So io9 is under the impression that “after Akira blows everyone’s mind” that Hollywood should tread further into ‘manga territory’.
First off, since we still know absolutely nothing about the live action Akira and what little was do know was less then encouraging…. I’d hardly say we’re at the mind blowing stage just yet… if ever.
Second, they drum up a rather interesting, if not impractical list.
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So I was hanging around the other day and got sent a link to a site selling USB flash drives that resemble the Lancelot key in Code Geass and I thought that was pretty darn cool.
The best the US can do for USB drives that look like something else is lego blocks or some other useless crap. Looks cool but going for a hefty ¥9,240 or about $83. If you got the big bucks to go out and get one of these go for it!
Thanks to the Extralife chat room community for bringing this little nugget to my attention.
Continue readingWe’ve seen plans for anime movies in the past… Speed Racer… Dragonball… Astro Boy… Gatchaman… Ghost in the Shell… and now…
Cowboy Bebop.
I for one am not looking forward to the potential train wreck, Hollywood is not exactly building up a lot of faith with fans of the original work and isn’t necessarily bringing in new blood at this rate.
I have two problems up front already. First, the fact that Fox is putting this out(remember, they’re killing Dragonball) and that there is an ‘oath of fidelity’ to the original material. The second part is a load of BS and if you can’t see that then I know a Nigerian prince who would like your bank information.
Check out the fairly condescending article which seems to lump the anime demographic as ‘fanboys’.
Thanks to the numorious people who sent me this article through email, IMs and private tells.
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Breaking on the wire is the announcement of a new Black Lagoon series. This was confirmed by a wrap around ad in Japan around the first novel based on the anime series. This series will most likely take off from the events seen in Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage.
Funimation recently picked up Black Lagoon and Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage from Geneon USA and will be releasing it on August 19th of this year(Don’t sent emails because I said “first week of September” on the podcast this week).
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Earlier in the year, Animeondvd.com was bought up by Mania Entertainment. When the announcement broke, it was determined that the site would retain its staff and design. This was changed earlier in the week.
AoD is now linking directly to mania.com/anime with a whole new, and rather clunky looking interface.
One can only hope that the original vision and enjoyment of the site holds through the change in interface.
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Since we think Digital Distribution is the wave of the future, we thought we’d point out some of the latest anime offerings on the internet.
Viz-
Joining Funimation and Manga Entertainment, Viz has put up some of their series for download on iTunes. Bleach, Death Note and Naruto are the first of the Viz series to show up.
I think it’d be fun if we could see other Viz series that are classics(such as Ranma 1/2 or Inuyasha) or something cutting edge(such as Eyeshield 21 or Hikaru no Go). Hopefully there will be expansion on this.
Funimation-
The big Funimation announcement actually comes from Sony out of E3. Sony announced the opening of their Sony Entertainment Playstation Store. The store allows you to download videos for their Playstation 3(PS3) and Playstation Portable(PSP) platforms.
No specific titles were mentioned however, we’ll be updating this post with them once one of our PS3 enabled contributors is available.
Overseas, BONES studio will also be releasing exclusive content specifically for the Playstation Store.
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