Episode #7- Anime Research! The Prospect of Marketing May Conquer!!
PANEL: Chris(132 Productions), Matt
Main Topic:
This week we sat and talked about the commercialization of anime and its pluses and minuses. Anime has been a fan driven commodity, and now commercialization beyond the 4Kids style series with Yu-Gi-Oh underwear and Pokemon fruit snacks. We compare two anime podcasts and discuss the various ways anime is commercialized for better or worse. We also apologize for the background noise in our latest podcast, our studio contained an active Nintendo Wii which we could not move.
News:
Azureus, the popular BitTorrent client, has inked a deal with Manga Entertainment to distribute anime through their BitTorrent tracker, Zudeo. (Link) Funimation launches distribution and sale of their anime through their Funimation Channel on iTunes. (Link) The Japanese Goverment is promoting cultural exchange through anime and manga. (Link) Japan opens its first international anime research lab and has some big time names to run it. (Link) Gainax releases Evangelion drinks, “Don’t Drink This” black coffee and “LCL” orange juice. (Link) Evangelion director, Hideaki Anno, announces the first of the new Evangelion movies to be out in September in Japan. Bang Zoom Entertainment produced podcast, AnimeTV premiered the previous week with host Johnny Yong Bosch. (Link) Anime retailer AnimeNation.com also premiered a self-produced podcast through their website. (Link)
Releases:
Anime:
| Basilisk | Vol. 5 |
| Beet the Vandel Buster | Vol. 2 |
| Fate/stay night | Vol. 2 |
| Gunbuster | Sub Only |
| Le Chevalier D’Eon | Vol. 1 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz | Movie/ReBox |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack | Movie/ReBox |
| MoonPhase | Vol. 4 |
| Naruto | Vol. 9/DubOnly |
| Negima! | Vol. 6 |
| Origin ~Spirits of the Past~ | Movie |
| Oroshitate Musical Nerima Daikon Brothers | Vol. 2 |
| Paradise Kiss | Vol. 2 |
Anime Box:
| Samurai Gun | |
Manga:
| Golgo 13 | Vol. 7 |
| Hana-Kimi | Vol. 16 |
| Inubaka | Vol. 1 |
| Kekkaishi | Vol. 8 |
| Monster | Vol. 7 |
| To Terra | Vol. 1 |
| Vagabond | Vol. 24 |
| Drifting Classroom | Vol. 4 |
Review:
We finished our review series First Impressions, which reviews an anime series based on its first episode. We finished up with DearS. Gaining a 7 out of 10. Take a listen for our indepth coverage. Nothing like a recent box set, budget series to get you rolling.
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