya Minekura's Gensomaden Saiyuki (Fantasy Romance Saiyuki) in March. Saiyuki is based on the famous Chinese fantasy tale Xi You Ji ("Saiyuki"in Japanese), or Journey to the West. A sort of Chinese fantasy version of the Canterbury Tales, Saiyuki is a bawdy pilgrimage complete with a lecherous cleric (Genjyo), a Monkey King (Son Goku), a slippery water sprite (Sha Gojyo), and a legendary demon slayer (Cho Hakkai). +Media Blasters Plans Ameri-Manga - Media Blasters is planning its first American manga title for release this year. The one-shot graphic novel release will be loosely based on Media Blasters' Flesh for the Beast, a live action horror/sexploitation flick released on DVD last year. Media Blasters is promising authentic manga creators for the book, which will be released in b/w, with two covers. +Mattel Gets Megaman NT Warrior - ShoPro Entertainment has awarded the master toy license for Megaman NT Warrior to Mattel, Inc. The property is based on the Capcom video game series and a long-running manga series. +Sony Launches Animax Asia - Sony Pictures Entertainment is launching Animax Asia, the first 24-hour-a-day anime network outside of Japan, this month. The network will be distributed to Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Indonesia, with more countries to follow. Sony estimates that there are 94 million TV viewers of anime in Asia. +Cowboy Bebop Movie Hits TV - The movie to the Cowboy Bebop animated television series will air multiple times on the Starz! channel, beginning January 15th. +ADV Has Licensed 1,000 Volumes of Manga - ADV President and CEO John Ledford said that ADV has now licensed more than 1,000 volumes of manga and Korean manwha. "Don't worry, we're not publishing them all in 2004," Ledford joked, but he did note that ADV is interested in coordinating the release of manga and anime titles based on the same property. While this is not always possible, it can be effective as in the case of ADV's successful launch of both the anime and manga of Full Metal Panic. Ledford said that ADV has been working on the launch of its manga line for some time, and the company has also spent considerable time preparing a line of anime/manga-based toys and merchandise, which it will debut at Toy Fair in February. +Stand Alone Complex Game Images - Japan's Game Watch has posted a large number of images from the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex PS2 game. Included are 11 images from the in-game animation sequence(s), as well as over 50 screenshots from game play. The first set of pictures, including the in-game-movie pictures and the first 15 game-picture are posted here, while the rest of the pictures are here. http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...0031226/kk.htm http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...31226/kk_1.htm +Howl's Moving Castle Delayed - Yahoo News Japan reports that Miyazaki's next movie, Howl's Moving Castle, has been delayed from its planned July release until November. The delay is said to be caused because they are substancially behind in the production. +Ghost in the Shell Up for a Major Revival in '04 - The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series debuts on the Adult Swim block of the Cartoon Network in August, while the new GIS feature film, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, hits the theaters in Japan on March 6, 2004 -- in plenty of time to ensure a US release before the end of the year. Dreamworks, which has acquired the US rights to Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, made sure that Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opened in the US in 2003 in time for Oscar consideration, and it is likely that the studio will do the same for GIS: Innocence.

01-12-2004, 08:08 PM	#2
Falco53 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Happy World Land Posts: 2,744 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice. That's a lot of info. Supposedly a remake of Astro Boy will be coming on Kids WB in the near future.

01-12-2004, 10:40 PM	#3
SuperLuigi64 Guest Posts: n/a	I put that up...like a long time ago, Falco About time Yuu Yuu Season 2 got aired. SL so happy ^_^

01-13-2004, 09:21 AM	#5
Gamer Chris Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah we were about 90% through season 2 and they decided to stop right at the finals. Bastards. --------------------------------- ~Gamer Chris GC's Funny Quote "I'm absolutely cookoo for crack!" ~Stewie, Family Guy

01-13-2004, 10:51 AM	#6
PenguinMan26 Guest Posts: n/a	Man, Adult Swim needs the next season of Lupin the 3rd and Big O. The Cowboy Bebop movie being shown on Starz is cool though.

01-13-2004, 10:18 PM	#9
Rattan Guest Posts: n/a	I didn't get this up on time. Hence why some of it is a tad old.