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Zenryaku,
It's not quite time once again for another Anime Apolyton, but I'll be out of town (way out of town) next weekend and the one after that, so I better get this up while I have a chance.
Not much in the way of new licenses to be talking about right now, but that's not surprising since the main con season is pretty much over.
Most of the excitement (as far as licensing goes) is on the manga front. Del Ray has decided to enter the manga market, and has picked up the licenses for Gundam Seed a few CLAMP titles. The manga market must be really picking up steam for a publisher like Del Ray to get involved.
Viz has somewhat retracted their comments about licensing the anime version of Hikaru no Go. It seems likely that they have licensed it, but aren't anywhere near ready to release it, so they've had to backpedal for now. No change on the manga, however, so it should be out before long.
Speaking of manga, ADV's put out the first volume of Azumanga Daioh. Sounds like they're doing a decent job so far, although they're over-localizing things. Much of the humor of Azumanga Daioh is very rooted in Japanese culture, so this could be a problem. Still, giving Osaka a Brooklyn accent was probably about as good as that little gag could get.
There's a few recent or upcoming US anime releases I want to mention again.
The first is Haibane Renmei. The first disc is out, the next is out in October. If you're curious, there's a multiple page article in the September issue of Animerica. This issue also has a multi page interview with series creator yo****oshi ABe.
Animation Runner Kuromi is a short OVA that covers the making of an episode of an anime for TV broadcast. Kuromi is the nickname of the main character, a new hire at Petit Studio who turns up on her first day only to be given control over the production of the episode.... which is way behind schedule.
His and Her Circumstances is almost complete, although I've heard something about the last DVD being delayed. There was a bit of a problem with this series, as Gainax apparently sent Right Stuf an edited version of the show, blanking out one scene and replacing a recap episode with a completely different recap episode.
For the Cardcaptor Sakura fans, the series is nearing it's finale. Pioneer has also started putting out details of the second movie.
Also in US anime news, it seems Media Blasters has been having encoding problems lately. A large number of their recent DVDs (including Twelve Kingdoms) have turned out to have mono audio instead of stereo. So far the only public statement on the matter they've issued has pretty much claimed there's no problem and it's everyone's equipment that's at fault. They've always had problems with DVD encoding, but now they're turning into another US Manga.
On the Japanese side, Scrapped Princess is pretty much complete. This one hasn't been announced as licensed yet, but I'll be surprised if it takes much longer (if it isn't already licensed). This one's about a girl, the Scrapped Princess, who is prophecied to destroy the world if she lives to turn sixteen. The king orders her death, of course, but it didn't quite happen and now she's almost sixteen. She's protected by her foster brother and sister.
Uchuu no Stellvia is another one that's been enjoyable. Kind of a cross between Battle Athletes and Gunbusters. A (relatively) nearby supernova did a great deal of damage to the Earth in the past. Now things have rebuilt, and the story takes place on Stellvia, one of the space foundations. These foundations were put in place to guard the solar system from the upcoming Second Wave; the physical matter from the supernova.
Read or Die TV started running recently. It's based on the Read or Dream sequel series to the Read or Die mangas. In this story, Yomiko has gone missing, and Nenene has been looking for her. While in Hong Kong as part of a book signing tour, someone tries to kill Nenene. She ends up involved with the Three Sister's Detective Agency, which is composed of three sisters who are all Paper Masters. Just as action packed as the OVAs, although the budget isn't on the same scale.
I think that pretty much covers things for now. As always, questions, comments, and suggestions welcome.
Wraith
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
It's not quite time once again for another Anime Apolyton, but I'll be out of town (way out of town) next weekend and the one after that, so I better get this up while I have a chance.
Not much in the way of new licenses to be talking about right now, but that's not surprising since the main con season is pretty much over.
Most of the excitement (as far as licensing goes) is on the manga front. Del Ray has decided to enter the manga market, and has picked up the licenses for Gundam Seed a few CLAMP titles. The manga market must be really picking up steam for a publisher like Del Ray to get involved.
Viz has somewhat retracted their comments about licensing the anime version of Hikaru no Go. It seems likely that they have licensed it, but aren't anywhere near ready to release it, so they've had to backpedal for now. No change on the manga, however, so it should be out before long.
Speaking of manga, ADV's put out the first volume of Azumanga Daioh. Sounds like they're doing a decent job so far, although they're over-localizing things. Much of the humor of Azumanga Daioh is very rooted in Japanese culture, so this could be a problem. Still, giving Osaka a Brooklyn accent was probably about as good as that little gag could get.
There's a few recent or upcoming US anime releases I want to mention again.
The first is Haibane Renmei. The first disc is out, the next is out in October. If you're curious, there's a multiple page article in the September issue of Animerica. This issue also has a multi page interview with series creator yo****oshi ABe.
Animation Runner Kuromi is a short OVA that covers the making of an episode of an anime for TV broadcast. Kuromi is the nickname of the main character, a new hire at Petit Studio who turns up on her first day only to be given control over the production of the episode.... which is way behind schedule.
His and Her Circumstances is almost complete, although I've heard something about the last DVD being delayed. There was a bit of a problem with this series, as Gainax apparently sent Right Stuf an edited version of the show, blanking out one scene and replacing a recap episode with a completely different recap episode.
For the Cardcaptor Sakura fans, the series is nearing it's finale. Pioneer has also started putting out details of the second movie.
Also in US anime news, it seems Media Blasters has been having encoding problems lately. A large number of their recent DVDs (including Twelve Kingdoms) have turned out to have mono audio instead of stereo. So far the only public statement on the matter they've issued has pretty much claimed there's no problem and it's everyone's equipment that's at fault. They've always had problems with DVD encoding, but now they're turning into another US Manga.
On the Japanese side, Scrapped Princess is pretty much complete. This one hasn't been announced as licensed yet, but I'll be surprised if it takes much longer (if it isn't already licensed). This one's about a girl, the Scrapped Princess, who is prophecied to destroy the world if she lives to turn sixteen. The king orders her death, of course, but it didn't quite happen and now she's almost sixteen. She's protected by her foster brother and sister.
Uchuu no Stellvia is another one that's been enjoyable. Kind of a cross between Battle Athletes and Gunbusters. A (relatively) nearby supernova did a great deal of damage to the Earth in the past. Now things have rebuilt, and the story takes place on Stellvia, one of the space foundations. These foundations were put in place to guard the solar system from the upcoming Second Wave; the physical matter from the supernova.
Read or Die TV started running recently. It's based on the Read or Dream sequel series to the Read or Die mangas. In this story, Yomiko has gone missing, and Nenene has been looking for her. While in Hong Kong as part of a book signing tour, someone tries to kill Nenene. She ends up involved with the Three Sister's Detective Agency, which is composed of three sisters who are all Paper Masters. Just as action packed as the OVAs, although the budget isn't on the same scale.
I think that pretty much covers things for now. As always, questions, comments, and suggestions welcome.
Wraith
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
We'll see if they get cleared up by the end.
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